GOOD EVENINQ. . . , j i Tonight, generally fairj ' tm4tr, ..-t partly cloudr. orobeble showerai south to) west winds. TOE QRCUUT10II OF TOE JOURNAL i YESTERDAY WAS 16.0 L. III. NO. 1W. 1 " 1; ; - PORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY tfVBHING, OCTOBER 15, 1904. Sr. .. ,i 1 :- ,. PRICE FIVE CENTS. GAMBLING 175 GIRLS MILLIONS I DEAL M I M I - V LlAUlK lo IS KILLED ON STRIKE . ' ' . - ' .' . V ' 1 . . - Ill lmilULU iii! i J VKuropatkln With Three Divisions Is Being MAY BECOME PRISONER Oyama Reports Eitlre Russian Frost . a -Beta. Driven Bad u Bale- " dcnA General fat It L y' Threatened. ' Rome, Oct. It. Bulletin.. report Tokto today, states that General Xuropatkls ban keen wounded. The MwnuM Italia Mllltofro also bu dispatch from Mukden stating that the anretooa thai to departing for liarbla. " (iMml Spatial serviea.) Tofclo, Oct. lfc hUiropatkln"n star an tna wana and aa haa baan admin ta- arad a amahlnc dafaaL ' Oyama raporta today that tha- ftgbUna' aatlnuaa' with irrat blttaraaaa, but dhat tha Ruacalana ara balnv alowlr abroad back on Mukden.- between tore and four mllaa from tha mala front ,to- Ojrama aatlmataa the Jtoaetaa eaanal- tlea at M.00 aa aonaarvattTa aaloit latlon. ' Tha utmost Imports no attache to the rtatitlnc 1 one section of tha field. In asmuch aa Kuropatkia himself, ilka a , wouadad Uoa, to leading- tha troops sad : reports say to axposlns' himself la a moat reckless manner m tha hops of settta as example tat bravery to bis msa aod preventloc tha battle from feeiai oomplete and unqualified rout. After a partial oocupatloti of Skasho sou by tha Japanese laat Blffht the Bua laa mam body fall be ok lnts tha moaBtalns lylntf directly to tha aast ward of tha railway and- fact- tks broad valley ta whlok the days flhtln had token plass.. . ' ytoWasr alsawa. -! Vtars a- halt. was called and the nlgfct ws passsd tn praparattmr for todays flchtln srhlcb at daws was resumed by tha Japanese. Tka Russians responded m a eovator attack and at tha time tha report was sent wars eosacln tha Japanese rlht. which thsy yesterday afternoon at tempted to surround. The J spaa ess are lowly forunc them back Into tha moan- That portion of tao flrhtlna- wharstn Raropatkta is taklac oommand la nsmrsr the center of operations. Kuropatkia haa under nis oirsoc eom- ynaad three divisions of msa who are AvUeatlr rassrvss. now and untried. They fourht wHh fair ooolnsss and great aourago last nlsbt vntu operations jtjk aaut aMal Ka Jmntuieae ronfrlaohlnsiy this moraine When the fihtlna waa resumed. Bvsry effort to being mads to wrar- whalm this foroa, and U possiots to turn tt as that It may bo out off. Tha re port saya Oyama haa hopes sf apt urj oa ths Russian oommander, and to sparing nothing to gain bis object. In the dark ness of the night the Russians threw np ombankmenta, behind which thsy wars sheltered this morning. Tna Japanssa. after desperate flrhtlac. foread them back from this position. , Tha Russlsns are now almost vp to their fortlfloaUons and entranckments perfected after the battle of Uao Tana, and It to predicted that tha haavlast 1I l.k. aklBAA IhM , , . (lHMUf Wi. v p.. w - , Vtod s IWsordsr. - ' Tna Russians about Penslhn last Bight fled In treat disorder to ths northeast. Several bodtss of tho raosnt )y arrived Russian reserves are reported to have been routed last evening and to feave fled precipitately toward Mukden. Tho situation aa shown by Oyama'a re port may be summarised as follows: Ths entire Japanese front has mads a deckled sdvanoa, and alone Its entire Una haa driven tbo Russians back to ths right bank of tho thanks river. This rumpling back of tho wings upon Itself and flattsnlng of ths trlsnanlar forma tion has fund amen taHy destroyed and disrupted ths entire Russian plan of at tack. To brtnr his troops Into yodd fighting osltlon atmla Kuropatkln would be compelled to remove troops from pres ent positions over a distance of nearly t miles, and during- ll this time he would he subject to Jspansss attack and narassmsnt. Ha to thsrsforsput