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OOD EVENING. v. ; THE CPCUUTION A OFTHE JOURNAL f-t;-: --A TBI WXATZtsV r -" YESTERDAY 1 Tonight and48unday, fIrs wanner V WW It-.. J , ;' ( Sunday; westerly wlnda . ' i - )WN WINC .. . . ' f : vbL m. no: 60. PORTLAND, OREGON,; SATURDAY ; EVENING MA .'14, ' 1901 1 PRICE FIVE CENTS. . .- IN 0N5MUGH1 I A A 11 I hi i - T , '- . W "W i T.V ,W .-i" . V ' - ' " . !(i , ',. , " Siege Guns ; Burst . Forth; in Storm of Fire and Shell and I MenKushfiercely v J. -. Down' Upon the : Crumbling Wails. SOLDIERS FIGnT HARD TO HAND AND DEATH REAPS LAVISH TOLL (insternation'Painted;oa Remain Silent : iii Front of Clamoring Crowds Blow! Hap Bring; Great Russia to ' ; Its7 Kneb :in- Quest of -Peace--rBottlecI Fleet at Bay. 4 ... . . ': , Farii, May 14-Port Arthur, teoording to dltpatoht raoaivad hara from 8t Palaraburg,, but whloh aa yat hara baan giVan no actual offiolal confirmation, has fallen with tha moat terrible eaaualty Hat chronicled In any raoant wara..' - . : ' Ten-thoueand man ara reported to hava been killed and Injured. , Tha tirat report eama hara In a .bulletin thla morning which concluded by eaylrig that tha report could ba traced to no offiolal aouroo in 8t. Pataraburg and w therefore to ba aoeepted with reservation. A aaeond diapateh added that great exoltement waa to be aaen In tha Ruaaian capital, but added that ellll nothing beyond atreet reporta were obtainable..,-, ,1 . ' ' Thia afternoon aapeolal edition of the newepaper La Prance waa laauad which prints a 8t Pataraburg diapateh In full containing a reiteration of the report that Port Arthur haa been overwhelmed by a terrifio onslaught of Japanese who after a fierce bombardment of the fortress with aiega guns brought for tha pur pose, stormed tha walla. ' ' " r," r -.v-'' - ;'-'- - The telegram aaya -that "after fierce flflhtlng the Japanese actually awarmed over the walla, gained the Inner anoloaitraa and Mixed the worke. ' , 1 ( , lt la estimated that ho laaa than 10,000 mart ware killed, veritable food for gunpowder.' ' Tha Ruaaiana fought almost tb the death and until by foroe their banner had baan hauled "down , "'; .Tha paper' aaya that. If thla report reoelvee full Confirmation, -'there oan'be ne question that tha fleet, a ! - aa auocessfully bottled within tha' harbor nw I ie at the mercy f tha Japaneea and oan but lower ita flag or go down to death In a futile battle against hopeless odda. , ,l1t ft V.''1: . -f ''V Thla aaemf borna out by tha fact that tha , Japanese have used ' heavy guna In reducing - tha fortress, & and these, brought up and. turned down upon' tha Imprisoned warahipa,' wyld make) eeoapet of ithamf, an a 1 Impossibility It la barely passible, howavar,' that tha Ruaaiana may have,' within the past few 'days, ?stic ceeded In removing' the obstructions to auch an extept mt ta permit an escape to aaa. Even In that event, however, they could not aaoapa tha watchful eyee of the Japanese -commander, whloh have never oeaeed ob aarvation of tha harbor'a mouth alnce that day whan Japanese lives were vatorously aaorifioad to obstruct vwith fireshipa a ohannel already rendered tortuoua by sunken wreoks and submerged mines. Dn every hand here nawa la waited with great anxiety, aa the French massea feel sympathy for Ruaaia, rathar than exultation for the Japaneea,. ' , ' 1 1 1 ' ' i i ",, 1 1 " 1 '. 1 ' '. ; ' - r a 4 44 4 4 4.4.4 e a a a e e 4 a 4 4 44444444 4444 DALNY TAKEN BY ASSAULT AND . '- l : i - BATTLE REPORTED NEAR HSIUYEN iJvtntA Speelal tarrlea.) Chefoo, May 14.0Early thta morning Ave Japanese cruisers, a battiesnip ana ra "minboat cleared tha'Channel anan r tered -the harbor at -Dainy, wnere-ney be ran a -heavy bombardment of. the town. ; ' v' It la estimated : that 20,000 Japanese are Investing the town, and there, is every reason to heueva that lt yieiaea to in asHault this aiternoon. Unverified rumore have heen re . ealved here thla afternoon that an a - aault has also been made on Port Arthur, 1 Indicating a general . advance 1 ail along tha - line. Heavy firing haa been heard in the r direction -"Of rPort Arthur and Dalny.. Shan Halkwan. May . 14. An . unveri fled report waa received today that an ' engagement tooki place around Haluyen Thurwday, and that the Russian loss waa 1,500 killed and wounded. The Japanese joaa is uunvwii, - . The Japanese, however, occupied Haiti yen, which showa that they must have calned a complete victory. The ' Rua aiana at Haluyen were the pick of the army lnthat region, . and if an attack ' waa made it is certain' the battle must have been a fierce one. It la Brobable that tha Japanese loss win prove no less than that of the uuaaiana. 