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The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1917-03-22
RUSSIA LIKELY
TO Be REPUBLIC
New Government Modelled
After Switzerland.
OLD MONARCHY IS DEAD

People Have Been Given Universal
Suffrage and All Races Will Partici-
cate in Selecting Nature Of Future
Control Of Country.
Petrograd, March 21.-Russia's gov.
>ernment, It is learned at the foreign
Office, will rest exclusively in the con-
troll of the council of ministers until
the convocation of the constitutional
assembly.
The duma committee having fulfilled
Its task as the temporary governing
body during the days of the revolution
will thus pass out of existence as the
chief executive body Of the nation and
will surrender it's. extraordinary pow
ers to cabinet whose premier, Prince
Lvoff, will have the authority approx
mating that the president of a repub-
lie.
1t is impossible as yet to forecast
with any certainty the final form the
government will assume, since it will
depend entirely on the collective will
of the entire population to which has
been extended the proclamation of the
new government regarding universal
suffrage.
The belief prevails in official cir
cles that the opinion of the country
will be found to. favor republican
form of government, not under presl.
dent but under commission similar
to the governing body Of Switzerland.
If this becomes an eventuality it is
not unlikely that from the present
cabinet, containing the most popular
leaders in the country, will be drawn
the principal names for the commits
sion which will govern the country.
In any event the old regime is dead,
the foreign Office declared. and moth
ing can resurrect it. If the people
decide on monarchy it will be a
monarchy of the most limited type and
the monarch will be stripped of all the
traditional powers which belonged to
the emperor and he will be little more
then ruler in name only.
The foreign Office reiterated the
declaration already made by the new
government concerning this liberty
and full rights for all the races which
are component parts of the nation and
it was stated that since this was ap-
plicable to Jews as we'll as others
nothing now stood in the way of a
new commercial treaty with the Unit
ed States.
The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1917-03-22
Woman's Club

Date-Tuesday afternoon, April 3rd.
Hostess-Mrs. Noonan.
Roll call-Famous colleges and their
location.
Lesson:-Colleges and the war; Can.
ada's great canal; Canada after the
war; Victoria Falls-January maga-
zine
Piano selection-Eleanor Craig.
Review-The Color Line (America
in FermenD-Miss Heating.
The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1917-03-22
President and Cabinet Dis
cusS U=Boat Menace.
WILSON KEEPS SILENCE
Although General Belief Is Chief Ex.
ecutive Will eummon Congress. at
Once or Make Some Other Important
Move No Hint Of Its Nature Is Given
Out at Washington.

Out at Washington.
Washington, March Further
steps to protect American lives and
property against the warlike opera
tions of German submarines are ex-
pected to take some more definite
form after the cabinet meeting.
AS has been the case since all off.
citl Washington acknowledged that a
state of war practically exists between
the United States and Germany there
is a wide range of speculation on the
precise action President Wilson con-
templates, but there is no official
ground for any forecast.
Calling of congress in extra session
before April 16, the day first chosen
for it's assembly, still continues fore
most among the probabilities, but
there are no indications that Presi-
dent Wilson had finally decided on it..
On the other hand there were some in
dications that the session date would
not be advanced.
Preparations for carrying out the
policy of armed neutrality to its full
est degree are being hurried in the
navy department. The possibilities
of their execution range even to ac-
tive cooperation at sea with the Brit.
ish and French fleets to clean subma-
rines out of the shipping lanes.
1t was learned definitely before the
cabinet meeting that the president,
while considering deliberately all
phases of the situation, had not final
ly made up his mind on any forward
step beyond the active preparation oil
the navy for any eventuality.
For the present President Wilson
is taking the position that at all events
the nation must be placed in a bette:
state of preparedness because he hc.
lieves that from practical stand oint
Germany is making war on this coun-
try.
Members of the cabinet before the
meeting apparently were agTcal that
every possible step to safeguard
American rights should be taken. hut
were not sure whether anything would
be gained by advancing the date Of
the extra session of congress.
The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1917-03-22
Memphis Men Are Safe.

New York, March 21.-No lives
were lost in the sinking of the Ameri-
can steamship City of Memphis in the
German submarine zone. The boat
which was missing, containing Captain
Borum and eleven men, has reached
Glasgow safely, according to a dis
patch received here from the captain.
The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1917-03-22
Invention Kills Originator.

