'tftiT-W TWTiJI yra" 'f. isrW!nR-.,.-i .v- V4 .Jt Jik JhIS .1 j J: - ; i ia ; ;.hV '? -r i"r, 'V' ' t; PICTORIAL ' SF.ryTTOTNJ etmutm .' 'SV yv - ,A - PAGES '&, 23, 24 VOL. JH.-NO. 157 PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 1917 Connioiii, 101", at mc fnuo I.tixjM Counxt PRICE TWO CENTS'!- POPULAR VOTE TO DETERMINE RUSSIAN RULE; i . b . U. S, STEPS INTO BREACH TO BALK RAIL STRIK S ,i' v. f u''i'fW-..'r meMer FINAL! . - Ul. rs, PMAWIH CALL PLEBISCITE T0 PICK FORM OF GOVERNMENT; 5 CflNTURIES OF CZARISM END lOrder Rabidly Restored All Classes Pledge Loyalty to Democratic Cabinet Grand Duke Michael Assumes Regency. Emperor Flees fAniiiesty Proclaimed for Political Offenders Old Min isters Still Imprisoned Nobles' Assemblies Allied R, With Revolution Alexieff and Brussiloff to Be Supreme Military Uhiets. .WASHINGTON, March 16. The Russian revolution and victory of the Duma over the Rus- If ian bureaucracy may be immediately followed by stronger pressure 9V kv 1ip Entonie Allies on Greece and nerhans removal of Kinir Con- stantinc from" the Greek throne. Official dispatches received here from representatives of this Government abroad carried these hints Zfc and "brought also the indication that the collapse of the Turkish1 t Empire is imminent ana inai n sucn evenis as arc expeciea isikc, I place they will result in complete removal of Turkey from any influ 1 ence or territorial holdings in Europe. STOCKHOLM, March Hi. Twenty persons were killed in Monday's fighting in the Pch'o grad revolution and 120 were wounded, according to information received today frtjm the Russian capital by the newspaper Extra- In Jiladet. ttr . . fn . -i a l- i; a i- i -I idl.. l. 1 a J v "un luesuay, me uispaicn asserted, inc muu acsiroyea sev eral great bakeries, whereupon the Government opened additional shops. The railroad lines to Finland were blown up at several points. "Russian troops in Finland are confidently expected to support Uhe. new Government. When Prime Minister Golitzin and the old jUbioyernmeni orcierea mem 10 report 10 ruirograu a weeK ago to sup iS.nress riots then in their inciniencv. thesetnMD:-flatlvTefnsed"'to III respond." f . LONDON, March 16. The train carrying Czar Nicholus.to PskoiT was held up by sol . diers today after it left Petrograd, but no violence was offered, said a dispatch from -the Russian capital this'afternoon. Czarevitch Alexis, the Emperor's thirteen-year-old son, and t heir to the throne since his father's abdication, is seriously ill of 5 scarlet fever. The foregoing dispatch" is the first definite information concern ing the Czar's whereabouts that has come from Petrograd since the 'revolution. Pskoff is a city of 10,000 population, the capital of the s province of Pskoff. It -lies 162 miles by rail from Petrograd. It is one of the oldest cities in the Empire and contains the tombs of -many medieval princes. LEADER OF RUSSIAN REVOLUTION QUICK NEWS Tholo by lntrrnHtloimt 1'llin Scrvlc. M. Hodzianko, president ot the Uumu and head of the revolutionary committee that has brought about the upheaval leading to the abdication of the Czar. HIGH JINKS CAN'T MIX WITH BOOZE License Court Judges Rule M'usic'and DanciiigLWrdfif' in Regular Saloons MORE RUM FOR 15TH ST. Five centuries of Romanoff rule in Russia are at end. Five rtriaVO nf iMt1fi4-in.- 1.nii4-.rk vi n s..m3 4-Vm Vvl n nra f tnonnfiom rt nmfli l& "t v ivvuiunufi iiuvctidifoi.uxiiit;u ttiu uiatnuat ut;aiJuiioiii un ;i tij fciino a democracy. Army ana nation, nooie ana peasant, inaustrial f capitalist and workingman.are united in a new regime, determined to push through a program of radical national reform and drive the Gernianic armies from Russian soil. The provisional government and the new Cabinet under Prince Lvoff are restoring order at Petrograd. The new regime is com- Wposed of Liberals, Conservatives, Progressives, Constitutional Demo- wt.crats and Socialists. A general election will be called in the im mediate future to let the people determine the exact form of new Etovernmenl. The Czar is in flight