VOL. II.. "NO, 304.
PORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 2t. .1904.
PRICE FI VE CENTS.
GRAVE ARE
THE FEARS
Fresh Reports at London
Cause Government to
Watch JFrpce.
CHINESE JOIN FORCES
The Fact No Longer Disguised That
China Will Assist in Preserving ' r
Her Own Integrity and WiH
' Fight to the finish.
4 (Journal Special 8ervice.
4 London, Feb. 27. The advice
received yesterday concerning
(Thlnn'a titttmaA (n4ntlrt A Awh
the Russians as allies of the Jap-
anese, are augmented In serious-
ness today by a dispatch re-
oelved here this afternoon from
e Tied Tsln which states that 20,-
000 welLeaulpped Chinese trooos
are preparing tdfc Join the Jap-
anese detachments which were
landed late yesterday on the Llao
Talng peninsula. It is also
stated here that the Chinese of
communication with the Jap
anese outposts north of the Yalu
r)ver and that In skirmish fight
ing which Is tin progress, the
former are acting as guerrillas
and are a terror to the poorly ac
coutred Russian soldiers.
" Officials of the foreign offioe
here are open In expression of
the gravity of the situation; and
while no expression., will be
given of the believed attitude of
France, there la positive , evl-
dence that the republia across
the channel la being watched la
every move. , V
' Eleven additional men of the
secret -service were despatched -
to Paris this morning. This
fact .. leaked out and la causing '
great comment as it practically
announces that Great Britain
Is guarding against any surprise. '
(Journal Special ferric.)
London, Feb. 27. The landing of Jap
anese troops at various places on the
Llao Talng peninsula - la reported to
have successfully taken place yesterday
end last night followed by the retreat
of the Russian advance guard In their
line In the rear of the strategic terri
tory. The Russian announcement that
her troopB are going to .the front rapid
ly Is partly confirmed. 1
A St. Petersburg dispatch from re
liable sources saya that an army of
126.000 men is already in the far east
and that It Is the Russians' object to
concentrate an immense force before
striking a blow. . , " i
It is not understood what the ciar
intends to do to offset the Japanese ad
vance on Vladivostok and Port Arthur.
An authoritative statement from St.
Petersburg today says: VRussia is not
greatly alarmed over the situation at
the latter place and that in the face
of Japanese reports of their successes
the latter have been driven away from
the harbor with repeated losses. Russia
says she can hold Port Arthur, from
both land and sea until her., army Is
ready to advance to the relief of that
point, also that Japan has been circu
lating reports of victories to influence
Kuropean powers to Impair Russia's
credit.
. - Japan's, ostensible raising of Jthe cen
sorship applies to direct cables only.
No news can be brought from the front
over , land lines or from places where
active military and naval preparations
are on..'; . '
Reports posted at the Russian war
office are read with suspicion by the
Russian people, as they were the second
time deceived In glowing accounts of a
Japanese defeat at last Tuesday's Port
Arthur engagement, when In fact there
was not a sign of a Russian victory.
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f ACTIVE
Unusual Preparations for
Defense Being Made at
San Francisco.
HARBOR FULL OF MINES
Seriousness of Far East Situation
Causes Government to Exercise
Every Means for Better
Protection,
THE ICE-FILLED HARBOR OF PORT ARTHUR. SHOWING EXACT PLACE WHERE SHOTS FROM THE JAPANESE WARSHIPS CRIPPLED THE RUSSIAN VESSELS.
' ' This photograph' was takert'from a merchant vessel in the harbor just before the war cloud settled In the asst. The warships of the Russian Port Arthur fleet are seen steaming in, breaking
channel through the'already fast-forming Ice. In the picture are -aome of the ships that two weeks ago were surprised by the sudden appearance of Rear-Admiral JUriu's fighting fleet, and
after m ona-aided engagement, driven, defeated, on tne beaon. (uopyrigntea iw By w. rt. nearst. . yf-
Loss:$800,000, insurance
Only $6,000--Governor
Fights Fire.
