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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-17
Zemstovs Movement in Russia
Has Spread Throughout the
Country Since War Began.
IBy Lowell Mellett, United Press
Staff Correspondent.

IBy Lowell Mellett. United Press
Staff Correspondent
LONDON. March 17.-Russia is
ready for real democracy, in the opin-
ion today of British officials most
closely in touch with recent develop
ments in Muscovy.
For the past two years there has
been steady growth of the Zemstovs
movement That was a union or a
vast voluntary war organization. 1t
was an organization that sprang di-
rectly from the people. BY now lit
has interwoven itself into every
phase of Russian rural life. as well
as into every department of the act
ivities of war. 1t covered up the
mistakes of the Petrograd officials;
it provided food and relief for. the
soldiers; it aided the war stricken
people. 1t gave the people their first
opportunity for exercise Of popular
executive direction Of a vast scale.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-17

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NEW YORK, March 17-8ecretary
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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-17
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United Press Leased Wire Service.l
LONDON, March 17.-Moscow ac-
compished the change from autoc-
racy to democracy without single
shot being fired, according to authori-
tative Information obtained here to-
day.
The city was orderly throughout
the time that Petrograd was in the
throes OF street fighting.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-17
Grand Duke Refuses Crown, Making Govern
r,e.t by the People, fer The People, Prob
able Outcome Of Revolution.
.DUMA IS ONLY AUTHORITY NOW
pror;.;on,1 Government Backed by Patriotic
People, Sets to Work Organizing New
Era for Country.

the oount1y.s good thsa ~ aAsue0
abdieate the orown and NJ DOWN
supreme power"
"Not wishing to separate ourselves
from our beloved son, We bsqueAtni
the heritage to our brother, the Grand
Duke Michael, with our blessing Tor
the future throne, that he may GOV.
ern It in full union with ths national
representatives and take inviolate
oath to them in the name OF our we'll
beloved fatherland."
I'VE call all faithful sons OF the
fatherland TO fulfil their sacred pat
riotic duty Of obeying the ozar at TINS
! painful moment of national trials,
and to aid him together with the ma
tion's repreS entatives to conduct the
Rnssian state in the way q Dr0s-
perity and glory.
| May God help Russia!
Abdlcation Thursday.
| LONDON. March 17.-Czar Nicholas.
OF Russia, signed formal abdicat1on OF
the throne Of the Romanoffs on Thurs.
day, It was definitely learned here to-
day.
Preliminary statements which HAD
been received here up to today report
ed that the former emperor of all the
RUSSIANS udu hiS ~
eighty right
Dispatches from Russia today said
the formal signature to the ahdication
was made at Pskoff and that through
out the Russian nation placards. an
nouncing this renunciation, had been
posted.
Duma Is Supreme.
noEvrRoGRAD March 17-All army
officers present in Petrograd, met to-
day and unanimously resolved to
recognize the authority Of the duma.
Speeches were made stating realiza-
ton of the army in the Indispensable
need for establishment Of order
as speedily as possible that WORK
behind the trenches" might proceed
Governor Of Finland Arrested.
PETROGRAD, March 17.-By order
of the provisional government. Ad-
miral Mepine today arrested Governor
Zein, OF Finland.
Deputy Rodicheff was named as
minister Of Finnish affairs and orr
dered to proceed at once to Helsing-
fors
cxarovitch Reported Dead.
LONDON, March 17.-An unverified
report was circulated hero today that
the czarovitch. the thirteen year Old
Grand Duke Alexis, was dead. The
report gave no details. According to
latest authoritative reports, reaching
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-17
ZEPPELIN IS
BROUGHT DOWN
Fell in Mass Of Flames to the
Street, When Hit by
Guns Guarding
Oompiegne.
CREW BURNED TO DEATH
Flock Of German Terrors Howsred
Over Town, Dropping 6ombs
Which Failed to do
Damage.
CREW BURNED TO DEATH

