WORLD HAPPENINGS
Of CURRENT WEEK
P EA C E M EET IN G EN D S IN RIOT
National Guardsmen Lead Crowd Into
Hall - Many Fist Fights Result.
WILSON ASKS
FOR WAR!
m ent of the German em pire to term s
and end the w a r.”
When the President hail finished
sjH'aking resolutions to declare a state
of w ar existing were introduced in
both houses of congress, referred to
appropriate com m ittees and will be de
bated immediately. There is no doubt
of th eir passage.
The objects of the United S tates in
entering the war, the President said, Vessel Passes British
are to vindicate the principles of |«*ace
and Operates O ff
and justice against "selfish and auto
cratic pow er.” W ithout selfish ends, I
for conquest, or dominion, seeking no
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indem nities or m aterisl com|M>nsations j
GERMAN RAIDER
SINKS I I SHITS
Baltimore. Md. Counter dem onstra
tions organized against a mass m eet
Blockade
Brief Resume Most Important ing Sunday night under the auspices of
the American League Against M ilitar
Brazil.
Daily News Items.
ism. which was being addressed by Dr. ;
David S ta rr Jordan, provoked dis- j
Congress Urged to Call 500,-
order and fist fights, which resulted in
riot calls for the police.
In order to
000 Men to Defense of
restore quiet, many persons were ejec
ted from the hall and the m eeting
Old Glory.
said, to make the world safe for demo- :
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broke up ju st as Dr. Jordan reached an
cracy, as only one o f the champions of j
impassioned climax in his address.
the rig h ts o f mankind, and would he Several Americans Among Survivors
Events of Noted People. Governm ents
The mass m eeting assembled in the
satisfied when those rights were as se
Academy of Music, while on the pave
and Pacific Northwest and Other
cure as the fa ith and freedom of n a
at Rio Janeiro Raider Displays
m ents outside gathered a crowd of
tion* could m ake them.
Things W orth Knowing.
Norwegian Flag as Decoy.
sim ilar proportions which voiced sen ti
The P resid en t's address was sent in
m ents contrary to the purposes for
full to Germany by a German official
which the m eeting inside had been
news agency for publication in th at
called. Sentim ent grew turbulent un
country. The tex t nlso went to Kng j Rio Jan eiro A new German raider,
Unprecedented demands for A m eri til finally it was proposed to invade
To Enter Conflict "Without Selfish land, ami a sum m ary of ita contents
can flags of all sizes have swamped the hall.
National guardsmen took
was sent around the world to other slipping past the B ritish warship* on
flag m akers with orders far beyond the lead and marched into the t h e a te r :
Ends, for Conquest, or Domin
guani in the North Sea, has reached
nations.
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th eir capacity.
waving an American flag, while behind 1
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the South A tlantic anti sent 11 m er
ion;” Resolution Before
The Finland senate, now in session, them trailed a crowd which filled every I
W
AR
RESOLUTION
chantm
en to the bottom.
Acconling
is reported by American M inister Mor aisle and caused cries of alarm.
Houses of Congress.
BEFORE
CONGRESS
to
survivors
from
the
sunken
vessels,
Several
fist
fights
started.
Dr.
J
o
r
-
1
ris at Stockholm to have offered liberty
dan found it alm ost im possible to make
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The following war resolution is
the raider is the Seeadler (Sea Eagle),
to the Finnish people.
him self heard, but continued his ad
} introduced before the house and sen-
a formidably armed cru ft i>|>rr*ting
March broke all recruiting records dress. A riot call was turned in and
j a te .
W
ashington,
D.
(
\
President
W
il
with th e same succea* and daring as
in Chicago since the Spanish-American soon police reserves from every section
" J o in t resolution declaring th at a
its predecessor, the Moewe, which re
war, according to estim ates of army, of the city began to arrive. The son Monday night urged congress, as
sembled in joint session, to declare a sta te of w ar exists between the im cently returned to a German |«>rt afte r
navy and m arine corps officers.
lights were dimmed and the officers be sta te of w ar existing between the
perial German government and the
playing havoc with shipping in the
Belated reports of the windstorm gan to remove the disturbers, where U nited S tates ami Germany.
governm ent and |>eople of the U n it same waters.
which swept Mississippi Monday night upon the m eeting broke up.
