v ' 4ftprtttttt$ At $ WtyMtofflfo YOL. XLIIL NO. 13,527. PORTLAND, OREGON, MONDAY, APRIL 18, 1904. PRICE FIVE CENTS. TOGO LAID T Russian Fleet Enticed From Harbor. DANCER SEEN JUST IN TIME Wireless Brought Japanese Battleships on the Run. MINES LAID ON A DARK NIGHT Z Course of Makaroffs Fleet In Pre vious Encounters Had Been Marked and Destruction Laid In Path of Vessels. TOKIO. Anril 17. 5 P. M. Tha JaDanese are elated over the successes they have won at Port Arthur. They are also proud of the achlevemerit of Vice-Admiral Tojto. particularly of his newest strategy in ! . nnntfTTnlnTr" tVio onpmv'5 Tifir-hnt nnfl ia- coylng him across this field of mines to an equally dangerous Hank attack. The success of the system of placing deadly countermines is due principally to a scries of careful observations made by the Japanese during their previous at tacks on Port Arthur. The Japanese saw the Russian fleet leave the harbor and re turn to it several times, and they dis covered that the Russian warships fol lowed an identical course every time they came out or went in, evidently for the purpose of avoiding their own mines. The Japanese took bearings on this course. "When the destroyer division of the Japanese torpedo flotilla laid the countermines during the night of April 12 and 13 they placed them along this course. The laying of these countermines was exceedingly perilous, because If any Japanese boat with mines on board had E. been struck by a lucky Russian shot she would have been annihilated. Mines Laid on a Dark Night. The weather of the night of April 12-13 favored the work. There was a heavy rain, thp night was darkjmd cloudy, and the Russian searchlights playing over the chaa t failed to reveal tbe presence of the Japanese destroyers. Rear-Admiral Dewa was in command of the Japanese squadron which decoyed the Russian ships over the field of mines. His k squadron consisted of the cruisers Chitose YosMno, Kasuga and Takasage. all un- armcred vessels, which presented a tempt ing bait for the heavier guardshlps. Vice-Admiral Togo directed the flank at- ftack. He had the battleships Hatsuse, tMlkasa. Asasl. Shikashima. Yashmln a-n i Full. He waited 30 mJlos out cm ,.nn I Rear-Admiral Dewa signalled him bv f wireless telegraphy to come in. His ves- t sels then dashed at full speed toward the entrance of the harbor. All the battle ships under Vice-Admiral Togo are caDal hie of a speed of IS knots, and thov quickly covered the distance. Russians Warned of Trap. It is not clear -nhat warned the Rus sians that they had been trapped, but they probably discerned the battleship squadron on the horizon, and retreated precipitately to the harbor. Vice-Admiral Togo did not succeed In preventing the AT THE TOP OF THE LIST FOR MERIT OAKWOOD MALT THE CANADIAN IVIALT WHISKEY MOST OFTEN IMITATED ROTHCHILD BROS. PACIFIC COAST AGENTS EASTMAN N. C. AND PREMO FILM PACKS Aro Superior in Hvery Respect to the Old Style Curl ing Pilm. IVe are Sole Agents. BLUMAUER-FRANK DRUG CO. 142-146 Fourth St. OLD KENTUCKY HOME CLUB O., P. S. WHISKEY PjBVnrtf- Amnrton Wf?tl-.. m mm BLUMAIIHR & HOPH - - Wholesale Llqaor ana EXCLUSIVE CARPET HOUSE J. G. MACK & CO. Ofc-OB iniKU STREET . 11 Russians from entering, but did force them to a disastrous retreat, which ended In the destruction of the Petropavlovsk and the disabling of the Pobleda, After these occurrences the cruisers Nishln and Kasuga were used to bom bard Port Arthur. They possess the highest-angled guns of the fleet, capable of throwing shells, to the elevated Russian land works, were beyond attaining by the average naval weapon. Vice-Admiral Togo calls this attack on Port Arthur the eighth, whereas hero it is numbered the seventh. A probable ex planation is that Vice-Admiral Togo re gards the last operation as two distinct attacks. Expressions of regret at the death of the Vice-Admiral Makaroff are general here. Speaking for the naval staff. Commander Ogasawara has published a long state ment. In which he laments the death of the Russian Vice-Admiral and pronounces it to be a loss to the navies of the world. Commander Ogasawara reviews the life, professional career and the personal at tributes of Vice-Admiral Makaroff, and declares that he is entitled to be classed with the best Admirals In the world. The Koryumaru, which participated in the latest attack on Port Arthur, is a torpedo-boat ship under the command of Commander Oda. Oda is a mine expert, and the success of the Japanese counter mining operations was due largely to the ingenuity and bravery of Oda. The Japanese report that the wreck of the Petropavlovsk Is east of South Golden Hill, one mile outside the entrance to the harbor. REFUSES JAPANESE CREDIT. Russian Naval Authority on Sinking of the Petropavlovsk. ST. PETERSBURG, April 17. Notwith