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The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-03-22
PEOPLE OF RUSSIA
ON HIGH ROAD TO
SANE GOVERNMENT
Gar Forced to Abdicate and
the Masses May Establish
a Republic.
EMPRESS is IN FINLAND
Government Pending Meeting Of the
Constitutional Assembly ls Vested
In Executive Committee Of
the Duna.

| Petrograd people OF Russia
are on the high road to the establish
ment OF a republic.
Emperor Nicolas abdicated at mid
night on March 10 on behalf OF him
self and the heir apparent, Grand
Duke Michael Alexandrovitch.
AZ $3.50 o'clock Friday afternoon
Grand Duke Michael himself abdicat
ed, thus bringing the Romonoff dynas-
~ 10 an end
The government, pending meeting
Of the constitutional assembly. is vest,
cd In the executive committee OF the
duma and the newly chosen council
Of ministers
The Russian empress and crown
prince are now safe In FINLAND and
the emperor Is at the snetogorsky
monastery In Pskoff, according TO a
cablegram made public by the Rus
siahAmerieanrAs tatic corporation
Decision whether Grand Duke Mich
ael Alexandroyitoh shall occupy the
Russian throne. abdlcatsd by his
brother. Emperor Nicholas. Is left TO
a DlebiAeite OF the Russian people, &C.
eordlng 10 manifesto issued by the
grand duke This Is taken In some
quarters 20 mean that Grand Duke
Michael does not intend to accept the
regency temporarily. except only aft
or the holding OF elections
a new national cabinet was an.
nounced on March 10 with Prince
Lvoff as president and premier and
the other offices held by men close to
the Russian people
The president OF the duma, Michael
V. Rodzianko. Was the leading figure
among the deputies who unanimously
decided 10 oppose the imperial order
for dissolution Of the house. They |
continued their sessions and NJ. Rod |
Eianko Informed the emperor. then at |
the front. that the hour had struck |
when the viii Of tho people must pre-.
vail,
Even the imperial council realized |
the gravity OF the situation and added |
its appeal TO that OF the duma that the
emperor should take steps to give tho
people a policy and government In ao
cordance with their desires and In or.
der that there should be no Interior,
enee with carrying on the war TO u
victorious ending
The emperor hRstened back from
the front. only TO find that the reyoiu.
ton had been successful and that
new government was In control. The
empress who. Il Ii alleged had been
Ia the councils opposed 20
The Wishes OF the people. is reported
10 have fled. or 20 be IN hiding.
The city Ia now quiet Perfect or
der prevails SO far as Is known no II
foreigners were injured All the min.
sters resigned. with the exception OF
N Prptopopof Former Premier Stur-
mer. Premier Golitzine and the head
IF the secret police we're arrested The
Iails we're thrown open The head
quarters OF the secret police and sew :
'ral government buildings we're |
,urucd 4
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-03-22
RAILWAY WAR
|SCALLED0FF
Managers Yield and the Men
Gain Goodly Portion of
Their Demands.
THE TENSION RELIEVED
Adamson Basic Eieht-Hour Day Will
Go Into Effect Regardless Of the
Decision of the Supreme
Court.

New York-The threatened ma
tonal railway strike has been called
off, it being announced officially by
an official of the conference commit
tee Of railroad managers at 12:45
O'Clock Monday morning that the
brotherhood had been granted prac.
ttcally everything provided in the
Adamson law
The decision reached by the man
ayers at their midnight conference
means that the brotherhoods have
won an important victory although it
does not bring them all their original
demands.
The men will get their present pay
for ten hours for eight hours work
under the agreement These conces-
sions on the part of the managers are
virtually what the employees con.
tended they would gain under the
Adamson law if it were declared con-
stitutional.
The formal letter in which the set
tlemnt was made was signed by Elisha
Lee, chairman of the managers com
mittee, and was as follows:
In the national crisis precipitated
by events of which we heard Sunday
afternoon the national conference com
mite of railroads joins with you in
the conviction that neither at home
nor abroad should there be fear or
hope that the efficiency operations of
the railroads of the country will be
hampered or impaired.
Therefore you are authorized to
assure the nation there will be no
strike and as a basis for such assur-
ance we hereby authorize the commit
tee of the council of national defense
to grant to the employees who are
about to strike whatever adjustment
your committee deems necessary to
guarantee the uninterrupted and eff
icient operation of the railroads as an
Indispensable arm of national de-
fense."
The announcement of the managers
that they had yielded apparently
came as surprise to the brotherhood
chiefs, for they were in bed when
summoned to the conference room.
Earlier in the evening there had been |
a distinctly pessimistic feeling as to |
the prospect for ayerting a strike. Up |
to that hour the railroads had refused |
to make the concessions granted and |
the brotherhoods had stood fast to
their determination to strike unless
they won their demands either by the
supreme court declaring the Adamson
law constitutional or by their en-
ployers granting them the eight-hour
lay.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-03-22
OF SENATORIAL STOCK

