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Evening star., 1917-03-15
NO PLACE FOR CONSUL TO GO.
German Official Travelling on Pacific
Unable to Land Anywhere.

Franz Karl Zitelman. former German
consul general to the Philippines. Guam
and the sulu Islands. is travelling back
and forth on the Pacific ocean, unable
TO and hospitable shores upon which
to land.
Zitelman was expelled from Manila
following the break in diplomatic re-
I. ttons between the United States and
germany and then sent on an Ameri-
can army transport to Japan. en- route
~ China. The Japanese authorities.
however. declined to afford him safe
.onduct and he was forced to continue
his jurney to Honolulu.
Honolulu, being an American harbor,
could not receive Zitelman, and 1t was
docided to send him back by the next
boat direct to China. He will soon
mt into China to learn that diplo-
pmat,c relations between China and his
cn,1nfry also have been severed and
the impossibility of landing there.
Evening star., 1917-03-15
DR.. GRAYSON'S NOMINATION
is CONFIRMED BY SENATE
President Wins Fight for His
Physicians Promotion on
Strict Party Vote.

The nomination of DR.. Cary T. Gray
son, physician to President Wilson. to
be medical director, with the rank Of
rear admiral in the navy. was confirmed
by the Senate today on a strict party
vote. The nomination was sent to the
Senate during the last session OF Con-
gress. but. owing to opposition by re-
publican senators. was not acted upon.
The Senate took up the nomination Of
DR.. Grayson soon after it met at IL
o'clock today. The republicans had
stated that they would not filibuster
against it. An effort was made to place
the nomination at the foot Of the list,
the motion being made by a democratic
senator who was opposed to the con-
6rmation, but It was defeated by a
vote OF IS to 49,
Evening star., 1917-03-15
Situation in Russia ,
Has Been Enshrouded
With Veil of Secrecy

The situation in Russia has been
shrouded in such secrecy of late that
there is no exact knowledge of 1t here
The State Department is without infor-
nation to such an extent indeed that a
message recently sent to Ambas-
sador Francis at Petrograd to keep the
department more fully Informed.
For some time vague rtlInors of revo-
luton or 4 separate peace with Ger
many have reached here. mainly
through German sources. on every oc-
casion Russian officials have denied
them.
The prorogation of the duma was the
latest development in Russia's internal
situation to be reported to this country.
but no details were given as to it's
/ eau or probable effect. 1t is realized
here that Germany's greatest diplo-
n.atic efforts are being concentrated on
splitting Russia away fromN the en-
tente.
Evening star., 1917-03-15
Would Put OFF Paying Notes.

NEW YORK. March 15.-The possi-
bility of war between the United States
and Germany has aroused interest hero
in the status Of the $4,000. 900 Of Ger
man government notes held in America.
These notes become due April 1, and
II was learned today that holders have
been approached with the suggestion
that they agree to a renewal for am
other year As an inducement holders
have received an offer of payment of
the per cent interest for one year in
advance.
Evening star., 1917-03-15
CLEVELAND BUILDERS
MAY LOCK OUT 5000
Contractors Claim Union Men Have
Violated Agreement-Time Ex-
pires at 4:3O Today.

CLEVELAND. Ohio. March 15-Unless
some unexpected peace move is made, the
most complete building tie-up in Cleve-
lands history will go into effect at 4:3O
pm. today. when several hundred con-
tractors, members of the Building Trades
Employers Association. will lock out Is, 900
members Of the Building Trades Council
working on their Jobs. Five thousand
building workmen are already idle, fol-
lowing the lockout several weeks ago for
alleged violation of agreement, of 1000
union laborers and the quitting of work
by 5000 union men employed on Jobs
where the laborers were locked out.
Evening star., 1917-03-15
Bacon to Be Government Witness.

