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Ifmtiroaf BVKlXsn. si Good Morning SUNDAY! CIRCULATION OP THE "f OCA The Weather Today. ralSI SOuthsrJy winds, probably Increasing to brisk. VOL. I. NO. 38. PORTLAND. OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING. DECEMBER 11. 1904 FOUR SECTIONS 36 PAGES. IS VISIBLY AGITATED JOURNAL JrPMBBI 1 Wg, ; 1 1 ' ' 1 RUSSIANS LAWS0N IS UNDAUNTED DISLODGED mm' Japanese Volunteers Are Victorious on Shun gshu Mountain. NO NECESSITY FOR FURTHER ASSAULTS Shipments of Small Arm and Ammunition Alleged to Have Been Made from Seattle to Coast of Siberia. (Journal Special Sanies.) Toklo, Dec, 10. In an attack begun Inst midnight on the southerly slope of the last fort in Shungshu mountain the Japanese volunteers dislodged the Russians from the second ridge arter three hours of fighting, and before dawn light field guns were brought up -for their support Connecting trenches will be dug to meet those south of -the Kek wan forts on the east and to meet the advance trenches on 20i-Meter hill on the west, thus completing the circle of Port Arthur and practicallyNsolatlng all the Russian soldiers now In the lsst line of the center redoubt.' Whether the Japanese army will at tempt to take these by storm Is not known. Dispetohee today from General Nogi's army indicate that there will be no necessity for further assaults on the remaining Russian fortifications. The bombardment of the warships in the harbor up to noon today had re sulted in the destruction of all the bat tleships and cruisers, except the Se vastopol, which Is lying east of Tiger s Tsll promontory, the mats of the ships only being visible to tfe gunners on 0l Meter hill. AIDED RUSSIA. Anas Said to Mw (prill Dispatch to The Joarnsl.) Seattle. Dec. 10. The Japanese gov ernment has been Informed by' Beburo Hleamldau. consul at Seattle, that dur ing the past summer -the Northwestern Commercial company, operating a line of boats from thtavcrty to Russia, has been carrying guns and ammunition in their cargoes and Andlng them on the west' em coast of Siberia, until It Is believed hundreds of thousands of small arms are now stored at various points along the coast. This Information came to the Japanese consul from a most reliable source less than a week ago, and he Im mediately communicated with his gov ernment, so that If distribution has not already taken place a war ship may be sent north to capture them. The Northwestern Commercial com pany Is owned by John Roseene and as sociates, who are Interested with many of the Russian nobility in the Northeast rMberla company, owning valuable min ing and fisheries conceeslons in Siberia. During the past two years Roseene has on several visits to Russia bad audiences With the csar. DON'T RISK FIRE IN CHRISTMAS DISPLAY W. R. Roberts, dsputy city fire mar shal and Inspector of the fire under writers" inspection bureau, is having trouble with business men regarding Christmas decorations. Merchants use a large amount of Inflammable material in decorations, and where these come In contact with gas and slectrlc lights thsre Is great danger of fire. "It is the ssme old story." said he yesterday '"These Inflammable mater ials will be used, regardless of" the great risk to life and property. People forget that their Insurance rates are apt to I,.. riaed. Caution slmuM bs used In stores where window displays are made, and In the decorations of signs of all kinds rhurchas. public buildings and schoo'lhouses. With a little care all chance of conflagration from Christmas decorations may be averted." KING EDWARD'S NEWSMAN HAS HARD WORK TO HOLD DOWN HIS HIGHLY EXALTED JOB (BT KalOOlm Clark.) (Copyright. Hesnt Hew Service, by leased Wire to The Journal.) Ixmdon. Dec. 10 It waa unfortunate, not only to his majesty, but for all the members of his household, that King Kdwnrd should mtve been suffering from a severe attack of gout during the king of Portugal's recent visit to Windsor castle. Although King Fdward was, of course, geniality Itself to his guests, he was In a very Irritable temper with those about him and the climax was reached when the courts newsman, the author of that lively publication known as the court