rUnited Press Leased Wire Service ]
PARIS, March IA Zeppelin.
apparently returning from England.
was brought down in Compiegne to-
day. The airship fell from q great
height. The crew was burned to
death.
The Zeppelin fell mass Of flames
in the center of the boulevard Gam
beta, In the heart Of the city OF
Compiegne. the result Of fire from
anti:aircraft guns.
Crowds which massed the streets
oheered its downfall.
The Zeppelin was only one Of sev.
eral which were sighted at q great
altitude over the town and which at
five O'Clock this morning dropped
bombs. Tho damage was insignia
can't and no townspeople were In
jured.
For the frst time recently. the ap-
proach Of Zeppelins as close as Com
piegne caused sounding OF the Paris
Zeppelin alarms at four g.. m. But
no Zeppelins had arrived hours later.
IA cable fsom London. late last
night announced that IN air raid was
In progress on "southeastern counties
Ut England" Presumably the Zeppe-
lin reported destroyed as above. was
q participant in this raid.]
Fell 1900 Feet.
[By W. s. Forrest. United Press Staff
Correspondent
PARTS, March 17-From 1900
feet in tho sky. French export anti
air craft gunners. today at Compiegne
brought down in blazing ruins giant
German Zeppelin. one Of a number
apparently returning from . raid on
England. It fell in one Of the main
streets Of the city, charred mass.
those. of its crew who remained
aboard being burned into unrecosniz-
able masses Two or three Of the
crew. mad with pain of the flames
and certain death, preferred to meet
it otherwise than in mass of fire
and jumped thousands of feet to the
earth.
The great Zeppelin broke in two
just before it landed a blazing, al
most molten mass. The wreckage
was still smouldering late today.
Despite the earliness of the hour
it was before dawn that the Zeppelin
alarm sounded-nearly all Of Com
piegne was astlr. thousands gather-
ed in the streets to listen to the rat
tie Of the anti-air craft guns and to
cheer the marksmen. When one
monster Of the sky was hit there was
tremendous outburst of cheering.
Meanwhile the Zeppelins from their
vast height aloft, had launched sew
eral bombs at the town. No one
was hurt by them and the damage
was insignificant. The greater peril
came when the blazing mass Of the
stricken Zeppelin shot down from
aloft, gathering momentum as 1t fell
nearly two miles from the sky, but
no one was injured.
Paris got part OF the Zeppelin scare
when the alarm was sounded at 400
o'clock in the morning. But the
Zepps didn't arrive as expected.
This is the first raid in which Zep-
pelins have participated since the
death OF their inventor.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-17
pre.ldent We,rs Green Today.

limited Press Leased Wire Servicel
WASHINGTON, March 17.-Presi-
dent Wilson is wearing the green"
along with everybody else in Wash
ington today.
He is sporting a bunch Of real
shamrocks on the lapel Of his coat.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-17

The half4brother of the king of Siam,
Prince Mahidol. special student at
Harvard, comedies that American
chorus girls are good to look upon,
but the chorus girls of old Siam have
'em beaten several block. Some nerve
In that slant-eyed view.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-17
Kew of the German Defenses
Which British Have Been
Hammering, Gives Up
the Struggle.
WAS CALLED GIBRALTAR
German offieIaI Report Tells OF the
Trenches, Abandoned According
to Plans, Occupied
by tho Ensn,y.

limited Press Leased wire servtoe.]
LONDON, March 1.7-Bapaume, the
key Of the German defenseS against
which the new Haig offensive on the
western front has been hammerins'
has been captured.
Front dispatches on Thursday. coup
led with Field Marshal Halg's succinot
official statement, prepared the puoi1c
in q measure. for the welcome news OF
the capture Of tho German stronghold
dubbed by Hindenburg not 50 many
months ago as the Gibraltar OF the
western front"
On Thursday the British forces were
reported within few hundred yards
Of Bapaume defenses.
since that time Field Marshal Haie
has been silent as to the exact extent
Of the operations.
Military experts have predicted that
occupation by the British OF tnls
stronghold, will force an early retire
ment of tho Germans from tho ba-
paume,Arras line.
o>rmon o4Neini Report.
h BERLIN. (via Sayvillp wireieoel
FMarch 17.-"Between Sally ana the
Sd. Pierre vaast wood and between
Beuyraknes and Lassigny, Msnsn
and French detachments, respectively
settled in trenches which had Deen
abandoned by US according 70 our
plans" declared today's of11c1al state-
ment.
The statement also said:
.Between the canal Labassee anu
the Ancre there was lively artiilery
activity. At several places English re-
connoitering detachments were re-
pulsed. On. the Aisne front there was
a forefield enterprise. which orousn'
us thirty.hve. prisoners.
Between the Meuse and the Mosehe
our thrusting detachments proush.
prisoners in from four olnerent pia'e'
on the hostile lines.
Bio Gain Announced.
PARIS. March ia gain OF TWO
and a half miles over a front OF
twelve m lies extent north OF the AVfe
was announced by the war office To-
day.
Further progress was also reported
in the region of Maisons Champagne.
while successful raids were carried
out at various parts OF the front
The official statement detailed
vast amount of air activity. large
number of French machines were
engaged and in air battles eight Ger
man machines were brought down
three by Sub-Lieutenant Guynemer'
his total OF enemy ma
chimes to thirty-three.
: "The Germans attacked violently IN
the region OF Chambrettes Four. east
Of the Mepse and also in the region
of Berry Au Bac and northeast or
Rheims, but were everywhere re-
pulsed, with serious losses" the state
ment concluded.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-17
California Recruits.

