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'Washington. April Th state
of war resolution will not b signed
by lb president tonight
Alter struggling over how oon It
could b rushed (0 him, nous and
seust parliamentarian milted that
after It passes the bout It most bo
; signed 4y the Hakr, then tty the
.. 1.,rldot whll tbo penal In
In Hf mIob.
Th senate adjourned lust night
; until noon tomorrow. ' ,
Washington, April 5, Represent
'. tlv Harrison Mid 1st thl afternoon
h expected between 15 and 40 boa
member would vote against the war
resolution many of thorn lk04
thoy oppoeo - tending , troop to
'": Ktlrop. rv '
'-. Washington,, April' ,, Chairman
flood of the hoHM forolita eommlt
tM, onoonoed that It would ho 10
"or II oVloek tonUht Wort a vol
" woula be taken on tho r rwolu-
; ' ' WMttingiW Alirll S.-Tho home
1 today sounded ' 4he battle cry and
" prepared to make war aitalaat Oer
Biaar a , rallty wlihin hour or
..;i'.Hou, tm.ha,''flry '' with '.""ph-!
trlotlam, called ,npoa menibera to
. - I.AtA U.M . III. '. . 1 -f .M.l
, r"oiuiioo. , ',:.. 'i
tonie peace advocacy , developed,
but than wa bo quetlB at to the
or preaiaeBi wnaon ana patxftto r
i mc iraouiiion. . - :
1m MHtlltlmiitt' a u .Inn imlll t1A wa
meaaure la paatod. While thy did
aot think rule woald be ndd, they
declared If neoeeaary to limit dla-
. outaloa. It woald be Invoked. '";, -,
' The reaolutloo paaaed. the eenale
laat night with only alx aenatori dla-
. aanllnw. ' The " wars; lv1Vlliitt.
Lane. Orosoa, Norria. Stone and Ver-
will Una up to aid In aroeeeotlBf
a war to a ncmmrui finish, now
that It la certain, they ' aanouUccd.
1A tlMtu Win Int., "nAiitmtH ntf
( :; the who on the itat of th union."
uvu ur wuTvutua, wnnamg ji inn
- Berlin, ' April B, Bitter criticism
'of what was termed President Wil
son's "bad faith," charge that 'Bng-
' , laiiit "commanded" the Indictment jf
, the emperor's dynasty, and Insistence
that there Is no oaus for war, be
tween Gerinauy and America, featur-
ed jpotlin newspaper oomment today
on the American executive's speech,
Jut .'received, '.'-'j.-.. .V'' i '.' ,:-
,, particularly violent antagonism
waa expreased nniit th president's
reparstion of th German govern
ment from the (termau- peophi, .
.,, The somUottlclal Lokal AnKel(!r
-asserted; ;y ' -.1 .; ,
j "Pret''ent Wilson previously has
; frequently aioerted that tt was his
.hleet duty to refrain from crtlol
. patlon In , the war uulons undor th
" utmost meri(noy. Therefor .his
speech contndlcU his principle
becauae America Is not tlchtlug for
American lives and Interests, . - .
" " "Cart Wilson give a reason'aiMc
I. -wer aa to Whjr he surrcnSred to
. ' t.-'iftiid' prohibition of , Amerlcsn
trset He Is utirblo to. Tkorefor,
" war la' v. l'r' t rt- .-.wl ,rj,
."K'ntory a::i V ifi; t.'s d ;
C a' nf 1 f ;:io I ) a ('
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tute.of war. reeolutlon for debate,
Clialrn-sa Hood of th foreign 'com
mittee cyeocd the dlaouasloa. .' ' -
"We are gu'og to war In defenae of
our fundamental right and for pre
em: '.on H the rlgbta of humanity'
Klood iia. "The ehara that we
re .x to wag war for profit In
the I,... rat of munltlodi maker la
untrue, and It la unworthy of auy
Aniorlcan who love hla country bet
ter than h doe th land of an in
(IdlOU ftrW, t i ".
