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JOURNAL YESTERDAY IJ.I&U
VOL JT. NO. XO.
- PORTLAND. - OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, 'MAY 22, . 1904. THREE SECTIONS-34 PAGES.:
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Moroccans t to Be Con
fronted by t Two ; Foil, :
J Reets of Warships.
SAIL INC : ORDERS GI YEN
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. Both SoutH Atlantic, and European
Squadron Will Demand Release
of; Anerlcar Millionaire' :
. ..'.- Perdicaris. - ' "
I Spedel Otopetrm ly Ua4 Wire to The Jovul)
' WhlBton. . JUy tl. The . United
BUtes vorernment will ro to the ex
treme of Its authortty to effect the
rpely rescner of Ion PerdJcerU, the
American millionaire boat of the Mo
roccan bandit Ralalaull. and hie British
stepson. Cromwell Varlay. who were
kidnaped Mar II In Tanaler.
In this action the United flutes will
be seconded by Oreit Britain, which
has dispatched one warship to Gibraltar.
Acting- Secretary of State Loomls has
cabled orders to both the South Atlan
' . tio and European squadrons to proceed
at once to Tangier and demand that the
sultan of Morocco secure the release of
the captlros at any cost.
Rear-Adralral Taylor, chief of the bu
. reau of navintlon. is personally at-
tendina the.-,bl naval demonstration
which Is to. be mads to Lnpraas the sul
tan. These warships bare . been or
dered to Jlorocoo:
romldahls riMi -South
Atlantic squadron (Rear-Admt
ral Chadwtck.t eora mending-) Brooklyn
i (flagship). Cspt J.iM. Hawley; Atlanta,
i Commander & T. Qualtroughj Marietta,
,'m-T. Jewell, eommiundiin) Olympla (flag.
. snip;, upi. u. u. t oiDy; iiaiumore.
-Commander J. B. Brlags; Cleveland,
' Commander W. It Sutherland; Pes
; Moines, Coraisaader- Aaa4er Ma-
' Crackln. ' - - : - --i- :
. A Parts dlsDatch from Tan tier sari
leading Moroccan official have started
for the mountains in an effort to indue
the brigands to gtvs up their prisoners.
The Temps correspondent at Tangier
cites IH audacity of tbo brigands in
sending back for the clothing of the pris
oner. --, . v..-.-
1 1 rerlloarls Is Premlaenf
The passport application of Ion Per
dicaris, the kidnaped American, made
when he sailed for Tangier In April,
ltOt, was scanned with interest by Act
ing Secretary of Stats Ixtomis today.
Ths document Is In Perdicaris own
hand. Ths passport was Issued for Per
dicaris and his second wife, Ellen, who
J was Mra.. varler, an Englishwoman.
VV ParAlrmria miatMm Vita mmm mm tila
stature as.S feet 10 Inches, and minute-
ly describes his person as .follows:
r - Forehead high," eyes i brown, nose
straight .jrnouth. mediums, chin slight.
nair army, oompiexion xair, iace ovai.
The .passport 1 asked for the purpose
of a temporary sojourn in Europe, and
Trenton, N. J., is stated as the legal rest
denes of the applicant, with his tempo
rary residence at Tangier
It la learned at the state department
that the father of Perdicaris was at dif
ferent times minister to Portugal, Aus
tria and Greece, and that . Ion Perdi
caris was born in ths American consul
ate at Athens. His citisenship status is
the same as that of Mayor McClellan of
New York. -;.-...,-,-..-;- :r7; --.-
.ays n vuwmATCjun
(Special Dtopata to Tie Journal.)
Seattle, Wash., May 11. Hounded for
months, according to his s statement,
Charles Thompson was driven to desper
ation and then death. ,, Tuesday night
Thompson turned on the gas In bis room
In a lodging house. Today a letter was
found addressed To my influential ene
mies and their stool pigeons:
ACTOR HUMPHREYS
DIES WHILE AT SEA
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: (Special Olepateb by Leaied Wire to e
The JoarnaL) ' ... ;
New York, May . 11. Joseph
Humphreys, actor, author, knd .
stage manager, died today on the
American liner St Louis as that
vessel was racing past Nantucket
on her way to this port. ; The
body will be burled here..
Humphreys, who was - acting
manager for CharlesFrohman,
had been looking after the Froh
msn productions in London snd
Paris. Ho had also prepared for
the production hero of many new
plays, he had secured abroad.
