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VOL. 120. NO. 68. Huge It is common knowledge in London, they said, that two German sub. marines hare been netted at the en trance to Dover harbor and their crewg drowned, though the admiralty is suppressing n$ws of its successes against the submarines. The huge chains which fawned the Bunken nets stripped the pt-opeltor* and the rud ...ders froniboth under water boats. ()ne pasBenger who had been in Edinburgh, said that the 17-22 was sank in the mouth of the Firth of Forth two weeks ago and that the crew of tiie English torpedo boat Which accomplished this feat came to Edinburgh and related their experi ences to newspaper reporters. The newspapers, however, were not allow ed to print the story. The port workmen at Liverpool hare spread stroies of the sinking of the German submarines in the waters near Liverpool. They declare they have talked with the crews of boats that sank the submarines*, The latest rumor in London regard ing submarine captures was that an English crew had seized a German ,1! Iobs the lattni- The njonf of th ,„probably KE0' KUjK ALU HE TIIWE. cbicrlber. of th# Daily Gats city ?£?erv.d the ful. L—.d Wlr, 8erv. fee of the United Pre** Associations. ID ha8ten It* 2! i0TK:ern'ng the advisabfl-! m*y fengiv* the a rge wSbiim ®*8t era} joffre to s^L^ltCll®!ier un,onlsm a*Te* K'". A »'r uvitftA 4 WW** BIG ISO!! Chains Used to Cripple German Submarines a and Put an End to Their Raiding on English:- Shipping. IKE SUNK OR CAMEO III IWO WEEKS Stories Told by Passengers Just Over From Great Britain Explain Method Used to Trap the Submarines. i+A [United Press Leased "Wire Service.] NEW YORK, March 20.—Passen gers arriving by the Red Star liner Lapland from Liverpool tonight de clare that nine German submarines bare been secretly sunk or captured by the British wit&ln the past two weeks. What the War Moves Mean By J. W. T. Mason, Former European Man- I ager of the United Press. [United Press Leased Wi-e Service.] NEW YORK, March 20.—Defeat of the Anglo-French warships 'by the Dardanelles defenses in the first seri ous engagement since the Levantine in tonnage of the war, Previous efforts by the allies to sub- due the ~Turkiah str*it~have ""been' Insurgents LossOut- .. .. [United Press Leased Wire Service! OSB MOtMfeftWarn* 20.—Officers of the ModernBrothernood of Ameri ca And the state insurance depart ment won a big victory over the in surgents of the Brotherhood when Supreme Court Justice Salllnger to day rendered a decision, denying the application of the insurgents for a dissolution of a restraining order! previously entered, preventing .them from examining the books of the Brotherhood. The regulars, however, must file their abstract in the ap pealed case now pending in the su preme court by March 26. The case was started with a fight to reduce rates started by the insurgents. Judge Smith of Cedar Rapids, granted an order allowing them to examine the 'books and the regulars appealed. a a I a oeen attempted against more western' mand Italian:Austria headwater and land defenses. The result of the con- shore on the Adriatic as the price of its: «ict is to demonstrate for once, that neutrality. The publicity given the modern permanent fortifications can-' delicate diplomatic negotiations which |be subdued from sen unless In- are in progress suggest that Italy Is efficiency is rife ashore aad luck pre- trying to frighten Austria by loud talk TOiis afloat. It is apparent that the ing. formLmteJJUdged ext«nt th® c°un^e^ The most serious obstacle to the too much on the successful outcome of present nego- »»ure of the bombard- tiatlons Is Austria retaining Adriatic wv the decision Uttlioua is AUOUitt iciaiumg ports. an tar!. *ISI|atchlnS a strong military as an imperial state. The rest of her Darits-i JTi d_ Operations along the' Italian provinces, Austria can give thoiiMnj€S Two hundred away without serious loss to herself work urwu a doom. and h*s won an ti,e output of wftr supplies. I °®n"j The Russians began another offen- Briti.i. »«_ Islve movement this week by invading today was believed to herald another Important n0rthern estahfilcL^victory during the Week by td immune from the horrors of war. [German blrdman to sea, after he had tary mlB 'rvf superiority over mill- xhi Baltic port of Memel, the north-! dropped bombs in the harbor which united iHn»J working men of the errfhiost town of the German empire fell dangerously near the American mthoritfM have compelled the' has Been captured by the Slavs, who,. bark Mangareva and the Dutch ateam of a im^inLr5 to the appointment however, cannot be prepared for more er Flora. of a it a a a a I is a a 4 a 1 tea loaders. The commit- ent v» •ViffWM 5. t'»- %'fr £•. y^' & *1 ••rir i, *r 1 NET 7 •boat which supplied oil to the sub marines and that when four German submarines came to the supply ship, the English seized their crews, made them prisoners and then seized the submarines. Despite denials of the Red