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CUBA FOLLOWS U.S1 INTO WORLD WAF FIRST OF LATIN AMERICAN COUN. TRIES TO JOIN WITH UNITED STATES. FORMALLY DECLAR[S NR Vote Was . -animous.-WIld Cheer Ing Follows Speeches of Leaders in House.-Her Duty to Follow Us. JI ava na.- (uba. not yet o(it of her 'feens as a Hepibli., is at wvar witi Gerntainy. the first of the Liti n-.\m r lvanl voltotrir- - to raitne l-s lfao g side of the I'jitud States heri liberawr an' Protector. Pr.'e:idint I'lnocal affixed his ia tl r to tihe joint ri'siolition l a . animoiusly' by- hug h thi S''-nate n. louse without a dli-sitin vii. Ing rtise(d, th s tlig inii o liuo ft h declaratitio lhi 1 a lstlr of war . , be(tweenl Cnha and14 ljhf im1pr rial ;: Thll jointconnife. appointed1 h1v theSente111(1ins agree"Id up1tio the piraspology of 1the reisoloblian to ll Peirs'intIed and hI hi stagi' Was sot 1i' (nlletk lc tion before iith r brait h i ('OiigreI'ss convened. "Arliele I -liesolve. thit fr m In. day a state of war is foImaIllyi (Ie. clared let weeni tihe Itepublic of 'Iu ba and ft(,he I m perilI Government of Ger. many. and the Pres iden t of fthe Ite. public is anat horized anld directerd bv this Ie.Solut ion to ('m1ploy 11 all the forces of Ihe Nation an1d tlie r'esources of our G rnieit to make war against li mperial (;erman Gov. i-anment wit hi iuih ohi'irt of maintain. I ng oulr righIs: gu udiIg our I erri. torly and Ilprovidinlig for (u'r security; ii'evint any acts which may be at. fe iip1(Vti agaistt is, ald (I defenttd the nai1galion of the seas. tlie liberty of ('omlerce an thlie riglts of ieneutrals and inferna tional junstice. "Article 2.-- -The plrpsidenit of the TiepublicI is hereby ailt horibed to use all 11hv land and naval forces in the fom he tiua y odeen necessary, using existing forces, reorganaizi ng thein or r'eatiig ne0w 011e, iand to dispose of tle (ec'lolnmic forces of the Nation in any way he may deei necessary. "Article 3.-The Presidlent will give account to Congress of the meamures, adopted in fullliiment of t1his law. which will be in ope.ratioin from the , moment of its publication in the of ficial gazette." Vessels Seized. Chief Inspector of the Port Panne notified l'isebio Azjiazu, Secretary to the President, that he had observed large volumes of smoke pouring from the funnel of the self-luterned German ship Bavaria. Port police went aboard the ship and were informed by he' commander, Captain Graafles, that he, in compliance with orders from his Government, had attempted to damage the machinery in order to render the ship useless. PRESIDENT SENDS REPLY TO POINCARE'S MESSAGE. Washingte 3.--ln rense to Presl dent P'oinea' congratulations upon the entrance of the United States Into the war, PresIdent WVilsoni sent this message: "In this trying houir whencu the desti nlies of civilizedl mankind are in the balance, it has boen a source of grati flcation and joy to me to receive your c'ongratulations upon01 tho step which my country has beent c'onstrainedl to take in opiposition to the relentless po1 icy andi !ours'e of imperalistie Ger-~ "It Is very delightful to us that France, wvho stood shouldei' to shoulder with uts of the Westerni woild in our1 st ruggle for independence, shouldl now give us such a wel'omie into the lists of battle as upholders of' the freedom andi rights of' hinnaimnily. ''We st anil as paritnerts of thle noble democrac'i's, whose alms and actl '-'I ~ make for the perpetuatIon of thle ri 'htIs anad fr'eedomt0 oft man amnd for' thle safe guarin g of thle tru10 pii 'ples of lhu mani liberties. in the name of the Amnericani pieoplo I salute yOit til nd ourt illustious conitrymen.' JACKSONVILLE PIER DlEPTROYED BY FIRE. Jacksonville. Fla.-Gne of the Now York piers of the Clyde Linp Steam ghip Company was deostroyed by fire *hero. A secondi pier' was damilaged, and a lighter laden with rosen and consid erable freight wvas burned. The steam or Huron, lying in the slIp, was mov ed to safety. 