(Journil 8pHl Srrlc.)
Madiaon. Wls.M Feb. 27. Fire started
at S o'clock , this morning from crossed
electrlo : wires and completely gutted
Wisconsin's beautiful capitol building.
The : loss was $800,000. The Insurance
was only. 1 6, 000. The fire was not dis
covered until it was under great head
way. Thf local firemen were unable to
cope with the fire and appealed to Mil
waukee department, but the aid came
too late.
The loss Involves the building of a
new capitol. A special session -of the
legislature ' will be called and probably
renew the agitation to remove the capi
tal from Madison to' Milwaukee. The
east and west wings are entirely ruined.
The building cost tl, 000,000. ,
. - Governor Laf ollette personally di
rected the fight against the flames. ' Stu
dents and citizens assisted In removing
the records and law books.' The vaults
are believed to be intact. .. .
There was only $8,000 on, hand.. Fire
Chief Bernard waa seriously Injured by
falling bricks. , , ' ; . ... . . t
ENGLAND DOES NOT SLEEP
THREATENS
"Hong Kong, Feb. 27. I have returned
here from Toklo after three weeks'
hard effort to secure a. forecast of the
plana of the Japanese government in
the even-of war, with Russia. . All over
the Island there was a feeling that war
could not be averted, and a general in
clination to doubt the honeyed worda of
Russia la her alleged try for the main
tenance of peace. Japan I like the
mechanical creation of "The Coming
Race," ready to feel the rill of the
master hand and act with -. deliberation
and almost inconceivable surety. Every
where that the government is interested,
at dock yards, military headquarters,
and' in business centers, the same care
ful, non-communicative spirit Is extant,
and if Japan strikes it will be with as
tonishing suddenness and with the self
satisfaction in the . knowledge that v her
preliminary plans have hot been handed
to the Russian war board.
The most Interesting of all things
that have happened In the pending
struggle Is the activity .of England in
the far east - Hong Kong, being the
stronghold of the. British in the Orient,
is of necessity the center of naval and
military preparation. On both sides of
the harbor the troops and engineers are
busy and all day the sound .of military
commands to men drilling hai'd and
fast behind batteries, drift across the
waters. There Is no doubt that England
la preparing to protect ' India, should
she become involved in the controversy
between Japan and Russia. The govern
ment has quietly ordered a number of
vessels in the Indian' service to ply be
tween the ports where they, can be
reached at short notice. Many of these
vessels are naval reserve, craft and can
be fitted aa auxiliary cruisers in a brief
time. The navy, too, is- on . the go.
There Is no concentration of, the Asiatic
By Alfred Barkan, Special Correspond
ent of the Xearst Papers on Duty 'at
Bong Zong, China. . t
fleet, but 'the ahlps are kept on . the
move and report frequently to head
quarters. It would not take long to
bring the great bulk of Great Britain's
sea' power together.
Hong Kong Is well protected. Small
lines of railroad have been constructed
leading, to and from the batteries to
Arsenals. A great quantity of ammuni
tion of modern kind has been accumu
lated and. a battery of the most de
structive of. latter-day guns commands
the naval station from Queen's road to
the extreme limits of the yard. .
At Kowloon, where the torpedo-boats
are lying in long, queer-looking., rows
of steel, there Is employed an army .of
men who are working night and. day to
place the fleet of needle-like vessels in
the finest of 'fighting condition. That
all warships may coal from a pier in
stead of from junks the government has
let a contract for a concrete coaling
OUR WAR MAP
The unusually fine map In
colors which The Journal
prints on its twelfth page
today should be preserved
by. all readers. It fully
meets every requirement and
Is strictly accurate. -
dock that Is to cost $500,000, work to be
completed by winter of this year. An
Immense force of workmen is employed,
and aU possible haste is being made to
finish the Important undertaking.