PARIS, March 17.-California re-
cr,its for the American ambulance
section who left San Francisco Feb.
4 started for the front early today
on active service.
At a farewell banquet at French
headquarters Friday night many
French notables paid them compii-
ments and bade them farewell. A
lean Ambassador Sharpe spoke, as did
Jules Cambon, former foreign minis
ter. in behalf of the French govern
ment
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-17

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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-17
cxaroviteh Reported Dead.

LONDON, March 17.-An unverihed
report wes circulated hero today that
the czarovitch. the thirteen year old
Grand Duke Alexis, was dead. the
report gave no details. According to
latest authoritative reports, reaching
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-17

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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-17

The Telegraph Service Of The
Daily Gate City and Constitu-
ion-Democrat is received over
our own leased wire.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-17

Fair. Warmer Sunday. Local
temp p. m. Al; a. M 30.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-03-28
f arming in City
Gardeners Adaiscd to Make PAPER
seed Pots at Home

Thus far you have been gardening on
paper No" YOU may proceed To gar
den with paper.
This by WAY of introducing tho pa
per seed not. the newest wrinkle in
the process Of making Dame Nature
got hustle on.
You can make paper seed pots at
home. Your machin" consists Of Il
block Of wood with "A metal plate in
the center of one end. The block may
be two inches square. or. better, "a
re"tanEle two by four inches
Take sheet OF stiff. watcrticht
paper and wrap IL around this block
Fold uD one end as store bundle
wrapper docs ana faSten by driving
into II a short tack. which will he
clinched on the inside against the
metal plate. This completes the pro-
cess.
In the bottom OF the pot. which
should he three or four inches deep
pu' an inch Of gravel or ciuders ana
NJ! nearly TO the TOP with the best
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-03-28

MIR. and Mrs. Charles V. Meredith here
Miss Kate Elankenship, Of this city.
IS Visiting Mrs ! sidney Smith a.
hcr home In Norfolk
Miss sue tiddicli and Miss stokes.
Of suffolk. are visiting Misses Ruth
and Emily Brown here"
Miss Mamie Mason Ice has return
cd 10 her home, in Stafford county.
after n visit 10 Mrs. !. Linwood An
trim on Monument Avenue.
Miss Mary Il" Moville It'll. who has
been visiting Mrs. Robert Baylor Tuus-
tall in Norfolk, is spending short
time here. before returning TO her
home in Nashville. Tenn.
Miss Ca,csby Willis and Jorc Willis.
OF Richmond College. spent tho week
end in Fredericks burg.
Mrs. L. .. McCahe. who has been
The guest or Mrs. L. Bland William.
ia Norfolk for week, has returned
20 Richmond
Mrs. Rosalic St John Hcrndon. OF
Monro" Terrace, is visiting relatives
in Norfolk
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-03-28
IT'S YOUR KIDNEYS