standing Vice-Admiral Togo's claim that mines laid by his vessels were responsible for the disaster to the Petropavlovsk, said a high naval authority who is In a posi tion to have access to all government re ports, to the Associated Press: "I am more than ever convinced that the Petropavlovsk and the Pobleda did not strike Japanese mines. Each ship was struck under the hull amidships, while a mine would have exploded on first con tact near the bows. The fact that In both cases the ships were struck amidships warrant the acceptance of the theory re garding submarine vessels, although per sonally I do not hold that idea. "The Pobleda probably escaped the fate of the Petropavlovsk because she carried coal in her bunkers between the bottom and the boilers, which, moreover, are of the Belleville type, whereas the boilers of the Petropavlovsk "were of Scotch make and were not protected by her bunkers." One of the shrewdest naval attaches at St. Petersburg, however, told the Asso ciated Press that he believed the Japanese laid the mines which were responsible for the disaster, pointing out that this was one of the oldest systems of blockading when ships did not dare to run the risk or entering unaer -an enemy b guns, me attache said he thought that they would do this when he noticed that the Japanese fleet always made a wide detour of the entrance. It is also significant that Chinese junks have been reported as cruising off the harbor, and it is considered possible that the Japanese kept these junks there sys tematically in order to throw the Russians off their guard if they were seen when the actual time arrived to lay the mines. Captain Crown, who went down with the Petropavlovsk, Joined that ship on the previous day, having succeeded in getting through from Shanghai, where he left his vessel, the gunboat Mandjur. Captain Crown was a descendant of a Scotchman who fought with Russia In the war wjth Sweden when he captured the first Ret vlzan. Quiet After Bombardment. PORT ARTHUR, April 17.-Sincc the bombardment of Friday all has been quiet here. , Viceroy Alexioff has hoisted his flag on the battleship Sevastopol. IN BOTTLKS Never la Balk. Trial size 25 cnts Medium sirs ........So cents L&rce size $1.00 FILMS SOLE DISTRIBUTERS JLJ Ctgar Dealer:, 108-110 Foiirtb St ODDoslte Chamber f rmm 1WI PIEHCEAT PEACE Nolnternal Political Dis sensions at Tacoma. CUSHMAN'S FULL CONTROL Probably Throw County Strength to McBride, FOSTER SELDOM MENTIONED McBride May Bo Nominated by Pierce County Votes, but Railroad Commission BUI Cannot Be Passed at Next Session. TACOMA. Wash., April 17. (Staff correspondence.) None of the Internal, eternal and Infernal strife which al ways makes pork out of the Seattle hog before It has an opportunity to do much rootlnsr Is in evidence In Ta coma. This, political peace shows that In some respects there are advantages in having- only one candidate for one position. The Hon. Francis Cushman, whose silver-tongued, spell-binding eloquence and shiftiness on his political feet have enabled him to sidestep Into safety from many a threatening mixup, has tho political destiny of Pierce County In his vest pocket. "No, I don't think Frank will be home before the convention unless we should need him," said one of his lieu tenants this morning, "and," he added with a smile, "I don't think we will need him." Cushman, who came into the con vention with fear and trembling two years ago, has the nearest thing to a political "cinch" that could well be im agined, and he is in supreme control of the 58 votes which Pierce County will have in the State Convention, and he will use them in forming the best possible combinations for Cushman. The political mantle of the lato Senator Ed Hamilton has not yet fallen on the shoulders of a successor with talents anywhere near approaching those of the dead leader, and with this absence of any opposition all Is plain sailing. Smith's Withdrawal Helped Cushman The death of Hamilton, however, was by no means the principal event that has smoothed the pathway for Cush man. Dr. J. J. Smith, who was forced out of the race for Governor, is almost as powerful a factor In Pierce County politics as he is in those of King Coun ty. He resides within less than two miles of the Pierce County line, in a district that is always threatening to cut loose from King and go over to Pierce. His business interests and his practice He largely In Pierce County, and he Is well liked there. Had he remained In the fight for Governor, he would undoubtedly have taken a portion of Cushman's strength and traded It with some other aspir ant for Congressional honors who was more acceptable to the party wing with which Smith was allied and which Cushman deserted two years ago. As has previously been stated, tho PIles-McGraw