Frederick Hale, the new senator
from Maine, is of senatorial stock. His
father is ex-senator Eugene Hale and
his mother, Mrs. Mary d. (Chandler)
Hale, is the daughter of Senator Chan
dler, late of Detroit, Mich. Senator
Hale's brother, Chandler Hale, mar
ried a daughter of Senator Cameron,
late of Pennsylvania.
Frederick Hale goes into the
United States senate at about the
same age as his father, who was re-
placed five and half years ago by
Charles F. johnson, Democrat, who
now in turn is displaced by the son,
after one term.
Frederick Hale was born in De-
troit, October 7, 1874, and his earliest
days were passed in that city. When
he was about twelve years old he was
sent abroad and tutored in a French
family in Versailles. He gained an in
innate knowledge of the French Ian
guage, which was an asset in the re-
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-03-22
Rushing Ship eulldIna.

Washington.-Contracts for what is
believed to be the largest single or
der for fighting craft ever given by
any nation were placed by the navy
department on Thursday. Private
builders undertook to turn out four
great battle cruisers and five scout
cruisers, costing nearly $4,000, 900
Tor hulls and machinery alone, and
pledged themselves to keep 20 per
cent Of their working forces on navy
construction.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-03-22
Naval Students ASHAMED.

Annapolis, Md, - Annapolis was
brought in close touch with the seri
Gus condition of our international re.
lations when the seventeen naval Off.
GERS who are attending the POSTCARD.
uate school at the naval academy re-
ceiyed secret orders at noon Sunday
assigning them to special duty. All
work of the postgraduate depart
ment will come to an end at once.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-03-22
BITS OF INFORMATION

Cuba is expected to produce more
than 100000 tons of sugar this wear
exceeding its previous best crop by
100000 tons.
Gloves are dark with heavy stitch
ing of white or light color chosen to
match the costume or to give a pleas
,ng contrast.
The kangaroo can leap with ease a
distance Of go or 20 feet, hop over a
1orse or take fences - or IA feet In
leight.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-03-22
TN 1r[EI1 lLEENI[LZLE(6ZEZ1E,
CULTURED DIR. RITTER

When DIR. Paul Ritter, the minis
ter of Switzerland at Washington, was
thrust into sudden prominence by De
ing selected to look after Germanys
interests in this country, people began
to ask "What about this Doctor Ritter
what manner Of man is hep In WASH
sngton where ne is best known the re-
ply usually is, "Why, surely you know
the Swiss minister. He is quite de-
llghtful, so cultivated, and his wife is
one of the handsomest and most ac-
complished women of the diplomatic
eorps"-but actual facts as to his past
career and present interests are hard
to come by. He is doctor OF laws
and not of medicine Gil. d. of Leipzig
university; a knowledge of law in
general and international law in par
tlcular being a necessary qualification
for entrance into the diplomatic serV-
ice of Switzerland.
Doctor Ritter, who was born at
PaseI in 1295 studied at the University
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-03-22
JUNGLE JIMMYS" FAME

Uncle Jimmy" otherwise and
more formally known as Col. J. F. Ed
wards, late of the army of the Con-
federate States of America, is famed
In Washington for two reasons. One
IS that he has been doorkeeper in
the United States senate for 40 years,
and still holds the job. The other and
more picturesque reason for his fame
is that ne is the only living man who
mad the nerve to "cuss OUT the late
Senator Vest.
Vest was a senator from Missouri
IN the Confederate congress after the
war started, and then Joined the South
ern army as private. He was as
signed to the troops commanded by
Col. }. F. Edwards. In later years
When Vest became a United States
senator his former commander OBJ
talned the place of doorkeeper. but
was still Colonel Edwards to the sena-
Tor. Uncle Jimmy" as he came to be
known, is of q volcanic +ar,,,a,.o,,,,,+
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-03-22
rsrrazan pIes h CALIFORNIA.

