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4' .THE OGDEN STANDARD: , OGDEN, UTAH, THURSDAY, MARCH 2f, T9g. f
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Entered aa Second-Class Matter at tho
Postofficc. Ogden, Utah.
ESTABLISHED 1S70.
An Independent Newspaper, publlsned
every cvcnlnd except Sunday, without a
inuzsla or a club. .
MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED
PRESS
The Associated Press Is exclusively en
titled to the use for republication of all
news credited to It or not otherwise
credited In this paper and also tho local
news published herein.
I COMFORT STATIONS AT
jj THE CEMETERY.
I When Sanitary Inspector Shorten
! appealed to the city board for out
! buildings to bo erected in the city
j cemetery, ho did the proper tiling.
' Comfort stations should be erected
bofore Decoration Day, and the build
ing should be kept in sanitary condi
j tion.
t Tho Standard believes the people
' are quite unanimous in approval of
Mr. Shorten's request.
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I WHEN THE DUST OF
SPRING ARISES.
I After the winter months, the streets
I are beginning to get dry and dust, in
r many places, covers t,ho surface. As
j a result, where there is no sprinkling,
i the autos develop a cloud of dust. This
is the condition on Washington ave
nue, north of the bridge.
One of the careful housekeepers liv
ing north of Ogden river roported to
The Standard this morning, requesting
that tho city board bo made aware of
tho fact that tho sprinkling wagons
j should visit that part of the city, if
the homes along the path of the specd-
ing autos are to remain habitable.'
j "Dust fills the air and pours into our
I homes," said the lady over tho tele
phone. "Urge the commissioners to
come out of their hibernating holes.
This is the spring lime. We cannot
start our housecleaning until the dust
In the street is kept down by sprink
ling." When tho housewife hung up her
phone, a little man, without any pre
! tense at dress, walked into the sanc
tum and said:
"I am a poet and have a poem for
you to publish."
Which confirmed the message from
north of tho bridge.
I HAVE A SENSE OF
PROPORTION.
Broaden your vision! That is the
mandate from a writer of ability who
sees in narrowness and prejudice that
which excludes much of the brightness
; of life,
i "Did you ever stop to consider,"
asks tho writer, "just how you look at
things? By that I mean did you ever
consider what your mental attitude is
toward people, things, and life itself?
Do you have a feeling against certain
things or all things, that has grown
from a mere nothing into a full-grown
prejudice? Do you look at things
squarely with both eyes open or with
a squint? Do you ever try to get the
other person's point of view? Your
own child's, for example. And when
you have answered these things, fair
ly and without prejudice, if not wholly
i to your own satisfaction, just sot It
down as a fundamental truth that upon
your attitude of mind depends a great
deal of your happiness, your success,
and the happiness and success of those
in your home and those associated
with you in business or in working to
end the war. There isn't much choice
perhaps between those who are opti
mistically blind and those who are
pesimistically farsighted. But there is
1
a fino happy medium in tho person
who haa cultivated an unprejudiced,
fair, hopeful and interested attitude,
who can listen with open ears and seo
with open eyes, who would build rath
er than destroy, who would help rath
er than hinder, to whom light and
laughter and good cheer arc corpuscles
in tho great artorles of life. It may be
natural for some you often hoar that
but 1 think it is something that some
mothers and fathers have taught their
children quito early in life and it has
grown with them. That is where they
got 'tho vision.' "
BIG DIFFERENCE
IN FLOUR. '
Our Agricultural college at Logan
has taken up a subject which is per
plexing many a housewife. What is
whole-wheat flour? The college has
put this question to the millers of Utah
and no two agroe. Prof. C. T. Hirst,
assistant professor of chemistry, car
ried on the investigation which result
ed in replies as follows:
Mill No. 1 says whole wheat flour
should contain no bran. Mill No. 4
says half of the bulk and one-third of
tho weight should be bran. Mill No.
'7 says that wholo wheat flour should
bo over half shorts. Mill No. 5 says
no shorts should be used.
