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91 GERMAN SHIPS, HELD
IN AMERICAN HARBORS,
SEIZED BY 60VERNMENT
Giant Vaterland and
Other Large Liners
Among Them
U. S. MARINES
BOARD ALL SHIPS
Crews Taken In Cus
tody; Officers Give
Paroles
-NEW YORK. Apr 4 ! « Nlneljr on*
Oeritmn sbtp* lying to rotted rltatsw
port* have been or will be seised
tooav bv the I’nlted State* govenv
mrm .„«, . r . h.ent a total
tonnage of and are lying In
n< *rly every Important port of the
country
\i New f.ondnn (’onn early to
day. a party of l nited State* ma
rine* board'd *h*- North Herman
Lloyd lln* r Will* had. removed the
?. men v * > form her **** w so*,
plhcr-d th»tn tinder arrest.* They
vi •re tak> n to the f'nited State*
custom house and then allowed *o
go bark on the liner. The ahlp la
under he* j trujird
At Hoboken. N J. where the
huge Vaterland and several other
*1 Ip* are lying on the New York
a*oe of the Hudson river and at
South Brooklyn pter*. marine* *p
p* an and Immediately after the hoti-t
had passed the «»r teaolutlon. They
began the removal of sailor* pi*-
litrilnary to taking actual charge of
tie vessels. Official* refused t«
discuss what was being done, blit
It mas believed the men were to be
taken to Kills Island. A company
of New Jersey infantry went on
gitard at the Hoboken piers
At Boston early today five Ger
man vessels were taken over by a
company nl marines aboard the
coast guard cutter Gresham, j
Extraordinary precautiona are be-
Irg taken all over 'he country to
a*old possible trouble from crew*
o* i-hips which have been held alnoe
the heginnmr of (he ‘European war.
Warships have been guarding the
vessels since it became certain e
declaration of war would be forth
coming. Two destroyers have b--**n
constantly on duty In the Hudson
river here, where many of the sh'p*
an Ivine They moved In closer
early today aned were accompanied
b» flee naval cutter*.
BALTIMORE. Md. Apnl fi -
Three German steamship liner*
Rhein. Ne< kar and Bulgaria. in
terned at this |*ori were seized this
morning by t'nited Htate* Marahel
W W. Htorkham, supported by 100
d* putles and two companies of the
Touith Maryland infantry l*p*in
bearding the ships the marsh**!
found thnt the machinery had been
Wfittrelj disabled The crews wefr
turned over to t’nited States ma
rlne force*. The officer* gave their
parole* and were permitted to go
to a hotel
Mm.li Meet m* st th* tv*Tn# Osr.
det Mi n-t<>» nlg' t I >•*»! th«* ring
m «*, ■»' ® i I iki im flrott,.
w *| b- then Y«|v
wt:\ grtnt c" mi* ni *t
See The Harrier' In photodrama at
th" Washington. Adv.
U ali**b—Raffiiln •Mil Kefara. HIM
f»n sale dally until April I*. return
limit Ma* Ird One way fare t* og.~
Ad v
Si-arah « tvk agen la awhile Sat., t
Va a. tOUes Ma*el. Adv
BRITISH ARE
PRESSING
ARGENTINE
No No Coal Is
Immatum of
Ix)ndon
GOVERNMENT
IS IN QUANDARY
Must Have Fuel To
Keep Factories
Running
fly VRAULF* P HTEWART.
{Ptatf CorreßPmarnt United Pr*»t t
BUENOS AIRES April 6 —Bt.g-'
land has put powerful pressure on
Argentine to force raising of the i
wheat embargo.
It was learned on unimpeachable
authority todav that the British
gnxernruent has threatened an em
bargo on coal as*a reprisal against
the grnln ban announced by Argen
tine.
