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PORTLAND. OREGONv SATURDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1904.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
iiEGE is era
Sheriffs Office Loses
Portland Club.
DEPUTIES THEN REGAIN IT
Coroner Places Deputy Sheriff
Under Arrest
EIGHT WARRANTS SWORN OUT
During the Excitemeht, Peter Grant
Enters Portland Club Office, Places
Watchman In Charge, Who is
Also Taken in Custody.
STRUGGLE FOR POSSESSION OF
PORTLAND CLUB.
At 3 o'clock Nate Solomon and Peter
Grant decided to arrest the entire Sher
iff's force.
At 4:30. Special Deputy Wise -was ar
rested by Coroner J. P. T"inley.
At the amo time Peter Grant took:
possession of his office in the Portland
Club.
At 5:34, Coroner yinley recalled the
Deputy he left in charge- of the building
jrhen he arrested Wise.
At S:30, Chief Deputy Sheriff Morden
and his assistants discovered William
Gorman in Peter Grant's private o'fflcc
They placed liim. under arrest and
charge him -with burglary.
The fight is on between the Sheriffs
office and the proprietors of the Port
laud Club, and it will bo to the bitter
end. The confiscation of the Portland
Club cafe, on Thursday, was the be
ginning of what may be one of the bit
terest fights in the history of the city.
Tcsterday the Sheriffs office lost pos
session of the building:, suffered the
arrest of one of its deputies, regained
possession again and arrested "William
Gorman and charged him with bur
glary. These events were crowded into
the brief space of a couple of hours.
Tfcis is only the beginning. Today, If
Hskto Solomon -ind Peter Grant kevp
their word, the entire staff of the
Sheriff's office will be arrested. Coro
ner P. J. Flnley was brought into the
case and may be again called upon to
serve the warrants. The Sheriffs depu
ties are defiant and they openly declare
they will not submit to arrest.
Warrants Are Issued.
The story begins with a consultation
of the Portland Club proprietors, past
and present, with their legal advisers,
Ed Mendenhall and S. C Spencer. The
result was that warrants were sworn
out for the arrest of Chief Deputy
Sheriff G. P. Morden and Special Deputy
Wise, the guardian of the Portland
Club Cafe since it has been seized. In
all, there are eight warrants out "for
the various deputies that took part in
the raid of the Portland Club.
The one that was served by Coroner
Flnley, who arrested Special Deputy
"Wise, and the complaints sworn to by
Peter Grant, Nate Solomon and J. A.
Morris, are for assault and battery,
while it is understood that the other
warrants charge the deputies with
trespass and defacing private property
DErUTjr SHERIFF'S STATEMENT.
Chief Deputy Morden, over the tele
phone. In discussing the probability of
his arrest, said: "I have not been served
with papers, and will not submit to
arrest."
"Will you resist in case a warrant Is
served on you?"
"I most certainly will. I do not pur
pose te be arrested, and will not stand
for it."
Denutv Cordano went further than his
chief. He saltU "Arrested? Of course,
1 won't stand for being arrested. Just
let some one try .it. If they are look
ing for a fight, they'll get one. I'll
answer on the right kind of a warrant,
and those who ewear one out against
mo would better be sure that It's the
right kind."
-the defacing, it is supposed, comes
from the driving of staples and driving
nails into the doors. Only one warrant
was served, that upon Special Deputy
"Wise. It was rumored that Coroner
Finley was called upon to serve the
warrant because Constable w. A. Jack
son was too busy to serve the papers.
Justice Reid's clerk said, however, that
Constable Jackson had no refused to
serve the warrants and that the papers
had been turned over to Coroner Fin
ley because he was the one man in the
State of Oregon who could arrest the
Sheriff.
News of the move on the part of Nate
Solomon and others and the surrender
of Special Deputy "Wise was conveyed to
Chief Deputy Morden. In less than an
hour and a half, his deputies were In
charge of the Portland Club cafe prop
erty.
Peter Grant Enters the Club.
While "Wise was waiting, accompanied
by Coroner Finley, for Justice Reld to
appear, so that he might be freed on
bail, great things were doing at the
Portland Club. Peter Grant, who holds
a lease to the upstairs of the building at
the cornor of Fifth and Alder, suddenly
took a notion to look at a huge fan lo
rated on the roof of his property. He
accidentally found the window to his pri
vate office opened, and the doors leading
from Fifth street and on Alder street.
These he says ho locked. Fearing that
some one might enter his private office,
he placed William Gorman in charge of
bis office.
Gorman Is Captured.
Mr. Grant did not deem It necessary to
Inform Chief Deputy Morden that he had
taken possession of his property. He
even neglected telling Morden and his dep-
viles that he had placed Gorman in
charge of his office. When the "deputies
regained possession of the building from
Coroner Finley they found unmistakable
signs of some one having been upstairs.