NEW YORK, March 16.-George Vaux
bacon. who was held prisoner in
the Tower of London as a German
spy. will be the governments chief
witness against Albert o. Sander and
Charles N. Wunnenberg when they are
tried, probably next week. Tor con-
spring to send spies from this coun-
try to Great Britain to obtain military
Information for Germany. The gov
ernment charges that S Hacon x is the spy
pose, By permission Of the British
royornment he was brought back to
New York yesterday on the steamship
Cedric. 49, .-A-.
Evening star., 1917-03-15
German Withdrawals
Now Are Taking Place
Faster Than Expected

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON. March Is. $3.50 pm.-Brig.
Gen, Frederick B. Maurice. chief di-
rector of military operations at the
British war office, today told the As
ISOLATED Press that the withdrawal of
the Germans from the Bucquoy line. on
the somme front, was taking place
faster than anticipated and that the
whole new line might soon be on the
reverse side Of tho Bapaume ridge
Evening star., 1917-03-15
CUBAN TROOPS TAKING
POSSESSION OF SANTIAGO
American B1uejackets and Marines
Preparing to Leave, Ea-
vana Hears.

HAVANA March 15.-Government
troops. under Col. Sanguily, according
to a message received here this morn
ing. are disembarking at Santiago to
take possession Of the city.
American bluejackets and marines
at II o'clock were concentrating their
supplies on the wharves preparatory
to embarking on their war vessels
Evening star., 1917-03-15
Women In Radio Class.

PHILADELPHIA. March 15.-Fifty
vounx women Of this city are studying
wireless telegraphy with tho object of
onering their services to the nation in
the event Of war. The radio class IL
connected with the UrQuhart branch
of the American Red Cross, Instruction
beinr given at tho Red Cross head
Evening star., 1917-03-15
Submarine Which Sank
Algonquin Was U-38,
Which Also Got Armenian

PENZANCE, March 15.-The subma-
rine which sank the American steamer
Algonquin. was the U-3S One of the
members of the crew of the Algonquin
says he counted twenty-five men on the
deck of the submarine. and also that
the submersible mounted two guns.
The German submarine U-3S was re-
ported to have sunk the Leyland line
steamer Armenian off the Cornwall
coast June 80. 1915, with the loss of
twenty y-nine men and the injury of ten
others. A large number Of those men
were American horsemen.
Evening star., 1917-03-15
British Censor Avoided.

Dispatches from Stockholm usually
are sent by cable via London In this
instance the telegraph to Berlin and
the wireless evidently were employed
to avoid the British censorship. This
is the first word for several days re-
garding fn.ernal conditions in Russia
with the exception of London dis
patch last night quoting Swedish en-
gineer as saying on his return TO Stock
holm from Petrograd that the reports
of outbreaks which have appeared in
Swedish and other neutral papers were
much exaggerated. and that up to the
end of last week there had been no
collision between troops and civilians
Evening star., 1917-03-15
LOCO Lumbermen at Convention.

PITTSBURGH. Pa. March 1b.-More
than 1000 delegates will attend the an
nual convention Of the National Whole
sale Lumber Dealers Association to be
Thursday. according 20 q statement 10.
sued by the local committee today.
Evening star., 1917-03-15
Damaged by Explosion.

