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Newspaper Page TextPAGE TWO INDEPENDENCE ENTERPRISE, INDEPENDENCE, OREGON. iVORLD HAPPENINGS I Of CURRENT WEEK jrief Resume Most Important I Daily News Items. OMPILED FOR BUSY READERS SPIES HONEYCOMB CAPITOL German Trail Found in State Depart mentPrecautions Taken. Ivents of Noted People, Governments and Pacific Northwest and Other Things Worth Knowing. i Unprecedented demands for Anieri an flags of all sizes have swamped ag makers with orders far beyond heir capacity. 5 The Finland senate, now in session, s. reported by American Minister Mor is at Stockholm to have offered liberty o the Finnish people. March broke all recruiting records n Chicago since the Spanish-American var, according to estimates of army, ' avy and marine corps officers. Belated reports of the windstorm 'vhich swept Mississippi Monday night ;,ow show six dead and a score or more njured. Property damage will run ,'igh. ; The telephone switchboard at the ioston navy yard was operated Tues day by girls for the first time. They ook the place of marines who were assigned to other duty. A resolution requesting President Vilson to renew his suggestion to the Juropean belligerents for a termina ion of the war is introduced by Rep esentative London, of New York, So dalist. The American Commission for Relief n Belgium has received a dispatch .tating that the first delegation of American relief workers in Belgium md Northern France had arrived at Berne, Switzerland. The French senate showed its wrath 5aturday at the devastation in North ern France by adopting a resolution lenouncing to the civilized world the icts of the Germans and demanding ;hat the authors be punished. Six Germans were convicted by a ury in the Federal District court in 'Jew York Monday of conspiracy to de .trov steamshpis carrying food and nunitions from this port for the en- ente allies by means of incendiary ombs. S German and Austrian newspapers eaching Switzerland Monday and tele graphic reports from Hungary are once nore filled with peace ideas. There las been an almost feverish renewal of jeace discussions on the eve of the re- ipening of the American congress. ' Constitutional amendments for pro- libition were introduced in house and senate by Representative Randall, of California, and Senator Sheppard, of Texas. It was announced that, in view of the international situation, they would not be pressed at the special session. Plans to organize the tvomen of New ork state to increase the food supply . oy intensive home gardening and elim nating waste is announced there by the officers of the Women's Suffrage barty in connection with the offer of its services to the government in the event of war. William Howard Taft, returning to New York Tuesday after what he said was the longest and most strenuous journey he has taken since he left the White House, asserted that the people of the South and Southwest are ready for war and that the United States "must enter the conflict "whole-heartedly." The government borrows $50,000,-000-at 2 per cent interest from the Federal Reserve banks, upon 24 hours' notice. - Helena, Mont., is witnessing a gold ' stampede. Broadway, from its inter section with Main street up the hill, is lined with men and boys hunting nuggets in the gutter sand. A pioneer prospector set up a 50-year-old gold washer and was rewarded with pay dirt at once. Youngsters found a number of nuggets, a day's yield being estimated at between $100 and $200. Mayor Albee of Portland, sends the Chinese of that city, who are engaging : in a tong war, an ultimatum which warns that wholesale arrests will be made unless the war is stopped at once. Four million dollars in gold, import ' ed from Canada for account of J. P. Morgan & Co., was deposited at the assay office in New York Saturday, and another $6,000,000 from the same source was forwarded to the Philiadel phia mint. This brings the total im ports to date this year to $240,700,000. That the next six months will find 1,500,000 men under arms in this coun try, is the opinion of United States Senator Kirby, of Arkansas. He is one of the senators who opposed armed neutrality in the last senate