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may DISCUSS PLANS FOR
'MOB|L|z|NG' STUDENTS
Question Of Their Part in Case Of
Eventualities Likely to Come Up at
Board Meeting This Afternoon.

Plans for "mobilizing" the public
schools Of the District of Columbia in
the event Of war between this country
and Germany may be discussed at a
meeting of the board of education at
the Franklin building this afternoon.
N the events before that time
warrant It. No formal action is con-
templated at this writing. but it Is I'M
derstood that q number Of officials of
the schools and members Of the board
Of education expect that the schools
win do their Bit in case Of eventuali-
ties
Two schools, the Mckinley and Arm
strong Manual Training schools, have
already sent word to the board OF edn-
cation that they would be found ready
In case of need. Pursuant to this the
Navy Department has sent material to
the first-named institution to see
whether 1t will be possible to turn out
shells there.
Many teachers and students have al.
ready been formed into frst-aid classes
and have started to learn how to make
Is well as how to use. bandages and
surgical dressings. 1t Is probable that
IN the event of war being declared that
every school win be utilized. and that sc
FAR az possible the entire student teach.
Ing and Official body will be employed in
20 Tar as IT Is compatible with the con-
unuance Of educational work.
Now Studying Military Science.
The cadet regiments and LIST separ-
Ate Battalion Of the high schools would
be able to furnish in the enighborhood
Of 1000 trained boys who would be oil
service in guarding special points.
As a matter of fact, the commits.
uioned officers of the cadets have beer
studying military science under the di.
rection of Lieut.. N. b. Briscoe. U. S. A.
and II is probable that they would bt
found familiar with many matters Of
: direct use with which the Iayman i.
wholly unfamiliar.
Ernest L. Thurston. superintendent O.
schools, said today that the Bushes:
High School might be used for the keep
ing of such records for the War De
partment as would not be OF a privat,
! nature. In one way and another 1T i.
expected that every school woult
mt in"
Several wireless clubs are now exist
ing in the high schools. These hav,
both boy and girl operators, who woult
be able to assist. The wireless plant.
in the schools. particularly that at tn,
Mckinley Manual Training building
could be put into use, this one havint
slong range" sending powers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-03-21

NEW ORLEANS. March .1.--speaker
Clark of the House of Representatives.,
who Is visiting his daughter. Mrs.
:fJames NJ. Thqapson. and family here.
when infosm%d of the President's call
s{or an extr8 session of Congress April
e stated u would leave tonight Tor
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-03-21

declaration OF January 81 reads:
The imperial government IS
forced to do away with the restrictions
which until now it has imposed upon
the use of its fighting means at sea-.
President Wilson to Congress.
President Wilson in his address to Con-
gress on February 3. 1917. said:
IT cannot bring myself to believe that
they will indeed pay no regard to the
ancient friendship between their people
and our own or to the solemn obligations
which have been exchanged between them
lives of American citizens in the willful
prosecution of the ruthless naval pro-
gram that they have announced their in
tention to adopt. Only actual overt acts
on their part can make me believe it even
now. r.
"If this fnveterate confidence on my part
in the sobriety and prudent foresight of
their purpose should unhappily prove I'M
founded; if American ships and American
lives should, in fact. be sacrificed by
their naval commanders in needless
contravention of the just and reason
able understandings of international
law and the obvious dictates Of hn-
mainly. I shall take the liberty of
coming again before. the Congress. to
ask that authority be given me toS use
any means that may be necessary for
the protection of our seamen and our
people in the prosecution of their
peaceful and legitimate errands on the
high seas. / can do nothing less I
take it for granted that all neutral
governments will take the same
course"
Armed Neutrality Proposed.
s. Speaking before Congress on
February rs, 1917, President Wilson.
after mentioning the sinking Of the
Housatonic and the Lyman M. Law,
said, in part:
I'm sum, therefore, the situation we
find ourselves in with regard to the
actual conduct of the German subma-
rlne warfare against commerce and it's
effects upon our ships and people is
substantially the. same that it was
when addressed you on the Sd of Feb
ruary. No one doubts what it
is our duty to do We must defend
our commerce and the lives of our peo-
pie in the midst of the present trying
circumstances. with discretion, but
with clear and steadfast purpose Only
the method and the extent remain to be
chosen upon the occasion, If occasion
should. indeed. arise. Since it unhap-
PLY proved impossible, to safeguard
our neutral rights by diplomatic
means against unwarranted infringe
ments they are suffering at the hands
OF Germany. there may be no recourse
but to armed neutrality, which we
shall know how to maintain and for
which there is abundant American
precedent"
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sA.s stat. Of war exists would ,.
Borah Commends President.

