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Warship Hacpshire, With England's War Chief. Aboard,
Was ca Way to Russia, When She Was Secf to tie
: Bottca cl the Sea, 0 J the Orkcejr Islands North of
. Scctlad, and Not a Survivor Was Rescctd Frca SL?
London, June I. Lord Kitchener,
, wlnlatf r of war, with hl entire ataff,
.ru loat when the erolaer Hampihlre
waa aunk by a German torpedo," or a
mine, uorth of 8ootland.
' Thla aanouncemnt waa officially
aaade tr the admiralty today. " ";
- The admiralty 'a atatement indi
cated that the ifaapahtre waa anak
the Orkwy Inland'. ' 1 v
The admiralty stated that there
ta little hope that any of the mem
tera of Kltchener'a atat eurrWed. It
waa accepted aa a fact that Kitchener
tilmaelf waa drowsed.
According to official announcement
made today the following were In
eluded la Earl Kltchener'a party;,
Lieutenant-. Colonel ' Fltifereld.
. Briradlr-Oeneral Ellerahaw, Sir P.
Ftederlck Donaldaoa, and H. 1. 1
. Itaftaiidfri Orweieet Ioaa ,
The newa of Kngland'a greateet
paraoaal loes elnoe the war, which
kas stunned all Rngland, already
hardened to ahocka, waa Issued In
the following formal bulletin: 4 '
, "The admiralty reports with deep
regret that the ahlp Hampshire, with
Lord Kitchener and his staff on
hoard, was sunk, last night about 8
o'clock off the Orkney Islands, by a
mine or a torpedo. Several !boata
wars seen to leave the ship. Heavy
seas were running, but patrol vessels
at once proceeded to the scene. The
whole shore haa been searched from
8award, hut It Is greatly feared there
la little hope for any survivors. No
report has yet. heen received from
the searching party on shore."
No Survivors Found
A later announcement from the ad
miralty aald that the searching par
ties sent out In boats along the coat
lud found only bodies of the drown-
ed and one oapstted toat. N There was
atlll ths faintest hope that possibly lots and without any hurly-burly-soms
might have reached shore and ', free-for-all, he would accept. They
proceeded Inland in search of aid. On .said his address, brief aa it was and
account of the high sea, however, this devoid of verbal pyrotechnics, will
was not considered likely and the ad-'serve to hush Roosevelt rooters who
mlralty did sot encourage the hope
of any survivors being found.
Kb Route to Rural
It was stated that the Hampshire
was on her way to Russia, where
Kitchener was to hold conferences
with offlclala at Tetrograd.
Thla haa special significance In
view of the general Russian offensive
which is now practically under way
long the 200-mlle front from Fruth
to Kolkl. Ills trip, too, may have
ted a bearing on the advance of the
Russians Into A1a Minor.
The Hampshire was In command
of Captain Herbert J. Savllle. The
report of the loss of the ship was tele
graphed to the admiralty by Admiral
'Sir John Jelllcoe, commander of the
British horns fleet.
Ths Hampshire was a British
cruiser ot ths Argyll type. Her com
plement was 668 officers and men
-She was 450 feet long and displaced
10,850 tons. Her armament was four
"7.5-lnch guns, six 6 -Inch guns and
two torpedo tubes. ,
Kngland'a Foremost Soldier '
Horatio Herbert Kitchener was
Wgland's foremost soldier, taking
that distinction when Lord Roberts,
""Little Bobs," died. He was Iborn
at Crotter' House,' Bally Longford,
County Kerry. Ireland, June . 84',
1850,' sen 4 of ths late Lieutenant all who -wanted thnrwr directed-
tTolonet H. H. Kitchener, ot Cosstng- by Hughes ecrtry, t, s '
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WHA.NTH PAIS,
No Otber Town in the World
ton, and Mist Chevalier, of Aapall
Hall, 8uffolk. He was educated at
the Royal Military .' academy on the
wqoiwico. we eotereatn Royal
(ineera in H71. HI. profrees there-
after waa Paleetlne euney. 1874
M7; ; Cycreaa anrver, 1878-188;
eoutmanded Egyptian catalry, 1888
1184; ' Nile expedition, 1884-1888;
governor of Suaklm, 1881-1881; Don -
tola expedltonary force. 1881. pro- v a freighter, arriving late thla af
moted to major-general, K. C. B.; I.rnoon. aaid Terllnoula waa attack.
