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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1920
Page
7
Weather forecast notes colder tonight and a general chill across the region. Reports from Ogden City state metal prices are largely unchanged while telegraph wires suffer from a severe winter storm affecting Denver to Wyoming and San Francisco news lines.
Moscow dispatch reports Soviet leaders dismiss the League of Nations as ineffective and biased. Kamenev and other officials urge impartial investigations and warn trade and diplomatic ties hinge on restoration of relations, while Mensheviks caution against capitalist pressures.
The Linen Times, via a London telegram, reports the German situation as serious. It cites no official resignation of Chancellor Kapn but notes potential pressure from naval mutinies and Spartacist outrages, with Nevers’ actions possibly influenced by the Cologne demonstrations and large street protests.
Flagstaff Arizona March 18 Hank Hadles a lumberjack here recounts a $120000 loan he made years ago and a subsequent fraud involving a man who promised 120 acres in Louisiana for $1446 to cover rail fare. Hadles cashed bank notes and wife health prompted trip to Nebraska. The swindler disappeared after selling land for 3126 in a case tied to a Louisiana field.
Farmers in North Dakota feed prairie chickens during winter to protect crops and reduce insect losses. A state investigation by the North Dakota Agricultural College found the birds eat many times their weight in insects, prompting a law restricting open season and sparking a scheme to feed the birds through the winter to keep them on the farms.
Partial lifting of the embargo on express shipments was announced after a strike by Chicago express workers. The American Railway Express Co removed restrictions on ordinary shipments to Texas Oklahoma and northwestern points and on all rail shipments to the east via New York. Perishable goods from Florida and Illinois were included as were shipments through the Chicago and Northwestern system. Company officials said about a quarter of the strikers had returned to work.
Pueblo Colo March 18 Six men sworn by Dr Luke McLean begin probe into the feud that led to Ted Kuykendall an eight year old known as Poverty being killed after being waylaid by schoolmates on March 4. A dying statement cited jealousy over his clothes and status at school. Names of the other boys and witnesses include Mrs Mattie Hart and Rev F W Beach with identities withheld until after the inquest.
Ottawa March 13. Cereal expert C. E. Saunders reports hulless oats developed near Ottawa by government farms may transform agriculture. He compares Saunders to Luther Burbank, praising a hulless oat bred from Chinese varieties for superior eating quality and feed applications. He notes risks in feeding and potential for oatmeal production.
A dispatch reports General Denekine’s staff, led by Col Nikolavitch, has arrived in Tokyo to meet with the Japanese general staff on Friday. They seek Japanese military aid for anti-Dolcherik forces in southern Russia, per Shinpu newspaper.
Reports from Berlin say Dr. Wolfgang Kapp and his adherents fled or prepared to seize control while radical workers and Spartacist factions move toward the city. Noske arrives as government forces struggle. uprisings and street clashes spread across Germany with regional dictatorships forming and workers taking over suburbs.
The former Austrian emperor, Camerva, is reported to be following the German situation from Pirangins and is receiving numerous telegrams from Vienna through Farner Empresa Zita. He has shown interest in the peace crisis and is closely tracking telegrams and reports as events unfold.
In London on February 23 large antiprohibition posters surfaced on billboards. One shows a muscular British worker holding a small Uncle Sam figure out of a glass, warning there is a microbe in beer. another portrays W F Pussyfoot Johnson bound in iron shackles as he lulls John Citizen to sleep, symbolizing restraint.
A chaotic text notes Argentina with about 40 million people bet roughly 176 million dollars yearly on horse racing and other games. It claims the populace averages several dollars per person and hints at calls for government control of gambling profits, though the prose is garbled and unclear.
A chaotic report says Peruvian attackers assaulted Colonel Canes of Bolivia's aviation service with stones and silka in La Paz on March 18. Bolivian authorities condemned the raid and called for safer hotel and legation protection after the incident.
Washington reports the Republican Irreconcilables and Democrats blocked a declaratory reservation on treaty guarantees, voting 26 to 39 against pledges to resist threats to peace. Leaders target ratification with limited debate as Bryan holds talks with Democratic senators.
Specialist Dr. R. Smith conducts a hospital here for sick canaries. Mrs. Smith assists as nurse. The hospital treats canaries with colds, rheumatism, scurvy, and general ailments due to improper diet or temperature variation. He notes 10,000,000 canaries in cages in America and says more than half receive proper care.
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