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8700,000,000 WAR LOAN PASSES HOUSE NOT A VOTE WAS RECORDED AGAINST THE BIG REVENUE AUTHORIZATION. DEBATE AS ON IGH PLANE Former War Opponents Demanded Record Roll Call. - Amendments Confine Loans to Nations at War With Germany. Washington.---With a total absence of iartisanship the lilouse, by a vote of 3SIl to ). passed the Seven Billion Dlollar bill to filnance the prosecution of the war against (ermany. itchidin; a loan of $3.000.000.00oo to the Allies. R1epresentative Meyer l.ondon. Social ist. of New York. who has conscien tious scruples aga inst war and appro priations for war. iswered "present" when his name was called. Owing to general pairs and absen tees only ;S9 vot es were recorded for the hill. but hoth I lemocratic Leader Kitchin and% lINepu blicana ILeader Nann announced that all of their meubers would have voeted affirmatively if they had been present. The formality of a roll call would have beci dispensed with if several fnttembers who voted against the war resolution had not in sisted upon having the opportunity of recording themselves in favor of pro. viding money to carry on hostilities now that the nation is at war. The hill authorizes $5.ooo.000.0o0 in bonds, of which $.0o.to.000 wi: be loaned to Entente countries. and the issnance of Treasury coriincates for $2.'0000000ooi ultimately to be met by increased taxation. Passage of the measure never was in doubt dluring the two da's it was undt'r Colln-;idOrat ion in the House. and favor),ble aion he an overwhelininr vo:e is assured in the Senate. where it was taken up Monday. 11 probably will be signedi by the President this week. t'hairman Sinimone of the Stcnate w."th his kommittet- Mc'ndav. and si e there .s no opposition Io "t report it to the Senate at on . ers expt, t to keep it the untinished business until passed. There will be no great opposition on the floor, al though there may be some debate. The bill was not materially amendcd in the 1louse. except for the inclusion of language specifically directing that the loans to foreign Governments shall be made during, and not after. the war and that the securities h.ought by this GOvvernment with proceeds of the vast loan shall be the securities of na tions fighting Germany. Other amendments adopted woul. prohibit the sale of the United States bonds at less than par and permit the purchase of foreign honds "at par." INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE TO ASSEMBLE IN FEW DAYS. United States OffIcials Plan For Com-. ing of CommIssIoners. Washington.-With the assembly of the most. momentous 'international confe'ernce ever held in this country only a few danys udist ant, officials of several exceutivye dlepartmeqnt sof the Government devoted t heiselves to making final preparations for grui'ting the distinguished men Great Britain and France are sending he're to dis cutss war problems. State tDepart ment offliils directly responsille' for the details of the arrangements, conferred in an effort to have no mtarke of court esy lacking.- - - Those familiar with oficial et iquet abroad say that the sentding .to this country of men like liritish Foreign Secretary Balfour. Frenchu Minist er ci Jlustie and former Premier Rene Viviani and General Jloffre: ts almos1 wvithout prece'dent. Not only dlot's the trip here require mnuth more very 2 ~valuable timte than the various l'ero pean wvar conferences. hnt it su ts the htigh officials to t a1 dange rs ftron mines andt submtarineti. ex\periencii ed it crossing to the cont nenit. 