Press and Sun-Bulletin from Binghamton, New York • 4

THE PRESS, MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 26, 1917. STATE FINANCIALLY CALLS REVOLUTION NORTH SIDE WILL HAVE COMMUNITY CLUB A BAaySrTabl ets Russian Army Will Fight to Last Drop of Blood for Duma BAYER OR WAR PREPARED spinn RUSSIA NOTABLE VICTORY OF VAR A community club, composed of men residing in the Bevier Street School district, will be organized at a meeting to be held in the Revier Street School building tomorrow evening at 7:30 o'clock. The avowed purposes of the new club is to boost for improvements for the North Side and to bring about a more neighborly feeling among the residents which will result in concerted action for securing betterments, especially In the Thirteenth ward. All men living in the distrirt are urged to attend. $16,000,000 in Treasury, Travis Reports; Resources Arc $12,000,000,000 News That Von Hindenburg Plans Campaign A gainstl Petrograd Fails to Cause Consternation Among "Aspirin'Vthat is not enough.

The sole makers of genuine Aspirin mark every package and every tablet with "The Bayer Cross New Government Country Has Tremendous Possibilities Under New Regime, Dr. J. W. Nicholson Says IVtmgrsrl ilii London), March 2fl. The news that Field Marshal von Hindenburg wan planning a campaign against Petrograd was received at'the wfst rxn W.

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V. will meet at the home of Mrs. KeeaW sii LONG FIGHT FOR FREEDOM Pocket Boxes of 12 Bottles of 24 and 100 capital mih surprisingly little con ton avenue, Tuesday evening at i Ifl FIVE MINUTES Your Guarantee of Purity" The trade-mark "Aspirin" (Reg. U. S.

Pat Office) is a guarantee that the raonoaceticacidester of salicylicacid in tbeso tablets is of the reliable Bayer manufacture. Rasputin, according to the news-paper, stated In confidence to friends at convival moments that he was able to fortify this superstlf ution wtth the help of Madame Virubova, l.idy in waiting to the Empress, and M. 'nad-maef, court physician, until the Empress absolutely was convinced that the life of hr son depended on the monk. Whenever Rasputin was ah. pfnt for any length of time the fourt.

Mm. Virubova. according to the monk's Htory given by the newspaper, obtained poisonous powders from the physician and contrive 1 to place them in food brought to Alexis. The result was that during Rasputin's absences the delicate health of the young heir-apparent grew steadily worse, until Rasputin was summoned back to the court, when the powders were stopped and Alexis became immediately better. Rasputin always announced that 40 days after bis death Alexis would fall ill.

This prophesy came true with startling accuracy, being caused, the newspaper declares, by Mine. Virubova administering another powder to the little Grand Duke In the hope of continuing the tradition of Rasputin's Influence over the imperial family and preparing; the way for a successor to him. NO SICK STOMACH INDIGESTION, GAS Jhany, March 2d. Assurance that New York's financial resources will prove more than sufficient to meet any war emergency requirements which the Federal government may call on this commonwealth to furnish was expressed by Ptat Comptroller Eugene M. Travis In A statement lat night.

Mr. Travis said In part: "The estimated resources of the State earh nearly $12,000,000,000, or nearly 15 per cent, of those of the entire country. The actual cash balance In the Ftnte treasury amounts to approximately $1. almost more than the amount on hand at this time last "year. In addition to this are the State's assets which, including institutional and public buildings, canals and highways, public parka and reservations, all exempt from taxation, now exceed In value.

"The -constitutional provision limiting the legislative power of appropriation to $1,000,000 without further reference to popular approval Is removed in cases of war emergency, when fundamental law makes special provision for revenue In order to contract debts to repel Invasion, suppress Insurrection or defend the State. In I89S the Legislature appropriated approximately $1,250,000 which included a public defense bond Issue of and already this month, there has ben appropriated $1,000,000 for military supplies and a like amount for the Rockaway fort site. Additional moneys could be quickly obtained by making appropriations and levying a direct tax. or through the Issuance of bonds for the common defense." Tape's Diapepsin" is the quickest and surest Stomach relief. KAISER STOCKS Announcement Mr.