The British freight liner Norwegian.
with general cargo from New York for
Liverpool, was seriously damaged Tues
day by an explosion which killed five
of the crew. Consul Frost has reported
to the State Department. No submarine
was sighted and the consul said the ex-
plosion might have been due to a mine.
The vessel was beached.
The Norwegian carried Al gun
Those killed were the fourth engineer,
the storekeeper and three firemen, all
British subjects. The single American
in the crew, a cook, was saved The
consul said he was taking affidavits
from the American and the ships Of
ficcrs
Evening star., 1917-03-15
SYCAMORE |SSUNK;;
AMERICANS IN CREW
Steamer Was Bound From
Boston and Carried Brit
ish Munitions.
VESSEL ALSO WAS ARMED
VESSEL ALSO WAS ARMED
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BOSTON, March 15.-Agents of the
Warren line announced today that they
had received Indirect word that the
British steamer Sycamore. which sailed
from Boston February 81 for Liverpool,
had been sunk by a submarine.
The Sycamore was in command of
Capt. p. Cummings and had a crew of
fifty. She carried a general cargo. in
cluding munitions. for the British gov
ernment, and was armed aStern with a
4.7-inch gun. Vessel and cargo were
valued at s1.500.o0o.
1t was stated at the British consulate
that two Americans had signed as fire.
men in the Sagamore's crew the day be-
fore the vessel sailed. They were
Michael Holloway and John Henry. both
of Boston. While having no positive
Information on this point, it was as
sumed by officers of the Warren line
that the men were aboard.
Sure of Vessels Loss.
While declining to give the source Of
their information Warren line officials
said they were satisfied the vessel had
been sunk They explained that the de-
lay in reporting her loss probably was
due to an admiralty ruling under which
the list of ships sunk by submarines is
issued weekly.
Some uneasiness had been expressed
by her owners several days ago be-
cause the arrival of the Sycamore at
Liverpool was not reported, although it
was thought she might have been de-
layed by rough weather or her course
altered to escape submarine attacks.
The British steamer Bay State of the
Warren line. sailing five days later than
the Sycamore. arrived at Liverpool
Tuesday.
The Sycamore, which registered 5.036
tons gross. had accommodations for
twenty-five passengers but had been
engaged exclusively as freighter
since the early days of the war She
was built at Belfast in 1892
Evening star., 1917-03-15
Shops Stormed by Mobs.

Especially violent riots are reported
TO have occurred in Petrograd on Sat-
urday, shops being stormed by mobs
According to this information, publica-
tion of newspapers was suspended and
the authorities posted placards warn
ing the people to remain indoors to
avoid danger.
The Nyheter says that other travel
ers from Petrograd report that SIM
liar disturbances occurred there on
Friday. that the soldiers were COM
pelled to use their sabers and that
many persons were wounded.
Evening star., 1917-03-15
East Point, Torpedoed
Without Warning, Had
Two Americans Aboard

Torpedoing without warning March
of the British steamer East Point.
London for Philadelphia, with two
Americans in her crew. has been re-
ported to the State Department All
on board were saved.
The steamer was sunk at pm. off
the English coast about fifteen miles
west of Eddystone lighthouse She
carried one gun aft and an armed
patrol boat was near by.
The crew of forty-five left the ship
in small boats The two Americans
John Webber. 159 Fourgerson street.
Buffalo, fireman, and Edward Ellis, SOS
Courtland avenue. Brooklyn, seaman,
have made affidavits to Consul General
Skinner at London.
Evening star., 1917-03-15
NEW GERMAN LINE
IN WEST |SSTR0NG
Teutons Taking Breath While
British Push Up-Haig
Close to Bapaume.
PUSH AHEAD IN MUD
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON. March 15.-Newspaper cor
respondents at British headquarters In
France describe the operations We'd
nesday as having been carried out with
a heavy rain beating In the faces OF
the British troops, who sometimes We're
unable to sec more than few yards.
though during occasional briefs lulls In
the storm the men plowed doggedly
through the clinRinx mud and their ad-
vance was hardly affected.
The Germans are now holding a line
Of about the same strength as that they
just deserted, and they. according to
the correspondents, are taking breath
while the British push up and register
their guns on the new targets. The
British outposts are nov before the the
Immediate defenses Of Bapaume, ana
at some points are only few hundred
yards from them.
Evening star., 1917-03-15
WEATHER.

Fair tonight; temperature about
freezing: tomorrow fair.
Temperature for twenty-four hours
ending pm: Highest. 50. at pm. to-
day; lowest. 80. at am. today.
Full report on page IS.
Evening star., 1917-03-15
Managers to Hold Separate
Conference and Give an
K. Answer Today.
CHIEFS CLAIM UNANIMOUS
BACKING OF THEIR MEN
Insist They Will Accept Nothing
Less Than Provisions of the
Adamson Law.

NEW YORK, March 15.-
With no announcement as to
whether any agreement had been
reached, the joint conference to-
day between the four chiefs of the
railroad brotherhoods and the
railroad managers to consider the
demands of the brotherhoods for
an immediate settlement of the
eight-hour controversy, adjourned
after an hours discussion until 4
o'clock this afternoon.
Evening star., 1917-03-15
U-Boat Used Two Guns.

