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REGULAR AFTERNOON ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORT, EXCLUSIVE IN POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY
VOL. XXIII
SHAWNEE, OKLAHOMA, THURSDAY EVENING. NOVEMBER 8^ 1917.
NUMBER 178.
Russian Extremists Seize Government, Depose Kerensky
and Decide to Sue tor an Immediate End ot the War
COUP D'ETAT COMES ANOTHER
PRODIGIOUS CHANGE WTO
VERY LITTTE BLOODSHED
FOOTBALL TEAM WILL PROTEST THE FORMER SHAWNEE MATCHED PENNIES AMERICAN COMM.
TO CHICKASHA1 PROPOSED CHANGE MAN AN AUTHOR WITH STRANGERS HAS ARRIVED FOR
I I * 1 ■ I A I I IL 11 I 111 nu a I
Good Game is Expected Be- Citizens Unwill That Traction
tween Well Matched
Teams.
(II) (III' Associated I'ress)
London, Nov. 8.—The Maximalists
have obtained control ot Petrograd
and issued a proclamation saying
the new government will propose
peace, the official Russian newspa-
per agency announces.
The Maximalists were assisted by
Petrograd gendarmes which made
possible a coup 'etat without blood-
shed.
Leon Trot/.sky. president of tin'
central executive committee of the
Tetrograd Council of Soldiers and
Workmen's delegates, issued a dec-
laration to the effect that a provis-
ional government was no longer in
existence and that some of its mem-
bers had been arrested.
Premier Kerensky bus been de-
posed.
A wireless dispatch from Petro-
grad says that the council of sol-
diers and workmen's delegates has
announced that the split in the
council has been healed and a call
lias been sent out for a delegate
from each 35,000 of the population to
express the will of the Russian
army.
The Russian news agency which
as reported last night was seized by
the Maximalists sends the following
from Petrograd dated 0:50 last
evening.
"The day brought certain changes
in the general situation in the cap-
ital. The Maximalian movement
made fresh and fairly appreciable
progress but 110 disorders have taken
place.
"Toward o'clock in the after-
noon the military revolutionary
committee of the soldiers and work,
men's delegates issued a proclama-
tion that Petrograd was in their
hands, thanks to the assistance of
the coup d' etat. to be brought about
without bloodshed.
"The proclamation declares that
the new government will propose an
immediate and Just peace, will hand
the land to the peasants and will
bummon the constituent assembly.
"The delegates from the three
Cossack regiments quartered here
declared they would not obey tlie
provisional government and would
not march against the soldiers an 1
workmen's delegates, but would
maintain public order.
"The council bold a meeting this
afternoon at which M. Trotzskv
made his proclamation that the gov-
ernment 110 longer existed; that
some of the ministers had been ar-
rested and that the preliminary par-
liament had been dissolved.
"Nicolai Lonine, who received pro-
longed cheers, outlined three prob-
lems now before the Russian democ-
racy: First, the immediate conclu-
sion of the war, for which the gov-
ernment must propose an armistice
to the belligerents; second, the
handing over of the land to the pea-
ants; third, settlement of economic
questions.
"At tlic close of the sitting a dec-
laration was read from representa.
tives of the Minimalists party of the
soldiers and workmen s delegates
saying that the party disapproved of
the coup d* etat and withdrew from
the council."
It has been indicated for some
time back that an attempt was to be
made by the Maximalists to seize
control of the capital. Nov. 2 was
the date originally set for an ex-
tremist demonstration which was ex-
pected by Its promoters to result in
the taking over of power by this ele-
ment A postponement to an unan-
nounced date was however decide I
upon.
The Maximalian or Uolshcviki ele-
ment comprises the most extreme
class of the Russian revolutionary
socialists. It first sprang into prom,
incnce In the oarly days of the rev
olution under the sway of Nikolai
Lenine, the radical agitator, who was
afterward put under the ban of the
provisional government because «>.
his ultra-radical speeches and his
suspected pro-German feelings. He
had been known to he in Petrograd
for some time, but though the gov-
ernment had ordered his arrest, he
was not apprehended.
