\ ' I * 1 W' • iwjwiMuiy President Wilson Issues Proclamation Declaring State of War With uermarr^ HARRISBURG gSSpftft TELEGRAPH dhf Star- UnJ)epnibfnt LXXXVI— No. 83 28 PAGES 'WILSON CALLS COUNTRY TO ARMS BY SIGNING WAR BILL HOUSE BACKS PRESIDENT BY BIG WAR VOTE After Seventeen Hours of Debate Only Fifty Votes Against Resolution Are Cast in Lower Branch of Congress; Stirring Scenes Mark Balloting in Early Hours of the Morning; Result Rushed to President Washington, April 6. President Wilson to-day signed the resolution of Congress declaring a state of war between the United States and Germany. The war resolution was signed by the President at 1.11 o'clock. The President also signed a proclamation formally declaring a state of war between the United States and Germany. In the proclamation he called upon American citizens to give support to all measures of the government. By the signing of the resolution, the war which Germany ac tually has been making on the United States for many months is recognized in official form, and the United States thus announces to the world its determination to take up what President Wilson characterized in his address to Congress as Germany's challange to all the world, her war against humanity. Speaker Clark signed the resolution soon after it passed the House in the early hours of this morning and Vice President Mar shall had signed it soon after the Senate convened at noon. The engrossed copy was sent at once to the White House. It was waiting for the President when he returned from a short walk with Mrs. Wilson. War between the United States and Germany becomes an actuality to-day immediately upon President Wilson's approval of the war resolution adopted by a vote of 373 to 50 by the House a minutes after 3 o'clock this morning. I his action will set in motion the government's newly plan ned machinery for mustring military, navy and economic forces into an aggressive war against Germany. 1 he resolution passed the House in the same form as adopted by the Senate Wednesday night. It declares that a state of war exists and directs the President to employ all the naval and military forces of the United States and resources of the government to carry on war to a successful conclusion. Debate 17 Honrs Final action on the resolution came after 17 hours of continuous debate, and a few minutes afterwards Speaker Clark affixed his signature. After tho resolution is signed by Vice-President Marshall it will be rushed to the Pres ident who has said he would sign it. Among the fifty who voted against WAR PROCLAIMED BY PRESIDENT WILSON IN CALL TO ARMS Washington, April 6.—After signing the war resolution, Presi dent \\ llson issued the following proclamation of war: "Whereas, the Congress of the United States in tlie exercise of the constitutional authority vested in them have resolved by joint resolution of the Senate and House of Representatives hearing' date this day that a state of war between the United States and the 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: "Whereas by Sections 4068, 4069 and 4070 of the revised statutes fur ther provision is made relative to alien enemies. "Whenever there is declared a war between the United States and any foreign nation or government or any Invasion of predatory incursion is per petrated, attempted or threatened against the territory of the United States by any foreign nation or gov ernment and the President makes public proclamation of the events, all natives, citizens, denizens or subjects of a hostile nation or government being male of the age of fourteen years and upwards who shall be with iTHE WEATHER] For Harrlnburg nnd vlclnltyt Fair ami hIIkMIv c<Vdrr to-night, with lowext temperature about 34 de- Kretm Saturday fair. For Eaulrni I'cnimjlvnniu i I'roh ably rain or anon In north and partly overcnat In Mouth portion to-nlghti colder to-nlghti .Satur day fair; atrong neat and north west wind*. River The main river will not chance much. The North Branch will probably fall alowly. The \Ve4t Branch will rlae aomewhat, ex cept the upper portion will begin to fall to-night or Saturday. The Juniata will rlac thla afternoon nnd begin to fall to-night. A atage of about 7.8 feet In Indi cated for Harrlaburg Saturday morning. Temperature) 8 a. m., 40. Sum Rlaea, oi3B a. m. Moons Full moon, April 7. River Stnget 7.0 feet above low water mark. Yeaterday'a Weather, Hlgheat temperature, 4. l>oweat temperature, 87. Mean temperature, 42. Normal temperature, . war were thirty-two Republicans, six teen Democrats, one Socialist and one Prohibitionist. Voting affirmatively were 193 Democrats, 177 Republicans, 2 Progressives and 1 Independent. Democratic Leader Kitchin and Miss Jeanette Rankin, the new woman [Continued on Page 6] in the United States and not actually naturalized, shall be liable to be ap prehended, restrained, secured and re moved as alien enemies. President Authorized "The President is authorized in any such event by his proclamation there of or other 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 degree of the restraint to which they shall be subject and in what cases and upon what security their residence shall be permitted and to provide for the removal of those who not being [Continued on Page 23] To Hear of Efforts Being Made to Capture Export Trade of World For U. S. Robert H. Patcliin, secretary of the National Foreign Trade council of New York city, will address a lun cheon meeting for the Harrisburg Chamber of Commerce at the Harris burg Club at noon Thursday, April 12, on foreign trade and kindred mat ters. The National Foreign Trade Coun cil is a representative body engaged in efforts designed to enable the United States to dominate the export business of the world. The chairman is James A. Ferrel, president of the United States Steel Corporation. The Harrisburg Chamber of Commerce was represented at the