, Japan has showed a -spirit of resent
ment at what is termed the laxity of
Turkey in' allowing war material to pass
through the Dardanelles and Bosphorus.
It Is claimed that the vessels of Rus
sia's volunteer fleet have been transport
ing arms and ammunition, - besides a
number of recruits to the far east, and
Turkey has shown no disposition to stop
them.
. The Japanese secret : service states
that it has found out .that two vessels
of the volunteer, fleet ; which left Odessa
some weeks ago carried nearly 100
quick-firing: guns for1' the Russian Pa
cific squadron. Seasoned troops that
have been 'sent from the Black sea are
listed ss passengers, dV -men fo regi
ments that have been weakened My dis
ease or', time-expired enlistments. -1
think it will be known that Russia has
more soldiers in Manchuria and along
the Yalu river than the rest of the world
suspects.
A party of 80 Japanese have arrived
at Nagasaki 'from Vladivostok after: a
hard trip over the Ice. They left there
on the 29th of last month, and they re
port that their vessel had to make her
way through 14 miles of Ice, the floes
extending that distance from the shore
at the mouth of the harbor, and all
along the coast for miles. Ice cruisers
were working at all hours of the day and
night In an attempt to keep-the channel
clear, but no sooner would the Ice be
cut. than it would reform and close up
the narrow passage again.
.Four Russian men of war . were in
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Get -Two Years Each for
Postal Frauds-Are
Fined $10,000. ,
' 1 (Journal Special Bertlo.)
Washington, Feb. 27. A. W. Machen,
O. "E". Lorens and B. ' Oroff ' were each
sentenced ' this forenoon to two years
in the penitentiary at Moundsvllle, W.
Va;. and to pay a fine of $10,000 each.
The sentences are to date from the time
they arrive at the penitentiary. Samuel
Groff has a motion pending f "jf a new
trial.' Judge Kumaler, the attorney for
Lorens; made an eloquent plea for his
client when the latter stood up to re
ceive sentence. He told the court, that
he had borne a reputation that-had re
flected credit on his family. Judge
Prltchard said he would make n re
marks on the rase -at .present aa one
other - condemned man remained to be
sentenced. .. The sentence was delivered
to an empty court froom, none being
present except , the prisoners ' and their
attorneys. . '
Prior to the sentence the' defendant's
attorney, Douglas,- moved for new trials
for Machen, Lorens and the two Grofts.
Judge Prltchard overruled the motion,
making exception, however, -of Samuel
Oroff. ..
(San Francisco Bureau of The Journal.)
San Francisco, Feb. 27. The United!
States government is getting ready for
the defense of San Francisco and othen
coast- cities on the seaboard. Prepara
tions to lay an elaborate system ot
mines in the local harbor are being rap
idly made at the torpedo station on
Goat Island,' anil no sudden emergency
that may by any chance grow out ofi
the complicated and aerlotis reondltloB of?
International affairs will find tha United
States war department unprepared for
the protection of the principal' American,
harbors on the Pacific.
The artillery branch of the army serv
Ice recently assumed charge of the sub
marine mine defenses which are - to be
Hitronen in connection w n n tne na
bor fen-tiflcations, instead of being op
erated: as' formerly by the engineef
corps. Artillery Capt. W. S. Overton.
Is now at the head of the submarine
mining work, and has a force of '' ex
perts 'Under the direction of Sergt. O.
V. Uodgman, Twenty-eighth company
coast artillery, overhauling and testing
cables and getting them in readiness for
use. .From 100 to ' 200 large reels of
cable are at Goat Island, kept in salt
water .and ready to be run out in the
bay at a moment's notice And placed
along the lines of the charted -system,
which has been carefully studied out for
the destruction of any hostile vesstl
that .might, get past tha guna of tha
outer .forts. The immense plana, it is
ststed, call for. more than 100 miles of
cable. "...
JAB ABB SB WOT DAMAGED.
Ons Beport Bays Loss Was Sustained!
