The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-16
entire SYSTEM
TO Be CHANGED
Lunatic Who Sent Bogus Telegram
Has Set German Army Off
Gals 70 Think
Ing.
PHYSICIANS CENTRAL
Cholera as One Of the Horrors Of War
May Be Eliminated by the
Proper Pre-.
cautions.

respondent of the United Press.l
BERLIN, March 15.As a result Of
the mobilization Of the big garrison
at Strassburg by faxed telegram,
now an historic incident, the entire
system of orders by telegraph, tele.
phone and wireless in the German
army is being worked over and re.
yised.
1t is probably unprecedented in his
tory that lunatic upset the largest
and most thoroughly organized mill
lary machine in the world as was
| done. by exrCorporal VOTERS when he
| alarmed about 10000 troops by a tele.
gram purporting to come from the
kaiser. And, he did it to prove that
he was mentally competent.
The success OF VOTERS ruse may re.
suit in incalculatle benefi. to the Ger
man military organization. He put
his finger upon what has often beer,
limited as being weak spot in the
great armed machine OF Germany, anu
suddenly exposed 1t to the world In
a way that had "a sting to it. He
showed that the too implicit ana
rigid obedience to orders-th5 ughtless
obedience or obedience without refiec-s
tion-is not withou. it's weakness
and danger in an army.
Investigation has disclosed that Woi.
tors originally planned to alarm and
mobilize the German feet. He was
prevented only by the fact that he dia
no. have money enough to get to
kiel. To think what might have hap
pened were the German fleet sudden
" modified by some such trick at 4
moment when the relations between
Germany and England were as tense
as during the Morocco crisis, has
made army and navy officials sit up
and take notice.
VOTERS telegram which was no,
even telegram transmitted over the
wires, set the ministries of war and
navy and the big general staff. buz.
Nng with activity. The success of d
iunatic's trick brought ridicule upon
The famous German military machine.
That was bad enough 1t was worse
that such vital weak spot should
exist In the system. For that, II
would seem, VOTERS really deserves
decoration instead of prison sen.
tence.
German papers asked what would
nave been the result, had such
thing happened in time of war? With
lrue German thoroughness this expos
ed weak spot in the German military
organization, is being made strong a
new cipher code is being worked out,
especially is there to be key" for
very vital and momentous orders,
winch will be in the hands of but I,
lew OF the highest officials and off,
GERS.
BERLIN, March ia physicians
telephone central" which has been
such success in Vienna, will soon
De inaugnrated in Berlin. The plan $
70 establish doctors central eth
er IN one of the telephone Offices or
els. where, with one or more tele-
phone girls on duty day and night.
When physicians go out upon their
round OF calls they call up the doc.
tors central, and leave several tele-
phone numbers at which they may be
reached at stated times Should
musician be wanted in a hurry 1t is
only necessary to ask this special cen
tral where he may be quickly reach
ed The doctors central will also
quickly give information as to the
nearest physician to an inquirer, and
N the event of great disaster of any
Alnd, large number of physicians
can be summoned In far less time
'han in any other way.
IN conjunction with the Doctors
central 1t is proposed to work up
p'sh by which even physicians may &C.
casionally enjoy a weekend vacation
VI go out of town over Sunday There
WI DE rotation of substitutes for
musicians taking days rest whom
PATENTS can always reach through
musicians telephone central. The