Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1919-03-13
AMERICANS UNDER
FIRE IN GERMANY
Yankee ENJOYS Are PeriIed by
Mob in Berlin.
MANY HUNS ARE SHOT DOWN
Scheidemann Resigns, but Is Asked
by Ebert to Remain in Cabinet
Austria Now a Republican,
sembIy Adopts Constitution.

Berlin, March S.-The threatened
Red revolution has practically be-
gun. The worst battle Berlin has yet
seen was fought in the early morning
hours Friday, and it is not yet over.
The Reds are planting to storm the
reichstag building. Spartacists are
shooting through the Leipsiger strasse.
Red Cross Endangered.
London, March S.-When Spartacan
forces captured the main telegraph Of
fee in Berlin the members Of the Unit
ed States Red Gross mission were en-
dangered by the shooting, according to
an Exchange Telegraph dispatch from
Berlin. Colonel Taylor ordered the
women with the mission to seek safety
in the Palace hotel. The American
mission to look after the welfare OF
prisoners entrenched itself in the Ho-
tel Adlon behind battery Of machine
guns. The battle at the telegraph Of
flee, the dispatch adds, was the worst
Berlin has seen.
Government Troops Win.
Berlin, March S.-G0vernmentt troops
began an attack from all sides On the
center of the city and made brilliant
progress. One force advanced to
within short distance Of police head
quarters. Between 200 and 800 were
killed or wounded.
Austria Republic.
Basel, March S.-The constitutional
committee of the Austrian national
assembly, according to a report from
Vienna, has adopted a proposition
submitted by the government proclaim
ing German-Austria a democratic re-
public and an integral part of the Ger
man republic. The motion, it is said,
was carried unanimously.
Refuse Scheidemann Resignation.
Amsterdam, March 8.-Chancellor
Scheidemann has handed his resigna-
ton to President Ebert to enable the
president to have a free hand to deal
with the present situation, according
to the Zeitung am Mittag of Berlin.
Ebert declined to accept the resigna-
ton and requested Scheidemann and
the cabinet to remain in office.
Police Headquarters Cut Off.
Copenhagen, March S.-.-POlice head
quarters in Berlin, which have been
besieged by the Spartacans for two
days, was cut off from all communica-
ton with other government forces in
the German capital, when the Sparta
cans cut the telephone wires, accord
ing to a telegram from Berlin. Eight
persons were killed and a number
wounded in the fighting there. The
police headquarters building has been
damaged severely in the heavy fight
ing, the Spartacans having used ma
chine guns and artillery against it.
Scattering Fire Maintained.
Berlin, March S.-Police headquar-
tiers in Alexanderplatz is still besieged
by sailors and republican guards, who
had gone over to the Spartacans from
the government side. A scattering fire
is being maintained by both Sides This
garrison made no attempt to sally
forth and the Spartacans did not try
an assault against the building.
Disarming Republican Guard.
The government has decided to dis
arm the republican guard and the
peoples marine guard" A strong
force of government troops, including
a loyal marine division, artillery and
mine throwers, now is marching
through Inter den Linden to take up
positions A part Of these forces de-
serted the government early in the
fighting.
A force of Spartacan sailors, armed
with mine thrOwers, broke into a tenn
porary prison in the Hausvogtel Platz,
across from the Reischsbank and took
out military prisoners, but finally kept
them in custody.
Efforts to close down the light and
power plants in Greater Berlin were
begun by the strike committee. Chair
man Mueller of the committee an
nounced at the session of the soviet
that the electric workers demanded
that the light and power systems be
completely paralyzed and that the rail-
road workmen also intended to strike.
He hoped, he said, soon to show the
opponents of the strike that their ex-
pectations of it's failure were vain.