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SUBMARINES ARE IN THE PACIFIC
RUMORED GERMANY ife SEEKING PEACE
REPORT SURS OPERATING
ALONG WESTERN COAST
SAN FRANCISCO, April 12.—A
general warning has been sent out by
*he naval authorities to all Pacific
•'oast ports, urging that steamships
navigating the Pacific observe every
precaution against submarine attack,
ind to keep a sharp lookout and re
port any appearance of the undersea
■raft.
The warning is said to be due to the
'•eceipl by the officials of reliable in
formation to the effect that German
-submarines are operating in the Pa
iflc, and that, presumably on the
Mexican coast, a submarine base lias
:een established by Germany, large
tuantities of munitions, supplies and
>ther materials for the base having
,een shipped for several months past
rom United States ports.
The base has not been located but
■eport says that it exists in one of
he bays along the Mexican coast.
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< 'hairnuin of House Ways and Means j
Committee and Former Pacifist, In- <
trtKluces Bill to Provide Funds for !
Carrying on War.
WASHINGTON, D. April 12.—
Congressman Claude Kitchin, chair
man of the House Ways and Means
Abmmittee, and formerly one of the
leading pacilists in the House, has
come out strongly in support of the
tdministration, and has introduced a
bill providing for the issuing of bonds,
’o the amount of one billion dollars
and treasury notes to the amount of
two billion dollars. The bonds will
be offered for subscription at par.
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CUBA'S ACTION
ISMIDED
BY MEMBERS OF TUK HOUSE
Enthusiastic Cheers Follow the An*
tounrement of Speaker of Cuba’s
Action—Resolution of Felicitations
Is Passed by the House.
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WASHINGTON.* D. C.. April 12. -
The House yesterday afternoon broke
into enthusiastic applause when
f^peaker Clark reported Cuba's action
In joining with the United States in a
declaration of war against Germany.
A resolution was introduced and pass
ed extending the felicitations of this
government to the island republic.
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One Hundred, and I 'aent\-T\vo j
Mostly Girls—I 'aetory Site Kesetn- j
Ides Hattie Held.
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PHILADELPHIA. April 12. A r*- (
vised list of the dead, due to the e.x-j
plosion in the Baldwin Locomotive I
works, gives the number as one hun
dred and twenty-two. mostly girl '
workers. The rescuers are finding;
bits of charred bodies here and there,
throughout the debris, the intense;
tlame of the burning buildings and
“CfcTitehtS consuming tliP greater part
of the bodies. The ground formerly i
occupied by the buildings resembles
a battlefield, great craters marking
the spot where the explosions oc-;
cur red.
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Canadians Hub! X'im.v Bulge Despite,
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f erocious Attacks—illllMi Prison* j
ccs Captured and So Many Buns as
to (Tipple Berman Artillery.
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LONDON, April 12.—The British;
under General Haig are still forging |
ahead, the tremendous drive against j
the German positions continuing!
along a fifty-mile front, and the depth
to which the British have penetrated
approached closely to a oreak of the
German lines.
The Canadians are valiantly de
fending Vimy Ridge against volent at
tacks of the Germans in an attempt
to retake this position, and are hourlv
strengthening their position. During
the past twenty-four hours the Cana
dians have captured 3,600 Germane
who have attacked this blood-soaked
ridge and the British troops along
the entire front have taken so many
guns that it has seriously crippled the
enemy’s artillery. A spectacular feat
j ure of the battle on Vimy Ridge was
when a young Texan, who has enlist
ed with the Canadian troops in an
Ontario regiment, entered the charge
on Vimy Ridge carrying a small Uni
ted States flag, carrying it well to the
front until he fell wounded on the
brow of the hill.
Valdez Miner u tt per year
“SILENT SENTINELS”
ARE AGAIN ON HAND
* WASHINGTON, I). (!., April 12.—Woman snf
fragists, silent sentinels, took up their “peaceful
picketing at the White House gates today in a further
effort to persuade President Wilson to support the
suffrage constitutional amendment.
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CHAMBKRI.AIN FAVORS PI. AN
Believe* Troops Could Be Raised in
Two Weeks and Would Prove a
Great Aid to Allies—Give Colonel
Command.
