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PRICEIfIVE CENTS.I
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ENTER A PLEA OF NOT GUILTY
Kp Grand Jury, So Ills In-
ft- dictmcnt mm, Is
WHAT -IS I1IS DEFENSE?
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Pflbllc Anxious to Hear What He Has
., - to Say About Charges of Fraud
F: in Land Office Under' His
Administration.
Inrer Hermann haa com back from
Waahlafton to entmr a pla Af not
guilty, befora, ti, yoteraof . tha trat
confreaaionai aiatiict, to tha chanaa
which caused his removal in dlatraoa
from tha office of land commissioner.
which ara now bains Investigated by tha
covarnment attofneya, and which may
yet result in bla indictment
Tha election la laaa than three weaks'
distant. Tha (rand Jury la not now In
aaaion. Tha Up of tha overnment'a
secret agents and detectives ara sealed
uitll they ara called to tha witness
stand. Tha reports that have bean filed
at Washington recommending Her
mann's indictment Ara Jealousy kept
from tha knowledge of tie public Im
portant exhlblta which were attached to
one of thoaa report and which war to
. have been used aa evidence against him
have mysteriously . disappeared under
circumstances which Indicate that they
, were stolen to .prevent the prosecution
'Which seemed .imminent vThe trial of
the McKlnley-Ware-Puter cases haa been
. postponed until .tall. For the moment
therefore, Blnger Hermann la aeoure
- , and ha haa come back to Oregon to tell
! tha people that ha la gutltlMs, the inao
k cent victim of mallcloua defamera. ?
In v tiroes past tha Oregonlan, whfoh
haa "new beantraUlnai ehlef eounael
for i Uemanii) daf ana i we twont $ to
deaorlba hlin aa tha Uriah Heep of Ore
gon, .politics. a very?" adroit aort of a
fellow. in -unctlotr unsurpassed and' In
palavef unapproached." to quote lta edi
torial description of him only a few
months ago but tha congressman will
need all hla powers of oily persuasion
t?mmv eonvictloa before the tribunal
of publio eplaioa. All that be bapea for
la tha Scotch verdict of "not proven."
Btager Bermann'a .tBalfeaaanoa In of
lice began over SO years ago, when,
white receiver of the Roseburg land of'
flee, he acquired 4,000 acres of govern
ment land admittedly In violation of the
lawa of the United Statea and the rulea
of tha Interior department Ha la atlll
In tha possession and enjoyment of this
land, having aacaped punishment for hla
Illegal act.' Hla public career, thus be
gun in i wrongdoing, -culminated, la nia
notorloua administration of the general
land offlca, tha most disgraceful chapter
in tna nutory 01 tnat department.
Term Tall of oaaa'al.
It wat during HermamYa term as land
coromlaalonar that tha gigantic swindle
of Benson and Hyde were successfully
consummated, that wholesale homestead
'entrlea were made In fictitious names by
Horace McKlnley and hla confederatea,
,nnd that the government was mulcted
of many thoasands of dollars by the
fraudulent surveys ef public landa. Tha
--land department -"was permeated with
fraud. JAanyiot Us employes, among
" them soma of thasa mast Intimately as
aoclated with Hermann, were In the pay
of - the - thieve who were stealing the
public domain. Hermann himself gavo
invaluable assistance to the land-grab
bars by rushing, to patent the frandu
lent homestead applications Bled In the
names of nersons who never existea.
i "There ja n longer any reaton.f said
'the Oreg'onlaB of ; October 23, 1903. "to
"question the statement that there have
been leaks' in tne general land omce
and that aema peraon or persons In that
offlca having Inside information, fur
Dished tips to-the ring In Oregon and
other states,; which ensued them to take
up lands that were marked for with
drawal, and probably, for- permanent
reservation. ' Suspicion centers around
a certain- official who waa forced out of
the land office Just prior to CommiS'
uloner Hermann's retirement, and the
circumstances under which he left ara
auch as .to show this Individual to hava
been of .the jCallbre to dispense govern
ment secrets for a consideration. More
over, this parson was very cioso to
Commissioner Hermann, personally and
efflclally at times, and even when forced
,ut of office under a dark cloud was de
: fended y Hermann. - That thia lndl
' vldual had Inside knowledge as to -with
drawals ;can .hardly be questioned, but
he must fcava bad such knowledge with
the consent of his sunsrior.T .-
Oraad Jury maralatlons.