Los Angeles.-Luis Terrazas, Jr.,
member of family said at one time
to have been one Of the richest in
Mexico, dropped dead in a store near
his home here, where he had resided
since his escape from Chihuahua City
pentientiary
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-03-22

massachusetts, proposes to remove.
offensive billboards from scenic bigh-
ways.
"A state-owned hydro-electric plant
mas Deen proposed for erection at Nj
agara Falls.
tests OF various kinds of concretes
ana cement mortars now under wov in
80 years. peii'u VI
SOUND travels through dry air at the
go, oi % " teet second; through wa
' e. at z4o feet second, and In steel
wire at 1870 feet a second.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-03-22
Milwaukee esrmans | ou.l

Milwaukee. - Resolutions pledging
loyalty to President Wilson in what
ever step he may take in protecting
American lives and rights in the pres,
ent International crisis were adopted
Saturday at a mass melting called by
the citizens committee for the pur-
pose "of offsetting reports that Mil
waukee is disloyal."
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-03-22
Sentenced to Life ImprIsonment

Olympia, Wash.-John van Dell.
convicted of first degree murder for
killing E, w. Olson. state industrial
commissioner, in his Office in the cap
itol building February was sentenc-
ed to life Imprisonment
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-03-22
Would Avert Labor rroubles

New York.-Plans for averting la
Dor strikes in case of war were an
nounced here Monday by the Ma
sional Civic Federation and will be
placed before the National Council Of
Defense.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-03-22
pivIdinn un Work

Washington.-The navy department
is preparing to assign to American
ship builders such portions of the
great building program authorized by
congress as each plant is best fitted
to handle.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-03-22

his Leipzig
pracced for short time His first diplomatic
Then he
all SW1tzeands
Fowery the hands of her consular
extraordinary and minister penpona
developed affection for and
people, their politics. and
literature.
the diplomatic
speaking European
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-03-22
Torpedoed Without War,lno.

Washington. The British steamer
Nennon was sunk without warning
March II by a submarine, presum-
ably German, according to reports to
the state department on Thursday
from Consul Washington at Liver
nnnl
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-03-22
Fell Into Bav While eisLi,,

San Francisco.-The police are
searching the bay for the body Of lit.
tie George Wagner, 8 years old, who
went to fish against his mothers
wishes Monday and fell into the wa
ter and was drowned.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-03-22
Dutch Troops Fire on AeronIar..

Amsterdam.-A German airplane
which few over Sluis Wednesday aft
ernoon was shot at and hit by Datch
troops who were maneuvering in the
neighborhood, according to the Han
delsblad.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-03-22
Senator cummlns stricken.

New York.-United States Senator
Albert B. Cummins of Iowa was re-
moved to hospital here Saturday aft
ernoon after he had collapsed during
speech he was making at the Re
publican club.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-03-22
srltIsh Gain More Ground

London The British troops in the
Somme region OF France have occu.
pied almost an OF the ST. Pierre Vast
wood and 5000 yards OF German
trenches north aud south Of the wood
according to the British reports.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-03-22
Murder Hearing Postponed.

Liberty Mo,-The preliminary hear
ing set for March 10 OF B. b. Smith.
charged with The murder OF U. G.
6alcombe OF Omaha, was postponed
until March %. This action was TAX.
sn upon Smiths request.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-03-22
upheayaI Triumph for Allies.

London.-The Russian revolution is
commented upon editorially here with
enthusiasm, mainly as great triumph
for the entente and great disaster
for the central powers.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-03-22

Boston Agents Of the Warren line
announced Thursday that they bad
received Indirect word that the Brit.
ish steamer Sycamore which sailed
from Boston for Liverpool February
Is bad boon suna by q smbmarlne
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-03-22

South Bend, Ind.--John Moehler
Studcbaker. 81 years Old, honorary
president and last OF the i've founders
OF the Studebaker corporation, died
here Friday after an illness OF two
months.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-03-22
GUARDING informed cermans.

