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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 6, 1904)
THE MORNING- OREGONIAN, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1904 SSI T i "Wc do the only artistic and re liable picture framing done in fhc city. Mail orders for all goods filled on the day of receipt. Lipman, Wolfe & Co. Japanese Suffer Loss of 1500 Men. ARE AMBUSHED IN PASS Firing Continues and Slavs Are Unable to Collect Corpses. THEIR LOSSES GIVENAS SMALL Japanese Are Also Said to Have Made Another Attack on Lone Tree Hill, and to Have Met With Heavy Repulse. MUKDEN, Dec 5. There is a per sistent rumor that the force of Japan ese sent to turn General Kennen katnpffs flank has been repulsed with jreat loss. The story is -not yet offi cially confirmed, but details are srlven Tvith great circumstantiality. It is stated that General Bennen kampff, -who knew the movement was maturing; awaited the Japanese at the mouth of one of the captured passes, and that the Japanese turning: force throw themselves unsuspectingly Into the ambuscade, where, after the fight, the Russians collected 500 Japanese corpses. It is added that there are 1000 more Japanese corpses which it has been impossible to collect owing: to the fire of the Japanese. This does not include the Japanese loss in wounded. The Russian loss, according: to this account, was only 30 or 40 men. Attack on Lone Tree Hill. The night of December 2 the Japan-J ese began a heavy artillery flro on Poutiloff (Done Tree) Hill, paving- the way for an infantry attack. The Rus sian artillery answered vigorously for several hours and then slackened. The Japanese, imagining the Russian fire had been silenced, flung themselves n masses against the trenches, where they were allowed to come within close range, and then were met with withering volleys and a counter charge with the ba,yonet The Japanese fled, having sustained enormous losses. A Cossack expedition which was sent, the night of December 2, to cap ture a Japanese battery on the Rus sian right flank, was only partly suc cessful. The Cossacks wiped out the Japanese sentries, killed the gunners and got possession of the battery, but were unable to remove the guns, ow ing to the rapid arrival of Japanese reinforcements. On December 3 Captain Glchkoon-aiid Corporal Companetz crawled up close to the Japanese position, where they remained-under a heavy fire-all day mak ing sketches of the whole position' and returned in safety. An attack by Japanese on PoutllofC Hill on December 3 was probably due In part to a wish to distract attention from sapper operations on a neighbor ing hill near the village of Shakhe, but these operations were discovered and repulsed and the Japanese fled. Skirmishes Continue. Skirmishes continue. The night of Xovomber 30 Captain Alexandroff, with 30 men, routed a force of 50 Jap anese by a surprise attack on the tronches. The same night volunteers under Lieutenant Videtska surrounded and wiped out a picket of 25 Japanese near Tougou. This led to a hand-to-hand fight in the Japanese under ground trenches, where 20 more Japa nese wore bayonetted. The Russians lost severely In this light, a nurqber 'being caught in "wire entanglements. Altogether ten Russians were killed and 14 wounded. The night of December 2 there was another Russian attack on Japanese trenches, in which a number of trophies and rifles were secured, but at the cost of the life of Staff Captain Mankoffski, one of the most daring of the Russian scouts, who was killed in hand-to-hand fighting. IFYOUWAHTAPiANO IF YOU WANT A PIANO, NOW IS YOUR GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY TO GET ONE AT GREAT REDUCTION. We have too many pianos, and in order to close -them out quickly, have concluded to make quite a substantial reduction this month. This means a great deal to piano purchasers, as our prices have always been lower than others would sell the same grade of an instrument. Consult the following prices and call and make your selection: S3 00 Planon, now $450 Pianos, now $3S8 9400 plnnon, norr 9375 IManop, novr S288 350 Pianos, now 283 $300 Pianos, now 9235 For the convenience of those who cannot call . during the day, we have concluded to keep our store open evenings 'till 9 o'clock. We have a number of PIANO PLAYERS, slightly used, that we will close out at S125. Also some good second-hand and used ninnos from $150 un. and all sold on our easy-pay- mpnt nlnn of 56. JS. $10 and S15 per month. The best for your money and satisfaction has always been our motto. ALLEN & GILBERT- RAMAKER CO. Cor. 6th and Morrison MADE RUSSIA NO SUCH PLEDGE France Does Not Expect Black Sea Fleet to Go Through Dardanelles. PARIS, Dec 5. The reports that France hasvgiven adhesion to Russian overtures for a modification of the treaty of Paris so as to permit the Black Sea fleet to pass through the Dardanelles are officially denied. The authorities here say no such application has been made, and at present there Is no indication of any mod iflcailon of the treaty. The reports. It Is added, originated through an apparent misunderstanding between the Russian Admiralty and the Russian Foreign Of fice. The former, aopilnated by the naval apirlt, wishes the Black Sea fleet to re inforce Admiral Rojcstvensky's sauadron. The Russian diplomatic branch of the government does not share this view owing to the recognized restrictions of the treaty of Paris. It Is pointed out that the prohibition of the passage of the Dardanelles by war ships of the powers is chiefly beneficial to Russia, as it gives her a preferential po sition in the Black Sea. If the treaty is modified so as to open the Dardanelles the straits thereafter will remain open lor the entrance of foreign fleets Into the Black Sea, thus terminating Russia's prlv llegcd position. Therefore the authorities here have reason to believe that the Rus sian diplomatic branch will not yield to tho desires of the Russian Admiralty. It Is recalled that the Admiralty brought on the Anglo-Russian crisis by permitting oiunteer fleet vessels to pass the Dar danollcs without consulting the Russian zoreign branch. HOW HE FIRED ON OWN SHIPS Russian Admiral Gives New Version of Dogger Bank Incident. ST. PETERSBURG, Dec 5. An official statement issued from naval headouartprx gives Vlce-Admlral Rojestvensky's latest account of the Dogger Bank affair, and explains how the Baltic fleet flred on their own ships. The statement follows: "According to supplementary informa tion from Vice-Admiral Rojestvcnsky con cerning the North Sea incident of October 2L after the Knlaz Souvaroff ceased firing two searchlights of the Dmitri Donskoi and Aurora suddenly appeared on the left of the Ironclad division. The Dmitri Don skoi showed night signals, whereupon, fearing projectiles from the hindmost ships of our division should hit our own vessels, either direct or by ricochet, a general signal to cease firing was made from the Souvaroff. The order was at once obeyed. The whole firing lasted less than 10 minutes. "Communications by wireless stated that five projectiles struck the Aurora, some ricocheting and others hitting direct. Three were 75-millmeter and tw.o 47-mlll-meter shells. The chaplain of the Aurora was seriously injured and a petty officer was slightly wounded. The chaplain sub sequently succumbed at Tangier." The foregoing statement is the first of ficial confirmation of the fact, previously published in the these dispatches, that during the North Sea affair five shells came aboard the cruiser Aurora, injuring a priest, who subsequently died at Algiers. NEUTRALS CAUSE ILL FEELING Japanese Demand -Nation Require They Assist Russia Less. TOKIO, Dec 5. Popular sentiment re garding the question of the assistance which neutral powers are giving to the vessels of the Russian second Pacific squadron, which heretofore has been re pressed. Is now growing more acute, and prominent newspapers are voicing the de mand for determined action by the Jap anese Government. Apparently much will depend on the course of events when the Russian war ships arrive in Oriental waters. If the squadron shall have been permitted to ex ceed a fair construction of neutrality, it Is probable that Japan will consider her self under no obligation to observe neu trality, and may send her fleet after the Russians Into ports the neutrality of which she believes the Russians are vio lating. If the Russians seize a base in neutral territory, Japan will probably do like wise cnould urgency demand such ac tion. Japan Is 'keenly anxious to avoid com plications, but she will forcofully Insist upon what she considers her rights. Preparations for meeting the Russian warships are proceeding on a most ex tensive .scale. MAY SHUT FLEET OFF, Britain, However, Is Likely to Allow Coal to Go to Vladivostok. SPECIAL CABLE). LONDON, Dec 6. Tho insurance cor respondent of the Times says in today's Issue: "It may be assumed from the caGe of the German steamer at Cardiff that the Brit ish government intends to stop all direct exports of coal to the Russian fleet, but tho British law in this, as in many