"If there be dtUena who objcol to,
the . course we are embarking on, 1
uggeet they addre themaolre to
Kinperor Wllbelut, ' Dethmaaa-lloll
weg the relchaug, and the author of
that remarkable aaiuplo of diplomatic
literature, th Zimmerman note. ,
"Ul thorn citlaen tell them how
re lore the blatory and principles of
our government: how w have pro
tested, pleaded and supplicated to
degree almost humiliating; how they
have made protnlie nly ,to treak
them; tell Ihein that if their profea
eloaa are to b considered anything
more than scraps of papur, they muat
atone for past oenW.A ::;...-rv .!, i
At th outset the house developed 1
a temporary wrangle over th dieposH
Uon of the tlra for debate. Kpre
il v",";-oiH,' , ,' iHHM 'a4w(9.
and ra: i: J republican member of
th forel;a ootnmitte, argued against
parly timtrot of th. time. : He op
poaed giving np any of th debat
time allotted to him, by virtu ot nla
poeltlou; to , republican members In
favo'r 6f the blll'''A'V ;', ;.';-?t '
' WHh dt-bat 1 started, ";8pahr
Clark iurTtudered the chair to Rep
reaentativ FiUgerald.,' -
tXNUHtwMANKlilX7r ; : - V
; ,:ri:vr too Mvtii monky
t. PIttfburg,, April &, Congreasman
elect Orrln p. Otenfclcy of Venango
county, was: fined $800 In federal
dlatriot -eouri her today by Judge
Thompson, following his plea of noil
contender lo a charge that his !eh
tlon expenca were excentve. 1 Bleak
ley, repre;;td th Jth ' Pannsyl
vanla dlatrlot. faa tried In Krl laat
week.. II I nmedlately wired his
resignation to Speaker Clark after
sentenc was rassoaV ' .. . '
ill. o?
Ian treacheries. Wilson's asnwtlon
that the war Is not against tho Ocr
man iieople, lint sealnat the govern
ment, will not lessen German anger,
because it Is untrue and dishonest
and Wilson knows It. r
"History records no war like this,
of a wholo people flghtlog for their
existence In a war eroated by the
hatred and ajrudg of th whole
world." ''' .' ''." '
"Thoso who formerly doubted .Wil
son's bad fulth, know bettor now,"
declared the C rlln Vosalche Keltung
"Ills effori, to, dlKAMOAlnt tho C
man govotnib -t fnmi the. Corn..
poiilile la perfidious. Ills statonn;
that the kali ; started th waf f.
dyn!y r:oi, .apfarenUy wi.
mad a1t ICat. r i'a command." ' '
Answerlj Prealdc't Y.'lUon's ,
marks as to th "rti.'.-enc between
the Qer . ;rninnt and th peo
ple," f "'"'.iner TaR-:t.tt eom
monl. . ' "
"V c:..t Y..a fota that hundreda
of thoutianus of r Hi s of the Gorman
reIm are fr.htij.g la the trenxtc
doing their duty for the fatherlend.
We tr"t th Aircrlcan people will
i"; .' ..., V 7t ansl tk',t t
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Hist Impact ut Teuton t'.lVnrtlve
lum Hassliitt Anny to Give V.'ey
in 111 Kovcl Nror
. liondon, April (.With th .i-ap-lure
of lit. Queutln considered a for-'
gone conclusion luterest but today
turned,; momentarily to the ea:ert
Hue in the, belief that the p'rellmlnary
rmnor cf the massing of German
reserves on the Russian front were
now confirmed and that a great Ger
man offensive may be starting there.
. , The n.-it impaut of a masked attack
hsr forced the Husslans to give way
along the fitocbod la th Kotel sec
tor Petrograd dispatches today men
tioned use of asphyxiating gasos,
heavy artillery and big forc of men
all Indicating concerted and care
fully prepared assaults rather than
mert resumption of general fighting
with the coming of spring , :
; Immediately after the Russian pro
visional government assumed control,
the aienar uf a German push toward
Petrograd was foreseen In hurried
preparations which the enemy wss
adopting on th front nearest the
Russian capital. Germany evidently
hoped to take advantage of the lack
of organisation of the new govern
ment..' It was th duuia's first care
to strengthen thl army with sup
plies.';' i : ;.:;..
