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PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, APRIL 6, 1917
Corir.ionr, 1017. nr mr. rcnt-io I.Eixjr.n Comtani
PRCE TWO CENTS
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AMERICA PLUNGES INTO WORLD CONFLICT;
DECLARES WAR UPON IMPERIAL GERMAN
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PRESIDENT CALLS THE NATION
TO ARMS; VOLUNTEERS TO FILL
UP GAPS IN MILITARY FORCES
I Declaration Signed by Wilson at 1:13 'o'clock
And News is Flashed Abroad That United
States Enters Lists Against Prussian
Ruthlessness
WASHINGTON, April 6.
Secretary of the Navy Daniels late this afternoon
ordered the American navy to mobilize.
Instructions flashed out by Secretary Daniels upon his
return to the Department from the Cabinet meeting called
for putting all ships into full commission and calling out for
Federal service the naval militia ana the naval reserves.
The order also called for the mobilization of the entire
reserve motorboat patrol fleet.
WASHINGTON, April G.
President Wilson this afternoon issued a proclamation to the
people of the -country declaring a state of war exists between the
J United States and the Imperial German Government.
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;p ai me samp umene especially directed all oiucers 01 the United
States Government, civil or military, to eAercise vigilance in the dis
charge of their duties incident to such a state of war.
tt The President also appealed to all American citizens to uphold
the laws of the land and "give undivided and willing support to those
measures which may be adopted by the constitutional authorities in
prosecuting the war to a successful issue and in obtaining a secure
and just peace."
The President at once issued a call for volunteers bringing the
army and navy up to war strength and gave his indorsement to the
general stall army bill designed to obtain men by selective conscrip
tion.
By a scratch of his pen, at 1 :13 o'clock today, President Wilson
ifformallyrenlisted. the.services of.this country in the great straggle
J to crush the Imperial Government of Germany.
p Simultaneously from a window in the White House executive
offices Lieutenant Commander Byron McCandless signaled across
A the street to the Navy Department that war was formally on and
ATn01! lf'QVn HaaViarl ll4- -TlN-l 4-Vtn Cflnv wnv4- tuiMAlnnn 4- 4-1 nl!
.uwu "Hi. iiuontu uui ilUUl WC VJUVCI 111I1CIIL HUCICOa ID me snips
at sea and to the forts of the United States.
Simultaneously every steam whistle in Washington and on the
Potomac River nearby was opened wide and their screeches could
be heard in every, nook and cranny of the nation's capital.
While the ink was still wet on the momentous document passed
:.by the House and Senate, messages to all the countries of the earth
were sent, notifying them of this Government's action.
.The State Department informed the Swiss Minister here, rep
resenting 'German interests in the United States, of this country's
action. The Minister will communicate the word formally to Berne
, by cable and thence to Berlin.
United States representatives in everv foreign and South Amer-
i lean-capital should have the news within the next twenty-four hours.
The President' signed the resolution in the presence of Mrs. Wil
on and his niece, Miss Helen Woodrow Bones. The gold pen used in
;i affixing "Woodrow Wilson" to the parchment was taken to him by
Wtti. Wilson. The simnle ceremonv occurred after the President am
i'MrsJ Wijson had returned from a walk and had had lunch. Thev
f stepped into the White House usher's office just off the entrance cor-
r'dor and waited arrival of the resolution from the Senate. As soon
i .M it came the President sat down before the usher's desk in the little
r .room and signed the paper without comment.
y it had been brought to him there by a messenger after Vice
,j president Marsha1ihnrl nffiyprl Viis sicrnntuve in nnen session of flip
Penate at 12:13 o'clock. '
Followinir the aifrninc of thn prmoroQairmnl resolution the White
is HOlISe DUblishefl nn nffimal rvMnnlamafinn rlnnlavinn- a cfnfn nf -it-nv
?sts between United States and Germany.
with innumerable problems pressing for solution, the first war
JSfilOn nf Pt.s!Jl 117:1 n-ut.-i. j-i 1.-.IJ -v .c i
''ilJt'i icoiuciii, tvusuiis juuiiiui was men jiciu. jiw ui iiiu
wr Ip?& matters discussed' was -the conservation of the nation's food
Kv$ e President's Ministers had a great mass' of data from
W fL, 8uSBesting means of curbing any threatened shortage.
gt United States navy and the navies of the Entente Allies. That
f WUn will soon be put into effect is the general belief.
