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REPUBLIC IN RUSSIA FACES DISSOLUTION
Conferees of Senate and House Argee on Conscription Bill
SOLDIERS’ AND WORKMEN’S DELEGATES
JOIN IN APEAL TO RUSSIAN ARMIES
' TO CONTINUE FIGHTING UNTIL THE END
PETROGRAD, May Hi.-—Tuesday, the council of soldiers
and workmen’s delegates issued an appeal to the Russian ar
mies, in which it was declared that German imperialism is seek
I ing to destroy the revolutionary government and reinstate
Czar Nicholas on the throne, thus again enslaving the people
of the nation. The appeal calls on the soldiers of Russia to de
fend the nation with all their power and declares that a separ
ate peace is impossible. Despite this appeal, the council of sol
diers’ and workmen’s delegates is not working in harmony
with the new provisional government, and herein lies the diffi
culty.
ROME NEWSPAPERS SAYS TURKEY HAS
MADE OVERTURES FOR SEPARATE PEACE
ROME, May 16.—The Idea Nazionale, a prominent news
paper of Rome, today published a report, which it asserts comes
from a reliable authority, to the effect that the Ottoman govern
ment has made a proposal to Russia for a separate peace, on
the basis of the complete opening of the Dardanelles to Rus
sian war vessels and merchantmen.
. CANNERY SHIP ST. FRANCIS GOES
ON ROCKS AT ENTRANCE OF UNIMAK
SEATTLE, May 16.—The cannery ship St. Francis, laden
with supplies for one of the big cannery companies at Bristol
bay, Bering sea, ran on the rocks at the entrance to Lniniak
pass late Monday night, during a terrific storm, and will prove
a total loss. The crew and cannery employes were rescued by
the steamer Norwood and transported to Dutch Harbor.
GERMAN RESERVES HURLED AGAINST
ALLIED LINES, BUT TO NO AVAIL
LONDON, May 16.—Preceding an intense bombardment,
massed German reserves were hurled against the French and
British positions during the night and early today, in an effort
to regain lost ground'in the Arras-Champagne sectors. The
Germans failed to make any progress, except in certain ad
t vanced trenches, according to the London-Paris war office an
nouncements.
CONFEREES OF SENATE AND HOUSE
AGREE ON CONSCRIPTION BILL. WITH
ROOSEVELT AMENDMENT AS PART OF IT
\\ ASI11 \’( 1T< )\, May 10.—The senate and house eon
ferees on the selective conscription hill have reached a com
plete agreement and will report to their respective houses to
day. The senate amendment providing; tor tiie enlistment of a
division of volunteers, under the leadership of Col. Roosevelt,
was agreed upon, and is made a part of the bill.
SENATE PASSES ESPIONAGE BILL;
ELIMINATING STRICT CENSORSHIP
\\ ASHIXtiTOX, May Hi.—-The senate has passed tlu;
espionage bill. The press censorship features were killed be
fore passage, due to the powerful opposition of the press of
the nation. In its present form, the bill will not prohibit free
'peecli or a free press, so long as the enemy is not aided by
any agitation that may arise.
BRITISH FORCES IN FRANCE CONTINUE
VICTORIES OVER OPPOSING GERMANS
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LONDON, May 1(>.—The British forces on the French
! front continue their successes and advances against the Ger
man forces. In yesterday’s fighting, says an official report to
I day. the British troops occupied all of the village of Reoux
and have advanced to a position north of Gavrelle.
SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE PORTS
ARMY AND NAVY DEF! -NCY BILL
WASHINGTON, May ](>.—All appropriation records of
the congress were broken today when the senate committee on
finance reported favorably the war army and navy deficiency
bill, carrying a total of $3,3!)(),!4li,000.
DAUGHTER OF McADOO WEDS.
WASHINGTON, May 1G.—Miss Nona Hazelhorst McAdoo
was married to Ferdinand deMohrenschildt, second secretary
of the Russian embassy, in the national capital yesterday after
noon. The bride is the daughter of Secretary of the Treasury
McAdoo. The president and Mrs. Wilson, all members of the
cabinet and their wives attended the affair, which was a most
brilliant wedding.
AMERICAN MOTHER, “ARE YOU GOING TO STAND FOR THAT, BOYS?”
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—Pancoast in Philadelphia North American.
NOT EVEN SUSPICION
OF GRAFT IN ARMY NOW
WASHINGTON, I). C., May 2.—
The war department, in order to pre
vent even the faintest suspicion of
graft in the disbursement of $3,000,
000,000 army funds, has issued the
following order:
“The purchase of any article pub
lication or other thing by which an
officer of the army would derive fi
nancial profit will not be permitted to
' be made from public funds during the
t present war.
