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NO. 30.
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' throaghout the country:
. "Any alien enemy teariDg down,
' mutilating, abnsing or desecra
tine the United States flag in any
. wajr wijl be regarded as a danger
, to the public peace or safety with
' in 'the meaning of regulation 12
ol the proclamation of the Presi-
y dent,yissued April 6, 1917, and
will be subject to summary ac
restand confinement."
An alien who desecrates or a
.buses or in any way offers insult
to the American flag notonly of
lends American sentiment and
American people, but it is capa
ble of acts that would injure the
material interests of the country
in time of war. He may properly
be regarded as a danger to the
public peace of safety and should
be promptly landed in jail and
kept there until the war is over.
The American people love their
. flag as intensely as any alien
can hate it, and the alien who at
tempts to mistreat it or shows
disrespect for it is not wise. The
United States is now at war and
the flag is in evidence every
where. It is the outward man
ifestation of a people's loy
alty to their country and
their devotion to the princi
ples which the flag represents in
war and peace. Neither the qual
ity or quantity of a citizen's pat
riotism is to be guaged by his
attitude on the question ot dis
playing the flag at his home or
'his place of business. But if a
citizen feels that he should raise
the ffag, it is his right and even
his duty to do so. It would be
a grand sight to see the Stars
and Stiipes floated over every
home and business house, every
factory and shop in the U. S.
The American people ae not
flying the flag to give offense to
alien enemies, but to emphasize
their own loyalty to their gov
eminent in this tune of BtresH
and strife. Ii there be aliens who
reseut the display of our nation
al emblem, they will do well not
to give expression to their resent
meut by violatiug the flag in any
way. If there be an alien on this
soil who is tempted to pull down
ot mutilate, abuse or desecrate
the American flag, let him rather
betake himself to bis own or
or some other country. Nobody
sent for him and nobody is hold
ing him here, but everybopy will
be willing to do their bit toexpe
pedite and accelerate his depar
ture. This is a land of freemen who
love peace. But when the tocsin
of war has sounded and Old Glory
is unfurled to the breeze, let alien
enemies and disloyal citizens
walk straight and keep silent.
Chambena's Cough Remedy a
Favorite For Colds.1
J L Easily, Mncon, III., inspea
king of Cbambei Iain's Ccueh
Remedy say h, "During the past
fifteen yenrs it has bewi my sis
ter's favorite medicine for colds
on tht lungs. I myself have taken
it a number of times when suffer
ing with a cold, and it always re
lieved me promptly."
10 OFFENSIVE IN FRANCE
BRITISH F0RCE8 LAUNCH
What seemlncly Is the commence
ment of ft big offensive by tho British
force in France has begun elong a
16-mlle line extending from Lens to
the Tillage ot Henln-Sur-Cojeul, lying
to the outheatt of Arras. On the en
tire line, big gains In terrain hare
everywhere been made. Heary cm
ies hare been Inflicted on the Qer-
Sd In addition prisoners run
i the thousands, 5,818 already
ben counted, were captured.
Kaiser Owns United States Property.!
ien million dollars worth of
ututed States stock are owned
jjor.the Kaiser and members of
vi&umly and mav 1m nnnfiann.
byjthe United States Govern
ment in case of war.
Fact, just maxle public indi
cate Wilhelm's concern ever re
affirmation of treaties guaran
teeing German's personal prop
erty against seizure may have
been caused by pergonal rather
than national reasons.
The Kaiser is one of the great
est American property owner?.
He had a fancy for railway secu
rities. When the war begun he is
said to have possessed $4,000,
000 in stocks and bonds of the
Santa Fe, Union and Southern
Pacific, and other Western lines.
Thew shares were held in the
name of the dummies or Gernan
brokerage houses in, New York.
The Kaiserin herself holds half
a million in American securities.
Prince Henry while in this coun
try is said to have made invest
ments for himself totaling sever
al millions.
There is evidence that the a-
gents of the Kaiser have made
stock market cleanups on
strength of advance information
from Berlin.
The Kaiser is said to have
large land holdings in America,
much more valuable now than
when bought twenty years ago.
He is part owner of the North
Lloyd and Hamburg-American
Lines which have $20,000,000 in
ships tied up in American ports.
W ithout these ships re-establishment
of Uerman commerce after
the war would be hampered.