The-presidejjtg can for volunteers for the army and navy also
Jaiotty problem.
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DECLARATION OF WAR APPROVED
IN SOLEMN SESSION OP SENATE
rt'PTON. April 6 Vice President
li '""oent orthe United States
of i. . tho resolution declaring a
Wternn "ernany ui i;ij o ciock
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PROCLAMA TION BY PRESIDENT
"Whereas, The Congress of the United States in the exercise
of the constitutional authority .vested in them have resolved, by
joint resolution of the Senate and House of Representatives bearing
date this day, that the state of war between the United States and tho
Imperial German Government which has been thrust upon the
United States is hereby formally declared:
"Whereas, It is provided by section 4067 of the Revised Statutes,
as follows :
" 'Whenever there is declared a war between the United Stales
and any foreign natioif or Government or any invasion or predatory
incursion is perpetrated, attempted or threatened against the terri
tory of the United States by any foreign nation or Government, and
I the President makes public proclamation of the event, all natives,
citizens, denizens or subjects of the hostile nation or Government
being availed of the age offourteen years and upwards, who shall
be within the United States, and not actually naturalized, shall be
liable to be apprehended, restrained, secured and removed, as the
alien enemies.
"The President is authorized in any event, by his proclama
tion thereof or any public acts, to direct the conduct to be observed on
the part of the United States toward the aliens who become so liable;
the manner and the degree of the restraint to which they shall be sub
ject, and in what cases, and upon what security their residence shall
be permitted, and to provide for the removal of those who, not being
permitted to reside within the United States, refuse or neglect to
depart therefrom; and to establish any other regulations which are
found necessary in the premises and for the public safety.
"Whereas, by Sections 4068, 4069 and 4070 of the Revised
Statutes, further provision is made relative to alien enemies :
"Now, therefore, I, Woodrow Wilson, President of the United
States of America, do hereby proclaim to all whom it may concern
that a state of war exists between the United States and the Imperial
German Government ; and I do specifically direct all officers, civil or
military, of the United States that they exercise vigilance and zeal in
the discharge of the duties incident to such a state of war; and I do,
moreover, earnestly appeal to all American citizens that they, in loyal
'devotion to their country, dedicated from its foundation to the prin
ciples of liberty and justice, uphold the laws of the land and give
undivided and willing support to those measures which may be
adopted by the constitutional authorities in prosecuting the war to a
successful issue and in obtaining a secure and just peace; '
Rules for Conduct of Alien Enemy -. w -
"And actingund'er and by virtue of the authority- vested iii me
by the Constitution of the United States and the said sections of the
revised statutes, I do hereby further proclaim and direct that the
conduct to be observed on the part of the United States toward all
natives, citizens, denizens, or subjects of Germany, being males of the
age of fourteen years and upwards, who for the purpose of this
pioclamation and under such sections of the revised statutes are
termed'alien enemies, shall be as follows :
"Alien enemies are enjoined to preserve the peace toward the
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had wrung; his hands nervously for .a Ions
three minutes between the presentation of
the resolution and his receipt of It.
As he waited for a clerk to record the
bill on the big Senate ofllclal ledger, Mar
shall took up a new stub pern wet It care
fully with his tongue and-held It ready.
MARSIIAMi SIGNS
As the resolution was put on his deBk,
after a little smudge had been erased from
the space left for bis signature, the vice
President signed "Thomas Jt. Marshall."
Vhlle the bill was going through the little
formalities of the Senate thp reading clerk
was reading the usual rlst of telegrams
from "back home."