Great Falls, Mont, March 21.-.R.
Willkomm attempted to use an electric
current as muscle stimulant. He
connected the loose wires to an cleo
trio light drop and stepped into the
hot water of the bath. A scream call
ed persons 10 the bathroom, where
they found him dead.
The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1917-03-22
eritain's Debt s1e,5 100000, 900.

London, March 21.-Andrew Bonar
Law told the house Of commons that
the nominal total national debt was
estimated at $19,5OO,O00,OOO The to,
tai estimated amount due from Great
Britain's allies and the dominions
was 50, ,72O, 100000.
The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1917-03-22
e. S. LoveIace Dead

e. S. Lovelace, a pioneer of the
Fort Ransom country and prominent
man Of Ransom county, died last Sat
urday at his home at Fort Ransom,
and was buried Monday.
The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1917-03-22
NEW GOVERNOR IS POPULAR

M. Roditcheff Staunch Advocate Of
Finnish Aspirations.
London, March 21.-Nearly all the
district governors and officials in Fin
land voluntarily resigned when they
heard of the revolution and little op-
position was shown anywhere towards
the new order of things, according to
a Copenhagen dispatch to Reuters.
M. Roditcheff's appointment as the
new governor of Finland is said to
have proved popular, as he is known
as staunch advocate of Finnish as
pirations.
The prisoners in the fortress at
Uleaborg have been liberated and the
governor and police dismissed.
The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1917-03-22
Refuse to Study German.

Kalamazoo, Mich, March 21.-Fol-
lowing announcement of the sinking
Of three more American steamers fifty
five students of Kalamazoo college re
fused to continue ths study of the
German language.
The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1917-03-22
TRAIN 100000 BOY SCOUTS
National Organization to Start Troops
All Over Country.

New York, March 21.-A movement
to place the training given by the Boy
Scouts of America before 100000
boys of scout age in the United States
was announced by that organization.
Field secretaries will visit cities and
towns throughout the country organic.
ing troops.
= Dec. 81, 1916, 245,O73 boys and men
were registered as scouts and scout
officials, as compared with 1882 on
Dec. 81, 1915.
The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1917-03-22
NAVAL PERSONNEL is SHORT
Graduation of Two Glasses at Acad
en,y Ordered,

Washington, March 21.-Graduation
of the first and second classes at the
naval academy has been ordered. The
first class will be graduated March 20;
the second class in September the
date not having been definitely fixed.
The order means that 374 additional
naval officers will be made available
to meet the existing shortage in naval
personnel. The first class comprises
172 men and the second class 202.
The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1917-03-22
NUMBER OF FARMERS MEETINGS
TO BE HELD NEXT WEEK

Meetings in the nature Of Farmers
various points in the county under the
direction of the county agricultural
agent. There will be present at each
of the meetings several speakers who
are experienced in the subjects they
will discuss. The subjects that will
be emphasized at these meetings will
be The Seeding of Tame Grasses, Corn
and Silos. The tames grasses will be
given special attention because OF the
great interest that there is in this sub
ject this season. Those in charge of
these meetings feel there is need for
arousing more interest in the erection
of silos.
The erection of silos should keep
pace with the increase in the number
of cattle that are being kept on our
farms if the greatest profit is to be o5-
tained from the keeping of cattle. The
silo without question has proven the
most economical way to provide feed
on most North Dakota farms.
The meetings are scheduled at the
following places at the time Indicated:
Guelph-Monday afternoon at 1870.
March Goth.
Progressive Farmers Club-Monday
evening at o'clock, March 26th.
Ludden-Tuesday afternoon at 1880,
March 9th.
Fullerton-Wednesday afternoon at
1880, March 28th.
Clement Farmers Club-Wednesday
evening at o'clock, March 28th.
Monango-Thursday afternoon at
1880, March 29th.
Merricourt-Friday afternoon at
1880, March 3Oth.
The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1917-03-22
TOWNSHIP OFFICERS

The following officers were elected
at the regular election held on Tues
day:
Riverdale
Supervisor-Mr. Nelson.
Clerk-Will. Hutsinpiller
Treasurer-Alex. McPhail.
Justice-Frank Ankeny.
Constablcs-Guy Leflingwell, Roy
Balm.
James River Valley
Supervisor for 3 years--A. e. Howe.
Justices-Frank Elliott, c. B. An.
drus.
Constables-W. r. Jones, Peter Lind.
Conciliators-Soren Pedersen, Peter
Lind, L. +. Stevens, Gust Grosshans.
Hudson
c. a. Newman was elected supervis-
or; other officers were elected last
year for. two year terms.
Clement
Supervsor-A. II. Gramlow
Justice--H. NJ. Blazer.
Constable-G. II. Broker.
Pound Master-L. Il. johnson.
Bear Creek
Supervisors Lars Martinson, A. T.
Johnson.
| Justice-John Bllmcyer
Constable. ii. Killer.
The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1917-03-22
AUCTION SALES