In a dispassionate but unmeasured
ed Statea, and m aking provision to
News of the activ ities of the raider
Men socially prominent were in the denunciation of the course of the im-
now show six dead and a score or more
prosecute the sam e:
was brought to Rio Jan eiro by the
injured. Property dam age will run forefront of the throng which broke [terial German government, which he
" W hereas, the recent acts of the
French bark Cambronne, which arrivisi
into the theater. College professors, characterized as a challenge to all
high.
im|>erial German governm ent are j here Sunday.
She had on board 2HS
students, bankers and lawyers were m ankind and a w arfare against alT na acts of war against the governm ent j men, several of them Americans, from
The telephone switchboard at the
there.
C arter G. Osbum, jr., a tions, the President declared th a t neu and people of the U nited S ta tes;
the crews of vessels sunk by the See
Boston navy yard was operated Tues- banker, carried a flag.
A policeman
"R esolved, by the senate and j mlier.
day by girls for the first tim e. They clubbed him into unconsciousness and trality no longer was feasible or de
sirable where the peace of the world
house of representatives of the
The Cambronne encountered the
took the place of m arines who were
the crowd which saw the flag disappear was involved; th at armed neutrality
U nited S tates of America in con raider March 7 at latitude 32 south,
assigned to other duty.
I from his hand leaped forward and had become ineffectual enough at best gress assembled, th at the sta te of longitude 7 west, a point in the A t
A resolution requesting President swept the police aside.
and was likely to produce what it was
w ar between the U nited S tates and
lantic alm ost on a line w ith Rio J a
Wilson to renew his suggestion to the
Twenty men were clubbed and four m eant to prevent, and urged th a t con the im perial Germ an government,
neiro anti about tw o-thirds of the way
European belligerents for a term ina of them were taken to a hospital. A gress accept the gage of b attle with
which has thus been th ru st u|ion the
to the A frican coast.
tion of the w ar is introduced by Rep dozen others were arrested.
all the resources of the nation.
U nited Statea, is hereby formally
A fter the survivors had been put on
resentative London, of New York, So
d eclared; and
" I advise th at the congress declare
the Cambronne, she was allowed to
cialist.
the recent course of the im perial G er
" T h a t the Preaident be and is
proceed to the coast of Brazil, a voy
War Preparations Go Ahead Rapid
man governm ent to be in fact nothing
hereby authorized and directed to
age of 22 days.
The American Commission for R elief
ly in All Branches of Defense less than w ar against the government tak e im m ediate steps, not only to
in Belgium has received a dispatch
According to the Journal Du Brazil,
put the country in a thorough state
sta tin g th at the first delegation of
the raider was loaded w ith mines,
W ashington, D. C.—The govern and people of the United S ta te s ," said
of defense, but also to exert all of
American relief workers in Belgium m ent’s w ar preparations developed im the President, " th a t it formally accept
which explains the destruction of ves
its |><>wcr ami employ all of its re sels off the coast of Brazil.
and N orthern France had arrived at portant steps Monday in all three the statu s of belligerent which has
thus been th ru st upon it, and it take
sources to carry on war against the
Berne, Switzerland.
The commerce destroyer is reported
branches of National defense.
steps not only to put the country in a
im|K*rial German government and
to
be armisi w ith two guns of 105 m il
At
the
W
ar
departm
ent
orders
were
The French senate showed its w rath
more thorough state of defense, but
to bring the conflict to u successful
lim eters anil 16 m achine guns.
The
Saturday a t the devastation in N orth issued calling into the Federal service also to ex ert all its power and employ
term in atio n .”
vessel
has
three
m
asts
and
is
equipped
7000
additional
National
guardsmen,
ern France by adopting a resolution
all its resources to bring the govem-
with wireless. Its crew consists of 64
denouncing to the civilized world the and it w-as announced th a t detailed
men
under the command of Count Uk-
plans
had
been
worked
out
by
the
gen
acts of the Germans and demanding
ner.
eral staff for raising any larger army
th a t the authors be punished.
According to the refugees, the raid
which congress m ight authorize.
Six Germans were convicted by a
er left Germany December 22, escorted
The Navy departm ent established on
ju ry in th e Federal D istrict court in an official basis the Coast patrol of
by a subm arine. On sighting a m er
New York Monday of conspiracy to de subm arine chasers, and ordered Cap
chantm an, the raider hoisted a Norwe
stro y steam shpi3 c a rry in g food and tain Henry Wilson detached from his
gian flag, which was replaced by the
m unitions from this port for the en post as commander of the superdread-
German ensign when her prey was
te n te allies by means of incendiary- naught Pennsylvania to take charge of
w ithin reach of her guns.
bombs.
