Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1917-09-13
BIG BATTLE FOR
PETROGRAO NEAR
Rebels and Kerensky'S Troops
May Clash Soon.
TWO GENERALS LEAD REVOLT
Fighting Between Rival Factions May
Be Raging-Kerensky Reported
SIain-BaItic Fleet Loyal
Cabinet Quits.


Stockholm Sept. 12.-An unofficial
report that Premier Kerensky of Rus
sia has been murdered has been re-
ceived here.
Petrograd, Sept. 12-With General
KOrniloff's ''sikaya" (savage) division
only about So miles from the capital
the split in Russia becomes hourly
more acute.
The elements opposed to Premier
Kerenslly are receiving adherents
who make the position of the pro-
visiOnal government decidedly pre-
CariOuS.
General Deinkine, commander of
the armies on the northwestern front,
has Informed the prime minister that
he will support KOrnilOtf in his eff
forts to obtain the dictatorship of
MuscOvy, as had General Kaledines.
Threatens Isolation.
The latter, who is ataman of the
Don Cossacks, declares that unless NJ.
Kerensl1y gives way to KorniIOff and
turns over to the generaIissimO full
power the COssacIs will cut the Mos
COW railway and isolate PetrOgrad.
Kaledines has been infuriated with
Kerensky since the recent national
conference at Moscow. At this con
greSs the Don COssacks were de-
prived of their special laws and priv
ileges, which action automatically re-
duced Kaledines from a general to a
private soldier.
Alexander 7. GuchkOff, the OctO-
berist leader, who formerly held the
positions of president of the duma,
chief of the munitions bureau and
minister of war and navy ad interim,
has also gone over to KOrnilOff and
has left for the Russian field head
quarters.
Baltic Fleet Loyal.
On the other hand, the Baltic fleet,
with its staff officers, has placed
itself by unanimous vote at the dis
pOsal of the Kerensky cabinet.
This action was taken after the
commander of the Baltic station. il
an order of the day, urged the fleet
to watch the enemy, to avoid discus
sion and to submit to the orders of
the provisional government.
General VerkhOvsky, in command
at Moscow, is expected to remain
loyal, as he recently turned down an
appeal from KOrnilOff, accompanied
by a threat of arrest, to join the anti
government movement.
The famous Legion of Death (com-
posed of women) has also rallied to
the aid of the premier. Nine. Butch
kOreva, the commander, has gone tC
Moscow to gather 250 recruits for the
valiant battalion.
Lieut.. Gen Dmitri Stcherbatcheff
commander of the Russian forces or
the Roumanian front, has ordered his
armies and also the Odessa military
district to take no part in the conflict
at the same time remaining true to the
provisional government.
Battle at Luga.
While Korniloff's "Sikaya" division
which was formerly stationed at PskOf
and consists of Georgians and Other
Caucasus tribeSmen. is reported t.
have occupied Writza, or Little Wy
rayn, on the Petrograd-Rybinsk rail
way, 81 versts (36 miles) from Petro
grad, the first battle for supremacy /:
expected to take place at Luga, abou
50 miles from the capital.
Indeed it may already be raging
though no report that an armed clasl
IS occurred has been given out.
\ Korniloff force has reached tn,
place, and it is believed that the gar
rison will stand firmly by the govern
ment. Re-enforcements are bein:
rushed from the capital.
Forces in Touch.
One of korniloff's detachments i
said to be advancing from the Narva
Both sides are still organizing and aI
pealing for support.
Premier KerenSky is having difficul
ties within the capital from the eS
tremistS of both sides. Following tn
ultimatum of Korniloff the Who'll
Russian cabinet resigned in order {
give Premier KerenSky full liberty Q
action. All the ministers for the tim
being will. remain in their offices.
Seizes Commissioner.
Korniloff, in addition to refusing t
abandon his command, ordered the al
rest~of NJ. Philoninko. the governmer
commissioner.
The provisional government, beside
arresting Vladimir \. LvOff, VIII
brought Korniloff's ultimatum to tn
provisional government, took into GU
tody so other persons.
Trouble for the Kerensky govern
ment is threatened by the MaXimi
lists. At the sitting of the council {
soldiers and workmen's delegate
they again urged that all power shoul
pass into the hands of the Socialist
It was resolved at the meeting, hoy
ever, that Premier Kerensky shoul
be supported Internationally.
General Sayonkoff, the new milital