March sc. R. Cook at Henry
Marsh residence in Oakes.
March 2s-J. R. Jones Jr.. 11z miles
south of Hample.
April s-H. J. johnson at barns Just
west of city.
The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1917-03-22

The following officers were elected
at the regular election held on Tues
day:
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-10-01
LETS CONTRACT
FOR RESURFAC|NG
PAVED STREETS
CITY AUTHORITIES VOTE TO PUT
PAYMENTS IN FIRST CLASS
CONDITION.

On authority voted them by the city
Strong have entered into a contract
with the Standard Asphalt Paving
company of Spokane, through it's rep
resentative, C. H. Green, for bitumin-
Gus top for $4,000 square yards of city
pavement. The work is to be COM
pleted by November 10, 1917.
By the terms of the contract the city
is to clean the streets for the work,
furnish the bituminous cement, sand
and gravel on board cars in Moscow.
The paving company is to place the
material on. the streets and furnish the
plant, labor, equipment and fuel for
5 4-1O cents a square yard. The COM
pany also agrees to furnish Torpedo
sand for 80 cents cubic yard of
$500 pounds f. o. b. at the pit in SpO-
kane. 1t is also agreed to deliver the
material at once.
This is work the city administration
has been planning to do for months,
and it is the understanding that the
that did the paving origin
ally are to pay the costs of the re-
pair work.
The city council at it's last meeting
also voted to construct four foot
cement side walk on the north side
Of Third street between Asbury and
Almon and the west side of Almon be-
-ween Third and AZ around lot 18, |
block 5, owned by Clio A. and Fred |
Damon.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-10-01
SOLDIER SLOGAN
IS get AL|vE!'

CAMP LEWIS, Tacoma -"Get
alive"
If Camp Lewis has slogan that's
it. Husky young officers from the
Preside yell it at their squads. The
men themselves use the expression.
The slogan is having it's effect on the
men at drill-it's putting ginger into
their movements.
Officers who have been in the reg
ular army for years are surprised at
the progress shown by the men in
drilling. The men are inspected reg
ularly and the officers find little to
criticise.
A military ball last night formal
ly opened the 100000 nationaL dane
ing pavilion. Hundreds from Ia
coma attended.
A colored regiment will be trained
here, according to instructions re-
ceived from the war department. No
colored drafted men were received
here in the first or second quotas. 1t
is believed they will come in the last
Is per cent quota.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-10-01
E, w. HAMILTON MAKES LONG
AUTO JOURNEY IN II DAYS

A communication just received from
E. W. Hamilton, former professor OF
agricultural engineering and lrr1ga-
ton at the university, narrates the
story of a 17-days' automobile jour-
ney from Moscow to Hawarden, Iowa,
where he has accepted the manage
ment of a large farm.
Mr.. Hamilton said that he found
miserable roads at either. end of the
Fourth of July canyon and highways
almost as bad in the neighborhood
of st. Regis. Certain parts OF North
Dakota. he said, are literally infested
with myriad ducks of every species
Mr.. Hamilton's position on the uni
versity faculty has been taken by
John C. Wooley, who comes to ldaho
from Iowa State college at Ames.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-10-01
OFFERS $50 EACH FOR
THE MILITARY SLACKE ERS

The local exemption board has re-
ceived a communication from Adju-
tant General Charles S. Moody
which includes the following:
The following telegram is from
Provost Marshal General Crowder,
under date of September 27, 1917:
"a reward of $50 is payable for
the delivery at the nearest army
camp or post of a deserter. This re-
ward is in full satisfaction of all ex-
penses incurred in said delivery. A
person who fails to report to his local
board for military service at the
time specified in his honor to re-
port is deserter. A person who
fails to report for military service
to the adjutant general of the state
by the date specified in the order of
the adjutant general to said persons
is a deserter. 1t is highly desirable
from every standpoint that an effort
now be made to round up all persons
who are delinquent in reporting for
military service. 1t is thought that
if the fact of reward is given the
widest publicity we shall have
great force of police officers and
even of individuals interested in
bringing such delinquents under mil
itary control. If after such persons
are brought to military authority
it appears to the military autho-
rity that their delinquency is not will
full they will be forwarded to
camp and their local
BOARD will be given credit. If it ap-
pears that the delinquency was will
'ul they will be prosecuted before
court martial as deserters. In either
.ase the reward is payable"
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-10-01
CLOUDS
GROW bLACKER
OVER SENATE
ONE WOULD SHOOT DISL0YAL
SENATOR'S WITHOUT AN
HOURS DELAY.
MANY PETITIONS FILED
LAFOLLETTE, STONE AND GRONNA
ARE THE THREE CON-
SIDERED WORST.

