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LAFDLLETTE SB D Wisconsin Senator is Galled Worse Than Eethman-Hollweg By Senator Williams. WASHINGTON, April 5. The government and people of the United States will be formally at war with the imperial German government by today. At eleven minutes aftre 11 last night the Senate by a vote of 82 to 6 passed the joint resolution fixing this status. The men who voted aeainst the declaration of war wer six of th) "little pr.-n;p of willful men" who prevented tb passage of the armed neutrality bill. T!v y were: DEMOCRATS Lane. Oreg-on; Stone, Missouri; Tardaman, Mississippi. SSPUBIiICAITS Oronna, North Da. toa; I.aroUette, Wisconsin; Norris N. "tiTKiam.--:: '--"v -"-:'- "-.-.- --- Thp vote came nfter rleven Tionrs of i bate. Five speeches only were made -,';ijr,5t the resolution, and all opposi-i cojlnpsed -with the speech of I.a j J-.-1V which la.stej four hours. I .a , i' l' tte was scored by Senator Williams j v b said : J The spe, h of the Wisconsin senator j v enld have better Won,. Ilrr von ( P.- -bma nn-TTo ; 1 v. e g tlian an American , - n.i t or. '" said Senator Williams. In fact, lie has gone f-irther than' r con Bet V, ma n n-Ho! 1 we u would ever, hae one, I?ethmann-Holl wcg said the tise ,,f the submarine could he justified only on the ground of necessity: the senator fr"tn AViscnosin puts it on the some footing as 'Ireat Hritain's intorfert nee w th our commerce. ' T fully expected the senator from Wisconsin before h" took his seat to defend the invasion of Helgium. the most barbarous act ever committed. T heard from htm a speech that was pro-Herman, pro-iInt h, p-vand:il and which wa n,i-T're?l1ent. a nt i- "oiigress and antiA nierican." NO ATTEMPT TO FILIBUSTER. The remaining hours of the session v-re consumed by brief statements from senators, one after another telling v by they regarded war as necessary or b.cv they gradually had come to change from advocates of peace to believers in There was no attempt to filibuster. Of the other six opponents of armed neutrality. Senators Cummins. Ken yon and Kirby voted for the resolution last night. Senators O'dorman, Clapp and Works, tho remaining three, retired to' l.riat-i life at the end of the last ses- j sem. i 'if those absent it. was announced by various senators that all except Senator (;..re , , f Oklahoma would have voted for 11,.. resolution if present. Aa to Senator ;-'-e. Senator TVed announced merely that ho was absent because of illness. After th" roll call the Senate adjourned ni.i il noon Friday. DEAN OF THE NAVY Rear Admiral Upshur. Rear Admiral John U. Upshur 13 the dean of the United States navy. He is now in his ninety-fourth year. tie served with distinction in the North Atlantic fleet during the Civil war and retired in lSSo. - .

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' I'll!!!,!! !l!:i!;i!lliniuii M:i:i .. mi,' jii!"' " "Iliill "'III' lip H!ll!ii;i'!iilLl!!i iiil PRISON AWAITS GERMAN PLOTTER 4 .i JiK-i.-'.II 4 - A Capt. darles yon Kleist,. Capt. Charles von Kleist, who haa just been found enilty in New York of plottinp the destruction of allied ships, will soon bepin his term in a federal penitentiary. He is a retired German naval captain, and with four other Germans busieJ himself making bombs on an interned German liner. Hia four assistants will also spend some time in prison. v DV H Am j p f Couples to ; o x l Crown Point, the Greatest Gretna Green. j Ti (Special to Tub Times.) CnoW.V J'OJN'T, 1 N D., April possibility of war seems to have great ly i stimulated the niarriase business at ! Lake county's Uri-tna ;reen, the in crease of licenses issued being greatly in excess of the same p.-riod of time last vear. Whether the n-wly made

bepedicis hope, to escape militarv serv- windows at the front of the buildine ice, in the hope that th- gowrnm.-nt ,llMrs. Miller was wearing a small Aim-r-

draft Die single tn n firs' is not known, break of hostilities titer has been noticeable increase in the number of j couple here, especially from Chicago. The following got licenses yesterday: I'd ward Dalian and Agnes Krnest, j t , T I . en.... f. ...,.1 Af..ii ,, "... ' t i ' ' , , . ' I Mitehr!!, hicaao; J"lm N'-il and Helen I Voetzel, Chicago; li.,-ii Canalbv and j , ... . I ' -I ' ' ' ! Hur'jco j--hand. ,hicag. I.; race A ilsey rtifiiigti anil .iani nur- ; Howard 'aland and Chicago; I 'rederick Till-tc-'onnnued on page two. puwedXmperm naturalization