The greatest alarm was manifest
among Argentine offl< lal.« today
Tliey were hurriedly making a.v
other inventory of the republic •
food supplies It was known how
ever, that wlthoutyl riMsh coal s.l
rrllroads, all shipping and all In
dustrles In th«* nation would be par.
ixlyied Argentine could only sur
vive with the greatest privation
The sttuatlon has so far beru con
eealed from the Argentine public,
official* not desiring to reveal the
government under coercion Offi
(tally It was known also that the
government was dreply lonccrned
over the Influences behind the dls
affection of Gov. Ugarte, of Buenos
Aires province to President Irlgoy
cp * authority It was pr**dlcti«d
that Ugarte * removal from the gov
ernorship would be the govern
ment'll negl step, urovlded It was |
ascertained such lemoval cotild n-1
sceompllshed without bloodshed
There has been A long feud b*'- j
tween the state and the govern
ruent and Ugarte and Irlgoy* n
Otngeman Ta Oppose Falvey.
The cpy election <omml**lon has
Itrected Uorporatlon Counsel I> n
• man to oppose th<* efforts of John
' Falvey to have himself named
ccretary of the commission by :n
■ftion of the circuit court. Falvey
ws** named secretary by the el*ll
< rvlce commission to succeed Pep
u«y Ctty Clerk Ouy U Ingalls, this
ait ton enraged the aldermen who
n lallated by cutting the entire aal
u» appropriation for Falvey out of
•Ir budget. Falvry has obtained
front Judg*- llostner an order ta
>t «»w eaut*e aimmst (be election eoni
mission, directing It to appear In
court and esplaln why Falvey should
not he put Into th- secretaryship.
Kalrw Ms# Ss«s4s> l.ssrk, aw,-.
Hotel G» I* wo Id.-—Ad v,
frlstlsi—lk# ylais weal aiwtf the*
Is H|kt —Tltwra J»k l*ast.—H«|r (.-.*,
DETROIT TIMES
Control the Nation's Destiny in Time of War
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* These men control fhF aenrfny orTTWrUhTted 9TKfM~dnien we“Y° to war. They are the cotmrlJ of national defense and lta civilian advisors, who
sre working night and day to uiobßUe the country’s military. ravnJ snd Industrial resources for use In the war with Germany. They are, seated, left
to right: Uavid F. Hduelon. oi ftcrlculture; Josephus Daniels, secretary of the naTy: Newton I). Baker secretary of war; Franklin K Lanes
-eervvary of the loterior, William B. Wilson, swcrcgtiry of labor. Standing, left to right Groevenoi B Clarkson, Julius Roaenwald. Bernard M Baruch,
Daniel Willard. D. F. H Martin, Dr. IlolJia Godfrey. Howard Coffin, W. S. G Ifford. Below, right, riaiuoei Gumpers; left. William C l<edtleld. aocretary of
c('nuri«rce
DOCTORS OF
CiTT EXPECT
EARLY CALL
M ill Re In Camp With
in Three Months, Dr.
Believes
SIXTY ENROLLED
FOR SERVICE
Base Hospital L-nit
Uquipped and Staff
Complete
Within three months the fib or j
more l>efrolt physicians who have
Joined the medical section of the Os- J
fleers’ Reserve will actually be In
military camps, according to a pre ,
diction made by I»r Angus McLean,
head of the base hospital unit o’
the Detroit chapter of the American
Red Cro* I *. Dr returned
Thursday from Washington, where
he had been summoned to attend r
meeting of the National Council of
Medical Ipefense
This council is allied with the
army and navy and ia maue up of
representatlvea from each of the i
states of the union Dr. and
Dr ft R Sliurly represented Michi
gan.
“|t wan the opinion of all the phy
sicians who attended the meeting
that we would be summoned to war
duty very soon, probably within
three months at the latest,” said l>r.
McU an on his return “That opin
ion was shared by the *rm\ and
navy official* as well. These doctors
will be needed to care for the bun
dreds of thousands of men who an'
being recniltrd ”
Dr. McLean was Instructed to hu*
tie up the preparations for the M*
trolt base hospital unit of the Red
Cr*>e**. so th.il he would he prepar* >1
to sef up his hospital <iulckly »h<u!
rrder* came Much of the equi *
mrnt for this institution has alread>
been purchased and packed and is
now In a storage house In New Y'ork
readv to in* shipped to whatever !
point it ia ordered Anv little «Je
tails not yet attended >o will be
looked after at on» e. The |n t ro ll «
FRIDAY, APRIL 6 f 1917.
hospital unit will be a complete .Vwv
ted field h«w«plt.ii.
