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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1917
Page
9
President Wilson signs a formal declaration of war on Germany. The document urges loyal American support, outlines alien enemy regulations, and sets penalties for noncompliance. Avolunteer call and draft plans accompany the proclamation to boost army and National Guard strength.
Congress declares war on Germany by a 373 to 60 vote in the Senate and House after lengthy debate. The United States begins seizing German vessels in Atlantic ports and Guam reports the interned crew destroying the cruiser Cormorant.
A German raider was sighted off Nantucket at 7 40 Saturday morning prompting warnings for ships to stay in port until further notice. Naval authorities were alerted and a patrol of destroyers is maintained off the coast. The report mentions U-52 sinking six ships on October 8 and notes U-63 operated along the New York to European ports lane.
Attorney General Gregory ordered the arrest of sixty alleged German ringleaders in plots and conspiracies in the United States after President Wilson signed war resolutions. Each arrestee is a German citizen known to have actively participated in German intrigues and deemed dangerous at large. Bail will be refused. the group will be held for the war’s duration, with more arrests likely in coming days.
Tokio reports the Japanese press praising America’s entry into the war as the death knell of Germany. Officials say Japan will cooperate with the United States to subdue the enemy while Washington moves to push war plans through Congress.
The unarmed steamer Missourian sailed from Genoa on April 4 with thirty-two Americans among fifty three crew. She was sunk without warning. the crew was saved. Consul generals Wilbur Genoa and Lathrop Cardiff reported additional sinkings of two vessels with Americans aboard.
Dispatch from The Hague reports passports placed at the American embassy in Vienna. It notes Bulgaria and Turkey severing relations with the United States and suggests Holland may handle Austrian interests in Washington and American interests in Vienna.
Colonel Roosevelt stopped in Washington to congratulate President Wilson on his state paper. He learned Wilson was at his offices, left his card with the chief usher, and left without seeing the president before trains.
A national prohibition amendment has been introduced in the senate as a vital war measure with immediate action urged by Senator Sheppard of Texas. The bill would empower Congress to prohibit the manufacture sale or transportation of intoxicating liquors as a wartime provision.
Nation seizes interned German ships with vast worth amid wartime actions. Ellis Island hosts officers and crews from vessels held in New York waters as authorities consolidate naval assets.
Lieut. Col. Charles W. Ziegler resigns after Brig. Gen. Frederick S. Strong of the U S Army demanded his departure. The trigger was a February 7 meeting of the German American alliance where a war with Germany referendum was urged and speeches deemed disloyal went unrebuked by Ziegler.
A Wagoner Oklahoma reader praises Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for relief during the change of life after two years bed rest and two surgeries. The letter notes symptoms like hot flashes suffocation headaches and dizziness and claims many peers also found relief. A separate scene mentions a man tinkering with a bulky motor and a driver joking about his story.
An advertisement touts Cascarets as a remedy for sick headache biliousness and dizziness. It claims the product cleanses the stomach removes undigested food and foul gases and carries out waste poisons from the bowels overnight. It notes a 10 cent box and mentions Wichita adopting a city manager form of government.
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