Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, April 06, 1917, DAILY EDITION, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextOS ,i n n n i r'i , DAILY EDITION VOI VII., No. 1S4. I l M II . II If M II r 1 U I lh I LM UN v VI viv lill 1X411 J li l U IWW ilul 1 11 11 1 V V lilllU VV Un UU' m W Jnncni iimi einiiirn dv IGB ...... .' vii ii iiiiiii ai a m n as , a nil; iiBiiiri nu, , in iiiht r i i iiiiiii RA K Nli AHMY ! UtilAbllib I.IUVt hluului ium uiumlu ui AbAlllbl Itlt 7Alf 0F1V0 MILUQN WILL MKCT KMERGKXCY ItY PITTINO tillKAT HOIiY I X. KKIt ARMS 8E6UUIR ARMY WAR STRENGTH ftrlrrtlve lruft of Young Mra Rang ing In Age From 10 to 85 . Ymn f. Washington, April t. After pro claiming a atat of war the presi dent thli afternoon Issued the fol lowing statement aa to the meant to t chosen to ralM the army of two million tailed for by the war department laat night: "The principle embodied In the legislation prevented by the war de partment to the military committee of the houa ud aenate have my entire approval, and It specific re commendation repreaeut the beet judgment of the Acer of the wr department. . ' - V "It proposes to rls the . force necessary to meet the present emer gency try bringing the regular army and national guard to war atrengtb and by adding the additional force which will now be needed o that the national army will romprlae three element the regular army, the national guard and the ao-called additional force, of which a tint fire hundred thouaand are to be au thorised Immediately and later Incre ment of the m alt a they may be needed fa order that all thete force may comprise a single army, the term of enlistment In the three Is equalised and will he for the per iod or emergency. , "The necessary men will be secur ed tor the regular army' and the na tional guard by volunteering a at present, until, In the Judgment "of the president a resort to a selective "draft Is desired. "The additional forces, however, are to be raised 'by selective draft from men ranging In age from 10 to IS year. "The quotas of the several states In all of these Torces will be In pro portion to their population. "This legislation makes no at tempt to solve the question of a per mament military policy for the coun try, chiefly for the reason that In these anxious and disordered times a clear view cannot be had either of our permanent necessities or of the test mode of organising the proper military peace establishment. The Tiop of the world Is that' when the European war Is over arrangements will haveneen made composing many nf the questions which have hither to seemed to require the arming of the nation, and that In some ordered and Just way the pence vpf the world way he maintained thy such co-operation .of 'force among the great na tions a may he necessary to maintain ; peace hnd freedom throughout the world. ' "When these arrangement for n ' 'permanent pence tare made we can determine our military needs and adapt our course of military propara itlont to (lie genius of a worlij or ' xnnlieil for J nut lee and democracy. "Tho present hill, therefore, It adapted to the present sltuutlon, but i It Is drawn upon such lines as will ' enable us to continue Its policy, or o much of It as may be determined to lt wise, when the present crisis tM jmssed." No Other Town 3 the World the Si?e of Grants Puss CjtiHi7.iKta Trui Sluke Huddett livi-nniit Tnwanl Hie IWmlcr and - . Tniulile U KshcUn1 , Kl Fano. April 8. Buduen move ment of Mexican government troops towsrd tb United State border to day, In the atate of Chihuahua, Nuevo Ieon and -Coahulla, la be lieved by federal authorities here to portend hostile action against bor der settlements, despite the explana tion offered by Carranstatas officials that the troop movements are a part of the campaign against the bandit forces under Villa. , Government gnt here are watch ing clotely for evidence of a border raid and action probably will' he taken at the first hostile Indication. DiWlMS ' HIKE M Buenos Aires, April (.England ha put powerful preuur on Argen tine to force rallng of the wheat em bai-go. It waa learned on high au thority today that the British govern ment ha threatened an embargo o coal as a reprisal against the, grain ban announced by Argentine. The greatest alarm was manifest among Argentine officials today. They were hurriedly making another In ventory of the