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Orders have been issued at Wash
ington mobilizing the navy, including
the regular establishments, the naval
reserve, the naval militia and the new
ly organized power boat coast patrol.
Orders for the arrest of about 65
Germans In this country have been
sent out by the department of justice
at Washington. Some of the men
already have been convicted Of crimes
and are free on bail. The others are
considered dangerous by the govern
ment.
Gustav III. Jacobson, wealthy Chit
cago real estate operator and presi-
dent of the American Embargo con-
ference, was arrested at his home by
federal agents, charged with conspir-
ing with others to start military ex-
petition to Indian to overthrow the
British government thereof.
The entire Illinois naval battalion
was called out by Governor Lowden
on orders from Secretary Of the Navy
Daniels. The summons brings into
the federal service approximately 90
officers and 800 men.
Sinking without warning of the I'M
armed American steamer Missourian,
which left Genoa April 1, with 81
Americans among it's crew of 50, was
reported to the state department at
Washington by Consul General VIII
bur at Genoa. The crew was saved.
The Missourian was owned by the
American-Hawailan Steamship line.
Official announcement was made
at Washington that foreigners In the
United States who conduct themselves
properly will suffer no loss Of property
or liberty as a result of declaration
Of state of war.
The first legislative step toward
formal recognition of the existence OF
a state of war between the United
States and Germany was taken at
IL 10 o'clock Wednesday night, when
the senate, by a vote Of 80 to 9, passed
the resolution declaring that the acts
Of Germany have brought about
state of war. Senators Gronna, La Fol
lette and Norris, Republicans. and
Lane. Stone and Vardaman, Demo-
Gratis, voted against the resolution.
Reuters Amsterdam correspondent
says President Wilson's address TO con-
gress has been answered in the Ger
man press by storm of abuse. He
quotes the Rhenische Westfallische
Zeitung as saying: Beyond striving
for gold, the Americans have no ideal
They think everything can be achieved
by gold. Their megalomania makes a
grotesque impression on US Germans"
A three-hour speech by Senator La
Toilette of Wisconsin and a reply by
Senator Williams of Mississippi in
which he said Senator La Follette's
address would better have become
Herr Won Bethmann-Hollweg than an
American senator" featured bitter
debate in the senate at Washington on
the resolution declaring state of war
with Germany.
Detailed plans of the war depart
ment at Washington for raising an
army, numbering millions If that is
necessary "to bring the government of
the German empire to terms" were
placed in President Wilson's hands in
the form of bill prepared by the gen
eral staff and reviewed and revised In
part by Secretary Baker and the gen
eral officers who are his military adj
visers.
Washington was an inspiring sight as
the all-day debate on the war resolu-
ton lasted into the night. The gay
gowns of hundreds of women in the
damned galleries, the solemn but at
times vigorously emphatic senator's on
the floor, and the throng Of members
of the house who crowded the rear Of
the chamber made up history-mak-
ing assemblage.
The White Star line steamship Ced-
ric. which sailed from New York with
several thousand tons of cargo, has ar
rived safely ut a British port, officials
of the line announced.
Seizure Of all radio stations In the
United States and Its possessions, OPP
GRAFTON OF those needed for naval COM
munications and closing of others,
was authorized by President Wilson at
Washington.
Persistent but hitherto unconfrmed
reports of German submarines wait
ing in the Gulf Of Mexico for the open
ing of hostilities Of the United States
were further supported by reports 10