fHE BEE: OMAHA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1917.
CRACK SHOTS STOP
KORHILOFF'S MEN
Forces of the Government Meet
Eebels Near Petrograd, Where
First Clash of the Revolt
Takes Place.
(Continued from VK One.)
grad newspaper, as punishment for
printing prominently Korniloff's proc
lamations while publishing those of
M. Kerensky in contracted form.
The new commander-in-chief of the
Russian armies. Major General Bruy
ovitch, who formerly was attached to
the staff of General Brussilotf, one
time commander-in-chief, has from
the first been devoted to the provis
inal government.
Dissensions in Camp.
The government had received infor
mation that disssensions have broken
out in General Korniloff's camp. The
army sent against Petrograd, the vice
premier declared, had been deceived,
having been told that General Kornil
r 1 j .i -1
on s oniy aim was 10 urivc uie doi-
sheviki group out of the capital. The
government had taken measures to
undeceive the soldiers on this point.
In an interview Vice Premier and
Minister of Finance Nekrasoff in
formed the Associated Press that
General Sprievalski, commander on
the Caucasus front, and Lieutenant
General Dmitri Stcherbatcheff, com
mander on the Roumanian front, had
definitely declared their allegiance to
the government.
From General Staeduyeff, the com
mander on the western front, no news
has been received, but from his atti
tude there is reason to believe he re
mains loyal.
The attitude of General Klembov-
sky, commander on the northern
front, is still enigmatical. He based
his refusal to accept the post of commander-in-chief
on the fact that the
position on his front required his spe
cial attention.
Asked by the government for an ex
planation of why he allowed General
Korniloff's army to pass through
Pskoff, he replied that these troops
were not subordinate to him. The
government, Vice Premier Nekrasoff
said, had told General Klembovsky he
must either define his attitude or re
sign. Kerensky Voted Special Powers.
General Bokomski, the chief of
staff, the vice premier added, was the
chief conspirator. There was evidence
the conspiracy had been prepared
carefully, whereas the government
was caught wholly unawares.
The constitutional democrats, M.
Nekrasoff said, had no part in the
plot, and no members of that party
had been at General Korniloff's head
quarters. M. Nekrasoff concluded as reeards
the composition of the provisional I
cabinet that M. Yorueneff, minister
of public; works, and Prof. Koko
shine, the state controller, were the
only ministers who had definitely re
signed. ,
'" The attitude of M. Oldenburg, min
ister of public instruction, and of M.
Kartasseff, procurator of the holy
synod, is doubtful.
Premier Kerensky, the vice premier
stated, has been offered special, powr
ers and he has the support of the
wholo country.
Generals Denikine and Valuveff,
MRimanflinif fVi aMitlitirat and tar.f-
em fronts, respectively, have, joined
General Korniloff, according to an
nouncement in Petrograd newspapers
given out by the semi-official news
agency.
An earlier report from Petrograd
said that General Denikine had been
placed under arrest. '
; Moscow Under Martial Law.
All elements in the population of
Moscow, according to reports re
ceived here, emphasize assurances of
support to the provisional govern
ment, which have already been given
by the municipal council.
General Verkhovsky called alt the
officers of the garrison together in
tfce public square and was given as
surance that they would support Pre
mier Kerensky.; The St. George Cav
aliers have nade a special offer of
their services and there appears to be
Vladimir Purishkevich, the well
known reactionary under -the old re
gime, who was arrested at Dvinsk
and later released, is reported again
to be in custody.
The provisional government today
declared that a state of war exists
in the town and district of Moscow.
Petrograd is said to have sufficient
provisions to list four or five days.
The government has issued an order
doubling the fixed prices of cereals.
The order also provides for increased
remuneration for freight on these
. foodstuffs.
Scenes at Winter Palace.
lie miviiui vi wis minimi fjaiaic
was a remarkable sight owing to the
extraordinary precautions which first
were Uken early yesterday when hope
of a compromise was finally lost.
. Inside the newly erected partition
- Sn the grand corridor and outside M.
Kerensky'a office were stationed 200
n sailors of the Second Baltic corps.
f During the afternoon students of the
school of marines were brought into
the palace as well as parts of the
Preobraihensky and Litovski regi
ments, while in the courtyard were
armed motor cars.
Elsewhere in the city there was lit-
tie military show, but all through the
night posts of five and six infantry-
.men paraded the streets and occupied
the courtyards. The city so far has
been quiet.
M. Kerensky is receiving resolu
tions . from army and navy units
: promising to support him. The Coun
i c'1 of Workmen's and Soldiers' Dele
gates sent telegrams to the telegraph
operators' unions declaring that the
operators by refusing to work for
Korniloff could help to crush the re
volt. Premier Kerensky issued an order
to the Petrograd garrison denouncing
Converse Through Cannon.
