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H rtj2l2IZZri2lf Prlce Flvc Cent' OGDEN CITY, UTAH, FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 19, 1919. LAST EDITION 3:30 P. M.
BULGARIANS DENY WAR RESPONSIBILITY j
Johnson Urges Delay of Treaty Ratification
ibig five charged with enormous profiteering
"give I
premier Clemenceau
Presents Document
J With Brief Speech.
jPACT BEGUN MAY 26:
United States Will Be
I Signatory to Add In
I fluence to League, i
r p.u.'i.- p. j. '.r r.. .i . - (
liea Press.)- The treat) i peace be- ,
neen tho allied and associated pow- ,
Irs and Bulgaria was presented " the '
Bulgarian mi.-sion at the French for
lorn of rr ibis morning at 10 i'"1 ,
clock
After the delegates hail .issembled
Gor; i 1 1 i s i 1 1 inn. pp'sideiit of the
peace conf'Tf-:)' i'. spoke briefly in !
Ipnlng the session He was followed .
General Theodoroff. head of tho i '
B'jlearrn n-.isM!in .
f Bulgars Not Responsible for War
II M Theodoroff spoke for fifteen !
Iminute?, pleading thai the Bulgarian .
people wore not responsible for the L
Tar, but that Hie Bulgarian govern-1(
merit had thrown the country into the ,
ptruggle lie realized, however, hej
aid, that the people- must share thej.
ITe?poHt-ib:l;iy.
Kin? Ferdinand and- Vaseil Rado- ,
playoff. Bulgarian foreign rinister In .
H914, were blamed for Bulgaria's en- '(
Rry into the war by M Theodoroff. He
laid the Bulgarian people did not ap-jpro-c
of the German alliance, whit li he L
Bcclared "came to them as a cata-
lysm," but i hey realized they must .
Eaccept pari of the responsibility. '
27 Governments Represented
f Each of i he 27 governments par li i .
pting in ihe conferenec, including
R'jmani;i. were present Frank ).. ,
polk, head of the l nltcd States dele
IiaUon sat on M Cleinenceau's right
and Sir fv.ro rrowe. the new British ,
plenipotentiary to the peace confer- ,
retire or, i It . . pp -ident's l.-f i
Tho Bulgarian deler;;,tes. M rhoo
Noroft, M G;,n,-fi m Sake. soil M
ISumbuhv. isky and M. Parnzoff en
tered ar,,.r ,'hc olh,.r ,, ,.atL. who j
He when the enemy representatives
llppcared. The Bulgarians showed L
'courteous ronlidenec in iheii ,i,
nearon.
TTvcnty-five day are allowed Bui-
na (0 pregrrji observations on the
treaty terms.
He roreiuon'. end-d at eleven
o'clock.
i Many Delays in Treaty Making.
Many delays have mark' d "iv-ider- ;
HHon of the Bulgarian treat y which L
ni presented to ihe representatives
W that government today Work on
pact was begun May 20. hut the
Negotiations with Germany and Aus
pPj prevented the peace conference
Jrom rompiftm , c, . onventlon until
this -eek
Although the L' tilled States was not
i-iMr ' ' anv v,nh I!ulearia she
1111 be a signatory to the treatv for
J0 Panose 0f adding her influence in
"curing obsorv an. . bv Dulsrana of
covenant of the league ol nations,
juCh is an integral part of the pa t.
Bj'S country, however, will not be
prerented on the ini- r allied coin
lesion charged with the enforcement
hr the financial clauses of the tr. ai .
