PAGE TWO.
ASTORIA, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 10, 1004.
at
THE BATTLE
NEAR TOWAN
Japanese Won Victory Despite the
Numerical Superiority of
the Russians,
SSGID TEST OF THEIR VALOR
shipment of shoes from Interior points
in New England outside of Boston to
East St Louis. , i
The explicit cause of complaint Is
that, although the transportation com
pany published a freight rate on boot
and shoes front Interior points within
a certain radius, w nu n s me same as
that from Boston, some manufacturers
have been refused through bills
lading since June 1, 1902, and have bee
put to expense of paying the freight
to Boston in addition to what was for
merly the through rate.
FOREST FIRES CHECKED.
Alter an All-Day Fight the Jap
Infantry Charged and Drov
Off the Superior Force of
ltussian Troops.
Loggers Stop Blaze That Rages Near
Oak Point, Wash.
Oregonlan: The fire demon struck
I the wrong camp In the Bunker hill
camp of the Benson Logging & Tim
General Kurokl's Headquarters m the ber Company, eight miles back from
iw via Seoul. Auk. l.-(Delayed In "'u"'" "
ilnnlT..t.i.v'. tti. Hans Jensen, Roy Strong and Wesley
the most imDortant which General "''"
r k. ,.. trict, were In Portland yesterday
tog the Talu. Many more Russians morning ana 101a a ia,e or nara nre-
ngntmg m me green umoer. iney
were engaged than in any former bat
tle. They occupied an equally strong
position, had much more artillery and
were better acquainted with the coun
try, having for a long time occupied
backfired, cut wide paths in the wilder-
ness and felled timber before the rag
ing torrent of Are until they checked
it If it had got away from them, the
tie area ever which the Japanese "0" " " '
aa several tracts or timoer or over zu,
maneuvered. The Japanese victory
won on this occasion, if not more im
Bortant than that on the Talu, was
won against great odds and was conse
quent!? a better test of the mettle of
their troops and more creditable t0 count of the dampness of night.
their valor. The result was that the
Japanese gained 10 miles or more on
their advance toward Liao Tang.
How far the Russians have retreated nave ra,fed day and n,bt without C8
000 acres were directly in the path,
Their tale ends in the controlling of
the fire. This was done Sunday night,
when the blaxe was less fierce on ac
For
tunately there was no wind or, aa in
the fire of two years ago on the Lewis
river back of this district it would
la not known yet but only one strong
strategic and defensive position inter
sation. News from Cathlamet indi
cates that all danger Is not over yet
rents between General Kurokl'a army however' not on,y t0 th Benaon Cora
and Uao Tang, that being ' situated
eight miles south of that city.
It is impossible to estimate the Rus-
pany's timber but to that of the Weyer
haeuser Company, aa well. But there
have been 300 men fighting the flames
aian casualties during the engagement wlth termination, and they have be-
aad reports of losses on the Japanese
aide were not rendered this morning.
WnUe the Russians and Japanese on
this front are stretched over a longi
line of country, the Russians are known !
to have four divisions in the field be
gun logging again.
"Fires are not likely to be so disas
trous any more," said a timber-cruiser
yesterday, "because timber is so val
uable that as soon as a pile of brush
catches fire the whole camp turns out
tween General Kuroki and Liao Yang t0 (,uench Thi bas on,y the
art between that point and Mukden, case amm ine iasi Iew year na 20
a large proportion of the men beimr years ag0 was u"e lne reveree'
iv.. . mv. v Then fires were allowed to burn fierce-
the part of the battle witnessed by the ,y M long as they dld not affect 8ome
correspondent of the Associated Press
was a valley beginning three miles from
the Tangse pass. This valley, which
is about 10 miles long, not more than
a Mile wide and running: from north
to south is level, covered with high
torn, giving the troops fine cover.
In the morning the two armies were
confronting each other across the val
ley. The Japanese army was stationed
body's fences. I have known the time
when, in the dead of summer, with
the whole country ready to kindle, men
leaving an uninhabited part of the
country would set a few fires to burn
out a few thousand acres for a future
hunting ground, where the deer could
be seen easier. In those days the man
who could bum the most timber was
the best man. Now it is the reverse.
Ail these fires that have been raging
a ranees of hills fronting the nas
&n. , r . land then checked during the past few
wane the Russians had a higher range I
west of the valley. An artillery en-
S&gement began in the morning and
listed until 5 p. m., during which
aeither side appeared to gain any ad
vantage so far as spectators could
judge. The Russians now had bat
teries in the high hills beyond the vil
Jage of Towan commanding the Liao
Tang, road which the Japanese shelled
Sawfly all day from the front and left
without silencing.
The Japanese artillery was handi
capped In action by soft roads, which
forced them to bring up ammunition
hy hand.
The Russians used 24 guns from Mo
Tien pass.
The Japanese had two or more bat'
Series In the hills and one or two bat
teries In the valley on the plain with
out any cover except the high corn,
vhlch the Russians never discovered,
Jocuslng all their Are on the batteries
In the hills.