senator Borah Of Idaho. commenced
the President for his action.
II think the President Is to be COM
mended for calling Congress at an
earlier date than originally designated
( Whatever the future has In store there
can be no doubt that the entire govern,
ment should be here to take counsel
together.
"The time has apparently come when
We should undertake to determine az
nearly as we can what our program,
IL to be. If war is to be declared
what are we going to do after me
war. what are we prepared 10 90. WHY
do we propose to do. For one 4 snouid
like to know what is in contemplation
after Congress acts"
The Senate has organized, an ITS .of-
ncers and committees having been
chosen for the coming Congress There
remains. therefore. nothing for 1t 10 90
beyond assembling here before 1t is
ready to take up and act upon such
may make, or such measures as the
senators themselves propose.
The Senate is made up of ffty-four
democrats and forty-two republicans.
The secretaries and clerks of the
senators hurried off kilograms and tele-
phone messages to the senators at their
homes and the resting places which
they sought out during the recess. tell
sion.
Doesn't Think War Exists.
Senator Sheppard of Texas said that
he did not believe state 70 war exist
ed between the United States and Ger
many. Whether there will be n Geclara-
ton Of war will depend. he said, entire
~ upon the situation when Congress
Representative Hamilton of Michigan
said: II look for a declaration of war
when Congress assemblies. We are in
the war now. 1 do not look for much
opposition if such resolution is pro-
posed. think that We should stand
together"
One Of the first measures to be passed
by the special session will be the army
appropriation bill for s297. oeo, 600. which
failed at the last session. That this
measure will be rushed through In
ORDER that funds will be available to
meet the needs of national defense was
the opinion expressed by members OF
both the Senate and House today.
Emergency Legislation First. {
At the Capitol those congressman al
ready here agreed that granting of
emergency authority, in some form.
will be the first business after organi-
xation of the House. Some members
favor maintaining the present organ
1xation temporarily to expedite emer-
gency business on which there are no
party lines. thus avoiding political
hight. Outside of all emergency legis-
1ation the four failed supply bills
army, Military Academy. general de-
ficiency and sundry civil-which in
clude some legislation Of vital 1mpor-
tance to national defense. will be press
cd for quick enactment.
Some members of the cid committees
which had jurisdiction Of these four
bills favor considering them at once
in the form in which they reached the
Senate without the usual protracted
consideration in committees.
Other considerations at the extra
session include the shipping-board
amendments to enable the government
to take over foreign ships building in
American yards and additional : rev.
embarrassing legislation
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-03-21
PRESIDENT CALLS
CONGRESS APRIL 2. TO
ACT ON EXISTING
STATE OF WAR
Continued from First Page,