The strength of the revolution
lay in the adherence of the military.
They had failed however, to Impress
their policy noon Russian as a whole,
which was shown in the manner in
vhich thev were outvoted in the all
Russia conference.
XaxiniiiHst* Vcted Qiiifth*
(By the Associated Press)
Petrograd, Nov. 7. T p. m. I he
Maximalists movement, rumor of
which hod' been agitating the pubHe
mind over since the formation or the
last provisional cabinet, culminated
last night when, without disorder.
Maximalist forces took possession of
the telegraph office and the Petro-
grad Telegraph Agency. Orders is-
sued by the government for opera-
ton of the spans of the bridges
across the Neva later were overrid-
den by the military committee ot the
Council of Workmen and Soldiers*
delegates. Communication was re.
stored after several hours of inter-
ruption. Nowhere did the Maximal-
ists meet with serious opposition.
An effort by militiamen to dis-
perse the crowds in Nevsky and
Letainy Prospekts during the even-
ing provoked a fight in which one
man is reported to have been killed.
Minor disturbances, some of them
accompanied by shooting, occurred
In various quarters of the city. A
number of persons are reported to
have been killed or wounded, but
there is no confirmation. This
morning found soldiers, sailors and
civilians in the streets maintaining
order. Further than a continuation
of excitement, the streets of the city
presented no unusual aspects. The
shops and banks which had opened
lor business began to close up about
boon.
Shortly after noon a Soviet force
occupied the telephone exchange
where a small guard had been sta-
tioned for weeks. An effort of gov-
ernment forces to retake the ex.
change led to a brief fusillade in
which it is believed a number of
casualties were caused. The Max-
imalists remained in possession of
the building.
Co. Shorten the City
Lines-
The Shawnee High School foot.
ball eleven plays Chickasha tomor-
row at Chickasha. The boys will
probably leave at 4 o'clock in the
morning arriving in Chickasha abolit
10 as connections with the later
train would not get them into Chick-
asha before 2 p. m. not giving much
leeway for delays of any kind.
A hard fought game is expected
as the two teams measure up about j
the same In the conference line-up ,
being neck and neck for second j ttaked among
place. Chickasha has in the past t mission to
proved, next to Oklahoma ' i']-
Shawnee's strongest opponent,, hut
the boys and Coaches Crozier and
Omer are confident of victory. Tin
team is in prettv good shape, most
o fthe crippled players having recov-
ered from their injuries. The hoys
have showed up well in practice this
week and will no doubt cover them-
selves with glory.
Some of the boys arc planning to
go 011 to Norman and attend the Ok.
lahoma-Kansas contest on Boyd
Field Saturday, the others will re-
turn Friday night.
ANOTHER VESSEL
IS SUBMARINED
This evening in the city hall will
be held a inassmeuting of those at
fected by the shortening of the city
lines of the* ghawnee-Tecumaeh
Traction Co., as proposed in the ap-
plication of the company t® the state
corporation commission. The meet-
ing is called upon the action of the
city council Tuesdav evening, when
u motion to call such a meeting was
adopted.
In their application to the corpor-
j ation commission the Traction Co.
second | aHne.l among other things for per-
opfrrating cars be-
'Roddy-' Morton Publishes Shawnee Man "Fleeced" of
Novel Entitled "The
Sooners."
tween Georgia street and North Ave.,
between Kidgevlood on lvickapoo
and the end of the line, and between
Klinherly and* the east end of the
line. They also aKked a straight
charge of 1 " c each way between
Shawnee and Tecumseh. The heal-
ing Is set for the 14th at Oklahoma
City.
The fact that the Pope is never
allowed to leave the Vatican may
lead to some tall footracing around
the circle if Cadorna is not up to
snuff.
