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VOL. 111. NO. 2.
PORTLAND, OREGON", SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 12. 1904.
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RUSSIANS H
SET FIR
Sea After Fierce Bombardment . of
Port ArthurCzar Is Anxious
Inhabitants of Towns Along Trans-Siberian Rail-
way Suffering from Lack of Food Gy for
Assistance Situation Very Serious .
(Journal Special Service.)
Seoul, March II. It Is reported here ..from an apparently reliable
source that the Russians, closely pressed and cpntinually harassed by
the Japanese advance to the northward, have set fire to the town of
Wlju, on the Korean side of the Talu river, and have retreated across
the stream Into Manchuria. The' evacuation is reported as being com
plete, and within a short time the last the troops will have Joined the
main body. Color la' lent to the report here by the known ' rushing
forward of Japanese troops. The city is' now alihost entirely deserted
by Japanese soldiery. ' The streets are patrolled by Koreans, while the
foreign legations are guarded solely by marines. The city . Is quiet, and
the greatest attention is bestowed upon preparations for the funeral of
the late dowager empress, which will take place Monday. American
Minister Allen has gona to Chlnaropo on a Japanese transport
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(Journal Special Service.):
St. Petersburg, March 12. Despite
discouraging reports covering the trans
Siberian railway conditions, , and re
peated reports of damage and loss of
life at Port Arthur, the feeling today in
general official circle is anything but
despondent The greatest attention to
day is centered on detailed advices from
Port Arthur covering Thursday's bora-
Dispatches this afternoon- state ' the
new portion of the port suffered "the
- greatest damage, . many houses being
wrecked "under the steady shower of
shells and a not Inconsiderable casualty
list resulting. One huge projectile burst-
Kiit nlcrht varria fmm th. rnlften(e
of CoL Baron Frank, demolished thu
house, fatally Injuring Mrs. Prank and
completely decapitating her daughter.
Mrs. Frank and the body of Miss Frank
were with difficulty rescued from the
names which followed the explosion.
Constantino Zedorskl, an attorney, an
unknown woman and two Chinese cool
ies were killed by a shell which exploded
but a few minutes after the bombard
ment began. r " r-: ,
General Stoessel and staff, hurrying
toward the water front came within
the danger- sone and were liberally
sprinkled with fragments and splinters
from exploding shells, but beyond a few
minor wounds were uninjured.
Chinese Colony Demolished.
In the Chinese .quarter the shells
tore great holes In the earth and
wrecked a row of houses. The inhabi
tants fled for shelter, ' but not before
seven Chinese, , including - one woman,
were wounded. The' report, says the
firing from the land batteries was spir
ited and apparently reasonably effective.
One Japanese Ironclad was struck by. a
Russian shell and slowly withdrew from
range in a supposedly crippled condition.
Another vessel Is believed to have sus
tained damage.
After the bombardment and torpedo
fight the Japanese fleet withdrew in a
leisurely manner and up to yesterday
morning had not returned to renew the
attack. The Russian squadron proceeded
to sea in the afternoon but returned
without having sighted the enemy. The
latest reports are agreed on the fact
that the Japanese have apparently with
drawn to a considerable dlBtance, and
speculation is rife as to the next move.
FLAMES CLAIM A
HEAVY HARVEST
- (Journal Special Service.)
Fort Worth. Tex., March 12.T-Terrlflo
prairie fires are raging over that section
of the uplands north of Vlnlta, Indian
Territory. Thousands of acres are be
ing left in a blackened , area marked
here and there by the smoking ruins of
farm houses and buildings. The coun
try is almost completely denuded, as
the broken spaces were not sufficient to
in any wise check the advance of the
Are. The loss will be. heavy, but as yet
oannot be estimated. . -
BOTES IS ASHES.
Rlpon, Wis., March 12. Fire this
morning, which had gained great head
way before being discovered, completely
destroyed the Tremont hotel and a num
ber of business houses located- beneath
and adjoining it The loss will reach
$63,000. A number of narrow escapes
were features of the hotel fire, but in
no instance was either death or serious
injury sustained. . .
KTNTDBED THOUSAITO 2,088. ,
i Frederick. . Okla., V March li.- The
heaviest Are loss sustained in the his
tory of this city occurred last night,
when 14 business houses were destroyed
before the flames could be controlled.
The loss is between $76,000 and $100.
'000. Many of the buildings wore com
paratively new. i-Y f- ,
UOXUE XXB DZUYZBT. " '
(Wiqhlnttou Barean of The Joornal.)