'rho orIgIn of the fire wasi unkonwn. The loss was estimated by company officials at $150O.000. The blaze was discovered in a corner of the pier warehouse. ORATIF.YING .REPOR TS ON GERMAN-AMERICAN CONDUCT. Washington.. - Gratifying reports have been made to the Depar'tment of Justice from its agents in all parts of the country .pn the behavior of Gem mnans, and Gern~ian-Americans. following -the decelarati on of a state of war be tweon thie two nations. W#hile about 100 special arrests have been ordered and othiers are expected, Attorney Gen oral Gregory said that so far the it, uet9en is very encouraging. GERMAN SHIPS ARE TAKEN OVER BY U.S. TO BE REPAIRED AT EARLIEST POSSIBLE MOiENT BY OFFICIALS. WILL TRANSPORT SOLDIERS At' Ships Will Have to Be Dry Docked Before They Can Be Made Sea worthy.-Will Be Ready For Ser vice in Three Months. Washi ng(ol.-While a final decis. ioll has not beo nreached, idlications after the (Cabhi net meeting Were h a a hundred German Inerchalit ssel takeni over in differenot pol.t will )e regarded vs the property of 'he Americanl Government an1d pail .r ofter the war. The vessels ihd lup in Am eri can .arbors for safety at the outhreak of 'hu war in Eul'rope were all -eized imidiately after the liouse's IN1a ';W it "llhe lr112 resolitioll. The orews wvill ht. remloved to immiigrationl deten. ':Il 'tations. there to he treated as alies admissible to the cointry iI' able to I'ass the ordinary iminigratioll Iosts. The fact that maniiy ire naval reser lists will not serve to kar tIlemii. There were indieations'that damage lone to the ships by their crews when relations between the lniited. States rind Germany were brokei will be repalred as early as possible and the 4hips put into the transatlantic trade to transport supplies to the Allies. The total tonnage could not be built in American yards in less than a year Itnd some of the larger ships. notabbly the Vaterland. Could not be produced i the United States In several years. All of the ships will have to be (ry locke-1 before they Canl he made ea wortiy. The great Vaterland. with a tonnage of 54,000. Is too large to enter ;ny of the American .rydocks and iVll have to be towed to ialbIoa to be clocked. Officials said an "intelligent use" would be made of the vessels and they 'ither could be used as Naval auxil iarles or as merchant ships. Most of them would make excellent troops tiansports. F'ourteen of the largest and swiftest could carry 40.000 troops. wl ich is twice as many as could be transported by the entire available American merchant fleet. PROCLAMATION OF WAR IS ISSUED BY PRESIDENT WILSON United States Formally Abandons Neutrality And Enters Great War. Washington.-The United States ac cepted Germany's challenge to war and formally abandoned its place as the greatest neutral of a world in arms. President Wilson at 1:18 (off'icial time) o'clock Friday afternoon signed the resolution of Congress declaring the existence of a state of war and author7iing and dilrectling the ChIef Executive to employ all the resources of the nation to prosecute hostititles against the German government to a successful t erminlation. The net waIs done1 without ceremony and only in the presence of the mem hers of the l'resident's famIly. WVordl wvar flashed Immediately to all Army and Navy statIons and~ to vessels at sea. fly Proclamat Ion the Presidenlt au nonnelied thle state of wvar, called uipon a1 'll Oiis to) milfest '1heir loyalty anhd aissu red Germians In tils country'3 (hat they woulld lie unmliolested as lonig as they behaved thiemuselves. Orders~ were issued soon afterwvard for the arrest ofi 60 ring leaders iln Germlian plots and~ in t rigues. C'ompiete nmohilization of the navy, callIng all reserves and mIlitia to the (cohors wais ordered by Secret ary Dan lois. Th'le War Diepartmient, aliread y h1aving t akenl i vtal ly every sI op cont emaplated hefore thle raisIng of a real wa(r arlmy is auithlorIz/ed, waited (on Congr'ess. TPhe C ongress went ovIer' all of t he gleat lpreparat oil meastures with thle ('abhInot. discussinog what hams heen accOmp lllihed an(Id dwelin1g, It Is un.l d orstood1.u1poii a rr'angemevts for co opierait ion with th le 10nlltento Alliles agaiist the ('llcimo ene01my. ORDERS TO ARREST ALL OF GERMAN CONSPIRATORS. Washiington.