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YOL. XLY.-NO. 13,902. PORTLAND, OREGON, THURSDAY, JUNE 29, 1905. PRICE FIVE CENTS. HENEY FINISHES HIS ARGUMENT Scathing Denunciation of John H. Mitchell. DECLARES SENATOR IS GUILTY "Burn This" Letter Held to Be Criminating Document. MITCHELL HEARS UNMOVED Alleged Attempts to Get Judge Tan ner and Harry Robertson to Commit Perjury Are Vig orously Assailed. District Attorney Heney spoke for three hours In the United States Court yesterday. "With hardly a change of muscle, Senator Mitchell sat through this verbal lashing. Once, while holding a whispered consultation with Judge Ben nett, he shook his finger. His hand was pointed toward Mr. Heney. "Whether he was protesting at something that the speaker was saying: is not known, but his counsel shook his head, and the Senator settled back in his chair. Dur ing the long years of his public career Senator Mitchell must have been the storm-center of more than one st-;my verbal outburst. Perhaps during most of those controversies he was so placed that he could fight back by word of mouth. Perhaps during his career as a lawyer, he has given clients before the bar, just such another denunciation, as he received yesterday, but in all of his varied career he has never been bound and gagged as he was during all the hours that he was forced to listen to what Mr. Heney was saying. His dig nity as a Senator was brushed aside with a single breath. Mr. Heney was pound ing Into the ears of the Jury the fact that it was John H. Mitchell, who was not above the law. and not Senator Mitchell, who was on trial. "Burn This" Letter Dissected. It had been expected that Mr. Heney would finish 'his argument by noon. "When court convened ho announced that he would try to close at that time, but when the noon hour came he was still an hour away from the end. He had yet to dissect the "burn this letter. After court was reconvened, for almost an hour, he gave his attention to this famous missive. Bit by bit he tore the letter to pieces, twisting and turning its contents in a half dozen different ways, and in a measure an ticipatlng any possible favorable con struction that might be put upon its contents by the defense. Mr. Heney spent most of the morn Ing hours again discussing the firm's letters, and the entries in the daybook Several tiroes during his arraignment he assailed Senator Mitchell. Some of his denunciations were extremely bit ter, especially where he recalled the defendant's alleged attempts to have Judge Tanner and Harry Robertson commit perjury. Once with his voice ringing through the courtroom, thrilling the ears of even those who were crowded against the doors in the hallways outside, Mr. Heney made reference to Judge Tan ner. He said, 'disgraced and humiliat ed as this witness was, before his family and friends, he was still more worthy of respect than Senator Mitch ell, his former partner. With his voice charged with emotion and his whole body swaying violently with Intensity. he charged the downfall of Tanner to the collosal selfishness of the defend ant. He compared the defendant to Senator Burton, of Kansas, and he said that the Senator's estimate of his friends was measured by the amount of perjury they would commit for him. Through the vigilance of the bailiffs the courtroom was not crowded. More wom en were present, and more members of the local bar. Not that the crowd wasn't Von hand and clamoring to get In. Long before the time for opening the session began, there was a crowd of fully 200 peo- pie pushing, shoving and quarreling for , - .', . . places of vantage, so that, when the doors seats. During the morning session there was an attempt to let the eager ones in. but the rear guard shoved hard agalct those ln front, and It took the efforts of the -United States Marshal and two bail iffs to keep them from storming the en trance when it was opened. During the Jam at the door a slender miss of perhaps 14 years was literally lifted from her feet by the surging crowd. For a full minute she was tossed about like a bit of thistledown, about the shoul ders of the men and boys nearest the door. Then, with an assault like the center-rush of a football player, she was hurled over the heads of the line ln front, hurdling them with a grace that hardly caused a ripple m her short skirt. Smil ing, and her face pink with the flush of youth and achievement, she landed ln the courtroom on her feet. Without as much as a "thank you" to those- who had helped her perform an almost