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"'i m i":,'Mi'i ,.;
Washington; April (.--cleans of
registering all single men between
the ages if )0. and 23 fixed under
th Universal training ibfll and those
to be exempted wer dtscusaed today
by th executive counsel of the com
mittee on labor of the Nations! De
fens council. ' :' ... .
; Co-operation with stat and .muni
cipal governments toward accon
ptlshlng this work will be sought
under general plana at stat aid In
placing th government on a war
footing. '.", .
, lt apparently Is the Intention of
th wa department to aim for an
army with two million men as its
first object, th men to be raised in
increments of flv hundred thoussnd
as rapidly as they can be Officered
and trained. ;
, All single men la the early twen
ties will be subject 'to the first draft
under the plan, Now that congress
haa nearly compiled Its action on the
war resolution, there Is beginning 16
b some uneasiness over tho univer
sal training.'.;,.1' .,'; r ; '. .' ;.'
. it took the firosldent ft long time
to becom reconciled lo It. sod It wks,
weeks tefore th council of nstlonal
defense could secure a unanimous
vote of Its membership on unlversul
training, a the best way to raise an
army. .rt: '. -w; -..-, , .;
tinder the olrcumstuncca, ' demo
cratic leaders in congress predict
rather extended dobate on the ques
tion, tut they feel that tinder the.
pressing clrcumstanrea It ' will go
throngh more quickly than in normal
l" r.i, Ai!rllS, Th motives of
" a wool trade which offered
J ' . i's stock of wool ib the
.,.ia".v..t.kt um!r the !' market
prices is que.Uoned hy wool mofl of
tha Taolflo north They call at
tention to tha (...'t 1:.at there la only
a sXhII amount of wool unxold on
the Euoton n.ukot;and that the wool
which the tTton train offered to
.tr rvcrnmont Is ailll owned b
wciiem .a);, a .rvB ati p'. :1 v.lth
f"" roB'i'i t ' tf l C) coninils
w '" ' - '-'' .' ar.d wool
a i not m i 'r-1
'.".:' ; '. "'. i ri.;:t t:i
n:irr :::3 r..ri;M8HKn
- roimo.v cy t::s !c::.Kit3tA3f
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Gerra VUi to I: ' .' ."Uco Into
War A. liwt Vi.' ,i MaUm
; , . V.'a L'iliorM
Washington, April t.ltcadlug
what he declared to be unpublished
portions of .. tb Zlminorman letter,
seeking to align Idtxico against the
l ultcd States, (ngreseman Milter,
Mlnntssota,' today: declared the plot
Included the establishment ' of ob
marlna LasfS at Mexican ports.
' Sillier Is a member W tha house
eommitto on foreign affairs. . Ills
revelations of the addiUbnal deUtls
of th Zintiuerman plot ttsi during
the debate on the war revolution.
Is addition to th subiuatind'bases
plan, be showed that Germey-pian-ned
to one reservists In an aw t
move against the tnited E'.s' a a.i
along the Mexican. border. ' lis re
servists r to qutt Tth , VnlUd
8utcs. go Into . Mexico aad then at
tack th 'border with Ji Mexlcaiu.
Moreover, Miller declared that Ger
man reservists sre now making munt
Uona In Mexico; while in the test few
4ay ships have delivered . munitions
cargoes on th west coast of Mexico.
Villa, Miller declared, Is surround
ed by German officers, who " have
(akon control of his band, i ,': '1 '..;.
