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DESTRUCTION
PETROGRAD
NEW YORK, Feb. 14.—The Petro
grad correspondent of the Moscow
newspaper Outro Rossii (Morn of
Russia, who in the issue of November
21 described the siege and capture of
the winter palace of the Bolsheviki
forces and the perilous march of the
arrested Kerensky ministers from the
palace to the Fortress of Peter and
Paul, gives in the same paper a pic
ture of the looted winter palace and of
the events of the next six days, in
cluding the attempt of the municipal
council of Petrograd to assume the
reins of power in the capital and form
a coalition ministry with representa
tives of all parties.
"I succeeded,” he says, “in walking
through the palace a few hours after
the bombardment. The corpses of the
soldiers of the Women’s Battalion,
killed in defense of the palace, had al
ready been removed but through the
iron gate could be seen the heaps of
empty shells, torn munition belts,
books and leaflets. The whole facade
of the palace was riddled by shells,
the white scars standing out in strik
ing contrast to the red of the walls.
The palace guard consisted of strong
pickets of sailors and soldiers, heavily
armed and covered with cartridge
belts.
“When I entered the first floor I
saw a picture of complete devastation
amid which moved soldiers and sailors
searching the rooms and adding to the
confusion. All the drawers of the side
boards and cupboards had been broken
open, all the chairs smashed and the
wrecked furniture thrown together in
heaps. On the beds and sofas broken
boxes, lamps, chandeliers and porce
lain had been thrown. The corridors
were filled with torn papers, frag
ments and Scraps of the magnificent
tapestries, and broken furniture.
Everywhere absolute chaos.
“In the rooms where the electric
fittings had been stored the soldiers,
having carried off everything that
seemed to have any value, were amus
ing themselves and a crowd of ap
plauding spectators by smashing the
electric bulbs. In one room I saw a;
soldier hacking away the valuable
tapestry from a couch with a table
knife. On the second floor the scene1
was even gloomier. Everywhere dirt
indescribable, mattresses over all the
floors, soldiers squatted at their meals
on the wonderful couches of the im
perial furniture, spilling soup and
greasy bits of meat upon the priceless
tapestries.
“The palace servants were no whit
behind the soldiers at the looting and*
went around with bags collecting what
struck their fancies. In the Round
Hall the soldiers had set up an enorm
ous kettle and were cooking their
soup. In the room of the Press Bureau
all the papers had been torn to bits.
In the Picture Gallery many pictures'
had been slashed to strips of painted
rags. In one room heavy guns had
been set up. Windows were pierced
with bullets. It was a nightmare of
destruction.”
The eighth of November, the day fol
lowing the siege, passed quietly, the
street cars were running everywhere,
the number of patrols had decreased
and absolute order prevailed. The
municipal council had passed a resolu
tion, instructing the population to de
fend itself against looting, by use of
arms if necessary, and though the Bol
shevik authorities opposed this order,
the formation of house committees ot
self-defense went steadily forward.
The representatives of the allied
powers held long conferences but no
decision regarding recognition of the
new regime was taken and it was
stated that special instructions from
the respective governments would be
necessary, as there was now no one
established government in the coun
try. Leon Trotzky had visited the for
eign office, announced himself as the,
foreign minister of the new govern
ment and asked for the “Secret
Treaties of the Allies.” He was told
to his amazement, that documents re
lating to arrangements made during
the war were incorporated in the proto
cols of the interallied conferences and
were not available in Petrograd.
November 9.—In view of the over
throw of the provisional government
and the dissolution of the temporary
council of the Russian republic, the
municipal council became a center of
political life. By noon the lobbies of
the municipal council building were
filled with representatives of all demo
cratic organizations, united to protest
against the seizure of powers by the
Bolshevik leaders. Demands were
made for guarantees for the safety and
if possible the release of the members
of the Women’s Battalion.
November 10.—The extraordinary
session of the municipal council was
most stormy, owing to a proposal to
expel the Bolshevik members of the
council. Great excitement was caused
by reports of the arrest of five mem
bers of the council, sent as emissaries
to the army in an attempt to prevent
bloodshed, and by street-fighting start
ed near the building of the council.
A Bolshevik woman representative
tried to explain the irritation of the
soldiers and sailors against the coun
cil, which had become the center of
the struggle against the Bolshevik au
thority. A tremendous uproar began
when reports came in that a little girl
had been killed and women injured
in the fighting, in the midst of which
the Cadet A. I. Shingaroff (since kill
ed in the January troubles) arose and
demanded the immediate release of all
the arrested ministers and declared
that the chiefs of the Bolshevik! are
responsible for this fratricidal war.
“Out of here,” cried Shingaroff to
the Bolshevik representatives in the
council, “you are murderers and trai
tors to the country.” Representatives
of the public joined in the tumult with
shouts of “Out of here, looters, mur
derers!”
