Daily Tribune, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 7 April 1917 — Page 1

EVERY AGENCY PUSHES PUNS IN WAR CRISIS

Navy and Coast Patrol Mobilized, and Militia and Reserves Join .. the Colors.

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FORCES OF COUNTRY

BROUGHT TO FULL STRENGTH

government Seizes All Radio Stations Except Those Needed for U. S. Use—Baker Explains

New Army Plans.

WASHINGTON. April 7—This second day of war with Germany found every government agency in action along predetermined lines with congressional committees at .work on the new army hill and finance measures.

The navy and its newly organized power boat coast patrol squadron was being mobilized. Naval militia and naval reserves were complying with orders to join the colors*

From many cities came word that United States marshals have carried out orders of the department of Justice for arrest of sixty Germans whom the government believes it is dangerous to allow at large.

Officials had about jletermined to us6 the German merchant ships, nearly 100 of which Jiave been seized for government service, though no announcement was made whether they would be confiscated or p^id for at the cloee of the war.

Government seizure of all radio stations and the closing of all except those needed for naval communication was authorized by.President Wilson.

Contracts Arranged.

'siBoth the wart«id-»jaftv^r-,depaFtin:6ats with contractors Lo furnish, enormous quantities of. supplies steel manufacturers •will furfcish the navy their product*at last year's prices, effecting an $18,000,000 saving in* the navy's 1917 steel bill: the treasury department devised means of raisins funds subject to congressional authorization, and the department of agriculture set forth a movement to increase and conserve the nation's* supply of food stuffs and to simplify distribution. Many otner similar activities were started after the cabinet's council of war last night.

The house military committee met today to hear Secretary Baker's explanation of the army general staff bill to draft and train one million ^oung men within a year and the accompanying three billion dollar budget, all of which had President Wilson's announced Approval. The senate military cpmmittee also had the army bill •under consideration today.

Without congressional action the only thing the w&r department can do to increase "the nation's authorized armed forces is to order the regular army expanded to full war strength.

War's Cost Heavy.

It seemed likely today that a large part of the war's cost, wWch rpr the first year alone may run far above the $3,500,000,000 already asked of congress, even to $5,000,000,000, Will be raised by higher taxes on incomes, Inheritances and excess profits. An announcement from Secretary IvIcAdoo on details of the $474,000,000 bond isfiue, already Authorized, but not issued, was expected at any time. Conferences on finance problems were begun today between Secretary McAdoo and j,!embers of the senate finance committee and the house ways and means committee.

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that free admission to American harbors has been granted war vessels of the allies.

The general staff army plan proposes to raise the forces necessary to meet the present emergency by bringing the regular army and the national guard to war strength and by adding the additional forces which will now be needed, so that the national army will comprise three elements, trie regular army, the national guard, and the sc-called additional forces, of which a first 500,000 are to be authorized immediately and later increments of the same size as they may be needed.

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TALLAHASSEE, Fla., April 7.— Former Secretary of State Bryan today sent this message to President Wilson: "Believing it to be the duty of each citizen to bear his part of the burden of war and his share of its perils, I hereby tender my services to the gov')ernment. Please enroll me as a pri/vote whene^nifVtam needed.

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U. S. WEATHER REPORT.

TKJSPliRATURE RECORD, APRIL 7. 6 a. 34 Noon 44 9 a. .40 2 p. 48

Relative humidity, noon, 85 per cent.

T.OCAI/ CONDITIONS 7 A. M., APRIL 7. Station pressure, 29.52 temperature, 34 highest temperature yesterday, 51 lowest temperature last night, 34 precipitation, 0 direction of wind, northeast velocity of wind, 10 miles per hour state of w e a er, cloudy relative humidity 80 per cent. Sunrise 5:25 sunset B:19.

FORECAST.

TERRE HAUTE-r-Probably rain tonight and Sunday. [NDJAXA—Probably rain tonight and Sunday, srrmewhat warmer tonight in south and east portion strong east wirids.

ILLINOIS—Rain (tonight and Sunday •varptcT in southeast portion tonight colder Sunday in west and south portions fresh shifting winds.

OTHER liOCAL REPORTS. Temperature by Buntin's thermometer, 7 a, m., 37 2 p. m„ 56.

River stage—12.9 feet.