Every minute of his time on the
other side of the water. In spite
of his frail health, had been spent
In active work. . v
"Joe" Huraptireys began stage
life as an actor IB Kitalf y's ."En-.
chantment" at Niblo's Gardens.
The second season he was as
signed as assistant ' stag-manager.
' Then he went to London ,
with, Jay Rial to appear ar Law
yer , Marks Kin Uncle S'Tom's'l
Cabin" He v was; , in thia , play ,
when Mr. Frohman engaged hlraj
as one of the cast of "Held by .
the Enemy." His rise from then
was rapid.. He staged all of the
big productions of Mr.' Frob- ,
man, for years. Humphreys was
only 40 years old. , n leaves a ,
widow, once a well-known singer,"
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WAVAL; RECORDS
Is Now Regarded as the. Fastest and
Finest BaltleshIp'Afloat-Evans
DInd hy-Royanyr1
(Special Dispatch by Leased Wire to The Jenraal)
New York. May a. Bear Admiral
i Robley D. Evans la homo from the China
station, glorying In a new moustaeho
and a new record for' his flagship, the
Kentucky, the finest and fastest battle
ship afloat. ... . ;
The Kentucky made record runs all the
ay from the ports of the Sues.' She
left Gibraltar on the- same day as the
army transport Kilpatrlck, stopped . at
Maderia jfoj ' two Jays nd saJlingfron
mere May u at 1 o cioca in tne alter
noon, entered New York , harbor at 7:45
this moraine-, to learn that the Kilns. trlrk
bad not yet arrived. ' ' k
rrom uaaena to new iora ine Ken
tucky broke the record of the Kearsage,
averaging lit knots an hour, to 113 made
by the latter. , .. .
The admiral was willing to talk about
his reception by the emperor and. empress
of .China and to repeat the message . ha
sent to the "Bad Man" of Nanchang, but
reminded the Interviewer that an adi
mlral must be careful not to say too
much. ' ' - i !f- -i
The king of Italy vtoited the ship at
Naples on April 19 and. exchanged
courtesies ' with the American admiral.
The Utter said of the visit of the king: -
when tbo king came on board the
Kentucky we were taking on coal from
lighters on both sides and the ship was
In no condition for Inspection.
His majesty was accompanied by th
minister of marine and spent about an
hour on board 1 and complimented the
Kentucky very highly. The next day
I dined at the royal palace In Naples
with the king and queen. The king knew
more about America and the, American
navy than I had given him credit for."
IDENTITY OF WOMAN
IS ESTABLISHED
(Special Dlspeteh by teased Wire to The Journal)
New Haven, Conn .' May ILTbo
identity of the daughter of the Yale pro
fessor, who was brutally attacked near
her, home In . the fashionable section of
this city Thursday night, has been estab
lished. , ' V " .
1 8hs was Miss Emma Richards, the
eldest daughter of Prof. Georgs B. Rich
ards,' and her assailant is believed to
hav been " a negro, although the young
woman was '. struck down . from behind
and . can give no desciiptlOn of the man
who beat her Into Insensibility. ,. ;
The police, are now searching for "the
alleged sluffger and expect to have Aim
under arrest shortly. - ' 1
The RKhards family will not Oucum
ths case. . , - ' .
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BREAKS
GENERAL
HISTORY
Mistake Oc
curred in Compiling Mat
ter for History
f . vCouraal Spedal Servlee.)
Topeka, Kan., May H. A subcommittee
of the state school book commission has
decided that General Funston ' shair no
longer figure with such marked heroism
through. the Kansas hUtorlea, and" pro-
poses, therefore, to cut out the story
of his swimming ths Bagbag river, in
the Philippines, while a spirited action
was on with ths enemy. ,
For five years this has been the teach
ing in Kansas. When General Funston
was promoted from a colonelcy of volun
teers to be a brigadier-general in ths
regular army his commission . embodied
the- swimming episode as being one of
tne - pertinent reasons for such promo-
motion, j
v Commissioner McCray, who will , thus
controvert the ort-repeated story and
see that history Is sent glimmering down
the ages as "she shoald be wrote," de
clared, the Bagbag lnoidSjit untrue and
says credit shall be given orembiy and
White, privates, and incidentally citizens
of . Kansas, for this exploit.