sn- ( Continued on Bags Thread) ' MMM.M.H.M.M.M.MMM.M.MMMMHMMMMMM. M.MMM.4 THE ONLY. NEWSPAPER . . ' If you want the news fresh from the wires fresh from local sources and told in attractive, complete and accurate style y . -: : , - If you want a first class magazine, bright, crisp, clean and entertaining; . - It.you want a delightful children's section, whirh influrlM double comic color auDnle- f ment, the only one printed in 2 nrst mciropoiiun prcaa ever 1 atate;. . ! r .Tf vah nm in md what ? Hale, Bishop George F. Seymour, Lady Henry THE BtrsaiAir soLDnnta uAiicmm Tmtovrm bttjicdbh ok Tmciit fikbt w .. "-.r BAVaVBBBN HURUCD BACK AGAIN INTO T JJ.RCCffifElURdEASIEKtllS.nttR. FIR PRESIDENT Aspired to Kni oi Denocritlc Ticket afewYeirsAo but HU Millions ' Filled to Place Ilia. ' - (7eafssl Beeetal aerrtaa.) New York. Oct IS. Tha Journal says: "Wi will toll yon an lnterestl njr secret about Rockefeller. It has not seen told befors. : If vou doubt its aoouraoy you can ask Stone of Missouri, or any' ana of naif a doBsa other Influential Demo crats who wars In ohargo of ths party whan Rockefeller tried to get himself nominated for president en tho Demo cratic ticket. "John Ik Rockefeller only a few years ago aspired to tha presidency. He p proaehed tha Democratic leaders and naked If there was any reason why hs should- not,, bo considered an available De moo rails candidate. Ho said In sub stanos: T should like to be nominated for president by ths Democratic party. In return I win give tbs DsmooraUo party my tnnuanoa . and "Rocksfsllsr 'wan told by tbo aston ished Demoo ratio leaders that tha flrst flaw In his availability for tna Demo crat to nomination would be tha fact that na would not gat any votes,". , PRESIDENT AND WIFE -AT KNOX WEDDING ' 7earml tpeelal Servfes.) . ? Washington, Oct. IS. President and Mrs. Roosevelt, soeompanlsd by Secre tary Loeb and two secret-eervloe men. left this morning1 on the Pennsylvania for Valley Forge to attend tha weddlng of Senator Knox this afternoon. j They return to Washington tonight. f sMiel DtaMtek te Tbe fcersal.) ' Mosoow, Idaho, Oet 11. J. Newton, a traveling optician was taken to Spokane yesterday, where ha Is wanted on a charge of ambssslsmsnt. The trouble to the outgrowth -of a partnership deal. Somerset and many others as notable have fo say on the Kve topics of the times ; . 1 If vou. are Interested in Chimmie fadden. Whiskers, Mr. Paul and Miss Fanny; If you want the latest news of the fashions ; : If yon are interested in woman's club work, . Only one newspaper within reach in Port- ' land on Sunday morning haa anyone of these features, and if you want them all, 'if you want a dollar's worth for a nickel, the only .news paper with which yon will be satisfied is . Oregon, on the ucuugm mw mc - Edward Everatt SUNDAY JOURNAL dsiieeH NORTHWEST (tflEAT Silf Mlllloa Bushels Are PorthuH ',. for Shipment East kpmtdlatcly r; Ucol Market Is SIroot It to estimated that orders for fully 509.0M busbels of -wheat for shipment east of the Rocky mountains .wore re ceived tat this city today. . Portland wheat Is again moving to the st and ths middle west. Ths move ment wsa started by . the ahnounocment mads by Union Paclflo officials at Oma ha this morning that, they were now sending very large numbers of empty oars la this direction, and that they ex pect la the future to take oars of all eastward shipments of wheat with or dinary promptness. - ' 'Hearing, of this, the grain own Of the Iddle weat telegraphed to local - man this morning-for supplies. . Most of the inquiries now are for red Russian wheat, and 8 eents la being paid ' by the-- easterners at. shipping pelnte, The local men are not so anxious now to sell, and . arev lnellnded to bold their wheat The higher priors tn ths various markets of ths seat during ths past few days to one of the principal causes for ths renewal of buying bare. Both Chi cago and Liverpool want up today. The receipts of the additional orders caused a much firmer feeling In the flour market aero, and prices will go