hPhSltln f Thrace was subject on
tn a peace conference was
jorcf-d to spend the niott time m the
Reparation of the treaty. A- it de
K!i?PS tbiE lu' ion Wis" not been fi
"' adjusted but Thrace is to be
Ion from BuJnrian territory and
' cln iUD'l0r th turerviston of the prin-
'Pf n"ieri and associated powers
irk W,U la,fr announce thier de-i
J?.0' as 'o the future status ot the
tied y' A P'an b wnicn ,hc Prt r'
b e, ?,1,ch on thr Aegean sea, would i
pHiVfn 'n Bu,"aia wUh n corridor:
for i 10 il s,rai'ar to that provided:
to . In German treatv by which
fc'and war givcji accer? to Uanzig on
PENSION BILL REPORTED. -f
WASHINGTON, Sept. The
house pemion committee report-
ed favorably a bill granting a
minimum monthly pension ol
to the veterans of the war be-
t ween the sinter Their widow
would receive 30 a month and
'heir children under 16 years oH
'G a month, wblli nurses would T
receive 30 a month The meas"-
ure would add .fi',in no to the
f pension roll in its first ypar The
f bill would grant ?72 monthly to 4
all totally disabled veterans and
f "r'i' a month to tho-e who ?uf- -f
t f' red such disability in service.
-f
'he Baltic has been considered, but it
has never been tormalls adopted. Bul
earia, under the treaty terms, how
ever, is assured an economic outlet
to the sea.
"The frontier with Romania re
mains as before thr- war although ft
is understood the question ot inducing
Rumania to cede to Bulgaria'that por
tion of fiborudjn which Is whpllj Bul
garian in character w.ill be taken up
later The frontier on the weal With
Serbia is modified in four places to
the advantage pf Serbia. In the Timok
valley at the north. Bulgaria cedes to
Serbia a narrow dank territorv suffi
cient to provide foi proper policing
nl ilie important Serbian railway run
nirg through that valley
"In the vicinity of Dragoman Pass
Bulgaria cedes a small area sufficient
io protect Nish from Bulgarian attiiek.
Little further south tn the vicinit ol
Varayne, where the Bulgarians in the
present war occupied the only ratlwaj
Ihat makes possible the defense of
northern Serbia, Bulgaria Is required
to cede a small area of mouutaioous
territory sufficient to protect the Ser
bian frontier from similar (?) in the
future. At the south of this frontier.
where a projecting lobe of the Bul
rarlan territory came within six miles
af the name vital railway. Bulgaria
edes the western projecting lobe to
Serbia so that her frontiers fire re
moved ten or twelve miles eastward.
"The most extensive territorial
Change is to the south. The frontier
with Greece remains the same except
for slight rectification to afford propel
protection to the Greek town Buk
Western Thrace, form rlv constituted
18 Bulgaria's territorial pathway to
the Aegean sea is ceded to the princi
pal allied and associated powers. Bul
garia agrees to accept whatever els
position of this territory the powers
ultimately decide on it is stipulated
Lhat whatever solution is adopted, an
economic Outlet to the- Aegean sea
will be guaranteed to Bulgaria, the
powers having the right to return alii
or rrt oi the territorv to Bulgaria,
transfer part to Greece incorporate
the remainder with Eastern Tharco in
in international state, or to make uuy
Dther solution ultimately agreed upon.
'Greece, according to the Blimmcr,
Igreefl to embody in a treatv with the
lilies such provisions to protect the
interest of the minorities of race, lan
guage or religion and make provision
necessary to protect the freedom of
transit and equitable treatment of the
commerce ot other nations.
"Regarding Thrace, Bulgaria a glees
to accept any settlement the rillied
nd associated powers may mak. in
this territory as to the nationality of
Lhe inhabitants Bulgaria's economic
-unlet to the Aegean sea is ensured by
,he Bllie
"The Bulgarian army is to be ,e
Juced to 20,000 men, within thre.
months with universal military jerv
iee abolished and voluntary enlistment
substituted. The number of gen
larmes, customs officials and oilier
irmed guards shall not exceed 10,000
and there must exist only one mili
tary school; the manufacture ol war
material will be confined to a single
factory and the importation or expor
tation of arms, munitions and war
materials of all kinds forbidden.
All existing Bulgarian warships
including submarines will be surren
dered to the allies and warships or
submarines under construction will be
broken up. Construction or acquisi
tion of any submarines, even for com
mercial purposes will be forbidden.
All naval arms, munitions and other
war material belonging to Bulgaria at
the date of the armistice will be sur
rendered to eue allies.
"Bulgaria may have no military or
naval air forces, Including dirigibles;
most demobilize all existing air forces
within two months and must surren
der to the principal allied and associat
ed powers such aviation material.