Washington,-The zoo interned Ger
man sailors at the Philadelphia navy
yard viii be moved to Forts McPher-
son and Oglethorpe, Ca The Seven
teenth infantry was ordered to these
forts to act as guards.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-03-22
49, 10 TrnInLna -.

Washington Every encourage
ment IS being given by the govern
meat 20 the movement to train citi-
zen soldiers In civilian camps. Fund.-
VIII be provided for the training
camps.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-03-22
Young Woman Stranded.

New York.-An autopsy on the
body Of young woman found dead
in hotel who had registered as
Florence Gray of Boston" disclosed
that she was murdered by strangula.
ton.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-03-22
Vetsran connressman caIIea.

Washington Representative Cyrus
adams sul.oway the veteran member
Of congress irom the First New Hamp
shire district. died here Saturday OF
lneumnnia. aEel IS
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-03-22
Norwegian steamer Sunk

New York.-The Norwegian steam
ship Dayanger, which left here Janu-
airy % for Rotterdam, has been sunk,
according to reports received Friday.
The crew is said to have been saved
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-03-22
Fighting in Cuba

Santiago, Cuoa.-The first skirmish
between government forces and rebls
between government forces and rebels
Santiago vas won on March II BY the
soldiers Of President Menocal.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-03-22
New YORK Bows Must rraIn.

Albany n Governor Whitman
has signed the military training buL
which extends the law enacted last
year so as to compel all boys between
l6 and l9 years Of age 10 receive
military instruction
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-03-22

kl faao. Tezas.--Luis Terrauz8s IlI
was sentenced 10 BE- executed az NsN
leo Ciiy on the day his father. Lais
TerfazAs Jr4 diee IN Los Angeles. Cal.
lec9rd'ns TO Information received
here.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-03-22
suffraae lssue AGAIN suhnltted

Albany, y. Y.-1he resolution to
provide for a referendum on the wo-
mans suffrage question az the state
slection next November was passed in
The senate Monday by a vote of SO
TO Z.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-03-22

Go he fitted for Harvard graduating 1885,
Columbia Law school and admitted the $780, He
welt leader in
Hale unmarried maintains
host hospitality
is member Of clubs almost without number
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1917-02-10

representing the four railroad brother
hoods.
Alton b. Parker, who represented the
A. f. of l.. in the Danbury Hatters'
Ralph Easley, chairman executive
council, National Civic Federation.
Frank X Sullivan counsel, New
York State Federation of Labor.
George w. Perkins, president, Cigar
Makers International Union
When President Gompers was intro
duced, he received an ovation rarely
accorded an individual.
"A demonstration of this character in
my hCnor," he said, forces me to take
an introspective view of myself; to ask
myself whether | am really deserving of
all these tributes For | am conscious
evident duty of every man and every
woman to be of service to their fellows.
1t is not given to all to have the oppor-
tunity of like service. If each man does
the days work as opportunity is given
him, he has done his level best and
measures up to the man who has had
wider and broader opportunities.
This great movement of ours for a
HlC, d Dcllcl udN, Is HOl SIMPLY
one that deals in cataclysms, in revolu-
tions, in revolutionary methods, but in
constant, persistent never-ending
work to make today a better day than
yesterday, to make tomorrow better
day than was today, to make tomorrow's S
/ tomorrow and that morrow's morrow
better than the day before. And
through this evolutionary work we see
sprout more light for the producers of
the world
A letter was read from President
Wilson in which the chief executive eX-
pressed his appreciation of President
Gompers' efforts in behalf of humanity.
Similar letters were read from mem
bers of the Presidents cabinet, Vice
President Marshall and Speaker Clark
of the House of Representatives.
Large numbers of congratulatory tele-
grams from trade unionists on this con-
tinent, and cablegrams from the Great
Britain and German trade union move
ments were also received by President
Gompers.
The occasion was not only an honor
t. the executive of the American Fed
Grafton of Labor, but the trade union
movement honored itself for this his
toric recognition of a trust that ha:
been so Loyalty observed.
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1917-02-10
NEW JERSEY PRISONS PROBED.