With great difficulty a riot was
avoided, the council finally adopting
a resolution demanding the release of
the ministers.
The following day, November 11,
was also a day of complete uncertain
ty. The telephone system was still
working, thanks to the self-sacrificing
work of the telephone girls, some of
whom had been on duty 24 hours with
out relief in spite of the bombardment
jf the exchange building, but communi
;ations were very poor, giving an open
ing for the most sensational rumors
o circulate among the population.
Kerensky with an army was reported
approaching the Warsaw railway sta
tion and about to bombard that build
ing with heavy guns. Another set of
Tumors had the destroyers in the
river at the point of opening fire
across the city against the Kerensky
forces. Municipal hospitals were re
ported full of wounded from street
combats. Such rumors drove the popu
latlon from the streets, which were'’
entirely deserted. Emissaries of the,
council were sent to the powder mills'
to prevent expected disorders in that
part of town, which would have caused
a colossal" disaster.
Amid these conditions of anxiety
and uncertainty leaders of the anti-.
Bolshevik parties were indulging in
discussions as to the possibility of or
ganizing a coalition government with !
out participation of the Bolshevik rep
resentatives, the Cadet leader Shingar
Dff fighting with tremendous audacity
for the isolation and exclusion of the
Bolsheviki from political life. I
By the morning of the twelfth it
had become apparent that the sensa
tional rumors of fighting were without •:
foundation, civilians again appeared in :•
the streets, stores in the Nevsky re- •:
opened for business and the street :■
cars were again crowded. Normal life •:
in the city had, however, suffered a. :•
most severe blow from the entire sus- j:
pension of the telephone service, the
manager and entire personnel walking A;
out upon the refusal of the Bolshevik •:
leaders to remove the guards from the •:
central station. •:
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WORK FOR RED CROSS j
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(By Associated Press)
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 14.—Two!:
seventy-three year old inmates of the j
Relief Home for Ago and Infirm have I
made up their minds that they are i
quite as capable of doing their bit in
the war as the younger generation.
Incidentally, this led to the question as
to w'hich was the better of the two
and resulted in a challenge and an ac
ceptance.
Now Mrs. Mary Sheehan and Mrs.
Ella Buchanan may be seen each day
industrially working at their knitting
and closely watching each others’ pro
gress over their flying needles. The
contest has been on for some weeks
and {he last tally showed them to be
exactly even in the race. Each had
completed exactly fifteen pairs of per
fectly woolen knit socks.
An interested spectator of the con
test is one hundred and one year old
Madame Jean Delouc.he who expects
to celebrate her next birthday on July
12. Madame Delouche occupies much
of her time reading fine print French
without the use of glasses.
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94. 14tf
NOTICE OF HEARING ON FINAL
ACCOUNT.
In United States Commissioner’s Court
in and for Cordova Precinct, Terri
tory of Alaska, in Probate. In the
matter of the estate of A. B. Cooper,
deceased.
In accordance with the order of the
above named probate court issued on
the 31st day of January, 1918, notice is
hereby given that the undersigned ad
ministrator has filed his final account,
asking that the same be allowed and
approved and that the probate judgq
of the above named court has set the
4th day of April, 1918, as the day for
a hearing on said final account, on
which day in the office of the above
named probate court in Cordova, Alas
ka, at the hour of 3 p. m. any person
interested may appear and file ob
jections in writing, to said final ac
count and the allowance of the same.
Dated at Cordova, Alaska, the 31st
day of January, 1918.
W. J. SHEPARD,
Administrator of the Estate of A. B.
Cooper, Deceased.
First Publication Jan. 31, 1918.
Last Publication Feb. 28, 1918.
CITATION.
In United States Commissioner’s Court
in and for Cordova Precinct, Terri
tory of Alaska, in Probate. In the
Matter of the Guardianship of Gust
Lindquist, an Incompetent.
To H. A. Slater, Guardian of the
above named incompetent; and to
whomever it may concern:
A petition having been filed in the
above named court in which it is al
leged that the disability through which
the above named Gust Lindquist has
been heretofore adjudged to be
an incompetent person, has been
removed and alleging that there
is no further necessity of a guardian
in the said matter and praying that i
said guardian render his final account1
and be relieved of further duties here
in.
By order of this court, you are here
by required to be and appear in the
office of the United States commis
sioner and ex-officio probate judge of
Cordova Precinct, Territory of Alaska,
on the 9th day of March, 1918, at the
hour of 10 a. m. on said day to show
cause, if any there be, why the prayer
of said petition should not be granted
Witness my hand and seal at Cor
dova, Alaska, the 5th day of February,
1918.
EDWARD F. MEDLEY
United States Commissioner and ex
officio Probate Judge.
First publication, Feb. 9, 1918.
Last publication, March 2, 1918.
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and cod liver delivered at my
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Dock.
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