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Of Railroad Trainmen, spokesman for the employees. declared:
 That would be only another form of arbitration and our men are sicK and tired of arbitration"
 The brotherhood chiefs contend their demand for the basic eight-hour day for all classes of work with pro rata time for overtime would give them only what they would gain under the Adamson law. They have aban- doned their original demand for lime and half for overtime.
 Declaring that the rank and file of the brotherhood membership had be- come impatient and would tolerate no further delay in enforcing their de mands, Mr. Lee said the supreme court might adjourn without handing down decision on the Adamson act In that event, he declared, there would be no decision until next win ter aud the men would not wait.
 The managers refusal to comply with the ultimatum of the brother. hoods was based upon the contention that they must await and abide by the decision of the supreme court on the Adamson act They asserted their willingness to submit the whole con
 troVersy to the eSsht-hour commis- sion, if the law is declared unconsti- tutional and agreed to accept any de. cree of the commission
 Pointing out to the four chiefs the grave international crisis which con fronts the nation they appealed to their patriotism to prevent a strike at such a juncture in national affairs The brotherhood chiefs, in d formal statement, expressed indignation at the attitude of the railroads in de- claring a strike would be unpatriotic w. C. Lee was informed tonight of the announcement from Washington that President Wilson would do every thing in his power to avert a strike and probably would appeal directly to the patriotism of the men themselves He was asked what effect this would have
 Why do you ask me that?" he de- manded. We have heard nothing from the president of the United tSates When we do hear we will take up that question"
 Warren s. Stone declared that if the president made an appeal to the men, it would he considered He added, however, that there was mo bluff about the strike.
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GERARD REPORTS ID
 THE PRESIDENT I
FORMER AMBASSADOR REPORTS THAT GERMANY WAS STAk- ING EVERYTHING ON
 SUBMARINES.

Washinston, March 15.-A personal report on conditions in Germany and events leading mp to the break be- tween that country and the United States was made to President Wilson today by James w. Gerard, former am. bassador at Berlin hfterward il was learned that there was nothing in he report to change the situation from the viewpoint of the United States.
 The former ambassador cXpre essea belief that Germany is stalking every thing on the ruthless submarine cam pajsn and that failure of this would brighten prospects for peace. He said Germany was determined to put no restrictions upon the relentless opera ucns of submarines, despite prospect of war with the United States.
 The president concentrated Mir. Gerard upon the manner in which he had handled the difficult situation in Berlin.
 After his visit 10 the White Houee Mir Gerard went to New York where a reccp ion in his honor is to be given Friday His plans for the future are indefinite, but he will continue for the present at least, to retain his status IS amba sadOr
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PROMINENT MAN ARRESTED
 FOR BUYING STOLEN STAMPS

Louisville Ky, March 15.-Dan H.. Russell. president of a Louisville dis tilling company, prominent lodge man and widely known in Kentucky, was arrested here today on federal in- dictment charging him with having knowingly received stolen property.
 The arrest was made. postoftice in- spectors assert. in connection with 4a alleged conspiracy to buy and sell stolen postage stamps According to the inspectors, Louisville has been the headquarters of those said to have been connected with it. They esti- mate that within the past few years the government has lost $4a,ooO through it's operation and that stat ps obtained in an unlawful manner halp been sent here for sale from po.-.ss as far away as Georgia, Louisiana and Texas.
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EMPEROR 0F RUSSIA ADVOCATES THRONE

