Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-04-27
Iowa Senator Urges Con
gress to Permit Colonel
to Head Division.
PRESENCE WOULD
INSPIRE ALLIES
SeIective conscri ption Bill Causes De-
bate in Senate-kenyon Says Con.
cription Of Large Incomes Will Be
Necessary-Nation Warned by Nc
Cumber That Submarines Must Be
Reckoned With as Biggest Factor.

Washington, April o7.--Debate on the
war army bill reached final stages in
congress today In the house general
debate w;;s concluded after "A session
which lasted until o:30 o'clock this
morning.
The house met at noon today to hear
summing up speeches by Chairman
Dent. of the military committee. and
by Representative Kahn. After that,
speeches We're to Ire limited TO five
minutes. House leaders hoped to reach
a vote tonight, altho this appeared
doubtful.
In the senate the bill was taken up
under an agreement to reach a final
vote by tomorrow night. Sixteen sem
ators still were to be heard
Debate in the senate was opened by
Senator Jones, republican, Of WASH
draft
THE man who must conduct the war
urges 1t as a wise and necessary meas
ure now said he. The military au-
thorities almost without exception urge
1t. The senate committee recommends
t. The lessons Of this great war point
to it as a wise course. Why should l
not vote for it?
Kenyon spnports Roosevelt. I.
Senator Kenyon, OF Iowa, said he
expected to support the bill, but want
ed exemptions in favor of men in, ems
ployments Of military value changed
so that the power Of enforcing such
exemptions would not be in the hands
Of! military men alone. He approved
the, LaFOllette amendment for civil
tribunals to pass upon questions OF
exemption.
The Iowa senator declared he also
favored an amendment which would
permit Colonel Roosevelt to go TO the
front in command of American troops.
Roosevelt Would Inspire.
ut would be an inspiring thing" he
said. 'if Colonel Roosevelt could lead
a division side by SIDE with the tri.
color of France. Nothir would help
bring the war to a speedy end as much
as that. But they say it would demor-
alize our army. It seems to me II
would demoraliZe the army Of the en- :
emy morn."
Senator Kenyon read figures to show
enormous increases in the incomes of
corporations affected by the war, and
added:
~ want to say that while am vot-
ing for conscription OF men am going
to vote later on for conscription OF the
great incomes Of This country In my
judgment every income above 800. 900
should be Communicated or conscript-
ed to carry on the war That PROPOSE
tion is going to come up before we get
.hru with the tax bal" ...
Must Reckon With Submarines.
Senator McCumber declared that
10, 900. 900 best trained officers and men
would not win the war for the United
States If the submarines are not over
come.
"I think It a fair estimate to saw
that 100000 tons of merchant shipping
has been destroyed in the last thirty
days" he said. AT this rate and
without question the number OF SUBJ
marines Is increasing, how long will
Great Britain be able to hold out! II
in this way Great Britain could be
eliminated from the war. brave France
would be crushed, our commerce
would be destroyed and stagnation
would hold in its grip the populous
cities. of the country"
Says Volunteer System Has Failed.
Enlistments in the army since April
1, Senator Calder declared, shows the
failure OF the volunteer system and
Sustain completely the argument that
the United States can not raise an
adequate force by that system"
''Talk about raising q million men
over night is nonsense. The United
States has been actually at war for
three weeks and the ranks Of the reg
ular army and national guard have
been opened to more than 60O. 900 VOL
unteers They are still open-wide
open-and- the volunteers are coming
in slowly"
To ForestalI Graft.
Action to prevent even a suspicion Of
graft in the disbursement Of $4,000. 900
army fund has been taken by the wal
department. The following order has
been sent out:
"The purchase of any article, publi-
cation or other thing by which an Of
ficer of the army would derive finan-
cial profit will not be permitted to be
made. from public funds during the
present war.
Every effort to decentralize the adj
ministratiop OF army funds will be
made In the interest Of quick action