impossible feat without great indignity, she fluttered into a seat. Behind her was turmoil and strife. Men struggled to get in. Money Offered for Scats. Money was offered for positions nearest the door. Several tiroes the door was opwefl. and each time a half-dozen men would squeeze themselves in and clutter quickly to the vacant places. Outside the j din grew until curses and exclamations of indignation came pellmell over the open J transoms. The crowd at the brief after noon session was the same, only fewer of them were lucky enough to set in. This did not keep the crowd from attempting an entrance and voicing their indignation because they were not of the favored few. Finally the noise and the exclamations became so loud that Judge De Haven for , moment stayed the torrent of words which Mr. Heney was pouring forth and dispatched a bailiff into the crowd with a message saying: "Go out to those people and tell th'em that if they are not more quiet, SI will have them all brought in here." The threat was potent. The crowd must have seen visions of contempt pro ceedings, fines and a scoring by His Hon or, for they became as quiet as the pro verbial mouse. Yet so eager was this crowd to see and. hear what was going on inside, that they peered in over the tran som. Many of them were lined along the hall ways when court was adjourned, hoping to get in. They were disappointed when they learned that Mr. Heney was through and that the defense would not take up their arguments until this morning, when Judge Bennett will say the first word in favor of Senator Mitchell. It is believed that Judge Bennett will take up the entire day in his argument. Ex-Senator Thurs ton will be heard after this, and Mr. Heney will close for the Government, so the indications are that the case will not go to the Jury until Jate Friday afternoon, and perhaps rot until some time Satur day. HENEY ARRAIGNS MITCHELL Analyzes the Testimony Marshaled Against the Senator. The Mitchell trial is hard taend, but the prosecution has come within one effort of Its last and the defense has two opportunities left to sway the mind of the Jury to their client. Yes terday United States District Attor ney Henev hurled words at the Jury, analysis of his testimony, explanations of what the defense might attempt to do or had already tried to accomplish. merciless arraignment of the de fendant. "When, in the morning, the strug gling moss of men and women had forced their ways past the vociferating Marshal and his assistant to the covet ed seats, and Judge De Haven had taken his place upon the bench, Mr. Heney continued his address, follow ing the line adopted from the first. He took up the story of the Senator's fruilt from the time the defendant had asked for the copy of the books to be maae covering me perioa ueiwecn vember, 1901, and June 1992. Mitchell had been reminded time and again of the transactions of the firm, so the speaker argued, had seen from the checks received from Tanner and from the letters written him and from his services before the departments that the firm was engaged in many trans actions before the Land Office Depart ment, .but .he wonted to see for himself Just what the firm really was doing. the source of the Income and tne amount of it. Therefore he Had sent for the books, covering that period of time in which he was in Washington and away from his office here. Previ ous to that time, he had made exami nations of the records and had known what had been done, now he wanted to see what had taken place in his ab sence. It could not be contended, therefore, by the defense that Mitchell had no knowledge of the Krlbs trans actions, for they were set out in the books of the firm. Mitchell had educated Tanner, the speaker declared, until he at last had reached the stage where he put no in criminating things In the letters which he wrote. Tanner, partially educated. had talked of the transactions to Ben son and had stated that Dimond. the agent for the California man, might confer with the Senator occasionally by letter, but that Mitchell would not want to be Known or recognizee in the matter. Mitchell was not willing to discuss any of the questions with others besides his partner, for he had faith In him and could trust him with the seorets of his crime. He had confi dence In Tanner, and well so, for Tan- I ner went before the grand Jury and perjured himself to save his partner. Offering1 of Mosey Equivalent to Bribe. The offering of money to a Senator for work done before a department was