republic's food aup- plle. It wa known, however, that without British coal all railroads, all shipping and all Industries In the na tlon would be paralysed. Argentine could only survlv with the greatest privation. . To situation no far ha been con cealed from the Argentine public, of' flclals not desiring to reveal the gov ernment under coerclslon. ' Officially it was known also the government I deeply concerned over the Influences behind the dissatisfac tion of Governor Ugarte of Buenos Aire province to President Irlgoyen's uthorlty. It wss predicted that Ug arte' removal from the governorship would be the government's next step, provided U waa ascertained such re- moval could be accomplished without bloodshed'. There hss been a long fond (between the state and (he gov eminent and Ugarte and Irlgoyen. TO RELIEVE WEST FRONT London, April 6. Striving det perately to relieve th tremendous plnoer-llke grip around St. Quentln exerted by British and French forces, picked German troop were hurled against the French line northweat of Rhelms last night and today In one of the most powerful diversions at tempted In months. Th attack was delivered In force. Its object was plainly to force hurrying of reserve! Trom other portions of th lln at tacked and lift th pressure from aVound St. Quentln. , Front dispatches today declared th fighting In the Rhelms' sector wa proceeding with unabated vio lence. Th Frenoh wee forced to relinquish some trencher here, but for the most part succeoded In re capturing thoso points which fell In the first rfuiy of the German attack. The Germans' assault waa attempt ed over a front of more than a mllo. Meanwhile dliipalohes Indicated sya temstlp progress In the onolrnltng movement around St. Quentln by both the French and ttiitliih. GRANT PASS, JOSKPHINK COUKTY, WILSONTH Acerica Now lined Up With Gercaa fcperialisa asd to Step the Kaiser ia His Wagbg cf Rctiiess tsd Bartarcss Warfare 4 asd l!rdsrcg cf Asericaa Gtizecs - Waahlagton, April 9. War waa declared at 1:18 ChU afternoon. At exactly that hour President WUaon signed the Joist reaoiuUott paaaed by the nomse aad sesutte declaring a atate of, war betweea the United State and Ocnnaay, A hour before the reeolutloa at 13:18. .." Theee were the laat fonuaUUe eceaaary to nuke the Catted State aa ally of England, France and Raasia in the world wa of democratic ajpsinat aatocracy. ' ' :. The reaotnUcMS had pasted the by a vote o 8T3 to 50. V I Aa the prealdeBt signed the t)andlea signalled acroa the street formally on and orders were' flashed the- slflpB at' sea and the fort of the United State. Slaultane6uljr every attain whistle in Waahlagton aad on the Potomac river waa opened wide and their ctechea could be beard In every comer of the natlon'a capital. , While the Ink waa still wet on the historic war feaolatloa saesages to all the coon trie of the earth were Seal, notifying them of thin gov ernment' action. . ; V Tim. state deyartaaent Informed atSmhm miaMcr her repreaetttiag German tntoreata In the United State of this country' action.' The aataf. Inter will eomm anient tho word formally to Berne by cable and thence to Berlin. . V ';; " United Statea repreaentaUvea In every foreign capitol ehonld have the news within the next 84 hoar. President Wilson signed the war rcaolatloa while alone In the library of the White Hon two minutes after It had reached the executive man sion from the capitol. ' From the White House the engroaied reaolatloa waa sent to the state department, there to rent aa one of the most Important paper filed away la the government' records. It bear no outward aurk of difference from hundred of thousand of other state paper hi the file. Bat it mark the beginning- of n new war of civilisation, according to President Wilson a war, the end of which must determine whether democracy or imperialism hall rule the world. V v Immediately after signing the Joint resolution for war the president Issued n proclamation to the people of the country declaring a state of war exist between tlte United States and the Imperial German government. He ask all American ritiaens "In loyal devotion to their country, dedicated for it founding to the principle of liberty and Justice," to uphold the law of the land and "give undivided and willing support" to all measure adopt ed by the government "in prosecuting the war to a successful issue and