. -.A .I OOP EVENING. . , . ; DID YOU NOTICE HE Si: joimu you vzu n hews if you b::tt CO E7 C lev. fa Ins cloudiness and ooolarx winds mostly northerly. - . A m.; . ' ' s '. VOL. IIL NO. 1B9. PORTLAND. OREGON, MONDAY EVENING , OCTOBER U, 190t TWELVE PAGES. PRICE FIVE CENTS. SINKING FISHERMEN NGL AND BRINGS RUSSIA TO BOOK FOR rships Fire 300 Shots Half Kile Range on sfensefess Trawler! IRESS IS DEMANDED lowic Dispatches i Pennptory ; ti St PctersbBrg Frlghteoed ival Officers Blinetf for, the ' UmtmI iMdd ferries.) ' ' Ion. Ooc t4.-U or4 Britato k 1 to th uttcrmoat by ahUtlns oT :a aoanaa from tha orlanl to tbm Kataa of har porta and through an wtlr wanton aeC of tha Buaalan flaatu which to laaxpUcabta. and oUr. without praaadaiu.k Tbo Bua at an aartr bour Saturdar nernlnv 1 to abou Into tka ataaavtrawUna; rrom Iull, oank tha trawlar Cram unaavd taa trawlara Moulnata and Plva of tha trawlara ara atlU ik and tnatr fata to vnknown. . aklppac of tha Cram, Oaorva Smith laeond Mata Laasott wora eoi t dadapltatad by a pajoetU and of tba onw lniurad. ffdinc to atortoa of tha aurrtrora. a mtst aunc ovar tha aoa, adding to u-kneaa of tha aarlhr momiiis, but ik It a prooaaaton of a hi pa oouid m vaaalnav From thla arhoauy pro i a boat, apparantly a torpado ataamad toward tha flaharman. without halUng or making paaalna; turnad awiftlr back 4m tha 0 Mas aw tii. - t aa tha trawlara on watob lean ad ha rail and amaad euridualr at tha of tha warahlDa nainaa laapad h0 aniltqra and for M minutaa, at a of laaa than a .quarter of a mUa, a i cannonada took plaoa. Crana waa probably tha flrat of mwlara bit. aooovdlna- to Joaaph , a aon of tba daad skipper. Ha f had hardly baaa awakanad from qr tha boom of tha flrat gun. whan t oraahad throuch tha forworn U noekina; him dowov by tha foroa of aaatra. hout dolay h harrlad to tha dock, ha found tha bodlaa of hie father aa mata, whllo naaz. by two other of wateh war lyinr, hadfy led. Tha aaarohllarhta war playlnc dlraottona, but aevaral war turnad and - unwaveringly on tha Crana. earned to ha the central target. fJho aft WhOa iiinlif - lbmlmoln eaat off her linee and to ateam out of range, but waa nd tha Mlno auatalnad a raking Neither of the veaaela, although vera! tlnna, auauinod alnking although tha Moulaln waa hulledy Crana aent up a distress rookei a anawerad by the . Seagull and elm, who, flndtng her sinking, off the Burrtvora and the daad Tha If oulmate at one earns 11 accompanied by tha Mlno and ad by tha Seagull. Lhe time of tha attack tha flsher rsre ISO mtleauaaet of Spurn Head North aaa. ving at Hull young Smith and tippers -of tha Crana and Bfoul re ported the affair to tha sollcl or tha Hull fleet, who at. anoe d th author! tlea. The three men to London thla morning on orders iba foreign office and were met at itlon by a carriage which whirled to tha chambers of Lansdowne. tdowne was In tha oountry Tester id the Russian aatbaasador waa in ay. Lansdowna returned to Lon la afternoon and adrtoea from tha in embassy stated that Bussla'a intattra had taxta4 for Xondon, . Aaron KaS Tletag. - lima was loot by Lansdowna' hi ig bis ohambera, where be at anon 1 ft private .conference with the ord of tha admiralty and later In Admiral Flaher. Bofora these men the Hull trawlers appeared re eloaely questioned by the ad with aa occasional Question from wna himself. tha deuiia aa gtven by tha rs It la brought out that the first to lira waa ana which answers tha tion of tha Russian arulaar Au- ttmwlera vsrskm of tha affair 4a a conflieted and they ware dla- I. ... ...... a sort time elapsed before Less sent a strongly worded message tleh Ambassador Scott at St. Pe rg, with Instructions that there be &y In delivering it to the Russian mant, through LamsdorfT. -message. It la understood, recited its in the case aa toM by the traw igather with their statement that issMRs after bombarding the help sharmen failed to stop and Bee execution had bean dona ar at to rescue tha survivors, inequlvoeel tarma Lansdowna da ft immedlata axplanatton and ra in addition to taking up the ten's incident. Lord Lansdowna Is hsve included a protest against irther Interference with British mtmen where they are alearly out scene of erenta of the far east. attar clause was duo to a report ast nlght.that a British merchant ad been stopped and