equivalent to a bribe and should be as much a crime for the man who made the offer as for the one who ac cepted It. though the Congress of the United States had not seen fit to so class the offense. Mr. Heney discussed the contention of the defense that Mitchell had not known he was receiving money from Krlbs and argued that the land busi ness was the main source of income for some time. It was argued by the defense that the trifling amounts paid in by Kribs were not noticed, but there was no evidence in the case going to show that the firm had any other source of income. This was not a fault of the prosecution, for the proof in the matter had been offered and had been ruled out upon the objection, of the defense. The sneaker showed how the inspection of the firm books, just prior to the time the supplementary agreements of 1901 were made, proved Mitchell to have had knowledge of the business done for i Krlbs and the money received from him. j He had asked Robertson time and again i to helP hlm ln looking up the accounts of the firm, while examining the books, and . . - Ttt,.m and where each fee came from and for what it was paid. The Chinese cases In which fees were received were gone over and discussed at length. The anxiety of the Senator as to whether or not his name or the firm name had been signed, to the briefs submitted was called to mind, as was the answer of Tanner, stating that he had not thought the Senator would like to be known, and that he had therefore signed his own individual name to the papers sent to the department. State of Oregon Concerned. Mr. Heney next turned to ancient his tory, and stated that it "was the brib ery of The Roman Senators that had caused the collapse of the greatest em pire known to man. This same danger was now confronting the people of the United States, and the eyes of the world were upon Oregon ln this triaL If the Jury listened to the pleading and the tears of the defense and acquitted Mitch ell, it would convict Oregon. It would say to the world that the citizenship of the state was not of a sufficiently high plane to place the seal of condemnation upon graft in the United States Senate. It would say to the world that the state has no objection to graft ln the Senate, and that there are men in the state who are above the law. Continuing, .the speaker said the do- (CoaUnued. on Pace' 6.) MUTINEERS SEIZE RUSSIAN WARSHIP Officers Are Slain and Thrown in Sea. RED FLAG HOISTED BY CREW Guns of the Vessel Are Trained on Odessa. MOB - IS RAGING ASHORE Sailor on Knlaz Potemklne Com plained About HLj Soup and Was Shot Down by a Mess Offi cer In Black Sea. THE SEIZED VESSEL. The RuerUn battleship KbUx Po temklne la a heavily armored turreted ship of 12.450 torn, bavins; a Fpeed of about 17 knot. She was completed in 1902. and be long to the Black Sea fleet. The battleship mount four 12-inch runs. 16 6-lnch suns, 14 3-inch and over 20 smaller raptd-firtcz; runs. She carried a crew of C3S men. ST. PETERSBURG, June 29. 2:40 A. M.) More serious, if possible, than all the defeats in Manchuria or the destruction of RoJestvenskys fleet was the news which reached St. Petersburg early last evening that the standard of open rebel lion was floating on board one of the Em peror's battleships In the harbor of Odes sa, and that with shotted guns the mu tinous crew, headed by eight officers, was holding the ship against all comers. The authorities are almost ln a state of panic, and at the Admiralty consterna tion reigns. Admiral Wlrenus, chief of the general staff of the navy, said to the Associated Press that the Admiralty had received advices regarding the mutiny. but he was unable to give details. He' frankly confessed that the situation was very grave and that be .did not know what to expect. The Black Sea squadron, which left Se bastopol Tuesday, under command of Vlce-Admlral Kruger, was due to arrive at Odessa last night, and a battle with the mutineers may occur at any moment- Most Powerful of Squadron. The Knlaz Potemklne Is a more power ful ship than any in Krugers squadron. and the gravity of the situation is In creased by the fact that the dty is-prac tically ln the possession of the strikers. who, according to the dispatches, had already been encouraged to open resist ance by the mutiny of the sailors and were erecting barricades and fighting the police and the troops in the streets. The body of Omlltchuk, lying exposed on the quay in view of thousands, and the story of his cruel death evidently fired the lmlginatlons of