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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1918
Page
10
Local column recounts a sprawling Ogden scene with notices of sales, enlistees, arrivals, and civic updates. Names include N Wheeler, Lambert, Mevia, Moyes, and Sel Ogden among others. Reports cover overseas service, raceful incidents, and union meetings at Weber College with expected crowds amid wartime context.
In polles court this morning Judge Parker disposed of Sidney Maria and James Wilson on bootlegging charges with Haeria proclaiming innocence The colored boy James Walker received a fine of 100 dollars or sixty days Bail for Qifford Bartlett and D F Larson was forfeited on disturbing the peace Six Greeks arrested at a supposed den on Twenty street were arraigned but continued to next Monday Parnsworth Wright colored was fined five dollars for alleged landlady defraud and baggage removal while security was being held.
Mrs Mary Parker wife of Rich Parker of 962 Sullivan Avenue was committed this morning to the state mental hospital at Provo after an examination by a county judge and a medical board. Parker was said to have taken several children and headed for the hills yesterday afternoon while in a mental aberration before being persuaded to return home.
The city exemption board is to induct Solomon Murray and send him to Camp Sherman in Chillicothe Ohio. He is registered at Memphis Tennessee but is now related to Ogden. Con Pella Silva has been reexamined and reportedly approved for general military service.
Railroad workers at Oregon Short Line initiate the Oregon Short Line Family War Service Club to support enlisted employees and their families. General Manager Platt outlines aims: keep in touch with families, provide monthly news, arrange aid for dependents, offer legal and hospital assistance, and send care packages or funds to soldiers abroad. Subscriptions via payroll deductions are encouraged to fund the effort.
Dr Edward L Rich of Ogden reports his son in law Oscar J Risecil a trainer at Weber Normal College was transferred from army aviation to the Intelligence department and commissioned first lieutenant. Russell has a Columbia masters degree and was drafted last June after brief private service, with extensive travel including two and a half years in Russia. He has been stationed at Long Island and is currently in Washington for language and history exams.
W Jones of the Agriculture Department and Jag M Kirkham head of the Attk Farmer report promising sugar beet prospects in Utah. They are based at the Weber County Farm Bureau in the federal building after a two month Western U S field tour. Utah sugar beet production appears to rise while California declines and Colorado shows a sharp drop. Local inspectors question Washington acreage data, but field estimates suggest Utah farmers maintain vital food program support despite threats to yields.
Funeral for Sulgu Txari, a local Japanese resident, held at 2 p.m. in Kirkendall chapel with interment in Ogden City cemetery. Bertha Lee’s funeral at St Jisen church noted, with Magr. DP. M. Curhpoahan officiating and musical numbers by Mrs. Dobbs, Mrs. Walter Smyth, and Mary Dermody at the organ. Sue endured a yearlong illness. she is survived by two young children and one sister, Mrs. Gordon Alden of Ogden.
Captain W S Law was guest of honor at a formal dinner for colleagues and friends in Oxilen. The event, described as informal, included supportive toasts and welcomes, with attendees named among officers and workers. Law planned leave for Hoboken, New Jersey, after the meal.
A small society gathering at Mr. and Mrs. Solp on Decks Fon Avenue celebrated Mrs. Solp and Mr. Solp’s first wedding anniversary. Over fifty guests enjoyed the evening, Chinese lanterns lit the porch, and a cake was served as the merry company departed around 11 o’clock. The affair reflected the esteem in which the couple are held. Mr. Bury holds a responsible government forestry post and is connected to Miss Nellie Varlar of Frankfort Kansas, July 25, 1017.
Brigham City July 21 special to the Standard notes Boy and Girl clubs in Box Elder County praise from Walter Glean. About 160 cows delivered to boys with sow projects, eight to twelve piglets per litter selling for six to seven dollars each. List of participants by school and area named. farmer projects yield promising returns and good prospects for potato clubs as well.
A protograph portrays General Ferdinand Poet as the Allied commander in Muroge. It credits his leadership with halting four German drives and enabling a fifth counter thrust that contributed to stopping the Hun. The piece aligns with Joffre’s 1544 strategy of exhausting enemy resources before a decisive counterattack led by Foch.
The text reports that QECKAMANY NOW A PRISONER AT STATE SCHOOL IN OGDEN is removed to the women’s ward after alleged involvement in scheming with Fort Daughrag. It notes legal actions, custody considerations, and federal officials awaiting guidance, with an unclear chain of custody and restraint as ordered.
Twenty one persons were indicted by a federal grand jury on charges tied to theft of beef consigned to the United States army. Defendants include a butcher, packing agents, government checkers, and truck drivers accused of conspiracies to embezzle and dispose of government property without authority. Most arrested, bail set from 1000 to 10000 dollars.
Lontion July 7 information from Kyiv area says a peasant uprising of about five hundred thousand peasantry armed with officers and instructors pushes against German forces near Kiev. The rebellion claims substantial numbers and advancing lines despite German detachments falling back before the heat of battle.
Allied forces press toward the summit overlooking Fere-en-Tardenois as French and American units advance on multiple fronts. German defenses, including the Massiges region, mount stiff resistance with machine guns and artillery to slow the push.
George Sylvester Viereck, editor of Viereck's Weekly, admits sending letters to Germany after the United States entered the war. A stenographer testified that the letters were written to his father in Hamburg and sent from Viereck's office. The letters claimed to be messages from Viereck but were described as innocent comments and propaganda profits.
Washington reports a complex probe involving Russia and Japan over an international entertainment gain, with the United States and Entente nations agreeing on a broad principle to advance the Czech and Abovak efforts in Siberia. Diplomatic consultations are expected to take time as parties seek the best means to achieve the end.
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