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ACCUSES MED TO FACE MOBS 1: OicR Mark SAYS "HAPPY NEW YEAR" TO HIS DEATH JURYMEN s V CapL NicholasSays Crimp Took Two Men From 'Andorinha." COMPLAINS TO WRIGHT "Ark Commissioner Promises to Investigate v and the District Attorney May ' fie Called on to Look Into the Matter. Accompanied by another member oC the Bailor .boarding-house crowd "Larry" Sullivan boarded the British ship An dorlnha last Monday afternoon and per suaded two of the seamen to desert, says Captain Nicholas, roaster of the vessel.:- '.. t - "Who are you," demanded the cap tain, when Sullivan came aboard, 'that you should come and take my men away?" ' " T m Sullivan," .replied the boarding house keeper, v ..." With that, the captain asserts, Sulli van took the men ashore. 'This Is my first trip to Portland," explained the master of the' Andorlnha. "and at the time Sullivan came aboard I was not familiar with the law regu lating the sailor boarding-house. For that reason I did not remonstrate when the men were taken. After Sullivan had gone, however, J thought the matter over and decided to gain redress if there was any possible way to do it. ; ; ,' ' . ' ;;J . Promises to Investigate. " ; I'-Yesterday t rilled on Balfour, Guth. rle & Co., my agents, ami explained' tin recurrence. They referred me to B. W. .Wright, a member or the satlor uoara-lng-house commission. 1 looked him up and he promised to make -u Investiga tion. also ' epect to consult British Consul Latdlaw on, the subject and get his advice; It is very probable that-1 will make complaint "this afternoon to the district, attorney. . , ."Since Sullivan boarded my ship and mado himself si obnoxious I have taken the trouble to familiarise myself- with the law governing the sailor boarding house, and I am convinced It is a good one.. If enforced Sullivan would soon losehia license." . '.-' . xis Companion. ' ''Who was the man wltn Sullivan?" was asked. "I don't know, but I think It was Grant As I said before., this is my first trip here and 1 am not well ac quainted. From descriptions given me of him, however, I am almost positive it was Orant ;.';' . "When I llrst arrived In port the sailor boarding-house gang got, two of my men away from the ship while I was ashore. Several of Sullivan's underlings made the vessel a visit after that quite frequently, but no more men deserted. I suppose- that- Is the reason the ring leader himself put In an appearance Monday. ... .:. Apply "After, he got ready to walk ashore with my men Sullivan had the audacity to say, as a parting salute; 'Captain, If you should need any men soon to have your vessel repainted and cleaned, Just-apply-at 4he sailor board-ing-house, and I wUl accommodate you.' "If that man ever comes on my ves sel agalu. he will get into trouble, f : , "Of the .10. men I shipped at San Fran cisco four of thera have now been taken from me by that gang. They will un doubtedly exhaust every effort to get the other six before many days elapse. I have It other Bailors who have been with me since we left Europe. They have a considerable amount of wages coming to them, and there is not much likelihood of their, being enticed away.'; PRESIDENT TALKS OF CHAIRMANSHIP '(Journal Special Service.) Washington, Dec ' 0. -Answering many inquiries regarding the national chairmanship, President Roosevelt is sued a statement 'today in which he says, he has not offered it to any one. because It Is not his to offer. He as sured Hanna that he would be glad to see him gat it. The. president put espe cial emphasis to a denial that the place had been offered to Root or Crane. srxir vrsan caxdsx. r (Journal Special Service.) Cleveland,. Dec. 80. Seven men were scalded, three of them probably fatally, by the explosion of a steam pipe in the Kunts cablnefworks today. Those prou ably fatally injured are Vincent Kunts, Qeorgo Oablo and Adorph Uedeon. ROCKEFELLER GROUP. GETS: STEEL TRUST ' i (Journal Special Service.) ." TCew York. :Dec. 