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An Appeal by the President
' Wiahlnvtnn. In a. nanonal anneal
addressed to his fallow-countrymen,
President Wilson calif upon every
American citizen man, woman and
child to Join together to make the
nation a unit for the preservation of
its Ideal and for triumph of demo
cracy In the world war. "The supreme
test of the nation has come," says the
address. "We must all speak, act and
serve together."
The address follows:
"My fellow-countrymen: The en
trance of our own beloved country into
the grim and terrible war for demo
cracy and human rights, which has
shaken the world, creates so many
problems of national life and action,
which call for immediate consideration
and settleemnt, that I hope you will
' permit me to address to you a few
words of earnest counsel and appeal
with regard to them.
"We are rapidly putting our Navy
upon an effective war footing and are
about to create and equip a great
army, but these are the simplest parts
of the great task to which we have ad
dressed ourselves. There is not a sin
gle selfish element, so far as I can
see, in the cause we are fighting for.
We are fighting for what we believe
and wish to be the rights of mankind
and for the future peace and security
of the world. To do this great thing
worthily and successfully we must de
vote ourselves to the service without
regard to profit or material advantage
and with an energy and intelligence
that will rise to the level of the enter
prise Itself. We must realize to the
full how great the task is and how
' many things, how many kinds and ele
ments of capacity and service and self
sacrifice it Involves.
Must Supply Our Allies.
"These, then, are the things we must
do, and do well, besides fighting the
things without which mere fighting
would be fruitless:
"We must supply abundant food for
ourselves and tor our armies and our
seamen not only, but also for large
part of the nations with whom we
have now made a common cause, in
whose support and by whose sides we
shall be fighting.
"We muBt supply ships by the hun
dreds out of our shipyards to carry to
the other side of the sea, submarines
or no submarines, what will every day
be needed there, and abundant ma
terials out of our fields and our mines
and our factories with which not only
to clothe and equip our own forces on
land and sea, but also to clothe and
support our people, for whom the gal
lant fellows under arms can no longer
work, to help clothe and equip the
armies with which we are co-operating
in Europe and to keep the looms
and manufactories there in raw ma
terial; coal to keep the fires going In
ships at sea and in the furnaces of
hundreds of factories across the sea;
eteel out of which to make arms and
Ammunition both here and there, rails
for worn-out railways back of the fight
ing fronts, locomotives and rolling
stock to take the place of those every
day going to pieces; mules, horses,
cattle for labor and military service;
Everything with which the people of
Eneland and France and Italy and
Russia have usually supplied them
selves but cannot now afford the men,
the materials or the machinery to
make.
"It Is evident to every thinking man
that our industries, on the farms, in
the shipyards, in the mines, in the fac
tories, must be made more prolific and
more efficient than ever, and that they
roust be more economically managed
and better adapted to the particular
requirements of our task than they
have been; and what I want to say 1b
that the men and the women who de
vote their thought and their energy to
these things will be Berving the coun
try and conducting the fight for peace
and freedom just as truly and just as
effectively as the men on the battle
field or In the trenches. The indus
trial forces of the country, men and
women alike, will be a great national,
a great international, service army; a
national and honored host engaged in
the service of the nation and the
world, the efficient friends and saviors
of free men everywhere. Thousands,
nay hundreds of thousands, of men
otherwise liable to military service
will of rlaht and of necessity be ex
cused from that service and assigned
to the fundamental, sustaining work
of the fields and factories and mines,
and they will be as much part of the
great patriotic forces of the nation as
the men under fire.
A Word To Farmers.
"I take the liberty, therefore, of ad
dressing this word to the farmers of
the country and to all who work on
the farms: The supreme need of our
own nation and of the nations with
which we are co-operating is an abund
ance of supplies and especially of
foodstuffs. The Importance of an
adequate food supply, especially for
the present year, Is superlative. With
out abundant food, alike for the armies
and the peoples now at war, the whole
great enterprise upon which we have
embarked will break down and fall.
The world's food reserves are low.
