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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1909
Page
5
Joseph G Wahlburg died at his home 286 Twenty third Street after a short illness pneumonia. He was well known in Ogden and had worked as a bartender in the city. He went to Salt Lake and returned home last Saturday and worsened until his death last night. Funeral services to be announced later.
A report from Ogden notes the tonight performance of The Elles Tooth in Salt Lake, a reciprocal cultural exchange with the Igiks of Qooden. The show drew a large appreciative Salt Lake audience and impressed even some city critics as among the best amateur productions yet seen locally.
Los Angeles March 16 Wireless telephones are to be established in Los Angeles as an experiment. If successful the projectors claim it will become a permanent institution. William Dubiller chief electrician of the Collins Wireless Telephone company arrived in the city to present details. He controls an instrument enabling speech transmission without wires and says some devices will be installed in Los Angeles at the earliest opportunity.
Theodore Roosevelt yesterday toasted the cane he will use in Killing the African game. He discharged each mix times on his target range and noted a small fence pitched on his lawn with some deficiencies. He expressed great satisfaction with the weapons.
A midnight basement fire at the Hess Cracker Factory near the Grand Opera House caused smoke damage and loss of storage of ammonia and soda products. Fire crews contained the blaze. owner Hess estimates stock at 14 000 to 15 000 dollars but full extent unclear. Insurance expected to cover damages.
Frank Dunford of 1212 West Indian Avenue Was a second attempt at burglary. Two men pried a window, were spotted by Joe Munson, and Dunford with a relative armed themselves. A robber fired, missing, and the pair returned fire as the burglars escaped unharmed.
The Utah Supreme Court holds that there is no statute preventing majority stockholders from forming agreements against minority holders unless fraud or coercion is shown. The case of John W. White et al. vs Nathan E. Snell et al. involved control of stock in Goshen Mill and Elevator Co. and a $25 monthly rental for stock use, with related indebtedness and a $5,408.35 debt.
The Supreme Court, in two opinions by Justice Frick, upheld or denied actions involving Garland and Box Wider County. It voided a dismissal order and ordered reinstatement in one case, while affirming that offenses must be tried in the justice court of the precinct where committed. The opinions address corporate missteps, indemnities, and appeals involving named individuals and estates.
Salt Lake City reports John Shelton Williams a former engineer at the Auerbach building died at noon Monday from congestion of the lungs caused by a poison dose taken Friday morning. Authorities note a prior suicide attempt on February 4 in the Auerbach basement when he shot himself in the left breast, but survived after hospital care.
A. Jacobs, 74, of Los Angeles, gathered small stones to hurl at passing cars at Fifth and Spring streets. He caused a brief street riot, then was taken into custody and released after explaining his actions.
Chicago March 16: a local business mails 6 000 000 catalogues now in progress. The post office expects to set postal records with 440 tons of catalogues and 65 tons of sacks. If sent as one lot, thirty full length cars would be needed. About 36 mat distributors have worked in the shipping rooms to streamline the process.
In Evanston a 65 year old woman Mrs Filth Barber was found dead in her home after ten days. A dog lay by her side, whining, drawing neighbors and police to the scene. The canine was nearly famished and removed as authorities handled the body.
Hassetteville Virginia March 16 John Armstrong Chaloner brother of Lewis Stuyvesant Chaloner of New York and Astor family member killed an Englishman named Gillard last evening Gillard employed by Chaloner had allegedly beaten his wife who fled to Merry Mills for protection Chaloner descended from his dining room and was attacked Gillard who came to the country two years ago from England had a wife and seven children and was said to be addicted to drink and temperate violence prior incidents are noted
The New York World and counsel Delanney Nicol pled guilty before Judge Holt to criminal libel in the Panama canal case. Caleb Van Hamm, editor, had pled not guilty. The court ordered a week to prepare a special plea on jurisdiction as to where the publication occurred.
Pasadena March 15. Rumors say J P Morgan Harriman plans a mutual understanding among U S railroads to aid weaker lines via funding and credit sharing pending Interstate Commerce Commission changes. O Butterworth of New York Central to join as conference convenes amid talks of personnel shifts at Southern Pacific and related lines.
Danville reports a rural mail carrier Robert Strawser killed three children with strychnine and then died by suicide. Strawser’s wife discovered four bodies in Flora, ending a tragic sequence.
Washington announces the appointment of Milward W Durant Jr as collector of customs in Charleston South Carolina. The nomination ends the long contest over Dr William Crum whose repeated Senate confirmations were blocked. Durant, a white man, is seen as aligning with Taft's policy of appointing whites to southern federal posts.
Washington reports Nicaragua protests to Secretary Knox over defense oriented military and naval activity. Espinosa asserts no invasion plans as 6 ships will patrol Central American waters including Yorktown, Maryland, and Washington. About 6,000 Nicaraguan troops near Honduras frontier near Corinto. Dispatch delays and hostility toward Managua secretary John H. Gregory noted.
Washington reports an agreement between Secretary Mayer and the National Electric Signal company to supply wireless apparatus for the naval establishment capable of transmitting messages 3000 miles day or night. Ships will receive similar gear able to send 1000 mile messages. The apparatus will be thirty times as powerful as prior systems.
A department seeks to enable practical communication with its vessels across the Atlantic Ocean. If successful, the effort would mark one of the greatest achievements in naval practice.
After anxious hours, Clif ford Benson and Miss Bertha Allen were found safe at a farmhouse near Salem. They had left Wilsonville by motor canoe, the motor failed, and they spent the night at a rural home before word arrived by telephone confirming their safety.
St Louis March 15 Postomice Inspector Swenkon mailed forty circular letters to victims of the alleged swindlers J. C. Mabray and associates. He asks recipients to testify before the federal grand jury in Connell Wlatta Iowa when the case is considered. Frank H Philling of Yacoma Washington says he was swindled out of 12000 in a fake prize claim last August. He was arrested and sentenced to a year for aiding and abetting the fraud and has appealed seeking to testify against Maybray.
A proposed reform would reduce elementary work from eight to six years and high school from four to two, creating a sub high school and finishing stage. The plan, backed by the city club and educators, aims to shift some students into industrial or vocational tracks earlier. A draft is with the charter commission for potential incorporation.
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