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Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-04-06
ARMED FORCES GO
ABOARD ALL ENEMY
INTERNED VESSELS
Members Of Crews Made Prisoners and
Steamers Con6scated First Act Of
War by the United States the Seizure
Of 81 Ships, Il In New York Harbor

New York, April 6United States armed forces seized
all German ships in all American ports today.
1t America first act of war.
In ports every coast of the United States proper,
and in island possessions marines bueackets went
aboard the enemy ships early today made members of the
German prisoners and took possession of the
sells in the name of the United States.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-04-06
URGES AMERICA TO
STRIKE MANS BLOW

st. Paul, April 6.-Urging that
America strike a mans bio was 1t en-
ters the war. Henry L. Stimson. former
secretary of war. brought cheers Of ap-
proval from over 1000 who packed the
night.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-04-06
IN NEW YORK
HARBOR SEIZED AND
CREWS REMOVED

New York, April 6.--Ninety- lone Ger
man ships lying in United States
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Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-04-06
All Between the Ages of 10
and 25 to Be Included in
the Additional Forces"
Provided for in War
Measure.
NATIONAL GUARD TO
BE KEPT IN SERVICE
Volunteer System to Be
Continued for the Militia
Organizations and Regu-
lar Army-Quotas of the
States Depend on Popu-
lation.

Washington, April 6.-After pro-
claiming a state of war the president
this afternoon issued the following
statement regarding the means to be
chosen to raise the army of 1000, 900
asked for by the war heads last night:
THE principles embodied in the
legislation presented by the war de-
partment to the military committees
of the house and senate have my en-
tire approval, and it's specific recon-
mendations embody the best Judgment
of the officers OF the war department.
THREE ELEMENTS.
ut proposes to raise the forces nee
essary to meet the present emergency
by bringing the regular army and
national guard to war strength and
by adding the additional forces which
will now be needed so that the ma
tional army will comprise three ele-
ments--the regular army, the national
guard and the so-called additional
forces, of which first 600, 900 are to
be authorized Immediately and later
increments of the same size as they
may be needed in order that all these
forces may comprise single army,
the term of enlistment in the three is
equalized and will be for the period of
emergency.
"The necessary men will be secured
for the regular army and the ma
tional guard by volunteering as at
present. until in the judgment of the
president, a resort to a selective draft
is desired.
AGES 10 TO rs.
"The additional forces, however, are
to be raised by selective draft from
men ranging in age from 19 to %
years.
THE quotas of the several states in
all of these forces will be in propor-
tion to their population.
This legislation makes no attempt
to solve the question OF a permanent
military policy for the country, chief
ly for the reason that in these anxi-
GUS and disordered times clear view
cannot be had either of our perma-
nent necessities or of the best mode
of organizing the proper military
peace establishment. The hope of the
world is that when the European war
is over arrangements will have been
made composing many OF the ques-
require the arming of the nation, and
that in some ordered and just way
the peace of the world may be main
tained by such cooperation of force
among the great nations as may be
necessary to maintain peace and free
dom throughout the world.
JUSTICE AND DEMOCRACY.
when these arrangements for
permanent peace are made we can de-
termine our military needs and adapt
our course of military preparations to
the genius of world organized for
Justice and democracy.
THE present bill, therefore, Is
adapted to the present situation, but
is drawn upon such lines as will en-
able us to continue. its policy, or so
much OF 1t as may be determined to
be wise. when the present crisis has
passed"
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-04-06
War Declared on Good Friday;
Presidents Lucky13InEvidence

Washington April 6.-Amerca's decision to
for humanity Good Friday-the day on which
Christ died for humanity.
While storm ragged outside the wind whipping
about the capitol and rain pouring down through the
darkness members of the house solemnly voted that
America should take up the of war.
AGAIN THAT LUCKY 13
Washington, April 6.-Vice President Marshall
signed the war resolution at 121 p.
Exactly hour later, to the second, President
Wilson signed his name-at 1 13 p. m.
Thirteen is President Wilson's lucky number.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-04-06

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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-12-21

h=s4 ....tsz. $50 -
South Slavs IN favor Of general peace
on he basis Of no annexations or in
IDENTITIES ard for psins Russta's good
Offices 10 cenvey snch proposal to
the entente governments.
8Laeboats containing the crew OF
the American freighter Rochester
were shelled by a U-boat which HAD
sunk their vessel on November 2. &C
cording to Chief Engineer w. J..
Donnelly and Radio Operator Fl. +.
Parsons, who arrived yesterday at
en- Atlantic port from England. The
Rochester was attacked 400 miles OFF
the Irish coast. The crew reaches
land after four days and eighteen
hours OF rowing and hardships
Several men died from exposure or
the way. The captain, Eric hoker'
itze, is new dying in an English hos
pital IRON the effects of The trip.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-12-21
; y. S. FIGHTS TEUTON PEOPLE.
Obsessed With Idea Of Superiority
And Must Re Hit With Club.