'SO. Tha control of the United States Bteel corporation, the greatest Industrial concern in the world. Is now completed, and is absolutely lni vested in the Rockefeller group ofcapi tallsts and Henry Clay Fj-ck. an eMemy of Andrew Carnegie. The formal an nouncement of this fact may not be made In a set of words, but the effect of the change from the control of Mor Russian Jews Ready for January 7, Says Port . land Refugee.; BATTLE NOT MASSACRE Roumanian Who Passed Through Kishl neff Horrors Says Secret Soci , eties of Hebrews Have Been S Formed to Fight. "There will be no massacre January 7,- the Russian New Year, 'the 'date set for a repetition of the KIshineff horror, but there may be armed conflicts between Christians and Jews. ..The Jews are ready." ' - This Is the assertion made by a Rou manian Jew who bassed through the first massacre unharmed, though he had to flee for his life. He is at present with friends In Portland, where he in tends to remain. He speaks no English, -but is fluentHi Ave other languages: . He is only 21 years old, a typical Roumanian, dark and handsome. "I cannot let you use my name," he said. "If I were to do so word would be sent to Russia and agents would be Bent here to kill me. In any event my relations in Russia would be marked for assassination. ' "After the massacres of last May." he continued, "the Russian government sent strict orders to the governors of the provinces and towns to prevent the formation of Jewish secret societies for self-defense, )ust at the time when they were 'about to organise for this .very purpose." Uut. -there are- now existing systematically 'organised leagues for de fending the lives and property of the Jews in' Russia,'' and there need be no fear of a repetition of the KIshineff massacre,, inasmuch , as the . Jews are now thoroughly prepared 'for i any emergency.' ;l ' "Concerning the recent 'massacre at KIshineff, Dr. Theodore Mommsen,- in a letter written to Leo Erere, the author of a pamphlet entitled "The Russian Jews,' said: 'Many . hearts , will be touched by It in the' discovery of the abyss, in which it seems that feeling ar-d humanity sinks, but will it be pos sible for anyone to heal that wound or obliterate that blackest deed of the cen tury 7 t think not. "The earth had not yet absorbed the blood that had been spilled In this cen tury of civilisation, when fresh blood saturated Russia's soil KIshineff and Iiamel! Here Is the grave of humanity: Here are burled the noblest feelings of Christianity! Horrible grave! Human understanding is too weak to compre hend the cruelties and human hand Is weaker s till, in an attempt to write them down. But the bodies of slain mothers, mutilated children and aged men bear witness againBt the assertion that wo are living in a progressive country. Never has man sunk so deep! 1 "Bessarabia, whose capital KIshineff is, was , once a province of Moldavia, Roumanla. and was given by the Turks, under whose suserainty It was. to the Russians In 1821 as a war Indemnity. The southern part of this province was once, again given back by Russia and in 1SJ8 retaken-by her. The Inhabitants of Bessarabia who number 1,420,000, are mostly. Roumanians.. Kruschewan, edi tor of tho infamous 'Bessara bets,' whose anti-semltic harangues are mainly re sponsible ." for those outrages, .-Is a Roumanian who was expelled from office by the Russian government for theft, and has no more capabilities than are necessary to -edit this basest of antl semltlc paper. Moreover, as he receives pecuniary encouragement from the Rus sian government in whose interest it lies, to give the downtrodden Russian peasants a safety valve for their revo lutionary feelings. For his services In the recent KIshineff massacres, . Krus chewan received, at the express order of Minister von Plehve, 25,000 rubles. LITTLE CHILD IS . BURNED TO DEATH .(Journal Special Servlee.) Eugene, Or.. Oeo, JO. The little 3 year-old son of Frank . Johnson was burned to death nearfllmlra, 12 miles west of Eugene yestef day, , The boy had been playing out in the cold and went In the house to;warm himself. He stood by the fireplace a few minutes, and ran out to play again, when hi little dress burst into flames. Before assistance reached him alt his clothes were burned off and his body frightfully burned. He died In Intense agony four hours later. The child's , father is a Eugene black smith. The little fellow had been liv ing with hts mother, who Is separated from her husband. . . . . . gan will soon be made evident."' John D, Rockefeller and Frick tiave fully worked out their plans. These provide for the complete elimination of Morgan-Perkins-Schwab-Carnegie parties from ' active leadership in .the affairs of the steel trust : Standard Oil methods are here after to be employed In its management The flrst-to feel the effect of this change will be the men wJo are drawing salaries of from 112,000 to 25,000 a year. V . 