other cases, strains at a gnat and swallows a camel. The direct exports of steam coal to the Russian fleet are trifling in com parison with exports of similar coal to Vladivostok, which merely come under the head of conditionally contraband trade. Yet the coal for Vladivostok Is as surely intended for the Russian fleet as those cargoes carried direct to the vessels." RUSSIAN SHIPS ARE BURNED. Japanese Are Making Good Progress at Port Arthur. TOKIO, Dec 6, (10 A. M.) It is re ported that the Japanese bombardment against the fleet at Port Arthur is pro ceeding to the satisfaction of the at tacking forces. On the evening of De cember 4 two or three Russian ships were fired and burned in a half hour. Their names and the extent of the damage is not known. It is generally believed that the Russian fleet must either make an early sortie or suffer ir reparable damage. HEAVY FIRING AT PORT ARTHUR Japanese Are Determined to Capture Northern Forts. LONDON, Dec 6. A dispatch from Che foo on December 5, to the Daily Telegraph says: "Heavy firing continues at Port Arthur today. The Japanese are making most determined and persistent efforts to cap ture the northern forts." TO PUNISH RUSSIAN AGENTS. Warrants Issued for Men Who Took Yacht From Britain. LONDON, Dec. 6. The Dally Mall learns that private application was made yesterday, it is believed at the Bow Street Court, for the arrest of Burke Roche and the captain who navigated the turbine yacht Caroline to Libau, and a third person, presumably "Mr. EInnctt." Not Likely to Hinder Russian Ships. CARDIFF, Dec. 5. The authorities have taken no further action regarding German colliers taking on coal here. The German Consul has referred the matter to his em bassy at London, and Ambassador iletter nlsh Is now awaiting Instructions from the Berlin government. In the mean time, the collier Captain E. MenzelJ re mains here. Some other German colliers, after supplying vessels of the Russian second Pacific squadron with coal, are now returning to Cardiff; but even should the government Interefere to prevent their reloading, It is not likely that thoy will attempt to hinder the progress of the Russian squadrons, because it is known that Russia already has accumulated vast stores of Welsh coal at various points, which will be drawn upon. Says Fleet Will Pass Dardanelles. LONDON, Dec 6. The St Petersburg correspondent of the Dally Mall sends an interview with Admiral Kaznakoff, who states that the Russian Black Sea fleet will pass the Dardanelles. The Admiral points out that strong reasons exist for the belief that the British government will do nothing in the matter. that an entire Russian army division, which has been stationed in the Caucasus, has been ordered to the Afghan frontier. NKAHS THE END. Russians Ordered' to Frontier. LONDON, - Dec 5. Tho Standard asserts (Continued from First Page.) Judge O'Day, In opening his statement, "I am going to ask the charity of the court and the patience of the Jury. I have reached that time in life when I am supposed to be aC the meridian. I have so conducted myself that I have been able to look every man in the face. I have been reasonably active In the practice of law and with one or two exceptions every man with whom I have had to do has been my friend. I try not to lie, cither to the court or to the jury. I never tried to be guilty of subornation of perjury, and I make this In explanation of certain state ments made here which have touched me to the quick." The speaker then followed tho ten dency of the present time and showed that it had come to such a crisis that perjury was considered necessary by great corporations and was practiced by them, that bribery was a common thing and that no notice was paid to it when done by those powerful In riches. Judge O'Day paid particular attention to Mr. Heney in his remarks, and to Mr. Hall, and iis whole speech was in terspersed wKh allusions to Mr. Heney's benignant svdle and the hoaest look of Mr. Hall. "It is ild," remarked the Judge, "that speech is silver, but when you listen to the closing argument of the Government and hear the speech of my learned and classical friend. Mr. Heney, speech will be golden, at $10,000 a speech." Public Lands Are Gone. "John Hall," continued the speaker again, "looking out through his beauti ful eyes, tells you that the Government Is the trustee of the public lands. There are no public lands. They are gone. What have wo to offer to the homesteader from the East other than a barren stretch of rock on the tops of our mountain ranges? There are