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THE GETTYSBURG TIMES.FIFTEENTH YEARGETTYSBURG, PA., FRIDAY, APRIL Gth, 11)17.PRICE TWO CENTSSTATE OF WAR DECLAREDWAR MEASURE WILL BE READY PASSES HOUSE T0D0THJRBITSEIZED GERMAN INTERNED SHIPS(tt* 11 vsburg College lloys c*;» n hi*This Government Dots not Violate Old Treaties in Doing so.MAY WANT FUNDS FOR NEW HOTELMORE MONEY FOR TOWNSHIP ROADSAmendments Introduced to Prohibit I sc of lumps in Europe, Asia or Africa Are Rejected. Mann StronglyCounted on Says their Own Publication.Favors Resolution.MILITARY I NIT FIT KTENTMORE THAN 80 REPRESENTATIVES MADE SPEECHES FOR AND AGAINSTI went) Eight Signify Intention of Going to Plattftburg. Other Plana at the Institution.State of Belligerency is \ccepted by Senate ami House. Democratic Leader Kitchin Leads PaciMnt lorrea who Show Unexpected Strength. Stiffr.igis* Member ia Silent.^ Washington. \pr. 6—War was formallydeclared on (iernuiny at I I I this afternoon pBflHnCt At exactly that hour President Wilsonli affixed his signature to the joint resolutionwhich places the I nited States on the side of r 1 fu‘ *n fhr r*at struggle against theT \ Central Powers.% \ i*res‘^n! Wilson signed the mornen-\ tmis document Lieutenant Commander Mt-( andless signalled across the street to ‘he Navy Department that war was on. Immediately wireless communications were sent to all the forts and ships at -ea that thL country was among the belligerents.Speaking for the student body of the college the “Gettysburgian” this* week says: “Gettysburg stands ready to offer her services in any way to her country in this time of national danger, and will uphold her historic reputation for love of country and patriotism as in the past.”The publication tells that twenty eight men have enlisted for one or other of the United States Army training camps this summer. Most of them will go to Plattaburg. Regarding the impending war the paper says:“We have not wished war but it is now our duty to enter; and it is up to every one of us here to take his...•-4 'I'liiu .I,..-, nut mi-nn th:«f it i«(By Telegraph)New York, Apr 6—Immediately upon the declaration of war this afternoon United Slat- armed fortes seized all interned German vessels in American ports. Thlt; v number ninety one and represent a total tonnage of 594,696.No trouble in tab over the shipsw;i reported. Mari and blue jackets v.ent on board * lt;i made the Germans prisoners.Trying to Sell Slock for Tits* car ora Chateau. One Hun* dred per Share.York County Assembly man Presents Hill which would Furnish it.VIOLENCE NOW IN BIG STRIKEPLANS 111:UK NOT KNOWN! AMunitK l’roM|M*ctUK Tells of l-'ine \r-i coniniodatiooH to Iw* Given Ihoae who Mop there.Washington, Apr 6 It wn found to-day that the German interned vessels seized by the I sited States were all built for use i. auxiliary cruiser*. They were built with special gun platforms, reinforce I dock-, and other necessary mfuirenn nt.-.Washington, Apr * Thi seizing of interned German v« lt;i and the making prisoners of thlt; lt;rews is not a violation of the old Prussia treaties according to the State Departments belief.According to tin department the United State is se; men engagedConflicting stories prevail as to the probability of work beginning on the I great hotel on a peak of Tusearoru mountain the coming Summer, de* elares the “Valley Spirit” of Cham-beraburg which continue “We betray no commercial confluence in saying that olicitation has )ecn recently made by the managers of the Hotel Sehenley, of Pittsburgh —who are the prime movers in the Tusearoru hotel construction—to secure subscriptions to the capital stock , of the Tuscyrora hotel company.” The “Spirit” does not indicate whether the same parties will endeavor to .secure subscriptions for their proposed hotel in Gettysburg. It continues:Assemblyman C. E. Cook, of Dills burg, has introduced a hill in the state legislature which, if it, becomes a law, will provide abodt a million and a half dollars to the townships of the tato for road improvement.A law was enacted in 1905, which authorized the state to appropriate 56 cents for every dollar appropriated by a township for the improvement of road not to exceed $20 a mile. The state fell in arrears during the years 1910, 1911, 1912, 1915, and 1914amounting to three million dollars. About hall this sum or for the years J912, 1913 and 1914 is provided for in the state highway budget. It is to reimburse townships for the million and a half due prior to those years that Mr. Cook’s hill aims to provide.Two other bills have been introduced by Mr. Cook. One is entitled “An act to repeal an act approved the first day of June, 1911, entitled “An act to tax traction engines and providing that the same shall be assessed by the several assessors of the counties of this commonwealth in the same nian-Dnngerous Conditions Prevail through Western Maryland Railroad Situation.ATTAC KS ON SEVERAL MENOfficial Statement from Railroad Man Tells what Company in up agaiiuit. Matters Grow Worse.The strike of the 600 Western Maryland Railway shopmen ftt. Hagerstown has hern marked by scenes of disorder during the past few day*. Numerous tight between strikers and strikebreakers have been reported to the officer , and warrants have been issued.In a letter to the Hagerstown Board of Trade, refusing th*- offer of that body of assistance in adjusting the labor troubles, General Manager En-m lt;. of the Railway Company, deplored the disorder on the part of the striker; and the failure of the officer* to put an end to it. He .said;“F'«r the past twelve days old employs of the railroad, togother with
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Gettysburg Times
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, US
Fri, Apr 06, 1917
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