Star line officials in London, the Lapland's pas-1 sengers confirmed a report cabled toj New York ten days ago that the Lap land sighted a German submarine as she was leaving Llverp6ol and es-, caped attack by putting to sea at all possible tpeed. llshed which will be of immense im portance after the war in furthering the socialistic tendencies of British labor. The working men of England Russian detachment are engaged in a strategic campaign of their own and are Inviting a severe operations began, causes the present parliamentary conflict after peace week to register the greatest naval ends the battlefield strife. Much re- sentment has been caused among English conservatives in what is call- ed characterized by much caution which workingmen. This will find better being launched In dense columns. The to turn has saved the fortifications utterance in the house of commons enemy is being repulsed, however, the from serious damage. Three weeks' when the war ends. war office stated. The Thirty-ninth of Tesultless conservative seamanship The Roman government which main-! Honved division was seriously defeat apparently caused the British and tains a permanent censorship in peace ®d In Thursday a fighting. Counter sVench admiralties to authorize their •arahlps to take chances with Tur-! respondents to telegraph broadcast' [By Ed. L. Keen, United Press Staff Correspondent.] LONDON,' March 20.—The Turkish forts Killd Bahr, Namaziep and Cha nak guarding the Dardanelles nar rows, were practically dismantled dur ing the terrific bombardment of Thurs day, according to dispatches from Athens tonight. Allied aviators re connoltering over the strait, today made this report to Rear Admiral De Robeck, commanding the allied squad ron Government officials were greatly cheered by the news. The silencing of Killd Bahr and Chanak,. If the un official report is true, more than com pensates the allies for the loss, of the battleships Bouvet, Irresistible and Ocean, they declared. The trips of the aeroplanes consti tuted practically all the activity in the Dardanelles today, according to Athens dispatches. Under orders of ihe fleet commander, aviators circled low over the narrows to learn the ex tent of the damage done by the shells from the warships. Off the entrance to the strait those warships not under going repairs, participated In the cere monies for the dead. Including nearly six hundred sailors who perished when the Bouvet went to the bottom and the casualties aboard the English war ships, the dead total nearly 700. Scores of bodies of French sailors, carried by the swift current flowing from the Dardanelles, drifted out of the strait entrance, according to a message from the Island of Tenedoa 3oats were put out to pick up the floating corpaes from the Bouvet in order that they might be burled at sea with naval honors. Nearly half the bodies of the French sailors were horribly mangled. This confirmed the report-frpm correspon dents who observed the battle that -tH« Bouvet was shaken by the explo sion of a mine of tremendous powes" and SUgBeatW^Hat the Turks, work ing under the direction of German of cers had devised a new form of float ing mine more terrible than any hith erto known. The allied aviators reported to Ad miral De Robeck today that two troublesome Turkish baterles aouth of Killd Bahr were completely demolish ed by the warships' fire. Piles of Continued on page 2.) [United Press Leased Wire Service] PETROGRAD, March 20.—Turning back German attacks with frightful loeses, Russian forces have pushed the enemy's forces back Into Prussia, along the river Niemen In northern Poland, according to an official an nouncement. The Germane counter attacked, fiercely, but were forced back across the river. Tonight's official statement for the first time, told of the Russians occu pying Memel, a German seaport. A took the town after a sharp engagement, during, which there was much street fighting. Inhabitants of the town participated. The Germans were forced to evacu ate Pilvlaski after fierce fighting. From that point down the line to the antl-patrlotlc conduct of the Mysynlec, the German offensive is as well as in war has permitted cor-! attacks agalnrt the Austrians near C( inland power, certain to disappear needed for this but if she parts with Istria, Austria forthcoming of- signs her own death warrant. Should Derm« ,06 *nd Flanders will Italy get Istria without fighting for it, sent f„ expedition to he, the house of Hapsburg announces Its strategic r"e*» th® auiihuu Without them she will become Russians captured ENG AND [United Press Leased Wire Service.] LONDON, March 20.—London fully expects resumption of German aerial activity within the next fortnight, with possible Zeppelin raids along the British coast Reports to the admir alty from Belgian and Holland towns Indicate unusual activity around the German airship and taube bases with the approach of spring. The bctmb dropping visit of a Ger man taube near Deal, north of Dover tip of east Prussia hither- air raid. British aviators drove the that the German have left this CASUALTY LIST best t° the cabinet the nart of east Prussia unguarded be- LOOON, March 20.