As soon as Morden and his assistants,
Ttnnupv. Cordano. Hollinsrsworth. and
Wise, were sure they had a bird caught,
tney oesiegea une uoor. xihociuhs um ut
miiRA finrmnn. Ho was a. deen sleeoer.
The noise of the deputies busy at work
breaking in the door even failed to
get a response from Gorman. It was not
until he saw the form of Cordano over
the transom that he awakened and opened
the door.
Gorman savs he was rouKhly handled
as soon as the deputies got Into the of
fice. He says he was punched in the
i timps. received several
blows and was also booted. Gorman was
taken to the County Jail and placed in
cell No. 2, but he hardly got settled be
fore a message from Judge ueorge Dore
the glad tidings that he was soon to do
released. Tieroutv Downey answered
Judge George's summons, and in a few
minutes Gorman was taKen oeiore nis
Honor. Larry Sullivan and Peter Grant
signed Gorman's bond, which was drawn
up by Attorney Ed Mendenhall. Judge
George fixed the amount at $500. As soon
as the paper was signed Deputy Morden
nnd Downev left the Judge's chambers.
followed a part of the way out by Grant
and Sullivan. Suddenly Peter Grant
ran cht siirht of blood on Gorman's neck
and also his swollen Hp. Grant marched
Gorman back into Judge Georges cn am
bers and said:
".Tnflpp T wish vou to take notice of this
hrvr-'o. condition. He ha been Diinched and
beaten by men twice his sire, and just
because he was taking care of my prop
erty." Judge George asked Gorman something
about the way he had been treated, and
the released prisoner said that he had
been kicked and punched and dragged on
the floor. He also stated that he had
made no attempt at resistance. TOe Dona
rends that Gorman is to annear before
nnv tvnirt and Attorney Mendenhall Stat
ed last night that he would endeavor to
have Gorman s case tried today.
Peter Grant's Statement.
After Gorman was released, Peter Grant'
said: "I took possession of my property
this afternoon, as I had a right to do. I
went to the roof to see about some needed
repairs, and finding the window to my
office open I naturally walked in. I hold
a lease to this property, and It is not a
part of the Portland Club Cafe property.
I also found the two street doors open
and locked them. Before I left the build
ing, I put Gorman in charge of my office.
My safe contains many valuable papers
and jewelry, and there are some valuable
pictures hung about the walls. It was
to protect these that I left the boy there.
I did not deem It necessary to tell the
Sheriff's office what I had done, for I
thought it none of their business. He is
not a burglar, for the boy is a hard
working, honest lad."
Was Evidence Destroyed?
Deputy Morden takes a different view
of the matter. While he would not make
an open statement that Gorman was In
the building to destroy deranging evi
dence of some sort, he hinted broadly
that this was his opinion. Certain mem
bers of the Sheriff's office are of the
opinion that one room of the upstairs
has been used up to a very recent date
as a gambling-room. Morden says that
on the day he took possession he saw in
this room a roulette table and a faro
table.
Coroner Finl.ey's duties were not to his
liking. He arrested Wise because he was
told that he bad to, but he .disliked the
job and breathed a deep sigh of relief
when Justice Reld told Wise he could go
onr the condition that he appear before
him at 9 o'clock this morning. In the
brief time that Mr. Finley was in the
arresting business he became wise to many
things. He saw visions of damage suits
and other unpleasant things. "The war
rant was turned over to me to serve,"
said Coroner Finley, "and I brought. the
man to court. I saw a man I knew and
left him in charge of the building and
told him not to let any one in until I
returned. Believe me, I have no hank
ering to assume charge of the Portland
Club, and I was breaking out with eager
ness when Deputy Corn ado and Morden
again assumed possession."
Mr. Finley refused to state whether or
not he would serve the warrants on the
employes of the Sheriff's office. He did
say that if it was his duty, he would not
shirk it.
DAWSON MUCH EXCITED.
Serious Trouble Is Expected on Elec
tion Day.
DAWSON, T. T., Dec. 10. Intense ex
citement prevailed in the city last night
because of the failure of the registration
officers to deliver copies of tho voters' list
to the agent of Dr. Wilfred Thompson,
the independent anti-government candi
date for the Canadian Parliament, run
ning in opposition to ex-Governor F. T.
Congdon, the government candidate.
Political feeling runs so high that vio
lence is feared on election day, particu
larly if the registration officers persist in
their refusal to deliver the lists as re
quired by law.
Orders were received yesterday from
the Canadian Secretary of State, Mr.
Scott, directing returning Officer Pierre
Ledleu to turn the list over to Thomp
son's representatives.
STREET-CAR JUMPED TRACK.
Four Tacoma Citizens Are More or
Less Badly Hurt.