Brigadier-General Frederick Funston
In an Interview here last evening:
gardlng the story telegraphed from To-
peica, Kan., to the effect that the schol
ars tn the high schools there will no
longer be taught that he was the hero of
the Bag Bag river lncldent.sald that In
this controversy he had been the victim
of a complication Of misunderstandings.
General ' Funston frankly - admitted
that Edward White, and William B.
Trembly were the heroes of the hour,
but that the act of bravery for which
they were Justly lauded, granted med
als, of honor - and offered commissions
In the volunteer service did not happen
on the Bag Bag river. ' .r " ,
' ' Compilers Vsed Wfcosff Bat.' ;
"From the tone of the telegram sent
from Topeka the public might infer that
I was promoted and decorated on the
strength of the newspaper stones cabled
by war correspondents.' But this Is not
the case. My promotion was based on
reports sent the war , department by
General ' McArthur, division: commander,
and ' General Wheaton, ' brigade com
mander. Their recommendations were
cabled, and my promotion wired back
in three days.. The reports sent by war
correspondents were accurate, but I do
not think that, their home offices ; fully
understood that, there were two engage
ments, and that is what has caused all
this confusion. v
The text books In use- In the Kansas
schools, from which the Bag Bag river
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HOW THE FACTS LOOK TO DINGER
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FUNSTON
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Incident has been ordered expunged, were
published during the Philippine war and
the committee, or whoever compiled the
books, is more to blame than anybody
else. , The compilers of these books did
not go by the official war records, but
obtained their data from newspaper re
ports, which were eorrect as sent' from
the Philippines, but the dispatches came
together, and the publio confused the
Rio Grande river exploit with that
which happened onr the Bag Bag river.
"I do not attempt to deny that White
and Trembly are entitled to all the credit
that -can,: be given them for their brav
ery." he said, "but I do think that the
tone -of the story telegraphed from To
peka is, to say the least, malicious. Moat
of the-confusion In the publio mind re
gardlng my promotion In the Philip.
pines came it ram the fact that two en
gagementa-in which I participated came
very close together. The Bag Bag river
affair simply amounted to the. fact that
on April 15. 18, five enlisted men and
myself . swam that stream in order to
get near the enemy's lines. There was
a very small Are going on, which $ Id
not amount to much, and there was
PANAMA-PURCHASE
MONEY WILL REMAIN
i.
(Spsctal Dispatcfc by Less4 Wire to
The Journal.)
- New Tnrk. Mav 21. It waa
( semt-off iclally stated today that
,000.000 of Republie of Panama d
money will be Invested In New 4
, York City real estate mortgages.
The Investment will be negotiated 4
here on the arrival next week of 4
the Panama commissioners. Wii- " d
11am Nelson Cromwell Is their
counsel, and It Is likely that the d
money will be placed through J.
P. Morgan A Co. 4
j The Republic of Panama re- d
eelved fie.v0e.000 from this gov
ernment on account of the canal. e
Of this amount, 11,000,000 waa
turned ever to the agent of the
dv new republie some weeks sgo snd
a warrant for the remaining 4
lt.000,00 was' received by J. P.
Morgan A Co. from the treasury
authorities at Washington. - The
money Is In benk here, awaiting
the disposal of the commission--
.;:ers.w-.:Jfe.,-
It was originally Intended that
e the Panama money should be In- e
4 vested 'la United. States govern- ;
e ment bonds, as the lepreaenta-'
Uvea of i the government wished ?
to locate It In this, country. Gov- .
ernment bonds, however, return 4
a very small Income. . .Railroad
bonds Nrere also suggested, but .
finally It waa decided to purchase
real esitate mortgages as the best
secured Investment available.
CHANGE
CALLS
-
MALICIOUS
His Name Expunged From
Books in the Kansas
Schools.
nothing particularly dangerous abput the
feat, the river not being very wide and
having very little current We simply
Jumped Into the water, swam across- and
occupied the enemy's trenches. That
was the only swimming I did.
' Heroism of White and Trembly.
"A wo aaya later, on April 27. a verv
neavy ngnt was KOlnr on at Calumjit
on tne mo arande river. General Mc
Arthur's division, . consisting of the
brigades of Generals Wheaton and Hale,
bad reached the bank of the stream, but
the troops were unable to cross to the
other side, where the enemy was
strongly ' Intrenched. 1 asked for volun
teers from, men among my regiment to
swim tne river in the face of the enemy s
flre, and attach a line to the other side,
in order that we might use it in ferrying
troops oft on a raft we had found. We
wanted to use the rope as a haulinar lino.
