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New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-03-23
new CABINETS POLICY
RUSSIAN DUMA COMMITTEE is
SUES PROGRAM.
Liberty Granted People and General
Amnesty for All Political and
Religious Offenses.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
London.-The provisional govern
ment of Russia has issued the follow
ing appeal to the people, according
to a dispatch received from Reuters
P%etrograd correspondent:
Citizens-The executive committee
of the duma, with the aid and support
Of the garrison of the capital and its
inhabitants, has succeeded in tri
umphing over the obnoxious forces OF
the old regime in such a manner that
we are able to proceed to a more
stable organization of the executive
power, with men whose past political
activity assur them the country's
confidence. The new cabinet will
base its policy on the following prin-
ciples:
Tristan immediate general am
nesty for all political and religious of,
lenses, including terrorist acts and
military and agrarian %offenses.
Second-Liberty of speech and OF
the press; freedom for alliances,
unions and strikes, with the extension
of these liberties to military officials
within the limits admitted by mill
tary requirements.
Third-Abolition of all social, re-
ligious and national restrictions.
Fourth-To proceed forthwith to
the preparation and convocation Of a
constitutional assembly, based on uni
versal suffrage, which will establish
a governmental regime.
Fifth-The substitution of the po-
lice by a national militia, with chiefs
to be elected and responsible to the
government.
Sixth-Communal elections to be
based on universal suffrage.
Seventh-The troops which partici-
pated in the revolutionary movement
will not be disarmed, but will remain
in Petrograd.
Eighth-While maintaining strict
military discipline for troops on active
service, it is desirable to %abrogate for
soldiers all restrictions in the enjoy
ment of social rights accorded other
citizens.
The provisional government de-
sires to add that it has no intention
to profit by the circumstances of the
war to delay the realization of the
measures above mentioned.
Gar, Son and Grand Duke Out.
P%etrograd, March II. Emperor
Nicholas abdicated at midnight Thurs.
day night on behalf of himself and the
heir-apparent, Grand Duke Alexis, in
favor of Grand Duke Michael Alexan-
drovitch. At 2:30 o'clock Friday after
noon Grand Duke Michael himself abb
dicated, thus bringing the Romanoff
dynasty to an end.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-03-23
VILLA CAPTURES PARRAL.
Next Move Expected to Be Against
Capital of Chihuahua.

Cdpitd OF
Ell Paso, Tex.-Francisco Villa CAP
tured Parral, Chihuahua, defeating the
Carranza forces there, according to a
report received by government agents
here and forwarded to Washington.
After capturing the mountain min
ing town, Villa led his forces down
the mountain and started toward Chi
hauhua City with the intention Of at
lacking the state capital, according to
the same source
l.. A. VIM of New York city and
Bert Seigel, said to be from Pittsburg,
were shot and killed by Villista BAN
dts nea Magistral, Durango, accord
ing to information received here from
employees of American mining COM
panies located in Durango.
Jose Maria Flores, a guide and in
terpreter for Gen. Pershing in Mexico,
was executed nea the Babicora ranch
in western Chihuahua recently by Ju-
lilo Acosta, a Villa leader, because of
his friendship for the Americans, an
American from Babicora reported
upon his arrival. A companion of
Flores also was executed.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-03-23
Bandits Bodies Hanging to Poles,

Laredo, Texas.-Passengers arriv-
ing here rode through a lane
of bullet-riddled bodies suspended
from telegraph poles in the
vicinity of Vinegas, Mexico. The
CHASTITY spectacle was staged follow
ing a battle with a large body of ban
dts under the command of the Cedil-
10 brothers The losses were heavy on
both sides. After hanging the bandits
to the poles the Carranza soldiers pla-
carded each body with a warning that
a similar fate awaits all outlaws.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-03-23
EAGER to PROSECUTE WAR
English Correspondent Asserts That
All Glasses of Russians Favor Con-
~tinuation of Hostilities.