1 . - i, .w , vv: viV' . v.-.. ,; ''". -'' 1 1 1 ' .'yI''-'-'V. J j "V' i '''' --(Journal Special' Servlea.) . .'. . ;V ". ' New York. Dec 30. Tlie. triarf Frank H Burness a sailor, for murder", developed In him one f the most remarkable criminals ver tried, in New' Tork City. He ' confessed to- four murders on the witness stand and when convicted in the first degree, he wished the Jury a happy New Year. ; TERRIBLE ' (Journal Special Service.) Chicago, Dec. 30. 4' p. m. The new opera house, the Iroquois, one of the finest in America, is on fire and a' panic Is now on in the big matinee audience. A general alarm has been turned In. The audience is composed almost entirely of women and children. Many fainting ones are belnai carried out . It cannot be told at this time h&w great will, be the hor ror. ' 'Bluebeard." the big spectacular-pro duction? was playing. The Are gained s rapidly that the chorus girls were un able to secure their clothing. Several have been carried out by firemen, who were nearly overcome by. smoke. The girls were clad only In tights. A bile-, sard has been raging nearly all day. Reports now state that IS. or 20 per sons are Injured by being trampled upon. Nearly the same number or children are, missing. Mothers are being held back by the polloe. The fire Is gaining. The fire in the Iroquois started in tne WAR INEVITABLE DtS-fATOM rBOM XOHCr XOTCr VAT XOtTZXJTXSS MAT BSaiV AT AHT KOKX1VT jAPAJTZSIl WOPIJ ass oo Asura ooTEBincxirT to 1CAJCB A BECfcAmATIOir. .-' (Journal Special Service. V . San Francisco, Dec. . 10. Edwin H. Clough, the well known and : reliable newspaper correspondent of Hearst s pa pers, cables from Hong Kong as fol lows: . 'There Is no longer any doubt of a conflict between Russia and Japan. VII Is known here positively" that' war. be tween the two countries is Inevitable, and hostilities may begin at any mo ment. - ' ' "' . ' A number of orders for war supplies have been placed at San "Francisco by Japan. Russia has sent In an order for flour that will be distributed among the coast mills. . ; , - J AJ ASTERS W AWT TO TIGHT, . London, Dec. 30, The talk in semi official quarters today Is (he most oessl mlsttc since the eastern trouble began, and It is believed a clashils Imminent Novo Vremya today says the crisis is reached and the slightest turn may cause. the beginning of hostilities. Japanese dispatches show the populace are fairly goading the government Into war. Dis patches to the German papers from a JAPAN-RUSSIAN -"-V. it, u r w . 5-- r '' .i i " ' FRANK It. BURNESS. Iroquois . Opera House Is Burning Sand Many Are Dead and Mangled; flies and spread all through the mass ot spectacular scenery. The entire rear of the building Is now a mass 'bf flames; Fifteen members of the troupe and chorus girls are supposed to be dead, in the rear of the building. They were trapped by the flames. - - i The list of missing children is con stantly growing. One who escaped from the auditorium says women fought each 'other in getting out and that any child which dropped in flight must have met certain death In the awful strug diplomatic source siy itSs learned that a declaration of war from Japan la al most inevitable. . . JAJPAXf OiUS A -UUZT. , (Journal Special SeTTlce.) Tnjin ruA !tn ThA. Central . News today again maintains the accuracy of Its reports tnat. japan nai piacro & um limit on Russia and won't consider any reply after January 14. , y i , POWEU WOX7X.D sa xmroiTED. i Berlin. Dec 30. The Lokal Anxiegcr savs a declaration of war by Japan will result In endless complications, and Eng land, France and America having exten sive Interests in the Far East will probably e drawn Into the imbroglio.' . CARELESS MOTHER FINDS BABY DEAD (Journal BpecVr Service.) V v Butte, ' Mont. ' Dec. to The H- mrmths-old baby of I. M. :Law ot the well-known Arm of