Iti 4 THE OGDEN STANDARD: OGDEN, UTAH. MONDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1918.
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I DO NOT RELAX IN
VIGILANCE.
From Washington, Surgeon General
Blue of the public health service,
warns the country that the epidemic
of influenza has not come and gone.
Ho advises that there be no relaxing
of precautions.
The advice should be heeded. In
1S89 the influenza epidemic broke out
a second time, aftor the disease -was
supposed to have been wiped ouL
No epidemic in America's history
has equaled in virulence the present
attack of influenza, and no safeguards
should be npglected which will keep
the disease from returning when con
. trol has been obtained.
It is estimated 400,000 have died in
this country. This death roll is eight
times as large as th, total deaths to
American forces on the European bat
tlefields. Our battles against the disease have
been on a larger scale and against a
more destructive enemy than our
troops encountered in France.
I MAKING 'OUR OWN
POTASH.
Potash was produced in largo quan
tities in Germany prior to the war, and
one of the best markets for the prod,
uct was Amerfca.
Since 1914 this country has beori la
boring to become Independent of the
German supply. We arc informed by
government authorities that the out
look is encouraging, the rate of pro
duction during the first six months of
191S having been equal to nearly 25
per cent of the normal consumption.
By force of circumstances the country
is now essentially independent of for
eign Importations, though at an unde
termined cost In the fertility of the
soil. Searles Lake, in California, the
alkali lakes in western Nebraska, and
the alunite deposits of Utah, all of
which were examined, with favorable
recommendations, in earlier reports by
the geological survey, department of
the interior, are now our principal
sources of supply. From these, as well
as from various by-product recover
ies, larger and increasing supplies are
expected in the latter half of 1918 and
A demonstration is to take place at
the plant of the Portland Cement com
pany of Utah, which is located near
Salt Lake, to prove that even mining
tailings may be utilized in the turning
out of a commercial potash.
The extensive tailing dumps near
Garfield are said to contain more than
9 per cent of potash, and the fertilizer,
which Is locked up as an Insoluble, can
be released by a very simple process.
Mixed with Bait and limestone and sub
jected to a heat far less than is re
quired to produce a clinker in the man
ufacture of cement, and then immersed
in -water, the potash, rendered soluble,
is extracted.
I When western tailings from the old
i milling plants begin to yield potash in
large quantity, the United States will
be in position to tell the Germans
that their fertilizer and chemical Is
j not wanted.
In the meantime, the developing in-
i dustry must be protected by a tariff
R'all sufficiently high to keep out the
German article.
I A NATION NEVER
DEFEATED.
On Sunday President Wilson placed
a. wreath on the tomb of Lafayette, and
thus recalled the debt of gratitude
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OTHERS are IMITATIONS
I which America has paid to France. '
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When Lafayette came to America
wtlh his troops, the struggling soldiers
of Washington wore making a fight
against great odds.
An American, lately writing from
Paris, says God must be wtlh America
for, with the very inception of the na
tion's birth, by fortunate circum
stances, defeat always has been ward
ed off, and America remains tho one
undefeated nation of history. Lloyd
George remarked this, when American
trobps began to arrive in Franco in
large numbers. He said that at last
America was in the war in full panoply
and victory was assured, as America
had never been defeated.
The Paris correspondent, reviewing
this wonderful record of successes,
says:
"In the war with Mexico the Yank
fought vastly superior numbers of
brave men and won. Tho Mexican war
was comparatively small, but the
troops had to suffer and endure and
they always filled all they were called
upon to fill, and often more. In that
war, Grant, Loe, McClellan and many
others made their debut, and all glo
riously. "Of the civil war the deeds of the
soldiers of both sides have become
classic. General Grant, in speaking of
the south In his offiical report, says:
"Let us hope to remain in perpetual
peaco and harmony with that enemy
whose manhood, however mistaicen tho
cause, has called forth such Herculean
deeds of valor." A tribute from a
generous foe! And in his memoirs,
written almost on his deathbed, he
said:
"United wo need fear no foe."