Circular, neglected to Issue to the London press ths speech msde In French by King- Carlos The morning sfter the speech King Edward was extremely annoyed to find the addresses In English In all ths Lon don papers, and finally It was discovered that the court newsman had. In a state of panic, failed to gel the French version verbatim, had Implored the king of Portugal fn the small hours of the morn nlng to give him i freshly written copy and th.n had fofnd It to be quite Il legible, ' en Knock the Bottom Out of Amalgamated," He Reiterates. HIS FOLLOWERS SURE RISE IS TEMPORARY Believe that He Plans a Fresh Coup to Sweep Standard Oil from the Field. (Journal Special Bertie. ) New York. Dec. 10 "I will knock the bottom out of Amslgamated yet." Such was the statement delivered by Thomas P. Lawson last evening, after the cloee of a day In which' a rise was shown In the market value of Amal gamated Copper. He repeated the state ment again today. And his followers believe he will keep his promise. There was Inertia yesterday, not In ertia such as the market sometimes knows, but a lethargic movement com pared to the trading of the last fsw days when things were wide open and the roar of trade was so loud that It passed through the stern gray granlts walls and out Into ths street, where the clamor of the curbstone dealers failed to drown It The lull before the storm It may be. Certainly so if Dawson makes his pre diction and threat good. Predatory I.awaon may be, but his actions today I showed naught but the self confidence of a man who has thrust his Irons into the white heat of Wall street's glow In the past and held them there when weaker ones have fallen before the blast. Lawson's followers gathered In groups as ths short session of yesterday neared a close, and held whispered conferences. It waa admitted that Standard Oil had dominated the day. It was shown open ly In the trading and In the mastership of dosen of brokers who are not present unless somstnlnt bit Is to be handled. There waa a gain all along the line In stocks, under Dawson's quietude and the Standard's steady bull movement, and as Amalgamated gained $2.$7tt un der this steady boost Atchison clambered with It, showing $2.00 In gains over the ruck of yesterday's running. Reading and Sugar worked their way up under the better feeling to a gain of f 1.60 be fore the big gong announced the close, and belated brokers who In many years have not waited for Its Saturday clamor donned their overcoats In the cloak room, glad that the day had closed with no wild rush and no onalaught through the tearing down of "Frensled Finance" fences. . Lawsrn tonight Is resting, but says the batga haa but begun; that Us slo gan for real warfare on Standard Inter ests Is yet to come; thst the squeeslng of water which Is due will crush houses of cards, and thst his campaign Is working exactly as he planned It. The gains In the leading stocks today Friday. Gain. 8 12.17)4 MS 2.00 142 1.75 10014 -50 40$ 1(0 171 VS -87)4 47V4 1 1544 .25 .'. 1.1 2 Vi 77 178 47H l.M S4 La 44ft 50 71 1.00 11114 M2)4 6 .37 V 29. 1.25 1 -B7V4 2tt -26 Amalgamated . . . Atchison Sugar Refining . Baltimore AO... Chicago i Alton. st Paut Chesapeake A O. . Illinois Central . Norfolk A West.. Reading Colorado Fuel . . . Rock Island Pacific stall Tennessee Coal . Union Pac, com.. U. P.. preferred. . U. 8. Steel, com.. Steel, preferred . Western Union . Dees. (SpecUl Pinpetrti by Leaned Wire to The Journal) New York, Dec. 10. The new ship yard , trust was Incorporated in New Jersey today. The new company la to be called the "Bethlehem Steel Corpora tion." The board of directors are as follows: George R Sheldon, Thomas F. Ryan, John R. Borne. Pllnk Flsk, C. M. Schwab. Edward Mcllvalne, Archibald Johnson, K C. Wetmore, Oliver Wrenn. King Edward la very punctlllious abbut the Court Circular" on these formal occasions ntirt does not like the general press to come out with any Im portant announcement ahead of It. The court newsman, to Crown all his dis asters, then distinguished himself by In cluding two minor statesmen who have never held cabinet rank In the list of former cablnst ministers. Such a general breakdown has never before occurred In