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:wEffWWK-',3sN UritaHngfira tint WEATHER FORECAST: Fair, Warmer Tonight (Full Report on Page Two) Sunday Evening Edition t PRICE ONE CENT. NUMBER 10,115. WASHINGTON, SUNDAY EVENING, MARCH 25, 1917. FIRST SEPARATE BATTALION IS ORDERED TO HOLD ITSELF IN READINESS FOR SER VICE GUARDING VITAL POIN TS IN CAPITAL CITY, J. HUES LOOKING FAR AHEAD IB WAR PLANUM Arrange to Conduct Operations of Ever Increasing Magnitude. EXPECT AID FROM ORIENT Great Britain to Draw on Cold and Men of India. BT JTJDSON ,C WEIXIVEH. LONDON, March 23. If this wax ex. tends into 1918,. or possibly even Into 191B, aa many Informed people believe It may. the allies do not intend to per mit that it shall peter out toward the end. Rather, they are making- their ar rangements to conduct war's opera tions on a scale of erer increasing magnitude. The plans for the mo bilization of the resources of the whole world against the central pow ers are being formulated under- the general guidance of the new British administration and the allied govern tnents on a scale so tremendous as to be almost unbelievable. The British army estimates recently announced were based on the purpose to maintain an army of 5,000,000 men. The navy now embraces about half a nfWon men, and some ambiguity ofj phrases has left it a little uncertain whether the navy force is included In the figure of BJ0O0J0OO. Whether Jt Jsl or not, tne country was uuuuum to learn what a vast force the quiet, secretive machine that Kitchener built has brought together. It would seem that such a force as this must represent the maximum of national power. Early in the war peo ple talked about attrition; about the certainty that If the struggle were long continued the number of men in the fighting line would necessarily dwindle from month to month and from year to year. Looking to Whole World. But today, with nearly three years of war behind them, the entente powers are steadily planning for greater rather than less things in the future. For man power they are look ing to huge populations In distant quarters of the world to India, with Its hundreds of millions of people whom the British In their long Im perial experience have learned to train Into splendid soldiers: to Africa, which has contributed some excellent soldiers to France, and, no less im portant, has sent great numbers of negro laborers, and will, according to present expectations, send many more this year: to China, with a third of the earth's population, composed of the most industrious and frugal peo ple In all the Hast; to Russia, whose resources of manhood have hardly been seriously touched by the war, thus far; to all the other dominions of Great Britain, and always the pos sibility that new allies may be brought Into the war. On the economic side, the process of turning Great Britain Into the Indus trial capital of this mighty combina tion goes on steadily and rapidly. The overseas dominions have demon strated a financial and economic (Continued on Page Thirteen.) SHOOS PRESIDENT'S GUARD Naval Communications Watch Or ders Joe Murphy to "Move On." Even the President's Secret Service guard Is not exempt from Navy De partment safeguards of secrecy hedg ing about the office of naval communi cations. Joe Murphy, chief of the Secret Ser vice detachment which guards the President, made this discovery last night when he was ordered away while waiting outside Secretary Dan iels' door for the President to depart after conferring with Secretary Dan iels. Murphy moved on as directed, but asked newspapermen "What for?" Since the Spanish-American war, when a newspaper man trained as a telegrapher 'learned valuable navy preparedness plans by listening in the corridor to telegraph Instruments, th9 Navy Department has guarded Its com munications office and this guard has been extended to a twenty-four-hour watch since the crisis with Germany arose. WOMEN POISONED Twenty-seven Made III by Food At Relief Corps Lunch. SPRINGFIELD, Mass, March 25. Twenty-seven prominent members of the Hampden County. Association of the Women's Relief Corps are ill from ptomaine poisoning, due to food they ate at a luncheon In this city yesterday. Although no fatalities have been reported, many of the victims were made critically III. Tho women who attended the lunch eon came from Westfleld, Palmer, Am Leret, Uclcherton and Northampton. FIRST STEP TOWARD RUSSIAN SUFFRAGE PETROGRAD, March 25 (Nord sud via London admiralty). The first step has been taken toward gTanting- full political