New Orleans meeting of this council in 1916, and at the Pittsburgh convention of the coun cil in January, 1917. Mr. Patchln was formerly associated with Edward M. Hurley, former chairman of the Fed eral Trade commission, while Mr. Hurley was as a private citizen inves tigating foreign trade matters all over the world. HARRISBURG, PA., FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 6, 1917 ALL GERMAN SHIPS INTERNED IN AMERICAN PORTS SEIZED BY AGENTS FOR GOVERNMENT J Above: German interned vessels at New York, hett to right: Print •Joachim, Print Kitel Friedrich, Konlg Wilhelm If, Hamburg and Atleinanla. Kiglit, the Willehad. llrlow: Ucrinan cruisers Kronprlnz Wilhelm and Print Kitel Friedrich at Federal Agents Board 91 Ships Immediately Upon Decla- ■ ration of War; Government Undecided Whether to .VfIHIHIpJHHHPj Take Them Over Permanently and Pay Owners When Peace Is Declared I I By Associated Press New York, April 6. Seizure of German ships in New York harbor, twenty-seven in number, and aggre gating more than 275,000 tons gross, from the 54,000 ton liner Vaterland, down to the 1.45& ton bark Matador, was completed early this morning and their 1,500 men and officers were transferred under military guard to the ifmigration station on Ellis Island. Later to-day navy experts are to be- BRAZIL AND CUBA LIKELY TO ENTER WAR ON GERMANY European Belligerents Look to America For Aid in Conflict By Associated Press With the proclamation of a state of war between the United States and Germany on the verge of issuance the probability of other American nations joining this republic in hostilities is pointed to in to-day's dispatches. Hrazil, according to advices from South America, is trembltng on the brink of war with Germany. A Ger [ Continued on Page 8] Gerard Says if Germans Hear of War Action They Will Get News in Slices "If the German people hear of our declaration of a state of war against its government at all, they will get the news in choice slices," ex-Ambas sador Gerard suid this morning Jnst before hlB departure from Harrisburg. Mr. Gerard, who last night spoke at the big patriotic rally in Chestnut Street Hall, left for New York a few minutes before 10 o'clock. Ho was accompanied to the Pennsylvania sta tion by Vance C. McCormick whose guest he was while in this city. Government Seeks High Class Commercial Men By Associated Press Washington, April 6.—High class men for commercial attaches of the United States at its embassies and le gations in South America and the Far East arc wanted by the government which will hold civil service examina tions April 25 to obtain a list of such men with proper qualifications and from which vacancies will be filled. These commercial attaches or trade diplomats will receive up to $6,000 a year and will have a diplomatic stand- I ing with the embassy or legation to which they are assigned by the State [ Department. gin an examination of the shops to determine the amount of damage which It has been reported the crews inflicted on them when diplomatic re lations were severed with Germany. The port officers acted on orders is sued by the Secretary of the Treasury. It is understood that this move does not involve confiscation and that the vessels are held for the present as a measure of safety. There has been no announcement as to whether the gov [Continued on Page 17] U.S. WARNED OF U-BOAT BASE IN GULF OF MEXICO More Than Scores of Sub marines Reported to Be Wait ing Hostilities By Associated Press Washington, D. C„ April 6. —Per- sistent but heretofore unconfirmed re ports of German submarines waiting in the Gulf of Mexico for the opening of hostilities on the United States were further supported to-day by ad vices' to the government from Europe. The full nature of the government's Information Is not disclosed but it was received from one of the neutrals con tiguous to Germany which has served as a clearinghouse for German infor mation since the severance of diplo matic relations. It was reported at the source of origin of the government's informa tion that more than a score of Ger man submarines were already in Mex ican waters. Persons here who have been giving attention to the subject j think the estimate of numbers is high but feel no doubt that German sub marines are somewhere on this side of the Atlantic most probably in Mexican waters and that some of them have been here ain.ee early In February. There Is no doubt here that If the U-boats are In the gulf they are be ing supplied from Mexican shore bases. Those who hold these views nre also convinced that something closely approaching the arrangements proposed by Foreign Minister Zim mermann In his celebrated communi- I cation Intended for General Carranza have been achieved and that the whole matter. Including the supplying of submarines from Mexican shores was arranged by Mexican Minister Zubaran in Berlin. EX-CITY TREASURER DIES By Associated Press Philadelphia, April 6. Murrell Dobbins, u member of the Philadel phia Board of Education and former ly city treasurer, died to-day. Mr. Dobbins, who was 74 years old, was orominent In the building trade. FIRST CALL TO BE FOR 500,000 MEN BETWEEN 19 AND 25 Government Will Conscript For Army and Guard if Necessary t | By Associated Press Washington, April 6. How the government plans to raise a war army of a million men within a year and of two million within two years was disclosed upon the passage of the war resolution by the House. A bill prepared by the general staff and approved by the President for submission to Congress provides for the Immediate filling up of the regu lar army and National Guard to war [Continued on Page D] Congress to Vote Hundred Million to President For Emergency War Fund By Associated Press Washington, April 6. Appropria tion of $100,000,000 for an emergency war fund to be used at the President's discretion, similar to the $50,000,000 