to PskofT, 162 miles from Petro jfjfrad. . ! Immediate internal reforms on a wide scale and closer co-onera- ition with the Allies' are the two main elements of the Government's lv program. The reactionaries and pro-Germans are either in flight. f executed or in jail. The ancient system of absolutism is at an end. New Minister of Justice Kerensky1 has decided to proclaim an (.amnesty for all political prisoners. Grand Duke Nicholas, commander of the Army of the Caucasus, tihas wired his support to President Rodzianko, of the Duma. General Alexieff. Chief of Staff, will probably be named supreme military chief. General Brussiloff will be appointed Commander-in- Hvmei oi tne armies in tne neia. Grand Duke Michael has assumed his duties as regent. The British and French Ambassadors have already, unofficially, ipald their respects to the new government. Prof. Paul Miliukoff, Quoted Mhoral nnH Priiipntnr and Minister oi oreiirn Aliairs in the l?ew Cabinet, has won the immediate confidence of the Allied diplo matic corps. , Great rejoicing reigns in London over the success of the olution. The British feel that at last Russia is -to become free I ... . .. .... .. i t ii i' 1 will lend her entire weight toward tne acnievement oi Aineu ory. JEW GOVERNMENT TO BE BASED ' ., ON PEOPLE; ORDER RESTORED P s PETROGRAD, March 16. iA govornient to be based on universal suffrage and equal voice or. tne, people ..administration has. succeeded the reign of the mosr'despotic of modern elorm. The ExecuUYCFCommitteo.,of the J)uma, which today began its task of trans- tnevraost absolute of monarchies into a moaern democracy, nnouncea rMtera-tMiMtaU ordw ttrauabattt.tk np re prior to noiaingjfnrai The c.ibairt wliero Miuilollle mid l link ing mo ml.seil In tlio popular-priced o.ifon inuxt ko, but ilancinc In the lilRh-chi liolrl., wliero tlio cllto Rather nlBlitl. is permitted by tlio License Court, which granted licenses based on this mandato this afternoon. Transfers weio Kianted by JudRes Mar tin and Klnletter for the two p.iloons In the I'arkuay area In other files neuihy. Jlrs. Margaret Kcinan, piopiletrcss of tlio t-a-loon at the noitheast coiner .of fifteenth and Filbert streets, obtained a transfer fiom that point to UC South Fifteenth street, and Michael O'Hrlen, of llroad and Filbert btrects, obtained n transfer to '19 Noitli Juniper street. Tlio chief icmonhUant aKainst O'Ullen's application for a transfer a Joseph Stark, proprietor of an oyster saloon. nt tlio Juniper sltcet r.ddrcsa. Stark contended that ho wus behiB ousted fiom tlio place after he had built up u luciatho business. It was staled from tlio bench that the dllll culty ailshiK from Stark's objection had been overcome, by tlio withdrawal nf his rcinons-trauco against O'Brien. The court, accordingly, unconsidered Its lefusal of O'llrlen's application and has now granted the transfer. . . Judge Klnletter also dcllteicd an opinion on the point: "These so-called cabarets," declared Judge Klnletter, "aro a new sub ject to me. I think they aro fi new subject in the city and the testimony in several of the cases which hae cojne before us leads me to believe that they are an Institution which requlics regulations by"lho couit, If It does not require restriction, or oven ex tinction. I mean by u cabaret, u tavern whero drinks are served hi a loom, pait of which Is set aside for dancing. The prin cipal evil Is tha't an Innocent amusement, which chiefly attracts the ypuni?, should at the same time subjectthem to the tempta. Uon to drink. The evil Is In the propinquity of the two things. The dancing Is made the bait to the hook. DANCING AND PIUXKINU Both Judges delivered opinions today on cibarets attached to saloons In residential sections of the city. Their decision was clvcn during the hearing of a remonstrance against Adam I-otz, proprietor of the Mer maid Hotel, Germantovvn avenuo and Mcr mojd lane. , Lotz was accused by -tlio No License I aeuo of GermantowQ with permitting the sale of Intoxicants to felrls who frequented the dance floor connected with his place. 