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VOLUME LVIV., ASTORIA, OREGON, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1904. NUMBER 40. I an r co Russu:;;i TO GETlfe s . WAR VESSELS Story That Six or Seven Ships Were to Be Secured From I Chile and Argentina Env ' phatically Denied. Japanese Officials Fear, However That the Deal May Yet Be Consummated. REPUBLICS FEAR BIO FINE This Alone Detere Them From DU posing of VeMl-dndloatlona Are That Fighting at Mukden la Ovar for Winter. London, Nov, Tha Japanee dip lomatic representatlvee in Europe, at tha raquaat of Toklo, have mad In- qulrlea Into tha report that Ruaala la acquiring a naw fleet from Chlla and Argentine. Tha Toklo government waa racantly Informed that Chlla and Ar being abeent Tha a tandanca waa tlonad to Colombia six or aavan war veaeels, which Colombia Intends to turn ovar to Ruaala. Inquiries carrlad on bra and tn South A mar lea by Jap- anaaa agents have anllatad amphatlc gentln between tham bad aold or op Thaaa government art said to havs atatad that they war anxious to aall rartala vaaaala, but not at tha rlak of being heavily mulcted for braacb of neutrality, Despite tha official denials which hava been tranamltted to Toklo, there la mora ttmn one Japanese diplomat In Kuropa who la apprahanatva that In aume way or other thaaa half-dozen wnr vcaeele may ahurtly paaa under tha control of Ruaala. Jupaneee Inde ed atatement that an American bouaa ed etatement that an Aemrlcan houae la concerned In the m-gotlatlona looking to such aoqulaltlon on the purt of Rua slo. CORRESPONDENTS ARE LEAVING Fighting Near Mukden Probably Over for the Winter. Mukden, Nov, 19. Owing to the pros pect of martini Inactivity during the winter, aoine of the war correapond enta are leaving Mukden. Two of the Ave American attachea here hava been recalled, and the Spanish attaches are already gone, The railroad enit of Mukden la com pleted to Fushun. and large auppllci of coal are obtuined from the mluea at y wajeeiatae lloth armlea occupy atrangly fortl li'iiahiin ited position. The range are care fully marked and which ever army at tack la likely to Buffer aevere loaeea. The Jupaneee batteries have secured the range accurately at Poutlloff hill, throVIng shell systematically, ""cover ing the entire mirface of the hill, "j WILL CO TO VLADIVOSTOK. Blti Fleet Will Not Be Handioapped ' If Port Arthur. J " " Mukden, - Nov.- 18vRusslan - officer any thai the' Russlun second ,. Pacific squadron will not be handicapped If Port Arthur should full.. Jr . Tha squadron, WlR proceed, to .VladU voHtc even In the event that Fort Ar thur holds out, because, there la bet ter accommodation " at Vladivostok. Hinull'. hope are 'entertained here' of the effectiveness of the' Port Arthur aiuadiji. ARRAIGNED A.T 6MAHA.ifi- . " . Former Oregon Priest Finde Trouble in Nebraaka. . - I'ender, Neb., Nov. 19. Futher Jo seph Schell, the Catholic priest arrest ed In Omaha and brought to thla city, was today arraigned on a charge of forging the name of Mrs. Mary Little Walker to a certificate of deposit for $2000, drawn on the Homer bank. He plehded not guilty and the trial waa aet for next month. Father Schell left to day for Washington, where he will aeek 6 place before President Roosevelt the condition which exist at the Winne bago Indian agency,-which he alleges! are deplorable, lie aaya the Indiana are In a starving condition a a result of their persecution by unacrupluoua loyilte merohant. 1 Father Schell waa lttt time stationed at Tillamook, slued much notoriety by an u ipose of timber land frauds. tt 1 1 1 1 .i ii-"- - RUSSIA RECEIVES TORPEDOBOAT Said to Hava Been Built In England and to Be Speedy. New Tork, Nov. II. A remarkable story cornea from the Glasgow corre spondent of tha American to the effect that a torpedoboat destroyer of great speed, built In an English shipyard, baa been delivered to tha Russian govern ment and that Burke Roche, ex-member of parliament from Ireland and a few yeara ago wall known In society and club life In New Tork. had com mand of tha boat during Ita voyage through the Kiel ship canal to Llbau, on tha Baltic According to tha correspondent, de tail of tha matter were brought to Glasgow by members of the boat's crew who hava returned from Russia aboard a merchant vessel. There la no official confirmation of tha story. KNOCKS THE GAME. Trainer Delanay Say Players Sub Jeet to Brain Softening. Chicago, Nov. It. Football playere, according to Jera Delaney, trainer of