It was General Longstrcot, the right
hand of Robert Leo, who said: 'Of
Washington it was said, "First in war,
first in peace, first in the hearts of his
countrymen." ' Of Grant we can say,
'First in war, first In peace and first
In the hearts of his enemies.'
"And at the marvelous funeral of
Grant, among his pall bearers were
Goneral Buckner and General Joseph
E. Johnson. The former had surren
dered to him at Donelson: the latter
had been ono of his most efficient
enemies. Both, with Sherman and
Sheridan, their old opponents, assisted
in bearing away his remains to the
beautiful tomb which overlooks the
Hudson. It was their answer, the true
answer of the south, to the famous
sentence, 'Let us have. peace.'
"In our little war with Spain, in
which I took a humble part, when the
Spanish ships were sinking oTf Santi
ago de Cuba it was an American offi
cer who sad, or rather shouted, to his
crew: 'Don't cheer, boys; the poor
devils are dying.' And the men obeyed
and did not cheer, but they did what
they could to save the lives of their
quixotic opponents.
"Why the German emperor and the
German general staff could think wo
were of little military value 1 never
'could make out. With traditions such
as ours, how could our army he any
thing but what it is? And when peo
ple say with a surprised look, 'The
Americans are good soldiers and did
well,' I smile and say: 'Of course; I
could have told you that before.'
"We have a blameless military rec
ord. We have never been beaten in all
our history. We have had a aeries of
wonderful commanders. Today their
sons are doing just what sons of such
men would do. They are maintain
ing our standard and that standard Is
high." J
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' A WORD TO OLD
i SANTA GLAUS. .
Say, Santa Claus, have you met Rev.
John E. Carver of Ogden?
Do you know him?
Do you realize what he has done for
this community In the past three
months?
On Christmas eve, when you are so
"busy distributing tokens of esteem, the
Standard invites you not to overlook
this most worthy man, who has been
going at top speed, day and night, sinco
the first day that the plague came to
worry and distress so many Ogden
homes.
Perhaps there is not A home in this
city which has not had some tangible
evidence of the volunteer work of Rev.
Carver.
The minister has gone everywhere
and has done everything that prom
ised to lessen the awful strain upon
the afflicted families. He has been
called out of bed In the darkest hour
of night; he has even served in tho
capacity of nurse at the emergency
hospital when the women have fallen
exhausted and delirious patients were
to be guarded.
Santa Claus, if you miss this Samar
itan on this day of loving tribute, the
Standard will feel as though thlc com
munity has failed to appreciate the
hard work and sacrifice which has
lightened the misery of so many fami
lies. oo
! VANITY UNDERMINED
, THE GERMAN.
We have often wondered how the
Belgian army escaped intact from tho
Germans, when the army of the kaiser
swept through the western part of tho
invaded territory.
An explanation is 'given by Brand
Whitlock, who was our minister to
Belgium In the war days.
Whitlock says German vanityIs the
explanation, and he makes tnls state
ment: "The ironic spirits have thier fun
with mortals; their sardonic laughter
rings forever down the awful void;
what were thought to bo victories
proved to be dofeats and defeats to
have been triumphs. Major Langhorne
in Brussels a day or so after the city
had been abandoned said that Ant
werp, if not a victory for tho Belgians,
was hardly a victory for the Germans,
sinco In their haste to parado tho
boulevards of Brussels, to have the
eclat of an entry Irr- the grand style
in the capital of the little nation they
had conquered, and to stagger mankind
with their force and power, they had
loft the country open westward to tho
sea and allowed tho Belgian army to
escape to the immortal glory of tho
Yser. But whatever minor consola
tion thero may have been for the peo
ple of Brussels in the thought that tho
Germans had made a mistake of which
history would calmly speak, there was
an Immediate and an intense preoccu
pation, destined thenceforth never to
quit the mind for years. It was the
thought of famine."