WASHINGTON, D. (’., April 12
Senator Chamberlain of Oregon, Inis
come out in favor of the Roosevelt
plan of-raising 100.000 volunteers tor!
service in France, and also favors the1
giving of the* command of these vol
unteers to the Colonel. He expresses'
the belief that this number of men '
can be raised within two weeks and
would prove a great aid to the .Miles
along the French front. >
PAYS VISIT TO THK CAPITOL
Confers Willi S|ieaker Clark anil!
Chairman kitchin of Ways ami
.Means Committee on Passage of
Hill Providing for Conscription.
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WASHINGTON, I). April 12.
President Wilson went to the capital
yesterday afternoon and held a con
ference with Speaker Clark and Chair
man Kitchin of the Ways and Means:
committee. The President urged the|
passage of the bill providing for se- 1
lective conscription, insisting that by !
this means could an efficient military:
organization he rapidly built up.
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BOARD NAMED;
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BY COUNCIL NATIONAL OKKKNSK !
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Heads of Several of the Leading Hail- |
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roads of the Country Are Appointed j
as Directors of Trans|*or»alion for |
(Government.
WASHINGTON. D. C.. April 12.—
The heads of the principal railroads
met yesterday with the Council for
National Defense and a committee of
five was named to direct the opera
tion of the railroads so as to afford
the government the maximum of |
transportation co-operation. The com- 1
mittee consists of Fairfax Harrison,
president of the Southern Railway,
chairman; Howard Elliott, president
of the New York, New Haven Hart
ford railway; Samuel Rea, president!
of the Baltimore & Ohio railway; '
Hale Holden, president of the Chica
go, Burlington & Quincy railway, and
Julius Kruttschnitt, director of main
tenance and operation of the South
ern Pacific railway. The committee
will have full charge of the transpor
tation of troops and supplies for the
government, and will be endowed with
authority to supervise, if necessary,
the operation of such roads as are
necessary to the efficient handling of
all trains.
Peter Gif.en left on the Alaska for
a trip to Cordova.
CMf R DRIVES
RWRIC SUBMARINE
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ports HavInKUrtven Away Kneiny
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armed h'reigliter.
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NEW YORK. April 12. -With a
; six-inch gun mounted astern to pro
1 tect against submarine attack, the
! Canard liner Ansonia arrived in port
' today, having safely made her way
thru the war zone. The officers re-1
! port that a submarine was sighted,
1 hut a shot or two from the big gun ;
caused it to flee. The officers also^
report witnessing the sinking of an ,
i unarmed trelghter, name unknown.
BRAZIL DELAYS
DECLARATION WAR
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WIIX NOT SEIZE VESSELS NOW '
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Government Only Severs diplomat it
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Relations Witli German) liy Hand- ‘
iill* German .Minister Passport and
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Orders Minister at Iterliu Home.
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RIO HE JANEIRO. Brazil. April j
12. The declaration of war against j
Germa.iv by the Brazilian government |
and the seizure of the interned Ger- j
man ships in Brazilian harbors hasi
been postponed. Kor the present!
Brazil will only sever diplomatic rela-1
tions with Get many. The German]
minister was handed his passports !
last evening and the Brazilian minis
ter to Berlin has iieeen recalled.
BRIDGE ATLANTIC
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Itt'l l.l> it.iMMi WOODEN SHII’S
j Government Planning Construction of
I Urgr Number of Wooden Ships to
Carry Supplies and Munitions to the
Allies.
WASHINGTON. D. <’.. April 12.—
It is announced that the United States
is planning to practically bridge the
Atlantic with a fleet of three thousand
small, wooden freighters, that will
I cost about $300,000 about each or
; about half the cost of steel ships of
[the same capacity. About 70 per cent
i of the first one thousand ships have
j been commenced. The Pacific Ship
i ping board has issued a call for 160,
! 000 lumbermen and wood workers to j
I rush the completion of the projected
| chipping.
I President Gompers of the American j
I Federation of Labor, has promised i
the co-operation of labor in building
the ships, and it is expected that be-!
ginning November 1 at least three of
these vessels will enter services daily.
The Shipping Board will pay for
these vessels, and will then sell or
charter them to private operators.
The launch T. N. B. arrived in port
last evening from Ellamar. Landlock
aud Fidalgo. bringing several pas
rengers.
REPORTED KAISER MAY
ASK PEACE WITH U. S.
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COPENHAGEN. April 12.—It Is
persistently rumored here that Ger
many is seeking peace with the United
States. The rumor apparently has
some foundation, although it is not
| known what steps, if any, the Ger
man government has taken toward
bringing about negotiations.
