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A | ’ To- Days Weather—CLEARING, ] A EDITION LANE EDITION “PRICE ONE _OENT. NEW ¥ “YorK, FRIDAY, "APRIL 6, 1917. PRICE ONE CENT. WAR AGAINST GERMANY — PROCLAIMED BY WILSON ALL GERMAN SHIPS SEIZED; 1300 MEMBERS OF CREWS RUSHED TO ELLIS ISLAND Taking Over of Vessels and Transfer of Men Quickly Follow War Vote. NO RESISTANCE SHOWN. Women Weep as They Leave the Liners—Ample Pro- More EMERGENCY FUND OF $100.000,000. | Germa VOTED 10 WILSON WASHING? |but hitherto unconfirmed reports of n submarines waiting in the| SCORE OF U BOATS NEAR U. S. COAST; BASES IN MEXICO Than Score ported to Be Waiting In the Gulf of Mexico, apie—rerwent|Waval Officials Send Orders to All PAN Gulf of Mexico for the opening hostilities of the United |further supported to-day by advices to the Government from Europe. Tho full nature of the 'U. 5. AND GERMANY AT WAR,” WORLD PEAGE nO S0.K. OF WIRED TO ALL NATIONS AS) NNLSNSO WILSON SIGNS RESOLUTION Now Re | President Approves Measures Taken to Raise Forces for War With Germany. WASHINGTON, April 6 statement approving the army plan the War Department, President Wilson to-day said that “the hope of the world ts that when the European, war is over, In a Commanders and Land Forces Get Orders Which Awaited Only the President’s Signature of r | Declaration. presented to Congress by States were | arrangements will have t made | composing of the many questions ——_- ¢ 2 LAW ABIDING GERMANS HERE T0 BE TREATED AS FRIENDLY, ~— WALSON'S CALL T0 NATION pa eiarntactageentih President Makes Appeal for Loyalty and Gives Rules for the Guidance of Citizens and Alien Enemies During the War. Information 1s not disclosed but It | which have hitherto seemed to re gma eae, nc eves a —— [suites Mawr sere | SPECIAL WARNING TO SPIES . ° : Pere ___ eont to Germany which ha 'y Samuel M. liams. | alata statheabmn talline: | To Be Spent at His Discretion | served as a clearing house for Ger (Special Staff Correspondent of The Evening World.) Prelden = matment ae ae AND AGAINST USE OF ARMS Approximately 1,300 men, marae “jar National Security nan information since the severance WASHINGTON, vil O—President Wilson and Vice President} jsation presenthd by the War De. ing the crews of the German ships in 8 salah f diplomatic relatio } ae a . Bhat aly aha Milltase Ocmmirtae Rs Anieies ware ireibitarted to-dhy and Defense. It was rep nt the sou Marshall to-ay signed the resolution of Congress declaring a state or ak Sunk Mae cas WASHINGTON, April 6.—President Wilson, after to Ellis Island. ‘This was the first move | as oe See ae cylin ag Pagina el var een the Unite ta ur rma e e entire approval, and its specific rec signing the war resolution passed by Congress, immedintas of the Government, following the Rae ere Oe ee hina Ware ty in{at 1.11 o'clock and the Vice President an hour earlier at the opening of | ommendations embody the best judg: declaration by Congress that a state gency war fund of $100,000,000, to be ment of tho officers of the War ly issued the following proclamation of war: De Mexican waters sons here wh , ore \ & ‘ the Senate. There was no ceremony partmen po of war exists between this country | used by President Wilson, in his dis-lhave been giving attention to <e P side Aah futon wi a pen Hantad (6 hin bs are rh Oe eee g The proclamation follows: cretion, was quickly voted by the Sen-| subject think the e ate of num ne President signed the resolution with a pe e ‘ ‘ fgets ade Nan . i “ and Germany | : i . : act Mrs. Wilso 1 which she will preserve ecossary 1 pre omer Whereas, the Congress of the United States ig the exercise of the ate It must also be approved | bers is high, but feel no doubt that| Mrs. Wilson and