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NOT IS. BATE PLAH
Prouty Makes Clear the Presi
dent's Policy in Regulation
of Railroads.
JAMES J. HILL IS
SHOWN TO BE WRONG
Great Northern President's Plaint
as to Oriental Markets Ex
ploded by Prouty.
By W. W. Jermane.
Washington, June 3.The president
has been advised that the railway in
terests are organizing for a determined
campaign against his rate policy, but
this knowledge apparently doesn't
bother him. Altho he confidently ex
pects that the senate interstate com
merce committee will present a majority
report in favor of giving the govern
ment power to make rates and put them
immediately into effect, it is clear that
he does not regard the report of the
committee as having any vital bearing
upon the general question. What the
people want, they will ultimately have,
regardless of reports of congressional
committees, and he believes that they
want the government to regulate the
railways, and want it in a way that will
break down all opposition, no matter of
what character.
Railroads Organizing.
The railways are developing a plan of
systematic campaign all 'over the coun
try. The general plan is to have a na
tional publicity bureau, with headquar
ters in New York. The western head
quarters are to be in Chicago, from
which city the organization will reach
out to such places as Indianapolis, Cin
cinnati, Cleveland, Minneapolis, St.
Paul, Omaha, Kansas City, Denver and
St. Louis. A competent man will be in
charge of each district, and will see
to it that sentiment favorable to the
railways is crystallized and given thoro
Eublicity.
The big shippers, who have
een favored by the railroads, are being
called upon to come to the aid of the
carriers, and their response, the railways
belieye, will exert a powerful effect upon
the public mind by showing that there
is no real demand for the legislation the
president is asking.
Strength of Organized Effort.
The strength of such organized effort
will, of course, be great, particularly
as those who are demanding legislation
are not organized. They are widely
scattered over the country. They repre
sent the small shippers at small stations,
and the rural communities generally.
These classes, while thus unable to per
fect an organization and develop a pub
licity bureau, will be heard next winter
thru their representatives in the house,
and, to a certain extent, in the senate.
When the railways undertake to show,
thru their publicity campaign, that the
country is not really demanding that the
government be given the power to fix
rates, the rural members of congress'will
combine for'a reply Vhatf wili put the
administration bill thru the lower house
with a majority quite as large as that
it received last spring. Ana then the
fight will be transferred to the senate,
where it will be decidedultimately,
the administration believesin favor of
the people. The chances in favor of
success at the next session are good,
from the administration point of view
but if there is no legislation at that
session, then the* president will bear
down with all his force to secure action
prior to March 4, 1907, failing which,
there may be an extra session of the
congress elected in November, 1906. In
this connection, it may be said that the
failure of congress to act next session,
may bring a call for an extra session in
the early fall of next year, immediately
following the elections.
President in Earnest.
The president is desperately in ear
liest, and not only intends to push the
campaign vigorously, but believes ho
has more than an even chance to win.
He is not disposed to attach great im
portance to the railway-publicity cam
paign. That campaign may be genu
ine enough so far as the big shippers
at terminal points are concerned, for
these shippers, having enjoyed discrim
inating rates for years, by reason of
location and for other reasons, are be
ing told by the railways that the enact
ment of the administration measure
will destroy those rates. The big ship
pers, therefore, may be expected to join
with the railways in asking that noth
ing be done but as a class they repre
sent but a small proportion of the in
terested population, either in number or
wealth and it is the greatest good to
the largest number that the president
is seeking.
The railways are working with big
shippers to make it'appear that if the
government makes rates, those rates
will be fixed on a mileage basis, de
stroying the prosperity of the entire
west, and particularly of all those sec
tions bayond the Mississippi river and
the Rooky mountains where .distances
are great. According to administration
advices, this is the chief argument used
in such places as Omaha, St. Louis,
Kansas City and Denver, in addition
to Minneapolis and St. Paul. Obvious
ly, if the public in those sections can
be made to take stock in that state
ment, the administration support there
will be reduced to almost nothing.
