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A , ft TIOIJ grants PAm. : :xa txrf tr, c zzx. i DAILY . ' . . " - . , .- . n. t 9 - "i w a w r x sr rx ax. ill i-. r Ntw York. Mar. 17. erUr? of lh Inttrlor Um t 1:41 p. b. aonnot4 that th raltroad Mrlka had kwn pMtponMl 41 houra. Hii ttatt nrnt followa: . '';. 1 "At our rot and out of at pritrtaUoa of tta national altualtoa Ua broUttrhooda and h railway afcauacara tad ranna4 MioUaUoaa and la tfta bop that torn adjust mant may b bad lhat will aw!d U cKy r a atrtka,i tha tretfcar hooda hava wlrad or taUphonad thair ganwral ebalrnaiu aaklBi that all ac tion pa poatpoatd for 41 koara aad kalaaa prior to that (Ifoa adriavd of a aHtlamaat, Um wa will Uara tha aartiea nndar tha authority .alrtatfy WW' . .-,--.,,y :,:. I Tfea atatamant waa aliad by Sac raUry lat, Danial WUlard aad Sac rotary of UW WlUon, tha Utraa mamlani of tka aatlonal conocll of afaao, appoint m4latora by Praa Uail WIImb. It waa polntod out that tbla paatpoaamant of 41 fconra will Allow tlma for 4lalM by tha an frame oart on tha aatltatloaalUy f tha lAdawaoa atsht-honr law oa IIMIair,.-.tr.. f? y-.-.yYt '. Tha arrMmuBt waa vaaehaA kftr i nlfbt and day of pmtlcaUf ar tarniptat aiadUUM aid ooajTarasaaa, mi tarn BnAHfrpova v.v tha rlhoagaBirra aaaao frtm.i aoafaraaea room la Ca ttepplaajt mood .tiay axhlbltad to tba laat ta daya. Thalr apnaraat optltnlam waa take t ebaartara aa aa tad Nation of ton Maaoa rn tha tHtlmata outooma of fh folatlon." ?,,v '". ; Danial Wlllard. praaldant of tit BaHlmora A Ohio,' waa' takrd what ha thought of tha altuatloa, ' v-Uok at thoaa faoaa.'Vha aald. "atui Jadaa for yoaraalf," polPtlat to : tha toafare, "Matters jura prepared now to taka the Mat atop that will mam ' Petrograd, Mar. iT.-Oraad Duke Michael la willing toVaooept the throat of Ruaata oaly la eaae a, rbf erehlUnt vote' of the 'people ahowa that a form of government, with him at tha hell, Is approved throughout 'Russia. 'k It f "V. " 'V f la announcing hla decision i today tha grand duke made hla acceptance of tha throne contingent upon auoh a plebieclte.' " '."v - 7" :. ' : ' t Otherwise ha Indicated bis declin ation of, the kingship which Caar Nlcholaa, la abdication, tendered him." ".'V'"' ;::- ':-'' ' ' , ' Grand Duke Mlohaal'a declaration urged 4ha peapla of Russia to obey tha provlatoaal government at pres ent, aUtlKg hla declination of kingly Mate aptll ti people by. a, popular e had etated 'lhelr wllflngnesa to y WWJ ;v;.f; ) TM grand duke's formal declara t)oa was as followa: j: ' "My brother entrusted me with a heavy task at time of unprece dented war and domestic strife I am resolved to acpept sii)rems power only. If ttie peopls; through their rapreetnaUvea In constituent t aembly, express their preference re tarding tl)a form of ths governmenl and Ht lairj." ;;;'v v;,,' rVVIWOXA OOMMITTKX 1 , vC7 WVMA RaCOOJflSRKD liondon,. Har, 17-r-Tha British tvenoent is deaMng wjth the pro r" !onal committee of tha duma ia f .;a!a, as tha da facto Russian gor; a nment, It waa announced today. . 0. 1), Sexton spent a abort time in fa city attending to htn'.neri. ' ra t mlng to V. home al Kcb n:..y . 1 ! ' ' ' C lVTca 7o 1 ii .i i , B I I i i I i K i Wit . J llUOiWU n probably n tha ranotaat dan far of a aalloa-wlda paralyala of rail road traMe. t ; :',v , ;, : ,CoafdB( ' waa aapraaaad thai with 4 haura at thalr dlepoaal tha madlatora wdnld ' awowpUah aom airaomant that would pravaot tha dla aatar. . iuat axa tly what form thalr tffortf now" will taka, thy did not oplatn t detail, but It waa clear that tha moat aerlona barriera In the way of peace had been otereowe,- . , It waa aanonnotd that conference between the brotherhood ohlefa and the madlatloa. oommittea will be re sumed at 10 a, iu, Sunday; ' - Secretary Use. whan naked hla riew of tha. altuatloa, a14: ' "It la undoubtedly mora hopeful." 