higher. CONTRABAND CARGO FRIGHTENS CREW ' fSpsnal IHeBettn e The Jeer 1.) Taooma, Wash., Oct. 1. Ths steamer Inverness did net get away until this morning owing to the desertion - of a portion of her crew. ' The cargo of the Inverness frtghtsned her crew. -1 Ths members sre afraid the Inverness wJll be oaptured by Russian warships owingl to her contraband cargo. - Too much publicity was givsa the matter for safety. The Inverness to to take en more men at Port Townsend who do not know of toe character of her cargo, retrbxt " tset arb said to CITT. ,! , ' , Novel Salt FIN li California Court by Mao Whose Wife Overfooked the Dedloi of Any Property to Him. ,' Jsarsal Saestal eerrtee.) f Passdena, CaL, Oct. A divoros suit with unique features has bean filed here. . Laaeford C- Joneav years old. sues his wife, ' asking- for alimony and counsel fees.. Jones alleges that he met Mary Banta st Pasadena and they were married at Yuma, A. T. on aebraary 1J, 1L i - Thsy oame to Pasadena and lived to gether .nam December li, l0t. when bis wife volsntarUy snd without Just cause deserted him and drevs nlm from borne. The plaintiff to now an Invalid through accident, which to aggravated by ohrooio rheumatism, and . haa no sepa rate property, and when they ware mar lied, tt sums, Mrs. Jones kept all ths Banta estate In her own, name. Jones allegea that, his erstwhile wife to-worth 190.000, and the Inoome from her eom- binea properties, be alleges, la mora than 700 a month. . Hs aaks to be al lowed 160 a monta alimony, an attorney- fee of 11.000 and the defendant to pay the eosfs of the pending suit. . , , STEEL TRUST MAY BEGIN WAR ON LABOR v "'v.i t , - (Jeans! Special Service.) Pittsburg, Oct. 1la glgantto war between the steel trust and organised labor . to about to be begun . according to a story In elroulatlon here. - a meet- of seemingly great lmportaaee to the Iron and steal Interests waa held here Friday by the heads of the subsidiary departments of tha United States Steel oorporatlonv President Carey reached here early from New Tork and waa joined by others from dlKereat parts of tbs country. I For two hours the steel magnates dis cussed business, and. from one of the confreres it wsa learned that the strikes at Youngstown, Ohio,' snd Olrard, Ohio, were the principal . toplos discussed. Nothing definite wsa given out but It to reported that the United States Steel corporation voted f 1,00 0.0 0e toward-defeating the Amalgamated, association. . SCHOONER WRECKED , AND .THREE DROWNED " (Jesrsal Siulil ssrrtm). Prvrmeetown, Oet. ls.-r-The schooner El wood Burton was wrecked on the outer bar tost night and Capt. Williams and three of the crew were lost Three ether members of the ersw drifted ashore en the wreckage. ' A high wind wa blowing and the heavy sea rendered It impossible to render aid. - t I. . .- BA9&T fgaerlBl Dtspstek Is Tee JearaeL) Trov. Idaho. Oct. II. The small son of Carl Peterson was perhaps fatally tawt W v hawln m. bt All hint yesterday. " His akuM was fractured and be was badly bruleed, v Decision of Circuit Court Strikes the Final e -Blow. SHERIFF WORD JUBILANT Gamblers Are Dlsniyed for ThcJr - Ooiy Hope Is 61aste4-Clty Chr - ter Does Not Render State " Laws Inoperative. ; ' In a decUlon, delivered this morning from the bencb In department No. 1 of tho circuit eourt, with the four members sitting en banc. Presiding Judge George sounded ths knell of open gambling In Portland. By this opinion practically all obstacles which have been thrown In the pathway of Sheriff Word have been removed and be remains free to carry out his vigorous policy of keeping the gambling houses closed. - Not only does Judge Oeorge hold that the city charter In no wise supsrssdes the stats tows but that ths evident in tention of the framera of the charter was to assist ths state officials In sup pressing gambling by providing ad ditional penalties for infraction of the laws sgalnst gaming. Us draws atten tion especially to the fact that under the charter the mayor, the. executive board and the chief of police are ob ligated to aid tha stats off totals In every wsy possible In their duties relative to stamping out the gambling evil. The decision was on a demurrer inter posed by Attorney Bd Msndenhall to the Information filed la the elroult eourt charging Peter Grant and Nate Solomon, proprietors of the Portland Club, with oenduotlng a Reno game, following ths action Of JuaUoe Seton In holding thsm tt' answor on prmtcnlnarx. asamlnatlon, A.