London. March 19.-Reuter's Petro-
grad correspondent ser the following
dispatch concerning the Russian revo-
luton under date of March IA:
"Your correspondent has been in the
streets both night and day for the last
three days. He has seen long lines Of
hungry men, women and children, and
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-03-23

has seen the wanton firing Of rifles
and machine guns, and civil war in the
main thoroughfares, but has not heard
q single word against war.
"A shortage of food, the lack of or
ganization and the neglect of the most
elementary precautions are popularity
ascribed to German influences. This
is a word of provOcatiOn on every lip.
"The killing of Rasputin was the
match that set fire to the vast heap of
patriotic determination that Russia
would deserve well of her allies If she
would give herself the chance
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-03-23
Fletcher and Carranza Confer

Mexico City.-The American am
~bassador, Henry P. Fletcher, had a
long conference with General Carran-
"a at the palace. Workingmen of
Mexico City paraded in honor of Gen.
eral C~arranza's election to the presi-
dency of the republic.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-03-23
Million War Defense Fund Voted.

Boston.-An emergency appropria-
ton of 81, 900, 900 was passed by the
State Legislature for the defense of
the State of Massachusetts. Governor
Mccall sent a special message asking
for the appropriation. The bill was
returned to him and signed in less
than two hours.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-03-23
Theaters Closed to Check Epidemic.

Cheyenne.-City officials closed all
moving picture theaters, owing to the
epidemic of scarlet fever. The clos.
ing of the moving picture houses -
the last step in the drawing of a
stringent quarantine. The public
schools, dance halls, public library
and all other public places had been
previously closed. The order issued
provides that the theaters remain
closed until March 26. the same day
set for the r%eopening OF schools.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-03-23
coIoradoan Killed In Arizona

Tucson, Ariz.-G. F. Sullivan, a min
ing man of Cripple Creek, Colo, was
instantly killed neal this city when
an automobile in which he was riding
overturned, pinning him beneath the
wreckage. The other members of the
party escaped with minor bruises.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-03-23
SMASH
GERMAN LINE
PERRONNE AND SIXTY TOWNS
CAPTURED BY BRITISH IN
FURIOUS BATTLE.
GAIN ON 100 M|LEFRONT
FRENCH TROOPS HAMMER FOES
HARD BETWEEN AvRE
AND OISE.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Paris, March 20.-French troops
have occupied about twenty additional
villages and small towns in their ad-
vance on the retreating Germans.
They have gone beyond Ham on the
Somme river and Chauny on the Disc.
which brings them appreciably nearer
to the st. Quentin-Laon line.
Washington, March 20.-President
Wilson is expected within the next
forty-eight hours to indicate definitely
hat he believes a virtual state of war
exists between the United States and
Germany. News received from Ply
mouth that fifteen men, some of them
Americans, had been drowned when
the American merchantmen Vigilan-
cha was sunk without warning by q
German submarine, added, if possible,
to the already grave view of the situ-
alton held here as a result of the de-
struction of the ~Vigilancia, the Illinois
and the City of Memphis.
London, March 2O.-A boat contain
ing the first, second and third mates
and five seamen of the Dutch steamer
Selien (Selene?), chartered by the
Belgian Relief Commission, has been
shelled by a submarine and all the &C.
cupants killed, according to a Reuter-
dispatch from Stavanger.
British forces in their latest push
on the western front have retaken ap-
proximately $50 square miles Of
French territory occupied by the
Germans since the beginning Of the
war. The following are the more i'm
portant of about eighty towns and vii
lagos reoccupied by the British:
Bapaume, Chaulnes, Peronne, Gre
Where, Fresnes, Horgny, Villers Car.
bonelle, Barleaux, Eterpigny, LIE
Dransloy, La M~aisonnette, Biefvillers,
Bihucourt, Achiet-L Grand, Achiet-
Le-Petit, Ablamseville, B%ucquoy, Es-
serts.
The French, in cooperation with
tnelT bTlIlSu allies Ill lulS ucW LuIuStp
have retaken and are in possession
of about 525 square miles of territory
formerly held by the Teutons. The
following are the more important
towns reported as occupied by the
French: Noyon, Crouy, Carlepont,
Morsam, Nouvroningre, Roye and Las
signy.
London.-Beach Thomas, in q dis
patch to the London Daily Mail, de-
scribing the German retreat in France
says at least 300 villages have been
burned to cinders.
Paris.-The French cabinet, headed
by Premier BRAND, has resigned.
London.-The British troops in the
Somme region of France have occu-
pied almost all of the st. Pierre-Vaast
wood and 5000 yards Of German
trenches north and south of the wood,
according to the British official COM
municatiOn.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-03-23
Russia's Fleet Joins In Revolution

