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VOL. XXIII.
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1
ITT t . Oil
were augru m a ouaaen
Burst of German Machine
Gun Fire.
GAS PIPL BOIR
LATER A BIG SHELL
FELL NEAR THEM f
Amer
ican
State
smen
Mi
iracu-
dusly Escaped Injury and
Possible Death .While Visit
ing Trenches Near Uixmude ;:
Mysterious Device Came Near
' Stampeding Chicago Audi
ence Last Night.
Russia's Premier Was About
to Surrender When He
Decided to Flee.
I SAILOR'S CJII6 !i SYMPATHY IS
(Ey Associated Press.)
Eilti:;h rTont m rJeigrutu. Friday.
November 16 Five-"iiembers of thft . sponsible for placing the mysterious1
(By Associated Press.) -
I - - - m-m m a b ii m m v rwsr h - b b u wr,;.?;;
- . - ..... i
I par. 7 of American Congressmen and
i private citizens who syont yeateraav
gas pipe device resembling a bomb
which became ignited and caused a
BCLSHEVIKI NOW IN j
COMPLETE CONTROL;
KERENSKi
SAFETY Ii FLIGHT
No Sympathy Found for Ker-
enskv Italians Continue to ;
Held Teutons in Check ! ,
British Gains. LHe Had Been Abandoned by
Most of His Officers and
WHERE
i"iu i "11- ui ..iwnj ucifa.dui una yiuc in tne auaiiorium tneatre
death cr injury this morning- when
they v.ere caught .n a. eudde.i burst
I
war cne nad a narrow escape r:omihOT.0 i,friv,t x
iMcre
fi:.:o'.l in b?.t;le by the Eolsheviki :
z:v -ertPil by mo?t of his own of-!
i
f:(ci s and men. Premier Kerensky is
in tii;rht and his -whereabouts is un-1
knov.n in. Petrograd.
of
;:b'l
line
The u
l's provisional government v ,
to surrender to the Maximaist Dj. WUn
' 1. j; 1 1 '
; coercion waen.ne uisappeuieu.
I: .Moscow the tide apparently has;
turvnl ;)n:l tr.o Bclsheviki are in con-;
1 1 o! o." the ancient capital with forces
of the provisional government besiec- j
Hi in the Kremlin. One report says j
hr. -. y artillery is Demg useu agaiust
ihe historic walls. Another declares
;i truce b"tveei government and Bol-si-f
v:ki troops has been arranged. Be
tween 2,000 and 5, COO persons have
Ite- n killed in Moscow since the out-I-.i-h.'k
of the revolt. General Kale
liir.s. leafier of the Cossacks, is re
ported approaching the city with re
lief for the Kerensky forces. A third
armed force supposed to be composed
cf r,'W-ased convicts, is said to be
fight in :r both .;; dsheviki and sevexa-;
ment troopj
Men.
HAD AGREED TO
GO TO PETROGRAD
Guard Went for
Premier He Was Not to Be
Fcund Last Interview-Reported.
FOR TRE PRE!
A Correspondent Tells of Trip
from the Caucasus to
Petrograd.
MANY SAY KERENSKY
DESERVED HIS FATE
of German izach.r
j specting the iron!
ilnj iionche:
Cossacks Declare a Provisional
Government and Their Ter
ritory Is Properly Safe-Guarded.
in-
near
Di-xmucie.
The American: in danger were
Congressman C. C. DH, of Spokane,
Wash.; Congressman Charlco B. Tim
fccrlako, of Colorado; Congressman J.
F. Miller, of Seattle, Wash.; Congress
man Albert Johnson, of Washington,
iMid former Representative Stout, of
Montana. Nobody war, hit but it was
cue of these peculiar froaks of for
tune which soldiers call luck, because
j the shoto came in a shower, so close
to thorn it seems almost certain some
one must be wcuatied although -the;
were exposed only for a brief time.
day by Federal,. State and City authori
ties.
Government officials were working
on two theories. One is that the
bomb had b:en planted by some one
who sought to blow u-j tne theatre,
the other is that the uevrce was not
composed of a high explosive and had
been placed in the theatre as a protest
against expenditure " of - money for
opera.
The first warning came when a puff
of white smoke oozed up from the
middle of main floor of the theatre.
Persons nearby rose from their seats
ISTOGRATS ARE
FOUND LEADING
Artillery Fighting in Section;
Held by Sammies Is More .