Not only during the present emerg
ency, but for some time after peace
shall have come, both our own people
and a large proportion of the people
of Europe must rely upon the harvests
In America. Upon the farmers of this
country, therefor in large measure,
rests tha fate of the war and the fats
of the nations. May the nation not
count upon them to omit no step inai
will Increase the production of their
land or that will bring about the most
effectual co-operation in the sale and
distribution of their products! The
time is short It is of tha most Im
perative Importance that everything
possible be done, and done Immediate
ly, to make sura of large harvests. I
call upon young men and old alike and
upon tha able-bodied boys of the land
to accept and act upon this duty to
turn In hosts to the farms and make
certain that no pains and no labor is
lacking in this great matter.
"I particularly appeal to tha farm
ers of tha South to plant abundant
foodstuffs as well as cotton. They
can show their patriotism In no bet
ter or mora convincing way than by
resisting the great temptation of tha
present price of cotton and helping,
helping upon a great scale, to feed tha
nation and the peoples everywhere
who are fighting for their liberties and
for our own. The variety of their
crops will be the visible measure of
their comprehension of their national
duty.
"The government of the United
States and the governments of the
several States stand ready to co-operate.
They will do everything possible
to asBlst farmers in securing an ade
quate supply of seed, an adequate force
of laborers when they are most neea
ed, at harvest time, and the means of
expediting shipments of fertilizers and,
farm machinery as well as of the crops
themselves when harvested.
Warning To Speculators.
"The course of trade shall be as un
hampered as it is possible to make it,
and there shall be no unwarranted
manipulation of the nation's food sup
ply by those who handle it on its way
to the consumer. This is our oppor
tunity to demonstrate the efficiency
of a great democracy, and we shall not
fall short of it!
"This let me say to the middlemen
of every sort, whether they are hand
ling our foodstuffs or our raw ma
terials of manufactured the products
of our mills and factories: The eyes
nf tha rniintxv will be eSDeClallv UPOn
you. This is your' opportunity for
signal service, efficient and aisinter
pstpri. The country exnects you. as it
expects all others, to forego unusual
profits, to organize and expedite snip
ments of supplies of every kind, but
especially of food, with an eye to the
service you are rendering and In tha
spirit of those who enlist in the ranks,
for their people, not for themselves.
I shall confidently expect you to de
serve and win the confidence of people
of every sort and station.
To tha men who run the railways
of the country, whether they be man-
eer or oDeratlve employes, let me
say.,that the railways are the arteries
of the nation's life, and that upon tnem
tha ImmpfiH resDonslbllity of
seeing to it that thoBe'arteries suffer
no obstruction of any kind, no ineffi
ciency or slackened power. To the
merchant let me suggest the motto:
'Small profits and quick service,' ana
to the shipbuilder the thought that tha
life of the war depends upon him. The
food and the war supplies must be
carried across the seas, no matter how
many ships are sent to the bottom. The
places of those that go down must ba
supplied and supplied at once. To the
miner let me say that he stands where
the farmer does: The work of the
world waits on him. If he slackens or
falls, armies and statesmen are, help
less. He also is enlisted In the great
service army. The manufacturer does
not need to be told, I hope, that -the
nation looks to him to speed and per
fect every process, and I want only
to remind his employes that their serv
ice is absolutely indispensable and is
counted on by every man who loves
the country and its liberties.
Economy Will Count
"Let me suggest also that every one
who creates or cultivates a garden
helps, and helps greatly, to solve the
problem of the feeding of the nations,
and that every housewife who prac
tices strict economy puts herself in
the rankB of those who serve the
nation. This is the time for America
tA rnrrant her unoardonable fault of
wastefulness and extravagance. Let
every man and every woman assume
th duty of careful, provident use and
expenditure as a public duty, as a dic
tate of natrlotlsm. which no one can
now expect ever to be excused or for-
rlven for Ignoring.
"In' the hope that this statement of
thn needs of the nation and of the
world in this hour of supreme crisis
imv utimnlat those to whom it comes
and remind all who need reminder of
thn solemn duties of a time such as the
world has never seen before I beg that
all editors and publishers everywhere
will give as prominent publication ana
as wide circulation as possible this ap
peal. I venture to suggest also to .all
ndvertlRlnsr aeencles that they would
perhaps render a very substantial and
tlrryly service to the country If they
would give it widespread repetition.
