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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1918
Page
3
Ogden reports several local men enlisting in the Navy and Army with assignments to San Diego Bremerton and Salt Lake for further training. The column notes shipyard workers heading to Bremerton, hearings for military service, and four divorce actions in district court. Also listed are marriage licenses and community notices, including local business activity and parade planning.
The report covers multiple local legal items. Garcia faces theft charges for a $240 case with a judge and interpreter present. Also listed are a separate $210 theft case, a military service elaction, a divorce suit seeking alimony, and marriage licenses issued at the county courthouse. The narrative references residents of Ogden and adjacent areas, with court actions and local officials named.
Money to loan in Weber County appears with several lenders listing mortgage and real estate loan services. The ad mentions first mortgages, good security, and invites consults at a Ogden Ogden address with agencies offering insurance and notary services. It references real estate and mortgage topics.
The document lists numerous individuals including Howard Thompson, Frank Walter, Archibald Pritchott, Donald Homer, Thomas Wayment, Edgar Vanxagard, James Skeen, Guy Weeker, Moye Tose, Bjarny Iverson, James Hawkins, Nephi Fowles, Clyde Hall, Ima Dako, Walter White, Chester Weight, Abram McParland, Wilford Bitton, PatratUrigarbarrena, Joseph Tinteh, James Blair, George Singleton, Franklin Hestip, Walter Weathers, and George Mitchell in connection with second draft questionnaires and registration notes.
Sheriff Peterson and Deputy Pincock chased a supposed bootlegger after a tip about liquor at a hotel. A young woman, about a dozen, lingered in the building while officers waited, but she slipped away with allies after midnight. It is believed she was merely storing liquor for the bootlegger, not selling it.
Lieutenant Colonel MH. G. Bowes of the British Army arrives in Ogden to inspect work by the British purchasing commission. The Barse contract entails selecting horses and mules for shipment, with hundreds sent east for sea transport. Ogden Horse Sale and Commission Company facilitates the distribution, with weekly shipments to Chicago and growing wartime activity indicated.
Repairs sweep city schools including the new West Ogden building with modern facilities and planned occupancy for fall. Central desks and rooms are being cleaned, with minor repairs at the gymnasium, and space added at Mrs Madison and Hive Points to accommodate more pupils. Existing structures are undergoing framing, renovation, and partial redesign by Superintendent Cokinson.
Senator Chaoberlain announced a diagnostic plan to push urgent naval funding in September. The announcement references calls for rapid arming and budget adjustments amid December deadlines and ongoing debates in Congress.
Ogden and Salt Lake Scots join to celebrate Bannockburn with a program featuring British Consul General A Caravele Tosa and M Day from San Francisco. The event includes an afternoon concert at 5 and an evening program at 7 with Ogden Mayor Browning presiding.
Society notes announce a Baptist picnic this afternoon and evening hosted by Van na of the Buptial church in Ce jon canyon with all members invited including a supper. Miss Carpenter leaves for Idaho visitors in Ogden and guests of Shanks. Ruby Horsh to leave for New York and eastern cities for several months.
Sixteen outsiders are slated to depart with the local boy as the Oxilen City exemption board plans inductees for various boards. The expedition includes Mil Russell Rupert Ware and others, with Edwin G. Putnam listed as a regional guard, currently at Mare Island, Cal.
A garbled notice thanks a wartime agency for army camp support and education programs. It mentions Ogden schools, the Army, New York figures, and War Work projects. The piece references National War Work and U S leaders, with fragmentary names and titles.
A committee of Ogden lawyers and the city exemption board conducts reclassification of registrants. Judge A. Etson W. Agee, Attorney George Hal, and Attorney Arthur Woolley serve on the panel under the select service regulation changes. The effort applies nationwide to alter statuses modified since initial classifications.
Two prominent Ogden youths depart tomorrow for military camps with special passes. Oscar Lelard Read leaves for Fort Riley Kansas to enter medical corps while Karl William Zeimes Grahard Avenue will go to Fort Leavenworth Kansas for the legal corps. Read recently returned from the east where he studied chiropractic.
Questionnaires were mailed today by the city exemption board to registrants of the second registration in Ogden. The list includes John James Claggell Amasa Stotso Harmes Sorata Lobate Elmer I Fields Saraue Paull William Ferrant Maslne Tosi Harry Thurston Hey wool Guy Vivian Allen Hino LT Kap William Harry Brown Jessie Perry Chatebers Arthur Ludwig iHsnzen Nelbert Bell Jr Claud Earnest Huns Joseph Lionel Musgrave Arthur Wil ford Bowman Alfredo Fialdini Claude Tolin Deanlis George William Sparks Joseph Peter Rackham Floyd Francis Dadtao Wilbur Michel Murphy Eds win G Putman Ray O Butterfield Lawrence J Maddock Leland Paul Payne Earl Samuel Jordan Edward Kinll Keller Albert Stone George William Clifton Clarence James Wedman Jovito Alvarez Heber James Bale man Henry Elwood Burto Hugh B Siwerthorn Samuel J Smith Errol A Collins John Henry Ophoikeng Hubert Grant Berkeley J Alvn Lawson George Tun Shurtliff Harry Gordon Madden Charles B Flauer Joseph George Palek Wird C Garner Glennet Maw Carl Thomas Ankle Sengabuta Mataui Daniel Leroy West William Groadbent Robert G Wilson Paul Benton Firth Homer Woolsey Fletcher 4 Brown John KR Witlereen Howanl Nels Sorenson George Ed ward Balch Rodney A Bates Ino Kap Charles Spencer Lean J Claus George Krasa Jack Adlesen Charence J Wright Cleve Levi Poulaen Charles Albert Cale Cecil Dean Kinter Jack Van Beotham George Smith
Vienna dispatch reports Austria’s premier declined Emperor Charles I’s invitation to form a new cabinet. The crown council meeting pledged unity amid a critical situation and the emperor said he would address Emperor Williams about the matter. Deserter Nick Kanolles, a Greek registrant from Weller County, was captured by detectives and will likely be inducted at Camp Lewis.
Albert H Aland serving with the American medical corps in England writes eagerly to Ogden parents about warm welcomes for American troops in London. He describes an old residence turned into a hostel for officers, good meals, piano music, dances, and encounters with wealthy American staff and locals. He notes plans to proceed to Paris then a hospital and recalls visits to Bath and Aberdeen, expressing pride in his heritage and the varied sights of Europe during wartime travel.
The funeral of Elizabeth H. Keesley was held Tuesday afternoon in the Clearfield meeting house with Bishop David Stoker officiating. The musical program was arranged by the choir and soloists.
Prof. H C Clifford former head of the commercial department at Ogden High will not return to Ogden Schools as he has been drafted into the army. He wrote Supt Johnson expressing relief at his inability to resume duties. He is from Albany Oregon and will report to Camp Lewis. The successor has not been named though inquiries are underway.
The Moose group plans a branding ceremony for a Salt Lake Moose at Legeoo on Fine 23 to honor his organizing and managing of a Red Cross demonstration. The event, described as a lasting token of esteem, will bring Moose from both Celtics together for the outing.
Notice lists petitions for guardianship and estate matters in Weber County Utah. ANNI M Leavitt sought guardianship of THareid and John Leavitt minors. hearing set July 7 1945 at Ogden County Court. Also Clara Pace seeks Letters of guardianship for Winona and Joseph Pace with hearing July 3 1918 at Ogden Court House.
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