. ,, t,in. ..,, .rraDed across the
documsntoM malMt e'i er l.he
PRIZE MONEY
FOR MEN WHO
SINKjMMTS
Alma Taylor Indorses Eve
ning Ledger's Suggestion
With $100
STIMULUS TO HEROES
ALMA TAYLOR
There abould be ubitantlal money
price' ffrred by the Government to the
gun erewi on nrmul merchantmen who
uccrrd In kinking oubmarlnea.
This editorial paragraph which appealed
In the Evening Ledger March 27 brought
an almost Instant response, from Alma Tay
lor, of Bryn Athyn, in tho shape of a $100
check. It was accompanied by a leUer com
mending the Idea embodied In the para
graph, but elaborating It with the sugges
tion that patriotic citizens take tho matter
out of the hands, of an 'already too-busy.
Uncle Sam nnd raise a prize fund foiun
crews Vy voluntary contributions. . (
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WILSON'S CALL
0FU.S.T0WAR
SHOCKS BERLIN
Kaiser Heads Great Confer
ence of German Chiefs at
Grand Headquarters
LIBERALS FEEL BLOW
By KARL H. VON WIEGAND
CovurlaM, 191", lv Intirnutionci Xews Scnlce.
RERUN', April 4. (Delayed).
Tho full text of President Wilson's speecli
to Concress was received here today and It
created a sensation.
Tho severity of the President's language
was a stunning fchock in some quarters and
to the leaders of tho Liberals.
Tho address was received by the Kaiser
during the night at German Oreat Head
quarters. A momentous conference Is being held
at great headquarters. Those taking part
nro the Kaiser, the Kalserln, Emperor
Charles of Austria, Empress Ztta of Aus
tria, Doctor von Bcthmann-Hollwcg, tho
German Chancellor: Count Czernin, the
Austro-Hungarian Foreign Minister; Dr.
Alfred Zimmermani), tho German Foreign
Secretary; Field .Marshall von Hindcnburg,
German chief of staff; General von Luden.
dortf, first 'quartermaster general of the
Gcnn,an army nnd chief of staff to von
Hlndenburg, and Field Marshal von Arz,
Austrian chief of staff.
CUBAN, CONGRESS 'ASKED
TO BACK U. S. IN CONFLICT
President Requests Legislators to De
clare State pf War With
Germany
NEW YORK, April C President Mono
cal, of Cuba, has sent a messngo to the
Cuban Congress requesting that a state of
war be declared to exist between Cuba and
Germany, according to a cuble received
by the ofllclal Cuban press bureau here
thfs afternoon from Euseblo 8. Azplazu
secretary to President Menocal,
"The President," the cublo 'sail, "bases
his request for tho tnklng of so momentous
n step on the fact that the submarine cam
paign begun February 1, with tho de
llberata and avowed intention 'to 'destroy
neutral merchant vessels, constitutes a vio
lation of all International precedents, and
moBt particularly of the solemn pledges
given by the Imperial German Government
to, tho Government of the United States
during the last two years. President Men.
cal; however, lays tho greatest emphasis
'cni the" moral obligation of 'Cuba 'to back up
th Understates In ft disinterested stand
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BASEBALL SCORES
ATHLETICS 0 1 O O
ltOCKY MOUNTAIN 0,6 0 0
Bush and Haley; Theis and Cochran.
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ADDITIONAL RACING RESULTS
Fourth Hot Spiings race, 3-yenr-olds nnd up. selling', 1 mile
Gordon Russell. US. Iolesvovth, 7 to 2, G to 5, 3 to 5, won; Beauty
Shop, 102, Jeffcolt. 5 to 2, 4 to 5, 1 to 3, second; Bogy Johnson,
10j, Trolss. 3 to 1. oven. 2 to 5, third. Time, 1.40 4-5.
Fifth Hot Springs race. 3-yenr-olds and up, selling, 5 1-2 fur
longs Josef JunZarntp, 100, Troise, 8 to 5. 4 to 5, 1 to 3, won; Recluse,
115, Merrlnicc, 5 to 2. 0 to 10, 1 to 4, second; Garl, 113. Hoffman,
10 to 1, 4 to 1, a to 1. thitd. Time. 1.00 4-5.