Lively. Xf?M
AMERICANS GAVE AS r
GOOD AS RECEIVED
(By Associated Press.)
Petrograd, Friday, Nov. 16. De
serted by most of his officers and vir
tually ordered to surrender to the i
Bolsheviki, Premier Kerensky evaded i
(By Associated Press.)
London, Nov. 17. Nowhere through
out a journey from the Caucasus to
Petrograd did a correspondent of The
T)nilv Ttl pern r1i hoar n ivnrH nf cvm.
the guards sent for him and has dis- pathy for Premier Kerensky. The ed
appeared. General Dukhonin has re-' ucated passengers he met, he says, in
sumed temporarily the post of com- a dispatch sent from Petrograd on
I mander-in-chief of the Kerensky forces ' Monday, were infuriated at Kerensky's
recently defeated at Teaskoe Selo 'laxity in permitting the Bolsfc-vikl.ag-recently
deteatea at i easnoe fceio. . itation and soidiers were indignant
general Kransnoff, former com- j that Jhe Premierwas unable jto main
J mander under Kerensky and who was ain aufKorify" and" order. For the pro-
td,.;. y,ia aiiriricn fl-ht Pvpmiflp rKcr-o tho i visional government nownere was
Kere-kv had seen his force, mostly Pren,ier.s staff has been released, i tner! a sparK or eninusiasm,.ne aaas,
Co.-ack -. defeated by the Bolsheviki er s staff, has been released, as lt was felt t0 have deserved its
.Lt.i-opI, nOW in the hands ! General Krasnoff's report concerning fate. Everywhere, however, the cor-
the disappearance or KerensKy con- lesyuncem iounu a longing lor reai.
firms that he fled under disguise. j rder and real authority and for some
, r. x ij 4.-, i. body w-ho would save Russia from
Premier Kerensky, when told trxat 1 tr0lhle
his officers were against him and that j Throughout the 10 Kuban territor
his men were on the point of desert-; ies order was undisturbed and on ar
ing, agreed to come to Petrograd, but ' riving at Rostov-on-the-Don on Novem-
, ., , , - n ' ber 9 the correspondent found the gar-
while a guard was being arranged, he , , " .
liouu auu u ui in i.i ill n itiuiuLi a i v j
have passed a resolution in favor of
"At 3 o'clock on the afternoon of the Bolsheviki but in the neighboring
November 1 (old style) Nov. 14 (new town of Novo Tcherkask, ;he capital
style) I called at th3 quarters of the j the Don territory, the Cossacks gov
J ' ernment under General Kaledmes had
commander-in-chief,' said General declared for provisional government,
Kransnoff. "He appeared nervous and, assumed full power in its own terri
excited I try and bad established contact with.
"'General,' 'said he, 'you have be- J Cossacks governments in the neigh-
v, rncc,,v0 oo, hpv boring territories.
j sacks rose, and backed by other Cos
i sacks, formed a league of autonomous
units with a common b ederai govern-
The other seven members of thejbut Conductor Campani ordered"m"e
orchestra to play the "Star Spangled
Banner" and the big audience checked
its start for the exits.
When Galli Curci. who sans- tiP
every j leading role in the opera stepped to
me front of the stage and began to
sing the National anthem, the minia
ture panic was soon allayed.
party were m aaotner section cf tue
trench and were not disturbed by t':3
fire. Later, however, when all the
Americans were to'gether, the Garmam;
rlronrsed a. his: shell some 10 vards
away, seriously endangering
one. One member in describing the
incident to the correspondent later
said he and his companions heard the
shell coming. "It sounded like the
roar cf an airilane," he said.
Again fortune favored them and no
one was injured.
The visitors spent the nighty near
THE BOLSHEVIKI
Officered by Men Who Had
oeen at r ront under wia
Regime.
THE BATTLE LASTED
THROUGH THREE DAYS
Struggle for Possession of
Petrograd Began Saturday
and Continued Until
Monday Night.
Germans Believed to ' Have
Suffered Fully as Severely
r .i r .
rrom tae return
American Gunners..-'
lof!:&
,- f
(By Associated Press)
Petrograd, Wednesday, Nov.
14.