--The arrest of 60 alleg 6d ring leaders In German plots, con .spiricies andl machhlnations In the UnIt ed States was ordlered by Attorney General Gregory ImmedIately after President WVironi had sIgned the war resolution. Every man whose arrest was ordered Is a German citIzen and is to have partIcIpated actIvely in German intrigues In this country, and Is regarded as a dangerous person to be at large. CABINET DISCUSSES METHOD OF RAISING MONEY. Washing'on.-Methods of financIng the war with Germany andi of extend lng hiuge loans to the Allies constItut ed one of the chief subjects consider edI at the Cabinet meeting. Indica tions are that the first year's demands uipon1 the finan' lal resources . of the counltry will run far in excess of the $3,500,000,000 already asked of Con gross ando may approximate $6,000, 000.000. Bends already authrized also were discussed. ARMED h HkS (Copyrlight.) - RESOLUTION PASSES SENATE DECLARES THAT STATE OF WAR EXISTS BETWEEN GERMANY AND U. S. Passage of Resolution Marked By No Outburst From Gallarles While on the Floor Senators Were Grave and Quiet.-Vote 82 to 6. Washi''gton.--The resolution declar ing that a state of war exists between the United States and Germany was Passed in the Senate by an over akv-eilming majority. The vote was 82 to 6i. Senators who cast the negative rotes were: Gronna, North Dakota; La Follette, Wisconsin; Norris. Nebraska; Lane, Oregon; Stone, Missouri, and Varda man, Mississilppli. The resolution, drafted after con sultation with the State Department and already accepted by the House Committee, says that state of war thrust upon the United States by Ger man/ is formally declared, and directs the President to employ the entire military and naval forces and the re sources of the Government to carry on war and bring it to a successful termination. Action in the 'enate came just aftet II o'clock at the close of a debatE that had lasted continuously since 1( o'clock in the morning. The climai was reached late in the afternoor when Sienator John Sharp Williams de nounced a speech by Senator La Fol lete as more worthy of Herr vol Betl mann-lollweg than of an Amerl can1 Senatilor. 'lhe passage of the resolution wai not marked by any outburst from th galleries and on the floor' the Sona tars themselves were unusually gravy and quiet. Many of them answere< to their names in voices that qiuiver ed with emotion. All six of the Senators who votes against the resolution wvere member of the group of 12 which dlefeatei he armed neutrality bill at the las session. There was no attempt to flli buster this time, however, and mos of the 12 hours of debate was con sumedl by champions of the resolt tin. Of the other six opponents a armed neutrality, Senators Cumminm IKenyon and Kirby voted for- the resc lution. Senators O'Gor-man, Clapp ani \Vorks, the remaining three, retirei jto private life at the end of the las 1session. The vote was: I For the Resolution. 