searched off la of Wight, and which waa con thia forenooot. by a report from sal's captain, lowne, before sending away his e. dlapatohad a courier to BTlng 1, which la taken aa showing tha a gravity of the situation and the 'f' Advices frotri London this site moon are that state of violent excitement and resentment exists, in that city due to the unprovoked bombardment of a fleet of Hull fishing boats by the Russian Baltic fleet Saturday morning, as the latter was mile- ing its way out of the North sea on its trip to ths oneot-v, w r In the mist of the early morning the' fishermen were sur prised by a call from a torpedo boat,, which retreated rapidly to : the .main fleet without hailing. Immediately after a f unous " bombardment took place; in which the steam trawler Crane was sunk and the steam trawler! Moulmein and Mi no badly. damaged. v. :; " . ; . " ' ' "' - . - ; Accounts agree that had the marksmanship of the Russikhs ' been better the entire fleet would have been destroyed, as it is estimated that no less than 300 shots were fired at a range of a ' quarter of a mile. The news of the firing and the loss of two ; lives on board the Crane reached London through iiull. 7 . Prompt action has been taken by Great Britain, not only in the North sea case, but H is presumed the protest referred to ' 'other acts of the Baltic fleet as welL-w."1 f ' "T Great Britain received the news of the North sea incident with indignation, which was added to later by a report which was later confirmed from Portsmouth, that the Baltic fleet had carried its unprecedented actions, farther by holding -up and searching British merchantman at England's very doors, off the Isle of Wight, - v Iks. Of ARTHUR 1. BALrOTJR Premier of Bnghmd, The British minister for foreign affairs, Lansdowne, was out of lxndon when the news was received there yesterday, ? but hastened to his offices and held a consultation there this af ternoon. He has as witnesses survivors from the trailing fleet i J That his inquiries merely confirmed the first reports was shown when late in the evening a message was sent to Ambaa- sador Scott, who represents Great Britain in St. Petersburg.-: The message was not made public, but it is practically certain that It contained a vigorous protest snd demand for explanation concerning the North sea affair and the unwarranted stoppages and interferences with commerce entirely away from the scene of war. , V- r; . - .. .- v.- ,'.c. , 1 The Russian embassy in London this afternoon issued the following statement regarding the North sea incident: ' "Admiral Rodjestvensky is undoubtedly not responsible ,for the order to fire on the fishermen, as he has gone ahead with the first section of the fleet. . , : , ' -. . ' ; The fact probably Is that the fleet did not see the lights of the fishing fleet and mistook the rockets fired from one of the trawlers for a hostile signal. i ; , v" V.' . The fact that the fleet steamed away after the firing, was probably due to the belief that no damage had been done. .: "We are compelled to await news from St Petersburg be- ' fore we can explain the matter fully, and no news has as yet arrived. , ,. .. , ;'..; . -i-vr ... FINE SYSTEM FOR t ? MACHINES flickcl in-thc-SJot Machines HayOpcr- Oiice lore--FlBe fin Be. r Ooirter. --- After beteg utohniltad from amantttns far four weak tha ban baa baas raised from tha counter ntakle-ln-tbe-alot pa obteea ant fhar worn permitted ta op erate, baginlng at 1 e'etook mday. Thai waa broua-ht about through a number of oonferenaea between osrtain members of tha city council and committee from tha - local claar merchant. Mayer Wtl- uame has also ooncurraaV la the agree ment. . - i According to tha am pact counter ma chines for merchandise, only, ara al lowed to operate. November 1 owners of machines will be forced to pay a fine of IS a ouarter to tha city as a penalty for each machine This will not be col lected aa a license, but aa a fine. It la understood that the ordinance Urcbibltlng slot machines wUt stand and will be held over the heads of the deal ers In ease any of them should attempt to shirk the fine. In such cane the one refusing to pay tha fine will be brought mto court. - Tha polios win not mterforn with the running of the machines as the mayor haa consented to withdraw his