The Oregon daily journal. (Portland, Or.) 1902-1972, June 19, 1904, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextGood Morning: The-' Weather: Sunday, ; Wr and warmer; northwest wind. , I I II, u . I - VOL; I. NO. 14. ' ' PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY, MORNING. ' JUNE 19, 1904. price FivQcrr- IS DUE . . IM -OtTrf iMfk tffrftO A4Kr , i NaT- -4 i w i ii j a v i .. NNiv-A v hi un" t rit., f -v aw '-Wew s i s-r ,b v- . . is i ar. . t -" ' .......i.-.-i.' . --: rrTrrTTr;"" r r OlOWI,074 latest; Estimates ;of the Steamer Horror Show v v ; an Increase. , MAY DYNAMITE STEAMER Investigations- Arc - Postponed Until ' - lliddie of the Week-Coroner - ' Issues 200 Subpoenas for , Ai':r.Witnessa - ' ' . new xonc. June iaenU fled it ill morgue. hoepitaJe, hom, police atatlor, eta, up te II o'clock, tonight, ti; re ported mleelnr. 611; unldentl- e 'fled dead, unrecognizable, 10; at morgue, ; . at North . Brother Island. I; total. 47. - f -. Injured etui la nsepltaJ. all of whom will recover, 61 . ' ' Estimated lost and known dead, 1.074. V-.-. . -J4ore than lit reported "miss ing," prior to today, wer found today, either ' dead r llrlng, whUa (a wera reported m1sj !nf today , at r. the . Hearst "American", twreao. " r ; . ' llm Imm u fit .wS- - "A'tW.' .... - . "''"'ii ' i'.'' i' "i '"i ",,". '' '".m , 'i,; ."' '"-' i'"' ":'.iv; s -.-"'""-, -.:?.-. V .--" '" ,.-;. - --. ;-' .' :'" ''-; v.---- - ; v .--j; "m m w bsbbm m . m ssssm. ..- - avajaa ss. - pjajsm bjjbjbb m si ar mi ' ara ,, j i -ru n a tco dio : Fiune im npmi ;l lit ni LO DU I O LHlO III liLftlll ' True Version of First As sault on Port Arthur ' . . ; Unpublished. (rr-r- STORY CAREFULLY HELD Russian Pride Das Been Much low - ered by Successive Defeats--r Is ' No Longer! of . the ' - j Debonair Type. ' ' (OopTTlght, jspeelsl Dissatek ky Leased Wire o Tke Joans!) V - New lork, June U-UnlUd 8tatea - pfllclala did nothing today toward In vestigating tha - Blocum horror. -Tha ". lnrestlgaUon will ! begun about Wed '. aadar. -"n; " -v?. H.- -; Prssldent Barnaby of tha Knlcker ; bocker company today Tlalted th of floe of tha district attorney, with his counsel, and the soggwtlon of dynamite to raise the wreck was made. Consent of the tnsuranca oompaaiaa to tha use of dynamite is mentioned as a etum fclln block to that coorsa, ' ' ? Coroner Berry issued 100 subpoenas for witnesses to appear Monday. . Offl cera of the boat called at hls-offlce to day, but wars not examined. ., Tha' lira . marshal's examination was postponed untU next Tuesday.; JSnOugh Investiga tion Into the causa and responsibility for tha 01ooum disaster- baa been or- derad to warrant tha belief that all the 'facts must soon be made known. The ; Investigations have been postponed un til next week.. , t President Barnaby of the Knicker bocker Steamship company called today On AaslsUnt District Attorney Garvan, aocompamea Dy -torn lawyer. Judra Dlt- tenhoefer. Tha consultation was a long ona and at Its conclusion Praaldent . Barnaby would, aay only that tha ques tion had been discussed of . tha wrack of tha Slooum. . , - - - Tha suggestion ' had . been mada by ' Mr. Garvan, but Mr. Barnaby explained .ESl!C ElfcNevadasResemble been underwritten.: These companies . will be communlcatasl with by the dis trict attorneys office with a view to getting to. as soon, as . possible, the bodies buried In tha ruins of tha boat What arrangement can be mads I not yet known,- as tha aunkon hull la part hlTll'may b'sa'ued!' THU-tUg8 (SpecW p.tch by Leased Wire to The ioarnal) . . ; ' i s; w : I i"Oi ev., June is.r two men, wnom . "-rww vu,uuv. . th0 authorities believa beyond a doubt ..xna ooat waa msurea by the' Knlcker- to be the notorious v Oates a brothers. , bocker. company for about 170,000 and Gaorga and Edwin, of Alameda, who on Fresldenr - Barnaby is quoted at aav-1 March ji new up and robbed the ex llhej Copleys Baandits iWfioMafderd Express -Messeri