rights to women in Russia. The municipal council of Petrograd has Just unanimously elected at least one woman to membership on each ex ecutive committee of the city. This action is taken as indica tive of the enfranchisement and political liberation in the near fu ture, of women throughout the em pire. It is understood that the excel lent work of the women of Finland in the government of that coun try has had much to do with in fluencing the action of the Petro grad authorities. PLOTS OFFERED TO GARDENERS Vrooman Declares It Patriotio Duty to Make District Self- . Sustaining in War. More than 100 vacant lots In Mt. Pleasant yesterday were placed at the disposal of The Times. These Iota are all level and are said to have ex cellent gardening soil. The lots-are situated between Taylor, Upshur, Sev- enteenth. and Eighteenth streets. ,otl wJU b rMenred ror per. . ....... , .. to The -"" " .jv-w. Times. The Times also has several other plots which may be utilized for gar dens, ranging from twenty acres to one lot. The owners of most of this ground have asked that their names be withheld, but the location of the lots can be learned from The Times. A meeting of the central commit tee, formed Friday afternoon In tile Jefferson School, will be held tomor row morning at 11 o clock to take up with the District Commissioners plans for making the District "one big garden" this summer. Money Is Pledged. The Capital Garden Club, through its president, Mrs. Charles W. Wet more, has pledged sufficient money to finance the playground gardens, and tomorrow will offer this money to the Commissioners. The amount Is estimated at $1,085, which will be expended along lines worked out by the playgrounds department, should the Commissioners decide to permit use of the grounds for gardens! The Capital Garden Club will em ploy a paid secretary, with an office In the playground department's quar ters In the District building. Assistant Secretary of Agriculture Carl Vrooman last night Issued a statement urging every resident of Washington, as a patriot, to trans form hack yards and vacant lots Into gardens. Mr. Vrooman has urged this action so that the city may become self-sustaining In case of war. He said this would be one of the best means of preparedness, and that two or three crops should be raised during the summer on every vacant space in the city. Ilnty as Patriots. "It is the patriotic duty of every city boy, girl, and woman who can do so to transform his or her yard, or a nearby vacant lot. Into a garden, each square foot of which will grow two or possibly three crops during the coming summer," said Mr. Vrooman. "Moreover, the average small farmer and his family owe it to their coun try, as well as to themselves, to raise at least 100 chickens, to keep one cow or more, at least enough hogs for home consumption, and perhaps a little flock of sheep" Mr. Vrooman has taken an active part In the campaign of the National Emergency Food Garden Commis sion, an organization composed of prominent educators in all parts of the nation who are fostering the or ganizing of gardening clubs through out the country. The commission Is headed by Charles Lathrop Pack, of the American Forestry Association, and Luther Burbank, of California; Myron T. Herrlck, and Prof. Irving Fisher, of Yale, are members. ADMISSION FEE, ONE BABY Blessing of Infants of St. Aloyilui' Church Set for-JYext Sunday. A choir of Infant voices, cooing In a score of different keys, will featilre the services Incident to the annual blessing of the babies of St. Aloyslus' Church at the church. North Capitol and I streets northwest, at 3 o'clock next Sunday afternoon. The admission fee will be one baby. Holding of the service next Sunday will depend upon whether the weather favors a Journey by the youthful congregation to the church. There will be a talk to parents, benediction, and the blessing of infants. U. S. CONSIDERS PLAN TO SEND ARMY ABROAD May Place Contingent of Regu lars on French Front to Boost Recruiting. HALF-MILLION VOLUNTEERS War Program Also Calls for Concentration of Force on Mexican Border. That the Administration Is consid ering the advisability of placing a contingent of United States regulars on the fighting front In France In the Impending war with Germany was learned today from army officers of unquestioned reliability. Officials pointed out that the effect of such a step would be to give a great stimulus to recruiting here, and that It would give the country repre sentation with its allies In actual operations. The plan of the