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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1917
Page
7
June 13 in Triguun City marked the opening of a Chautauqua on Forest Street and Second West, with honored guests and season-ticket holders anticipated to enjoy a seven day program amid favorable critiques. The event travels the same circuit as state’s larger cities.
June 13 reports the Federal Trade Commission charging more than 100 large lumber firms in the West with conspiring to stifle competition. Complaints name the Lumberman Publishing Co of Minneapolis and editor Platt I Walker for collusion with the publisher to suppress competition.
The National Guard converts to an artillery unit while keeping drill routines. A full size floor plan in the armory drill hall guides soldiers through gun positions and handling maneuvers. Training aims to merge Cemreny DB with Company K for joint instruction ahead of a Jordan Narrows training camp for officers. Organized laundry workers in French laundries at Frisco secure a nine hour day.
A reunion of the Dingham family at Lagoon drew over a thousand members from Idaho Arizona Utah and other states. Attendees registered for a permanent family record as the event featured a genealogical sketch prayers songs and a luncheon followed by dancing and a final benediction.
Jackie Saunders stars in Sunny Jane at the Utah theater tomorrow and for the rest of the week. Popular plays and players. Phone 3060.
British forces report advances along a 16 mile front northeast of Messines. The village of Gaspard was captured as troops held ground east and northeast of Messines. Seventeen prisoners and three machine guns were taken near the Souchez river as artillery activity increased near Goureaucourt and the Scarpe, with actions around Lens and Ypres.
Norso Mortensen of Near River City reported in Frisham that the Dear River valley apple crop prospects are the best in years. He noted trees loaded with exceptionally clean fruit and predicted good market prices nationwide this fall despite potential future calamities.
During Hispanic week the county clerk issued permits to several couples including Joseph Ogden and Siro Mantle of Tremonton, Edgar Winchester and Gladys Winchester of Tremonton, Leonard Bailth and Elfen Praepger of Willard, Charleen and Laroy Wuccaker of Honeville, T Hewett Tolman of Thatcher and Emily Knowles of Avon, Joseph N. Steres and Wilhelmisa Heaman of Ogden, Edwin T. Olsen of Ogden, and Wezel Gulbronson of Logan, Henry Housa and Mia Kate Maw Joy Corinne.
Brigham City Utah June 13 Word was received here during the week by their parents that Arion Anderson and Orlando Anderson two other R H 8 recruits in the regular army have left Fort Winfield in California for New York state from whern they will soon go with their regiment to France These boys will be among the first Brigham boys to reach the front if the present plans do not miscarry.
Athens June 23 reports from Paris say King Constantine I abdicated at the demand of the Allied powers France Great Britain and Russia. His son Crown Prince Alexander 26 will assume the throne as Greece seeks unity under Entente aims. The king and Prince George reportedly will leave for Switzerland via Italy aboard a British warship.
Orpheum patrons await the sensational feature Within the Law starring Alice Joyce. The Vitagraph production, in nine reels, opens next Saturday for a three day engagement with matinees on Saturday and Monday.
PAR January 12 3 30 p m The French minister of munitions announced an accident at a principal mobile factory making munitions A large number of wounded were taken to the hospital The ruins were being searched No definite information on deaths or exact numbers was yet available
Copenhagen June 13. England given less than two months of life by Herr von Heydebrand in a Reichstag speech. He quoted an admiral saying Great Britain will be finished in two months. He cited the submarine campaign as proof of Germany’s strength and warned against a separate peace with Russia.
Attention union carpenters is repeated with a call to attend a meeting or election. The notice names Paul Atruppressk? and RA, signaling a local union gathering for leadership selection. The fragmentary OCR shows a direct summons to members to be present.
In York on June 13 a reduction in the semiannual dividend of the Chicago St Paul Minneapolis and Omaha railway company was announced citing higher operating costs. Dividends declared are 3 percent on preferred stock and 2 1/4 percent on common, with 3 1/4 percent on the latter in effect for several years.
An old advertisement promotes cleaning clothes at home using gasoline and three simple items. It claims rapid, inexpensive results for coats, dresses, gloves, furs, and ribbons with two ounces of talc and gasoline mixed, then soaking and rubbing fabrics until clean and bright.
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