Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-04-19
Both Senate and House
Ready to Fight Out Select
i've Conscription.
AMENDED MEASURE
BEFORE HOUSE
Tote Expected to Be Reached Monday
Advocates Of Conscription Point to,
Failure Of Volunteer System Il, Great
sritain-Pre'idsnt Wilson Still In
sistins Upon seisetive Draft-PIot to
Steal N avail Documents Uncovered.

washington, April 19.TfTienos anu
opponents Of the administration plan
for raising an army by selectiye draft
lined up in congress today for the I'M
pending fight over the two systems.
In the house the military committee
reported the administration measure
with amendments providing for calling
volunteers in increments Of 100000
each, and authorizing a draft only
when the president decides the volun-
teer plan is not adequate to produce
the army desired. An attempt prob
ably will be made to press the measure
for passage Monday.
In the senate the military commit
tee had voted 10 to Z to recommend the
administration bill virtually as 1t was
drawn by the army general staff. This
was to be reported today and It may be
passed by the senate without awaiting
house action.
President Wilson was still deter
mined that the selective draft plan
should prevail and It seemed probable
that IL necessary he would appeal di-
rect to the people on the gr0l,ztA that
the nations safety depends on prpfnpt
|snactsnent OF the Senerd1 rsta1 DILL Ss
To Peint . Great Britain.
Preparing to lead the, fight in the
house for the administration bill Rep
resentative Kahn, ranking republican
Of the military committee, conferred
today with Secretary Baker. 1t is ex-
pected Mr.. Kahn will present In his
minority report letter from Secretary
Baker to Chairman Dent two days ago
in q final effort to get the committee to
approve the administration plans,
which outline clearly the purpose Of the
military experts to provide places for
10000 individual volunteers in the ex-
panded regular army and national
guard and their reasons for distrust-
ing any scheme for taking into the
service complete volunteer units as
proposed by the majority report. He
will have ready also detailed report
Of British efforts to raise volunteer
army, prepared by an American OBJ
server.
Report on Bill Monday.
The bill as amended by the commit
tee was introduced today by, Chairman
Dent. It was referred back to the
committee for the perfunctory report
Mr.. Dent expects to present the bill
Asenss; Senate and y use conferee. today
took up the $1,000, 100000 war revenue
bill to reconcile the differences In the
measure as passed In the senate and
house. Senate amendments to the
house bill have been approved by the
treasury department which Is urging
quick action.
The administration bill to increase
the enlisted strength of the navy from
81, 900 to 10000 and the marine corps
from 17.4oO to 10000 was favorably re-
ported to the senate today by the ma
val CON mittee
Plot 10 Uncovered.
Capitol police discovered today that
the door Of the senate committee on
naval affairs had been forced during
the night. Clerks IN the committee room
after a hurried examination said no pa
pers were missing and Senator Swan
son, acting chairman Of the committee.
said there was no confidential informa.
tion in the room.
Senate Debates Espionage Bill.
Senate debate on the administration
espionage bill continued today with
the fate Of press censorship still In
doubt. This section provides a ten
year imprisonment or q fine Of $4,000
for persons who collect publish OF
elicit information concerning matters
Of national defense which might be Of
use to the enemy
Senator Borah declared that cons
gress was devoid Of power to interfere
with the freedom Of the press in any
way. He said the trainers of the con-
stitution held that the government
should be without Jurisdiction over the
press.
Regarding the contention that ma
ktional safety makes q censorship
necessary now, Senator. Borah said the
public Interest has always been the
basis for attacks on the public press.