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FREK HEARTS. l-'tlKK MJND8. FREE PEOPLE, ARE THE ONLV MATERIAL OUT OK WHICH KKJEE OOVERNMKNTW ARE CONST RUCTKD—JFFFlfiKHON.
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BANTUOIN HAST KOI* COl \TV, TKXAS. IHI1>AY, AI'IUL 4J0, 11)17.
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"THE SUPREME TEST OF
THE NATION HAS COME"
PRESIDENT APPEALS TO EVERY
AMERICAN CITIZEN TO STAND
AS ONE BEHIND COUNTRY.
speak, act, serve together
All True Americans Are Asked to Line
Up and Do Their Part in Their Re-
spective Lines of Vocation to Sup-
ply Needs During Trying Times.
Washington.—In a personal appeal
addressed Sunday night to Ills fallow
countrymen, President Wilson called
upon every American citizen man,
woman and child—to Join together to
make the nation a unit for the preser-
vation of Its ideals aud for triumph
of democracy iu the world war.
The address follows:
"My Fellow Countrymen—The en-
trance of our beloved country into the
grim and terrible war for democracy
and human rights creates so many
problems* of national life and action
which call for Immediate considera-
tion and settlement that I hope you
will permit me to address to you n
few words of earnest couucli and ap
peal regarding them
"We are rapidly putting our navy
upon an effective war footing and are
about to create and equip a great
army, but these are the simplest parts
of the great task on which we have
addressed ourselves. There Is not a
single selfish element, so far as I can
see, in the cause we are fighting for.
We are fighting for what we believe
and wish to bo the righ's of mankind
and for the future peace and security
of the world. To do this great thing
worthily and successfully, wo must
devote ourselves to the service with-
out regard to profit or material advan
tag.- and with an energy and lntelli
gence that will rise to the level of the
enterprise itself. We must reallzo to
the full how great the task is and
how many things, how many kinds and
elements of capacity and service and
self sacrifice it involves.
"These, then, are the things we must
do and do well, besides lighting the
things without which mere fighting
would be fruitless
"We must supply not only abundant
food for ourselves, our armies and our
seamen, but also for a large part of
the? nations with whom we now have
made common cause.
In Despite of Submarines.
"We must supply ships by the hun-
dreds out of our shipyards to carry to
the other side ot the sea, submarines
or no submarines, what will every day
be needed there, and abundant mate-
rials out of our fields and our mines
and our factories, -a i111 which not only
to clothe and equip our own forces on
laud anu sea, but also to clothe and
support our people for whom the gal-
lant fellows under arms can no longer
work, to help clothe and equip the
armies with which we are co-operat-
ing in Europe and to keep the manu-
facturers it! raw materials; coal to
keep the fit going id ships at sea
and in the furnaces of hundreds of
factories across the sea; tleel out of
which to make arms and ammunition
both here and there, rails for worn
out railways back of the fighting
forces; locomotives aud tolling stock
to take the plate of those every day
going to pieces; mules, horse*, cattle
for labor and military service, every
thing with which the people of En
gland and France and Italy i;nd Russia
have usually supplie.' themselves, but
can not now afford the men. materials
or the machinery.
"It is evident to every thinking man
that our industries must bo made
more prolific and more efficient than
ever, and they must he more economi-
cally managed and betti <. adapted to
the particular requirements of our task
than they have been; and what I wtn
to say is that the men and the wotm.
who devote their thought and their
energy to these things will he serving
the country and conducting the fight
for peace and freedom Just us truly
Mtu! just as efficiently as the men on
she battlefield or in the trenches. The
industrial forces of the country, men
and women alike, will be s great na
tional and a great international serv-
ice army a notable and honored host
engaged In the service of the nation
and the worl" the efficient friends
aiid i-avlors of freemen everywhere
Word to the Farmers.
• • |, :ake thu liberty, therefore, of a<1 -
ilr«.'^ tills word to the farmers of
tin <s7>ntry and to all who work on
the fat ins:
"T1^ supreme need of our own na
lio' V.'.d of the nations with which wo
abundance of
firc'vo op< rat ing is an
supplies. especially /
Without abundant
armies and tuo p«
the wboh
we ha\ e
nnd fall. '1 h w >rll
mo low.