Mr. Hill's Testimony.
Another argument made against the
administration plan is based upon the
testimony of James J.' Hill, president
of the Great Northern, who told the
senate interstate commerce committee
that after he had developed an orien
tal market for flour, the interstate
commerce commission destroyed that
market by requiring him to publish and
Eiost
his thru rate. This argument, it
learned here, is being used along the
Great Northern and the Northern Pa
cific from Minneapolis and St. Paul to
Puget sound. The conclusion is, of
course, that the interstate commerce
commission cannot be trusted with
power over commerce. What it has
done with Mr. Hill's oriental flour
trade, say the railroads, it will, if given
the opportunity, do to other lines of
commerce.
Answered by Prouty.
In order to get in concrete form the
administration reply to these argu
ments I called on Judge Charles A.
Prouty of the interstate commerce com
mission, who has given the whole ques
tion careeful study and intelligent
thought, and whose word will carry a
great deal of weight wherever his rep
utation for fairness and ability has
gone. In reply to a request for a state
ment covering the railroad charges,
first, that the administration plan will
mean a mileage basis, and, second, that
the interstate commerce commission de
I stroyed the Chinese and Japanese mar-
Continued on 2d Page, 6th Column,
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A
Elected in Place of Parry at Head
of Citizens' Industrial Asso
ciation.
THE JOURNAL MAKES A
GREAT BUSINESS ,RECORD
CCORDING to figures compiled and published by the Newark News,
The Minneapolis Journal made a wonderful advertising record for
April. These figures show that among the leading evening papers of
the United States The Journal stood second- on the list in the amount of dis-
play advertising carried in April, running ahead of such papers as the
Chicago News, the Washington Star, the Brooklyn Eagle, the Kansas City
Star, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and the Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph.
In the amount of total advertising carried, The Journal ranks sixth among
the leading evening papers of the country.
These are records of which The Journal is justly proud and which show
that Minneapolis must at all times be placed near the top when it comes to
successful and progressive business methods. Minneapolis is a strong ad-
vertising city and this accounts in no little part for the splendid growth in
business and population that is now going on here.
The statistics as compiled by the Newark News follow:
Papers Display. Total.
Chicago News .,-J.. 426,000 792,300
The Indianapolis News 514,050 656,600
Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph 630,742
Newark News 404,828 606,870
Washington Star 376,401 596,748
THE MINNEAPOLIS JOURNAL 454,118 569,086
Cleveland Press 421,974 565,908
Kansas City Star 367,346 533,546
Brooklyn Eagle 512,372
St. Louis Post-Dispatch 501,160
St. Paul Dispatch 374,262 472,290
Buffalo News 470,764
Detroit News 344,715 468,269
Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch 410,320
New York Telegram 409,133
Los Angeles .Express 343,770 402,150
New York Evening World.... ...i 398,389
Baltimore News 369,750
San Francisco Bulletin 364,212
Cincinnati Times-Star 347,073
New York Evening Journal 346,437
Boston Herald 238,275 346,333
Cincinnati Post 317,508
New York Globe 310,282
Denver Post 245,715 301,131
Philadelphia Telegraph 284,971
Buffalo Times 267,320
POST MAKES WAR ITIIN CITY MAN
ON LABOR UNIONS
New York Sun Special Service.
Chicago, June 3.Declaring that the
"great American1
public demands that
the labor union's be cleansed or put out
of existence,'' and that the labor unions
"mu st be stripped of their power to
defy the law, to riot, assault and mur
der'Amorican citizens.''-the new presi
dent of the National Citizens' Industrial
association of America has taken the
warpath.
He is C. W. Post of Battle Greek,
Mich and he announced just after his
election that the organization or which
he is the head will proceed at once to
arouse the public to the need of concert
ed action to meet the conditions as he
sees them.
Will Organize Everywhere.
Mr. Post also declared "the associa
tion will proceed at once to' organize
citizens' organization's in every city and
village in America in order to mass the
citizens for the protection of their busi
ness interests, to insure the individual
liberty of each person against the overt
acts of labor unions,
andotothguarantee
the continuous operation1
indus
tries of the country."