objec tions to them. It to also understood that Sheriff Word w not averse to allowing them to run. Br collecting IS a auartsr from each or tha merchandise machines m this city a large revenue win be derived. It la es timated that there wore at tha time they war closed out, about l,eot ma chines In operation, a each of these naid a license of Is per quarter into the ally the revenue each quarter from this source would amount to 17.100. Last March an ordinance was paasad by tha city council prohibiting all nickle-ln-the-slot ' machines, merchandise ma chines moulded. It was not enforces un til about four weeks ago, when by order of tha oouncll the mayor waa demanded to ask tha chief of poltoa to prohibit the amenities from operating. The machines went out of commission. Previous to thla time Sheriff Word caused tha raa oblnes to be taken from the oounteru for a period of three days and they wars then allowed to be replaced. J t , LOSES JEWELS TO - VALUE OF $25,000 (learssl Speeml Barries.) ' 1 Albany, K. T., Oct . Tha poltoa m all parts of the oonaUy were notified to- dar of the loss or i.9o worth or jewelry by Mrs. SI P. Oavlt of this elty tha wife of the secretary of tha Munici pal Oaa company, and a daughter of Anthony N. Brady, tha walk-known mil lionaire gen operator. Mrs. Oavlt left a small band satchel containing tha Jewelry la a seat at tha Oread Central station, New Tork city, , o&ao 4.w n vnrsmax ' Jtosraal special srrte. - : '" Washington. D. C Oct. 14. -The su preme court today. In tha aaae of CUff against tha United it tee, again oua- talned the cenaUtutlonauty OS tba Oleo margarine law. - R 9f - " to.: 0 4 &iSX 1 7 WSrr j'sms gfsws -kjwig -.'1 SS? CD THX aUSfllAM CRUISHai AURORA. OF TH BALTIC FLEET, ' wfalCH IS SAID TO HAVB BSX2UN THB FIR- j ; , ON.THB BRITISH J FISHXNQ FLBBT. , f:, 4 , ,. ,t .. ,t . ' Kuropatkin Orders Kls Forces to Resssie the ;;;,;;0ffensive.'i;, JAPANESE ARE REPULSED 4" V Small Right Attacks the Only Actloi v Since the Battle a Few Days : ' . v AStaessel at Port 7 Arthur BopefoL : v ''J WALTON TELLS ' ' OF STREET TALE HIS GAR HOLDUP Two wltnesesa placed upon tha stand for tba defense at the trial or Qhan W. Walton oh. the charge of murderously assaulting; Policeman Ola Nelson gave testimony before Ciroult Judge Claland and a Jury thla morning which created something la the nature of a sensation. Mrs. C, Johanson, proprietress of the Ruby bouse, at Third and Alder streeta, where Walton had a room and O. C Ell la, a real estate agent, swore that September 19 two men called to see Mrs. Walton, both stating that one of them, who waa called "Paddy, shot Nelaon. Walton hlmaelf occupied the a tend for about IS mlnutea, . His story la the main waa tba ammo as haa already ap peared in print. His explanation of a aomberrf clrmimstanoas tending strong ly to show his guilt. If manufactured, showed considerable togeuulty. Mwaawokaw Sim Wttaesa. B. V. Baokman, a pawnbroker, was tba first witness. He testified that last August a .Sl-oalibra bulldog revolver waa pawned at hia place by a young man giving the name of Poster Blair. Thla man looked like the defendant, but he wag unable to swear that Blair and Walton ware the same person. When Walton took tha stand aftsrward he swore that he waa the person who pawned tha revolver, and that It was the only one he ever had. The cartridges in his pocket, be said, were the ones con tained In thla revolver. They bad been left In a suit which he had not worn for some time prior to tha night of tha hold up and shooting. . W. I. Watson, a nephew of tha restau rant-keeper, said ha had always under stood Walton bore a good reputation. On eross-examlftetion by District Attor ney Manning he admitted sympathising with the prisoner In his present plight. H. H. Wright, a music dealer, thought tha reputation of the prisoner good pre vious to the charge of holding up a streetcar and shooting Policeman Nel son being brought against him. Ha ad mitted having known Walton for only two weeks prior to the commission of thin crime. ATTACKS U. S. !NAVY WITH A SHOTGUN X tCo- ' 2earsaf Speelel Berries.! Washington D. C, Oct 14. Tha Srsfe attack on United States war vessels slaoe tha Spanish war occurred October Is, at Pox Island. Tangier Sound, Maryland. The attacking party waa an irate' Mary lander, who