palace and the revolutionists and troops.
 It is stated that General Michael V. AleXieff, former chief of staff has been offered the military dictatorship
 On Monday, which was the turning point in the batHe between the gov ernment troops and mutincers. all principal strongholds arsenals. fac tories and barracks, including the St. Peter and St Paul fortresses and ar ullery headquarters, fell into the hands of reyolting troops. and the revolutionists were plentimlly sup. piled with rifles and ammunition. At the same time all prisons for political offenders were thrown open by the reyolntionists and the prisoners marched out to join their emancipa- tors.
 The battle spread over the city with great rapidiy and as the day pro eresscd it became apparent that noth- ine could stem the tide of revolution which swept westward from the neighborhood of the duma and the chief military barracks up the Ney- sky Morskaya to St. Isaac's square Economic and industrial life of the city came to a complete standstill Street car service was suspended from the beginning of the disorders and stores were closed. The two leading hotels. which housed officers, were wrecked; others restricted their serv. ice to regular patrons In response to an appeal by the reyolutionists' committees, citizens distributed food 10 the soldiers.
 The duma was dissolved by imperial order effective March II.
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GERMAN OFFICERS IN
 THE CARRANzA ARMY
SEVERAL YAoUI INDIAN COM HANDS WERE IN CHARGE OF
 GERMANS FROM SONORA.

Fl Paso, Texas, March l5--Dr Ed ward II, Knopf, who came here from Torreon in January and who admitted having acted as Villas personal phy. sician. is at Cuchillo, N M.. If miles from the big dam. He is said to be practicing medicine there. After com iEg here from Torreon he was seen with a number of German refugees from Mexico, then disappeared. Amer. icdn refugees from Chihuahua Chy say Dr. Knopf at one time offered tD raise a brigade of Mexican troops t) fight with the government troops aaamst the United States. the brigade to be drilled and commanded by Ger man officers.
 Secret service agents here have learned that the Sonora troops of the de facto army which came to Juarez recently and left for Chihuahua City included 6 number of German officers. According to report to Washington several Yaqui Indian commands were in charge of Germans from Sonora.
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FLOOD CONDITION WILL
 DEPEND ON RAINFALL

r 'Unclnnau. marcn lo.--wnpe Ine water in sight in the Ohio river ndi. cates a moderate flood in the lower Mississippi, yet the probability of rain in the .ower Mississippi and Ohio water sheds during the next AS Eours makes it inadvisabIe to assume that only moderate flood conditions VIII prevail. The severity of the flood is naturally dependent upon the rainfall within the next ten days or two weeks
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REGARDS STRIKE NOW AS INC0NCElVABLE
Precedents Under Which the Govern ment Can Take a Hand Being Look ed Up-President Has So Far ls- sued No Statement.

Washington. March f5.--Word of the general railroad strike to begin Saturday night was received by Presi- dent Wilson with amazement. Hc had | confidently expectedsthat the mes ting | between the raj road and brotherhood repre- natives in New York would result in some agreement that would prevent interference with tlansporta- ton facilities at least while the na- ti0n Is on the verge Of war No statement was aurtaorized by the White House and all officials pro- fe. sed to be ignorant of what the president might do. Some thought tf1t having appe1 ed again and again to both sire to adjust their differ ences there was no step left for him to take. Others believed he certainly woald make some move yetore the
 hour set for the strike.
 The president Is known to regard a strike as inconeeivable in view of
 the international crisis. the already congeSted condition of freight traffic and the ever rising cost of food Ap- parenty. however, he feels he practi-
 Ially is powerless nnless 1t becomes necessary for him to adopt measures
 keep the mails moving. It is under stood he decided to make no move tonight.
 There is a disposition among srme administration officials to be ieve that even if begun Saturday, the pro gressive plan for the strike never will be carried to conclusion. Before next Wednesday the day by which 1t Is proposed to make the walkout effec- tive throughout the country, they be- lieye a compromise will have been reached.
 Preoedents under which the govern ment might take a hand n the situa- ton were being searched tonight. A proposed law under which the presi- dent would have been empowered 10 take over and operate the railroads in time of emergency failed to reach 8 vote during the last session of con gress.
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TROOPS TO GUARD
 ELEPHANT BUTTE DAM.

