the paper in that print the war is begun today · show your colors! some of as are going to fight;...

SHOW YOUR COLORS!Some of as are going to fight; some are going to pay; gome are going to fight

and pay, too. But all of us should show our colors. Let us wear them on our coats!Let us put out flags on our business buildings and our homes! Let us txrrn this

town into a riot of red, white and blue!i The local parade committee requests every employer to close shop to permit em»

* ployes to participate in the Saturday night demonstration. Show your colorsl

The Seattle StarTHE ONLY PAPER IN SEATTLE THAT DARES TO PRINT THE NEWS

VOLUME 19 SEATTLE. WASH , FRIDAY. APKIL 6. 1917 ONE CENT IN "mcat*iTi'"

LAST EDITIONThe nation la united. The debates are over. Unity

ii now demanded. The weather forecast: Tonightand Saturday, ahoweri.

WAR IS BEGUN TODAY2 SHIPS

SEIZEDHERE

U. B.* customs gu»«T« seizedtha Hamburg-American freight-er Sasoma. and the German?ailing vessel Steinbeck. atEagi* harbor, across the bayfrom Seattle, at 1:30 a. m. Fri-day, an hour and a half after

l the house voted to go to warwith Germany.

B Their captains and crewsBare brought to Seattle and

in the government de-station at the foot of

at.action followed lh« ro-

\u25a0i of rode orders from Wash-ington. I>. C. t by Collector of Cus-Iduii Roscoe Drumlirller.| Flrat War Act Here

Custom* g'la'ds were placed

ahc*«>* the veasel* to protect themftbe action waa slmultaneou* with

of all 'ierrnan ships In allHMiiraa ports.\u25a0 It waa one of the first acta of\u25a0fe and the bottom* will probably\u25a0 into *TVIre.

captain K"rani Heifer, and the IImembers of the crew, who hatelived aboard lbe freighter since?he waa Interned here at the be-ginning of the war. submlt'ed tolheir arrest without protest. Nocrew haa been aboard the Stein-beck. but her fai.taln. JohannesWohlers. with his cat. who haveheld down th" watch, mad* noprotests

Ships Wilfully DisabledThese men had al! been taken in-

to custody the afternoon qt Febru-ary 5. after it was learned that theSaxonia's engines had b»en wil-'fulty disabled, almost beyond re-pair. A great h-»le was bored inthe cylinder*. Vital parts of theengine were disconnected and. withthe blu» print*, thrown overboard

Members of the Saxonla crew,held by the government, are Chief[Officer Ernest Manann, Chief Kn

Arnold Hustedt, Paul Gllle.HVtln Jensen. Otto HchneMer.£orenco Lao. Fritr Korth, Juliuslungnitch. Rico Jaeger. Gustav

Prank Minute and Jakob\u25a0^Rchle*.

were held af the detentionstation for almost a wt<ek early inFebruary, and later permitted to

return to their ships on order* fromWashington.

Captain Is CalmCaptain Heifer, former ltontenant

1n the Austrian navy, took hi* ar-rest aa a matter of rottrw. Iliamen were more excited.

The work of the customs «Piards.was quick, and they accomplished

the seizure with no difficulty.

Machinery Damaged

JACKSO WILI>K, Fla., AprilThe German merchantman Frieda

was seized by I' 8. cits

torn* authorities tht* mornln* Hercrew wan removed by immigrationauthflrltler.

Machinery or the ship had beenbadly damaged

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U. S. WAR HISTORYIS MADE IN APRIL

April 18. 1775- Kevoluttonarv »<tr started by llic bailie ofIslington.

April 13. ISSO? FV>rt Sitrater, Charleston harbor, bombarded,

beginning the civil war.April 9. iSt'.l?lien Robert K. l*«e surrendered at Appomat-

tox to (Jen. Orant. ending the civil »i.r,

April 15. I*»S President McKlnley. In a mrssase to congrcas,

dc larod a state of war with Hj aln existed.April 8, 1917 War declared on Germany

Men you sea in uniform onthe streets today?whether itbe the blue of the naval militiaor the olive drab of the Na-tional Guard ?will probably allbe called for service by thepresident before night.