TACOMA, Wrash., Dec. 10. As a result
of a street-car jumping the track last
night. Commissioner of Public "Works
William "Welsh was injured to such an ex
tent that he had to be removed to St.
Joseph's Hospital, where he Is now re
ceiving medical treatment.
Peter Debroe, Superintendent of City
"Water "Works, was thrown from the car
and sustained a scalp wound.
James Lee, a well-known street con
tractor, received a bad cut In the head,
and Curley Doans, a resident of South
Tacoma, was bruised about the face and
body.
JAPANESE FLEET ON ALERT.
Russian Torpedo-Boats May Try to
Make Neutral Port.
TOKIO, Dec. 10 (11 A. M.) It S re
ported here that since the commencement
of tho bombardment of the Russian fleet
in Port Arthur harbor the Japanese mili
tary observers on 203-Meter Hill have not
seen anything of. the Russian fleet of
torpedo-boat destroyers, and it Is pre
sumed it has taken shelter behind Laoti
Mountain.
The Japanese fleet lying off the entrance
to the harbor is constantly on the alert
In anticipation of an attempt being made
by any of the Russian warships to escape
and seek refuge m some neutral port.
Cabinet Meeting Is Unimportant.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 9. A brlof meet
ing of tho Cabinet was held today, at
which only routine business was con
sidered. . . . - -
FIND NEW FLAWS
Mayor's Experts Con
demn Sewer Job.
MANY DANGEROUS DEFECTS
Mayor Calls Executive Board
to Hear Reports.
NO DOUBT OF ITS BAD STATE
Property-Owners Are Convinced That
the'Only Way to Make Tanner
Creek Tunnel Safe Is to
Rebuild It.
RECOMMENDATION OF PBOrERTY
OWNERS. "We are convinced that it would be
necessary to tear down and rebuild the
present sewer for considerable distances,
In fact, for the Rreatcr portion of Its
length, to make it conform at all to
mid plana and specifications."
From two separate official sources comes
strong substantiation of all that has been
said concerning the Tanner-Cteek sewor.
As expected, the civil engineers appointed
by Mayor Williams made one report, and
the two property-owners, also appointed
by him, made another report. Neither di
vision of the commission knew what the
other had written, but that descriptive
word "rotten" still applies to the sewer.
That the sewer is in danger of caving
In most any. time seems to bo the opinion
of the two engineers, G. Wlngate and
W. "W. Goodrich. The property-owners,
N. L. King and R. B. Lamson. made a
somewhat more severe report than the
engineers, but each amounts to the same
thing. The Council committee's experts
have practically been backed up in their
findings by the Mayor's commission.
Mayor "Williams has said from the start
that he would defer action on the removal
of City Engineer Elliott and Assistant'
Scoggin until he heard from the men.be
himself appointed Yesfuirday tflt report'
went to him, one in the morning and the j
other In the. afternoon.
Executive. Board Summoned.
The Mayor's first move has been to call
a special meeting of the Executive. Board
for 4 o'clock Monday afternoon. At this
session the subject of the Ill-famed sewer
will be brought up. As Rodney L. Glisan
was an unofficial member of the Mayor's
commission, the other members of the
board may learn from his oven lips tho
condition of the tunnel as he saw It.
City Engineer Elliott was given the two
reports after they had been submitted to
the Mayor. He will probably make some
answer or explanation to the Executive
Board Monday.
While the Mayor does not care to dis
cuss the subject, it is generally believed
that the result of the Monday meeting will
be a request for the resignation of City
Engineer Elliott.
No Doubt as to Sewer.
"There is no doubt now as to the condi
tion of the sewer," said Mayor WIHJams
late yesterday afternoon. "The engineers
have not reported it quite so bad as the
property-owners, if anything, but there is
not much difference."
The feature which Engineers "Wingato
and Goodrich dwelt upon was the lack of
concrete outside the brick tube. In two
places the engineers bored down through
the earth on top of the tunnel. They found
a space of two feet between the timbers
of the old sewer tunnel and the top of the
new tube not concreted or protected In
any manner. Should the earth settle sud
denly, as Is almost inevitable from tho
constant filling In of the triple block, a
tremendous weight would press upon one
spot, and the brick tunnel, loosely made,
so it is reported, would then cave In.
The City Engineer's specifications re
quire that this space shall be filled in
and tamped down. The specifications say
in fact that any excess of excavation
shall be filled and tamped solid with con
crete. $20,000 Would Make Sewer Strong.
But to fill in this space with concrete
would cost nearly 520,000, it is esti
mated. It has therefore been inform
ally suggested by the engineers that
if the sewer cannot survive under pres
ent conditions, concrete be laid around
the shell. This would make a concrete
sewor lined with brick, and though ex
pensive would practically last forever.
