THE STOB'AY, GIffiTSd$fiGQJv POTLXNtD', 'APBIL1 16, 1905.
BIOS FOR CRUISERS
Department May Try Turbine
Engines in Them,
LESSONS LEARNED IN WAR
Two Swift Scouts at Cost of Four
Million Dollars Subject of Lively
Competition Coast Com
pany Among Bidders.
WASHINGTON, April 15. Bids were
opened at the ICavy Department today
for iKe "-construction of three scout cruis
ers, which were authorized by the act of
Congress of April 27, 1904. With the com
pletion of these ships there will he added
to the Navy a new and unique type of
vessel. In the opinion of naval officers
the war In the Far East has demonstrated
thft trreai. i-alue of these ships, and since
these are planned to have a big- speed
and great steaming radius, they are ex
pected to prove important aaomons iu
the Navy service.
Their building also opens up the proba
bility for the introduction of turbine ma
rWimrtf. k the department in the ad
vertisement of bids announced that al
ternative uronosals for the installation
of turbine engines would receive the de
partment's consideration. In the mean
time the Bureau of Steam Engineering
has been making a study of turmne sys
tems, and has been closely observing all
experiments that haVe been conducted in
that direction.
The scnutKhins are to be 420' feet long,
with a breadth of 46 feet 8 inches and a
draught of 16 feet 9 inches. The dis
placement for speed trials Is to be not
more than azw ions, .trrpvi&iuu
for a total coal-carrying capacity of
about 1250 tons. Each will be provided
Tvith a battery of 120 three-Inch rapid
fire guns and two submerged torpedo
tubes. Pour smokestacks will rise to a
height of 72 feet above the base line. The
maximum allowed for completion of the
vessels is fixed at 32 months If recipro
Mtincr ndnes are adopted, or 35 months
it turbines' are adopted. A total weight
of about 1S4 tons of nickel steel will be
omninwri in the construction of each ves
sel for nrotective purposes. The speed
of trio new vessels will be 24 knots.
Under the law only two ships can Te
g -era fried to anv one concern. The New
port News Shipbuilding Company, having
contracts for tne Duiming oi iu vceacia
under the act authorizing the construc
tion of the scout cruisers and other ships.
was not a bidder. The bids were under
two classes, one for construction under
department plans, and one proposing the
!nstaiin.tlon of turbine engines.
The Maryland Steel Company, of Spar
row PnJnt. Md.. nronosed to build one
under either class for H.875,000.
The New York Shipbuilding Company,
nnmrien. N. J.. nroDOsed to build one
cruiser, department plans, for $1,824,000;
with twin screw turbine engines, $1,830,000,
or with three screw turbine engines for
S1.S66.O00.
William Cramp & Sons Ship & Engine
Company proposed to DUlld two cruisers,
department plans, at $1,750,000 each, or two,
with turbine ensrinea three or four
screws, at $1,825,000 each.
The Bath Iron Works submitted a num
ier of proposals, offering to Duila two
'cruisers, department plans, at $i,23,ooo
each. Tor turbine Installation tney sud-
mltted prices ranging from two ships at
Jl.573.o00 each to one ship at $1,680,000.
The Union Iron Works proposed to build
one cruiser, department plans, for $i,6S3,-
000. or two at $1,666,000 eacn.
The Fore River Shipbuilding Company,
Oulncv. Mass.. submitted a number of
bids, offering to build one cruiser, depart
ment plans, for $1,629,000. or two at $1,657,
000 each. For ships with turbine installa
tion its prices ranged from $1,468,000 on
the basis that It be awarded two ships to
S1.572LO00 for one.
According to the figures, the proposal
of the Union Works to build two at 51.
666.000 each and that of the Fore River
Company to build two at $1,557,000 each.
are apparently the lowest .for tne con
struction of the, ships under the depart
ment's plans, while the price submitted
by the Bath Iron Works to construct two
with turbine Installation at $1,573,000 each
and that of the Fore River Engine Com.
oany for two at $1,465,000 each are the
lowest for the turbine class, but all the
proposals are to be carefully reviewed by
a board of naval officers. In view of the
introduction of the turbine plans, some
time .may elapse before the department
Is ready to make the award.
