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r . -. . ,j y, n,. jf,,., . v I" ' . . W ... .. .. , i - . . , . . , . , - . ' ' ' ' ' ' ' '. ' , ' " . - ' . ,. - 1 '' i OOD EVENING. tn wbatxzb. PORTLAND; ' OREGON, SATURDAY" EVENING; MAY 21, 1004. . PRICE FIVE CENTS. ' sffliiW Wttmi ISII11HING THE LIFE GUT llW10MMND y DEdlRMliHE REV. 0R. EDGAR P. . . . v , ; . .. ,7::-T5? j . INTHE QRIP OF VICE " I ' ' . - . . ' '' - i ' : I ?" ? " ' ' '' . . . . 4 HILL Pastor Tells How .Vice Is Fostered and Cornip ( ; , v Hon Fattens; v r Japanese Boldly:ExamIoe Port Arthur's Nar row Portal. BOGATYR RUMORED LOST UNDER FALSE. COLORS Gamblers, Saloon Box, Deluded Mayor, Partisan Politics and the Ortjjonlaa Poor Fingers and Tbnmb of the : . !' " Hand t City's Tfiroat.:v::; Russian Statements,-London Correspondent Declares Cruiser . Was Destroyed Tokfo Has News. Bt Petrbur, '-lyj Jli-It U',f- ' porttd hr ,toUr --that' thi- JapajiM t nT beAn repulsed and drlrn way J iron lor-rwr oi jrort Annur. General StoeaMi rallied out to proUot ' a train brisking t ammnnltliof .and kirtnlah with Japanee troopa followed. . I Tea Japaneae lota was haary; L Tha. train' arrived aafelv. . Oaiwrat HJuropiattla today reporta that , ; fn a aKirmiso at ran jiuana; Chen the ; Japanaaa wr;jlrrfi 0t d onlr ;tw coaaackf .woundea..on tha .Buaalan aid. f' i PtrlaV 'May ll-,Th , Tanra t : Feteraburf joorreaDondeiit A Mate that Btoaela aortlaul caauaiUaa'.of i 1.099 to ilia Japanese and tttath Rua- piana loat 160 naan. f , Toao' Approaoliaa (Journal Special Serrtee.) 'Toklo, May 21. Admiral Togo reporta that the Japaneae funboata and torpedo boat deatroyera jreaterday decided to rlak the flrt of - the' enemy and examine aa cloeely aa poeelble the entrance to Port Arthur, with a view of learnlaf. If poa- . aibie, tne conciuona or tne harbor en tranee.i ; , The fleet therefore reconnoltefed toward the port, ateamlng cloae In to the T harbor entrances flrlnr ar trwentBut little . Oamage waa auatained from the . a no re oatieriea, aespite a not croaanre which waa poured Into the warahlpa. No caauaiuea reaultea. " 'Togo makes no statement aa to wheth 7 er the desired information va Secured . or not This report accounta for a meaabge - received here rrom Chefoo to the effect that a heavy cannonade had been beaed : off the port yesteraay. .which was aup. poaed to Indicate a serious engagement DBCXiAXXS OOATT IVOp. IP ftondom Oorreapondan Contradicts Bus-j tian Official ItatemeaV ... (Jonrnal Special Barrtee.) FEAR THE MAYOR MAY VETO BILL Friends of : Orduiance! Prohibiting Saloon Boxes 3i I lavor Denied Makincr Anv - Pledges. Advocates of the measure prohibiting boxes lh saloons -and restaurants, which waa. drafted yesterday ..by Councilman London, May 21. Deaplte the fact that rFlegel and published In The Journal, - the general staff of the Ruaalan army In St Petersburg yesterday laaued a de- s nlal that the Ruaalan cruiser Bogatyr ' had 4keen wrecked at the entrance to Vladivostok harbor, the uorrespondent of the St James , Oasette today declares : that such Is the case. The correspondent says the Bogattyr rounded as she was returning to ahel- teif. and that.aU. efforts to. get. her. off were unsuccessful. According to his aaeertloA. the Russians, jflndlng that ttn . let! "speedy action wr taken, the Jap anese would probably capture the cruis er, fired the pOwder magaalne and de stroyed the vessel. .N ? ; ii a From V.Toklp comes a dispatch which Is fn ' a measure confirmatory ' of this statement w . ? v. According to the Toklo report the ves 'sel went ashore at the Vladivostok har ' bor entrance., No mention Is made , of her subseauent destruction. ,t ' The latter feature la doubted by the military writers of several publications here, who point out that the grounding of the vessel would not render either her, capture or destruction a' necessity unless attendant conditions were singu lar. r-t ?.v ..11 - . V They Incline to the belief that had the Bogatyr merely i grounded,' her Officers andrew would', have stood to their guns and could nave madeas effective use .of .them . under ordinary circum stances as have. the .'crippled