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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-03-15
Department Insisted on
Using Obsolete Code in
Guiding Troop Ships.
GERMANS KNEW OF
DATE OF SAILINGS
Navy Department Ignored Advice
and Refused to Profit by Expert.
enees Of Allied Nations - Use Of
Old Code Enabled Submarines to
Attack Conveys Of Troop Ships-
Good Luck Saved Many Vessels.
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
Washington. March 15.-Gernan
submarines were enabled to attack
the first convoy of American ships
sent to France because the navy de-
partment used an unsafe code which
was intercepted and deciphered, Rear
Admiral Sims today told the senate
investigating committee.
Only a measure of good luck"
brought tho convoy to safe port, the
admiral said and other troop ships
and destroyers were endangered thSu
incidents early in the war.
The announcement Of the sailing
Of the First American destroyers
was printed in Berlin four days be-
fore they arrived in Queenstown"
declared the officer. Admiral Sims
said he implored the department not
to send messages regarding the con-
voys in the code referred to, but the
message was disregarded. All the
allies and the enemy were using
new codes, while the United States
continued to trust invaluable infor-
nation to q code used for many
years.
Everybody in Europe Had Facts.
Information regarding conveys
bound for France was known In So
cialist circles In Paris before even
General Pershing was informed Of
fAially, Admiral Sims asserted.
To illustrate the widespread
knowledge of the plans for the first
conveys departure. Admiral Sims
said the naval attache at Paris OBJ
tanned his first news the ships were
sailing from woman whose hus-
band had received the information
in business message. Arrange
ments for tho early conveys were
confusing and did not conform to the
allied methods of safeguarding
troops in transit, Admiral Sims said.
and the navy department made no
effort to consult him and thus avail
itself of the experience Of the allies
in handling troop ships. Instructions
for tho troop ships were drawn up
in the navy and war departments
and signed by Secretaries Baker and
Daniels and President~Wilson with
out knowledge of him, Admiral Sims
said, and the first knowledge came
to him five months later.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-03-15
Assess Oil Lands.

BY Associated Press.
Washington, March l5.-Production
royalties ranging from 80 1-3 to l34f
per cent on the lease of government
oil lands under the claims relief Sec
tion of the land leasing bill, were pre-
scrtbed in regulations issued today
by the interior department. Practi-
cally all withdrawn lands now being
operated under claim are subject to
the assessment.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-03-15
Iowa Supreme Court Decisions.
Special to Times-Republican.


Des Moines, March 15.--Carlisle vs..
Davenport and Muscatine Railway
Company. appellant, Muscatine coun-
ty. Affirmed.
| Hassett ct al. appellants, vs.. Has
sett ct al, Crawford county. Az.
frmed.
Steil Hahn Company, appellant, VS..
Western Union Telegraph Company.
Palo Alto county. Affirmed.
Central City Savings Bank VS.. Sny-
der ct al., appellants. Linn county.
Affirmed.
Schuster, appellant, VS.. Miller ct
all, Polk county Affirmed. aa
Hickman VS.. Hickman, appellant,
Hardin county. kffirTed.
Bryant. appellant. VS.. Christianson,
Hamilton county. Affirmed.
Dwyer, appellant, VS.. Christianson.
Hamilton county. Affirmed.
Appeal Of Mill Owners Mutual Fire
insurance Company fsoi1. :s.:ss;ssssstn-ni assessment
FOR taxation, Polk county. Reversed.
+ Geraty VS.. Barber. appellant, How
ard county. Affirmed.
I. Delashmutt, appellants. VS.. Mccoy
ct AL. Woodbury. county. Affirmed.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-03-15
STATE DEPARTMENT
Y WITHOUT ALE.ADER
Frank L. Polk Resumes Office Of
Under Secretary After Term as
Secretary ad Interim-Senate De-
lays Consideration Of Colby APP
pojntment.

BY Associated Press.
Washington. March 15.-The state
department was today technically
without head. Frank l.. Polk, act
ing secretary, resumed his duties as
under secretary. law officers having
held that he could not serve as Sec
retary ad interim for more than thii
ty days.
The senate foreign relations CON
mittee had planned to give more
consideration today to the nomind-
tion OF Bainbridge Colby to be head
Of the state department but post
poned the hearing because witnesses
were absent. Members Of the COM
mittee take the position that under
the war time Overman act. President
Wilson can assign to some other Of
fetal the duties of the secretary Of
state and consequently delay of Mr..
Colby's nomination would not en-
barrass the department.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-03-15
START NEW HOLY WAR.
Old Foes Spring Trap Set for Allied
Nations.