“Every effort to decentralize the
administration of army funds will be
• made in the interest of quick service,
but officers will be held rigidly ac
countable.”
RAINS GOLD IN MONTANA.
HELENA, Mont., May 4.—News
boys reaped a harvest when gold
nuggets were washed into the streets
| by a flood of water from melting snow
on the hills.
In one heap of sand thrown up by
street cleaners, five nuggets with an
aggregate value of about $20 were
found by small boys.
Quite a large nuggets was found re
cently in the principal street, cornin'
from the same source.
ANXIETY OVER FATE OF RUSSIAN
REPUBLIC HAS EVOLVED INTO STATE
OF REAL ALARM OVER THE SITUATION
I’H PROG RA I), Mii\ HI. The anxiety which has been felt
"V'T the fate of the newest republic has given way to actual
alarm today. The disaster which threatens Russia calls for
immediate drastic action, it the republic is to be saved from
dissolution. I lie suggestion fora dictatorship meets with the
approval ot many friends of the republic, until the war ends
and the people can soberly decide just what kind of govern
ment they desire. Since the resignation of .Minister of War
Gutehkoft, one ot the strongest men in the provisional minis
try, things have gone troni had to worse, until now chaos
reigns. I he minister of .justice, Kerensky, a noted socialist,
hits issued a solemn warning, in which lie appeals to socialists,
workmen and soldiers to stand behind the present government.
I here is some slight hope that Kerensky’s appeal inav he heed
ed and tilings adjust themselves, hut the present outlook is
distinctly discouraging for the success of the provisional gov
ernment.
PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCES
ITS DETERMINATION TO STICK TO TASK
PETRt)GRAI), May Hi.—(li* M.)—Although facing in
numerable difficulties, the provisional government, in a proc
lamation, issued this forenoon, announced its determination to
stick to its task, in an effort to establish a firm administration
and to fight the war to a successful conclusion. The proclama
tion says that the winning of the war will mean peace and .jus
tice to all nations. The government will make an effort to
amalgamate the diverse interests, which by their conflict have
made an orderly and efficient government '.a Russia impossible.
It announces in the proclamation that it has confidence that
unity will he established and the country saved, if the vari
| ous representatives of the new democracy will take their prop
! er place in the republic and aid the provisional government.
COUNCIL OF WORKMEN AND SOLDIERS
MAY PARTICIPATE IN CABINET FORMATION
PETROGRAI), May Hi.—The council of workmen’s and
soldiers’ delegates, comprising mainly socialists and extreme
radical elements are apparently becoming increasingly willing
to consider participation in the formation of a coalition gov
ernment. It itas appointed a committee to negotiate with the
provisional government and is today formulating a program of
conditions which will permit socialist representation in the
ministry. The council today urged upon the army at the front
the necessity of ceasing to fraternize with Germans and an
appeal to it to resume an offensive against them and thus best
serve the general peace.
RUSSIAN TROOPS AND GERMAN SOLDIERS
DRINK, KISS AND MAKE MERRY TOGETHER
PETROGRAD, May 16.—All of the newspapers and the
extreme organs of the left party publish articles today regard
ing the fraternalization of the Russian and German soldiers on
the Russian fronts, pointing out that the German soldiers,
with whom the Russians are fraternizing, belong to the same
army that is fiercely fighting against the British and French
in France. A soldier writing in one of the Petrograd news
papers, telling of conditions at the Russian front, says: “We
visit the Germans and drink German wine and coffee, and we
return their hospitality. We kiss them, and the Germans are
too ready to allow it, and while we are kissing them, other Ger
mans are sent to kill British and French—the same British and
French who hurried their advance to give us time to recon
struct our affairs. This is our gratitude to them.”
JOSEPH H. CHOATE WEDS.
NEW YORK, May 16.—Joseph H. Choate, one of the
foremost lawyers of the country and former United States
ambassador to Great Britain, died at his home in this city last
night, following a brief illness. He had readied an advanced
age.
RUSSIANS- MEET DEFEAT.
PETROGRAD, May 16.—The Russian armies met heavy
reverses on the Caucasian and Mesopotamian fronts in yester
day’s fighting, according to official reports given out by the
var office today.
CHANGE IN FUR SHIPMENTS
SEATTLE, May 16.—Effective October 1, a new form for
‘he shipment of furs out of Alaska will be provided all of the
postmasters of the territory bv the department of commerce.