And I hope that clergymen will not
think the theme of it an unworthy or
inappropriate subject of comment and
homily from their pulpits.
"The supreme test of the nation has
come. "We muat all speak, act and
serve together!
"WOODItOW WILSON."
13,000 Prisoners and 66 Guns
Captured.
ASTRIDE HINDENBURG LINE
Chattering Of a German Stronghold
That Had Resisted All tha Allies
Efforts For Two Years British Now
Look Down On Great Industrial Sec
tions Of Franca Held By tha Ger
mans. London. Tha total prisoners taken
In the offensive begun last week now
aggregate mora than 13,600. Guns to
the number of 166 also have been
taken.
On a 12-mile front, from north of
the River Scarpa to south of Loos,
British troops pressed back the Ger
mans all along the line and captured
six Tillages. Field Marshal Halg's
men, the official communication from
British headquarters in France adds,
also have gained a footing In German
trenches northeast of Lens. Prison
ers and guns also were taken in the
advance. Southeast of Arras, the state
ment adds, the British also made prog
ress. The Tillages seized by the British
are all east and north of the Vlmy
Ridge. They are Ballleul, Willeval,
Vlmy, Petit Vlmy, Glvenchy-en-Gohelle
and Angres.
, Great British Victory.
The far-reaching, important and
Sweeping success of the battle of
Arras is being revealed in successive
chapters to the British public, which
hardly realizes yet that it is tha most
effectual and decisive event to the
credit of the British Army during the
War. It may well rank with the battle
of the Name, which turned back the
German invasion directed against
Paris, and may prove the turning
point of the whole war In the west
and change the balance of the world
war.
Field Marshal Halg's bulletin, giv
ing the number of guns captured as
166 and the aggregate of prisoners as
13,000 and the details of new territory
gained for France from the invader,
marks the battle of Arras as a great
Victory. But the significant statement
from Field Marshal Halg is that the
British are "astride" the Hlndenburg
line.
The famous Hlndenburg line bad
been proclaimed by its author as well
as by German experts as a sort of
"great wall of China" that would be
as Impregnable to assaults as that
one of the seven wonders of the world
which was so long an adamant barrier
to protect an ancient Chinese dynasty,
Tha Von Hlndenburg Buddha.
German experts have been even
firmer in their faith In Field Marshal
von HIndenburg's "eighth wonder of
the world" than they were a few
months ago that Vimy Ridge was un
conquerable. The German belief In the Von Hln
denburg Buddha has even served to
hypnotize part of tha British public
and some prominent writers, who have
been disposed to accept the German
theory expounded in German papers
that everything that has occurred on
the western front has gone according
to Von HIndenburg's plans and as fore
seen by him.
A number of European military
writers have taken the view that the
Von Hlndenburg line was a myth
pointed to hearten the German people.
But the British General Staff for some
time has known that there is a
definite Von Hlndenburg line upon
which the German staff was basing Its
defense and has known exactly where
that line was drawn.
If the British Army can break
through a vital or important sector,
the next chapter may be a further ex
tensive German retreat If, Indeed, the
Germans are able to retreat In order
with Field Marshal Halg's army press
ing them as closely as it is now doing.
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EXPERTS DELVING
EXPLOSION
Will Report Directly to the War
Department
FOUR INQUIRIES GOING ON
KING AND QUEEN TO ATTEND.
Will Commemorate Entrance Of
; America Into War.
London. King George and Queen
Mary will attend the service to be held
In St Paul's Cathedral in commemor
ation of the entrance of the United
States into the war. The time for this
ceremonial has been fixed as 11.30
A. M. on April 20. It is understood
the King and Queen expressed a
special desire to be present
COMPULSORY PATRIOTISM.
MEXICO TO BE NEUTRAL.
Carranza Deolares Country Will Keep
Aloof From War.
Mexico City. General Carranza in
his address to the new Congress de
clared that Mexico would maintain a
(Strict and rigorous neutrality In 'the
world war. V. von Eckhardt. the Ger
man MInlstef, was seated in a box with
Austrian, Spanish and other diplo
mats.' Henry P. Fletcher, the Ameri
can Ambassador, sat with the British
Minister. ..