TERRE HAUTE FEELS TIDE OF PATRIOTISM

Ten Thpusand Men, Women and Children Participate In Greatest Parade Ever Witnessed Here.

GRAND THEATRE OVERTAXED BY GREAT DEMONSTRATION

Streets Resemble Sea of Flags, and

Spirit of the Citizens In Nation's Defense.

Loyalty to the United States and the American's duty to his country as symbolized in the stars and stripes was the keynote of the patriotic street parade and mass meeting Friday night, the most tremendous demonstration of patriotism Terre Haute haS ever witnessed. The parade of citizens described by the chairman of the mass meeting as "miles long" was unique in the absence of signs or "banners, "Old Glory" being the only emblem displayed, for its quiet and intense enthusiasm and for the number of citizens of Terre Haute and surrounding cities, estimated at 12,000, who took their place in the procession.

The procession, which took practically one hour to pass Seventh street at Wabash avenue, began marching west on Ohio street at 7:30 o'clock at the word of Major B. E. Wimer, grand marshal of the parade. Excepting only the marshal the thousands of citizens, men and women, formed in organizations and as individuals, walked, carrying, besides large and small American flags, only the modest banners of their prder. As the procession swung into Wabash avenue from Third street the marshal's aides were put to some trouble to clear the main thoroughfare before the parade could proceed. The grave demeanor of the thousands of bystanders was marked. The contrast of'spontaneous outbursts of patriotic enthusiasm and deep silence manifested the grave spirit with which the people faced future events mindful of the sacrifices they will be called upon to make.

Company Cheered.

Following the grand marshal of the parade was a detachment of police under Captain J. Smock, the Terre Haute band and a platoon of city firemen, who carried suspended a large flag. The United States army and navy contingents were followed, in the second division, by the four units of the Indiana national guard, the Spanish-American war veterans and ladies' auxiliary, the Boy Scouts, members of the German club, the Grand Army of the Republic and the women's relief corps. Other organizations which made up the procession following in their order were the Indiana State Normal. Rose Poly-

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I SERVICE TO FOE

WASHINGTON, April 7.—Postmaster General Burleson today suspended mail service to Germany during the war and also instructed all postoffices to refuse as well any mail destined for Austria-Hungary. Luxembourg, Bulgaria and Turkey, as it cannot be dispatched at present without passing through Germany. Mail from the countries, last named which may be received in tne United States will be sent forward to destination. Postmaster Qenetfal Burleson also has suspended postal money orders between the United German «mpip*.

U. S. MARSHALS ROUND UP GERMAN SUSPECTS

Sixty Being Taken Into Custody on Charges of Plotting Strikes and Blowing Up of Ships.

WASHINGTON, April 7,-r-United States marshals and department of justice .agents throughout the country, by orders from Attorney-General

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o^. todf«y^»icr*r^rresting Jerhians alleged to. have• been identifled with various Conspiracies in the United States.The men, sixty in number, are suspected by the. government of having been the leaders in activities in connection with plots to blow up the Welland canal, attempts of foment strikes in munition plants and v»ith making bombs for destroying^ ships carrying cargoes to the entente allies, etc.

Orders for taking ,the men into cus tody went out from the department of justice almost simultaneously with President Wilson's approval of the resolution declaring the existence of a state of war between the United States and Germany. Orders for the arrest of a number of others may be sent out.

All of the men ordered arrested are regarded as dangerous persons to be at large. Some will not be allowed to give bail, it is said, and they will be imprisoned perhaps until the end of the war.

The act of congress of 1798 authorized the government to arrest alien enemies without reference to the courts or obtaining warrants.

CHICAGO, April 7.—Gustav H. Jacobsen, a real estate dealer, is at liberty today on $25,000 bonds, following his arrest last night by federal agents on a charge of conspiring with five others to violate neutrality laws of the United States by fomenting a revolt in India.

The complaint against Jacobsen alleges that in May, 1915, he with Albert Wehde, Heramba L. Gupta, a .Hindu student at Columbia university, Ernest Sekunna, a German' chemist, Dr. Chandra Chakraberty And a man named Sterneck formed the conspiracy and that in June of the same year they sent John Singh and George Paul Boehm to India in furtherance of the revolutionary plans.

