The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-11-13
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aboard the cruiser Aurora and are
directing operations from that place
of safety. The scenes on the streets
today were similar to those OF last
Thursday when the people quietly
transacted their business as tho mo
bullets had disturbed them.
At the corner of the Grand
Morskaia and the Gorokovaia,> near
the telephone. exchange, during the
long battle on Sunday in which the
Bolsheviki regained possession OF the
exchange from the military cadets, in
cidents of the fighting could be seen
from the office of the Associated
Press near by There were intermit-
tent fusillades from rifles and ma
chine guns during the morning ana
the afternoon as the BolsheVlkl sta
toned 100 yards down the Morskaia
made spasmodic sorties toward the
exchange A curious crowd peered
around the corners, Rugged buildings
and crouched in doorways to escape
the bullets.
Kill Armored Car Crew.
An armored car manned by mill
| tary cadets and stationed IN the
square around the cathedral 81. isaac
cleared the streets there with 1uslI-
| lade in reply to occasional firing from
Bolsheviki infantrymen, hiding be-
hind the marble columns in front OF
the great cathedral Some time later
the fuel supply of the car became eX-
| hausted and the car was captured by
BolsheVilxi sailors, who killed two or
the occupants by firing through the
port holes Then they broke in the
steel door and dragged the third oc-
cupant who was wounded, to the
| street. He was killed by the sailors
while a crowd of spectators within
| the hotel Astoria cried out in protest.
/ The bodies lay in the street for half
an hour until hospital nurses and
/ French officers gained permission to
| remove them.
At one moment machine gun bull
| lets were whizZing thru the streets,
the next the fight ceased and the
people DOTTED their hats as a funeral
| cortege with four white horses draw
ing a white canopied hearse and black
garbed mourners following on foot,
crossed the Morskaia directly in the
line of fire
Bullets Spatter Against Buildings.
Bullets spattered against the fac
| AIDES of the buildings and one mill
tary cadet fell in a crumpled heap
across the street from the Associated
! Press office. Another fell with a
| shot thru the head as he was warning
the onlookers to seek safety. The
military cadets within the telephone
Exchange surrendered shortly after
dusk when their ammunition became
quiet except for occasional spasmodic
firing.
Bolsheviki forces, reinforced by
sailors from the battleship Petropav-
lovsk and other warshipS and from
Helsingfors, patroIled the city today.
The heaviest guard, backed by artil-
lery, was stationed at the telephone
exchange to prevent surprise at
tempt at recapture.
Two other clashes between the mill
@,Is.l, -
Cured Sunday at the Fontanka
| bridge, where a military cadet car
was captured and the inmates killed,
and at Vladimirsky, the military cadet
school, which was bombarded and
captured only after a brave defense
1 The military cadets, who correspond
to the West Point cadets in America
are the only military forces in Petro-
grad loyal to Premier Kerensky.
Tear Up Railroad.
Until Sunday afternoon from sur
face indications things were going
fairly smoothly for the Bolsheviki
Rumors of the approach of Kerensky
with an armed force were circulated
Friday night but received little Gre
dence. AS a precautionary measure
rails were torn up from the Petro-
grad Gatchina railway line and q
force of sailors was sent to reconnoi-
ter.
A wave of excitement swept the
city Saturday afternoon when reports
arrived that a battle was in progress
, at AleXandrovsk, half way to Gatchfna
The shutters went up, the shops were
closed and excited people thronge6
the streets eagerly reading posters
which appeared at intervals. Squads
of armed sailors and soldiers marched
thru the streets toward the Warsaw
station.
. Turnout Saturday night and Sun.
day the whereabouts of Kerensky'S
relieving army was the engrossing
subject. Today no news of it has beer
received. Bolsheviki troops have
been rushed to all the approaches te
- the city and appeals have been made
: to the factory workers to go to the
suburbs to dig trenches or PREF are
! barbados. The Nicholas Tsarskoe
: SelO & Baltic railway stations hav,
: become armed camps.
Kerensky Kept Them Guessing.
Conflicting reports are heard-tha
r Kerensky is within six miles of Petro
r grad; that he is still at Gatchina; tina
! korniloff is a prisoner; that the gen
: eral has Joined General Kaledines anC
= is approaching at the head of thu
/. Cossac ks, and that Moscow alternately
D is reported under the control of tn,
I Bolsheviki> and the government
: troops.
After Sundays events Petrograt
was tranquil Monday morning Mean
while the committee of public safet,
is endeavoring to unite the opposition
!. | elements. 1t purposes the formation
of a stable power to take charge O
q the government until a constituent
4 assembly meets.
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