press car' and killed Messenger O'Nell at Copley, California, are in Jail at this place, having been arrested j on " . the charge" of horse Stealing. ' . On tha 1 night of June . they stole two horses from a ranch 11 miles west of Elko, and. passed through Elko and stole-saddles and bridles from ranch Ing that ; this money -; when raoaived would be applied to the payment of damages .'agalttsttha . company, ; Tha amount of damages that may be claimed in forthcoming suits la almost UmlUess. With " mora than 1,000 vie , tlma of tha accident the lowest astl- . U ;the gal,ngura of $M0tf for 1, my .a,of Eik0 gui py ?ia.m woiua reaca ai teast 4 Tby were arrested by W. -& Gris io.ooo.ouo, Beswea tnta mere ara dam- wold, IS miles south of Toano. Orls- ages resulting rrom the injured and wold recognised tha horses -from de those who helped in the work of rescue, scriptions sent out from here. r. It can readily be seen why the most The young men were brought to Elko desperate -fight will be. made to prove yesterday by Sheriff Clark, when it was ... found -that they tallied exactly with the ; ' .-.i (Continued on Page Two.) pictures) and descriptions ofthe Gates MOTHER AND BOY STARVING AT' SEA KSpdl Ditpau by Letted Wire to The Journal) i 0 San Francisco, June l.-Without euf flelent provision or water, her sails al : uivwn away wun a woman ana a oaoy boy starving on board of her, the Amer ican bark HoUtswood is drifting help- . less somewhere off the coast of central California. She la bound for this port - irom Newcastle with a 1 cargo of coal V ana jas oeen out jzo days. . C. Yesterday she was placed on tha over. due list, but-last night the Marina Ex change received a dispatch from San Pedro, that on Tuesday ? the missing car naa Deen signtea by Captain Kllnt f holm, of the schooner Transit, who sent . the news ' that 1 the vessel was in great distress. 1 - , ' .Captain Knight of the Ilolliswood is ; accompanied by his wife and a seven months old Infant, and it Is feared that the latter willvhot live to reach? port, as It is Without, suitable food. There has been great suffering aboard the V ship and the captain's family and . the crew lad been on short rations for Weeks before the Transit waa Jipoken. When tha ' Transit fell - in with tha Holliswood' last'' Tuesday the missing bark was t north latitude, 122:14 west longitude, ' which Is 60 miles off Piedras. Blaneaa : light and'-180. miles south of San Francisco. The Hollis wood displayed signals of distress and promptly the Transit went to ' her as sistance. The chief officer of the bark boarded the Transit with a letter from Captain Knight, In which it waa stated that the bark ': was short of provisions and water and was leaking, that ' she bad met with : continuous heavy galea . in which nearly all of her canvas - had been carried away, and that she could make Rttle headway. ' . Captain Knight asked for whatever supplies the Transit could spare and Captain Klintholm sent him provisions enough to last a week. Then the two vessels parted company, and the Transit proceeded to San Pedro. The v revenue cutter . Manning set out in search of the missing bark before her long absence was reported, . The tug Sea Rover has set out since then in search of the Holliswood, , '. brothers, excepting that one la a little taller than the description; but tha gun shot wounds, features and general make up tally exactly. The men give - the pamea of lL 'T. Thomas And -Edward Armstrong. 