th court circle, and the unfortunate newsman spent a very unhappy halt hour with his royal master. Another thing the king particularly dlallkea Is to have bald-headed people about the household and. during the stay of. King Carloe, hla majesty wired to Afdershot for a piper to play the bag pipes on the teYrace during luncheon. "The man must not be n id headed." the message stated. I had the good fortune to spend the last raw days In company with a naval surgeon, who recently returned from Japan. Through the kindness of a Japanese doctor who had studied In America he was permitted to make a study of the system In operation on board the Japa- naval Hospital snipe. L,. . -' i . . C ' .':' ' v i bf weP - . .'(; . til g sjffk ' ljr rtgsgsgslgsMBgsgsff wjti l W gaaEHsagagagagagH s&lie&ifvi ' ' wVl Is; . am . . .t H u ' 7 VV lUn gagagaHHBRgSBI ( MfBsHgg ' ' BgawaRSgjgs! i fy-Njf'fy ' IgkaaURM 'm ' 'WBB T" ' " I ' t '' . . gflRgaa " . Tisa'sgagagaV gagasgaH -gRdsBJB '' i " '"'i Wn$trlB.lXik'?.m 89 B - : 9IE!'t 'ligagaSagagam i ! WmtMi lsl ' t, UBBBSSILsgSM aajku-' T '" " wgss Thomas W. Lawson, Whose Battle MRS. MAYBRICK HER LONG (Special Dispatch by bMSfl Wire to Tbe Journal) New York, Deo. 10. Mrs. Florence Maybrlck's eagerly awaited story of the unproved crime that deprived her of her children, resulted In her arrest, trial and conviction for the poisoning of her husband, and doomed her to pass the best IS years of her life In hard and for bidding English, prisons. Is ready for presentation to the American public Its title Is "Mrs. Maybrlck's Own Story; My Dast Fifteen Tears," and It Is published by the Funk Wagnsils com pan y. This tragls. heart-breaking story of a heart-broken woman waa written at Cragsmoor. N. Y . the beautiful coun try seat of Mrs. Maybrlck's most de voted friend In America, Mrs. Helen Densmore, and as a last sorrow for a woman of sorrow. It waa Mrs. May brlck's task to close In desth the eyes of this, her staunchest support, almost with the last chapter of the book. And. as a voice from the tomb, even in death proclaiming the Innocence of her life time protege, came the words of Mrs. Densmore, framed In an appeal for sym pathy for the prisoner of Aylesbury. "Mrs. Maybrlck was sentenced to be hanged," rings this voice from the grave. I was Interested to learn from him that the high reputation which these people have gained for their transport service was more than strengthened by the al most perfect appointment of their hospital ships. Anyone who has studied Japanese colored pictures or traveled In their country probably knows that while that white Is the emblem of mourning to them, as black la with us. All their dresses and bedding are colored. When the hospital ships first atempted to Introduce white sheets and coverlets on the beds and white dresses and caps on ths nurses. It can readily be Imagined how vigorously the sick and wounded Japanese objected. In fact they had to be very badly wounded and helplessly weak before they could be prevailed on to accept the change. Perhaps If we were suddenly conveyed into a large and aombre-hued hospital ward, with black sheets and coverlets of the same color, dried Immortelles on the tables by our bedside and blackgowned nurses flitting from place to place, our fevered and delerloua minds might also gather more of the horror of the place than they could bear. with Standard Oil on the New York - Sensation of the Week. "by a Judsre who. not long after the trial, resigned the Judgeship because of a mental disease. Three days before the appointed day for execution the Sentence was commuted to Imprisonment for lire. "Through the blss of a mentally un sound Judge, this American woman was kept for all these years In an English prison In spite of the urgent remon strances of eminent Americans, such as Secretaries Blaine and Hay, and In the face of earnest representations by Presi dents Harrison and McKlnley through Ambassadors Lincoln and Choate. 