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Wilson MAY Act.

Only successful Intervention by
President Wilson, il appeared to-
night. can avert q strike. The
brotherhood leaders gave no indi-
Cation that even an appeal .jpEom
tta nations chief eXecuti,% can
change their purpose 10 obtain a
basic eiGht-hour day and prorata
tine for overtime. through the
their organizatio They refused
flatly TO submit their case TO the
eight-hour commission headed by
Major.General Geo. ". GoethalS
or 10 await the decision Of the
Suprame court on the constitution
ality OF the AdamSOn law.
Freight employees. yardmen and
engine hostlerS on the New York
~Ceutral lines east and west, the
Nickel Plate and Baltimore &
Ohio railroads and in the great
yards in Chicago and st. Louis
will be the first to leave their
posts.
They will be followed on Sun
day by tho SAME classes of work
men on the Southern railway. the
Norfolk X Western, the Virginian.
Chesapeake & Ohio and on
group of northwest roads.
No formal outline OF the broth
erhood's program, beyond the
plans for these two days, was
made either 70 the managers or TO
;. The public II was said, however,
that the freight employees on the
other roads in the country would
be called out in groups at Il or
24.hour intervals after Sunday.
Passenger Men to Follow.
If the. paralysis of freight traffic
thus caused does not result in sur
render by the railroads before that
time. the employees on all pass'en-
ger trains will be ordered out
Wednesday,.
The railroad managers said to-
night they expected that enough
Of their men would remain loyal
20 enable them to operate skele-
ION service on most roads. The
managers some time ago caused 4
census OF their employees TO be
taken 70 determine how many
would refuse 10 go on strike. This
resulted. it was said, In varying
percentages. ranging from very
few on some roads 70 from ntty 10
sixty per cent on others.
The managers estimated that
between 30.000 and 10000 men are
employed on the reads on which
The strike is 10 begin Saturday
night
Will Operate Roads.
The members of the managers
.commiitee will remain here until
tomorrow If the men ask an
other conference it will be- grant
ed. They said they would make
every effort to operate their roads
in spite Of the strike. Preference
will be given 10 the movement Of
trains carrying food and fuel.
When the managers, in their coul
Continued on Page Eight.l
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GRAPHIC PEN PICTURE Or THE
SUCCESSFUL RUSSIAN REVOLT

.dence in the naw temporary govern
ment gained in:force. Truck sledges
and little sleighs for hire, the most
widely appreciated conveniences or
Russian cities, began TO appear again
in The streets that for six days had
been absolutely. sold Of any means OF
private transportation.
Newspapers, 'wIth the exception or
the reyolutionary' publications which
sprang into lifcE with the success OF
the revolt. h;sd failed TO appear.
Street car scrY Y.cn at noon had nc.
been resumed BIZ ii was believed that
night would seG~partial service.
The Only Visible Signs
Of the desperate clash OF authority
that turned lha city into battle
ground were the charred ruins OF the
Jail. whi"h are sail! pouring cloud of
smoke Skywar't- and the remains OF
other police institutions and the homes
of the few individuals who. we're re-
garded as Offcnilrrs against the rights
Of the people. Iii front of other gov
rrnment institutions. which apparent
~ it was no; Seen fit 10 destroy. are
piles Of chatsnd emberS showing
where wreckaen and documents had
been dumped ard consumed.
The defenders of the old regime
doubtless a few remain uncaptured oy
the police--pu, up a last feeble de-
(Conttuued On Page EIEht.)
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STALKING ALL
IN SUBMARINE

WASHINGTON. March IA p""-
sOnaI report on conditions in Germany
and tn" events leading up to the break
between thai country and tn" United
States was mad" to President Wilson
today. by James W. Gerard. former
| american ambassador al Rrrl:1l. Aflr'r-
! ward 1t waS learned that there was
nothing In the report 10 change the
situation from III" viewpoint Of rhe
! United States.
The former ambassador expressed
! his belief thai Germany is stak:I.
Everything on III" ruthless submarine
campaiSl, and that failure OF this
would brighten prospects for prar".
| He was with tn" President Tor more
! than an hour, repeating and amn.i-
flying The statement already made 10
Secretary Lansing in which hr said
Germany was determined tn put no
irrstrictions upon The relentless oper
IaiIonS OF submarines, despite inc pros
p"cj of war with lh" United Stai"S.
The President cOnGrat uiaien Mr.
Gerard upon the manner in which ",
handled tn" difficult situation in
berlin
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CTDIKEO OF The 100000 Brotherhood Railroad
- nInL Men Declared, Effective on Saturday
The Railroads and The BDtheoods Give Statements Their
Positions in the Nation Wide Railroad Strike Now Inaugwaed