"Bulgaria recognizes that by join
ing Ihe war of aggression which Ger
many and Austria-Hungary waged
against the allied and associated pow
ers she caused the latter losses and
sacrifices of all kinds for which she
ought to make adequate reparation.
As it is recognized that Bulgaria's re
sources are not sufficient to make
adequate reparation, a capital sum of
two and a quarter billion francs in
gold is agreed upon as being such as
Bulgaria is able to make, to be paid in
half yearly pavmeuts beginning Janu
ary 1, 1920
"Payments to be remitted through
he Inter-allied commission, to the rep
aration committee created bv the Ger
man treat). The inter-allied commis
slon shrill consider V jcou-rces from
I S. FACING
HUMILIATION
Will Have Not Vote in Labor
Conference If Treats Is
Not Ratified.
WILL BE HOST ONLY
; :
International Meeting to Open
In Washington, D. C,
October 29.
WASHINGTON, Sept, 19. H. B.
Butler or England secretary of ihe or
ganizing committee of the Internalion i
al labor conference which was set up
by the Versailles treaty of peace, will I
errlve here today to begin active prep
arations for the first meeting of the'
I conference October 29, according to
a telegram to the department of labor
In event the treaty Is not ratified
prior to October -9, the United States
ma be in the anomalous position or
host to the gathering without a voire
in Its deliberations
I nder the provisions of the treaty
only those nations ratifying th treaty
will be allowed a vote in the labor con
ference.
I. DO. F. CLOSE
CONVENTION
Grand Lodge and Rebekahs
Adjourn to Meet in
Boston.
BALTIMORE, Md. Sept ig The
soveregn grand lodge Independent Or
der of Odd Fellows and affiliated bod
ies, the Patriarchs Militant, ana Asso
e iat ion of Rebekah assemblies, fin
ished their annual convention here to
day and adjourned to meet In Boston
next year.
The BOvereign grand lodge passed a
resolution requiring compliance with
it; wartime order for ihe absolute pro
hibition of anv language except Eng
lish in lodge meetings and in the ritual.
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GOLD SENT TO SPAIN
NEW YORK, Sept 19. Gold coin
valued at $1,000,000 has just been
withdrawn from the subtreasiirv here
for shipment to Spain. It was an
nounced toriav The sum of S'.i'O.Ooil
in gold coin also has been withdrawn
for shipment to Central America.
time to time of Bulgaria, and shall
have power to recomend to the repara
tion commission the cancellation or
postponement of any payments to br
made by Bulgaria The liv estock to be
surrendered totalling 73,125 animals
goes to Greece. Rumania and Serb.
Groat and Slovene state
"The int. r allied commission shall
be e.-tublished at Sofia as soon as pos
sible after the coming into force of the
present treaty. The commission shall
consist of three members nominated
by Great Britain, France and Italy
with a right to withdraw upon six
months' notice Bulgaria will be rep
r sented by a commissioner who ma
be invited to take part In the sittings
but have no vote. Cos! and expense
of the commissoin will be paid by Bul
garia and will be a first charge on Ihe
rev nues payable to the commission.
"Financial clauses provide that the
priority of charges on the SSBOtS of
Bulgaria shall he (1) cost of all armies
oOoceupation of the allies, (2 , serve ,
of external pre-war Ottoman public
debt as may be attributed to Bulgaria
in respect to theccssion (o Bulgaria of
ottoman territory, (3) cost of repara
tion as prescribed by the treatv.
"Tho economic clauses are of the
same general import as those in the
Austrian treaty except that for one
year customs duties on imports from
the allied and associated states will not
be higher than the favorable tluties
when the war began.
"The general provisions of the ports,
waterways and railways clauses are
similar to those of the Austrian treaty,
providing that the Danube is to be in
ternational irom L'lm
"The Kuropean commission of the
Danube shall re-assume the powers it
had before the war. but with only rep
resentatives of Great Britain, France,
Italy and Rumania.