The executive committee of the asso
ciation met yesterday and elected Mr.
Post president in place of D. M. Parry,
whose resignation was accepted at his
urgent request to be relieved of the
work. Mr. Parry consented to remain
on the executive committee.
Flaws in Labor Unions.
In telling of the flaws in unions Mr.
Post said.:
"In every 800 citizens a round twen
ty belong to labor unions. The 780
are unorganized.
"The organized twenty place their af
fairs in control of a few labor leaders,
who use that power to dictate all sorts
of tyranny to the balance of mankind
and 'to incite assaults, destruction of
property, riot an'd murder.
"The loss of lives and treasure and
the galling tyranny has roused the peo
ple until a stern demand for the main
tenance of law and the rights and free
dom of the individual and the abolition
of union tyraWny is heard in every ham
let in this broad land.
Movement of the People.
"This great, universal movement of
the people has assumed form in the
Citizens' Industrial Association of
America.
"The continued interference and
stoppage of industry, the hate gener
ated, socialism an'd anarchy plain on
every hand and cultivated by the infa
mous yellow journals, are fast pressing
the country toward a condition that
cannot and will not be endured by the
public.'' MARQUETTE'S MEN
MUST QUIT CANADA
Dominion ^TSTill Deport American
Railroad EmployeesCourts
Appealed To.
New York Sun Special Service.
St. Thomas, Ont., June 3.The Cana
dian government has taken action in
the Pere Marquette railway trouble.
Last evening Colonel Sherwood, chief
of the Dominion police, arrived in the
city with warrants for two of the rail
way officials to be deported, and E. E.
Cain and James G. Gilhula, trainmaster
and chief dispatcher, respectively, were
placed under arrest.
The solicitor of the railway will ap
ply in the Toronto courts for' a writ of
habeas corpus, to restrain the police
from deporting these men, who are
American citizens and came to St.
Thomas about six months ago. If the
application for the writ is not success
ful the men will be deported tonight.
The railway people in the city ^are
much agitated, and counsel for the men
assert they intend fighting the- matter
to the end in the courts.
At a political meeting in London last
night, the newly appointed minister of
public works, C. S. Herman, declared
that every employe charged with com
mitting an infraction of the alien labor
act would be deported.
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FOR INSULAR R. R.'S
John P. Stevens Will Have Charge
of Construction in the
Philippines.
John F. Stevens, formerly of Minne
apolis, has been appointed railway ex
pert of the
Philippincharge railwafy
sion4
commis-
to have entire the rail
way construction work the islands.
Mr. Stevens was formerly second vice
president of the Bock Island in charge
of operation, and was also at one time
chief engineer of the Great Northern
stationed at St. Paul.
His authority over railway- projects
and operatioWs in the Philippines will
be subject only to the approval of the
commission. This will give him control
of 1,060 miles to be constructed.
Mr. Stevens was born in West Gardi
teer, Me., in 1853, and came west
about thirty years ago. He left St.
Paul about a year agfr to take the sec
ond vice presidency of the Bock Island
at Chicago where he now resides.
ginning of, sensational litigation. Proceedings
tehdinfr against Mr. LTike to hate him declared
incompetent, have been abandoned.
AL SAVED FROM MVEK WRECK.
last night. The steamer struok a pier of a rail
road Midge and quickly began to sink. She
was headed for shore, where the passengers and
crew were landed safely.
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SATURDAY EVENING, JUNE 3, 1905.
LOUIS I HILL
MAY LIVE HEBE
Vice President of Great Northern
Road a Prospective Minne
apolitan.
mente
mean
v.
Situation as to the Hill Properties
Necessitates a Director in
This City.
Louis W. Hill, son of the Great North
ern magnate and vice president of the
road, is a prospective Minneapolitan.
This is the probability accentuated
by the prospective extension of the
Great Northern's passenger ahd freight
terminal facilities here. These improve-
New Era for Hill Properties.
