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Must Pay 1 Cent Per Pound Frantic Efforts Made by FAVORS WILSON PLAN Kaiser’s Forces to Get Away 150 WASHINGTON April 15— ColonM Guns arid Stores Roosevelt in letters to Cannon Are Abandoned By Senator Chamberlain and today Representa- Army in Its Flight to Safety tive Dent chairman of the congressional military committees detailed his plans for raising and- accompanying a volunteer expedition to join the allies on the western European battle front He heartily approved the administration’s compulsory service program for providing a war army but insisted that volunteers could be put on the firing line in four months' and that 'the' American flag should be there at the earliest pos- coiotutw VAiomiiT London April 15— British ' li-i- ? V pa- trols entered Lens between 4 and 5 o’clock this morning 'according to a dispatch received from the correspondent of -- Lloyd’s News wth the British army in France ' iTfcSCTftjilitiie conditions about Lens the correspondent wires: “Though the enemy is still in machine gun redoubts in some places these are only rearguards for the main body has retreated “Lens and Lievin had been stacked with guns and it was certain that at least 150 were in the network of mines and pit heads “From prisoners we know that wild scenes took place in Lens frantic efforts being made to get away guns and stores and defend the line of retreat by blowing up the roads “Orders were given to destroy the mines by firing charges into the pits and by flooding the mine ’ galleries’’ JPROM a Staff Correspondent of Associated Press British Headquarters in France April 15 via Ixmdon —lighting like men with their backs to the wall the Germans are making desperate resistance to the British line from Queant to St Quentin This line has been definitely broken between Queant and Arras consequently the Germans are attempting Id bold from Queant southward In the meantime Lena was being approached late today from three direc- tions The civilian population was evacuated by the Germans on Ffldar: no person was allowed more than thirty pounds of baggage with the departure of the civilians the Germans seized rrhree months rations gathered at Lens y the American relief commission Fires continued to glow In Lens today while far away to the south fires vere seen within St Quentin toward which the British and French are’ conthat the Important verging Realizing town of Queant the switch point of the (Continued on 'Page 2) j self-respe- our-bodie- STORE OWNERS GO TO JAIL MAVOR’S EDICT - ' Oakland Cat April 15-- Mayor John L Davies in a proclamation that those today warned citizens as requestto display flags failing ed in a former proclamation would These and be subject to arrest' the leaders in a massto meeting protest called tor Monday night sending against the United states an expeditionary army to Europe to ILd the allies are threatened in reclamation with internment fmles of our country’ Issuing the proclamation Davies made a' personal and shops flags and ordered procure flags without de- - Congress to Rush War Meas- ures Through With Little Opposition ’ can-stor- es - I- ' if ‘ WASHINGTON ministration - and-arm- y- : 15 — In a personal appeal addressed tonight to his WASHINGTON April President Wilson calls upon every American citizen —xnaA woman and child— to join together to make the nation a unit for the preservation of its ideals and for triump of democracy in the world war “The supreme test of the nation has come” says the address “We must all speak act and serve together” the sea steel out of which to make Putting the navy on a war footing arms and ammunition: both here and there rails for worn-orailways back of the fighting fronts locomotives and rolling stocks to take the place of those every day going to pieces mules horses cattle for labor and for military service everything with which the people of England and France and Italy and Russia have usually supplied themselves but cannot now afford the men the materials or the machinery to make ’“It Is evident to every thinking- man that our industries in farms in shipin the mines in the factories yards must be made more prolific and more efficient than ever and that they must be more economically managed and better adapted-tthe particular requirements of our task than have been and what I want to say they is that the men and the women who devote their thought and their energy to these things will be serving the country and conducting the fight for peace and freedom Just as truly and just as effectively as the men on the battle field or In The industrial forces of the country men and women alike will be a great national a great international service army — a notable and honored host engaged In the service of the nation and the world the efficient friends and saviors 'of free men every- - - - : - INTERNED OY ‘ MS 1 : Amsterdam via- London- April H RJtOa m— The American guardahlp at Con- -nt gcorjilon ha been Interned aevern-methe TnrUsh stcatfaople-baeeordia-- to a menra dispatch the fnmTarklsh qaotlaJT ' Ter Sabah wan twrr:t—capital' says ttaf £erploa te leave the riven twenttor e1 — 1 e t barber lnt- wr Un - ’resources- 'l - ' i — SOLDIERS wiVes FO(p FOR April investLga- a at for Jon system t caring :t otindependent famiuegof meji lHe ' of cou t undcrt&kcn re- States at the : domerce of uest of the council of national V- - l5'-r-A- to-arriv- e the-Unite- d tonight to the Senate finance and House ways and means commit-te- es The other half of the cost is to be provided by $2000000000 of the bonds authorized by the war revenue bilL Outstanding In the suggestions ere greatly Increased Income and excess profits taX rates taxing of many important articles now admitted free ami stamp liquor amusement sugar coffee tobacco soft dr irk freight