Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-03-02

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1915, is said TO have been selected to
lead it, Allied ayiators report that the
kaiser has gathered about 100000
men there and that elaborate rehear
sails are going on behind the lines
Where the blow will fail has not been
revealed, but the commanders OF the
| allied armies evlnce no fear that II
cannot be repulsed. They have made
| every preparation that their skill and
resources permit and are sitting tight.
| All feeling-out movements by the enc
| my have been checked and the French,
in their turn, have been making some
| strong raids that carried them far la.
| to the German lines. In every way
| possible the Germans have been seek.
| Ing TO test the strength of the Ameri.
| can forces, and there are indications
| that Pershings men will be In the
thick Of the fighting when Hindenburg
orders the forward movement.
II is believed In London and hoped
by naval men, that Germany plans to
| combine naval drive with her spring
offensive. The kaiser Is supposed to
have a number of "supersubmarines
which have not yet been In operation
and which may then be put to work.
Switzerland Is growing very nerv
! GUS with fear that the kaiser will de-
termine to tear up another scrap Of
/ paper and Invade her territory In or,
der TO attempt to turn the right FINK
of the French armies. There have
been large concentrations Of German
/ troops near the Swiss frontier, and
Teutons in Zurich have openly boast
| ed that the conquest of the little re,
| public would be a matter of but e
few days II wae said skeleton govern
ments for the cantons already had
| been prepared by the authorities In
| Berlin
Just in case his spring drive doesn't
| succeed, as the allies are determined II
shall not, Wilhelm has been construct
Ing most elaborate and extensive sys-
TENS Of defensive works back of his
present lines all the way from the
North sea to the Swiss frontier. 4
Vice Admiral Sims went to Rome
last week, presumably 10 confer re.
garding plans to clear the Medlterra-
mean Of U-boats, which have worked
havoc there with allied shipping for a
long tihe' III
Efforts Of the government to recruit
q great army Of shipyard workers are
meeting with considerable success, but
the work of building our marine was
threatened by a prospective strike of
10000 members Of the marine wood
workers union. They demanded SG.40
q day instead of the $3.50 allowed by
the shipping board, and the govern
ment got busy al once to try to settle
the dispute.
Chairman Hurley of the shipping
board sent a telegram TO the union
heads warning them that the fathers
who have sent their sons to war will
not long permit continued interference
with the shipping program and urging
that the workmen continue their labors
and trust TO the fairness Of the wage
adjustment board.
Charges of gross mIsmanagemen
and reckless spending of money In
connection with the new government
sblpyard at Hog Island, Pa, having
been made, the president ordered an
investigation TO determine whether
there had been any criminal misuse Of
funds. Rear Admiral Bowles, general
manager of The Emergency Fleet cor
poration, said he was confident all ex-
penditures ordered by the board would
be indicated
Reorganization in the war depart
ment reached the general staff last
week. II has been restored to It's for.
mer power and under General March
as acting chief OF staff are now five
new members-General Pierce. Jer-
vey and Graves, and Colonel Ketchan.
$500 wa
Owing TO good work by Director
General McAdoo and his assistants and
milder weather, trufiic conditions have
greatly improved, and Fuel Con
troller Garfield felt warranted In re-
scinding the order for heatless Mon
days. The railroads nre now giving
much attention TO the transportation
Of corn and wheat. for the former
must be marketed and the distribution
of wheat and -four still is very faulty.
Pa
Bolo 9Isha, the Levantlne financier
who co .spired TO break down the
French morale and to bring about
dishonorable peace and who was
financed by Germany, was found guilty
of high treason and sentenced TO death.
"They order those things better 10
France" as Uncle Toby used 20 say,