commanaea Jinanoutn expeaition,
1888, waa given the thanKe of par
liament and ralaed to the peerage
wiin a grant or cso.ooe; chief of
taff of forcea of 8euth Africa In
1889-1800; commander in chief,
1900-1808; promoted 'to lieutenant-
general and general, received vie-
country, with a grant of 150.000
and thaaka of parliament: command -
her of committee of imperial defense
,B ,1W'
ai me Beginning or tne present
war Kitchener was made minister of
war; ' he , held this
time of his death."
position at the
Washington, June 6. Stay-at-home
politicians and congressmen to
day Interpreted the brief address ot
Justice Hughea before the graduating
class of the National Cathedral school
yesterday to suit their own hopes end
beliefs, "-s
Some declared the Justice showed
plainly that If the republican conven
tlon nominated on the first few bal-
have been declaring no one knows
where Hughes etanda, "even on the
big Issue of Americanism."
Others pointed out that Hughes
agreed to speak at the exerclsea laBt
fall to iplcaee his daughter, who Is a
member of the graduating class; that
what he said would have Ibeen said
by any other American, especially at
this time. They argued that it
Hughes had the remotest Idea of ac
cepting a platter-delivered nomina
tlon he purposely overlooked anl o'p-
portunlty to deliver a "spread-eagle"
speech in presenting the . United
States flag to the graduate who stood
highest in her class. S
It became known today that, while
Justice Hughea had his address type
written and distributed among the
pupils of the schoo!. no special effort
was made to gain publicity for It.
The name of the Justice did not ap-
.pear on the printed program ot ths
j graduation exercises, although the
pupils and Instructors generally knew
he waa to speak.; There wss obvious-
ly no effort to let ths newspapers
know the Justice would speak, al -
though, on the other hand, no effort
was made, apparently, to keep the
matter secret: .-u.y
rThs supply off ,trlnted copies was
plentiful at ths school, to which placs
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JOBEPHIJfB COISTY, ORECOS.
the Size of Grants Pass Has a
teii inuo
Marathon, Texea, June 8. Ten
American aoldteri were killed and
Bn-:Blns wounded la a Utile with Mel
Jn nw Glenn Bprlnga la the
Big Bend country of Texaa, accord
ing .to a courier reaching Marathon
late today. 0 Ulcere at the local haae
here are trying to get In touch with
ai. - - onrinr.
ed by a Iband of Mexlcana. No de
tail! are available In Marathon,
p,rtlei ot etttl, ,en hlT Mt out
to aid the American settlement,
They are headed atraigbt aouth
through the Big Bend country, hop
ing to meet refugeea on the way to
.Marathon and learn from them the
Mtct MM ot th, flfhtllir T,rlla.
1. mutism ' mrMm . Alu
'AMERICAN RASE HILL
MOVErV NORTHWARD
El Paso, June 8. Namlquipa, the
present southern base of the U, 8,
army In Mexico, will oe abandoned
before the end of June tn favor of
El Valle, according' to reliable In
formation here today. , Three regi
ments are reported already moving
northward.
PIIKK3HT TRAIN HITS
-1 'AVTO AND KILLS THREE
1 m-
Canton, Ohio,' June 6.- Three per
sons were killed and four seriously
Injured today when a Pennsylvania
freight train crashed into an auto
mobile here. '
" The machine was caught on the
pilot' and carried 700 feet.
aeNNHiinn'tBDEEB
SOLDIERS KILLED
fly LHIilS
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OF THE PROGRESSIVE PARTY
Chicago, June . Oeorge W. Per
kins. v in a statement to progressive
delegates today, Issued a flat ultima
tum that It, js RoQsevclt or no one
for the presidential nomination, so
far as the' progressives are concerned.
'We have no second choice," he
said. "Qa to it," Perkins" statement
concluded.,
Coming on the heels of the meet
ing ot the progressive Insurgents,
called by the Mississippi delegation
naat night, the statement of Perkins
created a distinct stir.'