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NAVAL ENGAGEMENT. 4'
(By Associated Press.) 4
the front and rose early this morning jv London, Nov. 17. British light
for a trip to the trenches in the vi- : v lorces today engaged German
cinity of Drxmude. The Belgian and
of the revolutionists. The Bolsheviki
troop were commanded by members
of thp old r.rtisocracy and former ar
my officers.
A travelc . returned from the Cau
casus, report that while conditions in
most provinces are ' not abnormal,
then- is. no sympathy with Premier
t r I . 1 1 : .. . 4-V.n4. V, t?,,.
K.renKv ne uvurs tuat iuC dropped out of sight,
sian DeoDle want a leader who will. . . -
maintain authority and order. The
ros.ucks in Kuban, Astrakhan and
tiie Don regron have united and form
ed th'jir own government.
From L'ike Garda to the Adriatic
.ver t:ir Asiago plateau and down
thp Piave valley the Italians are hold
ing tl.p Austro-Germans in check. No
wh'.Tc It.-, the Italian line been pene-
trat-d for important gains, although J -will arrest me and give me up to the
thp en.piny pressuie is very strong. I sailors.'
Teutonic j-.ttacks have been repulsed
wiih Iteavy lo..e:' everywhere in the
neuRUinous region, except around
Cisnrm 'in the Si; sana valley, north-1
(;K! fit' li::'i"n
"Yes, I answered, such a discussion
is now going on. There appears to
be little sympathy for you."
" 'Do the officers feel the same way?'
! he asked.
Tilr
r.:.
hem '
ins (.:
th (
if not
Italian
Ka'es
;nter.sf artillery auei conrmues
ihf I'iave. The invaders have
i;b!e to make further cross
i!" ri'. r. At the river's mouth
my advance has been held up,
lopned completely through the
action in opening the flood
: hr. Piave r.nd Sile rivers re
sulting in tl'.e inundation of 70 square
mile.-; of terrain. Attempts to cross
1 he river fitvther north have ieen de
fpatcd i;y the Italians. The Teutonic
force wiw-h crossed nt Zenson is held
on tii - ry (' , oank by the Italians.
In ;h eMier v..r theatres there has
"Yes," I said.
" 'What shall I do. Will I have to
ep-mmit suicide?'
- "If you are an honest man you will
go to Petrograd under a white flag
and appear before the revolutionary
committee, where you wil negotiate
as head of the government."
"Kerensky agreed to this and ne ,
was promised a guard. He objected
to a guard of sailor3 on the ground !
that some enemies were among them, j
He wanted to wait until night, but'
finally agreed to make the trip by day-;
light. I went and called Colonel Kish- i
been :') irren mwp fighting. A French Voff, of the 10th Don Cossacks, and
ordered him to appoint a guard of .
eight men. A half an hour later the ;
Cossacks told me that Kerensky could j
not. be found. I raised the alarm !
thinking fhat he could not have left i
Gatchina." J
M. Bibenko, member of the commit-.
tee on war and marine, has reported
o the Workmen's and Sailors' von
srress that Kerensky fled garbed as a '
ht.ible ground cn the main j sailor. Before Kerensk7's flight Bo-,
benko sa'd he talked witn xne jos-,
sacks and found they were willing to
come to an agreement with the Maxi-;
maliss, onlv the officers being opnos-.
ed. He said he promised the Cos-
sicks thev would be released and pos-,
siblv be allowed to retain their mounts j
rnd arms and return to the Don
region. '
Bibenko denied that Michael Roman-,
off, the former Grand Duke Michael
Alexandrovich. was with Kerensky.
He denied also that General Kornl-
loff had escape from prison.
each other at one point and it was
there that the five men came into dan
ger. At that distance it is easy to
see any one in the opposite trench
who raises his head above the top.
Only the usual firing was under way
when the party reached this place.
The Americans were having an ex
cellent view of the lines when sever
al of them got into an exposed posi
tion and were seen by the Germans.
Suddenly the enemy machine guns
nearby began a vicious chatter and bul
lets came whizzing across the narrow
strip of No Man's Land at the rate of
several hundred a minute. Before the
visitors realized the situation bullets
were whining all about them like a
storm of hail and dirt was being
thrown into their faces as some of
the steel pellets struck the top of the
trench. They all bent down for cover
but all might easily have been caught,
since it does not take more than a
small fraction of a minute for a ma
chip." gim to account for a number of
men if the shooting is accurate.