"The fifth shot struck the ships side
and the next went aft. The submarine
was using two guns. Twenty shots
were fred at us. I ordered the crew to
the boats and we pulled away two
ships lengths. All this time the sub
marine was firing at US; some of the
shots came very close.
"Once we were in the boats the Ger
mans ceased firing and the submarine
diyed. Later we saw the periscope,
which circled the Algonquin half a
dozen times. Then, finding her aban-
doned, the submarine came to the sur
face and boarded the steamer.
American Flag Lowered.
Z "The first thing done was to lower
the American nag. Then concluded
they were going to sink my ship. Ten
CONTINUED on Second Page.)
Evening star., 1917-03-15
Ministers Arrested, Is Claim.

THE executive committee rested it
self upon the population of the capital
which was in full revolution, and upon
the army. completely united with the
revolutionists. 1t arrested all the min
listers and sent them to Jail. The duma
declared that the ministerial cabinet
no longer existed.
To-day. the third day OF the revo-
luton. the capital. where order is re-
turning swiftly, is completely in the
hands of the executive committee of the
duma and of the troops which garri-
soned Petrograd and numbered more
than 10000, which troops support the
revolution. Deputy Engelhard, colonel
of the great general staff. has been ap-
pointed commander of Petrograd by
the committee.
Testerday evening the committee
issued proclamations 10 the population,
to the troops, railroads and banks ask
ing them to resume their usual activ-
tiles. Deputy Gronski was chosen by
the duma committee for provisional
management of the Petrograd tele-
graphic agency. (This probably refers
TO the semi Russian news
agency).'"
Evening star., 1917-03-15
Bridge Is Dynamited.

STOCKHOLM, March II, via Berlin
and wireless to the Associated Press to
Tuckerton. March 15..Reports of Sc
rious disturbances in Russia are pub
lished In Swedish newspapers The
Tidningen of Sundsvall publishes a
statement that railroad bridge over
the Neva river, in Petrograd, has been
dynamited by reyolutionists.
The Nyheter Of Haparanda prints an
interview with a Swedish business man
who arrived in Petrograd Saturday
from MOSCOW. This man is quoted as
saying there had been open revolution
in many cities of Russia since Thurs
day OF last week.
Evening star., 1917-03-15
Aroused People of Petrograd
and 10000 Troops Said to
Have Seized ReinS.
MINISTER'S ARRESTED
AND THROWN IN JAIL
Rebels Said to Have Wrested Con-
troll in Other Cities Out
side Capital.

By the Associated Press.
BERLIN, March 10, by wireless to
Sayville-There has been a successful
revolution in Russia, according to the
Overseas News Agency (the official Ger
man news bureau). The following
statement was given out today:
The following official report was is
sued in Petrograd on March II. about
the successful Russian revolution:
THE population of Petrograd. incens-
ed by the complete disorganization of
transport service and of alimentation,
had been irritated for long time
against the government and had he
come restless. The population held the
government responsible for all its suf-
ferings. The government. expecting
trouble. took measures on large scale
in order to maintain order. and with
other things ordered dissolution of the
council of the empire and the duma.
Duma Defies Ukase.
"'The duma, however. on March II,
decided not to accept the imperial
ukase. but to continue its meetings.
The duma Immediately instituted an
executive committee. presided over by
NJ. Rodzianko. president of the duma.
That committee declared itself to be
provisional government and issued the
following appeal:
Considering the difficulties in re-
gard to domestic tranquility, which are
due to the policy of the former gov
ernment. the executive committee of the
duma feels compelled to take public
order in it's own hands. Fully con-
scious of the responsibility arising from
this decision, the committee expresses
the certainty that the population and
the army will lend their assistance for
the difficult task of creating a new gov
ernment which will accept the wishes
of the people and enjoy their conf
dence
Evening star., 1917-03-15
Commends Men for Loyalty.