Washington, March 12. A rural free
delivery service - has been ordered es
tablished ' April 15 at Rickreail, Polk
county, Or wlta one carrier. '
ARASSED BY
E TO
,
'
Perhaps the most disquieting feature
In official circles is the constantly recur
ring reports relative to the railway line.
The chief mspector of the railway ad
mits the line to be in an exceedingly
poor condition. Trackmen are regularly
neglecting their duties. , Derailment of
trains has in many instances been nar
rowly averted.
The dangers to the track are not con
fined to the .extremely -heavy -drifting
of snows, but to threatening landslides
aa well. .The unusual severity of the
winter promises to be followed by floods
in many districts which, it is predicted,
will ; seriously cripple the road for. a
protracted period.1 It is almost certain
that famine will- spread over vast
stretches of territory-newly settled and
dependent for food almost entirely upon
the railway resources. '-, '
Great ramine Threatens. ' -
A cry for help haa come, from Tora
skektta: Vercholloskl and several ' in
termediate villages. . In these . places
food has already reached prohibitive
prices and the poor are on the verge of
starvation, while none-can give assist
ance. The stoppage of all ordinary traf
fic to allow transportation of troops to
the far frontier, has resulted in a to
tal discontinuance of supply for resi
dents along the Una. With the ever In
creasing demand for food for the troops
the chances , of providing for villages
in the famine district is daily lessened
and there Is a strong probability that
trains returning from the seat of war
will soon be burdened with homeless
refugees.
That the government stands in whole
some . fear of railway interruption , is
shown, by the drastic measures adopted
along the entire trans-Siberian line. All
Japanese residents, according to today's
advices, have been removed . from the
immediate vicinity of the railway. The
entire colony at Blagovestchensk have
been removed to Irkutsk, although at
that point there has, up to the present
time,t, been no attempt to Injure the
railway.
In 8t Petersburg the news is now
watched for with an almost pathetic In
difference, but patriotism continues high
and Is particularly manifested in re
ligious fervor. Prayers are- almost con
stant for the success of Russian arms
and street religious scenes are not at all
uncommon. -." '
CANADA PREPARES
FOR EMERGENCIES
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
Victoria, B. C. March 12.- Arms and
accoutrements for 1,000 men have been
placed in the ordnance department here
by the department of militia of Canada
It is intended to be ready for any emer
gency -which might arise. The local
regiment is an artillery one and Is
trained to take charge of forts com
manding the entrance to the Esquimau
naval base.,;
The long distance from the militia
headquarters in the east makes it ad
visable to have outfitting on hand in
case of any interantlonal trouble which
might arise implicating British inter
ests here. A large force of men could
easily be recruited,- many of whom have
served either in the imperial army or in
the militia of England or Canada and are
now residents, of Vancouver Island.
BEC&ABES XT VXOXiATIOV.
Bossia. Says Japan's Disclaimers la Xo-
, '- reaa Matter Are Untrue.
s (Jonrnil Special Serrlca.)
8t.; Petersburg, March 12. The of
ficial rejoinder to Japan's disclaimer of
a violation of the Korean neutrality,
says the letter's argument is valueless,
as Korea in January promulgated her
neutrality to the powers. Therefore no
state of war gave Japan a right to
violate her neutrality.' Japan's conten
tion' lit defense of her attack ' on tha
Russian ships at Chemulpo on February
t is declared to be false because or Ko
rea's - neutrality proclamation. Japan's
denial of interference with Russian tele-
Kratns over the Danish cable Is also.
termed as false and an instance is cited
whereby Baron da Rosen at Toklo did
not receive a meuaKe Xor three days.
TOWN
CARBARN
M
(Joaraal Special Serrlea.)
Chicago, March 12. After weeks .of
wrangling wherein many novel defenses
have been advanoed by s plaintiffs' at
torneys, the "carbarn bandits" were to
day found guilty and the penalty fixed
at death. The young criminals, Harvey
Van Dine, Gustav Marx and Peter Neid-
ermeler, were all confident that - the
penalty at the most would not be more
severe than a finding of manslaughter.
and Van Dine, at least, expected ac
quittal. When ' the announcement was made
that a verdict had been arrived at the
defendants were ushered to their seats,
where, In the succeeding '.silence, they
assumed attitudes betokening but little
anxiety. They received the verdict with
stoical silence. Niedermeier, the ban
dit who has been accused of the greater
number of murders, smiled sarcastically.