LEFT TO THE HAGUE TRIBUNAL
United State3 Will Not Prepare
Peace Congress Programme.
WASHINGTON, April 15. Inquiry into
the status of the negotiations initiated by
President Roosevelt looking to a second
peace conference, suggested by Lord
Lansdowne's reference to the subject in
the British Parliament, develops the fact
that the State Department here has com
pleted its functions, having remitted the
matter to the executive council of The
Hague tribunal. This was done notwith
standing an effort on the part of the Ger
man .government to induce this Govern
ment to outline the programme of sub
jects to be considered.
For some reasons the State Department
would have been pleased to accede to this
suggestion, but it was concluded that to
accept it would be to jeopardize the suc
cess of the undertaking. It was hoped
that conflicting views of the great nations
as to the limitations to be placed upon
the conference could be more easily recon
ciled by this executive council, whose rec
ommendations would be free from any
suggestion of leaning toward the interests
of any one power and even the peculiarly
favorable situation of the United States,
might not suffice to prevent the suspicion
on the part of some of the powers that
the State Department's suggestions were
not entirely disinterested. So the whole
matter has been submitted by the State
Department to the executive council with
the full approval of all the powers ad
dressed by President Roosevelt, and It is
expected that very soon after the conclu
sion of the present war the council will
Issue the call for a second conference.
Ambassador's Body Taken on Board.
WASHINGTON, April 15. The body of
Senor Don Manuel de Asplroz, the late
Mexican Ambassador at Washington, was
taken from the vault at Oak Hill Ceme
tery this afternoon and carried by special
train to Annapolis, where the cruiser Co
lumbia is waiting in the roadstead to con
vey it to Mexico for final Interment. A
guard of honor commanded by Captain
Carpenter, and consisting of eight non
commissioned marine officers and seven
prH'ates, who also served as body-bearers,
escorted the body from the cemetery
to Annapolis. President Roosevelt was
represented by his naval aide. Comman
der Winslow.
Worn-Out Gun
Blows Off Muzzle.
April 15. A telegram
WASHINGTON,
from the chief of staff of the North At
lantic squadron, received at the Navy
Department today, states that the muz
zle of one of the eight-Inch guns of the
Iowa blew off yesterday during target
practice. No one was Injured.
The telegram stated that after four
of the eight-Inch guns In target practice
had been fired, the muzzle of the fifth
gun blew off at the first round. It was
one of the old-type guns of this caliber
and was mounted on the Iowa before the
Spanish War. Being designed to use
brown powder, it had a much thinner
muzzle than the new type. It had been
fired successfully 103 times, and burst on
tne -101th time, with normal powder con
ditions so far as known. Several other
guns of the same type on the Iowa, made
at the same time, havesuffered similar
accidents, and this class of gun is being
replaced as rapidly as possible with long
er and thicker-tubed weapons.
Pays Mexican for His Injuries.
WASHINGTON. April 15. Failure of a
Mexican citizen to obtain satisfaction from
the authorities of Cameron County,
Texas, for personal Injuries suffered In
that county evoked a serious complaint
to the Washington Government from the
Mexican government against the Texas
authorities, and caused Secretary Hay
several months ago to offer out of the
Federal Treasury $500 to Mexico In satis
faction of its official claim for damages.
This offer was accepted by the Mexican
government.
Atkrhscn Gets a Judgeship.
WASHINGTON. April 15. It is of
ficially announced that the President
has decided to appoint ex-Governor
George W. Atkinson, of West Virginia,
to the vacancy on the bench of the
United States Court of Claims, made
vacant by the death of Lawrence Wel
don. AMERICA IS XAST TO SUCCUMB
German Writer's Vision Ends In His
Country's Supremacy.
BERLIN, April 15. Considerable of
a sensation has been- created here
through the publication" of a book en
titled "The War of the World." the
author of which, Emll Shalk, portrays
the future commercial warfare that is
to be fought out to the bitter end.
According: to the story, Russia will be
the first to go under and she will be
forced into bankruptcy, while her rivals
will continue to attack each other and
will not have time to gather much of
the spoils. In the story, America and
Germany will proceed to squeeze Eng
land and France until the final tussle
for existence hegins.