Half a . dozen men immediately volun
teered, and from those we selected Pri
vates Edward White and William B.
Trembly of Company B, from Kansae
City, These men, stripped themselves,
and,-- without arms of any kind, leaped
Into the river and towed over a light
line, which they afterward used in pull
ing tne nsuiing line across. A heavy
fire was going on while these men were
making their perilous trip across tho
liver, but they were protected by 100 of
my men, who poured a hot lire into the
enemy.
Boat Snsmy With Small rosea.
"The raft, which was a frail bamboo
affair, held only about a half dosen men.
was among those to make the first
cross on the raft, and we pulled hand
over-nana across the stream under a
heavy lira Two of the men then volun
teered to take the raft back and bring
over another load of soldiers. This was
repeated until we had gathered a force
of 4i men under the enemy's tranche,
which we charged, and after a very hard
fight drove them out in disorder. v
"Generals MaeArthur and Wheaton
were eyewitnesses of the exploit and It
was on the strength of what they saw
that I was recommended for promotion
to brigadier-general and also to receiv
the medal of honor. White and Trembly
both received medals of honor, with an
offer- of commissions In -the 'volunteers,
but they declined the latter. . v -
"The dangers to which I was exposed
were no greater, than those to which the
other were subjected Who crossed on
lthe raft With our 45 men we routed too
Filipinos, whose entire force in that vt-
(Continued on Page Sen.)
NEARLY A RIOT IN
HEBREW
CHURCH
Member of Congregation it Sixth and
Half Streets Viciously Attacks Rabbi
Abbey, Calling tfln a Liar.
Prompt action and earnest appeals 1
for order on the part of the few calm
members, of the congregation checked
an Incipient .'riot yesterday mornlxg in
the synagogue of the Nevah Zedek Tal-
mud Torah. Sixth and Hall streets.
which was precipitated during the ob
servance of the feast of the passover.
Vigorous advice and exhortations of the
older and . more cautious members , are
said to have prevented a lynching.
which . was threatened when Solomon
Welnsteln usurped the pulpit and pro
nounced the rabbi a liar, hypocrite rob
ber and lmposter. He capped his arch
of fierce denunciation by declaring the
rabbi to be an "anti-Semitic."
Immediately a wave of Intense Indig
nation swept over the congregation.
composed largely of Russian Jews, Men
rose quickly from their seats with
threatening gestures! Women were
awe-struck, and called down curses upon
tne head of the blasphemer. Children
gaped tn open-mouthed horror at the
man who dared denounce the holy rabbi.
Crowd B snowies Angry.
There was a hum of angry mutterlngs
as the wrathful' crowd of men pushed
nut into the aisles breathing vengeance.
Children and women began a hasty exit
in fear of Impending trouble. In the
face of the 'menacing throng which
crowaea towards him, welnsteln re
tained his stand upon the rostrum and
continued his harangue.
Rabbi Abbey, the victim of the fierce
assault stood calmly near. He raised
his hsnd In humble protest but the
mandate was unheeded. 8ubdued cries
of 'lynch him." escaped the crowd,
while 'Welnsteln. in a frensled spasm
uor wua uporaidings. proceeded . with
bis harangue, unmindful of the danger,
Sseaped rrom Building.
it was then that M. Simon, secretary
ef the congregation, seized the in
furlated speaker : and forced 'him ' ' to
leave the building. Venerable members
stood between him and - the. crowd and
pleaded for peace. - Their, advice nre
vailed and serious trouble was averted.
Before the departure f of Welnsteln,
however,' another member of the oongte
gsttott quietly 1 escorted , Rabbi . Abbey
from the. building to his home.
Jewilsh quarters have been - deeply
stirred as a result of the set of Weln
steln and It was the sole toplo of con
versation yesterday among Hebrews In
all sections of the city. A committee,
consisting of the president ' secretary
ana other officers of the oongreSAtton,
was appoint
tion of the j
Manning. A
1 Hnr? rrnntd Informs-
ir t) l .-trtot Attorney
t the statements
.(Cont
Tinee.)
Train Reaches Port Ar
thur; After; Battle In
Which Japs Lose.