1t is knowvt that the present t p was taken only withu the deepest for'boding quick en ed by imet l es of lhe ltoss of 1.ors Kit chener. Committee of Welcome. The prel imit inary reimmtitt ee of wel come. tonsistiing of Third Assistan Secret ary ILong, represen titng thle Sta tt D~epartmitent: Rear Admtiral Frank P' Fletcher and (Commtander Di. P. Sellers representing t he Navy antd 'ol. Robert Al E. L. Micehie. lieut. Col. Spencer Cos, by and Capt. Johin G. Quclkomeyer, rep reseting the Armi'-. is ready to leave for the port of arrival at a moment's notice. The comitttee will wvelcome the commissioners. A formtal recep tion~ will greet them htere, int which the highest officials of thte Goveritment will participate. TAX SUGGESTIONS TO RAISE WAR REVENUE. Washington. - - Admtinistrationt stug. gestions as to possible newv sourtes of *taxation through wvhich to raise ap. *prox~imtely onie-half of Ithe estimtated cost of the first year of the war, or $1,807,250.00t0. wvere submitted by See retary M cAdoo to the Se'nat e Fliane and the House WVays and Meanis Com mittees. The other half of' the cost as to be provided by $2,000,000,000 of I the bonds authtorized by the war rev* enue bilt passed by the House. GOETHALS IS TO BE BUILDER OF SHIPS WILL SUPERVISE SHIP BUILDINC PROGRAM OF AMERICAN NAVY. MORE SHIPS MEAN VICTORY Lloyd-Gorge's Prophecy Discussed by Cab;net-Congress Will Be Asked To Substantially Increase Appropri. ation. Washington-.-Means of quickly put. ting additiontal vessels into the trals. Atlantie trade and thus fulfilling the propiecy of I'reillier Lloyd-Coorge. of Great liritain. that more ships imteant victory for the Etiente Allies, was lt, principal subject before tlie iliecet in g of President Wilson's cahinet. 'lajo. General Goethal.s who hnit the Panama Canal. will sItpet vise th merchant ship building p:ograin. it was announced. A bill wili he intro dived in both houses of Congress sub staitially inereasing tihe $50.100.000 appropriation now avaiahile for the shipping board. and giving the board additional authority that tite litilding of wooden ships and the acquisition of other vessels may be expedited. Legislation also probably will he proposed by the administration giving the shipping board power to formally take over the German merchantmen in Americain ports now in the custody of the treasury departient. While it is conceded that tlte presideit would hav et he right to take this step it is understood that a specific act of Congress will be preferred. First among the German ships to be put into active service will he two of the fleet of 23 1y ing in Phillippine harbors. The insular bureau of the war department has secur--' permut sien from the treasury depatinent to hasten* repairs on tHi machinerv of the Iwo vessels least damaged by the crews and it is expectld that within wo or fitre weeks the ships will be nla hemp to be ished tk the Vnited Sta:tes to prevent a failure of ih supply of hinding twine for the farmers for the crop of this season. While the exact sum to be requested of Congress for the uses of th( shipping board in building up th American merchant marine has no been disclosed. it has been estimatei that $2251.000.000 will be necessary. COMPLETE DEVLOPMENT OF FOOD PRODUCING POWER One of the Means of Meeting the Vita Problems of the War. Washingt on. - Intensive develop ment of the food producing power o the United States on a scale never be fore contemplatedl was discussed b: President Wilson and Secretary H~ous ton as the means of meeting one o thervial problems of the war will Secretary Houston returned from Si Tlus. wvhere lie conferred with repres entatives of the great grain raisin states. Hie laid before the Presidien plans under which the Federal Goa ernmient. working in co-operation wit state and local agencies, will put fort its utmost endeavors to stimulate th production and economical dist ribut io of food. Planis to include a request for 1l.2 islationl by Congress giving the Goi er-nmenit power to regulmat e anrd ti food pt-ices if necessar-y atnd to licens large dlistributing agencies. Secretar Iloust on will beg in con fererx .s w' : congr-ess ion al lead ers to :igriee on t h tei-mis of t he needed hIills. To cor~ inue the governmrent's ae tation for :i.oreased predutctio an economy m the itse of foad t it:ys pro itdent WV:b, prrhably wvili issne procima:ento te Nation sean<1 inj ati::w a the situtaticn. A suts Seetary v l1e-,'. was laidl hefor r-epreseNnting the 'Tri-S:tat ltette AMERICAN REAR ADMIRAL SIMS NOW IN ENGLANI Washington *Rear Admhinra Wia S. Sims, President of rthe Naval Wa College at Newvport. has arrived i landon to act as an tnt ermtneli ary- h I ween lIrtit ish admiralty otticers an the navy depart ment in the workin out of piroblenis involved in partil tioni by- the Amer-ican navy in th ranks of the Entenite Powers. 