in attaining' a secure and Just peace." , At the same time he warned all aliens to conform to strict regulation which he outlined in the proclamation. PROCLAMATION ISSUED BY THE PRESIDENT TO PEOPLE OF AMERICA Wkshlngton, April 6. President Wilson this afternoon Issued a proc lamation to the people ot the coun try, declaring a state of war exists between the United States and Ger many. ' 'At the same time he especially di rected all officer of th United States government, olvll or military, to ex ercise vigilance In th dlschsrge of their duties. Incident to such a state of war. The saute time he appealed to all American ctt'sens to uphold the laws ot the land and "give undivided and. willing support to those mea sures which may be adopted by the constitutional authorities In prose cuting the war to a successful Issue and In outlining a secure and Just peace," ' The president's proclamation reads: , "Whereas, tha congress of the United States, In the exercise of the constitutional authority vested tn them, have re61ved, by Joint resolu tion ot the senate and house of rep resentatives, bearing date this day, that th state of war between, the United State add th Imperial Oer mnn government t which ,hs ; Itccn lias a Newspaper With Full OREGON. . M ? FRIDAY, APRIL, 6, J: the Entente Allies to Crcch ' waa algaed by Vice-President Marshall j ... ' hoaae at an early hoar this saonihig domaeot, Iteonat-Conuaaader Mo- to the nary department that war waa oat (font the govern meat wtrdem to thrust upon the United States Is hereby formally declared. - "Whereas, It I provided by sec tion 4087 ot the revised statutes as follow: 'Whenever there is declared a war between the United States and any foreign nation or government, or any Invasion or predatory Incur sion, Is perpetrated, attempted , or threatened against the territory of the United States by any foreign na tion or government, and the presi dent makes public proclamation ot th event, all natives, cltixens, den Itens or subjects of the hostile na tion or government telng availed of the age of 14 year and upward, who shall be within U United Statea and not actually naturalised, shall !be liable to be apprehended, restrained, secured and removed, as alien ene- Imles. . I " 'The president Is authorised In any auch event by this proclamation thereof or of Any publto acts to di rect the conduct to be observed on the part of tho United States .to wards th aliens who become so li able; the manner and the degree ot restraint to which they shall be sub- ( Continued an Pagtf II ha irrrniiAAii r ill Leased Wire Telegraph Service HIT lUnkl One ot fifty to Cast HaJInt ia OppwriUoa to War BeeoluUcm ., Washington, April f. A woman furnished the most dramatic scene of the most dramatic session In the history of this nation's honse of rep resentative, The woman wa Mia Jeannette Rankin of Montana, the flrit woman ever to ait in either bony of the coon- try' legislature. . The home passed the historic reso lution that say Germany ha J rr red upon this government, amid stir ring scene at 3:08 this morning. The vote 17S to 50 was not un expected, after .the thrilling de- ra- tlon of Representative Claude Kkth in, North Carolina, democratic floor leader, In th afternoon that he could not bring himself to vote the coun try into war. , . Kitchla'a speech swung a dosen or more rote to the rank of those op posing th wr resolution. When the long, but always thrilling debate had at last been concluded,, a stillness that, seldom msrks house proceedings settled over the chamber. Then there was a stir In the galleries. The members, too, began to shift about a moment. '"Turder; dfiwled dTTthe iut "br names, recording member' vote. Two hundred and twenty-five mem ber had addressed the house... . Peace advocates had met -war ad vocates, man for man, until midnight. Then the tension almost reached the snapping point Perspiration dripped from member forehead. Sodden- ly a motion w.a made, to reach. an agreement oy twelve, or let tne mat-i ter go over nntll Saturday or Mon-i day. It never reached a vote. Aa Good Friday was nshered ln. th house seemed aa far from a vote as at 10 'clock Thursday morning. Cries ot "vote, vote" arose from all Ides. Debate had been limited to five minutes, but name of those who wished to apeak kept piling on the list. ' At 10:30 a, ra Representative Britten, Illinois, Introduced