'W" ':-':':K:i': " When ; Interviewed ' this morning they made a full confession of stealing the horses but .refused tn. speak regarding their previous whereabouts. Just before their, arrest they held, up-and robbed saloon In '. Cherry Creek, but this they Chief Crowley has been, ; notified by Shena Clark to send some one to Identify the prisoners. . He Is certain . they are the Gates brothera. DARLING MAY FOLLOW MOODY IN CABINET (f pclil Diipiich ty Leaied Wire to The Journal) Washington, : June 11 That - Judge Darling, assistant secretary of the navy: Is likely to succeed Secretary Moody when the latter becomes attorney-general, .; Is considered very probably by many per sons connected with the navy department Assistant Secretary Darling has been a counsellor in the Roosevelt .administra tion and ha la believed to be in line for promotion. During the absence of Sec retary Moody he haa hanoied the depart ment - and- has ; been : under v tha - direct observation of h president ' a .- . , : . FEARING OPERATION " CRIPPLED BOY FLEES (Special Dbpstcb to The Joornat) ' Seattle, June 18. -Fearing an opera tion. Harold Layman; . an 18-year-old cripple, disappeared from his. home at Ballard and a search of 50 hours failed to give tha , least trace of his move ments.The boy has strange moods and is not wholly well balanced. - . , , He went' away from .'home partly dressed and.' penniless, f y Searching parties are scouring' the country in every . direction . and crave fears . ara entertained that he haa1 made away with himself. --, Millard Hill Drowned In Governmen Sfoagb by Overturning of Launch J r-Two Companions Rescued . . ' ' (Special Cbpstck .to The JoaratL)',, Balera, Or., June 18.7-At S o'clock this afternoon' tha gasoline,, launch owned by Hill Bros., cigar dealers of Salem, used on .a pleasure cruise In the. old government slouch two miles above the elty, was overturned j running onto a partly submerged tree while . going at full sneed. - ' ; -, 1 The occupants were thrown 10 feet from the boat, and one of the partly, Mil lard H11L was drowned.3 . Ha was at the wheel, and Roy Price, a university student, was repairing the engine when the shock came.! Mrs. C D. Smith, the' third occupant: of the boat and Hill could not swim asd struggled together.' ' Price waa an expert swimmer and made a desperate effort to 'rescue the others, but without avail, ' ( - Mrs. Smith's husband was In a small boat 200 yards away and quickly went to their- assistance. Bc'th bodies had gone down, but he found that of his wife with an oar and with help drew her into the boat unconscious, sr.e : was after wards brought to . consciousness and will recover. Hill's body waa recovered at t o'clock this evening by EL It White. The boat Stands In 15 feet of water on end, with the bow sticking out ' ' ' -. Guar was XiOASsxt: New To rk, June IS. In the home of great' friend, who three months ago became a bride, Miss Lillian CReJlly, 31 years old,, who was one of the brides maids, shot And killed herself tonight at Zfifi i Eckf ord street, : Williamsburg. The shooting was accidental, from a supposedly empty revolver. ; !' BELL IN DEFENSE OF HIS ORDERS .f':'. rb ji .-' 'y- -.': , ; U I; f -r.';v. ..v.'.-'- .;.'"..-,!. !,?;;,- ., . -, . ,t -), Says 1s t Patting in Confinement iiand Running Out . of Colorado Band, ;of Agitators and Lawless Characters. THREE WAR: VESSELS 'ANCHOR OFF ASTORIA -: . (Special Dispatch to The ejrsetV Astoria Or.,. June 18. Three war vessels, supposed to be the monitor . Wyoming and the tor-. ; pedo boat destroyers Paul. Jones and Preble, Are anchored off the river tonight The vessels are on the way to Portland for the Fourth ofJuly, - - (Epadal Dispatcfc by Leased Wirt to The Journal) (Br Henry Oeorge, Jr.) r Colorado Springs, Colo., June" 18 With tha exception of the state's chief executive. Governor Peabody, the man of the hoar In Colorado it Sherman Bell, adjutant general of the national guard and the conductor of the militia foroe being used In the strike troubles and In tha work of deportation of union mlnera beyond tha borders of this common wealth. s -:-;- I was accorded an extended Interview with, the general here last night , in the quiet El Paso club. There ensued s, remarkably frank dls- cussion of the burning question In this state, relative to strikes, dynamiters, monopolies, ballot- box stutters, money and militia. , In elections, deportation, statute