which she will preserve The men taken from the ships in-| must a Pproy ; ' ney by t lug the rewular ay]. $i 048 I hy ‘ 9 ss clude all the officers except the Cap- |” er okay em Gere fe elias ese we? Lai bik : All the Naval Militia and naval reserves were called to the colors}and the National Guard to war|’2NStitutional authority vested in them have resOlvedé by joint resolution the President |on this side o' ° le, most A Syacidant’ ming ere ji » following messag eth and by ding the e Sei epre ari hi tains, who were permitted to remain! ig «for the national security and de-| probably in Mexican waters, and that| ith the President's signing of the resolution. The following message en and ae th a of the Senate and House of Representatives bearing date this day, ‘that i G AO>.| DPOHRD) pas EM BNE TAR \ ‘ ‘ ry ‘chine and | tiona orees which will now be at the piers of the Hamburg-Ameri-/fense, and for each and every pur-|some of them have been there since| Was flashed by the Navy Department at once to all navy ships and | Nemng acuanae re Po nal army |4 State of war between the United States and the Imperial German 4 North German Lloyd Lines | pose,” and is to be expended “at the | early in February statior Aol nian GLADE that atal a a toe de F Fah ; ; o6a, ang Naor pert alpaeelienn’ Gé thar FreaiGbentl ii sada’ egatiins daubl tare tune it ane tations: poe ; ; ; Pe ee | Will comprise three elements, the reg-| Government, which has been thrust upon the United States, is hereby in Hoboken, until the final formality | °crellt : re Re ree ne: | The President has signed an act of Congress which de- | ular army, ¢he National Guar f ieeMaalared e y - pepe available at once and to remat J boats are in the Gulf they are be- i ae 6 RaRE Ly. galled “BASILE ; ormally declared,’ whiob will place the United States in) ava nanie until De 1917, Jing supplied n Mexican shore clares that a state of war exists with German Siar ai Hi pce ss ie LU “Whe ey | 7 haf Doasession of the vessels has taken! ‘The bill now carries a total of $164,-| bases, Those who hold these view All army Departmenial Post Comm: inders in the United States and ean ws Mathie cua nce aie Whereas, it is provided by section 4,067 of the Revised Statutes 853,000. 0 conv the ometh : { raph . ne : gr vad A as lows: “ib 64 1 j sf ranalotion by Gbumtor iad of ale : : ee something |incular possessions were notified by telegraph rders from the War|croments of the size as they {a follows: number of ships seized by Col- ‘80. Or m wena ec 0 ipproaching arrangements proposed a ” neede “ eve: 1 The per o: P | Missouri, adopted by unanimous con-|ny Foreign Minister Zimmermann in| Department, jmay t led Whenever there is declared a war between the United States and Jeotor Malone abd his men is twenty-| one directed the Secretary of. aau.|,) ‘ \ , While-tt ; ; “In order that all th nay fara R " = directed th lecreta |his celebrate communication in nile the ink w till w nt “ he thin aad q atic ) yernme! ) y invasi yw predatory ineur- seven, their tonnage 275,009 and thelr | oyiture to recommend to Congress © rs ee plir a ASTRA Tinta theah | WKH AERIS cla eal te as a ming urmy, the term of | any forelgn nation or government or sny fnvasion or predatory incur. approximate value, $51,500,000. Fol-| comprehensive plan for an inereas@| xonieyed and that the whole matter, | countries of the earth wer sie . i Mig i ne ‘ epvadi ‘\sion is perpetrated, attempted or threatened against the territory of the sric ul products, oularly | ‘ ; ea and will be for the period of the]. , % : lowing is the list: of agricultural products, particularly] inojuding t applying of submurines| fying them of this Government's ¢ i= exenay United States by any foreign