fired "both bar re la at the erew of the torpedo hoal stationed at Tangier Bound. - Tha "enemy" has apologised to the navy de partment. The Mary lander is tha owner of largo eystsr preserves on tha Island. He keep a sharp lookout for pirates and it s net sva unusual thine for him to open Are on piratical boats which in vade his preserves to Sll up on oys ters. It Is supposed that whan tha craw of tha Worden went ashore - on- Pox Island to recoanoiter thev were promptly olaaained aa pirates. When the shots were beard the torpedo boat, which was around the point, came on at full speed, to the crew who were waving signals frantically, to ha token out of range of the buckshot - , Tha Marylander wrote the department telling the atory and presenting high consideration for the navy and express ing regret for tha oooutreooa. ,-. Walton's testimony as to tha events occurring the night of September 1 was prefaced by a general atory of bis life and habits. He asserted that be had afc ways pretended to be older than be real ly la beoauae he associated with older persons, and for the reason that If peo-4 pie thought him to be too young he oouid - not secure employment easily. Part of hla Unte had been spent aa a stenographer and part aa a musician. In effect his story was that the night of the holdup he took a ear and went to Willamette heights about 1:1 o'olock. Getting off at the end of tba line, he walked around awhile, viewing the fair buildings, and then started back to the city. When ho boarded the oar It was running slowly. He saw a scuffle in the oar between two men aa he etepped on the platform, and two ahota rang out as a young man coarsely dressed, brushed past him.. .v- - - Conductor Sessile SDbsv " "The conductor Jumped en me just aa this fellow reached the ground." said Walton. '1 had no revolver and have not been In the habit of carrying ewe. What followed) is confused In my mind because I waa struck on the brad and dased and the blood flowed Into my eyes. But I struck nobody. Nobody had hold of ms but the conductor. The po liceman stood ovsr ms and aald he was shot X said I waa shot, too, I did not attempt to set away at tha hos pital." . . - i The witness said ha fraqgently wore a handkerchief around his neck for pro tection. - He illustrated the fashion of wearing ft A picture of hla taken In Baa Frmneleco some time ago was In troduced in which he had a handkerchief around bis neck. . On cross examination Walton Identi fied the hat overcoat and handkerchief he wore the night of the shooting. Dis trict Attorney Msnntng introduced in evidenee a certificate of membership in J lodge, showing the prisoner claimed to be 11 years of age In 190ft. Walton ad mitted ha had glvsn his age falsely at that time. Ksan Mas Say he. Shot Webwu. ' ' : Mrs. Ct Johnson then took the stand. She testified that on September 9 and 10 two msa called at the Baby house to see Mrs. Walton. One wore a dark ault with a tight hat. Be Was round shoul dered and about I feet t inches talL The other waa called "Paddy." She over heard one of them amy the other had shot Policeman Nelson and that hs was CHEATS EXECUTIONER BY HANGING HIMSELF (Jeanal special Swvtet.l New fork. Oct. I. Prank Ouetaf aen, the convicted wtfs murderer, who waa to have been eenfpnced today to die In the etectrto chair,; committed sui cide this morning by hinging himaalf In his cell in the tomb, ( -wrong ta his head." Ha aid, so the witness testified, that hia friend would be surrendered into custody it tba po liceman died. O. C. Knits, tha realty agent, declared that he waa at tha Ruby houaa for a shorfc time September IS and stayed there until Mrs. Johnson went down town. During her absence two men' eallett to aee Mrs, Walton. They ap peared disappointed because she was not In. One was of medium build and dark complexion, the other slighter of build and round ahouldared. The elder man went a part of tha way down the steps with the other and handed him a re volver. "He asked m If I noticed' anything peculiar about tha man to whom he had handed the revolver," aald Ellis. "I said no, and ho told me tha man had been In an insane asylum. This man, he claimed, waa not exactly right ha hla head and had had trouble with Po liceman Nelaon, whom he had shot. In stead of young Walton. He added that If