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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1917
Page
1
An unnamed official of the railroad brotherhoods said there would be no strike and that the brotherhoods had won a complete victory, speaking in New York on March 17.
At 1 30 this morning the Big Four notified Ross O'Brien to secure all available engineers and firemen and report for duty at 3 30. He sent out crews to round up trainmen though officials claimed no employees had left. Night Yardmaster Stephens reported no freight trains operated since 6. O'Brien, known as a strikebreaker, refused to discuss the situation.
Secretary Daniels announced new wartime censorship guidelines after a meeting with the War Navy and State departments and major news associations. Officials planned tentative rules for reporting on troop and ship movements and agreed to seek public input before final adoption. Daniels clarified that departures from ports should not be published while ship arrivals may be printed due to public interest.
Dispatches from Berlin and Vienna report a revolutionary mood in Germany and Austria after Russia's Romanoff dynasty fell. Analysts warn the German government fears uprising while Socialists gain applause in Parliament. Emperors and ministers discuss potential armistice talks as Petrograd's coup shifts war dynamics.
Madame Catherine Breshkovsky known as the grandmother of the Russian revolution is invited by M Kerenski to return to Petrograd after thirty years in exile and prison. She escaped twice, is 73, and raised funds in the United States for the cause.
A report outlines a gradual process of political change across sections of the Muscovite realm, noting the transition from monarchy to democratic governance will unfold slowly and unevenly across regions and institutions.
Paris reports Briand’s cabinet resigns while Briand’s government ends. In London, Russia’s new regime aims to be United States of Russia with Premier Looff as provisional president. Duma sessions continue as pacifist and war party splits emerge. exile communities plan return once amnesty is guaranteed.
W G Lee spokesman for the four Railroad Brotherhoods says an agreement by Monday should avert a strike. He spoke in New York on March 17 and expressed optimism about reaching a settlement to avoid a work stoppage.
Reports from Dayton East St. Louis Connellsville Newark Mansfield and Parkersburg say railway men walked out at 7 pm despite a truce in the New York conference. Workers later returned upon learning of New York action as President Wilson mediates a forty eight hour postponement of the general strike.
Weather outlook for Ohio Indiana and Kentucky partly cloudy Sunday and Monday fair with no temperature change. West Virginia and Tennessee partly cloudy and colder Sunday with Monday fair. Temperature readings listed for multiple stations with highs in 60s and 70s, plus a Cincinnati record for March 17 1917 ending at 7 pm meridian time and related humidity wind and precipitation values.
Georgetown Kentucky March 17 Miss Lillian Ingram and Will Gardiner manager auto department of Alms Doepke were married here late Saturday afternoon Dr Dawes officiating.
London reports the 13 year old Alexis, heir to the Russian throne, died with no cause stated. Dispatches note Czar Nicholas ill with scarlet fever and at Pskoff under guard. Empress Alexandra remains at Tsarko Selo as Petrograd unrest continues. Grand Duke Michael’s fate unclear amid abdication talks and Duma emissaries.
Reading detectives investigate theft of over 3000 dollars in gems from Dr Fred W Land and wife. Entry showed no force, suspected duplicate key thieves familiar with the Avon Building area. Other nearby homes on Josephine Street and Clarion Avenue reported break ins with jewelry taken.
Dr. G. Deutsch of Hebrew Union College predicts the Russian revolution will benefit Jewish rights. He notes leaders like Prof. Miliakoff and M. Nekrasoff supported Jewish rights and argues democracies cannot suppress a population's religious or racial rights. He recalls 1905 discussions of reform and predicts broader change.
A cigar seller from Akron wired President Wilson inviting him to visit his shop in Washington. He claimed the shop offers a hundred settlement ideas daily and suggested spending hours there as the railroad strike and European war dominated discourse.
In Lima Ohio today a sole bandit stormed the Lima Home Savings Bank at 2 pm in the crowded downtown. He held two clerks at gunpoint and fled with six hundred dollars in cash, leaving shoppers stunned in the center of the business district.
Allied forces captured Bapaume after fierce fighting, with Le Transloy and Achiet le Petit falling as British troops pressed the German line in Somme and Picardy. German withdrawals lengthen the frontline toward Arras while Paris fronts report stinging setbacks for Berlin.
The Oireachter Club of Irish women decided at Burnet House to make its St Patrick Day celebration an annual event. A card dansant held with afternoon and evening sessions met with success. Proceeds from the affair will go to charity.
Colonel Robert J. Morgan a notable Cincinnati figure and former Printing Company president and police commissioner has been ill and confined at home for two weeks but now shows convalescence progress.
Mrs Minnie Sith of 324 Water Street reported to police Saturday night she was approached by two boys about 12 years old while walking near Manchester and McMicken Avenues. They claimed they were robbed by a negro and one boy grabbed her pocketbook containing $2 before escaping.
The first month of Germany's unrestricted submarine warfare cost the United States nearly 200 million dollars in export and import trade. Official figures show American exports declined to 147,032,659 in value while February total exports stood at 466,523,034 compared with January's 613,565,693.
PetrogradMarch 17 The republic of Russia is in the making as the old autocracy yields to liberal democracy Russians are no longer subjects but citizens and will be addressed by a new government Emancipation of Jews abolition of social religious and national restrictions full political amnesty including Siberia’s political prisoners liberty of speech and press expected under sweeping reforms
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