Fl PasO, Texas, March 15.-United States troops from ColumbE, N. M, are expected 10 he sent to the Ele. plant Butte dam, near Eugel. N M, to guard the concrete structure. Secret service agents are watching the move ments of Germans in that part of New Ncvi~e. .-.1.aa4s
 Fear was expressed that in the event of war between the United States and Germany an effort might be made to dynamite the dam and release the great body of water stored beyond it for irrigating lands in the Rio Grande valleys
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PREPARATIONS MADE TO
 SINK GERMAN VESSEL 6

Honolulu. March 19-The harbor board, as a result of the discovery that preparations had been made for quick sinking of certain German yes sels warbound here, sent an ultimatum today to the agents of the North Ger. man-Lloyd steamship Pommern and Kosmos liner Setos. demanding they remove officers and crews from those vessels and permit port watchmen to be placed on board to guard them.
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New York March 15.-"A progress siye strike" of the four hundred thou sand members of the four great rail road brotherhoods. 10 begin at 6 o'clock tcentral time), Saturday on Eastern roads was ordered here late today The walkout will extend to all railroads in the country within five days. Chiefs of the workmen's or sanizatiors set the strike machinery in motion within few minutes after an ultimatum delivered to the confer ence committee of railroad managers had been rejected. A compromise pro- posal offered by the managers was declined without debate.
 Only successful intervention by President Wilson, it appeared tonight, can avert a strike. The brotherhood leaders gave no indication that even an appeal from the president can change their purpose to obtain basic eieht-hour day and prorata time for overtime through the use of the pro tective feature of their organizations. They refused flatly to submit their ease to the eight-hour commission headed by Major General George w. Goethals or to wait the decision of the supreme court on the constitu. tionality of the Adamson law.
 Freight employees. yard men and en- zine hostlers on the New York Cen tral lines east and west the Nickel Plate and Baltimore and Ohio rail. roads and in the great yards in Chi cago and St. Louis will be the first to leave their pos S.
 They will be followed on Sunday by the same classes of workmen on the Southern railway, the Norfolk and Western, the Virsinian, Chesapeake and Ohio and on a group of north western roads.
 No formal outline of the brother hoods program beyond the plans for these two days Mas made. It was said, however, that the freight em- ployes on the other roads in the coun- try would be called out in groups at l2 or 2l hour intervals after Sunday. If the paralysis of freight traffic thus caused does not resdlt in surrender by the railroads before that time, the employees on all pas enger trains will be ordered out Wednesday.
 The railroad managers said tonight they expected that enough of their men would remain loyal to enable them to maintain d skeleton service on most roads The managers some time ago took census of their em- .aoyes to determine how many would refuse to strike This resulted, it was said. ig percentages ranging from d very few on some roads to from 60 to 60 per cent on others.
 The managers estimated that be- tween 30000 and 10000 are employed on roads on which the strike is to be- gin Saturday night
 The managers committee will re- main here until tomorrow. If the men ask another conference, it will be granted. They said they would make every effort to operate their roads in spite of the strike
 Preference will he given to trains carrying food and fuel
 When the managers in their counter proposition at the final conference offered to abide by any decree of the Goethals commission, if the Adamson act were declared unconstitutional, w c. Lee. president of the Brotherhood
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SOUTHERN PACIFIC TRAIN
 CRASHES THROUGH BRIDGE

E, Paso. Texas, March l5.-The westbound Southern Pacific passen- ger train No. crashed through a bridge 47 miles east of Fl Paso to- night, causing the. death of the engi- neer and fireman Engine, baggage car and mail cars were badly wrecked, according to the report received at the local offices of the railway
 A wreck train was dispatched 10 the scene of the wreck. Reports state
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COMPLETE BUILDING
 TlE-UP IN CLEVELA

Cleveland. Ohio. March 15.-The most complete building tie'up in C1eveland's history, stopping work on more than l,500 jobs and s20,000,0G0 worth of construction work. went into sSfect this afternoon, when contrac- tors. members of the Building Trade Employers Association locked out l5.O0O members of the building trades council
The Sentinel=record., 1917-03-16
CONTRACTS LET
 FOR WARSHIPS
BELIEVED TO BE THE LARGEST SINGLE ORDER EVER GIVEN
 BY ANY NATION
Vessels Will Be Constructed on the 10 Per Cent Basis and Ship Builders Have Promised to Keep 70 Per Cent of Their Forces on the Work.