Trenton, N. J.-Chairman Dixon of
the special commission to investigate
the State prison and other penal insti-
tutions has notified newspaper men that
Governor Edge has authorized him to
say that contract labor at the prison
would be stopped just as soon as it can
be accomplished.
The shops where prisoners work on a
mat contract was declared by Gov
ernor Edge to be a generator of tu-
berculosis, while Principal Keeper
Hughes characterized the place as a
"hell-hole" The latter told the COM
mission that often unruly prisoners
were sent to the mat shops instead of
the dungeon. The dungeons were in
spected and those below the ground
were found to be without toilet facili-
ties and convicts who have been CON
fined in them said they were chained
by the wrists and compelled to as
sumo a STOPPING position.
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1917-02-10
JANITORS WIN STRIKE.

Chicago. Ill.-Flat jantors have won
their strike for higher wages and I'M
proved conditions. These workers are
affiliated to the A. +. OF l.. One OF the
was Richard 7. Race, contractor and
builder, who controls 200 apartments,
Last year Race had difficulty with his
janitors. and at that time he declared
he would establish his own commiSsary
to fight the strikers. He capitulated at
the end OF week. On this occasion
Races janitorS were out one hour when
he signed an agreement calling ior wage
increases that i'll some cases amount to
$50 a month.
AS a result OF the strike a seeding
union OF flat janitors has voted to join
the regular body.
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1917-02-10
"FIRST AID" TO INJURED.

Olympia, Wash.-An amendment to
the present industrial act, which will
afford first aid to the injured, has been
introduced in the State Legislature at
the request of organized labor.
The proposed law provides that the
cost OF transportation of an injured
workman from the place of injury to
the nearest place of proper treatment
shall be borne exclusively by the en-
pioyer who shall so convey such in
iured workman without unnecessary de-
lay.
Another provision makes it unlawful
for the employer to deduct or obtain
any money from any workman or re-
tain any part of any workman's pay
for the carrying out OF the provisions
of the act
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1917-02-10
WATCH BONUS PLANS
WARNS MINE WORKERS

lndianapolis.-ln circular issued to
all members OF the United Mine Work
erS' union the executive board OF that
organization raises warning cry
against substituting the wage bonus sys-
TEN based upon the fluctuations of the
coal market for the present joint wage
contract system.
Official recognition OF the principle
OF adjusting wages by the application OF
the bonus system III times OF trade pros
perity, might eventually. by the same
process, mean the recognition OF wage
reductions i'll times OF trade DEPRESSION
it is stated.
I'VE are not opposed to the employers
OF labor giving additional remuneration
to his employees, whenever he may feel
justified in so doing, providing such ac
ton and the motives prompting 1t are
not aimed to weaken or destroy the per
manency OF the system OF collective bar
gaining that we have, with so much la
Dor and sacrifice, created, and which
means so much to the future success OF
this organization and the thousands OF
men, women and children OF the mining
communities of our country.
1--WE warn our members against those
who would have us disregard our CON
tract obligations for reasons OF appar-
ent temporary advantage, and we advise
that no action be taken in this critical
period that might be construed as a
deviation from the well-defned policy
our union has followed since its incep-
ton.
Surely the lessons OF the past have
been sufficient to teach our members
that permanent benefits i'll the way OF
increased wages and improved condi-
tions in the mines have been secured
only where we have had voice in the
adjustment OF these wages and condi-
tions in Joint conferences, and when we
find those interests who have fought to
deny the miners the right to a voice in
the shaping OF the conditions under
which they must work. now coming to
lis bearing gifts, it behooves us to be
on our guard lest in clutching for the
shadow we may lose the substance.
The benefits that would have accrued
in the past. had we depended upon the
benevolence OF the employer. instead OF
our organized effort. can readily be con-
| jectured by any one familiar with indus
trial conditions, and the outlook for the
future oi Our people would be gloomy,
| indeed, ii at this late date we permitted
ourselves to be deluded into substitut-
ing so-called benevolence for the ele-
mentS oi Justice that the joint wage
agreement guarantees to us.