Northwestern university eleven, are subject to an aliment similar to softening of the brain, which leads not only to tha making of peculiar etate menta but cauaea strange actions which sometimes art amusing. Ha declared that It reaults from tha long continued physlclal and nervous strain to which tha men are subjected during tha three montha of rigid training, which they are forced to undergo, rather than from the blows, kicks and bumps they re celva on t ielr skulls during games. DECISIVE DEFEAT DOLED OUT TO HARVARD TEAM Yale Shewa Her" Superiority and Twice Croseea the Goal Line of Her Old Tim Adversary. New Haven, Nov. 1. Tale earned a victory which waa In every way aatla factory to her frlenda over her old time rival, Harvard, In the presence of 32,000 apectutora on Tale field thla aft ernoon, the final score being 12-0, the anme as that In her victory over Prince ton a week1 ago. Tha game waa one tn which the men In blue proved them selves to be their opporents' superior, both tn tha art of defense and In of fense, In the first place, through better team work, with full, simple forma lions, and, In the aecond, through their ability to stop or break up any play, whether of plunging character or used as a subterfuge to turn her flanks, Tale waa not called upon to use her forma lion, which had not been shown In her games of the entire season, and at no time wiis there any doubt of the out come. The weather was perfect. GREAT GAME AT CORVALLIS. Eugene Downs Farmers by One Point """"."In Hard Conteat CorvaHla, (Nov. ! If. University of Oregon today won the football game from Oregon Agricultural college by a score of (-6, and with the winning game went the college championship of Ore gon. The varsity team scored a touch down In the first half, and kicked the goal. In the second half, after a spec tacular 90-yard run by Walker, the col lege center, the agriculturists 'made a touchdown' but failed to kick the goal. The college team went Into the game badly crippled, three of Its best men being absent. The : attendxneo Cm. large, notwithstanding' the fact 'that the game was played In a driving wind and storm. vl $, ,M.!fi( JK.. ' :,- ' Result of the Gam, At West Point West Point 11, Syra cuse 5. " " At Boston Dartmouth 12, Brown 5. At Annapolis Navy 11, Virginia Polytechnlcal 0. ' STILL ON THE MOVE. Danish Vesiel Protect Squadron From Fishing Fleet. Fakkeberg, Denmark, Nov, 19. After coaling, the second division of the Baltic squadron sailed northward this morning. A DanlBh gunboat and a torpedoboat accompanied the fleet In Danish waters. MAGNIFICENT STATUE OF ,: FREDERICK THE GREAT IS . UNVEILED AT WASHINGTON German Emperor's Gift to the Ameri cans Formally Accepted in the Pres ence of a Most Brilliant Throng. Baron Von Sternberg Presents the Statue in the Name of William, Uttering Words of Good Fellowship for the United States, While President Roosevelt Accepts the Splendid Gift for the American People. Washington, Nov. It. Hailed by a military blare of 20 trumpets, the bronse statue of Frederick the Great, presented to the American people by Emperor William, was unveiled this afternoon by the Baroness Speck von Sternberg, the wife of the German am bassador, The ceremony waa marked by great military and official display. Tha statue was preaented on behalf of the emperor by bla personal envoy, the German ambassador, Who made a brief addrees, Tha president made the chief addreas of tha day and accepted the gift In behalf of the American peo ple. Remarks were mada by lieutenant General Chaffee, chief of ataff; Major General Gillespie, of tha general ataff; the master of ceremonies, Lieutenant General Loewenfeld, one of the spe cial commissioners sent to the unveil ing by the emperor, and Charlemange Tower, American ambassador to Ger many. A Brilliant Assemblage. Seldom has the national capital wit nessed a more brilliant and distin guished assemblage than was gathered on the grand esplanade of the army war college around the pedestal of tha statue. Immediately back of the ata'ue on the president's stand, which was completely covered In red, white and blue bunting and decorated with Amer lean flags, sat the president and his cabinet, the German ambassador and the Baroness Speck von Sternberg; Lieutenant General Loewenfeld and Major Count von Schmettow, the em peror'e special commissioner to the un veiling, and the entire diplomatic corps, all In full uniform. On the stands to the right and left of the statue were officers of the