11 m isasioni w~as adnitited at the navy dh partment after news of his safe voy age had been receiv-ed. LOADED SHELL FOUND IN OFFICE OF THE GLOBI New York-A loadied three-inc shell weighing 15 poutnds. nmade In th l'nited States, was fotnId in the pire-: rogtm of The New Yetrk Globe afte thle last edition had go::e to hprest A\ccording to the police, the shell wua leaning agaitnst one of t he Pressesi such a poesitiotn that it w-ould hav been explo4ed had the miachinery bee started. The discovery was made b an employe. Governmienit agente ar trying to 1aa-n who pnieda it ther MAP SHOWING THE FORE] TION OF THE UNITZ]j IIN M 10I IIIIII OWLi m ie@Sipe eene. M to t pIs v t. to Is8 per Olaft. m 3 t e pe eat (By foreign stock is meant Ioreig' orn father or motlier. The states in black have n( -'rants ol' tlhe Sonis ;11111 (1b111._-1 I liuve of 1iative stock. T tilltvsatlitd ltvil. ch];jj li geoldk al( h ntelSae west oft'ill Mississippi maded.. IS FIRM FOR 6ONSORIPTION INSISTS ON RAISING LARGE ARMY ON PRINCIPLE OF SELECTIVE CONSCRIPTION. President Confers With Speaker Clark and Leader Kitchin.-Will Probably Be Opportunity Fcr Half Million to Volunteer. Washington. Wl're ont Wilson. in a conferencet. w:,h Speaker Champ Clark and i.:-t i1.eader Kitchin at the Capit. ! d on the terms of the Adin:.:-n1,. plan for raising a largo Army he principle of select ive d raf:. A-t, same tme. it was learned th, .: r a t iepartment vir tui ly !a idetd on plans under which oir; 'n'ty would be given for pxim;)y pr.000 men to volun teer for service for the term of the war. The net result of the new plans would )e to make the total National Guard and regular force to be organ ized first independently of the select ive draft plan. approximately 724.000 men, making room for the absorption of half a million volunteers. No attempt to enlist men to ac complish this will be made until Con gress has acted and authority is grant ed to enlist such volunteers for the duration of the war only. The President talked for nearly an I hour with Speaker Clark and Rep resentative Kitchin and discussed the Administration Army plan in detail making clear that it had been drawn upon only after the most thorough consideration at the War Department, .and after it htad been <tecided that it was the only way to tmeet the dlemand for a great and efficient flghtting force Opposing Sentiment. Bloth Speaker Clark and Represen tative Kitchtin toldl thte President thai mucht sentiment existed int Congress tagatinst the plan. ptrintcipally on th~ ground that dIraft should not be re sortedI to until an effort had beer made to~ raise ain Army- through vol unteers. Careful reconlsiderat ion of the t ermns of the exist ing National defense at is responsible for the contemplate -change of thte Admir.ist rat ion's poli y int regard to the mtobilizatiorn of the Nationa! Guard for wvar. Officials now~ thinik the law. grants the States t he right to organtize additional guarj units up to ithe full limit of 800 mcr to a Congresional <.i5trict. -LATIN AMERICA'S MORAL SUPPORT ASSURED NATION Argentina "Recogjnizes the Justice" oi This Country's Stand. -\Washington.- -W'i:thout form ally ar. e :ening~ abarndonmient of their :.*u Ir 'liy. tw"o more L atIin-Ami c an lHe - ule.Argent inta antd (os a Rit a -2 giv en assuranc es of their mora r-; p-rt for the l'nited S tat es in the wa againtst Germany. Argenttina, chtoosing a middle c-ourse bet-iween those of Btra zil and Chtile. het ) sister Nat ionts in the influential A. 13 C trio. has notified thte State Depart in mnt that she 'recognizes the juist ice' of this country's stand against Ger i man aggression. The conmmutnicatior - ontains no intimation that the Argen i ti e auithlorit ies contemplate an actual break wvith Blerlin. -Little Costa Rica,. juist emerging om the thtroes of a revolutin. seni word to her diplomatic representative -hero that shte endo~sed the course of President Wilson' and was "ready tc p'rove it if necessary." GOVERNMENT ARMOR PLATE PLANT TO BE IN W. VIRGINIA, 4t Washington.