A spectacular and daring feature of
the day was the advance of the Jap.
anese infantry across the valley, which
feegan at 5 p. m., and resulted in the
occupation of all of the Russian gun
positions and their infantry entrench
ments In the space of two hours. The
Russians, as usual, could not with
stand the charges of the Japanese In-
iantry and fled through the hills.
The appearance of the field this
morning Indicates a complete rout, the
Russians leaving much clothing and
eamp paraphernalia behind them.
As a battery stationed Just to the
light of a tower In the village of To
wan from which Lieutenant General
Salharoff, commander of the First Si'
kerian army corps, witnessed the en
jagement, dashed down a hill In re
treat one gun was overturned and left
at the foot of the declivity where it
days were all about ready to 'enter the
green timber, and some were in it, but
they have been conquered. Timber has
become so valuable that it will pay the
owners of land to expend almost any
amount for men to fight the fires."
Yesterday the atmosphere was clear
er, all the fires within 50 miles of
Portland being controlled. But still the
forests are becoming drier dally, and
the greatest precaution will have to
be used in Immediately quenching
every fire set. The greatest danger,
the logging companies say, is from in
cendiaries. A number of the big fires,
threatened but checked id time, were
undoubtedly of this origin. The Ben
son Company has offered J500 reward
for the man who set the fire on their
tract at Oak Point The fire at Clat
skanie was caused by a spark from
an engine.
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FRIPARIO IV
"S!0 per cent' Miller, who is also un
dergoing punishment, presented affida
vits, through counsel yesterday, before
Judge Newburirer lu general sessions.
in an effort he is making for new
trial, on the ground of the discovery of
new evidence, say the New York
Tribune. Three of the affidavits were
of convicts, one being that of Amnion
himself, another of Frank K. dim
ming, and the lust of John Goodwin-
Williams.
The specific charge against Amnion
was the larceny of J30.000, which had
been deposited with the Wolls Fargo
Express Company, and in relation to
this money the petitioner wishes to
present a copy of a letter, written to express. The wild duok Is traveling
him by Miller under date of Decern-at the rate of 44 mile an hour while
ber 7, 1899, In which he directed Am- the hunter is mimnlmr the contents of
mon to take charge of the money on a repeating gun at It. The blackbird.
deposit and invest It for him. Ammon I robin, dove and other small birds travel
states that the original of the letter Lt a speed of 3$ miles an hour. The
was lost on the train on the way to I humming bird can and does excel a
Kingston, N. Y, by a lawyer to whompeed of a mile a minute. Murphy
It had been Submitted by Ammon' Lays that a humming bee the other
lawyer. Ammon further states that if May flew In and out of his cab window
he has a new trial, he will go on the! while he was going at the rate of 3
stand, deny Miller's statements at the miles on hour. The performance lasted
trial, and tell what he knows of the while the engine traveled a half mile.
Franklin Syndicate,
Cummings relates that he talked with I putt n End to It All.
Miller while both were In the hos
pital at Sing Sing, and that Miller told
him that he turned the 130.500 over to
Amnion for fear of its attachment.
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ESTABLISHED 1886
Capital and Surplus $100,000
ASTORIA SAVINGS BANK
Capital I'ahl In 1100.000. Snr-plm and Undivided Profits L'5.000
Transacts a general banking business. Interest paid on tlm deposits.
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president ,o President Cashier. Asst. ChW
168 TENTH STREET, ASTORIA, ORE.
A grievous wall oftlmes comes as a
result of unbearable pain from over
taxed organs. Dlxslness, Backache,
Uver complaint and Constipation. But
thanks to Dr. King's New Life Pills
they put an end to It all They are
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0e. W. Wsrrtn, Vlu-Pmldtnt,
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ASTORIA, OREGON.
DIRECTORS
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Williams' affidavit is practically a du
plicate of that of Cummings.
Ammon states also that since Jan
uary Miller has offered to make an nUe but thoroUfh
. as i (4 aI J t it.. a. J I
amuavic. revmjing me wrung- no "uu2Sc Guaranteed by
done to Ammon. 'I sent back word
to him that if he was willing to make
a confession to the Rev. Frank Rees,
cnapiain ox me prison, i woum xnen i .traJiht llauors
be glad to have him make such an I house.
affidavit, but until he did so, I would
not talk with him," says Ammon,
Whether Miller made any such confes
slon the affidavit does not say.
There is also a short affidavit from
Mrs. Winifred F. Ammon, wife of Am'
mon. She swears that there was such
a letter as her husband describes, writ
ten to him by Miller, directing her I Bookkeeping, arithmetic, commercial
husband to take charge of the money. iaW( penmanship, letterwritlng, short
hand, typewriting, lettering and auto-
Pacific Luthern Business College
sad School o! Stenography.
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Assistant District Attorney Nott op
posed the motion for a new trial on
the ground that the petitioner knew of
the existence of the letter at the time
of the last trial. He had then an op
portunity to be heard said Mr. Nott,
but did not choose to avail himself
of the chance. This new move is slm
ply to give him an opportunity to es
cape from the rigors of Imprisonment,
for he has nothing that Is new to of
fer."
Judge Newburger reserved decision.
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William W. Murphy, a locomotive
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Rectify Wrong He Did.
"Colonel" Robert A. Ammon, now
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months in Sing Sing for his connec
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