army and navy In full dress uniform, the members of the supreme court, members of congress and other Invited guests. Directly in front of the pedestal on the statue were grouped members of German so cieties from various porta of the coun try. Within the gatea of the army war college along the line of march to the esplanade were atatloned the troops In attendance. Early In the day Wash ington was alive with marching troops and by 1 o'clock Pennsylvania avenue contained a steady stream of carriages filled with diplomats and army and navy officers, all moving in the direc tion of the war college. The diplomats, with the exception of the German am- buBsador and his ataff, drove Informal ly to the esplanade to await the -arrival of the official party, which' came in three group. They arrived In hv verse order of rank, the military group first, then the diplomatic group and lastly ; the presidential group, each under escort of a troop of cavalry.,,. After the Invocation by Eight' Rev. Dr.;,Satterlee, bishop' of Washington, Major General Gillespie addressed the ambassador, expressing the gratitude of , the American, people, . lauding the life of Frederick- the Great' and saying that the monument would serve to draw closely the bonds of irteitdahlp and good will which now so happily unite Germany and the United States. '. ' The Statue Unveiled. . As he closed his address, Major Gen eral. Gillespie turned to the ambas sador ess, and offering his arm, escort ed her to the edge of the statue, where were fastened the silken cords attached to the American and German flags, In which It was shrouded. Gripping the cords firmly, one In each hand, the am bassadoresa had but to give one tug before the silken folds loosed from around the figure of Frederick the Great. Straightway 20 trumpeters of the army drew up In front of the presi dent's stand, sounding a military blare of welcome, one prolonged note, and, aa the flogs slowly parted, the American to the right, and the German to the left, the .marine band struck up the German national anthem. Instead of falling to the pedestal, tha flags, by an Ingenious device, were hoisted to the top of flag poles on either side of the statute and unfurled to the breeze amid the Inspiring melody of the German hymn. Baron Sternberg, the German ambas sador, waa Introduced by Major Gen eral Gillespie, and, accepting the cus tody of the statue from the special commissioner, formally presented the gift on behalf of the emperor to the American people through their presi dent, , The President' 8peoh. The president, responding, said: Mr, Ambassador: Through you I wish on behalf of the people of the United States to thank his majesty, the German emperor, and the people of Germany for the gift to the nation which you have just formally delivered to me. I accept It with deep appre. elation of the friendly regard which It typifies for the people of this re public both on the part of tha em' peror and on the part of the German people. I accept It not merely as the statue of one of the half-dosen great soldiers of all time, and therefore pe cullarly appropriate tor placing in this war college, but I accept it, aa the statue of a great man, whose life was devoted to the service of a great peo ple, and whose deeds hastened the ap proach of the day when a united Ger many should spring Into being. As a soldier Frederick the Great ranks in that very, very small group which Includes Alexander, Caesar, and Hannibal In antiquity, and Napoleon, and. possibly, Gustavus Adolphus, In modern times. He belonged to the ancient and Illustrious house of Hohen lollern, which, after playing a strong and virile part In the middle ages, and after producing some men, like the great Elector, who were among' the moat famous princes of their time, founded the royal house of Prussia two centuries ago, and at last in our own day established the mighty Ger man empire as among the foremost of world power. We receive this gift now at the hands of the present em peror, himself a man who has marked ly added to the luster of his great houae and his great nation, a man who has devoted his life to the welfare of his people, and who, while keeping ever ready to defend the rights of" that peo ple, has also made It evident in em phatic fashion" that he and they desire peace and friendship with the other nations of the earth, . ' ; It Is not my purpose here to discuss at length the career of the mighty king and mighty general whose statue we have just