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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1917
Page
2
An aged notice from The Standard Independent Newspaper appears as a brief advertisement style block. the text notes a daily schedule with a playful spelling variant for Sunday and mentions no formal club or membership, suggesting a local community announcement or shop ad.
Across the nation crowds donated savings on the closing day of the subscription. a locomotive engineer and several businessmen contributed large sums while children sacrificed pennies for two bonds. Leaders urged work, deported idle men, and described mobilization of industrial resources as the nation answers the world with its at-work force and spending power.
Early morning oversubscription marked the Liberty Loan issue with at least 2.503 billion total by noon and a sharp late rush. Officials noted the loan was short by 700 million days earlier, with more money offered in the last week than in the prior half month.
Fragmentary OCR text discusses a person named Pilg or Pilgut related to a dental or medical device and mentions sleep, rest, and routines. The piece references a Mr T Bireyree and a tale of sleep patterns, with unclear connections and several garbled phrases.
The report recalls a brutal battlefield scene near Warsaw where concrete chunks were wrecked and heavy guns left exposed. A Jarman officer estimates four hundred fifty soldiers killed instantly as attackers shattered positions and walls, with bodies scattered like flies. The narrative frames the rout as a turning point in the empire's downfall and the rise of a fragile republic.
The piece urges every young man to prove true patriotism by serving in defense of the United States. It frames a real American as one who loves liberty and country, ready to respond to the bugle call with courage and duty, citing George Washington as a standard and urging readiness to defend home and flag.
A census estimate shows total aliens from central empires at about 4.65 million, less than 5 percent of the population. Germans number 3,249,000. Austrians 1,476,000. Hungarians 783,000. Turks 188,000. Bulgarians 11,000. Among males 21 and older the alien share varies by origin, highest among Turks and Bulgarians, lowest among Germans.
A committee of the Metal Mine Workers Union asked D K Wheeler U S district attorney and labor department reps to investigate labor conditions at Untty Mont June 15. The DA was in court at Helena. The union continued enrolling members with 10 men paying dues. Police force doubled to 42 officers last week and 20 reserves are kept at police headquarters for emergencies.
Front page report from Boulted Colorado and Backup California describes wartime tuberculosis threats in France and the need for American support. Dr Livingston Farrand outlines Rockefeller backed efforts to study prevention and public health. Mentions 150000 discharged soldiers, 500000 cases, and bed shortages. A separate note from Berkeley notes a new tuberculosis treatment system under UC research with collaboration from defense councils.
Washington reports sharp March to April 1915 price jumps across onions potatoes beans flour and many staples with onions up 179 percent and potatoes 146 percent. Over 13 months food costs climbed about 173 percent for onions and 16 percent for potatoes as government war measures loom. President Wilson renews push for early passage of food control reform as Congress debates large wartime appropriations and budget measures.
June 15 report says Pa is Naymond Ruf Swoboda arrested in Zurich after spring 1915 Paris police detention on suspicion of setting fires on La Touraine. Petit Parisien correspondent cites Swoboda as a spy, previously using an American passport and claiming American citizenship. Trial notes indicate real name Schwind, a German reserve officer, later discharged and ordered expelled from France.
About 109 men in Chicago jails today for failing to register under the draft Ian Jones. An all day and night drive by police rounded up males of military age who had not registered. Sixty appeared before Commissioner Mason yesterday. all but five were released after agreeing to register.
Philadelphia June 15 The Baltimore Federal League dropped its 100 million antitrust case against the American and National Leagues and the league commissions after counsel informed Judge Dickinson of the discontinuance. Officials called the outcome a vindication for organized baseball.
The Baltimore club claims the December 1958 peace agreement between organized baseball and Federal League representatives harmed its interests and wrecked its business, seeking triple damages under the antitrust acts. It alleges the current organization of baseball is monopolistic.
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