iv w , '.-V.V. ff ' iCi- ' i'-t . && NIGHT EXTRA imratri .tJjASlwp--i 4 EXTRM 'Vij r VOL. III. NO. 122 PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1917 CortBiaitT, 1017. t Tilt Pcbuo I.idoir CouriKt PRICE TWO CEI V.i U. S. BREAKS WITH GERMANY; PRESIDENT ADDRESSES CONGRESS; BERNSTORFF TO G m 4f , .1 .1 , mroner r GERARD ALREADY RECALLED; AMERICA PREPARED TO MEET ANY AGGRESSIONS BY KAISER Diplomatic Rupture Over U-Boat Threat Decided On at ExecutiveTConfer- ences With Cabinet and Senators Envoys of Other Teuton Allies to Go if Latter Follow Ber lin's "Sink-at-Sight" Campaign Switzerland Will Take Over Interests of Kaiser in This Country t WASHINGTON, Feb. 3. President Wilson has determined to break rela tions with Germany. He will notify Congress, in joint session at 2 o'clock this afternoon, of the course he has adopted. Ambassador Gerard at Berlin has been ordered home. American consuls in Germany were also ordered to leave with Ambassador Gerard. & rioHmnti A m nnoonnni vrrh-rt T?Ain a4-rhv.fi- fi4-liAi. lirict vftCJLiuaii .rxiiiftsciaociuux run ubiuoiuiii ciliicl iiuo aliaalv fv will fact JtnmnrliofoKr nrivnn Viic naocnnrfc f ClIl.'UUJ VM. 11 AMA tJ lllllIIVUlULblJ ftHVll 1HU UOOJU1 lCIl t" Friendly relations between Germany and the United States are definitely at an end. . Whether or not there is an actual declaration of war following upon the Presidents 'action de- Plulporrlnnyr "" This country has made all preparations for any eventuality. The preparations have been going on for weeks, it was learned today. Announcement of the President's decision, reached yesterday morning, was held up in order that all last details might be carefully considered. When news of the President's action bioke out through the capital it aroused near consternation. Drastic action had been expected since last evening, but there were many who clung to the belief that he would not actually cut the last ties between the two nations. The President arose early this morning, had breakfast as usual and then called for Secretary Tumulty. When Tumulty came back from the Eccu tive Mansion his1 face was very grave, but the only comment he would make was that the President would address a joint session of Congress at 2 o'clock this afternoon. Beyond this the White House officially was absolutely silent. The President had worked until far into the night completing the message he is to dclier this afternoon. He wrote it on his own typewriter and made the last corrections and changes this morning. The President is expected in his address to point out that this severance of diplomatic relations indicates the United States Government has lost con fidence in the German Empire; that it doe's not necessarily mean that there shall follow an outbreak of hostilities between the two nations. There are some who believe the President will go so far as to express the most profound hope that Germany will conduct herself in such a way as to ( restore confidence and friendshipbetween the two nations. He will deeply regret that the course of action he ha3 taken has been ren dered inevitable and unavoidable. GALLERIES IN HOUSE CLEARED Speaker Clark-had not yet reached the Capitol when the President sent his request for n joint session. Majority Leader Kitchin made arrangements for the historic affair. The galleries, just beginning to fill when the momentous news came, were immediately emptied. Not more than thirty members were in the House when it met at 11 o'clock. Kitchin offered a resolution "by the House," the Senate concurring, that -the two houses assemble at 2 o'clock in the afternoon to receive such communications as the President df the United State3 may be pleased to make to them." There was a listless cfiorus of "ayes" as the resolution was adopted. Many members had not heard of tho joint session; such as had heard 6f ( the joint session had no information excepting that given them by reporters, elevatormen and attendants generally in the building, who were just beginning to hear and realize the tremendous news and of the break. KITCHIN FACES MANY QUESTIONS Kitchin immediately was subjected to a cross-fire of 'questions by most of the members in the