Fifth Bowie race, 3-yenr-olds and up, claiming, 1 mile and 70
yards Zodiac, 108. W. Collins, $4.00, $2.00. S2.50, won; Virginia W.,
101, Drcyer, $4.40, $3.50, second; Richard Langdon, 111, Butwcll,
$4.00, third. Time, 1.54.
Sixth Howie race, 3-year-olds and up, selling, 1 mile Spectre, 103,
A. Collins, $3.50, $2. GO, $2.40, won; Poughkecpsie, 107, Ball, $2.C0,
$2,30, second; Oakwood Boy. 100. Watts, $3.80, third.- Time, 1.47 1-5
Sixth Hot Springs race. 3-year-olds and up, selling, 1 1-16 miles
Mud Sill, 108. Hanover, 4 to 5. "1 to 3. out, won; Petit .Bleu, 100,
Molcsworth, 15 to 1, G to 1, 3 to 1, second; Miklfula. 100, Lye,"
10 to 1, 4 to 1, 2 to 1, third. Time, 1,48 2-5.
Seventh race, 3-year-olds and up, claiming, 1 1-16 miles Feather
Duster, 110, Boy Inn, $13.00, $5.50, $3.50, won; Inquleta, 105, Casey,
$3.60, $2.80usecond; Ed Bond, J08; Huff, $2.80,,tuird. Time, ..1.56.-
TURKS RETREATING IN MESOPOTAMIA
LONDON, April 6. Turkish forces in Mesopotamia were reported
letrenting in the direction of Klfri In an official statement today
which told of establishing on a juncture between Russian and Brit
ish forces on Monday to the left of the Diala River.
U. S. GETS FIRST AUTO TRANSPORT SERVICE
MILWAUKEE, Wis., April G. Simultaneously with the declar
ation of war tho Wisconsin Automobile Association announced the
first organized nutomobile transport service in the country. Ma
chines rind drivers will bo assigned to every military unit in Wis
consin available immediately for use.
BULLETINS
WILSON'S ADDRESS TO BE PLACARDED ALL OVER ITALY
ROME, April (5. The Italian Government has decided to post
President Wilson's address to Congress in public places in all com
munes. Such action has been taken in the past only in respect of
official Italian documents of the highest importance.
ORDERS GERMANS ON FRISCO BAY ARRESTED
SAN FRANCISCO, April 6 United States District Attorney
John W. Preston this afternoon ordered United States Marshal Hola
han to take into custody a number of Germans living in the Sar
Francisco Bay region whom the Government is said to consider hos
tile to the United States.
THIRD ARREST MADE IN GERMAN-NEGRO PLOT
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., April 6 The third arrest in connection
Avith German plots to incite negroes to rebellion was made here today
when u negro, addressing members of his race at a local depot,
declared they should join the German army. Good pay, social equal
ity and unrestricted franchise were offered. Government agents
made the arrest.
TWO EASTER EGGS APIECE FOR ALL BERLIN
By KARL VOX WIEGAND .
DEItl.IN (via Sayvlllo wireless, delayed), April 4. Tho chief burgomaster nf
Berlin announces that each man, woman ancj child In this rity may have two Easter
eggs. Tho maximum price apiece for eggs" has been placed at seven cents. Tho
usual ration is two eegs every three weeks.
BELGIAN SHIP, RIPPED BY U-BOAT, IN PORT
NEW YORK, April C Badly damaged by shell lire from a German submarine,
the Belgium steamship Tunlsio arrived today from Rotterdam. She was attacked
In tho North. Sea, but was allowed to proceed after her 'papers had been examined
by the submarino commander. The Tunisle was standing by when tho Belgian
relief ship Haolen was shelled and seven sailors killed.
. U. S. HOLDS UP GERMANS AT MEXICAN BORDER
EL PASO, Tex., April C Scores of Germans are being dotalnod" hero by Depart
ment of Justice agents, In connection with investigations of German1 plots against
the United States in Mexico, It is said Carranza officials aro implicated and arrests
may follow.