You have swollen feet and hands.
sim, achy joints. sharp shooting.
rheumatic pains torture you. You have
aching back. pain In the lower abdo-
men. difficulty when uriuating. Look
out. These are danger signals. Trou-
bic il with your kidneys. Uric acid
poisoning. in one form or another has
set In. II may lead TO dropSy or fatal
BriEhts disease if not checked.
Get some GOLD MEDAL HARLEM
Oil Capsules hmm ediately. They arc
an old preparation, used all over the
world for centuries. combining natural
healing oil and herbs. weil-known TO
physicians and used bH thousands in
their daily practice. The Capsules are
not an experimental. ake-shift pat
ent medicine or salt" whose effect
is only temporary. They arc - stand
ard remedy, and act naturally. gently
and quickly. hut when YOU go to the
druggist. insist OH getting the pure.
original HARLEM OH in Capsules. BE
sure the name GOLD MEDAL is on
the box. and thus protect yourself
against counterfeits.-Adv.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-03-28

Mechanic Arts. has reported to Cover
nor i:tckctt and Secretary OF the Navy
Joscphus Danicls that German sales
man. representing himself to be selling
brushes FOR a German factory. visited
the college yesterday. forced himself
into the presence of the college author
tiles aud developed a conversation. in
which he criticized most unjustly the
trustees OF the college AND the state
authorities on the attitude Of the col
lcgc and negroes generally. Dudley
believes the salesman was really an
cm!ssary OF the German government
sent into the South to stir disloyalty
among negroes to the state and Fed
cral governments
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-03-28

garden soil YOU can Get mixed with
decaN"d leaves or manure if possible
IN 'hoS" pots YOU can then pia MT
such seeds az bush pole and lima
beans. corn. cabbage. lettuce. melons.
cucu'nbers. squash. etc Place the
pots in the house cellar or i'm q cold
frame, in good light ana moderat e
temperature. and bn sure that the soil
is always kept moist in the po,s.
~ you have ~ cellar. a simpler papcr
frame. without any bottom. can be ef-
Icciivcly used. These may be set on
a bench and the drainage allowed IN
drip on the noor.
SAVE FINE ny
Use OF SEED POTS
With tho usn OF these pots from one
'" Two weeks may he gained in tho
ehriiness Of crops Earthcnwaro po,s
may be used. but they are costlier do
not pack together 50 well. and the
plants must be lifted from the nots
When irausplantod into tho garden
WITH the paper pots only the bottom
need he ripped off when they arc set
nv" INC garden. and the plant roots
arc not disturbed.
some Gardeners prefer to use seed
boxes These arc built Of wood. three
or 1pur inches deep. twelve to four
Teen wac. and twenty To twen;y-fou,
inches long. FIJI with earth. with
gravel OF c!ndcr drainage in the bo, .
''h'' pressing uoWn tho SOIL firmly vii n
a board.
Such seeds as tomatoes. cabbage.
cau!iHowcr. peppers, ana othcr crops
requiring thinning. should be planted
III Sccd boxes IN rows from u quarter
10 helf-inch deep and two inch @.
apart. the rows running crosswiso OF
The box Sow eight or ten seeds TO
tn" inch md cover with Garth 4 niece
oi glass over the box will conserve
moisture and hasten growth. When
tn" plants arc an inch or so high. thin
ont the rows until tho plants remain
ING arc ono To TWO inches apart The
plants pulled ont may hc set in other
boxes IL they arc needed.
When the weather becomes mild
enough set seed boxes and pots out
doors part Of the time daily. 80 that
the plants Will harden off" before
transplantinc. Just before transplant
ing from tho seed boxes give tho plants
a good watering so that the earth Will
stick 10 their roots
Whenever YOU figure that warm
weather viii he a, hand in two weeks.
II - time 10 start your seed boxes and
paper pots. In most parts Of tho coun-
try tho proper time for this is right
nov.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-03-28
WONEN'S MEETINGS.

The Confedcratc Memorial Literary
Society VIII meet ths morning at /
o'clock.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-03-28
LEXINGTON DECLARES ITS
PATRIOTIC WAR ATTITUDE
Enthusiastic Meeting OF Men aud Wom-
6" Passes RESOLUTIONS Calling ON
President Wilson 10 Act.