EAST OKLAHOMA
METHODIST MEET
W. (J. Pecker has received from
Roddy" Horton, formerly connected
villi the Shawnee Daily Chief in the
jarly days of Shawnee, a letter glv.
ng the news that he has had or is
having printed, a regular novel en-
titled "The Sooners," much of the
material for which he says was
gleaned In Shawnee. The novel is
from the press of the Roxburgh Pub-
'issuing Co. of Boston. .wass. The ad-
vance notice Issued by the publishers
styles it "a romantic novel of the
early days of Oklahoma'' and declare
that it combines the qualities of O.
Henry and Jack London.
Mr. Horton while here was decid-
edly musically inclined, having been
the author of a number of musical
compositions, but lias given up music
now for literature. He resides in
Muskogee.
Oklahoma City. Nov. 8 - Two al-
leged confidence men. who gave the
names of Tom Huston and Bob Bur
l °™ WILL NOT DISCUSS
by Charles I'ost. captain of dote- I TERMS OF PEACE
tives, on complaint of Bob Daven-
port, farmer, of Shawnee, Okla. I
Davenport, in police conn, told a Neither Will Political Ques*
story of meeting the men. who he. ncsiirei . . .
arac very friendly immediately, and
lie accepted their offer "to match
There will bo
the Order of thi
a regular meeting of
Eastern Star Friday
$1.00 in Confidence
Game.
ALLIED COUNCIL
Party Headed by Col. House
Reached London at
Midnight
•oinH." He lost SI ill the matching.
he said, because "it was a frame-
up.''
The men were charged with oper-
ating a confidence game and va-
grancy. In police court they asked
for a continuance in order that they
might get attorneys Davenport,
anxious to go home on the night ...
train, was allowed to tell his story, j ambassador
After this Judge Mitchell continued
the cases.
tions Be Considered at
Conference.
I Associated I'ress Bulletin)
London. Nov. 8.—The special
American committee to the allied
conference arrived tn London last
midnight. It was headed by Col.
K. M. House as special commissioner
•with the honorary rank of special
evening. Nov. 9, at 7:30.
be initiation.
CALLS LAST OF
GERMAN RESERVES
(ihMNti KITOKT.
(By the Associated Press)
Nov.
Not to Discuss Peace.
(By the Associated l'ress)
Washington, O. C . Nov. 8.—Amer^
ican representatives to the inter-al-
111 V.ii trill lilt
< I Met II I ti|ll unciimi" vu --- -
Washington, I). '' Nov. 8. Cotton I lied war conference are In England
ginned prior to Nov I amounted to | today ready for discission of plans
7,150,254 running bales counting for coordinating the military forces
' including and economic resources of the gov-
American Ship Rochester Was m £ South Annual Confer- Final Effort on the Western
"Sot iiopeless.
(By the Associated l*re# sl
Washington. D. C., Nov. 8.—Keren-
sky's fall and the collapse of the gov-
ernment into the hands of the Max.
imalists who propose a separate
peace is regarded here as threaten-
ing a civil war, which all friends of
Russia desired should be avoided.
The state department refrained from
any statement until the receipt of
intimate reports from Ambassador
Francis at Petrograd. The embassy
realizing that the development means
tirst of all probably a rearrangement
of the- war plans were shocked but
not disheartened at what appears a
triumph for German propaganda.
! The best opinion of those informed
is that Kerensky and his followers
probably will set up a new govern-
ment at Moscow, leaving the Max-
imalists at Petrograd and those
troops who adhered to them. Arm-
ed clashes, are anticipated but it is
believed the biggest part of the army
will remain lo>h 1 to the provisional
government. Whether the revolt
will go the same way as the KornH-
off revolt, 110 one will say, but it is
generally considered more serious.
The tfar conference to be held by
the co-belligerents now faces a new
and difficult situation. It now
brings the allies face to face with
the necessity of rearranging their
armies to deal the heaviest possible
blows while Russia works out her
own salvation and Italy holds back
the hordes of the enemy pouring
through the Alps.
A factor in the situation is the
possibility that Japan might send
troops into llussla 10 support the
provisional government, help restore
order and drive the revolutionists to
the enemy's front.
Petrograd Not ICussin.