The engineers also report that tho
materials used in construction are of
fair quality, bbt that the workmanship
is not first-class in many particulars.
No doubt exists but that the word
of these two engineers, G. "Wingate and
W. W. Goodrich, will be taken as final.
They practically reiterate what has al
ready been said by the Council com
mittee's experts, and the two property
owners and the member of the Execu
tive Board who accompanied them
moro than substantiate their state
ments. Sewer Full of Defects.
The report of tho property-owners,
R. B. Lamson and N. L. King, is plain
and shorn of all .technicalities.
As to the concrete they say: "It
seemed to us to consist almost entirely
of a mixture of sand and gravel, and
was without any of the formation or
solidity in any cement concrete we had
ever seen."
They did not find that the stone
blocks of the bottom projected under
the urch of the walls and that the
blocks had apparently never been laid
In concrete. One was pried up, and
"those adjacent could be raised Ty hand
without any difficulty whatever."
"The joints botwenn many of the in.
side brick showed little or no mortar,
and there are numerous holes In which
we could insert two. sometimes three,
fingers, until they came In' contact with
the second or middle ring of brick."
The width of the arch was found to bo
suddenly contracted in places. "The
shape of the arch differed at many
points, and in our opinion for at least
50 -per cent of the entire distance it did
not conform to the plans and specifi
cations in that particular.
"Taken altogether, we are of the
opinion that not to exceed-50 per cent
of the entire brick surface as a whole
Is laid in contact with mortar." The
mortar tested was found to be of re
markably poor quality.
Other defects as to missing brick and
misshapen arch are carefully, noted.
MASONS RESENT ACCUSATION
French Order Will Show It Had No
Part In Death of Deputy.
SPECIAL CABLEl
PARIS, Dec. 9. Members of the com
mittee of direction tf the Grand Orient of
France are conferring to decide what
public measures ought to be taken to
protest against the accusations made
by some leaders of the opinion that M.
Gabriel Syveton, the Nationalist Deputy,
who struck General Andre, was killed- at
the instigation of the Masonic body.
Among those making the charge are
Jules Lemaitrc, the academician; Henri
Galll, editor of the Drapeau, and Fran
cois Coppee, the academician. The en
tire Nationalist party joins in the charge.
It Is stated that the Masonic officials will
issue a denial of several recent malicious
charges, "with the object of informing
their brother Masons throughout the
world of their foundationless nature." An
official of the grand lodge said today:
."The Impression that wo mix too much
with politics is the work of our enemies.
French Masons have tarnished their
fame because they do not clean up
those false reports. I know personally a
number of American Masons who were
warned before leaving home not to sit
in any French lodge. The same holds
true of England. Our reply, which will
be distributed among the lodges through
out the world, ought to clear up this mist
of falsehood and calumny."
Many Masons feel that it was undigni
fied of the organization to reply to the
charge that they stuffed copies of hostile
newspapers into tho draft pipe of Syve
ton's stove, but a powerful section thinks
the order has suffered enough unmerited
abuse.
PORTLAND MAN IN LIST.
T. N. Strong Is Made a Vice-President
of Civil-Service Reform League.
"WASHINGTON, Dec. 9. Tho -cloeing
session of the convention of the National
Civil Service- Reform League was held
today. The league re-elected most of Its
present officers, the principal additions
being the addition of Thomas N. Strong,
of Portland, Or., and others to the list
of -vice-presidents. Ono of the resolu
tions recited the regret of the league at
the frequency with which the President
had directed the suspension of 'tho civil
service rules. After a prolonged discus
sion, during which this resolution was ob
jected to on the ground that it reflected
on the President, it was amended so as
to omit mention of tho President, and
was finally adopted.
At the final session of the league today
President Roosevelt was severely criti
cised for the exemptions In the civil ecr-,
vice through the executive order, made by.
- -rirp 'he last tnrei-years. Nclsin
Spencer, formerly a. member of th,e Mu
nicipal Civil Service Commission ofNow
York City, made an attack oh the course
pursued by tho President, which attack
was loudly applauded by many of the
civil service reformers present. The Pres
ident was defended by ex-Civil Service
Commissioner Foulko, who declared the
country was to be congratulated In hav
ing a President who was actuated by con
siderations of justice as well as law.
CONTENTS OP TODAY'S PAPER
The Weather.
TODAY'S Rain; southerly winds. .J
YESTERDAY' S Maximum temperature, $ 40
detr.; minimum. 39. Precipitation. 0.G8 Inch.
Rus-Japaaee War. - '
Detailed account of tlie terrific assault on 203-
Meter Hill, which resulted la Japanese vic
tory. Paco 1. f
Japanese will now try to starve our Port Ar.
thur garrison, assaults belns too costlx.
Page 5.
Russian torpedoboats at Port Arthur may try
to escape. Page 5.
