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PRICE ? I1 W 0 CENTS
GT D I K p Of the 400,000 Brotherhood Railroad
I iXllXL, Men Declared, Effective on Saturday
Here's The Flag That's
Good Enough For Us All
SMITH APPEALS i
III PATRIOTISM I
? muM
NEW YORK. Mar. 15. ? A. H. Smith,
' president of the New York Central
railroad. informed th-ir there had been
a tinal disagreement. issued a state-'
meat directed t.? his men. urging them?
not tn st! il: ? and promising ro abide
by arty aw. ml which might bp made'
by the Goet':;ils commission as a gov-:
ernmen? m< uiation board should thej
Adamson law l?; ? d.-clu red unconstitu
tional. Mr. Smith's plea was based
on rhe "critical situation" confront-;
iu?: the country. In his statement to:
the New York Central employes.!
President Smith ?.aid:
"Concerning the controversy ' j
now in progress regarding wages ;
<>t employes in train service. I j
wish to give you the following
facts tor your information:
"The position of this company ?
is (hat we should properly await }
the decision of the supreme court,
which now has the Adamson law j
under consideration. We have i
joined v.i-th the other railroads in
saying to oar representatives who
are now i:< session h? re that if i
the Adamson law is declared eon- ?
stfcutional, you are automatically t
iak"ii care of. Should any ques- r
tiop. arise as 10 th^ . interpret a- |
tion of the law, which we cannot
readtiy agree upon ourselves we j
shall be glad to abide by any
award made in trie matter bv the !
< Ir.tr ha is commission. which was ap- I
pointer! hy the government to in- j
v?-.?sicate ,*.;*? nuesrion.
... \
"Should the Aiiamson Law Ik* ;
declared unconstitutional. the Uoe
i.hals commission shall act as in
'ermediary and declare what is i
? equitable and we shall abide by j
"s decision, which shall dat.e from j
January. 1017.
"You are aii aware t lia r the j
people of this count r> ar>' con- I
froated by many critical siiua- i
tions ;?! Mi?* present moment. !
The-,-;, iriciutle t'?'d for its people, !
supplies for r !??? millions of la
borers engaged in manufacturing j
pianrs. as well as- the safety of 1
the nation itself. -j
"'?i view of the foregoing tacts.
I ask you io remain at work pend
ing ;? conclusion of the matter as
abrve outlined, which we trust i
. v.il! Vie reasonably prompt and ;
"Suitable, and we rrust that the \
' government and the people will
-??e ro it that it!-' railroad com- !
ptaies themselves- in some J
way fairly re-imhursed. to meet j
?;?< -?- r,.'V, requireiit"nfs as well ;
. :is the \-t\ high < ost of all ma- i
? ?-ri :ti and supplies we are now !
'i ~ 1 Tin and which . is causing much ;
embarrassment and retarding their
di*\ idopnienf ."
THE WEATHER.
WASHINGTON. D. C.. March 15.? !
Tor?cast:
Ohio ? Cloudy and warmer Friday,
followed by snow or rain north and ,
rain south; Saturday snow or rain and;
coidcr.
West Virginia ? Increasing cloudi- :
iess Friday, rain at night and Satur- .
day. colder Saturday.
Western Pennsylvania ? ?Cloudy Fri
day. slightly warmer south, snow or;
--in at night and Saturday. j
BALT0.4 OHIO
101 FIRST OF ;
ROADS WEDi
WALK-OUT EXTENDS TO j
ALL WITHIN FIVE DAYS;
Compromise Proposal Made!
by the Rail Managers j
is Rejected.
X E \Y YO |{K. M a rch 1 ? A !
" progrosive strike of the 400,-'
000 members of tin- four great
railroad brotherhoods to begin at
6 o'clock ( Central time) p. m..!
Saturday, on eastern roads, was
ordered hero late today. The
walk-out will extend t.o all the
railroads in the country within1
five days. ? . I
The chiefs of the workmen's or
ganizations set the strike machin
ery in motion within a few min
utes after an ultimatum delivered
to the conference committee of
railroad managers had heen re-,
jected.