This same vanity robbed the Ger
mans of victory boforc Paris. The
German high command had n time
table prepared before the war, which
included the taking of tho French cap
ital on a given date. When the troops
of Von Moltkc met with unexpected
resistance in Belgium and fell behind
in their schedule, the infantry was
pushed ahead of the heavy artillery
and commissary and had arrived at tho
outskirts of Paris when tho French
counter-attacked with their famous
"75's" and hurled the Huns back a dis
tance "of fifty miles.
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CAN FEED THE
WORLD. '
If the winter wheat crop forecast
is realized, the United States will be
able to feed the world at harvest time.
The acreage totals nearly fifty !
million and the government experts
are predicting a yield of 755.000,000
bushels, or 210,000,000 bushels greater
than last season.
With a guaranteed price on wheat,
the farmers are seeding their land to
that grain, preferring to accept the I
high figures than to trust to the un
certainly of the markets for other
farm products.
Next year our farmers. will be called
on to continue to help the people of
Europe escape starvation. The farms
of France, Belgium, Germany, Austria
and Hungary are In need of fertilizers,
as they have been under constant
drain during the war. Tho worn
soils of those old world countries must
be restored in order to produce as they
did in 1914. While the work of resto
ration is proceeding, tho farmers of
the United States must supply the food
stuff which Is, to keep hunger from
the millions who have suffered so
much privation in. the past four years.
Russia might help, but Russia is
going through an internal disturbance
which is fully as destructive as was
the war itself and, until stability of
government is assured, the peasantry
will be in no position to plant and reap
as In the past.
Much attention has been given to
the number of soldiers sent across the
ocean, the quantity of ammunition and
other equipment of war, but the one
great thing that saved France and
Great Britain, before this country even
entered the conflict, was the food that
left America's shores for the allies.
Our farmers can say that they did a
mighty work in helping to make the
world safe for democracy.
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MUM P1TII
The situation brought about In
Brigham by the action of James Hull,
and Knudson and Bywater, pool hall
owners, and J. E. Ryan, moving pic
ture theater man who last Thursday
opened up their places or business in
defiance of the health regulations on
account of their opinion that they were
"being discriminated against," is now
happily settled. The city council,
board of health, and business men of
Brigham met on Saturday morning
and discussed the situation and ad
journed to this morning when It is
expected the ban will be lifted off the I
city. j
The city appealed to Dr. Beatty of
the state board of health, who advised)
that the men be prosecuted for their i
disobedience, but the city took the'
stand that as the state had imposed '
the ban the state should dp the prose
cuting, The contention of the pool hall own
ers has been that there has been no
quarantine of the sick in Brigham, .
and, therefore, they should not be j
quarantined, ;
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EftlFDBCE PAH
County Physician W. H. Emmett, and
the health officers of tho precincts of
Weber county together with Sanitary
Inspector George Shorten, Dr. H. M.
Rowe, and John Spargo, and the coun
ty commissioners met yesterday to
consider the health, situation of the
county. There are ninety-one cases
of Influenza at the present time. Uin
tah and Roy are free of the disease,
and Plain City reports four families
sick.
It was decided to strictly enforce
the quarantine rules, put a taboo on
gatherings during the holidays, and
quarantine suspected cases until the
presence of the disease can be de
termined. The health board is also
authorized to call upon the county
teachers and the county farm bureau
for assistance if needed. Following
is the number of cases by districts:
Liberty 1; Eden 3; Huntsvllle 13;
Farr West 1; Harris ville 1; North
Ogden 1; West Weber 4; Wilson 11;
Plain City 30; Rlverdale and Burch
Creek combined 10; Warren and West
Warren 14; Uintah and Roy none.
PRESIDENT WILL
CELEBRATE MS
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mado me realize to the utmost the in
timate community of thought and ideal
which characterizes your people and
the groat nation which I have the
honor for tho time to ropresent.