This means some sweeping changes in
the equipment and operation of the sys
tems ne controls, particularly in Great
Northern. This, road is the product of
an interesting process, of evolution. It
was completed as a railroad years ago,
but it is doubtful if Hill considers it
finished even yet. When he couldn't
afford heavy cars, he used light ones.
These were long ago superseded by mod
ern, heavy rolling stock. The light rails
of the pioneer days have been replaced
with eighty-pound steel, and motive
power has been increased in efficiency.
All this has been done between
times," as'it were, while Hill has been
engineering mergers, defending merger
suits and territorial encroachments,
building steamships and acquiring inter
ests in other lines. With. Mr. Hill wholly
free to devote his full energy to his
properties, a new era is assured for
them.
Twin Cities a Uwit.
There has been some talk of Mr. Hill
doing this or that thing to "punish"
Minnesota for its antimerger attitude.
However, nobody expects him to tear
up his tracks and decrease the earning
capacity of his roads. If he enlarges
terminal facilities in Minneapolis, it is
for purely business reasons, but St.
Paul will'not be ignored. "With shops
there and a general office building the
road will always be strongly indenti
fied with the saintly city. The new
plan means simply that Minneapolis
and St. Paul will bo considered as a
unit in the Great Northern's plans.
Oertaian classes of "business will be
handled here an^i others inJjJt,.Paulx in
each caso. being iflfudled iff th logical
EacilitesWitn
S-Papers In an action tor
SEEKS DIVOKOE.
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Ju
lace. Hili% extensive terminal
i the between the twin
cities, this means one of the greatest
terminal plants in the world.
Son to Direct Here.
While the working out of this plan
does not necessarily mean large im
mediate new construction, it does mean
that Hill's ideas must be rightly ap-
Eliedcomemtothbe
fro beginning. L. W. Hill
as his father's righthand
man and, according to a person stand
ing close -to the Great Northern inter
ests, he. has been selected to direct the
development of the Minneapolis end of
the plan.
At present young Mr. Hill resides at
260 Summit avenue, St. Paul, while his
father's home is_ at No. 240. In case
he removes to Minneapolis, a residence
commensurate with the family fortune
and the importance of its railway in
terests in the northwest would be
erected or bought.
RUSSIA HAS ANO^ER DISCZAJUVIAMENT PROPOSITION IN MIND
Paae i i
Kaiser and His People Do Honor
to Duchess Cecelia, Future
Empress.
.Berlin, June 3.The business of the
government paused and a million or so
of persons took a half holiday today "*o
welcome an 18-year-old girl who soine
time, most probably, will be the Ger
man empress. Her way was rose-strewn,
-\ici. -n i children sang a greeting, the
Minneapolist willd ceaset to a merthadivision poin an tha
the road's interests in this city will de
mand the presence of some official
higher in authority than any now sta
tioned here.^
As conditions stand at present, Mr.
Hill would undoubtedly deny any spe
cific intention of changing his residence.
The Minneapolis plans, while fairly well
defined as to material details, are not
wholly definite as to the time of execu
tion. However, it is well understood
that James J. Hill's period of stress and
strain is over. He has now secured the
factors he desired in the transportation
world and the time has come-for him
to develop and use them.
ith the
Hurricane Sweeps Over Natal
Reservoir Bursts, Carrying
Death to Hundreds.
London, June 3.-According to a dis-
Ean.hNatal,localdeaths
atc to a new agency from Dur
the roll resulting from
the hurricane which recently swept over
Natal and the subsequent bursting of
the reservoir at Pinetown, was nearly
five hundrecKEindu laborers and fifty
Europeans.
REY. THOMAS RIGHEY
SUMMONED BY DEATH
New York, June 3.Rev. Thomas
Richey, D.I)., emeritus professor of ec
clesiastical history at the General The
ological seminary, died today, aged 74.