fund given to President McKtnley for prosecuting the Spanish war was at tached to-day by the Senate Ap propriations Committee to the general defllclency bill. The appropriations committee also increased the department of justice. The $100,000,000 given the President is "for the national security and defense and for each and every purpose" and Is to be expended "at the discretion of the President" is made available at once and to remain available until De cember 31, 1917. European War Methods of Treating Wounds to Be Used at Hospital The Carrol-Dakin method of treat ing antiseptic wounds will be Install ed in the Harrlsburg hospital as soon as the apparatus ordered has arrived. One of th* staff physicians of the hos pital went to Pittsburg to learn the latest developments in Its application. The Carrol-Dakln method of treat ment Is used extensively on the battle fields jof Europe. It consists of an elaborate arrangement whereby a wound can be soothed and healed by a constant flow of antiseptic solution. The Rockefeller Institute of New York recently made a special appropriation i for Jjts installation. VICTORIOUS, KAISER WOULD ATTACK U. S. Gerard, Before Great Gathering in Chestnut Street Hall, Justifies Action of Congress; Hatred For America Deliberately Fostered in Germany; Scenes of Pa triotic Fervor in Harrisburg; As House Votes For War;! Ovations For Governor and Cattell That Germany, victorious, would turn her attention from Europe to make war on America for the purpose of paying the expenses of the present conflict, that the Prussian government has carefully cultivated a spirit of hatred for the United States among German people with that end in view, that notwithstanding full knowledge of these facts, President Wilson made every effort to keep this country out of the war, and that now we are in, we go forward with the conviction that we are fighting for democracy as against an autocracy, that we are lined up with the free peoples of the earth for the overthrow of a military monarchy that is the last ex ample in the world of the worn-out theory of the divine right of kings, that we stand shoulder to shoulder with the great liberty loving nations in a gigantic battle for the freedom of all mankind. This in brief was the message James W. Gerard, former am bassador to Berlin delivered to nearly 3,000 people of Harrisburg last night who braved one of the worst storms in years and crowded the great Chestnut street hall beyond its capacity to demonstrato [Continued on Page 26] 1, BEIDLEMAN BILL IS SIGNED j Harrisburg. Governor Brumbaugh this afternoon 1 signed the Beidleman bill providing for the filling of va- I . cancies in third class cities. Under the provisions of this law city council of Harrisburg will in the next thirty days I fill the vacancy created by the death of Commissioner ' . Harry Bowman. The man chosen will serve out the un- ( ' expired term. In case council fails to name within the | i time limit the duty of filling the place passes to the county fi courts. This law saves the taxpayers about $6,000 which ' J would have been necessary to meet the expenses of a I special election. It is generally reported that council favors {£ I the choice of City Clerk Charles A. Miller for Mr. Bow- p man's place. & I TEUTONS TAKE 9,000 RUSSIANS 2 C Berlin, April 6.—More than 9,000 Russians, 15 guns p J and 150 machine guns and mine throwers were captured % \ by the Germans in their attack on the Russian Bridgehead £ w on the Stokhod, the war office announces. g { WILSON APPROVES ARMY PLANS ? £ Washington, April 6.—ln a statement approving the J army plan presented to Congress by the War Department, *3 m President Wilson to-day said that "the hope of the world is that when the European war is over, arrangements will I" have been made composing many of the questions which have hitherto seemed to require the arming of the nations." NAVY TOLD O FWAR j) Washington, Agril 6. The Navy Department im- L mediately wirelessed or telegraphed all its stations, navy * yards and ships as follows: "The President has signed }) an act of Congress which declares that a sttae of war ex- '' ists between the United States and Germany." " SENATE VOTES $100,000,000 Washington, April 6. —The emergency war fund of f! $100,000,000 to be used by President Wilson in his discre- ') tion, was quickly voted by the Senate. It must also be ap- I proved by the House. The Senate adjourned until Mon- r ' day. v y AIRPLANE BOMBARDS COAST % London, April 6.—Towns on the coast of Kent were \ again bombarded last night by a German airplane. There , J were no casualties it was announced officially. )) S ENEMY ALIEN MUST KEEP QUIET v) \ Philadelphia, April 6.—The following notice singed & i by United State Attorney General Gregory, was received ? here to-day "No German alien enemy in this country >) who has not hitherto been implicated in plots against the & interests of the United States, need have any fear of action f) 1 by the department of justice so long as he observes the \\ I I folowing warning. Obey the law; keep your mouth shut." k I TO GUARD SEIZED SHIPS g Washington, April 6.—Seizures of German merchant- |) ships in American ports according to official statements & 1 , to-day are measures of safety for the ships themselves and u I adjoining property. The crews aboard are regarded as 3 German reservists on German territory. The ships iflay & be pressed into service and paid for at the close of the war ? or they may be conficated. M ITALY POSTS WILSON'S ADDRES 3 Rome, April 6.—The Italian government is about to $ take the unusual course of posting President Wilson's ad- \ dress to Congress in public places in all communes. Such £ action has been taken in the past only in respect of official J Italian documents of the highest importance. K Single Copy, 2 Cents HOME EDITION*
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