; T!ii.-ii! sttl.j. ts. no niat'.r Tk-w long ; went to China for tiie relief of Herlbeir residence in the Fn'ied Stat, s, can ntan prisoners in Siberia w ho were ted h-oome citi.ctis ,.f this country at 'suffering from lack of clothing. The

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be d-njed or carried over, according to an opinion of the department of labor. In case of war with Die other nat ions ! of the o-ntral Towers the same ruling j will apply to their subjects in this countw Tt annears that the entire settings of applications f..r second iiapers at th..-! I October term, including til petitions of 1 i thirty Hermans, and many Hungarians, j will thus be carried over until after tht I war. j .Tudse Anderson l as i ailed a jury in j j the Hammond federal court for the week) ! of April 17. There, are three jury cases for trial which were tiled in the super- ; ior court and transferred !y the defend-j tints. They are personal injury cases' against non-resident corporations and follow: P. ay vs. Harbison-Walker Refractories. Callahan vs. Michigan Cen-1 tral Railway, and John Schubert vs. j (Jrasselli Chemical Company, There are equity cases set for bearing and forty-two petitions for second papers to be heard. It is probable that war will be declared prior to that time and the judge not able to pass n many of these pa iters. The opinion of the department of hot- is that no subject of n belligerent coun'ry may be naturalized during a sl:!. of v-:ir and this !S concll reel in ! " v.-a r th'i l;il-y of II it probable that sUh; hi',i.i nations would soil have ih pri i I - -e of d.c'aring their it: t nt i- lis of bem m r citizens.

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I Krt t'nited States district attorn-y at Indianapolis issue:.! a letter ,. r- ... . to 1 roserutmi? Attorney C. Hunter an,i a number of prosecuting- attorneys in I nd ;a na r.skitig: their ro-op,-ration with fo,l ral officials in the present international crisis. "In view of the present unsettled ,-on,.1it ion of t'.ie country's foreign affairs," the letter rea-J. "it Is important that every available precaution .vhor.bi lie taken to miani against a ts hostilto tlm interests anil welfare of th' people jiriii lisc isovernment of the I n. ted states, and to this end t., use j all possible loyal instrumentalities ; now ;n .-xiste-i'-e to secure peneral and .constant vigilance In detecting and ! thwarting liostib- and tinfrieinlly acts, and in discovering those who are cnI gaged in them before they citi accomplish t ! !! r purpose. " e S, RUMORS, EVERYWHERE BUT HO FOUNDATION War's rumors refuse to be put down In Hammond. i There were scores of telephone calls ! toTK Times' office yesterday con- j . i-ernlng tlie report that the Hrwikiyn i j Urliige l-.a I been blown np, one of the unfoiimie-l rumors' that spread like. , wildfire. 1 t sever:, days another rumor has j

ippeared correrning leading lerma n-j t u red Herlin new spaper comment tonierie.ins !n Hammond. In its var-'J'' "n the American executive's

I lous forms the rumor had it that from i two to six citizens of Merman origin lin Hammond had been arrested 1: federa! amenta under the espionage a'-t, were en route to the f.-deral pris- ' on at Leavenworth. Reporters base tctpt in t arrests h as vet. touch with the s'tuation. No a v., been made in Hammond A reporter visited the store of Fred C. Miller a; l"ft State street, this morninf. A recruiting poster for the Fnited Stares army was hung between the lean ii. ig pinnea to nT vmmm. . ' s Miller stated that l'-r husband had gon e porter told of the reports current for several days that Mr. Miller had been arrested hy federal agents. Mrs. Miller denied the report emphatically. She stated that for several (Ihvs she lias been e-?e.1 on the telephone bv friends inq'.Kiins ahout the report. ..... M". Miller's prominence- .t. ti.e (.er- ! man societies . A,.ltU and ill the Herman Tied 'cross work prior to the breaking off I of relations betw een the Fnited States j Htid Germany doubtlessly brought his name into the reports. , long time ago, however, Mr. Miller through The Times announced lis allegiance t,o the Fnited States in a. very patriotic manner, and h- is known as a man who iwill fight for his adopted country i whenever necessary. All funds vpent. hy the local Herman Ke.l Cross .ire counted for by re,...j,,;s. The greater part of the money Herman K- d Cross in Hammond -nt ,i oa n , i tea., ,"i'"i,,u o-. ...... ... Win. A'liimrn is another prominent: ..-...!; T-tfti tia, inr ni.in whom rumois i -. been charged under the espionage act. There is, of course, nothing to tiie! story. When tra ,v T.mks reporters, the story that a West Hammond gro- er had trampled and spat u.i tin meri - 1 - f, t ,1 ,e a 1 c an flag was whole 1 loth. TROOPS TO BE MOVED FROM ONE STATE TO OTHER WASHINGTON. April 5. Command ers of the six general departments of the army were instructed from Washington last night to move national guard forces already called into the federal service to any strategic point within their jurisdiction. The order' involves some Illinois troops. The effect of the order is thai oe-

