Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-04-11
100000 MEN FOR
ARMY AND NAVY,
Break Expected With All German Allies.
Urgent Need for Greatest Possible
Food Production This Year.
Grsat Shortage Now

Last week Congress formally passed
the resolution asked by President Will
son declaring a state of war to exist
between the United States and Ger
many and every military preparation
possible is beng pushed with all pos
sible speed in preparation tor active
fighting.
All German ships interned in Amerl-
can harbors-numberlng nearly 100
have been seized by the government
AMI Will be used and paid for after
war Is over. In the event such condi
tions may exist as to render payment
unjust no payment will be made. Most
of the German ships have been more
or less damaged but nearly all can be
ready for service within four months,
is the claim. A German crew in the
harbor on the island of Guam refused
to surrender and blew up the vessel,
sinking il. Seven Germans are miss
ing and are supposed to have been kill
ed by the explosion. The remainder OF
the crew OF over 900 men surrendered.
While plans are not fully matured
for enlisting men it is the feeling that
an army Of not less tha2s,isn to two
n,ilIioEs nSS.as tFss:.es and
drilled for fighting within year.
Should enlistments prove too SLOW and
insufficient it is thought CONSUMPTION
will follow. Congress IS expected to
pass a law providing for conscrlpting
at once.
Cuba will join with the U. s. against
Germany and seize all lnterned vessels
IN Cuban ports.
The first issue OF war bonds is ex
pected to be over three billions OF dol
lars.
A vessel owned by Brazil has been
sunk by German submarine and Bra
I'll may be drawn into the war also.
Austria Hungary, Turkey and Bull
CARA are all expected to break with
the United States as result of the
rupture with Germany.
Coli Roosevelt is desirous of raising
a company to 60 to France and oppose
the Germans in the trenches. Two of
his sons will enlist under him in the
event he forms the company. Thus
far the government has perfected no
plans that will permit of the desire of
Col. Roosevelt being realized.
W. j. Bryan has rendered his ser
vices to the government and asks to be
enrolled as private and is willing to
work anywhere the nation may desire
his services.
FOOD NEEDED.
In the face OF war that promises to
be desperate and may be long drawn
out, the agricultural department of the
nation, commercial bodies, governor of
states and mayors are urging the farm
ers of the nation to grow all food pos
sible as the present shortage presents
grave danger for the coming year un-
less a good crop Is grown this season.
Active efforts are being made IN differ
ent parts OF the south to induce cotton
growers to put much larger acreage
to food crops and less to cotton than
they had planned.
The wheat crop of the southern hem
isphere is 80 per cent snort and the
crop IN the United States is only 63. A
per cent Of normal crop according to
the April report of the department Of
Agriculture. 1t is over rs per cent be.
low the ten year average for April.
Conditions may prove so favorable that
the indicated shortage will be much re-
duced by harvesting time, but just
now bread stuff IS advancing by leaps
and bounds and very high prices are
beyond question tor this year in spite
of anything that can be done or any
favorable conditions that may result
before the growing season is over.
There are also many chances for a
great shrinkage as no one can tell
what the weather will be.
The Tennessee wheat crop is only 80
per cent of normal.