The staff of physicians for ihi*
hospital, headed by f>n» McLean ;ind
Bhurly, Is now complete ;ind ready
for the call Cooks, waiter.* helpers
and unskilled ar*- siill needed,
however, but there is no tuny about
obtaining them, a* they ran be * n
Hated in a day or two »h. n th** or
dcr comes to move,
RAA2IL MAY
MAKE WAR
RN6ENMANY
Sinking of Ship
Arouses Great
Anger
THREE KILLED
ABOARD PARANA
High Official Says Dec
laration May Be
Necessary
RIO DE JANEIRO April fi Bra
zll may declnre war on Germany
Offi< ial announcement today of
’he sinking of the Biatllian loewnie*
Ib-rana, killing three Brasilian r|M
zena, grouped the moat Intense anti
O* rman feeling here
’The situation U moat grave, n
declaration of war against Germany
may be declared For
eign Secretary Muller today
It was generally expected todry
that Brazil would «e|ie all German
ships interned in her harbors and
immediately proclaims hostilities
against Germany There was in
tense anxiety today as to how tie
ituatinn would be affected by the
presence of UOO OfK) German* in the
BraiHlan state of Rio Grande.
Information Indicated that Pc
Via would probibiy f«,llow Bre/ll
in declaring war on Germany
< »t Hiik i <*•) of t.tvifia
r.njo* iteilcioiis I*l.l K»»|iMn».l
Siinrti'. t»mn#r f**w| *nd all the
acrswiK.rie* ll 1. SO «• > M 3»» p m
H.»t. I Grlrwnld -Artv
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I'm n*ar»ra h#at ru<\ #l In pnoto-
COURT BILL
RAPPED BY
JEFFRIES
Judge Alleges He Was
Promised Job To
Support Measure
HOUSE SENTIMENT
AGAINST PLAN
Failure of Central
Be nth Idea Now
Seems Probable
RY IV. r. r\l.\OX
(Staff Corrripitnrietit Detroit Times)
LANSING. Mirh.. April Jitd*.*
K J. Jeffries. of Detroit, mad** tl -
el arg** before the house Judiciary
committee In the hrimnn on the
municipal court* bill
That he had been approached
In regard to th** bill nnd told
that If h*» would give an lnt*»r
vlnw In support of It, ho would
ho taken raro of with an ap
r»ointmonf to th* n**w rotir*
Judge JefTrie* dor’arrd that ho
had Indignantly rejected such a
scheme. Ho denounced tho Mil a
ripper legislation that would pis*'-
th* rourtu and Judge* of I>otri u
nndor ono presiding Judge *hn
would ho a oaar over thom all -*nd
aa on* that would |ormlt tho rl»y
council to trar thing* up whenever
it wanted to, leaving th* oourt at
♦ho mercy of politico
Tho fart that tho municipal coutf
aohomo would tak* off tho cl» :
oloctlon commission tb* city re
colder, olootod ’sst Monday, also
waa polntod out to tho committor.
Much of th* talk from l»etrnlt*rs
on tho hill waa of a torrid nature.
Tho Judiciary committor may
f ioo today what It t 111 do with fix
courts bill If It agrees to re|H»r
It out. a battle In thr houao la s.ir
to onauo. Houao aontimont appear
to ho going againat tho hill
Two other oourt bills affecting
IVtrolt. ono ronaolldatlng the Jr
tiro court* with fix* Justl'e* of th*-
l**..oe. and th* othe, giving Ibtro.i
no additional indie* Justice. bn**'
b*on held back from day to day In
th* house awaiting action on the
municipal courts bill. It waa re
garded as significant that after tho
Judiciary committee heat log t.it«*
two billw before the houao wore al
lowed to proceed, instead of agaiu
be.ng laid over. Hoth passed thru
committee of the whole to tho or
der of third reading
GERMANS
STRIKEHARD
AT FRENCH
Attack In Force Near
Kheims To Divert
Ally Pressure
SEEK RELIEF
FOR ST. QUENTIN
Fighting Proceeding
With Utmost
Violence
IX>NDON, A ;*rll *> Striving rt--
pera'oly to relieve t|> in r* nd< ,il
pln« er like grip" around St. Quentin
egorted by Hriti'h and French
forces, picked <;»*rinan troops wrr<
htirlcd agalnrt the French bn*
northwest of HP* Iris le-H nigh* and
toda> In one nf the mo*-t powerful
'diversions'* attempt and in month?.