Nelaon died the shooter would be surrendered Into custody. X aaksd him why he gave the man a revolver and he aid that waa all right, that others wens waiting outside to take care of him.' Saw Basra from Pottoc. On areas examination Bills admitted that he bad not toM the police any thing of tha occurrence but- ad told hla partner all about It eeversi days afterward. t 1 did not believe the atory' told me. That m the season I did not any much about It." aald Ellis. The defense then rested Its ease. Deputy District Attorney Moeer opened for the prosecution. He declared that the mask of innooenoe had been torn from Walton's face and eaJled attention to the positive character of the evidence and the arttclee Introduced to prove the statements made and belittled the nature of the defense. Attorney Rayner will address the Jury for the defense thla afternoon -end District Attorney Man ning will awae for the state. 1 -I VOW MAD or DOLLAR CAMPAIGN "E, L ChoteioT a tarllsle Graduate, UtuDDlnf the "National Indian ; Vnnbllcu Awociatlon."' ; l. V (Special IMeaateli e The fearml.l " San Franciscoy Oct. 14. A short time ago the Journal published an account of - the circular aent out advertising The National Indian Republican asso- ciatkm," and requesting the sum of II from each and every indlsn In tha land. These circulars, printed without doubt with the as action of the Republican party managers, wars signed by 'US. L. Cboteau," of this city. There waa at that time a groat deal of speculation as to the identity of the Cboteau whose nsme was prominent as president of the organisation "Mr. B. L. Choteau" happens to be a Miss. Furthermore she is Ian Indian woman and a graduate of the Carlisle school In 'Pennsylvania, She graduated In the early so'a and has since then been in the west For some time she was at Talnax, Oregon, but after launch ing the National Indian Republican as sociation she changed her headquarter to thla city, where aba now But the of floe of the National .Indian .associa tion is not in one of the Market street blocks. Miss Cboteau keeps out of sight and her work is all done under oover. Her address la lft Devlsadero street. Why she la In San Francisco la not known. That she Is In touch with the leaders of the Republican party la cer tain. The commissioner of Indian af fairs is aald to be acquainted with bar as well as others la the Indian depart ment. . Aa aides ta her end envoi? ta advance the Republican party, squeeee a dollar a year out of the Indians, Miss Chotaau baa called to, her some of her old sehool matea. Her vice-president to Clarence Three Stars, ' a full blpcded Sioux In dian. Her treasurer lsf a full blooded Apache Indian, Vlnoent Natallsh, an other Carlisle pupil. Chan. Dagnett and J. Edward Shields, two more Indiana, oomplete the corps of workers. Of the five who compose the execu' tJva staff of the organisation Miss Cha teau haa the, least Indian blood In her veins. She la not more than a quarter, at beat. She has enough of the white blood In her to gee the necessity for holding the rains on tha association. To the fuU blooded Indian, who la per haps able to do the moot good in the field, the office of vice-president is given. Whether the Indiana ara falling read ily Into the idea .of organising is not known at present. Aa a rule the Indian has given little attention to politics. It makes little difference to him what party la-In power. Possibly Misa Cho taau wants an offloe. A, OB ptgjinsM OiHlsssny Trlak Mm 1 y snghft Phrksmav - . " (Jeerasl special Service.) St. Petersburg. Oct. 14. A rata reed officer tells the following gruesome story eeV-lae fighting ea the -retreat to Mukdom The Japanese continually tricked oar 'men during night fighting by shouting In Russian, which scores of them seem to know. During the eon fused fighting which took place on our retreat we fired a volley Into a brown mass of man, to be met with the ap- DBiiiaa aninr. riw kvuum. nut mwv skle.' (Don't fire, we ara Rueslane). Our soldiers eeased firing, and were. Immediately met by a volley which knocked a dosen men ever. Our men ware furious enough to butcher their own parents. Tbey surrounded the Japanese and slaughtered every one of them, giving no quarter. Tha next night a aim liar incident occurred. But hear ing the treacheroua. worda, "Wa