'The legal digest of the trial to be presented in the book, as a supplement to her story, will. I am sure, be conclusive evldenoe to all unprejudiced minds of Mrs. Maybrlck's innocence, legal as well as moral." In her foreword to the story, Mrs. Maybrlck, after giving a short sketch of her ancestry, tells how "at the age of 18 she waa married to James May brick on July 17, 181. at St. James church, Piccadilly, London. They settled at Algburet, a Liverpool suburb, and a son. James Chandler, was born on March 24, 1SSZ, and a daughter, Gladys Evslyn, on June 10, 1 886. Tells of Tragedy. At this point Mrs. Maybrlck plunges directly Into the tragedy of her life and tella the story of her sudden and as tounding arrest on the charge of poi soning her husband, the father of her young children. "Slowly consciousness returned. I opened by eyes. The room waa In dark ness. All was still. Suddenly the si lence was broken by the bang of a clos ing door, which startled me out of ray stupor. Where was IT Why waa I alone T What awful thing had hap pened? A flash of memory. My hus band was dead. I drifted once more away from things of sense. A feeling of pain and distress shot through my body. I opened my eyes In terror. Ed win Maybrlck was bending over me aa I lay upon my bed. He had hla arms tightly gripped, and was shaking me violently. 'I want your keys do you heart Where are your keyar be ex claimed, harshly. I tried to form a re ply, but the words choked n. and once more I passed into unconsciousness. "it is the dawn of a Sabbath day (May IX. 1ISS). I am still lying In my clothes. neglected and uncared for, without food since the morning of the day before. Consciousness came and went. During one of these Interludes Michael May brlck entered. eld a Frtsoner. 'T 'Nurse,' -bet said, '1 am going up to Ixndon. Mrs. Maybheh Is no longsr mlstreis of this house. As one of the executors. I forbid you to allow hsr to lsave this room. I hold you responsible In my absence.' "He then left the room. What did he Stock Exchange Has Been the TELLS OF SUFFERINGS mean? How dare he humble me thus In tbe presence of this strangar. "Toward the night of the earns day I said to the nurss, 'I wish to see my children.' She took no notice. My voice was weak, and I thought perhaps she had not heard. 'Nurse,' I repeated, 'I want to see my children.' She walked up to my bed, and In a cold, deliberate voice replied: Tou can not see Mss ter James and Miss Gladys. Mr. Mlchssl Maybrlck gave orders that they were to leave the house without seeing you.' "I fell back upon my pillow, dased and stricken, weak, helpless and Impo tent Why was I treated thus? My brain reeled In seeking a reply to thla query. At last I could bear It no longer, and my soul cried out to God to let me die. A third dreary night, and the day broke once again. I was still prostrate. The dull pain at my heart, the yearning for ray little children, was becoming un bearable, but I wssdumb. Mews of the Beath. "Suddenly the door opened and Dr. Humphrsys entered. He walked silently to my bedside, felt my pulse, and with out a word left the room. A few mln- ( Continued on Page Seven.) DESERTERS FROM THE RUSSIAN ARMY FIND THEIR WAY TO PORTLAND AND ARE SECRETED BY FRIENDS At the boarding houae of Mrs. M. Wolf at 41 First street there are two myster ious guests Solomon Marcus snd Nich olas Boldman. They are young, large, powerful men with faces snd manners of youths, but with eyes thst open wide, and mutely tell tales of experience. And in their eyes there Is something akin to fear. They are deserters from the Russian srmy. Though they ers In America, thousands of miles from punishment, where the growl of the Rueslsn bear need not be feared, they are haunted by visions of pursuit, cspture and the lg nomlnloua death of the deserter. They are Polish Jews, and have seen almost two years of service In the Rus sian army. Until ths outbreak of the war with Japan they were attached to the Siberian rines, and ware ststloned In the province of Volhynla. Poland. When hostilities snd mobilisation of troops begsn they were ordered to Tllfls. In the heart of the Caucasian mountains. From there they were hurried to the front. By raH they traversed thousands of Miiu lmi. the Russlsn emolra to I a station called Chita, en the Amur river. For First Time Since Her Trial Began Nan Pat terson Is Timid. FACE TWITCHES AND EYES BECOME MOIST Cabman Michaels, Who Drove Conveyance in Which Shoot