Nations
BY Associated Press.
Washington. March 15.-The re-
turn. to power Of the pro- German
national party in Turkey IL de-
scribed for the first time in confden-
tial reports received mere from Con-
stantinople by Prof. Der Hagopian
Of the Armenian national delegation
to the peace conference. Copies OF
the reports have been submitted to
the state department.
The nationalist party was suppos-s
ed to have been crushed by the
operation of the armistice terms.
Instead. these dispatches say, Mus
tapha Kennel, famous as the defender
Of the Dardanelles against allied at
tack; Enyer Pasha, Talaat Pasha.
and other Young Turks" supposed
to have fed to Germany, began
activities outside the immediate
sphere of the government in Con-
stantinople.
Their objects were the reconquest
Of Turkish territory held by the all
lies, the restoration Of all the old
Ottoman empire north Of line
drawn from Alexandretta to- Mossul
along northern Arabia, and ex-
termination Of the non -Moslem
population Of the empire.
The nan-Islanlin movement pro-
noted by these leaders, as described
in the reports, Is declared to be the
basis for the present crisis faced by
the allies in Turkey.
The means chosen. It is declared,
were the Organization of the vast
pan-Islamic movement among
LAfghans, Persians, and Tartars. in an
EFFORT to embarrass the occidental
powers in possession of HosleIn
colonies. Cooperation with the
Russian bolsheviki also wan planned.
When the supreme council at Lon
don approached the question Of set
tlement Of the Turkish treaty OF
peace, the nationalist plot. the repore
declares, suddenly took form with
the r,assacres In Ciliaia and the mill .
tary activity Of Mdstapha Kennel u
Anatolia.
Describing the resurgence Of the
| nationalist party. the reports say
! soon after the armistice MustApha
by his activities in organizing civil
and military officials favorable % tn
old COMMITTEE Of union and Pro-
rress'' OF the Young Turk" partJ
excited the anxiety Of the sultan, whe
4 ordered him to the provinces - In
i .r.cto, ~nneYnl az the third Army
corps. There he continued his wor,
i of \ 1omenting anti Christian ant
anti-aily as,da M 5Is v VI 1Ie.7s54i I'M
4 on April 23, 1919. 9 consress ol
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-03-15
EEBERT FORCES
I|PLAN TO FIGHT !,
\ KAISER GANG
WIN Make Effort to Re
gain Control Of Gov
ernment.
TEST OF STRENGTH
IN LABOR STRIFE
oGrike Called by Socialists and Ebert
FslIe,~s-s Will Determine ,strsnssh
q kaissr Faetlen Which Has As
samsd Refine Of Government In
Dsrils-Ebsrt Summons Old Ma.
tisnal Assembly 70 Mss& y

PariA March 16-A Berlin dis
psteh rseslvsd thls evening states
1hat an agreement has been
tessshsd bstwssn chanes'loe
. ,kspp, a the new government,
sHd 0ustav Nosks, minister OF
dsfsnss in the Ebert government,
and that the German governnsnt
/ erisis has ended.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-03-15
REVOLT BREAKS OFT
AMONG JAP TROOPS

Moscow Dispatchs Report Serious
Disturbances Among Jananese
Troops in Siberia-korean Revolt
Gathering Strength According to
the Dispatch.
BY Associated Press.
London, March IA revolt has
broken out among several units Of the
Japanese troops In Siberia, according
to 8 wireless dispatch from Moscow
today. The soldiers ripped Off their
shoulder straps and substituted red
straps, the dispatch says.
h Growth Of the revolutionary move-
ment In Korea Is also reported by the
;..:.ca4ch which anva the IanaHese
authorities have made many arrests.
At the same time, the message as
serts, the Japanese government Is
taking special measures to fight the
communist movement at home.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-03-15
Would Tax Big Corporations.

By Associated Press.
Washington, March 15.-A resolu-
tion proposing to tax into the United
States treasury for the benefits or
former service men surplus profits
held by the Standard Oil Company,
the United states Steel Corporation
or other corporations" was introduced
today by Representative Little of
Kansas
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-03-15
Chinese Laborers Strike.