His mother, who was seated by his side,
apparently , failed to realise the situa
tion. Van dlne's mother gasped, but
did not faint
Attorneys Make Motions. '
Immediately after the reading of the
verdict the plaintiffs' attorneys made
the usual new trial motions.. -Up to
this time the silence in the courtroom
JAPANESE
WITH
ARE
ETED
(Hearst Special Service.)
. By Helen Hyde; ' -
Toklo, Feb. 14. All Japan rejoices over the great Port Arthur battle, which Is here regarded ss an un
qualified victory. The announcement here of the fight was the signal for another patriotic outburst, for a
strengthening of confidence in the fighting forces of the Mikado and an expressed hope for other actions.
On the day of the receipt of the news I went to the bank. Smiling faces were everywhere in evidence,
from officer to private, from the richest citizen to the humblest laborer. Otherwise the street scenes were like
those of every other day. But at night the rejoicing became an outward manifestation of festivity. From 8
o'clock until nearly 11 the air was filled with the cries of "Banxai."
From early morn the lanternmakers worked like maddened men. At ' o'clock a great parade of schoolboys
started for the great open space in front of the palace gate and bridge, an orderly but enthusiastic procession
of lantern carriers, singing and shouting as they marched.
High up on the palace grounds where darkness had enveloped the scene, there suddenly gleamed a light
A shout of delight went up from the throng In the belief that the "August Son of Heaven" was looking down
upon them. But from the palace came no announcement. " Bhortly afterward however, a huge searchlight threw
its staring beams over the crowd and again came the great shout .
Coming home through the quiet streets at 11 o'clock, it became a common occurrence to meet a soldier,
standing with fixed bayonet and guard-like attitude. Then we knew that within the house which he watched were
billeted troops. I. fully expected to have some of them In. my house and had made all plans , when I heard
.that, according-to treaty, the-y were not to be billeted with. any foreigners.
I reviewed a regiment departing the other day. -Japanese soldiers are not laden down. Each has a large
blue cloth In a roll around his body. After the med 'Come little carts with their luggagpj They, ao not carry
things. Cooks pitch the tents, as the soldier's business is to fight and sll their strength Is reserved for that
purpose. I continually pass shops where hand carts are being loaded with. various provisions, all in small boxes,
and every box Is provided with two, strong, rope handles, , . . - ,
Yesterday I saw an uneven open place where continually drilling soldiers rsn across a company of little
soldiers who have been drilling for months past. AH the latter were clad In gray hakama and blue and white
haorL There were about 60 In this group, I should think, ranging from to 12 years of age. Their teachers
gave a -word of command, the little fellows shouldered . arms, (sticks), 80 pairs of feet rooyd at once and ;
from 80 lusty little throats came a stirring Japanese' war song, looking neither to the right nor left they!
marched across the chlhlren's playground. As I took a photo of them, I heard the tramp of feet and the' rustle
of silk back of me, Several hundred young men were pausing two and two. They marched.' headed by a soldier,
with one bringing, up the rear. AH . were fine looking, fellows, and nearly all were well 'dressed. Black
haouris were-, conspicuously in the company also those of dark blue and of. all shades Of brown, - They were
going to a place where uniforms are issued, for they were the reserves being called out. -
THE JAPANESE LAND FORCES
OF WIJU
A HOPELESS JOB.
had been marked, but the voices of the
attorneys were almost drowned 4n a
buss of audible comment.
Twenty officers surrounded the pris
oners and filed from the courtroom, Vsn
Dine leading the way with head erect
and a disdainful smile on his face. The
jurors were overwhelmed by tha great
crowd ; which tendered congratulations
on the outcome of the trial.
The crime fpr which, thebandits were
tried was the holding up of the Chi
cago Street, Rail way company's barns in
August, 1903. and the ruthless killing
of Motofmsc Johnson and Cashier
Stewart and the serious wounding of
two others. An escape was made and
the failure to capture resulted in a gen
eral police and detective upheaval.
Marx's Confession.
Some weeks later Marx was srrested
on suspicion and in the fight following
shot and killed Detective Blaul and nar
rowly missed another detiective. Be
lieving that his partners had betrayed
him he made a full confession of the
carbarn and other, crimes, which led to
a pitched battle in the sand dunes of
Indiana, wherein officer Drlscoll was
shot.