BUEN03 AIRES FOR WAR.
Anger Against Germany Leads To
Storming Of Legation.
Buenos Aires. The German legation
and consulate here have been attacked
by a mob, as have the newspapers
Deutsche La Plata Zeltung and La
Union. The windows of tha buildings
were broken. The police dispersed
the manlfestants, making numerous
arrests. The editor of the German
newspaper was wounded, as were sev
eral of tha demonstrators.
Business Men Must Fly Flags In Arl
zona Or Be Jailed.
Globe, Ariz. An American flag
must flv from every business house,
store front and vehicle in Globe, as a
result of an ordinance passed by the
City Council. A fine of $200, or 200
days In Jail. Is to be the penalty for
the first offense.
Stumbling Blocks Found In Destruc
tion Of Shrapnel, Loading Plant
and Mental Confusion Of
. Survivors. , . , i
Chester, Fa. Although ordnance
experts from the War Department and
chemists from the du Pont plants
analyzed shell fragments and black
powder found at the scene of last
week's explosion at the Eddystone Am
munition Corporation's plant, near
here, no announcement of their pos
sible discoveries was made. A simul
taneous report is expected to be made
to Washington and to company offi
cials when the explosive experts have
concluded their tests.
Officials representing Federal, State,
municipal and company inquiries were
frank enough to say that the exact
cause may never be determined. The
destruction of the shrapnel-loading
plant and the mental confusion of the
survivors are stumbling blocks in the
way of Investigators.
The State investigation is being
continued under the direction of Fire
Marshal O. Chal Post, who said that
he was especially Interested in learn
ing how the roof of the ruined build
ing gave way. He declared that ex
perts can tell from the manner in
which the bulldinK was destroyed just
what explosive was responsible. Dyna
mite, the fire marshal said, as wen as
nitroglycerin and gun-cotton usually
litis a roof. On the other hand, ex-
nloslvea that aenerate a large volume
of gas usually blow the walls out, he
continued, causing the roof to collapse.
PAnt. Walter Wllhelm. general man
ager of the corporation, expressed him
self in somewhat the same vein.
Several arrests by company guards
of men found loitering about the scene
nf the exnloslon were made, but none
Is considered Important The close
guard about the munition piani was
augmented with the arrival of a de
tachment of State Police.
Ten thousand dollars has been col
lected as a relief fund and will be
disbursed to the needy survivors and
to the dependents of those who were
killed.
The lateRt reckoning of the known
dead was 120. Of this number 62 have
been identified. More than fifty are
still reoorted missing, and the hos
pitals and armory reported a total of
52 injured still receiving treatment.
TURNS OVER HIS FIREARMS.
Grelmo Thought It Improper For
Allen To Have Them.
PhlladelDhla. Declaring his Inten
tlon to become a true American eld
sen. Gustave Grelmo, 39 years old, en
tered a police station and handed over
to Lieutenant Ewlng a rifle and lot of
cartridges, which he said he did not
want until he was given his natural!
ration papers.
AMERICA BUYING SHIPS.
Reported To Be Taking Over Nor
wegian Bottoms Here.
London. A Copenhagen dispatch
says that the Danish newspapers re
port that Americans are buying a ma
jorlty of the Norwegian ships under
construction In American shipyards.
In the last few days Americans are
said to have purchased more than
200,000 tons of such shipping.
ENTIRE TOWN VOLUNTEERS.
Shannon, Wyo., Offers 30 Men and
Women For War.
Cheyenne, Wyo. The entire popula
tion of Shannon, wyo., 30 in an, oi
fered Its services to Gov. Frank L.
Houx for war. The women and girls
volunteered tor Bed cross wont
TARIFF BOARD CONFIRMED.
Senate Acts Favorably On Nominees
For Places.
Washington. The Senate confirmed
the six nominees to the United States
Tariff Commission, Including David J.
Lewis, former Congressman from
Maryland. The Finance Committee
had favorably reported these nonaina
tions a day or two ago, and after a
brief debate the entire list of ap
pointees was favorably acted upon by
the Senate as a wnoie.
CARRANZA PLEDGES OIL.