Dr. Richey was born in Ireland but
came to the United States as a young
man, and nearly his whole life was
given to the Episcopal church. He was
rector of Mt. Calvary church, Balti
more, after being graduated from the
General Theological seminary here in
1854.
In 1869 he went to the Seabury Di
vinity school at Faribault, ,Minm. as
professor of ecclesiastical history. From
Faribault he came to the General The
ological seminary. Dr. Richey was well
known as an author of religious works.
A SMALL BOY KILLED.
Special to The Journal.
Dubuque, Iowa, June 3.Arnold Vogt, aged 5,
was run over by a wagon and killed while play
ing In front of bis home.
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emblems of their lined
the road, artillery sounded dully in an
immensity of cheering, while at the end
of her progress the imperial family and
all the great personages of state .loined
with the emperor and the crown prince,
Frederick William, in receiving at the
Eurg-SchwerinDuchessinCecelifullMecklens
alace the a
who her title i
alio princess of the Wends.
The pageant started at 5 o'clock and
had disappeared at 5:45 p.m. thru one
of the arched doorways of the palace.
In the inner courtyard, the emperor, the
crown prince, Prince Henry of Prussia,
and other members of the imperial fam
ily, attended by ministers of state, gen
erals and admirals', received the duch
ess. She went with members of the
imperial family to the room of the elec
tors, and with' the crown prince signed
the marriage contract. Afterwards the
members of the two families dined to
gether.
Ambassador Tower, who was accred
ited by cable as special ambassador of
the United States at the wedding, was
received by the emperor at 10 o'clock
this morning. Mr. Tower presented the
congratulations of the president and
peeple of the United States on the mar
riage of the crown prince.
550 ARE KILLED
IN AFRICAN STORM
i^Pf'-M'M 1
SHOWERS TONIGHT AND SUNDAY WARMER
AT MANILA THREE RUSSIAN
CRUISERS HIDE FROM JAPS
GERMAN EYES JO N
18-YEAR-OLD GIRL
-s
VICE ADMIRAL ENLIST,
Russian Squadron Commander, Who &
Seeks Refuge at Manila.
LINCOLN TO HEAD
NEW EQUITABLE
Alexander and Hyde, at Peace,
Agree to Keep Out of Wall
Street.
New York, June 3.James. W. Alex
ander and James It. Hyde, president
and first vice president of the Equitable
Life Assurance society, met today, and,
it is understood, decided to forget their
differences and to" act together here
after in Equitable affairs.
The basis of their agreement is said
to have been that they would now at
tend to life insurance alone and keep
"Wall street out of the affairs of the so
ciety.
The two men were in' conference with
friends and advisers for more than two
hours.
After the Hyde-Alexander conference"*
it was reported that they had agreed
upon Robert T. Lincoln as the man best
fitted to assume the chairmanship of the
board of directors. Confirmation of
this report was Wot obtainable.
Excitement in New York.
New York, June 3.Not since the
great Northern Pacific corner ^of four
years ago has there been so much ex
citement in financial circles as exists
today as a result of yesterday's devel
opments in- the Equitable Assurance so
ciety's affairs. A stirring contest for
control had been Expected, but the vehe
ment debate in the directors' meeting,
the bitter character of the defense made
by James H. Hyde, and the resigna
tions of Messrs. Friek, Harriman and
Bliss from the society's directorate,
have created a situation wholly unfore
seen and indicating a new alignment of'
the forces in hign finance astonishing
the general public.
According to the Herald, Mr. Frick,
In handing in his resignation, said he
never again would sit as director in any
corporation of which Mr. Hyde was
also-a director.
Hyde Accused Harriman.
The charge made by Mr. Hyde that
an effort had been made by Mr. Harri
man to take control of the society
away from him was pointed to in con
nection with reports circulated last
night that one reason for attacking Mr.
Hyde was that he was friendly with
George J. Gould and that other inter
ests desired to prevent Mr. Gould from
obtaining any assistance from Equi
table funds in extending his railroad
lines westward to the Pacific coast and
eastward to the Atlantic.