'Secretary Wlleoa aald he coneur red la 4ae'a opinion. ; v . , T1ia men are now on more friend ly terma than at any time during the BBotlatloB.M $mitr Wllaon aald. "aad the vary , beat la to be hoped forrv.i'; -V' '':'. ', . Tha "brothertoaw cfclefa ware , In their reema ta the Eelmont at 4:10. dlapatehlag telegraaia to dlatriet chlefi, poatdalai toi atrlka - W. Q. le aald naUl hla wort was otaared there would be no atatement. They mlfhl te a. brief atatement lfr la tna tertaoa. ' ' " ,j''r '.:: "'" '"'J' V'?',' vw inn, ihw t moo, apeaklag for the railway .;; brother hood heada, made the following atate ment at p, la, today v.. ,- , i "Wa did not want to fly In tha face of the request of two of the preal dent'a advisers, that we grant a 4 hour delay to permit them to work ou their plana. At reasonable men wa decided to grant tha requeet Vn leaa aomathlng Intenrenea between now and Monday night, the situation remains unchanted." 1 '. V ; . (IJAPITAI RWCXX1XI2 PlTilA Petrograd. Mar. 17. All army o- flrera present In Petrograd met to day and unanimously resolved to recogalse the authority-of. the du ma. . ' Speeches were' made atatlng realisation by the army of tha la dispensable need for re-establlshment of order ea ipcedtlyaa possible, thai work behind the trenchea- might proceed. T-"-y? v-j CM:i:iiF:ii:E!C?a mm IffiiillCOIEliSOIffl v.. . t ..... i vv.-" ;! .:;; . i Petrograd, faor. 17. The triumph of democracy seemed assured today. Tha line of the Romanoff s haa come to an end through .the abdtca,tiop pf tha hereditary jnon((rch.s and today a repulilli w ln the piaKlng. Qrrier waa completely restored In the ca I'll si today,... Jv, ..".' v .. Through prompt nd enthusiastic co-operation of v?e railway employee, the hunger of the people In fsmlne- strlcken districts throughout the land la being quickly relieved. Hundreds of carloads of provisions were rushed to these sectiona,- ; ; . ' Ortln stores everywhere haya been requisitioned by the provisional gov ern nWoti fair "pricea being paid the owners,,..Ths distribution, through a carefully organised system of. these stores of food lsf beicg arranged. , Evidencing the complete democ racy of the, new ori.tr la Russia, and utter dlsre-ird , of the ancient almoat feud.l i.:.U of other, days, It , wai announced today that local committees of the provisional gov ernment are taking over all estates of more'thaa Mi tz.it. The Itut of r'?vI'"," and oltlei an- In ths YcrU the Clze of Or? - rssi. iskj.' : FOHEEJi Jtlovnueiit TliroKiit Kmpiro TluU , Culminated In ItrvolHtiim baa IteeV Vronrvm Two Years J.ondun, Mat. 17. Ittnula is ready for real democracy, -la (ha opinion today of Hrltish officials most closely In touch with recent developments in Uusoory. i- i'r-; ' 'h:';y tor the paat two years there haa been a steady : growth of tha teia- attoa movement. That waa the union of a vast voluntary war organisation. It sprang directly from tha people. By bow It' haa interwoven Itself lato every, pheae of Russian rural life aa well aa Into every department of the aetleltlea war. , - ' It covered up the atiatakea of the Petrograd officials; It provided food and. other relief for the aoWlers; it aided the war stricken people. It gave the people their, first oppor tunity for exercise of popular execu tive