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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1917
Page
5
President Wilson urged a joint session to declare war after detailing German submarine attacks. He condemned the policy as a challenge to mankind and outlined steps to mobilize the nation, expand the navy, and raise 500000 inductees plus sustained funding.
President Wilson asks Congress to declare a state of war for the United States. He cites threats abroad and calls for united action to defend democracy, liberty, and national security as global tensions escalate.
A speech asserts the imperative to fight against grave wrongs, values liberty over safety, and declares America’s resolve to devote lives and fortunes to defend principles that birthed and sustained the nation. It emphasizes that peaceful civilization can be threatened if misdeeds prevail.
In a wartime appeal the speaker urges restraint on borrowing to avoid inflation and calls for maximum Allied supply. He urges minimal interference with U S military prep and equipment while providing materials to nations at war with Germany. The executive departments should present concrete measures for wartime objectives.
In New York Captain Charles von Kleist and five German defendants were found guilty by a federal jury of conspiring to destroy steamships carrying food and munitions for the Entente, using incendiary bombs. The convicted men include von Kleist of Hoboken and five assistant engineers from the Friedrich der Grosse. The jury deliberated fifty minutes.
In Washington on April 3 President Wilson’s address preceded a swift House action. Chairman John Fitzgerald pushed a resolution to fund war needs, with four revenue bills to pass under suspension of rules within ten days. Champ Clark won the speakership 217 to 205 after Mann’s defeat, giving the Democratic administration control of the House as war with Germany looms.
War Department orders Washington area units to federal service for police duty. The Second West Virginia Infantry, Fourth Virginia Infantry, and Battery D of Virginia Field Artillery are mobilized. During late March Army recruiting added over 2,800 names to the ranks, with more expected from other sources.
Berlin reports the death of Dr Emil von Behring world renowned therapeutist and diphtheria serum discoverer after a long illness at Marburg He won the Nobel prize in medicine in 1901 and in 1905 claimed a cure for consumption based on animal experiments.
New York reports $25,000,000 of additional gold from Canada placed to J P Morgan & Co. accounts. Of this, $15,000,000 went to Philadelphia month and $10,000,000 to the United States assay office. Total gold imports this year reach $295,700,000 with $1,433,200,000 since January 1, 1915.
Adolph F B W Simmers of Woodbine New Jersey described as German is held on a $20 000 bail for a Wednesday hearing by U S Commissioner Joline on a charge of threatening the life of President Wilson.
Reports from reliable sources indicate renewed disturbances in Berlin during the past week. The Hague dispatch notes ongoing unrest with no immediate resolution.
French admiralty dispatches report the armed American freighter Aztec torpedoed without warning by a German submarine. Lieutenant Fuller Graham and twelve American bluejackets aboard the vessel were saved, but eleven crew members were missing as of April 3.
Copenhagen reports the commission found that Libau’s commander took 2,000,000 dollars while Mittau’s leader received 41,500,000. General Kuropatkin, Riga governor, got 8,000,000 but kept Riga and sent funds to Petrograd. the German payer killed himself when Riga was not evacuated.
Mrs. Alton B Parker widow of the former judge and 1904 Democratic presidential candidate died in New York. Born Mary L Schoonmaker in Accord New York she will be interred after a funeral at Holy Cross Episcopal church Kingston on Wednesday morning.
London reports that Andrew Bonar Law told the House of Commons the Turk losses in the Gaza battle in Palestine totaled 8000. He also said British deaths were under 400.
Washington April 3 Army recruiting showed war threats as over 2800 men joined the general recruiting service in the final ten days of March. Officials anticipate higher totals from additional reports.
Juarez April 3 Villa and General Murguia Carranza commander are reported to have arranged a truce. A German resident of Chihuahua persuaded both factions to unite for possible war against the United States.
In Belvidere ML on April 3 an elderly couple, Louis Reil and his wife, were found dead after turning on the gas in their home. The article notes the husband was eighty, detailing a double fatality by gas in a likely suicide pact.
Shelbyville Indiana April 8 Judge Alonzo Blair sets Monday May 4 for opening the trial of Claude Taylor an Indianapolis negro charged with the murder of Policeman John De Rossette. The case came here on change of venue. Taylor says his relatives in Indianapolis will obtain counsel for him.
Madrid reports strong government action to quell a labor movement deemed revolutionary after a manifesto by twenty heads of labor organizations called for grievances against the government and a general strike. Premier Romanones opposed labeling it revolutionary, while authorities imposed drastic measures following unrest tied to events in Russia.
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