session. ; Mobilization of labor for govern ment service in event of war is planned nr. a conference of officials and labor . leaders in the office of Secretary Wil son. Means were agreed upon for making readily available enough work men to insure operation of government shipyards and arsenals and of plants working on government contracts. Washington, 1). C The significance of President Wilson's reference to German spies "even in our offices of government" became apparent Wednes day when it was learned that on sev eral occasions trails of the German secret service have been discovered within some of the most closely guard ed precincts of the executive depart ments. Although officials do not be lieve that access haa been gained by the foreign agent to any information of great importance, they are con vinced that not even the state depart ment has been free from invasion. No evidence on which prosecutions can be based has been found, it is said, but enough has been revealed to prompt precautions. In his address to eon- 1 .... 1..M .....!.. Ill.ll gress, tne rresiuem iam mmum. stress on the activities of German spies and a stringent spy law will be one of the first war measure requested of congress. Ull c YYIL3 ON ASKS FOR WAR! Congress Urged to Call 500, 000 Men to Defense of Old Glory. STATE OF WAR EXISTS At the last session an espionage bill was passed by the senate, but failed to reach a vote in the house. Since the war began the justice de partment's bureau of investigation, charged with the prosecution of for eign agents and disloyal citizens, has hn enlarged several times. It now is expected to be given much wider facilities and powers and to become an increasingly important part of the Federal government. Peace Proposal Looms From Austrian Quarters Berlin, April 3. via London, April 4 The proposal of Count von Czernin, Austrian foreign minister, that a peace conference be held by belliger ents without requiring the cessation of hostilities, apparently represents the attitude of all the central governments. Count Czernin's proposal was not only sanctioned by Austria and her al lies, but will shortly be formally ap proved at a conference of high person ages at Berlin representing the four countries. Washington, D. C Reports from Berlin that Count Czernin, Austrian foreign minister, had proposed a ccn ference of belligerents without a cess ation of hostilities caused surprise at the State department, where it was said that no such definite information had been received. Count Czernin is known here only to have said that the central powers still considered open their peace offer of December 12, but that he had added to that offer the suggestion of a conference during hos tilities provided a new angle. . s ' Men of Family to Be Exempt From Immediate Military Duty Washington, D. C. National guards men with dependent families will be mustered out the Federal service, it was announced Wednesday at the War department. Complete plans are being drawn up at the War department for exempting certain classes of men form active mil itary service in case congress approves President Wilson's plan for raising an army on the principle of universal lia bility to service. In addition to exempting, on the first call, married men and men with others directly dependent upon them, provision also will be made for ex empting skilled workers in many in dustries. Such workers will be looked upon as performing military service if they continue labor necessary for the industrial welfare of the nation. To Enter Conflict "Without Selfish Ends, for Conquest, or Domin ion;" Resolution Before Houses of Congress. Washington, D. C. President Wil son Monday night urged congress, as sembled in joint session, to declare a state of war existing between the United States and Germany. In a dispassionate but unmeasured denunciation of the course of the im perial Gorman government, which he characterized as a challenge to all mankind ami a warfare against all na tions, the President declared that neu trality no longer was feasible or de sirable where the peace of the world was involved; that armed neutrality had become ineffectual enough at best and was likely to produce what it