no public lands since the great railroads have secured the passage of the lieu selection acts of 1891. They are gone." Against J. A. Heldecke, the witness who confessed his part In the conspir acy. Judge O'Day was most bitter. "And Heldecktf," he said, "if that man had lived In Great Britain when they sent convicts, to Australia, he would novor have been sent there, for he is so corrupt that he would have impregnat ed the ground and they would have been raising liars there yet. If I was to sleep In the same hotel with that man, and he was' on the top floor and I was in the basement, I would be afraid that I wo.uld contract moral leprosy from him through the night" "There is one thing," said the Judge in closing, "that I do not wish to speak about: one thing above all others that I am sorry for. I regret having been brought into this case, for it is so un necessary. There Is one thing that is treated with leniency in press and pub lic and private life and not dragged forth to the shame of Innocent and help less families and children, but which in this case has been exploited to the prej udice of the defendants and for that purposo alone" The speaker then picked a Bible from the table and read the story of the Pharisees and the woman who had sinned. "Let," he said, "the one among us who has not sinned cast the first stone." It Is expected that a verdict will have been rendered by this evening, and tho jury discharged. Do English Women Dress Well? In his delightful article, "London Films," in Harper's Magazine for De cember, Mr. Howells has the temerity to defend the English woman's fashion of dress as against the more chic costumes of American women: "Under correction of those country women of ours who will not allow that the English women know how to dress, I will venture to say that their expression of sentiment in dress is charming, but how charming It comparatively is I shall be far from saying. I will only make so bold as to affirm that it seems more adapted to the slender fluency of youth than some realizations of the American Ideal; and that after the azaleas and rho dodendrons In the Park there Is nothing in nature more suggestive of girlish sweetness and loveliness than the cos tumes in which the wearers flow by the flowery expanses in carriage or on foot The colors worn are often as courageous as the vegetable tints; tho dimming air noftens and subdues crimsons and yel- $12.50 to $17.50 Coats at $795 We are urging out women's Winter Coats as fast as radically revised prices can do it. The group of coats, affected today possess such a splendid intrinsic value that their new price is of ex ceptional interest. Styles and materials are varied, but all are excellent. Five distinct styles 27-inch Half-Fitting Coats of all-wool kersey in black, tan and castor, made in double-breasted styles, trimmed with stitched straps and metal buttons; 27-inch Box-Back Kersey Coats in black, tan and castor, in fly-front style, trimmed with stitched straps; 27-inch Fitted-Back Coats of all-wool tan and castor kersey, fly-front trimmed with cording and straps; 27-inch Plaited-Back Coats of black, tan and castor' kersey, back is strapped, fonr patch pockets inlaid with velvet; 27-inch Fitted-Back Coats of blaek, castor, tan kersey, fly-front style, tucked, plaited and strapped Former prices of these coats were $12.50 to 57 O $17.50; your choice of them today at P $30 to $37.50 Suits $18.50 We've had the whole trade of the city buzzing about our special sales of Women's Tailor-made Suits this season. We have done some fabulous things and have sold enormous quantities of suits underprice. Today's "special" marks a newer and better price for you than those that have pre ceded it. Today's collection is composed of fifty high-class tailor-made suits Everyone this season's make Made of the very finest grades of all-wool cheviots, broadcloths, panne cheviots and fancy men's! wear suitings, in black, navy blue, brown and tan; vest front jacket suits, blouse coat suits, long and short coat suits and a large variety of novelty suits. The former regu- gtc q C lar prices were $30.00 to S7.'50 Choice of them for JplO.DU Take Your Little Girls on a Trip to Dollyland "Dollyland" is the country of all countries, the little girls will want to visit 'these days. Easy of access right in the center of the main floor No need of taking a crowded elevator or of climbing a stairway. Everything arranged handily in great glass cases reaching to the floor, giving the little ones chances to feast their eyes to their hearts' content. Kid