event Of war. Charles M. schwab has
announced that his Bethlehem plant:
now greater than Krupp's, will be used
entirely for the government.
The United States Steel Corporation
and a hundred other great industrial
organizations have been making plans
for their participation. Yesterday the
eminent that they would supply the
army and navy with their vital sup
plies of copper at about half the mar
ket price.
gress he is expected to go into the
details of the situation very fully. par
ticularly as to how it affects the future
of the United States.
While 1t is not known how much
money President Wilson may suggest
to Congress as necessary to meet the
situation, leaders in the Senate have
held the view that not less than
$500.000.000 should be granted at once
in case war is declared. 1t is not
sum would meet with any opposition
Broader Questions Involved.
Quite aside from the task of protect
ing American lives and rights against
aggression on the high seas. the Presi-
dent has considered. the broader ques-
ton OF the preservation Of civilization,
the distribution Of world power after
the war. natural arrangement Of the
worlds peoples in governments by the
consent of the governed and an effec-
tive league of nations to protect the
world against another cataclysm of
war. The influence of the United
states In the conferences which will
make peace is everywhere admitted as
not to be overestimated
Ia
had summoned Congress went through
the allied embassies this morning 1t
was received with acclaim. There is
not diplomat in the corps who does
NOT believe that 1t means the entry
of the United States into the great war.
bringing its wealth, it's armed forces,
IT'S great resources and it's moral power
to the side of the entente allies, in
what they feel Is their battle for the
preservation of civilization and de-
mocracy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-03-21
For Equality Of Nations.

The President outlined 'the things we
stand for. whether in war or in peace"
and declared that the essential principle
Of peace is the actual equality Of all
nations in all matters OF right or privi-
lege; that the seas should be equally
free and safe for the use of all. under
rules set up by common agreement and
be limited to the necessities Of national
order and domestic safety, and that the
community Of interest and of power
upon which peace must henceforth de-
pend, imposes upon each nation the
duty of seeing to it that all influences
proceeding from its own citizens meant
to encourage or assist revolution in
other states should be strongly and
effectually suppressed and prevented"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-03-21
|FORTY-S|X ADMIT
ELECTION FRAUDS
Indiana Defendants Plead
Guilty to Charges Of Sell :
ing Their Votes.
OTHERS FILE DEMURRERs

By the Associated Press.
INDIANAPOLIS. March 21-Forty-
six Of the $50 men arrested in Indian.
apolis, Evansville. Frankfort and Gary
on federal indictments charging viola
ton of election laws. pleaded guilty
when arraigned before Judge A. B. An
derson in the United States district
court here today. Demurrers were filed
for most of the other men indicted.
Twenty-six republicans and twelve
democrats of Evansville. six democrats
of Indianapolis and two republicans of
Frankfort pleaded guilty. All the Gary
defendants pleaded not guilty. ~.
Some nj in Hospital.
Chief of Police Samuel v. Perrott and
Police Lieut.. Oscar Merrill, two OF the
Indianapolis men indicted. are III in a
hospital and were not arraigned as is
also DIR. Oscar W. Edmonds of Frank
fort. Judge Anderson ordered their bonds
forfeited. .t...-
Two other absent defendants were James
lKibble and William T.. Bennighof pf
Evansville. 1t was said I'm court that
Kibble on the way here got of the train
at Terre Haute and was arrested there.
NO reason was given Tor BennlgnOra Alb
sence. A continuance was asked in be-
half Of Merrill
About the only surprise during the
arraignment of the Evansville repub-e
licans was when Adolph J. WEIGHT. a
precinct committeeman, got up after at.
torneys said they desired to file a de-
murrer for him. He said:
Il beg your pardon. / plead guilty."
Inquiry Ordered. -
Immediately afterward Special Unit.
ed States Attorney Frank c. Daley
said to Judge Anderson:
There has been decided effort TO
get many of these men to plead not
guilty. A number of these men came
to mo and told me they intended to
plead guilty" -,
Investigate this thoroughly" Judge
Anderson said. as.
None of those pleading guilty IL con-
sidered as among the more important
political leaders indicted, the majority
being vote sellers. -.
Among the spectators were Stewart
r. Bolin of Columbus. Ohio. United
States district attorney there, and James
r. Clarke of Cincinnati. assistant United
States district attorney. They were
here to listen to the arguments on the
demurfSrs. as they are interested IN.
the election cases pending in Cincin:
natl. -aeSf, -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-03-21
Pledges of Support.

