The Seattle Star Newspaper, April 6, 1917, Page 1

Some of as are going '* fight; some are going to pay; some are going to fight , and pay, too. But all of should show our colors. Let us wear them on our coats! SHOW YOUR COLORS! : ——— AR IS BEGUN T VOLUME 19 + aliases to participate in the Let us put out flags on our business buildings and our homes! town into a riot of red white and blae! Let us tarn this The local parade committee requests every employer to close shop to permit em Saturday night demonstration. == The Seattle Star THE ONLY PAPER IN SEATTLE THAT DARES TO PRINT THE NEWS SEATTLE, WASH., U, Sscustoms guarcs seized the Hamburg-American freight- er Saxonia, and the German sailing vessel Steinbeck, at Eagie harbor, across the bay from Seattle, at 1:30 a. m. Fri- day, an hour and a half after the house voted to go to war with Germany. Their captains and crews we brought to Seattle and in the government de- jon station at the foot of ion st. ompt action followed of code orders from D. C.,, by Collector of Cus- Roscoe Drumheller. First War Act Here -Customs guards were “the vesuels to protect them. the re Wasb- ' U. S. WAR HISTORY IS MADE IN APRIL April 19, Lexington April 13 Fort beginning the civil war April 9, 18¢ tox to Gen. Grant, ending the cl April 1898—-President Mc lared a state of war with April 6, 19 War declared 177 1860. Rot Gen. vert de placed | action was simultaneous with | of ali German ships in eit ports. it Was one of the first acts and the bottoms will probably [Russed into service. “aptatg Frank Helfer, and the 11 ot| members of the crew, who have! lived aboard the freighter she was interned here at sinning of the war, submitted to their arrest without protest. No crew has been aboard the Stein- beck. bat her captain, Johannes since the be! Revolutionary Sumter, ¢ 8 war started by the battle o harleston harbor, bombarded, EL Lee vil war Kinley ain € surrendered at Appomat & message to cong on Ge FRIDAY, APRIL 6, 1917, ONE CEN nye AMERICA’S ANSWER TO KAISER | Show your colors! LAST EDITION Unity Tonight The nation is united. The debates are over. is now demanded. The weather forecast: f and Saturday, showers. DAY WILSON SIGNS DECLARATION, Navy ordered mobilized. Vice President Marshall sizned the war lution at 12:13 p. m. Exactly one hour later to the second, dent Wilson signed his name—at 1:13 p. m. Thirteen is President Wilson’s lucky number. The house passed the joint war resolution at 3 a. m. by a vote of 373 to 50. Ninety-one German shij/s seized in American ports. Two seized at Eagle Harbor. War proclamation issuid by president. Wilson backs plans for army of two millions. WASHINGTON, April 6.—War was declared 13 this afternoon, At | te Wien “his’ tat, whe have ie exactly that hour President Wilson signed ff held down the watch, made no ’ rile e ; joint resolution passed by the house and senate, oh ee . jing a state of war between the United State: elaine hbabtod gene! bo ; in : * bade ) etween ‘the United States andi These men had al! been taken in- . : 5 . to custody the afternoon gf Febru-| | An hour before the re . ary 5, after it was learned that the | CUBAN HEAD SENDS WAR MESSA(' solution was signed by ‘fully disabled, almost beyond re- Saxonia’s engines had been wil-| ate pair. A great hole was bored in | the cylinders. Vital parts of the engine were disconnected and, with the blue prints, thrown overboard Members of the Saxonia crew, held by the government, are Chief Off Ernest Hanann, Chief En Arnold Hustedt, Paul Gille, tin Jensen, Otto Schnelder, érenco Lau, Fritz Korth, Julius Jungnitch, Rico Jaeger, Gustav ¢ pold, Frank Hintzie and Jakob hies. ey were held at the detention | station for almost a week early io February, and later permitted to return to their ships on orders from Washington Captain Is Calm Captain Helfer, former lieutenant hin the Austrian navy, took his ar- Test as @ Matter of course. His men were more excited The work of the customs guards | was quick, and they accomplished the seizure with no aiftic ulty Machinery Damaged JACKSONVILLE, Fla., April 6.— ‘The German merchantman Frieda Leonhardt was seized by U. S. cus toms authorities this morning. Her crew was removed by immigration | authorities. Machinery of the ship had been badly damaged ADVERTISING MANAGER'S DAILY TALK 16 PAGES TODAY Ana chuck foll of the cholcaat offerings of Seattio’s bert and livest stores. In making up whopping list ur Saturday Htandard Furniture ¢ Grote-Rankin Co Fahey-Brockman Hastern Outfitting ¢ Ramaker Bron. ¥ Praser-Paterson Movie news and ads Pine Street Market Tailored Ready Co Hon Marche Frederick & Neinon THE FASTEST GROWING PAPER IN THE NORTHWEST a double file, the stage ?