House. Minority Leader Mann inquired whether action would be required of tho House at the joint session. Kitchin said he understood no action would bo requested by the President. Members of tho Senate and House, as soon as they heard the news, began trying to get .Into touch with tho White Houso to learn what procedure would be followed. AH were told that there was nothing that could be said' until after the President had delivered his address. Senate and House leaders were willing to advance the hour for the joint session; but SecretaTy Tumulty said that the President had fixed on 2 o'clock and that thero was no reason for any change in time. Senators and Representatives withheld comment pending the placing before them of all of tho facts by the President himself, It was plain that tho majority of them greatly regretted that a break had become necessary, but all declared -that in any movement which the Administration, made it would have the united Bupport of all parties. ' tV HOUSE CHAPLAIN PRAYS FOR PEACE Evidences of extreme aitltation were very marked in both Senate and House prooiedlngs. It waa plain that while the news that the Actual break had come i. every iw.rwMwm fww !, I DR. PAUL RITTER Swiss Minister to the United States, who has agreed to look after Germany's interests in this country. STOCKS STAND UP IN HOUR OF CRISIS Market Plays True to Form and Prices Move Up on N. Y. 'Change FINANCIERS PATRIOTIC -j - . NEW YOHIC, Pel) 3 The stock market plajed true to form todaj The news of tho scveranco of diplomatic relations be tween tho United Mates and Germany was not followed tiy heavy selling of stocks Instead, aftei n few minutes of uneasiness, during which time some values declined a little, there i a- brlaltr buying movement which forced prices of all Issues to n, sub stantial Iecl nbove the close of last night. Tho close found prices up 2, 3, 4 ami 5 points, and In some cases tho Bains were cen largci This Mas especially truo or Bethlehem Steel, which ended with an ad anco of 30 points for tho day. Since the Inception of the Stock Exchange the market has (Unit in futures rrosent conditions do not Interct tho traders In Wall strict tn an great extent, they deal In what Is going to happen This was con- eluslcly shown omo moio todaj, and eij coneluilvelj ton Tho maikct had been h iken out of weak .holders on Thursday .'lid e-Ueidi as the result of the an nouncement of the new German subiiiirliie policy, and tho icsult today was that stocks ieio in Wrong hands Htiong Interests p'eked up stoiks all aiound the loom The action of the market showed, too, that the business situation of the country is sound Shorts were squeezed In the last few ininutesof the two-hour session There were man) stories around tho Street of how Inrd the beais were being pressed, and some of the shorts coeied on tho wa up Tho German traders those who hae been short of the maiket many times in the past were short again todaj The tables were turned on the German crowd today, so the storj went In Wall street, and they were Inrd pressed. The object ot the drho was to lcae tho gioup hanging on a limb, short probably, to the extent of millions of dol lars, and with no clnnce to covei except at large losses .As soon as the news wns received of the tontlnurd on I'azn I lie. Column Hli APPAM SEIZED BY UNITED STATES Interned Ship, Brought in as German Prize, Boarded by Customs Officers CREW WILL BE LANDED 'Guns of Revenue Cutter Trained on Vessel Lving at Norfolk VOP.KOI.K Vn . Keh 3 Culled St ites i illlclals consisting of u ilorcn leprcientn Ihes ot the customs bureau and the Nny Department. todn bo.udcd tho interned ship Appam, brought Into port by (in mill prlo crew and formalh took possession During the proeeedltigs the I'lilted States recnuo cutter Ynrrtai nw mocd up Into position and trained her how guns on tho Appam The German crew nboird Is expected to be linded this afternoon NCW OIILKANS. I.i. l'c I) ".Interned" German esscls here weio taken Into the roadstead todiy and surrounded by United States gunboat" Ofllolils refused tn ccpliln tho reason for tills action NEW YORK, Tcb .! i:er) thing is In leidlnesa for tho seizure of thlrt-ono In