1)emnocratis -- Ashurst, fleckharn 'roussa rd. (hambierlain, C'ulber-son ie leier, Gerry, IHardwick, Hlitchcoelhi lin ghes. liust ing, .James, Jlohinson Sonth l)akota; Jonles, New iAlexico Kenduurick, King, Kirby, Lewis, Alc~el lar. \iartini, Aleyers, Overnman, Oweii l I'holana. Pitt ma n, P'omeriene, iR"nsdieli It eed . hiobinson, Sani sbury, Sihafrot h Shieppa rd, Sh ield s, Silmens, Smni th A rizonma; Smith, Geor'gia ; Smithi Sonthi ( olina, Swanson, Tihomnpsn Tr'manmmen, Unde(Irwood, Walsh, Wil liai ms- --43. Republicans--Bor-ah, Brady, Biran dlegee, Calder, Colt, Cummnins, Curtis Dillinghamm, Fall, Fernald, France Frelinghuysen, Gallinger, Halo, Hard ing, Johnson, California; Jones Washington; Kellog, Kenyon, Knox Ledge, McCumber, McLean, Nelson New, Page, Penrose, Poindexter, Sher man, Smith, Michigan; Smott, Steri ing, Sutherland, Townsend, Wads worth, Warren, Watson, Weeks, Wol cott--39. Total for the resolution, 82. Against the Resolution. Deomocrats--Lane, Stone, Var-daman Total, 3. Reopublican -- Gronna, LaFollette Norris. Total, 3. Total against the resolution, 6. Absent or Palreci. Bankhead, Goff, Gore, Hoellis, New hands, Smith, Maryland; Thomas, Till man-8. Of those absent it was annouincedl by various Senators that all except Spnator (lore, of Oklahoma, would have votedl for the resolution if pres ent, As to Senator Gore, Senator Reed announced that he wan ill. EUTRAFTY Jh 1h :P'' fill PLANS FOR AGGRESSIVE WAR MILITARY, ECONOMIC AND FINAN CIAL PLANS ARE WORKED OUT. Warships of United States Will CoIs bine With Allied Fleets in Hunt For the Common Foe-Germany. Washington.-War plans, military, economic and financial, for aggressive hostilities against Germany, were rushed forward by the r dministrative branch of the government, and only await action by Congress on a war resolution to be put into execution. President Wilson and his cabinet went over the war plans at a two-hour session, and previously the National Defense Council, with its civilian Ad visory Commission and several sub sidiary oiganizations, developed poli cies and details of momentous conse quence to the nation. Meanwhile, the War and Navy Departments were go ing ahead with the most immediate preparations for defense. Already the Navy has taken steps to insure co-operation between the American fleet and those of the En tente Allies to become effective upon the formal entry of the United States into the war. Enlistment by selective conscription of young men for a National Army, in addition to the regular establish ment and National Guard in incre ments of 500,000 until enough have been trained to make certain the de fcat of Germany; Organization of the Nation's com mercial interests for economical and effective distribution of commodities among the civilian population; Rapid provision of adequate means of combatt'ng the submarine menace; The raising of a very large sum of money as much as possible to be ob tained by taxation and the definite amount of the first budget not to be fixed until the exact needs of the Army and Navy and of the Entente lisare ascertained; - Purchase of supplies rLnd equipment t of all kinds for the Army under a - provision of law which allows the See . retary of War to flx a "reasonable fprice" and division of the young men -of the country into service classes. - those neceded mor-e in industries than I in the Army or Ijavy to receive in I signia showving they are Per-forming t duy equivalent to fighting. Most of these plans will require the author-i-zationi of Congress, but from opin ions expr-essed~ at the Capitol it ' is bolinoved that once the war resolu ' tions is adlopted, further legislation to 'I ent)ever the legislative brtanc-h to go full speed ahead will follow quickly, There is5. every inidication that the Na 50on, thirough its representatives, will follow out P'reside~nt WVilson's words t o ('ohngress and "exert all its power -a rd employ all Its resources to bing th le Goversnment of the German Enm hire to term-is and endi the war-." WOMAN POWER OF NATION IS RAPIDLY MOBILIZING, Washington. - Rlapid progress in mnobilizing the "woman power" of the countr-y for war 'service was reported hero at the first general conference - of the National League for Woman's - Service, The services of the league , were pledged to President Wilson, and the conference issued a call to worn-n not only to enroll to take the places of men in war time, but to encourage men to enlist in the Army and Navy. PACIFISTS HAVE CEASED TO HOLD ANY HOPE. Washington.