|ping In its appeal, nation-wide in it U. S. Call for State Troops Expected Today Men you see in uniform on the streets today—whether it be the biue of the naval militia or the olive drab of the Na- tional Guard—will probably al! be calied for service by the president before night. Only the one regiment of Washington militia infantry has already been mobilized for fed- eral service. The orders expected today would summon 550 naval mili tiamen, 1,100 Coast artillery men, Troop B, cavalry, from Tacoma, and the Signal corps, ail part of the Washington Na tional Guard system, to the co! ors. These men have all been kept In | uniform and ready for the call dur. |mg the last ¥ Their orders | LABOR MEN DEMAND | FLAG OVER TEMPLE Declaring themselves Americans land determined to have a flag on jthe Labor temple, if Secre- ltary Duncan opposed it, the mem bers of Local No, 13, Stage Work ers, held a lively protest meeting Friday morning, and at the con clusion thereof marched fn a band |some 50 strong, downtown to pur- chase an American flag. Chairman Frank Gates of the finance committee declared that the reason no flag was displayed was because the old one was worn out, and there was no money for a new one. The stage workers re- fused to listen to him, and angrily demanded that a flag be bought Gates consented, and, marching in workers went even after the flag. ’ anon were to strength, naval n and rats rush which recruiting to war would increase th ) to 760 men strength of the Coast artiilery to 1909 men € This has been partially accom: | doubt t plished aod is etill going on. arding These naval militiamen, rders as t attle, Everett re not permitted to be publ rays harbor cour Teli ‘Em ve mobilized t hie tanhnte and immediately jremerton ioned aboard the ssist in mine Coast artille fellows you #ee older ing men, who on the str their hats. to t But ry vessels to are the with no tia from the co c will as spatche arts wound th m anies in and t : by Cords probably men, alres taken to | To Lay Mines They will go thru a period of| Regular training there. Fifty naval militia. | here as insp ors and instructors men and seven officers have been |of National Guard forces t the navy da week, living ders will be in aboard one of the fighting ships. |sued by the governr The naval militia will be absorbed | the National Guard es navy, as individuals yme|country into service, and re doubt sta-Ithem, with the regular army NO DECISION MADE ON JOINING OF JAILS Prison reformers and talked about the proposed consoli dation of the county and city jails Friday morning, in the mayor's of flee The county commissioners, the} sheriff, the chief of police and Coun cilman Bolton, special council com-| mitteeman, Hetened and ever and! explained the matters fully No action was taken LLOYD GEORGE SENDS MESSAGE TO U. S. LONDON, April 6.—Stating that he spoke at the instance of the im. sentatives perial war cabinet, Premier Lioyd| There was an audible Intaking of George today sent a stirring mes-| breath sage to America, recognizing her en-* ‘fhe crowds of trance into the war. and their clerks or tor an ord cord urmy officers station xpect that ¢ call of the ruit units” fo; talked WASHINGTON, April The war resolution was formal- ly reported to the senate having been passed house and senate and signed by Speaker Clark, at 12:10 to- day. Every seat in the gallery and every seat in the chamber was filled, as the official mes senger from the house entered just after the chaplain’s prayer, and announced: A message from the house of re} and the govern me | by the | up to tu Th ongre Then « to train This, {t the disp recause the gree would hips built the ously The it atch have house 1 lcorted to the vice president's desk jand solemnly delivered the porten } tous paper Ik |banded back to Marshall, wrung his han (Continued on page 5) 'TO TELL OF RIOTS ar atrength > not expec o! be or un ets on th Will Take a Year f the probler great citize ted, wi of troops to Eure all our trained soudiers-¢ « wil ne will arn commissioned needed to 18 into shape ato that it » 8 work to wh n troc ir takes make im. til i ‘een citizen Haven't Enough Ships eauly t wo ye assert to be built America, and all that w aud within completed Shiy 8 All the il MARSHALL SIGNS WAR DECLARATION ment officials banked deep be senators hi shifted ne desks nger was immediate who h nervously for was nd ry ply Annalise Ruegg, prominent social worker, |Germany during the b representatives | night at will tell of her troubles 1 riots We Stevens’ hall, and Fourth ave in to. stlake ! declared J year, it ha sufficient fing an to t France That is timate ] why } t their nining mach ros been figured out, ocal army nsport and | Amican army in| ine unles. the border MATTHEWS HAS NO D Mark no rey Wilson, to sterday that he k his servees wherever he might 7 battle line or A whom was be the Matthews yet from President he telegraphed willing to whenever and needed, on as chaplain, TILL THE SOIL,” IS URGED BY LISTER |“ — | Potomac and county and city of-! s will meet Saturday morning} plans for carrying out Lister Citizens fie! to lay suggestions the county of Gov amount of Lister creasing in the the for in- food grown issued the} proclamation immediately after war was declared, and County Auditor Wardall called the meeting at once. The the foot of land ts to be culitvation mittees be districts, governor to direct the calls attention need of co-operation pla if every raising of vegetables in the district “THE SOCIALISTS have no in tention of country supporting than the Victor L, Louls Thursday, Call of Woman to Woman Finds Response in Seattle BY CYNTHIA GREY The WarGod has decreed “To arma! And the bravest and best have answered But harken to another call—-erip ® scope. It is the call of WOMAN TO WOMAN, It is the call, not only for organizers and speakers, colle tors of the ever-needfal silver and gold, but for the old fashioned quali | fle ations of the old fashioned wom jan, together with the modernism of ithe modern woman, 1 It js the call to woman to take a{have taken the order to PREPARE | place beside men, doing her pi in dead earnest And the women are responding What have YOU not only with their knitting needles YOU doing? Or land their sewing box, but with all golng to do? \the power to serve that fs in them.