Boston, Dec. 21.-The United States
is not only fighting the kaiser and
the Prussian military system but the
German people, said former Press-
dent Taft in addressing a gathering
of manufacturers at the annual pan
ouct of the Associated Industries CT
Massachusetts Wednesday night
"And the only way we can win" ne
added, "is by hitting the German
people on the head with a club. ;"
ut is not true,'. said Mr. Taft,
"that we are not fighting the Ger
man people. We are. We are not fight
ing TIE kaiser and Prussian military
system alone. We arc fighting the
German people, a people obsesscd
with megalomania, and the only way
we can win is by hitting the German
people with a club
When the attempt to form a consti-
:r,tional monarchy in Germany failed,
Mr.. Taft continued, the frecdom-!ov-
ing Germans came to this country
and are now counted among our best
citizens. Those who remained in Ger
many through the Bismarckian rule
saw the success of this rule of blood
and iron until, Mr.. Taft said, they be-
came obsessed with the idea that sue
cess in conquest had made them a
chosen people of God and that there
was German god, represented BY
the German state-which state co@1d
do no wrong.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-12-21
IMPORTANT NOTICE TO CONSUMERS OF COAL

s. the direction Of Administrator for Virginia. order
has retail dealers of coal III this city and county no
household quantities IN cAS Two
the consumers supply hand "V IONS
This will make maximum quantity Of four tons ~ any
deliveries not 10 be made HHr
for fifteen days aud
only when consumers supply hand is less than their rcq1
This will maximum quantity held
time only sufficient for their actual e
thirty Industries buying coal carload lots must Obtain
special permit from the Fuel Administrators
To order effective relieve the car Of the po
difficulty
hand, arranged that affidavit be furnished by t purchasers q
onc-lDf
ier OF the family sixteen nrs Of ag) These forms lor man M
l1 will aid ncare ana The oIa
will taken without the OioNts
who vrh
Alexandra Natlonai
Drury Royal j. Burke Burke aud Herbert
Of Courlnd H. DAVIS III SOUTH
Iiyya rump, klg s ~ l. Dnddle Git
NaLonil Bank; Fleming
1ly south Fairfaa street, C. MISS, Alexandria National Bank
Ey order Of . ,,.,r 49,. -,
Fuel Commission: Alexandria cit! and County.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-12-21
NEWS OF THE DAT

Between sixty ana seventy lives
we're lost last night in train wreck
on the Louisville and Nashville
Railroad. according to report re-
ceived at Louisville, Ky.
Idea Nacional Of Buenos Aires.
publishes sensational statement by
passengers of Spanish mail steamer
, saying that they witnessed the sink
irg of the Argentine steamship Blar-
CO by Il German submarine.
Joseph Seller, l w. W. organizer
in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, was yesterday
sentenced to one year in Jail, and to
pay a fine of 81 900, the extreme pen
atty for sedition under Iowa laws.
His three children were burned to
death yesterday when Tom ElrickIs
home in Lexington. Ky, was de-
stroycd by fire
Living proofs of the terrible eco
ncmic conditions in Austria have been
furnished by the arrival at Buchs. on
the irontier, Of SIC pale and suffer
ing children between the ages OF!
seven and nine. They arc from Vi
emma and other Austrian towns. The
children had not tasted milk for
months. They had received bad bread
in insufficient amounts, stomach dis
eases resulting. Their clothing was
most scanty and there was no fuel
in their homes. They will be distrib-
Ctcd among various places in Swift
zerland until their health is restored.
French dcstroycrs have sunk two
enemy submarines in the Gulf of Ia
lanto.
4 dispatch received in Amsterdam
from Vienna says the unterhaus has
adopted hv small majority q rcsolu- |
tsssis t3s.sii by the Czechs and /
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-12-21
SITE OF THE IRON WORKS.