direction on a large seals.' " Brltlah officialdom, aa a whole, ex pressed aatlafaotloa today orer the turn of events fa Russia.' They were pleased not ao mock beoeuee popular government had apparently supplant ed the reign of the Romanoff,, but because they are convinced Ruaala'a war efforts will henceforth be great ly Increased, r;'-.:i ;J ;pfyiiia.; WaAMaft:.tpJwb vleted of assassins! log Chairman . W. 01en Of the stale ladustrlal In surance commlaalon, John Vandell to day awaited a life; sentence In the penitentiary,,, ; ;'- 'They can't hang me, cn; they?! Vandell anxloualy asked the sheriff after hearing the verdict of guilty. The sheriff assured him that capital punishment-had been abolished In .Washington, y-,;'-.- Vandell then wont iwck to jail ap parently wrtlBfled,.'-.'-' ' i A Jury of ala men and slg women .convicted Vahdetl last night after leaa than two houra deliberation. One woman voted agulnsL conviction on the Aral ballot., but the second ballot waa unanimous; J j Vandell shot and killed Olsen "on February 1 as Olsen sat at bis desk In the state eapltol. His defense waa that he waa temporarily Insane with anger "beoauat the , commlaalon had' refused his claim . under the workmen's' compensation act. ' . nonnotng adherence to aW re gime ia rapidly Increasing. The vio lent change from a repressed auto- icracjf tq a wide-open democracy was being made with egae, Tot prow sional government' leaders -have Im pressed the people With the alnwlty of their purpose, their, energy and t()er patriotism to the cause of the people of Russia. ' r On every aide" In Petrograd was hoard today renewed avow ala of vig orous proscontlon f the war against Oermanyr ".:V'' w ': EstlmaVca today placed tha number killed and injured by the police on Saturday and Sunday at $100. This waa really before the actual revolt started and the casualties were in small rlota over the city. After Sun day the number killed and wounded Waa eompaiatlvely small, One of the first steps taken by the provisional Kovcvnmeflt waa to place giiarda over all stores- suspected of sailing vodka, The tr,;ult was that there was - an ewceedli ily small amount of drunkennotM. ': ," , Authentic icformf.:h today from Interior dlslrlcts Invested unanimous jiupport for the new government. i hn lla a IT: .-paper T7it!i Full Lc;i 7ir Tel f -rn n-" 'n-n MJIMIULTAR.cy T3 WKKTKR.V FRONT" Yl.ZJW tO ATTACK n:.i::: 4 - " ia to Tin:::! -no May KiHvw forty RetlrenwNt of Tew- : tmie Amy oa) U-pame- r Ami Um London, Mar. 17.-Etaume, the key of the German defeeaea against whhh the nrw Kalg lajenaivt on the weatera front haa been hammer ing, has been captured, U:J Front dispatcher . on , Th uraday, oodpled with field Marshal Halg'a succinct official atatement. kprepared the public. In a meaanr for the welcome aewa of the capers of the Cermaa stronghold, 4abbed by Hln denburg not so maay moatha ago. aa the "Gibraltar of the weatera front, 'ic.-'K ';;:,'--'i;.'-''''-'';'''': Oa Thursday British forcea were reported wtthia a taw kugired yards of the Bapaume defeases. Jlace that time tlaig baa been allent aa to the exact extent of Kit oneratlona. XUlUsry experta bat I predicted that occupation by the BritU of Capaamt tC4 force as tarty rttlre mert by th Oeraaaaa traif the Ba- , n , wwfcBwaaawaav ' pwr WMhlagtoa, Mar, lT.The. eap- ture of Bafauma, while undoubtedly of great moral ttlmtttua to the al lied armlea, carrlea with It no rm- nortant strategic benefit, . military men here aay today; : . The full of the elty. they explained. ia reality only eompletea great re tirement,, by wWoh reault the Oer- mtna eucceed la shortening - their lines, which will be of distinct ad- vantage, v v: :''s ;i:iq':;3e New Tork, "J Mar.