Accordingto these reports the Union
Pacific and Pennsylvania railroad inter
ests and Mr. Frick joined together to
oppose Mr. Gould.
Mr. Gould attended the jconference
in Mr. Hyde's office yesterday and con
siderable surprise was expressed .when
it was found that Mr. Harriman, who
up to that time had been counted upon
as a Hvde suporter, was not present at
the conference.
A semi-official statement was made
today that Mr. Gould expects to have
his lines finished to San Francisco bay
before June 1, 1907.
Who Will Be Chairman?
What Wall street and the general
public discussed with most interest to
day was the question as to what is to
be the next step taken. The se
lection of the new chairman of the
board of directors, who is to be named
by the committee within the next few
days, is awaited with great interest.
The promise has been made that he is
to be a man of national reputation for
business ability and probity, and to
him is to be intrusted the task of en
forcing economics and making such
other changes as may be deemed neces
sary to correct the present business
methods of the society. It is expected
that the chairman will be elected by
the board at its meeting next Wednes
day.
Another point of absorbing interest
was the plan to be pursued to take over
Mr. Hyde's majority holding of stock,
thru which he has the power, at pres
ent, to. elect all the directors of the
society.
Mr. Hyde acquiesced in the resolu
tion that he be requested to divest
himself of the control of his stock with
in three months on terms satisfactory
to himself and the society.
Attention was drawn today to the
fact that Mr. Hyde, in agreeing to this
resolution, declined to give any pledge
as to his action in the matter.
Wall street discussed also the action
of Jacob H. Schiff, the head of the
firm of Kuhn, Loeb & Co., in defend
ing Second Vice President Tarbell. Mr.
Schiff's firm has acted for years in
close relations with Mr. Harriman.
IS OALVE'S VOICE GONE?
London Report Has Songbird's Vocal
Cord Ruptured.
New York Sun Special Service.
London, June 3.It is reported here
that Mme. Calve has ruptured a vocal
cord and that s!he will never sing
again.
PROMINENT WOMAN KILLED.
Oolumbus", Ohio, June 3.-The body of Mrs.
Elizabeth Honefanger, a prominent woman of
Springfield, was fonid today on the Little Miami
track with the hea^ severed and at the aide of
the track. She wee an inmate of the state hos
pital and la supposed to bare -commlttea suicide.
I0DRNAL TOURS
I N UP-TO-DATE AUTOMC
BILES. THE BIGHT
WAY TO SEE MINNEAPOLIS
32 PAGESFIVE O'CLOCK.
BATTLE YICTIMS
IN YANKEE PORTm
Vice Admiral Enquist and Many
Wounded Russians on Refu
gee Ships.
In St. Petersburg the Populace
Calls for Execution of
Nebogatoff.
Manila, June 3.Rear Admiral En-'
quist, who was commander di the heavy-,
cruiser squadron of the Russian fleev|
arrived in the-bay at 9 'clock this eve-*
ning on board his flagship^ the protected
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cruiser Aurora, accompanied by the pro-i
tected cruisers Oleg and Jemtchug.
All the vessels were more or less dam-r,
aged and there were many wounded men^
on board.
Rear Admiral Train, on board his
flagship, the battleship Ohio, with the
Wisconsin, Oregon, Raleigh and Cinein-.
nati, was outside Oorregidor island?
maneuvering when the Aurora saluted
with thirteen guns and the Ohio an-"
swered.
Admiral Train and his squadron ac
companied the Russian vessels to Ma
nila.
Interning Is Expected.
Washington, June 3.The arrival of
the Russians at Manila was discussed
today by the president and Secretary
Taft. It is said at the state depart
ment that the Russian vessels will be
treated precisely as were those which,
arrived in the Chinese porte during the
earlier stages of the war. They will
be allowed to remain twenty-four hours
if undamaged and seaworthy. Other
wise they may make absolutely neces
sary repairs, or lastly, they may be in
aerned until the end of the war. I is
expected here that the latter course will
be followed.