into effect along the lines suggest.
ed by President Wilson last All
gust. which was that in all road
service except passenger. whore
schedules now read: 100 miles
or less. 9 or 10 hours or less.
uvertimn at n or II miles per
hour, insert hours or less for Il
basic day and 12l2 miles per hour
for speed basis for the purpose Of
computing overtime. Overtime 10
be paid for at not less Than one
eighth Of The daily rat" per hour.
In all yard, switching and hosting
service. where schedules now
read: 10. II or 1H hours or less
shall constitute a days work, in
Scrt s hours or less shall cOnSli-
lufr DAYS work. Overtime 10 be
paid for al not less than one
eighth Of the daily rate per hour.
In passenger service the present
mileage basis will be maintained
provided thai the basic passenger
day will not be in excess Of eight
consecutive hours. Overtime 10
be paid for at not less than one
eighth of The daily rate per hour.
"Thp conference committee Of
the railways took our proposition
Continued on Page Eighty
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Sensational Charge
Against Big Disti||er

LOUISVILLE. Ky. Mar. 15.--Dan
II. Russell. president of Louisville
diSlilliEg company. prominent lOdE"
man and widely known in kentucky
VAS plarcd under arrest here today on
a federal Indictment chargir~ him
with having knowingly received s,oLen
property.
The arrest was made. pOstoffiCe in
speCtorS assert. in connection with an
alleged conspiracy to buy and sell
stolen postage stamps. According to
The inspectors Louisville has been the
headquarters Of thoS" said TO have
been connected with il. They eSti,
mate thai within III" past few Years
the government has lost 10000
through its operation and that stamps
obtained in an unlawful manner have
been sent here for sale from points as
far away as Georgia, Louisiana and
Texas.
Henry T. ronger and his son. Au,
gust NJ. Brongcr, and Henry J. Hafen'
dorfer. drugs Ist. all of Louisville.
have been indicted. it was disclosed
today in connection with the project
According 20 postofticc inspectors.
many transactions have been traced ia
the Brongers. who are said TO
have operated place resembling a
fence.
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The president of the Duma,
Michael V. Rodzianko, was the
leading figure among the deputies
who unanimously decided TO OPP
pose the imperial order for a dis
solution Of the house. They con-
rinued their sessions and K. Roi'
zianko informed the emperor,
then at the front, that the hour
had struck when the will Of the
reople must prevail. Even the
imperial council realized the gray
ity of the situation and added It's
appeal to that of the Duma that
rhe emperor should take steps 70
give the people policy and gov
ernmenl in accordance with their
desires and in order that there
should be no interference with
carving on the war 10 a. yictorl-
Gus ending.
The emperor hastened back
from the front, only 10 find that
the revolution had been success
fu and that d new government
was in control. The empress,
who, il is alleged, has been in
tiuential in the councils opposed
IN the wishes of tho people, Is
reported TO have fled or 10 be in
hiding.
Casualties Not Large.
Although considerable fighting
Look place. il is not believed that
the casualties are large.
The early period Of the uprising
bore the character of a mock rev
UlutiOn STAGED for an immense
audience. CosSa2ES charging down
the streets did so in a half hearted
fashion. plainly without malice or
intent To harm the crowds that
they piarfully dispersed. The
troops exchanged good natured1
raillrry with the workinsmen anu
women. and as they rode were
chcrred by the populace.
Long linp2 Of soldiers stationed
IN drnInrti" attitudes across New
SKY Prospect. with their guns
pointed al IA Imaginary foe. ap-
pearrd tu BE- ,aking part in
realistic iabinau Machine guns
liring ruuladsS Of blank cartridges
seemed only 10 add another real
istic touch "a Il tremendous the
alric produclioa. which was using
The whole city as stage.
A Real Revolution.
Until sunday ni@hI this pageant
iniI"d without serious inter
rupiion. Then in a flash The
..... ..rrne. lu%1 lis Ihratric quail
irv. II became Il genuine rcvolu-
ton.
The regiments had received an
order from the COmmandant 10
fire upon persons assembled IN
the street. This caused lmme-
diatr dlSScnsiun among The troops.
who did not understand why they
should be compelled to take rio-
lent measures against fellow citi-
zcns. whose chief offenSe was that
they were hungry and were ask
ing the government tn supply
bread. Several regiments de-
serted, and 4 pitched battle again
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made the following formal offer
for settlement Of the issues in
VOlved:
"O) --I IF the supreme court
holds the Adamson law to be con-
stitutional and the two sides can
not agree upon the application of
any OF the points. we will agree
that the eight-hour commission
shall determine how the law shall
hr applied.
"(2)-~In case the law Is de-
clared unconstitutional. VIC offer
70 join you in asking the eight
hour commission TO determine the
whole controversy: any settle
mrnt arrived at 10 be effective
January |. 1917.
This offer for Il feasible ad-
justmcnt. was refused.
The Brotherhoods.
NEW. YORK. Mar l5.-~The
brotherhnOdS' side Of the contro.
versy WAS made public in state
mont signed by the four brother
hood chiefs. W. c. Lee, for the
trainmen; W S. Carter for IN"
tiremrn; l.. l.. Shippard for the
conductors and W. S. Stone for
the engineers.
I'VE presented a proposition to
place the AdamS0n eight-hour law
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BULLETINS
Latest Developments of the
Sensational Petrograd
Revolution.