In a brief respite of escape from the
BAN
DITS
DEATH
HAIL VICTORY
LIGHTED LANTERNS
AND THEN ABAND
officers, Niedermeier' shot and killed
Brakeman Sovea and with his com
rades made a sensational but short
flight with a locomotive. .The final cap
ture was effected in a . cornfield a short
distance from Chicago.
In the trial which has just closed a
marked peculiarity was the continued
attendance of a . morbid crowd of such
magnitude that each day hundreds were
unable to. gain entrance to the court
room. STEEL CORPORATION
SHOWS GREAT LOSS
(Joaraal Special Service.)
New Tork, March 12. A reduction in
profits of nearly 86 per cent waa shown
in the annual statement of the- United
States Steel corporation which wss
made public today. a
The usual effect was Immediately
noticeable on the stock exchange, al
though it had been generally expected
for several days that an unfavorable
showing might be expected. It was not
thought, however, that the reduction
would be so marked.
8XITAT0B C&ABX BECOVEXS.
(Joaraal Special SerTica.)
New York. March 12. Convalescent
from a recent operation. Senator 'W. A.
Clark of Montana returned today from
Bermuda on the steamer Trinidad.
DEFENSE
OF
Great Interest Continues
In Mormon Senator's
Investigation.
CRITCHLOW ON STAND
Witness Admits That He supported
Smoot in the Utah Conven
tion Some Pointed
. Questions.
(Journal Special Service.)
Washington, March 12. Dr. Mary
Walker was the first to reach the sen
ate committee room this morning to
hear the testimony In the Smoot case.
Judge. Vancott for the defense was
resuming the examination of E. B.
Crltchlow, and asked whether the latter
expected to receive pay for his services
in preparing the case against Smoot
He received a negative reply. Ha did
not believe it was fair to say that his
opposition to the" Mormon church had
the . slightest . bitterness in it. He ' ad
mitted, that he knew, of no general con
ditions existing in Utah today not fully
disclosed to congress prior to the pass
age of the act admitting Utah as a state.
Being asked what was held to be the
most serious 'offense In Utah, polygamy
or. unlawful ohabltatlon. Mr. Crltchlow
3ave the opinion that among the people
unlawful cohabitation was more serious
because It touched the home more
closely and thereby flouted polygamy
more openly. It wss shown, however,
that in all laws- passed polygamy was
more severely punished. In discussing
Senator Smoot's candidacy for the sen
ate, he said he himself was a member
of the convention that chose Smoot, and
moved as a matter of courtesy to make
the nomination unanimous after having
fought It
Omaha, March 12. President Smith
of the Mormon church arrived here to
day en route home. His presence caused
a great rush of women to the depot
MAGNATE'S DAUGHTER
GAINS HER FREEDOM
(Journal Special Service.)
Helena, Mont., March 12. tin the dis
trict court Judge Smith haa signed a
decree of annulment of the marriage of
Albert C. Raleigh and Matilda K. Ral
eigh, made operative July 3, 1903. which
was the date of the sensational elope
ment and marriage of r. Raleigh and
his wife. Miss Matilda Kcssler, the
daughter of a Helena millionaire. The
complaint alleges that at the time the
defendant secured plaintiff's consent to
an immediate marriage she was not in
sound health and that her enfeebled
will was overcome by the lnslstentce of
the defendant. A demurrer was filed,
but was at once overruled and the de
fendant was ordered, to answer instant
ly. No answer was filed, and after
hearing the . testimony Judge Smith
signed the decree.
SHOT HIS WIFE AND
A COMMERCIAL MAN
(Journal Special Service.)
Budapest, March 12. Count Ciaky,
who is related to Kubellk, the violinist
by marriage, and now secretary of the
Hungarian ministry of the Interior, shot
his wife and a commercial traveler last
evening. Both were, injured and are in
a serious condition. They deny any ac
quaintance with each other.
"MAD MULLAH" IS
READY TO SURRENDER
(Journal Special Service.)
Paris, March 12. The Rappel today
asserts that the Mad Mullah of Somali-
land finds he will -be unable to continue
the campaign - against the British and
haa offered to surrender to the Italian
government on condition that he is not
handed over to England. The Italian au
thorities refused to negotiate.
OUITS AT rSXXABXBS.