\\t<J
nopy
e gieat enter/
• rhlhut ked /
foodstuffs
ke for the
, w at war,
upon which
break down
od reserve!
"Not only during the present emer-
gency, but for some time alter pence
shall have come, both our own people
and a large proportion of the people of
Europe must rely upon the bar vest J In
America. Upon the farmers of this
country, therefore, in large measure
rests the fate of the war and the fats
of the nations.
"I particularly appeal to the farm-
ers of the South to plant abundant
foodstuffs as well as cotton. They
can show their patriotism In no bet-
ter or convincing way than by resist-
ing the great temptation of the pres
ent price of cotton and helping to
feed the nation and the peoples fight-
ing for their liberty aud our own The
variety of their crops will b'* the visi-
ble measure of their comprehension
of their national duty.
"The government of the United
States and the governments of tin
several states stand ready to co-op-
erate. They will do everything possi-
ble to as.-ist^'urniers in securing an
adequate supply of seed, an adequate
force of laborers when they are most
needed at harvest time and the means
of expediting shipments of fertilizers
and farm machinery, as well as of
crops themselves when harvested. The
course of trade shall he as uuhumper
ed as it is possible to make It, and
there shall be no unwarranted monop
olization of the nation's food supply
by those who handle It on its way to
the consumer.
For the Middlemen.
"Tills, let nie cay to the middle-
men of every sort, whether they are
handling our foodstuffs or our mate-
rials of manufacture the products of
our mills and factories
"The eyes of the country will be
especially upon you. This Is your op-
portunity for signal service. The coun-
try expects you to forego unusual
profits, to organize and expedite ship
ments of supplies of every kind, but
especially of food, with an eye to the
service you are rendering and In the
spirit of those who enlist In the ranks
for their people, not for themselves.
I shall confidentially expect you to
deserve and win the confidence of the
people of every sort and station
"To the men who run the railways
of the country, whether they be man-
agers or operative employes, lat me
say that the railways are the arteries
of the nation's life and In them rests
the immense problem of seeing that
these arteries suffer no obstruction of
any kind
"To the merchant, let me suggest
the motto: 'Small profits and quick
sales'; and to the shipbuilder, the
thought that the life of the war de-
pends on him. The food and war sup
lilies must he carried aero s t!>•« seas
no matter how many'ships are sent to
the bottom To I tie miner, let me say,
that he stands where the farmer does.
The work of the world waits on him.
If ho slackens or tails, armies and
statesmen are helples- lie is also
enlisted In the ureal service array
I'lie manufacturer does not need to be
told, I hope, that the nation looks to
him to speed and perfect everything
lie can, and 1 only want to tell them
that their services are adequately in-
dispensable and are counted on by
•very man who loves the country and
ts liberties.
' Let me suggest also that every one
who creates or cultivates a garden
iclps and helps greatly to solve the
problem of feeding the nations, and
that every housewife who practices
strict economy puts herself in the
rank; ot those who serve the nation.
This is the time for America to cor
•eet her unpardonable fault of w ise
'nine -s and extravagan ••
For the Clergymen.
"In the hope that this tintcmeiit of
the needs of the nution aud o. the
world in this hour of supreme crisis
may stimulate those to whom it comes
ind remind all who need reminder of
the solemn duties of a time Mich as
I lie world has never te en before, I
beg that all editors and publishers
•verywhere will give as prominent a
publication and as wide a circulation
is possible to this appeal. I venture
to ,'uggest, also, to ail advertising
igcnciea that tht'v would perhaps ren-
ter a very substantial and timely ser-
vice to the country if they would give
it a widespread repetition. And I hope
•lergytiien will not -nuke the theme
:>f it an unworthy or Inappropriate
•subject of comment and homily from
I hell- pulpits.
"The supreme test of the nation has
come. We must all speak, act and
jerve together.
"Woodrow Wilson "
Peace Offer to Russia.
