Revolt in Petrograd Ends Tsar Rule and Regents Named
Petrograd reports a vast Russian uprising ending the imperial regime. Nicholas abdicates, Grand Duke Michael named regent, Protopopoff killed or arrested, new cabinet led by Prince Lvoff. Bread lines reform, streets reopen, jail and police centers burned, Empress rumored in hiding. Meanwhile US rail strike fears loom as Brotherhoods push eight hour day.
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Czar
Nicholas
Russia
Michael Walkout
Duma
Polickee
Astoria Military Hotel
St. Isaacs
Railroads Offer Arbitration Over Adamson Law Dispute
Elisha Lee, head of the national railroad conference committee, states railroads have offered to leave unsettled issues to the Goethals eight hour commission appointed by the President. He laments union leaders refused the offer and ordered strikes beginning Saturday at 6 pm. The offer outlines two scenarios depending on the Supreme Court ruling on constitutionality.
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York
Elisha Lee
National Conference Committee of the Railroads
Goethals
Supreme Court
Adamson Law
Rasputin Death Arouses Russian Revolt Spark
London dispatch reports Petrograd unrest spreading since Rasputin’s assassination. Hunger, weapon fire, and civil conflict drive lines of civilians and troops. Shortage of food and mismanagement blamed on German influence as regiments declare for the duma. News delayed for evening papers.
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London
Reuter
Petrograd
Rasputin
Russia
Dissolves Duma by Royal Ukase in Petrograd
The Duma was dissolved by imperial ukase effective March 1 with sittings adjourned until further notice. Premier Rodzianko sent a telegram to the Emperor urging the people’s will be heeded as troops mutinied and revolted in Petrograd. Regiments joined, fortress seized, and revolutionary bulletins spread amid growing chaos.
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Petrograd
Duma
Rodzianko
Michael V. Rodeianko
N. V. Nekrasoff
Alt. Konovaloff
L. Sb. Onitrukoff
A. F Nernsky
M. Ss. Pshkwidze
Frontera
Tsarko-Selo
Velynsky Regiment
St. Peter and St. Paul
The
Neva
Villa Captures Parral and Threatens Chihuahua City
Report from government agents forwarded to Washington says Villa’s forces captured Parral in Chihuahua Saturday from Carranza loyalists. The same source states Villa then began a movement toward Chihuahua City with intent to attack the state capital.
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Paso
Villa
Parral
Chihuahua
Washington
Chihuhua City
U S Orders Ten Big Vessels for the Navy
Washington reports the navy department placed contracts for four battle cruisers and six scout cruisers in a record order worth about 112 million dollars for hulls and machinery. Builders agreed to 10 percent net profit on battle cruisers, with delivery and cost details and plans for hydroplane equipment.
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Washington
Navy Department
Daniels
Philadelphia Navy Vard
Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company
Fore River Shipbuilding Corporation
New York Shipbuilding Company
New York Company
Phila
Brotherhoods Present Strike Statement Amid Eight Hour Labor Talks
In New York on March 16 the four brotherhood chiefs W G Lee for trainmen W S Carter for firemen L E Sheppard for conductors and W S Stone for engineers released a statement detailing a proposal to apply the Adamson eight hour law to rail service with specific overtime terms. They report the conference committee rejected the plan and offered arbitration through the eight hour commission, with variations if the law is constitutional or unconstitutional.
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Ashington
Wilson
Ife
Brotherhood
New York
White House
Labor Department
Brotherhoods
W. G. Lee
W. S. Carter
L. E Sheppard
W.8. Stone
Conference Committee of the Railways
Supreme Court
Eight Fienie Commission
Arbitration Board
Freight Delay Orders Issued by Western Railroads
Chicago reports that railroad executives west of Chicago and St. Louis ordered agents to receive freight subject to delay and loss in case of a general strike. The measure, effective immediately, waives delay and damage claims while shipments continue for perishables and non perishables. Denver dispatch notes Burlington Lines accepting only shipments at shippers’ risk due to the New York strike order.
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New York Central
Nickel Plate
Baltimore and Ohio
Chicago
Louis
Southern Railway
Norfolk & Western
Virginian
Chesapeake and Ohio
Burlington and Wabash Lines
St. Louis
Burlington Lines
Denver
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
New York
Train wreck near El Paso leaves crew dead
A westbound Southern Pacific passenger train No 9 crashed through a bridge 47 miles east of El Paso on Thursday night. The disaster killed the engineer and fireman and wrecked the engine baggage car and mail cars, according to officials.
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EL Paso
Tex
Southern Pacific
Here
Kronstadt Seized by Duma Deputies
Reuters reports from Petrograd that Kronstadt, the fortress and seaport at the Gulf of Finland near Petrograd, joined the revolutionary movement. Deputies Pepa tlauff and Taskine arrived with duma authority, troops pledged to the duma, and Pepalauff named commandant of Kronstadt, Russia’s key naval station.
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London
Petrograd
Reuter
Kronstadt
Gulf of Finland
Revolutionary Movement
Pepatlauff
Taskine
Duma
M. Pepalauff
Russia
Governor Ferguson Exonerated by House Committee
Austin Texas March 16 Gov James E Ferguson was exonerated of charges investigated by a legislative committee in a report to the house. The house adopted a resolution ruling the charges unworthy of impeachment and cleared Ferguson of wrongdoing.
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Austin
Texas
James E. Ferguson
Villa in Magistral kills two Americans
A Mexican mining man arrived in El Paso Texas on March 1 and said Villa led an assault on Magistral Durango fifteen days earlier killing two Americans Lou Zeitter and A Winn and injuring several Mexican miners. The report has not been independently confirmed.
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Texas
Magistral
Durango
Villa
Lou Zeitter
A. Winn
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the Emperor
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Union Ironworks
San Francisco
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Philadelphia
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