warships In Port -Arthur, i These latter have been prominent ln the' defense of the harbor, although so badly damaged tbat they are or neve Dean? unable to go to sea. f 1 4. A xoMMijn rxaxt mvbuMl Clash Xetweee Troops Cereral ct Oar's Its Wojiaoed One Korean XUled. - .;.u.; (Janraal' Soedal- Barrice.1 . SeonV May Jl.The Japanese consul ; at Gen Sari reports that a collision has taken place between Russian and Korean troops, at Kankow, ; the center of the nonnern - iong .nag aisturoances. ' ' uno , KOrtan e-was'kUled tiand several Rus sians were-wounded.ii-';j-if.n. . ' It' , is - feared that ; this Is but . a pre liminary , to many ' more serious con-fllctBt-asUe-feeling,.slnce the- issuance of the Imperial edict annulling all trea ties with Russia, has been growing (Continued on Page Two.). have been alarmed by . the - repeated ru mors current at the city ball -that Mayor Williams would - veto the bill after it has been passed by the council at Its .meeting to be held June 1. , . Friends of the ordinance - have been 1 told that the failure of . the saloon In terests and restaurant men to make vigorous protest against the ordinance was due to the, belief .on their part that Mayor Williams would administer knockout blow to .rthf measure 'm' the eve 01 tne jtieotion.t ana mat it wouw be allowed to auletly and lnoonaplou ously. pass Into the realm of. things mat - were rafter the votes: had r bn counted on election 4lay. i Naturally, the belief ott the part of the enemies Of the saloon box hast put the question yp to the mayor in , a i way w urnnf Hum mai (enuaman some ex pression of opinion ss. Jto his attitudv The statement that some of the mayor's political followers, had "tipped it oiTVto the saloon men that the. chief executive would' veto the measure' is denied bv Mayor. WUlUimS. aJe -declared today to a Journal reporter that no man j had any : auinoruy .,10 -anticipate nis - action in dealing, with . any ordinance that might come before Whfni i as mayor of tne cy ui roruana. juoroorer, tjnayor WlUlame aald that he was In' favor of any measure-wnicn wouia tena to-aimm lsh vice and crime In this city..- and that he .was not personally .friendly to me satoon oox..-. ...... . ,- : ... , June! the anti-box ordinance aa , pub UsKad-dn The Journal last evening will be brought - before the. -council ;t backed by the Ulauor license committee and the cltliens' committee.- It is stated by the majority- off oounciimen that the ordl nance will paas The. cbl?f effort of th active advocates of the measure will be to have this, ordinance . signed by Mayor Williams herore ejection day - . MmnJJbt the leaders la the IcamDalrn against the. boxes , have . not - understood the sudden change of f ront.exeouted by several members -of, thecouncll. who at first - strenuously opposed , the anti-box ordinance or anyJ legislatlont looking; to this end.! ;To explain their sudden advo cacy or. tacit assent' the reformers "have been looking for reasons and the may or's veto has been regarded- as the chief caue...ThlB Is now denied by . the mayor. who states that he? doer not favor, the boxes himself. . t - -r; --i ' Though , unwilling .to state definitely wnat ma action would be Mayor wil llama thla morning' did announce that he would not object to aignlng an ordi nance abolishing the saloon boxes. -The mayor also branded as false any state men t to the effect ' that he had pledged himself, to vetp the anti-box ordinance after it; had passef the council. The kaVofs Statenieht. ' rtI can't say what action I-will take on the ordinance," said the -mayor, "un til It comes before,, me and as It has not been reported by the committee to the council, has not been considered or passed by the council, and has not been brought before me in any way, , it le premature for me to announce my. opin ion of It or what I will do. It may be changed to a considerable extent and It may : be different in many ways when Lpassed by the council. , I never wish xo oe premature in passing judgment on an ordinance before It is passed by the council, and this should be no excep tion. "I am willing to say. however. . that 1 win second any error, tne council may make to suppress vice or immorality In tne city and an ordinance that will, In my. judgment effect this object will not bo vetoed by me. , . 