H. R. Prince will be here on Tuesday, March 27th, with a complete showing of models from a New York tailoring house from which we will take orders for suits and coats made to your measure. We Extend to You a Cordial Invitation. WORTH 1010.000 Tou don't know what upset your stomach which portion of the food did the damage do you? Well don't bother.

If your stomach Is in a revolt; if sick, sissy and upset, and what you just ate has fermented and turned sour; head dizzy and aches; belch gases and acids and eructate undigested food; breath foul, tongue coated just take a little Pape's Diapepsin to neutralize acidity and in five minutes you wonder what became of the indigestion and distress. Millions of men and women today know that it Is needless to have dyspepsia. A little Diapepsin occasionally 'keeps the stomach sweetened, and they eat their favorite foods without fear. If your stomach doesn't take care of your'llberal limit without rebellion: i Washington, March 2fl. Ten mil F.

E. Warner HARDWARE FIRM SENDS WAR. DEPARTMENT LIST OF STOCKS ON HAND 5 Court Street sternation, evoking rather a spirit of calm and unshakable confidence In the loyalty of the tronr and the ability of the army tn protect the city from the new danger. If German calculations are based upon the supposed demoralization of the soldiery or more than a transient defection of the troops at the front from their usual discipline and loyalty to their commander these calculations are plainly In error. It Is undeniable that during the first days following the revolution the extreme radical and socialist element aimed at taking advantage of the overthrow of the old authority by sowing further discontent among the workingmen and soldiers.

The cloudy state of mind of the peasant population which, bewildered by the new vista of freedom and equality and having had little experience with liberty cif any sort, imagined that it meant relaxation of every kind of authority and discipline, made the propaganda of the agitators easy at first. Hut the prompt measures taken hy the government and Duma dele-gatinna removed whatever danger lay in that direction. Telegrams have been received from every portion of the front affirming that the army can be relied upon to do its utmost to defend the country. M. Rodzlanko, president, of the Puma, received a delegation from the army, Which declared; "All officers and soldiers will defend the Puma to the last drop of their blood.

They will faithfully ohey the provisional government and wlil strike the Germans to the last man," Freedom' from the censorship has already had a salatuory effect In permitting the truth to he published about the new danger from a German attack without the usual accompaniment of extra vagant 'rumors which In the past made news mora alarming rhan the truth Itself. The result la that, without minimising the danger to the country, the press has accepted the declaration of the minister of war quietly and without alarm. The Rech aays editorially: "It Is the people who are fighting the, enemy and not the government. Therefore, hiding nothing from our readers, we say definitely and clearly that danger Is threatening our northern front. The enemy is preparing to crush our valiant army, which for two years has defended the roads to Petrograd.

The Russian soldier understands better than ever before the Importance nf still resisting." The Russkla Volla says: "Russia Is on trial. Von Hindenburg will try to realize his old dream of a move upon Petrograd. The army and people are facing a test which will become historical. Results can only come from an honest desire In the hearts of the Russian people for victory." RASPUTIN IS CAUSE OF GRAND DUKE'S ILLNESS PetrogTM. (la Iondon), March 26.

The superstitious belief that the health and even the life of Grand Duke Alexis, the young heir apparent, depended on the presence of Gregory Rasputin, the mysto. monk a notion which ds generally known to have accounted for Rasputin's tremendous In-lluence over the Imperial family explained In the following extraordinary manner by the Russky Slovo: if your foo.d is a damage Instead of help, remember that quickest, most harmless antacid is PaDe's r'. pepsin which costs only fifty cents for a large case at drug stores. It's truly wonderful it stops food souring and sets things straight, so gently and easily that It is really astonishing. Your stomach will digest your meals If you keep acids neutralized.