The matter is finally ended by Amer
ican success succumbing to Germany's
superior intelligence, and in the closing
chapter the commercial supremacy of
the German empire is portrayed.
Colorado Mining Town Burned.
PUEBLO, Colo., April 15. (Special.) A
special to the Star-Journal from Salida,
Colo., says that practically the whole
town of Mlntum was destroyed by lire
which broke out In the American Hotel at
4 o ciock tnis morning, 'me notei was a
largo structure and was totally destroyed,
together with sevoral residences and bus!
ness houses. Sevoral persons who were In
the hotel had narrow escapes. The total
loss is estimated at $100,000. Mlnturn is
an Isolated mining town 85 miles west of
Salida and the news was brought there
hy trainmen today.
New Railroad Opened In South.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., April 15. (Spe
cial.) The Seaboard Air' Line's new road
between Atlanta and Birmingham will be
opened for passenger traffic for the first
time tomorrow morning.
TOGO HOLDING OFF
(Continued from First Page.)
that of Admiral Togo, and incidentally
confirms the recent press report that tho
Russian fleet was more desirous of giving
battle to the Japanese than of reaching
the defenses of Vladivostok. In part, tho
letter reads:
"We are not going Into battle with any
Idea of doing other than being able to die
lor our country. I am sure that the Port
Arthur fleet, had it gone out to sea with
the fixed determination of securing vic
tory, -would have been successful in Its
mission. We of the Baltic fleet will fight
to the bitter end, and, if we do not secure
the triumph our countrymen ask, they
will at least know that we have done our
duty."
SUSPEND STEAMER SERVICE.
Japan Gets Her Vessels Out of Rus
sian Fleet's Reach.
TOKIO, April 15. On account of the
presence of the Russian Baltic squadron
in Pacific waters, the Japanese steamship
lines operating between Japan and Amer
ica are planning to temporarily suspend
trans-Pacific operations. It is expected
also that the Formoean steamship lines
will discontinue running steamers until all
danger of seizure by the Russian warships
has ended.
The action proposed by the Japanese
steamship companies will have little effect
on the shipping busincea of this Coast.
All the Japanese-owned steamers were
-withdrawn at the beginning of hostilities,
and only a few of them have been re
turned to the trans-Paclflc service. The
Japan-American Steamship Company la
running a line of steamers out from the
Sound, and has the Iyo Maru scheduled
to sail from Seattle on May 16. There are
no Japanese vessels plying between San
Francisco and the Orient. Portland's Ori
ental business Is done in German steam
ers. SAY BRITAIN HELPS JAPANESE
Russians Protest Against Reporting
Movements of Fleet.
ST. PETERSBURG, April 15 (2:37 P.
M.) No further news beyond that con
tained In tho foreign telegrams has been
received regarding the squadron com
manded by "Vice-Admiral Rojestvensky,
but the impression continues that he is
steaming toward the Island of Formosa,
with the intention of giving battle If Ad
miral Togo accepts tho challenge.
Some of tho papers, notably the Novoe
Vremya, still manifest Irritation at the
activity of British warships in reporting
the movements of the Russian squadron.
The Novoe Vremya says that the vessels
of all nations are observing neutrality,
"with the exception, of course, of Great
Britain."
The paper takes particular exception to
the fact that the British cruiser Iphlgenla
transmitted by wireless telegraph the in
formation that she had passed Admiral
Rojestvensky's squadron 140 miles from
MAP OF ORIENTAL "WATERS
Saigon, which was very important news
to the Japanese, inasmuch as Rojestven
sky had succeeded in slipping by the Jap
anese scouts.
"For a commercial Bhlp to report such
a fact upon arrival at a port Is quite nat
ural," says the Novoe Vremya, "but it Is
not so important, as the news is then
more or less old, and In the meantime the
squadron might have changed its course.
ut lor a man-of-war to send such infor
mation to a coast station by wireless
telegraphy is unfriendly.
"However, this Is not the first time the
British have conveyed valuable warning
to their friends. During the Chino-Jap
anese -war, when Great Britain was on the
side of the Chinese, a British cruiser at
Wel-Hai-Wel warned the Chinese Admiral
oy nnng a salute upon the appearance of
the Japanese fleet, although at night,
when It is not the custom to salute In that
fashion."