combination forced Smith out of the fight in order that they could have the Governorship to bo used In placating Brownell, who was out for Humphrey's Congressional bil lot. That was not the kind of a crown that Brownell desired, and, iil:e Caesar, he refused It, leaving the Piles people with a Governorship on hand. "With the elimination of Smith from the fight all formidable opposition to Governor IIcBrldo vanished. Tho rail roads, having split their forces on Smith, could not jump up another can didate. Piles himself is reported to .have declared his willingness to help McBride if ho can stengthen his own candidacy by so doing. But McBride is no longer flirting with the PIles-McGraw combination. He has a softer game than that for th,o split in the railroad forces opened for him an avenue through which he is in a fair way to march to success. The McBrlde-Stevenson Meeting. Nothing has yet come to light that indicates that both the Governor and George Stevenson did not tell the truth when they said no deal had been made between them. They met and met alone, and tho Egyptian sphynx Is a high geared talking machine compared with either of them when they aro. inter rogated regarding that meeting. ) In the light of subsequent events, it is almost a certainty that the conversation which followed tho time-honored remark of the Governor of North Carolina to the Governor of South Carolina, ran about like this: Governor McBride I am going to do up that Piles-Great Northern crowd. Stevenson Bless you, my boy, I am after them with a meat ax myself. Governor McBride And I am also going to pass a railroad commission bill. Stevenson And I will take pleasure in knocking your commission bill in the head whenever it shows up. "When tho PIles-McGraw crowd forced Stevenson out of their camp by defeat ing his friend, Dr. Smith, they split the railroad forces In two and gave McBrldo a feeling of confldenco that for the time being has made him rather in dependent of "either faction, his friend Cushman taking advantage of tho row and slipping away from both of them and now being in a position to hand Pierce a railroad county over to tho anti-railroad Governor, and at the same time swing it back into line for Foster, a railroad Senator. Foster's Chances Not Bright. Pierce County's delegation to tho Btato Convention may have enbugh votes to throw the nomination to Mc Bride, but it does not follow that she win have enough votes at Olympla next "Winter to elect Foster. Tho his tory of "Washington's Senatorial fights will show that except in rare cases it has been decidedly necessary for a can didate to brand his followors on the range Instead of In the Olympla cor ral, for wherever this practico has been departed from tho victim has usually discovered on reaching Olympla that his voters have been "Maverlcked" by some other candidate. Foster has some strength and will, of course, have the votes of Pierce County for a starter, and he has somo Btrength from outside, but his home county is not uproariously anxious to have him returned to the Senate, and unless he begins to round up the out siders and get an organization together he, will go down to Olympla with Insuf ficient Btrength to warrant oven his own county in remaining too long with him. No Hope for Commission Bill. It Is an accepted fact that the rail roads are not fighting McBride as furi ously as they were two years ago. It is unnecessary that they should, and it did not require a deal between Stev enson and the Governor to bring about this pause In conflict. A railroad com mission bill cannot pass the next Leg islature. Tho hold-over Senators who voted against tho bill last Winter, re inforced by the men who are certain to be sent to Olympla from counties where the railroad sontiment Is over whelmingly strong, ,wlll make It im possible to get the measure through the "Legislature, which meets next Jan uary. This makes the railroads safe from an attack of ifcBrldelsm until January, 1907, which Is now far in the distance. No man knows this better than Mc Bride himself, and all of his ranting against the men who refuse to stand on a platform not to their liking will not change matters. Idk.e the rail road crowd, he is tamer himself than ho was two years ago, and will be sat isfied If the railroad Interests continue to scrap each other while he slips back into the Governor's chair. - As for Stevenson, he seems to have has hands too full fighting tho Plles-McGraw-Great Northern crowd to pax much attention to McBride Just now, but if any one thinks he has forgotten McBrldo's commission bill, they will discover their error when the votes are counted at Olympla next "Winter. As matters aro now framed up lir Pierce Representative .Cushmaocn, Jp what ho pleases with it to help himself. After securing