1 Toklo. May 14.--Tho Japaneae have nnnunled KuanHansan. 0 miles nortft of Feng Huan 3ieng, and S00 Ruaslan MANNING PROPOSES : A JOINT CAMPAIGN : . 44 4 4 ' V That Sanderson Reed, Repub- ltcan nominee -for district at 4 torney, make a Joint campaign a with him ia the request maae ny John Mannlrar. Democratlo can- : va" dldate for the office, In the fol e " lowing letter vent to Mr. Reed iv e yesterday: . , b 'Portland, Or., May 13, 1908., ' Mr Banderson- Reed, - Cltyt ' Friend JackIfl view of the fact' a) 4 1 that you are my opponent on the 4 regular - Republican ticket, and 1 a a - having a Urge party majority in . a 4 yovr favor, I write to ask if you 0 will be kind enough to make a i a joint campaign with me through- ;, e out tne county, speajctng at air A 4 - f erent places 5 and x making our . e campaign together, and divide the J a expenses. : I ate a poor man, aa you know, and cannot well afford to make thla campaign I trust under the circumstances you will ba willing to do. thls -Toura . very truly, . ' - - -.,.-, " ( J'JOHN MANNIKO." cavalry were dispersed, leaving one wounded offloer on. the field. -j Aa Mukden ia but 125 mllea from eng Huan -Cheng, - thia advance . la . a remarkable one, and shows the rapidity with which the Japanese are forolng their way through a mountalnoua coun try where, every advantage . Ilea with tha retraatlngvRuaslana. . 1 London, May 14l Reuter"a Niuchwang agent wires that a rumor haa reached there of an engagement between Ruaaian and Japanese forces near Xiao -Yang. Japanese occupied Kuantlen Cheng and mat on May n another infantry de Uchment pursued the enemy'a cavalry, whlchT retreated from Bhuel ichan.' The Japaneae captured two privates and one lieutenant, the. latter a. son of a general, LONDON CREDITS REPORT OF VICTORY Toklo, May ' 11. General Kurokl, ' the commander of the flrat army ora.' re porta that on May '7 ' a detachment, of patrlotiamr' would - probably ' atorm the landed on the peninsula above Port Ar thur, augmenting a large force which naa aireaay passed ashore at Pttaswo, ua May & it waa.. estimated., that not lesa tnan ie.eoo men were there await ing some important movement That army naa now been, more than doubled. Such an army, backed up by guns Whose , weight . haa never before In the world'a history been turned agalnat a fortified city, the war experts assert wouia maxe the rail of Port Arthur cer tain. .. ' .. . .. : .. . ..j . It ia not. generally believed, however, nai sucn a loss or life la probable. It i i rue . mat tne Japanese, encouraged with former successes and frensled with (Journal fltwcUt ftmrtm.) London, , May 1 4. The greatest inter- est ia taken here today in a report which flrat reached here through a Paria correspondent and ; waa in a meaaure later confirmed by a BU Petersburg dis patch, to the effect that Port Arthur haa at last suocumCed to te Jananeae aer a nerce natue in which the dead number thousands. : . a, as a matter or fact there haa been no confirmation : whatever - of , tha report through any official uAerance, but it la remembered that the war department of Kussia in- ail cases of serious reverses since the war commenced, haa studiously refrained from giving out newa to the puDiic. - Under the idea that time would temper the shock, the Information bureau"- refused to answer Questions when this Fetropavlovsk went down, although for hours hundreds waited for any news uiai migm pe lortncoming. -, s j. Yesterday tho news waa received that tha Japanese -were landing Or had al ready done Bo, some of the heaviest of moderh siege guna on - the' Liao Tung peninsula in the neighborhood of Port Arthur; Military experts here at Once came to tjha conclusion that nothing but a battering of the waUs of that fortress could, be '..expected and that with . the heaviest guns ever . used for- auch a purpose tho end -could be easily fore told. . r. - A 1 - v It' now seems probable. In the : light of today'a ne wa, that - theaa guna were landed several days ago and mounted .ready for action yesterday. For days and v days' Japanese .transports, loaded to tha danger point, with troops, have landed ' their passengers in the vicin ity of Port Arthur ill an uninterrupted stream, ... ' ' May a the second Japanese - army wans until tne last man h,r it i. also true thkt General Oku, supposed to be the commander-in-chief of this- army Is a man of too much ability