WASHINGTON-Th senate commit
tee on privileges and elections will
meet Tuesday to consider petitions
demanding the ousting of Senators
LaFollette, Stone and Gronna, Chair
man Pomerene announced today. Sem
ator Wadsworth of New York present
ed to the senate a petition from the
Ithaca Rotary club demanding the i'm
peachment of Lafollette, Stone and
Gronna as enemies of the country.
Nine additional petitions were pre-
sented to the senate today Most of
the petitions named LaFollette Vice
President Marshall read a letter from
w. L. Stokes of New York demanding
an immediate secret investigation. He
said if congressman were guilty Of
disloyalty they should be shot without
an hours delay.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-10-01
SUNDAY SCHOOL IN
A PATRIOTIC RALLY
THE MOSCOW PRESBYTERIAN
YOUNG PEOPLE MAKE A
FINE DEMONSTRATION

The services at the Presbyterian
Sunday school yesterday were q
rally for the American flag and q
rally for the Christian flag. There
was a large attendance but the at
tendance record of 316 was not
broken.
Twenty-one junoirs were gradu-
ated into the intermediate depart
ment. Miss Reeder's class of pri-
mary students was promoted to the
junior department
The names of 25 young men either
belonging to the Presbyterian church
or connected with families belonging
to the church were named. Letters
from three of them, Lieutenant Don
H. Yates, Private Stephen J. Kroh
and Bhgler E. Mcconnell, were read.
Gordon Staples, home for a few days
from Pasco, made little speech.
One representative from each of the
different departments gave short
talk.
There was no special music. The
congregation sang several new
hymns to patriotic airs.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-10-01
PLAN TO GRANT RELIEF
WHERE DRAFT WAS WRONG

WASHINGTON-A method of re-
lieving hardships in cases where men
who should have been exempted but
have been ordered to report for mil
itary service or have entered camps
has been prescribed by Provost Mar
shal General Crowder. If the local
or district board believes man has
been wrongly ordered for duty it may
reopen the case on its own initiative
and revoke the former action. A
man who has already entered the
service may be discharged only by
order of the army adjutant general
who will act on the recommendations
of local or district boards. Another
ruling provides that thousands OF
aliens who registered for draft June
5--snd who since that date have de-
clared their intentions of becoming
citizens are now subject to the draft.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-10-01
INCREASED ROLL
IS INDICATED BY
FORENOON MARK
100 STUDENTS REGISTERED IN
FOUR YEAR COURSES AT -
O'CLOCK TODAY.
SOUTH IS REPRESENTED
RUPERT DELEGATION INCLUDES
y FIVE MEN FOR INCOMING
CLASS OF 1921.

Before 12 o'clock today more than
100 students had registered for regu-
lar four year courses at the university
a better record for the forenoon of
opening day than has been made in
the last seveal years, according to
Francis Jenkins, university bursar.
No definite statistics could be OBJ
tanned anent the size of the incom-
ing Freshman class, but it is believed
that the 1921 delegation will be fully
as large as the record breaking group
of undergraduate novitiates which en-
rolled during the first few days of reg
istration in 1916.
Many students from southern Idaho
are included among those who pre-
sented their admission qualifications
for the first time today. An unusual
delegation is one from Rupert, five
graduates from that city's high school
being prospective members of the 1921
class.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-10-01
LOSSES IN SOUTHERN STORM
GROW LARGER EACH DAY

NEW ORLEANS-Last Fridays hur-
ricane destroyed 32 houses in Dauphne
Island. Alabama Two dozen small
craft were sunk off the Alabama
coast. Scores of boats were driven
ashore bottom up. Much damage was
done to government property at Fort
Morgan, according to the first inforina-
ton received here from Fort Morgan
this afternoon. No lives are reported
lost there.
The gulf tanker, Detroit, believed to
be sunk, arrived safely. The vessel
encountered wind of a 130-mile We
locity.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-10-01
SECRETARY BAKER
ISSUES AIREPORT
FINDS GERMANS FIGHTING WITH
LESS STAMINA ON WEST
FRONT.