-gumant on the demurrer was" held be fore Judge George yesterday. Attorney Mendenball appearing for the Portland Club men and Deputy District Attorney Meser for the state. - . , . - emir ffisnato issinorsU -' It to noteworthy that la two instances the language of the court marine inter preted as signifying his doubt that all provisions of ths gambling laws oan be successfully enforced. Notwithstanding thla, he directs special attention to ths fact that all officials, state, county and municipal, are charred with the duty of enforcing the gambling laws as rigidly ss to found practicable. The opinion la part follows; "This to an Information charging munbllnar. A demurrer has bean filed on the ground that the Portland city charter baa repealed the stats laws, it cites ths o barter of Hot a number of sections are quoted, bat rt to unneces sary kere to give them In detail as well sa a number of aotborttlee in Oregon and the eastern states, on the eontentloa that thla aHmlclpal eharter has set sslde the state law in regard to gam bling within the elty limits of Portland, snd relegated that matter to the munic ipal authorities to pass upon. "The stats claims that under the pro visions of the stats law, which sre as serted to be la foroa, this Information Is sufficient. "It la evident that If trv tbs eltr enarter It to apparent the legislature In tended to confer on the ottv oounoll ex clusive Jurisdiction over gambling, then the state law would be superseded, so far as the city limits of Portland are concerned, but the court doss not read Into any section of ths elty charter, evi dence of that Intention. . i "By the state law the legislature ee- etores gambling a orlme and tries to punish It. By the Portland elty eharter tt does not purport to turn the matter of gambling over to the municipality like ths ssls of liquor, for elty regulation, but evidently retains ths state taw with out express repeal certainly, empowers the elty not to regulate gambling but tb suppress gambling and gambling houses. See subdivision 4t of section TS the lsngusge Is plain and specific while in sections IM and Itl It assumes that gambling Is still tn vlolstloa of existing law, and makes - It mandatory on the mayor, the executive board and tha chief of police to break Into gambling places, seise all gambling devices and (Continued en Page Two.) HEAD-ON (Jssrsal special sVrrtee.) pueblo, Oct. II. SJllbt persona were Injured, two 'Of them certainly fatally la a hand on collision between the Call fornla United east-bound Denver Rio Grande express with a freight train near Florence early this morning. , The fatally hurt are: GBOROH HUGHKS, brakemaa at the freight train. . . EDWARD BOOBINOWb engineer or ths freight trsln. - PTRKMAN TTNBSV sc the ireignt. ail of Pueblo. The accident waa caused by failure ths frala-ht Ire. ha to take the eldlag m allow (ha iiaaenser train to pass. The Impact of the swiftly amoving trains a terrific Ths entire forward end of the nes imm train Waa oomnletelr destroyed. Tne axpress ssnger and a miraculous Telephone Company Re fuses to Recognize tbe Union and Ail Quit: CRIPPLES THE SERVICE Importd and Inexperienced Operators Are at Wort at the Switchboard 'Strikers Say Company ; , . Brok;Palth. One . hundred and seventy-ftvs girls, employed aa operators -at the switch board of the .Paclns States Telephone company, walked out en strike last night and this morning. Because tbe company refused to recognise their anion. Five of tbe girls In ths central station re mained loyal to the company ana re fused to strike and four remained on duty on tho east elds