" Startling -revelations of the corrup
tlon that prevailed In the land office
during the Hermann . regime were tmade
In tho course of the recent investigation
by a federal grand jury la Washington,
x. u., and some or Hermann's lmmeai
ate subordinates and confidential as
sistants confessed on the witness stand
their own complicity in the frauds and
acjcnowledged that they had been In the
pay or the land-grabbers. These are
' A4 Home-coming Surprise for Binger Hennann
JAPANESE
matters or common Knowledge. :
t No one, least of all the Oregohian,
then pretended that.; .Singer Hermann
was Ignorant of tha rascality that was
carried M 4V bim Offlca with tha! eon
v alvaoo 'of .his umoat trusted .Subordln
vtea '31nger ' Hermann, ex-commls-iomtf''
of : the general land offiee; was
forced to resign because of embar-
- yasftftg compllcatlona. with; the' land
grabbers. It having- been- charged openly 1
. that Hermann waa standing In- on vari
ous, deals ' and that hia . friends Scare
profiting by inside information that had
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Great Guns! How That Bov Has Grown Since I Left
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FALLBACK
Encounter Superior Force
and Retreat on Feng
Huang Cheng.
CITIZENS AGAINST ALL
CHARTER TINKERING
HARASSED BY COSSACKS
Denial Made of Story That Two Crul
sers Were Damaged Off Port
Arthur Kalchau Loss
Also Exaggerated.
BVUSTZsT.
Chefoo, May 10. Excessively heavy
filing has been heard in the direction of
Port Arthur today and it Is believed a
battle Is being fought there.
Nluchwang. May 10. Monday last
according to official reports, a division
of tha Japanese troops, numbering 30,000
men, encountered a Russian force of
11,000 man at a point weat of Feng
Huang Chang.
The Japanese finding themselves con
fronted by such a superior force, at
once retired, deeming It unwlae to has
ard battle and having nothing to gain,
aa tha movement forward waa purely a
strateglo one. The encounter took place
f 0 miles west of Feng Huang Cheng.
Cossacks harassed the Japaneae
flanks with considerable losses to both
sides, not sufficient, however, to be re
garded aa serloua. The main body of the
Japaneae army waa soon Joined by -the
retreating forces, when the Russians
stopped their pursuit and withdrew; fall
ing back to a position a short distance
from where the encounter took place.
BVISZA CBVAXKS YXOTOBT.
Mass Meeting Passes Strong Resolu
tions Condemning Proposed Change
in Organic Law.
Five More Legislative Candidates Tell Where
They Stand, but Five Still Wilt Not-Go on S
Record Against Rule of Gamblers. !
Of 17 legislative nominees In Mult
nomah county asked by The Journal and
a speclaf committee of citlsena to state
their positions regarding charter revis
ion, all but 10 had responded up to yes
terday, and five of the 10 responded
last night.
The five men refusing to tell the vot
er where they stand are George W. Hol
comb, A. J. Capron. Thomas H. Crang,
W. R. Hudaon, Madlaon Welch.
Dr. Henry Waldo Coe, one of the nom
inees, has not been asked to commit
himself, ha having been In tha east since
the charter revision matter came up.
Civic pride and a determination to
see that the municipality la not deliv
ered into the hands of the outcasts of
society waa responsible for the assem
bling of an audience that filled the Em
pire theatre last night This audience
hlch came out to protest agalnat a
plan to change the time of the city elec
tion of next year through legislative
enactment was comprised of leading
citlsena of all'partresmen who got to
the theatre long befqre the meeting was
opened, and who remained until It was
summarily closed after. 10 o'clock.
Although The majority of those pres
ent have for many years been promi
nently Identified with tho Republican
party, democracy waa represented oy
such men as Fred V.- Hoi man. jC. K..8.