Washington. March 15.-Contracts for what is believed to be the larg. est single order for fighting craft ever given by any nation were placed to- day by the navy department Private builders undertook to turn out four great battle cruisers and six scout cruisers costing nearly $ll2,000 000 for hulls and machinery alone and pledged themselves to keep 70 per cent of their working forces on navy construction.
 In response 10 aa appeal to their patriotism by Secretary Daniels, the major ship builders nave agreed to ac- cept 10 per cent net profit on the battle cruisers whose cost will repre- sent about s76 5000, O00 of the total sum involved in today's contracts A fifth battle cruiser will be built at the Phil adelphia navy yard so as not to strain the limit of facilities of private estab- lishments.
 The builders are besieged with of. fers of merchant work and are get ting as high as 30 per cent profit on these contracts, with more work in sight than they can do. They have placed their facilities at the disposal of the government, making it unneces- sary for the president to consider em, ploying authority to commanders plants.
 Both classes of cruisers ordered to- day are new types to naval architec- ture and are designed for a speed of 5 knots.
 The scouts were awarded on bids submitted yesterday, prices ranging from $5,95O GOO to $5,996, GOO and stipu
 lated time of delivery from 30 to S2 | months. These figures can be no guide to the actual cost or time. how ever. as under the emergency clause of the naval appropriation bill con struclion will be hastened to the limit, the government paying for additional cost
 The battle cruisers, the fixed limit of cost of which is $l9,0000o0 per ship exclusive of speeding up expense, were placed as follows;
 Newport News Ship Building and Dry Dock Company, two ships; Fore River Ship Building Corporation, one ship; New York Ship Building Com pany, one ship.
 With the exception of the New York company. each private builder will have to install new ways and ma chinery for the huge craft. The gov ernment will bear It's fair share of this expense.
 Four of the scout cruisers will be built on the Pacific coast, two by the Seattle Construction company, and two by the Union Iron Works at San Francisco. The other two will be built by William Cramp & Sons, Philidel- phia. Cramps and the Union Iron Works may e5e called upon also to build a number of destroyers
 Of the authorized building program there remain to oe contracted three dreadnaughts, 3S submarines, the 15 destroyers and several auxiliary yes sels Bids will be opened early in April on these and at the same time orders will be placed for more than loo coast patrol boats.
 The ultimate cost of the ships or dered today win exceed by many mil lions the figures given for hull and machinery It will cost $i65,692 per ship to arm and equip the scouts, and s5.337, ,S10 additional for each battle cruIsed
The Sentinel=record., 1917-03-16
CHINESE TAKE OVER
 GERMAN STEAMERS

Shanghai. March 15.-The Chinese naval authorities Wednesday morn ing took possession of the German steamers .A1benga, (4.62s tons,) Deike Rickmers, (f.176 tuns.l Meidah, 1.. CPS tons,) Melee. 1,6S2 tonsj and Slkiang. 1.S40 tons..l The vessels were laying in the Whang river. The crews were m, ashore,
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NEW TRIAL GRANTED.

St Louis, Mo, March l5.-The cir chit court today granted new trial in the case of James C. Reach, wto sued the St l.ou.s American baseball club for $l5.0OO. AIr. Reach lost the case at the first trial He brought suit after he had been accused of talk ing a baseball knocked into the grand stand.
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that no passengers were killed Tho
 engineer killed was George Walker. Only meager information could be ob.
 tained
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ASSUME INDIGNANT AIR WHEN CHARGED THAT CALLING A STRIKE WOULD BE
 UNPATRiOTtC.
MANAGERS CONFIDENT MANY
 INPL0YES WILL BE LOYAL

Brotherhood Heads epurn Proposition of the Railroad Heads to Submit Disputed Questions to Arbitration and Refuse to Await the Decision of the United States Supreme Court.
The Sentinel=record., 1917-03-16
W FATHER
 FORE C A ST

Forecast for Arksnsas-Friday rain, colder in northwest portion Saturday unsettled in east; fair in west portion, much colder
The Sentinel=record., 1917-03-16
A FOR RENT AID WILL
 RENT THAT VACANT ROOM

People looking for rooms turn to the classified ads of the newspapers to see what is offered. An ad in the Sentinel-Record is almost sure to bring you a customer.
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Revolution Over Conduct of the War Sweeps CZar and the Official Family From Power.
Trouble Began With Minor Food Riots and Labor Strikes Until the Cry for Food Reached the Hearts of the Sol- diers and One By One Regiments Rebelled.