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HARBOR ENTRANCE OPEN
Russians Encouraged by News From
Front Wbtch Indicates a Change 7
of Fortune Czar Attends , .
the Services. , : "
(Copyright Xeant ew" Servloe by
Imm4 TTlre to The joanai.)
London, May 11. According to mes
sage received tocay - rrom t. reters
burg, several divisions of the Japanese
army are advancing rapidly on Mukden.
If this report be true the Japanese
forces are supposed to have outflanked
Kuropatkln and got around his line of
entrenchments or else cut . their way
through. , . ,
KUSCXA'S STAB jUSXkTO.
Oloee of a Yery Suooeesful
Week
lighting.
(Journal Special Service.) V
Petersburg, May 7ni. "Three
8f.
things arenf Interest here tonight The
first is the report that the cruiser Bo
gatyr grounded off the tortuous Vladi
vostok, entrance, where ane now lies
waltlner for assistance. . This, the gov
ernment officials deny,, but their report
is doubted by many. . - -
-The second feature of the war whlc .
brings much Joy to . the Russian mind
is that it has been proved that br land .
the blockade of port Arthur Is not ef.
fecttve.. ... ..v.'4..'. ,3- -V-r-;
7 The third Is that by sea, when the time'
comes, the Russian fleet can come forth.
Join Us allies from the Baltic and make
short work- through mere superiority -of
weight of the Japanese squadrons. Port
Arthur la not bottled. The cork la out
Certain It Is that the tide has turned
In Russia's favor. ,
With the reversal of the Japanese .
advance from Feng Huang Cheng, the
gallant opening of the Port Arthur line
by fitoesseL permitting, a train to pass "
through to- the beleaguered garrison and -
the unbottllng of the Port Arthur en- '
trance, there seems to be no doubt thst
Russia, la nearly -ready-to assume the
offensive.. ; -
Oovenunent Xaa wews.
The government recblved news this
evening which is a practical confirma
tion of the report that the road to Port :
Arthur Is sgaln open and that a battle
had been fought ''- ' -
By wireless telegraphy plans were "
made for a train to come through. Gen
eral Stoessel at the head of a detach
ment made a sally from the fortress
and met and defeated-the- Japanese st
a point some distance from Port Ar-x
thur and" nearly on a line, with "Port
Adama ' ,
The reports received here estimate
that . the Japanese lost . nearly 1,000 .
killed and wounded. '" - -- -
The Russian list of casualties were
less than 160. , v. V--."- .
The train, which was loaded with sup
F" '""lJ. "iT!
The- Japanese road 'destruction seeras
"to have been7 of a poor order, as the
report Indicates that but little diffi
culty waa found In making repair.
"Port 'C8Be'lBnteredV.W:,.4i'i
It is reported here tonight, but with
out any official confirmation, that a
(Continued on Page Three. ) '
NEWSBOYS STRIVE V
FOR CASH PRIZES
i , 4
There are about 150 little ped-?
4 dlera of the daily papers in Port-
d land. At the present time each. q
e of them is the concrete embodl-- 4
4 ment of happiness, ? ."Jq
4 ' The cause is twe-fold. In the . e
4 first place a benefit performance d
4 Is to be given , at the Marquam d
4 Grand theatre next Wednesday
4 evening, the proceeds of which e
4 will be devoted to Increasing ths
4 facilities of tljeir new library and t
d club room ati Fourth and Burn-
4 side streeta And. secondly, in'
4 selling .tickets for this benefit '
4 three of the youngsters will se- d
4 ,cure cash prises aggregating $12. s e
B. E. Keasy, president of the 4
Newsboys' association, will pre-,
sent the boy eelllng Ui e most'
e tickets , with IS.: s The Journal
e will give the one selling the 4 .
e next largest number of tickets . e
14. snd the boy selling the third '
e largest nuiAber J. i s e
w One boy. has as good a change
4 V . another in A this , contest e
. The .youth possessing the. great- .
e est amount of ability as a bus- e
4 tier will win the first prize, and d
4 the others will come In the artier
e of - merit ' It Is a free-for-all
e contest
d ' Not only will th,e offer of prizes ?
. result in an increase of cnx
e Ital in the case of t r.- )
d but the struggle ft t
q cause a. much l;ni' i
tk'knts to bn "i i. -)'
4 In the 'end ;
whole wlM t ; t:
r rOSiiilnih , 4 Wrrf'" C 4 ''2-:'" dfe