'It ; baa been intimated to- ; me thai several : reports nave gone iortn to tne effect that I have pledged myself to veto the anti-box ordinance. 'All such re ports are untrue, t nav not told any one now , I would act - on the .ordinance and will not until the measure-comes before me ss mayor." The mayor was asked If an ordinance that abolished saloon boxes Would be objectionable to him. ' '---- "Certainly not" he replied, "as I said before, . I will not oppose any action of the council that I think tends to lessen vice in Portland, 'but what I may do with any: particular ordinance Is something' I can not tell 'until such an ordinance has at least been brought before the coun cil." 1 : s ;.v. v5 i - MANY MEET DEATH IN WATER SPOUT Cache la Poudre Valley In Southern ! Colorado : and Wyoming Devastated -Scores of People Missing. 1 JAPAjrxgii xoma oomosinr. i Victoria, B C. May It The steamer Hyades which arrived this morning brings' the news that- residents' of' Jap anese cities sre having a-greater feeling of security, since the blockading of . the entrance to Port Arthur's harbor,' and have, removed -the mines frOm Kobe harr bor and also withdrawn the general re strictions on shipping - entering : ; that (Joornal -Special Serrtee.) Denver, Col., May 21. Meager re ports from the' Cache la poudre valley, in southern Colorado and southern Wy emlngr this morning show that th waterspouts Friday afternoon did Im mense damage. Four lives are known to have been lost and scores are miss lnav At Cheyenne four bodies were, re covered Kdlthv Bproul, Archie, Charles and Henry , Clayton all children. The Cache. la. Poudre river. widened, from SO feet to . nearly a -mile, , and - scores of frame ' houses -Jn the .Russian settlement at 'the'sugar factory were carried away. The railroads report k numerous serious washouts, f- f j ' Communication with Fort Collins was resumed at noon' today. In the first reports the losses were underestimated. One man lost his life at Fort Collins. All the headgates of the Irrigation ditches and miles of the irrigation ca nala were washed out and It is feared they cannot 'be repaired v In time to Irri gate this, year's crops, thus making the total losses aggregate 2,ooo,ooo. All bridges are washed out for . several miles of track on the Colorado South erns No word has been received from Tlmnath, Uvermore, Bellevue or 1-a Porte, all of which were reported under three' to four feet of water last night' It is believed the casually list will be largely Increased. . - , . .The rtver.., runs through one of tin most .'thickly settled farming districts of the state, f A large portion of the agricultural lands, along the devastated section are Irrigated from It and a num ber of reservoirs have been constructed. for the purpose of storinguts water. Huhdreds of bead of live.; stock have been drowned : and . the damage to the beet and - vegetable crop Is enormous; The water system of the City of Fort Collins badlv inlured and Irrigation ditches ere practically destroyed. MINISTER KILLS SON WITH A RAIL Strikes Boy Down with Insane Fury After Quar rel Jail Threatened by Hob Officers Pre pare for Desperate Resistance ' (Journal Special Serrice.) Owenaboro, Ky- May- 2t Rev. . Nor man Armour, who murdered his sop by striking him with a fence rail, was ar rested this morning. The jail is now heavily guarded, the farmers at Sacramento threaten a lynching. Armour Is cool and says he Is willing to take the law's penalty. The killing resulted from the minister's un governable and apparently insane tem per. The boy refused to quit work in the field when ordered to do so by Ar mour and a quarrel followed. The farmer, who is" a man heretofore re spected, but known to have a violent temper, undertook to punish the boy, when the younger man defended him self, with much vigor. The minister, outdone, seized a piece of fence rail 'and -rained' blows .upon the boy's head until the latter. lay dead at his feet -4 It Is the belief of