General Korniloff for opening the
front to the Germans and for sending
a division of Asiatics against thye cap
ital, while professing to defend lib
erty. General Kozmin, now commanding
the Petrograd city garrison, declared
before the meeting in the winter pal
ace of the representatives of the dif
ferent organizations:
"N'o negotiations are possible with
traitors. Our only future conversa
tion will be carried on through can
non." "Only bayonets can now decide the
conflict," was the declaration of Vice
Premier Nekrasoff.
M. Tchernoff, minister of agricul
ture, has resigned from the cabinet.
Ninety arrests were made in Petro
grad last night. General Micheveff
was arrested at Moscow.
Premier Kerensky has ordered the
procuror ot tne reirograa coun iu
put General Korniloff on trial under
tne nisioric luoin siaiuic iui .uii-
spiring to overthrov the existing
order.
Korniloff Issues Proclamation.
Petrograd, Sept. 12. The texts of
General Korniloff's proclamations are
published here. The first, dated Mohi
lev, denounces Premier Kerensky's
description of Vladimir Lvoff's mis
sion as untrue and declares that Kor
niloff did not send Lvoff to Kerensky,
but that Kerensky first sent Lvoff to
him with the aim to create trouble.
"Russian men," continues the
proclamation, "our ;:eat fatherland
is perishing. The government under
pressure of Bolsheviki majority of the
councils is acting in full accord with
the plans of the German general staff.
Overwhelming consciousness of the
imoendine ruin of the fatherland
compels me in this menacing moment
to summon all Russian men to save
perishing Russia. All in whose
breasts beat Russian hearts, all who
believe in God. let them flock to the
temple and pray God to perform a
great miracle a miracle of saving the
fatherland.
Son of Peasant.
"I. General Korniloff. son of a
peasant and Cossack, declare to all
that I require nothing personally,
nothing except the salvation of
mighty Russia and I swear to lead
the nation by the road of victory
over the foe to a constituent assembly
through which the nation will decide
its own fate and choose the organi
zation of its own political life. But
I shall never betray Russia into the
hands of its traditional foe the Ger
man race-- r nuke the Russian peo
ple the slaves of Germany.
I orefer to die on the field of honor
and battle rather than to witness the
shame and infamy of Russian land.
Russian people, in your hands rests
the fate of your country,
"KORNILOFF."
In the second proclamation General
Korniloff declares he is supported by
all of the higher commanders on the
front, denounces the government for
incapable government, weakness and
indecision and declares that in order
to veil its unitness the government
is creating the chimera of a nonexist
ent counter revolution.
-The provisional government has un
der the martial law regulations prohib.
ited the'circulation of General Kornil
off's manifestos or the publication of
unofficial news concerning military
measures taken against the revolt, , ,
Exciting Session of Deputies.
While the cabinet was debating the
form the new government should as
sume, the centraj executive commit
tee of. the all-Russian councils of dep
uties held an exciting session, at which
the determination to support the
Kerensky- government was unani
mously expressed. Speeches were de
livered in behalf of all parties repre
sented and resolutions as to necessary
measures were passed.
A social revolutionary speaker pro
posed to send a delegation to Keren
sky, advising him to retain the system
of government in its present form and
to replace the constitutional demo
cratic ministers who had resigned
with nominees of his own.
A Minsheviki speaker proposed the
creation of i special committee repre
senting the different parties in the
councils of deputies with the object
of fighting the counter-revolution by
every possible meansand added that
so long as the provisional government
stood fast on, the revolutionary plat
form of Tune 21. it would have the
unanimous support of revolutionary
democracy.
A Bolsheviki speaker. M. Sokol-
nikoff, also declared his faction solid
with the government. The leader of
the labor party appealed to all the
democracy to rally in the life and
death struggle around the covern
ment, but emphatically opposed the
plan to create a directory, as it was
considered it was dictatorial, the
liberal party approved the plan to
create a democratic assembly from
which all reactionaries were excluded,
the center of the assembly to be the
councils of the workmen's and sol
diers deputies.
After further debate the committee
accepted unanimously the proposal of
the social revolutionaries to retain
the present form of government, re
placing the constitutional democratic
demands with mere democratic ele
ments. The plan to create a directory
was then vetoed by a large majority,
M. Tcheidse, president of the coun
cil of workmen and soldiers deputies
thereupon went to the winter palace
and reported the resolutions to
Premier Kerensky
TWELVE MEN ARE
PICKED INKELLY CASE
Attorney Sutton Protests Juror
Brown, Whose Selection Was
Allowed When He Said He
Knew Much About Case.
(Continued from Fas One.)
understand any juror to have so
stated," the judge replied.
Attorney Mitchell referred to "Mr.
Jones" frequently during the day.