"As a matter of practical interest
to tho housewife," says Prof. Hirst, "it
appears that certain brands of whole
wheat on the market represent about
one-half tho food value of others sell
ing at tho same price. Qraham sam
ples analyzed, show the same wide
variation. Some millers are letting
their patriotism run away with them,
at the expense of tho stomachs and
purses of their customers."
The college would be doing a com
mendable service by publishing tho
relative food valuo of thewhole-wheat
and graham flours now on the market.
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JAPAN HAS BEEN
FRANK.
' This Japanese bugaboo, which is
again brought before the American
people in relation to the demand for
some precautionary movo to prevent
Siberia becoming a German field of
operations, reminds us of the words of
Elihu Root on his return from Russia.
Tho former secretary of state said:
"There nover" has been in this coun
try, so far as my observation and
reading go, any more dangerous and
persistent misrepresentation regard
ing tho relations, the purposes, tho
character of another country with
which we have relations than in tho
case of the relations between the Unit
ed States and Japan. I haven't tho
slightest doubt that the misrepresen
tations and the attempts to create
that feeling among the people who
have it all in their hands now, the
attempts to create bad feeling between
the United States and Japan, have
been very largely the result of a fixed
and settled purpose, and that purpose,
it seems to mo it is growing day by
day more clear, was the purpose that
formed a part of the policy of that
great ruling caste of Germany which
is attempting to subjugate the world
today.
"For many years I was very familiar
With our own department of foreign
affairs, and for somo years I was espe
cially concerned in its operation. Dur
ing that time there were many diffi
cult, perplexing and doubtful questions
to be discussed and settled between
the United States and Japan. During
that time tho thoughtless or malicious
section of tho press was doing its
worst. During that time the dema
gogue, seeking cheap reputation by
stirring up the passions of the people
to whom It appealed, was doing his
, . . i
Worst. There were many incidents
out of which quarrels and conflict I
might havo arisen, and I hope you
will nil remember what I say; I say
that during all that period there never
was a moment when the government
of Japan was not frank, sincere,
friendly and most solicitous rfot to en
large but to minimlzo nnd do away
with all causes of controversy. No one
who has any familiarity at all with life
can bo mistaken in a negotiation as
to whether the one with whom he Is
negotiating is trying to bo frank or
trying to bring on a quarrel. That is
a fundamental thing that you cannot
be mistaken about. And there never
was a more consistent and noble advo
cacy of peace, or international friend
ship and of real, good understanding
in the diplomacy of this world than
was exhibited by the representatives
of Japan, both here and in Japan, dur
ing all theBe years In their relations
to the United States. I wish for no
better, no more frank and friendly in
tercourse between my country nnd any
other country than tho Intercourse by
which Japan in those years illustrated
tho best qualities of tho new diplo
macy between nations as distinguished
from the old diplomacy as between rul-ers."
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A LITTLE COMMON
SENSE.
At last tho federal authorities are
beginning to display a littlo common
sense in forreting out tho spy. Tho
peoplo aro to bo takon into tho confi
dence of tho secret service nnd the
public generally invited to help trap
the German agents in this country.
A dispatch from Washington says
the theory of the new doparturo is that
publication of details of attempts to
hamper war production would disclose
clues of perpetrators.
Our secret service is very much like
certain police officers who . fear tho
printing of news .will handicap them in
the detecting of criminals. Tho great
est aid in the tracing of a crime is pub
licity. Instead of gumshoeing, the
secret service men long ago should
havo kept tho public informed on all
crimes against this government.
Here in Ogden we have the local
Council of Defense. 'Given the power
to form a secret service branch, Dr.
E. M. Conroy, who Is at the head of
the organization, could, in one week,
placo a spy to catch a spy on every
block of this city, and accomplish all
this without oxpense. But our secret
service has not seen fit to draw to its
assistance this mighty force, lthown
as tho plain people, until now, and wo
surmise that the belated action Is duo
to tho spy peril getting beyond tho
control of the detectives.
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"IT SURE DOES THE WORK."