the workmen. who, ln Odessa, are of a particularly excitable character, especially the dock and wh&rfmen. Should the sailors of Krugers ships join the mutineers the government would have to face open revolution, which would spread like wildfire to other towns ln the Black Sea llttoraL The workmen of all the towns from which sailors are largely recruited are imbued with the sodalistc and revolutionary propaganda. At Sebastopol less than a month ago dls orders were suppressed with difficulty. Sailors Shot for Disobedience. Ever since the war started, ugly re ports about the crews of the Black Sea fleet have been current. Men have been ebot and even officers court-martialed for disobedience, and yesterday at Sebastopol 12 sailors were condemned to three years' Imprisonment for mutiny. Xo better evidence of the spirit of the crews is needed than an official commu nl cation made by the Admiralty yester day that Admiral Kebogatoff and the other officers who surrendered ln the Sea of Japan would have to stand trial by court-martial upon their return. Prac tically all of the crews of the vessels which surrendered came from the Black Sea, the fact that Odessa is not a forti fled port" explains why the Knlaz Potem kine is able to He ln the harbor unmo lested. The news of the mutiny, coming Just at this time, when Poland, is ln a state of ferment, when agrarian disorders are coming to a head, and when the govern meet Is attempting mobilization Involv ing about 3.0K men. may easily predpl tate a crisis, and the authorities are en ! deavorlng to keep It from the public Xews Spreads Despite Orders. All newspaper dispatches have been stopped, and the newspapers have been forbidden to mention the mutiny. Nev ertheless, the Liberals and agitators have many ways of spreading the tidings through underground channels, and. for instance, in St. Petersburg, the news was known in all the cafes at midnight The radicals bail the event ax the dawn of an actual armed revolution The moment for which we have wait ed has come.' said one In front of restaurant, when be heard the news. "Omlltchuk's name will go down ln his tory as that of a martyr who preclpl tated the Russian revolution." Kews has been received of disorders resulting from .the mobilization In the district of Poltava, some Reservists re fusing to appear and others starting riots. The authorities at Poltava, are unwilling to dlepatch troops, as the en tire force available is needed in that government. REVOLT OX FOUR OTHER SHIPS Rumor Says Largest Teasels Are 1b Hands of MatlBeers. ODESSA, June 58. (By courier to St. Petersburg. June 29. (1:50 A. M.) Dis quieting reports have reached here that a revolt has taken place on four of the largest armored ships of the Black Sea fleet, which were proceeding from Sevas topol here to Join the Potemklne, whose crew mutinied. The report is that all four vessels are now In the hands of their crews, and that they can be expected here before morn ing. An enormous mob armed with rev olvers, clubs and small hand bombs broke through the squadron of military this evening and looted two of the larg est custom-houses oc the waterfront. The ml II tarj patrol has been Increased to S00O infantry and 1200 Cossacks, but the rioters have them so terrified that they hardly enture beyond their posts. A band of Socialists distributing Inflam matory proclamations went through the main streets about 4 o'clock this after noon. Five policemen, who attempted to arrest them, were shot dead ln their tracks. Fires said to have been started by shells from the battleship Potemklne have al ready destroyed the quarantine station ln the harbor, several large warehouses, 12 stores and a number of offices. The flames brilliantly Illuminated that part of the city toward the sea, and a state of veri table panic prevails here. A number of the foreign vessels ln the harbor tried to slip their cables to escape, but the Potemklne played her searchlights over them and by firing shells across their bows compelled their crews to remain where they were. ' ODESSA QUAYS ARE IX FLAMES Mobs of Incendiaries Prevent Work of Fire Brigade. LONDON, June 29. A dispatch from Odessa to a news agency, dated 'Wednes day night, says: "The whole of the quays and the build lngs around the harbor, as well as much shipping, are in flames. Mobs of incen diaries by armed force prevented the fire brigade working. The troops are com pletely terrorized, and are afraid to ap proach within range of the Kulas Po- temklne's guns, which threaten a dlsas trous bombardment. The city Is appallingly Illuminated by Concluded on Pace 2.) CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER The Weather. TESTERDATS Maximum temperstur-, ' . dec.; minimum. 