A compromise proposal offered
by the managers was declined
without debate.
Wilson May Act.
Only successful intervention by ]
President Wilson, ir Appeared to
night. can avert a srrike. The
brotherhood loaders gave no indi
cation thai even an appeal ^'om
tl>> nation's chief e.\?-cuti.^ can
change their purpose to obtain a
basic eight-hour day and prorata
time for overtime, th'rough the
use of the "protective feature" of
their organizations. They refused
flatly to submit their case to the
eight-hour commission headed by
Major-Genera! Geo. . \V. Goethals
or to await the decision of the !
supreme court on the constitution
ality of the Adamson law.
Freight employes, yardmen and
engine hostlers on the New York
*CVutral lines east and west, the
Nickel Plate and Baltimore .S.
Ohio railroads and in the great
yards in Chicago and St. Louis
will he the first to leave their
posts. "* .
They will be followed on Sun- i
day by the same classes of work- |
?men on the Southern railway, the
Norfolk & Western, the Virginian. I
Chesapeake & Ohio and on a
group of northwestern roads.
No formal outline of the broth
erhood's program, beyond the
plans for these two days, was
made either to the managers or to j
. the public. It was said, however,
that the freight employes on the
other roads in the country would
be called out in groups at 12 or
24-hour intervals after Sunday.
Passenger Men to Follow.
If the- paralysis of freight traffic
thus caused does not result in sur
render by the railroads before that
time, the employes on nil passen
ger trains will be ordered out
Wednesday.
The railroad managers said to
night they expected that enough
of their men would remain loyal
? to enable them to operate a skele.
ton service on most roads. The
managers some rime apo caused a
'?ens us of their employes to be
taken to determine how many ;
would refuse to go on strike. This i
resulted, it was said. In varying
percentages, ranging from a very j
i'e-w on some roads to from fifty to I
sixty per rent on others.
The managers estimated that j
between 30.000 and 40.000 men are i
employed on the reads on. which |
the strike is to begin Saturday |
night.
Will Operate Roads.
The members of the managers'
? committee will remain here until
tomorrow. If the men ask an- i
other conference it will be grant
ed. They said they would make |
every effort to operate their roads ;
in spite of the strike. Preference ;
will be given to the movement of j
trains carrying food and fuel.
When the managers, in their coun- j
(Continued on Pag-e Sig-ht.l
G01T1GIS LEI FOR $11 2,000,000 j
WORTH OP WARSHIPS FOR 0. S. !
WASHINGTON. March 1",. ? Con
?facts tor what, is believed to be the
a rues t single order for fish ting "craft
given by any nation wore nlaced
auiay by the navy department.
Private builders undertook to I turn
our four great battle cruisers and six
scout cruisers, costing nearly ?112.
oOO.OOO for hulls and machinery alone,
and pledged themselves to keep sev
enty per cent of their workinc forces
on navy construction.
I"n response to an appeal to their
patriotism by Secretary Daniels, the
major shipbuilders have agreed to
accept ten per cent net profit on the
battle cruisers, whose cost will repre
sent. about $7M0l>.i mm of the total
sum involved in today's contracts. A
tifth battle cruiser will be built at the
Philadelphia navy yard so as not to
strain the limit of facilities of private
establishments.
Builders Patriotic.
The builders are besieged with of
fers of merchant work, and are Get
ting as high as fifty per cent profit
on these Jobs, with more work in
sipht than they can do. They have
j?lace(i their facilities at the disposal
of the government, making is unnec
essary for the president to consider
employing authority to commandeer
plants.
Both classes of cruisers ordered to
clay are new" types to naval archltec- :
f tiro, a till are designed for a speed of:
?33 knots an hour.
| The scouts were awarded on bills'
? submitted yesterday. prices ranging :
! from ?.").350.0(""' to !?.ri.rj9M.000. and ?
i stipulated time of deliver* from to
months. These figures pan be 110
? guide to the actual co.>t or time, how-i
;ev?i. as und?-r the emergency elau.se!
? of t lie naval appropriat. jsi bill, con- 1
}s:rue.tion will be hastened to Mie limit.1
' e government footing the bill for ar-.l-j
[di'ional cost.