Copenhagen, via Tondon - \ p>blt
•ite for the population of the new
(ingdont of Poland, naturally without
he inclusion oi the German Polish
ireas, to determine whether the king
,1oni shall detach Us« If from Russia
tud establish a buffer slat" between
Russia and Germany, may po siblv be
he basis of the 'atcst Austro Germ.ni
peace offer to Russia as far Cot
•tun aspirations iu the East are > on-
reined
SPRING TONIC
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senate passed largest
war measure in history
It Provides for Issuance of Seven Bil-
lion Dollars tn Securities—Re
ceivrd Unanimous Vote.
ACTS OF TREASON
ARE CLEARLY DEFINED
ALIENS AND CITIZENS OF UNITED
STATES TOl.D OF TREASON
LAWS BY PRESIDENT.
Washington The war finance bill I
ek".".'z::zz"prosecution for violators
gle war budget in the nation's history •
—was passed unanimously Tuesday by Offense Is Clearly Defined and De-
file senate. citions of Courts Cited So That
After seven hours of discussion the Mo Mistakes May Be Made
administration measure was approved ' By People.
by the senate with a few changes iu
record lime.
Of the eighty-four senators present
every one, except Senator Lane of Ore-
gon, who was absent because of ill-
ness. recorded themselves in favor of
providing the funds to prosecute hos-
tilities. Nearly all of the twelve ab-
sentees were III.
Washington.—All persons in th<
(Jnited States, citizens and aliens, are
warned in a proclamation issued Mon-
day by the president that tresonable
acts or aitempts to shield those com-
mitting such acts will be vigorously
prosecuted by the government.
The proclamation defines treason.
armada of food ships
to supply the allies
Thousands of Wooden Vessels to Be
Built by U. S. to Take Supplies
to Allies.
Washington—To smash Germany's
submarine blockade, the United States
virtually will "bridge the Atlantic."
Plans for the construction of 3,000
small, wooden boats, the most tre-
mendous shipbuilding program ever
undertaken, have been completed and
approved by the president.
The boats will be used to transport
food and supplies to the entente al-
lies. This is America's answer to
Lloyd George's appeal that the ulti-
mate success of the allies depends
upon the ability of solving the ton
nage difficulties.
The government shipbuilding board
has sent out a call for 150.000 lumber
men and woodworkers to begin tbc
task immediately. The first thousand
ships are to bo completed in twelve
months.
The administration proposes to run
the ships in such fashion thut they
will constitute a veritable pontoon
bridge across the sea, one boat every
three tulles
This tremendous number is expect
ed to exhaust the most valiant efforts
jf tlo- submarines
W ork on wa.vs for the ships already
has begun.
Commencing November 1 three ships
daily will sail into service General
George Goethals, constructor of the
Panama canal, will superintend con
structiou of "the Jitney fleet, it is
stated.
South Must Feed Herself.
Houston. Tex That the present war
into which the United States has been
plunged is one between democracy
and autocracy and will be a battle to
the finish, was the statement made.
Thursday by Or Carl C Vrooman, as
| sistant secretary of agriculture, be
fore a, miss meeting of more than
2,000 people "Th" cause for which
the l ulled S'ates entered the war is a
noble one, and worthy of the atari! and
stripes " He added, "W did not go
into it for revenge nor for gain, but for
the sake of humanity and justice."
King Cotton must be dethroned, a de
I mocracy o' crops must succeed to the
throne in the southland, otherwise the
South will doubtless in a few months
be much in the condition of depriva
lion and starvation as LJelgium and
Germany are today, he said
British Welcome America.
London As the first British prime
| minister to -ah.te the American na
tion as comrades in arm.. Oavid Lloyd
. George. England's great democrats
i leader, speaking before a notable as
1 S' Uibly brought together by the Atner
lean Luncheon ''iub Thursday, aroused
; intense enthusiasm by his scathing de
nuneiation of Prussia and his warm
welcome ot \merira as an ally in the
war "The advent of the l ulled States
into the war,' he said, "gives the final
stamp to the character of the conflict
jus a struggle against military auto
cracy throughout the world."