The Kaiser is tho majority own
er of a silk mill in Patterson, N.
J., which by the wav. was shown
by the commission on indurtrial
relations to pay the lowest wa
ges, and compel the worst work
ing conditions in that district.
As a stockholder in a Chicago
Packing Company the Kaiser is
reputed to have piled up wealth
at the expense of the Allies and
the American public.
It is rumored the Federal Gov
ernment re investigating the ex
tent of Wilhelm's holdings with
the idea that if the government
should not confiscate property of
individual German citizens, ex
ception should be made in the Kai
ser's case on the ground that his
autocratic relations to the gov
ernment make his holdings, in ef
fect, the property of the German
State.
This property, if confiscated,
would be converted into the Uui
ted States Federal Treasury,
Press Dispatch.
Despondency Due to Coustipa
tlon. Women oftei become npryoua
and despondent. When this is
due to constipation it ioeHxily
corrected by taking an occasion
al dose of Chamberlain s Tab
ets. These tablets are easy to
take and pleasant in ffct.
JACKSONVILLE PIER
DESTROYED BY FIRS.
Jacksonville, Fla. One of the New
York piers of the Clyde Line Steam
ship Company was destroyed by Are
here. A second pier was damaged, and
a lighter laden with rosen and consid
erable freight was burned. The steam
er Huron, lying in the slip, was mov
ed to safety. The origin of the Are was
unkonwn. The loss was estimated by
company officials at $160,000. The
blase was discovered In a corner of
the pier warehouse.
GRATIFYING REPORTS, ON
GERMAN-AMERICAN CONDUCT.
Washington. Gratifying reports
have been made to the Department of
Justice from Its agents in all parts ot
the country on the behavior ot Ger
mans and German-Americans following
the decelaraUon of a state ot war be
tween the two nations. While about
100 special arrests have been ordered
and others are eipected, Attorney Gen
eral Gregory said that so far the eq
uation is very encouraging.
NEW AMBASSADONycrr"
PRESENTED, HIS?EDrNTIAL8
J .MHMMltftaUb
Count Tarnowikl.
CREATION OF MUNITIONS f
BOARD IS ANNOUNCED
WILL BE CHARGED WITH SUPPLY
ING ARMY AND NAVY WITH
MUNITION8 AND EQUIPMENT.
Washington. Creation of a general
munitions board was announced by the
Council of National Defense. It will
be headed by Frank A. Scott, a Cleve
land manufacturer, and will be charg
ed with stpplylng the army and navy
with munitions and enquipment. Ono
of its chief functions will be to decide
between the country's military and in
dustrial needs.
The board's establishment puts Into
the hands of a group of army and navy
officers and Industrial leaders virtual
ly the same task given the British
minister of munitions. It creates ma
chinery for a government department
ot munitions, with Its head a Cabinet
minister, if conduct of the war brings
the need.
Twenty men, fifteen of them army
and navy officers make up the board.
Besides Mr. Scott, Its civilian mem
bers are Bernard M. Baruch, Howard
E. Coffin, Julius Roeenwald and Dr.
Franklin Martin. From the army
there are Brig. Gen. Tbomaa Cruse,
Col. F. G. Hodgson, Col. H. Fisher,
Llout. Col. J. E. Hoffer, Major J.
E. Pierce, MaJ. Charles Wallace and
Capt. A. B. Parker and from the navy,
Rear Admiral H. H. Rousseau, Rear
Admiral W. 8. Capps, Commander R.
H. Leigh, Commander T. A. Kearney,
Dr. R. C. Holcomb, Paymaster J. H.
Hancock and Lieuts. W. B. Lemly and
L.McIIowe.
The board will be expected to equip
and arm forces called Into service,
said the Defense Council's announce
ments with the least possible disar
rangement of normal Industrial con
ditions or interference with shipments
to the Entente Allies. Its immedi
ate effort will be directed towards co
ordinating army and navy purchases
and in assisting in acquirement of raw
materials for manufacturing facilities
and will establish precedence In army
anad navy orders. .
AU8TRIAN MERCHANT 8HIP8
TAKEN OVER BY UNITED 8TATE8
Washington. Fourteen Austrian
merchant vessels In American ports
were taken over by the government
coincident with the announcement that
Austria had broken diplomatic rela
tions. .