The Big Snios. i
1 T!ie battle cruisers, the fixed limit!
\ of cost, of which is S19.000.Of?0 per'
ship, exclusive of speeding up expense. '
i were placed as follows: Newport;
News Shipbuilding &. Dry Dock com-!
1 pany. two ships; Fore River Ship-;
: building ,( Corporation, orie ship; New j
York Shipbuilding company, one ship.1
Four of the scout cruisers will be |
: built on\th? Pacific coast; two by the
Seattle [.Construction company, and
? two by The I'nion Iron Works at San
j Francisco. The other two will be!
?built by William Cramp & Sons. Phil-j
jadelphia. In addition to the fifteen.
! destroyers authorized hy the last naval
; appropriation bili. the' departmvtit Is!
planning to construct nyuty craft of
this type under the smalf boat emerg- {
ency fund. i
The Railroads ant! the Brotherhoods Give Statements of Their
Positions in the Nation-Wide Railroad Strike Now Inaugurated
NEW YORK. Mar. 15.? Klisha ;
Leo. chairman of i In- national con- j
ference committor of the rail
roads. made the following stat^- |
ment :
"We have offered to leave to j
the Coethals fight-hour commis- ;
sion, recently appointed by the ,
president. any questions thai may i
remain unsettled hy the decision
of the supreme couri in the pend
ing A damson law rase. We regret
that the leaders of the organ iza- |
tintts have refused to accept this t
offer and that they have notified
us that i hev have ordered a series
of strikes on the railroads of the
country beginning Saturday night j
at (? o'clock.
"The ultimatum presented to
the railroads by the organizations
was that, we must immediately
pur into effect their inierpreta- |
lion of the law now before the su
preme court's determination of its I
constitutionality and meaning, j
without waiting for the decision
of the court.
"We declined to accept this j
proposition, feeling that we must,
await and abide by the judgment !
of the court; and* we thereupon i
made the following formal offer i
for a set t lenient of the issues in
volved:
"(1) If the supreme court j
holds the A damson law to be con
stitutional and the two sides can- {
noi a tree upon the application of
any of the points, we will agree,
that the ejght-hour commission
shall dotermiue how the law shall
he applied.
"(1!) ? In case the law is de
clared unconstitutional, we offer ;
to join you in asking the eight- i
hour commission to determine the ?
whole controversy; any settle- j
nn-nt arrived at to be effective !
January 1. 1917.
"This offer for a feasible ad- ,
just mem. was refused."
The Brotherhoods.
NKW. YORK. Mar. If..? The j
brotherhoods' side of the coniro- j
versy was made public in a state
ment signed by the four brother
hood chiefs, \V. G. Lee, for the
trainmen: \Y. S. Carter for the ;
tiremen; E. Shippard for the :
? conductors and \V. S. Stone for j
the engineers.
"\ie presented a proposition to j
place the Adamson eight-hour law
into effect along the lines suggest
ed by President Wilson last An
gust, which was that in all toad
service exevpt passenger. where
.?chpflule? now read: 'JOo miles
or leys. !i or H' hours or less,
overtime at If" or Jl miles i>er
hour", insert S hours or less for a
basic day and 12'- miles per hour
for speed basis for i he purpose of
computing overtime. Overtime to
ho paid for at not less than one- j
eighth of the daily rale per hour. '
In all yard, switching and hustling
service, where schedules now
read: '10. u or 12 hours or less
shall constitute a day's work,' in
sert 'S hours or less' shall consti
tute a day's work. Overtime lo be
paid for at not less than one- ,
eighth of the daily rate per hour.
In passenger service the present
mileage basis will be maintained
provided thai the basic passenger
day will not be in excess of eight
consecutive hours. Overtime to
be paid for at not less than one
eighth of the daily rate per hour.
"The conference committee of
the railways tool; our proposition
(Continued on Pago Elgin.)
President Wilson Amazed; Feels That He
Is Powerless to Force Strike Sett enient
I
Of Negro Assailant of Girl at
Piedmont Narrowly
| Averted.