Sekunna and Dr. Chakraberty were arrested in New York son^e time ago. It is reported that others are under arrest in Chicago in. conection with the plot but federal officials refused to discuss the matter.

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., April 7 Franz Bopp, former German consul' general under .prison sentence for violating American neutrality, telephoned to federal authorities today from St. Helena, Cal., he was on his way to surrender. A few minutes previously federal agents announced he was a fugitive, believing he was heading: fo'r the Mexican border.

ABANDON TRAINING CAMPS.

CHICAGO, April 7.—There will be no citizens military training camps this summer, it was announced at army headquarters here today. Gen. Barry, commanding the central department, said all arrangements for the camps had been suspended and that persons who had expected to attend could best further the interests of the government by enlisting.

SILK FLAGS STOLEN.

Edward Light, of 331 North Third street, reported to the police Saturday afternoon that a silk flag, five bythree feet had been stolen from his front porch Friday night.

MrSi Mary Borgstrom, 1010 South Eighth street, reported that a silk flag, five by eight feet, had been taken from her porch during the night.

VOL. XLIV.—NO. 128. TERRE HAUTE, IND., SATURDAY, APRIL 7,1917. FOUR O'CLOCK—ONE CENT

Secretaries of the First Wcman Congressman Sorely Disappointed In Her Vote Against President's War Resolution

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MISS BELLE FJ 'MISS FJLOUEXCE LI51,CH.

Kemale congressional secretaries' are said to be almost as scarce in Washington as femak congressmen. Here are two, and threy are the secretaries of Miss Jeanette Rankin, of Montana, lhe rirst woman-to frit in congress. Miss FlKrelmasi hails^Erom Helena, Montana, nnd Miss- Leech calls Vaiier, in the same state, her home. Both are seasoned campaigners, having been associated w th Miss Rankin in the suffrago campaign in Montana in 1914. They were disappointed in Miss Rankin's vote on the war resolution in which she clung with the pacifists and voted against President Wilson. Miss Rankin collapsed on voting and the secretary had to go to her seat before he understood how she had cast her votet

WINTER WHEAT CROP

Falling Off In Production Gives Nation First War Feeding Problem to Be Grappled With.

WASHINGTON, April 7.—A prospective slump of more than 50,000,000 bushels in the winter wheat crop as compared with last 'year's crop, is the first war feeding problem to confront the country. Official estimates of the department of agriculture today, the first for the 1917 harvest, forecast that much of a decrease, although the acreage is much greater.

Last yedr 481,744,000 bushels were harvested and 673,947,00|) bushels were produced in 3915.

Conditions on April 1st w^.s 63.4 per cent of a normal, compared with 78.30 last year 88.8 in 1916 and 86.2 the ten year average. The condition decreased 22.3 points from Dec. 1 to April 11, compared with an average decline of four points in the past ten years before those dates. Condition of rye on April 1st -was 86.0 per cent of a normal crop compared with 87.8 last year, 89.5 in 1915 and 89.6 the ten year average.

Condition of winter wheat in the important growing states on April 1st was:

Ohio, 90 Indiana, 65 Illinois, 60 Missouri, 62 Nebraska, 35 Kansas, 45 Oklahoma. 74.

RUSSIA OFFERS PEACE IF KAISER IS

PETROGRAD,' April 7.—Minister of Justice Kerensky said in an interviewtoday -that if tlje German people would follow the Russian example and dethrone their emperor "we offer the possibility of preliminary negotiations."

CUBA TO DEW WAD

NEW YORK, April 7.—The Cuban congress tonight is expected to declare that a state of war exists between Cuba and the imperial German government, according to a cable message from E. S. Azpiazua, private secretary to President Menocal, to the republic of Cuba news bureau here.

WAR SPIRIT DISRUPTS,SCHOOL. Fourteen of Sixteen Male Members Enlist in Army.

MALAD, Idaho, April 7.—Patriotic fervor of sixteen students has resulted in the disruption of the local high school. The sixteen young, men, comprising the entire male^ section of the school, presented themselves at the United States army recruiting station yesterday with the intention of enlistihg. Fourteen were accepted. The two others were rejected on account of being under age.

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SUSPECT HELD HERE FOR FEDERAL AGENTS

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Jacksonville Man Will -Be Taken to Indianapolis—Believed to Be Implicated In Plots.