Administration for raising and using an army In the conflict Is known to have been work ed out fairly In detail. The general plan includes: volunteer Amy. The Immediate raising of a volun teer army of 500,000. men, bringing the National Guard to its maximum strength, taking Into the regular army without delay the second in crement of army reserve and there by raising the military strength to 1,085,000, Employment of the regulars and the national guard to "take care of the situation at home." Concentration of a force on the southern border to meet possible Ger man Intrigues via Mexico. Possible early dispatch of a small force to France In order that this Government may, for sentimental rea sons, be represented "on the field of honor." Other Plans Up. The consideration of further meas ures destined to bring the army up to greatly Increased strength will undoubtedly follow almost Immedi ately after a formal declaration of war. But the army will first take steps to meet a more Immediate situ ation. General staff officers express the belief that the United States army may number upward of 5,000,000 within the next two years If the war follows Its expected course, and Ger many Is able to maintain Its boast that It can "fight the world" and still maintain its military supremacy. Army officers do not disguise their belief that the Government must sooner or later resort to the draft system to bring the military strength of the country out to Its necessary standing. This, however, Is admitted ly likely to be a future measure. The President and Secretary Baker are known to prefer greatly the volunteer system so long as results can be obtained by it, and it Is re garded as certain that the volunteer system will first be given an exten (Contlnued on Second Page.) PRAYS FOR PRESIDENT Rev. Dr. Gordon Asks for Guidance In Present Crisis. Prayer for the guidance of Presi dent Wilson In this time of emer gency was delivered at the morning services this morning by the Rev. James L. Gordon at the First Con gregational Church. Dr. Gordon's prayer follows: "Thou God of Nations, look upon the nations of our world today, and through their tear help them to read the promise of help which this bright morning brings to ev-ry heart. "Help us, O God, for all presidents, kings, statesmen and rulers who are working for righteousness and peace in Christ. "Hear us especially, O God, for our President, burdened and flooded as he must be. Guide him so that our flag may be. worthy of the memories that crowd In .upon us today. Save us from all tyranny and bring us to the goal of true democracy. Help us as we make history today as a nation and a people." BUNNELL TWIN DIES AT 98. BRISTOL, Conn., March 25. Allison Bunnell, eighty-eight years old, one of the famous Bunnells, said to be the oldest twins In the country, died yesterday from Infirmities of age. His twin, Addison, Is very ill, and Is not expected to be long separated from Allison. RUSSIA TOO BUSY FOR MAIL. NEW YORK. March 25. Don't mall letters to Russia. Don't mall anything to Russia. Postmaster Patten has returned all Russian mall posted here with the advice that Russia's new gov ernment is too busy with other things to deliver mall. WOMEN'S COLLEGES BACK WILSON On behalf of the eight leading women's colleges of the country, a committee of presidents of these institutions will soon place before President Wilson resolutions- of confidence and support, and will outline plana for the participation of. the college women in military and naval work In the event of war with Germany. Miss Eleanor Lord, dean of Goucher College, yesterday saw Miss Margaret Wilson, with a view of bringing the matter to tho attention of the President. Miss Wilson was a student at Goucher. Mrs. Francis B. Sayre, formerly Miss Jessie Wilson, also went there. YOUNG ROPER SEEKS PLEDGES Boy Who Took Down Kaiser's Picture to Canvass in Loyalty Campaign. Harry Roper, the Central High School boy who rose suddenly Into prominence a few days ago as a result of his connection with the taking down of the Kaiser's picture from a class room In Central High School; Is not going to let this incident end his patriotic endeavors. Harry is going to undertake some thing big.. Beginning tomorrow, he has signified hfs Intention- of " can? vasslng the new Central High School 2,100 pupils and obtaining the names of every student to the pledge of loyalty printed in The Times. It's a big job, and Harry knows it. He doesn't expect to make a report on the movement until Wednesday, at the earliest. But In the