LONDON, Mar. 15-e:4o p. M
TeIeeraphin0 from Petrograd,
Reuters correspondent says Kron-
stadt, the forgress and seaport at
the head Of the Gulf Of Finland,
twenty miles west Of Petroarad,
has Joined the revolutionary
movement. TWO deputies, Peps:
Iauff and Taskine. on instructions
from the Ouma, committee, pro-
ceeded to- kronstadt, where the
troops placed themselves at the
disposal of the Duma. NJ. Pepe-
iauff was appolnted commandant
of Kronstadt, which Is Russla's
great naval station.
LONDON, Mar. 15.-1o:1s p. m:
Andrew Bonar Law. chancellor OF
the exchequeT, announced in the
house Of comm ons tonight that
EMPEROR Nichols had abdieated
and that Grand Duke Michael A.
exandrovitch had been appointed
recent. The soldiers sided with
the Duma, but there was no seri-
Gus loss of Ire. The chancellor
added that II was comforting to
know that the IN movement was not
directed at securing peace by Rus
sia. -:
PETRoGRAD, Mar. 15.-11:4o
a. nn,-(Via Lyndon 8:48 p. my
The garrison at Kharkov has for
alIy Joined the; revolution and fs
supporting the provisional govern
ment. Striker in sympathy with
the movement have been called In
factories and ,on the street car
lines. (Kharkov is the capital OF
the province Of the same name.
II is 4eO miles south OF Moscow
and has a population OF about
LONDON, Mar. 15.-s:35 p. m.
a despatch to Reuters Tele9ran,
company says, the British and
French ambassadors established
official business relations with the
executive conixuittee Of the Ouma.
The despatch ACIDS that the
Grand Duke cyril informed the
Duna that he would place at is
disposition the: marines under MS
orders. and 5fterward visited M:
Rodzianko in the Duna. and tolo
him that he was entirely at HOO
ziarko's ordeGs.
The correspondent says that the
people of Moscow adhered to tho
revolutionary movement WITHOUT
bloodshed. =;
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IyN(H|N(i
OF Negro Assailant Of Girl at
Piedmont Narrowly
Averted.
speclnl D!srs,ch to Tho Iu,elllsenc.s

KEYSER, W. Va. March l5.-Wade
! Brown. aged %, colorcd, was spirited
! to jail here tonight following being
detected in an attempted assault on
12-year-old Erma Mcintyre, white girl,
, of Westernpurt, Md. in the basement
of the Baltimore and Ohio station at
Piedmont.
He was caught by c. P. Nuth. the
company agent, who attempted, 20
overpower him. but Brown tore away,
later TO be arrested at his home.
/ When the news Of the crime spread.
Ian ugly feeling prevailed. and ii was
! thought best - hurry the man To jail
! here for safe keeping.
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JOINT DEBATE WON
BY BETHANY'S TRIO
Si,raai D.spal,n {" The Int"'::."nrrr.