Among the refugees are two women,
the coast "m osquito fleet.”
Bids for
the wives of two of the captains of the
German and A ustrian newspapers more chasers were opened at the de
sunken vessels.
reaching Switzerland Monday and tele partm ent during the day and S ecretary
graphic reports from Hungary are once
more filled w ith peace ideas. There a large num ber of the boats in commise Universal Service, 500,000 Men at Once, Credits Msny Islanders Weep When
has been an alm ost feverish renewal of sion.
and Co-operation With Allies, Mobilization.
Danish Rule Comes to 3n End
peace discussions on the eve of the re
Spy
Suspect
is
Arrested.
opening of the American congress.
St. Thomas, Virgin Island — The
Pecos, Texas—A man giving tHe
To carry on an effective warfare against the German government, tran sfer of the Virgin Islands from
C onstitutional amendments for pro name of A. W. Tinenburg is in jail
hibition were introduced in house and here pending instructions from m ili which he characterized as a natural foe to liberty, the President rec Danish rule to the United S tates took
place a t 3 o ’clock Saturday afternoon.
senate by R epresentative Randall, of tary authorities a t F ort Sam Houston. ommended:
Commander Pollock, the ranking
California, and Senator Sheppard, of He was arrested in Toyah and officers
Utmost practical co-operation with the governments already at Am erican officer at the islands, offici
Texas. It was announced th at, in view say papers were found in his possession
ateli at St. Thomas, while the com
o f the international situation, they giving the nam es of towns and the lo war with Germany.
m ander of the cruiser Olympia acted
would not be pressed a t the special cation of all railroad bridges on the
Extension of liberal financial credits to those governments so at St. Croix.
session.
Southern Pacific and Texas & Pacific that our resources may be added so far as possible with theirs.
A fter the tran sfer protocol was
Plans to organize the women of New railroads in W est Texas, as well as a
signed
the Danish governor proclaimed
Organization and mobilization of all material resources.
York state to increase the food supply list of the number of American sol
the tran sfer anil the Danish Hag was
by intensive home gardening and elim diers stationed a t border points.
Full equipment of the navy, particularly for means of dealing lowered amid salutes anil the singing
in atin g w aste is announced there by
with submarine warfare.
of the Danish anthem.
the officers of the Women’s Suffrage
San Diego F air Closes.
Commander Pollock then proclaimed
An army of at leaM 500,0 0 0 , based on the principle of universal
party in connection with the offer of
San Diego, C al.—The three m onth’s
the cession and the Am erican flag was
its services to the government in the post season of the Panam a-C alifom ia liability to service, and the authorization of additional increments of hoisted, accompanied by salutes anil
event of war.
International exposition ended a t mid 5 0 0 ,0 0 0 each as they are needed or can be handled in training.
the singing of the American anthem.
There were no dem onstrations, but
W illiam Howard T aft, returning to night Saturday
. . . night . . with
. ... a music |
Raising necessary money for the United States government so
many wept during the profound and
New York Tuesday afte r what he said
was the longest and most strenuous fa ir closed officially January l, but *a r 35 possible without borrowing and on the basis of equitable taxes, im pressive silence th at followed the
All preparations, the President urged, should be made in such a hoisting of the American flag.
journey he has taken since he left the was extended until March 31, thus
W hite House, asserted th a t the people m aking the life of the exposition 2. w a y as not to check the flow of war supplies to the nations already
o f the South and Southwest are ready months w ithout interruption, the long
Amb3SS3dor Penfield Will
for war and th a t the U nited S tates est record ever made by a sim ilar u n in the field against Germany.
Measures to accomplish all these ends, the President told con
Return 3t Once to Americs
m ust enter the conflict "w hole-heart dertaking.
edly.”
gress, would be presented with the best thought of the executive de
London — Frederick Penfield, the
Filipinos W ant to Enlist.
American ambassador to A ustria-H un
The governm ent borrows $50,000,-
partments,
which
will
he
charged
with
the
conduct
of
the
war.
Manila— The Filipino seam en’s union
gary, and Mrs. Penfield, are about to
000 at 2 per cent in terest from the
has called a m eeting of all Filipino _.
