The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1917-04-19
BOND BILL ON
PASSAGE TODAY
Senators Expect 10 End With
Measure In One Session
ARMY PLANS ARE DISCUSSED

Consumption Question Is Taken Up In
Executive Meetings In House Com
mittee-LegisIaton Which Will AZ
feet Liquor introduced In Senate.
House Passes War Fund of S1o0,0oo,-
900 For Wilson.
Washington, April 1.-THE $1,000
100000 war bond measure was taken
up in the senate today for passage.
The bill as it passed the house was
approved by the finance committee of
the senate. The committee vote was
unanimous and senate leaders expect
to make an effort to put the bill
through in one session.
Three minor changes were made in
the bill as it came from the house.
One in the title is to make more APP
parent its purpose of assisting in the
prosecution of the war; another sug-
gested by Secretary of the Treasury
McAdoo, is to permit funds raised I'M
der the measure to be deposited in
banks not members of the federal re-
serve system and in trust companies.
A third is more clearly to exempt GER
tifcates of Indebtedness from taxa
ton.
A conference of Republican sena-
tors was held before the senate SEES
sion to discuss in addition to the vari,
(ous administration war measures, in
Guiding selective conscription and tax
plans. Republican leaders said it was
not believed the conference would at
tempt to pledge senators to united
party action on any of the legislation,
as nOn-partisan action upon all of the
war measures is desired.
The universal military service bill
was taken up for the first time by the
senate military committee. The meas
ure was explained in detail behind
closed doors by Secretary of War
Baker and Judge Advocate General
Crowder. Whether public hearings,
requested by many persons and or
CARNATIONS, will be held has not been
determined.
Several senators indicated opposi-
ton to the draft plan, but a majority
was understood to favor approving the
administration plan of selective con-
scription. To the proposal that volun-
teers first be called for Secretary
Baker replied that such call has in
substance been made already by the
var department announcements open
.ng the army and national guard to
volunteer enlistments to war strength
of existing organizations.
The bill increasing the army gen
eral staff, creating machine gun COM
panies, providing armored motor car
companies for each division and to
pay SIS monthly to dependents of en-
listed men in time of war and half
years salary in case of their death,
was favorably reported to the senate.
Another bill favorably reported by
the senate military committee was
that of Senator Lodge authorizing the
war department to equip home guard
forces of states with rifles and other
material.
because of the war, Senator Kenyon
introduced a bill increasing the in
ternal revenue tax on distilled liquors
to $40 gallon.
Senator Jones offered a resolution
prohibiting liquor sales within twenty
miles of any military training camp,
sale of liquor to uniformed soldiers
or sailors or knowingly to them when
not in uniform.
The house adopted without change
the conference report on the federal
deficiency appropriation bill of $4,000
100000, which includes s100,000,000
for war use as the president sees fit.
The bill now goes to the president for
signature. The report had been adopt
ed by the senate.