Memphis. Nov. 8 "The intent and
spirit of Uusisa as a whole should
in no wav be judged by the newp
from Petrograd," said Ambassador
Kakhmctleff when shown Associated
Press dispatches from l.ondon rela-
tive to the reported overthrow of the
provisional government. "Until just
now I did not have any official or
personal information on the subject
consequently you cannot expect any
official opinion. I can tell you
though that Petrograd is not the
whole of Russia and never has been
and the spirit of Petrograd iH not
representative or the Russian spirit
as a whole.'*
The "Yeomen" last night hold a
very interesting meeting A number
of new members were initiated. Mrs
Maude Perry was awarded the prize
of the evening, a beautiful emblem.
The refreshment committee. Mes-
demes Barber and Tlmmons and
Messrs. Frank Seek and Murphy
served an elaborate luncheon, con-
sisting of sandwiches. pickles,
doughnuts and coffee. The remain-
der of the evening was spent in
lancing.
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Sent to the Bottom, Sev
eral Lost.
(Associated Press Bulletin)
London, Nov. S.-The American
steamship Rochester, was torpedoed
and sunk on Nov. J.
Four sailors are known to have
lost their lives in the sinking of the
Rochester On*' boat with the sec.
ond mate and 13 men is missing. The
captain and 22 then have been land-
ed at Bnndrana. One life boat with
nine survivors reached Ross Port ill
the county of Mayo yesterday.
ence in Session at
Durant.
Front Indicated in
Movement.
Durant, Ok., Nov. 6 — The seventy
'second annual session of the fcJast
. oklahoma conference of the Meth
' iist Church. South, was op< ..v..
with a sermon by Rev. D. H. Astin ot I
(By the Associated Press)
London, Nov. 8.- Germany called
ic Meth )- up her last reserves within the last
ened here tew days, according to the l entrai
orrespondent at Zurich, tele-
round as half bales and
13:1,170 round bales, and 57,381 bales
[ of Sea Island, the census bureau to-
! day announced.
ASK MM.IIH; it\ri:.
(II) the Associated I'ress)
Washington, I). Nov. 8. Per
mission to increase interchangeable
mileage book rates from. 2 to 2 1-1
cents a mile w*as asked of tho Inter,
state commerce commission today
by southeastern railroad*.
WANT MEN FOR
RADIO SERVICE
I. ;tni III "i | .ifnn uni'nK"""
Holdenville in the First Method! ,! i graphing miller Wednesday* dat
Church. Following the sorman Bish- i All men previously rejected v
Vocational School. Asked to
supper, assisted by ihe presiding eld- jail not utterly incapacitated were 01
their way to the I mining centers
The- first business session of the I This action, says the correspondent
conference with Bishop Aluzon pre- , is attributed to the Intention of tie
siding. Tin conference will continue | Cc
Assist Govt. In Their
Training.
crnments opposing Uerinany in the
world war .
The arrival In London of a special
commission headed by Col. k. M.
House, personal friend of . President
Wilson was announced by Sec. Lans-
ing today No Infrtfmatlon as to the
date and place of the conference has
been disclosed, hut it is Relieved tho
sessions are about to open. Secre-
tary Lansing made It clear that
peace terms and political questions
will not be discussed.
PONTOTOC C0UNTv
PREPARES FOR WAR
ON DISLOYALISTS
entrai Powers to make
final ef.
through next Sunday. Over tour
^11111 r I rati miniKters and delegates,
tort on the western front before
American aid la effective.
ompensations. It
to call a man
ii liar.
The Rochester plied between Bal-
tlmore and British ports. She was
ommand of Capt Erik Kokerita
and carried a crew of about men
She was -47 feet long
The war h
is much more polil
amoufleur than
N-jiJk
"Jjfm
$
The local exemption board has
been asked to have published that
the t'nited States Signal Service
Corps has requested the Federal
Board for Vocational Educations to
assist In training fifteen thousand
men, who are subject, to the next
and succeeding drafts, for radio and
buzzer operators. Only men who
have passed the examination and
have not claimed exemption are eligi-
ble for this training. The training
will be' given free of cost to the
drafted men.