O'Shea described the victory he said had
been won by the union in the strike in
volving $500 men in Buffalo and Niagara
Falls four years ago. Mr.. McMorrow COM
mended the men for their loyalty. told
them the situation was bright for the
strikers, and urged them to continue TO
be orderly. He said the sympathy of the
public il with the men.
After the meeting Mr.. McMorrow denied
statements that union men had gone back
to work.
"Five that were reported to have
gone back yesterday were at the meet
ing today, assuring US OF their sup
port" he said. 'rhe report that eight
Evening star., 1917-03-15
Bad Faith Charge Resented.

Charges that we arc acting In bad
faith in bringing up this question
Continued on Twelfth Pagsl
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-01-13
ENEMIES UNIVERSAL
TRAINING OUT-VOTED


Washington, Jan. 12.-An effort to-
day to put the house military COM
mittee on record against universal
military training failed. but resulted
in the adoption of a resolution declar-
ing that no radical change of military
policy should be considered in framing
this years army appropriation bill.
Senator Chamberlain, whose uni
versal training bill is before senate
sub committee, sees little prospect
that it will receive more than COM
mittee approval before adjournment.
The action of the house committee
today. however will not interfere with
work on the Chamberlain bill and its
advocates will try to have 1t per-
fected as soon as possible and made
ready for consideration on the floor of
the senate, If opportunity offers.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-01-13
FALLING INTO LINE,

When the labor unions started the movement against
child labor 50 years ago it looked upon as fad of
the labor agtators and placed in the same category
alongside the eighhour-day and other Tito
plan dreams that might possibly true few centuries
later
Within the 50 year PERIOD nearly every single state has
now ADOPTED stringent provisions against the employment
OF children in factories and mines. The last session of the
federal congress enacted national child labor law that
prohibits interstate shipments of goods that are the prod
uct in whole Or in part, of child labor.
The last recruit is South Carolina On January the
state law became effective which prohibits unconditional
y the employment of any person less than IA years of
age in any mandatory in that state
Inc new law has barred from the cotton mills of the
state about 24OO children between the ages of y and IA
years. 16year limit would have been better but the new
law an advanced step the old conditions Less than
20 years ago hundreds of little Children under 10 years OF
age, were working l2hour shifts in the lntaden atmos
phere of southern cotton mills.
Those were the 'goden days" of the cotton mill indus
try of the south With the coming of child labor laws
per cent dividends and per cent death rate from con
sumption in the mill towns began to dwinde
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-01-13
SATURDAY MORNING. JANUARY 10, 1917
SENATOR KANE'S COMMITTEE.

The senator from Ravalli county the right track
Before the legislature takes action license fee tax for
mining water power and public utility corporations it
should have definite information regarding the pro
rata tax being paid by these corporations the relative
extent of their earning power to the physical valuation of
their plants and their ability to bear additional taxes with
out mparng their usefulness their and the gen
eral public.
Happily the attempt made in both the senate and the
house to load down the committees with useless nvestga
tons of every conceivable form of taxable wealth failed
will not be easy task to make complete an nves-
tgaon OF the matter desirable in the short space of
time available tor the preparation OF weconsidered Ii
cense tax measure.
The shortest cut to concrete information regarding
scientific scheme of taxation for this type of investment
might be found in the exhaustive report made by the Wis
consln commission on water power taxation and its true
relation to the welfare of the state and in the very
prehensve report made by Governor ohnsons tax COM
mission in California some years ago upon which the
present system of taxation of public utility corporations
in that state was based.
The committee could with propriey call upon the
different professors of economics in Monanas instit
tons of higher learning for aid in dgesng the various
codes of taxation in force in the various of the
Union
These gentlemen are already on the payroll of the state
and there is good why they should be called
in tor service in making the present investigation.
These experts in the field of taxation available their
salary already provided for and they know the rways
OF information in this special work laid for the legisla
tive committees
From the present apparent temper of the houses
the responsible committees intend make this nvestga-
ton with the sole purpose in view of finding the facts
The people of the state surely behind them the move
ment to ascertain the concrete facts involved.
mere can be no party advantage be gained by petty
maaeuverng for position. If it shall appear after full
investigation that the mining industry and the water
power companies and other corporate forms of property
are not bearing their just share of the burdens of govern
men the senate and house committees can ascertain the
facts and report plan OF procedure the legislature