ILLINOIS
BREST
Republicans .Adjourn for
, SB . F
Ten Days Deadlock
IsStiUOn.
(Jonraal Special Service.)
Springfield, in.. May 20. After a sea
sion of nine days, eight of which have
been spent In fruitless balloting, the
Republican state convention this morn
ing adjourned until May 31. after tak
ing eight ballots, tha last resulting in
Yates getting 481 votes: Lowden. Iz
Deneen. 885; Hamlin. 113; Warner, S3
Bberman. 5. and Pierce, 29.
Yesterday . there ware signs of
break from the leadership, as it was be
coming plainly apparent that the dele
gates were tiring of the continual delay
In arriving at a conclusion. Still there
were no algna -of stampeding.
Last night many of tha delegates left
town, and this morning others followed
Kever was such a deadlock known in
the history of Illinois politics. It rlv
als the national convention in 1880 In
Chicago, whe-the Grant delegates stood
like a stone, wall for ballot after ballot
It was practically agreed last night
that In tha event of a failure to select
a candidal on ballot this morning the
convention would ) rest from its labors
until the first of June, to allow for a
private reconsideration and new line-up.
It la expected -thore will be a general
shifting of the smaller votes when the
convention again resumes.
OVERHEATED WAFFLE
IRON CAUSES FIRE
I (Special DUpatch to Tba Journal.)
Seattle, May 20. Fire starting from
an overheated waffle Iron in a block of
wooden buildings lata s yesterday after
noon: almost suffocated V a woman to
death, burned out 10 shops and threat
ened (the destruction of a dosen build
ings, a bout, the corner of Jefferson street
and Third avenue. . s 't
The total damage amounted to about
$10,000. J Tha- Villa hotel was virtually
destroyed. From It was carried Mrs. J.
Martin, la .an unconscious condition.
but she revived in the open air. Res
taurants, shoe shops, tailors and Jewel
ers surrerea.
EIGHTEEN
MEN DROWN
Steamer Turret Bay Goes
Down Off Halifax in
Heavy Fog.
SUSPECT
FIRE PLOT
Lumbermen Believe All
Mills in Northern Cali
fornia Are Menaced.
(Journal Special Serrlee.)
Halifax. N. 8., May 20. With her port
almost reached, after a voyage from the
antipodes, the steamer Turret Bay was
sunk off St. Paul's Island today and 18
members of the crew lost their Uvea
Thirteen men went down with the
ship, 14 others were brought ashore
with great difficulty and fire of these
died wlthla a short time from the ter
rtble exposure to which they had been
aubjected.
The steamer, which was of the Black
Diamond line, waa coal laden from Sid
ney to Montreal. In a heavy fog which
was noticeably thick even for the Batiks,
she ran full onto a reef near Southwest
light on St Paul's Island at 8:30 this
morning.
Although under slow speed she went
well up, tesring a great hole in her bow.
A heavy sea was on and, a few minutes
after taking the rocks the vessel slipped.
back. Instantly filled and sank.
There were several men In. the rig
ging and when the fog lifted for a time
the life savers made attempta to reach
them. Thia they Anally did. but not un
til a portion of the men had dropped ex
hausted into the sea
The othera were brought to shore with
extreme effort but five were uncon
scious before landing and died shortly
afterward.
At this particular spot more than a
score of vessels have found their last
resting place, and It is becoming known
to the' fishermen as "Deadman's" point.
THREE MEN DROWN
IN COLORADO LAKE
-vtfeoraat Special gerrle..)
Boulder, Cola, May 10. A. C GlUer,
P. Jackson and P. F. Klser, employes
of the Colorado Southern railway, were
drowned last night in Owens lake, four
miles east of here while fishing. Their
boat capalsed due to the high wind.
All were married. Comradea searched
for the bodies through tba night, .
(Journal Special Service.)
Redding, Cal., May 20. Incendiaries
set fire In three places to the main lum
ber yard of the Terry Lumber companjr
in this city this morning at 12:45 o'clock.