nation or government and the President Approx, |by the use of town lots and vacant from Mex! was arranged | tion, The State Departinent informed waary men will be secured ; ; ' ? . : vas s and semi-arid lands, by Mexican Minister Zubaran in Per-| the Swiss Minister here r senting ie ne vary pel a i A make public proclamation of the event, all natives, citizens, denizens jerland .... Ho: stocks of food-producing | Ge erests in the Un State es ne Tegeiy Ath am ae a ‘ + ‘ George Washington . ole "age Bye Pati ta aa ee German interests in the United States tlonal Guard by volunteering, as at {OF Subjects of a hostile nation or government being male of the ageof Kaiser Wilhelm 11 animals may De inorenged siso | GALVESTON, Texas, April 6.—I The Minister will communteate the ee ee Piers ; : Pramaemt Laacoln ... reported by the Depastment ports t he Government has evi-|word formally to Berne by cable an prees : : we i, in bah pent ae! * |fourteen years and upward, who shall be within the United States and r ether with an organization plan and | Behboid lng) resident, a resort to a selectiv . : President Grant ten ence in Gulf of Mexico| thence to Berlin . not actually naturalized, s ne >| be apprehende es A ee ey ali estimates of cost. Senator Reed sitid | eM vbmarines caused many| United States Re ntatives in draft is desirable, ‘The additional | a y lized, shall be liable to be apprehended, restrained, Grosser Kurfuerst it was desired to secure the Se pe © to-day to apply for in-| every foreign nation and South Amer » however, are to be raised by | secured and removed as alien enemies. Barbarossa, . recommendation soon aap fas ts | ican capitals will have the news wit tive draft from men rap | The DB, ‘ _ ‘ 1 P Pringess Irene . ‘ f ah vil disturbances ’ My garni twenty-f irs Jage from nineteen to twe e| rhe President is authorized in any such event by h proclamation Friedrich der Grosse ry American, Senator Reed om By the signing of t ution th ears, The quotas of the “thereof, or other public acts, to direct the conduct to be observed on Hamburg . be prepared 40 his or he - ae ern ana aes been {COMmissioner Demands State) states in att of these forces will be in ‘ ' fa ; eu ; ? ees . ervel Koenig Wilhelm II pit” he “ ks Le eae mean ro : spananinn’ 4 : he part of the United States toward the be Bohemia apr eagle peal INDEPENDENCE BELL making on the United States for ma and National Legislation to | . n por Hi re ; ieee - @ 7m8 F908 BHOr ame In Ce months ts rec ized in official form : his legisiat nakew 1 ttempt manner and degree of the restraint to y shal subject an. Armenia... many, Me maid, utligaeion TOLLS WAR DECUARATION | sca tne veitea states thus announ Block Gamblers, to solve the question of a permanent |, tcp “ ee me ) velopment desirat esi to the world its determination to tal military yp roth untry, |IN what case and upon what security their residence : permitted he predictec up what President Wilson racter Conmr of Weights and| chiefly for that these |and to provide for the removal of those who, not beir permitted to 1,000 alled us garden and work Follows Procedure of 141 Years}izoa in nis uddress to Congr Fa eer n sald to The Eve-| anxious and dt 1 times a clear! reside within the United States, refuse or neglect {epart therefrom, Alemania 1,000,000 | the flelds Ago, When Declaration of In- allenge to all the wor World ut there muat | View cannot be had either of our pet Ff | Harburg .:.. 1,000,000 —_ ° wwe , f sled ” ~ ~" : : f Pa ind to establish any such regulations which are found ssary in the a bi See 800 ependence Was Announced. her war against humar a t by the Fed. | * 4 , i | sea iis Nassovia ... : : (MLADELPHIA, April 6.