It is said that Germany lias or will
i rend a communication to Presiden'
i Wilson urging that Colonel House.
|ihe President’s special representative,
be senl to the Hague for the purpcs •
!ol arranging negotiations for a peace-■
lul settlement of the differences be
tween ihe two countries. An official
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confirmation of this report is ai pres
c ut impossible to obtain, hut if is gen-1
( rally credited iiere.
SOUTH FOR Will !
SAYS BILL TAFT
IHXIK KKHI.MI THK PUKSIPKNT
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Former President Says United States j
Must Kilter “Whole Heartedlj ’’—
Army fan Not lie Sent to r retire j
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NEW VO UK. April 1". William
Howard Taft, returning to New ioili!
today after what he said wa" the;
longest and most strenuous journey |
he has taken since he left tlie White'
House, asserted that the people of
the Soutli ami Southwest are ready Un
war and that the United States must |
enter the conflict “whole hearlcdly."
Mr. Taft spoke in eleven cities, in
nine stales from Virginia to Missouri,
in behalf of ihe program of the Lea
gue to Enforce Peace, and urged the
necessity of preparation for war.
Unless the war continues a yeer
longer, an American army cannot be
[ laced in the trenches of Europe tl.r
former president, said but the govern
ment can aid with food supplies, mon
ey and credit, and with the navy in
suppressing submarines.
“The South and Southwest is ready
lor the conflict with Germany." he
said. “This great section of the
country, part of which was deeded to
Mexico by Foreign Secretary Zimmer
man, has not an ounce of anti-war
spirit. Neither is there any rampant
jingoism. The people of the South
and Southwest feel that war is inevi
I table and they are willing to go into
I it to demand our rights, in fact they
I do not want to stay out any longer
land they feel that their battles arc
I being fought by somebody else."
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Discover of Anti-Toxin Dead.
LONDON, April 12.—The Exchange
Telegraph's Hague correspondent says
the German papers report the death
of Prof. Emil von Behring of the
University of Marburg, discoverer of
diphtheria anti-toxin.
CRISIS KRISES
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! AMKASSAIMIK SKNT TO KOKOKK
. ISrilisli .Minister to Spain Is Sus|iert<ft
of I'iiinentiiiK Kevnlntinn In an At
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1 ' tempt to Korre (internment Into
War On Side of Allies.
Bl’KNOS AIKKS. April 12. I>i«
patches received here today front
Spain indicate that tlie relations be
tween Hug land and Spain Itave reach
ed a crisis, and that an outbreak of
hostilities between the two countries
it not improbable. The Britiab a at-,
'ttSTssfftrtfff to**SpaTii has been sent to
the border, being suspected of fo
menting a revolution iu Spain in an
endeavor to force the government U>
take sides with the allies against
Germany. Thirty thousand Sp: nisi,
troops in Africa itave been recalled
and tlte gov ■ni'iient is making aciivj
preparations to place the country ot.
a war footing.
BUILD WOODEN
MERCHANT SHIPS
'goftiials to sit*kkixtk.\i>
! President Itequests Former Governor
of the Panama 4'anal Zone to Su
perintend the 4’oust ruet ion of Vast
Xumber of Freighters.
WASHINGTON. D. C., April 12.
President Wilson lias requested Col
Goetlials, formerly governor of the
Canal Zone, to superintend the con
struction of one thousand wooden
freighters, to be built by the govern
ment for the purpose of freighting
supplies to Europe. The construction
of the vessels will be rushed with all
speed, and it is believed the construe
tion will more than keep pace with
the vessels that may be sunk by the
Gerntau submarines.
It is not known whether or not Col.
Goethals will accept the position, as
he recently was apopinted engineer
for New York.
Western Consumers’ Week.
OLYMPIA. Wash.. April 12.—Gov.
Lister in an official proclamation has
designated the week beginning April
14 and ending April 21 as “Western
Consumers' Week."
HOLDINGS OF GOLD
SHATTER ALL RECORDS
WASHINGTON, 1). ('„ April 12.- Gold hold
ings of the United States treasury today were the
greatest in the world’s history. The total value of the
coin and bullion in the vaults was $3,044,309,299. The
sum practically has doubled during the past live
years. Most of tlit* accumulation, of course, is due to
the inflow’ of gold during the war.