London.-The entire Russian Baltic
fleet and the fo.tresses at Viborg and
S%veaborg have Joined the revolution
airy movement in Russia, says a dis
patch to the Exchange Telegraph
Company from Copenhagen which is
based on reports received from Hapa-
randa, Sweden.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-03-23
British Vessel Bray Head Sunk.

st. John, N. B.-Sinking of the Brit
ish steamer Bray Head by a German
submarine March IA was announced
in cable advices received by local
agents from the owners of the vessel
at Belfast, Ireland. Capt. Hoy and
seventeen members of the crew, the
message said, were missing.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-03-23
Pershing Accepts New Mexico Medal

Ell Paso, Tex.-In receiving a gold
medal presented to him by the state
of New Mexico, Maj. Gen. John j. Per
shing, commander of the Southern de-
partment, said that he accepted the
medal not rs a tribute to himself, but
to the splendid efficiency of the troops
composing the expedition which he led
into Mexico.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-03-23

Recognize New Russian Government.
London.-Official action by Great
Britain, France and Italy in recogni-
ton of the provisional government Of
Russia was taken in P%etrograd, 40
cording to Reuters Petrograd cores
pondent.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-03-23
MeatIess FRIDAY for Clubs.

London.-Nearly all the leading
London clubs have decided on one
meatless day a week, and for the sake
of convenience Friday has been cho-
sen as the day.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-03-23
Missouri AboIishes HANDING

jefferson City.-Both houses Of the
Missouri Legislature passed a law
abolishing capital punishment.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-03-23

Sixty U-Boats Lost In Six Weeks.
Washington.-About sixty German
submarines were captured and de-
stroyed between Jan. 1 and Feb. Is,
according to reports reaching. here.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-03-23
German Under Arrest as Spy.

Yuma, Ariz.-Peter Hans Rimers, a
German, was taken into custody by
government agents here and held by
the authorities pending an investiga-
ton of his movements.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-03-23
Rear Admiral Cottman Dead.

Washington.-Rear Admiral Vincen-
don L. Cottman, U. s. N, retired, died
here, aged 65. Admiral Cottman was
a native of Louisiana.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-03-23
Costigan Tariff Commission Member

Observation-Disclosures Wilson has
selected the following men as mem
bers of the Tariff Commission: Prof
Frank w. Taussig of Harvard Uni
versity; former Representative David
]. Lewis of Cumberland, Md; former
Representative William Kent of Kent.
field, Cal; Daniel c. Roper of Nc
Call, S. c.; f. p. Costigan of Denver,
Colo; w. S. Culbertson of Emporia,
Kan.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-03-23

American Aviator Given French Cross.
Paris.-The American aviator, Serg.
Maj. Raoul Lufbery, has been decor
ated with the cross of the Legion of
Honor.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-03-23

Medal for Discoverer of River Doubt.
Oyster Bay, N. Y.-Theodore Roose-
welt was presented, by the American
Geographic Society, with a gold med.
al in recognition of his discovery of
the River of Doubt in Brazil.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-03-23
Gen. Barry ordered to Hold Militia.

Chicago.-Rush orders TO halt the
mastering out Of militia were received
from Secretary of Wal Baker by Maj
Gen. Thomas H. Barry, in command
of the central division of the army
Monday.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-03-23
Quits covernorship for Senate.

Sacramento, Calif.-Hiram w. John
son, United States senator-elect, an
nounced his resignation from the gov
ernorship, effective March Is.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-03-23
Carranza's' Aunt Dies.

Ell Paso, Tex.-Mrs. Dolores Estrada
de Cara, 81, aunt of President Car
rama of Mexico, died here.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-03-23
CAR ADVOCATES
RUSSIAN THRONE
REVOLT SUCCEEDS
Dynasty Of Romanoffs Ends
Nation Now a Republic.
MONARCHY IS ABOLISHED
Soldiers Aided RevoIutionists in Over
throwing the Government - 500
Persons Reported Slain Dur
ing the Fighting at Pc
trograd.