Telegrams to the collectors of cus
toms at the ports concerned were sent
personally by Secretary McAdoo in
structing that the crews aboard the
vessels be removed and that customs
guards be placed In their stead. The
status of the removed crews will be
determined by immigration authorities.
In a formal announcement of the
government's action Secretary Mc
Adoo made It clear that the govern
ment had nol confiscated the vessels,
but had acted for the purpose of pro
tecting them "from further injury."
From this statement was Inferred that
the ships were damaged by their crews
ae In the case of the German vessels
taken over by the governmen upon the
declaration ot war with Germany.
The vessels thus taken Into the
government's keeping were all Atlan
tic or Gulf Ports as follows:
New York, Dora Hhnalala, Ida and
Martha Washington, at Boston; the
firny: at Philadelphia, the Franconla;
at Newport News, the Budapest; at
Pensacola, the Lucia; at Tampa, the
Borneo; at New Orleans, the Anna,
Clara and Teresa, and at Galveston,
the Campania and Mtorowiti.
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RANGES HERSELF UNRESERVED
LY ALONGSIDE HER ALLY IN
' GREAT 8TRUGGLE.
WAR DECLARATION EXPECTED
United 8tates 8eizet Austrian Men
Chant Ships Interned Here. Noth
ing Has Been Heard From Turkey
and Bulgaria.
. Washington Austria-Hungary, rang
ing herself unreservedly with Gor
many, has sovered diplomatic relations
with the United States, precipitating
a situation which is expected here to
lead to war.
Baron Erich Zwiedlnek, the Austrian
Charge, asked the State Department
for passports for himself, bis staff and
the Austrian Consular force in this
country; and simultaneously American
Minister Stovall reported from Berne
that Austria had announced the break
in relations to the American Embassy
in Vienna.
Immediately the Treasury Depart
ment ordered the seizure of all Aus
trian merchant ships In American har
bors. The Austrian crews were taken
off and sent to Immigration stations
and American guards put on board.
The measure was explained as purely
one of police caution, but it is realized
that it may be Interpreted by Austria
as an act of war. In a similar situa
tion after the break with Germany, no
ships were seized until a stute of war
actually had been declared.
Whether Bulgaria and Turkey are
preparing to follow suit still is un
known, but officials generally believe
that sooner or later they will do so.
Bulgarian Minister Panaretoff called
on Secretary Lansing to ask if this
Government had any information
from Sofia, but was told nono had
neon received. Both Bulgaria and
Turkey are believed here to be weary
of the war, but German domination
of the Central European alliance is
expected to drive them, as it drove
Austria, to a break with Germany's
new enemy.
Word Flashed Abroad.
Telegrams prepared a week ago In
anticipation of the development, have
been sent to American diplomatic and
consular officials abroad Instructing
them to wind up their conduct of En
tente Interests in Austria, and of Aus
traln Interests In Entente countries
Spain will take over American Inter
ests In Austria and Sweden will as
sume Austrian Interests here.
Safe conduct for the former Aus
train officials on their trip homo will
be sought at once from the British
and French Governments. With them
will go Count Tarnowski, the newly
appointed Austrian Ambasador, who
arrived at New York on the day Ger
many announced her campaign of
ruthlessnes, but whose credential?
President Wilson has refused to ac
cept while negotiations proceeded to
develop how fully the Vienna Gov
ernment endorsed the submarine pol
Icy of her Ally.
In a statement reviewing these ne
gotiatlons, the State Department re
vealed that on April 1, before Presi
dent Wilson wont before Congress to
ask for declaration of a state of war
with Germany, Austria served notice
that such a declaration would mean a
break between the Washington and
Vienna Governments. This notifica
tion brought to an abrupt end the State
Department's efforts to dissuade the
Austrian Foreign Office from adhering
fully to the German submarine policy
Disposed to Be Tolerant
Although the full text ot the com
munlcation exchanged was not given
out, the Department's review dlsclo
ed a disposition on the part of tht
United States to tolerate Austria'!
verbal endorsement of the German
policy, provided there were no stepF
for actual co-operation and no In
slstence that Count Tarnowski be .re
cetved by the President. On the pari
of Austria, there was evident a desire
to maintain friendly relations, but ar
Increasing Inability to do so becaust
of German pressure.