Over 1,000,000 feet of lumber was
burned. The loss Is estimated at abdut
126.000.
It was a terrlflo fire and for a time
the north' end of the town was in great
danger.
A high wind was blowing and It wss
only by the most strenuous efforts that
the firemen kept the flames within
bounds. ' They let the lumber burn and
devoted their time to turning water on
threatened buildings. A loss of a few
hundred dollars was caused to the
houses drenched In the effort to save
them.
Tsken in connection With the fire In
the Chlco mill yesterday local lumber
men believe that there ia an organised
plan to destroy all the lumber yards In
Northern California The decrease In
wages of employes snd the consolida
tion of lumber Interests they believe Is
the cause.
OREGON SENATORS
ARE DISREGARDED
(Washington Bureau of The Journal.)
Washington, V. C. May 20. Commis
sioner .Richards has recommended the
appointment of Adolph Aschoff as su
pervisor of the division of the Cascade
reserve to succeed Isenberg.
In doing this Richards disregards the
recommendation of Senators Mitchell
and Fulton, and Representatives Wil
liamson and Hermann, who recommended
T. H.. McQreer.
An examination of the qualifications
of the two men showed that McQreer
was without experience In forestry,
while Aschoff Is an experienced forester.
Acting under, general Instructions from
President Roosevelt to promote officials,
rather than to appoint them for political
reasons Richards names Aschoff; (,
ava i B,'tM wit ----I Woofl 0NeU, and. th men of
ays la swoons ta With Japanese Zatte U,, wltn another In
."a sauo-sjtriaxaa. I giring applause tc every ptterance that
(Jonraal Special Serrlee.) I pointed 0 the determination to save tha
St Petersburg. May 20. A Mukden I 'air nam of, Portland in the year of
aispatcn announces tnat a Russian- de-1 ner great centennial exposition. , Tney
tachment encountered a Japanese force were the men. who came out and 'boldly
marching westward May 18, and sue- insisted tnat the town muat not be given
eeeded In turning it I into the handa of tho gambler, the tout
Another detachment met a foroe of and the morning spokesman for the
Japanese II miles north of Feng Huang dives of the night
Cheng and, after a hand-to-hand en-1 Henry Hahri. who opened the meeting
counter, tne Japanese nea panto-stneaen ana presided as its chairman, delivered
and driven by Russian bayoneta la five-minute talk that ' thoroughly
ine generu siaa aenies tne report aroused the large audience. In thia
that the Ruaalan crulaer Bogatyr was talk Mr. Hahn told of tha light of four
wrecked at tha entrance to Vladivostok years ago that led' to the makine- and
harbor. I adoption of the new charter the char-
it is reported tnat oenerai Kuropat- ter which a corrupt ring would now set
sin, commanding uie jrtussian iorcea in I aside.
person, cnecxea tne Japanese savsncei w ajtrong's Plata Talk.
,wr uaans, v aawumuurcr. ui in. On Secretary T. N. Strong devolved
Russian army. . the duty of making the chief addresa of
V.d Tfclh tr, ?. ev.ning,.rtd ft. .poke in a way that
' . K,7t tc: nowM did not propose to mmce mat
L." " . ""i'V-. w i, Iters in charging that a corrupt move
ur, ment Is under way to kill ths charter.
Rejoicing over the Japanese losses off L.IL J??-:!1!
Port Arthur was continued today. lage w 1 , hrVt?-&ZX.u
t.kin- nn.....inn nf h ,re9 to vote th straight Republican
clpal street, and' cheering. The sinking t'CJ,k', " '
of the warships Is attributed here to n"m"h " th. 'B f'f"land are
rnug"m.orp Md not 10 float- Jraa zzx
Some even go farther and assert thst "LTlff l,"'1 refnM J
submarine boats are now being used, and t ,1 l5r .v . IV
.v.. i,i.i. . .1 . . ,k. in v I office who are afraid to say that they
a general sweeping of the Japanese ?
fleets from tne seaa The Russians re-
many I have received from distant
points showing tha truth of what Z
Bay:
" 'Philadelphia, May 11. 1104. Mr.
