Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-04-10

BROUGHT TO THE
DOOR OF nation
Congressional Committees
Busy on the Spy Bill, the
Five Billion Dollar Bond
Issue and the New Army
Measure.
KITCHIN TO HANDLE
HOUSE LEGISLATION
Democratic Floor Leader
Announces That His Op-
position Ended When War
Resolution Was Passed
and He Will Work With
Administration.
Washington, April TO-
Wars grim realities were
brought forcibly to the front
in the news of the day
American liner New York
strikes a mine; Baldwin To-
comotive munitions works
blown up by explosions;
Charge Grew at Vienna Of
ficially reports breaking re-
lations by Austria.
COMMITTEES AT WORK.
War work grows steadily along in
all government departments today.
Congressional committees were busy
on spy bills, the $1,000, ,O00,0 bond
issue and preparation of the army bill.
Colonel Roosevelt furnished the only
relief from the drab background. With
a broad smile and his usual alacrity
he bounded up the White House steps
to talk a little business with Presi-
nt>,Wilson-and incidentally set the
newspaper men and White House en-
ployes "on their ears" for a time.
The colonel laid before the president
the details of his plan to send a vol
unteer division to the European battle
front. The president doubtless in "his
own due time" will render a decision,
he said, when he came out.
FOR coNscRIPT BILL.
Before meeting with his cabinet,
President Wilson took little time to
exert pressure on Representative An
thony, Republican opponent of the con-
scription bill in the house military af-
fairs committee. Secretary Baker had
already spent the morning with the
committee at the capitol arguing in
favor Of the bill.
Representative Kitchin, chairman of
the house ways and means committee,
returned to town and announced his
willingness to handle al. war measures
in spite of his stand against war. His
opposition ended, he said, with the pas
sage of the war resolution.
He called his committee together this
afternoon to take up the bond issue
bill and 1t was the intention to report
the bill out late today, introddce it in
the house tomorrow and pass 1t some
time Thursday.
OPPOSITION DEVELOPS,
Strong opposition to the conscript
army bill developed in both branches
of congress today.
Opponents of the draft measure side
tracked discussion of the army appro-
priation bill in the senat and the house
floor was the scene of spirited attack
against the administration plan.
Efforts to reduce some opposition
was seen when Secretary of War Bak
er informed the house military affairs
committee that the war department
plan called for an increase of the
standing army to only 203,000 men in
stead Of 27S,000 as previously under
stood. The army may be increased lat
er to it's full strength, Baker said.
WOULD EXEMPT FARMERS.
Z Debate in the house began when
Representative Howard of Georgia.
asked that all farmers of eligible age
be exempted from service.
II may be persuaded to support the
BILL" he said, but cannot see why at
the very beginning of our trouble with
Germany we resort to CONSUMPTION"
Don't you think young men, who are
making clothes for the allies in textile
ought to be exempted ?" asked
Representative Moore of Philadelphia.
Doesn't the gentleman understand
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