32. FircJpliatlon. trace. TODAY'S Fair and warmer. Northwest winds. Mutiay oa RussUa Warthl. Mutineers seize the JCnlas Potemklne. Rns- ria's most powerful warship, ln the Black Sea. Pace 1. Tied flag; Is hoisted and suns of vessel are trained on Odessa. Face 1. Officers are slain and bodies cast overboard. Pace 1. Murder of sailor who complained of hut roup led to uprising of men. Pare 1. Koeela. Fear Is expressed that th entire Black Sea fleet may mutiny. Face J. Faith Is lost In promises of the (Czar and the people are ruing. Face 1. Movemrat Toward Fec. Japan Is waiting for Russia to decide on her peace plenipotentiaries. Face 4. College Coram eaeetneBts. President Ttoosevalt the g-ueat of honor at Harvard University commencement. Pare . President Kadley. of Tale, announces xirisTThe others were killed and their bodies amounting to 12.000,000 to the university. Face 4. Polities, Ohio Democrats nominate full state ticket and cheeT the name- of Bryan. Pace 3, National. President Roosevelt and Secretary Taft con fer on Panama Canal matters. Face 3. Ex-Speaker D. B. Henderson suffers stroke of paralysis. Face 3. Swords are no longer to be worn by naval officers aboard ships. Pace 3, Domestic EqultableSodety elects nine new directors. and accepts, reslcnatlon of others. Face 2. Governor Folk will consult St. Louis Police Commissioners on enforcement of law, Pce 11. Elect persons killed In violent storm in Kan sis. Pace 4. Ton of dynamite explodes In Pennsylvania town. klUlnr nine and lnjorisc 15. Pare 14. Ssort. Cornell wins 'varsity and freshman elcht-oar. Syracuse the varsity four-oar. on the Hudson. Face 7. Lamed alone of American tennis players is ln the runnlnr at wlmoletoa tor British championship. Pare .. Pad Do Coast League scores: Tacoma 7, Fort' land 3; Seattle 2. Oakland 1: San Fran Cisco 3, Los Anselea 2. Fare 4. Results of Eastern ball raxaes. Pare 7. Northwest athletic clubs form stir orcsalxa- tlon under A. A. V. Pare 4. Tlcers defeat the Giants. Pace 7. Fadfle Coast. Army officers under arrest at Vancouver Bar. racks. Faxe 3. "Washington Tax Commission will watch cor porations aad franchises. Pace 3. Senator Dubois tells of many projected Idaho railroads. Pare S. In family row near Medford. men break each others bones. Fare 5. Commercial aad Mariae. Strong demand from California, for wheat. Fare 15. Oreren wools arrivtnr at Boston. Par 15. Western "Washington hop crop outlook poor. Pare 15. Lane County cherry crop being- marketed. Pare 15. Chicaro wheat market closes stroar. Pare 15. Top price for December wheat at San Fran clsco. Far Stock market not disturbed by proflt-taklnr. Pare IS. Italian cruiser Uzabria la port. Fax 1L Sunken steamer Gamecock may be abaa dosed. Pare 11. Gray's Harbor captain fined for runsiar oa pilot s license. Pare II. Lewis aad Clark ExpesKlea. Admissions. 15.S50. Fare 10. Bronze statue of Sacajawea arrives. , Fare 10. lanes Band rives farewell concert. Pare 10. "W. c. T. TJ. holds two sessions on Fair grounds.' Pare 10. Feirtteaa as Yldsdty. Heney Cays Mitchell unmercifully In. bis argument for the prosecution. Pare L Gas asphyxiates two women. Pare 9. Lane sot ready to announce appointees. Far !. Three weeks to'elaptve before cesras riturai will be in- Fare t. - Eaual saffraclata fcsfln tae'r'cosTtztics'-te- dsy.. rAg'9u .... -j,t4 BUCK SEI FLEET ripe for mm Many Sailors Shot for Disobedience. OFFICERS II SURLY MOOD Captured Vessel More Power ful Than Others. ADMIRAL KRUGER IS DUE Battle May Soon Take Place, Unless Mutiny Should Break Out on the Warships ln His Command. ODESSA. June 2S. The red flag of revolution is hoisted at the masthead of the Knlax Potemklne. Russia's most powerful battleship -ln the Black Sea. which now lies ln the harbor in the hands of mutineers. v The captain and most of the officers were murdered and thrown overboard ln the open sea. and the ship Is com pletely ln the possession of the crew and a few officers who have thrown in their lot with the mutineers. The suns of the Knlax Potemklne are trained on the city, and In the streets masses of striking workmen who fled before the volleys of the troops are now Inflamed by the spectacle of open re volt on board an Imperial warship and are making a bold front against the military. All day long firing has been heard ln many quarters of the city. A