meantime he Is going to enlist the aid of other boys In Central High School, and .have them take the pledge of loyalty through their classes and get the stu dents to sign. Movement to Extend. This movement of obtaining the sig natures of loyalty to the President probably will be taken up In all the high 'schools of the city. Superin tendent of Schools Thurston has given his permission for students to can vass the schools for the names. Rivalry has arisen between busi ness houses in the city as to the one which will send in the largest num ber of names to The Times pledge. Today two full sheets arrived, with the names of the employes written below the pledge, from two prominent business houses of the city. The names of these concerns are being kept and will be presented to the President with the pledges. Two of the newest formed military organizations in Washington, the Wlllard Company, composed of the bell boys, footmen, pages and others- In the employ of the service depart ment of the Wlllard, together with the "sub-chasing" company which Is being formed at the Ebbltt Hotel un der the leadership of Gus Gumpert. veteran of the navy, tomorrow will end In the names of the company members signed to tfie pledge of loy alty. Drills In Georgetown. Yesterday's reports from George town show that the movement started tere by Edmund Sullivan, In organ izing companies of boys In, the graded school. Is spreading In that section. Though yesterday was a holiday, the boys assembled in their jspectlvo neighborhoods and marched up and down tho sue its, learning the rudi ments of the Infantry drill. A new feature has been added to their drill, and It Is a feature which Is making the boy companies popular among the older people. The boys make their own music when on the march. They are singing patriotic songs, and the little' feet beat regularly to tho tune of "Ameri ca" sung by fifty or more boys, with ih commonnlace broomsticks resting over the shoulders of the young troop ers. Have YOU signed the pledge of loyalty yet?- Have YOU done this small act to show your patriotism? Cut out the pledge, paste It on pa per, sign It first and then have your neighbor sign It. Start a campaign all your own. And do It now. WILSONS ATTEND CHURCH. President Wilson and Mrs. Wilson attended services today at the Cen tral Presbyterian Church. A motor car spin into me Virginia hills, and toward Mt. Vernon is scheduled for the afternoon. U.S.DRAWSNET CLOSER AROUND ARMY OF SPIES All Agencies of Administration Prepare for Final Round-up of Pro-Germans. WILSON CONSIDERING PLANS Positive Proof of Disloyalty in Government Departments Developed. . All agencies of the Administration continued active today in the gigantic undertaking of crushing German spy plots in preparation for the crisis this week. President Wilson divided his time be twen work on the military budget and consideration of the pro-German menace which Imperils all defense plans against invasion by an enemy. Positive proof of disloyalty in the Government departments and traitorous actions of citizens, many of them prominent in the business world, to gether with the fact" that thousands of German reservists are In this country and thoroughly organized for ant! Amer ican activities, has aroused the Admin istration to drastic action. Stepa to Be Taken. Thesp developments will follow a dec laration of a stats of war: Interment of thousands of reservists. whose names are, known" as a result of months of work "by Government agents. Arrest of hundreds of spies; many of whom are or have beca-lnUhs employ of the Government. Seizure of all German merchant ves. sels in American ports, and the intern ment or their omcers and crews. Seizure of scores of buildings and places of business owned by Germans, many of whom are naturalized. Introduction of a bill In Congress providing that all persons employed by the United States Government or the District of Columbia shall be bona fide citizens. At Desks Today. Officials of the State, War and Navy Departments and the Department of Justice wero at their desks today giv ing attention to war-time prepara tions In connection with the handling of German spies, plotters, reservists, sympathizers, and propagandists, an element that overshadows as a men ace the possibilities of all other Ger man hostile agencies. The dismantling of all wireless plants In the country owned or oper ated by aliens and those believed to be for hostile purposes has been be gun at the direction of Department of Justice agents. It was said today that hundreds of