was meant to prevent, and urged that con gress accept the gage of battle with all the resources of the nation. "I advise that the congress declare the recent course of the imperial Ger man government to be in fact nothing less than war against the government and people of the United States, said the President, "that it formally accept the status of belligerent which has thus been thrust upon it, and it take steps not only to put the country in a more thorough state of defense, out also to exert all its power and employ all its resources' to bring the govern- nu-ntof thoGfHHHn en.pu e. bated immediately. Huiv inn fijSrf the Kni. SU,cH in JXtl war, the - - re to vi.ulin.le the principles of n. SSdjUk, against , cratic power." Without no! ! l.mK for conquest, or dominion. ' K lor mo nun ii - - , Kit- ' " IIU United States must enter v' " " ' . ,1.1 mtfefor de ryroiMhochampionKof he rights of n.ankind. and would b atislied when those right- were h se cure as the faith and freedom of im tions could make them. The President's address was sent u full to Germany by a German oIIi.-ih news agency for publ.cat.on "t country. The text also went to I.nK land, and a summary of ity'onte ll was sent around the world to other rmtionrt. WAR KF.S()I.l!T10N 1SKFOKK COStJKKSS The following war resolution is introduced before the house and sen ate . "Joint resolution declaring that a state of war exists between the im perial German government aim me government and people of the L'nil- and making provision u. PEACE MEETING NDS IN RIOT National Guardsmen Lead Crowd Into Hall Many fist rights Result- r.mnirr d. uiftitt- MlUllrt llieel' of the ism, David Sta" order and lint light riot rails for the P" rc-Mturo i"ict, mi,"v i, si from the in tin' till' UVI- crowd of for llnltimoie, Md ,i,mornMnlrl HKinl ..... .....luv mcl.t under the Wuffiff ' ' .... a...... Militiu- American i.i'gi'' " which wan being mld., ed by lr. Jordan, provoke in- which ri-Milteti.in !,, Ill t'f'UT i ...rnoii were rjee- hull and tin' tmeiinK I.. .. ....,ti..jt MM t. rnWn ui iiift M lr. Jor.mn .1 .-limn in bin ndilf'-w ft im-.-tiiikr assembled l H' mm.. - Academy of Muie. while n . . . ,.i..;.i,, i.thriol n I . ....,rl..i.m W ill i. VOICISI Kt'llll Kiniiutr 'r in Ih pur which the meeting U ! ""' called Sentiment grew turbulent un til finally it was pr". d to inv d. the hall. National Kimrd,,,,..,, t.n.k 10 ,.h.I and ...arched in... the lhet.r waving an Amem ..., , iW. ' thru, trailed a er-wd which Idled r.-r uitde and caused erien of alarm Several tint light" Marled. Vr. J.-r-.Inn found it almost in.'Mbl' to inuko UIself heard, hut cunt uui.-d hl d rlress V riot call wan turn.-d in mid si-m Hie reserve from . very nwli.-n f the city begun M arrive, II... i: .I..- ..... .liimned and the olliccri lit- hiii.-. i. . lh- ilmlurln rn K" Uin the meeting broke up. Mm socially pri'tniiieni i ,..c.., i .,f tin. thnnii' which into the theater. College pp.fewr. students, banker and lawyers were farter (i. OM.uni. jr., isiliceitm!) clubbed him into wlu-re GERMAN RAIDER SINKS 11 SHIR Vessel Passes British Bloc) and Operates Off Brazil. CRAFT AS DARING AS Iff Several Americans Among Hrii t Hlo Junrir'u lUldrr DUpb Norwegian VUt a Hw0j, Kit. Janeiro- . A rmw G. rnuin tttft (dippinir th Uritinh wurnJiij, (juanl in th' North Sra, huriwU' tht Si-nth Atlantic "d fiil U tf , iitntli.'ii to Iho bottom. Aetijfjt to nur ivor tn'in the iif.krti ; the raider l th KrmdU r Kit f r.irmiilnliiy arinni rrmt in the broke there. tarter t.. IiumIi.t i-iirrird it tliH'. A I lliii'iiii.'liiuniieitn !iu the crowd which sw the Hu .lii.p-sr from his hand It-aped forward bihI . . t i- .. .. i.. swi til Uie isuice TwmtV men w ere clubbt d and four ed States. prosecute the same: "Whereas, Uie receni itt-m " " iniH'rial (iernian tfovernment art acts of war against the ovenum-nt and eple of the I'nited States; "Kesolvwl, by the senate- and house of representatives of the United States of America in con gress assembltsl, that the state of war between the United States and the imperial German overnmeut, which has thus been thrust upon the llnit.s! States, is hereby formally i . i i i "Thattberresident i.e and ! War Preparations Go Ahead Kapia- hereby authorized anil uirecicu i" take immediate steps, not only to put the country in a UioroiiKi) sum- , Washington, P. t I he K"Vt rn : of defense, but also to exert all of j I . ,.., w ur ,r,.i,riil ionn il.