Russia implodes as emperor abdicates and republic rises
London reports from Stockholm and Petrograd that Emperor Nicholas II is believed imprisoned and Empress Alexandra sent to Kiev while Grand Duke Michael accepts the throne conditionally. The Romanoff dynasty falls after Nicholas abdicates, with Russia edging toward a provisional government and a republic as crowds tear down imperial insignia and demand decisive change.
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London
Nya Dagligt Allehand
Stockholm
Haparanda
Nicholas
Kiev
Tauride
House of Parliament
Petrograd
Russia
House of
Altho
Michael
Winter Palace
Old Empire
Imperial Palace
Dumn
Peremrra An Erceris
Duma
Prince Looff
Constitutional Assembly
Duma Committee
Railmen in Pennsylvania Fight Strike
Rail workers in Pennsylvania move to block a potential strike by filing a federal suit. The bill argues the joint ballot is inactive since its issue eight months ago and canceled by the Adamson act last fall. Complainants allege chiefs refused to arbitrate, violating union bylaws.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Brotherhoods
Waterloo Trainmen Endorse Brotherhood Strike Action
Local train crews in Waterloo endorse the nationwide strike, planning to walk out at 6 p.m. Monday after daily meetings since the strike order. No ballots were taken to gauge sentiment. officials say the majority will strike, with arbitration rejected and law enforcement sought.
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Waterloo
L. 5
Bennett
Freman
Chicago
Two Fast Trains On New Haven Held By Strike
Boston press reports the Knickerbocker limited and Merchants limited on the New York, New Haven and Hartford line were cancelled due to a strike. The last Boston parlor car was tied to the 10:05 a.m. departure as services were disrupted.
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New Haven
Boston, Mess
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Knickerbocker Limited
New York
Merchants’ Limited
Boston
Allied Forges Great Push as British Advance Across Front
British and French forces push along a 13 mile front from the Avre to the Oise with gains near Bapaume Le Transloy Achiet-le-Petit and Somme crest. German retreat continues in the Ancre Somme region as heavy bombardment and rapid road rail advance reshape the front amid fires and ruins.
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London
le Transloy
Achietle-Petit
An Statt
Associated Press
France
Ancre
Somme
Bapaume
Berlin
Sailly
St. Pierre-Vaast Wood
Beiintenes
Des Moines Rail Strike Shuts Freight Movement
Railroad workers planned a walkout into Sunday night amid mediation talks, halting shipments of perishables and forcing freight to move west. Oil firms refused to sell gasoline outside Des Moines, and authorities planned motor truck food supplies. Freight house closed at Clinton, Iowa, noon today with orders to stop accepting freight.
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Des Moines
Jir
Freighthouse
Clinton
Mare
Agen
Chicago & Northwestern Railway
Boat Attacked LinER Lapland Patrols Report
New York reports two attempts to sink the White Star passenger steamer Lapland on her outward voyage from Liverpool starting February 14. A patrol boat sank a submarine near the coast, and hours later a torpedo was seen passing the Lapland’s bows near the Mersey river mouth.
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New York
Lapland
Liverpool
Mersey River
Russian Garrison Mutiny Besieges Sveaborg Fortress
Stockholm dispatch reports the Russian garrison at Sveaborg near Helsingfors mutinied and refused to join the revolution. The fortress was declared in revolt, with Russian soldiers resisting joining the uprising. The Swedish Nyheter newspaper relayed the notice via Exchange Telegraph.
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London
Sveaborg
Trelsingfors
Nyheter
Stockholm
Exchange Telegraph Company
Zeppelin Felled Wit Fleet Loss Near Camp Pic up
Zeppellin shot down in flames near Camp Piegne, Paris. All crew lost in the disaster, with no survivors reported.
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Paris
Maren
Zeppelin
Camp Piegne
John M Studebaker Dies in South Bend Wagon Works Founding Figure
John M. Studebaker, one of the founders of the Studebaker corporation and a longtime wagonmaker, died in South Bend Indiana last night after a long career. The obituary notes his central role in the company’s early fortunes and his status as a founding figure in American wagon manufacture.
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South Bend
Ind
John M. Studebaker
Yeers Oll
Studebaker Corporation
Wilson appeals to patriotism to end rail strike
President appeals to railroad managers and union leaders to accept mediation amid national peril. He says a traffic interruption would threaten the nation and world peace, urging immediate accommodation with a council of national defense conference organizers ready to mediate.
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Wilson
Washington, D. C
Ther
Council of National Defense
Another Conference Offers Hope of Rail Strike Postponement
New York March 17 news that the federal mediation committee agreed to a 48 hour postponement of the railroad strike. Secretaries Lane and Wilson and Daniel Willard signed a statement calling for renewed negotiations to avoid a strike. A joint conference with mediators, brotherhood chiefs, and railroad managers was set for 10 a.m. tomorrow.
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New York
Wane
Federal Mediation Committee
National Site Nation
Brotherhoods
Ther
Franklin K. Lane
Willian Wilson
Daniel Willard
Simuel Gompers
Brotherhood
Marel
National Conference of Railway Managers
Al‘tho
Brotherhoods’ Chiefs
Supreme Court
United States Supreme Court
Council of National Defense
Wiltmore
Wilson
Department of Labor
Washington
Lane
Sumuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Gompers
One
Willard
Railroad Brotherhood
Grand Central Terminal
Council of National Defense Committee
New Haven
Michigan Central
Cleveland
New York Central
Canada
Cannibus
Cincinnati, Lebanon & Northern Railroad
Pennsylvania Lines
M. Geer
Pennsylvania
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Wes. Carter
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