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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1919
Page
2
Reports from May 16 detail NG-3 and likely NE-4 seaplanes preparing for a second leg toward Europe. NC-1 and NC-2 trials yesterday aimed to test lift and fuel limits as crews expect possible false starts. Arrival of NO-4 could delay launch, with officials counting on fuel capacity and safety margins amid heavy loads.
A wide conference is planned bringing city and county officials health officers and irrigation leaders together to agree on new sanitary plans for Ogden city focusing on a sewer outlet solution and coordinated sanitation actions amid ongoing efforts to improve public health and infrastructure. Washington state and local officials may attend to discuss the best path forward and to avoid delays in implementing the proposed sewer outlet.
May talks in Paris center on a direct settlement between Italy and Yugoslavia with American mediation. The plan would leave the Austrian treaty undefined on Dalmatia and specify only its removal from Austria, avoiding details of Flume and other territories.
The article reports that OKODA works in Vienna and Prague, key Austrian armament factories, are to be dismantled as part of postwar disarmament terms. It notes ongoing Allied peace negotiations with Austria and delays tied to Hungary’s unsettled delegates, plus German delegation objections to parts of the treaty and labor provisions.
The Unsocialized Press reports growing belief among allied circles that many German protests against the peace treaty were prewritten propaganda. Protests are said to have been prepared before treaty reading and published in Berlin prior to receipt in Paris, though conferences will judge them on their merits.
Reports from Paris indicate Romania may withdraw from the peace conference if terms are not modified. The decision follows a partial dispute over the Banat region and tensions between Romania and the Allied powers.
Paris dispatches on May 18 describe an extensive naval concentration at Smyrna with Greek, French, Cruthian and Italian warships set to participate. U S ships reported to have arrived at Smyrna, signaling heightened military activity in the area amid tense prospects for naval demonstrations.
This old classified style ad promotes a home treatment for catarrh and related deafness. It claims sufferers can regain hearing after other therapies fail, describing a formula using Parwink double strength, water, and magnary to reduce Eustachian tube inflammation, balance air pressure, and lessen middle ear secretions.
Ukrainian reports claim defeats of enemy units as uprisings spread. Western positions fall back near Koyne and Sarny Junction amid transportation shortages. Varying reports name leaders such as M. Orlovaky and Zeleney and cite about 20,000 troops in actions near the Dieipor river east of Kier.
Paris reports Austrian journalist Maximilian Harden argues Germany’s blockade was self-inflicted and could not have succeeded without German refusal at The Hague in 1907. He contends a British war would push Germany away from agriculture toward famine, highlighting broader geopolitical risks and failures.
The Associated Press reports that terms of peace will be prepared for presentation to Austrian delegates around mid next week. The council of four discussed military and aerial terms of the treaty. Prime Minister Lloyd George is scheduled to bid farewell in a weigh station leaving France for home, with the council of four meeting again before Saturday. President Wilson will meet several persons in the afternoon near 6 meter gate in the Angl neighborhood of Saint Germain.
The U S Navy lost control of the giant blimp C-5 after it broke from moorings in gale and drifted five miles offshore near St Johns Newfoundland. Destroyer Edwards pursued to recover the airship with aircraft fire if needed, while crew evacuated aboard the cruiser Chicago. Lieutenant Charley G Little leaped from 28 feet to avoid danger, sustaining only a sprained ankle.
Fragmentary report describes a turbulent gale near the Virigible landing during a six hour struggle. Crews sheltered on a wind swept field as the vessel pitched and tore bow planes away, deflating envelope after damage. A rescue and boxing permit coordination followed amid ongoing confusion.
Ban Josh, California, May 15. Doctor Frederick Webster, a former San Francisco physician, testified that he was railroaded to the Agnew Klute hospital and placed in a ward with 148 dangerous lunatics. He alleged 60 inmates slept on boards and he was beaten and choked by guards on one occasion. He accused Leonard Stocking, medical superintendent, of responsibility for his mistreatment while seeking release.
Cobleny May 15 The Associated Press reports German military secretary Gustav Noske has moved troops into Leipzig to crush the Spartacans. The operation, executed secretly since the armistice, left only two casualties and surprised Spartacan defenders. American observers note Noske’s force may now aim to suppress remaining Spartacan nests across Germany.
May 15 Salt Lake City The Episcopal Diocese seeks funds from the Episcopal Church of America to erect clubhouses for men in Utah industrial centers replacing saloon culture. At the annual convocation in Wah, attendees favored clubhouses as a much needed community facility.
In St Louis on May 45 Pasadena banker was elected moderator at the eighty sixth oral assembly of the United Presbyterian Church. First time a Jayman was chosen as the permanent officer. Bays opponent was Rev. Ti 8 le Young, an Alaskan missionary.
SAN FRANCISCO May 16 Paul Shoup was named president of the Southern Pacific Railroad Company at a directors meeting. The Northern Pacific Railroad Company is a subsidiary of the parent. William F Herrin was chosen president of the Central Pacific Railroad Company, a Utah corporation, also a subsidiary. Shoup and Herrin were listed among vice presidents of the Central and Southern Pacific companies respectively.
In San Francisco on May 1 Cyril T. Pegg faces juvenile court on burglary charges for allegedly teaching a 16 year old boy named Stephen Jeneski a course of thieving to turn him into an expert hotel robber. The boy, detained as a petty thief, was blamed for his plight after escaping capture with Pegg in a hotel.
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