ara Russians our men refused to saass firing. Luckily their shooting waa bad, for the 'Japs. instead of shooting back, groaned and swore In - unmistakably genuine Russian. - When we got over to them we found that we had been fir ing on our own men. A number wars severely wounded. , , , actor Charged with THEFT IN CHICAGO " (Jeanal Special Servfe.) . Chicago, Oct. 14. Lee Kertln, a young actor from Kentucky, waa today arrest ed, charged with stealing Jewelry valued at iT.paa from the rooms of down-town hotel. Much of the booty haa been recovered. FITZ?KlGKED'OUT.ov Um BY STAGE HORSE 1. (Jetrrasl SpeeUI Servtev.) New Tork,. Oct. 34. Pugilist FUs slmmona haa' been knocked out twice, but for the first, tims In hia life ha waa kicked out feat night It happened during a perform a nee of tha "Fight for Love'' la tba Lyrie theatre at Hohokea The victor In the kicking match la an Old flea-bitten gray horse, which waa rented for the evening from a transfer man. The blow landed on the pugUtat aa ho backed up to the horse to show some parlor tricks In shoeing. The ani mal's left hoof got Fits ta the region below tha belt and he f aU an hla faea while the honad howled. When he re covered he walked over to the gray bores and kicked bim to the ribs. The- gray horse looked reproachfully ht the ex-champion, fwho never faltered, but went to work to shoe It as If nothtng had happened. Fits was a vtalble shade more careful in handling tha animal thla time, however, and got through with his part successfully, while the audience applauded hla grit. When he had fin ished he led the old gray horse to. the footlights and waited for . more ap plause, which waa not slow la coming. "I get thia for wor Sunday." said nusiaab, i to - - .kmb. (Jearaal seetlsl servtee.1 St. Petersburg, ; Oct. 14. Osneral Kuropatkin reporta this morning aa fol lows: "Saturday night and Sunday passed very quietly. The Russian vol unteers harrassed the enemy, and tne Japanese attempted a night attach on our outposta, but were repulsed. The two armies are within rifle shot of each other, and General Kuropatkin haa ordered a renewal of the offensive. Thla action on hla part la looked upon hers as being a matter of more than ordinary significance. It la thought that Kuronatkln haa arrived at a know- led re aa to tba nosltlon and strength of Jhe. opposing force that confronts him and In all probability Relieves that no sees his way clear to. repulse them and eventually succeed In giving relief to bhssw aa nn a"""' It stnrro raoht ootb. toPlgnttothe ' - ' (Jearaal Spitlsl terries.) St Petersburg. Oct. 14. A dispatch from General Stoeasel, dated October ts. serai "The chief suffering among the members of the garrison la due to a lack of warm clothing. Soldiers are manu facturing for themselves shoes from all kinds of material. There la still an Im mense quantity of Sour, but only n little horse meat. The amrrison la determined to fight to the mat man and tba mat drop of blood." The dlspstoh expresses the hop that General Kuropatkin will arrive la time to aid them. The tone of the communi cation has had the effect of producing a more cheerful feeling among all classes relative to the1 situation at Pert Ar thur. While It la fully realised ta the oaplul that StoeeeeTs position la a moot critical one, and that the necessity for warmer clothing ta a matter to be de plored, the fact that pro vis tone ara fairly plentiful, places matters hi a much more aatlafaotory light. of sane Offtetal (Joeraal ftpeetal service.) 'J ' " ; St. Petersburg. Oct. 14. The follow ing official list of Ruasmna killed and wounded during tba fighting on the Shakhe river from October U to IS was given out today: - " Killed, one general, ut orneera, iv UP men, - Wounded. S aenerala. Sol offtoera te 7e men, ... ;. Ouna lost, SI. " , y- " Ouna taken. It -V,;, Russians captured. ICS. ' ' VHaAMra I, tat. tit takda fc Ts lie naaS TSS PBABUgatmS VABXBV -,.' Quits 1 ss i en Saekh BastaiSpU -.; . sTumses IS.SSS Uesreal Mattel sentee.) Trthto. Oct. 14. Orama reporta that further rn format ion regarding the bat tle on Shakhe river shows the number of Russians taken prisoners to be Tf and the corpaea found en the batUeflead numbered ai.v . fAPAjraBS &OOT asslaai Paganise' SI at Be'' (Jneraal BpeHl - ) Rome. Oct 14. A " states th-t ti wre I