num ber of barricades have been erected. and tumult and disorder reign. The main squadron of the Black Sea fleet, consisting of the battleships George Pohedionosetx (George the Vic torious). Trl Svlatella. Rostlslav, and Ekaterlna II. with two cruisers, are expected to arrive here tonight, and a regular naval battle is ln prospect. The rioters are ln a most defiant mood, and are not inclined to surren der without fighting. Sailor Complains and Is Shot. Reports of the mutiny, which oc curred while the battleship was at sea. .are difficult to obtain, as the mutineers refuse to allow communication with the shore, but it Is ascertained that it arose from the shooting of a sailor who was presenting on behalf of the crew a complaint against bad food. According to)ne version, this sailor. whose name was Omlltchuk. objected to the quality of the "borchtch." or soup, and was immediately shot down by a mess officer. The crew then rose and seized the ship and the offlcers. eight of whom were spared on condl- I tion iney wouia join ins mutineers. thrown overboard. After a period of vacillation, the Knlaz Potemklne headed for Odessa and arrived here last night, accom panied by two torpedo-boats. Early today the body of Omlltchuk was brought in one of the battleship's boats and was landed on the new mole. where it has been exposed ln semi state ail day. It was visited by thou sands of persons, many of whom placed coins in a 'basket at the head of the body toward a fund to defray the cost of the funeral, which the sailors purpose, to hold tomorrow and which the strikers will make the occasion for a great demonstration. An Inscription on the breast of the dead mllor states on behalf of the crew that Omlltchuk died because he "presented a Just complaint of the crew. The authorities have made no attempt to remove the body, the sailors having served notice that the ship would open fire on anyone ceeklng to interfere with 1L A police agent visiting the spot was killed by sailors. Food Supplied From Shore. During the day a red flag was hoisted on the Knlaz Potemklne. and members of the crew rowed from ship to ship in the harbor, forcing the stoppage of all work thereon. Food wa& supplied by sympathizers on shore, who pillaged the maritime storehouses. The strike is now general ln the city, and the rioters are growing ln numbers and boldness. There were exchanges of shots all day, hut the number of victims cannot be stated. This evening a bomb was thrown in a cathedral, killing its thrower and a policeman. A telegram from the Mayor of Odessa, who Is at Moscow, imploring the citizens to restore order, has been posted through out the city. Coal-Laden Steamer Seized. . During the day. one of the torpedo boats which accompanied the Knlaz Po temklne came. Into the harbor and seized the Russian steamer Esperanza. The steamer was laden with 2000" tons of coal, which the battleship is taking on board. The Governor has telegraphed for a squadron to be sent from SebastopoL MEETING RESULT OF A PLOT OK leers Relieved to Be at Head ef Seizing of Battleship. SPECIAL CABUE. rST. PETERSBURG, June It is felt here that as a result of Wednesday's has penlngs in Odessa. tha'Rawiaa dynasty at last faces a revolution whica site fair .to.Mark.tae dowaJaU of taa ym t aw- ernment ani the creation of tha Republic of Rcae-ia. With the seizing of a battleship by Rus sian sailors, who afterward murdered the commanding officers, the declaraties of a general strike la Odessa and a& South. Russia, and the resort to the torch, the pistol and the bomb by tha dissatisfied people of the nation, it is feared here that before 43 hours have elapsed the red flag of rebellion wltt be firing la every quarter of the empire. At the naval staff headquarters it Is stated that the handling of the battle ship Knlaz Potemklne has been such, as to lend credence to the belief that she is In charge of certain officers who mu tinied with the crew and who are the leaders in the plot. It is evident from the meager advices received here that the strikers on shore were fully informed of the plan of their naval confreres, inasmuch as the disturb ances ln Odessa were begun 45 hours be fore the arrival of the revolutionary ves sel. Attempt to Seize Odessa. It is fully believed here that a com bined attempt to seize the town Is in progress and Its success may be the spark, that will fire the deeply laid train of revolution throughout all Russia. The battleship Potemklne la the newest and best armed battleship In the Black Sea