Only the one regiment of

Washington militia Infantry hasalready been mobilised for fed-eral eery Ice.

The order* expected todaywould summon 550 naval mili-tiamen. 1,100 Coast artillerymen. Troop B. cavalry, fromTacoma, and the Signal corps,ail part of the Washington National Guard aystem, to the col.ors.These men have all been kept In

uniform and ready for the rail dur-hi* the last v eek Their order*

NO DECISION MADEON JOINING OF JAILS

LABOR MEN DEMANDFLAD OVER TEMPLE

Prison reformer* talked andtalked about the proposed consoli-dation of the county and clly Jail*Friday morning, In the mayor* offire.

The county commle*loners, thesheriff, the chief of police and Coun-

cilman Hoiton. special council mmmittcjfMrian, listened and ever andanon explained the matter* fully.No action wa* taken.

Declaring themselves Americansand determined to have a flag on

the l*abor temple, even If Secre-

tary I>uocan oppoaed It. the mem-ber* of Ixjcal No. I*. Stage Work-

er*. held a lively protect meeting

Friday morning, and at the con-clusion thereof marched In a band.Home 10 strong, downtown to pur-chase an American flag

Chairman Frank Gates of the

finance committee declared thatthe reason no flwg wan displayedwas because Ihe old one watt worn

out. an/1 there «u no money for anew one The stage worker* re-fused to listen to hint, and angrily

demanded that a flag be bought.Gate* consented, and, marching In

double file, the atag" worker* went

Ifltrthe flag.

BY CYNTHIA GREY

were to rush recruiting to warstrenKth. which would Increase thenaval mtlltU from 660 to 760 men,and raise the strength of theCoast artillery to 1909 men.

This ha* been i«artlally accompllshed a.id Ik ctlll going on.

These nival militiamen, withcompanies In Seattle, Kverett, Tacoma and the Orav* harbor coun-

iry, will probably be utoiiiHsed to-<iav or tomorrow and Immediately

taken to UretnertonTo Lay Mines

They will go thru a period oftraining there Fifty naval militia-men and seven officer* have beenct the navy yard a week, livingaboard, one of the fighting ship*

The naval militia will be absorbedin the navy, a* individual*. Horn"

oi' the m*.n will no doubt be ati

The War-God ha* decreed "Toarm*!" And the bravest and be*thave answered

But harken to another call grip-ping In It* appeal, nation wide In It**cope. It I* the call of WOMANTO WOMAN. It I* the call, not onlyfor organizers and speakers, collector* of the ever-needful *llver andgold, but for the old fashioned quailjflcatlon* of the old faahloned v om|an. together with the modernism of|th« modern woman.

tioned ah- ard tt.e older vessel* torsslst In mine laving.

t'oast artillerymen. "ho are thefellows you see on the street withred cords on their hat*, will noI'ouht be dispatched to the fort*I'liardlne I'llget Round Hut definiteorders a-« to movements of troopsare not permitted to lie published.

Tell 'Cm by CordsThe infantrymen, already mobll

ln"l. 'an be d.Mltititl'hed by theblue cord i on their hats, while thei nvalry cord Is yellow.

Regular army officers stationedI ere as Inspector* and Instructors

?f National Guard forces expectthat ord«rs will be Immedately Issued bv "lie gr\« mmeiit to call s|l

tile National Guard forces of thecountry Into service, and recruittl em. with the rcßiilat annv mills

LLOYD GEORGE SENDSMESSAGE TO U. S.

LONDON, April B Stating that\u25a0 he spoke at the Instance of the Im-

perial war cabinet. Premier Lloydi George today *ent a stirring tile*

sage to America, recognizing her cn-trance Into the war.

It I* the call to woman to take a]place beside men, doing her part

And the women are responding,not only with their knitting needlesand their 'ewlng box, but with allthe power to nerve that is In them.

? . *

In thl« city enthu*la*m 1* spreading like wildfire

l>owti at the National League for

| Woman's Service, and the Red;<To t headquarter* In the Cobb

I building lire all the activities of a

II tirultlujt tUlion. Seattle woinon

MARSHALL SIGNSWAR DECLARATION

WASHINGTON. April 6.?