radio stations are under, the ban of suspicion and that they will be seized before an actual outbreak of war. A number of wireless plants In Washington have been closed already. In connection with the action there have been rumors of the arrest of a millionaire, but officials deny that he was taken into custody, although he was a subject of searching investiga tion. Farther Evidence. Additional evidence of the plot con ceived by German Foreign Minister Zlmmermann to embroil the United States In a war with Mexico and Japan reached the Department of Jus tice today from Hlnton G. Clabaugh, chief of. the Chicago bureau of Inves tigation. His report to Chief A. Bruce BlelaskI concerned the activities of one of the chief spies, who made fre quent trips between New York and Chicago in the interest of the Mexi can plot. Chief BlelaskI declared that he was under strict orders not to discuss any phase of the department's Investiga tion of the German spy system. Revelations In the Investigation of German Intrigue and espionage have emphasized to the Administration the urgency of legislation to remove from the Government employe all aliens. To this end Congressman Daniel GrlTfln, of New York, will Introduce a bill at the outset of -the extra ses sion of Congress, providing that all employes be citizens of the United States. Another Step In rian. The elimination of aliens from the army and navy Is another step that will be taken toward "Americaniz ing" the Government service, it hav ing been disclosed In the past few weeks that there are hundreds of aliens. Including Germans and Japa nese In the service, some of them being enlisted as seamen. Congressman Griffin has written letters to Secretary of War Ilakrr and Secretary of the Navy Daniels asking them for a list of aliens em ployed in their respective depart ments. He Intends to uso tho data In a speech In the House early In the session. Other Senators and Congressmen are planning to co-operate with the Administration In riding the Gov ernment service of aliens and consld- erable legislation on the. subject Is I force mo tot take another when Con expected, grcss meets," she said. DOZEN REGIMENTS IN TEN OTHER STATES ALSO CALLED OUT Secretary of War Baker Makes Aiinouncernent of First Armed Steps Yet Taken To Foil Conspiracies of Pro-Germans in This Country; Third May See Sendee in the Near Future. In fulfillment of the advance news printed in. The. Times of yesterday, the War Department this afternoon notified Brig. ben. William. E. Harvey, in command of the District national guard, that the First Separate Battalion, the colored division of the regiment, is to be called upon for service immediately. General Harvey later went to the- War Department to confer with the officials of the Bureau of Militia Affairs, and of the War Department, regarding the part the First Separate organization is to take in the protection of the city. 400,000 BOYS HEADY TO HELP s-sssssss SSBSSSSSSSSSSSSS Services of Scouts for Civic and Non-Military Duty Offer - ed. the-Nation.- The services of the 400,000 Boy Scouts of America have been placed at the disposal of the United States Government. Chief Scout Executive James E. West, of New York, has laid before high Government officials a plan whereby the boys, too young for fight ing, may still prove themselvei of great help In time of emergency by forming a coast guard, extending along the entire Eastern coast of the nation. Even should war be declared early In April, all arrangements for the complete mobilization of the scouts will have been completed, and the boys will be ready to take their places as guards for the public build ings In the East, and to act as patrols wherever needed. Too Yoq,ns; For War. As nearly all the 2,000 members of the organization in Washington are too young to go to war, they are ex cused from military service. The boys range In age from twelve to eight een years an average age of fifteen. Of this number. It Is stated by local ecout commissioners that every one will be available for first aid, mes senger, signaling, police, anl detec tive duty. Under the efficient lead ers In Washington, rvery scout has been taught the greatr part of the territory within a radius of fifteen or twenty miles of Washington. In a statement to Tho Times today, Ralph E. Campbell, of the local scout council, says: "Although letters hav-s passed through the malls of more or less con fidential nature. It will sufTlcn to say ttiat the scouts are prepared through out lhj nation to render service of a civic, non-military