Pete Castella, brought here from Clinton, Inl., was still held in the county. jail situMay morning. He was arrested by secret' ^service agents in! Jacksonville Friday- mdrning and brought here to be examined. The man is suspected of being implicated in plots to blow up railroad bridges and manufacturing industries in this vicinity. Several batteries and electrical appliances used in dynamiting, were found in his home. He would not give the police any information concerning himself. He is a 'Montenegrin. It is expected that he will be taken to Indianapolis by secret service men who have been trailing him for the past two months.

Castella is the husband of the widow of Mike Sovollovich, who was mysteriously murdered in Clinton more than a year ago. There were many suspiciqns and at the time Nick Yellich, who was Mrs. Sovollovich's sweetheart before her marriage, was arrested as a suspect. He proved an alibi and the hunt appears to have stopped at this.

A few months later Mrs. Sovollovich and Castella were married and left Clinton for a time, going to Philadelphia and taking Mrs. Sovollovich's son with them. The lad is near manhood, and it is said did not take kindly to the stepfather, who was known as an anarchist. When Castella and hie wife returned from Philadelphia the son remained. It is said that Castella, anticipating' a job of some sort, wrote the stepson to secure and mail him some special, material needed in the manufacture of bombs. The. etepson, not caring to aid the stepfather in such an enterprise, turned the letter over to the postal authorities. The letter was placed in he hands of a secret service man, who with the Terre Haute policeman ^arrested Castella. at Jacksonville.

WOUND CAUSES DEATH

Charles "Goody" Clark, colored, who shot his white wife and then himself on March 15, at their home on South, Second street, died Saturday morning from his wounds. Clark was taken from the hospital tq the jail late Thursday, but appeared in a weakened condition and was taken home. Saturday morning he died from the effects of a gunshot wound back of his right ear. The woman recovered.

WAR TO STOP MARRIAGESI CHICAGO, April 7.-*-An unprecedented number of marriage licenses have been issued here in the last two days, due, deputies in the county clerk's office said, to a report that no licenses would be issued after war was declared. The number issued yesterday was 292, and on Thursday, 180. About 100 is the daily average.

Several emergency calls for marriage licenses have been received at the office of County Clerk James. Fagan recently, owing to.a report that no more marriage licenses would be^ issued in case war was declared with Germany. Some of the applicants said they had been told no licenses would be issued after Easter Sunday and others had oeen informed that no licenses wduld be issued later than five days after war had been declared with Germany. To date Mr. Fagan has received no i:o tice to this effeot and no unusual restrictions have been placed ott tfte issuing of licenses at the lodfcl oi&cfc,

Crew off Gunboat At Guam Resists Se zureand Destroys Vessel—More Than 350 Taken Prisoners

GERMAN RAIDER OF IT. S. COAST

RELIEF STEAMER SUNK

Ni2W YORK, April 7.—The Belgian relief steamship Anna Fostenes, carrying $350,000 worth of grain to Rotterdam, has been sunk by a German submarine. The vessel carried no Americans.

ALLIES LOSE 44 FLYERS.

,. BULLETIN. LONDON, APRIL 7.—PASSPORTS HAVE BEEN PLACED AT TTTTJI DISPOSAL OF THE AMERICAN EMBASSY IN VIENNA, ACCORDING*? TO A DISPATCH TO THE EXCHANGE TELEGRAPH COMPANY FR0||| THE HAGUE, QUOTING TELEGRAMS RECEIVED THERE FROM THE) AUSTRIAN CAPITAL. THE DISPATCHES SAY BULGARIA AND TURJ KEY HAVE ALSO DECIDED TO BREAK OFF RELATIONS WITH THE. UNITED STATES, AND THAT HOLLAND WILL PROBABLY* LOOK AFTER AUSTRIAN INTERESTS IN WASHINGTON AND AMERICAN" INTERESTS IN VI:-NNA.

NEWPORT, R. I., April 7.—The first alarm of the German-American war was sounded off the New England coast today. Just before 8 a. m. the Nantucket shoals lightship flashed to the naval radio station here that a German commerce raider had passed the lighfshit) bound, west. In- i stantly plans of the navy for just such a situation became operative, and while they were not disclosed, there was assurance that if the audacious warship held her course she would be given a warm reception

Meanwhile shipping in the vicinity was warned to make port or hold its anchorage. The weather was thick off the coast, .and it was not expected that the stronger would be sighted again until she was at close quarters with some vessel of the coast patrtfl fleet.