la-ipartment commanders may send troops j of one state into another state where f.-ondi' ions .- m to demand more pro-

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'"""Willi Willi ,,11111111 l :!!!III!l!l!III!!ll!l!l!ii.!.ii iiiiiiiIIIIi1m,""I I'" Hill "'HI unit,. . tsfilllliniliilllliJinii-jlil,,,,;!!!!!,111'!!!!! Initm Aid of the Pulillr. Tli letter suggests that the proFeI'Utors anil their deputies be alert in i . , , . . . iin"iulrin about anv hoHiilo persona or ,,1jts anil that t3lPy st.ek the ailJ of the people Renerally in cloiriK this. Ku rt liertnore. it is mieKested that the prosecutors communicate with the district .attorney of any discoveries they may make. In issuing the letter, Mr. Slack a1vises the prosecutors "in carrying out these Mitreestions to manatee this matter eonfidentiajly hh far afl possible, and avoid any action which would tend to stir up tiie foreic-n population of the . oimtry by unwarranted arrest or to cause apprehension on the part of Hueh population of unfair treatment, and to arrange that all contemplated arrests, insofar as the oircumftai.cps wi'.l permit, he submitted to the proper federal officers for consideration before such action is taken." GERMANY CHARGING BHD FAITH Illy I tilted I'rppn Cablegram.) TIF.RMV. April 5. Hitter criticise .of what was termed Wilson's bad faith, charges that Knglan.-r commanded the indictment of the kaiser and insisteiic mat mere is no cause tor war bf.tw.n ,;frmany an,, A:nerica. feaj speech just received. Violent antagonism was expressed against the Wilson separation of the Herman government from the Herman people. The semi-official Lokal Anzerger asserted that Wilson's speech was contradictory because America is int lighting for American lives nnd American interests as Wilson i laimnl. It challenged Wilson to give a reasonaide answer to the question of why he surrendered to Kngland's prohibition of Amerban trade. The war, said this paprr, is without reasonable cause. DEATH OF CHAS. KASSON Charles Kasson, 3a Webb street, one of Hammond's pioneer citizens, and one of. its most respected and best known people, passed away at his home today. He would have been 76 years old had he llve.j until next May. Mr. Kasson had been poorly for some time. The f antral arrangements will be announced later. TWO CONTRACTS TO BE GRANTED (Special to The Timks.) CKOWN POINT. INK., Am-il 5. The Lake county commissioners in session today have two improvement contra, ts to let. Tiie first Is for a small steel bridge over the West Creek in Hanover township for which an appropriation of $2,l"ii has been made. The second is the Frank Holfman road in Ross township of which the estimated cost is $24. leio. Liquor license were srarste.l and bills allowed tnis morning. i AETNA IS ROBBED OF POWDER j Poll, e of Calumet region cities and Chief of Detectives Charles Iirkin of ; Chicago were notified yesterday by the I Aetna Powder Company that l.OOH pounds of blasting powder had been ! stolen from the company's plant at j Aetna, Ind. The theft is supposed to have taken place Tuesday. Join the U. S. Army or Navy Now Your Country Nesds You! You iiostnia.-te. - ce"u;i :r.'; rv' ticrr a - ' e' '.':' :- - c -,vf. . qut'lified - is n.-l a ,p in you'.-

