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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1919
Page
3
Article urges citizens to oppose race prejudice after riots in Washington Chicago and Knoxville. It criticizes police for weak control and notes troops as a key tool to quell violence while calling for patience to bridge class and race divides.
An article on Labor Day argues organized labor has grown beyond mining regions to a broad Federation of Labor. It notes capital and labor as powerful forces, desires fair bargaining, and warns against autocratic domination by either side. The piece envisions a balanced, living balance between capital and labor.
An Ogden party driving to Razel oil wells encounters dire mud on the road west of Corinne. The return journey proves costly and somber, the travelers likened to remnants of Coxey's army as they face a desolate, mudbound ordeal.
A vivid reminiscence depicts well-dressed men on an investigative excursion beset by mud and peril. Nature’s harshness outstrips commerce as their auto teeters toward a marsh and canal. Mosquitoes and discomfort interrupt the descent, with a taunting aside promising continuation.
The report by R. J. Clancy shows substantial progress in accident prevention on Southern Pacific Western Pacific Thewater Southern andDeep Creek lines. For the first six months of 1919 total accidents dropped from 448 to 3487 when counting time disability, while interstate reports fell from 1570 to 1249.
Knoxville Tenn Aug 31 rioting followed race Saturday night and Sunday as mob tried to lynch Maurice Mayes a negro accused of murder. National guardsmen patrolled the city searching all negroes with barriers and machine guns. Two whites and two blacks were killed and many wounded including Lt James W Payne of Kentucky killed by machine gun fire. Businesses suffered loot and breakage about ten thousand dollars.
A mob seized the jail as Sheriff Mayes was moved to Chattanooga, looting the fall and sheriff’s house. Armed whites and black troops clashed near Vine and Central, with soldiers overpowered and several killed or wounded. Nelson Easly, a decorated black soldier, died of heart trouble amid the excitement. Jon Etter, a jailed black inmate, was reported killed.
Mexico City report details a 1917 crude opium shipment of about 5,000 kilograms valued at 3.5 million pesos, sent from Kalin Japan to Mexico via Salina Cruz, with alleged German broker WH Herrmann implicated. Police raids seized 23,000 peso worth opium and thousands of tins. smugglers used “cigars” and double gas tanks on autos to move narcotics into the United States. Branches reportedly operated in Nueva Laredo, New Mexico, New York, and San Francisco as press campaigns alleged a vast profits network.
Tom Mix appears in Pals in Blue Nellies Naughty Boarder and The Great Gamble at the Lyceum today with Screen Magazine in show.
Rain fell across Missoula and northern Idaho and western Montana aiding fire crews. Forest officials said conditions improved for the first time in weeks as headquarters reported a notable easing of the blaze danger.
London demand for punishment of profiteers dominates reports as readers flood newspapers with complaints about inflated prices and questionable practices. A distraught buyer recounts paying $100 to a tailor for items wholesale costing $17.50, illustrating public anger over profiteering and costly goods.
Paris newspapers honor General Pershing with warm articles and farewell remarks after a reception with French press representatives. Pershing cites armistice as the war’s pivotal moment, and declines to predict future plans. Andre Tardieu praises Pershing as a steadfast ally in the Franco American war effort.
Geneva Aug 1 An American company has reportedly purchased the Manfred Weiss arms munition factory in Budapest. The deal, described as the largest in central Europe, involves the Skoda Arms and Ammunition works negotiations and hints at broader energy deals with Romanian petroleum interests.
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