| At the Red Cross headquarters | . women and girls have been prepar. ing for the past few weeks. The places buzzes from morning until night with the hum of machines, the of nvedley. Ther 14 members in wants to bring the | done? what What are are YOU In this city ing like wildfire Down at the National League for Woman's Service, and the Red|ciicl Cross headquarters in the Cobbjent building are all the activities of a|the local branch | recruiting station, Seattle women |total up to 15,000 thusiasm is spread “Society women, university Seattle life are ‘help’ Winfield the Service ry department of from aside pilots, e and navy or months [ica have women from every the country, National working high school girls walk going to do something declared M chairman League for “Already we have a cay 10 young wireless operato! xpert marksmen, aviat recruits,” said Mrs, Smi girls Smith, sta the women in Aw been watching with wome! wane: n of to rs of Woman's al n rs. th r linterest the Untted Berger, struggles and any States," at St accom- plishments of their sisters in blood stained Europe, crisis of our and in the present own country we are moved by an earnestness of endeav or which has resulted in the forming of this league. To the peace-loving women who blanch at the horrors of war and militarism, and who are held in the wish to Bay ness Our does not stand for Peace.” but for Protection, Prosperity ‘and *READ STAR WANT T ADS | ah p Seema —e grasp of unce pirit of prep: rtainty, J reay militari¢ da would | | racies against autocrag ies. REPLY FROM WILSON has re-| pd under} and suggests that com-| appointed in all school} |! act of war. other | | German ¢gews prisoners and took | April (x —President Menocal of Cuba to the Cuban congress requesting. that a state of war be cfeclared to exist between Cuba and Germany, according; to a cable received by the official Cuban press bureseu here today. NEW has sent YORK, a messag (ee eR SEERA job for the next! citizens into President Marshall, at 12:13. These were the last fore |malities necessary to mtake the United States an ally of | |England, France and Russia in the world war of demioe 373.7 These acts followed the passage by the house: to 50—of the joint war resolution at 3 m. The first act of war, the seizure of 91 German ships in American ports, came swiftly after the vote in the house. : FLASH SIGNAL T/) NAVY DEPARTMENT As the adiixed his signature to the document, Commander Byron McCandless signaled across the street, to the department, that war Was formally on, and orders were flashed ¢ from the government Wireless to the ships at sea and to the forts United States. Simultaneously evyry steam whistle in Washington and on river, near Ty, was opened wide, and their screeches could be beard in every corner of the capital. While the ink Was still wet on the historic war resolution, mes (Continued on page 13) 91 GERMAN HIPS = [PITY PUI -|GITY CHEERS ITS Men wueny’ — BLUEJACKETS NEW YORK, | April 6—United| segs States armed forces seized all the| Bluejackets from Uncle Sam's German ships in. all American | Pacific reserve fleet, carrying ¢ome ‘orts today. It, was America’s first | Dlete arms, and headed by the Puget ” | Sound navy yard band, swung down ~ Seattle’s streets this noon, while the cheers o finspired citizens pro- possession@, Amarines or blue jack-;@uced the wartime atmospheres eeeeeent wooard the enemy ahips|the cheers of inspired citizens pro early today, made members of the/Sram ‘to stimulate navy and Aeyey a | militia recruiting, but it was a more | pretentious pageant than the earlier | demonstrations. By Members of the Women’s aux ry of the Navy league, wear middy blouses and sailors’ cap were in the line of march, They are the sisters, wiv jhearts and relatives of Washing ton’s naval militiamen. They ha’ banded together to keep in tow with the citizen-sailors after have joined the battle fleets. Already these women have 6e' ditty bags, and will work out @ 1 east, | “at system of correspondence.) | Red Cross workers, too, took —@ |in the parade, which was arran, by the Elks’ recruiting commit headed by Bert Swezea, president coast of the and fn island In ports on, every United Statery proper, (Crgntinued o npage 5) 34 HILLED IN B. C. MINE EXPLOSION JMOHNIB, B.C. April 6—An ex ylgsion took place at Coal Creek last night and has added 34 names ¢o the death roll from that camp. The explosion occurred at 10:20 in No, 3 mine, which is in the same locality as No, 2, and No.