squadron. Accompanied by a destroyer, both fly ing the red flog of anarchy at their fere- peaks, she appeared off the roadstead late Tuesday night and took up a psl tion within range of the naval arseaaL A boat was lowered and a dead sailer; wrapped in tb Imperial Russian stand ard, waa rowed to the wharf and passed up to representatives of the Odessa So cialistic organizations. Shoe Down by Captain. The body was that of the first victim of the bureaucracy system. The rest of his comradea had gone to the Captain to protest In the name of the crew against the food served to the seamen and abuse by the junior officers. The captain bad listened to the statement until he had concluded and bad then shot him dead before the eyes of his comrades. The revolt on board of the battleship followed, and so soon as it was com pleted. a boat's crew was hurriedly land ed on an accompanying destroyer, which was also seized. Obeying commands from a midshipman, who was ln the plot, the battleship and her consort soiled into Odessa harbor and took up the positions occupied by her throughout "Wednesday, commanding the city. Signal Sent for Food. A crew from the destroyer entered the harbor at 10 o'clock "Wednesday and seized the Russian steamer Esperanza, which was laden with 3X0 tons of selected Welsh coal. She was navigated alongside ef the battleship and the coal transferred to the latter's bunkers. The battleship then sig naled to the authorities at the naval ar serial ashore demanding that ample sup plies of provisions be sent out Imme diately, on the threat of a bombardment of the city. The Governor-General of Odessa sent an urgent telegram to Sevastopol, asking that a squadroivof the Black Sea fleet be hurried to the rescue of the menaced city. Orders were sent from here that the flag ship of that fleet and two armored cruis ers proceed at once, but whether those orders were obeyed or not cannot be as certained because of wire interruption. Shells Set Fire to Docks. According to the best Information- ob tainable, when the mutinous crew discov ered that the Governor-General was play ing for time, they Inaugurated extreme measures. Soon after sundown they be gan firing on the city, and a number of warehouses on the docks were set on fire. The flames communicated to the ves sels ln the harbor, and at last accounts numerous vessels were burning. OTHER SAILORS MAY ilTJTXXX Danger of Entire Fleet Falling Into Hands of Revolutionists. LONDOK. June 29. The ominous news from Odessa has created tremendous effect la shipping circles, both hero and at Liverpool, owing to the large British trade with Odessa, and to the fact that much British shipping is now ln the har bor there. Between 400 and SCO British residents are 'engaged in business at Odessa for British firms, and on their account considerable anxiety Is felt lest the town has been bombarded. Knowledge that disaffection has been rife for some months past In the Black Sea fleet, that Incendiary flres have oc curred ln the shipbuilding yards at Se bastopol. and that, naval mutinies have taken place of late adds to the fear that should the Sebastopol squadron reach Odessa It may be Induced to Join the mutineers. Several members of the House of Commons having business relations with Russia were questioned in the lobby of the house last night and ad mitted that they regarded the situa tion with the utmost concern. The majority, however, inclined to the opinion that the trouble was local and that It did not necessarily show that the whole country was ripe for revolu tion. According to the correspondent of the Standard, ln a dispatch dated at 10 ocloclc Wednesday night, the quar antine station in the harbor, ware houses, stores and offices and some snips have been fired by revolutionary bands. All foreign ships, the dispatch says, were preparing to slip their moorings in case of need, and the Kniaz Potemklne was playing a -searchlight on every portion of the harbor. Late tonight, perceiving a picket of Cossacks stationed at the Richel monument of Xocolal Boulevard; the Potemklne fired a shell killing" four and wounding 20 of them. "It Is rumored. says this corre spondent, "but the rumor is not con firmed, that the men of four other bat tleships mutinied at Sebastopol and that two of the ships are on the way to Join the Potemklne. "Two hours ago a huge mob broke through the military cordon around the town and looted two large customs warehouses. . Tonight the Potemklne moved closer to the breakwater, with her guns stilt trained on the city. AH public build ings are strongly guarded and the sight yatrola have been Increased by lafaatry and 1200 Cowackx. FAITH IX CMS PROMISES IS LOST Russians Are Rising AIL Over the Empire, BLOOD IS FLQWIN6 FREELY Nicholas Forced to Decide fou Peace With Japan. KAISER TO QUELL POLES Preparations Tending to Declarations or Freedom Caased. Change cX Tone in Moroccan. Affair and Reply to RooseTelt. CHICAGO. 