The mud" as the boys ef.the FIRST
ward term the reclaimed ground IT.
what was for many years known as
iBaptising Cove and which has re-
c.ntlv been used as baseball grounds
and a place for grazing COWS, Will, II
i expected. soon be sending forth
sounds Of whirring machinery. In
1911, when the work Of retaining
the cove was in progress, It was con
fiaently believed by some persons
that high tides would wash the mud
hack into the channel of the river
from which ii was taken. The con-
tractors. however. had constructed
rinrans on the channel banks, and
they kept on blowing" the mud when
their dredges raised into the cove
until eventually the water became
absorbed and dry land appeared.
,bout one-tcnth of the dredging re-
,,,oinsd where blown. but the water,
If course. ran off. By the end OIL the
Summer what had previously been a
cove. embracing over forty acres,
mad become solid ground. 1t has
since become more as terra tlrma, ana
recently soundings were made LOT q
foundation and satisfactory one
found -
As will be seen elsewhere. the
GROUND has been leased for five years
nv the Groton Iron Works, +. a
Morse. son Of c. W. Morse. being the
president of the company. lneSe
works Will, when constructed, act IN
combustion with the shipou'ldlhS
nIant Of C. w. Morse.
There is no telling where hgnIA-
ing will strike. nor Is there any way
;, foil where commerce will take us
rise. Baptisiug Cove up to a lew
wears ago was partly covered D!
xaukapins. and was one of the nlos'
unlikely places in the state OF VIZ
r;,;a for the site Of ironworHS o.
any other enterprise. The dredgefs'
however, disturbed the abode OF the
frogs and snakes and forced the
,rcatures TO find other abodes, and now
modern Iron works are about to COM
oIcte the unexpected transformation
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-12-21
LANDS on ASSAILANT'S JAW
pro.German Who Attacks Billy Sun
day Threatened by Crowd.

Atlanta, Ga, Dec. 2l.-Billy Sun.
day and W. II. Beuttcrbaugh. Il paci-
fist and 4 German sympathizei, last
night wagei furious fight on the
platform at the tabernacle before an
ar5ience of several thousand yelling
men and Iainting and hysterica'
women.
Billy had just made a violent at
tack OH the Germans, declaring he
didn't believe Goi would be on thc
side of people who would stand asld"
and allow Turks to wrong women
when the attack on Sunday came.
Several blows were passed. Billy
Cetting the better Of the argument.
landing a terrific punch on his as
sailant's jaw. Then the crowd
swarmed upon the platform and in the
excitement that followed Mayor Ca:d-
Ter was chokcd by accident and Beut-
tcrbaugh got black eye.
Only the intervention Of the police
saved Billy's assailant from the
toughest of treatment, people III tn"
audience yelling "Lynch him" Rcut-
tcrbaugh was arrested on charge OF
assault.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-12-21
ITALIANS ON OFFENSIVE.
Austro-G Germans Hard Pressed to Re
tain Their Recent Gains.


London, Dec. 2i.-The ninth DAY
e the terrific battle on the northern
Italian front saw the armies OF
General Diaz pass from losing de-
fensivc to aggressive tactics so say
age in nature that the Austfo-Gef-
mans found themselves hard pressed
tc retain their gains of the last week;
All day Wednesday. between the
Erenta and Piavc and to the west o.
the former stream, the Italian Troops
spurrca on by the danger TO the.r
battle line of the recent enemy VIC
tories, battered necessarily at the
Teuton strongholds on Monte FER
tica, Monte Asolonc and the surround
| irg ranges. These counter strokes
failed to recover ground OF thch-
+. selves, according 10 the Berlin wai
office, but they did succeed IN
checking the dangerous advances OF
the invaders toward the passes lead
! ing into the Venetian plains.
! At the same time the Italian naVa
ard military forces on the lower Pave
further demonstrated their SUPERB
qualities Of resistance in the lace oil
rrmerically superior units. repesline
new attempts of the enemy to extend
! their gains across the old Piave.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-12-21
COMPROMISE is IMPOSSIBLE

