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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1919
Page
2
The Onden Standard Zone of the Audit Bureau of Circulation and the Associated Frese The Associated Presade exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news credited to is not otherwise credited in this paper and plac the focal news published herein.
The text of the Versailles treaty is questioned as to who handed it to a big U.S. concern. Senators Lodge and Borah accuse others of leaking the terms to undermine diplomacy. An investigation is urged to test how the document reached Americans and to ensure proper public release when final terms are settled.
An essay argues silver could regain its monetary role, predicting mint openings and 16 to 1 exchange. It contrasts silver and gold with paper money backed by government wealth, cites wartime experiences, and criticizes the 1896 quantitative theory of money. The piece suggests gold’s purchasing power wanes, while fiat paper may replace metallic money globally.
The text warns that gold production declines threaten commerce and foreign trade. It predicts a shift toward silver as a substitute if gold output cannot keep pace, noting 1896 ignorance of monetary fundamentals among eastern Americans. It critiques bankers and financiers for misinformed debates on bimetallism and remonetization in 1913.
Salt Lake officials and Governor Bamberger plan an exploratory trip to the Uintah Basin to assess its rail potential. The governor says no commitment unless resources justify a line, while Ogden urges UP to act now to secure a branch before government control ends.
A well informed Ogden resident argues the city lags in ambition and pace compared to Boise and Intermountain peers. He urges stronger self confidence, more time and money, and concerted efforts by leaders and media to accelerate expansion and elevate Ogden to regional pre eminence within a year.
The Naval Communication Service in New York built a government controlled Bureau of Shipping Information to track movements of almost all merchant ships. It supplied from daily naval, commercial, and foreign reports a 145 page bulletin listing over 10 000 vessels with nationality, tonnage, and sailing data and served 800 shipping firms and officials free of cost. The service employed about 250 sailors under Lt Cmdr R B Coffman and provided ship position data, arrival estimates, and port details, aided by radio and telegraph networks.
Warned away from dangerous shoals. A device lets the operator determine both the direction of the call and the distance it is sent from. Through cross bearings from multiple receiving stations it becomes a straightforward triangulation to pinpoint the sending vessel. Taurine interests urge the department to continue this service.
J J Brummitt advertises purchasing Liberty bonds at top rates located at 2417 Hudson Avenue. Call 59 for Cinacified and Closelfied ads and details.
Berne Swiss report says troops of General Simon Fetura the anti Bolshevik peasant leader in Ukraine captured the railway centers of Proskurov and Berdychiv in western Ukraine. The Ukraine press bureau and Romanian press bureau deny Czernowitz fall.
Springfield Illinois June. A resolution to place Illinois as first to ratify the federal amendment was introduced today by Senator Cornell Republican of Chicago. The measure followed objections about official notification of the amendment’s passage by press reports and sanitary concerns, with debate continuing under legislative rules.
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