ing Took Placs, Proves Dull-witted Witnsss. (My Jae. Montague.) (Special Pfapatrs by Leaned Wire to Tbe Journal) New York, Dec. 10. For a part of one minute today Nan Patterson's smsx lng stolidity depsrted and she acted and looked like a sensitive timid woman. It Waa at the conclusion of the short morn ing session. She had been sitting like an Image for an hour, listening to the story of the killing of Caesar Young aa told by Policeman Junior. Junior la not a dramatic narrator, but every word he said had to do with the tragedy which haa Jeopardised this girl's Mfe and her nonchalance seemed beyond be lief. But presently Junior concluded. The court ordered a receaa and while the girl still sat In her chair ths Jurymen filed past hsr, one by one. Then it was that a change swept over her. The cold look of Indifference went out qj her face in an lnstsnt. Turning some she could look each man squarely In the face. She scrutin ised them, her eyes wide open, her mouth drooping, her whole attitude that of a woman pleading for mercy. Shows First Emotion. Bo Intent was she on . reading each countenance that the deputy sheriff. In whose custody she Is, had to beckon her &rZ?nnr& UOrV5r,.PJrWrll h.UUS at the Jurors who had not left the box. she turned and walked down the alsls, her face twitching and her eyes moist. It waa the first really human thing Nan Patteraon has dons since shs began this weary fight for her life, and It was the last vestige of emotion she showed all through the day. Her dullness and In difference has been a source of wondsr to all who havs behald her. Had It not been for this lapse Into the ways of her sex. It would be easy to believe thst some psychological oper ation had removed every trace of emo tion or sensibility from her mental sys tem. The rest of the day was easy for the a-rt- Prosecutor Rand Is not so keen and alert ss hs was during the nrst iriai. It is by no means easy to put the same question to the same witness within two weeks without tiring of the business, and Rand is plainly tired. Part of the examination he passes on to his assistant. Those that he conducts himself are a trine mechanical, like the performance of an actor who has grown weary of his part Thla is not lost upon the girl. Even when the death scene In the cab was v.it, rehenrsed bv Policeman Junior and Ixiuls Hoffman she exhibited no signs of distress. Heavy Wltted Cabman. The sight of Caesar Young's blood .t.int raiments, at which she bowed her head and appeared to be weeping In the first trial, caused only a few twltch Ings of her mouth and a temporary with drawal of her eyea from the witness ..hair The storv of the heavy wltted ,-),m.r, Michaels, who drove, the con ,,. in which the shooting took place, drew from her no symptom of un eo.inena or interest. In fsct. there waa precious little In Michael s' story to In t.r..t nnvhodv For a creature with a pair of eyea and two ears he Is the most surprising inoi vldual that ever sat In a witness ehslr. ir knows thst he drove a "man and a lady" from the Circle to a point In West nrn.Awnv stnonlna twice enroute, and ht in that thoroughfare he heard shot. That Is absolutsly ths extent of th. Ha-ht he Is able to shed on the ease There might have been a fusilade or (Continued on Page Two.) From that place they marched on foot with thousands of others through the Amur province Into Manchuria. They Joined the main body of the army around Mukden. Before he entered the army to perform hla required service for the csar. Solo mon Marcus was a shoemaker's appren tice. When he Joined the Siberian rifles he met Nlcholss Soldman. and the two have fast friends since that time. Both had been happy In their labors at home and they were co-rellglonlsts. They were unwilling recruits. While stationed at the barraoke at Vollens they whlapered plana of deser tion. But the war came so quickly and their location was changed so suddenly that escape seemed Impossible. But the hope still remained and plans were again begun as soon as they Joined the main army In Manchuria. Shortly after they found thsmselves on the Talu confronted by the forces of Kurokl, their regiment was ststtoned at Dalny. Fortune favored them, for they were