&c.. -.-..-:'S :, -
IA contemporary calls a1Ien''o" -
.she fact that iii our civil war com
sShromise was impossible. though II
smas tried for months before the Con-
Irderacv collapsed, because inc issue
VAS whether the Union should pc
preserved o. dissolved. hod can
fplit the difference n SUch case.
"A thing has got 20 be or not be. inc
Federal p6wci. had to maintain ''Sel'
ar Weld to disunion.
) The reason why the war WITH Ger
K,aasy,,cannot be compromised Is
Ruishy Similar: Had Germany mere
4 aided Austria against sc1via there
hight have been room for compfo-
Gssxs.irvelving> the relations Of Aus
,rja and Scrvia. But the Servlan
affair was utilized only rs Il pretcNt.
Germany rushed into the wan for con-
ul:cst: fer conquest in every dlrectiGa;
Cor the conquest Of Belgium and the
mineral districts Of France, part o.
ne French north coast. and perhaps
. part of the Mediterranean coast;
ior conquest CT much of Russia; Tor
Inc DOMINATION Of Europe. Asia and
Africa. and without disguise of its
;cSigns on America,
No compromise is possible ea the
BASIS Of German conqucsts IN the
all CT. lol4. No compromise is pos
IDLE Of the claims CT Germans to take
his section from one country ana
,uother section from another. No
compromise is possible while the Ger
nan people 20 on Boosting that they
arc the Superiors Of all the rest OF
mankind. and that they are justified
II taking everything that they think
ikcy want. and that all the rest Of
the worl.: must be SO reduced that
even i, combination it could not
l~ht Germany. Germans, officially
&md unoffic.ally, are to this day in
>isting that Germany shall be the
,upreme power in the world
). loa can't compromise that sort of
hing ~ IouScstn't reason with man
,';S:!o has q part Of your property and
jaSclentiy tells you that he will take.
ahe rest and brain your children II
"ou . not compromise with him.
There is iotlain" To tassa;siss ssssgTsl
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-12-21
WORK OF GERMANY's ALLIES
Turks Guilty of Great Brutality II
CITY of Jerusalem.

Ill
An official dispatch received IN
Washington this week from France
say. the Turks. before surreEderlns
Jerusalem to the British, brutaliy
mistraated Christian priests, carried
off the famous treasures OF the
Church Of the Holy scpulcher, valued
ct millions Of dollars, and sent 20
Eierlin The church's celebrated oseen-
sor;. Of the briliiants.
Mgr. Camassei, patriarch Of Jeru-
salem. is said to have been deposca
from his office. and Father Piccarae'
an Italian priest, to nave died from
the effects Of Turkish brutalit:cs.
The Church of the Holy sepulcher
ned remained unmolested heretofore
curing all the centuries OF Moslem
occupation of Jerusalem.
The same dispatch told OF indlgna-
ton among Musselmen Of Asia Minor
ever the action OF q German general
in establishing staff headquarters IN
the mosque of the city of Aleppo, near
the Syrian border.
The Church Of the Holy Scpulcher
was consecratei in the year 1886, on
the traditional spot where Christ
arose from the dead. IN the year GA
the buildings comprising the church
were destroyed by the Persians. The
original building was in the form Of a
rotunda.
In the interior is the seprlcher
proper, Enclosed in a sixteen-sideo
chapel resting en- eighteen piers and
containing a great runber Of chapels
appropriated to different crecas OF
nstionalitics or marking various spots
tcaditionally connected with the Saw
ir,ur
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-12-21
COSSACKS MENACE HUNS.
Trotzky Gives Allies Two Months 20
Join General Peace Efforts.

Join General Peace Efforts.
London, Dec. Give have given
the allies two months to join in oar
general peace efforts, but we do not
promise not to conclude separate
peace"
Leon Trotzky, the Bolsheviki Tor
cign minister, is quoted in Swedish
dispatches to have made this declar-
alton in a speech to group of his
adherents after he had been howled
down by the majority at the Peasants
congress. He is said to have added:
eve arc not able to make war for
ten years in the interest Of French
Boerse and English Imperialism. His
tory will condone separate peace.
The same dispatches quote Irotzky
to be equally defiant toward the leu
tons. 1--WE have instructed our repre-
sentatives," reads the transmitted
text Of his speech, ito inquire #aat
Interpretation will be placed upon our
policy Of no annexation and no III
IDENTITIES by German Foreign-Min!s-
ter Won Kuehlman and Austro-Hun-
carian Foreign Minister Count Czern-
in. No doubt they will attempt to Oh
secure their answers by diplomatic
phrases but we will insist that :
clesr answer be given"
simultaneously there came dis
Eatch from Vienna via Amsterdam,
quoting Count Czcrnin as approving
general peace without annexation,
territorial OF economic."
Gne dispatch from the strife
stricken Russian land today said tn"
Cossacks had cut the trans-Sibcrian
Railroad. If this is true, the return
Of German and Austrian prisoners,
the vast majority Of whom are n
Siberia. may be frustrated.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-12-21
STEAMER BURNS IN PORT.
American Tanker Hit BY Torpedo
DESTROYED at Genoa.

