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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1919
Page
8
Reports from London and Washington describe Bolshevik forces retreating across northern Russia. Denikin's Cossack corps advance toward Gomel. Kiev’s fall to Bolsheviks heightens strategic pressure on Moscow. Kronstadt capitulation denied. British and American observations remain cautious amid shifting fronts and troop concentrations.
LIEUT. MAYNARN HOPS OFF FOR REST OF TRIP after plane mechanical trouble during a transcontinental flight. The incident occurred near a military depot as the damaged aircraft forced a forced landing. Mechanics rushed to repair the machine that had carried Captain who had recently been injured, allowing Lt Maynarn to continue later.
Washington January 17. At the request of the state war and navy departments senate military committee chairman Wadsworth introduced a bill to regulate marriage of American soldiers or civilians attached to the army on foreign service. It requires affidavits before marriage showing both parties are of legal age and unmarried with heavy penalties for violations. The French government is in accord with the provisions and wants speedy enactment per a war department note.
A station dispatch reports that after government relinquishment the Union Pacific system including the Oregon Short Line and Salt Lake Route will relocate headquarters to Omaha. The restructuring will move hundreds of jobs from Salt Lake and Portland to Omaha around January 1. The plan follows congressional railroad committee recommendations and names D. M. Adams as vice president with J. A. Munroe retiring at restoration to private ownership.
A Stockholm report cites Professor Guide Schneider claiming Bolsheviks killed 23,632 people in Riga. The account describes brutal executions, agonal scenes, and prolonged suffering carried out by executioners described as unable to aim true.
In a Sheffield speech Prime Minister Lloyd George blamed delay in concluding the peace with Turkey on U.S. uncertainty. He suggested delaying until the United States agrees to share the burdens of civilization outside its borders and to join in shaping Turkey’s future.
Washington reports a two day international center conference opened with a group approach to collective bargaining. Hopes for closer capital and labor cooperation emerged as leaders like Tones lB. Sheppard urged a harmonious adjustment of differences, while O Leary praised cooperation to secure protective objectives. The gathering stressed faith in government and avoid the dangers of revolutionary rhetoric.
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A Japanese delegation to a labor conference faced protests in Yorkonama as thousands gathered on the Seattle pier. Moved by dispute over selection methods, Masumoto was pressured and attacked, with a thousand workers in formation watching the departure of the Washio Maru.
General Janes Tarbinod heads an Armenian mission arriving at Kies town ahead of Turkish frontier disruptions. The report traces growing Armenian suffering, frontier movements, and Allied pressure amid Turko Russian tensions, noting evacuations, quarantines, and Red Cross relief efforts across Mesopotamia regions.
The government expresses regret and indignation over the flogging of American soldier Garpor Al Benjamin Sperling by General Kam ikadla Cogkacke. It calls for inquiry, awaits report from the Minister of Justice, and notes authorized troop movements and investigations into the incident amid broader tensions in eastern Siberia and the Far East.
A read of resolutions adopted by the American Manufacturers' Export association outlines sweeping reforms for the diplomatic and consular service. It calls for phasing in full civil service regulations, increasing salaries, improving living conditions, and maintaining adequate tenure for ambassadors and ministers. The plan proposes permanent attaché status for each embassy and merit-based promotions, with applications examined under a new vetting process.
London reports a note from the supreme council inviting Germany to participate in a blockade of Bolshevik Russia. The measures include denying passports, restricting trade, halting ships from Bolshevik ports, blocking commercial routes, and denying credit. Allied powers pledge continued naval action in the Gulf of Finland to pressure Bolshevik ports and prevent Bolshevik interference with international commerce.
The American Smelting and Refining Company today advanced the price of lead from 6 28 to 6 50 a pound. The movement signals firmer demand in the metals market as trading opens in New York.
King Albert of Belgium and his party reached Los Angeles at 9 05 a m today amid an official reception committee led by Mayor Meredith J Snyder and a crowd of thousands. The visit plans include meetings with city officials and public engagements during a royal tour.
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