All remains quiet at Mukden. Page 5.
Captain Oado will be disciplined for criticising
Admiralty. Page 4.
Domestic.
Lawson-Gates raid has caused stock values to
shrink $200,000,000. Page 1.
National '05 Commission allots space and funds
for exhibits of Government departments.
Page 7.
Mrs. Chadwick.
Mrs. Chadwick will waive examination in New.
York, and face charges filed against her la
Ohio. Page 3.
She is still unable to secure ball. Page 3. .
Boston Post says H. D. Newton has hopes &
millionaire will settle his claim. Page 3.
Congress.
On a strict economy basis. House passe? Judi
cial, executive and legislative appropriation
bUl. Page 5.
House will stand adjourned from December 21
to January 4 for holidays. Page 5. ','
Secretary Hay will ask Congress to increase
the salaries of a number of diplomats.
Page 6.
Foreign.
Indictments against assassin of Minister Vcn
FIchve reveals a scandal in- high life.
Page 4. f.
Socialist arraigns Chancellar Yon Bulow, hold
ing his attitude toward -Wissla too friendly.
Page 4.
Prospects of a Cabinet crisis in France are
terminated. Page 4.
Commercial and Marine.
Optimistic feeling commercial world. Page 15.
Estimate of California's wheat crop. Page 15.
Chicago wheat market run by bears. Page 15.
Confidence restored in stock market. Page 15.
Steamer Spencer withdrawn from Columbia
River route. Page 11.
Valuable cargo on liner Numantia. Page 11.
Pacific Coast.
Northern Indian boasts of four murders wlur
ax and knife. Page
Montana's exhibit at St. Louis will be added
to on the way to Portland. Page C
Good roads meeting at Sclera, will be addressed
by well-informed speaJfeSa Page q.
Mrs. Lcona McnwalriWS'nw'fbersilf Jin. same
Los Angeles defeats Tacoma, 3-0. Page 7.
Jimmy Brltt has taken to wrestling. Page i.
Portland and Vicinity.
Mayor's experts'1 confirm first report that Tanner-Creek
sewc Is full of, defects. Ijaggjl
Portland Club 'Is scene of struggle for(p3S?
elon. Pace ivy
Performance of "Everyman" approaches a re
ligious ceremony In lmpressivcnefs. Page 14.
Mayor Seufert; of The Dalles, a foe to local,
option law. Page 10.
Divorce court grinds out fate of mis mated
couples. Page 10.
Executive Board holds comparatively tame ses
sion. Page 10.
Frank Olsson attempts suicide in Scottish Rite
Temple. Page 10. .
Grand Jury may return indictments as result
of sewer scandal. Page 12.
Northern. Pacific-freight-, agenU.dined at,- Com
mercial UUD.
NO FEAR OF F
Japanese Display Great
Bravery at Arthur.
LOSSES ARE VERY HEAVY
Recent Bombardment by Far
the Most Severe,
RUSSIANS BRAVELY RESIST
Machine Guns Mow Down Great Lines
of Attackers, but Comrades Still
Press On Trenches Filled
With Corpses.
HEADQUARTERS OF THE JAPAN
ESE THIRD ARMY BEFORE PORT AR
THUR, Nov. 28, via Tientsin, Dec. 9.
(Probably held at headquarters for cen
sorship.) The general assault on Port Ar
thur, which began at noon November 28,
is still in progress. In the first series of
assaults an" attempt was made to capture
tho forts on Rihlung and Kekwan Moun
tains by penetrating the principal line of
fortifications surrounding them and to en
velop the city from the east. At the same
time a strong force pushed up the gorge
of the Shishl Valley between two fortified
ridges and attacked the supporting forts
in the rear of "West Rihllng Mountain,
officially called Sungshu Mountain, with
the Intention of enveloping the city from
the west.
The attempt failed after tho most furi
ous fighting that has been witnessed since
Port Arthur was Invested. The fighting
lasted from noon of November 26 until
after dawn the following day. The assault
began early In the morning with a tre
mendous, bombardment of the forts on the
western half of the eastern fortified ridge
by a battery which had been placed in
position on the crest of a ridge to the
rear. For hours the whole western halt
of the fortified ridge was deluged with.
heavy shells. At noon the principal line of
fortifications was a perfect hell of burst
ing shrapnel and the spectacle was more
wonderful than anything previously seen.
Attack Along the Entire Line.
The front lines of Infantry, having been
strongly reinforced, began an Mtack si-
multano it; alons Che ontiro lftusXirom
East Kekwan Mountain to "West Rihlung
Mountain. Through the haze caused by
the smoke of the bursting shells the as
saulters could be Been emerging from the'
cover of the parallels, as well as swarm
ing up the fortified ridge at half a dozen
different points.