The University of Oklahoma, the
A <Vr M. College, and the Trades
School of Oklahoma City have sig-
nified their willingness to do this
training and are now equipped for it
No doubt other schools will volun-
teer their services.
EXPLOSION KILLS
7 IN NEW YORK
! Three Floors of Factory on
Government Work
Collapsed.
(Associuted I'rcss Bulletin I
New York. Nov 8.—Five women
and two men ffre believed to have
been killed in the collapse of three
floors of a building In Brooklyn oc-
cupied by a concern supplying pro-
visions to the United States govern-
ment. An explosion and fire fol-
lowed.
TEUTON TRIBUTE
TO IRRESISTABE
MIGHT OF ENEMY
.fter lie leave*
hi$ mother1/ arm* f
Mothers are proud of their soldier boys and happy to see them go on their coun-
try's great mission-that has always been the spirit of the Amencan mother
that her boy shall be surrounded by the right influences, morally as we1 as
physically, every step of the way to the front makes her doubly willing to sscr ftic .
h i. within your power to aid by contributing to a really wonderful fund whose
privilege it I to provide those recreations and camp community movement, which
provide almost parental love and consideration, no matter where the camp
tonmcnt may be.
' (By the Associated I'rcss)
Copenhagen. Nov. s Unwilling
testimony of tho irresistible tnlnht or
Ihe British righting In Flanders is
given by tlen. Ardcne. the miliary
critic of the Tageblatt. who sends
from the Flanders front a graphic
picture Of the difficulties of tho
Merman defense. No way. he says,
has been devised to resist the "fire
roller" as he describes it, trom mak-
ing a slow and steadv gain, lie
>uys that if an attempt is made to
hold to the front line In force the
losses lire heavy, while a thin line
adds tu the speed of the advance.
NEWS OF OUTRAGES
AROUSES HOME
GUARDS
Ada, Okla., Nov. 8 The news that
bridges have bcon burneu north of
bore in order to keep troop trains
from parsing or to cause the troop
trains to be wrecked has aroused a
feeling of resentment here. Sherlil
It 10 Duncan, Countv Attorney A. L-
Bullock and A. It Sugg, captain of
the home guard, are planning
guard the bridges when troop trains
pass or do any police duty that may
come up Duucaii says he will ride
an engine and pilot the troops
through the state If they will give
htm an opportunity.
One hundred men in Ada urtii
three times a week, getting ready for
any emergencies. They are not ful-
lv equipped with highpowerad guns,
hut are ready to take what arms
there are in town and defend life
and property.
Keeling against the VN ( . U. and
1 W. W. agitators is especially hit-
ter here, due to the fact that the
trouble last August started In the
northern part of this county and the
southern part of Seminole. This up-
rising gave much unfavorable pub.
liclty to this part of the state, and
the law-abiding citizens arc deter-
mined that nothing like this shall
occur again.
There are rumors that a secret
organization lias already been form-
ed "somewhere in Pontotoc county,
the purpose of which is siniilr to
that of the old Ku Klux Klan. The
members of this organization are
supposed to have inside information
about the members of the W. C. t.
and the activity of the different lo-
cals. Any suspicious move by the
suspected members will be dealt with
according to the seriousness of the
offense, it is said.
Trouble Anticipated.
I B> the \skocluted Tressl
Hiugllhg. Nov. 8. -Federal nnd
state secret service agents arc inves-
tigating alleged activities in the
Healdton field of I. W. VS'.'s who are
said to have organized under tho
name of the Oil Field Workers Pro.
tecttve Assn. Their activities are.
said to have been superinduced by
strike conditions In the Texas and
Louisiana oil fields. Many susptc-
lous-looklng men are reported to
l ave entered the oil fields in tile
last few days. A home organisation
Is being pcrfeclcd here today.
Try i
Herald
Want Ad In the News-
The Loyal Order of Moose will
hold their regular meeting Friday
night, Nov. in the lodge room on
the second floor ot the ( hrisney
building. Important business All
members requested to be present.
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