to risk neeaiessiy sucn wholesale destruction when time itself would throw the Rus sian stronghold into the Japanese lap. an almost bloodless gift Snaaiana Would Tight. The Russian garrison la of auch tim ber nevertheless, . that in case auch a bold assault were made.. It wnuM ai almost to a man before surrendering the place. With the advantage of position it ia therefore possible that the loss of lfA httai It A An anMmnL In 1 V ' " uvua; suviuiuuo, ; l ia JUCUsU lO nana ngnt such as reported. une comparatively small garrison couia maxe any attack an, expensive one unless conducted from lonv The very position of the fortification., is sucn mat an the advantage would u wna me aerenaers. - Both the Russian and Jinan... oassies nere aeny any knowledge of tha battle, although each admit that it may ne possiDie. 1 , May Bring Peace. It la the general belief here In dlnln- matlo circles that if Port , Arthur haa fallen with-auch terrible loss of life, tha Russian government. may not oniv o reaay out anxious ror peace. From time to time there have been Intimations that the friendly offices of a neutraj government might not prove unacceDt- able, but as none have been made and Russia is chary of showing any weak ness, tne, f matter haa . always - been dropped... vv--,4'v.'ii-' The loss of the fortress would be an added loss In the capture of the Rus sian .fleet now within the harbor at Fort Arthur. .This, too, would be a terrible blow, to Russia, aa hope haa beeq-felt mat witn . tne . coming : or . spring this fleet could Join the Vladivostok squad ron, and, augmented by the Baltlo fleet, turn the tide of disaster to one of vic tory on tha seas. Just 100 years ago today a little com pany of adventuroua explorers launched . forth npon the muddy Missouri, at bt Louis, on a voyage of disoovery. Their mission waa to penetrate to the then un known region where the Columbia and the Missouri rivers have their source, and beyond to the Pacific. Their lead ers were Capt . Meriwether Lewis and Capt. ' William Clark, men of gallant heart, Oentlned to take foremost places among the pathfinders or the great west In ISOt the .United States govern ment had acquired by purchase from Napoleon all that vaat region known aa Louisiana. The extent of the territory thus secured waa only conjectured, for' much of it waa, unknown land. Presi dent Jefferson asked congress to make an appropriation ror tae. purpose or sending an expedition if ' exploration into the northwest by way of tha Mis souri, and congress granted tha meager Num of $2.500. . Lewis and Clark were selected by the -president .to command -the expedition. - ' Preparations for tha undertakings oc cupied tha fall of 1803.' The expedition could not start, until definite newa was received that' Franca had formally rati fied the sale of tha Louisiana territory, and At was not nnttt the prlng of ISO 1 that he long expected 'tidings arrived. ' May 14, from tha mouth of . Wood river, -opposite . St ' Louis, j whera they had been encamped all winter, tha ex- plorers pushed forth upon' the 'Mis-. souri.' Their company consisted 'or only 45 men, 15 of whom were1 to pro ceed aa far aa the ' Mandan ' country. Three boats carried the-expedition, the Principal one a keelboat of light' draft 5 feet in length, and ' the other two aharp-prowed - pirogues.- Heading -up stream, the little fleet began tha voyage THE FIRST ENTRY MADE BYrCAPTAIN LEWIS " INT THE JOURNAL OF THE LEWIS AND CLARK EXPEDITION. AH preparations being completed, we left our camp on Monday, May. 14, 1804 , This spot is at the mouth' of Wood river, a small stream which empties into the Mississippi (on the east side) opposite the entrance of the Missouri. It is situated in latitude 38 degrees, 55 minutes and 19.6 seconds north, and longitude Greenwich 98 degrees, 57 minutes and 45 seconds, west ' r c r ' , " ' On both sides of the Mississippi the land for two or three miles is rich and level, but gradually "swells into a high pleas- ant country with-less timber on the western than the eastern -side, but all susceptible of cultivation. The point which sep arates the two rivers on the north extends for 15 or 20 miles, . the greater part of which is an open level plain, in which the . people of the neighborhood .cultivate what little grain-they .raise.,' ,1 ? ,.-., , t - . . Not ' being' able to. set sailbefore ' 4 -d. m.; we did not' make more than four miles', and camped on the first island, opposite a small creek called CildWrtctiX! .