Rifles, rapid-fire guns and machine guns
blazed from the Russian positions, where
advances were made In the open. The
men went down by hundreds. The forts
were belching smoke and bursting shells,
and the rampart walls were black with
assaulters, who on reaching the crests
met with an awful fire fromwithin the
forts which swept, down line after lino of
Japanese.' As fast as the assaults were
repulsed more Japanese swarmed up, only
to be mowed down In turn.
The determination and fury of the Jap
anese assaults were equaled by the stub
bornness of the resistance of the Rus
sians. On the eastern end of the line, the
Japanese made an assault In an attempt
to capture the Russian trenches situated
midway of the slope of East Kekwan
Mountain. The Japanese paralleled some
35 yards of the Russian trench line and
an entire regiment charged across, the
men falling by hundreds before the awful
fire of the Russians. But still more men
came on over the bodies of those who had
fallen, and by their weight of numbers
carried the trenches, which they captured
at the point of the bayonet.
The Russian shrapnel fire made the cap
tured portion of the trenches a perfect
hell, while the Japanese shrapnel fire
assisted the captors to push east and west
along the trench line.
The assaulters succeeded In holding
some 0 yards of the trench in front of
the parallels, but their efforts to rush the
trench line east and west was a failure,
owing to impassable burning pits which
filled the whole space of trenches on the
northern side, as well as to the fact that
their progress was barred by the big Rus
sian guns. The Japanese built traverse
walls across the trenches under the pro
tection of their guns and tried to cross
the pits, but they were unable to do so.
At 6 o'clock in the evening a furious
Russian counter-attack drove the Jap
anese back to the parallels with great
loss. At 9 o'clock the Japanese again cap
tured the same portion of the trench and
made desperate but unsuccessful efforts
to cross the pits.
Trench Piled With Dead Bodies.
The awful struggle continued until . 2
o'cock In the morning, when the Russians
again, counter-attacked and recaptured the
trench, which was piled with dead bodies.
For over 30 yards between the trenches
there was a veritable shambles. The last
attacks and counter-attacks were made
ovor the bodies of the slain.
The first attempt to rush the fort on
the northern part of Kekwan Mountain
was made at 1 o'clock In the afternoon,
when the assaulters swarmed up the ram
part wall from the moat and met with an
awful fire within and from the Chinese
wall in the rear of the fort. "When the
Russians saw It was the Intention of the
Japanese to rush the fort they moved a
considerable force front the Chinese wall
Into a gorge to the east and to rear of
the fort. During the four or five furious
-assaults which the Japanese made upon
fhc forts tho garrison attempted to evac
uate the fort over the rear ramparts, but
ijjey were fired upon by the Russian
Jforcc In the gorge.
JAs the result of the firat assault the
In the second assault the Japanese suc
ceeded In gaining a foothold in the In
terior where the defenses were bomb
proof, with raised lines of protected
trenches In the rear of the fort, where
the machine guns swept the front of the
fort and the walls. The assaulters at
tacked this bomb-proof maze, where the
fighting was hand to hand with bayonets
and grenades.
The Japanese mounted six mountain
guns on an entrenched hill called "P"
fort. Immediately to the West, In an en
deavor to silence the fire of the Maxim
guns, but they were successful.. At 3
o'clock In the morning, the Japanese suc
ceeded in establishing; a trench line in
side the ramparts, which they still hold.
The first section of the maze of bomb
proofs were .smashed and piled with the
bodies of the dead of both sides.
Fight to the Last Breach. .
The attempt to rush the interior of' the
fort proved a failure, but portions of the
fort were temporarily occupied. The de
fenders were annihilated, or were unable
or unwilling to retire and fought to the
last breach. In the meantime a strong
force of Japanese attempted to pierce
the line of works east of the fort, but
they were unable to make progress. It
was marvelous how the Russians were
able to strengthen their lines of defense
at the points of attack.
Another attempt was made to pierce the
principal line of fortifications surrounding
the rear of the eastern part of Panning
Mountain, where, after four furious at
tempts, a small body of Japanese suc
ceeded In getting through the wall and in
establishing themselves on the lower
slopes of "Wantai Hill. The Russians
rushed the supports with machine guns
from the upper slopes of the "Wantai Hill
forts and the small party of Japanese was
practically annihilated. The most desper
ate fighting took place at this polnt-
The last effort of the assaulters wa3
made at midnight, assisted by artillery,
which covered the slopes of Wantai Hill
with an avalanche of shells. The Rus
sians fought with tremendous courage,
engaging the Japanese with bayonets and
grenades when they came to close quarr
ters. The Japanese finally established a
trench, line five yards In front of the line
of fortifications, which they now occupy.
The forces are engaged In throwing dy
namite grenades at each other.