Enlist 2.000.000 to Cultivate Land.
Washn gton Proposuls for enlist-
ment of a work army of 2,000,000 men
and boys for agricultural service and
other drastt • st p- to increase food
production during the war i t given en-
thusiastic en •ouragenient at the tie
partment of agriculture Secretat
Houston ordered wide publicity given
to resolution* idojited at the tecnt
St Louis conference ot agriculture
perts looking to production of gr>aier
crop- as i! '- net teiiey measur- They
recomiu ,n,l I that eotv.'t* ■ appro
priate 5;">,0O< •> > fo * t;«1 by the s<. i*.
tarv o: agrKiu'ure oa i ueh a *Jtu
paign
RAILROAD INJUNCTION UPHELD
Appellate Court at Austin Perpetuates
Order Against Texas Lines.
Austin, Tex -The third court ot
civil appeals Thursday affirmed the
case of the \bilene Southern Hall
way Company et. ai vs. Stale of Texas,
from Travis, thereby sustaining the j
Travis county district court in the In-
junction against thirty-odd short lines
preventing them from using the rates
prescribed in Fonda tariff 2 1), they
not having been parties to the original
proceedings fu vtlanta, where United
States Circuit .1 udge Pardee acted
The Texas short lines in question
filed a pica oi intervention with the
circuit court previous to the trial ol
the case in New Orleans last week,
asking for an injunction to prevent in
terference by the State of Texas and
their unrestricted use of Fonda's tar-
iff. The railroad commission, follow
ing the Atlanta restraining order, per
mitted the short lines to use Fonda's
rates where they are lower than the
Tex >s commission tariffs. Their inter
ven .oil ploa will be decided along with
the main issues in the case when a da
jcisioa is announced by the tribunal
which heard the case in New Orleans
If the plea is granted, the short lines,
and then all lines in Texas, will Ignore
j Texas commission rates if the Injunc
■Hon is granted as prayed for at At-
lanta by the Texas trunk lines
Indict Paper Makers.
New York Charged with control
ling 55 per cent of the news print
paper production of the country and
using their power in restraint of trade
in violation of the Sherman anti trust
i law. si\ paper manufacturers and a
banker prominent in financing news
j print paper companies w ere indicted
by the federal grand jury Thursday.
'Five of the manufacturers constitute
the executive committee of the News
Print Manufacturers' Association,
whose secretary, George F. Steele, the
indit tinent says, was not named as a
defendant iu vi w of the fact that he
appeared as a witness before the grand
j ry The men indicted are Georu"
li .Mead, Philip T Dodge, Kdward
Backus, George chahoon, Jr., G H. P.
Gould, Frank .1 Sonsenbrenner and
Alexander Smith, a Chicago banker.
•
British Ship Destroyed.
Key West, Fin The British ship
Treveal, Captain Williamson, was sunk
by a German submarine off Cienfue-
go: , Cuba, four days ago and all hands
landed at the Cuban port a few hours 1
later, acco'dlng to Peterson, a mern
her of the crew, who arrived at Key-
West. front Havana Thursday Peter-
son claims to be a naturalized Ameri
can of Norwegian birth He declared
that the Treveal was a full rigged sail
Ing vessel, proceeding from Jamaica
to Cieufuegos for a cargo of sugar for
tjueetistov. n, and -as off Cieufuegos
when tiie submarine was sighted
Lloyd George Grants Request.
Washington. Iu response to a ca-
blegram from Samuel Gompers, presi
dent of the Vuicrlcan Federation of
Labor, asking thut representatives of
British labor be sent to the United
-Pate switli the commission coining to
Washington for war conferences, I're-
mier Lloyd George Saturday replied:
• Delighted to comply with your re
niiest 'I wo labor leaders anil repre-
sentative- of tb > welfare department
i i the ministry of munitions will leave
;or \uieriea a - i-oott as possible
Austria-Bulgaria Would Talk Peace.