To9rdo'
-
Petrograd, March 19.-Czar Mich
Dlus ii has abdicated the throne of
Russia, both for himself and the
twelve-year-old czarevitch. Grand
Duke Michael Alexandrovitch, his
brother, who had been decided upon
originally to be regent, also has ubdi-
Gated.
This ends the dynasty of the Roman
offs.
Russia now Is virtually n republic.
Mop,robv ,s Abolished
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s.nn nan"anoI a' rh,una1nu ea,. tho
empress Of RUSSIA has been placed I'M
der guard.
According to Information received
here the Russian people have been
most distrustful during recent events
of the personal influence of Empress
Alexandra. She was supposed to ex-
ercise the greatest influence over Elm
peror Nicholas.
The Empress Alexandra, before her
marriage to the emperor of Russia in
1894, was the German Princess AliX of
Hesse-Darmstadt.
A popular revolution has been sue
cessful and the government of Russia
rests temporarily with n self-appOint-
ed committee Of the duina.
After three days of battle, in which
the majority of the 10000 troops in
Petrograd mutinied and supported the
'esu'u'i''''''' '".n' i" ie'u'i.''
Inc cars "p"ic"'ioh was III eo,h-
.oiiihl''ee oi 'he uuih"' "h'cn ho'ineu
W." 'h"' upon MS assent u'pen'eu
the iate OF the dynasty
Troops Back the Duma.
Telepronbinp from petroprod We'd
nesd,v Renters ~corresnondcnt saws
Kronstodt tho fortress and croot mn
val station q. tbe beod of tho Gulf of
Finland % miles west of potrocrod
hoo ioinod tho revolutionorv move.
mont T,ro .;onrtios ponoIouT and
Tosnino on INSTRUCTIONS from tho d,.
49, aammi,.oo nuaaaodad 60 Kran
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NC" o"o'"e' N"'oo"'eo'
A new national cabinet Is announced,
with Prime LYON as president of the
council and premier, and the other Of
fees held by the men VINO are close to
the Russian people
The members or the new national
cabinet are announced as follows:
PREMIER lT"SI"eIl Oh iHe '"uhcil
and Minister OF the nterlor-Irince
Georges +. LvoH.
Foreign Minlster-frof. faui N.
b%lilioukoif.
Minister OF inbllc
fessor Mahuil"H OF MOSCOW university
Minister OF war ana Navy au III
terlm-A. j. "uchkoH' formerly preSi-
deht Oh the uui'"'
Minister OF agriculture lchil-
garef' deputy from eiroErh
Minister Oh flhahce-H lerescliteh-
ko' d'puty from Nle''
Minister Oh Nereh-
SKI "f Sara'"n'
minister vi "
NeNraSol, wee pl'Hi"'i' =. '"r "n''a'
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-03-23

First and Second BattaIions Welcomed
Denver.-Thirty-five hundred moth
ers and sisters, fathers, brothers,
Union station to greet the First and
Second battalions of infantry, Colo
RADIO National Guard.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-03-23
Six New U, s. Scout c~rujsers.

Washington.-Bids we're opened at
the Navy Department for the con-
struction of six 35-knot scout curisers
to cost $4,000, 900 each, exclusive of
armor and armament.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-03-23
Extra Senate Session Ends,

Washington. The special Senate
session which began March s, ad-
journed Friday sine die.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-03-23
Troopers Held in Cheyenne,

COLORADO troopers He'd m Cheyenne.
Cheyenne, Wyo.-Orders were re-
ceived direct from the War Depart
ment at Fort d. A. Russell to hold the
Colorado national guardsmen who are
arriving here from the border to be
demObilized.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-03-23
Panama Canal Workers Strike.

Colon.-Another strike was begun
by negro employees in the canal %
One hundred of the 800 negroes at
the Cristobal drydock quit work, de-
manding higher wages.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-03-23

London, March 21.-A dispatch to
the Times from The Hague asserts
that a new German peace move is on
foot. The dispatch says that promi-
nent Germans have recently visited
Holland and Switzerland under in
structions to try and ascertain what
the present attitude of Great Britain
is toward a possible cessation of hos
t~ilities.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-03-23
Representative Lee Critically 10.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Cor
don Lee of the Seventh district OF
Georgia is critically ill of pneumonia
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-03-23