WASHINGTON-De e sperate on
slaughts by picked German storm
battalions due to the fear of the Brit
ish menace against the German line
of communications to Ostend and Ze-
brugge naval bases, were features of
the war on the west front, Secretary
of War Bakers second weekly was
summary declared. Secretary Baker
said the Menin road battle shows that
the German fighting stamina is deteri-
Grating
Speaking of matters on this side of
the ocean Secretary Baker declared
that the national guard mobilization
and the assembling of the national ar
nv is proceeding rapidly and to the
entire satisfaction of the department
He said the Germans used 35 new di-
visions on the Aisne front this year,
while only % divisions were used in
he Verdun fighting a year ago.
Both Sides Active.
LONDON-Sir Douglas Haig re-
ported marked activity today by hos
lie artillery east and north of Ypres
md Nieuport.
PARASITIC French repulsed Ger
nan attacks on both banks of the
deuse today following a violent bonn
ardment
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-10-01
LIBERTY LOAN
CAMPAIGN OPEN
LATAH COUNTY IN LEWISTON
DISTRICT MADE UP OF
FIVE COUNTIES.
MEN At HEAD OF MOVE
BIG $4,000, 100000 DRIVE WILL RUN
FOR FOUR WEEKS TO
OCTOBER %.

An intensive campaign for subscrip-
tions to the second Liberty Loan issue
of OOO,OO0,O0O was inaugurated to-
day throughout the entire state.
Secretary McAdoo has announced
that in the period of the, drive, which
has been fixed at October 1 to 27, the
nations banking institutions will be
expected to subscribe for bonds to the
amount of 10 per cent of their re-
sources.
Big Share for Idaho.
Idahos quota for the second cam
paign has not yet been fixed but it
will probably be in the neighborhood
of 10000 900. The task assigned to
this district is 100000 to 100000.
d. w. Davis of American Falls, who
was the gubernatorial candidate of
the Republican party in 1916, has been
appointed state campaign manager.
In Blocks of Five.
The state has already been districted
into groups of counties for the pur-
pose of obtaining cooperation and CO.
ordination of effort. Latah, Nez Perce,
Lewis, Clearwater and Idaho COM
prise the district organized for the
bond push i'll this territory.
The campaign is to be directed by
a Liberty Loan auxiliary committee
which has headquarters in Lewiston.
The following list of drive officials
was annaunced Saturday:
E. M. Ehrhardt, chairman; R. G. |
Beach, organization; A. E. Clarke, dis /
tribution; D. S. Wallace, publicity; P.
R. Bevis, speakers; E. A. Cox, CAM
paign manager; T. H. Bartlett, gen
eral secretary; F. S. Randall, chair
man Nez Perce county; w. w. Brown,
chairman Idaho county;
5. O. Tannahill, Nezperce, chairman
Lewis county; Charles A. Fisher, Oro-
ino. chairman Clearwater county
Byrns Represents Latah.
B. T. Byrns has been chosen to rep
resent Latah county on the general ,
committee He will have the selection
If an executive committee for this /
and will announce this with
,ut delay. The selection of Mr.. Byrns
,esulted from number of confer
ences among the men of the COM
nunity most deeply interested in this
great movement.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-10-01
PLAN GOOD TIME
FOR SOLD|ERIb0YS
WOMEN OF THE RED CROSS AND
CITY BAND LEAD IN
SOCIAL FUNCTION.

Latah county will send another con-
tingent of 55 of her selected young
men to American Lake Wednesday af-
ternoon at 3:15 over the Northern
Pacific
1t is proposed to give these young
men a good time in Moscow Tuesday
evening to send them into the mill
tary service feeling that the friends
spirit to the last ditch and over the
top.
The Moscow City band and the la
dies of the Moscow Chapter of the Red
Cross are to have charge of an enter
tainment to be given the boys going
away and the Montana soldiers sta
toned here Tuesday evening and it
gives promise of being a most enjoy
able event
From 1880 to $3.50 the band will
give one of it's delightful open air
concerts and following this there will
be dancing and refreshments at For
est Hall directly opposite the Hotel
Moscow. Admission to the hall will
be charged to all but the selected men
and the Montana soldiers.
1t is expected that this will be one
of the big social events of the year
as all citizens will welcome an op-
Dortunity to honor these young s'sol-
1iers of freedom"