"Your welcome to Paris L shall al
ways remember as one of the unique
and inspiring experiences of my life
and while I feel that you aro honor
ing the people of the United States
in my person, I shall nevertheless
carry away with me a very keen per
sonal gratification in looking back up.
on these memorable days.
"Permit me to thank you from a full
heart."
In addressing President Wilson at
the city hall ceremonies, Adrien
Mithouard, president of the municipal
council of Paris, said:
"I have the honor, in the presence
of the republic, to present you the
municipal council of Paris, whoso in
terpreter I am in welcoming the chief
of the groat nation, whoso aid arriv
ing so opportunely brought us victory
and the upright man whose conscience
fashioned his policy and whose dip
lomacy was made of-loyalty."
Turning to Mrs. Wilson, M. Mith
ouard said:
"Madamo: Paris is infinitely happy
and Is touched to think who have ac
companied the president, have been
goon enough on this occasion to give
us .the charm and grace of your pres
1 once. Wo have long boon aware of
your devotion and of tho wise and bon
"eficient activity you have shown by
! the side of your illustrious husband.
Yet nothing touches so much the heart
of the people of Paris as to be per
mitted to know those who have al
ready conquered by their goodness.
Thus Paris, by my voice, acclaims you
and lays at your feet, madame, the
homage of its gratitude and Its res
pect." Finally, speaking again the Presi
dent Wilson, M. Mithouard said:
"Mr. President, it Is with deep emo
tion that the capital welcomes today
the first president of the United States
who has crossed tho sea and our city
hall, the cradle of Fronch liberty, will
mark in its annuals the day on which
it was permitted to receive the em
inent statesman of the union, the cit
izen of tho world dare we say the
great European? whose voice, heard
before the coming of victory,, called
to life the oppressed among the na
tions. "During weary months our soldiers
havo fought with stole resolution In
defense of the soil of their forbears
and the land of their children. So vast
was the field of battle, so great was
the Issue at' stake, so bitter and so
hard was the struggle that only after
tho passage of time did It seem pos
sible that the grandeur of their ac
complishment could clearly show
forth. Yet your distance from tho
theater of war has allowed you to see,
while yet they' lived, tho greatness of
tho monument they were building.
"From the other 6ide of the world
you have spoken in advance of the
judgment of history. What a source
of strength it was for these fighters
suddenly to hear your voice, in Its dis
tant authority resembling the voice of
posterity; what joy to welcome those
new brothers In arms hastening with
ardor to claim at the critical hour
their place upon the field of battle;
what comfort for them to feel that
they were henceforth arrayed with
the glorious army of General Persh
ing, the victor of the Argonne!"
PARIS, Sunday. Dec. 15. The
French government is' considering a
bill establishing among the Allies an
international financial union. The
purpose of this unlou would be to dis
tribute the expense of the war be
tween the nations on the basis of pop
ulations and power to contribute. The
proposition is supported by 100 dele
gates of all parties. It is understood
that a similar bill is under considera
tion by the British government.
It Is estimated that tho expense of
the Alies tatolled 424,000,000,000
francs while the central power ex
penses aggregated 870,000.000,000
francs. To avoid international bank
ruptcy, it is declared that such an as
sociation is necessary to float an in
ternational loan estimated at 518,000,
000,000 francs to be distributed on a
basis of population and production, i
Each state would guarantee its pro
portion from customs and Other reve-(
nue6.
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REDUCTION IN
PHOONE RATES
WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 Sweeping
reductions in long distance and toll
telephone rates by- the adoption of a
basic rate for night service up to
midnight and one-fourth the day rale
after that hour, wore announced today
by Postmaster General Burleson. They
become effective next January 21.