and passenger transportation receipts and automobile taxes All of the data is sent to Congress fqr its Information and without recommendation proProbably the most posal concerns Income taxes The secestimates that a 50 per cent Inretary crease on both individuals and corpo-- : rations for 1916 collectible next June' would yield $165000000 additional For 1917 he points out that to lowsr the Income tax exemption from $3000 to $1500 for unmarried persons from $4000 to $3000 for married persons to leave normal tax at 2 per cent but to the rai-etwould super taxes make' the law producematerially $340000000 additional In June 1916 without changing the corporation tax Highest rate on super taxes under the plan outlined would be 40 per cent of all incomes over far-reachi- - y and equlj our own forces on land ' and aes but also to- cloth© and support our whom the gallant fellows people for ' can no longer work1’ to help under arms clothe and equip tke arntiitlr which we in ' Europe and to aff-mAnUficteries there keep the oomr iendaao i tv1 m a ’ eaidsaee vri: a )? tleat - sea and in the atlfv fur? going fhips - T The-S£a- h ' - Areeo-operati- ng vaa-therefor- e -- - :1 s I j ng he $1000000 Profit-ta- x Plane Increases in the excess - profit-ta- x both by making the present law applicable to the calendar year of 1916 and nr w increases next year he applying thinks i would raise $226000000 this aext year and $200000000 additional' year Other sources the secretary believes could be made to yield additional inr corue asTfollows: Taxes Jon articles now admitted free - k - $206000000 freight transportation re- sugar0 celpta $100000000 excise tax on$75009-00$92000 OOp refined petroleum stanip taxes on theatre baseball and othra amusement tickets $75000-00- 9 distilled spiriets $73000000 stamp (Continued' on Page 2) PACIFIC FREE FROM April 15 —TOe admiralty officially denied yesterday that' there was German' submarine In the Parlflc ocean nerorslng to cablegrams tonewspaper day to local Japanese The Pacific Mast of the United States is mi from the depredations of an enemy direr by the protection of t lib' Japanese navy fho announced admiralty IV !tV Gilmer commandCaptain ant of the Twelfth naval district whose office n April 11 Issued a warning that1 German submarines were In the Paifie aaldt “I am very ’glad the 'Japanese think tkere are no German submarines In this ocean VV hpve had none reports to the ‘contrary which we have been able to verify” - ne - ‘“fa- - ae- ceaTjen- - nomic ruin' - - - According to' a dispatch from Christiania 'it- Is suspected there that the 'German spy system Is responsible in part for the repeated 'destruction of Spanish ships soon after leaving" Norwegian ports It Js reported that the' Norwegian po-- lice are on the track of a big orwhich communicates In ganization to A Ger-- : formation submarines inan : Zeppelin 'IB said to havs cruised' over Bergen for a consid- S - : - - - 1 j m " FRANCISCO SAN d - - - - - Mo-Ad- oo -- ' J 7' j - - ' -- - suggestions as to possible new sources of taxation through' which to raise approximate! -- - ' Ad 1 - GUNBOAT IS red-letter- ed - s S via London April COPENHAGEN m — The comparative immunity that Danish- ship- ping eemed to enjoy in the early days of the ruthless submarine warfare and the limitation of losses because the strike of seamen kept the vessels in porti apAnnouncepears to have passed ' ments of the destruction of Danish! ships with or without loss of life by German submarines now re- constitute dally ’ ports in the Danish press1 Discontent with the situation Is although the growing steadily well disciplined press" avoids any pronounced expreksloa of sentiment which' might ' bring little Denmark into the trouble on one The: Pclitik’en side or the other however finally speaks its mind concerning the si tuation today (and declares that It Is useless to discuss the international 'law 'aspects of the situation as both groups of belligerents long since cast ' over- board all restraints In their treat- Therefore the ment of neutrals does' not attempt it newspaper says to - draw ' comparisons between Great Britain’s seizure of Danish cargoes and Germany's" destruction1 of Danish ships but it finds It highly unfair Impracticable and' purposeless for the Germans - to destroy Danish ships on the1 way to Denmark with cargoes urgently needed for Denmark’s national life the free passage- of 'which would or injure' Gerrot help England ' many The newspaper appeals to Germanytoto' abandon the practice-an- econot complete Denmark’s - - U the war Sentiment of Neutrality Is Rapidly Becoming Hostile Toward Teutons where Thousands nay hundreds of thousands of men otherwise liable- to miliatry service will of right and of necessity be excused from that service and assigned to the fundamental sustaining work of the fields and factories and mines and they will be as (Continued on Page 2) ‘ 1S 000 were submitted by Secretary -- - - April of the estimated cost of the first' year of the war or $l807250r U Boat War Menaces Life of Denmark Executive Address Plea to Farmers and Factory Owners to Increase Products Says Raising Army and Navy Easy Task the-trenche- " - -- s 1 TAX ’ -- prized family heirloom - - - I' & - - nt : WASHINGTON April tthe Ing program of war legislation is planned by Congress during the coming week The $7000000000 revenue authorization bill passed by the House unanimously yesterday is the first and immediate consideration it will be submitted tomorrow to the' Senate will be report- -' ed favorably almost Immediately by the finance committee and will be' passed not later than Tuesday ac- cording to leaders’ expectations Approval virtually without opposl- tlon is regarded certain Following the bond aiithoriza- tlon will come in both houses War taxation 'navy espion- age