—Additional cas mum aeewlng a max!-, cau«s Tait,e ea£J" j" A'* time labor has M-! have seised the opportunity to Inflict killed In th. recent fighting at Neuve a® ackaowledjrenient of fta Isolated damage on the enemy. No Chapelle tnd St. Eloi to 240. In the ^22*8 to self goveiiuiiatfr during' other meaning than this attaches to earns engagement 3tft British officer* fca« bMa satab-tth* Uemal campaign. 'were wounded. It has no possible military ualty list, given out here today in- A party of Rusisans seem to creased the number of Brltiah officers ,vfe ??,*« 4 KEOKUK, IOWA, 400 SUNDAY, MARCH 21, 1915 STOR¥iOF|JHE RETREAT FROM MONS WITH PHIL HER Third Article American nNewspaper a Who Joined foreign on. THE UNT/ftGROUND CITY How the Three Men From the Unit ed 8tates Celebrated Thanks giving Day by 8erving Chfvken Dinner. [By Phil Rader, written for the United Press.] [Copyright 1915 by the United Press LONDON, March 1.—How does it feel to live in the trenches? Here's a little recipe .by which you can find out. Take a cold, damp cel lar, flood it with some three to six inches of almost Ice cold mud. At a height of five feet from the floor stretch a tangle of wires, turn anj you are firing with your aim fixed on J1Russian i-1. the enemy's trenches and a good sen-1 tinel is supposed to raise his head' above the trench every ten minutes to see what is going on outside. Victor Chapman, a Harvard grad., who was with me in the trenches, was something of a philosopher and he used to say "the danger of being shot is very small. The trail of a bullet is very small, the space around you as compared with the trail of a bullet, is as one million to one, so the chances o* being hit are in that same propor tion." But It didn't work with Chapman at all. He was hit the very first day, in the arm. The trenches are an un derground city filled with unspeak ably dirty citizens. They are in a tangle of sunken huts. The houses are sunken holes in the earth and streets in my district converge in one place. There are street signs, too, telling how to reach this or that officer's hole in the ground and now and then there are danger signs, warning the passer by to keep his head low. It was a two mile journey through the trenches from the front to the rear trench, and on this journey, one would meet and pass many men. The soldiers always speak to each other at such meetings just as two men pass the time of day on a country road. The lieutenant Is practically the mayor of this under ground city the sergeants might be likened to policemen. There is trad ing under ground, too. Tobacco is the money and the storekeeper is the I chap who at any certain time has more of some one thing than he wants and less of another that he needs, so (Continued on page 2.) SPRING IS HERE AT NOON TODAY Official Arrival at 11:51 O'clock [United Press Leased Wire Service.] I LONDON, March 20—That Germany intends to adopt the same course as |the allies, wherever possible, with ref erence to neutral ships carrying food stuffs to enemy ports, was Indicated by dispaitches received here tonight, Amsterdam cables that the Gor mans have seized the Dutch ateamer jjZaanetroom and have eacorted her into the Belgian port of Zeebrugge, held by the Germans. The Zaanatroom carried a cargo of eggs and was re ported to have been enroute to Eng land. It is considered certain the Dutch government will lodge an em phatic protest. Tlje admiralty tonight had no offi cial confirmation of the report from Jarro thla afternoon that a British cruiser had intercepted a Spanish ship proceeding with a cargo of Iron [ore to Germany and was bringing her Into port. RUSSIAN INVADERS. BERLIN, March 20.—(Via Amster dam.)—Bandse of Russlana Invad ed northern east Prussia and oc cupied the Prussian town of Karls berg, according to dispatchea from In sterburg tonight. Another report said that the 8lava have destroyed the ship yards at Memel. .electric current Into the wires andjfl'^Ph lines leading southward Yrom lfet the voltage be so heavy that every Memel. For that reason the only In wire will be as deadly as a third rail, formation received here regarding Now blow out the light, crawl to the! their movement, Is communteated^by middle of the floor In the darkness I German ~J Eastern Time, According •jBy Alice Rohe. United Press to the Scientists. Wire [United Press Leased Service.] WASHINGTON, March 20 When the three big clocks in the naval observatory register 11:51 a. m. (eastern time) tomorrow, officialdom will acknowledge that "spring has come." enthusiastically trilUng their be- „n_„fortnight „f The Russians have cut the tele- tor refugees who have filed through the Russian lines and reached villages near Tilsit. They describe the invading forces aa de tachments of Russian reservists sup- and stand erect, trusting to blind luck that your head won't touch the wire. These charged wires, in the dark ness, represent the Invisible deadly trails of the bullets that fly over your ported by several batteries of light head*in the trenches. Of course, If artillery. __ you want to be safe in the cellar you! A German army is moving north can keep your head down, tout If you |ward over the railway from Tllalt to did that in the trenches, you would be ®n0age the raiders. The genera staff 7^^.