"Do you have any opinion as to the
innocense or guit of Mr. Jones?" was
one form of his questions.
Another was: "If the innocense or
guilt of Mr. Jones were at issue in
this case, would your opinion in any
way prevent you giving this defend
ant a fair and impartial trial?"
Mr. Brown, who was the center of
this legal stress and strain, is 56 years
of age and is a farmer of Red Oak
township. He was the thirty-first
man to be passed, the limit of thirty
two being reduced one by the state
waiving its tenth peremptory.
Those Stricken Out.
Clerk Brodby then read the names
of the following nineteen who has
been stricken on peremptories: Mel
Edwards, B. I. Alquist. S. T. Wood
ling, E. V. Hart, Floyd M. Pratt, C.
E. Bacon, J. A. Baird, J. A. Johnson,
J. S. Baxter, B. T. Black, W. J. Lang
don, Earl Jackson, Will Jones, D. H.
Petty, Theodore Scheerburth, C. M.
Swanson, Edwin Bergren, George M.
Kerrihard and J. S. Baxter. The
twelve who remained in the jury box
arose while the clerk administered
formal oath.
Court Cautions Judy.
In his instructions to the jury
Boies said: "The law presumes that
you are to try this case on testimony
that shall be heard from lips of wit
nesses permitted to testify and to be
governed by instruction of the court
regarding the law on the case.
"You are to take into consideration
no other testimony, talk to no one,
and if anyone attempts to talk to you,
or in your presence, it is your duty
to walk away.
"If anyone should knowingly com
municate his ideas to you, report him
to the court. Avoid making up your
mind until you hear all testimony.
"You owe it to the state, defendant
and to yourselves to observe these
instructions. You will feel it a hard
ship during the case, but you will be
given exercise and arrangements will
be made for your comfort.
"Remember that the examination
of jurors was npt testimony. You will
sleep in the court house and will be
in charge of one or more bailiffs at
all times-
"Any communications jurors may
wish to make to families or friends
will be made through the bailiff."
Prisoner Relieved.
Kelly appeared relieved when the
jury was completed. He turned to At
torney. McKenzie to inquire what he
thought of the jury. McKenzie reas
sured the prisoner, who scrutinized
the twelve men with new interest.
"We are still confident we will
acquit our man. I have my fighting
clothes on," remarked Attorney
Mitchell.
Attorney General Havner was so
pleased that the jury selection was
out of the way that he attended a
picture show this evening.
One of the duties of the jury bailiff
is to censor the newspapers read by
iuUfll6tt.bx clipping reterSJlces.to the
trial.
-Detective Wilkerson, who occupies
a seat with counsel for the defense,
invoked judicial wrath again during
the afternoon when Attorney Hess
called attention of the court to a re
mark made by Wilkerson to Mitchell
in tones audible to some of the
jurors.
'Don t let that occur again, or the
temptation to repeat it will be re
moved," announced the court.
A feature of the examination of
iurors during the last two days was
the appearance of R. E. Wolfe, H. S.
Petty and A. I. White, brothers-in-
law of W. R. Finlayson, cashier of
the Villisca National bank of which
F. F. Jones is president. Relationship
disqualified them.
Joe atillinger. father of two of the
Villisca victims, was in courtroom all
day as he was summoned in the third
special venire. His name was not
reached.
Arthur Hersman, a Red Oak car
penter, brought the big laugh of the
day when he-replied: I could be a
fair and impartial juror for one side,
but not for the other.
Kelly has taken a liking for Deputy
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Sheriff Smith, who accompanies him
to and from the court house. Last
night when the prisoner had a bad
case of nerves and could not sleep,
he asked for Smith, who was sent
for.
The Mysterious Stranger.
Attorney W. E. Mitchell, represent
ing Kelly, believes he has a line on
"the mysterious stranger," who fig
ured in the examination of veniremen
by the defense.
Mitchell says his name is "Reese,"
and he is described as a tall, dark
man, representing himself as an oil
salesmen. Gasoline and automobile
lubricating oil are his line ostensibly,
Mr. Mitchell asserts.
He has been seen in Stanton and as
soon as the expose was made in the
Montgomery county court house he
changed his field of activities.
The defense in the Kelly trial has
inferred that he might be a state
agent working surreptitiously in con
nection witn tne impanelling of a jury.
Cheer Up Kelly.
Names are being called from the
third special venue of forty. C. M.
Miller, the first man called from the
new list, is a brother of Clarence
Miller, secretary of Kelly defense
committee.
"I always try to be loval to mv
conscience, but my mind is so fixed
on one point that I would not be con
sidered a fair juror," remarked Miller,
who said he contributed to the Kelly
fund.
Will Jones of Sherman township
farm, was passed to fill state's ninth
peremptory. Twelve men had been
examined without avail before Tones
was reached. Jones was passed over
me cnaiienge ot tne detense.