London, March 19.-The sinking of
the American steamships City of
Memphis, Illinois and Vigilancia was
announced Sunday. Fourteen men
from the Vigilancia are missing, as
are some of the men from the City of
Memphis. The crew Of the Illinois
was landed safely.
The Illinois, from London for Port
Arthur, Texas, in ballast, was sunk
at 8 o'clock Sunday morning.
The Vigilancia was t%orpedoed with
out warning. The submarine did not
appear. The captain, first and sec
ond mates, first, second and third en-
gineers, and twenty-three men of the
crew have been landed at the Scilly
islands. The fourth engineer and
thirteen men are missing.
The City Of Memphis, which left
Cardiff Friday in ballast for New
York was sunk Saturday.
When she left port the City of Mem
phis had the Stars and Stripes paint
ed on both sides.
She encountered a submarine about
5 o'clock Saturday evening. The Ger
man commander ordered the captain
of the steamer to leave his ship with
in fifteen minutes.
The entire crew entered five boats
and the submarine then fired a tor
pedo which struck the vessel on the
starboard side, tearing a great hole
through ''hich the sea poured.
The steamer settled down quickly
and foundered within a few minutes.
During the night the boats became
separated, and at 4 O'Clock Sunday
morning three boat crews were picked
up by a patrol vessel and landed.
These boats contained thirty-three
men, mostly Americans.
All the officers were Americans.
The officers believe that the other
boats will be rescued.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-03-23
34.371 Tractors in Use In U, s.

Washington.-A total of 34,371 gaso-
line and kerosene tractors are IN
ployed in farming operations in the
United States.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-03-23
THREE U.S.. SHIPS SUNK
CITY OF MEMPHIS, ILLINOIS, AND
vIGILANCIA WRECKED.
Fifteen Sailors Of vigiIancia Known
To Be Lost--America Prepares for
Aggressive Action.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Washington, March 20.-Preparation
for aggressive action by the navy
against the German submarine men
ace began at the direction Of Presi-
dent Wilson.
The President authorized the expen'
diture of the $115, OOO,O 900 emergency
fund, provided by Congress to speed
up naval construction and pay for
special additional war craft, and the
suspension of the eight-hour labor law
in plants engaged on navy work.
Immediately afterward Secretary
Daniels ordered the New York navy
yard to begin building sixty subma-
rine chasers of the 110-foot type to be
completed in from sixty to eighty
days.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-03-23

London, March 21.-According to a
Danish newspaper, a revolution has
broken out in Hamburg, Germany. In
financial circles Tuesday a similar re-
port was in circulation. There is no
confirmation of either report.
The anne of a revolution in
Germany has been persistently in cir
culation in the United States for two
days. Tuesday it went SO far as to
carry the suggestion that something
had happened to the Kaiser.
None of the rumors could be traced
to a definite source, but all were ap.
parently founded on recent reports, in
dicating unrest in Germany and the
governments inability to win the
war;"
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-03-23

London.-The British troops in the
Somme region of France have occu-
pied almost all of the st. Pierre-Vaast
wood and 5000 yards Of German
trenches north and south of the wood,
according to the British official COM
municatiOn.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-03-23
UTTER RUIN LEFT
IN GERMAN WAKE
SWIFT CAVALRY ATTACKS PRE-
VENT DESTRUCTION OF
VILLAGES.
GERMAN REVOLUTION?
REPORT IN LONDON DECLARES
HAMBURG is SCENE OF UP
RISING AGAINST KAISER.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
British Headquarters in France
March 21.-The pursuit of the Ger
mans by the British troops continues
and at places sharp fighting ensued
This was particularly true near Crol
stiles, northeast of st. Leger, which
is still strongly held by machine gun
companies. The armies have been in
such close touch at other places that
field fighting tactics have been m
ployed, the men firing from skirmish
lines.
Wherever the British troops pene'
trate territory formerly held by the
Germans they encounter the same con
ditions of destruction and devastation
as in Bapaume and Peronne. Only a
few villages have escaped, the Ger
mans in these instances having been
compelled to leave before their plans
to lay waste could be carried out. The
use of cavalry by the British and
French seems to have taken the Ger
a by surprise, upsetting some OF
their calculations. In one village sup
per was abandoned, together with
much ammunition, and in other places
newly opened boxes of high eXplo,
sives were found, with which the Ger,
mans had planned to destroy the vii
lagos before leaving.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-03-23

Paris.-The French cabinet, headed
by Premier BRAND, has resigned.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-03-23

London.-Beach Thomas, in a dis
patch to the London Daily Mail, de-
scribing the German retreat in France
says al least 300 villages have been
burned to cinders.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-03-23

Petrograd, March 19.-Czar Mich
Dlus ii has abdicated the throne of
Russia. both for himself and the
twelve-year-old czarevitch. Grand
Duke Michael AleXandrOvitch, his
brother, who had been decided upon
originally to be regent, also has nbdi-
Gated.
This ends the dynasty of the Roman
offs.
Russia now Is virtually n republic.