" Another Contradicts,
4 (Journal Special Berries.) V
. London, Feb. 27. -The , Chefoo cor
respondent Of the- St. James Gazette
wlrea that one Japanese gunboat was
badly damaged ' in the attack .Tuesday
on Port Arthur and then tried to maka
Chefoo, but sunk before reaching port.
Eight of the crew arrived at Chefoo and
reported several boat loada ot survivor
had landed east of Chefoo. -
Japanese Minister Hayasht, however,
received the official report this morning
of the Tuesday battle at Port Arthur in
which the statement is made that up to
the present time no Japanese ships bav
been damaged. '
BTJS8IA GETS STATEMENT.
Viceroy Alexieff States That Two Jap
anese Boats Ware Sunk.
Usuroal Special Service.)
'St. Petersburg,' Feb. 27. Viceroy
Alexieff reports that In the Port Ar
thur attack February, 25, the Retslvsaa
apparently sunk two Japanese destroy
ers, subsequently several Russian tor
pedo boats went out to sea and one was
cut off and took refuge in Golubinaja
Bay, where it waa shelled by the Jap
anese. ..... -...i -.
London. Feb. 27. Reports that tha
Russian cruiser Askold has been lost at
Port Arthur were this morning officially
dented.
St Petersburg, Feb. 27. Leo Tolstoi
has contributed 1,000 sets of his books
to be sold for a war fund.
TOTJB Z.OGGEBS DBOWBXB.
(Journal Special BerTlce.)
Knoxvllle, Tenn., Feb. 27. Four rafts
men bringing los to Knoxvllle were
drowned today at the Campbell shoals
above herd.
TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS OF A HEARST
CORRESPONDENT
(Heart Special Serriee. Copyrighted.)
San Franolsco, Feb, 27, Jack London,
author and newspaper man writes of his
adventure with the Japanese secret
service who "placed him under arrest
for photographing "scenery" at Mojl
Japan. . Mr. London represents tha'
Hearst newspapers aa special corre
spondent and was on his way to Che
mulpo when arrested. , ;
Shlmonoseki, ,Feb. S. Mojl is a fortl-1
fled city and visitors are not allowed to
photograph ."land or water scenery." I
did not know this, but X know It now
Just tha same. I snapped my, camera,
at some boys and Una of coolies cor
rylng coal. ; : x
Passing by a two-story frame building '
I noticed g middle-aged Japanese stand
ing in a doorway. Ho smiled and beck
oned me to enter. " Some chin ohm and
tea thought I, and I obeyed, but alas;..
ltldestlned to ba too much chin chin
and no tea at alL, It was tha police sta
tion. .. -.. .
. iThe middle-aged Japanese waa what.
the American hobo calls a i'fly cop." '
Great excitement ensued. - Captains,
lieutenants and ordinary policemen all
talked at once .and ran hither and
thither. I had run into ar lilve of blue
- uniforms, brass buttons and cutlasses. .
The populace clustered like files at the
doors and windows to gape at the "Rus
sian spy." . At first it was all very lu
, dlcrous "capital to while away some
time ere my steamer departs," was my
judgment, but when I was taken to an
' upper room and hours began to slip by,
I decided It was ' serious. I explained
that I was going to Chemulpo. "In a
moment," said the interpreter.
I showed my ticket, passport' my
card and my credentials, and always and
Invariably came the answer, "In a mo
ment.", i ' ' .
Also the Interpreter stated that he waa
very sorry. He stated this many times.
He made special trips upstairs to tell
me he was very sorry. Every 'time I
told him I was going to Chemulpo he
expressed his sorrow until we came to
vie with each other, I in 'explaining my
destination, he In explaining the state
and degree of his emotion regarding me
and my destination. ,'
And-so it went The. hour of tiffin
had long gone by. I had an early break
fast My appetite waited on his "in a
. moment" till afternoon waa well along.