'The court la of the Impression," said Judge Martin, "that I.otz has mado an effort to conduct his place properly, but tnat conditions, got beyond his control. SMALL SALOONS AND BIO CAKKS "The subject Is so new to me that I do not feel ,lke '"V'" "own h general ruie of conduct for this court until I shall have observed the subject further. I am not pre. pared at least, not yetto condemn the dancing floors of largo restaurants and hotels, oven where accommodations for eat ing and drinking are In close proximity to dahCini. 1IUUID, 4. J1UVO BVCIl BUL'Il without naving ouservea any mis- FERDINAND A. ROEBLING, BRIDGE BUILDER, DIES General Manager of Company Disease It- PHILLY REGULARS TRIMMED SST. rETEIlSBirrvG, Tin., Mnich 10. The Yanlgnus romped over tlm Regulars In the first game of the season this afternoon by the score of 5 to 3. Bill Kilmer's athletes took the lead In the first Inning and weie never headed. Lutz twirled a good game and Craig's work njso looked great. Gany, the icciult from the Virginia League, led with the stick, having thiee singles. BASKETBALL SCORES . , Lower Merlon Sis. (final) 22 Lower Merlon Jrs 15 Lower Merlon Sophs (final) .... 5 Lower Merlon Fresh 10 BASEBALL SCORES Penn Varsity 00 0 0 Second Varsity 0 100 Batteries Cioniwell and Gllmore; Bower and Houch. ADDITIONAL RACING RESULTS Fifth Hot Springs race, 3-year-olds, selling, 6 furlongs Nettie Walcutt, 101, Seherrcr, 0 t 1, 2 to 1, even, won; Hondo, '103, Tu-lor, 8 to 1, 3 to 1, 7 to 5, second; Hester Smith, 103, Lyke, 12 to 1, 5 to 1, 5 to 2, third. Time, 1.17 1-5. ' Sixth Hot Springs :ace, 3-ycar-plds and up, selling, 1 mile Snnsiming, 110, Urquhardt, -1 to 5, 1 to 3, out, won; Chad Beuford, 111, Crump, 10 to 1, 4 to 1, 2 to 1, second; Plaudit", 107. Murphy, 7 to 2, 0 to 5, 1 to 2; third. Time, 1.4G. WILL BE TRIED FOR BREACH OF NEUTRALITY NEW YORK, March 10. The trial of Albert 0. Sander .ana Charles N. Wunncnbeig, former newspaper men charged with launch ing a military enterpiise against Gieat Britain from the United States will begin Wednesday licfore Judge Van Vleet In United States Dis trict Couit heie, it was announced today. Geprge Vaux Bacon, ,th American newspaper man broughT hci "wltness'for tlio Government. WILSON ORDERS RAILROAD MEN TO ARBITRATE i.i ,v r vj vr Board Goes to New York; to Confer With Disputants Lj! W ) m i ii'- ..d ":s PLAN DRASTIC MOVE IF PARLEYING FAILSV' i War Department Believed , Ready to Act if Compro mise Is Rejected y Wi y-'i M f GOMPERS ON CORJMITTEE e from Loncion, wuifijg a.tjar WILSON. THIN FROM ILLNESS. DISOBEYS ORDERS WASHINGTON, March 10. Piesideut Wilson, seen for tlio tlxst time today for more than a week, appeared slightly thinner as a result of his Illness. He called the meeting of the Cabinet to confei about the railroad situation In spite of Doctor Grayson's ordera ho should seo no one beforcnext Monday. He wore a heavy ovcicoat whin coming from tlio White House to the executive offices although tho day was mild. His face was very serious and somewhat pale when he appeared in the Cabinet loom. U. S. REJECTS CARKANZA'S PLAN FOR EMBARGO WASHINGTON, Murch 1(5. Tlio t'nltcil States emolument icfusoH to, place uii cmbarRo on supplies ur inunilloiiH to tho Allies, mijh a nolo to General Car r.mzn hont by the Stato Uopai tnient this afternoon. The noto Is in icply to General Carruiiza's noto piopoMnt; mich embarRoes. v Wilson Issues Personal Appeal to Avert Strike ' WASHINGTON, March 10. pOINCU)ENT with designating tiic Mediatory Board, President I Wilson later sent a personal appeal i to members of the railroad brother I hoods and railroad managers for co operation m the best interests of the country. The nppcal reads: . 