-Most of the pacifists who came to WVashington under the guidanceo of thec Emergency Peace Fed eration to protest against war had re turned to their homes convinced that their efforts wereo useless. Incoming trains, broughst in more "pilgrims of patriotism." Several delegations - ar rivedI from cities in the Middle West and promptly went to the Capitol to Iurge - their Senators and Representi tives to stand behind the President, HOUSE DECLARES WAR; VOTEN373mm50 ADOPTED BY OVERWHELMING MAJORITY AFTER ALL NIGHT DEBATE. MANY STIRRING SPEECHES There Was No Attempt to Filibuster Although Debate Continued Through 17 Hours Before Vote Was Had. Washington.-The resolution declar. ing that a state of war exists between the United States and Germany, al ready passed by the Senate, passed the House at 3 o'clock in the morning by a vote of 373 to 50. Without roll calls, the House reject eni all amendments, including propos als to prohilst the sending of any troops overseas without Congressional authority. President Wilson will sign the reso lution as soon as Vice President Mar shall has attached his signature in the Senate. It formally accepts the -state of belligerency forced by German ag gressions and authorizes and directs the President to employ the military and naval forces and all the resources of the Nation to bring war against Germany to a successful termination. Passage of the resolution followed 17 hours of debate. There was no at tempt to filibuster, but the pacifist group. under the leadership of Demo cratic Leader Kitchin, prolonged the discussion with impassiored speeches, declaring conscience would not permit them to support the President's recom mendation that a state of war be de clared. Miss Rankin, of Montana, the only woman member of Congress, sat through the first roll call, with bowed head, failing to answer to her name, twice called by the clerk. On the sec ond roll call she rose and said in a sobbing voice: "I want to stand by my President, but I cannot-vote for war." For a moment th'n she remained standing, supporting herself against a desk and as cries of "vote, vote," came from several parts of the House, she sank I back into her seat without voting audibly. She was recorded in the negative. The 50 members who voted against the resolution were: Almon, Bacon, Britten, Browne, Bur nett, Cary, Church, Connolly, of Kan sas; Cooper, of Wisconsin; Davidson. Davis, Decker, Dill, Dillon, Dominick, Esch, Frear, Fuller, of Illinois; Haug en, Hayes, Hensley, Hillard, Hull, of Iowa; Igoe, Johnson, of South Dakota; Keating, King, Kinkaid, Kitchin, Knut son, LaFollette, Little, London, Lun deen, MeLamore, Mason, Nelson, Ran dall, Rankin, Reavis. Roberts, Roden burg. Shackleford, Sherwood, Sloan, Stafford, Vandyke, Voigt, Wheeler Woods, of Iowa. ANOTHER AMERICAN SHIP IS SENT DOWN Missourlan is-Torpedoed by Submarine Without Warning. New York.-The American steam ship Missourian, owned by the Ameri can-Hawaiian Steamship Company, which sailed from Geona April 4, has been sunk without warning by a Ger man submarine, according to advices reaching the owners. There were 32 Americans in her crew, all of whom were saved. The Missourian carried a general cargo -and was unarmed. News of the sinking of the Belgian relict ship Feistein in the North Sea was contained in a cablegram received here by the Zelgian Relict Commis S ion. ADMINSTRATION'S PLANS FOR WAR ARE REVEALED Washington.