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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1918
Page
6
British labor voices in London push for Ireland to receive a large measure of home rule. They urge statesmen at the conference to set the Irish question promptly by granting substantial self government to Ireland.
The Departing Soldier Boys visit the wash cottages for a final hot plunge and cool shower newly installed. Pleasant dreams to you boys when sleep shuts out the realities over yonder.
Major William A Bishop, famed Canadian ace, is recalled from the front to the British air service office at London on ministerial request. His record includes five German aircraft shot down in one morning, and a comparison to Baron von Richthofen highlights his celebrated prowess.
Ogden will furnish 81 men for the national army in July per official notice received today by the craft boards. Weber County reports no recruits. The $1 men will be entrained for Camp Lewis within five days after July 22. Two Ogden registrants, Wynne Mason Marker and Claude Whylave, joined the U S Marine Corps per Salt Lake dispatch.
Paris dispatches report German Foreign Secretary von Kuehlmann offered resignation as military pressure and misgivings grow. Amsterdam sources say Kaiser may accept. reports note Chancellor von Bethmann-Hollweg reluctant to act. London echoes creaking government line as public sentiment shifts against protracted war. Four Utahns receive Army promotions at Camp Lewis as draft influx nears.
Baltimore June report on Dempsey Fulton Go seeking a venue for a boxing event in Philadelphia or Jersey City. Promoters plan late hour gatherings, glove restrictions discussed as police push bans, and efforts to secure a venue continue amid war talk and uncertain outcomes.
Paris dispatch notes the United States Army ambulance service and French army coordinating a special Fourth of July athletic and theatrical entertainment for Allied soldiers in Paris. Ambulances will be renamed to transport wounded from hospitals, with rapid sheltering arrangements in case of air raids.
A state board report shows Utah public utilities property holdings rising by 11S to $715,698 above the 1917 valuation. Salt Lake County alone records a decrease leaving this year’s total at $52,288,701 versus last year’s $61,763,089, with 1918 valuation down $9,524,292. Across sectors the utilities division lists sums by company type: power $12,187,398, railroad $11,687,81?, telephone $1,198,812, water $317,495, telegraph $924,561, mining $11,422,764, mining net proceeds $34,769,194, totaling $156,685,285. 1917 total was $195,869,567.
Sunday afternoon program at Clenwood Park Mirch features Cupid's Woning cerenaire and a list of acts including Myers The z Taner ers treet Remisscvnces and Dalby Le Stella. The program names authorities and performers such as Hein Twelfl Strack Rag Tochman A Hinding Seong Bucalossi Dalbey Mora and Star Spangled Banner with Oriental Ba Banta Hunter and Herput.
London reports Premier Hughes assessing Dr. von Kuehlmann’s speech as admitting enemy gains were barren and victory now unlikely without political shading. He credits American effort for German shift while noting Anglo-French forces brace for another onslaught and Austrian offensives falter amid civilian unrest.
A fragmented historical sketch portrays Nicholas II as both benevolent and reactionary. The piece highlights suspicions of tyranny and superstition alongside moments of land reform, power struggles, and clashes with Russian reformers.
The piece depicts Nicholas II as benevolent yet weak, swayed by Russian bureaucrats while pursuing inconsistent policies toward minority nationalities and war, with notes on his persona, early life, and a historical incident, alongside a separate Weber County probate notice for Marian Pignon.
A delegation of publishers of magazines farm journals and class journals attacked the proposed increase in second class mail zone rates to take effect next Monday. Des Moines vice president of the Agricultural Publica Association T Meredith urged repeal of the zone system law. Meredith said many newspapers with a total circulation of fifty million copies annually have digested the proposal.
Ennny Deslinn, the Bohemian opera singer, has been banned from the stage in Prague for allegedly placing her services entirely at the disposal of the Czecho-Slovak agitation. The action was reported from Amsterdam on June 16, with the Corres pondence of the Associated Press.
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