^ your duty. It is our duty,. for lnsfSnee, "to Hre bulleti ah unlmportartt hour when on guard. Watchful feyes of officers will discover whether yon are shooting into the air or whether insisted tonight that the capture of sine* "ttii city really llee within the Rnseian miltary rone, but promised quick ac tion to force the Invaders back en soil. T!?*r® J1®" been a lull in the fiffh*- 0." t0. P°,and, accordlng to dlspa ches the war offlc® tonl9ht'. has Msi?red Blue birds, robins and other than submit to Italy's demands, he wHI ceds clud„ a h-,,_ anrt A lief for a that the joy- The maj ste^ science said twTn fil »L IToZt to b£ok™ 7f? Jo ts. iSrJ .„v«» This,-will be the latest spring that war with Austria Is slmost Inevl- needed to place^a real Mexican since 1911. Next year spring will table. hit this latitude on March 20, The serious setback suffered by the fully eighteen hours ahead of this allies at the Dardanelles aroused the year's record. It is explained greatest Interest In diplomatic c4r» that this is dne to leap year and cles here today. its etctra day In February. •, The Italian newspapers were most lis snn oay woi u»i j. JOoattomed «a pass Ul Citij. Y»lth 0"* minor engagements around Przasnysz and north of Ustrolenka. In the ex treme east, the Austrians have re pulsed several attempts made by (Continued on page 2.) [United Press Leased Wire Service.] PARIS, March 20.—The allies have begun a vigorous offensive movement in the pontrA-Mousson region, with the German fortress of Metz aa their objective, according to a Geneva dis patch received here tonight. The Germans are hurrying rein forcements to the frontier, it was ru mored. They have ordered evacua tion of all frontier towns and villages within the military zone surrounding Metz, fearing that the French popula tion may give aid to the invadera. A NIGHT ATTACK. [By Henry Wood, United Presa Staff Correspondent.] PARIS, March 21. (Sunday.)—A German night attack, directed against LaBolselle, three miles northeast of Albert, was repulsed with heavy (Continued on page 2.) r_ and charest dispatches received here to- tion is anxious that West should at 9 Blue oiras, rooms mm than submit to Italy's demands, neJtude toward Mexico and wants Latin- Mnrrh feathered songsters have been tu( separate peace with the czar. ority of Italian paper, to- Rloeveufsa nndl^vear wa« at hv "itaTv 'ment' the administration expects tO|arrlving *7? Germany's Tornado of Blows Showered Upon English Troops Whose Footwork Saved Paris Last ^September. [By William G. Shepherd, United PreBS Staff Correspondent.] LONDON, March 8.—(by mall to New York)—England within the past few days has begun to get Inside factB about the retreat from Mons. "Re treat," that word which ho english man or anybody else likes to pro nounce, has gained a new meaning in English minds. Now that tho truth is known, the retreat from Mons has made brilliant a new page of English history and has put the name of Sir John French, the man who kept his head, on the highest summit of England's approval. It waa the fastest, whlrlingest cy clone of war—that sweep of the Go*, mans down toward' Paris—•that war has ever known. The allies and tht* Germans had jnst touched mils ni their first light contact as prise fitt ers do at the bell for the first round. And then the Germans rushed in with a tornado of blows they had been saving up for forty years. It Officials pointed out tonight that rights of foreigners and the Mexican nresenc* at Havana of Duval 1 people themselves are to be respected. West! President Wilson's personal rep-| A delegation of wealthy henequin 'resentative, is most significant. He plantation owners appealed to tha Staff' will reach Vera Cruz by the middle or state department today for protection next week and is expected to go direct' tor their property in Yucatan They ROME, March*20.