an am endment to th Ibtll that would have prohibited the use of ' American troops In Europe. Debate, which had repeated two and three time during th day, switched to this. At X: 05 a. m., after speeches had been repeated and ' repeated the break came when Congressman Mo Gee, New York, announoed: "The house is ready" for a vote. I shall sk that my remarks be ex tended to the record. Instead of read ing them and thereby save time." ., A dosen followed suit. Majority Leader Kltchin asked that It lay over until Saturday. The motion waa de feated. .Chairman Flood of th for eign affair committee asked that the committee of the whole go Into a house session, and take up the ques tion. The house then proceeded to take up Britten' amendment., . Britten demanded the "ayes" and "noes." He grinned as groans arose from all over the chamber. It takes 45 min utes to an hour to call the house roll.. Speaker Clark put the question a to "ayes" and "noea" to a vote and It was overwhelmingly defeated, viva voce. . . Promptly at 2:45 o'clock the house started to vote on the resolution. At 3:08 a. nt. the roll had been called In record time and the presi dent's "state ot war" resolution had passed both branches of congress. Throughout the day and night the galleries kept their long vigil. Un til the last minute th corridors were packed with soorea ready to spring Into the first seat vacated, but few persons left. Frequently the chair hnd to ad monish the galleries to keep silent WHOLE JflTMOlBR If I AUil US SBZED MAMXKH A XT) BLUEJACKETS ARE PLACED ABOARD ALL VESSELS IH THIS COUNTRY IS ACT CF V.V.1 El U.S. Ninety-one Shins In All Were Taken Over, Including the Giant liner ' Vaterland ' New York, April f. United State armed force seized all German ahlps la all -American porta today. It waa America' Ant act of war. . In porta on every coast of th United Statea proper, and it pos sessions, marines or bluejackets went aboard the enemy hlp today, mad th German craw prisoners aad took possession of the vessel in the nam of the United State. . ,, At Hobokea, N. J-. alone, 18 ves sels, including the giant VaterUad, largest vessel afloat, were take. In all 17 ship were' seised In New York watere. tj, ' ' vr . .The total number ot German Ship In American waters which were seis ed la ninety-one. They represent a total gross tonnage of &94,ISS. From Philadelphia,' Boston, New Orleans. Jacksonville, Wilmington. N. C, San Francisco and other porta, came renorta dnrinr the mornlnr of tne Mltnr, of ghlps No trouble waa wporto4,.- m every Instance marinea or bluejacket srere armed, ' waiting and ready for the signal to take over the ship. .Th signal waa word that tn, nouM hM, DMte4 th, w tlon. . ,jt ' ' (: ' ;,(v In New York harbor a long, gray war painted destroyer waited anxious ly on the water. Just off the how of the giant Vaterland. Her gun were trained on the enemy' big merchant and passenger ship. ' Inspection of many of the vessel seised revealed they had been dam aged seriously and could not Ibe made fit for service tor several month. The Kronprlnseaeln Cecile was an example. The captain admitted un der oath recently that, he had dam aged the machinery ot his ship un der orders. V The hulls ot the vessels are' all In bad condition, owing to being tied np for nearly three years. It will take many months to make repair on practically all ot the interned ships. . Washington, April 6. In seising the 91 German ships In. American ports the United State acquired ves sels purposely built for conversion Into auxiliary crullers. It wss lenrn ed at th department of commerce today that most of the pasaeagar ships are built a naval auxt'arlea with gun platforms, reinforced decks au'f other equipment for offensive purposes. Officials said elsure of . these ships has Increased our trans porting ability tremendously., Four teen ot the larger vessels will trine port at one time about 40,000 troop. American merchant fleet available at present can carry only about half that number. or they would be cleared out. But rlpplea ot applause came every time one side or the other scored an Im portant point , Men tat In solemn silence. The crowds would laugh Jerkily when there was nothing to laugh about. But the dread ot what was (being en acted seemed to grip, every person. Five minutes after the resolution hnd passed, house, chamber and gal leries were deserted.