Assures Washington That Supplies
Will Not Ba Stopped.
Washington. General Carranza has
given positive assurances to the
United States that oil supplies from
the Tamolco fields and other Mexican
sources will not be denied to the
United States or Great Britain. Mexl
can oil is the principal fuel of British
and French war vessels.
STANDS WITH U. 3.
Rio Janeiro. At a Cabinet council
It was decided that Brazil should
sever her relations with Germany.
Th Government Issued a declaration
late this evening announcing that it
supported the position of the United
States in reference to Germany.
Prince's Death Confirmed.
Amsterdam. Berlin announced offl
rlnl confirmation of the death of
Prince Frederick Karl, an aviator, re
ported missing several weeks ago.
CONVINCED PEACE
IS NEAR AT RAND
Lloyd George Tells American
Club In London.
A GREAT DEMONSTRATION
Thundrous Ovation Greets His Re
marks At Luncheon Given In
Celebration Of America's
1 Entrance Into War.
London. "I can see peace coming
now not a peace which is the mere
beginning of another war but real
peace," was the salutation which
Premier Lloyd George sent to Amer
ica. It was part of a feeling tribute
which England's Prima Minister paid
to the United States in a tumultous
ly demonstrative meeting of the
American Luncheon Club. Scores of
British notables were there and Amer
ican Ambassador Page presided.
"I am the first Minister in behalf of
Britain to salute America as one of
our comrades in arms," Lloyd George
declared. "I'm glad of it I'm proud
of It
, Rejoices As a Democrat
"I'm glad, not merely because of the
stupendous resources that your great
nation can render to succor the alli
ance, but I rejoice as a democrat that
the advent of the United States gives
the final stamp and seal to the char
acter of the conflict
"We rejoice that America has won
the right to be at the peace conference
table when the terms are fixed.
"It would have been a tragedy to
mankind if America bad not won the
right to be at the peace conference
table, with all the influence and power
she has now obtained.
Thinks the Kaiser Is Right
"The Kaiser promised that Prussia
would be a democracy after the war,"
the Prime Minister observed whimsi
cally at another Juncture. "I think
the Kaiser Is right."
"The United States have a noble
tradition that they never hav been
engaged In war except for liberty," the
Prime Minister continued. "This Is
the greatest struggle for liberty on
which they have ever embarked.
"America's entrance means some
thing more than waging of an ef
fective war she will insure a bene
ficial peace."
Similar To War On Pirates.
"This Is the first time we have come
into the war in the Old World," re
marked Ambassador Page, in introduc
ing the British Prime Minister, "ex
cept once when we came to suppress
the Barbary Pirates. It is singular
that our present errand is so similar
to that previous entrance. -
The Ambassador said he believed
the war would result in a better un
derstanding of the United States by
the free nations of Europe and vice
versa.
"This," he added, "is the largest
constructive political need of the
world."
HOUSE PASSES SPY MEASURE.
Bill To Punish Destruction Of War
Property To President
Washineton. The Senate bill Im
posing a maximum penalty of 110,000
fine or 30 years' imprisonment, or Dotn,
on "whoever in the United States dur
ing time of war shall willfully injure
or destroy by fire, or by use of ex
plosives, or by other violent means, or
shall attempt so to Injure or destroy
anv war material, war premises, or
any war utilities, building or other
United States property" was favorably
reported to the House by the Judiciary
Committee. The bill passed the Sen
ate Monday.
Experiment of Raising 500,000
Volunteers to Be Tried.
BAKER STANDS. BY HIS BILL
Washington. Ten thousand more
trooDs of the National Guard were
called into active service by Secretary
Baker.
It is understood that this Increment
of 10,000 is only the first of tha series,
and that there will be additional cans
until the whole National Guard of the
United States is again in the Federal
service.
It is believed by members of Con
gress that the DurDOBe of calling the
National Guard Into the Federal serv
ice is to afford all young men who
cam ' to volunteer am Die opportunity
to do so before the President proceeds
to conscript them under the terms 01
the compulsory service act which
President Wilson is determined shall
become a law.