TOGO WILL BIDE HIS TIME
Let Russians Prey on Commerce Un
til Hour to Strike.
CHICAGO, April 15. A neclal from To
klo to tho Chicago Daily News says that
Japan Is certain to lose trading vessels
and commercial steamers of all kinds the
J1J1 Shlmpo thinks Inevitable, because the
Baltic fleet is traversing the path of nav
igation. "Nevertheless," It says, "the enemy will
be allowed some latitude without molesta
tion to its movements. Even marauding
in the open seas will be unnoticed while
the Japanese complete .their plans to
catch the enemy's fleet and effect in a
single engagement the annihilation of Ro
jestvensky's squadron. Meanwhile, the
Japanese should bear slight losses of com
merce with equanimity, awaiting Togo's
ultimate glorious victory."
Japan Is mournlng.the death of General
Viscount Torlo, a privy councillor, and
also the death of Dr. Tagushi, a member
of tho House of Commons and a promi
nent economlsL
HAS SEEN NO JAPANESE YET
Rojestvensky Entered China Sea Un
disturbed by Enemy.
PARIS, April 15. A dispatch to the
Temps from Saigon says Admiral Rojest
vensky did not sight any Japanese scouts
during his entrance Into the China Sea
by way of the Straits of Malacca. The
dispatch adds that it is expected the Rus
sian squadron will rcprovision off the
coast of Annam.
Admiral Jonquieres, with the French
cruiser Descartes, the armored gunboats
Styx and Acheron, the torpedoboat de
stroyer Takou and a division of torpedo
boats, remains off Cape James, near
Saigon, prepared for all eventualities.
GETS RHODES SCHOLARSHIP.
Samuel E. Eliot, of Portland, Is to
Study at Oxford.
ST. LOUIS. April 15. (Special.) The
Rhodes scholarship for Missouri has been
awarded to Samuel E. Eliot, of the Wash
ington University. The scholarship Is for
three years at Oxford University, and pays
a stipend of 300 yearly to the student
holding It. Mr. Eliot, the successful can
didate this year. Is a native of Oregon.
He received his primary education at the
Park School of Portland, and prepared
for college at Portland Academy, grad
IX WHICH JAPANESE AND RUSSIAN
uating at that institution in the class of
1900. Mr. Eliot is at present a senior at
Washington University. He will go into
residence at Oxford in October. Kels the
son of Rev. T. L. Eliot, D7D., of Portland.
RUSSIA'S CAUSELESS GROWL.
Accuses United States of Withhold
ing Facts About War's Inception.
ST. PETERSBURG. April 15. Tho Russ
today, remarks, referring to the dispatch
from Washington published here yester
day on tho subject of the Japanese as
surance in regard to the opening of hos
tilities: "If the telegram Is true, Japan deceived
the United States. Why has the United
States waited 14 months to let the world
know this, when It did not hesitate to
charge Russia with breaking her
promise?"
WASHINGTON, April 15. Acting Secre
tary Loomls today stated that the pub
lication of the diplomatic correspondence
respecting tho Russo-Japanese war, and
particularly that portion relative to the
outbreak of hostilities before the formal
declaration of war, was entirely In the
usual course of departmental routine, and
was without any motive whatever or in
tention to affect the sensibilities of either
of the belligerents. He further said it
had been for many years the custom of
tho State Department to publish annually
a considerable part of the correspondence
which It had with foreign governments,
known as the red book, and as a cour
tesy to the press advance proof slips are
furnished, which the newspapers are at
liberty to use In their own discretion.
- How Rojestvensky Fooled Togo.
LONDON, April 15. A telegram from
Singapore. Straits Settlements, was re
ceived here today, announcing that "the
Peninsular & Oriental Steamship Com
pany's steamer Marmora sighted five Rus
sian battleships April 3 in latitude S de
gress south and longitude 22 degrees east,
steering for the Straits of Sunda.
The chief interest In the dispatch
lies in Its giving the exact location
of the squadron, indicating that it steered
almost due cast from Madagascar, It Is
presumed here with the object of creating
the impression that Rojestvensky intend
ed to traverse the Straits of Sunda and
draw away the Japanese from the Malac
ca Straits, through which he ultimately
passed in safety.