It was at 7:40 o'clock that the war-paint.ed craft loomed out of the fog. fome -fiftyu-inileg south of Nantucket island? and about "-e^ miles east bf Newport. She was directly in tlie lane for westbound ampr# ping, and not more than 200 miles .by the usual course from New Yorkv^

The supposed raider showed two masts and a huge smoke stack. appeared to be about 10,000 tons," and some shipping men who he&roHlE this description, expressed the opinion that she /was an armored criii^e^^^ disguised as a merchantman. A*few minutes after she^ was picked upift the vessel was loast again in the fog., The raider wfes holding the regnJ&-*jf tion course, and would have been within easy striking distance of ou^lf ward bound shipping. However, so, far as known, no vessels were} m£V ing out'past the shoals at the time the hostile ship was sighted.

WASHINGTON, April 7.—-The interned German gunboat Cormorant at Guam, has been blown up. The Cormoran refused to surrender to the American forces whidpi went to take possession of her, and was destroyed by her crew. Oijefi German warrant officer and one enlisted man of the crew were killed in'^J the explosion. Five others are missing.

A navy department statement said: "The German auxiliary cruiser Cormoran was blown up in the harbor of' Apra, Island of Guam, today by her crew, sinking immediately. One warrant: officer .and one enlisted man are dead, one warrant offcer and four enlisted men are missing, twenty officers, twelve warrant officers and 321 enlisted Have been made prisoners. fe® "On Oct. 28, 1914, the 35 foot cutter called the Ocean Comber, entered thi harbor of Apra, Island of Guam, in charge of Lieut. Von Elpons of tha i perial Germany navy. The boat and party, of three officers and four nativ of New Guinea had been at sea for a long time,'having left 8. M. S. Cormor^. for the purpose of sending a cable to San Francisco for supplies.

BERLIN, April 7.—£The entente allies yesterday lost fortyrfoui- airplanes on the western front, says the official statement isued today by tlia German army r-cadquarters staff. Thirty-three of the British or French machines were destroyed in aerial engagements. Five Qerman airDlt^es did not return.

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CREW IS INTERNED.

"The date of the cipher was Oct. 12, and the location of the Cormoran watinot disclosed. Permission was not granted to send the cablegram and thW officers and men were interned. "On December 14, 1914, the German auxiliary cruiser Cormoran appeared 7 off the harbor of Apra, and sent a radio asking permission to enter for coal and provisions. She was allowed to enter and the commanding officer td visit the governor. "Commanding Officer Juckschwerdt stated that he had just corpe from' the: south seas t^nd was short of coal, had only about fifty tons on board and" requested 1,500 tons of coal and provisions to reach his nearest nome port in German East Africa. The governor replied that he could furnish only

tons of coal and thirty days' provisions only could be spared. The oom*4 manding officer was given the alternative of departing within 24 hours/ orf.l being interned. "Op Dec. 15,1914, at 10 a. m., the commanding officer decided to remain import and the ship and its personnel Were interned. 'SJThe following were on board: Twenty-one officers, one midshipman, eleven, deck officers, 307 petty officers and men, four Chinese and 29 South Seatjpf natives."

NEWPORT NEWS, Va., April 7.—The presence of a German raider o! the Virginia Capes was officially reported here today. A sea-going tugi has been dispatched to sea to warn all out-going and in-coming vessels, and to order all out-going vessels to turn back. The tug is equipped with\ wireless, and is expected to reach all ships in the danger zone. jJH

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WEEK'S WEATHER FORECAST.

WASHINGTON, April 7.—Weather predictions for the week beginning' Sunday, April 8, issued by the weather bureau today, are:

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Ohio Valley—Unsettled and rains beginning of the week, followed .. faif untir about Thursday or Fridays when rains are pi obable. Cool fir sty part of the week, followed by warmer r. after Tuesday,

CYCLIST HITS BOY.

Arthur Shepherd, 230 South Seventh street, reported to the police mat he ran into a small boy Friday evening while riding a bicycle near Fifth street and Wabash avenue. The boy was knocked to the pavement but got up, and ran away and his name was not Tftt