The Americans departed this after-
ment over the whole territory north noon for England. On arriving at the
of the Caucasus between the Caspian ' port wrhence they sailed, they said
ana Black seas. The existence of this i their trip to the Belgian front had
league, the correspondent says, guar- been most satisfactory. They were
(Continued on Page Eight) I especially pleased aft the invitation of
light cruisers off Helgoland, the
day. The German warships re-
tired and the British forces are
now chasing them.. tj
The announcement follows:
"British light forces operating
in Helgoland Bight have been en-
gaged with German light forces
4' this morning. The only informa-
tion we have received thus far, is
that our vessels have engaged
enemy light cruisers, that the
latter have retired at high speed, S
and that our vessals are in pur-
v suit." j
1"
The battle in which Premier Keren
sky was defeated began last Saturday j casualties have been caused in the;
(By Associated Press) - ' lv
With the American Army in France,
Friday, Nov. 16. The artillery -fighting
in the sector held by American
troops has become even more lively .
and there have been further casual i
ties, shrapnel wounding some men In .
the trenches'. '.-;
An enemy shell hit an American , f
gun today and caused casualUes. Vv
Some of the men wounded in the last "i ' j
two days have died. Vil 'l ; ,
The American batteries. haveeenV4v;
firing rapidly in return and it is con- '
sidered certain that more damage and
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Kfng Albert, to take tea with him.
The Kirrg made them feel verv wel-
pcome and chatted freely with thern
tor some time. The American minis
ter, Brand Whitlock, also was present
at the invitation of the King.
Other members of the party who
were endangered by the shell fire in
addition to the fiveSwho were under
machine gun fire are Congressmen
Parker, of New Jersey; Taylor, of Col
orado; Goodwin, of Arkansas; Steph
ens, of Nebraska, and Hicks, of New
and continued until Monday night, ac
cording to the commander-in-chief of
the Bolsheviki staff. The Premier had
5,000 Cossacks and. several hundred
military cadots with considerable ar
tillery. The Maximalist force includ
ed four guard regiments, several bat
talions, of steamers and numerous de-taehaaets-f
the ' ReJ tdr JTi??"-' - -
Many of the Bolsheviki soldiers
were wounded -and a few were, killed.
The Cossacks in Kerensky's forces
once attempted a -charge near Tsars-
kce-Selo, but suffered heavy losses af-!
ter which tney retired into the town.
The Maximalists now hold Tsarskoe
Selo. The corespondent of the Asso
ciated Press visited the scene of the
fighting -today and was surprised to
find aristocratic officers Commanding
the Bolsheviki.
A colenel of one 6 fthe famous Pet
rograd guard regiments is now com
mander of the Bolsheviki staff. De
scribing the fight., he said:
"The battle-began Saturday and
continued until Monday nieht. Our
German lines than the Germans have
inflicted on the Americans. : ",
Patrolling continued actively last . .
night. ' . - ,
American troops : witnessed .theit! ,V
first aerial encounter today. ; Tared y.'i ;:!
enemy airplanes appeared overhead 1
the approach of five French machines. "
One of the French out-maneuvereti '
this German and "got oh his taiL" V v "
The German aviator then bblted,.-. .
The rattle of machine guns finally
died away as the two airplanes disap-. ;
peared to the west. .-;iryyrr
The French general commanding. .
the sector has mentioned in the-dis-' -patches
15 American officers and so-' ; i
diers, including three who were killed, - .
ior excellent military qualities and
for bravery displayed, in the recent
trench raid. A note accompanying $he "
citations says that : between 8,000 and
10,000 shells were used in the attack Ji'
which had been in preparation for.
:..t''.
forces were under a continuous shell three months, down to the finest de-
a.iii iiicmj' were wuuuueu. a. iew tails
were Kiuea. At one time a sauadron
e Tr i . . . ,
uj. xvereusKy s jossacKs attempted a
charge near Tsarskoe-Selo. A ' volley
sky torces to attack and afterward
they retreated. 'We now hold Tsarskoe-Selo."
One soldier who had been captured
by the Cossacks and had escaped to
his own lines told the corresnondent
York, and former Representative that Kerensky's Cossacks had deter
Hammond, of Nebraska. (ContiecAi on Page Eight.)