At union headquarters today George
A. wilburt, president of Division $50.
and Garth Calderhead, financial secre-
tary, prepared a statement of offers re-
ceived from sympathizers. principally
labor organizations, to help the
strikers, either by cash contributions or
by moral support.
This list included the Federation Of
Citizens Associations. the Central La
Dor Union, with its sixty locals, repre-
senting 10000 members, and various
other bodies. including separate labor
bodies which have taken specific action.
Among the organizations cited as vot-
ing support were the National Associa-
ton of Letter Carriers, which donated
$50: the navy yard machinists, who
have voted a contribution of $40 weekly to
the strikers fund: employees of the Wash
ington Steel and Ordnance Company,
who chartered a boat to carry them to
work; the International Ti1ers and
Roofers. who voted to penalize mem
bers IS for riding on cars Of the COM
pany; the glaziers' union. the paint
ers' and decorators union, the inter-
national jewelry workers union, the
bookbinders the paperhangers' local,
No. 400: the Musicians Protective
Union, the Brotherhood Of Carpenters
and the United Garment Workers, all
of which have voted against riding on
cars. The garment workers sent a
$40 contribution.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-03-21
Wives Appeal for Aid.

wives of the striking railway en-
ployes brayed the rain to stand on
street corners with boxes bearing the
printed appeal: Feed a Strikers Baby.
AS a receipt for the contributions, the
women gave each person who dropped
a: contribution in the boxes a tag with
the inscription. 81 Walk"
A parlor meeting. attended by fifteen
women, was held at the home of Mrs.
c. n. whitaker. 1871 31st street, where
Mrs. NJ. T. Slater, wife of one OF the
union men, outlined the reasons for the
strike, and explained the organization
of Division 6S9, Amalgamated Associa-
ton of Street and Electric Railway
Employees of America
Mrs. Jessie Hardy MacKaye and a
COMMITTEES for the day." made up OF
strike sympathfzers. conducted the tag
day collection for the strikers wives.
at noon Mrs. MacKaye addressed a
mittee at the w. C. T. u, appealing to
women of that organization to help the
strikers by boycotting the lines OF the
Washington Railway and Electric Com.
pany.
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Say Schedule Is Normal.

Officials of the Washington Railway
and Electric stated their schedule was
practically normal" Union men deny
this. One picket, they state, reported
to headquarters that in three hours
twenty EIGHT cars passed Sth and East
Capitol streets, whereas, they claim,
there ought to have been nInety-two cars
in that period under the regular sched-
ule.
The women's committee of synpa-
thizers. in addition to Mrs. MacKaye,
was made up of Mrs. G. H. Whitaker,
Mrs. Adelaide Neale, Mrs. Charles Ed
ward Russell, Mrs. Kraemer and Mrs.
NJ. l.. Cochran.
The wives who took part in the SELL
ing and their stations follow: Mrs H.
Folsom, 18th street and Pennsy!-
9Th and F streets: Mrs. Runkles. De-
partment of Labor; Mrs. +. Wood.
PENNSYLVANIA avenue and 14th street;
Mrs NJ. Sadler, White House office
New York avenue; Mrs. William E.
Wiser. 18th and G streets: Mrs. J. S.
Carroll. also at 18th and G streets; Mrs
T. r. Mcdaniel. 18th and F streets:
Mrs. r. L. Tippett. 14th and F streets,
and Mrs. George Wilburt. at eth street
o'clock the pickets will be stationed
outside all large department buildings
Edward McMorrow. national organizer
for the amalgamated. today stated: 1.-THE
railway company is importing many new
| strikebreakers, but that is not doing any
who have been in the city have gone
away. None of our men has deserted
and we are pleased with the way things
are going"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-03-21
Urged to Act by Cabinet.