! 6p*clrJ I>l*r?tr!i l" The IntellljwiCM
| KEYS EE, W. Va.. March 15.? Wade
I Brown, aged 22. colored, was spirited
! to jail hero tonight following being
detected in an attempted assault on
12-year-old Enna Mclntyre, white girl,
i of Westernport, Md.. in the baseman c
I of the Baltimore and Ohio station ar
j Piedmont.
He was caught by C. P. Nuth, the
[company agent, who attempted to
overpower him, hut Brown tore away,
later to be arrested at his home.
I When the news of the crimp spread,
an ugly feeling prevailed, and it was
thought best t? hurry the man t6 jail
here for safe keeping.
EL PASO. Tex, Mar. 15. ? Francisco
'Villa captured Parrul, Chihuahua. Sat
j unlay, defeating the Carranza forces
;ther*. according to a report received
by government agents late today and
| forwarded to Washington. Villa then
led his forces down the mountain and
I started toward Chihuahua City, with
the intention of attacking the state,
capital, according to the same source.
BIG SUPPLEMENTARY
| CREDIT FOR BRITAIN
j LONDON, Mar. 15. ? 4:"0 p. in. ? An
drew Bonar Law, chancellor of the ex
, chequer, today introduced in the house
[of commons a supplementary vote of
! credit for ?64,000,000 sterling for the
current year. The chancellor said
this brought the total votes for the
years to .?2,010.000.000. and since the
war began to ?3,702.000,000.
Mr. Bonar Law said it came as a
disagreeable surprise to him that the
.'J 2' h (,000,000 sterling voted February
12 was not sufficient, to carry on to the
end of the financial years.
He said ?18,000,000 were required
for wheat from Australia, ?23.000.uo0
for advances to Great Britain's ; 1 1 1 i ? ?
and her dominions, and the balance
for additional expenditure on muni
tions.
More Vessels Sunk
By German "Subs"
BERLIN. Mar. 13.? (Tuesday ) -Via
Wireless to Sayville, N. Y. -The fol
lowing official statement concerning
vessels sunk by German submarines
was made public today:
"Six steamers and eight sV.Iiiig w.
sels, with a total tonnage of "f..oot?.
have been sunk in the Mediit i ranean.
Among them were. February 17. the
armed French troop transport steamer
Athos. .12. fill tons, convoyed by de
stroyers and with one battalion of
Senegalese troops and l.ouo munition
workers on board; February 27. an
armed transport steamer, of about
5.000 tons, under convoy; March 3, an
armed steamer of r.,000 tons with a
cargo of railway material: March ??.
tlu* It al inn steamer I'orio hi Smirne,
2.57R tons, with (lour and parcels from
Genoa for Alexandria, and March 7.
an armed transport st?-nm?i. under
convoy, of about s.nou ions."
(The foregoing is "he first report
received of the sinking of the Porto
pi SmirtK\ The sinking of the Atlms
was announced by Paris February 2."!.
An American missionary. Robert Al
len Haden. perished when the .Mhos
was sunk. The Paris report t<in:itl"d;
that the steamer was carrying Senega
lese troons and colonial laborer- 1.
BAEBERS ON STRIKE
VOt'.i'IANTnw.V, W Va . Al ti . ii 1.'. j
Twenty or rm ????- journeymen barbers.
n.*rnl"Vs i.f thi local ii ni?>u. w a I !;?>?) <.nt |
on* a sink'.- unlay at nuett. prat t n ally j
paralysing tin: tunsorial traUe here. '
WASHINGTON*. Mar. 1f?.? Word
thai a general railroad strike had
been ordered to begin Saturday
night was received by President
Wilson tonight with amazement,
lie had confidently expected that
the meeting between the railroad
ami brotherhood representatives
in New York would result in some
kind of agreement that would pre
vent interference with transporta
tion facilities at least while the
nation is on the verge of war.
No 'statement was authorized hv
the White House, and al! oflicials
professed to be ignorant of what
the president might intend to do.