111.. June 3. Cabling from St. Petersburg, tha Chicago Daily 2ewaT correspondent says,: Nicholas .has been decided in favor of peace in the Far East on account of the revolution in Poland. It has been ar ranged with the Kaiser that ln case oC revolt In Poland. German troops will oc cupy Warsaw, and that thus the Czar might continue to dispatch the Russian garrisons in Poland to the front. The Poles, learning of this arrangement, made preparations to declare their inde pendence, with the support ci tho Prus sian Polish provinces of Poeen and Sile sia. This has paralyzed to a certain ex tent the Kaiser's Morocco scheme and compelled tha Czar promptly to consent to President Roosevelt's proposals for peace. Count Potockl. the head of tha famous Polish house of that name, said to your correspondent today: "Unless immediate measures are taken. Russia will shrink to its former dimen sions, in Peter the Great's time. Tha Na tionalists. Socialists, Jews and Ruthen lans of Poland demand autonomy. They refuse to delay. The moment la favorable to their wishes. The Hapsburg monarchy Is failing asunder. Hungary" la on the. point of separating from the dual em pire. Herr Schonorer, the Aus trian-Ger man spokesman, boldly proclaims In the Reichstag the allegiance of his party to the German Emperor. Only the Slavs. Poles and Bohemians are upholding the shattered empire of tha Hapsburgs. Tha Emperor's death will be the signal for the country's enslavement by Germany. Should the Czar persevere In his despotism, 3O.00O.0CO cultivated West ern Slavs, in Poland and Bohemia, will found a state to resist the yoke of the Czar and the Kaiser." Russia has lost faith in the Czar's promises and is disgusted with the du plicity of the bureaucracy. Everywhere, the people are rising. Blood flowed freely yesterday ln the streets of Warsaw, Jjodz. Kiev, Riga, Odessa, Vilna and other cen ters. f AT.T.Tm TO CZAR'S COLORS Heavy Mobilization Is Ordered ia. Province Near Capital. ST. PETERSBURG. June 2S. Tha mobilization St. Petersburg and Mos cow began at midnight. Many reserve men who did not respond were seized dur ing the time at their homes. All day long men have been marched to bar racks under escort. The mobilization in cludes Tsarkoe-Selo. Cachlna, Peterhof and other towns in St. Petersburg prov ince. The workmen -are grumbling and trouble is expected, but thus far no riot ing has occurred. Sixty thousand men have been called to the colors. The Associated Press learned later ln the day that the proposed mobilization In Russian Poland would be confined to certain country districts of the Russian provinces of Poland, exempting Warsaw and Lodz, where orders have been given to take ln from the reserves a sufficient number of men to make up the- regular complements of regiments which have been reduced ia strength by sending mea to the Far East, thus keeping up tha full strength of the regiments on duty in Russian Poland. The efforts of the Socialist agitators to persuade the men here and at Lodz to strike are being severely criticized ln the public prints, and the efforts of the So cialists since Friday to bring about a general strike here have failed com pletely. The strike, however, among the coal workers In Southern Poland, near the German and Austrian frontiers, has again broken out, and it is reported to be serious. Efforts have been making dur ing the past fortnight to bring about a general railroad strike for July 1 or July 2. in order to hamper the govera ment's mobilization movements. Heavy Mobilization Is Ordered. ST. PETERSBURG. June 23. An im perial edict prescribes mobilization for active service of reservists in 121 districta of St, Petersburg. Moscow. Kleff. WarsawT and Vilna. These districts include th cit ies of St. Petersburg and Moscow. General Railway Strike Expected. ST. PETERSBURG. July 2$. It is re ported that a general strike on the Rus sian railways will be declared July as a protest against the mobilization of troops. Matiaoas Sailors Are Sentenced. SEBASTOPOL, Russia. June 28. Eight sailors, found guilty of mutiny, were sentenced here today ta taxes years lzriMazat. .,