Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel (Newspaper) - September 12, 1917, Fort Wayne, Indiana KERENSKY AS FIRST SECTION Only Evening Newspaper m Fort Wayne Receiving the Associated Press Dispatches ESTABLISHED 1833 WEDNESDAY EVENING SEPTEMBER 12 1917 -16 CENTS WEATHER FORECAST FOR FORT WAYNE AND VICINITY GENERALLY FAIR TONIGHT AND THURSDAY WARMER TONIGHT ARGENTINA ASKS GERMAN PLOTTER TO GO GOT READY Kaiser's Charge at Buenos Aires to Be Sent Away But His i abouts Are Not Known Young Men of Signal Corps March Away to Enter Big Camp ROUSING FAREWELL FOR YOUNG TROOPS Buenos Aires Sept Argentine government at noon day sent to the German legation passports to be delivered to Count Luxburg the German charge d'affaires in Buenos Aires The abouts of Count Luxburg still is unknown to the Argentine ment The Argentine foreign office today sent a communication to the German foreign ministry demanding an explanation of Count burg's action in sending the secret code messages to Berlin through the Swedish legation It was officially announced here today that if Germany failed to disapprove of Count action Argentine would recall her minister at Berlin If the Berlin government disapproved of his course the status quo would be maintained EXPLANATION FEEBLE London Sept The ment of the Swedish foreign office the transmission of German telegrams from Argentine is regarded by the morning papers as extremely feeble They say it will not satisfy the gerents and neutrals Sweden has injured The Times declares that the holm foreign office dare not utter a com- prehensive denial It pleads that these particular messages were unknown to it but admits that Sweden continued to art as an intermediary between Germany and Argentina It has the effrontery to quote as precedents ir justification of this course the transmission of inquiries from Germany about the civil population of Kaio Chau and from the United States about American citizens in Turkey But by its own confession it knew the con- tents of these and knew that they were harmless t What parallels were there between forwarding open communications of this kind and forwarding dispatches written in secret which it alleges was incomprehensible to the forwarding Was it so innocent of the work in which the submarines are engaged as to have no suspicions that secret between a great South American shipping center and Berlin might have something to do with unrestricted fulness If so its occupants must be astonishingly ignorant of their German neighbors The Daily asserts that the Paid Announces That He is Unable to Form Cabinet SOCIALISTS PUT HIM BADLY IN HOLE statement a decidedly imperfect of Hie and extreme Eleventh Hour Withdrawal of Radicals Proves Embarrassing Paris Sept minister of war has announced tha he has been unable to form a new ministry to succeed that of M owing to the eleventh hour of the socialists Albert Thomas an M Varenne M went to the pal ace at 1 o'clock this wher he was joined by M Bourgeis othe statesmen with whom he had confer red awaiting him at the ministry o war He returned within an hour and an to newspaper men that dent Poincare had insisted that he continue his efforts to form a cabinet and that he asked fortime to think over the situation Will Make New Attempt It is understood M will again try to construct a ministry M first combination proved even more abortive than did that of M Ribot the retiring pre- mier and collapsed from the same cause namely the exigencies of the Launch Attack on German Trenches in Champagne With Success Great Crowd on Streets to Cheer Soldiers to the Parting Hour God expressing the fervor if the brave heart of Fort Wayne In giving the last of her fighting ons to the cause of liberty sent away B of the Signal Corps which departed for Fort Benjamin Harrison Wednesday morning at 9 God's speed was uttered by the quaking voices of the thousands who lad gathered at the interurban station to bid the company farewell There was the God's speed spirit in the of tear lit eyes and in the warm handclasps God's speed was n the waving of hats and the flutter of handkerchiefs when the two car of soldier lads drew out of the Interurban yards Five thousand people assembled at the interurban station at the close of the impressive program and the last march of the Fort Wayne signal unit Sixty-Six Company B was sixty-six strong when It marched to the station morning The organization is made up of sixty-seven men but L A Conklin a private In the ranks Is IV and is confined in a local hospital He will go direct to Fort Harrison later Nearly one thousand men and women gathered before the Elks temple for the speech making which preceded the final tramp of the signal corps men through Fort Wayne streets Attorney Harry G Hogan over the gathering and introduced both Mayor W J Hosey and Judge Walter Olds who addressed the zens Each of the brief talks made a deep impression upon the people who assembled at the street intersection Mayor Hosey was visibly affected His voice trembled at times He is giving a son Lawrence Hosey to the company Judge Olds a veteran of 61 spoke of his own war experiences and the young men a safe return I know the sort of fighters you wil be and I express the pride of For Wayne said Judge Olds TWO LINES ABE TAKEN IN ATTACK British Announce Repulse of German Offensive in France Paris Sept troops light attacked the German trenches in he region of St in the iagne and succeeded in smashing the rst two German lines and entering the hird position All the German troops garrisoning these trenches the French war office announced this afternoon were either killed or taken