The war resolution was formal-

ly reported to the senate ashaving been passed by the

house and senate and signedby Bpeaker Clark, at 12:10 to-day.

Every seat In the galleryand every seat in the chamberwas filled, at the official met

senger from the houte enteredjutt after the chtpleln't prayer,end announced:"A meshage from the house of

representatives."There w in nn audible InUiklm,' of

breath.The crowd i of representative*

and their clerk* slid the govern-

have taken the order to I'UKPAHKin dead ea r!',a*t.

up to full v»r strengthThey do not e\|nrct any volun-

teer unit* wilt be orgsnlMd untilcongress arts on the matter.

Will Take a YearThen one of the problems will lie

to train 'h» real citizen armies.This. It Is predicted, wiil preventthe dispatch of troops to Europe\u25a0ii-mii"!' *1! our trali,ed soudieiH-en-li«-le<l m< n ai d commissions! of-ficers- -wo'lld be needed lo whipthe green troops Into shape.

'Ihev estimate th.it It take* 11'months of hard work to make ateal soldiT out of a ttrwn citizen

Haven't Enough ShipsPuppllei am' equipment would

i htive to be nssrmhleii Shipswould have to be built All the,-hlps In America, .ind all that willbe built and cnmtliicd within a

meat official* banked deep behind?he senators' <!t>*k* shifted nervously.

The home t.iemenser iui escorled to the vice president'* deskand *olemnly delivered the portenlou* paper. I: v. as Immediatelyhanded back to Marshall, who hadwrung his hnrvl* mrvoutly for a

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What have YOU done? What areYOU doing? Or what are YOUgoing lo do?

At Ihe Ited Cross headquarter*women and glrla have been pre par

Inn for the past few week*. Theplnce* buzzes from morning untilnight with the hum of machine*, thei llcli ot lieeflleu. There lire lit pre*-

cnt members In Seattle, mul

the local branch wants lo bring the[ti>tal up to in,"too.

TO TELL OF RIOTSAnnalls* Ruegg. prominent social

worker, will tell of her trouble* inGermany during ihe bread riot*, to-night at Stevens' hull, Westlakesnd Fourth ave.

"Society women, working women.)university girl*, high school girl*

Seattle women from every walk oflife are going to do something to'help' the country," declared Mr* ,VV Infield Smith, slate chairman ofthe National League for Woman'*Service. "Already we have a caVal-ry department of :'.fl voting wijtien, laside from wlrelcst operator*,

lillotn, expert marknuten. aviator*and navy recruits." *ald Mr* Smith.

"For months the women In Anier-ii a have been watching with tennej

AMERICA'S ANSWER TO KAISER

U. S. Call for State Troops Expected Todayyear, it hits been figured out. wouldnot be sufficient to transport andke«|i feeding an an army inFrance.

That I* why local nrmv men estlmate that tl.eir job lor the next

i-ar will br> training citizens Intoit eal fighting ii>a< ltlne unlesstroopr. alt ick u* in ro*f the border.

MATTHEWS HAS NOREPLY FROM WILSONli Mark A Matthew* ha* re

ielved no reply yet from PresidentWilson, to whom he telegraphedyesterday that ho wss willing toKlve hi* ser*fes whenever andwherever he might be needed, onthe battle linn or aa chaplain.

"TILL THE SOIL," ISURGED BY LISTER

Citizens and county ami city of-ficials will meet Saturday morning

to l»y plana for carrying out thesuggestions of Oov. Ulster for In-crr«slng the amount of food grown111 the county. I-Uter Issued theproclamation Immediately after warwan declared, and County AuditorWardull called the mating at once.

The governor calls attention tothe need of co-operation If everyfoot of land I* to lie placed undercultivation, and suggests that com-mittee# he appointed in all schooldistricts, to direct the raising ofvegetables In the dim riot.

"THE SOCIALISTS have no In-tention of supporting any othercountry than (lie United States,"declared Victor L. Merger, al St.l<otils Thursday.