law and military law and future political conditions in this country. After passing tha civilities. General Bell announced In response to a: ques tion about Charles H. Moyer, president of the Western Federation of Miners, whom he had long since arrested and has been ,holdlngprtaonetl:,'MriMoyer has today been turned over at my order to, civil authorities at Telluride on an agreement 'with hla counsel, E. F. Rich ardson. Mr. Richardson asked and ob tained this morning from Judge Thayer of the United States court, In St. Louis, a writ of. habeas : corpus to produce Moyer in court by July 6. : Mr. Moyer is now- in the hands of the sheriff of Sen Miguel county, and X have nothing more to do with him." . ' "Do you feel entirely satisfied with having held prisoners without trial?" I asked. .y'y-!::U',r.:-'-'::V:;,''"-''".f:.iV;A''i . - A Military ITecesslty. - - "Yes," ' he substantially answered. "There was military necessity for It and my orders came from Governor,. Pea- Doay; wnose authority was confirmed by the supreme 'court of Colorado, which declared that the chief executive could proclaim marital law and suspend writ of habeas corpus." C " ,' - ; "zou feel also that the suoreme court decision gives warrant for wholesale ar rests and deportations you have made from Telluride and Trinidad, and which you have made and are still making from Cripple- Creek r ,vv-:;,v,,'V .. ryes: why not T We are onlv outtina In confinement and running out agitators and the lawless characters. We . ba-ve been aeustomed to do such things for many year In this state. The authori ties do It In Denver often. They bring these men from anywhere, often from other states, uss them to help stuff bal lot boxes and then, after election tell tnem to get out and they go. "We have sent lots of people out of the mining districts, but we have hot abused them. We have fed them, and we have paid expenses of the transporta tion .-..;,-. : ...... : ... . . .. .. .. "But if the militia could be used In that way in ' mining districts under proclamation of martial law or tha rov ernor of Colorado and the sunreme court 01 me siaxe couia reruse to consider Its recent decision that it has no authority to Intervene, then could not the gov ernor On similar grounds declare ' Den ver in a. state or rebellion and sedition and the militia deport from any city of the state of .Colorado T t?.,, i . v Tha Ooranor Ooold, 'S Xes,'-" said Belt, In effect "The rover. nor could and he would. He will have to do so someUme soon. That will be the only way to get honest elections in Den ver. It should have been dona at the municipal election last fall. " The water, electric light, telephone and Hearst News SerVlce, by Leased Wire to The Journal.) , . 1 ' ! (By Bdwia Olough.) Niuchwang, May 2. It is not likely that tha Intelligent reader of the news papers of America and Europe labors under the delusion that ha Is being au thentically ' Informed by telegraph con cerning tha progress of tha war in the far east - '' .'." . , It Is apparent that If tha Russian ac count of a battle or a skirmish flatly contradicts tha Japanese report of the same affair one or the Mother must be wrongs the probabilities are that both are more or less inaccurate, even though one of them recounts a victory. The true, version of tha first assault upon Port Arthur has never been pub lished.. As a matter of fact there is but ona authentic, technical, scientific re port Of that very peculiar "declaration of war." It waa written at Nagasaki by tha naval attache of the British govern ment accompanying the Japanese fleet and Is carefully guarded In the archives of the British naval department ' . Jt la atlpulated between tha Japanese and tha British governments that this document shall ' not be published until after "tha conclusion of hostilities." ; First Jfewspaper Account. , Tha first newspaper account of this preliminary attack on Port Arthur was a farrago of descriptive nonsense that cost the. newspapers upwards of 15,000 gold dollars because the correspondent" sent his ."storjCat "uagent'' rated,, not wlthatandlsrg theCITCumstances that his news, wasl "exclusive," and that ha had a free wlri for the transmission of mes sages at press rates. . .. . 