station, ' Ths Dianas of ths strikers were fliled by tne company as quickly as they were vacated. Girls who have been imported from Use north and local girls who re fuse to become affiliated with the union stepped promptly Into the places of ths union girls and a full complement la at work today at both the east aide and west side stations. " - Ths service, however, ta badly crip pled beoauss of tbe inexperience of the operators. Efforts sre being mads by ths company to secure experienced oper ators from Salt Lake, Butte and ether citlea. Officials of the oompeay assert that under no circumstances ' will the union be leuogulsad. - At Park and Alder -streets, where the central station to located, there waa aa animated crowd of strikers during tbs whole day. At f o'clock this morning they began to congregate and soon there were srranaved or more strikers os ine scene. . us nnaiper was areaur augmented by friends snd sympathisers snd those who were drawn by curiosity. Ths streets were blockaded and police assistance was called by the company. Shortly before noos id or mere strik ers visited the Soot hotel. Seventh snd Burnslds streets, where the Imported operators are stepping. They found none of the new comers In. - atrlkera Post Flosses. . Pickets have been posted by tbs strikers at both the eaqt aide and west slds stations and non-union operators are foread to run a gauntlet of taunts snd jeers la reaching the building. No effort has been made by the strikers, however, to prevent any girl from go ing to work and strict order has pre vailed at both stations. . Chief of Polloe Hunt assumed per sonal supervision of the situation this morning and gave orders to bis men aa to their actions In case of violence. He atoo talked With ths strikers. Us visited the scene at the request of the management of the company. A detail of half a dosea polloe officers and sev eral detectives mingled with tha crowd at his direction. The strike. wsa Ordered lata last night when officials of tbe company met the advisory board of tbs union. Tbe offi cials had promised to consider ths griev ances of the strikers fully and make known their declalon last night. Mean while, thsy said, none of ths girls would be discharged and no discrimi nation would be made against union members. fcsavs Vnfcen e Quit. ' 1L G. Robinson, t raffle manager, rep resented the company. Re stated that the oompany positively refused to rec ognise the union and that further dis cuss los of tbs subject wss unnecessary If he Was speaking to representative of that body. Hs then declared that those who had Joined the union must ever thler connections at once or leave ths servloe of ths company.. Members of the board asked until noon today for a reply, explaining that they merely represented the other girls and could not answer without consulting them. Tbe answer must be st once, Robinson said, or all the girls must quit. Two members of the advisory board deserted the union forthwith and- .re tained their, positions with ths oompany. Ths others left ths building snd reported the result of the conference to those who waited. The strike wss on. One hundred snd seven ty-flve girls ( Continued on Page Two.) SMASH HURTS EIGHT, TWO escape from the wrecked ear be wsa tn. Hs carried the news to Florence and reported that the wreckage had takes fire. Thla, however, proved to fee an- trne, , . The passengers tn the forward ears were hurled the entire mngtb of the cars, and many who ware not seriously hurt, were badly bruised. The Santa Fa tracks run parallel with the Rio Grande rails at thla point and one of the passengers wss thrown out bf a window and completely aorosa ths Ssntn Fs tracks. In the rear cars all was confusion for a few mhrates. but soon every effort eras being made to render aaaletaaoe to the Injured hi tne forward soaobes, Ths wounded were cared for In every possible way. but two of them sre not axpscted to live. The englnea were both ailed np and Easterners Are Arrang ing Purchase of Booth Kelly Lumber Holdings. DEAL IS NOT COMPLETE