BY AsSociuted PresS.
Washington, March 15.-A general
strike OF all Chinese railway employees
and other laborcrs in tho province OF
Manchuria is reported from Hardin
today. The strike resulted from re-
fusal of demand that General Hor-
vich resign from control of the rail-
MnNs.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-03-15
FORM NEW POLITICAL PARTY.
Lloyd George and Andrew Bonar
Law Head New Movement.

By Associated Press.
London. March 15.--A joint mani
festo, which will be signed by Pre-
mier Lloyd George and Andrew Bo-
mar Law, will be issued in a few
days to state the principles of a new
party to be led by the premier, says
the Daily Mail. 1t will be accom-
panied, the Mail declares, by an i'm
portant reconstruction in the minis
try and for the announcement, ap-
pointments to the ministry of the
board of trade, labor and food, have
been postponed.
According to present intentions the
name of the new party will be the
national democratic"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-03-15
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press. y
Berlin, March 14-Announes.
was made by new government
late tonight Of reports from
Munich that the Bavarian social
lot government had resigned and
that troops control that city. The
report added that the Landtag
would meet on Tuesday and form
Q now government.
Another announcement by the
kapp government stated that
conditions In East Prussia were
quiet, civilians aid military
guarding the railways and post
offices.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-03-15
NEW JERSEY TO START SUIT.
Supreme Court Grants Permission to
File Suit Against Dry Law.

BY Associated lfeso-
Washington. March 16.-New Jer-
sew was granted permission today by
the supreme court to institute origin
al proceedings to test the validity OF
the prohibition amendment.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-03-15
Five Yanks Reported Dead.

by AsSoCidteU T'TesS. ~ 81 ~ " Ellst7
Washington, March t6. E1ve
American soldiers are believed q
have perished in q Are In the bars
racks occupied by American forces
lot Nlndivostock on March 6s Ma1o1
General Gracs reportsd ~ ~ II yRll1
department today Z " Is
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-03-15
BY Associated Press.

London, March 15.-An official
message filed In Berlin at $3.50
last night said there was no con-
firmation Of reports that sailor.
at kesf and Aftona had gone over
20 the new government.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-03-15
Awalts1 oppsrtuns Time.
~ " saohiatnd Press.

\ .onSor,, ,saarc., Is Behind the
movement to overthrow the Ebert
rovernment of Germany and 70 sub
stitute i conservative ministry
I, stand ven known military leaders
moulding 0Ansral Bauer, who has
the reputst3pH ~ being tho most
clever ata6 o9icsr n the German
army, sa2s Z Berlin dispatch 70 the
Daily Mil.
sThsse leaders. the dispatch con-
tinuea, have besn working secretly
Tor months, Ia preparation for their
Scouk They ysaiizs that in his heart
the uermsn atill thought Of the
kindly. ~ days eilded ~ they now
|; ~ ins Hi Eecollsction BY NOM
"a * - - aisA prospArity. They
& Knew tint cn thor side would be
~ ~ - SRlcsJGI and naost & ne
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-03-15
iBy Associated Prsss.

BY Associated Press.
Vienna, March 14rA telsphonie
MESA received from\ Lsipsic today
reports that fighting had eeeurrsd
there between troops effths national
guard and socialists, In which nine
were killed.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-03-15
Nv Associated Press.

London, March 16.-A heavy loss
Of life i. reported in disturbances at
Kiel, Frankfort and Essen, accord
inu to Berlin dispatch to the Cen
trai News. Dsmonstrators have
seized depot at Frankfort contain
ing arms and ammunition.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-03-15
ey Associated Press.

ey Associated Press.
Berlin, March t5-An uneon-
firmed report was current shortly
before midnight that Tho new
German government had reached
an agreement with the Ebert
government in order TO avoid the
threatened railroad strike.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-03-15
BY Associated Press.

London, March 15.-ons of the
first acts Of the now government
at Berlin was to request recegni-
tion from tho allied commission
In Germany, according to q Brit
ish message today. The request
was ignored, the commissioners
taking the attitude that they
would not extend recognition
even TO the extent Of answering
the communication.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-03-15
By Associated Press.

Paris, Mareh 15-Rs. establish.
mont Of the eavarian monarchy has
been proclaimed In Munich, accord
inu to a message received in Berlin
from Munich this afternoon and
tsIegraphed to the Temps.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-03-15
Latest Bulletins
Tell of Chaos in,
German Republic
BY Associated Press

Berlin, March t5.-By wireless
to london.-lt 10 reported here
that the south German generals
Z and the Saxon troops have given
their adherence to 0ustavs Nos.
ke. minister Of defense in the
Ebert government,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-03-15
BY Associated Press.