Ha has learned that there Is In
Conn-ess so stronc a sentiment for
the old volunteer system In prefer
ence to conscription that if a vote
were taken at this time no conscrip
tion bill could pass Congress unless
so amended that conscription should
become effective only after a call to
volunteers had failed to bring a suf
clent response. It Is believed, there
fore, that the administration Intends
to rive the volunteer system a final
test before tha conscription bill is
voted on.
Volunteers For the War.
Tha War DeDartment Is about to
Issue instructions to recruiting officers
to call for 600,000 volunteers to fill
up the Regular Army and the various
regiments of the National Guard as
fast an thev are called Into the tea-
eral service.- To make this call for
recruits for the Regular Army and Na
tional Guards practically a call for vol
unteers, for the war with Germany,
all men so enlisting will serve only
for the period of the war and will be
discharged as soon as the war Is over.
TO PLACE BIG ORDER IN U. 8.
Russia Wants 40,000 Cars and 2,000
Locomotives.
Petrograd. The Russian Provision
al Government has decided to place a
contract in the United States for 40,000
railway cars and 2,000 locomotives, to
be delivered by July, 1918.
FOOD MOBILIZING URGED.
National Agricultural Society To Take
Early Action.
Washington. Need of mobilizing
the nation's food resources was the
chief toplo for discussion at a special
meeting here of the National Agrlcul-
tural Society. Members from various
parts of the country were In attend
ance. The program called for ad
dresses by James Wilson, former Sec
retary of Agriculture; Theodore N.
Vail and Governor Stuart of Virginia.
Secretary Baker Declares That the
Selective Draft Bill Will Still
Be Urged Upon tha
Congress.
FARMERS TO GET $125,000,000.
Federal Losn Board Preparing For
Heavy Demand.
Washineton. The Government's ap
nea! to farmers to put forth extraor
dinary efforts to Increase food produc
tion on account of the war has brougni
a flnnd of new aDDllcations for loans
to the Federal Farm Loan Board. The
response indicates that the farmers
ara oreoarine to meet the emergency
by making use of the 5 per cent long
time loans provided by this system to
Aniiln themselves with new machinery
for bigger operations. Reports from
the 12 Federal land banks showea tnai
the farmers will call for about 125,
onn ooo in loans this year.
The Federal Farm Loan Boara is
speeding up its operations so that as
manv farmers as nosslble can get new
wnririnir panital in time for this year's
" V O -r - -
operations. The board in a statement
tndav aald it Is Just as much a matter
of patriotism to buy the farm loan
bonds as to buy war bonds.
8. 8. NEW YORK STRIKES MINE,
It Proceeded Under Own Steam and
Docks At Liverpool.
wauMneton. The American liner
New York struck a mine five miles off
Liverpool bar. No casualties were re
ported. The vessel later proceeded to
T.lvernool.
Consul Washington, at Liverpool, re
porting the incident to the State De
partment, said:
"The American liner New Tork
struck a mine 7.40 P. M. live miles
oft Liverpool bar. Company reports
passengers landed at Liverpool, except
four who are still on the ship. No
casualties. Vessel proceeded under
her own steam.",
COSTA RICA WITH U. 8.
Places Waters and Ports At Dlsposl
tlon Of Washington.
Washington. Costa Rica's waters
and ports are placed at the disposi
tion of the United States in the war
with Germany in an official communl
cation in which that Government de
fines its attitude to the State Depart
ment After unqualifiedly Indorsing
the position of tha United Statej, the
Costa RIcan Government adaea its
regret that it would not be possible
to take a more active part in the war,
but said it was glad to offer to the
United States the use of all Its ports
and adjacent waters.
THE AUSTRIAN BREAK LOGICAL
Vienna Press Declares There Was No
Way Out Of It
Amsterdam (via London). The rup
ture of diplomatic relations between
Austria-Hungary and the United
States Is declared by the Vienna news
papers to be a logical consequence of
the state of war between the United
States and Germany.
NO MAIL SERVICE TO GERMANY.
Telegraph Service Has Also Been Cut
Off By Berlin.
Berlin (via London). Germany has
stopped all mail service, both direct
and indirect, between , this country
and the United States. Telegraph
service also has been stopped.
8oaln Stays Neutral.