Booth-Kelly Company'! Timber Lands , Worth Fortunes Are Affected J350.W0 to Be Turned Over " - ' In .InitlaL Transaction. : A transaction Involving an ultima to consideration of several millions of doK tors, and leading to the .transfer of a controlling Interest m the Booth-Kelly Lumber company of Bygone, Or.. Is be ing closed this afternoon In Portland. Senator It- A. Booth's large holdings In the oompany pass into the bands of J. -W- Blodgett of Chicago and Michael Mwrphy, a Wisconsin lumberman. Tne deal to . one of the largest ever made In ' the Umber business In Oregon, it to said the Immediate oonaWeratlon ta to- day's transaction Is In ths neighborhood ' of $., and that when completed tt will ma well up Into the millions. Some months ago an optloa wss given . by Senator Booth to Messrs. Blodgett . and Murphy. but nothing further was done In the matter, and the Eugene men had come to tne oonaluelon that tna aesi -. would go no further. Tbe option was ' about to expire, and when Senator Booth came to Portland yesterday on other business matters hs wss surprised to find that tne easterners had just a- lived here, accompanied by their at torney, and' prepared to take ap tne -option. The papers were drawn today, and a large payment was made by the pur- ' o raw MrJledgetC - is. one. of Aus , Wefnt puribexmen la tnC fppet M a.- X , . IslrslotiA valley and la the Oregon deal I be represents himself solely Mr. Kelly is a well-known Wisconsin tlmbsrmsn. who has been Interested with Mr. Blod gett. The letter's father has for some years had large holdings, to Oregon Urn- ' bar. Ths property of the Booth-Kellr Lum. bar company, complete control of which was today taken by the purobasers, has n estimated to tar value of about e,d,eOe. It consists of about lCi.ses acres of timber west of the Cascade mountains, chiefly in Lane county, that haa been cruised at nearly f.0o.fte.0os feet, and which at K0 cents per thousand for stumps ge would bring over fS.eoo,. 00, also four sawmill plants and large land and timber holdings In other dis tricts. It owns over lOe.Soe acres of soft pins that cruises st l.o00.00,eos feet and Is worth over SSOS.Mt. It has fully ,aaa acres of ether land, some of It fit for graslng and agriculture and worth about ee.tca. Its four saw mills, which are now running overtime, have a capacity of nearly IM.ted feet dally. The company also has on band In the neighborhood of 40,HU),oe feet of logs and lumber, stores, stocks and other equipment that Is valued at nearly f Us.. 904. It ordinarily employs about men In Its sawmill and Umber enter, prises." Rumors of the sals have been heard for n week past, but strong dnlals hav been made by Messrs. Kelly and Booth. Senator Booth said today: "I can any nothing definite. The seal to not yet closed." , .t . . ',. Mr. Blodgett said: 1 "We will not be able to complete the transaction today, and will be obliged to carry It over Monday. I cannot say anything now. I can tell you more a llttls later.' ATTEMPT TO DESTROY HOTEL WITH DYNAMITE - ,.t , v.,,.. ' Jesrsal Steriel Barries.) " McKeeaport, Pa., Oct. 11. An attempt was mads at 4 o'clock this morning to blow up with dynamite tbe Olasaport hotsl at Olsssport, which has been har boring non-union men. Ths building was partially wrecked, but the occupants escaped Injury. - It is believed the attempt was made by former employes' of ths glass plant. FATALLY resemble a pile of junk rather than ptecee of machinery, . . Relief was sent to the scene as soon ss possible, Owing to telegraphic com munication being .talerrupted, no 4e tailed account of the accident can be se cured. While It Is understood that ths freight train should have taken s aiding and made way for tbe passenger train, It Is not known where the fault lies tor the non-ebeerye nee of erdera. Traflle will be delayed for several hours owing to the company's Inability to get a wrecking trala to the soese at sn early hour. Tbe crew of the frehwM e-' a gstber with the bead unable to Jump, so q erunnee coll me, a- jt t etirr. r w- ' 4f -