, . .
d epart for W ashington, according to
Federal Reserve banks, upon 24 hours’ 1
205
for
R
epresentative
Mann,
the
Re
sailors to consider means of offering Lh3ITip Ll3rK IS Ag3lf1
notice.
publican choice for speaker, who not the Neue F reie Presse, of Vienna, as
th eir services to the Uniteti S tates |
El6Ct6(l
Spesker
of
House
only
failed to receive an Independent reported by R eu ter’s Amsterdam cor
Helena, Mont., is w itnessing a gold navy in case of war. Admiral A. G. j
vote,
but lost his support of five of his respondent.
stam pede. Broadway, from its in ter W interhalter has cabled to Secretary 1 W ashington, D. C.—The Democrats, party colleagues.
Ambassador Penfield, it is added, is
with
the
aid
of
four
of
the
five
Inde
section w ith Main stree t up the hill, of Navy Daniels asking for authority
going
home a t the request of Secretary
All the Democrats present voted for
is lined w ith men and boys hunting to enlist Filipinos in the United S tates pendents, organized th e house when
of S tate Lansing, as the American
the
new
congress
assembled
Monday,
Mr.
Clark
and
w
ere
joined
by
Schall,
nuggets in the g u tte r sand. A pioneer I as full seamen in all waters.
re-electing Speaker Champ Clark, of Progressive, of M innesota; M artin, governm ent urgently desi rea his pres
prospector set up a 50-year-old gold '
Missouri, and sweeping into office with Progressive-Protectionist, of Louisi- ence and advice regarding m atterà con
T raining S tation Ablaze.
w asher and was rewarded w ith pay ¡
nected with the war. Joseph C. Grew,
d irt a t once.
Youngsters found a
Lake Bluff, 111. — Fire, possibly of him all the other Democratic caucus 1 anas; London, Socialist, of New York, the counsellor of the embassy, will he
nominees.
and
Randall,
Prohibitionist,
of
Califor-
num ber of nuggets, a day’s yield being incendiary origin, for a tim e menaced
in charge during the am bassador’s ab
Mr. Clark received 217 votes ag ain st nia
estim ated a t between $100 and $200.
the G reat Lakes naval training station
sence.
here early Sunday.
It was ex tin
Mayor Albee of Portland, sends the guished by a battalion of seamen, or
Gompers for Compulsory Training.
B ritish Gain Two Miles.
Raider Victims lan d ed .
Chinese of th a t city, who are engaging dered out to assist sentries who dis
New
York—Samuel
Gompers,
presi
Berlin—
(By
wireless
to
Sayville,
N.
Rio
de
Janeiro — The French hark
in a tong war, an ultim atum which covered the blaze. As a result of the
w arns th a t wholesale arrests will be incident double guards were posted Y .)— B ritish troops, a fte r tenacious dent of the Am erican Federation of Cambronne has arrived here w ith 200
fighting, in which they suffered heavy Labor, announced Sunday his support men of the crew s of various steam ers
made unless the w ar is stopped a t once. about the reservation.
losses, Monday pushed th e ir lines in to . of the Cham berlain m ilitary training and sailing ships sunk by a German
Four million dollars in gold, im port
the German positions on the Somme bill. His statem en t came as a reto rt raider off the island of Trinidad. They
Turkish Trap ia Failure.
ed from Canada for account of J. P.
for a depth of nearly tw o miles, says to a long letter from Amos Pinchot, reported th a t many sailors from the
Morgan & Co., was deposited at the
London— Efforts by Turkish troops the official statem ent.
The B ritish urging Mr. Gompers to take a stand sunken vessels were drowned.
assay office in New York Saturday, to envelop a B ritish force near Delta- advance was between the Peronne- against m ilitary training.
and another $6,000,000 from the same wah, 35 miles north of Bagdad, have Gouzeacourt road and the lowlands of
McAdoo’s Hons Volunteer.
Mr. Gompers stated th a t he had
source was forwarded to the Philiadel- failed, says an official B ritish sta te the Omignon stream , in which the changed his mind on the subject and
W ashington, D. C. — S ecretary Mc
phia m int. This brings the total im ment. The Turks in th at region now towns of Jeancourt and Vermand are strongly advocated the passage of the Adoo’s three sons have volunteered for
ports to date this year to $240,700,000. are in full retreat.
situated.
bill.
the Naval Reserve in case of war.
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