Madrid. The official Journal pub
lishes a declaration or neutrality be
tween the German-American War
situation.
Conference Held With Brl
and French Admirals,
WILL GUARD WHOLE COr
A t At Al
service oroaa niw DiteuiJ
Establishment Of United Stai
. Naval Port On Irish
, , Coast Likely.
Washington. With high Brltlit J
French naval officers in confej
nere wun American naval o0c
definite steps have been taken i
participation of the American m
in the war against Germany. I
To attend this conference u
Admiral M. E. Browning, of tbt &
Ish , navy, and Rear-Admiral &
Grassett, of the French Navy, J
to the United States on their l
snips.
To Patrol Seaboard,
Patrol of the entire Atlantic sE
board, reaching southward to ;
Panama Canal Zone and it
north ward to Include Canada, wii
the first duty of American wart
With that goes the necessity of rj
lng against the probable external
the uerman submarine oampalc
Include approaches to major t'
can ports.
British and French ships nn
this patrol duty will be withdraw
soon as the American forcei b
their lines established. The i:
can squadrons will operato from!
Ish and French bases in the Son':
lantlc wherever necessary.
Secretary Daniels, Admiral Be-
chief of naval operations and d
officers of the American Navy,:
part In tha conference, which h:
do with the part the America:
will play in the war either Imniti.
ly or later when Its strength It
patrol craft and trained monbai
Increased.
U-Boat Attack Expected
Commanders of the Hrltlih
French forces off the American it.
it is known, have expected that
many would extend her submara-
eratlons to these waters. Ari
ments to patrol vigorously tit
proaches to the chief America
bors have been made and will lt(
ried out by American slslps.
It has been expected that GrX
would formally announce a subci.
blockade of Boston, New Tort
mouth of the Chesapeake, Chit:'
and Savannah and the mouth i
Delaware. These are the r
through which flows the maincf
In foodstuffs and war supplies to
rope.
Unless a blockade Is decirf
line with her . previous acllm !
many would be under the mwS
of giving warning before ittis
merchant craft under neutrally
Many navy officers doubt thai
considerable number of Gerac
marines can be spared from tit
of blockading the British lib
work on this side of the A'J
Sporadic operations within tl
scribed areas are looked for, i
and no precaution to guard
them will be overlooked by the
THIS MAN MADE HIS OWN
Negro Janitor At Mint Never 14
Money For Long
San Francisco. Whenever t
E. Butler, negro night Janitor i
United States Mint here, needti
tin Aitra chanee. he would go
money pressroom, Federal dew
said, put a little silver Into the
and make a new half dollar, f
was arrested. He had been
Government service for 23 jw
MUNITIONS SHIP SEIZED BY
Two Destroyers Take Ventl
For Mexican West Coirt
San Diego, Cal. VerUciiJ
the report that a munitions
hound for a MexleU
coast port was fired upon and (tf
ti turn TTnltoH RtntOH torDedO
stroyers was had from authotf
sources. Five shots were flrwi
vessel when it attempted to K
and the ship was then beacn
ELKS MEETING TO BE PAT"
Annual Convention At Boston
Great Affair.
Boston. The National CoH
of the Benevolent and Prow"
der of Elks, to be held here I'
ll, will be made the occ
great patrlotlo demonstrati
convention executive comW
cussed the possible advis.
postponing the gathering,
to continue its plans.
JAPANESE OFFER TO
UNDER U. S. FLAft
Inonnese
fornla are making plan " J"
American Red Cross in iu
the auspices of the JPane!
tlon of America, accoruiu
of the organization. .(.
Many Japanese who haw ' '
tary training in Japan rt
enlist under tha Star 4 '
officials said.
. -
FAMOUS FRIGATES' NAME'J
TO NEW U. 8. CRUISE
. T Of ''
wasmngion. nmuo- - t
naval vessels were 8'v,n,,.y
battle cruisers being bum v
... . ,t.A Curt-1"
They win oe caueu v"
BieilUUUll, VUlinilvuv. . .m
Lexington, after the famoui"
the first American Navy.
The ancient frigates W'
and Constitution will be
arter as the Old Constella"""
Old Constitution.
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