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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1917
Page
4
Former Ball Player Pearl Caster Barnes, who starred in Ogden and later in the Pacific Coast League and at Salt Lake, arrived back this week to reconnect with friends. The report notes his long baseball career and recent movements, hinting at changing teams and local interest in his return.
Ogden celebrates a wartime parade led by the 5th U.S. Army Band and Fort Douglas units. Regulars, National Guard, Spanish War veterans, and Home Guards march past Grand Marshal James DeVine. Civilians, women volunteers, and international contingents observe as veterans, junior guards, and local bands perform. Acknowledgments to Civil War and Spanish-American War veterans, and a notable Med Cross float.
A minor crash occurred on Hot Springs Road involving two cars near Ogden Tol Springs. Both vehicles slowed, failed to stop, and then collided. Dr. W. E. Whalen and his wife were driving nearby. no serious injuries or major damage reported.
Mr Don Flaherty visits from the east for a few days. Guests of the Brownings host a wedding reception for Miss Ladys Herneta Ball, who wed Mr Joseph Alkerta at Bale Lake Temple. Attendees include Dr Trowniog Walker and family, Dr H Walker, and guests from Kansas City. Mrs Finning returns from California after a month with daughters. Nises Mable Parker and Lucille Griffin spend the weekend in Salt Lake City with friends.
Funeral services for Mrs. Clcadeth Bummers will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. at the Vain chy Tweeting house with Gilbert Thatch er presiding. Interment in Main City cemetery.
Special to The Oxden Standam reports the Garland Lily swarm of the Nrekiro Girls met at Mrs Sit Cote house with Tattle Version in charge. Attendees included Misa Agnea Olsen, Mrs Mery Cole, Mrs J W Lewis, Sire, T T Khaw, Mrs Sarah Darmart, Miss Sarah Boxton, Miss Nelile Barnard, Mian Winnla Cocksayne, Miss Trix hades, Mise Until Noa, Miss Mazel Edwards. Refreshments were served. Also Primrose star of the Dee jlve Gitte met at Mrs Della Earth’s home. eleven members present under Mazel Edwards. Various locals and visitors, including Edgar Swincant of Chicago and another group from Prove and Salt Lake, were listed as guests and travelers visiting relatives and friends.
London dispatch reports Truth magazine criticizing German firms in Hong Kong for overtrading and weak, unprofitable practices. It notes 30 percent of non native Chinese trade held by Germans, with heavy credit risk, inflated turnover, and reliance on borrowed capital. The piece cites liquidators and Mr Moss, arguing German methods were unstable and unsafe for British interests.
A German court martial condemned Stir itess and her brother from Liege province to death for espionage. They were ordered shot within twenty four hours after the sentence was delivered. The defendants faced treason charges in a carceral proceeding reported by an Amsterdam telegraph dispatch.
San Francisco July 4. First notice of an international smuggling ring alleged to operate widely in smuggling Chinese into the United States. Announcement follows a federal raid under Binrotore leading to discovery of internal evidence in Chinese homes and a confession from implicated Chinese. The ring is said to run a Hong Kong school teaching entry fraud to prospective travelers.
Fragmentary OCR reads about corruption of federal employees to fake eligibility records for a doorway to admission. The report notes a Drewmore announcement and a suspended immigration inspector. Federal officials and a grand jury investigation are expected.
The Federated W C T U will meet Thursday at 2 PM on the Brown home lawn at 101 Adacae avenue to elect officers and discuss the Ned Ross event. Members are urged to attend as a substitute for the regular monthly meeting and to make a special effort to be present.
In the fighting over Sunday and Monday the Russian war office says 309 officers and 12,000 men were captured from Germany along with 29 guns and 33 machine guns. The report follows clashes at Tetrograt y on July 4.
Washington July 4 suffragists from the Woman's party attempted to defy police and picket the White House on Independence Day. Large police forces blocked the action and drove the demonstrators back. Thirteen women were arrested for obstructing traffic after two prior attempts to march.
Berlin reports that Russian forces near Tirgezany in eastern Galicia launched additional attacks yesterday but failed to advance, according to the war office.
In a string of morning games, Philadelphia's and New York's scores appear tight with mixed results. Detroit and Chicago posted notable results, while Cleveland and Boston show varied lines. Pitchers and battery pairs mention names like Johnson, Shawkey, James, and Grimes among others in a cluttered, era-specific score roundup.
American hospital gals attached to the British army marked July 4 with parade bugles flags and speeches. A gala at a Brilich bare featured a Brilich bare games and a boxing tournament including international bouts. The event ended with a peculiar draw after a hazardous youth bout.
Forest Hills July 4 address by Colonel Roosevelt denounces German sympathizers as moral traitors and calls for a single patriotic standard. He condemns dual allegiance, urges Americans of German origin to choose American or German loyalties, and warns against aiding Germany while fighting Britain and allies.
The address denounces Germany’s actions and contrasts them with the Alabama’s treatment of prisoners and civilians. Roosevelt says Americans must resist claims of brutality and insists universal service should accompany universal suffrage. He urges steadfast endurance for final victory and a peacetime industrial democracy.
A playful group debates the meaning of the motto "& Muribus Ununt" with four guesses offered. One remark triggers a joke about “Infidel We Trust” as women in the group falter, while others discuss art, missions, and volunteers amid light banter and social chatter.
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