Changeable weather and wet feet
make March a dangerous month for
coughs, colds, croup and whooping
cough. Be prepared to get prompt re
lief. Don't let a cold run into serious
sickness. Mrs. W. H. Thornton, 3523
W. 10th St., Little Rock, Ark., writes:
"My little boy had a severe attack of
croup and I honestly bellevo he would
have died if it had not been for Foley's
Honey and Tar. Two doses .relieve
him. I would not bo without It at any
price. A. R. Mclntyro Drug Co. Ad
vertisement. no
"Doug" Fairbanks in "Wild
and Woolly," will be shown
again today, last time. Also
"Broncho Billy" in a picture
at the Cozy theatre today.
Harry Carey in "The Phantom
Riders," tomorrow and Satur
day. J
00
"How did Weeds happen to marry
a dressmaker?"
"For her money. She made all of
his first wife's clothes." Brooklyn
Citizen.
I : jSIB Buy a Griffon
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I I ftS Griffon suits provide it for
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I I lp ' bought best suits $20.00 to
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I I KMI rom cre' a te new styies
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'BAKER CONCLUDES
HIS INSPECTION
Takes Trip From Verdun Sec
tor to Great American
Headquarters.
REVIEWS BRIGADE
Visits Trenches, Inquires as
to Food and All Re
quirements. WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN
FRANCE, Wednesday, March 20. (By
tho Associated Press.) Secretary of I
War Baker today concluded his visit
of inspection to the American military
zones in France with a trip which took
him from tho Verdun sector to great
headquarters and included a rovlew of
ono brigade of the First division,
which ho addressed as representative
of tho whole army. Tho secretary also )
visited the birth place of Joan of Arc ;
and mado nn incidental inspection of
tho troops hero and there over the
route which he traversed. Tonight
the secretary departed to fulfill other
aspects of his visit to Franco.
Tho brigade of tho First division
was reviewed from a stage on a high
plateau commanding a wide panorama
of one of the most scenically beautiful
parts of France. It is reached by a
steep winding road from tho valley !
below. A twenty hours' rain had made
it Inaccessible by motor so the secre
tary find his party made tho ascent on
foot, slipping and sliding: on the grassy
mud.
Just as he arrived at tho stand, Gen- j
eral Pershing and his personal staff
came across the field and dismounted.
The entire party then joined the wait
ing division and brigade generals and
their staffs.
A cold March wind and occasional
scurries of rain mado tho scene more
improsslvo as tho brigado, in full j
marching equipment, swept by at
company front, each saluting like
clock work while bands played music
which swelled and softened in the
gusty wind. Secretary Baker lifted his
hat to each regimental flag as it was
lowered in saluto and occasionally
spoke to General Pershing, who stood
beside him.
Seasoned Men In Brigade.
This brigade from the Fir3tdivlsion,
which was tho first to put foot in
France, was composed of men seasoned
in training in summer and winter skies
and In mud and cold. In all conditions
of campaigning, thoy wore the first In,
the trenches and tho first to suffer
casualties. Under the weight of full
field equipment from trench tools to
extra tools, steel-helmotcd, tanned and
fit, tho soldiers stepped swinginly
through the sticky mud that was al
most too much for the mules who drew
tho ono pounders and tho wheeled
kitchens.
First Review of Brigade.
It was the first time that an entire
brigade which had been in action had
been roviowed and the secretary com
plimented tho general commanding
and the colonels of the various units.
When the roview was completed the
brigade commissioned officers assem
bled in a scnil-circle and were pre
sented in a body to the war secretary
by Genoral Pershing in a brief speech
In Avhich he complimented their record
of fitness and efficiency.
Secretary Baker with bared head in
the cold wind, told tho officers they
were typical American soldiers and
said they were "tho point of the
wedge of the army which me whole
American people is driving into the
ranks of their adversary."
The officers then formed in line and
each shook hands wjth the secretary
as his name was announced. The
secretary acknowledged each greeting
and when some acquaintance ap
proached, ho added a personal word or
two.
Gen. Pershing Gratified.
General Pershing showed gratifica
tion at the splendid condition and ap
pearance of tlie brigado and remarked:
"These men have been thero and
know wha It is. You can tell that by
the way they throw out their chests
as thoy swing by."
When tho roview was over tac bri
gado disbanded into units and marcned
back to the camps. The secretary,
General Pershing and his staff and
the other generals trudged down the
hill through the mud to tho waiting
motor cars. Secretary Baker's stay
was a busy ono, as ho covered several
hundred kilometers in his automobile.