prisoner Continued on Page 14 Column 3 Continued on Page 14 Column 2 Continued en Page 14 Column 1 MILITARY ALL THAT London Sept one of the most prominent mining and civil engineers in Russia who has just arrived in London in an interview in the Daily Mail I have faith in I haie known the country more than twenty years and she will pull through Whether Korniloff will prove the savior of society I cannot tell But of this I am A military tator ship has got to come After paying tribute to General Korniloff as at least a man of Mr Vrquhart asserts there are immense risks and few compensating for the Germans in further ad- vance on even if the time of the year and the character of the permitted just like all the other belligerent ples but is not tired enough to make a separate peace He I ran say with absolute confidence that the whole Russian people would be dead against a separate peace and would make short work of any one who attempted to negotiate it Mr characterized Premier Kerensky as an honest At the bottom he is a talker but little else Premier Kerensky is afraid of the council of workmen's and soldiers delegates which is a self constituted organization of idealists theorists an- archists and syndicalists who hardly want workmen or soldiers among them Some if them are in Germany Their ideas of discipline not only have ruined the army but all Russian in- I Washington Sept for en listing the women and the homes o he nation in the cause of food conser vation are being mapped out here to day The food administration is con terring with organizers from a scor of states to discuss a cam soon to be launched This cam aims to reach every and obtain its co-operation Alread the food administration has received more than signed pledges from heads of families to conserve necessary food supplies Dr R T Wilbur head of the food conservation division of the food administration outlined the scope of the proposed campaign Herbert Hoover addressed the delegates at a luncheon Tonnage Declared to Be the Most Serious Problem of the Entente WINNING OF THE WAR DEPENDS ON IT GERMANS REPULSED London Sept troops his morning attacked the British renches east of Field Marshal Halg reported today from the British headquarters in France The assault was launched under cover of heavy barrage but the advancing waves were met by rifle and machine un fire and the Germans were re- pulsed Moscow Sept municipal council of Moscow has issued a proclamation intimating that the in- habitants of the ancient capital of Russia ought to rise as one In defense of the revolution and prevent civil war The proclamation appeals to all classes of Russia to support the visional government The Moscow garrison the tions of workers of professional classes and the railroad workmen have passed resolutions of loyalty to the provisional government Is Up to America and land to Produce Ships This Winter London Friday Sept by the is learned here that the entente governments have agreed that the shipping situation is the most serious problem of all those facing the entente allies at the ning of the fourth winter of the war and every effort will be made during the coming months to impress the ple of England and America with the fact that the greatest effort of the whole war will be necessary to solve it A government official informed the Associated Press As Britain's great effort of the first year of the war was to create a huge army as her great effort for the second and third years will be to create an inexhaustible supply of munitions so the great effort of the fourth year must be not only in Great Britain but also in America to create a merchant navy to replace the submarine losses and supply the constantly Increasing de- mands Situation Is Grave There is no disguising the fact that the shipping situation is Do not misunderstand shipping situation has not grown serious through any increased success of the German submarine warfare As a ter of fact the German submarine war is being held down very well and the average sinkings show no Increase either in ships or tonnage The ings in the Atlantic main routes are now very low and the greater tion of the sinkings occur in out of the way spots indicating either that the submarines have been forced afield or that a larger number of them are operating But the total available tonnage Is shrinking slightly while on the other hand the demands for tonnage from all directions are increasing Shortage of Coal Where three ships were needed a year ago four are needed now France is very short of coal one of the vital necessities of the winter Italy is short of coal and the shortage is so serious that it s causing the Italian government the utmost concern For Until Korniloff Rebellion Has Been Crushed Kerensky Will Rule Armies of Russia IN STATE Petrograd Sept a Associated Press was informed unofficially early this morning at the winter palace that Premier Kerensky about assume the position of in-chief of all the Russian armies at least until the revolt had been crushed The provisional government day declared that a state of war exists in the town and districts of Moscow Berlin Sept 12 The Wiser Zeitung says the German reply to Pope Benedict's peace proposals will contain no details but will accept in principle the pope's peace program The paper adds that the reply will not be submitted to the main com- of the reichstag Continued on 14 Column 1 Summary of the Day's War News WILL HOLD Washington Sept tive Bathrick of Ohio made public his reply to a letter he received from Prof John K Chattell of Columbia asking support for a posal that no drafted army be sent abroad without