Mlllor said Carransa too, la dom
inated by th Germans. He declared
that a flood of German money la be
ing poired into Mexico at the present
tiro. '! ' " -': . ":
Miller solemnly pointed out that
the Mexican menace with Its Gorman
tinge,, Is jgrave and warned that "we
must pas this resolution . now - or
haul down th flag forever." ; J
Miller' revelation, startling the
whole house Came In the midst of
several pacifist aneechea and while
Majority Leader Kitchln was report
ed to be making up hls'mrnd aa to
whether to speak against the resolu
tion, ij. " ; ' v ... ;.
1 There was no question late this af
ternoon sibout the iiltlmat obtebme
in the house. , It probably will vote
around 8 o'clock for war. ,Th presi
dent is expected to sign the resolu
tion as soon as It can be aent to
him, f " w ; '; ... . '
The heretofor unprlnted portions
of the Zlmmorman. hot, as revealed
by Miller, read: ,' :',-,' :..-.V '
"Agreeable to th Mexican govern
ment, eitbntarin bases will be -tabllahcd
at Mexican. 1 ihrts '; from
which will !) supplied arms, ammu
nition and supplies. All reservists
are ordered Into Mexico. Arrange
to attack ail-along the border."
Washington, April 8. Secretary of
Stat leasing thl afternoon d:rs!cd
Reproeentatlv Miller's dmlaratlon In
the house that the Zimmerman plot
note contained information to the ef-
fcot that Gormany.had arrsnged for
submarine aud naval baaes on the
Mexican coasts and that arrange
ments had been made for German re
servists to attack the United States
all alrtrf th border. '-;
Ln(,:.a declared that Mlller'a
ststement wss "without foundation,"
Secretary Lansing apparently "for
diplomatic reasons" denlivl th truth
of th statement, Milter said, when
lr' rmed of Lansing's action. -,''"
VThtt text as I gave It IS th sW
stance or the unpuMlnhcd portion of
th note," said ATlllcr. "I will sy
that It canio to me from a man who
f 't tfm world out to know albout
It it th' time. You can readily see
f ,r . U; won!! hot wan'
It, In nu "t p It Involv
tzi i. j t: vr-;..
WLJtii ol Mrclrlciiy V. i.Ji Party vl
InventiMii ticking Way t Itrlng
,. . Germauy's Iow a..':i ,
Washington. April 5. Somewbere
on the seaboard, aujrdt-il Truin pr
Ing eyes, Thomas A. Edison and a
little group of supvr-lnventor r
working ceaselessly-plbttlng Ger
many's downfall. ;
Every facility and assistance which
the government department can pro
vide Is 'being furnJrhed them tn un-
atinted let. ; Naval -..oSwra am con
stantly in attendance to lend their
expert experience In making 'pracUcal
the coming Inventions,; . : 'J:
Just what the brain children are-
Just how far they will upset all past
methods of war end Just how far
tb German government will com to
fear this little group of' workers, is
yet t0.b;Wve;od,'w:'X;'.'vC" '
A curtala of secrecy attends tbelr
precant experiments. -: . --'W: a,;-.
Other than a small Inner circle of
governmental experts, their activities
ar known to no one. ; But since it
is admitted, this government is now
chiefly concerned tn combatting sub
marines. It Is taken for granted that
soma submarine panacea" Is receiv
ing most thought .
DsHlmore, AprlIS.---Mlchae,'Por-sakovaky,
secret commeeclal agent of
the 'Russian government. Will prob
ably die from bullet wounds received
at the exclusive Baltimore Country
club..;;.;'- ''..;.'V; - .'".,' "s'--';'.t.
At the Church bom and Infirmary
today It was said hla condition was
critical. .'," 1 '.'"': ':"?
. Whll the mystery of tho bullet
wounds was increased by ' absolute
silence on the part of the police to
day, friends of the Rnsstan diplomat
maintained the shooting was acci
dental; that he was shot whll re
moving a 'service revolver from bis
pocket.".. '.-. .'"..' ;':.''''
Porsakovsky conferred In Wash
ington yesterday with the Russian
ambassador, then came to Baltimore,
which Is a. munitions manufacturing
center for th RmJBlsn government.
