NATION TO CARRY ON WAR AGAINST GERMANY
Washington, April 6—President
Wilson issued a proclamation, this
morning formally declaring the Na
tion to bo in a stat© of war, and
he called u»on all Americans to
^ive their support to aLl measures
of the government.
By the proclamation, alii militia
and naval reserves were called to
the colors. ' I I
In h.is proclamation. President
Wilson gave strong warning to al
lied er.emies of the United States,
now living' within our borders.
Under the power vested in him
he decrted in his proclamation
that any unnaturalized citizen of
i any tration with, wfh.ich, the United
States is now at war shall be
.drastically, dealt with, if he at
tempts fo set afoot any conspir
acy or intrigue against the United
States.
| Unnaturalized Germans are for
bidden 'o carry fire ams of any kind
Within thq boundaries of the Na
tion.. They are forbidden to iuake j
fhre&ts cr agitate against the gov
eminent of the United States or
its officers, and are cautioned'
against approaching within one-i
■half m.le of any fortification orl
military establishment. j
Rio Janiero, April 6—Advice was
received at the State Department of
•he Brazilian government stating
that a Germtui raider had torpedoed
the lirazilian steamship Parana, and
♦h t three Brazilian citizens bad
lost their lives when the ship was
seat to the bottom of the south At
lantic.
London, April S—Berlin claims
tha* Germany's army inflicted a
sanguinary reverse to the French
tToeps north of Reims yesterday in
which eight hundred. prisoners were
taken.
Pat is admits that the Germans en
tered the trenches at points along
*he Re^ms front covering' a distance
of one mile and a half, and after
hoiding these pos'tions for a short
•ime were driven out in several
places and the treuch^s 'recaptured.
The tact that Germany is Pros
ecuting a raid on merchantmen,
which, are defenseless and this in the
£a;e of the further fact that the
last ship contained absolutely n.o
contraband of war, nor wag it en
gaged in traffic with one of the
warring nations of Kupope is lookod
upon as an overt act and nothing
s»b<ort of piracy on the high seas.
WOULD BLOW
IIP BRIDGE
Waterville, Maine, April 6—An
unsuccessful attempt was this morn
ing made to dynamite the Maine
Central Railroad bridge "which cross
e« the Kennebec river at this place.
SUBMARINES SIGHTED
NEAR PORTO RlOO
New York, April 6—Wireless dis
patches received her© today state
that submarines had been sighted
,ve'ween Porto Rico and Bermuda.
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Congress Passes Resolution Which is Signed by
President Wilson at L30 O'clock This Af
ternoon and House Voted 373 to 50
Montana Woman Representative
Votes Against Measure
Washington, April 6—By a vote
of 373 to 50 the resolution de
claring the United States to be In
a state of war with Germany was
passed by thq House of Representa
tives *Hj morning..
M'6s Jeannette Rankin, repre
sentative in congress trow.' Montana,
voted against the resolution, say
ing "I waant tq stand by my coun
try. but I cannot vote lor war."
At leurteea minutes after twelve
o'clock today Vice President Mar
shall dvned tha resolution Us Presi
dent of the Senate, and the measure
was at once taken to the White
House and laiil before President
Wilson. ; ! !; '
[ "resident Wilson was In his exe- |
o' ive office surrounded by his;
oablne* rainistens when the messen
ger bearing the resolution whichi
declared a state of war to exist be
fween the United S'»te3 and the
Imperial Gorman, Goveuinment aa
passed by tluo House of Representa
tive and the Senate of the Unit
ed States was la d before him.
It was after ane o'clock when, the
document was placed in the bands
of President Wilson and thirteen
minutes later the signature of the
Cbiof Executive of the United States
was affixed thereto.
The resolution, as signed by Pr»siden* Wilson Is :is follows:—
"WHEREAS the Imperial Gelrman .Government has coniunitLed re
reased acta against the Govejwwmt of Che United States and the peo
ple of the United States, Therefore. I i , /
"BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate and House <rf llepiesctl
tatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, that
p state of war now ovists between the United States ami the Imperial
German Government which has been thrust upon the United States of
Vineries hereby formally declares that the I"resldent of the United
States, of America be, and be Is hereby authorized and directed to
empluy the entire naval and military forces of the United States of
America and the resources of ttie government to cairy on war
imiiinst the Inrperlal Gavefrnmenjt of German; to bring tjie conflict to
» successful termination, and that all the resources of the country
wre hereby pledge^ by the Congress of the United Slate's of America
t.» the l*resident of the United States of America for that purpose."