~ NSSoCSAeeo TreeS.
London, March 15-Ths Ba-
varian government has resigned
and the national assembly Of that
state will be summoned to form
new government, says Copen-
hangsn dispatch to the Exchange
Telegraph Company.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-03-15
STATE SENATOR BALL DEAD.
Iowa Lawmaker Represented Jeffer-
son-Van Buren, District.

BY ASsOCiptRu T'TtSS,
Ottunbwa. March '15.--ssenator
George w. Ball, state legislator from
the Jefferson Van Buren, district. died
Sunday afternoon ut the home OF hrs
daughter Mrs. r. ID. Hunt. at FAR
field. He will be buried at Fairfield
Tuesday.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-03-15
Communists. sss Opportunity.
=, Aas0ciaAAd Press. ~

Paris. March 16.-lndependent DO
g.ialist. and communists met yester-
day at Mannheim and decided 70 take
advantage OF the present situation N
germany and proclaim q soviet gov
1 arnment. according to advices from
Rasle. the news having reached that
city by telephone.
Majority and independent socialists
thruout Germany appear to be unit
.ine aRaintt the military movement
initiated sat Berlin on Saturday, ac-
! cordine 10 q Dasle dispatch to LIN
formation,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-03-15

Seventeen southern coal mining
enterprises recently announced,
plans for extending plaEts and open.
Ing new mines. ii3
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-03-15
By Associated Prsss.

by NSsoctAteu PToSSs
7 Amsrongen, March 14.-Fsrmer
Emperor William spent the greater
part Of the day In the garden Of Bent
wick castle, pacing up and down with
every evidence Of being under great
nervous tension. Religious services,
which have been held regularly th>rs
every Sunday, were omitted today.
The strain Of the events Of the last
few days seemed to weigh % heavily
upon his mind that he can not toll
crate the company Of others.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-03-15
Present Revolution Held
to Have Been .nned
From Very srst.
WILSON AN sLOYD
GEORGE A :. BLAMED
British View is -,t Ebert Govern
ment Was one vf Straw to Make
Peace and That Revolt Was
Scheduled When Time Came for
FulfiIlment Of Treaty obligations
Prussan Kingdom Foreseen.

By Associated Press.
London. March l5.-London's edi-
torial opinion of the German revolu-
ton is indicated by such headlines as
allies Fooled Again" "'rhe Old
Adam" and VAS Was to Be Expect
ed"
while our politicians have been
filling us with hot air. the junkers
have been biding their time says
tn, Daily Mail. "In dealing with Ge' :
mans one must always calculate on
bad faith. They set up a Dud gov
ernment to sign the treaty OF peace,
but when the time comes to carry
out the capitulations the Junkers
again take charge. Whatever their
purpose is our statesmen are ignor-
ant of its nature"
The Morning Post recalls 1t has al
WAYS contended the first German re-
yolution was sham
THE French have understood the
trick from the beginning the news
paper declares, but social uefho-
cratic chaff completely deceived those
two credulous birds, President VIII
son and Premier Lloyd George. That
very old bird, Premier Clemenceau'
was never deceived. but he was over
ruled. The weakness of the allied
policy from the beginning has been
that it was dictated by demagogues'
The Germans are naturally a national
monarch people and tolerated the
Ebert government because they
thought 1t would be acceptable to Mr..
Wilson and Lloyd-George. The allies
under the dictation of demagogues
built their peace foundation on the
sand.
Prussian Kingdom Forcseen.
! "One of the HohenZollerns, in the
opinion of this newspaper, will soor
be placed upon the throne Of Prussia.
but whether he will be given the i'm
y,erial crown will be another ques-
tion. Hopes are expressed that Ba-
varia, Saxony and the Rhenishsstates
will have something to say as to this
development"
THE time calls for swift decision"
the Morning Post concludes, and "we
can only hope the decision will be
along the lines of the French rather
than recent British policy"
The Chronicle says:
Assurance by the new German
government that It will abide by the
treaty of Versailles is welcomed as fN,
as it goes. but it does not go far. I'm
til the militarists have established
themselves at home they are not like
ly to challenge trouble abroad"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-03-15
ax Aa.oeiatad Press.

