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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1916
Page
6
Bandits engage in a confrontation with officers north of the Riverdale Bridge. No injuries reported. officers pursued suspects and secured the area. Details such as times and identities were not fully available in the readable text.
Reports from Paris and Berlin describe renewed sieges and heavy battles on the Macedonian and Somme fronts. French and Serbian forces claim gains near Brod on the Cerna river, while German and Russian actions intensify in Volhynia and Transylvania frontlines with stubborn defenses and costly assaults.
President Wilson arrived in Chicago to rally support for reelection. The crowds packed the streets as he attended a luncheon at the Press Club, then spoke to the Nazi Partisans Women’s League, and planned a main address at Union Stockyards pavilion before departing to Shadow Lawn.
Washington officials concede the German merchant submarine Bremen is virtually lost after being overdue for a month. Germany fears no reliable postwar details. a new sea freighter, possibly the Deutschland, may reach an American port soon.
Berlin reports Lieutenant-Commander Arnauld de la Perriere, commander of submarine U-35, awarded the Pour le Merite for sinking 126 vessels totaling 274,000 tons. U-35 destroyer actions include French and English ships, with successes in the Mediterranean and a Spanish Cartagena posting.
Police and sheriff teams searched the Riverdale vicinity after a gun battle with bandits near Riverdale bridge. Witnesses reported sawed off shotguns, shell casings, and tree scars as authorities connected the episode to a larger extortion plot linked to the historic Martin blackmail case and the Eccles family.
Bucharest reports Romanian troops push back Teutons on the Transylvanian front near Predeal and along the Trotus and Dran valleys. Rumanians claim 600 prisoners and 32 cannons taken, with another detachment capturing 360 prisoners and machine guns.
Charles E. Hughes told audiences in Sapinaw and Bay City that a vote for him is a vote for peace and dignity of citizenship. He criticized the administration over the Underwood tariff and Adamson law, denied that backing him means war, and urged a balance of self respect, international peace, and national readiness. He urged preserving American rights and warned against meddling in Mexico while promoting social justice at home.
New York reports the Cunard liner Alaunia struck a mine in the English Channel near Falmouth while en route to London. The vessel, 620 feet long with 13 405 gross tons, sank in the forenoon after leaving New York October 7 with passengers aboard. Captain Hentz on and several crew saved. some passengers and crew missing amid reports of cargo including war supplies.
Washington October 19. Commercial groups from Sacramento San Jose Blackstone Santa Clara and 18 inland cities contested an Interstate Commerce Commission order in a Pacific Terralats freight case. The dispute concerns increased cross country rates and the legality of reduced rates for water competition tied to the Panama Canal opening. Solicitor General Davis and ICC counsel Folk led the government with John Alexander of San Francisco representing Sacramento and other cities.
Chicago Ort 19 The public faces further bread price hikes if wheat keeps climbing. A 10 cent wheat rise over two days lifted wholesale flour prices to 99.59 per barrel the highest in 20 years. Bakers warn of higher bread costs or smaller loaves unless flour and wheat import/export restrictions ease.
London report of German submarine attacks on Norwegian vessels includes the steamship Sten and the Swedish bark Greta Viem. Fourteen crewmen were landed at Christiania and eighteen seamen from the bark were landed at Friedrikabaven.
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