The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-03-22
WORK RUSHED AT ALL YARDS
AND RECRUITING OFFICERS
ARE WORKING HARD
BELIEVED THAT MAIN CLASH WILL
BE ON OCEAN
Army VIII BE Increased But No Force
Sent Across Sea NOw-PIan for
5000 Aircraft-State Department
FrOwns on Neutral Interference.
Omitted Press)


WASHINGTON, March 22-Follow-
ing the call for a special session of
congress by President Wilson yester-
day to consider grave questions of
national policy which should be taken
Immediately under consideration" the
feeling here is that the die has been
cast in favor of vigorous prosecution
of a war which is considered as al
ready existing in fact, and which it is
believed that congress will formally
declare as existing as soon as it con-
venes and organizes. Today Secre-
tary Daniels issued a call for 75,500
men for the navy and congress will
be asked to increase the maximum
garded as indicating that the navy
will have to bear the brunt of the
fighting and that there is no present
intention of sending an expedition
across the sea.
However, it is understood that a
large army increase will be provided
for. The navy contracts are all being
rushed and the five months training
~ OIuGI ndS Dttn ItilONeu lIOh dll Lu6
; naval stations, while recruiting is be-
, ing pushed with unusual vigor. The
national advisory aersnoutic commit
tee met today with army and navy ex-
! perts to perfect the plans for putting
5000 aircrafts into commission.
Neutral diplomats are believed to
81 be conferred today in an effort to
fix up the difficulties between the
United States and Germany. Great
secrecy is being observed. Secretary
Lansing said that he had no informa-
tion on the subject. The state depart
, ment indicated that it was not inclined
to consider peace maneuvers with
Germany instigated by neutral diplo-
= mats and characterized mediation
talk at this time as anti-American.
Whether the report that Germany ex-
poets to declare war at once is true
or not is not known here.
= Excitement was enhanced by the
fact that the American steamer Mary
land was posted as lost by Lloyd, ac-
l cording to advices received by the
r state department though no informa-
: tion was received regarding how she
:. was lost. She had sailed from Phila-
delphia for London.
: Reports from Berlin claim that a
p
Q the east front was followed by the
: capture of 225,000 prisoners of war
e The Berlin report adds that Russia is
in a great state of confusion and that
an agitation against the continuance
of war is growing in the Muscovite
empire. The United Press calls at
n tention to the significance of this In
y view of the fact that the first report
of Russian revolution came by way oi
> Berlin and the further fact that the
:, allied governments have not yet rec
" ognized the new government, though
they have indicated an intention tt
ts do so. The Berlin reports say thai
s 1000 are dead and 1000 wounded as g
" result of riots in Petrograd. On the
=. other hand, it is pointed out that g
i Londan dispatch this afternoon state:
= that Lloyd George today moved the
,s sending of greetings to the Russian
70 parliament. indicating the confidence
/ of England in its stability
The state department has Just re
10 ceived copy of a speech delivered
a. in the German Reichstag by Delegat,
n Hoffman, a Socialist. who charged tha
az there were 10000 cases of small po,
fo in Germany and that food is becom
a. ing scarce. This is taken to indicate
y that a German revolution is not i'm
Il possible.
A dispatch from FL Paso today stat
70 ed that President Carranza had Gale;
ar a session of the Mexican chamber o
n deputies. though for what purpose |
al is not known.
6 French official reports today indf
f. cate that the Germans are still beini
IL driven back. A report from the Brit
n ish armies in the field charged tn
as Germans with driving several hundrcl
oh old people into village of Rouplepet
he which they were abandoning in Franc
Id and then shelling the village. TIL
in country behind the retreating arm
70 has been devastated.
" Is reported here today that ther
at will be an agreement among the part
he leaders to organize the lower house c
congress along non-partisan lines I
- order that there may be no delay |
no getting action on the presidents
ID recommendations which might be d.
,is laved nv fight over the Oraanizs