all that Be requires personally he will pass the remaining strength on to McBride. If there Is anything left after McBride gets through, it will belong to Foster, this being the relative order of the strength of tho three men in this county, al though It is to the interests of the can didacies of all three of them to work together, for the present at least E. W. W. 1 i wapJfiBi n(VMlwmfW9miWMWMm v - (s 'W wes 1'MyIwM CHOICE OF 10 Parker or Hearst Will Get the Nomination, ALL OTHERS ARE OUT OF IT Canvass Made of Democratic National Committeemen, FAVORS THE NEW YORK JUDGE ? Nebraska Is Put Down as Uncertain, While Pennsylvania Is Said to Be for the Jurist-New York Will Decide, Says Clark Howell. r,e CHOICES -OF DEMOCRATIC NA TIONAI. COMMITTEEMEN. Indiana . ....... Parker Illinois Parker New Tork . Parker Texas Parker Minnesota Parker "Georgia Parker Louisiana Parker Massachusetts ... Hearst California Hearst North Dakota .. Hearst South Dakota ..-. Hear3t Kansas Hearst Nebraska Parker or Hearst North Carolina...... Gorman or Parker Delaware Hearst or Gorman Pennsylvania. . .Noncommittal (Parker) "Wisconsin E. C. Wall (Parker) M.4 CHICAGO. April 17. Spec!al.)-Parker' against Hearst Members of the Demo cratic National Committee who feel free to express their opinion at this time on the. situation regarding the nomination of a candidate for President by tho St. Louis Convention believe the contest will be between these two residents of New York. Many of the committeemen decline to ex press any preference or opinion at pres ent. Enough have responded to a query sent out, however, to Indicate the gene-al feeling among the leaders of the Demo cratic party. ""Whom do you favor as the Democratic nominee for the Presidency, Parker or Hearst, Gray or Gorman?" was the ques tion transmitted to the members of the National committee In several states and territories. Of the replies received six are unquali fiedly in favor of the nomination of Judge Alton B. Parker, either from personal choice or on grounds of political avall ablllty. Four National committeemen are i VILSON " GO OITIN JAKE, IT'S FIE." uncompromising Hearst men. Two favor the nomination of Arthur Pue Gorman, although one of the two, Daniels, of North Carolina, says his state will be for Parker if the contest lies between the latter and Hearst. One, Ryan, of Wisconsin, favors the nomination of E. C. Wall, of the Badger State. Three replied to the telegram of inquiry without stating any preference. New York Will Decide Question. The answers to the question show some significant crystallzlng of sentiment that has followed the Inauguration of the Parker movement In New Tork State. Clark Howell, of Georgia, who some time ago was credited with a leaning toward the Hearst candidacy, now declares that If New York instructs for Parker the question practically will he settled and no name other than Parker will be pre sented to the St Louis Convention. It Is also worthy of -note that wherever there Is a Hearst man on the National committee he shows an unhesitating will ingness to advance a line of argument In favor of his candidato. J. M. Guffey, df Pennsylvania, one of the influential members of the commit tee, Is noncommittal, but It Is generally understood by his colleagues that he will be for Parker If the situation remains as It is at present Mr. Ryan, of Wis consin, may also be counted among the Parker men If there is no reasonable show for the nomination of Mr. Wall. Where Mr. Bryan Lives. The attitude assumed by the Nebraska member of the committee is sure to be considered by many politicians as sig nificant, in view of the fact that he rep resents Bryan's state. Mr. Dahlman, the committeeman from there, thinks the nomination will go to some one who has not yet been prominently mentioned. FORECAST BY FITZGERALD. Ex-Representative Believes OIney Has a Chance on a Deadlock. BOSTON, Mass., April 17. (Special.) Ex-Representative Fitzgerald tonight gives out a forecast with detailed figures by states of the make-up of the Demo cratic National Convention. He gives Judge Parker 517 delegates and W. R. Hearst 169. OIney is given his home state, 32; Cockrell, Missouri, 36; James R. Williams. Illinois, 54. and E. C. Wall, Wisconsin, 2G. Oregon, Washington, Mis sissippi, Iowa, Kentucky and Ohjo, aggre gating 13S delegates, are classed as doubt ful. The entire South is given to Parker, with Connecticut, Idaho, Indiana, Mon tana, half of Minnesota, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, "Vermont and West Vir ginia. Hearst Is given Alaska, California, Hawaii, half of Minnesota, Utah, Wyo ming. Porto Rico and tho balance not Included above. He sees a big chance for OIney In the Inevitable deadlock between Hearst and Parker. TAMMANY MAY BE THROWN OUT Hill Says Parker Must Be Indorsed by New York Convention. ALBANY, N. Y., April 17. If the pol icy adopted by the friends of Judge Alton B. Parker, at whose head stands Ex-Senator David B. Hill, Is carried out at the (Concluded on Page Four.) STICKS TO LI Roosevelt True to Civil Service Reform. CRITICISM IS GROUNDLESS Ex-Commissioner Fouike Gives Out Some' Facts. FAVORITES NOT APPOINTED Competitive System Has Advanced Under the Present Administration Faster and With More Cer tainty Than Ever Before. WASHINGTON, April 17.