terned German and Austrian escls line "Wo .slmplj aw nit the word." f-ald Col lector of the Tort Milonn todn j Olllclils of the llamburg-Aincrkan Line, owners of urniy of the Interned ships here, held 11 conference Immediately upon learn ing of the breaking of dlploni Uk relations with German but lefused to make anj statement The secranee of lelatlons nnkes the situation here Just n little moio tense." uhl Collector Malone "We have had tlnio to make our preparations nnd stand icady to close the port and seize all enem Milpsi i ho nonf nrb action is warranted Wo will require no definite instructions from Wash ington The seizute of ships would take place automatical! " The nrrUnl ht Newport News of tho rtra-iMin Appam. ouded. v!1 jflsnp, fljlng the flag of the Imperl il Genuaii naw and manned by a German prlzo crew caused n sensation on both continents The Appam was the thlid esscl to bo taken bj .n Gemini naal crew through tho allied patrol csels th it lme been cruising along the Amerlcin coast slneu the stait of the war The first ono to run tb9 block, ado was the l'rln I Itel 1'riotlricli. hoven months out from Tsingtao, and whlili in her cruise had sunk eight vessels, Inclmlliu tbo American sailing ship WT.'tim 1' 1'ip Sim arihed ot Ncwpoit News on Maicli HI 1915 crowded with prKoncis and was In terned ... The next to .mho was the kiotipilur Wlllielm which hid been hunted up and down the coast floin the time she sllppid out of New York harbm on August ?. HI I until she. raced thiough the allied loidim Into Newport News on Vpiil It. 1915 'II"" personnel of the Hiitlsh irulfcCiH off the coast hardls hid letuwioil from their chagrin at haMng mls-ed the I'rln. l.ltel when the Kronprlnr gao them the slip She ltad sunk fouitein allied esel heiit one bick homo loaded with the clews of the sunken essels and also bad sunk u Nor weglm essel earning lontrabmd Her sife arrUal wns a blttei blow to tho-o on board the allied cruisers that had been hunting her censelessl Boys Held as I'alse Alarm Fiends Sergeant llergei and Policeman Wunder, of the Helgrado and t'learfleld streets stt tlon. who for n. week iiao been arjesting bc.H the say were turning In so many false fire alarms, hae Just added two moio lads to their list making ten In all 'Ihey beliee the gang is broken up now Tho last pair to bo gathered in includes lames Illalr, 2557 I'aut lllreh Micet nnd Walter Slavlnskl, 2553 Kat Seltzer stiect Ilotli bos aie fourteen. The aic in the House of Detention COLD, FAIR WEATHER ALL DAY, SAYS EXPERT Higher Temperature Expected Tomorrow Mercury Tumbles in All Parts of Country Temperature at Each Hour Today in Philadelphia Degrees C a.- m 9 7 a. m 8 8 a. m 0 9 a. m 8 10 a. m 10 11 a. m 12 Noon 12 I p. m 12 Forecaster Bliss promises that the. cold, fair weather will continue throughout the day, but that a rise In temperature may be expected tomorrow. The lowest temperature wns reached at 7 o'clock this mornlni, when tho mercury dropped to 8 degrees aboe zero. Froztn fire plugs ami bursting hose caused firemen to stand helplessly by while (lames detroed the two-story frame stable of 13. d. Waters, at 38 State streeti Three horses perished. The loss Is estimated at 2000. fceerul frame houses In the Im mediate neighborhood, as el as the Tres byttrlan Jlosp"ltal, tttc endangered NEW ORLKAjra. ha.. Wb. 3 New Or- Jeans Is having the coldest weather since 1?1J. A. fall of thirty tfm In twenty- GERMAN RAIDER SUNK IN BATTLE, IS REPORT British Cruiser Laid Trap for Rover Off Brazilian Coast, Sa's Dispatch By CHARLES P. STEWART Special Cablt Scnlcr ot Hie tnllnt frw oiyl firiiiiii; Ltdutr BUENOS A1KES, Teh S A r-ernimburo dispatch today quotes n Belgian consular clerk as declaring tint tho Biitleh cruisers Glasgow-, Amethyst and Kent had sunk tho German raider In a fort -minute naval en gagement. The story Is unconfirmed from other sources. According to tho Pernambuco report, the three British cruisers laid n clover trap for the raider. Her whereabouts l,-,.