Thomaa N. Strong. Portland. Oregon: ..
" Dear Mr. Strong. Tho .Journal of
Portland haa been having a aeries of ar
ticles on a conspiracy to destroy tha
city chsrter. Do you happen to know
anything about the movement and thoaa
who are back of it and the object witch
they have In vlewT Very truly, Clinton
Roger Woodruff, secretary of the Na
tlonal Municipal league.'"
"We of thia city fought for 10 years '
to overthrow the former machine that
had looted the city. This mschlna Fas .
overthrown four yeara ago, and tha-new .
machine waa put In on the direct laaue
of home rule for tha city of Portland,
and on tba pledge that a new charter, of
Its own choosing would be given, tha
city. The new machine carried out the -pledges;
and it has proved a Success,
the only, defect claimed sgalnst it being
with reference .to advertising. and . this
arose from the bed act of tha adminis
tration in patting 7,0Q lota . Into one
dlstrtet to raise $3,500, for a elngle, Im
provement, aw that each lot "was taxed
only SO cents; wbereas, good business
would bays put la 100 lota, snaking tha
advertising pill ons-tenth. ;Th error!
gard the recent reverses as being direct
manifestations from Qod that their
cause is Just and that they will win ul'
tlmata victory.
aTAA2fZSB ACCOTOTS.
still further reducing the city's right
to home rule. Such reduction would
follow a failure to hold tha city election
next year.
In the olden times kings gave char
ters to citlsens and governments, and
legislatures created cities and governed
them. In Europe soma of . the cltiea
were born before tha kings and legisla
tive bodies began this method of charter
granting to cities, and because of this
ancient birth they have enjoyed greater
Claim Xusslans Wars Sepnlaed After
Thirty Minutes' righting,
llntrmm BrwHil Arv1i 1
IVtlrln lLfo tft A .. I ""HIO TU1 lUHIl OUT C1UCC i DJB explains
here today that a force of Japanese I Tn!, v-.X' w 'ul-.
Cheng, repulsed a force of Russians. EJW5 WPttiSBl
The Japane- 1-t Ave and the Rus.ns 5 JSSS ZH
lost (0. 1
It was later officially given out that a
section of Japanese Infantry of the Lla-
tung forces reconnoltered In the dlrec-cuy 01 oruana-
was adopted four years ago
and this is the power which, if restored,
may permit Peter Grant to govern the
tion of Shanchusan and met two aeo-
tlons of Ruaslan infantry.
The Russians were repulsed after a
30 minutes' running fight.
The Japaneae casualties were one of-
Watchea by Station.
"Fellow ettisens, tne eyes of the whole
country sre upon Portland at this very
time, watching as to tba outcome, of
this new attempt to corrupt the city;
fleer and four men killed and one officer Land the following letter Is but one of I
and eight men wounded.
The Russian loss Is given as one offl-
oer and from 40 to 60 men killed.
The official report makes no mention
of the falling back on Feng Huaug
Cheng, but officers claim that an ad
vance from there was more a strategic
move than any other, hence, if such a
retreat did take place It would not be
at all surprising.
Offloera bos at Sea.
The announcement ia , made that the
losses among the officers on the battle
ship Hatsuse include Commanders Tsuk-
W11 ' charter, j s v t
Tha .Evening Journal was not alone
in. its -charges, thst a,plan had bean
hatched ttr chahra the charter at tha
forthcoming' session of lth legislature, '
for at Isast one candidate has said pub
licly and boastfully that rf the fellows
stood together they would change t tha
charter." , . ... , nv -..': '.'
Mr. Strong closed by saying thst Tha
Journal had done meritorious service In
sending out requests to candidates for'
the state legislature, - asking them to -come
-out squarely and etate what they
Intended doing with regard- to the char
ter. He also explained that tha eom-
mtttee that Is working' to protect the .
charter Is absolutely non-partisan,) and
has for its object only the welfare of
the city. Vociferous cheering marked
the strong points made aa tha address
proceeded, and shouts of approval af
firmed all that had been said.