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it '"illd "iw iiiiii.. . 'iiinJililiiiifJiHiiililijij,,,,!!,!,''!!!! MISS PREPAREDNESS i . vr, r . -4 - M;s I'reparedness !s here shown in a suit made of army cloth. It is of such a pattern that she may wear It on land or sea or in tq air. She is ready to step into an automobile to carry army dispatches or she may stej) into her airship for the same purpose. I 1 arr.oiism reigaet supreme at the ( noonday luncheon of the members' council at t ne i r amber of ommerce today when nearlj" 100 busin-.ss and professional men gave strict attention to stirring addresses made by Judge V. S. P.eiter. Frank Davit of "Whiting, and Sergeant W. S. Web-h of the United States army. The hall was conspicuously decorated in the national color. A large flag ' hung over the speakers' table and atj each plate a big red apple carried aj small American flag -which each mem- j her soon transferred to the lapel of his coat. Sergeant Web h. local recruiting officer, in his address said: "The American soldier is not appreciated by the average citizen. He is looked down upon and people consider him an outcast of society, an undesirable. How- many of you ever assisted a soldier? The militia hovs guarding the bridges in this vicinity j are an example. This morning I saw j lone of them coming from his post, wet land bedragsrlcd. How many of you j j would take him In. warm him and feed : I him? This Is one of the reasons why it is so hard to get recruits. The better class of young men, who have fine homes do not care to Join the army. i They think that it's a disgrace to en- : list; they are afraid of being laughed 'at. It is high time the people awaken. I The country needs an army now as j i n lias never before needed one. In tinvs of peace the recruiting officers must talk wages to prospective recruits. Now the young men must feel that their patriotism' demands them to Join. This office ranks second in this section of t'ae country in enlistments, but' today, the day war was virtually declared, but one recruit left. When war is actually declared I ! would like to see Hammond elaborate ly decorated. It is also the duty of every true American to help suppress th Herman agitators. Any remarks heard derogatory to the ountry should he remembered and the agitator arrested. I have heard several complaints and am taking steps to curb this outrage." The council unanimously agreed to help in any way the work of Sergeant Welch. The talks of Judge P.eiter and Mr. Gavit broached along patriotic lin-:s and were warmly applauded. A d--leg;t:on from the chamber is expected to derm-US t ratio n 1 , Fa i! til , 1 1 , rarity cloudy tonight! lowest I'm- ; f rpfinu. '"lidnv fsiir licrsoirr ne. it- .,,-.....-. and ti-rm-rt utroa- norlncsst winds. '

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III! nun : Willi1"' " : ' jiiaiiniiiiiiiiiiHRiiiiiiiiiik111111':! AND HER SOLDIER BOY sr. i v 5 . 5 . i : : ' ' Her soldier Hoy Is shown equipped for war. In his pack are his blankets, his shovel for digging trenches, His canteen and his bag. He has his cartridges and his rifle. The equipment was designed with the idea of minimum weight and maximum efficiency. Latest 'Bulletins Illy I nltrd Prm Cahlcgraiu.) I.nr0, April S Hrltlxh nnrl KiiMsinn troop have effected a junction and Iet-ln ban hern idea red of all Turkl.h roreea. The Hritinh and liumlnnn tame in contact at Khunikan. (Hy I nlted I'resn Cablegram. I I.OMMIV, April R. The Belgian relief ahlp Trevler, haa been torpedoed and mink, hy a submarine, according to a Holland dinpatch received here today. Twenty-four member of the cre-w hate been landed aafely, eight of them grounded. By I nlted I'rca. K.W lllHK, April . The Belgian relief ahlp Felxtrln, hum been aunk In the North Sea near Hotter, flam, a word I do; to a cablegram, re. eclved here today by the com. ininsion. tlly I nlted I'rena Cablegram. l'.niS April . -Krencb iroop, ni.-ile ii reconnoisance of ground north of Boy during he night na far the l.frmur lines nhlrh they found occupied In force, declared today'n official atatement. dexcrlb. ' log the lighting around St. Iurn, tin. tn l nlted PreMs Cablegram.) HI F.MIS A 1 It KS. April Rr porta persisted here today that a British cruiser bad mink the f.rrman nailing rnlder Seeadler. Ao conflrmatlon nan obtainable. (Itjr 1 nlted I'rews C ablegram. A M STKRI) l, April .. -Anier. lea can not harm t.ermany any more as an enemy than as a nru. tral, declared I iiunl inn Itevent. Ion, In editorial comments in the Berlin I'ndges Zellung. received here today, ''resident 1 llson hna deidded to enter the war simply because If the entente la ruined hy the conflict it vronld be unnble to pay debls which it has contracted In America.' I By I nited Press.) MtSHIM.TIIX, April R. A merle ii n Ainhasaador lcn field will leave Vienna for Washington tomorrow. The department refused to aay whether Fenfield'a return would be permanent. The American embaasy at Vienna will remain opeu in charge of attaches. Illy 1'nlted Press Cablegram.) l.OXOO.X. April 5. Capture of two villages near St. uentin with twenty-two t.erman prisoners was reported as the day's progress of the British hy l b 1,1 Mnrhnl llaig. 1IMFA !. are personal messages te i the people of this community from the merchant.