"Don't brood; don't let your feel
ings overcome you," was the advice
given Kelly by his counsel before
court convened this morning.
"I won't," the prisoner replied.
Sidelights of Kelly Trial.
A man who waa being examined for
Jury service, when asked what newspapers
he read, mentioned one as the "Non
pareil." Aaked where It was published he
said he thought It was at 8hnandoah. The
paper In question la printed at Council
Bluffs. The reading of certain newspapers
has cut quite a figure In examination of
veniremen.
Sheriff Dunn states that Kelly frequently
screama in his sleep, as If troubled with
nightmare.
The ax with which the eight Villisca
victims were slain la here at the county
Jail.
"Could you voluntarily aet aside your
opinion If you should be chosen to serve
on this Jury?'1 Is a typical question asked
by Attorney T. T. Favllle for the state.
"If you hear a case discussed two or
three years, you can't help forming an
opinion." was an answer made by T. Be
ment of Red Oak while being examined for
Jury service.
The legal battle In prospect over the
proposition of whether Rev. Lyn O. J. Kelly
is guilty or not guilty of the Villisca ax
murder, promises to be a notable one. With
Attorney General Havner, under Indict
ment, as chief counsel for the prosecution
there Is added interest.
Detective J. N. Wilkerson, who- occupies
a seat with attorneys for defense, haa been
working on this case In Montgomery county
for three years. A staff ot state agents
are doing tha gum-shoe work for tha state.
Kelly la 38 years of , age, married eighteen
years ago In England and haa been In this
country ten years. HIS height la five feet
and three inches and weight 115 pounda.
His hair la brown and eyes of blulsb shade.
His hands are small and white, with slender
fingers.
PAINLEYE FAILS
TO FORM NEW
FRENCH CABINET
(Continued from Page One.)
with the task of forming a cabinet of
national union which sliSuld comprise
the elements belonging to all parties.
As the result of incidents arising at
the last moment the union which I
had expected failed . Under the cir
cumstances I am going to the presi
dent to relinquish the mandate which
he confided in me."
According to the Matin, M. Thomas
refused to collaborate in the cabinet
because the retiring premier, M. Ri
bot, remained in the foreign office.
When the new ministers assembled
last night M. Thomas rose and said:
"We cannot agree to form part of
a cabinet which includes M. Ribot.
At a moment when we refused our
support to M. Ribot as premier and
foreign minister on account of his
home policy, which we judged too in
dulgent, and because of his foreign
policy, which we considered vineffec-
n?m while lie holds that same portfo
lio of foreign affairs.
Advised to Withdraw.
"Besides, Premier Painleve did not
CertamtV T0THING is more uncertain
vciuuuiy iJ than human life. The man
who might make an ideal
Executor or Trustee today may
be dead or broken in health a
year from now.
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Annex
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Nothing Higher in Price
keep us advised as to the negotiations
looking to the collaboration of M.
Ribot. Consequently we are unable
to deliberate on this question with
our party. I cannot, then, personally
continue in the cabinet without con
sulting the opinion of my friends."
. Both Prof. Painleve and M. Va
renne sought to dissuade M. Thomas
from leaving the cabinet, but after a
sharp passage of arms between the
two socialists they both left the war
ministry and went to the ministry of
munitions and laid the situation be
fore the delegates. The delegates up
held M. Thomas and instructed the
two ministers to withdraw from the
cr-binet.
Persistent Advertising Is the Road
to Success.
Report on Houston Riots
Shows Trouble Premeditated
Houston. Tett Sent 12 rnmnlpt-
ing an inquiry into the causes of the
recent negro soldier riot which cost
the lives of fifteen citizens of Hous
ton, the citizens board filed its report
with the city council late today.
The report covers practically every
phase of the recent trouble, and
deals with the police situation in
Houston.
The committer is of the opinion
that the riot undoubtedly was pre
cipitated by two arrests of negroes
made by Officer Sparke. although suf
ficient evidence was presented at the
hearing to reveal the fact that a se
rious disturbance was intended by
some of the negro soldiers before
leaving and perhaps intensified the
crimes which followed.
Continuing, the committee says that
the undisputed and convincing testi
mony of witnesses prove that the ne
gro soldiers went forth to slay the
white population indiscriminately,
that not one negro was hurt or
molested by them, not one negro
home was fired into and thatthe ne
groes were warned before and during
the riot to stay off the streets.
Fire Destroys Detroit
Manufacturing Plant
Detroit, Mich., Sept. 12. The plant
of the Standard Screw company was
destroyed by fire this morning. The
loss, estimated at $300,000, is said to
be covered by insurance. The plant
was working on war orders. It was
said crossed wires were responsible.
An investigation is being made.
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