- Bssomtloas Adopted,
Of tha following resolutions adopted
unanimously - by the meeting. Jamea
Steel offered the one recommending that
no candidate be voted for who would
not come out and firmly promise to op
pose sny changing in the charter, a mo
tlon that met with wild cheering; and -A.
H. Devera Introduced the other reao-
lutions, which were applauded snd unan
imously adopted; - ---
Resolved, By this mass meeting. of
citlsens of Portland: t ;
First That we heartily spprova ' of
the provisions of the charter Of this city
providing for separate -eleotlona-T'
Second That we are unalterably op
posed to any, amendments to tha char
ter having for their object tha postpon
ing of the eity election to be held In the
yesr 1905 to the following year, or pro
vidlng for city elections to be held at
the same time ss state, county or gen
eral electiona r'-'-r."-?
Third That we request tha 'members '
of the legislature now serving, or who 1
may be elected, to vote against any such
proposed change. ':'
Fourth That all amendments to " tha
charter before becoming effective should
be submitted to a vote of the people of
this city for adoption or rejection.
Fifth That a copy of these resolu
tions be submitted to tha various dally
papers of the city, with a request, that
they be published. - v ' '
Sixth That a copy bs furnished to all ;:
candidates for tba legislature, and that :
they be asked to carry out Its provls-
lona
Resolved by this mass meeting; That
we pledgfe ourselves not to vote for any
t (Continued on Fir Two.)
HERMANN CAUSES :
MUCH SUSPICION
(Washlngtoa Boreas of The Journal)
Washington, D. C May 20.Land of-
amato, Nire and Arlinorl and 22 others, jfioe officials have discovered tha Bin-
On the cruiser Yoshino. sunk In col-lger Hermann a Bin providing fori tba
llsion with the Kasuga, Captain Ayeki, opening of the Grande Ronde resarva
Commander Hlrowaterl and 20 other jUon contains a provslon1whlch Hfiat
officers were lost
The report that the battleships Shlnk-
wlly congressman had inserted which
Arthur la abaolutelv denied and the he hands of one Individual or cor-
story sent out branded as a fake. iporatlon unless th department Is ex-
Rear Admiral Toaro Maaamlchl rennrta i tremelV Vlsrllant A . i j - ' i .t"
that tha fleet under his command . num. I The provision In Question-recites that
boring four cruisers, three gunboats and 1 when the reserve lands ara sold tha de-
a torpedo flotilla, after successfully re-lpartment may receive a - bid - for tha
peliing. an-attack of the enemy's de-1 whole area of separate bids for part
stroyers which emerged from Port Ar-v The provision allowing the entire res
thur when, tha disaster, to tha Hatsuae eryation to be sold to , one-bidder is ra-
occurred, and . rescued all alive of thalgaraea witn suspicion and tha land of
battlesblp's craw, proceeded on the 18th I flee officials express the opinion that
Inst to PechUl gulf. The fleet then re-lit was put In the bill by Hermann for
connoltered along the Kalchau - prom- the purpose of aiding some corporation
ontory.
(Continued on Psge Two.).-
or individual. X An effort will be made
to prevent the land from going to one
tatUer, but uuutr the terms of the law
the department, may not be able to pre
vent this,, despite, their most earnest
efforts.
That there Is much intaraat ia the
reservation by men of means, or others
who desire by tricky, methods to "get ;
a slice," can . be understood ; from the
fact that In tha tract art 27,000 acres,
a great portion of which Is highly valu
able gracing and timber land,
' Commissioner "Richards 'todsy said
that he will not ask for a lump bid for
tha Grand Bonds lands. He hss pre
pared rules for the disposal of the reser
vation which ware approved today by
Secretary Hitchcock which provide for
the sale by sealed bids to be filed In the
Oregon City landofflca between Aur -t
1 and August .8. Inclusive, in tracts - f
ltjO acres each. 1 -
Each tract must be bid on spr r
- No bid will be accoptod for 1.
$1.21 an acre and the ecgrr. i .
bid must ffi 1 ' ' -