Perkins' statement follows:
I'Let me remind you that we are
not here for the avowed purpose of
being against somebody. We are here
for somebody, and that somebody is
Theodore Roosevelt." I urge you to
beer thla in mind in all ot your con-
jversattons,. with whomsoever you
.talk, while In Chicago. ' The process
of tearing down men and things' In
this country should stop. It Is time
to be for aomdbody, for something,
and to build up. We have not got It
in for anybody or anything, We are
1 out for a matchless man, and an In-
comparable cause. '
"You know that no one else has
a man. mm that he is the -cause.
Therefore,-we have o second choice.
.' "
TIKSDAl", Jl'NE 0, 191.
Paper. With Full Leased Wire
SixHs:dred Hcniss Destroyed
by Stsrra That Sweeps the
Sclera StztesanJ Leaves
a Tri3 cf DeaS Beizd
Mli,Hl '
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UUle Rock, Ark., Juno 6. That
nearly 100 persons were killed la a
cyclone which swept through' eastern
and northern) : Arkansas, late yester
day and more than 800 were Injured,
Is1 confirmed today by additional re
ports from the stricken areas.' '
' The property loss Is estimated at
more than 1500,000.
About 000 houses were destroyed.
The cyclone devastated an area near
ly one mile wide and 150 miles long,
sweeping the southwestern ' part of
the state to the northern part be
tween Missouri and Arkansas. ' '
1 Not a house was left standing In
the storm's path; 1 Eight were killed
and-60 injured tn Jackson, Miss.; aid
vicinity.' -': ' "'
Wynne, Ark., June C. Reports re
ceived hers today from sections with
in fifty miles Indicate more than 80
persons are dead; fully a thousand In
jured, and property valued at' 81.
500,000 destroyed toy a tornado that
swept part of Arkansas near here,
traveling from the southwest towards
ths northeast. '' '
Memphis, Tenn., June .Forty
nine persons were killed In a tornado
that awept through ' Arkaasaa and
Mississippi last night, according to
reports here today. ' Thousands of
dollars property damage waa done
and hundreds of persons were In
jured. : ; "
Rescue parties sent, to .Interior
points have been nnable to report be-
.(Continued. on page 8)
"Go to if
Perkins waa asked It he means he
had no second choice, "now or from
now on."
"Now, or any time," was Perkins
response. ',
Added significance was seen In the
statement coming aa it did after the
progressives had determined to con
sider the Address made by Justice
Charles E. Hughes yesterday as no
announcement at all. v
"I am amaxed at the construction
placed upon Hughea' address to
Bchool girls," said Perkins. "It Is,
ot course, an attempt to place him in
a perfectly insincere position." 1
. Perkins agreed with Oacar Strauss,
former ambassador to Turkey, that
the address waa merely a talk that
any one would make in presenting a
flag, and did not partake in the least
of a platform. The Hughes speech
waa generally branded as "too much
like Wilson." ' .
"It Is going to be hard to control
our convention," Vlctoi1 Murdock of
Kansas, chairman of the' progressive
national committee, admitted. "It Is
Just a question' ,of how long iwe can
keep the ibnnch ftotri nominating
Rooaevett., regardless, of what the, re
publicans do. I am, not a republican,
and do not intend, to be. think
1 , '..f' V (1 K .,S.Vi
Telegraph Service.'
, London, June 8. The great drive
ot the czar against the Austrian lines
along. the 200-mile front from Pruth
to Kolkl is (believed under way. The
csar's plan Is designed, It Is believed.
to hit the Austrian forces with equal
vigor all along ths line." r s "
The attack has been ' In prelimin
ary preparation all through the win
ter months, in the gathering of great
quantities of inanitions and la actual
preparation In the last several days
by general artillery offensive These
are announced hy ths Russians and
admitted by ths Austrian. ' " '
"la" ths several heavy', infantry
rushes already mads In ths Tarnopol
region the Russians have taken many
prisoners and some Austrian supplies.
1 ur
mm loss
' ' London. June 6. Public constern
atlon and amasement today followed
ths announcement that Lord Kltch
eer and. his staff -wars seat ta their
deaths by a mine or torpedo which
blew ap the cruiser Hampshire off
ths Orkney islands. ,
. Crowds gathered in Whitehall
about the post office, seeking further
details, following the ; formal an
nounoement ot the loss of "K. of K."