THESE SHIPS ESCAPED
Togo Reports on Russian War Vessels
Sunk and Missing.
Tokio, June 3.Admiral Togo reports
that the Russian specia slervice steam
ers and transports, sunk by the Japan
ese May 27 were the auxiliary steamer
Ural, the transports Kamschatka and
Irtesim, and one towing'vessel uBed to
assist in coaling at sea and believed to
have been named the Russ.
"The Rus8iain vessels present in the
recent battle which were not su*k or
captured and which are unaccounted
for are," Togo's report adds, "the pro
tected eruisers Oleg, Aurora, Izumrud
and Almaz, three transports two torpe.-'
doboat destroyers, and one towboat.
During the battle the Qleg and Aurora
"were within range of our third and,
fourth squadrons and were on fire."
They maye have escaped but it willj
taek time to restore their fighting1
power.""
According to dispatches from St.
Petersburg, the Izumrud was blown Tip
by her commnader after having run
on a reef in Vladimir bay. The Almaz
reached Vladivostok early in the week
and the Oleg, Aurora and Jemtschug
arrived at Manila today.
ROJESTVENSKY'S CAPTURE
Story Told by Jap Officers^Admiral
Is Improving.
Tokio^ June 3.Rear Admiral Ro.ieSt
vensky is resting well with no danger
ous symptoms and his speedy recovery
seems certain.
Torpedoboat destroyers which have
returned to Sasebo furnish details of
the capture of Roiestvensky. The de
stroyers Kasumi, Ushugimo, Sazanami
and Kagerou were ordered to attack
the Russian warships the night of May
27, and were steaming ahead when they
suddenly encountered Russian' ships.
The Kasumi narrowly avoided a col
lision with a Russian cruiser, the close
ness of which seems to have saved the
destroyers from the heavy fire directed
on them. During the Russian attack
the vessels forming the destroyer flotil
la divided. The Sanzanami and Kag
erou continued the search for Russian
ships thruout the night and in the morn
ing discovered two torpedoboat de
stroyers. One of them steamed away,
but the other was unable to do so. Oa
approaching the latter the Japanese
discerned a white flag .flying from the
foremast and the Red Cross flag astern.
She proved to be the Bedovi with Ad
miral Roiestvensky and his staff OK
board. The Bedovi signaled that her
engines were damaged and that she
was short of coal and water. An armed
guard was sent on board the Bedovi
to receive her surrender. The Russians
requested the Japanese not to remove
Admiral Rojestvensky and# the other
officers on account of their wounds,
and the Japanese complied, with the
understanding that the guard would ex
ecute Ro.iestvensky if the delay led to
a meeting with Russian ships, and the
probability of recapture. In the morn
ing the Sazanami met the Japanese
cruiser Akashi which conveyed the two
captured destroyers to Sasebo.
Thirty Jap Commanders.
Thirty naval commanders participated
in the battle of the Japan sea. Admiral
Togo was commander-in-chief leading
the first squadron. Vice Admiral Kam
imura was in command" of "the second
squadron and Rear Admiral Katioks
led the third squadron.
The chiefs of staff in the order named
were Admiral Kato and Captains Fuji!
andlSaito. The commanders of the
squadron divisions were Admirals Dewa,
Uriu and Umitzu, acting as rear ad
mirals under Vice Admiral Togo, Gap
tains Yamada, Shimamura, Taketomi
and Kakura.
Lighthouse to Honor Togo.
In response to thousands of sugges
tions and inquiries received, the navy
department has decided to erect an
enormous lighthouse on Okino island-as
a monument to commemorate Admiral
Togo's great naval victory over the
Russian fleet in the battle of the Sea of,
Japan. YA
It is planned to have the light show
for a distance of eig"hty miles, practical
ly covering the entire scene of the bat
tle.
This plan has been adopted over all
others because the monument will be
near the scene of battle and stand con
stantly in the sight and memory of the
officers and men of the Japanese navy,
and will also be a great convenience to
navigation.'
If there should be a future war, it
will prevent disasters similar to those
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