"All disputes which may arise
through carrying out provisions of
these clauses shall be settled as pro
vided by the league of nations and
without prejudice to the obligations
of the present treaty. Bulgaria must
agree to any general convention in re
gard to transportation concluded with
in live vrnr , bv ihe allied and BSSOCi
ated powers with the approval of the
learuc of nations'
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DELAV
Johnson Says People 1
Would Speak in Posi
tive Terms.
CAUSE 1SH0PELESS'
Pitiless Logic of Events
Dispelling Halo of the
League of Nations.
ST TAL'L. Minn , S;pt. 11 Senator .
lliram W. Johnson of California in an ad-
Idfeil delivered to a special session of ,
' the Minnesota legislature this mornlu ,
presented his arguments in opposition to 1 ,
the unqualified ratification of the league (
of nations' covenant ,
The senator expressed the opinion that I
if action on the leagruo could be dcla-d .
.lxly days the people wluld speak in pos- ,
ltlvo terms nnd insist upon It? defeat or ,
.'liicndment so as to protect tho cojn-
try's interests. .
'"Public sentiment against the league Is .
grnwlng every day and is fast assuming (
the proportions of a revolution," said ,
Senator Johnson.
j "lis friends realize that if it is not
I rushed thropgh now. before the people
have had an opportunity to understand it, ,
their cause Is hopeless. Th.it explains the (
hasto to have it ratified without amend- ,
I mcnt.
The statement that immediate action
is nccessarv to stabilize business Is ab- .
i
surd.
' "The pitiless logic of events Ifll
gradually dispelling the halo with
which its advocates have enveloped
the so-called league of nations. The
diplomacy and intrigife. the wars and '(
counter-wars of which we catch a .
I hast glimpse through a rigorous Ku - ,
jropean censorship, are Blowly but(
surely prseentlng It in its true as- ,
peel and making plain its real de- I
sign. The unbridled and irrational
emotionalism which greeted the sug -1 (
gestlon of a league 'lo promote peace i
land prevent war' and which was uti-!
lized to the full with a people sick oft.
i lie carnage of the great v.urld con- j(
flict before the terms of the league of'
nations were known, and before Its
provisions were understood, Is with
ihe lapse of time gradually passing
"As our people become nearer nor- , 1
mal and see again with clearer vision
they begin to understand the Ineqult
Of the thing
The treaty of peace was made in
'accordance with the contracts Becret "
lly sealed and delivered among En
hand, France, Italy and Japan W el
lalked ot what the treaty should con-
tain hut the treaty when written con
tained what the other nations waned
; and followed heir secret bargain
He reiorred to the fourteen points
which President Wilson had declared
would be incorporated in the peace .
pact, and asserted that he was obliged
to abandon them and accept a treaty
written by Kuropean diplomats
Senator Johnson -poke of the
scenes at the peace table in Paris and
added
"The president got just what every
I man gets Who plays another man's
game. I do not question Mr. Wilson's:
intentions There s a certain place,
I paved with good intentions and this
'country does not want to go there "
He referred to the great burdens
.imposed on the country under Article
j 10 of the league covenant and said it
jmenat the sending of American sol
idier? abroad for man years.
He denied i!ui the delay of the
I senate in ratifying the peace pact had
any connection with the high cost of
living.
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LAND TRANSFER PASSES SENATE
WASHINGTON. Sept 19. The bill
authorising transter to the' city oi
Boulder, Colo., of 400 additional acres
In the Colorado National Forest tor i
the city's water plant, passed the sen
ate toelay and now goes to the president
WILSON
ON WAY
SOUTH;
tVill Address Greatest
Audience of Tour at
San Diego.
SPEAKS AT STADIUM
Mechanical Device Is
Arranged to Carry
Voice to Crowd.
SAN DIECO Cal . Sept. IP President
Wilson will address what is expected to
his greatest audience of his present,
lour here toda hrn he speaks In the
itadium The president will be sea
soned in a glass eneolsure in the center
l ih Held and his words will be carried
:o the crowd by a mechanical device.
