The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1917-04-18
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Summarized
U.S.-TeutO11ic War News

The provisional government at Petro-
grad has issued a lengthy proclama-
ton directing attention to the grave
danger Of a German effort to deliver
decisive blow at Russia and the
necessity of Immediately concentrate
ing all of Russia's forces for the de-
feat of the enemy. Russia has re-
sion.
Immediate creation of a federal
food commission, with power to fix
prices and to supervise marketing and
distribution of food in the United
States during the war, was proposed
formally by the National Agricultural
society at Washington. In letter
read to the convention President Will
son appealed to the farmers to swell
their production as a patriotic war
time duty.
The house ways and means commit
tee at Washington decided on ST.
OOO,O00,000 war loan. The committee
agreed to an issue of $4,000
In bonds and $2,O0O,0OO,0O0 additional
n certificates of Indebtedness. Both
bonds and certificates are to bear 3k
per cent interest. Under the terms of
the bill agreed on by the committee,
the president and secretary of the
treasury are absolutely unhampered
in the making of loan Of $780, O0,-
600 to the allies.
Frederick Reuter-, acting German
vice consul in Juarez, was taken into
custody at Ell Paso, Tex, and interned
at Fort Bliss. Reuters home is in Ell
Paso and he has been going to Juarez
daily. He was warned that he must
cease crossing to the American side.
A munitions-carryings schooner bound
for Mexican west coast port has
been fired upon and captured by two
United States torpedo-boat destroyers.
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The singing Of German songs in the
public schools at Davenport, La, has
been ordered stopped by the school au-
thorities during the war between the
United States and Germany.
Much of the uncertainty as to Latin
Americas attitude in the war between
the United States and Germany was
cleared away by definite advices to
Washington that Chile and Mexico will
remain neutral and that Brazil, Argen-
tine, Guatemala and Peru will join
Cuba and Panama on the side of the
United States.
Every drop of Catholic blood in Chi
cago, every penny Of the great wealth
of the Catholic church was pledged to
support the United States against her
enemies by Archbishop George W.
Mundelein of the diocese of Chicago.
The captains and officers of the
seized German steamers at New York,
signed a certificate declaring positive
ly that no explosives had been left on
the vessels, nor had the structure Of
the ships been weakened in any way.
All the crew of the American steam
err Seward, torpedoed without warning
in the Mediterranean, have been safely
landed, according to official word re-
ceived at Paris. The Seward carried
general cargo valued at 100000.
"A battle between a German subma-
rine and the Standard Oil company's
tanker Sequoya, benzine laden, off the
Cornish coast, was revealed on the ar
rival at San Francisco of the steamer
from London. The battle ended in vic
tory for the Sequoya. A 4.7-inch shell
sank the C-boat. One dead, three
wounded were the tolls.aboard the Sc
Quoya.
Orders have been issued at Wash
;ngton modelling the navy, including
the regular establishments, the naval
reserve, the naval militia and the new
ly organized power boat coast patrol.
Austria-Hungary, under the pressure
| Of Germany, has severed diplomatic re-
lations with the United States. Baron
Erick Zwiedinek, charge d'affaires of
the Austro-Hungarian embassy at
Washington, asked for passports for
himself and the embassy staff. Secre-
tary Lansing in statement said every
effort had been made to prevent Aus
tria from taking the drastic step. All
Austrian ships in American ports have
been seized.
President Wilson's advisers at Wash
ington have decided to press congress
at orce for authorization for launching
the great $780, 100000 military plans
Of the administration and $2OO0,O0O,-
900 or $4,000, 100000 to the entente.
The German cruiser Cormorant, in
termed in the harbor of Guam, has been
blown up by it's crew, the navy depart
ment announced at Washington.
More than 500 German spies and
sympathiZers are ensnared in the great