Washington -Austrian and Bulga
r an representatives are endeavoring
to approach entente diplomats in
Svti1 /eriand on the sub,<•• -i of peace
Press dlsoafchps Thursday reporting
Bulgarian effort* in this line deve'op-
-I tae In t t it It is known not only
it'.at Mi Igariu has taken Mountings,
,i a| o '.in' '.I' uive be n t.lnillar
cti< us in th" name of A", trla-iluu
; ir
; citing statutes, provisions of the con-
That in the Inability of the nation stltution and dec'slons of the courts,
to supply men at once for the fighting un'' declares thut the acts described
lines should be America's Immediate | regarded us treasonable whetb-
contribution to her allies, was the j r'U,in ^ 'L0r<,er8 °f
, . . .. ,. I,, the United States or elsewhere,
dominant thought expressed during , The preiltlents proclamaUou fol.
the debate. j )0WH
Only two, Senators Borah and Cum j "Whereas, Persons in the United
mings, declared opposition to the pro States, citizens as well as aliens,
posed allies loan A few advocated h1iou,<1 b« informed of the penalties
raising a larger proportion by the tax which they will incur for any failure
atlon of the present generations and £ ,n,e "''^'ance to the United
, States; now, therefore, I, Woodrow
less upon bonds Amendments adopt wl|8on, president of the United States,
ed by the senate include provisions: , hereby issue this proclamation to call
Limiting deposits of proceeds from j especial attention to the following pro-
the bonds In banks to the amount sub- visions of the constitution and the
scribed by the banks and their deposi- i laws of the United States:
tors; permitting deposits of proceeds j "Section ;! of article 3 of the consti-
In state banks and trust companies as
well us federal reserve banks; pro-
viding for exchange by subscribers of
the issues authorized for bonds sub-
sequently Issued during the war at
higher Interest rates; requiring the
secretary of the treasury to report ex
peuditures of the bond proceeds Do
ceiuber 31 and annuahy thereafter;
and exempting the two billion dollars
of treasury Indebtedness certificates
authorized from all taxation except es-
tate and inheritance levies.
tution provides: Treason «gainst th*
United States shall consist, only in
levying war against them or in adher-
ing to their enemies, giving them aid
and comfort.
"The criminal code of the United
States;
"Section 1. Whoever, owing alleg-
iance to the United States, levies war
agulust them or adheres to their ene-
mies, giving them aid and comfort
within the United States or elsewhere,
is guilty of treason.
Death Is Penalty for Treason.
^ , I "Sec. 2. Whoever is convicted of
By mistake it was first announced treason shall suffer death, or. at the
that eighty-three senators bad voted discretion of the court, shall be ini-
for the bill. A corrected tally showed j prisoned not less than five years and
the vote eighty-four with, as the vice . fined not less than $10,000, to be levied
president announced, "the nays being on and collected out of any or all of
i,ay." his property, real or personal, of which
! ho was the owner at the time of corn-
Washington. Without a dissenting ,ul,,lnK m'ch treason, and any sale or
, , , , conveyance to the contrary notwith-
volce the house, amid applause of Htuu(Ilnt>r lind ,,very person convicted
members and from galleries, Saturday |r,.H(ion Khall moreover be incapable
passed the seven blilion dollar war rev- j of holding any office in the United
enu« authorization measure. One states.
member, Representative Loudon of
New York, the only socialist in con-
gress, voted "present."
Owing to the general pairs and ab-
"Sec. Whoever, owing allegiance
to the United States, having knowl-
edge of the commitment of any trea-
son against them conceals and does
. „of. . . . not as soon as may be disclose und
aenlees, only . !• votes were recorded , , ,, . ,
, nuike known the same to the presi-
for the bill, but both Democratic Lead | Hf)mp ()f th(, lI|lit0(1
er Kitchln and Republican Leader . states or to the governor or to some
Mann announced thai all ot the mem- judge or justice of a particular state,
hers would have voted affirmatively if is guilty of misprision or treason and
they had been present. , shall be imprisoned not more than
The formality of a toll call would "..ven years and fined not more than
have been dispensed with If several ♦ 1,000.