The now rates were recommended
in the first report of tho committee
on rate standardization and Mr. Burle
son's statement said their effect Is to
equalize the toll and long-distance
charges over the country, "removing
disparities and preferences and pro
viding a scientific basis for futuro
reductions contemplated as unification
of ftelephone and telegraph wires pro
ceeds." Cheap Night Service
"A night service rate," said the
statement, "which is one-half the day
rate, is established between 8:30 and
12 p. m. Between midnight and 4:30
a. m., the night rate is one-fourth tho
day rate. These are greater reduc
tions in night rates than have ever
been made In any country and doubt
less will be extensively used, especial
ly for social and family purposes. A
person might talk from San Francisco
to New York for about ?4 whereas
the day rate is approximately $16.
"A aUition-to-stallon service Is es
tablished Buch ats now exists in the,
balance of the world, that Is when a
connection Is established with a man's
house or office, the opportunity to
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' converse provided and the station-to-statlon
rate, which Ib the basic rate,
' applies and Is payable whether the
' particular persons desired responds or
not. This rate, up to twenty-four
miles, is at the rate of five cents for
' six miles and for greater distances five
cents for each eight miles or about
, six and one-fourth mills a mile. The
distance is computed by air line meth
ods and not by pole line or public
. highways. The airline distances are
I commonly about 100 miles when the
others would run 150 miles,
i It is stated by the committee that
more than sixty varieties of toll rates
have existed In the United States up
to the present time. The time effect
of the uniform or baBic rate in the
station-to-station service is to reduce ,
or not affect about seventy per cent
of the rates though necessarily slight-1
ly raising about thirty per cent in the
process of standardization. !
"It requires about two and a half
times as much work to establish con- ,
nectlon with a particular person than
the station-to-station service. Hither- '
to the rates have been the same for
I both kinds of services, nothing being
paid, however great the services per
formed on the failure of the telephone
Institution to secure the particular
person. The particular-person service
has also been used to defraud the gov
ernment out of Its toll revenues. De-
signing person employ codes under I
which, although the desired telephone1
is reached, the particular person is
said not to be there but words of ex- I
planatlon given from his 'phono an- J
swer all the purposes of the call under '
the code arrangement.
"The particular-person service is not
discontinued, but the rate is -so modi
fied as to prevent these abuses and
compensate the telephone service in
part for the extra expense of labor
and plant involved, and a charge of
25 per cent of the station-to-station
rate is made for such service, when
the particular person ia secured and a
report charge of 25 per cent of the
station-to-station rate Is made when
the house or office telephone is ob
tained and" bla whereabouts or refusal
to talk is reported.
"In many large sections of the coun
try the smallest toll rate has not been
less than fifteen cents. Under the new
scheme for short distances the rates
are reduced to five cents and ten cents.
For the cheapest form of service tho
person can talk five minutes as com
pared with three minutes now, or in
Borne cases only two minutes or one
minute. Free toll aroaa where the ex
change rate was designed to cover the
free service or a lower charge there
for are not affected by this order."
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Yeomen, Attention
Pay your monthly dues at the Se
curity State Bank.
W. Im MOORE, Correspondent.
SOLDIERS 10
HAVE RETURNED
The Red Cross "Welcome Home"
cards, which are being signed by sol
diers and sailors discharged from the
service, and which will bo filed for fu
ture reference, show that the follow
ing men have returned to their homes
in Ogden:
Corporal Hayden Candland, Com-
tsm 1 H IWI I 1 1 L mill , H HI 1 1 II M I i III I II HI J
pany B, 13Sth engineers, 552 Seven-
teenth street; Blaine A. McField, can- j
didate for commission in the central ;
infantry officers training school, 2269 i
Quincy avenue; Richard Kenneth
Pierce, candidate for commission in j i
the C. I. O. T. S., 3405 Washington I
avenue; Sorgeant Arthur M. Burch, ; J
Company B, Eighty-first engineers. jj
2030 Douglas avenue; Corporal Edwin
Randall, 320 Second street; Private
Ephralm Olsen, Second regiment, S. M
P. D 2439 Quincy avenue; Harmon C. 1
Melssner, field artillery officers' train-
Ing school, 1325 Twenty-fifth street g
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