In the first assault against the forts on
the eastern part of Rihlung Mountain,
the Japanese were unablo to gain a foot
hold, though their artillery made the in
terior forts a seething cauldron of burst
ing shells. A strong force of Japanese
worked up from tho parallels In the gorge
between the Fort Hill and Hachimakijma
and entrenched on the hill In- an effort to
assist the assaulters of the fort, who
were attacking it from the rear and met
with a terrible fire from the outer works
and with shrapnel from a ridge in the
rear. A small party of Japanese gained a
roadway leading to the rear of the fort,
but was forced to retire.
Deluged With Shells.
The attempts which were first made to
rush the western part of Rihlung Moun
tain, officially called Sungshu Mountain,
also ended in failure. The Japanese
reached tho parapets from the moat, but
fled as fast as they came from the fire
within the fort. The walls wero black
with the assaulters, who were deluged
with shells from the fort on Antso Moun
tain across the gorge of the Shulshl Val
ley, between the two fortified ridges and
from a fort Immediately in the rear,
called the supporting fort of Sungshu
Mountain.
At 9 o'clock at night a force of 2000
volunteers from the right division, led by
a General, started from a point southwest
of Shulshl village, pushed up the gorge
between the two fortified ridges, and at
tacked the supporting fort of Sungshu
Mountain, which Is a short distance out
ride the1 western confines of Port Arthur,
with the Intention of enveloping the city
from the west, and also for tho purpose of
assisting the assaulters of the two
Rihlung Mountain forts. This force
reached the Fort Hill and engaged a
strong force of Russians upon Us slopes
in a hand-to-hand encounter, which lasted
. for two hours.. . -
At the same time tho Japanese assauu
ing the east and west Rihlung forts made
desperate attempts to rush the. interior of
the forts. They gained the ramparts. In
side where they established trench lines.
The Interior defenses of both forts are
the same as those on North Kekwan
Mountain, but the east Rihlung fort is
the largest and strongest of the forts. It
has upper and lower levels. The lower
level .was the .scene, of a. terrible struggle
which lasted from 10 o'clock until mid
night. Under cover of darkness the Jap
anese poured over the ramparts and furi
ously attacked the first section of bomb
proofs. The defenders received them with
bayonets and dynamite grenades, while
the machine guns on the upper levels
poured a deadly hail into the ranks of the
Japanese.
The struggle was. absolutely hand-to-hand.
The defenders of the greater part
of the bomb-proofs on the lower levels of
the fort were annihilated and the sections
and cross-sections of the bomb-proofs
were piled with corpses.
Mowed -Down by Machine Guns.
The Japanese gained practically the
whole of th6 lower section of the fort, but
were mowed down by machine guns and
rifle when they attempted to assault the
higher levels. For an hour before mid
night the Japanese artillery shelled the
higher levels, while the Russian guns
shelled the lower levels.
A similar struggle was going .on all the
time in the west Rihlung fort, where the
arrangement of defenses was the same. At
11 o'clock a desperate effort was made
by the Japanese to push a force up the
gorge between the east Rihlung fort and
Hachimakijma to assist the assaulters
against the supporting fort of Sungshu
Mountain, but again and again this force
was repulsed by the Russians behind the
works and by the guns on the ridge be
hind the fort.
At midnight the column attacking the
supporting fort of Sungshu Mountain was
compelled to retire.
Having lost half the force, the struggle
in the two forts was continued until
dawn, when the assaulters were compelled
to retire to the trenches established inside
the parapet walls, which they now oc
cupy. The fighting all the afternoon and night
was the most desperate and sangulnary
since the siege began. The opposing forces
were so close together that only the fort
walls or a few yards of level ground sep
arated them. The struggle from start to
finish was at close quarters with bayonets
and grenades and rifles used as clubs. The
ferocity of the attacking Japanese was
equaled by the defending Russians, who
died at their posts everywhere fighting
till their last breath.
At daylight on November 27 quiet
reigned and the silence during the day
was broken only by occasional cannon
and desultory rifle fire at points along the
fortified ridge, where the forces were fan
enough apart to use their rifles.
LABORERS FOR PANAMA CANAL
Secretary Taft Makes Satisfactory
Assurances to Jamaicans.
KINGSTON. Dec. 9. Secretary Taft ar
rived at Kingston today and was enter
tained at lunch by Governor Sir Alexander
Sweetenham. They discussed the ques
tion of employing Jamaican laborers, on
the Panama Canal. Rear-Admiral Walk
er, chairman of the Canal Commission,
and John F. Wallace, the engineer in
charge of the canal construction, partici
pated in the discussion. Three thousand
laborers are wanted at once.
The result of the conference Is deemed
satisfactory to both sides. It is under
stood that Secretary Taft guaranteed the
American Government would bear the cost
of the transportation of the Jamaican la
borers to the canal.