Tlie nf»aek wis «|cM\ir*d in force.
Its objer-t w»*> pistrh 'o force hur
rying of reserves from other por
tions of *b* line to aid of Uie at
lacked French fronje*. thus relieving
th* Allied pr«*si* ire jigam-* the Oer
tnvn front around St Quentin
Front dispatches today declared
the fighting In the Flh«lms sector
.»a« prf'Ceeding w ith unabated vlo
lence The Frt nch were forced to
relinquish a few trenches, but for
most puff .-ue«*.-ded in rcraptui
mg tho*** points which fell in th •
. «t fun of th< German .I’tgck The
I niton- a.«“ault was attempted over
a front of more than a mile.
Meanwhile dispatches indicated a
* -•- progrts* in encircling
movrtnen; t.round St Quentin by
both th* French and Rrltiah force*
M.unt I Imiki Wl»er«l Vista*
Cu • *h« i ■. ni »ril '.lorMi di
« A<tr
NOON EXTM
HOUSE VOTES 373 TO SO
FAVOR OF ENTRANCE
INTO WORLD CONFLICT
SUN ODE TO
SHINE TIM)
Clearing Weather Promised
By Observer Conger By
This Afternoon
Weather Observer Norman B.
Ctagar stated without the hint of
a mocking smile FrKfef marvtus
that Detroit might have a little bn
of sunshine this afternoon
If the prediction provea correct,
it will be the first lair weather the
city has had since last Tuesday
Ram or snow have marred the
visions of spring almost constantly
since that time.
Snow aucceeded rain shortly he
fore midnight, and this mornlnr
th# flakes were still falling. The
temperature ranged between 30 and
34 Th* weatherman predicts that
th< snow will cease at noon and
that conditions will then clear up
g. nersily.
n*r «it*i« hoard In Ita •■•nthly merl
in* Tkiir«4n> nfternoon granted
onlv e i*l.f p. rti-ii * to . srry Ore
st m* out of MV applies* lor* This
i, n *'<-.>*dartie with tts pollry of
alvinit It .<sn'iu>n to cittsen* to
e r*vnl* . r • on tl **t person, only
,'.jil,rasas of imperative n*‘*-<i Rven
*V . 'i.„ *H*- ” epreaent* I »
the rnmnil'ilOn ths* *‘n li'i tmport
soi t-saea «h*' aoinri imry «<-.-uinulst
e.l ••'\ersl Iti)n«lr• #1 dollar- snd «’»*
■ 'oMlpetted to t*-a\er«e ds np '’T. •’! .*
section* of Hamt m lock. *>*« drived
the prU ll* c* of (.rote lint, h* If
mkmiiisl p<>e*th|e mara'iders S**\*
erst w on*en hsvr l>r*-n refused p*-i
--mi «sl..n tr* h.t • w *spc'n* <*n vheir
P# 1 "in The hr,*rd la n.a.l. up f
Ihe a*i per IP tr n de*i» >f - -her f
prose.'Utor and rnunfv *-terl> T»>.>
I ..feclnla ita ill* fl' delegate lh»: f
autliorit« to sn iia.*>:<tanv
leading hankers and financier*
of Florida arc to r-*’li*r in S* An
r’;*tlne to.lay for the opening of
the annual convention o’ the Flore,a
IhiPi.ers’ associatior
Prlnftag—fhe p.’ala neat klnW—tk*l
|a rtckl —Tl#r e* J.h WITS
“I Want to Stand By My Country
But I Can’t Vote for War,”
Sobs Montana’s Congresswoman
Washington. April *— a wo-
Kim furnNhed the mo-f dramatic
*♦<. no of the most dramaHc session
in th** history of th. na’ion’s house
cf representatives.
Ihe worn >n t* Mir-f Jcsneetto
i; trk.n of Montana, the first wotuai*
r.it t<* .it in e|t|*«r body *' it ■
(Mintry s legislation*
The house pa.**ed ’he hlstrric #>-
c,.ition thai axvs Germany hss
v nrrod this government, amid
Mitring s.*en*n s’ J Ok this niorr.