: The nature of his 'business has not
been revealed, but a sum Of money
large enough to be unusual even for
a foreign purchasing agent to be
carrying, was found tn his possession.
Before he was found in his room by
clulb employes who hsd heard the
shots, Portskovsky is known to have
spent several hour writing. ; ...
mumn
:rnT.:::.:ajT g:.cer
Ban Francisco, April 5. Plans for
handling unnaturalized German resi
dents of San Francisco and vicinity
when war la declared are being al
tered by fedeml officials today, as a
result of the tccelot from Washing
ton, jhotlfylng that there would Ibe no
general Internment or unnatttraltsed
Germans. Only those who have taken
part In plots will be dealt wlth-and
then only through courta and peni
tentiaries and not by moans of In
ternment camp. ,i
Federal Dlstrlot Attorney Prcstoh
wilt give a list of "dafoerou aliens"
to the army department ns soon as
a state of war exists. . , 1
ment wutd to got tho goods on
him befor proceedlna further.
"I will aay, too, that It came to
me from one of he moat houorablc
and high grade men In th country,"
, Miller would "not say, however,
whether thl man Is an official of the
simlnlntra'.lon, though Mlllwr'g posi
tion on Ca for. ,n committee p-
7 rrl n ;.:v fA t iient added
U ' .
Amy cf Tn IZ
Izz:
kV Vws W ..A av -
Tr;i:cf r.r.
. Washington, 'April 5. Tb ' !-
gjrlng sum of Uiree and one-is :Jt
billion dollar la to be r at ottt
u tinanee! Amerlc' ta. jtnee Il'.o
the' great war.', r, ' .i ', ..
-This sum was Mked ft t agrees to
day by Gecretary of the Treasury Vc-
Adool ,'-' ..'.v. f;y.".. ';i:-'y.r.. ':,
Nearly S3,000.00d,000 wUl te used
exclusively tor an uruy of approxi
mately two million' men. f ' . i
SligbUy more than ItOO.PCO.ObO
will b used for the nar. , .
' One hundred millions 'will be used
for "security and national defense.'
. Tb money 1 expected to last only
a year..-; ,
The federal reserve board will fee
behind all the financing. The money
will lb raised by bond kauea prob
ably two. The first will be approxi
mately $2,000,000,000. '
Late today Comptroller of the Cur
rency William left for New York lo
cosier. with the nation'a money bar
ons to get them interested to i utleet
co-operation with the government's
financiers. ,-V.- :
Members of the houie waya aad
meaaa commltte at oace b-ia to
dlucuss means of raialcg i"- nuc.
'-jrew.ntative Bainey. UliObU, a
Aer bBT-tio " conrTu.ae, ; m& ' he
favored confiscation of all incomes
above $100,000 a year. v .
Washington, April 5.-Tbo govern
ment plan to atart into Jh great
war with a budget of $3,400,000,000
Thla vast sum v will b , raised
through bond issues. .
The rate of interest, on the bonds
Is to be around 3 or;3' per cent.
The federal reserve Iboard, as pre
viously planned, will bare charge of
the task of contemplated " Issues ss
well a of financing all war expenses.
These acts became : known todav
after Senator Simmons, chairman of
fp::c rejq:ces m ies il'j
U;ilTE0 STATES WILL EiJTEfi '
. Paris, April 5. Paris newspapers!
dug up their biggest type, their moet
Jubilant "make-up," to express gen
eral rejoicing throughout the repub
lic over America's entrance into' the
war. ' ; , .'; ';' '..''. ;
All Prance Is tremendously s In
terested, Joyful " and , appreciative.
Americana are nailed with a new
fellowship. ; Tb greatest interest la
expressed In the possibility ot an Am
erican expeditionary force soon to be
seen on the Western front and psr
tlcularly as to Roosevelt's division.
Genevlev Vlx, a' popular Paris
singer, today cabled the colonel at
Oyster Bay, pleading that he accept
an American flag stitched by the
women of France and, to be carried aa
th standard ot th first . battalion
raiBed under his comnu.nd.",
Paris newspapers; heralded the
president's speech 1n full page head
lines on the first pake.