Call of Woman to Woman Finds Response in Seattle| Interest the struggles and accom-plishments of their sisters In blood-l laitied Kurope, and In the presentcrisis of our own country we aremoved by an earnestness of endeav-or which has resulted In the formingof Ibis league To the peace lovingwomen who blanch at the horrors

'of war and militarism, ami who areheld In tin' grasp of uncertainty, Jwish to say: Our spirit of preparv.<Yness doos not stand for mllitnrir 5.41.hut for Protection, Prosperity uid

1 l'eace. M

WILSON SIGNSDECLARATION;

SHIPS SEIZEDWAR DEVLOPMENVS

Navy ordered mobilized.Vice President Marshall sif/ned the war reso*S»<

lution at 12:13 p. m.Exactly one hour later to the second, Presi-

dent Wilson signed his name?at 1:13 p. m.

Thirteen is President Wilson's lucky number.The house passed the jo'fnt war resolution at

3 a. m. by a vote of 373 to 50..Ninety-one German shifts seized in American

ports. Two seized at Eagle Harbor.War proclamation issued by presidentWilson backs plans for army of two millions.

WASHINGTON, April <>.?War was declared at1:13 this afternoon.

\t exactly that hour President Wilson signed thejoint resolution passed by the house and senate, declar-ing a state of war between the United States an<f Ger-many.

An hour before the resolution was signed by Vice

CUBAN HEAD SENDS WAR MESSAGE

\!.\\ Y( >KK. April <». ?President Menocal olf C üba«-cnt a to the Cuban congress requesting

tbat a state of war Tie declared to exist between Cubaand Germany, according to a table received by the

official I üban |>re»> bure.tu here today.

President Marshall, at J 2:13. These were the last for-malities necessary to make the United States an ally ofHngland, France and Russia in the world war of democ-racies against autocracies. Im

These acts followed the passage by the housei-373to 50?of the joint war resolution at 3a. in.

'

The first act of war, the seizure of 91 Germanships in American ports, came swiftly after the vote inthe house.FLASH SIGNAL TO NAVY DEPARTMENT

As the president, a-J.'lxed liis signature lo the document. Lieut.Commandw Byron McOtindle#* signaled across the street, to the navy

departmcut. that war Was formally on. and orders were flashed outfrom the government wireless to the ship* at sea and to the fort* ofthe I'nited State*.

Simultaneously evu ry steam whistle in Washington and on theI'otomae river, near hy, was opened wide, and their screeches could beheard In every corner of the capital.

While the ink «u« still wet on the historic war resolution, met-

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91 QERMAH 7,HIPSIN YANKEVI PORTS

SEIZED IN HURRY

CITY CHEERS ITSBLUEJACKETS

NIOW YORK, April 6. ?t'nitedStates armed fcices seized nl) theGerman ship* In all Americanports today. It was America's firstact of war.

In i>orts on. every coast of the

lulled Statei, proper, and In islandpossessions, marines or bine jack-

ets went a OOard the enemy ships

early toda>". made numbers of the

flerman cfr»s prisoners and took(C'intlnued o npaje 5)

34 KILLED IN B. G.MIHE EXPLOSION

VfcKNIK, B. C? April « An explosion took place at Coal Creeklast night ami has added 34 namesto the death roll from that camp.

The explosion occurred al 10:20In No. 3 mine, which is in the samelocality as No. L', ami No. i east.

Bluejacket* from Vncle Sam'sPacific reserve fleet, carrying com-plete arms, and headed by the PugetSound navy yard band, swung downSeattle's streets this noon, whilethe cheers o finspired cltlzenH pro-duced the wartime atmosphere.the cheers of Inspired citizens pro-gram to stimulate navy and navalmilitia recruiting, but it was a morapretentious pageant than the earliardemonstrations.

Members of the Women's auxil-iarv of the Navy league, wearingmiddy blouses and sailors' capo,were In the Hue of march.

They are the. sisters, wives, sweet-hearts and relatives of Washing-ton's naval militiamen. They havebanded together to keep In touchwith the citizen-sailors after theyhave Joined the battle fleets.

Already these women have sewnditty bags, and will work out a reg-ular systp n of correspondence.

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Red Cross workers, ton, took partin the parade, which was arrangedby the I'lks" recruit',us commit tea,headed b> Hen Sworn.