-; ru mored In a certain locality off the Brazilian coast, a British freight ship was used as a bait with which to draw tho sea rover on. Tho warships kept Jifst out of sight of the bait, which steamedttlowly Into the locality where the raider was supposed to be. The German sighted the freighter, ordered her to stop nnd formally took possession. But by this time the frolghter had wirelessed n coded message and vlthln a short time the three powerful cruisers were within rungo of the captor, A running engagement on sued. According to the Belgian clerk the cruiser Amfthyet was badly damaged in the flfht. l...t k !... ' ' ---'- 'wlil, h.. rti EXTRA PRESIDENT INFORMS CONGRESS OF BREAK WITH BERLIN BECAUSE SUSSEX PLEDGE IS DISREGARDED WASHINGTON, Tub. 3. The resident's addiess before Con giess, announcing seveiancc of diplomatic lelatlons with Qcrmnny, follows: "Gentlemen of the Congicbs: The Impuiial Geimnn Government on tl'e 31st of Jnnutiy nnnouncctl to this Covet nment and to the "oejnim itr cf tin" o lici nrttttal nttiens that on and nftct tne 1st clay of I'e'jUMty,, thr pubfiit month, It would adopt n i oTTcy witi tcg.iid 1" th" use o" -.yb'uniincs agnihst all slil)i)lny; seeking to pass thtouli ccmin t eiipintc.l mens of the hljjh seaa to wT.t.h it Is cleairfy my duty to call youi attention. "Let l.ie lemlntl the Cngiess that oil the 18th of April last in view of the sinking on the 21th of Mnich of the cioss-channel bteam bhlp Sttbsex by a Gumin submailne, without summons or warning, ami the consequent loss of the lives of seveial citizens ot the United States, who weie pabseugcis nboaul her, this Goveinmeut addressed a note to tho Inipciial Gcnnait Goveinmeut in which it made the following- decimation: "If it is still the puiposc of the Impeiial Government to prose cute lelcntless nnd ludlsciiminatc waifaie against vessels of com mcice by the use of submarines without legaul to what the Govern ment of tho Uuitcd'states must consider th? tacied and indisputable lulcs of inteiuatioual law and tho univei&ally lecognlzed dictates ol humanity, the Goveinmeut of the United States is a" last foiced to tho conclifbldn. that theie is but one couise it can pursue. Unless the Imperial Goveinmeut should now Immediately deuVie and effect &;i abandonment of its piebcM methods of submarine waifaie against passenger and fielght canying veaswls, the Goveinmeut of the United States can have no choice but to sevei diplomatic lelatlons with the Gcimau Empiie nltogethei. In icply to this dcclaiation the Impeiial Geiman Goveinment gave this Goveinmeut the following assuiance: ' "The Geiman Goveinmeut is piepared to do its utmost to confine the opeiations of wai foi the icst of its duration to the fighting forces of tho belllgciens, thereby" also iusuilng the freedom of the seas, piinclplo upon which the Gcimau Goxcinmtut believes, now as before, to be in agieemcut with the Government of tho United States. i NAVY YARD IN CALIFORNIA ON WAR BASIS VALLEJO, Cal., Teh. 3. Mate Island Navy Yaiit was placed on a war basis today. Visitois weie baited. Simultaneously lush ordeis weie issued to complete lepaiis on all men-of-war now In dock. Gieat activity was displaced at the magazines. GERMAN LINER AT HOBOKEN RENDERED USELESS HOBOKEN, N. J., Teh. 3. Definite statements, attilbuted to in authoritative source, weie made today that the Geiman steamship 0(niDt Washington, which has been here since the beginning "of the u arai, has been damaged to such an extent that blrs is vir . ba Colli i tu. ui the i'oit Dudley Field Malone visited i.,o ..it i...ly iUuJj ..iiu .cit ..tdi. utiwiia vwtu KouUdsman Xxles, in c-iDv. ol tut ncutinlity squad. These plans weie kept secret. TJ. S. NAVAL ACADEMY BARS VISITORS ANNAPOLIS, Mel., Teh. fl The United States Naval Academy today was closed to -v'sltois. GERARD TO HELP AMERICANS TO LEAVE GERMAN"' WASHINGTON, Teb. 3. Cabled initiuctions have be i the State Depaitment to Ambassador Geiard at Eeilin to Amei leans who wish to leave out of Geimany. NORFOLK NAVY YARD UNDER WAR ORDTCS POBTSMOUTH, Va., Teb. 3. Tho Norfolk Navy Yard today was placed under war oideis. All woikmeu are hereafter to be searched upon entering and, leaving. Oiders to this effect came from the Navy Dpaitment at Washington. , AMBASSADOR BERNSTORFF HANDED , HIS PASSPORTS AT 1:57 PM. WASHINGTON, Feb, a.'Ambassador von Berstorff," Ji77 17ADIVO 11iYl IUUlO.i. GATES CLOSER MOVES VEILED tt ' Public Barred as Warship Are Shifted Germans , Put in Barracks . TRANSFER 700 RAIDERS Preparedness in This City for Possible Hostilities 1 Philadelphia Navy Yard put on war basis for first time since 1898 on orders from Washlngv ton. Secrecy guards warship move- ments. hliore leave discontinued. Interned German crews moved to concentration barracks. O United States destroyers and . & torpedoboats patrol Delaware)) Kivcr to prevent ships leaving with out clearance papers. 