Show Sf A Quality Newspaper Salt Lake Smelter Settlements It’s Fair and Square Lead 09c j Silver 733ic oz I Copper (cathodes) 30925 Zinc (St Louis) 10V2c THE METALS Sat fair ivarmer in north portion Sun cloudy Tntermountain Vol 1 No 71 Republican SALT LAKE CITY UTAH SATURDAY APRIL 7 1917 U S GAINS ALLY IN CUBA ilson Signs Resolution Declaring State FORGES 0FUS Now York April (5— With the formal declaration by Cuba of a state of war with ('Jrrniany the Cuban government following the course of the United Ktatts intends to seize three florman ships now in Havana harbor This wa announced today by the Republic of Cuba News Bureau here a Cuuban government agency A nable received the bureau from Menocal’s request foy a war declaracomPresident Menoeal'sby secretary tion It was said by J V Knight diment irijif on the war message says: rector of the bureau-whicreceived Menocal lays the greatest from the president a oopy of his "jpresldent on the moral obligation of to Congress today Already plans emphasis fuba n back up the L'nlted States i were well advanced for the economic the mobilization its dir interested stand because of exfood resources Germany SEIZURE OF VESSELS IS FIRST HOSTILE ACT Militia and Reserve 1 close ties political and economic isting between the two countries but above all to ‘our gratitude for the unnever falling Interest selfish and shown by the great republic of the i l’n ted States tn aiding Cuba to her independachieve" and maintain ' ency’ There was no donbt that the Cuban congress would accede to President Total- j il ing Nearly 15000 Men Called to Colors Retired Officer's Return to Service J’or-nil- iv i 1 ‘ Wilson af 11S (official n lternooii signM o'clock this TT7 ASHIXliTOX April 0 — Meas-o- r "V nt ion oi Congress YV pi hiring actual tires to make ready tiie existence of a stat of war ami host llities with Irermanv went forauthorizing and directing the chief! ward swiftly today at the war and executive to employ nil the resources navy departments and President Wilof iho nation to prosecute hostilities son issued a statement urging the flie (It nntui government to a prompt enactment of the general s icccss-'i’tenninat ion to be taken up to- The net was done without ceremony! staffs army plans 1 i 1 1 20 i r'i : War with Mexico April 2J 1846 Civil war April 18 1861 French Troops Recapture by Hand Grenade Attacks Positions Lost Northwest of Rheinis Where Battle he said so that the republic would be in a position to help the United States to its fullest extent Will With 1' S “It Is not generally known but it is a fact" Mr Knight said “that the tactical plans and organization of the Cuban army of 12000 men excellently (Continued on Page 2) Co-oper- ate 1 1 1 U-BO- LURK ' ATS Complete mobilization of the navy was ordered by Secretary Daniels im-mediately after the cabinet meeting The naval militia and naval reserve totaling nearly loOOO men will join jibe colors within two or three days Kvery preliminary arrangement has been made Mobilizat ion moans the immediate organization nf the oast patrol srv- 'int innc-i- on Page 2' I : ) j j TDRTTISII efforts to reach the Quentin road ami to drive a salient into the German lines letween these two important points outflanking both continue successfully In operations near Renssoy ten miles north of St Quentin Field Marshal Haig’s men have captured Iem-pir- e five miles east of the rnmbmi-S- t Quentin road and thirteen miles southwest of Cambrai Prisoners were taken by the British and largo numbers of German dead are reported by Gam-bihi-- Neu- 6 — Persistent - j I ! op-estlm- j RINGLEADERS IN GERMAN PLOTS TO BE ARRESTED tbo war budg Miltons t of more than wear over the groat with fin- cabinet discussing what (ia hern mid i wo'lu jr it is liiderstond e £" mi t h rra for tjfiui aUi-- s with tlf asai:it the common enemy Plans for are said to have taken ery definite though tlioro will he no tor the men! on the mojo-i vrininiii( - ni'-ivird- onf-ir- -- vr--s-- t n 6 i 1917 i I i j President Joseph F Smith Exhorts Mormons to Lov- alty to God State and Na-- i tion in Opening: Eighty-- ! seventh Annual Conference liI of i:P ship In American harbor- - was tin subject offi- ed comment in! of in t onuil-oratio- n of the L'nvi'riuii'-i- r tho ion of wmtln-of tho an confiscate ' The ships 'lilted Staii-t i : or must i r i x ! t after as soon as In ai:y to war w nrt h v tho fine ‘hoy 'in h‘ rraJTin- b-ir- pi-s- r f ji i i s j - I'-b- oat Mr the duration of the hftve bee in)!lctea damage the by federaI grand bridge for similar offenses and are at Later a sugpect giving the name of tin:- uiil sri'oI merchant indication are that a number of oth- juries Alfred bond McSpeehy aged 22 of Iioston under and trial liberty waiting: m on! a merchant er arrest-America irinc that will he ordered within the persons neither Indicted nor convicted was arrested scars and next few days ot inplicatei in several hut whose activities have been under to tiu- - tonnage i id MAY HKVOKK BLACKLIST more than The men are placed in three gToups: long: surveillance by the secret service Tin ii who have heen convicted of vio6 — Great Britain ‘on t in ced on Pace 2 or the department's' bureau of Inves- Is Washington toApril understood have under consideratigation tion the withdrawal of Its commercial For the first time In more than a cen- blacklist In so far as It refers to firms in this It will tury arrests of alien enemies under the and individuals be the duty of thecountry American govattorney general’s order will be- made now see that nobody in the ernment to 3 Second Section) United States gives aid to Germany (Continued on Page preset s-- fh-o- ‘AT HIS DISCRETION Man t h-- 1 Quc-n-n- (5 In-ua- 1 HUGE LOANS TO ALLIES CONSIDERED BY CABINET - Washington April 6 — Appropriation of $100000 eyo for an emergency war fund to be used at tlie President's discretion similar to the I300o0000 given President McKinley for prosecuting the Spanish war was attached today by the Senate appropriations committee to It the general deficiency bilL must also be approved by the House Demands for First Year of War Expected to Approxi- KENT COAST TOWNS ASHIXGTON lomlim April O —Twm on tlin coat ot Kent were ho mlm riled ngnln luMt night by n lierman airplane There were no eiunniltleM it ’I announced officially The statement follow! A hostile airplane paMil over certain Kentish roaxt tow na last llomli were dropped moat night There of which fell In the open were no enniialfle and no damage wa done beyond the breaking of Home glaaa I : i I 8t April 6 — Methods of financing the war with Germany aiul of extending huge loans to the al- lie intituted one of the chief sub- jects considered at today's cabinet meet ing Indications are that the first year's demands upon the financial resources of the country will run far in excess of the $3300000000 already asked of and may approximate $50o0- Congress OO'iOOO Bond issues already authorized also were discussed These total $474000-- I 0Go including the $224000000 of Pan-- ! am a canal bonds authorized but not 1ssued Announcement by Secretary Mc-- i Adoo as to the details of one or more (Continued on Page 2) -: J EPIGRAMS FROM ADDRESS OF PRESIDENT SMITH J £ German Steamers “I Saints hope the Latter-da- y will be veritable Josephs in Egypt when necessity stalks abroad in Seized Will Be Regarded as Prop- tho land ‘ I want Latter-da- y Saints who may enlist and whose services the country may require not to forget that they are also soldiers of the ‘ erty of Government and Paid For After War Ends cross ASIfIXGTON April 6 — While a Jinal decision ha not been rP:icljcl indications alter today's cabinet ireetinc were that nearly a hundred German merchant vessels taken over in ditTerent ports today will bo regarded as the property of the Anier- ican and paid l'or after tlie jrm-ernitic- war Toe versels laid up in Amori--aharfor safety a- the outbreak of the war In Europe were 'ive-l early today immediately after tin House passed the war resolution Tlieir crews will be removed to immigration detention stations there to he treated as alien admissible to tlie country if able to tlie ordinary immigration test prs J he that many are naval reerv- isis will not serve to bar them Will lie I fil n Transport Indications today that They cr whrn relations betwee n tne L'nlted States and Germany were hrok- en will be repaired and the ships put into the trade to trans- to allies the port supplies The total tonnage of the vessels seized amounts to t'2:0rt0 gross tons That tonnage could not be built in America I jards in less than a year and some of the larger ship’ noial iy the Vaderland