those who are friendly to the preacher that he Is sub ject to Spells' of "temporary- Insanity, as this Is said to have been no Isolated case- where his temper has taken an almost maniacal tendency. Feeling In the neighborhood of the crime is particularly high, aa th preacher, by his open attacks on certain realdents of ' the locality, has ' created many enemies, and the district Is in habited by a people many of whom are prone to lynchings on almost any prov ocation. Officers declare they will protect the prisoner to the last no matter how large or. desperate the mob may be that at tempts .violence, - and have Increased the force guarding the prisoner. CBOW TAUBT nOOBSS. Wall of JTate Caught People XJke Bats jA': : $tk a 'Trap. - :r . (Jocm! Specitl. Servlee.) ' Cheyenne, Wyo.i ', Mayr21; The Crow valley Is flooded. . The bodies of Charles and .Archie -Clayton have been- ; found. Harry Clayton,. who: was given 'up for dead, has. recovered. Two Fort Bus- sell batterymen are missing. 1 An un known woman and baby' were seen to float away and many others' are miss fng. i,t.AAwatt -of water many feet' high came' down . the1 valley and caught the people like rats In a trap. ; The loas to railroad and ranch property; la heavy. POLAR EXPEDITION SENDS IN A REPORT (Journal Special Berries.) Copenhagen, May 21. The Norwegian expedition In quest of the north pole, which sailed June last his arrived at DalrVmple. , Captain ' Ammundsen reports thst Erlckson's Queensland expedition arrived on' the west' coast after fearful hard- shins, the men beins: worn and ehtacl ated and having subsisted on their dogs for many days. - 1 - - MITCHELliWANTS.TO, HEAR BANCROFT CASE jtWashlagtoa Boreas ef Tb JooraaL) Washington' May. 21. Before leaving yesterday ' senator Mitchell wrote to PostmastsrrGeneral Payne . requesting that final action in the case of Postmas ter ' Bancroft at. Portland 1e Dostponed until after his return to the capital on June H ; i '&r T aVATTXTiglfTF 138JITUOg.T WOmnUKJL '-'-I. (Joaraat Special 8errlc. ; ' . ' : New'-Tork. - May 21. The batUeshlp Kentucky returned" trov the China sta tion today. ' , , , DEATH ENDS FORT'S POLITICAL AMBITION .(Journal Specitl Service.) Springfield, 111., May 21. Robert B. Fort, state senator and candidate for lieutenant governor before the Republic can state convention, died this morning In the hospital.' He was ill while the convention was in progress. Although his' name was seldom men tioned in the . gubernatorial deadlock he was nevertheless a decided factor in the fight SHAW PAYS NINE ' . MILLIONS TO MORGAN ' e (Joornal 8pecUl Srrle.) :'";?':"? Washington. May- 21. A check for 1 9.- 00,000. being the- remainder of the J0,- voo.000 - to oe - paia tne Manama canal concession, wss handed to Morgan's rep resentative . by Treasurer a' Shaw this morning.--'..' -.--t w:--,, ii"i(..-;.v ssatx rorxsHxs CABOTSAi. (Joornal SpeHal Service.) ' V Berlin, May 21. Duke Paul Frederick of Mecklenberg,. uncle of the reigning grand duke,, waa found dead thi morn ing after a night's' carousal incident to a dinner given by his corps. BT BBV. 2B. ZDOAB P. XZX.IW Paste ef the Pint Presbytertaa Ohureb. Te the People of Portland:. Vice la gripping the throat of this fair city and ' its clutch is tightening every day. - The - hand, by means of which It maintains - Its hold is a normal though a 'Vicious one, and has four fingers and a thumb. . .1. . .- The Plrst Plager. ; '' ' The first finger of, the hand that ' le stifling this fair city Is the gamblers' trust. Bolder and bolder the gamblers - have become, until today,' they dominate '. the city. Three years ago. when some - one ventured to suggest that gambling be licensed In Portland,, an old sport said emobatlcallr: lt mlaht be done in a rolling camp, but never In Portland." . How. Is irtodayr -It Js "true gambling ls not licensed. But the situation is even worse. Without so much as giving the people a chance to decide,' the gamblers hava.been clvan omnlet onnlrnl Wh.n a bill was Introduced at the last legisla ture,, making gambling a . felony, the gamblers calmly walked in,., stole the bill and went away, laughing, ; .When