3 Director oi rumic oaiety wutj, son announces that United:; Mates, tjovernment may have anyt number of city policemen to guardflf.'. arsenals and river front. 4 Colonel Robert Montgomery, commandant of the Frankford Arsenal, reported called to a confer-j nnrn nf Wnahinfrtnti. . The l'hlladelphra Navy Yurd, for the ' nisi tunc since tne npanisn-Amcncan war, m was put on n war basis today In antlclpa- tlon of President Wilson's announcement of severance ot diplomatic relations with Ger,,, man . , rollouing an announeement at Conw,' S mandant JlusseUM olllce, visitors were- haried fiom League island nnd shore leave. for bluejackets nnd marines was dlseoaV tlnutd until further notice. Thus was a Ve of nrrrri'V throw it about the denarture vVnr vessels and other activities wlthlni-V Colonel "Robert Montgomery, commiB(jf 1 ot tho Frankford Arsenal, was' rejrarMl 1tfka huvn cone to Wasblticton to conter'wiMMi heaifi'onhe'Cn-diianco Department; AieW ehiplojts were ndmitted only by I'tlrn tirrcintloni are belnc taken to I against Interference vv Itii tho turning Ou'i munitions, following a conference ot wa Ingtoii between AralHtant Attorney Oen Warren and Counselor 1'olk. ot the St Department Director Tit Public Safety Wilson todejr. nnnounccd that the United States Ooveni ment would receive full co-operation freak hh departnient in cao city policemen vyee needed -fur guaul duts Any number, at pollcpincn, he snld, would bo furnished at the toquest of Government ofllclala to guar; arsenals nnd cither Ciovcrnnient propertlTi -and the river front ' H 'I lie irnlted States battleships Kansas nA North Dakota will be moved today from alongside the Interned German commerce raiding autliary cruisers Kronprlnz ffH-' , lieini anu j'ruiz j.iici i. rieuricn, which w in the back channel The CJcrman crews, otu 700 men will be transferred from their VJW",X & lago beidc the moored raiders to the okl ,n ' ripicrat" bai racks. A. h 'I ho banacki nro near tfe l30lTtlon opeKt,! pltal ij, ul'n c m:vs itousuD Rcfoic dawn today tho portslda suns at' the North Dakota thoso facing th In- f c terned Uennan ships weie "broken" taf action bj the gun crews, which were rouse4," from their bunks When tl.e sun arose the- , German ships found themselves "coveredK ; by tho batteries of the American warshl. 'ihis. ollicials said, wns a 'precautlomryj'i' UKasuic" in addition, the United State tug Modoc lesumed its patrol of the baa .--T-l " channel " J ., 'lhe greatest activity Is evident within m jard The torpedoboat destroyer Jouett, commanded by Lieutenant Jacobs, was -dercd down the Delaware todaj to ajd.im piti oiling tho river to prevent the depart ure of bus ihlps without clearance papers! Other torpedoboats and destroyers are en-, pected to be ordered out at any nwmsHfcf Aim lunicuuuuak .vm.., w......h..uu wm- Lieutenant Hlackburn, lias full steam Ufir ', The destroer Jacob Jones Is reported' the lower Chesapeake Bay, Some report have It that the Jones Is damaged, others that it la patrolling the bay to Insure oi-i-ervntion of neutralltyliws. j A Jam of vehicles bearing supplies a crowd of visitors blocked the entranWl the navy jard toda. None was adml however, except under the closest ncr l'.very ono was refused admittance wnrl.men and sailors. Fifteen ma peailv four times the usual number-, on guard. s j The workmen were uuinuieu pniy they were Identified by their foremen coining sailors were allowed to I Continued on Van FJte, V THE WEATHER ronua.BX r l'or 1'hiladclphin and v(o crallu air tonight and HufiJett, ilowlu ri'tna temperature; cowmt about IS dcgntc$; ttrnna toeet'e ueal wtnda. 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