The president Is due to ajrrlve at 3 30
clock this afternoon He Will he taken
n a sightseeing tour and his address 's
heduled for 5 o'clock. It is expected
lie will make a second address at a dia
ler to be given by Mayor Louis J Wlldr
Die president nnd his party will spend
he night In e oronado, ;.e. ording to pres
nt plans.
BANTA BARBARA, Cal, Sept 1
President ilson's .special train reached
.mta Barbara at S 15 this morning ano
if parted at S:3U for San Diego. A crowd
f several hundred people, including many
ichool children, were rewarded by Right
I Mr. Wilson, for Just us the train
iltled out h' Appeared on the rear plat
form, smiled end waved his band while
ihe crowd cheered.
LONDON, Sept. 19. President Wil
son's statement regarding the posifon
.f Ireland under the league of nations
.as not attracted great attention from
he London press. Cabled reports of
lhe statement had a fair showing in
he newspapers of Wednesday after
noon and Thursday morning, but none
?f them commented upon it The p.ni
ion of the statement in San Francisco
ivith some American press comment
regarding it, was printed in some of
oday's morning newspapers, but Hie
editorial silence remained unbroken.
SAX DIEGO, Cal., Sept. 13. Arrane
nen's whereby it was hoped the sound
of President Wilson's voice would reach
ii crowd far larger than anv- that has
heard him speak in the past were in ef
fect here today. Electrical apparatus for
transmitting the president's words to alt
!arls oi the stadium here which has spa..e
for 30.000 people, was Installed several
days ago. and after a final test todav
was protinocded in perfect working order.
San Diego hoped fervently her welcome
to the president would bo the noisiest hi
I, . , nod H included prolonged blasts
from the whistles of all local lndustri.il
plants and from ships in lhe harbor
Since yesterday morning residents ot
"tho back country" have been arriving
here io see and hear the president, some
of them making automobile trips of sev
eral huudrid miles.
The president's train was scheduled to
arrive at 1 30 p. m. having started
south from Oakland soon after ho had
finished speaking there last night. The
address at the stadium here was the Only
one fixed on his program for today, buc
It wan expected at Santa Barbara that
he would take a brief stop there, Inspect
ing a ranch property he own In ih-i'.
n ichborhood and maklnfc a brief ta'k
from the platform of his car.
Late toda: the president is to return
to Los Angeles through which clt he
passed this morninc on his way he re. To
morrow and the following day will be
. pi nt there
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BANDITS HOLD UP BANK.
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich , Sepl. 19.
Shooting and killing one man who at
tempted to give warning, automobile
bandits this forenoon held up a brar.eh
Of the Grand Rapids Sav lugs bank snd
escaped with se veral thousand dollars.
The exact amount secured by the ban
dlts has not yet been determined.
Sand and Shell Covers
Storm Swept Area of
Corpus Christi.
23 BLOCKS WRECKED
City's Electric Power
Plant Demolished by
Tidal Wave.
CORPUS CHRISTI. Tex , Sept. 19.
Throughout the storm -swept area of
Corpus Christi are wide stretches of
sand and shell where last Saturday
siood Bay Side homes that had made
this city of 18,000 a resort of national
repute
Fifteen hundred homes stretching
along the beach for twenty three
blocks were crushed and hurled away
or wrecked bv the tidal wave, which
reached a depth of 15 feet in some
places.
Oil from the shattered tanks at
Port Aransas coats everything that
will sustain it from seaweed washed
ashore and furniture in homes some
what back from the beach, and other
objects, to the pelican- along the
shore, many so burdened with oil they
cannot fly.
In the business section Ihe buildings
utterly demolished include the city's
electric power plant and until this
I service Is restored, which probably
will not be for at least thirty day--,
there will be no electric lights or
street car service
Many People Missing.
Long stretches of the Nueces bay
shore line have not been visited and
there is still much wreckage in the
' city proper to be moved That, and
the tact that so many missing per
sons ar-1 still unheard from, led to
day to a st;ill further revision of cas
ualty list estimates. Early todnv 2st
bodies had been buried aud of that
number only 82 identified Fifty
seven bodies had been buried and of
that number only S2 identified. Fifty -seven
bodies hael been buried here
Relief measures for relieving the
distress of the 3000 or 4000 persons
made homeless by the storm were re
ported to be progressing satisfactori
ly today.