"Then came the police 'examination ' re- .
plete with searching questions concern
ing, myself, my . antecedents and every
member of my family. All of which Jn- .
formation waa gravely written down.
An unappeasable interest In my family
was displayed. Tha remotest relatives
' were hailed., with keen, satlaf action and
placed upon paper. Exact ascertainment
of their" antecedents and birthplaces
seemed necessary to the point at issue,
. namely, the snapa I had taken of coolies '
carrying cotton, tha five little boys play
ing and the string of coal coolies.
Next came my movements since my
arrival In Japan. ,
"Why did you go to KobeT"- ' i
. - "To, go -to Chemulpo," waa my answer.
And In this fashion I explained my pres
ence in various cities of Japan. I made
manifest, that r my r only reason for ex-
' lstence was to go to Chemulpo; but their
conclusion from ihy week's wandering '
was that. I had no fixed place of abode.
I began to shy. , The last time the state
- of my existence had been so designated-
It had been followed by 80 days Impris
onment in a vagrant cell. Chemulpo
suddenly grew dim and distant and be
gan to fade beyond the horizon of my
mind. .
"What is your rank?" was the Initial
question of next stage of examination.
I was nobody I explained, a mere citi
zen of the United States. -I waa given
to understand that by rank was meant
my business profession.
"Traveling to Chemulpo," I said was
my business, and when they looked pus
sled I meekly added that I waa only a
correspondent.-
The next questions were the hour and
minute I made the three- exposures and
were they of land and water scenery,
'No, they were of people' I said.
"What people?" . I ! . f
Then I told of tha coolies carrying cot
ton, the five small boys playing andthe
strlng-of coal coolies.
. , Did I stand with my back to the water
while making) the pictures or did I stand
with my 'back to land? Somebody had
Informed them that I had taken -pictures
In Nagasaki (a police lie and they sprang
many such on me). I atrenuously denied
this. Besides It had rained all the time
I was at Nagasaki. What other, pic-:
turns had I taken in Japan? v
Three of Alt Fuji and one of a man
aelllng tea at a railway station. .
Where were the pictures? '
In my camera. : . i ,
To cut a simple narrative short I pass
on from this sample of examination I
underwent to the next step in the pro
ceedings which was the development of
the film. Guarded by a policeman and
accompanied by an Interpreter, I was
taken through the atreeta pf Mojl to a
native photographer. I described the lo
cation of three pictures on a film of 10.
Observe the simplicity of it These
three pictures he cut out anu developed,
seven other exposures, possible expos
ures, being returned to meMindeveloped,
They might have contained secret for
tifications of Mojl for all the policemen
knew, and yet I waa permitted tq carry
them away with me and I hava them
..noW, ..1.v;'s',::i'! v. :.:,...
For the penc of Japan let me declare
that they contain only pictures of Fuji
and tea sellers.
I asked permission to go to my hotel ,
and pack my trunk In order to be ready
to catch the steamer for, Chemulpo. Per
mission was accorded and my luggage '
accompanied me back to the police sta
tion, where I was again confined In the
upper room listening to the "In a Mo
mont" of the Interpreter and harping my
one note that I wanted to go, to Chem
ulpo. ; .' .,
.Next morning, bare-headed and stand
ing, I was tried by three solemn black
capped Judges. The affair waa very seri
ous. I had committed a grave, offense
and the public procurator stated that
while Ijlid not merit a prison sentence
1 was nevertheless worthy of a fine.
After an hour's retirement the judges
achieved a verdict. It was pay C yen
and Japan was to get the camera. All
of which was eminently distasteful to
me, but I managed to extract a grain
of satisfaction from the fact that they
quite forgot to mulct me of S yen. There
Is trouble brewing for somebody because
of those yen. .There is a Judgment.
I am a free man. But how ar they to
balance accounts? r ;
Next day I received word from tha
United States minister at Kobo that ijy
camera would be returned and that a
ajeamer would sail for Chemulpo an the
morrow.
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