- t-loped un its power and employ all of its re- ,Mlt Momlay i" all three sources to carry on war against the S iram.. ,,f NaUonal licf.-m-e. imperial lierman jjovernmeni ami At the War di-pitrtrm nt or to hrimr t he conllicl to a successiui i of them were taken to ! dozen other: were um bo Mtftl. led. Iy in All Branches of Defen termination. rs Were issued iiiUiiiK' inlo the Federal service l-Mi-io ) "isi;:-,j .1 . . .11 - W illi Hie (lame t-ix nmi ilMiti,; U pretleeriiwir, thts Morwp, hlcl eetitly rt turnetl to a Gcrn an jmrUV playinK hnvtK- with shipping le I Kiiine nter. News f th' artivltloH of th n.: wait lrtii(rht to Itlu Jam-iru b)j,f Wrnu-h hark ("undirimne. whiohtrfi ..... I... CI.- I... I .... I ..I.. I Here rtniun. eiw iihvi 011 initni 2 men, nevernl of thrill Anierii-M, (w the r-w of vmitt-U nuiik by Un s adler. The t'lillibrulilin -letiti(itrr4 raider Mur.h 7 nt latitude 32 longitude 7 west. .int intlt luntie nliuont on tt linti W illi II !u ;. m iro Mini liut twu thirdii df tbtti I to the African rouat. After the mirvtvoM had Us-ti ps: I the ('ttriibronne, him won llvj , j pris t t-.l to tbo count of tirwil, tw ace of "J dy. t ' A ,.l..... I.. it.M !.,nrf.l flu !).., I tin- rnider wan loadisl with fcisri which rxplnitm the deiitruction uf m ln elf the coant (if (trail. The eoinmereo destroyer in npf In U- nnixsl with two run of ltfis I luncter nnd Ift rtiachiue turA T:l vessel ha tbr-J ninntii and is fiI Willi w irele!t. It crew coiisinU of tf im n under the rtimiHid of Count Ci PRESIDENTS WAR PROGRAM i Universal Service, 500,000 Men at Once, Credits and Co-operation With Allies, Mobilization. i.rtlinjf to On refugee. tfl tl! j Toon udditioiinl Na'.iotiul uaril!riieii, i and it was announced that detailed plans had been workeil out hy the cm-ii-U-ral staff for railing any larger urniy which congress mivrbt aut)iori,e. The Navy department establithei an ollicial basis the Cuu.tt patrol , . . i i .i -...i i . si in n true enasi-rs, hmu oruiifi , ., ., . . , . ,i, . i u. . ... . i , i f . i' an !k', which wan replaced of I t tain Henrv Wilson detio-he.1 from bis K. ' ' post as eotnrnaiider of the HUperdrettd naught I'ennsylviiiiiii to take I'harife of the coast "lilot'Hiiito lleet.f Ilult for more chasers were o iicd at the de partment during the day and Secretary Daniels said he expected soon to have a lar;;e number of the outH in i-niiimn-sion. ner. Ac ol ;er left t'lt-rmiiny I let-ember 22,. by a sul. marine. On it;htiiig I tr "' I i .. .i . .. i l .. v...;-!.. I . X', . i nam man, mc rmier ""mi (iennnn rnmifn when tier wri-j ! within reach of her K'l'.M. AH'inj; the refugees lire twoi t the wivt-H of two if th cUiiirf Hunkeil Vt-sselM. Armed American Ship ' Sunk Without Warning Washintgon, D. C. French admiral ty dispatches to the French embassy here Tuesday announcing the sinking without warning of the first armed American merchant ship, the freighter Aztec by a German submarine, said apparently Lieutenant William Fuller Gresham and 12 American bluejackets, constituting the armed guard the ves sel, had been saved, but that 11 of the crew were reported missing. The guard, with the captain and three other members of the crew in the second boat to put off apparently were picked up by the French patrol boats Sirrius after three hours. Eleven men are thought to have been drowned when the first boat to put off was smashed. To carry on an effective warfare against the German government, which he characterized as a natural foe to liberty, the President rec ommended: Utmost practical co-operation with the governments already at war with Germany. Extension of liberal financial credits to those governments so that our resources may be added so far as possible with theirs. Organization and mobilization of all material resources. Full equipment of the navy, particularly for means of dealing with submarine warfare. An army of at least 500,000, based on the principle of universal liability to service, and the