BISHOP AMONG DEAD.
HOUSTON, Tex., Sept IS. The
Clergy here believe that the listing of
Bishop Nuessbauni of Corpus t'hr -li
OS .imong the dead in the Btorm is .in
"iror. Bishop Nueeabaum yvas in
Houston late Friday on his way ( UBl
and is believed to have 1 - r r that night
for New Orleans.
Efforts to Confirm Death.
CORPUS CHRISTI, Tex , Sept. 19
Efforts to eonfirm the reported de?.tb
of Hlshop P. J. Nuesshaurii of the Cor
pus hristi Catholic diocese were un
successful todav, although his name
1 was included in the official list issued
Mast night b;. the local relief commit
tee a "identified dead." He was in
N. vv Orleans the latter part of last
j week.
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Independent Steel
Companies Ask
Men to Be Loyal
YOUNGSTOWN, O , Sept. 19. State
i ments were issued today by the big in
! dependent steel companies of the
Ycungstown district announcing that
th. principal of "open shop" will be
maintained and calling upon their em
ployes to remain loyal and s'ly at
work Monday when the steel strike is
scheduled to take effect
FACING
CHARGE
Bought Huge Quantities K jj
of Government
Canned Goods.
DEPRIVE CONSUMERS
l
Will Retail Purchases f
AtanAnpalling p:
Profit. - fl
CHICAGO, Sept, 19. Huge quant!
j ties of government canned goods fell
into the hands of packers, wholesale
I grocers and retailers and thereby pre
vented postoffice authorities from fill
j ing orders filed by consumers, Wllr
I liam Mulvihill, attorney for the city
bureau on foods, markets and farm
.products, charged at the city's Inves
tigation into the high cost of living.
Approximately $145,000 worth of food
was sold through the Chicago postof
flce and only part of two very small
(orders have been delivered to the
postmaster V R Carlile, the post
master stated today. I? j
, The canned goods "is being stored i
away until the public has forgotten
i there ever was a promise of ;.rmy
goods at less than one half the pres
ient retail prices," Mr Mulvihill as
serted "Then it will be placed on
'shelves and retailed at profits that are
' appalling." , r:
Three retail grocers at the hearing
admitted that their stores had solel
army canned goods at more than 100
per cent profit. Each asserted thai
clerks had acted without Instructions
in selling the goods.
EXECUTION OF I
PIERRE LENOIN l
! IS POSTPONED
1 li
PARIS, Sept. 1? Announcement was
mad this mornlmr of tho postponcmen'
of the execution of Pierre Lenoir, who j
was tried with Senator Humbert -ij
others on a charge of communicating mil- f
itary Intelligence to the enemy and who .
w:ia to have faced the firing squad at , , "
dtvwn today. I t
The military Justice, a parly of lawyers I
and a chaplain went to Lenoir's cell M
6:30 o'elock. finding the condemned man
very calm.
Asked If he had any communication to
make to the party, Lenoir replied: J
At the moment of denth. I repeat what 'W .
I have always vainly asked to b con
, fronted with Joseph Caillaux." f A i
(Joseph Caillaux former premier of
I i nice, now Is under arrest In a hos
pital near Taris under similar charges
to thoro upon which Lenoir was con
, vlcted.) IV
Lenoir lh n argued that the action of
I the court has shown that his case and
that of M. Caillaux were connected. Le
noir's lawyer then demanded that his r--'juest
that he be confronted with M Call
leaux be communicated to the under
secretary of military Justice. This wa.
done and the order to postpone the exe- jL T
CUtlon WU received two hoars later.
Whm he heard that he was not to bo
I executed this morning, Lenoir said:
"Before. God and man I swear I am no
traitor "
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TO MOVE CAPITAL.
BASLE. Thursday. Sept. 18 The
Neue Tageblatt of Vienna, says the
Trlednch government is gdanning to
move the capital of Hungary from
Budapest io Stuhlwelsenburg. where
the national assembly will be sum
moned to meeU
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