Some thought that. ha', ins ap
i pealed again and again to both
! sides to adjust their differences,
j there was no step left for him to
I take. Others believed he certainly
would make some move before
the hour set for the strike.
| The president Is known to re
| gard a strike as inconceivable in
view of the international crisis,
: the already congested condition of
freight traffic and the ever rising
cost of food: Apparently, how
ever. he feels lie practically is
powerless unless it become nec
essary for him to adopt' measures
;o keep the mails moving.
After a telephone conference j
with Secretary Wilson of the la
bor department, the president de
cided to make no move tonight. I
There is a disposition among
some administration oflicials to
believe that eve n if begun Satur- j
day the progressive plan for the j
strike will never he carried to :> |
conclusion. Uefore next Wednes
day, the day by which it is pro
posed to make the walkout efTec
I tive throughout the country, they i
believe a compromise will have
been reached.
Precedents under which the
government might, take a hand in !
the situation are beins searched
tonight. A proposed law under
which the president would have j
been empowered to take over and
j operate the railroads in time of !
j emergency, failed to reach a vote
during the . last session of con
I gress. !
[Teams Arrive For i
| Basketball Tourney
' Sr.". !X I' ? 'r> | ?
JU'CKHANNOW W. Va.. March I.V j
j ? The State hi.nli school basketball j
yearns with the exception three among;
the twenty-eight entries are in town.
Fairmont was the first to arrive, j
Charleston, Princeton and f'lendeniii ?.
jcamo in via Sago, having spent Hum
.day upon the L'oal ?& t'ok.. road.
Nine teams reached here at !T j
and twelve came :u n:P?. There are;
se\ era! hundred visitors in town .unl
each train is bringing more.
i The drawing will take place ai nine
i in the morning. At. ten-thirty thoj
| tourney will lie opened.
Four Telephones; No i
| Wonder They Kick1
' .?|l.\!:l.KST"\\ V. Ya . >lar. Mi !*? ?;
.Asliinii tli' |>ii ? ?t ??? "-'?! > ii". commission in
!r-i|iio-. 'I p? il ? I. Ill*- lust allat ion ? ?!
j . ? 1 1 ? - swili liliii.'inl lor j'i< ti.'iiiniinu of ? v- '
' change service i if four telephone colli -
i j n i?-?~ 1. 1' -i a! 1 i?ir lit uvt.sl. r Serine -. I
I .?. 1 it it'll V. > M 1 1 ? 1 1 1 i I ' ? ' ? I !" ? 1 1 : : I hotly III
1 <ta y 'I'll, s 111! ? 1 1 1 1 ? -s fin- tie- 'ov-ii.
lie \-w i ill", tie !\'.ort.\vlci ami tie- I5ev
? rl-. a ml Marlinton.
I S. I'll! lip. pM-Si'leii! ot' Ill- WVhsler ?
.ii ?i y ????u rl. is en- ..f Mi- p-> ii lore rs.
I'l l- court claims iliat tli- l-w requires
i|i. c>*!ii'y ''." ???!' I ? I- 1 -lion- service
in lie '"I'fii jr of i In lint y officers. hut
that It is ail iin posit ion on lie1 ptihlh! ;
for fcur I-!- phones in h. paid for.
: BIG OIL STRIKE
i-||.M:t.KST?,.V. v/. Va .; March IS.?
'I'll- t'liit-d l'tl-1 (? ii*l tills -??mpaiiy loti.iy
slilpp-d t" S-ar \\ ar?l. K-lly's Crock,
tiikai:- siuTieh'nt t-> hold J.'.nn hnrr?ls
of oil. Til's company has ?l r i ti ? -? i In a
?.viM -.it oil vv? II, which is reported to
he h prodnc-d koi ii I lor at has' L'i'O har
t-Is daily.
WRIT Or MANDAMUS.
' iHAltt.KSTi -.v. W. Vn . Mar. !.'?. An'
1 ulierrwitive writ <?!' niandaiiniM w??
awarih'ft tat- to<l?y foy tli- Mlpl ? tie- cour'
of appeals on pc-titiod of Owen iSrif
tilh atrulnst it 'in! y court of M-r?r
? oittly iic.il lie- ineliihers .it' that body, ,
r? turti.ihle at I'liarhsinn. March "7 The ;
petitioner declares that two members of !
th?- county court are. from the- same ilis- ;
trie!, involving section "3 of tho state j
constitution. *
Make Another Important Gain
Over Germans on the
Western Front.
i LONDON. Mar. 1- p. m.?