1 1 deem it my duty and my right to appeal to you in this time of national peril to open again the questions at issue be tween the railroads and their operatives with a view to ac commodation or . settlement. With my approval, a committee of the Council of National De fense is about to seek a confer ence with you with thut end in . view. A general interruption of the railway traffic of the country at this time would entail a danger to the nation against which I have the right to enter my most solemn and 'earnest protest. --lis now-thc duty -of every patriotic man to bring matters of this sort to immediate ac commodation. The 'safety of the country against manifest perils affect ing its own peace and the peace of the whole world makes ac commodation absolutely impera- tive and seems to me to render any oilier choice or action 'in-y conceivable. ' WOODROW WILSON. U. S. TROOPS RUSHED TO GUARD P, CANAL WASHINGTON, MiiiuIi 10. A battalion of the United Stiucs infantry now fctationed In I'orto Ulco will be rushed to tho I'anaina ("anal to ic-cnforcc the Eunid of that waterway, II was leatued at tho War Depui tment rTiis afternoon. No explanation of tho ursency of the move was obtainable. FERDINAND W. ROEBLING Tlti;.VrON, Match 1C. Kercllnaml W rtoeblltiR, heenty-flvo years old, treasurer anil Bdieral manager of tlio John A. Itoeli IIhk Sons Company, builder of the llrookln bridge, and other great structures, died this afternoon at his home, 222 AVest State street, from licatt disease following a heavj cold conti acted a mouth ago. He was born in 1812 in Haxonbure. I'a., whero his father, the late John A. Itoebllng, established tho llrst wire mill In the country. Mr Itoehling besides his Interests here nnd at lloebllne. N. J , woh a director In nioro than a scoro of largo financial iiifctl tutlons. IIo Is survived by four children, Karl O. Hoebllng,' V. W Itoehling," Jr.. Mrs. K. V. I' l'errlno and Mrs. William T. WJute, nil of this city, and three brothers, Charles (J. Itoehling. president of tho rtoebllng.Com pany; Colonel Washington A. Hocbjlnp, of this city, nnd lldvvnrd Itoehling, of New York I1KITISH DESTROYER HITS CHANNEL MINE AND SINKS LONDON, Match IB A lliitisli destrojer of iii old tpo struck u inlno In t lie channel jesterday and sank, the Admiralty announced today. One man wus Killed ond twenty-eight arc missing. TWO BLOWN TO PIECES BY BOMB EXPLOSION tho DlaCes wiinoui iiuvmt, uueervcu any mis conduct like that related In two or three of the cases tvo nvo oeuru ui una term. "Whether It Is that the greater publicity and openness puts a restraint upon the confluct of the visitors, or whether tho pio prletors, having more at stake, exercised a more careful control, I do not know. I iy that I .m not prepared to. deal with the whole subject now, but I propose to deal with each A?ase as It arises. Tills much, I fel eure of that the cabaiet-at-' taoJiM lonne ueuumtWaiuvQn,- oupeciany Pcmberton Square Courthouse, Boston, Scene of Outrage During Sit ting of Court " HOSTON, March 16. Two bombs were exploded in a lavatory of the rcmbcrton Square courthouse late this afternoon while tho Superior Court was in session. Two men were blown to pieces. Identification was Impossible. " Tho police immediately started search for the men whp set the bombs. j . Truth About Russia Particular interest will attach to the Book Page in tomorrow's EVKNINC Ledger be cause of a masterly review of con ditions in tho Czar's dominions, 'as set forth in a new and, authoritative liberal historical work on Russia, written. bv Professor Komilov. of 'the Pol(crAcuJ fitjFetw the Great in DANIELS MAY BUILD SUBMARINES IN U. S. YARDS WASHINGTON, March 18. Secietary of tho Navy Daniels has under berious consideration the Immediate equipping of tho 1'uget Sound and I'orthmouth, N. H., Navy Yard in order to start work at once on at least pait of tho thirty-eight new submailnes without waiting for bids from pi hate shipjards, which nrtf to be opened Apill 11, it wus learned today. rf M t-"l a :x . N ft m Vt K"3 CHICAGO, March 16. One thousand local chairmen repre senting western trainmen this after noon ratified the action of the four brotherhood chiefs in calling a railroad strike. Trainmen in the western d(- vision will go on strike at 6 o'clock -j'.j Monday morning, unless a settlement is reached. , ' (4 rm.miRirs n ii...!, ic 'rJ ii nit; iiiijitiiuiiik imiruau oirinc in' ft tcrfercs with our food supply and with? yi our standing behind the President in P-H wji rnilrnnda Hnid fnvnrnnr for. nf Olilli--MH todnv. He wan cheered for ten .minute -t'. . --- VJ ? ?. full strcngth,xl will declare martial, law and take possession and operate the .