received. In all history no pther great commander save only Hannibal fought so long against such terrible odds,, and. while Hannibal final ly failed, Frederick finally triumphed. In almost every battle-, h "V'fought against great odds, and he almost always-won the victory, ' When defeated he rose' te an even greater altitude than when victorious. The memory of the seven years war will last as long as there lives In mankind the love of hero- Ism, and Its operations will be studied to the minutest detail as long as the world sees a soldier worthy of the name. It la difficult to know whether to admire most the victories of Leuthen and Prague, Rossbach and Zorndorf, or the heart-breaking campaigns after Kunersdorf, when the great king, after having been beaten to the ground by the banded might of Europe, yet rose again and by an exhibition of skill, tenacity, energy, and daring auch as had never before been seen united in one person, finally wrested triumph from defeat Not only must the mili tary scholar always turn to the career of Frederick the Great for lessons In strategy and tactics; not only must the military administrator always turn to his career for lessons In organizing success; not only will the lover of he roism read the tale of his mighty feats as long as mankind cares for heroic deeds; but even those who are not at tracted by the valor of the soldier must yet, for the sake of the greatness of the man, ponder and admire the les sons taught by hla undaunted resolu tion, his inflexible tenacity of purpose, his farslghted grasp of lofty possibili ties, and his unflinching, unyielding de termination In following the path he he had marked out It is eminently fitting that the statue of this Iron sol dier, this born leader of men, should find a place in this war college; for when soldierly genius and soldierly heroism reach the highest point of achievement the man In whom they are displayed grows to belong not merely to tha nation from which he sprang, but to all nations capable of showing, and therefore capable of appreciating, the virile and masterful virtues which alone make victors In those dread struggles where resort la at last bad to the arbitrament of arms. But, Mr. Ambassador, in accepting the statue given us today through you from the German emperor, I accept it not merely because it Is the statue of a mighty and terrible soldier, but I ac cept It as a symbol of the ties of friendship and good will which I trust as the years go on will bind ever closer together the American and the Ger man peoples. There Is kinship of bood between the two nations. We of the United States are of mixed stock. In our veins runs the blood of almost all the peoples of middle, northern, and western Europe. We already have a history of which we feel that we have the right to be legitimately proud, and yet our nationality Is still in the form ative period. Nearly three centuries have elapsed since the landing of the English at Jamestown marked the be ginning of what has since grown into the United States. During these three centuries streams of newcomers from many different countries abroad have in each genera tion contributed to swell tha Increase of our people.' Soon after the English settled In Virginia and New England, the Hollander settled at the mouth of the Hudson and the Swede at the mouth of the Delaware. Even in co lonial days the German element had become , very strong among our people in various ports of this country; the Irish element was predominant in the foothills of the Alleghanles; French Huguenots were numerous. By the time of the Declaration of Independ ence that process of fusion which has gone on ever since was well under way. From the beginning of our national history men of German origin or Ger man parentage played a distinguished part In the affairs both of peace and of war. In the revolutionary war one Of the leading generals was Muhlen berg, an American of German descent, just as among the soldiers from abroad who came to aid us one of the most prominent was the German, Steuben. Muhlenberg was the first speaker of the house of representatives; and the battle which In the revolution saved the valley of the "Mohawk to the Amer ican cause was fought under the lead of the German, Herkimer. As all the different races here tend rapidly to fuse together, it ' is rarely possible after one ' or two generations to draw a sharp line between the various ele ments; but there Is no student of our national conditions who has failed to appreciate what an Invaluable element ln; our composite stock the German Is. Here On this platform, Mr. Ambassador, among those present today are many men partly or wholly of German blood, and among the officers of the army and navy who have listened to you and who now join with me In greeting you there are many whose fathers or grandfathers were born In Germany, and not a few who themselves first saw the light there. 