(Another i m port ;i 11 1 gain has been
made bv thy British troops betw/.in
j IVronne anil Bapauine, according to
j : h ? * official statement issued tonight,
j Trenches on a front of i wo ar.d a half
| in il?*s. running I'roin-. ^outli of the S'.
.Pierre Yaust wood to north, of iii
[ village of Saillisel have In' en occupied.
[ Southeast of Arras the Germans ??n -
:oivil British trenches.
WASI I INI "POX. .March A per
j sonal report on conditions hi Germany
and the events lending up to the break
between that country and the I'nit-d
Sta'es was m:ule to ('resident Wilson
today, by .lames W. Gerard, former
| American ambassador at Herl:n. After
I ward it was learned thai there was
nothing in the report io ehange t ii? ?
situation from the viewpoint of ihe
i I'nited States.
The farmer ambassador expressed
! his belief that Germany is staftrrig
I every i hint; on the ruthless submarine
[campaki, and that failure of thin
I would brighten prospects for peace.
! 1 1 ? ? was wiib t!i'.' I 'resident for more
1 1 ban an hour, repealing and ampli
i tying the statement already made 10
Secretary Lansing, in which he said
German* was determined to put no
restrictions, upon Ihe relentless oper
ations of submarine?', despite ttie pros
pect of war with the I'niied Stales.
The President congratulated Mr.
Gerard upon the manner in which he
handled the difficult, situation in
Berlin.
.,1 Dispel* h r?? This Inn
BKTHANY. W Va.. Mar. 15.- This
evening. in ihe Bethany college audi
torium. joint debate between Beth
any's trio and Hit- represent at i ve.-s of
Geneva college. of Heaver l-'alls. t'a...
on the question of "Shall the I uiied
States Adopt I'niversal Milltan Ser
vice?" was won -by (Villain. The
Bethany debaters were Karl Lutz.
Hugh I'.vrsie and Rudolph llenner,
while .1 Mailhews, Lillian Allen
and T. K. Boots wrangled lor the
I'ennsyl vtmia institution. Tin- judges,
of whom G. i' I '."iieke, of Wheeling,
was one. were unanimous in d< riding
that Bethany's affirmative uad won.
Sensational Charge
Against Big Distiller
LUl IS VILLI;. K.V.. Mar. l.?. Dan
It. Russell. |#resideir of a Louisville
distilling company, prominent lodge
man and widely known in Kentucky,
was placed under arrest here today on
a federal indictment r.hargir~ him
with having knowingly received stolen
property.
The arrest was made, post office in
spectors assert, in connection with a,n
alleged conspiracy to buy and sell
stolen postage stamps. According to
; he inspectors Louisville has been the
headquarters of those said to have
been connected with it. They esti
mate that within the past few years
the government has lost 140.000
through its operation and (hat stamps,
obtained in an unlawful manner have
been sent here for sale from points as
ftir away as Georgia. Louisiana and :
Texas.
Henry F. 1 ronger and his son, Au-'
gust M. Brongeri and Henry J. Hafen
dorfer. a druggist, all of Louisville,
have been indicted, it was disclosed
today in come ctlon with the project.
According to postoffico inspectors,
many transactions have been traced to
the Brongers, who are said to
have operated a place resembling aj
"fence".
iC J NICHOLAS ABDICATES; THE
i EMPRESS IS GUARDED; MINISTRY
; DEPOSED; RUSSIAN REVOLUTION IN ?
PETROGRAD WINS; FEW LIVES LOST
Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovitch Becomes1 Regent of
Empire, Following Nicholas' Abdication ? Kronstadt'
and Other Military Strongholds Succumb.