-The vast scope of the administration's plans for a war army and navy were revealed after a mill lary budget of $3,400,000,000 had been submittedl to Congress. In broad terms it is proposed to quadruple the enlist ed st rength of the navy and to have in service wvithin a yearn an army of a million t rained men, including the first to be brought to the color, by select iye conscription, Bills to carry out the program are already in the hands of the Congress ional Military and Naval Committees. The budget is divided so that $2,952, 000,000 goes to the army and $468,000, 00 Oto the navy. These sums are in addition to the regular army appro priation bill of $240,000,000 and appro priations totalling $517,272,802 for the. navy, The navy's task will be to raise the present enlisted strength of 68,700 men to 197,000 in the shortest possible time, It is estimated that it will cost $175,855,761 to do this. ASBURY PARK BLOCK WIPED OUT BY FIRE Asbury Park, N, J.-irie that start ed in the natatorium spread rapidly to nearby buldings and an entire block along thb beach front was in flames within 30 minutes, Half a dozen hotels were burning and fire depart ments from surroundhing towns had been summoned, The entire block of buildings bounded by First and Sece and avenues, Ocean avenue and Kings ley street was destroyed by flamtnes fanned by a strong wind. A In Order to Mjintain Your Health Watch and do not allow weakness to develop in the stomach, liver or bowels Should you require assis tance at any time -TRY HOSTETTER'S Stomach Bitters An Illustration. "liirds of a feather flock together." "Yes, I've often notlced that swal lows generailly go along with lr' BILIOUS, HEDACHY, SICK "CASCARETS" Gently cleanse your liver an sluggish bowels while you sleep. Get a 10-cent box. Sick headache, biliousness, disi ness, coated tongue, foul taste and foto breath-always trace them to torpl. liver; delayed, fermenting food in tbe bowels or sour, gassy stomach. Poisonous matter clogged in the il, testines, instead of being cast otl of the system is re-absorbed into tb blood. When this poison reaches tb delicate brain tissue it causes cor, gestion and that dull, throbbing, sic ening headache. Cascarets immediately cleanse t1t stomach, remove the sour, undigeste.. food and foul gases, take the excet bile from the liver and carry out a7 the constipated waste matter an' poisons in the bowels. A Cascaret to-night will surells straighten you out by morning. 'The work while you sleep-a 10-cent b( from your druggist means your hes clear, stomach sweet and your liv. and bowels regular for months. Ad. Rats and Fires. At a time when everyone is coir plaining of the high cost of living might be well to see if we cannot elii. Inate two great sources of waste-fir and rats. Most fires are needless. All ra are so. Some years ago a study of t rat problem in Philadelphla arrived the conclitsion that tle rodents (f th city ate more than a million dollat worth of food each year. At that rau the disgusting creatures can hard cost less than $100,000,000 per ye to the whole country. This is a pr. ty high price to paty for the compa lonship of impish Pests which, besid their other had habits, undiermi - floors and carry the most dreaded all diseases, bubonic plague. Yet fires are mnore expensive thi rats. In 1915--the last year for whim figures are at hand-the America people paid cut In premiums for fi insurance $410,361,340. Of this vaI. sum at least three-fourths could saved by reduelnig ouri fire recordi the rate prevailing in Erigland, Fran or Germany ; and even in our time a nation 3300,000,000 -per year is a st ing worth noting, and one whi would hav-e a perceptible effect on t cost of living. lioods in 1910 (aulsed( losses in t. United Stuates :aggregathing $21,000.00 l'lad'elpiii -will tis' ye'ar spe. $C0000.000o Im nprov.et ciy atre-tets. Grape-Nuts iI contains the rich r supplies of phosphate ofa potash grown in wheat and pbarley. Its rnission is ~', therefore clear and plain--it Ssupplies what ~j ordinary food " lacks. And it does its work in a sturdy, straightforward, dependable way, as tensg of thousands of its users can testify. There's*9 a Reason"