Dolls at 75c to $10 and All Between Prices Rag Dolls at 15c to $15 and All Between Prices Jointed Dolls at 15c to S12 and All Between Prices at 10c to 90c and All Between Prices at 5c to $15 and All Between Prices Bisque Dolls Dressed Dolls Gome to the Picture Store We wouldn't be able to tell you about ALL the pretty pictures we've gathered if we were to take up the entire paper. The collection is so numerous that we can do no more than in vite you to come to the store to day or tomorrow The sooner the better if you wish to see the pret tiest. Prices are interestingly low. Great display of pictures in Third street window. Fur Time Now A Fur Scarf will feel decidedly comfortable these days we've many handsome ones You'd guess their price to be at least one-third more if you were guided by the exclusive fur riers' prices. AT $5.00 Fancy cluster Isabella Fur Scarfs, each finished with three bushy tails; fastens with silk ornaments. AT $8.00 Fancy double Scarf of Australian blue opossum, each end finished with three bushy tails ; fastens with silk cord ornaments. AT $10.00 75-inch Sable Victoria, lined with squirrel, trimmed with six tails, two silk ornaments and silk cord with two tails attached. Handkerchiefs for Gifts 'From all over the world Ireland. Switzerland, France, Japan pretty Handkerchiefs have come flocking for this holiday showing. And we've bettered our previous best in assortments, in designs in qualities, in prices. ' Four Groups: 15c, 18c, 25c, 35c Every one of the four is a bargain lot of more than common merit. Choice at these prices of fine Swiss Handkerchiefs with hemstitched and scalloped edges in an endless variety of new patterns some are "lace trimmed. Six Women's Handker chiefs in a pretty box for Ready today, five hundred boxes of "Women's Handkerchiefs, plain corded, lace trimmed and embroidered; six in a pretty box for 49 49c lows that I am told would shriek" aloud In our arid atmosphere; but mostly the shades worn tend to soft pallors, laven der, and pink, and creamy -white. A group of girlish shapes In theso hues, seen newly lighted at a doorway from a passing carriage, gave as they pressed Scrofula It is commonly inherited. Few are entirely free from, it. Pale, freak, puny children r afflicted with it in nine cases out of ten, and many adults suffer from it. Common indications are bunches in the neck, abscesses, cutaneous erup tions, inflamed eyelids, sore ears, ricket3, catarrh, wasting, and general debility. Hood's Sarsaparilla and Pills Eradicate it, positively and absolute ly. This statement is based on the thousands of permanent cures these medicines have wrought. "My daughter had scrofula, with eleven sorei on her neck and about her ears. Hood's Sarsaparilla. wns highly recommended and she took tt and was -cured. She is now in good health." Mes. J. H. Jorrzs, Parker City.Ind. & Hood'9- Sarsaparilla promises to cure and keeps the promise. Thompson's Toric Lenses You Don't Have to Learn How to Wear Them. They are so perfectly adapted to your vision that they feel right from the mo ment you put them on. We do not only have the skill, the experience and the fadlltlea, hut more than that, we bring to the work a conscientious, painstaking care that assures absolutely perfect results. Toric lenses are sold by us at 25 per cent less than others charge. Occullst Prescriptions Pilled Send for our booklet, "The Eye and Its Care." It's free, but Interesting. OREGON OPTICAL CO, Exclusive Opticians. 173 Fourth Street, Y. M. C. A. Building The Institute of Optical Science. eagerly forward a supreme effect of that sentiment in English dress, which I hope I am not recreant In liking. Occasional ly, also, there was a scarf, lightly escap ing, lightly caught, which, with an en dearing sash, renewed for a. fleeting mo ment a bygone age of sensibility, as we find it recorded In many a graceful page, on many a glowing canvas. "Their beauty is very, very great, not a beauty of coloring alone, but a beauty of feature which is able to be patrician without being unkind; and if, as some American women say. they do not carry themselves well. It takes an American women to see It." Hercules was being burned on his funeral pyre. "Now, don't forget," he told his wife, "to collect both the Are and Ufa Insurance." With these parting Instructions, he save up the ghost. Milwaukee Sentinel. ASTRACHA1N JACKETS C3 v3 The Astrachan Coats we offer for $35.00 are a bargain marvel, their match being un obtainable elsewhere under $42.50. 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