1t is known that up to noon yesterday
PRESIDENT Wilson told close advisers he
stiH was Of an open mind on the question
OF sunmoning Congress Immediately, but
that he leaned toward awaiting the ex-
ira session called for April &c.
At yesterdays cabinet meeting, how
ever. several of the members went to the
White House determined to urge strongly
on the President an immediate extra ses-
sion. winch they believed was demanded
by the country. Those cabinet members
who have been classed as pacifist or with
pacihst leanings. it was said, offered no
objections of weight. and the President
without giving any indication Of his de-
cision merely heard what every member
Of his official family had to say When
the cabinet meeting was over some Of the
closest observers felt that the extra ses-
SION would be called sooner than April
16, but they had nothing definite on which
to base it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-03-21
Strikers Seek Other Jobs.

Positions in other lines OF work are
being sought by number of strikers
around the car barns in the eastern
part OF the city-jobs to hold them un-
til one side or the other gives in on the
present controversy Roll call at the
eastern barns today show ed that all of
the striking employees are standing
solid. and that none has gone back, ac-
cording. to the strikers.
They say that officials and employees OF
the road are visiting the houses OF former
employees who were discharged for infrac-
lions OF the companys rules and are urg-
ing them to come back. In some instances
they have been able 70 get these men
unSon men say. - sssss $500 &
No stone is being left unturnsd by thl
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-03-21
No War for Conquest.

But nothing will alter our thought
or our purpose. They are too clear to
be obscured. They are too deeply root
ed in the principles Of our national life
to be altered. We desire neither con-
quest nor advantage. We wish nothing
that can be had only at the cost of
another people. We have always pro-
fessed unselfish purpose and we covet
the opportunity to prove that our pro-
LESSONS are sincere"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-03-21
Arguments Swept Aside.


7 All these arguments were swept
aside. however. at yesterdays cabinet
meeting. and It was decided that Ger
many's acts Of aggression against the
United States on tho seas, her ruthless
destruction of American lives in con-
prevention of all the principles of laws
and humanity had come to constitute a
state OF war being made upon the
United States and that there was moth
ing left to do but call Congress to deal
with the question.
President Wilson, when he asked
Congress for authority to arm Ameri-
can merchantmen, declared that he was
contemplating no step that would lead
to war and that he was not contemplate
ing war itself. Nothing, he said, but
the warlike acts of another nation
against the United States could bring
the country into war. The President, the
cabinet and all official Washington now
believe that the moment has come
and that 1t has not been Of this coun-
try'S choosing,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-03-21
Strikers Returning to Work.

Mr.. King reaffirmed his statement
that trainmen formerly on strike are
taking their old positions. His state
ment, in full, follows:
II have not yet had an opportunity TO
see the agreement between the Capital
Traction Company and the Amalga-
mated Association, but from newspaper
accounts it appears that the wage scale
agreed upon is substantially the same
as that provided in our new contracts
with Individual trainmen- This con-
firms the position our company has
taken throughout. that the issue is not
a question of wages, but whether or
not this company shall be forced to
enter into a contract with the AHlalga-
mated Association or have any deal
ings with it, direct or indirect. against
the wishes of its loyal employees.
1--WE reafiirm the statement that s-afn-
men formerly on strike are coming
back daily and taking old positions on
the cars
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-03-21
PRESIDENT WILSON ON
PART IN WORLD WAR
Told in Inaugural Address Things
for Which America Will
Fight.

President Wilson'S conception OF
Americas part in the present world sit
uation was outlined in part in his in
augural address. in which he said:
We may even be drawn on, by cir
cumstances. not by our own purpose or
desire. to a more active assertion of our
rights as We see them and a more imme-
date association with the great struggle
itself.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-03-21
Arguments Of Opponents.

The principal arguments brought to
bear against the United States taking
a further step toward war were that
practically all that could be done to
protect American lives and ships at
sea had been done by the arming of
merchant vessels, and that an acknowl-
edged state OF war between the two
countries would give Germany an on
portunity to carry her submarine war
fare to this side of the Atlantic.
This latter was somewhat of a Sec
ondary consideration, because the navy
feels that it is prepared to meet that
feature of the situation. 1t also was
argued that having kept the country
out of the war SO far. the President
would be reluctant to enter it now.
when there are indications of develop
ments in Europe which of themselves
promise to hasten the end of the con-
flict.