Extra Session of Congress in Peru.
L.IMA. Peru, Dec. 9. The government
has called an . extraordinary session of
Congress for December 10
COST OF 01
Stocks Have Been Sent
Down $200,000,000.
LAWSON AND GATES' WORK
Bulls, However, Again Appear
to Be in Control.
ADVANCES THROUGHOUT LIST
Members of the New York Exchange
Cheer Loudly When the Trading
Ceases, and No Failures
Have Been Recorded.
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i7W YORK, Dec 3. rjSpWaX.T:-The-tO
tal shrinkages in the stocks' by tho Law-son-Gates
bear raid against Amalgamated
Copper now amount to at least 5200.000,000,,
but when tho stock market closed this
afternoon prices had advanced 3 to 5
points throughout tho list, and the recov
ery from tho sever slump of yesterday
seemed to be complete. When the gong
sounded at 3 o'clock, tho signal to stop
'trading, the members cheered loudly and
were jubilant ovor the way prices had
moved up and tho fact that no failure
had occurred as a result of tho sudden
break of yesterday. The. opinion was ex
pressed that the liquidation had paved the
way for a new bull movement, and left
the market in better shape than it was
before.
Before delivery time at 2:15 o'clock P.
M. there was some uneasiness expressed
about the ability of yesterday's buyers re
covering and paying for their stocks, but
all stocks were accepted, and as soon as
this became known the trading became
more confident and after that period tho
highest prices of the day were reached.
At the opening traders were made ner
vous by a decline of from 1 to 3 points,
but this depression was shortlived. Tho
upward movement was quickly resumed,
and continued until the close.
Substantial advances wero made- in
nearly alt khe acttvo stocks, anc. apart
delivery time, the tone throughout the day
was cheerful and confident.
Among the prominent features were:
Amalgamated Copper, which, after an
early decline of 2 to 63, advanced to
69U. closing at 68: Baltimore & Ohio,
which sold early at 97 and advanced to
100, closing at 10014; Denver &. Rio
Grande preferred, which advanced two
points to 87; International Paper, Rubber
Goods preferred and Union Pacific, all of
which made sharp gains, and the Steel
shares.
ECCENTRICITIES OF LAWSON.
He Spent $30,000 for a Flower, $2,
000,000 for Farm of Stones.
BOSTON, Dec 10. (Special.) Here, in
his home town, Thomas Xawson is not
only known as a plunger, but a man of
fcnany eccentricities. Once he makes up
his mind to do anything, nothing can
change him. He made a stockfarm out
of rocks at Scituate, costing $2,000,000,
because his wife liked the view. He
bought a new variety of carnation for
$30,000 for his wife. He quarreled with
the Standard Oil in 1901, and dropped
$10,000,000 in a few days through a sen
sational drop in Amalgamated. So his
present raid Is largely a matter of re
venge. Lawson was born in Charlestown,
Mass. His father was a carpenter. At
15 years of age the young man ran away
from school. He got a job In a broker's
office and made a small fortune when 16
in a "pool" with other State-street office
boys. He made his debut in the "street"
17 years ago in a fight against the Law
son Store Service Company. He won the
fight and engineered "reorganization"
with himself on the inside. In 1893 he
engineered the stock campaign for tho
Westlnghouse Electric Company against
the General Electric and cleaned $2,650,000
In 50 days. He plunged in sugar and lost
hi3 fortune. He promoted a boom town
In Kentucky that didn't boom. He then
promoted Butte and Boston stock at 75
cents to $2 a share, and bulled it to $75.
He finally Interested Henry H. Rogers In
the formation of the Amalgamated Copper
Company to whom he sold his Butte and
Montana stocks, cleaning up millions. He
built a racing -yacht for tho America
cup In 1901. but was not allowed to enter
her.
WANTS BIG SUM "FROM ESTATE
Doctor Files Claim for $126,650 for
Attending Mrs. McVicker.
CHICAGO, Dec. 9. Dr. L. G. H. E.
Zeigler, who was physician to the late
Mrs. Harriet McVicker, who died in Pas
adena, Cal., last Summer, today filed a
claim In the Probate Court against tho
McVicker estate for $126,650. The claim of
Zeigler Is certain to meet with resistance
at the hands of Horace McVicker, stepson
of the deceased woman, who from the first
has questioned the right of the physician
to any share or portion of Mrs. McVick
er's estate.
There arc seven items named in the
list, but the principal one Is a claim for
$100,000, which Dr. Zeigler says is duo
him by the terms of a written contract
executed by Mrs. McVicker In 1S39. The
remainder of the amount is declared by
Zeigler to be due for compensation and
expenses promised by Mrs. McVicker to
the claimant upon an oral contract to
leave Chicago and devote all his time to
care for her and accompany her as physi
cian to California. -
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