As President Wllscn affixed his;
lignature to the resolution. Lleuten
Commander Bryon, McOan-dless
;ignal!ed across the street to the
■iavy department that war was .i'ornv
ihv on, ajid immediately orders i
vere flashed out from the gov
iriimeiu wireless station to Bhipg at
tea and to forts of the Undted
States.
Simultaneously every steam
vhistle in Washington, and oa tihe
"otomae river near by was opened
vide and their screeches could he
icard in every comer of the Capi
ol City of the Naiiom.
WJiile the ink was still wet on
the historic war resolution, mes
sages all countries of the earth
were stut out notifying them of the
action >aken by Eh9 United States.
The State Department informed
the Swiss minister <here, who is
reoresenting Germany's interests in
'he United States of this country's
action.
Dr. Paul Ritter, minister to the
United States from ; Switzerland
Biate<i that he would at once no
t'fy his government who would
communicate the word formally to
Germany.
POJENM RESOURCES OF U.S.
GOEMES1IH HISTORY OF WORLD
Washington, April 6—Potential
resources of the United States whicli
will be drought into the wa^- is de
ilared by noted economists to ex
:eed those of any. other country In
the history of the world.
Tfcere is much, that remains to be
ione before the magnitude of Amer
;V- vast resources arq fully ayail
iblt, but officials belieTia that the
European natioms are now destined
to secure their aimi, no matter Wow
prolonged may hfe the pressure of
the German imperialism, and in
trigue.
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P. fi. GANTY
New York, April 6—The intern
ed German vessels in this harbor,
at Sey'tle, Boston, New London,
Baltimore and other United States
ports were <U,l seized this morning
by order of the government.
The a®gTegate value of the Ger
man vessels which have been intern
ed by the United States or seized
*oday by the government is $71,000, j
000.
The fleet consists of twenty sev
en passenger vessels, freighters and
sailing vessels. Among them la the
Vaterland, one of the biggest and
f nest £>?6senger line's in the
WvTld.
The crews, amounting to 3,000
men will all be taken to Ellis Is<
laivd where they will be interned.
Pi. Of FRANCE EXPRESSES
PRIDE OVER ACTION OE NATION
Paris, April 6—When the word
wag flashed to this nation that the
United States ha^ decided to enter
ths war, President Raymond Point
care, presid-enl of the French re
GO-EDS TRAIN
Aii NURSES
Laramie, Wyo., April 5 — Re<l
Cross work. h<ie been taken up by
women students of the U niversity of
Wvomiflg, with. a View to serv ing tltt
country as nurses in th§ event of
war. Young women; members of
the faculty of the institution also
are taking a keen, interest in the
training..
The elassffl aire under tike to-'
s'ructcr in physical training for
women, who says several of the
meml)eis are ardent in their desire
to evidence their patriotism by ac
tual work.
BROTHERS CELEBRATE
AND FREEZE TO DEATH
Russellville, Ky., April 5 — Matt
and Brooks Ramsey, bachelor bro
thers, after having a "good time"
in town, started, for home several
miles distant last night. Their froz
en bodies were found today in the
uublic road..
public stated that lie was proud of
'ho fact that the Republics of the
United States and France were
going to figh* side by side for the
future cf humanity. I
Rio Janeiro, April G—Foreigln,
Secretary Mailer declared today, in
discussing the sink'ng of tie Brazil
lian steamship Parana that the gov
ernment of Brazil is more than
likely lo declare war on tlie Imper
ial German government and he stat
ed as his opinion that in the event
of Brazil declaring 5var against Ger
many. the Bolivian government
would take the game action.
DOWN GOES GERMAN'
FLAG IX FAIRBANKS
Fairbanks, April 6—In the cele
bration of Seward day here, when
the flags of all nations wree raised
with the others up went the em
blem of Germany. When the dis
trict attorney's attention was called
to tLe flag of Germany he ordered
''own, and it was removed, with,
.no show of feeling one way or the
•other . j 11 '4
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