—-Emperor Franz I "o Mexico City. Villa officials here Josef Is becoming irritated at Ger- expect Vv'est will be able to act wl^i any tax levied by whoever was In con« many'* efforts to Induce him to cea» the Brazilian minister, keeping Villa jtro1- hut wanted to he permitted to territory to Italy, according to Bu- night. Th* Austrian emperor has as- least appear to be working with the them frankly that It could not Jnte-" summed an almost defiant attitude af-1 Brazilian diplomat. The plan is to fere that their appeals weeks of weary negotiations. He demonstrate that the United States isjma*e direct to Carranza. Gal Ida to Russia and oon-!Amerlca moral assistance In bringing murder bv order out of chaos Ta»tr'ty Jfl' When the time comes for a settle-j ^"ere brought here" today by refugees abl« to the doina Tomorrow this thL th^ beHe* 7hat thw government of Mexico recognition by} including the French consul and soma an bf wm ZzZr v^uld ^e un££ to °f "ie nations on this hemisphere 5 THE YVEA'JTlEtt Temperature unchanged. Part Cloudy. Saturday's temp—7 a. m. 27 7 p. m. 31. SIXTEEN PAGES EVER BEEN LIKE General French, in Command of the British, Woii Victory by Retreat From Mons by Keeping Cool Headed. When General French went to -bed that night of August 22, he expected that the sunrise would usher in a fairly quiet Sunday. "There are not more than two Ger- was to be a first round knock out, if man corps In front of you," said th^... the Germans had their way. No ar- French officials. -J toy In'all history has ever taken the General French and his men ha* beating and lived through the mill ing and kept its legs and heads, as the English army through the thlr teen awful days In which the Ger mans put in their lightning strokes. just come to the scene and General j»"rench took the Frenchmen's worC for it. A strong French line stretchedt to the right. But Sunday afternoon cams the surprise. A courier brought! It was an all but Irresistible cy-1 a message to General French from clone. If General French rfood still, General Joffre. It .said in effect: It would be a knock out. If he ran "Four German army corps are con it would be a rout and annihilation.! ing up against you. We have fallen. Foot-work and a cool head, side-step- back." ping and protecting his body would The strong French line had gone, have been the tactics of a great fight- it was thirty miles back. French's er, had this tremendous battle oc-Jarmy of 80,000 men stuck out in the curred in the ring. French followed oncoming tide of Germans like a. these tactics exactly. Hut the thin.? thirty mile peninsula. that makes England gaip and whl Ten thousand Custer massacres make the world gasp when It knows were at hand. Or a rout such as his the details of the retreat from Mons I tory had never known. If General #as that this was not a prize tight,, French did not do his work as coolp but the most frantic and terrific rush of the greatest war tlin world has (Continued on page 2.) The War in Mexico Latest Developments Among Our Revolution ary Neighbors of the South. [By John Edwin Nevin, United Press jtion—there Is no doubt that the ad btaff Correspondent.] inn WASHINGTON, March 20.—The real clash to decide Mexico's destiny seems commencing. Advices tonight from various factions, all Indicate that general fighting Is In progress at more than a dozen points. Villa is moving against Carranza at Vera Cruz and Tamplco. All signs Indicate Car- ed States be given better assurance ranza is about to make his last stand, than it has yet received that the ministration feels certain Villa will dominate—that the administration ha* resisted the most violent pressure to intervene in Mexico that behind all tho Mexican fighting has been a deep seated wrong which for Mexico's sal vation had to be worked out with violence and he will ask that the Unit- inn.. declared themselves willing to pa? Zapata in line. The admlnistra-. conduct their own busings In the!, the kaiser that rather honestly assuming an unselfish atti- Sackino the Towns. toward Mexico and wants Latin- wJ*y' ®. s*a«» HAVANA, t. t1mn fnr Bfittle-!^uTZVV?* new permanent ernment on its feet. If Villa wins, the United States will The 0f frankly demand that the land ques- aid to Cuban citizens. tion be settled in the people's Inter est and that honest representative administrations are made possible through real universal suffrage. Wect nl11 assare tfce winning fac- gj .a it Mi.. ever known. For a man tu have keot his head in that, just as if the evenc were only a prize fight Mth only & knockout at stake, instead of the an nihilation of 80,000 men is the thing that Englishmen wonder at It was on August 22 that the Eng lish and the Germans flrst touched mits at Monz. The Efagilsa tommies had arrived on the scene the day be fore and had enjoyed two or three successful brushes with the Ger mans. General French had found himself a house which ccjuld be uuetl as headquarters and there be sat at a table and wrote notes in his diary whlc£ were later to be used In hla dispatches. The tommies. 4n tho streets of Monz were rubbing ttefr hands in glee over the resultB of the day's fighting. f^ .nt. should be March 20. Stories of Car- there. J™1^orces^n^the staT^^of Tn« lu (,u Yucatan Zi LT on the Cuban cruiser Cuba. Cuba had on board 437 persons the wealthiest men In Yucatan. transferred from the U. S. cruiser Des Moines, lying In Progreso harbor, to the Cuba, which was sent to extend The refugees fled from Merida, on a special train to Progreso. They re port that Carranza troops entered the city of Merida immediately after they left and began robbing and burning .. yk