,i (Joaraal Special Serrlca.) ' . '
Kansas City, March 12. A split in
the local Democratic party has been the
result of police Interference at primary
los where two separate mayoralty con
ventions were held. Bad blood between
factions caured Cass Welch, a deputy
nursluU sod follower of Candidate Shel
ley, to Fhot. Martin Crowe and Ser-
fant-at-Arma Kemper of me conven-
SPOT
IT
II. W. Goode Replies to
Paul Pferdrier's Ex
coriation. EASTERN BUTTONS USED
Local Maker Sends Out Circular Ask
inj Why Fair Management Does ;
Not Patronize Home
Industry.
Paul Pferdner, manager of the Pacific
Regalia company, is the author of a cir
cular just printed purporting to explain
the methods employed by the Lewis and
Clark corporation in letting contracts.
Eight thousand of the circulars have
been printed, and It is understood that
every labor union , of the city has been
supplied with a copy.
Mr. Pferdner complains that a, con
tract was made with a firm In Newark,
N. J., for the , manufacture of 80,000
buttons advertising the exposition. The
sum of $800 was expended on the con
tract, which was filled February 25. . It
1 asserted jn the circular that the focal
concert could have supplied the same
order for the sum of S25. and the order
would have been flllea between January
IS and 31.
In the summary of the work which
haa been done for the Lewis and Clark
corporation by hi firm the circular
shows a total of $177 since the exist
ence of the corporatloa Mr. Pferdner in
sists that the contract for supplying the
buttons was awarded the New Jersey
firm without asking for bids or even
notifying any interested firms in Fort
land. ;
Another 'instance of alleged discrimi
nation against home industries is cited
in the circular In the alleged fact that
the premium of $500 offered for tho
Lewis and Clark trademark design was
sent to Buffalo, N. Y., "although several
excellent and beautiful designs were sub
mitted by residents of the Pacific North-
west" . .V
2Z. W. Ooode Explains.
H. W. Goode, director-general of the)
Lewis and Clark exposition, gave out
this. atatenent today: "
"The real facts in Mr. Pferdner"! rep
resentations are these: This order for
pictorial buttons was placed in Newark.
N. J several months ago, - Prior to tha
permanent organization of the centen
nial, tha work was sub-divided and in
the hands of various standing commit
tees. This button order was placed
while this condition existed. When the
permanent organisation of officials was)
formed, soma months ago, the rule waa
adopted that all purchases Of supplies
for and contracts on behalf of the ex
position company of every nature, were
to be made by and through the director
general's office. , -
- "Since that time no purchases of any
kind, outside of trifling dally supplies or
articles of a minor character, have been
made without advertising for bids and
by direct notification to local dealers
and contractors. This Is the invariable
rule of this company and has been and
will be adhered to firmly. s
- Cost of the Buttons. . v
."Mr. : Pferdner states theae buttons
cost us$800.. This Is not rue, and there
is no 'warrant . for the assertion. " He
says he could have supplied 60,000 but
tons for. $625 "just as good or better." .
"The price we paid for our 50.000 but
tons was $535; freight of $25.78 added,
makes the total price laid down in Port
land, $560.78. , ,
' "This is $64.24 less than Mr. Pferd
ner's estimated price, at which be thinks
he could have furnUhed these same
buttons. -'
"The public has observed that the
Lewis and .Clark, buttons just put out
are of a very superior , grade, of work
manship and finish.
"It has been noted doubtless that Mr.
Pferdner admits that his houae haa been
given $177 worth of work, which I as
sume, yielded him a fair profit and the
corporation has always endeavored to
favor him with Its patronage whenever
feasible to do so. It will continue to d
so in the future.
"The facts as to the price paid tot
this supply of buttons are attested by
vouchers and bills on file in this office
and. as in any other matter, are epf
to the inspection of any person who hag
the right to demand that privilege,'?
sTBOtfarxoxT ra sxcojtd bzstxics
(Journal gptctat 'ttortce )- V
Baker City.-Or., March If Ib the po
litical field the fight for the congressional-
nomination In the second dintrfrt
Is becoming warmer. Congresaman Will
iamson is making a struggle to secure
his second -nomination, andinnme cpt
tal Is being mtid-i of a l"Uer written by
Senator Mitchell and ad)nH4 tt Mayor1
Carter, wherein credit in gtv-a William
son for hlB effort in behalf of Oja wM-r
supply reaervn. , Thai-rredlf f rL ti, rt--serve.l
due t WlitlnmsrHt n 1.,- ri.Mir
of the leading I'cin.ocraU Btreiiuou.-ly 4s
tiled, .. ).' , "' 1 ,
ON
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