-The Governmernt's'ar C mor- plate andI projectile factenies. foz 5 "hi h Congress appropriated $1 2.7Cc, r '. w1il he built at CharleenC':. W. Va, 4 on recommend ed by a special 5 avy heard as offering an ide~al comn a iration of millitary 5a f:y a nd easy 0 ness to ntanufacturing matecrials. In annountcing the selection, Scretary r Daniels said construction vwork would a begin at once, and would be hurried Ito completion. GF STOCK IN THE POPULA. STATE3 OF AMEXRICA. I A foreign1 bol1 nd children of a r'e 1eolile who are either immi he iinliujii.ants of' the lliteud populate to its preselt density i, 3ississippi wit hi AIlbamaf and CUBA ENTERS WORLD WAR FIRST OF LATIN AMERICAN COUN TRIES TO JOIN WITH UNITED STATES. Vote Was Unanimous.-Wild Cheer ing Follows Speeches of Leaders In House.-Her Duty to Follow Us. Havana.-Cuba, not yet out of her 'teens as a Republic, is at war with Germany, the first of the Latin-Amer ican countries to range herself along side of the United States, her liberator an ' protector. President Menocal affixed his signa ture to the joint resolution passed un animously by both the Senate and louse without a dissenting voice be ing raised, thus putting into effect the declaration that a state of war exists between Cuba and the Imperial Ger man Government. The joint committees appointed by the Senate and House agreed upon the phraseology of the resolution to be persented and the stage was set for quick action before either branch of Congress convened. "Article 1-Resolved, that from to day a state of war is formaIlly de clared between the Republic of Cuba and the Imperial Government of Ger many. and the President of the Re public is authorized and directed b: this resolution to employ all th< forces of the Nation and the resource of our Government to make wa against the Imperial German Gov ernment with the object of maintain ing our rights; guarding our terri tory and providing for our security prev-ent any acts which may be at tempted against us, and defend the navigation of the seas, the liberty o commerce and the rights of neutralt and international justice. "Article 2.-The President of th( Republic is hereby authoribed to us< all the land and nava' forces in the form he may- deem necessary-, usint existing forces, reorganizing them ot creating new ones, and to dispose o~ the economic forces of the Nation ir any way- he may deem necessary. "Article 3.-TFhe President will givE account to Congress of the measures adopted in fulfillment af this law which will be in operation from the 'moment of its puiblientiott~ in the of ficial gazette." PRESIDENT SENoS REPLY TO POINCARE'S MESSAGE W'ashington.--In r' spon-.e to Presi .etP tnare's coingrat ulat .r.s upon 'e tane of the U'nite.'1 -t : 'h a.President Wilsn 't this n' this trying hour wh.-n the desti, - (ivil ized manki r a re in he - . it has been a sou:- - of grati n -v and joy to mnc to r --ive your i'iatVions upon :Ye step whid ca:ry has be rn ( *nst rained tc n' 'positi:on to the r'le'ntle'ss pol a~!course of imperalistic Ger It is very dlelightful to us that Frarce,. who stoodl shoulder to shouldet with us of the Western world in out struggle for indepe-ndence, should nov give us such a welcome into the list of battle' as upholders of the freedon arnd tights of humnanity-. EXAMPLE BY WOMEN OF OFFICIAL FAMILIES Washi ngton.-Mrs. Wilson, wife o the President, Mrs. Marshall, wife o the Vice President. and the wives o: members of the Cabinet have agreed to reduce their sc-ale of living, GRATIFYING REPORTS ON GERMAN.AMERICAN CONDUCT, Washirci - - Gratifying~ reports havtie he .'> a2 prt cf the (0 a Stat'e cf war be. twn -C;i r.s While aou 1cc ~ . - have b'-en ordered and cf.t ,- ted, Attorney' Ge eral G: ~-v- that so far the sit ENTENTE LEADERS ARE IN WASHINGTON ARE HERE TO CONFER. 