Si.r II Dspal,h ~ Tie InI'''::"Nrrr.
BETHANY. W. Va. Mar. 10 This
evening, in The Bethany college audi
;nrilm. 4 joint debate between Beth
any'S lIlO and rhc representatives of
Geneva college. Of Beaver Falls, Pa.
on the question Of Shall The United
States Ad0p' Universal Military Ser,
vice." was Won 10y B"thany. The
bethany drhat"rS were karl Lutz.
Hugh par&l" and Rudolph Rrnner,
while j. &. Matthews, kiliiin Allen
and T. T.. Boots wrangIcd tor the
PENNSYLVANIA institution. Til. Judges.
nf whom G.. {. H"npkc. Of Wheeling.
was one. were unanimous in drcidinc
that B"thauy'$ affirmative nad WOE.
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BRIT ISH
MAKE Another Important Gain
! Over Germans on the
Western Front.

LONDON. Mar. l3.---10:l2 p. m.--
Another important gain has been
made by the British troops between
Peronnr and Bapaumr. according TO
he official statement issued tonight.
Trenches on Il front Of two ard half
miles, running from: south Of the 81
Pierre Naast wood 10 north Of lh2
village Of SailliSrl have been occupied.
Southeast Of ArraS tine Germans en-
tered British trenches.
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PETROGRAD March 5Thc Emperor of Russia has abdcated
and Grand Duke Michael exandrovtch his younger brother has
been named as regent.
The Russian ministry charged with corruption and incompetence
has been swept Of office
minister Alexander Poopoff head of the interior depart
cnt is reported have been killed. and the other minister's as
well as the president Imperial Council under arrest
cabinet announced with Prince Lvoff
n council and PREMIER and the other offices held by the
men who are close to the Russian people.
For several has been the of the most
remarkable sngs history Beginning with minor food riots and
labor food reached the hearts Of the soldiers and
one bv one the regiments rebed until finally those troops that
had for time loyal the took their and
marched into the ranks of the revOutloniStS.
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SMITH APPEALS
To PATRIOTISM
OF \. !. {. MEN

NEW YORK. Mar. IA. H. Smith,
: president o. ttle New York Central
railroad. informed thar there had been
4 final disagreement. issued state
ment directed ~ his men. urging them
not to strike and promising 10 ABIDE
b. any AVID which might be made
by iac Go.i IalS commission ;ts {; gov
erument III, GiutiOG board should ne
Adpmsun law h;. declared unconSt!tu-
t,onul. Mr.. Smiths plea was based
or The "c;'itic;ii situation confront
thr New York Central employees.
President Smi'h said:
"ConccrEing the con: CorerSy
now IN progress regarding wages
OF employees in train service. |
wish 10 give YOU the following
:ac;S for your Information:
The position u! this company
is that ~ should properly await
the decision Of the supreme court.
which now has the AdamSon law
under consideration. We have
joined with the other railroads IN
Sayin" 10 oar representatives who
are Huw - session here that II
the hGamSoa law il declared con-
Stitu;ional. you are automatically
taken care OF. Should any QueS-
ton arise rs 10 the tntcrpreta-
,ou Gf the llw. which We cannot
readily agree upon ourselves We
shall be clad 10 abide by any
award ,u!de in the matter bv the
GHefnaiS commission. which w;.S ap-
pointed by the government 10 in
veS;i:atc Hae question
Should ths AGamSon lax BE-
declared unconstitutional. the Goe-
ihais commission shall act aS in
.fa;mediary amt declare what is
.cquitable and We shall abide By
Us decision. which shalt date from
January. 1917.
You are ali aware thar the
people OF this country ar. con
treated b. many critical Siiua-
lions ~ III" present moment.
Th,.>,. inciut.s food fnr its people,
Surp.I,.s Euf III" millions OF la
h0-rrS engaged in manufacturing
plants. a. we'll as the safety OF
The nation itself.
In view OF he foregoing facts.
nSk you 10 remain a; work pend
lnU = conclusion III tils matter lis
%hc>" oU'lia"d. which Wa trust
viii be- reasonably prompt and
"quita bic. and "" rust that the
..nv"rnm"nt and rhr people will
..e 20 i that rns railroad cnm-
paaipS Themselves. arr in some
WAY fairly r".imhurSsd to meet
innsr Rev requirements aS we'll
as ;he ver: high cost OF all MAJ
f.riii aut supplies ~ ara now
Using ana whicn.i$ i causing iuuci
embarrassment and r.ttrIinS their
iryriunmrnt
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Teams Arrive For
Basketball Tourney

NUCKHANNON. ". Va. March IL.
The State high school basketb all
teams with the exception three among
The twonty-ri@ht entries are in town.
Farmonl was the first 20 arrive.
Charleston, Princeton and Clendcnin
came in via Sage having spent tn"
day upon ll" Coal K COX" road.
Nine leans reached here at Is: -
and twelve came III $40. There are
several hundred visitors in town aud
each train is bringing moro.
The drawing will TAX" place az nine
in the morning Al lrn-hirty III"
tourney will be- opened.
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WRIT OF MANDAMUS.