the new mayor began his administra tion by stoutly Insisting that he wouid enforce the laws, the. gam blefa made -a -few hypnotic passes before the men whom ' the people" had hailed as their champion.' when. behold f be stood forth as the. Spokesman of the gamblers and ' hurled defiance -at -the very ones mho had- yielded themselves so .trustfully to I his leaderahlp. ,. , , k In' other cltieSi gamblers are . treated as outlaws. Within ten days the Knights of -Pythias, who- have always been regarder-as mosfJlberal in ad-- mlttlng new members, have decided that suph men shall not be admitted to their order. In Portland gamblers are ' re garded as public benefactors,-through whom the city's-revenues are raised Xur the purpose, of repairing . the . engtn, . houses and getting the streets In readi ness for the Lewis and Clark fair. In each gambling house a policeman In full - uniform may be found, .whose salary Is paid, not by the city, but by the gam bler themselves, and whose consequent . buslncss-is not to enforce-the law at all, but to see that the. gamblers have ' a free hand In their benevolent plan of getting their victims -money into cir culation. , --'. t-f- ' Only one other step is necessary to complete the grim humor of the altua- - tlon. Let the gamblers also assume the pay of the other members of the police.. . force and let the monthly fines be suf- - flclently Increased to cover the amounts paid to the chief and the mayor.', v The Seoond Plnget. - Second finger,7 the saloon box. Thoae. who are Interested in making Portland a better city are constantly assailed with -the taunt that they do not know what they are talking about, and that Port- - - land is a .bet tar city today . lhan It has been for .years. For several weeks, therefore, a quiet careful, investigation ;.v has been carried on;'A "specimen lncl- " dent may be enlightening. On a recent Sunday evening one of the watchers 00- . , served two young men and a glrl pause Just, outside the side entrance of a cer tain saloon. ' The young men started In. " , . but the girl refused to gov -A consults- -tlon . followed;, . Then .one of the young men took theglrl by the arm and tried ' to pull tier In, but she jerked away. An- . other long conference took place.; After considerable persuasion the girl accom-' 1 , . panied the young men Into a saloon box. A half -hour passed by, when the three . reappeared and went straight to a rooming-house, where they occupied the ' same room. A aubsequent investiga tion brought to light the jact that the girl was without friends and hundreds -of miles from home, v ! i t . v "But that waa an Isolated case," some one says. - Was itt I myself stationed ' a man on a certain corner which com mands a view of; t we side entrances of uImhi and h counted 20ff Beoole an taring, those two places In one evening, and half of ' them were young women. That same night another man .visited 20 saloons, not In tne north end.' but in ' the heart of the city, and at, every place , were found young women lolling around for trade.;;. Within a week a physician . began sneering at a, member-: ef th Municipal league-because-of Hie puritan leal ideas, and then within five minutes . -acknowledged, that at the time he was treating three young girls In their early . teena. for diseases-contracted In saloon - boxes, a A police officer, with consider-. 1 able heat, told mo the other day that the 4' city was never more orderly than now, and gave as his reason for saying so that while licentiousness is something frirfitfuL: nevertheless 60 colored pros- - tttutes, who also "robbed their- victims, had been driven out or town. Accora Ins? to this loglcvlf the one Item of rob- .-, bery eould be eliminated, this would be . a model place, even though our daugh ters should ait Become nanuie u boys roueaf -! .-.. . "The Thfrd Tlnger. TStrd Una-er. A deluded mayor. I have not the heart to speak of the aM man. who shortly must appear before God's Judgment scat to give account f the deeds done in tne nony. Am 11 not. except to say tnis; xonn.-r in f - attle a king has come to hla throne. (.; t XContlnued on lags 'luie.) V 1 -