Pacifists and Militarists Descend By Thousands on National Capital HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH ®hf Star- UnftcprnbfnL LXXXVI— No. 79 18 PAGES PRESIDENT S WAR DELIVERED TO CHAMP CLARK IS RE-ELECTED VOTE 217-205 Chief Executive Urges Legislative Body to Hurry Organiza tion Work So That International Crisis May Be Taken Up at Once; Plan to Provide Great Sum to Finance War Department SENTIMENT FOR A DECLARATION OF WAR PREDOMINATES AT CAPITAL Leaders oi Both in Senate and House Prepare Bills Giving Chief Executive Authority to Proceed; Factional Lines Not to Hamper Work For Defense of Nation Washington, April 2—President Wil son will address a joint session of Con gress at 8 o'clock this evening. Washington, D. C., April 2.—The Senate, when it reconvened, recessed again until 5 p. m., to wait for the House to perfect organization. Presi dent Wilson, it was said, was prepared to speak as late as 5 o'clock, Washington, April 2.—Speaker Clark was re-elected to day by a vote of 217 fto 205 over his Republican opponent, I Representative Mann, as the first step in organization of the House of Representatives the necessary preliminary to the delivery of President Wilson's "war" address. With the re-election of Speaker Clark it seemed certain that Presi dent Wilson would deliver his address late this afternoon. It is expected on every hand that he will ask Congress to declare that a slate of'war exists between the United States and (lermany. This seemed so certain that Chairman Mood, of the House of Foreign Affairs Committee, the administration spokesman there, prepared a resolution, to declare a state of war and authorize the President to attack. The resolution follows: "Whereas the recent course of the imperial German government is in fact nothing less than war against the government and people of the United States: "Resolved, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, that the state of belligerency between the United States and the Imperial German goyefrnincnt which has thus been thrust upon the United Statis is- hereby formally declared, and; " 1 hat the President be, and he is hereby authorized, to take immediate steps not only to put the country in thorough state of defense, but also exert all of its power and employ all of its resources to carry on war against the Imperial German government and to bring the conflict to a successful termination." Washington, April 2.—Congress assembled at noon to-day for a session generally agreed to be the most momentous in the historv ol the republic. President W ijson, ready with his address, which it is believed will ask that a state of war exists between the United States and Germany, waited only for the organization of the House of Repre sentatives. As Congress assembled President Wilson practically decided to make his address to-da}'•immediately after the organization of the House, even if it should be deferred until the late afternoon or early evening. Democratic Ilouse leaders got word from the White House to huiry the organization as much as possible. All plans had been on the expectation that the President would speak to-morrow, but the leaders promised to do all they could to meet his wish to speak to day. Congress assembled with a majority openly in favor of a declaration of a state of war, if not actually a declaration of war. To Inform Foreign Nations President Wilson's address imme diately will be sent to all the foreign embassies and legations and will be telegraphed to American diplomats a bread. It was acknowledged to-day that foreign governments on rereipt of it may interpret it atf they think best even to assume that it so closely 1 approximates recognition of a state of war as to necessitate the issuing of i neutrality proclamations. Whether UH ch a'st< p will bp taken by any neu- WEATHER 1 I'or Harrixliurg "nil vicinity! Itnln and collier till* afternoon anil to ■■licht, with lonfst temperature to-night about .'III ileicreeii; Tues day fair and colder. For Ranlrrn I'rnns.vl van la: Itain 1 and colder to-night; Tuesday fair and eoldert fresh mm 111 shifting to northwest n lull). ITemperatnrei 8 a. m., iy, it is j ! fitting that they should receive that inspiration that comes from the rea- | ligation that ours is really ONK na tion. devoted only to ONK (lag and I inhabited by a citizenry willing to . pay whatever price mny be neces- ' sary in order to protect the honor I and maintain the dignity of our land. And since the Hag