Officials were without definite ad
vices regarding arrangements foi
withdrawal of the Embassy staff ol
Vienna and other Americans in the
dual Empire- Ambassador Penfleld
already Is In Switzerland, having been
ordered more than a week ago to start
for Washington for porsonal discus
sion of the American negotiations. "It
Is assumed that no obstacles will be
placed In the way of the departure of
American Charge Grew, his stnff, the
200 other native Americans scattered
throughout Austria and Hungary, and
such of the 1,800 or more naturalized
American citizens who care to leave.
DepartlngAustrlans.
Baron Zwiedlnek and other Australn
officials in the United States probably
AUSTRIA HUNGARY
SEVERS RELATIONS
CUBA
FOLLOWS U.S
WORLD
FIRST OF LATIN AMERICAN COUN
TRIES TO JOIN WITH UNITED
STATES.
FORMALLY DECLARES WAR
Vote Was .Unanimous. Wild Cheer
Ing Follows Speeches of Leaders In
House. Her Duty to Follow Us.
Havana. Cuba, not yet out of her
'teens as a Republic, is at war with
Germany, the first of the Latin-American
countries to range herself along
side of the United States, her liberator
an' protector.
President Menocal affixed his signa
ture to the joint resolution passed un
animously by both the Senate and
House without a dissenting voice be
ing raised, thus putting Into effect the
declaration that a state of war exists
between Cuba and the Imperial Ger
man Government.
The Joint committees appointed by
the Senate and House agreed upon
the phraseology of the resolution to be
persented and the stage was set for
quick action before either branch of
Congress convened.
"Article 1 Resolved, that from to
day a state ot war Is formality de
clared between the Republic of Cuba
and the Imperial Government of Oer
many, and the President of the Re
public is authorized and directed by
this resolution to employ all the
forces ol the Nation and the resources
of our Government to make war
against the Imperial German Gov
ernment with the object of maintain
ing our rights; guarding our terri
tory and providing for our security;
prevent any acta vhich may be at
tempted against us, and defend the
navigation ot the seaB, the liberty of
commerce and the rights of neutrals
and International Justice.
"Article 2. The President of the
Republic Is hereby authorlbed to use
all the land and naval forces In the
form he may deem necessary, using
existing forces, reorganizing them or
creating new ones, and to dispose of
the economic forces of the Nation In
any way he may deem necessary.
"Article 3. The President will give
account to Congress ot the measures
adopted In fulfillment of this law,
which will be In operation from the
moment of Its publication In the of
ficial gazette."
Vessels 8elzed.
Chief Inspector of the Port Panne
notified Euseblo Azjlazu, Secretary to
the President, that he had observed
largo volumes of smoke pouring from
thi funnel of the self-interned German
ship Bavaria. Port police went aboard
the ship and were Informed by her
commander, Captain Graafles, that he,
In compliance with orders from his
Government, had attempted to damage
the machinery In order to render the
ship useless.
PRESIDENT 8END8 REPLY
TO POINCARE'8 ME88AGE.
Washington. In response to Presi
dent Polncare's congratulations upon
the entrance of the United States Into
the war, President Wilson seat this
message:
"In this trying hour when the desti
nies ot civilized mankind are In the
balance, it has been a source of grati
fication and Joy to me to receive your
congratulations upon the step which
my country has been constrained to
take In opposition to the relentless pol
icy and course of Imperallstlc Ger
many. "It Is very delightful to us that
Prance, who stood shoulder to shoulder
with us ot the Western world In our
struggle for Independence, should now
give us such a welcome Into the lists
of battle as upholders of the freedom
and rights of humanity.
"We stand as partners of the noble
democracies, whose alms and acts
make for the perpetuation ot the rights
and freedom ot man and for the safe
guarding of the true principles of hu
man liberties. In the name of the
American people I salute you and your
Illustrious countrymen."
unildren Ory
FOR FLETCHER'S
will go home on a Swedish or Nor
wegian passenger steamer. Definite
arrangements for their trip will be
made Just as early as possible by
Swedish Minister Ekengred in con
ference with State Department offi
cials. Mr. Ekengren had hot been
authorized formally by his government
to take over Austrian Interests here,
but he expected his request- for such
authorization to be granted wlthl
few hours.
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