authorization of additional increments of 500,000 each as they are needed or can be handled in training. Raising necessary money for the United States government so far as possible without borrowing and on the basis of equitable taxes. All preparations, the President urged, should be made in such a way as not to check the flow of war supplies to the nations already in the field against Germany. Measures to accomplish all these ends, the President told con gress, would be presented with the best thought of the executive de partments, which will be charged with the conduct of the war. Austrian Leaders Accord. Hudiipi'Ht, via Amsterdam and Lon don Discussion nyitnlinc; Hungary's attitude toward even's in Ku: -ia was made a special order of tin- day hy the Hungarian chamber of deputies Mon day. The government Mkerii)aii made a speech, to which the leaders of all parties agreed, declaring fur a Many Islanders Weep When Danish Rule Comes toanlr.1 f policy of non-interference ternal affairs of ltu-na. that the central powers wei take up peace negotiations the elltent e rolllll ries "ilbaml hint of rolUl :-t. " mil Villistas Are Executed. Juarez, Mex. Sixty-five Villa fol lower were executed in the Chihuahua City cemetery Wednessday by order of General Francisco Murguia, refugees arriving from the state capital said. These refugees said the number of Villa sympathizers and followers who were hanged following the battle of last Friday numbered more than 200, including two Villa generals. Fifty were hanged on one bridge, 17 were seen hanging on one tree and seven were hanged in the Cathedral plaza op posite the state palace, a refugee said. City Drops Disloyal Man. Lewiston, Idaho Edward Strong, an employe of the City of Lewiston, was promptly dismissed from the serv ice Wednesday when it was learned that he denounced the flag of the Unit ed States. The city was being decor ated with flags when Strong made a slurring remark concerning them. He was rushed to the police station, given a prompt hearing and immediately dis charged from serivce. He has been an employe of the city for many years. Champ Clark is Again Elected Speaker of House -Washington, D. C The Democrats, with the aid of four of the five Inde pendents, organized the house when the new congress assembled Monday, re-electing Speaker Champ Clark, of Missouri, and sweeping into office with him all the other Democratic caucus nominees. Mr. Clark received 217 votes against Russians Throw Oh Yoke. London The Republican Union of the Peasant Members of the Russian Duma has issued a manifesto to the peasantry, according to a Reuter dis patch from Fetrograd, saying that their lifelong need of land is to be sat isfied under a form of government suit able for toilers. The manifesto says: "Hitherto we have been taught in the churches and schools that our rulers were the anointed of God. For hundreds of years we have been pining under their heavy autocratic yoke." British Gain Two Miles. Berlin (By wireless to Sayville, N. Y.) British troops, after tenacious fighting, in which they suffered heavy losses, Monday pushed their lines into the German positions on the Somme for a depth of nearly two miles, says the official statement. The British advance waa between the Peronne Gouzeacourt road and the lowlands of the Omignon stream, in which the towns of Jeancourt and Vermand are situated. 205 for Representative Mann, the Re publican choice for speaker, who not. I only failed to receive an Independent j vote, but lost his support of five of his i party colleagues. All the Democrats present voted for Mr. Clark and were joined by Sehall Progressive, of Minnesota; Martin Progressive-Protectionist, of Lonisi anas; London, Socialist, of New York, and Randall, Prohibitionist, of California. Women Pacifists Grilled. New York In a statement issued here Monday night the preparedness committee of the New York and Now Jersey chapters of the women's depart ment of the National Civic Federation declared that "the hysterical cry of the female pacifists to arouse timidity in American women is an insult to our sex and is deserving of the sternest re buke by the patriotic womanhood of our country and must bo repudiated