Berlin; March 15.-Princs Albrseht,
who has boon confined TO Moaeit pris.
on since his attack on allied offiesrs
at the Hotel Adlon ten days ago, has
not yet been liberated. n
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-03-15

war-time operations OF the tele-
phone, and telegraph by the United
States cost the government si4.tls.-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-03-15
Franc. to Double Rhine Fores.

BY Associated Press.
Paris. March 15.-Francc contem-
plates sending three more army corps
to weisbaden. Neustadt and Bonn.
thus doubling her forces along tho
Rhine. according to the Petit Parf-
sien. Marshal Foch will call meet
ing of the supreme war council as
soon as he returns from Mayence,
where he will confer today with al
led commanders, Reports reaching
this city, state that every step has
been taken TO maintain order in
occupied districts Of Germany and
that the allied commission for tho
Rhenish province, has received the
German high commissioner after
having conferred with allied leaders.
Information received here by all
lied leaders would seem to indicate
that utmost calm is prevailing In
Germany, altho censorship In Berlin
may be responsible for lack Of
news from that city. Telegraphic
communication with Berlin IS inter-
rupted. the last telegram from the
French charge there having been
received on Sunday morning. Infor-
nation from other sources would in-.
dicate that the revolutionary move-
ment is confined to Berlin.
Protest Strike Spreading.
A general strike affecting trans-s
portation, electric power and the
water supply OF Berlin has been de-
clared and railroad workers ffre said
! to have asked Dr. Woissams sss.FT - -
leave Berlin.
A general strike affecting all public
services. has also been called at Kicl.
Bremen. Hamburg and Regensburg.
while public sentiment In those local
tiles favorable to the regime or the
Ebert government Is declared to be
increasing In Cologne, Essen, Dussel-
dorf, Bochum, Duisburg. Spandau
and Frankfort, In these cities a gem
eral strike Is expected today. Bread
is said to be- already scarce and AZ,
pensive in Berlin, and there are fears
that the supply may fall lcompletely.
Military forces at Leipsig appear q
I, /, ffsa"cr the new regime N.s.h!,e 4. con-
trary view Of the situation u taken
by the people generally. It Ii reported.
At Munich the Bavarian government
has handed over control to q general
who favors the Ebert governnent
The German national assembly q M
lhaen summoned to meet at Stuttxaxx
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-03-15

Sun rists March 10 at 500. sets At
6:0S.
lowa--CloudyN and somewhat un-
settled tonight and Tuesday; colder;
strong southwest TO west winds.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-03-15
Thirteen Thousand Troops
in RhineIand viii Re
main Quiet.
AMERICAN SOLDIERS
UNDER u. S. ORDERS
While Marshal Foeh 10 Technically
in Command, Americans VIII Nee
Participate in Possible AdvaNeo
Into Germany--Franos 60 osWd
Three New Divisions 60 Rhine
Foeh Calls Meeting OF Council.
BY Associated fress.

BY Associated fress.
Washington. March Is. - While
technically under tho direction OF
Marshal Foch. American troops on
the Rhine would not participate In an
allied advance into Germany without
specific directions from President
Wilson It was said today nj tho war
department.
Officials said the situation 10 far
as the American forces were con-
cerned was complex one. The
United States is the only nation hav-
ing troops on the Rhine which has
not become a party to the treaty OF
Versailles. 1t was explained and con-
sequently the American detachmnet -
still governed by the terms Ok the
armistice. Under those terms they
were still subject technically to tho
orders of Marshal Foch as the SUI
preme allied commander.
Steps being taken overseas for
possible militant action against Ger
many as result of the revolution
were being followed closely today.
Interest centered In the conference
OF Marshal Foch today with aliied
commanders ot Mayence and in the
report from Paris that after this con-
ference he would call meeting Of
the supreme war council. The United
states is not now represented on that
| council.
The American forces on the Rhine
| consist of about $4,000 troops under
Mai. Gen. Henry T. Allen.
Exrsct Navy.to Rsse!s. .,il
No official reports regarding the
attitude OF the remnant Of the Ger
man navy to the new governmenS
had been received today. Press dis
patches, from Berlin said the sailorS
we're reported to have gone over
to the revolutionists. but this was
unconfirmed today.
Surrender of the navy men 70 the
lrevolutionists was expected here
naval officials declaring that such .
movement would be "a natural dev.
elopmeut" OF the situation.
The torpedo boats reported to have
| exchanged shots with workmen az
the Kiel dockyards were believed 20
be those Kept in full complement Tor
use In mine sweeping In the Baltic.