nature which is very essential for the proper conduct of business and financial matters In the time of war. Showing Their Colors. "Every scout In Washington, as well as scouts throughout the coun try, are showing their patriotism by the wearing of the national colors or, by flying "Old Glory from their homes during this critical period of the nation's affairs. "No better explanation of the entire situation or position can. be under stood without reading the oath take" by every Boy Scout In the organiza tion: , . . . "'Upon my honor. I will do my best to do my duty to God and my country, and obev the scout law. "I will help other people at all times. I will keep myself physically, strong. mentally awake, and morally straight." MISS RANKIN RETICENT Congresswoman Declines to Reveal Her Plans for Special Session. INDIANAPOLIS, March 23. Jean etto Rankin, newly elected Congress woman from Montana. Isn't going to make any rash statements about what she Is going to do when she sits In the legislative halls. -She made this known here when asked regarding what her attitude toward Germany would be when Congress meets on ,prll 2. "Conditions will undoubtedly be greatly changed by April 2, and it would be utterly foolish for me to take one stand now and conditions T FIRST OP SEEIES OP QEDEBS. The orders directing' the colored' battalion to make ready . for Im mediate service, are expected to b hut tho first of a series to ba Issued during the next few hours, which will result in the mobilization of the entire local brigade. At the same time that the local troops were called out orders -vera issued calling into tho Federal ser vice more than a dern rs-tmet..nf l-Natlonal OMrdsCYroa'tea States for i" purposes. In .an-official statement explaining the call to .the National Guard, Sec retary of" War .Baker said: ' Tany States, have deemed It advis able to call out the national guard for police purposes or protection. As the necessity for such steps arises, from Issues which are mors national than locai. it has been deemed advisable by the President to call Into Federal ser vice more than & dozen regiments of the following organizations of the na tional guard. Massachusetts Second and Ninth regiments. Vermont Company H, First Regi ment. Connecticut First Regiment. New York Second and Seventh. first regiments. New Jersey First and Fifth regi ments. Delaware First B&ttallnn -cm jvcKimcni. Pennsylvania First mil uim .. . lments. Maryland Fourth Regiment District of Columbia First R.n.. rate Battalion. Virginia Second Regiment. "The following organizations which are now in the Federal service, will uui oe musierea opt: 'Thirteenth Pennsylvania, Compan ies A and D, and First Georgia." The troops from the Atlantic Sea board States called out will be used to guard munition plants, bridges and railroad communications on public property from crank violence that may follow a declaration of war. First Oft to Border. The First Separate Battalion of the District national guard was the first organization from Washington to go to the Mexican border and the first to.be mustered out. This colored or ganization will Immediately mobilize In Its armory and wait orders for guard duty. If this force Is not sufficient plans now under consideration call for or dering Into Federal service the Third Regiment and other local organiza tions. Come After Conference. Plans for calling out the First Separate"BattaIion of the District Na tional Guard were announced after a conference today between Secretary of War Baker and Major Raymond Pullman, chief of Metropolitan police. After conferring with Major Pull man Secretary of War Baker called Into conference MaJ. Gen. Hugh S. Scott, chief of staff: MaJ. Gen. Tasker It. Bliss, assistant chief of staff: Brig. Gen. William Mann, chief of the militia bureau j Colonel Wright, of the adjutant general's department, and Major Douglas MacArthur, censor and general staff member, and the gen eral order for calling out the troops was immediately prepared and tele graphed to the commanding generals of the departments with Jurisdiction over the militia organizations. -Mobilization of these guard regi ments, nearly all of which were re cently mustered out of the Federal service, will begin immediately. District National Guardsmen can put themselves on a war footing and be ready for active service within forty-eight hours, It was learned to day. Should Secretary of War Baker Issue a call for the Washington guardsmen for patrol or other duty, practically every man In the brigade nl 4 T A -Tt 4.