detailed to paint the headquarters of the commandant, a mansion located in the modern section of tbe town, a distance from ths barracks. At the end Mast Appear in Famous Mrs. Chadwick Case in Cleveland. PORTLAND MAN TELLS OF HER GIRLISH CRIME Forged Farmer's Name to Note and, Disguised as a Boy, Fled to Neighboring City Where j Shs Was Caught. (Special Dispatch by Leased Wire to The Joaraal) Cleveland. O., Dec. 10. Andrew Car negie has been subpoenaed to appear be fore the United States grand Jury on Wednesday to swear that he never signed any of the famous Chadwick se curities which tonight reach ths as tounding total of S16.sM.000. That this will be Increased to $20,000. 000 before Mr. Carnegie comes here seems certain, for the United States secret service agents are now on the trail of other notes disposed of by Mrs. Chsdwlck. The $15, 998,000 represents only the forged paper that has actually been dla covered by the officials. There sre positively known to be In existence another note for $500,000 dis posed of some where In New Jersey and one for $800,000 some where In Pitts burg. In addition to all of these there are said to be probably $3,000,000 more forged notes In existence. CARNECIE IS SILENT. Se Discuss Chadwiok Oast at AIL LE2S! W-gt-fte"I.tl.fPUrtis - discovery that the much discussed "se--eurltles" held by Ire Reynolds In treat for the liquidation of Mrs. Cassia L. Chadwlek's debts consisted of additional forgeries' of Andrew Carnegie's name, was made known to ths Ironmaster to night, but he declined to add any word to what he haa already said on the sub ject. YOUNC FORCER. Portland Man Who Knew Mrs. Chad Wtok Telle of Her Early Mlstory. Some hitherto unpublished history of the notorious Mrs. Cassis L. Chadwick la furnished The Journal by Fred Rich ards, traveling representative of the Portland Gas company, who knew her when she was In her school-day age. "She spent most of her childhood," said Mr. Richards, "In Eastwood, On tario. Canada, the scene of the celebrated Benwell murder mystery. I lived near there, about five miles eaat of Wood stock. Her father was a section hand and about the only companionship the girl had. living- alongside the railroad track, was that of the engineers snd con ductors running by thsre on the old Great Western, which Is now a part of the Grand Trunk. "Betsey Begley, which was her real name, had a long time to wait for lone skirts when the neighborhood discovered that ahe was a little bit 'eccentric' She was very fond of dresses, snd she used to get them good ones, too by meana that were considered not altogether honest. "But her first escapade of any conse quence was the forging of an old farmer's name to a note. She waa then about 18 years of age. Taking the money, she departed for the town of Bransford. and was there arrested in boy's clothes. The officers quickly brought her back, but ahe was acquitted on the ground that hsr mentality was not perfect. "After that, little or nothing waa heard of Betsy until the Toledo-Cleveland affair. In which ahe appeared ee Madame Devere and was ssnt to ths penitentiary for It years. The manner of her parole Is current history, but she (Continued on Page Two.) of the second day spent on their Job they decided upon the desperste plan of going to the oriental section Instead of back to their quarters. They were aided by a Japanese who got them clothing for $1.50. Tot several days they almost starved before they succeeded In bribing a Chinese half-breed to smuggle them aboard a Junk bound for Nagasaki. Thsre they discovered no apparent Improve ment In their chances of escape. They had difficulty In hiding while securing food. There waa a United States vsesel In the harbor at the time. It was loading up, preparatory to returning to San Francisco. They took chances ss stow awava and succeeded, for their pres ence wss not discovered till the vessel wss far out to sea. Finally they landed In San Francisco, and remained there for several days. They learned of the presence of e Russian man-of-war In tbe harbor, snd fear seised them They must esoaae. they ssld. With the ssslsUaee of friends they secured passage osj schooner bound fee Portland and landed here Thursday.