'Each nation has Its allotted tasks to do; each nation has its peculiar diffi culties to encounter; and as the peo ples of the world tend to become more closely knit together alike for good and for evil. It becomes ever more Im portant to all that each should prosper; for the prosperity of one Is normally not a sign of menace but a sign of hope for the rest Here on this conti nent where it Is absolutely essential that the different peoples coming to our shores should not remain sepa rate, but should fuse Into one, our un ceasing effort Is to strive to keep and profit by the good that each rate brings to our shores, and at the same time to t (Continued on page 4 ) MANY LIVES ARE LOST IN FIERCE FIRE Sunday Morning Blaze in Brook lyn Tenement Houses Results in an Appallingly Large Number of Deaths. Victims Are Suffocated by Smoke and Perish Before Firemen Can Reach Scene. TWELVE BODIES RECOVERED Firemen Believe That Further Search Will Bring Up the Number of Dead to Fifteen at tha t Very Least New Tork, (Sunday.), Nov. 20. At least 12 lives were lost In a fire In a Brooklyn tenement house early today, and firemen are searching for other bodies. It is believed the death list will equal IS. Twelve persons were In jured, but none, it is believed, fatally. Shortly after 2 o'clock this morning flames were found in the cellar of No. 18( Troutman street a three-story frame tenement By the time firemen arrived the stairways and airshafta were ablaze, and the balls were filled with smoke. Despite the efforts of the firemen, the flames spread to the adjoining tene ments, 128, 184, 188 and 190. The occu pants of these houses were early noti fied and it is believed all escaped. The firemen found the dead bodies of nine persons shortly after their arrival at the scene, and' another was added to the number within a few minutes. Further search was rewarded by find ing the1 bodies of a "man and a woman in a bedroom on the top floor of No. 18. They were burned severely, but death, as in the case of the other victims, was due to suffocation. The cause of the fire Is unknown. The occupants of the houses were laborers. FIRE AT WORLD'S FAIR. Missouri Building Destroyed and Sev eral Firemen Ar Hurt. St Louis, Nov. IS. The Missouri state building, constructed and fur nished at a cost of $250,000, was burned tonight as the result of the explosion of the hot water heater In the base ment The fire created intense excite ment at the fair grounds and from a spectacular standpoint rivaled, while it lasted, the most powerful and splen did illuminations on the exposition grounds. Bucket brigades prevented the other buildings from Igniting and a rescue corps saved much valuable prop erty from the Missouri building, but many of its greatest treasures, includ ing portraits of former Missouri gov ernors and supreme judges, were con sumed' in the flames. While responding to the alarm of fire Captain Edward O'Neill of world's fair truck No. 4 was seriously hurt George Carrenbach was killed and Jerry Fagln of the same company was probably fatally Injured. It was necessary for the truck to pass through the mining gulch, and, owing to the darkness, the horses lost the road. They separated when approaching a large tree, the pole striking the obstruction with terrlflo force, upsetting the truck and hurling the' crew in every direction. ROW AT BASEBALL GAME. """" , , m , San Franoiaco Forfeits to Portland aa Reault of Deoiaion. San Francisco, Nov. 19. The base ball game today was forfeited to Port land In the seventh Inning. Nadeau singled and Kellackey made a hot hit across first base that Umpire Christie declared fair and Nadeau came home, tying the score. The entire San Fran cisco team declared Kellackey's hit i foul and argued with Christie, who or dered the men back to the field. The players refused and Christie gave them five minutes' grace and then forfeited the game. Captain Irwin at the home team threw a broom at Christie, but the latter kept his temper. The score was J to J. . . . ' Other Game. Tacoma 7, Seattle $. Los Angeles 8, Oakland 2.