ITALY'S NEW LOST PROVINCES.
attor-.nt to crosr, the Ailette river
soui' v -.. : 0;' L r., Berlin reports,
wa r'i.r.!.-.-d. The French reached
tlie inrihn bank o? the stream but
' (;er-.:a:i router attack threw them
hack t fiiii- original position on the
SOU .!...-;-, .., o. ,
Ir F'n"d-r lar.t evening in the Pass"
cher.ciaelo area, the British carried out
' s: '.f".--,.-;ful operation. tak:ng more
of ti;--
r:r!ir ro'-tli nf th villnco. They ef
a slk'l't advance as vro'l in the
dlffir-ti"- low lying terrain sloping off
to Cm- ' -st.
There has been notable artillery .ic
Mvity in th( French sector held by the
Ar.ii';-;, Lin t r-ocpr. the German Hre
r i"i r.dditional casualties among
t'no Aiaor'cans frcm shrapnel, and
''''cn j.:i Am or icon gun was hit. by 9
'';'tr.;:- ; :-,r.t. The American fire ih
J' -Don .e ha-; been extremely spirited
'nvul it is believed more than eauaj
I'i:n;-hr.ie;;t was inflicted upon the Ger-
tnan-:.
An interesting naval development
: in r'orf.is in the North Sea
wheto rritish nnvpl lieht force's this
ia. ) revolution
a"d bT;hthT British jdavs ago. is a small one and is con
--.an; ;: British forced fined to several unimportant village.
l.'irsuins: the Germa warships,
retired, at high speed.
A Smnll Revolution.
(Bv Associated Press)
Guayaquil, Ecudor, Nov. 17 Th
which broxe out several
ft
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The results obtained by the
enemy were very small, he having :: ri :;
been unable to penetrate more; than
the firat lino tronphog hnoonaa nf . 4-Vi .''
caused them heavy losses. This was'
the last active attempt or the Keren-; with rifle and pistol fire and hand V
vrenades. The enemy had to content , .. .
himself, the 'citation continues, ith ; -;
carrying off a few prisoners. Cr y. y i S
The general in the order mentions' I',;.'
the company, commanded by .-;
Lieutenant (name deleted by censor), .
as follows: . ' ::.A-'-:iV;'.;:;
"On the night of November 2-3.vtbissC
company which was in the lines for V ' -
the first time met an extremely violent
bombardment, despite which it "seized
I arms and offered such stubborn resis
tance that the enemy, though numerf-V.
cally superior, was obliged toetireVr i l:
The general specially cited ' in - the hilv,
order of the day Corporal James ;
Gresham and Privates Merle D.-Hay, :' '
and Thomas F. Enright, "who ; died '
bravely in hand-to-hand fighting with
the enemy who had pentrated the first ' 1
line." . -y::'l
The other cited "who showed excel- ; .
lent military , qualities" are Second ! .
Lieutenants M. C. Laughlin, KA O- i
Patterson and E. F. Erickson, Ser-y ' '
geant John Arrowood, Corporals DavW? ;',)
M. Knowles and Homer Gibens and ,
Privates Charles. Massa. Wllllam: B." K
j Thomas, George Hurd, Boyce Wade,; , 1 .
Robert Winkle and, John J. Jarvis. , V
SCALE OF MILES
.n i n or M.r . A-n tri-i
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GENERALLY FAIR
WEATHER NEXT WEEK
.(By Associated Fress)- . '
Washington, Nov. . ! it. Generally Z$
far weather although somewhat, un- - i I
settled Sunday in the East Gulf States,
' is forecast for the South Atlantic and
East Gulf States during the week be
! ginning Sunday Somewhat V higher,
.temperatures are indicated, after Sun--day.
1 la:,.;-,-'. l..;,.;N3i:i''
wh'h 1 The government amiuuiio .n ..." d ee
wu-.J, x ft tn wiaY, thp revolt. a S-
ItaKO proiuyt blcpj w
Solid black shows territory evacuated prior to November 13.
Shaded indicated territory that must be s urrendered if Italy retreats behind the
Indictments Quashed..
(By Associated Press) - V '; j:5 c
Austin, Texas, Nov. I7.t-Indictments i
in seven cases against ' former iGov-
ernor James E. Ferguson, charging '
misaplication of public r funds," were
I quashed today by District Judge Ham-,
I ilton. Dismissal was - refused In two '
other cases, charging embezzlement
and diversion" of a special fund. ': . . .
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