-j i D. G. Van Houten Defies Officer and Wife and Holds Girls. sr. nrxnsnvn& axautco. i feopla Terror-Strlckea and Appeal for Vewa Xeport Cornea Almost Blreot ' (JonrasI Bpeelal Service.) i- ': v1 . St Petersburg, May H.- Today has ,5 Continued on Page Two.) 'David" Q. Van Houten 'defies the offi cers of the law, say lng he .will not give up Haxel and Agnes Van Houten at, any cost;-but Municipal Judge Hogue Is de termined to take them from him, for he does not believe they are having proper care. The father yesterday declined to turn the children oven, to warrant UCT cer Golts of the local police -force, so this morning Judge Hogue placd the matter in the hands of the Boys' and Girls' Aid society. Mrs. Van Houten will this 'afternoon sign them over to that institution? so that an order may be issued out of the county court. Officer Hawley will be dispatched to the home of George Schlerits, at Gresham, for them Mondax. 1 Trouble is feared,; for Van Houten has declared he would not give them up for any one or for any reasoa Hasel Van Houten Is aged seven years, while Agnes Is five years of age. Haxel has been with her grandmother at Pay- ton, Or., for some time, going to school, but was taken from her mother and grandmother on the- streets Thursday afternoon by the father. She. was then removed to the Bdhlerits home, where Agnes haa. been for a long time. ; right Over Children. " Ever alnce the trouble between the mother and father occurred, which ended In the killing of Albert Young bjrVan Houten.. the children have been' the cause of great contention" between", the Van Houtens. The mother declares she is the best able to care for them, while the father likewise makes his claims. Judge Hogue believes that the father is not the fit person to have the cus tody of the children, and so informed him when , he was arraigned for : trial yesterday on. a charge of assault and battery. In fact - tha court told Wan Houten that he believed he ahould ba in the penitentiary . for , the murder of Young. - ' The assault and battery case against Van Houten will ba heard In the mu nicipal court Monday, and promises to be very sensational. Sefiea tha Officer. - ' In company with Mrs. Van- Houten, Officer Golts went to the home of George Schlerits, at Gresham. yesterday after noon. Van Houten waa there,' working which waa to discover a new worl. large as half of Europe. ' . Tha story of this remarkable . '51 tlon. . haa 4 been told , many times, but ' there can be no more graphic recital -than the dally chronicle kept by tha , explorers themselves. At the outset tho Journal of , the expedition waa kept by Captain Lewis. Later It was taken up by Captain Clark.- Tha ncrrative thus given is the vivid. Intimate history, day, by day, of tha hardships endured, tha -. perils and discouragements' encountered ' ' and the successes finally achieved. . It la the purpose of The Journal' to publish dally tha record written by tha -,, explorers on tha corresponding day- a -century ; before. --Their own .story ,oi the first day of tha expedition, written . May 14. 1804, is published today. In thla way the readers of The Jour- . nal will have a graphlo picture, of one v .of the greatest undertakings ia our ne- ; tlonal- history. .Lewis and Clark, after . ' enduring : incredible : perils - and , over- .'coming -obstsclea that' to any but the vmost dauntless aoula would have been Insurmoantable, crossed -the.. Rockiea ajid. reached the headwaters of the Co- : lumbla, which they followed , to; ita mouth. Not, less, interesting ; is tlw story ftt 'tha return "of the discoverers ' ;to 8t Louta, which they attached again In September) J0,wo" years and a ; half 'after tkeir departure! t)l kv -tr e ;' The reporta 'of thw achlevamknta of '", Lewis and Clark created a tremendous r sensation all Over the United , States. A mighty, stimulus had beens' given tp .the exploration- and development -of tha' northwest and the eyes, of, the nation were turned toward the. Oregon coua-. try. Tha bold explorera received dlstin- : gulshed commendation 'from , Presuteat " Jefferson and their . exploits were.: tha . . admiration Ifif ihe'peopla. TsT'i J i r CALLS IN THE POLICE 5 -.i-tma- l'-Yt ; Speaker Cannon "Expects Hell" In the Illinois : Convention. 