Better to be ve many easterners for AMuItitude of Customers siASw2s niNUiiiiuuu ui wuviwiiiviv They bring: a multitude of return). It is expected that by this time the War Department Is in possession of Information regarding the stock of picks, shovels, crowbars, hammers, sxes and other kinds of hardware carried by Callahan Douglas of this city which could be made use of in case of war. This information has been sent by the local firm through the New York State Association of Hardware Dealers, which asked for it at the Instance of the Federal authorities. Afl members of the association in the State have been asked to furnish figures indicating the normal amount of such articles carried in stock, and in case of war an order for a shipment of a certain percentage of these arti The Beauties of the Fair Store's linn dollars' worth of I'nited States stocks are owned by the Kaiser and members of hfs family and may ho confiscated by the Ignited States government in case nf war. Facts Just made public Indicate Wllhelm's concern over reaffirmation of treaties guaranteeing Germans' personal property against seizure may have been caused by personal rather than national reasons.

The Kaiser Is one of the greatest nf American property owners. He had a fancy for railway securities. When the war hegan he Is said to have possessed $4,000,000 In stocks and bonds of the Santa Fe, I'nlon Pacific and Southern Pacific and other Western lines. These shares were held in the name of dummies or German brokerage houses In New York. The Kaiserln herself holds half a million In American securities.

Prince Henry while In this country is said to have made Investments for himself totaling several millions. There Is evidence that agents of the Kaiser have made stock market the strength of advance information from Berlin. The Kaiser Is said to have large land holdings In America, much more valuable now than when bought 20 years ago. He is part owner of the North German l.loyd and Hamburg-American lines, which have $20,000,000 in ships, tied up in American ports. Without these ships, re-establishment of tier-man commerce after the war would be hampered.

As a stockholder In a Chicago packing company, the Kaiser Is reputed to have piled up wealth at the expense of the Allies and the American public. It is rumored the Federal government Is investigating the extent of Wimelm's holdings, with the idea that If the government should not confiscate property of individual German citizens, exception should be made In the Kaiser's case, on the ground thai cles might be made of every dealer by the Federal authorities. Inquiry of Rabcock, Hinds Underwood elicited the information that this concern is a member, of the me FURNITURE IF Hardware Jobbers' Association and as A. graphic picture of the of Russia from autocratic rule given hy .1. TV.

Nicholson. Mtnr of the Centenary Methodist Chitr-h, to his people yesterday morning. He opened his dlscoure on "Russia's Awakening" by commenting upon the stupendous character of the present war: He said part: "There has transpired In the last few days without question the greatest victory of this war. I do not refer to the successful marrh of the British along the Tigris and their capture of Bagdad, th ancient city of the Callpha. I am thinking of the successful emergency of the Russian people from beneath the heel of despotism.

If the war results In nothing else this deliverance makes it worth while. "The Russian reople have fought long and hard for freedom, for this day-dawn of a new life. The history of the despotic rule of the Czars of Russia Is too sickening to even contemplate, t'nder the frightful reign of Alexander III. father of Nicholas If thousands of nohle-souled Russians were shot down like mad dogs or what as wore, they were consigned to Siberian mines for nothing more than offering a. protest against misrule and asking for consideration end help.

Instead of bread they got bullets, Instead of relief they got Imprisonment, ln-ttead of liberty they got death. Mrtinlas Is Weak. "It was hoped that when Nicholas II came to the throne a saner, fairer and freerer system of government would be inaugurated, but he early proved himself to be a weak and vacillating character, one day mak-. lng loud and large promises to outraged Russia and the next withdraw, frig them under pressure from his autocratic counsellors. "It Is fair to state that the deposed monarch Is not no bad aa he la weak.

He la likewise exceedingly superstitious, aa was recently shown In his recognition of that vile. Immoral, fanatic monk, Gregory Rasputin, who but recently wna suddenly seized at night, hurried away In an automobile, shot, and his body thrown Into the Neve. "It was about the year 1905 when Nicholas yielded to popular demands and permitted the establishment of the Puma, the Russian parliament, where representatives of the people might have a voice Jn the management of governmental affairs; but for the most part it has been a farce. Whenever its suggestions collided with the court group, who were the real rulers of Russia, they were nullified and neutralised. When Parlia- ment became hold and Insistent It waa suspended and the doors locked by force.

Thus waa the voice of the people silenced. Censorship of Tress. The press has had a similarly un- certain career. It has enjoyed hut the semblance of freedom. A strict censorship has always been Imposed upon It.