- 17. enator Cummlna collapsed this ? afternoon while delivering a speech before the RepuMlcaa :. club, defending hla ac tion in voting against the armed neu trality bill. A phyalclan waa aum moned, but he continued hit-" ad- dreaa when It developed that the at tack waa;' not ' serloua. V ."'; :: ;- Cummlna aald the charge that he defeated the legislation by' prolong ing the. debate waa false and it was known to be false by the pereont who made the charge, 2 ,' "'. "My anceatorg were Anwrlcana a full hgSf-century before the liberty boll woolalmed the Independence of the colootee of the new world," he added, "t Intend to do "what little I caa to maintain what they helped to create. And no atorm of oenanre or abuse cap turn me one ' hair's breadth from my duty.'' - . TRRNCHJa ABANDONKD BV ; ; ; the tkiton army ' Berlin via wireless,' Mar. 1?. 'Between Ballly and the St. Prre Vaast wood, and between Beuvragnes and Laaslgny, English apd Prench de tachments, respectively, settled In trenches whioh have been abandoned b ua. according to plans." declared today's official atatement, -The statement also Mid: "Between the canal LaBaase and tha Ancre there waa lively lire activ ity, At several plaoea English recoa nolterlLjc detachmenta were repulsed : "On the Alsne front there waa i foref.::d enterprise wbiohnetted ,4 prlsonera, -, j'V.v.-" i.1 -"Between tha Mouse and the Mo selle. our thniatlng detachments brou ".t prisoners In from four dif ferent t'.M on the hoatlle llnea.' II Text of SiJKeaaent : fuwed , When froans araa T.immmtfA by Amu . crtrt of tbe Raaalaa Petrograd, Mar. 17, Ciar Nlcho laa, abdicated ruler of all Russia. haa Issued tbia manifesto: 'To all obr fctbful awbjecta It ia beat known ia the elaya of , the great atraggle agaln. a f areiga ene my who has been eftuavorlag for three jreart to eaalave onr country that it haa pleased God to send Rus sia further painful trial. . ' 'Maternal troubles threatened fat ally to affect tbe further progress of tbia obstinate war and to affect Rus sia's destinies... . ' "'Her heroic army, the happiness of the people, tbe whole future of the beloved fatherland, demanded -trt the war should be conducted at aZ' coata to a. victorious end. ''. ? - ; 1 "Tbe emel enemy 4a makiaj; his last efforts," the tnanlfeato eoatrau ed. "The moment la aear when our valiant army, In concert with ou glorious allies, will finally overthrow the enemy.- .', 'i: '.'." "Ia these decisive daya we realise we owe to tbe people doe union of all forcea for realisation of a rapid Tletorjr.. ;'i-':T ';'-!;-''v'::;---''i'-'!.' "Therefore, la agreement wltk the Imperial duma, wa realist Chat st is for the couatry'a good that we abdi cate the crown, and lay- dow aa preme power; ''':l''YY:-i-:-. "Not wishing to atpart r from our beloved ton, v the kerltagt to onr a.. . . Grand Duke Michael, v. " c ,' t siat fcf.tit fatwr 'V may gorera 4t la fr' tt., aatlonal reDreeenf . . w . ia- riolate oath to h,-i la t.e tr "J our weHeloved tatberland- "We call aU faithful tone of the fatherland to fulfill their eecred pat riotic duty to obeying the caar at thla painful moment of national trials aad to aid him together with the no- tlon'a repreaentatlrea to conduct the Ruaalaa state la She way of prosper ity and glory. .; May Qod help Russia,' GERMAN Atr-MAN AOCOCNT8 : . ; : " Post K3 same victim Berlin, Mar. 13, Tie Sayvtlle, Mar. 17. -Lest Sunday Oeraanj flyers brought down aixteen