VNNfET.FSTTIN W ". NAF. TI.--NII
alternative writ ii mandaiHEg WAS
AWARDED lat, today BY the Supi"ni" court
81 appeals on petition Of owen -. Grii-
tiih artirSt ;h" r"tintE court of Mercer
rniutv and tn" nrmh"rs ~ that body,
r,.turnahlr nj Charleston. March -. The
petitioner declares that TWO members "t
th.. county court arc. from tn" same dis
triri. Involving section IS 0C tho state
cons Stitutinn
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VILLA FORCES
TAKE PARRALL

Ell PASO, Tex, Mar. 15.-Franciscn
Villa captured Parral. Chihuahua, Sat
urday, defeating the Carranza forces
'hcr', according TO n report received
by government agents late today and
for" drdcd 10 Washington. Villa then
led his forces down the mountain and
started toward Chihuahua City, with
the intention OF attacking the state
capital. according 70 the same source.
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TnG EATHER.

WASHINGTON D. c.. Marcn To-
forecast:
Ohio-Cloudy and warmer Friday.
followed by snow or rain north and
rain south: Saturday snow or rain and
colder.
West Vireinia-lncreasing cioudi-
ness Sriday, rain az night and Satur.
day. colder Saturday.
Western Pennsyivanis-Cloudy Fri
lay. slightly warmer south. sno" or
-7in al night and Saturday.
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BARBERS ON STRIKE

NORt;NNTOWN. W. Va. Mnrrh L.
Twenty or NOR" j0urnrynrn harh"rS.
lr:.mb-rS "r lhr local union. walked cut
or 4 strike today nj noon. rrHiuallY
paralviZins the tunSnriul trade here.
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MOST AMAZING TRANSFORMATION BROUGHT ABOUT
IN RUSSIA, WITH NO PRECONCEIVED PROGRAM

LONDON March 1914 A. MA Perograd despatch to the
Daily Chronicle dated Wednesday says the Empress Of Russia has
been placed under guard.
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CAR NICHOLAS ABD|CA1ES; THE
EMPRESS IS GUARDED; MINISTRY
DEP05ED; RUSSIAN REVOLUTION IN
PETR0GRAD N|NS;FE|N LIVES LOST

Grand Duke Michael Aexandrovitch Becomes Regent OF
EMPIRE Following Nicholas Abdication--kronstadt'
and Other Military Strongholds Succumb.
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Largest Morning Paper
Circulation in West Virginia.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-05-14
At the Hospitajs.

Mrs, Haddie Rist. 3ol North Second
street underwent an operation for
goiter at the Deaconess hospital this
morning. Her condition is good.
Mrs. r. Peshel living few miles
southeast Of the city, is at the Deacon
ess for treatment.
Ben Determan, of Haverhill, under
Went a quite serious operation for
bladder trouble this morning at st,
Thomas. His condition is fair.
Charles Fricke, Of State Center, had
a nasal operation Saturday evening at
the Deaconess and for time was quite
i'll. but was getting along nicely today
Rogers, the 20-months -old son of 4
r.. Perry. sos South Second street, was
operated for mastoid at st. Thomas
Sunday morning and Is very sick.
Charles Davenport OF GladhrooF
who had his left leg amputated at St
Thomas. Is still improving.
Harry Harolamos returned to the
Deaconess this morning to receive
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treatment for stomach trouble.

treatment for stomach trouble.
Harry Paul, OF Laurel. who was oper-
ated on three weeks ago ut the pea-
coness for general peritonitis and APP
pendicitis. returned to his home sun
day.
Fred c Eggers, drlllmaster at the
high school. who underwent a serious
operation for hernia and tumor at the
Dcaconess Saturday. Is getting along
nicely, but Is still quite sick.
NJ. b. Morgan. $40 West Linn street,
well-known Minneapolis \ st Louis
engineer who has been at St Thomas
hospital q few days. threatened with an
attack of pneumonia. had recovered
sufficiently to be able to return
home this afternoon. fact that Will be