Early in the morning ho drove to the
Verdun region to a spot from which
Fort Douaumont was visible. He saw
the activities behind tho French lines
and a long artillery wagon train and
marching troops.
Vlcits American Trenches.
On the way back he stopped whero
American troops were billeted, tho or
ganizations turning out for inspection.
The soldiers wore questioned regard
ing details of food, billets and equip
ment and the secretary often went into
tho billets to got a personal impres
sion. The only complaint registered
was about a scant food ration, which
was found to be due to tho temporary
change in the stations of the units af
fected. Onco the secretary's party
met a traveling kitchen. Tho secre
tary left the automobile and had a
taste of the soup and food. His com
ment was "very good."
French Pral3e Americans.
During the day Secretary Baker
visited the French divisional com
pandor, who complimented tho Amor
ican troops, saying he had called the
attention of his men to tho expo
dltious and snappy way the Americans
unloaded and assembled their artillery.
Calls on Fellow Ohloan.
On Tuesday, finding himself in the
vicinity of a certain unit, the secretary
sent for a fellow Ohioan, Carlisle Bab
cock of Cleveland, a private in the ma
rine corps, and a son of a personal
friend. After a brief talk the two were
photographed together.
The visit to Domremy, the homo of
Joan of Arc, was the concluding inci
dent of the day, Secretary Baker and
General Pershing driving to the little
village. Thoy inspected the church
where tho French heroine was bap
tized and the humble cottage where
sho was born.
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A CERTAIN FACT.
"Concerning this food shortage, it
seems to be there is one argument
which covers the ground."
"What is that?"
1 1 "A good wheat and corn crop."
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! (PHI SEE HIM 'TODAYS IN - I i
j iff 5 1 He's a fighting sonnof-a-gim in the superB I
j red-blooded western cocktail with the kick I
I Jwk forty bronchos like the cowboy's fan- 1
I m dango, it most be seen to be appreciated. It I
is a sore-fire HIT.
1 TOM MIX mixes all the athletic clever- 8
j W . ness of "Doug" Fairbanks and George Walsh I
j with his daringness and horseman- 1
ship. Say! and believe us he's some actor
1 , ' e kig Toledo Scale has arrived and J
I ' V is in the lobby, where you can get your 1
I weight free. If you don't show a gain in I
I i weight after seeing Tom Mix tell us . If you I
do tell- everybody.
l ' ' " " I BWIMIHH I
Government Controls
Roads Until 2! Months
After War.
WASHINGTON. March 21. Presi
dent Wilson today signed the bill
bringing tho railroads under govern
ment operation and control until twenty-one
months after the end of the
war.
President Wilson's signature to -the
bill for government operation of rail
roads until twenty-one months after
the war completes the plan for the
greatest undertaking in government
control of p'rlvately owned public util
ities the war has brought to America.
Early in August, 1916, the war cloud
was growing ominous, so an act was
passed empowering tho president,
through the secrotary of war, to take
control of and utilize all systems ,of
transportation in a national emer
gency. President Wilson employed
this "authority on December 28, 1917,
taking possession of the lines and ap
pointing Secretary of the Treasury
McAdoo, director general of railroads.
Engaged in a war requiring every
bit of national effort to insure success,
the president believed it was impera
tive that the government direct all
operations so that adequate means
might bo had to expedite troop move
ments, movo war supplies, and enro
for tho genorally abnormal strain on
the transportation system.
The flow of khaki-clad men had to
proceed to the ports of embarkation
without interruption; shells, cartridges
and rifles had to be moved from mu
nitions centers; foodstuffs had to be
transferred from the granaries of the
west, and ample provision had to be
made for the output of the mines. In
addition to military needs, the country
had experienced during the winter of
1917 the greatest breakdown and con
gestion of the transportation system
over known.
At a stroke of the president's pen
the roads came under federal admin
istration. Property rights were not
purchased the government merely
exercised its authority to operate the
lines and provision was made for
safo-guarding tho proprietary inter
ests of investors.