florists of this city met death In a peculiar manner last night - ' ' " ' While ; Mrs. ;. Iw was bringing tho habv home an end of a scarf about the little one's neck dangled over the side of the go-cart and became? entangled m tho hub of -a wheel, tightened ' and strane-led the baby to death. The mother, was not aware of her child's fate until she removed the blan kets from the carriage t6 take the baby into the bouse. .Life .then had; been ex tinct at least ; a ml nutea. ' ,-, . ;.. -:. .:. , WU.!TiaSIll OB -PANAMA, , San Francisco. Deo. 80. The ,iunboat Bennington sailed fof Panama i iday as conyny for tho torrcdo-dtstroycv' Jonos and i'rcble,' v.. v -n THEATRE :-i:.'.;:-;.-j--:; i i gle. Twelve bodies, mostly women, were taken out up to this time. A large number is still in the building. Special police are necessary to hold back the crowd. . , ; ., AH 'first estimate seem' small and fire men now believe the dead will probably reach 200 approximately. Seventy bod ies have been removed .and a long row of dead strings- the-pavement-in front of the theatre. Some faces, and heada are almost consumed.- Aa the work pro cresses it Is discovered that the holo. caust is "not confined to the pit but the a-allerv Is littered with dead. At 4:20 o'clock Fire Marshal Campion emerged from the building, and he says at least SO'.dead .-bodies are Inside, and 50 others are so badly injured that they will die. The flames are still unchecked and the firemen are now trying to rescue the dead and "injured . from the build ing. Campion says the dead and Injured are all over the auditorium, being piled In the aisles and .between the chairs. HAS RECEIVED NO STARTLING NEWS VaXTE-D STATES WXZJb EOT TAKE TUB. THEE ACTIOS IE TKBEAT EfEX HASSAOBB OT JEWS COB SUXJUI BETOBTS SO EOT IB7DJ- CATS 8EBI0U8EESS. "(Washington Bureau of The Journal.) Washington, D. C, Dec. 30. Simon Wolf, ' representing -the various Jewish societies, called; on President Roosevelt this . morning; regarding the threatened massacre of Jews-at Kishlheft. No de tails-were given1 out, but it Is known that nothing further will be done In the matter by the-administration so long: as only a hypothetic rase Is made out All consular and diplomatic reports how no recent antl-KemttIc demonstra tion, and no authentlo information that fresh outrages were contemplated. The administration feels that Russia " is aware of the situation and will take all possible ateps to prevent the renewal of the Jewjsh persecutions. BTJBQLABT AT TVBEEB. Journal Special Sortie. ) ".' ' Salem, '" Or., Itec. 30. The hardware store of Henry Karl, at Turner, Was en tered by burglars last night and auanttty of cutlery,, silverware and gloves was stolen. ; The burglars are believed to! be a gang of tramps which encamped near the town yesterday, but has gone now. The loss is about llbO OttWrs from Salem are .working on the case, ... . . . .. ( -.', t, f . FIRE American Soldiers Not Commanded to Proceed to Panama OFFICERS IN IGNORANCE General Staff Issued Orders for Troops to Go to the Isthmus. Officials at Posts Know Nothing of (Journal. Sjwlsl Serrlce.) San Francisco, Dec. " 30. The report received . here yesterday from Washing ton, to the effect that troops had been ordered to Panama, cannot be verified by the most persistent inauiry at the differ ent posts about , this liarbor. Many, of ficials believe that no action has so far fien, taken by. the general staff at Washington, as matters are' not so seri ous on the isthmus as to warrant send lngAmerican aoldlersr that as the Bltg ation stands the war vessels there now and those to be sent can cope with any difficulty that may arise. At the Presidio it is learned that no Instructions regarding the troops have been received. A high army official at department headquarters adds that it is not necessary, to make extraordinary ex ertions -except in the transport service. as the army, under its present system of training can be moved out with a 24 hour notice, that Is, with transports all ready to- receive the soldiers and stores. Work. on the. transports here has been carried, on; systematically : for. several days and Major Duval, chief of the service, said this morning that his de partment la ready to answer any call the government may