-—The Win Gidae EAA AlGhT at ‘ 1 i of | mi peace ¢ lish Whi b ections 4,068, 4,069 and 4,070 of the Revised Portonia ... 600,000 saat e a came a day and night of « re Aldermen t ; | erea y Section ; d 4,07 e Re Mala .... #503 = 600, AS BORDER PLOTTERS | oth th Mae tower OF TBRADONGERC® | tinuous seston ty t food Rambler The hope of the world is that /ctatutes, further provision is made reiative to alien enemie Clara Mennig 1,68 600,000 Hull, America’s “Cradle of Liberty," | Aj) war formalities for th be- | mn 1 on the nece when the European war is over ed , i : , Indra (schooner) 1,746 400,000 | began tolling the announcement of |ing over, President W went lan arrangements will have been | PROCLAIMS WAR; APPEALS TO LOYALTY. Matador (bark) 1.468 0,000) FRominent Carranza Officers Said |tne President's laration of war|session w his Cabinet this after s 5 Aa made composing many of the “ efo Woodrow Wilson, Preside: ited MOST OF THE SHIPS CRIPPLED to Be Implicated, El Paso with Germany clock this after-|noon at the usual hour—2:3 I he : ela tomas | questions whieh have hitherte Now, theref eit! aha Jai \ President of the Uni AT TIME OF BREAK, aebirid nd continued for half an hour. | Gapinet members t | p seemed to require the arming | States of America, do hereby proclaim, to all whom it may con- Virtually all of the German vesse's | Report — ee ¢ the mil . be bude t of the nations, and that in some | cern, that a state of war exists between the United States and in Amerionn porta were crippled tt] 421 PASO, Tex. April 6.—S BRITAIN SENDS MESSAGE. | ana eoonomic mobilizats f the : a stead ordered and just way the peace | the Imperial German Government, and I do specially ect all the time of the severance of Germans ure being detained ources the country te: of the world may be maintained Ae ‘len, : . 4 ; matic relations with Germany, but|pepigtment of Justice agents in INDON, April 6—Stating that Houston sald local meetin aiag} ; Hie by euch co-operations of’ force | Oncers civil or military of the United States, t they exercise Jovernment experts are of opiniold pectin with 41 A RRO OE AB TORO HAALT Ta Tadta of ie onunine to a “ among the great nations as ma vigilance and zeal in the discharge of the duties incident to such they can be repaired in three ur wun @) aly ne I Fe ; bapepel In food , a . be necessary to maintain pe a state of war, and I do, moreover, earnestly appeal to all Amer- neohhas gi in 4 © fn ' rar A Laney freed snreugnaut ican citizens that they in loyal devotion to their country dedicated here were several omen and a fe foials hy nay F Gea . t page corer, ty from its foundation to the principles of liberty and justice, uphold children, who w 1s y left thje | that pagpinent | tHheials q eto \ i ghee - ve . the laws of the land and give undivided and willin ships for Ellis nplieae and f $15 Men's Suit or ‘oF Topcoat, $9 95 4 Ca . ® ne SUPPOSE Te Deut daa » aan oe y brehitt A ' M orta those measures which may be adopted by the constitutional authors cial wor ed hore ‘ m ‘ ener ‘ ¥ I ihe Danantnant in Washing 4 way, comer Bai : (3pp. W i ie . “ ities in prosecuting the war to a successful issue and in obtaining ton had annow he stat m8 " aoe t . a secure and just peace: the Germans remo m Ge - 1; . P; -s ' And ting under and by virtue of the authori e: i ships in American p wa WK WOKLD GRAVEL BERL at 1 r : . Palate f the auth rity vested in me immigrants, and that " A 4 \ i all us ! ¢ Constittuion of the United States and the said sections of the Tey stances in each cas ild ea. + se 8 \ ny Eve . 4 statute : » (ontinued on Eights Page) side the “Sala "lephatas Weanss Cobden, adv “| (Continued om Sacgad Page.) preery passed, i do hereby further proclaim and direct that the conduct te be obs