, , Ths flag on the war office was at
half-mast and the Winds of the office
were drawn. , The crowd received no
further information and ths air of
ths offlclala Indicated clearly that
they held no hops that Kitchener
might have escaped. . . . "
. Surprise was expressed . that, a
cruiser bearing th minister of war
could have been destroyed hy a Ger
torpedo or by a mine. It 1s prob
able that the question whether the
cruiser .had an escort and whether
she was provided with any protection
against submarines will he put direct
to the government- . ti
Many comments were heard in the
crowd about the war office. Many re
marked that It "was lucky it did not
happen before conscription became
effective." They referred to the great
power ot Kitchener In hie name,
which stimulated voluntary recruit
ing. .
CHICAGO CONVENTION
, TICKETS SELL AT $250
Chicago, June 6. Crowds that
took many policemen to control
surged Into the offices of Sergeant-at-Arms
William Stone at the Colis
eum today, trying .to' get convention
tickets. Stone said the demand for
tickets Is unprecedented and he has
been managing republican conven
tions for a score ot years. Reports
were In circulation that tickets to
all sessions of the convention have,
been sold for $250. .
Only a small percentage ot Chi
cago's visitors will he able to get In
to the convention hall. ,.
that la the sentiment of most ot our
delegates."
Murdock said all he could figure
from Hughes' speech ' waa that
"Hughes Is the last one to come out
tor the flag, and now everybody'a
out."
The progressives seised upon re
ports of the loss of Lord Kitchener
and his ataff' on a torpedoed -warship
as further necessity, for naming a
"strong man', Roosevelt" In Chloago.
Perkins Issued a statement along
these lines, saying ths world was
rapidly approaching a cataclysm that
must he, 'prevented by the -American
people. ' ,: :: V;
WHOLE NUM3E21 17S.
AT Pf
III I LIUI
YcaShiKdbC:Hevdt!:2
cf SIr.v Pciccn Aj
iercdlj Eb E:
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Washington, June The stats
department today received ' an oO
dal report that Tnan Sht Kal "Is
dead.J,';i s;s::-n . . .
The cable which contained ths no
tification was sent la code by lh J
American minister at Pekin.
London. June 8. Yuan Bhl Kal
died yesterday? a Tteuter dispatch,
from Shanghai stated. - 1
San Francisco, Jnns. 8. Jasaaes
newspapers recently; received fro
China contain stories of rnmors that
Yuan Sht Kal's" illness was ths malt
of slow poison administered by ene
mies who tad sent omlasartea to. th
palace. v
... Observers of Chinese affairs her
were of the opinion that his death. It
the report Is true; would reaalt la
new nprislngs In southern China. Th
lack of a strong man to take Ynaft
Shi Kal's , place, rt , waa believed,
would cause th revolutionary situa
tion to become even more serious.
,. San Francisco, Jnne 8. San Fran
cisco's Chinatown rejoiced today over
newa of the death of Tnan Shi KaL
Tea parties were held and flags hung
out front th homes and stores of re
publicans: Th office et the Chines
Republic, association, which has fin
anced to a large extent th revolu
tionary activities agatnst Yuan, de
clared his death would end the pre
sent "revolution la China.
' Lian Hung, vice-president, was de
clared to be a good republican sad
acceptable to the rebels as Yuan'
successor.
Robert Park, editor of the China
Wdrld, ' said : ; ' "'' " '' ,
. "Yuan's death means the end of
the revolution -In Chins, Ths coun
try will agatn be re-united. Its gov
ernment will return to the liberal
republican form. ' Yuan's administra
tion Was regarded more or lest as
dictatorship, like that of Huerta la
Mexico.1
The general Impression prevails In
Chinatown that Yuan did not die a
natural death. It has been common
gossip , for months that the rebels
were seeking his death, either in th
open field with his armies or in his
palace by other and more subtle
means.
HO WILL LEFT BY
E
St Paul, June 8. James J. Hill
left no will and his son L W. Hill, is
to be head ot his vast fortunes. ' This
became apparent today when Mary
T. Hill, ths empire builder's widow,
filed in th circuit court a petition
to have L. W. Hill appointed admin
istrator, and stating James J.' Hill
lft no will. Ths statement values
Hill's personal property at 8 10,000.
000 and hta real property at $350,-
The disposition .of ths. Hill for
tunes, rated ' much larger, waa
L1AHT
thought to havt tosa mads befor
the aagunU'-a .death, husv4htx; an
laherltanc ta ' 1 - ' !