New York, Dec. 1.-The Ameri-
can tanker Albert Watts was lost BY
fire on Thanksgiving day nj Genoa,
Italy, after making harbor following
ar. attack by Il German or Austrian
Submarine, it was learned LAY, VIXEN
Herbert G.. Goodwin, chief officer
and eight OF her crew arrived 1T an
Atlantic port.
The fire was caused by the caro-
lcssness Of a harbor boatman. who
boarded the Albert Watts and thrc"
: = cigarette into a mass Of inflamma'
Die material.
The attack by the Submarine ha1
caused great damage to the side %!
the tanker. For some reason thl
torpedo leaped from the water iaS'
prior to striking, ana the hole made
by the explosion was above the "'atcI
lire. The vessel was only - mile:
from Genoa. and soon after the ut
tack was sighted by q patrol vcsSc
AMI lowed to an anchorage. The
submarine did not stop to see def
nitcly if the tanker was destroyed
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-12-21
10 to II Per Cent
investments

sO6sOS Pendleton street. 2 six room frames. Rents
for 800 each per month"; with water rents extra Prce
$500 each.
llO7 Queen street, good six room frame dwellings
newly papered and painted Always rented Tor slo PEI
month ard water extra Price 5000 on easy terms
12l3-l2l512l7 Queen street, SIX room frames he'S
for $500 each water rent extra, Price $500 each.
3133l5 north St. Asaph street, eight room ii'llis
dwellings Rent for $25 pei month Good loca'0A a''
IA fine Investment at 81, 600 for both houses.
2l3215217 Peyton street, room frames. Rents 1o1
Is5.oO each per month Price $500 each.
5s2 north Columbus street. room FRAME sewer zap
ned, Rents for $1,000 per month Price S1,zoV
72426 north Columbus street, room frames r'''s
I$1,500.
Store and dwelling 53l north Alfred street. corner
lPendleton. Dwelling rooms and bath Rents 1or s1o7
per month. Price 81 900.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-12-21

ill the uffiian is operpowered- That
the Allies are making good progress
m,
If Germany wants peaes let it e
call its armies to its own soil ana
cissvow all purposes Of conqeerlng
the world.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-12-21

BARBER-Wantcd at once. Apply ii
lO7 north Royal street, Alexandra.
303-3t.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-12-21

LOST-Ycstcrday on King or south
s.. .Asaph streets, 4 diamond ring.
Reward If returned to Gazette Of
Gco 3O2-5t.
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Classified Advertising

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any kind. Address y. El'harat, New
Arlington, Va. 3Vz-o.'
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-12-21

LOST-TueSday, OH King or south
ST. Asaph streets, diamond rlns'
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LOST-Tucsday morning, going from
!. the 1900 block, King street, to cor"
ner Columbus street, gold car
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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-12-21

Insure the home NOW,-don't ie.
lay another day. This is the season
In which most fires Occur. InsuriDg
through this Agency means ALSO
Lutte PROTECTION at regular
rates.
LAURENCE STABLER
*l5 Prince Street. Ale1end'ls. Va.
The Cordova daily times., 1917-02-19

tion"
 Shades of Anchorage, what an in sult-Seward Gateway.
The Cordova daily times., 1917-02-19
CASTING ST0NEG AT ABSENT
 VEN|zELOS
(By Associated Press,

ATHENS, Feb. 19. = A crowd of about 10000 persons recently vitnes- sed the ancient ceremony of "castine the stone of anathema" at the ,bsent Nenizelos. The ceremony was organ. ized and conducted by the famous Pan-llellenic Reservists League. which under the briefer title "Reserylsts" haS won mu,il notice since the king and Venizelos have been wranelInp over the internal and external affairs of Greece.
 The cabinet is said to have been strongly opposed to the revival of the obsolete custom of "anathema," in the case of Venizelos, and the opponents of the rite asserted in the newspa. pers that "only harm can result to the kings cause from this uncouth piece of political savagery, owing to the painful impression which 1t will pro duce upon the civilized world"
 But the Reservists would not hear or the abandonment of the idea. and insisted not only on the civil and military, but also on the ecclesiastical authorities attending the ceremony. II is stated that the Metropolitan, whc IS the archbishop of Athens, was re iuctant to participate, but he finally yielded, and in the end, the whole | synod of the church of Greece no
The Cordova daily times., 1917-02-19

only attended, but actually partici- pated in the stone throwing. The Reservists also sent notices to all the shops and offices in Athens requiring the proprietors to close them and at tend tho ans:ho:Gs:: w!.h their :a.;:!:ss and employees, each person being re quired also to bring his stone.
 The metropolitan cast the first stone, accompanying it with the state ment: This stone of anathema is cast against M. Venizelos for having plotted against the king and imprison- ed bishops of the church" The lat ter phrase was a reference to the archbishop of Drama, who was arrest ed by the Saloniki revolutionist and sent to Mount Athos.