financial and industrial mob- lllzation bills and other war time measures The espionage1 bill which' is expected to provoke 'coii- slderable' debate will be - pressed for prompt passage by administra' tlon leadersThe conference report1 on the general deficiency bill Including a $100000000 emergency fund appro- for President Wilson to priation use at his discretion In prosecut- ing the war' probably will j be adopted in " both houses- tomorrow Consideration of the administra-tion’- s selective draft army bill will be taken up tomorrow by the Senate- military affairs" committee The committee has not decided whether to hold public meetings : Committee consideration also will be given this week to the bill au- thorlzing the President to ©per-- " ate the railroads in 'time of war and to measures designed to mob- lllze further the nation’s financial resources by state 'banks' federal Teserve systo enter- the-- : inducing tem to increase and reorganize the Interstate--- commerce' commission ' and to conserve and develop food ever-moun- ct - ‘ mpdal whjch is ut 15— --Rapid - : government :n Army Draft Bill Bef ore Senate Today PROFITS b one-ha- lf -- e ' EXCESS Na-tion-al - three-regime- Vm£EIUX j two in the navy and all are ready for the call to arms They are Cornelius Vanderbilt Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr his son Harold S Vanderbilt rear commodore of the New York Yacht dub and William H Vanderbilt son of Mrs French Vanderbilt and of the late Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt who lost his life when the Lusitania was torpedoed Colonel Vanderbilt is commmider of the Twenty-seieon- d engineers Guard of New York and served on the border with the New York troops His son who is only eighteen years old has just joined the " FLAG MUST FLY OR COLONEL CCSJOLIUS Connecticut home defense guard and was recently given a commission in the special constabulary force raised there Harold S Vanderbilt has enrolled in the naval reserve with the rank of lieutenant The youngest member of the family with the colors is William Henry Vanderbilt who is only 15 and is a midshipman in the naval reserves' at Newport R The patriotism of the Vanderbilt family is nothing new in the history of the nation Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt who founded the family fortunes greatly aided the government ih the civil war and turned over Col s system-interfer- HAK0LBiVmERIUT HVAKM&mT United States goes to V?UiLI&M j ‘ - sible moment When here last week Colonel Roosevelt saw the military committee chair- men after his conference with President Wilson and they asked him to submit his views in writing “I most earnestly and heartily support the administration bill for providing an army raised on the principle of universal obligatory military training and service” said his letter Wants Quick Action “But of course a great system of this kind a system entirely new in this country cannot be immediately Inaugurated Many months probably at least a year or over must elapse before the army thus raised would be available for use ln Europe “Meanwhile let us use volunteer forces in connection with a portion of the regular army in order at the earliest possible moment within a few months to put our flag on the firing line We owe this to humanity ' We owe it to the small nations who have suffered such dreadful wrong from Germany Most of all we owe it to ourselves to our national honor and For the sake of our own souls for the sake of the memories of the must great Americans ofnotthe past we intend to make show that we do this merely a dollar war Let us pay of our souls' desire with Let us without one hour’s unnecessary delay put the American flag on the battle front in this great world war for democracy and civilization and for the reign of justice and fair dealing among the nations of mankind” The former President said he did not seek to have the volunteer with or substitute for the obligatory plan but that- except in certain the volunteers should excepted cases men who would not be be composed of taken under obligatory service He proposed an amendment to the act of March Z 1899 providing for the raising of 35000 volunteers so as to authorize the President to raise a force of not more than 100000 (or 300000 to 500- 000 later) for three years or the duration of the war “Under this act” the letter: continued “I should ask leave to rafse for immediate service overseas with the first expeditionary force ah infantry division of three brigades and one divisional brigadebri-of cavalrya together with an artillerya moregiment of engineers gade torcycle machine gun regiment an aero squadron a signal corps the supply service etc I should request the war say two department for the detail of officers for every thousand men I believe that acting under the direction and with the aid of the department 1 could raise the division and have It ready to begin shipment to France ih two or three months my idea would be to have the intensive training In gas work bomb throwing bayonet and trench work given lii fighting France they would then be sent-Intwere thorough- the trenches when " they ly prepared’ Colonel Roosevelt referred to his service In Cuba and concluded ‘The regiment with which first served as lieutenant colonel and which I afterward commanded'as colonel was raised equipped drilled mounted dismounted kept two weeks on' a transport and put 'through two’ victorious fights in which it lost a aggressive third of the officers and‘:a flfth of the men within sixty-dayall told' jk-- New York April 15— When the war one of the most noted American families —the VanderFour bilts — is going to be well represented with the colors two the service in army and of them are now enrolled for active - 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