- Le Journal dlsplayd in addition a
big cartoon depleting a wounded
Gorman tiger etruggllng with an
American gladiator, j1
The Petit Parisian- displayed an
American , flag , wltli the streaming
head "United States at war with
Germany." .
Every editorial acclaimed the pres
ident's speech as h masterly exposi
tion and lauded the United States for
Its determination finally to enter the
war. .". " "'.
"President Wilson's message has
changed the tac of the war," declar
ed L Martin, ''He h- cttemlcd It
to th hew; world." '"
. "America enlors , t j t".rurr;!t" to
defend th right of 1 :;y," as
WWW U n
, i
A. J
u,e iuante couiunuee of ine uut'r
uouse, hail conferred e'Ui aecrvvary
of lh Treasury JJcAdjo on war reve
nue measures. :
, OuAciai would not i-ru" tie
plans,, but it is known tt c ncrete
piopiwals looking to utr'.y tliee and
on Half bUllon dollar bor i L ... will
shortly be suggested -to con: a.
L'noulciai estimates yrmtl. 1 to
federal reserve board az'. ' i, i i-
dicate two billions can be ra.., 1 at
once aud without difficulty throi j a .
bond Issue at the 3ft per se nt 1. ter
cet ratw. i,r'';',;i.'';'.;'''.-;,;-''.."' '"'.''
. Plans for such a war :, ' ' s
discussed in greatest detail ye
at a meeting here of the L..i i
serve board governors.
The reserve governors' after i i
cussion At the interest rate, V ed
the higher rate at the start r . '
than an Initial issue at a 1 t r "
with eubfequent issues t--. .er
rates. -' - .
Treasury ofiiclaia toiiy C
possiblo means of raiisir ; t ; r .
financing the war . by t' -tics.
-'" '.".;.'
T-e govvnme'. v " "
.ly '. " ilSO.B
uih the in'
t Is ef
; -u.'43u
woali Increase t ' ;
liy 1500.000.0'
ing that the g
rate on taxatlo . .
to thirty per c t
.. The income ttx
will . yield, It i
s v
e-ti
-ui. t::i,t.
000 this year,
The. lowering ot Ce exv,i ; ;Ion to
$2,000 and lncre.w:ng V.a rite on
large incomes would awea thla sum
to vast figures. The esUxated In
crease of inheritance lax from lt.'s :
channel alone, according to one of-.
Bcial. would amount to at least $100,
000,000 annually."
serted the Petit Psrisien. "1 ' t"a-
interestedness accentuates ia 1 C i
ifles the character ot the air. AJl
democracies of the .world h: : :.:.?r
sre to be associated in makl. j tt
upon Imperialism and despc'"
"America's entry comes at t'.e t t
moment, with the greateot s i of
advantage to all," decUred V 11
garo. ;.;"' .l : ''"'
AMIUSBAIKAIt PEXFUil
ktarts ho.mk To:.-::;' :r.v
Washington, April 5. American
Ambasssdor to Austria Penflvl.l will .
leave ' for : Washington tomorrow,"
April. 8, tho "stat department an- ,
nounced today. , The department re
fused to say whether Penflcld's re
turn would be permanent. '"
, The American embassy will re.rain
open under th charge ot the ut;.u'..e.
The status of Austrian Charge K.iroii
Zwiedlnek, it was officially stat 1. "Is
not In any way changed."
NO INTKR-8CHOtiA8TIC
; ATHI.KTIC9 AT I"ORTU?;i
Portland, April B. Inter-scholss-tlo
athletics, excepting only the an
nual Indoor meet; wer called ot
today becaue of the war. ; '
TWO MORH VIIiLAGKS
i cAti heo by k:.:t: ,:i
I London, April 5. Capture of C.e
villages of Ronsoy and I ' ju
logn with 22 German prtc a, r '
reported In today's pro- -f t' i
Brltlnh forward moven