Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-02-23


Clustering of enemy aliens in Chicago.
half more this year may be realized.
Mr.. Baker was sharply challenged In
regard to that forecast, and admitted
that 1t might not be exact. On the
other hand Rear Admiral Harris Of
the naval bureau OF yards ana docks,
was rather optimistic concerning the
shipbuiding progress stating chat un-
| der favorable conditions the govern
ment would complete this year It's orig
| inal program of 6,000,000 tons of con-
struction. Chairman Flood Of The
house foreign affairs committee also
added q cheerful note when he said
| the United States twill furnish more
men and more money for the war In
far shorter time than has been the
fondest hope Of eur own people or the
nations with which we are associated
$500 ha
Directly connected with the question
of ocean transportation Is the propo-
sitlon of the British government that
! 100 battalions of Americans be trained
! in English camps so they can be hur-
ried TO the front In Flanders and TO
the sector held by General pershing.
This would serve to relieve the exist
| Ing congestion at the French ports
| where Americans now are debarked.
This and similar plans are still under
| discussions
Although General Maurice, director
of military operations says the niles
are stil numerically superior on the
west front and have no fear Of the re.
| suits of the expected German drive
| there, Great Britain and France are
! urging America to get as many men
as possible into the fighting lines.
The German concentration movement
has been going on steadily and the
German press says all Is ready to
strike the blow whenever Hindenburg
says the word and that the greatest
| battle of the war Is about to begin.
| Hindenburg himself gave the world
laugh the other day when he told
| group Of editors that he would be In
Paris by next April /.
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| During the week the Germans at
tackled the French rather strongly In
the Aisne and Verdun regions but
were utterly repulsed. All along the
west front the activity Of the aerial
forces reached high pitch, and the
artillery fighting was continuous. The
| American expeditlonary force, whose
/ sector has been revealed as lying east
| of st. MihIel and north Of Nancy, was
subjected to every form Of attack the
enemy could devRe, and stood II all
well, replying vigorously and effective
Iy. There is no lingering doubt as 10
how well and bravely PershIngs boys
will fight. The accurate FIRE Of their
! batteries Is especially noteworthy,
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There has been little change In Inc
situation in italy. the invaders having
lost ground IL anything. The Italian
aviators did excellent work In bombing
| the enemys rear lines and munitlon
stations, while the Boche airmen de-
voted their efforts mainly, and charac-
terlstically, to attacks on Venice, Trev-
iso, padua and Mestre, where the
greatest damage they could do was TO
women and children, hospitals and
architectural treasures.
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Uncle Sam IL putting the clamps on
the enemies within his borders IN
way that probably will check their ne
fari0us operations. In New York
Franz Won RlnteIen and six Of his fell
low consprators were found guilty and
given the maximum sentence The en-
forced registration Of all enemy aliens
was begun throughout the country,
The governments determination TO
keep out spies and epldemic-ca
germs sent by the Germans was ex-
empifed In the minute examination
given the passengers and cargo of
Dutch steamship that arrived at New
York. OF necessity most Of the secret
service work of the government re-
mains secret, but its increasing effec
tiyeness becomes apparent.
s gns-
Milder weather and the earnest Of
forts Of the men who run the railways
served to relieve the coal famine TO
considerable extent. though fuel copdi-
lions are very bad especially in the
Atlantic coast states The federal fuel
administration toolSgGyer the control
Of fuel oil.
Food Administrator Hoover placed
more stringent restrictions on the use
~ wheat and meat throughout the
country and ordered all public eating
houses to obserye.a two-ounce ration
Of wheat bread. The people are urged
to make larger Use Of potatoes In or
der TO save wheat, the crop OF the tti-
Der being the biggest the country ever