, , , . ....i, , ,i, "Set. 6. If two or more persons in
members who voted against the war , . , ... K ,
any state or territory or attv place
resolution had net insisted upon hav -
subject to the jurisdiction of the Unit-
ing opportunity ol recording them pd states conspire to overthrow, put
selves in favor of providing money to dovvn or to destroy by force the gov-
carry on hostilities now that the na- ernnient of the United States, or to
lion is at war. The bill authorizes levy war against them, or to oppose
$5,0011,1)00,000 in bonds, of which $;t.
000.OOP.OOU will be loaned to entente
countries and the issuance of treas
ury certificates for $2,000,000.null, ul-
timately to be met by increased taxa-
tion
by force the authority thereof, or by
force to prevent, hinder or delay the
execution of any law of the United
States or by force to seize, take or
possess any property of the United
States contrary t<> the authority there
of, they shall each be fined not morn
Pa -sage of the measure was never than $5,000. or be imprisoned not more
in doubt during the two daj> it was than si\ years, or both."
under consideration in the house.
Discussion in Hie house was con
fined chiefly to proposed amendments
Decisions of Courts Cited.
"The courts of the United State*
have stated the following actions tu
Five of these were added, four of he treasonable
which were agreed to by the ways
"'The iis«* or attempted use of any
force or violence against the govern
uiui leans committee and none or ,, ,
un nt of the United States or ts mi i-
whlch materially changed the intent of
the bill's trainers The two most im
tary or naval forces.
" 'The acquisition, use or disposal ot
portutit amendments drafted by llep- anv property with knowledge that it
resentutive Boot of Wisconsin and ac- is to be, or with intent that it shall
cepted by the committee would con- toe of assistance to the enemy In then-
fine the proposed three billion dollar hostility against the United States,
allied loan to countries at war with j "'The performance of any act or
Germany and permit loans onlv during publication or statesments o, tu'or
filiation which will give or supply in
. , . , ' anv wav comfort to the enemies of tliu
Others would prohibit the sale of - States.
the United States bonds at less than I '"The direction, aiding, counseling
par, permit the purchase of toreign j or countenncing of any of the fore-
bonds ai "par" and limit the cost of ! going acts
disposing of the $5,000,000,000 worth j " 'Such acts are held to be treason-
of bonds to one-tenth of I per cent of able whether committed bv a cltivn
their total 1 of ,;nited States or by an alien
Proposals limit the lite of the I domUdiftd or residing in the
Stints inasmuch as r -sirirnt alienn a*
bonds to fifty years, to create a con- i W|>1, ,iM c,t,„MIH allegiance to tb i
I gresslonal committee to act with the , states and its laws.
' secretary of the treasury and the pres ' pun,shment for Concealment.
ident m disposing of the bonds, and •• ',\„y ttuch citizen or alien who has
, other proposed amendments were over knowledge of the commitment of anv
whelmingly defeated (such acts and conceals and does not
Any doubts that may have been en muk known the facts to the officluta
tertained as to the popularity of tiiejnunu'l mi section .! of the penal code
proposed loan to 'h<- allies were swept
un i with the voting down- I'lT to It
ol a propo at by Kepronentative Tow-
ner. made at the outset of tb- u s ion.
to strike out the three-million loan fea-
ture with a view to bavin;; it author-
ized later with provision for congres
t.ion participation in administering
It
With little discussion nnd no opposi-
tion. ti > finance committee of the sen
ate M.<nMay reported favorably the $7,
tjoo.ooe.ooo bond bill.
is guilty of misprision or trep.son
"Anil I hereby proclaim and warn
all citizens of tin United Slates and
all aliens owing allegiance to th gov-
ernment of the United States to nb
stain from any and all acts whlcti
would constitute n violation of any of
the laws herein set forth; and I fur-
ther proclaim and warn all persons
who nny commit ici\ ucti that th• y
•v III be vigorously prosei ited t:ier •
for.
"fii witness whereof I have here o
«ct my hand and caused the soal of
the I'nit* J States to b> u'f!x<*d.
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