- SENATE ADJOURNS SINE DIE WASHINGTON, March 16. The Senate adjourned sine die at 3.03 this after noon after President Wilson informed It ho had nothing further to lay before It "nl present." U-BOATS WILL SPARE BELGIAN RELIEF SHIPS NIIW YORK, March 16. Ships cairylug supplies to Belgium for tho commis sion for relief In Belgium aio now imniiiuo fiom Geimnn submarine attack It they follov tho northern route, nccoidlng to u' statement given out at tho coinmisb'.on'B headquarters hero today. The announcement followed receipt of u cablegruiti from London stating that Instructions hnvo been sent fo commanders of all German submarines to spare the relief ships. FLOODING OF COLLIERIES FOLLOWS STRIKE POTTS VI LLE, Pa., March 16. Tho collieries of the I.chlgh Coal and Naviga tion Company In tho Panther Creek Valley aro flooding. The sixty pumpmen nnd engineers have struck. They demand $100 a month pay. Kvery colliery of tho company Is Idle and 9000 mine workers urc out of work. ACTION ON COLOMBIA TREATY INDEFINITELY POSTPONED WASHINGTON, March 16. Action on the' Colombian treaty was indefinitely postponed by the Senate this afternoon, nftcr It became apparent to Administration leaders that It was doomed to certain defeat If put to a vote. RESERVE BOARD DENIES PACT WITH ALLIES WASHINGTON, March 16. The federal Reserve Board today denied report! from London that It had formed a financial alliance with tho Allied Governments. Members of that body pointed out that it would be beyond their Jurisdiction i to effect any alliance with a foreign Government. HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENTS TO COST $700,000 Bids were received by Director "Dalesman, of the Department of Fublio Works; today for highway Improvements that twlll cost the city approximately $700,M. which will come out of loan' funds already available;. The work Includee UMyMf WASHINGTON, March 16. Tho United States Government has acted I n .. niYn... ,a HA..An. , t. & . n I . ... t.1 .all.Cl ill nil i'iiui l iu jiiu.viih tii.3 uaiiuii'Hiua ini- t, rmirl utrllcn jnllcrl trtf R nV!rvlr Inmnrm 'm afternoon. Secretary of Interior Lane, Secretary of,",? Labor Wilson, Samuel Gompers, president ,5ft of tho American Federation of Labor, and ji Daniel Wllnrd, president of the Baltimore m and Ohio Italhoad, were, this afternoon '"" 'tS named bv President Wilson to confer with j brotherhood chiefs and railroad managers "'$ In n Una! effort to avert such a calamity. " All loft for New York city at -1 o'clock. J'UIIUWIIIK U IIIIUIIUS. ML iiio iiuoiuciiis , Cabinet this afternoon, at which the strike . . situation was uiscussea, tiecreiary oi war. 'H Baker issued tho following statement: Acting under a plan suggested by the ) i National Council of Defense today. Sec- J retary Lane, Secretary Wilson, Daniel .jj; WlllnrH mill Knmtipl (InmnprH. nil mi.nl. ! . beis of the advisory council of the f. Council of National Defense, will go to f New York to confer Immediately wlta J' rejrescjuuiivi."B vi uuiii biucb mui in , end in view of bringing abont an ad , uoHnm nltmitlnn flAVplniitncr nf n tin'. ." ."-WM" 'V" :' . . r-m -- ...r of international crisis. I rtJ This action was taken ubJct to the t'ontlnoed an face KUrbt. which worthy ot . paving; $500,000 worth vof repaying, ,wlth .asphalt blnUu' CehHM i .. THE WEATHER FORECAST l'ttruPhitadelpUla and vtcinUyli (no clouillncis tonight, protoaw fi Tty rain in the early morning' and Saturday; coldest tonight .aieut five degrect; moderate n'oftK a4 cast icinds. i.kSiith or jhv Bun rlif. ,."!;. ' .1 $ gun t.,..i Pjin. J, DtXAWAKK KlVm" 1 -CKKJTK XM wU. . 14t K 1H1 . . .i iir&i-..... .' . , . ?. . k '.V,si . '- '" ..,.'--;, m,mM.n j- ..- ' - . f .... ii iAitytr..nu- la .ai) ,vil, irlokj J
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