/
MOST AMAZING TRANSFORMATION BROUGHT ABOUT
I IN RUSSIA, WITH NO PRECONCEIVED PROGRAM
LONDON, March 16 ? 2:48 A. M. ? A Petrograd despatch to the
Daily Chronicle dated Wednesday says the Empress of Russia has
been placed under guard.
j IMyHiOdKAl), March 15 ? The Kmperor of Russia has abdicated
land (irand Duke .Michael Alexandrovitch, his younger brother, has
been named as regent.
The Russian ministry, charged with corruption and incompetence
! has been swept out of office.
One minister. Alexander Protopo/f, head nf the interior depart- '
iment, is reported In have been killed, and the other ministers, as
1 well as the president of the Imperial Council, a,re under arrest.
A new national cabinet is announced, with Prince Lvoff as pres
ident of the council and premier, and the other offices held by the
j men who are close to the Russian people.
For several days Petrograd has been the scene, of one, of the most
i remarkal'le risings in history. Beginning with minor food riots and
i labor strikes, the cry for food reached the hearts of the soldiers and
: one by one the regiments rebelled, until finally those troops that
had for a time stood loyal to the government, took up their arms and
! marched into the ranks nf the revolutionists.
! Tin1 president of the Duma,
1 Michael V. Rodzianko, was the
I leading figure anions the deputies
! who unanimously decided to op
i pose the imperial order for a dis
; solution of the house. They con
j tinned their sessions and K. IluJ
zianko informed the emperor,
I then at the front, that, the hour
! had struck when the will of the
i people must prevail. Even the
! imperial council realized the grav- |
j ity of the situation and added its
appeal to that of the Duma that
the emperor should take steps to
give the people a policy and gov
ernment in accordance- with their
i desires and in order that there
' should be no interference with
carrying on the war to a- victori
ous ending.
i The emperor hastened back
I from the front, only to find that
i the revolution had beeu success
| fill and that a new government
; was in control. The empress,
who. it is alleged, has been in
fluential in the councils opposed
10 the wishes of the people, is
reported to have fled or to be in
hiding. i
Casualties Not Large.
Although considerable lighting !
look place, it is no; believed that. |
! the casualties are large.
The early period of the uprising !
bore the character of a mock rev- j
oluiion staged for an . immense ?'
audience. Cossacks charging down !
I lie streets did so in a halfhearted
fashion, plainly without malice or
intent to harm the crowds that . j
they p hi v fully dispersed. The j
troops exchanged good, matured
raillery with the workingruen and !
women, and as they rode were |
? cheered by the populace.
Long lines of soidiers stationed j
in drsiiit'ilh attitudes across Nev- I
sky l'rospect. with their guns j
i pointed ai ; ii imaginary foe. ap
l peared to be .akinj: pari in a j
realistic tableau. Machine guns ;
| liring roulades of blank cartridges j
; seemed only to add another real
' is i ie touch to a tremendous the- |
; a t l ie production, which was using .? i
ihe whole city as a stage. :
A Real Revolution.
I'nlil Sunday niuiii this pageant
?;nued "iihom serious inter
ruption. Then in a flash I lie
. i t iw- i os i ii.- theatric qual
I ity. 1 1 became a genuine revolu- j
i tion. I
j The regiments had received an
! order from the commandant to /
lire upon persons assembled in
ihe street. This caused intme- j
; diate dissension among the troops,
who did not understand why they
should be compelled to take vio
lent measures against fellow citi- j
Zens, whose chief offense was that
they were hungry and were ask
I in^ ihe government to supply I
bread. Several regiments de- |
1 serted, anil a pitched battle again |
(contlnnec on Fape Ei#ht.)
BULLETINS
Latest Developments of the
Sensational Petrograd
Revolution.
LONDON, Mar. 15?5:40 p. m._
Telegraphing from Petrograd,
Reuter's correspondent says Kron
stadt, the fortress and seaport at
! the head of the Gulf of Finland,
twenty miles "west of Petrograd,
! has Joined the revolutionary
j movement. Two deputies, Pep?
lauff and Ta?fcine. on instruction*
from the Duma committee, pro
I ceeded to' Kro/iBtadt, where the
j troops placed ;.jthemselves at the
i disposal of the Duma. M.Pepe
| lauff was appointed commandant
of Kronstadt, which Is Russia's
great naval station.