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Government Takes First Active Step in Preparation For War in Bond issues

(BU1LETIU-.) By United Press. WASHINGTON. April 5. Chairman Flood of the house forelga relations committee this afternoon announced it would bo ten or 11 o'cloci tonight fcefcre a vote could be taken on the war resclutioa. (BULLETIN.) By United Press. WASHINGTON, April 5. The sonrian, an American steamer with Americana aboard, has been torpedoed and sunk without warning in the Mediteranean, accorOing- to a dispatch received hy the state department from tha United States consul t.eaoa. Ail werj reported savocL (BUZ.T,ETI?r.) By United Prec3. WASHINGTON, April 5. Bea-Hatr what he declared, to ce unpublished portions of the Zimmerman letter beekm to alig-n Mexico og-alnEt the Unlis-O. States, Represent atlve Miller of Minnesota, In the house this afternoon, declared tho plot included the establishment of submarine bases at Mexican ports. He also declared Germany plans to use reservists in ag-gressive moves against the United States along tho Mexican border. Miller's talk came daringthe debate. He declared reservists were to attack with Meiico and that reservhits were now making- munitions i In Mexico while in the last few days munition cargoes had been delivered on ! the- went coast. Villa, he said, is uurrounded with German of Seers. (BULLETIN.) ; By United Prjss. i WASHINGTON, April The gcvan.- ' ment today took its first active step iu i preparation for war. Secretary of tli.i j Treasury McAdoo asked coagress to apj propriata about three biUion four hun- , dred million dollars for army and natry i expenses. Secretary of the Navy Daaj iels asked that tho navy personnel bs j increased from 87,000 to $150,000 and the marine corps from 17,000 to 30,000. The army, McAdoo said, would requira two billion nice hundred and thirty-two million five hundred and thirty-seven dollars, and the navy 3292,537,790, in addition to regular expenses. Besides the sums mentioned aniels through McAdoo asked an additional S175, 855,761 to be available until Juno, 1918, to cars for the additional force of the navy and marine corps. The vast sum will be raised through bond Issues. The rate of interest on ths bonds is to be about three or three and a half per cent. The faderal reserve board as previously planned will havo charge of the issue as weii as financing all war expenses. (By United Press.) WASHINGTON, April 5. The house today sounded the battle cry and prepared to make war against Germany a reality within twentyfour hours or less. Speeches, fired with patriotism, called on members to hasten passage of the war reso lution. Some pacifism developed but there was no question as to the ultimate outcome. Chairman Flood of the house I committee called up the war resoI lution at 10:15 and the members j preceded to consider it. Repre sentative Harrison, a democratic leader on the committee, opened the debate. He said: "We are a great ration. We glory in our history and price, sS heritage. 1 refuse to believe that we have degenerated in our jiational ideas, that we have forgotten the teachings of our fathers and are no now willing to fight for those principles they so courageously defended and upheld in the early history of the country. We are going to (Continued on n.ire two. WHITING BOY TO FRENCH FRONT fSpecial to The T;vf 1 WHITING, IN!)., April A s toll last week in these columns, Albert Gavti son of Attorney and Mrs. Prank N. Gavit of Oliver street, who is a law student at the University of Chicago, left Whiting yesterday and is off for the war in Europe. The young man recently filed an application to serve In the American ambulance corps In Prance which was accepted. As a result he started on his long trip yesterday, leaviTg for New York, from where he will set sal', on Saturday for Kurop,-. wl.eie he wil; co service in the American ainluilnia-e corps on the battlefields of France. I!e expects to be gone six months, when oe will return and resume his studies at the University of Chicago

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