of our country is tiie symbol of our common pa- I trlotism and since we can at this j time as a community give no more ! convincing visible evidence of our loyalty and our devotion to our gov- I eminent than by a simultaneous display of that flag, I request that the Stars and Stripes be prominently displayed by the home owners and businessmen of this city. Let us make the day one memorable by reason of a clty-wlde Flag Day Demonstration of Patriotism. Let us see to it, particularly, that the children in the schools, the Boy Scouts and kindred organizations are privileged to bear a generous part In the observance. EZRA S. MEALS, ! Mayor. t Harrlsburg, April 1. i MESSAGE WILL BE CONGRESS LATE TODAY LODGE KNOCKS DOWN PACIFIST IN FIST FIGHT Senior Senator From Massachusetts Knocks Down Peace Crank; Lie Passed Before Encounter; Had Called Lodge a Coward in Effort to Get Him to Vote For Peace at Any Price By Associated Press Washington, April 2. A pcrsoual encounter between Senator Lodge, of . Massachusetts, and Alexander Bann wart, of Dorcester, Mass., in which the ! Senator knocked liis opponent down, occurred to-day in the corridors of the !, Capitol. Bannwart, with the Rev. Paul Har ris Drake, of Christ Church, Dorchcs- ' ter, and several other men and women of pacifist delegations, called Senator \ Lodge to the door'of his committee | room and asked him to vote against -i | declaration of war with Germany. j, Senator Lodge replied that if President; Wilson asked for such a declaration \ he certainly would support it. "That is cowardice," retorted one of j the group. "National degeneracy is worse than! cowardice," replied the Massachusetts' Senator. \ "You are a coward," said Bann- j wart. "You are a liar," retorted Senator | Lodge. Bannwart advanced and struck the j [Senator, who then, despite his sixty' 'odd years, launched a blow that sent I ! Bannwart sprawling on the hard tiled corridor. Bannwart and several of his friends j were taken in charge by the Capitol | : police. Bannwart told the Capitol police he | : was not the aggressor and contended \ jthat Senator Lodge struck the first i i blow. In other respects his story did I j not differ greatly from that told by [ i employes in the Senator's otllce. After Senator Lodge finished with l j the pacifist, David B. Herman, of this j I city, stepped in and, according to i [spectators, pummeled Bannwart, cut-! I ting several gashes In his forehead and j i sperading blood over his face. Bann-1 | wart was taken to a police station with | directions that a charge of assault on | | Senator Lodge be preferred against I HOLD THREE FOR ! SYSTEMATICALLY ROBBING STATION S3OO Worth of Booty Recovered From Employes of Ruther ford Transfer Following the arrest Saturday night | of three employes of the Philadelphia | . and Heading freight transfer station |at Rutherford booty valued at S3OO | was recovered. It is said that the ! robberies have been going on for some | time. The men arrested are Clarence C. I Peehart, of Hayes Grove, and Phebus land Charles Hershey, of Hummels • town. They were given a hearing this morning before Aldermun C. E. Mur- J ray, of the Third ward, Peehart fur [ Continued on Page 3] Wants Everyone to Do Days Work on Farm As Preparedness Step ' Captain Henry M. Stine is planning i | to advocate a campaign to have citi- j ! zens in all walks of life do at least! | one day's work on the farm this sum- 1 | iner. j Captain Stine will take the plan up; j with the Chamber of Commerce, be | cause of the food situation whoch may j exist in the State in the fall is some-! thing is not done to aid the farmers j ;and agriculturists. Captain Stinc also i urges the use of all vacant lots and ! I large yards for gardening during the ] I summer to inocease the crops and lire- | | vent any possible shortage. $15,000 FOR HOMES Building permits were issued to-day I | to Shamnio Brothers for the erection j of two three-story brick bouses, one ■ two-story brick barn and two two- ! stock brick houses at the corners of I Seventeenth and Walnut and Seven- 1 teenth and Kim streets. The total j cost of the construction will be $15,- 000. It AII,WAYS I'AYS DIVIDEND Stockholders of the Harrlsburg Rail ways Company received to-day their dividend of Iper cent., which Is 87 >4 cents per share on the preferred stock of the company, COAIi EXPERT DIES Pittsburgh, Pa., April 2.—George W. Schluederberg, aged 74, general man ager of the Pittsburgh Coal Company, and noted as a coal mine e