allied - aero- plahea, tha oBcieJ press bureau aald today. ; '-l ": - . " ... Lieutenant voa Rlchthofen disabl ed hU twenty-alxth plane aear Vlmy; Lieutenant Baldamua .;. hla twelfth, east of Rouvroy and lieutenant Pf elffer tla ninth, east of Beraeiua, tm Mil mm 0 OEST Ull.ll a.ltt.1 Parla, Mar. 17. Prom 11.000 feet In the sky,' French expert anti-air craft gunnera today at Complegne brought down In ' biasing rums, a giant German Zeppelin; one of a num ber apparently returnlhg from a raid on England. ' ,". ,v-' It fell In one tt the main streets of the city, a charred maaa, those its crew who remained aboard being burned Into unrecognisable masaea. Two or three of the crew, mad with pain of the flamea and certain of death, preferred to meet it other wiae than In a mass of . tire and jumped thousands of feet to the earth.- "'::'.:" !' ' The great Zeppelin, broke In two Juet before It landed a biasing, mol ten maaa. The wreckage waa still smouldering late today. Despite the earllnesa of the hour- it waa before dawn that the Zeppelin alarm sounded nearly alt of Com plegne waa aatlr. Thousands gath ered In the atreeta to listen to the rattle of the anti-aircraft guns aM to cheer ths unarks.nen. When one monster of the sky waa hit, tCiere wet a tretcc-aua ouSbueat of ct r- -z'a Ccrvia ::0 filial' . ' ct ttt;: V J - Amsterdw, Kirug,,, v, :agt la' Oermany tplul t hj t rorea- sion of H peopls kd u T :.:Jy adeeteratrf w Aeaitths mat.. of the Russian people, Hew, esttlng r 1 the yoke of centuria - Even ilea staahB,,!, or tie Oer- maa peooleiWbrfnit vtratk con trol of the ftliwla-agrt ( mf. fected bj tie mui,,, rtro-rad. seeing UeteH UMfgbe Me. of Cer maa pUmuiHe ft(tiiB :.y Crt la atead of Ejus B-nj sro, weaker a the war KSFaudJbi l , nieiy to grow atroipr sltBllwitj i iw govern- meat anlmihs b osited :tenclna Uoa to dolUiat .'bat mlast-- Cjnnany. Oernui nevHap,,,,,, ;;taliilg (be chaaalMipeMpMet & rrTtj aftenooa limuesMisisi n( la-preon among stoma ow s of OircoMi iT-irs here that He toeirtriMi jotc rrsent It self U VPteMvwhufn m t : unrest amoag tM tatatoasaN) attatw'vv V Uapatckn Im - tin Tleiaa. today de darad to ImHtaMlajiaa rifoZtrta bad artUad'iinfttit tiad toprr .' -a tlier. TiT tlMptiOTeteBjBMtM lutrcrard Cii fjwatai h tut m f .woes'.: to -tl Paall.M,.;l7-ra.ih:; the retrtetd flesO Oewii ; Murgnla'a forcea tna RoarHnarit tt .Chlhuahoa City, VllU kumcfoirtcvpwi t juata Roaa lla, the UK l iMBtuikmr Har'at towns evacuate! v NtraumMnii i hi, isa. B,u withdniril.it Jl.ttsnllavblv report- ed dere today. . Murguli kunll-IlistiM ii tn troopa la the weeteftHit eg'ol tki aetata and to forUgying Chlhttshucarfaahoa' City satest the expected slegs if w vU forces. ; Entretaanu ta til baarbed wire entangletiuli in mre tit placed aad artillery tu sua tea sountied on the hiila cOMMdlu r w tpprMH-he to the dty. ' y-.y;;" v;; Villa k NpurtedrjeMei tt have sent his vanguard urUnaimtrirramt. Banta Ro aalla tovud OUhtDftJhnkit, gcad-aclaah with CtmuliU S aa (trees fts expected near BMHInataa am, scxir&ula has seat S.OOfl idiliai!aiftiiil troops to. rein force thenriliu a ion unu portaL -': F!li! Ul , Ing. MwivlillrUVtlie leu rellni from their vut height a trt aloft, haad Hunched several sonU il t jaat the lowa. No one waa hurl ty Ihirtatiaen and the damage waa alight.: ;'.".-, hi ; .;.