If it ever dared to assert Its rights, If ever truths were suggested which the heart of Russia longed for. Immediately its doors were locked and Its columns were closed. "The same gag-law prevailed In matters of religion. The Oreek Church Ih the national religion, and for years It has been as dead aa an Kgyptian mummy and bb useless. "It has been a burden Instead of a help, exacting large suma of, money for the most menial services, until great hordes of Russia's millions have lost faith In it and are adrift' religiously.

The church conspired with the government to keep the people In the densest darkness, until not more than 20 per cent, of Russta can read and write. It adheres to the medieval policy thst education Ih only for the priests and aristocrats; that Ignorance Is the mother of devotion; and even the students read censored iiewa. Thus the light and progress of civilization is shut out. Jdherllr Arn Restricted. "It is fair to say that a pretense at religious liberty la made and small evangelical societies may be found here and there; but their liberties are so restricted, their work Is so hampered, that It is practically useless.

Our Methodist missionaries have gone there from the Finland conference, but the autocratic forces are opposed to them, and their work is neutralized. Someone writes that "Next to Turkey, Russia Is shout the most mlserabiy governed nation on earth." That was Russia at the outbreak of the war. "There is a great future for Russia. She has tremendous possibilltiea She owns one-sixth of the good farming land of the globe. She Is 1(10 times larger than (treat Rritaln, 50 larger than Germany, twlre as large as all Kurope.

The largest wheat fields In the world, six times larger than Canada. The largest oil fields and cotton fields and rice fleHs, coal that la almost Immeasurable, gold mines almost without bounds. She has all the natural resources which make nations, and give her an outlet to the sea and who can predict her power Russia Is our closest neighbor. Alaska can signal easily through lights thrown on the sky to the keeper of the first light-Jmuse of Russia on the Siberian Shores. "The leaven of this age Is working.

Unless all signs tall. It will mean the stern curbing of Imperial aggression and perhaps the extinction of the Imperial system. Great new republics may arise on the ruins nf despotic institutions. "Every friend of liberty ought to rejoice with Russia and pray that there may come to her speedily a government of the people, by th people and for the people." yet no request for a census has been received. "However," said Mr.

Fnderwood, this morning, "we are expecting such a request and are ready to furnish the information on short notice." The same information is being asked of all dealers in guns, firearms and ammunition, hospital supplies and every and any thing which can be made use of by the militant branches of the government. Lie in the High Class designing, the exquisite matching of woods and fabrics, the workmanlike construction and finish. his autocratic relations to the government make his holdings. In effect, the property of the German state. This property, if confiscated, would he converted Into the I'nited States Federal treasury.

PostFm ym interes gpbti For evpry room, and for every home-furnishing purpose, we have furniture of exclusive models, made by the finest manufacturers in the country, and which are, without question, the last word in artistic furniture creation. Period styles are shown here in great variety, but a no less interesting line is found in the orginal and distinctive creations in single pieces and suites, adapted to the finest furnishing. In keeping with the high class furniture, our RUG DEPARTMENT is showing exclusive things in American Orientals, French Wiltons and other fabrics of unusual smartness and beauty. lit 11 table drink tlnat kiddios as well as the older ones can afely esijy mm "i' i i i ii i i i i 1 1 vrfwffm Summer Needs nnair.M, and autistic See on our first floor the early touch of Summer COUCH HAMMOCKS in the smartest line ever shown in Binghamton. You've never seen anything like them.

REFRIGERATORS Kanney, McKec and other makes. NOVELTIES for sun porch and outdoor use. GAS and combination coal-and-gas ranges. BOARD TO TAKE ACTION ON TWO NEW SCHOOLS ji (NO CAFFEINE) "There a Reason A regular meeting of the Board of Education Is scheduled for this afternoon and It is expected certificates of necessity for new schools at Oak street end 1n the First ward, aggregating $290,000, will be adopted. The certificates will be sent to the Common Councij tonight and will he referred to the finance committee to report at the next 'regular meeting.

Nothing else of importance appears on the calendar. QoYAee.