LONDON. M&r. 15.-10:18 p. m.
Andrew Bonar' Law. chancellor of
the exchequer; announced in the
house of commons tonight that .?
I Emperor NichoLs had abdicated
and that Grand Duke Michael Al
exandrovitch Had been appointed
regent. The soldiers sided with
the Duma, but:, there was no seri
ous loss of lire. The chancellor
added that It .was comforting to
know that the^movement wa6 not
directed at securing peace by Rus
sia.
PETROGRAD. Mar. 15.-11:40
a. m. ? (Via London 8:48 p. m.) ?
The garrison srt Kharkov has for
ally joined the revolution and Is
supporting the provisional govern
ment. Striken jn sympathy with
the movement have been called in
factories and oh the street car
lines. (Kharkov is. the capital of
the province of the same name.
It is 480 mile* south of Moscow
,->nH has a papulation of about
200.000). <"j.
LONDON. Mar. 15.-8:35 p. m.
A despatch to Reuter's Telegraip
company say's the British and
French ambassadors established
official business relations with the
executive committee of the Duma.
TKe despatch adds that the
|. Grand Duke Cyril informed the
Duma that hq>, -would place at its
disposition th?; marines under his
orders, and afterward visited M.
Rodziank? in -the Duma, and told
him that he was entirely at Rod
zian-ko's orders.
The correspondent says that the
people of Moscow adhered to the
revolutionary movement without
bloodshed. ' \
GRAPHIC PEN PICTURE OF TRE
SUCCESSFUL ROSSI REVOLT
.dence in the iii>w temporary govern
ment pained in .force. Truck sledsres
ami little sleiK}i? for hire, the most
widely appreciated conveniences of
ftussian cities, t?>gan to appear again
in the streets that for six days had
been absolutely . void of any means of
private transportation.
Newspapers, 'with the exception of
i he revolutionary publications which
sprang into life5 with the success of
tin- revolt, lut'ri failed to appear.
Street, ear service at noon had nc?.
bi'< n r'\suinn<! biU it was believed that
night would see"~'ps rt iul service.
The Only: Visible Sign#
of tho dcsjtnrale clash of authority
that turned, th-i' city into a battle
ground \v"iv the cliurred ruins of the
jail, which are ,*iil! pouring a cloud of
smoke sky warif; and the remains of
other police insjitutions and the homes- I
of the f??w individuals who were re- '
gartli d as offenders against the rights j
of thf people. In front of other gov- .
?'?rninent institt;ljons. which apparent
ly it was not i'oen lit t n destroy, are
piles of chatrpd ambers showing
where wreckage and documents had
been dumped a}rd consumed.
The tit-fcndfif of the old regime ?
doubtless a few remain tincaptured b.v
tho police? put' up a last feeble de
(Continued on P as* Xlflit.)
rKTKl>t;i!AI). Mari'li IS.'- Events
k-ading up to iln? revolution began a'
w?vk a ro with st reel demonstrations
of worningiiien who quit work as a
protest ;i u:< i n st ilir shortage of br^ati.
Tin* first two day.** mounted patrols
k?'Pr 'he crowds moving without re
sort in1: in violence. When ordered 10
fire on lite peop'e they refused.
I'oli.e wer? substituted and a battle
occurred between them and the
troops. Regiment a.l'ier regiment
joined the revolters and seized ar
senals and other strategic points.
I'ntil Sunday night. there was no
intimation that the affair would Brow,
tn the proportions of a revolution.
From then until Tuesday niornitiB.
almost continuous fighting in the
strepts and throuchout .he city oc
curred. leaving the revolutionists in
full control. The latter are proceed
ing to !
Rc-organize the Government.
Today the city emerged from a
week's nightmare of- revolution and
figuratively smiled under a brilliant
flood of sunshine after the series of
pray days ending with a snowstorm
yesterday evening, l'lanks were pulled
down front windows long closed.
Stores, banks and business establish
ments of every description re-opened
their doors for the- resumption of or-l
dinary activities, seemingly as confi-l