Ing
The rot 372 to . f *o--was t oi un
#\p#cted, after ’he ’broiling d**clur.i
t.on of ttep Ulaude KKitchln. Nor’A
Carolina. I>emocra’Jc floor lead »r. in
tin afternoon that be could nut
L.mg himself to vote the country
qto war.
W'hen the long but always thrltl
<r#t debate bad at las’ be n concoiJ
rd, a stillness that seldom marks
1 i.use proc« edings s.*ttl#’d ov**e the
chamber.
Then ’here w» * a •’ir in tir gsl
’ , ie* The mt-rob.’iw too. began to
sli ft about.
Tbe clerk dra*l»*d out the )■ * of
nc.mes, recording member- votes.
IN DETROIT: ONE CgV]
First CongTeMWMMR j
Lines Up With
Pacifists 4
LEADER KITCHUf -
FOR PEACE AUD
Nation Ready to fltrtha
At Once Agvbiflt ,
the Kaiser, s/fV
BY ROBERT /. BMXXEMB
(8 fa# o©rr©#p<md««if fTwfta# PvmaEß 1
"W AfIHfNGTVhN. AptU i ,
is at witr - - -
Amidst the moat dramatic onm#'
ever witnessed tn <m*raja thsMN
onrly today passed the roodlnflMl
whK*h formally delated OsoMW
a.i en«m> and launtfited the TTMMI
States tn th' flrat for the demaaafiap
of the world. w
The vote on the reeoldOm an
’s7i to 50.
For the flrwf tin>r In HMsy a
woman voted on the q •ieaM*Mf*|* i
With « »oh and t orotedfc fit IMr "
love of wintry, she voted Too*
The onlr thlnra left now t© atffeo
the stn«e of war formal are »10M*
lure* of Vhv President Marshall and
i resldent Wilson to the war raoolM
tinn. Mar.hall wilt slrn the d«CU*
Mien* at nocn in the senate f*hoa
;l will he <n» b> n esaenfer to th©
White Ifojse—or Wilson. Krospm
•*i!l so to *h' tnitol t© *eal wKh
l»»- name th« tremendous *t*p mk©o
i.» this rovf mment. |
The Dru blo’v wtt| b stroeh Ml
cm > against Germany. Secret or
ders (ow>nnr precautionary slap©
within and without the nation will
h.' flashed fr*>n> W i«nlnrfoß. 5
What tin ‘ - orders ir» the idmls ej
sfrvion l« concealing ’•‘■sue* Os
i l;ejr military nature,
Jhe nation t* now ready for man- -q
. % and tor its men A
l - o million youths will be vuted. ‘®
vlthin the n**xt two vears. W
Millions of dollars will he required. ’
( olemnlv they answered K# me
\(*ied husklL Ml* * Rankin’s name
1* rm'h 'd Th»' hr?t womaa wag
■(. rote on w ;vr.
Amid an ernbirri* sing sil«mee and
v.*eplng li*- advanced half wgv
l.iwn *h«* hi 1* frrm b*-t sea - , in the
l av. A s*oin» that i.vd ripn»i! thm
1 \ - hinc’* n lik* s pf*l-v h**rde of
..*,slry ss*l lhs» « v ille.l ev.-g tbe
r.tfn'ity .*f i|»e g’rrn* ’hat con’in
l e i thn«wji the pr*** dent's a»ldrea#
i the Join- -e-ision Mon.tnv nlgbt
vg# on.
Kv* n in the eloae packe-l chamber
vp I galleries. th«* tn’e*-mut#nt rum
lln of thunder .waJd occgalansU?
It heard. 4 J
* I want to stand bv my f'etoofry*
held this «oman. .’l.*klng. ”bUt-d
can't vote for war.' T|f £j
Thunder.nif. ny.t Meal gpilMflA
tiotn pn« Iflst and pro war sideg nf*
the houae al'ke *...***ied tbit franll <a
admission w Oman’s first official
voice in th* house one be#) to >«* j
snd applaud to lam Jem tib* im
In the rhron. Uui J*B i
*» slipped
ue «rs i tfvati'u.