--.; - The greater pesaej peril m when the biasing nut tl it Ji ' stricken debris came from taloft, alive ewt with frav' - Paris got part iiart ol the Zeppelin 0Wre.etaHHaji8.aUiB van sounded at 4 a. M, Bill lb-ell thtfeppe-Unsold aot arrive u upNted ftcd. Thla la tbe firsts raid In which EM ZeppMIn ;.'bav pr- Uclpated ilnn e-iim death of their in ventor. ,", ', RKVWtW WWOPrOlWVUR . Londoa, liar, ,-. It,-Tit I Ruaalan revolutloi msi a-a at a most opportune moment IwuHikfH entente allies, accord ing to u tichawiiOtign'Teterapb dis patch fmCopetMiteeiiliiiiea today, which stated thai MiMimlstir of the Interior Protopopot hid - hi already eMlated for a sepanlepeMtqptaet for Star: 'a. - '. Protopopol haoiitud long tea loused by the Jiiulu pei . people or duplWty In traitorom iwilwliactlatai with tier a?' -A. contiaaaace of the military anto cracy, waa indicated in the return to tfce Austriaa capital of the em peror aad th departure from I r lla for Vtenaa of Imperiri Oer Chsacellor row Betlnnean-lloll j. : Meaawhile thw Oermaa aewsrpera ball tbe chaaeellor'a apeeob aa one of the moat Important in - German history. Additional details printed indicate a dramatic eosne in tu8 Pruaslaa diet oa this occasion. 8o dallet apeakera bttterty denounced the government , ".-"j- "Abaolntlam'" waa one of Ce tar- -jets of their attacka. Epeakera ssid tbe time waa coming tl i tie na tion would arise and twee? "J anker Ism" vay. !''."..-' ' "We are ao longer serf j when the klnf es buy or teU." el De puty tieinert, "or order utj t eed to deatb at hla eonmand. V, have reached political maai;:i. It waa la reply to t sad fiery speeches ty c mat the chaaeellor V aouaeenaeat of lnsrc. be graatad the peopU i c urat. V :: ti ; . - to t t' i -r. 4 ti dark picture of Ruac:oa t- , ib owing demorallaatiojr a: 1 cr':'i ' i of the ew governme: t t pant la . the duma, was Issued tv Ce aP.c rl prest bureau today.-1-' ,;'.'.,,':." -'. The press bureaw atatement fot- iowa:,. :-'C'-: '. In the first meeting of the duma,. during the new. session, tie hopeletut situation of tbe Ruaelen foodotu's market and the Inability tt Oe gov- ' ernment to help the con- 'y, were disclosed. The Speechee tl all the deputies were ImpaaalOnC "jr exe'red. Minltter of Agriculture l. '.:ch Cm: . crlbed tbe aupply of proviuLrs aa extremely precarloua. "Buyers were charged by the gov ernment to deliver food to the army In the face of Insurmountable :t" flculUea. ';,):. ,:;.; "In December and January daMvery of provisions and grain waa trz'n only under greatest diffioultlea. Tbe -atlnlater, however, doubted whether it would be possible ln'the future. r.;t tlch closed with tbe statement: , "-'Ton see, I am thy no mesne an optimlat.' '. . -; - , . "The Socialist fichedski reproached the government for having refused the Oermaa peace offer, and declared : things were fast drifting towarda an abyaa..- .v,', . ' ;". "Deputy Purlahkarlsh aald the Russian government was demoralised and waa dragging Russia into an abyea, . Deputy Efremov stigmatized the arrest of the labor committee aa a slap In the faoe of the whole Rus sian people. He aald, the situation of Russia approached a catastrophe, with- despaly apresding among the population.;-.' ", -.vi; . The Russian commleartat Is like-' wise In complete panic, according to Information received by the Rund schau newapaper from Petersburg, Msrcta IS. "The president of the committee on war Industrlea, Qutadhkov, directed a violent attact againai xoe nuem- fnent The disorder of transportation. haa become a national d least sr. War Is bound to end for Russia with a, cataetrophe, in vlew.ot the question of how the army, s well aa the peo ple, caa be provided with necessaries. . "Large stores of wheat are rot ting la Siberia, the mills being un less on account of the lack of com and wood." .'"''' C