Russians Chased Out of Town.
TOKIO, April 15 (7 P. M.)-The following
official announcement was made today
from the headquarters of the Japanese
armies In Manchuria:
"Our force advancing east along the
Hallung road defeated a body of the
enemy April 14, near Helshlmu, 10 miles
east of Panshi, and vigorously chased,
them toward, Tachotsu, 25 miles east of
Panshi.
Russian Stock Market Weak.
ST. PETERSBURG, April 15-Doubt as
to the result of the approaching naval
action in the Far East, on which so much
depends, weakened prices on the Bourse
today, all quotations falling.
Japanese Driven Off a Hill.
ST. PETERSBURG, April 15. General
Llnievitch, In a dispatch to Emperor
Nicholas dated yesterday says:
"Our cavalry. April 10. found the Jap-
FliEETS ARE NOW CRUISING
anese in occupation of a hill southward of
Mount Gaoschan, in the valley of the Hun
River. The cavalry turned this position
and forced the Japanese to evacuate it
and retire westward."
Russia Has Sinews of War.
ST. PETERSBURG. April 15.-A finan
cial statement regarding the state of the
budget for 1904 shows that the total or
dinary revenue collected was $1,008,500,000.
The ordinary expenditure was $955,000,000,
leaving a surplus of" $33,500,000. In the
extraordinary budget the $320,500,000 as
signed for war expenditure, the $Sl,OCO,O0O
for railroad construction and the loans
to railroad companies for extraordinary
expenditure were met by the above sur
plus of $53,500,000, the proceeds of the 5 per
cent treasury bonds realized In 1904 and
the imperial, rentes bonds, totalling $215,
500,000, other extraordinary revenue
amounting to $1,500,000 and the balance at
former years amounting to $190,500,000.
This left at the beginning of 1905 a "free"
balance of $59,500,000, In which the pro
ceeds of the 4& per cent loan were not
Included.
Many Colliers for the Fleets.
HONG KONG. April 15. Many colliers
are arriving here from Durban, Natal and
Cardiff. Wales, apparently awaiting or
ders. War risks at Hong Kong for Japan
have been raised and trade Is affected.
A telegram received here from Saigon
suggests that the Russian squadron pos
sibly will not go North before the end of
April.
Preparing for New Turning Move.
GUNSHU PASS. April 14. The expected
Japanese turning movement Is not devel
oping, but preparations, it is understood,
are progressing. Reinforcements, food
and ammunition are being brought up
from Niuchwang. The Japanese out
posts extend 30 miles on either side of
the railroad.
German Colliers Go to Vladivostok.
CHICAGO, April 15. A Chicago Daily
News special from Singapore says four
German colliers, which were anchored off
Cape St. James, left that anchorage
Thursday and are understood to be mak
ing for Vladivostok, the supposed objec
tive point of the Ealtio fleet.
Japan Takes Defensive Measures.
TOKIO, April 16. The navy department
has proclaimed defense zones surrounding
the Pescadores, the island of Okinawa, in
the Loochoo group and the islands of
Oshlm and EmI, off the province of Osu
mi. The usual navigation restrictions
apply.
Trying Stoessel in Secret.
ST. PETERSBURG. April 15. The
court-martial of Lieutenant-General Stoes
sel Is proceeding behind closed doors.
Quarrel Over Jews Causes Death.
LEXINGTON, Ky.. April 15. (Spe
cial.) As a result of an argument over
the position of the Jews in Russia, Joe
Tristin, a Jewish merchant at Camp
ton. Ky., today killed Ellis Wright, 16
years of age.
Death Sentence on Rioters.
WARSAW, April 15. Three work
men, accused of wounding a police
man during- the' January riots, were
today sentenced to death after a trial
by court-martial.
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THAT
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The Directors of the
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Thos. S. Lippey, Seattle,
President.
Clark Davis, Seattle,
First Vlcc-Presi?m:t.
Ofcaa. H. Baker, Seattle,
Second Vlco-President.
H. R. HarrimBo, Saattle,
Secretary.
John Schram, Seattla,
Treasurer.
Kobt. Moran, Seattle,
Trustee.
J. W. Hotchkiss, San Prancisco,
Trustee.
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. That Is Success
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