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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1917
Page
4
British lines along the Tower Hamlets north of the pree- Menth road faced a heavy German attack as bombardments continued. The Germans suffered high losses, with about a thousand casualties in the Renal area. German divisions shifted from the western to eastern fronts, reinforcing the Ros tl an front amid ongoing attritional fighting.
Charlie Chaplin headlines an all comedy program at the Lyceum today. The show spotlights Chaplin’s signature silent-era antics alongside a lineup of humorous acts designed to spotlight lighthearted entertainment for a broad audience.
Mexico City reports a government panel urged purchases of one million pesos worth of U S corn for resale to ease cereal shortages. It also planned to buy 190 tractors to raise agricultural output. Farm laborers like AL Doneps, Ireland, called for higher wages.
Five factions meet in Chicago to create a temporary National Party plan with an executive committee of four members from each group the Progressives Probistovists Bingla Tasers Social Democrats and Independents. A tentative platform calls for a boon dry nation and the group considers names like liberal people’s commonwealth and union.
In Tashkent a council of workers and soldiers declared general strife protesting a punitive expedition. A Vetrograd dispatch says General Cherkese was attacked and beaten, officers seized, and a temporary revolution organized. Qusaleh Turkestan comprises four central Asian provinces near the Caspian with about 6,685,000 people.
Treane October 5 President Bebullb ean told parliament immense criticism over not curbing prices with a monopoly. He said the plan failed in Awiteerland as fireman xhippere refused coal for other theaters. Germany would not help preserve mine owners. He noted complicated relations with the releale but America was reportedly favorable to Switzerland. He predicted import grain from America by November. Schulthess discussed Swiss loans to Germany and the long duration of the crisis.
Nelsinapo r s October 6 The unified bloc anti Social Democrats received the great majority of votes in the Finnish diet election just completed the bourgeoisocrats polling 600 fewer than the bourgeois. Total vote Russian party 6304 Vained Nourgeoise 20706 Social Nem Hernia 20106 Agrition party 243 Christian Workers 1531
A Navy Department dispatch reports German commerce raiders, led by the ship Beeadler, active in the South Seas after leaving Moepeka land. The fleet, including the C. Slade and two other raiders, sank at least twelve Allied vessels and reached Moepeka before continuing operations via Cape Horn toward the Society islands.
New York October 4. The 3,323,400 of Liberty bonds ordered sold by the Equitable Trust company against the Dentes and Rigs Brande railroad were bought today by J P Morgan & Co at par and interest plus 100. The Equitable Trust company held mortgages on Western Tactic Tattroad company bonds guaranteed by the Denter and Rio Grande. Montes claimed to be due on the bonds from the Center and Rio Grande and were invested on Liberty bonds pending the outcome of the litigation decided in favor of the trust company. DUTCH WITHDRAW MONEY. The official area agency states that the American government does not permit. Ainge constructing of submarines Be dered for the Durch colonial navy, the Dutch foreminenat has withdrawn the appropriation while efforts are being made to have them constructed abroad.
The cruiser Drake has been torpedoed and sunk off the north coast of Ireland. One officer and eighteen men were killed. the remainder of the crew were rescued. The Drake, 14 100 tons, was built in 1901 at Pembroke, with a speed of 23 knots and a crew of 800. A sister ship, Good Hope, was sunk in 1914 in the battle with the German fleet. The Drake was known in American waters and visited Canadian ports. it also served as flagship of the Otherroiser squadron at the Hudson-Pulsen celebration in New York in 1909.
Proclamations by the president restore homestead entry for 6,845 acres in the Wallowa and Wallowa forest area of Oregon and about 28,434 acres in the Fremont national forests spanning Lake and Klamath counties. Entries become subject to homestead provisions after 3 a.m. November 15, with settlement and other forms of disparition on and after November 33.
Premier Kerensky announces a new coalition cabinet after a lengthy session with the present government. The lineup includes M. Kerensky as foreign affairs minister and Teereatchenko as interior minister, with a range of other posts filled by members aligned with the Constitutional Democratic party and the democratic congress still未 recognized.
A letter from Heber Seaweroft Jr at Camp Lexis American Lake Washington is received by Mayor A. T. Heywood. Seaweroft describes Ogden boys at the mobilization center detailing their duties supplying clothing and other needs as they arrive from the western states. The missive notes logistics, barracks, and transport actions during the mobilization period.
A wartime field diary describes Camp Lewin as a four-part frame facility with three squad rooms and a mess hall. Soldiers endure minimal bedding and shelter as drills progress from 7:20 a.m. to taps at 10 p.m. Despite harsh conditions, writers note camaraderie and mentions of officers and fellow Ogden alumni.
Interurban trains to Salt Lake for the Latter-Day Saints conference run heavily loaded from the north. Extra cars are added and special trains depart Deweyville Preston and Hunterville to connect with the Salt Lake services for arrivals and returns.
In Amsterdam a dispatch reports a German effort to fund a new war loan via full page advertisements in leading German newspapers. The message urges citizens to estimate earnings over coming weeks, deduct living costs, and contribute what remains to support the Fatherland.
J ONeill, a prominent local contractor, plans a new hotel in Ogden just east of the Reed hotel on Twenty Fifth Street. The ONeill block will be remodeled with an office lobby on the first floor and thirty rooms on upper floors. Estimated cost about 15000 dollars. The building will include a store room portion on the first floor.
Havre reports a Belgian town punished by German action on October 4. A government dispatch states tongs in eastern Flanders faced a 60,000 mark punishment for alleged crimes, with executions or gassings implied and strict bans on movement after a 6 pm check. The note also mentions disrupted Amber exports from Ireland affecting local labor.
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