TEXANS SEEK INSURANCE AGAINST U-BOAT, ATTACKS
' GALVESTON, Tox., April 6. Reports that the Government has evidenceof the
prcsonce in the Gulf of Mexico pf Gorman submarines causpd'many persons hero
today to apply for insurance against bombardmept', riots and clyil disturbances.
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KENTISH TOWNS RAIDED BY GERMAN XeROPLANE
fQNDOK.AprU 6. Towns along-UiV'Muttpf Kent .wer.',Ukid't)-: Grmau
AiMtt.iMf.ijfcfc hut.thr 4.;.
UNITED STATES
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German merchant ships confined in
American ports since the beginning' ot
the European war were seized today
by tho United States .Government.
Most' of the crews were interned. The
total number of ships is 91 and their
combined tonnage is 594.G90.
At tho Philadelphia Navy Yard tho
two interned German raiders, Kron
prinz Wilhelm and the Prinz Eitel
Friedrich, were made prizes of war.
Two Hamburg-American liners, the
Rhaetia and the Prinz -Oskar, were
seized by marines at their pier, 40
South Wharves. Commanders of the
merchantmen admitted haviner criu-
pled the machinery upon orders ,froraMfl
vjciiuaiiy.
NEW" YORIh April t.
Nlnety-one German ships lying in United
States ports were seized today by armed
forces of tho United States Government.
Tho liners represent a total tonnatre of
594,606 and nro lying In nearly every im
portant port of the. country.
Germany's $56 300,000 mercantile fleet,
vhlch had been detained In'.this port since,
the outbreak of the war, was seized by
Government agents today. There were
twenty-seven passenger liners, freighters
and sailing ships In the fleet, among them
tho Vaterland, one of the biggest and finest
passenger liners in the world.
Tho German officers and crews, number
ing more than 3000 men, we're taken to
Ellis Island for Internment.
This was tho first declve war measur
against Germany in the mftropdlls fol--lowing
tho passago" of the state of war'
resolution by Congress.
It was learned that the machinery on
some of the ships was smashed. United
States naval men will make a thorough ex
amlnatlon of the vessels to determine the
exact extent, of the "damage.
The ships seized aggregated 304,000 tons.
Eleven of them displaced more than 10,000
tons each. The mighty Vaterland Is a
levlathlan of 04,234 tons and it cost $7,500,
000 to build her.
The German officers and sailors on the
ships made no reslatnncowhen the United
States olllclals went on board. Nor dlfl
they murmur when told to prepare to go
to the Immigration station at Kills Island.
tV whole fleet of custom boats swarmed in
the Hudson collecting the Germans.
The seizures were carried out quickly and
simultaneously in the port of New York, at
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Dudley Field Malone, collector of the nort
of Xew York, superintended .the confiscation
of the nineteen vessels-tied up along th
Hoboken waterfront.
Tho customs men on the New York clt
side of the Hudson were In charge of George
K. Lamb, assistant collector. Four of tha
seized ships were anchored at 135th street.
The remaining four were in port at Staple.
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the customs officials', but their services wra i,J.
not needed. "Jl
Tho captains of all the shloa lntitrnioi t I t.v&
Hoboken were .summoned to the Vaterland,' CSwi
which mlcht be termed tho flatrsliln nf th. ?
German mercantile Jeet. On the deck of rfi , -J
t'o mighty liner. In the presence of her ,iL
captain, nans nuser, anu tne. masters ot.ri
mo oiuer uenmui vessels, collector Malone w
declared: .'
"Pursuant to orders of tlio, Government';-
of the United States', I have come herft.'tVl. ;
nine uumrui ui yuur Mll!a unu LO oruCr'yOU
captains to assemble the crews of your, shloil
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seven women, an wives 01 uerman-l
fleers, were removed from the Ge
vessels at Hoboken. They accoms
their husbands to Ellis Island. ' tlr.I
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