Special To The Times Dispatch
LEXINGTON VA. March 2s.--N
large and enthusiastic meeting of the
citizens and women Of Lexington was
held in the courthouse here ycs.cr-
day. the people Of this cumruliitN.
desiring 20 take some action with ref
ercncc 20 the war with Germany. Res
buttons were adopted in support OF
the President in his conduct OF the
affairs Of the United States at this
critical time.
the meeting was called to order by
former Attorney General William y.
Anderson who referred to the import :
ancc OF immediate action by the gov
eminent. +. l.. Graham was made
chairman Of the meeting and !. w.
Mcclung secretary.
Addresses were made by DR. ~ r.
Easter. on The Government OF Ger
many Colonel Il. r. kerlin. THE Is
sues or the War Or. f. l.. Riley.
Why Diplomacy Failed: General F..
w. Nichols, What the United states
Can and Ought 10 Do.
Attention was called by General An
derson TO the patriotism OF Lexington
and RockbridSe in the past when pa :
'rlois went out from this community
10 serve in the Revolutionary War
and in the War Between the states
and that here now are the shrincs OF
Robert r. Lee and Stoncwall jackson.
whose patriotism should influence in
this time Of stress Professor -. &.
Humphreys offered a set OF resolutions
which were discussed. and the follow
ing adopted as q substitutes
Resolved. That we urge Congress
and the President OF the United States
to put an end to the present state OF
armed neutrality assumed by this
country towards the European conflict.
by declaring war. or that "a state of
war exists between this country and
Germany and we furthermore urge
the prosecution OF such war with the
utternost vigor and with all our ma =
tional rnSnurrnS',
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-03-28

ISNocia! % tn" Tunes DISPATCH
TrEACCONIl.LE. VA. March 27.-A
marriage OF intcrcs: took place on
Monday evening at liobson Chapel
Church. when Miss Ruth Fowlkes.
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Winston
fowlkes. Of Sunnysidc. became the
bride Of Ralph Il. Whitiock. son of Il.
II. Whitlock. n wcll-known business
man Of TohaccoVilic.
Willie Porter acted az master of
ceremonies The ushers included DE-.
Whitiock. Lee Netherland. Roland Scott
aud Eddie Whitlock. Miss Reinic Mus
grove. Of Danville, played the wedding
march and also selection during the
ceremony.
Mr.. and Mrs Whitlock left on All ox-
tended Northern trip They will he
at bone after APRIL Is al Tobacccville.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-03-28
damage suit on TrIni.

Trial or the suit of Miss Mary sui
Ivan against the Virginia Railway
and Power Company was begun ycs-
tcrday in the Hastings Court Part H.
and tho case was continued over un-
tll II o'clock this morning. Miss Sui
liVan i seeking TO recover damae es
TO tho extent Of s5.6nO
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-03-28
IN AND OUT or TOwS.

Mrs. William r. Shields, Of Licking
ton, "a tho guest OF Mrs. Charles Il.
Lee on West Grace Street
Miss Lucille Dohson. Of Norfolk. Ia
spending a few days with Mrs b. Il.
Petit.
Mr. Max Talbot. ri Brooklinc,
Mass. Is the guest Of her parents,
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-03-28
GERMAN AROUSES NEGROES

Prcsidcnt of North Carolina tulor~d
College believes "salcsman" WAS
an Emissary Of Kaiser.
RALEIGH. y. c., March 27.-Pres-
idcnt J. Il. Dudley. Of tho North Caro-
lima Negro College OF Agriculture and
The Washington herald., 1917-04-29
Calls Yankees Idiots"
War Fever Will Abate

Special Gable to The Washington Herald.
Amsterdam, April N-Dr. Ludwig
Darmstaedter, a German, who has resid-
ed in the United States, recently deliv-
cred lecture in Berlin, which. from the
report in the Deutsches Tageszeitung,
apart from personal abuse of ex-Presi-
dent Roosevelt and Senator Penrose, of
Pennsylvania, was mainly an apology for
the inaction OF Germap-Americans on
behalf of the Fatherland. The lecturer
said that he regretted deeply that Ger
many had done so little to keep up family
ties overseas, and especially failed to
assist German educational institutions.
DR.. Darmstaedter upbraided the gov
ernment for past mistakes, the greatest
Of which was the promising of Ameri-
can territory to Mexico, which. he said,
had made. the Texas farmer prefer to
hght Germany rather than become Mex
lean.
1T Is mainly true that the Yankees
are idiots. but much depends on who
says So" the doctor said.
After the war fever has abated, he
said, Americans would admit freely that
It was wrong to enter the war. This
was too much for the editor Of the
Tageszeltung, who printed a question
mark after 10.