At the request of the president, con
gress than set about to enact a law to
carry on the step taken as an emer
gency under the law of 1916.
In substantial accord with President
Wilson's recommendation, the law
provided that the .compensation esti
mated at $9-15.000,000 annually, shall
be predicated on average net earnings
for the three-year period ending June
30, 1917. Tho amountsJwill be ascer
tained by the Interstate Commerce
commission and certified to the presi
dent, who will negotiate with the roads
for their acceptance. Ordinary taxes,
such, as national or 6tate, shall be paid
out of operating revenues, but war
taxes must be paid by the companies
out of their own tunds, or charged
against the standard return. In that
way, the roads will bear their propor
tional share of the war burden. So that
the properties may be returned' to their
owners in condition as good as when
taken over, provision was made for
their maintenance and for protection
against unusual deterioration.
In the absence of a complete federal
valuation of railroads, the exact rate
of returns to be made by the govern
ment cannot be stated accurately, but
it is estimated that tho companies will
obtain an amount representing nearly
five and a third per cent.
In event that the president finds that
an equitable return cannot be com
puted for some roads on the three
year pre-war basis because of abnor
mal operating conditions during that
period, he is authorized to fix an
amount as ho shall believe reasonable.
In case a road refuses to accept the
amount of compensation as estimated
by the Interstate Commerce commis
sion, a board of referees shall be ap
pointed to ascertain a fair return, and
if this method fails the roads have re
course to the federal court of claims.
These provisions of the act safeguard
the constitutional rights of investors
to have their compensation determin
ed by due process of law.
One section of the act provides the
president may advance the rate of
earnings for any road increasing Us M
resources in order to handle better 9
the war-time volume of traffic. I
Dividonds of Companies. M
The companies are authorized to M
continuo the regular payment of divi- JJ
dends, but extra dividends shall not bo 1
voted without the approval of the a
government. m
A revolving fund of 500,000,000 was I
provided. Tho president may order
roads to extend their lines, erect or 9
expand terminals and make such other -I
improvements as wartime conditions fl
make imperative. If necessary, money .1
from the emergency fund may be ap- M
propriated to meet these expenses, 1
with provision that the government 91
shall be reimbursed. The president is m
authorized also to purchase for the m
government, nt prices not exceeding flj
par, all maturing securities which 91
were issued by the roads. M
Estimates of maturities for 191S aro M
$182,696,538; 1919, $1S8,215.052; 1920, 9
$186,520,253; 1921, $440,905,52S. 91
Status of Carriers. 9
It is specifically stipulated in the 9j
law that the carriers shall remain, as 9
in their former status, subject to all 91
laws and liabilities arising under stat- 91
utes or the common law. 9
How long to retain government con- 9j
trol after the war, and whether to vest w
rate-fixing powers in the president or m
in the Interstate Commerce commis- 91
sion were quostions that for a time 91
caused disagreements between the 9
house and senate. The proposal to es- 91
tablish indefinite government control 9
of the national railroad system was 9j
voted down in both houses of con- M
gress. 91
NOTICE. 1
Of Special Meeting of Stockholders of 9
Rozel Asphalt Company. 9
Notice Is hereby given that there
will be a special meeting of the stock- m
holders of the Rozel Asphalt company, 9
a corporation, with its principal place m $
of business at Ogden, Utah, to be held . 9 f
at the court room of Judge A. E. Pratt, 9
in tho Weber county court house, at 9
Ogden, Utah, at the hour of 8 o'clock 9 ?
p. m., on April 2nd, 1918. Je'
Said meeting is called for the pur- 91,
pose of considering and voting upon 9 ,
tho proposition of amending the arti- 1
cles of incorporation of said corpora- 1 .
tion, .namely, Article Six thereof, by 1 '
increasing the capital stock of 250000 1
shares of the par value of $1.00 per 1 v
share, to 750,000 shares of tho par f j
value of $1.00 per share. 9 fi
Said meeting is called under and by 1 L-
direction of tho board of directors of I t
8aid company. 9 ;
Dated this 11th day of March, A. D., 1 ,
1918. f
I LEONARD PRUETT, j f A,
I President. 9
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ik Most to Yonr Money! I
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