could not be produced In the l’nlted States in several vears All of tlie ship will have to e before th-- y can be made seaBureau of navigation offiworthy cials pointed today to practical difficulties that will delay repairs in that the ships will fill tlie country's dry docks for some time to come The n’ontinued on Page IP bor i ! - -- j “Let the soldiers that go out from Utah be men of honor when they are called and obey the call and manfully meet the duty or labor that they may be set to do “In the church there is neither Greek nor Jew nor Gentile in ether words there is neither Scandinavian Swiss German Russian or Briton nor any other nationality we have become brethren in tlie household of faith and we should treat the people from the belligerent nations that are at war with each other with due kindness and consideration'' T 0VA1TV ti church and nation in 1 J j fa-- v-e- urifed on all Rote r "v-- trails-Atlant- ic 1 dry-dock- ed lilO present CTtiS m world Affairs spef-'-l- l faithful Mormons bv of the an- - eighty-seven- th conference of t he Mormon churca in tlie Tabernacle yesterday J i(1 Rowing tribute to the live Je of the founder and leaders of the Mor- iron church and pleaded that the members of the church be guided by faith hope love and charity and urged that the activities in behalf of the upbuildforward ing of the Mormon faith II with still greater enthusiasm asked that especially in the present crisis ail Mormon set aside thought of a fellowman's nationality Thousands of people listened attentively to President Smith's masterly address The addres of President Smith I Continued on Page 9) i g-- SINKING OF PARANA MAY BRING BRAZIL INTO WAR Rupture of Relations Between Largest South American Republic and Germany Threatened as Result mate Five Billions TEUTONIC AIRPLANE ADDRESSES MARKED BY PATRIOTIC FERVOR but hitherto unconfirmed reports April of German submarines waiting in the Gulf of Mexico- for the opening of hostilities with the United States were further supported today by advices to the government from Europe The full nature 'of the Bwernmenta mat Ion since the relations information la not disclosed but It ira matlc wa It reported at the nonrc of conone of the neutral received from of the Kovernment'a Information origin tlguoua to Germany which ha nerved that more than a score of (imnaa ub- - Ioliilon let have been found in llc a a clearing house for (ierman Ittfor- - marine were already In Mexican ter Persona here who have been urlv- - emturod positions The Hermans lost severely in tii- In attention to the Hiihject think the m m of n umber blab but feel erations between Arras und St doubt that German submersible arc tin during- the last week London n- ftomewhere on thin side of the Atlantic1 Many German uad were found most probably In Mexican waters and port that some of the mhave been there since by the advancing IJritih troop Southearly In February east of Arras the British have made There Is no doubt here that If tbe progress northeast of Noreuil aft-nre la tbe fculf they are being stiff fighting East of Arras and near supplied from Mexican shore base Wytscluete tho British have made Those who hold these views also are raids eonvlneed that somethlnif closely apFrench troops continue to recover the arrancementa the proaching: of Considered Aliens proponed Department Dangerous by ground captured by the German northSixty by Foreign Minister Zimmerman In his west of Ithelms where Berlin reorts celebrated communication Intended for S27 French prisoners were taken in Justice Ordered to Be Confined as Long as the General ('arraaza have been achieved the capture of French positions Paris and that the whole matter Including: report War Lasts Reservists Under Surveillance that grenade attacks have the supplying: of submarines from brought successes in reconquerFrench Mexican shore was arranged by Mexlost ground eart of SapigneuL ing A SHI NCI TON” Elsewhere north of the Somme there April 6 — The arrest of sixty alleged ringleaders in ican Minister Zubaraa In Merlin ha heen no Infantry action of moment German plots conspiracies and machinations in the United States The German successes at the Toboly was ordered today by Attorney General Gregory immediately after President ATTEMPT TO BLOW UP a bridgehead on tbe Stokhod in VoILy-nireWilson