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LEGAL NOTICE.


BY direction OF the property committee
Of the Board Of Regents Of the University
Of Nebraska bids will be received until
o'clock p. m. Saturday, April rs. 1911
at the office OF the undersigned for con-
struction OF an Agricultural Engineering
building on the University Farm campus
near Lincoln. Separate bids will be received
for installation of heating. ventilating'
plumbing and electric wiring for said build
ing; all bids on building construction and
the several Installations of equipment must
be in strict accordance with plans, drawings
and specifications now on file In the office
OF the superintendent Of construction In the
University Administration building at Lin
coin. Bidders must apply to and confer
with the superintendent on all matters con
corning construction and bids thereon and
must In all cases use the blank forms pre-
pared under the direction Of said super
lntendent for bidding purposes. Approx
mate estimated cost of said building. In
GLIDING equipment above mentioned, Is slt0,-
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payable Internationally TO the Board Of Re
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amounts and for purposes stated in the
instructions to bidders" accompanying plans
and specifications. Bids must bs sealed
and plainly marked on the outside cover
Agricultural Building" or Engineering
Building Equipment" as the case may be
Cheating plumbing, etc.. The right Is re-
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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-04-13
CITY OFFICIAL NOTICES.
NOTICE,


To the owners OF all lots parts Of lots and
pieces OF real estate AUDITING upon that
part of Lafayette Avenue from east curb
OF 46th Street to east curb OF eth Az
enue and west curb Of 18Th Street from a
point 80 feet south Of Lafayette Avenue
TO point Is feet north Of Lafayette Az
enue In the City OF Omaha.
You are hereby notified that by Resolu-
ton No. 1875 adopted by the City Council
April 8, 1911 It was declared expedient ana
necessary to change the grade OF that part
of Lafayette avenue from east curb OF 46th
Street to east curb of 47th Avenue and west
curb OF 46th Street from point % feet
south of Lafayette Avenue to a point 20
feet north of Lafayette Avenue, which reso-
luton Is In the words following:
Resolved, that 1t Is expedient and neces-
sary, and hereby is declared expedient and
necessary to change the grade OF that part
of Lafayette Avenue from east curb OF 46th
Street to east curb Of Attn Avenue and west
curb of 46th Street from a point So feet
south OF Lafayette Avenue to a point 20
feet north OF Lafayette Avenue In the City
Of Omaha, to correspond with the present
elevations of said streets upon the prohles
and In accordance with the specifications
and plat thereof as prepared by the City
Engineer and kept on file In his office and
Resolved, further. that the City Clerk
be- and he Is hereby directed TO publish this
resolution in the official paper OF the city
for Ave consecutive days with notice
thereto attached notifying the owners of
the real estate abutting upon said streets
that unless tho record owners represent
Ing forty per cent OF the real estate abut-
ting on said street file protests with the
City Clerk within thirty days from the APP
prevail OF this resolution, that the Mayor
and City Council will. by ordinance. change
the grade of said streets as proposed"
You are further notified that unless the
record owners representing 10 per cent OF
the real estate abutting upon said part OF
mi OF file with the llty Clerk
,on or before May I'D, 1917, thirty days from
the adoption OF said resolution, the Coun-
eli will. by ordinance. proceed to change the
grade OF said streets as proposed.
Published in accordance with Resolution
No. 1875. Series 1916.
Omaha, Nebraska, April ., 1917.
7. J. o'CoNNoR, City Clerk.
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