consent of the soldiers am writing the president of lumbia university a request that you be fired that you may have a freer hand that you may join Emma man and the rest of the I W Mr Bathrick wrote You then will not be so dangerous to your country as yo while using the heads of the and honored lumbia university to propagate sedition and other kinds of trouble for your country during the present war POLITICAL STATUS GOOD Petrograd Sept Pre- mier in an interview distributed today by the Russian Official News Agency said that the political situation could be considered perfectly favorable All the commanders at the front with the exception of General commander on the ern front who has been arrested with his chief of staff by military committee remain faithful to the provisional government is in the possession of the ment troops MAY AID SITUATION Petrograd Sept tral committee of the tional democratic party today in- formed Premier Kerensky that the party was agreed to its members joining a reconstituted Russian cabinet in order to avoid civil war Senate Military Committee His Resolution on the Draft GEORGIA SENATOR WELL DENOUNCED Would Require Consent of Draft Men Before ing Them Abroad Washington Sept introduction of such a proposition the senate military committee today reported REBEL PENNED Petrograd Sept 11 Associated De- press Military news is still overshadowed in importance by the Russian internal situation which remains complex with a definite conclusion not in sight Petrograd's provisional government admitting itself unable to an- the final overthrow of Gen revolt nevertheless ex- presses optimism concerning the tion in general No further news has come through regarding the reported clash between troops and those of the government which was coupled with a report that Gen forces had entered Gatchina 36 miles from Petrograd It was reported in late dispatches however that Gen march on Petrograd had been checked his troops outmaneuvered an retreat cut off One firmed report said part of the army was surrendering In Moscow the trouble is apparently accentuated as martial law has been declared there Government men announced that the army com- manders on the Caucasus and ian fronts had declared their iance to the government that the alty of the commander of the sian western front was counted upon but that the attitude of Oen bovsky commander of the northern front the sector nearest to Petrograd was still enigmatical The constitutional democratic has offered to participate in the Mexico City Sept of religious orders have neither been ex- from nor are they threatened with expulsion The new constitution provides that no priests or ministers of whatever sect or cult who are not Mexican born may discharge the duties of a church or hold a church position in Mexico While foreign-born priests have been notified that they must give up their parishes and charges they have not been threatened with expulsion and may remain in the country the same as any other behavior foreigner during good A dispatch from Rome said the lean has asked the good offices of the American and British governments on behalf of priests and religious orders in Mexico threatened with expulsion from the country WAR IN FINAL STAGE 14 Washington Sept de- bate on the soldiers and sailors ance approached the final stage today with prospect of its being dis- posed of by night The delay in ting the through has been due to efforts of opponents to amend tha measure All their efforts so far ever have proven futile and the dem- leaders believe the will PMC practically la its form was personally informed this afternoon by Minister of Finance that the forces of eral Korniloff in the direction of and at Dno which were marching on Petrograd had been outmaneuvered by the troops loyal to the provisional ment and that their retreat had been cut off NOT YET OVERTHROWN Petrograd Sept p m of the Kerensky have informed the Press that while they are unable to report the final over- throw of General Korniloff they are optimistic concerning the eral situation Unconfirmed re Continued on 14 Column 14 Senator en would provide that the consent of every drafted man must be obtained be- fore he is required to perform foreign service The believes the draft law is constitutional and that every man drafted into the national army can be used abroad The situation arising out of this spirit of opposition to the selective draft act is serious gays the report and taken in connection with the unrest among the civilian population growing out of commercial and industrial tions stimulated in some cases by pro-German sympathizers and places our country in a tion of extreme peril at a time when all should be in a common cause It in the view of the committee that the selective draft neither violative of American tradition nor of the tion and entertaining this view the com- justified in saying there ii no justification for such legislation posed cither on the ground of expediency or necessity The effect of calling to question an act the principles of which it seems to the committee have been by the courts of the country is bad and the tendency of it all is to im- pair the military efficiency of the men who arc already in the sen ice and of those who may yet be called to serve in this time of need CONDITION OF GOV GOODRICH IS VERY GRAVE Indianapolis Ind Sept condition of Governor P Goodrich lying ill at the Methodist hospital here is worse ing to an announcement made at his office today He suffered tht second hemorrhage of his illness and a complete nervous breakdown last night The doctors attending Governor Goodrich announced toil