-Chairman Gillett, of the House committee on civil service reform, recently wrote to W. D. Fouike, ex-Civil Service Commissioner, calling his attention to tho recent Con gressional and other criticism of Presi dent Roosevelt, on the ground that ha had made a larger number of Irregular appointments to the classified service than any of his predecessors, and in view of the fact that the period covered was while Fouike was Commissioner, asking hl3 opinion to the charges.. In Mr. Foulke's letter, under date of April 15 he wrote: ' "The fact Is exactly the other way. There have been fewer appointments without competitive examination under President Roosevelt than under any other President, and there has been no ad vantage since the passage of the qlvil service act In which the competitive sys tem has advanced with greater rapidity and certainty. Appointive Positions Lessened. "It has been necessary for every Presi dent to permit certain positions to be filled without examination. The num ber has been reduced from time to timo and the range of the competitive system extended. This process has gone on faster under President Roosevelt than under any other President. "Of the 60 cases of suspensions of tho rules during hfs administration, only 33 are of persons who were allowed to enter the service without examination. In other words, out of over 70,000 appointments to the competitive sen-Ice sin -vr- t velt became President, It was deemed un necessary In these cases to require com petitive examination. "These cases form less than one twentieth of one per cent of one of the appointments. They comprise, for in stance, a steward In the White House a coachman in the Navy Department two special agents In the Bureau of Cor porations, the Superintendent of the Gov ernment Hospital for the Insane and other cases where, on account of special rea- (Concluded on Pagre Four.) CONTENTS OP TODAY'S PAPER National. Kr-Coramtesioner Fouike sajs civil service haa been rapidly extended under present Admin istration. Page 1. Sinking of the Petropavlovsk. Admiral Togo's strategy Induced Makaroff to take his fleet to soa. Pago 1. Trap laid to overcome Russian force by su perior numbers. Page 1. Mlnea had been sunk In the Port Arthur har bor entrance the night previous. Page 3. Graphic description of the blowing up of Mak arofTa flagship. Page 2. Political. Poll of Democratic National Chairmen shows practically but Parker and Hearst In tbo field. Pace 1. Ex-Representative Fitzgerald figures out a chance for OIney to win the nomination. Page 1. Tammany and Hill will have fierce etruggJe in New Tork Democratic Convention. Page 1. , Republicans in Pierce County are working In great harmony. Page 1. General. Hero at the Indianapolis hospital Are eaves lives of many patients. Page 4. On their way from church, an Allonfnww man and two girls are killed by a Reading engine. Page 3. IJabor leaders arrive at Denver to take part In Federation of Labor Convention. Page 3. Dr. Hamlin suggests constitutional amendment to end pobgamy. Page 3. Congress. The pension bill will be the unusual subject of debate In the Senate. Page 3. Statehood and ship subsidy will take up tho time of the House. Page 3. Pacific Coast. Patrick Dorothy, rancher, fatally shot by William Morton, a sheepherder, la Umatilla County. Page 4., Serious floods ln the Colvllle River "Valley. Page 4. Pendleton man tries to atop a fight and gets his skull cracked. Page 4. Sports. Soldiers win ball game with seml-profeaslonal team of Portland. Pare 5. Portland Dog Show will be the biggest ever held In the West. Pace 5. Abrahams wins "LIpman trophy second time. and also Inman medal. Page 5. Pacific Coast League scores: Portland 1, San Francisco 0; Tacoma 3, Los Angeles 2; Seattle 4, 8, Oakland 5, 1. Page 5. Portland and Vicinity. Democratic State Convention will refuse to In. dorse Hearst. Page 11. Lover commits euiclde because his landlady re jects his suit. Page 12. Homer Davenport's stories of his life In Ore gon. Page 10. Rav. E. L. House tells of his visit to gambling-houses and saloons. Page 10. Serio-comic end of wedded bliss of a coupla married only three months ago. Page 11. Amendment proposed to city charter would postpone city election until 100G and con tinue Mayor Wllllama administration. Page 12.-