0N AMERI CA'S PART IN SEA WAR FARE. TO PfTHOL ATLANTIC COAST Protecting Seaboard From Northern Canada to Canal -Zone to Be First Duty of American Warships.-With. draw British and French Ships. Washington.-With high British and French Naval officers in conference here with American Naval officials, (efinite steps have been taken toward participation of the American Navy in the war against Germany. Patrol of the entire Atlantic sea board. reaching southward to the Pan ama Canal zone and possibly north. ward to include Canada, will be the first dnty of American warships. With that goes the necessity of guarding against the probable extension of the German submarine campaign to in clude approaches to major American ports. British and French ships iow on this patrol duty will be withdrawn as soon as the American forces have their lines established. The Ameri can squadrons will operate from Brit ish and French bases in the South At lanttic wherever necessary. This was learned in connection with the announcement that Vice Armiral M. E. Browning, of the British Navy, and Rear Admiral R. A. Grasset, of the French Navy, are in Washington conferring with Secretary Daniels. Admiral Benson, Chief of Naval Oper ations. and other officers of the Amer ican Navy. The conferences have to do with the part the American fleet will play in the war either imme diately or later. when its strength in light patrol craft and trained men hae been increased. Commanders of the British and French forces off the American coasts. it is known, have expected that Ger many would extend her submarine operations to these waters. It has been expected that Germany would formally announce a sumbarine blockade of Boston. New York. the mouth of the Delaware. the mouth of the Chesapeake, Charleston and Sa vannah. These are the arteries through whic-h flow the main traffic in foodstuffs and war supplies for Eu rope. ARMY AND GUARD IS NOW OPEN FOR VOLUNTEERS. Doore Are Opened For Enlistment For Period of War. Washington-All men who enlist in the regular Army or the National Guard in the present emergency were assured in an announcement by Secre tary Baker that they would be kept in service only for the period of the war. The action followed a confer ence between the Secretary and Presi dent Wilson. In effect, this places on a war-time volunteer basis all of the men enlisted since the state of war was declared. It makes available a total of 517.868 places in the enlisted grades of the two serv-ic-es to men who wish to serve for the war only-. Mr. Baker laid stress on the fact tnat this action wsas contemplated when the Administrationi bill was framed, and was in no way to be construed as a compromise plan. The Secretary- pointed out that the net result of the application of the war c-nlistme~rnt plan would be to leave the Nationi without an army of any sort, regular or National Guard, if the war insted bey-ond the enlistment terms of new men now in those services. "I stand firmly and unalterably in support of that bill." Secretary Baker said. "without modification of its least dlet ail." There is given a tabulation by the Department of the forces proposed to be organized in the bill -so arranged as to show the exact number of vol unteers, to serve for the duration of the war only, for which provision is made in both the regular Army and the National Guard. Regular Army, exclusive of Philip pine scouts: IAt war strength. with all inere iments added 293.000(. (Prsn strength, 131.4S1. Volunteers required. 161.519. National Guard. including only units now organized: At war strength. 329.954; present strength. 123.605. Volunteers required. 206.3494. Additional: To replace 150.0(0 officers andl men withdrawn~ from above force as train ing personnel. Total number of volunteers for war service orly 517.S6S. 'ADDITIONAL GUARDSMEN CALLED TO THE COLORS Wa-hington.-Secretary. Baker or dIa-Tcd into the Fedleral service the foll~owing addit ional National Guard forces: First Tenn. Infantry. Second Maine Infantrv,' First S .C. Infantry, F irst Separate Battalion Florida In fantry. 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