The road from pacifism to disloyalty and pro-Germanism is short; at one end is cowardice and at the other treason." Gompers for Compulsory Training. New York Samuel Gompers, presi dent of the American Federation of Labor, announced Sunday his support of the Chamberlain military training bill. His statement came as a retort to a long letter from Amos Pinchot urging Mr. Gompers to take a stand againBt military training. Mr. Gompers Btated that changed his mind on the ho had subieci iirul strongly advocated the passage of the bill. Spy Siihpcct is Arrchtcd. Pecos, Texas A man iing tin name of A. W. Tinei.lmrr is in j.n here peti'lmg instruction!! from tary nut hontn s at Fort Sain in, i ... i . -i ... t it- vy.i.i inii.-iu u in : o i arid n h-i-tm say papers Were found in his pusses-inn giving (h,.. i.aiiie.-, of towns and tin- lo cation of all railroml I, ridges on the .Southern Pacific and Texas & 1'aeil,, railroads in West. Texas, as well as n list of the number of American :.o diors stat ioiieil at border points. San Diego Fair ('Iokch. San Diego, Cal. The three t,'H post, season of the Panama California International exposition endeif at mid night Saturday night with a music program and outdoor festivities. The fair (dosed officially January ' 1 but was extended until March 111 'tM making the life ,,f the exposition 27 months without, interruption, the long est record ever made by Himilar.m dertuking. M. 1 human, virgin iniaim - ; traiiFifer if the Virgin Inlandl fttjjs I luiiiitdi rule to th United Stati!! 'place at I! o'clock Saturday nfUW! Commander IYdloek, tii ria American ollicer ut the inland, efe i atcd at St. TliimH, while tli f j mander t,f the, cruiser Olyinpi fi' j at St. ("mix. After the tratitdVr protocol i g ne I the Dauiidi governor profiling , : the transfer and the. Danitdi df r' j lowered innid mtluteM mid the linfj ! of the I lanish anthem, I ( ommmidiT Pollock then pnnUwj the cession and tin? American fl!! ihoiKtei . aecomiianled bV naliun ! the Hitio-im.' of Ihe American null" i Then- were in demoimt rati"! M many wept during the profound j . . . . . o ....J tV t ii i... . imni'es.M ve Hilenec! thai juiio t ,.ir..... hoiMing of the, American (lag. in tie- in II. added e ready to whenever nni'd their Ambassador Penfield Will Return, at Once to Ameti I. Inn Vre.lerick PenficW, American ambassador to ftustrnl11 Jpary, and MrK. I'eniicld, are alwut t idepart for Washington, aenmlinj " i the Neue Krein l'resse, of Tieni reported by Router's AiiiHterlain I respondent. , AmlniHHador Penfield, it is M going home at the request of Sect of s;iiit,. t.iominir. ns the Amen" government urgently desires Id" fa ern e and advice regarding nected with the war. Joseph u Win Filipinos Want to Dnlist. Maniln-Tho, PilipinoHciiineri '; oas caned a meeting of all sailors to consider means of uieii- services to the navy in case of i union Filipino HIS of o)Vi-i,,,r United Slates War. Ailiix..i a Wt l,..i... i . .... o.i .,,,,., as milled t Secretary of Navy auiels asking fr , toenhstl-ilipmosin the United States as full seamen in all waters. Training Station Ahla.e Ike Hlnir ,. . ,,in. V., h f I:?,' T'1' f"r,a lini,! ' (-ie.it Lakes naval training station Turkish Trap is Faiiure. in charge sence. !!.. . tt... .....l.nuuV Hiimei lor ui tot; t'lni'i j ii - . i i....,.-ui nr 9 iniring mo Hiiumn.-. Jitney Seatinff Limited. Portland -It !h now unlawful foil neys to carry more man iw ovrs more? than the ordinary icati'i .... iiii' capacity ,f their curs. 1 he cnj l ( imssed an ordinandi j oil lias effect, than oik neat wit fi the driver aimed to prevent overcrowding, J particularly in tne seni .1..: roi - .,f llo oiiver. i ne cauao oi t."v . ,i was the recent arreHt of a (lrlV . ,., 15 passengers in an ordinary J " Tin ;ro was no ordinance ugainsi ra.i u..ltlllll 1 lie measure ""'"-, .l i:.w in lf pHHBenger irom moo he mciw- with ordinal oncn c with H ik ,i t.,: Tho Frencn" Cumbronne has arrived here and sailing ships sunk by u -J raider off tho island of Trini?' J reported that many Bailors f sunken vessels were drowned. McAdoo'a Sons Volunteer. Washington, D. C - Secretary Adoo's three sons have volunteer the Naval Reserve in case of war.