May Offer Armistice Hollweg Visits Emperor
London report says German Chancellor Bethmann-Hollweg met Emperor Charles at Laxenburg with Austro Hungarian Foreign Minister Czernin to discuss the Russian situation and possible armistice. He will travel to Berlin Saturday night to brief the German emperor. Potential Russian civil conflict discussed by Vienna officials amid Petrograd revolution.
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Vienna
H Kaiser
London
Exchange Telegraph Company
The
Hague
Laxenburg Castle
von Bethmann-Hollweg
Emperor Charles
Count Czernin
Adda
Charles
Gareman
Berlin
British Hope Grand Duke Will Accept the Regency
London reports the Russian revolution dominates news as the allies seek stable government. Grand Duke Michael is hoped to rule with a popular mandate while no plans for a regency are confirmed. Grand Duke Nicholas is seen as the strongest royal figure.
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London
Germaic
France
Grand Duke
Mechael
Nicholas
Reyal
Death notices from March 1917 Washington area obits
Died notices list Margaret Bullivan Ike age 73 at 1602 Fifteenth Northwest with private interment. John R. Carmody Navy retiree interred Arlington March 20. Avisette Watkins Dilli funeral at 2 PM March 1T. Anna Jeanette Douglas daughter of late August and Mary Crawford Douglas with private interment and viewing. Gilbert J. Gannon former Washington clergyman funeral details pending. Samuel L Warren obituary notice with Rock Creek Cemetery interment. Thomas Paden Wilgus son of Albert and Mary E Wilgus listed with funeral plans in Phoenix and Seattle notices.
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Addenly
Margaret Bullivan Ike
Carmody
Pelham N
John R. Carmody
United States Navy
Arlington
Dilli
Mre
Atrest Northwest
Avisette Watkins Dilli
Rock Fresk
Douglas
Anna Jeanette
Mary Virginia Crawford Douglas
Church of the Epiphany
Gawler's Chapel
Pennsylvania Avenue
Gannon
Montgomery
Ala
Gilbert J. Gannon
Washington, D. C
Warren
Monroe Northwest
Samupl L
Carrie E. Warren
Rock’ Creek
Wilgus
Phoenix, Ariz
Thomas Paden
Albert
Mary E. Wilgus
Sue W Hameanr
Nortre
Seattle
Local Funeral Homes and Florists Adverts
A collage of Washington DC funeral services and florists lists. Firms named include F A Speare Sons 1208 H Street NW and George P Zarhorst's Sons Inc 201 East Capitol Street. W B Speare, 611 Seventh St NW. Thos H Hindle Undertaker. Charles 8 George F. J H Small & Sons Florists. Madison Avenue outlets in New York. Descriptions note cremation options and moderately priced designs.
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F. A. Speare Sons
H Street
N. W
Almus HR. Speare
Wills B. Speare
Sergeon
Seventh St. N. W
Frank Gehier
Blackistone
S Lath & H Ste
Imperial Manifesto: Czar Abdicates Throne For Russia
The text of Nicholas II abdication declares Russia must unite for victory in the war. He renounces supreme power and bequeaths the throne to Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich, urging loyal citizens to support the transition and national duty.
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Czar
Russia
Soa
Michael Alekarndrovitch
Grand Duke Declares Transfer of Imperial Power
The grand duke declares he will accept supreme power only if the people so will, urging a plebiscite organized by a constituent assembly to establish a new form of government and fundamental laws for Russia. He calls citizens to submit to the provisional government created by the duma until the assembly decides, with universal direct suffrage.
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Treadsan
Russia
Duma
Dramatic Scene on Czar's Train As Emperor Signs Final Decree
Petrograd dispatch reports Emperor Nicholas signed his abdication aboard a train near Pskoff after contact with a Duma emissary group. He chose to abdicate in favor of his brother, citing the hardship of separation from his son, and the decree was signed immediately. The event comes amid reports of troops defecting to the revolutionaries as the monarchy nears end.
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Petrograd
Nicholas
Pskoff
The
Duma
Nicholas V. Ruzsky
Council of the Empire
Supreme Military Council
Baron W
Fredericks
Count Narishkin
Czar’s Whereabouts Not Certain in War News
The story reports Emperor Nicholas abdicating and returning to general staff headquarters. It notes troops’ likely reaction to Grand Duke Nicholas as commander in chief and cites a cablegram saying the empress and crown prince are safe in Finland while the emperor rests at Snetogorsky Monastery in Pskoi. It mentions plans for a government titled United States of Russia with Prince Looff as president.
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Nicholas II
Russias
Czar
Poland
Grand Duke
Finland
Russia
Fne
Associated Press
Petrograd
Nicholas
General Staff Headquarters
New York
Snetogorsky Monastery
Pskoi
Russian-American-Asiatic Corporation
Ivan Nerodny
Morodny
United States of Russia
Prince Looff
Men in the New Russian Cabinet Hold Confidence of the Masses
Samuel N Harper profiles the new Russian cabinet as outlined by United Press. He notes Prince Lvoff as a leading public figure through the Zemstvo Union and praises the provisional government for its foresight in cabinet selections.
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United Press
Chicago
Samuel N. Fearner
University of Chicago
America
Harper
Russia
Samuel N. Harper
Provisional Government
Duma
Gematvo Union
Prince Lvoff
Zemstvo Union
Petrograd Cabinet Shuffle Amid War Leaders Support
A diplomat’s review notes Lyoff as a tactful premier candidate backed by army leaders and praises Guchkoff, Milukoff, Manulloff, and Nekrasoff in key posts. It cites army reform since 1908 and the army’s favorable view of the new cabinet amid the Petrograd revolt. Also mentions rapid transit rates to Baltimore.
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Alexander Guchkoff
Lyvoff
Guchkof
Duma
Guchkoff
Ichingaref
Paul Milukoff
America
Grandmother of Revolt Invited to Petrograd
Mme Catherin a, known as the grandmother of the Russian revolt, is invited by Russia’s justice minister to return to Petrograd. Breshkovskaya, aged 73, long imprisoned for anti govern ment activities, was a prominent figure aiding the revolutionary cause and raising funds in the United States before her arrest and exile.
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Trrograd
Mme. Cathera
Ictha
Revo
M Karenister
Justice
Mma
Beneczskaya
Breshkovsans
Baboushka
Candmeather
Hussia
Breshkovskaya
Siberia
Russia
Russa
United
Washington
Cape
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Lyoff
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Manulloff
Nekrasoff
Bagan
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Winter Palace
Rasistas
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Godness
Kerenski
Labor Party of the
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Ohio
the Younglars
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U. S
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Riggs National Bank
Riggs National Bank OF Washington
United States Treasury
Ance
Lynchburg
United Cigarette Machine Company
R. Harris & CO
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Howard
Hamilton
the Jewelers
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