1 (Continued on Page Two.) ' ' (Journal Bpeelal Btrriee.)' Springfield, 111., May 14. Chairman Cannon of the, state Republican conven tion, which ia in sensational session here, called upon the local police thla morn ing when the convention waa called to order and gave orders that the aisles be cleared. There may be h 1 here this morn ing," he said, in giving the order, "and don t propose that any one shall be hurt" ' Police officers immediately took con trol of the chamber, replacing,tbe ser- geant-at-arms who is considered aa fa voring the Yates faction. Order was quickly resumed and the balloting was begun. , Grim smiles rested on the features of the various Republican gubernatorial leaders when the convention met for the third day's session of what has de veloped Into the most notable political battle of tho state's -'history. Immedi ately after the opening"-the 16th ballot waa called, ahowlng but one Important changer a gain of 15 votes for Lowden. The dreary rollcalls continued until 19 ballots had been taken without material change. At the conclusion of the 19th ballot tha convention took a recess un til 8 o'clock this afternoon. - Tha last ballot showed a vote of 491 for Yates, 409 for Lowden, Deneen 87, Hamlin 119, Warner 8S, Sherman SI and Pearce 21. - ' i There Is a rumor afloat of a etrong combine between Deneen and Hamlin, with Congressman . Reeves , as -another dark horse. , ; medi jvUh Farming jm- plemeiits Fight Troops Both Sides Lose 1200. trronrAsncxs waxx - ottt. ;'. v ' -' . .(Joaraal Speeisi, Serrlee,) r Malaga; Spain, May 14. The undertak era- struck today . because of -the high taxes levied agalnat their - Incomes, ' -.(Jonrnil Special Service.) Constantinople, May 14 A renewal of tha shocking massacre in Armenia which have ' startled the world is con firmed in reports received here today. In a fight in a Sassoun district S00 Turks and 900 Armenians were killed. Fighting has been reported m this dis trict on several occasions lately. Following their ' custom bands of Turkish soldiers have been roaming among the Armenian villages commit ting depredations and outrages among the Christian population. The people have submitted' quietly but recently the Turka have become so bold In their mar ders and looting that tha people have or-a-anlted against them In self-defense. - Under the leadership of a Turitish cap tain nearly 1,000 Turkish troops and renegades- raiding through the country were dpposed by a superior f oroe , of Armenians, led by their elders and Only poorly armed.' Many had merely farm Ing implements for weapons, Tha Turks, supplied with modern weapons, . made short work of them and presently routed the Armenians. Pursuing, they butchered all without mercy who came in their way and lert no wounded. A large number of the villagers es caped to the hills and are now in bid ing, abandoning their homes and farms. JURY DISAGREES IN TRIAL OF DR. AMES ' Jooratl Bpielal Service.) Yi - Minneapolis; May 14. The Jury In the case of Dr. A. A. Ames, a former, mayor of Minneapolis, on trial "charged with grafting, dlsacreM tort.iy after deliberat ing alnce Tlnr--" afternoon.-: Contract Given Local Firm M RepaiiHl Lighthouse; , fender CoIumbineJ -: :: Portland v aecurea V tha i eontract 1 for docking r tha .. United . 6UteaUghthousa - - tender Columbine." The - contract .waa j awarded by Major 'Langfltt thia morn ing and the vessel wttVba, taken; on", the dock Monday. - 8ha ia -now lying at Aa- torla, but. will be brought up ' tha river tomorrow;" . '.w.-' .'r-.f-'f 'i-V'-,:,v-'---,v:' Several Puget sound firm submitted tenders for the work, among them ba- lnsr the Puget Sound Drydock oompaiiy at Quartermaster harbor, which quoted, -a price of ?2S0, which ia $10 less than ' the lowest Portland bkL Anderson ft Crowe, the local successful bidders, of- , fered to put the vessel In first class shape for $2ft0. In both instance these figures were given tof cover tha total cost of dockingand doing what other work to the vessel la required. It is . thought that cleaning and painting her (Continued on Page Twa) VALE DESIRES THE :. RECLAMATION. WORK 4 (Special Dispatch to Th. Jour- 4 e:-v :-&y:rAy;:l'4 4 Vale, Or.. May 14 Tha people a) a of Vale and vicinity are greatly 1 4 excited over the 13,000.000 ap a) 4 propriation to. Malhear reolama- . a) 4 ! tlon serviced and tha county clerk 4 waa kept busy yesterday making i -filings on government land.The ;a) conditions upon which, tha, aater a . Is to ba supplied are not as yet -a - thoroughly understood, but tt ia :, a thought that when they are ex- a plained all holders of water a) rights will cheerfuUy waive thslr a) claims to ' ther government n t 0 that all holders of Isind 1 n. -I . t - 1 'in the proposed irrl,;.in-,n - t ' Will l(tn srreemf!U to iy I apportlonate sharu tf tton experisi. &i n" I -i : has yet tiet-tl t ' -i t' t - i