1 Subsequent accounts of the Port Ar thur affair, were mere fragments of tha fact gathered from the stammering lips Of. frightened refugees. The "official'' reports by the. combatants were exag gerations of success and . a . studious . minimising of disaster, . ' yj-r Seamed laaa Chipper. One day In Niuchwang' when the glorious sunshine was inspiring the Tien Tsln in larks to melodious rejoicing, even though their song sifted through the bars of cages hung at the portals of Chinese hovels. It was observed by tha correspondents that tha Russian, was not as chipper and Jubilant as Is his wont , Ha lacked that debonair man- ner with which ha is accustomed to greet tha American and British "sub jects" of- the csar. compelled to endure the slings and arrows of Russian mar tial law. The smile of triumphant con- -fldence had departed and in Its place was tha ahadown of a woeful counte nance. 1 '- - )!,;;, y. -'" . ; ;v- Careful and persistent Inquiry at the headquarters of General Kondatorlvlch and in the office of Civil Administrator , Crosse, failed to reveal the reason for the gloom, that had so suddenly settled on the -Russians.- - - It was not until the following day, . when Reutera bulletins were received, that It "was learned from St Petersburg, i v "via Bombay," that the Petropavlovek, Admiral Makaroffs flagship, ' and one of the heaviest fighting ships of tha Rus- ', sian navy, had been destroyed. Then we knew why the "subalterns of the Russian army corps stationed In Niuchwang had gone fnto eclipse. 1 The bulletin announced that tha dis aster was the result of contact with - Russian mine at the mouth of the harbor, and the rest Of us. with hyper critical sympathy, condoled with the veterans of the Blagovestschensk mas- , saere, and with the special pKaders on. behalf of the Infamous heroes of Kishi- -neff. . . Japanese Aocount . Then came the Japaaese account tell- Inr us that the Petropavlovnk had .been torpedoed-In fair and open nght. and le was Immediately discovered that if the Russian report was true the three pi lots aboard the flagship must have . been" either asleep or drunk, and that If the . Japanese story -was accurate, (Continued on Page Two.) (Continued on Page Two.) MANILA OFFICER TURNS FOOTPAD (Special Dispatch by Leased Wirt te The Jearaal) Oakland, Cal., June 18, Hunger caused Alexander Finn, : . a discharged soldier, to attempt highway robbery to night by snatching a purse from Mrs. Whitney -of 1610 West street s He waa almost immediately captured .at Thirteenth and West streets by R. , a Quick and- was given : into the - custody of Deputy Sheriff William Moffltt and Policeman Jack Sherry. When searched at the city prison two cent pieces were found In the prisoner's pocket while pinned on his Vest was a badge proclaiming him to be a rounds man In tha federal, police of Manila. Accompanied by another woman Mrs. Whitney was returning home about 10:80 and. had reached Thirteenth and .West street when Finn sprang out from be hind 'a tree and snatched-off a, -purse which Mrs. Whitney was wearing at her slde..v-; -nrf'"'r'-..i"'' : -:: , .... The woman's screams attracted Qul k from his home near by, Without coat or vest," in his stocking feet Quli-k chased the ; hlshwayman a short riin tance, grappled with him aniThWd him until the officers named arrived. I imi made a full 'confession to. tho rl !'.' saying that he was without work an 1 had had nothing to eat for several !-. ' He says his horns Is in New Jt-rs- v. where he enlisted 5 in tha. army I , served two years as a roiiiilsmtt In f -i Philippines, .lis. will be chary" 1 robbery. . ? .' . 'r...-' ......... : .. 1 ..