had signed the war resolution Berlin to have axe by BRIDGE FRUSTRATED sulted inreported the capture of 13u Kusslun Kvery man wlioae arrest was ordered is a German citizen is known by The Germans and 9300 men i ho department of justice it was authoritatively stated to have participated to Waterrllle Mo April — An attempt officers i Continued on Page PM blow up the Maine Central railroad actively in German intrigues in this country and is regarded as a dangerous over rethe Kennebec wa river bridge person to be at large ported by a guard there today He said Rail will be refused in each case It lation of American neutrality In fur- he found two stick of dynamite with WILSON TO HAVE fuse attached and hurled burning was said and the entire group will be thering (Jerman plot of various sorts athem TO USE as he as far Thev went $100000000 are at and liberty under bond awaiting off forty feet away could a in ked up yiless there is a change 111 hole in blowing the action of higher courts: those who the river bank but did not l TI war April Gennan-America- n BRITISH GAIN VILLAGE NORTH OF ST QUENTIN MEXICAN WATERS Fact Disclosed to V S Government From One of trals Contiguous to Germany Carranzas Connivance Is Suspected mil tee oisid-r 1898 21 Has Been Waged Two Days! l tlin e war April Spanish-America- n n! ’rv-i- ili 1 19 1775 ad-dre- ss TXT AKirrMiToN r— The T’niftf'l Sliili's t i i y nccrptnl ( i‘ Tmriiiv elnilleniro tn war ami iN place as thegrral- i ii ’trai a w orM in arm- I bamiers in the war with Germany for all the important wars of the republic from the war of the revolution including the Spanish-America- n conflict began in April and all were won by the United States Here they are: War of the Revolution April Soon as Congress Accedes to MenocaV s Request and Declares War rjhips When f history repeats itself victory IFshould again perch on America's First Act Will Be Seizure of German Ships at Havana as Orders Flashed by Wireless In All Naval Stations and Too April Is America’s War Month ISLAND TO WAR ON BERLIN A-v- VoL ITS No 7a S: Brazil May Brea Cuba to Join U War Willi Salt Lake Herald PRICE FIVE CENTS London April 7 — Passports have been placed at the disposal of the American embassy in Vienna according: to a dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph company from The Hague quoting telegrams received there from the Austrian capital The dispatch says that Bulgaria and Turkey have also decided to break off relations with the United States and that Ilollaud will probably look after Austrian interests in Washingtop and American interests in Vienna IT FLEET -- THE WEATHER will distribute free Garden Seeds to all members of its SavThe ings Bank Garden club at 9 o’clock this morning The seeds are put up in separate packages as follows: RADISHES ONIONS LETTUCE PEAS One package of each kind of seed to each holder of a membership card BE SURE TO BRING YOUR CARD NO SEEDS GIVEN OUT UNLESS CARD IS of Submarine Act Herald-Republica- n PRESENTED Now is the time to plant a garden and share in The $500 cash Herald-Republican- ’s prizes Sesd distribution begins promptly at 9 o’clock this morning at The office 50 Main street No phone orders No seeds delivered 4 Herald-Republica- n S r r' April 5 — The Brazilian steamer Parana was sunk during CHERBOURG Three members of her ere'v are missing The Parana was a vessel 4401 tons and was owned in Kio Janeiro the result of the sinking of the Brazilian steamer Parana according to a official government today received telegram from the Brazilian capital tlie of confirmation of press reports transmitted by the Exchange Telegraph sinking of the Frazilian steamship Pa- correspondent at Buenos Aires The Brazilian foreign minister tx rana Tlie situation is regarded as most serious and in view of the definite quoted as declaring the situation grave of a declarations of the foreign minister and that perhaps a declaration neceswar be would of a Germany Lauro Muller diploagainst rupture lr matic relations with Germany is re- sary It Is generally expected adds the garded in some quarters as inevitable message that Brazil will seize the inexterned German ships in her port and London April 6 — citement in Rio Janeiro is intense as proclaim the existence of hostilities Rio Janeiro April 6 — The Brazilian Anti-Germ- an |