make upon it, EOT BECEZTED AT TAWCOTJTIB, Vancouver' Barracks, Wash. Dec. 30. At 1 o'clock today no orders, have been' received from Washington relative to the transportation of troops stationed here to Panama. . General JFunston says that any order of such a character would come to him direct and that he knows nothing of the matter. - A high official stated today that If such an order had been issued by the general staff it is out of the ordinary not to have received It before now. CAR BARN BANDIT ATTEMPTS ESCAPE (Journal Special Service.) Chicago, Dec. SO. Erail Rleskl, a mem ber and accomplice of the car barn ban dits, was surprised while cutting away the pars of his cell today in an attempt to escape.' The bar was so nearly sev ered that It fell out. Through the ap erture made he could gain entrance to a 'corridor giving access to an outside window. Officers are unable to And the saw with which the cutting was. done. It is supposed to have been given by out side accomplices and a number or de tectives have been ordered to reinforce the Jail guard. HE LOSES HIS LIFE IN ACT OF BRAVERY . x 1-.-'. I "' New York, Dec. 30. On New Year's day a fitting tentlmon made to the memory of thof latd Fire Chief Coleman. It will form of a substantial sum '.of money which will be given to iM,ta famllv. . The above half-tone sh.ows where the bodies of Fire Chi Coleman and Fireman Joyce were found In the ruins of the street fire which recently occurred.. 'and gave, .up his life In an effort t ber of enmrains, no was Duriea Cliicago Weary of Strikes and People Say Some-' ; thing Must Be Done. : NFW ONE THREATENED Big Buildings May Have Heat. Light Cut Off and Elevator Serv ice Denied Funerals Travs el Under Heavy Guard. (Jonrnal Special Service.) ' Chicago, Dec. 80. The- people of thin- city are strike-ridden to Such an extent that something may soon occur which will seriously affect that element of or ganized labor which Is continually agi tating for the purpose, it would appear, of causing discomfiture, discontent and strife. :The latest threatened affliction' Is that of the engineers and employes of large buildings. These include elevator men of all classes. f , ' - - Conferences 1 betweenrthe representa-' -tives of the engineers and employers were held this morning In an attempt to avert a strike which would leave the greater portion of . Chicago's business population without heat, light or ele- . vator service. . Occupants of 1 BO sky scrapers will be the ones to suffer most. The meeting failed to clear the situa tion. The engineers, while not refusing the arbitration , plan, declared under, no circumstances would they, accept as ar bitrators clergymen, judges or attorneys, as -in previous cases where rabbis, min isters and priests composed boards the engineers lost instead of gained Increase of wages.' Engineers get 28 cents ari hour and demand J7V4. Teamsters throughout the city are In sympathy. Following In the wake of the new threatened disaster is the carriage-drivers' strike, which Is still in great evi dence. Funeral ' processions are under armed escorts today and are being driven through snow-covered streets at a zero temperature. ., ;.' ; ... All drivers are supplied with pistols and are Instructed by their employers to defend themselves against any attack. . The liverymen's association held a meeting this morning and resolved for mally to attempt a resumption of all service tomorrow with non-union drivers if the old drivers refuse to answer a no tice sent them today to that effect. EMPEROR OF AUSTRIA FALLS DOWN STAIRS (Jonrnal Special Service.) ' London, Dec 30. Dispatches ' this morning confirm the report that Emperor Franx Josef was painfully Injured yes terday by falling down steps when visiting his daughter.. Little credence Is given the report that he had a stroke of paralysis, as he is much improved today" and arose at" his usual liour - and expects to hold an audience tomorrow. MABQTJTE .07 SUGrO BEAD. . i. : (Jonitrmi'iftpeelat Service.) , London, Dec. 30.- John "Browne, tli fourth Marquis of Bligo, . died at his home at Westport-Mayo today. . Inl will hi Ixi ill the br tl.a .IV 3 rt in ..tt- hi M Coleman nifl a nne wini r suv young -Joyce,, when -a I r hot, unaer a lauum wan. " C -M