0 r
Rain tonight Tomorrow T ° un nt ftiu Largest LrestEwcu Gircula
partly pa pac c eloudy and colc fer i a ffl ih Was hington
NUMBER 1 4 3923 WASHINGTON WEDNESDAY WEDNESDAY EVElfrNG MARCH 8 1M 1905 PRICE PRICE ONE CENT
STRIKERSMOBS TR1KERS MOBS
1TV DELAY I IH F AY A Y T SERVI SERVICE C SLHW in V 7 II CE j jH 1 H
JLJL + JwjL 1 OJLrflV T IwJL
i INMAN IN MANHATTAN UA TTAN
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qat Gather iMo t t to Hoot an and d dY Yell ell at Strike Breakin j g
t iTBainmen T Tmihmen i menand and Pull PuHGuards Guards From
V the Trains
S SURFACE UJ ACE RAILROAD RA IL ROAD EMPLOYES EMP LOYE S
READY TO JOIN IN INST STRIKE EKE
I In It the e lh < Meanwhile MeanwhileBothSides Both Sides Are Confi Cpn Ti
I f L Sentof dent Frt of aVictor a a Victor yan y yand an and d Scorn S SoFnAn oFnAn All l
33 = Os
A Arbitration Offers
NEW NEWYORK EV YORK Mllr March f arch ch8No 8 No serious serlousdis dis d1 ¬
order has yet ctoccurred et occurred in in the str strike ike of O
5000 5 000 employes emp1o es of the elevated and nd sub
way lines of the Interborough Rapli l
Transit TranstClmpanr Company but butmanifestatlons manifestations of
discontent disconte nt on ontl1 the nart Tartof of gatherin g
crowds crow s of f strikers are regarded regard d das as omi
110JlS
o A south southbound bound elevated train bear ¬
ing Uriited Urtite Urtited1St UrntecVEtates d1St States t s mail mrtl1 mrtl1came came to a sud ¬
den en I halt 1t at atl2ithsteetand 125th steet and Third avenue
this thi lI morning and n d dwas was quickly surround ¬
ed ell d by several sever l hundred yelling and jeer eer ¬ i
ing men The guards fearing for fo their i
lives deserted their posts Some said
that the train was na halted by h the incom ¬
petence p pet tenceoCthe nce of the motorman while others
Intimated jntim 1ntI ted that the t he strikers str trikers ikers could clearly ciear1
explain pfail1 how h ow the tl1ctrlJiti train was stopped The
postoifice p 3thth stitfic inp inspector or on board asked sev sey ¬
eral policemen poHc policemen n to act as guards which wh h ch h
they theydid the did and n i1the the tmIn tra in moved away
while the crowd croway yelled 1 d Itself 1ts lf hoarse
IPuIled 4 Pulled Guards Off Train
Strikers or the the their ir sympathizers made
trou troubles bl this thls morning rt n ning at tt t the Sixtysixth S1t sith
Street Station of ofthe the th elevated elcvat d railroad o
ThVyj Xh The s sarmed v acmed atmed by b yscoresoITthe scores gr ov the the station statfon
aiiS an and ant d w whenever he fi fiv riev v ii l iQ 1ssib > f ssib0j fs fsibI ibI P pulled tfedthe the guzirds g gu irqs trds
off o the train r ra1a in Transit was s as muqh macb c JL delayed I t d 1
X2har CharIs narl ies ff Yealjer eager otStLouIs f S t2TIouIs Bou is t who wh was
k one on df jjtf Iort forty rtynYeme rtynYemeio tie meJVto mc c io 4ese desert t from rOm rOmi i the e
ran raak5Qtthft ran3s kft Of the strikebreakers strJl brenkers ttilsTnorntnSY thi morntns
said that h he e came ca me from the West est with
a crowd crwU9f100 of 100 men He said that the
men had badn no idea I ea of the purpose for
which whic h they the had h d Ijeen tee brought here He
said that t the the men me n nwere were kept under
guard guar dJ1 and d riot nbtpermitte permitted d to get away
William VilUamLJeI1cks L Jencks one of the th strike
leaders l ldel8sald said to tOday day da that the men would
surely win wIn 1n He H < issued a statement statement
challenging < hall nging General Manager Hedley to
a deba debate te on the Js Issues ues before the board
of of directors with Mr Belmont present
Surface SuifaceJw Su ± face Men n Ready to Strike
It t was was reported r ported around aroun d dstrikers strikers head ¬
quarters qU Ttcrs today that 50 per percent cent of the
surface surface railway ra lIway men have been organ ¬
ize Jz Ized and andaie are at ready to go out on strike
Officials Oro alo of the th company declare how ¬
ever Jhat that hat the strike is broken and
that by Saturday Sathr day trains will be perunning running
on normal nOrma schedule sChed1l
Thousands Tho sands Walked
Offers for arbitration arb ar bitration ftratl n and mediation
b1 b y Mayor McClellan and by Oscar
4 4 Straus of the National Civic Federa ¬
tion wUlprobably will probably be ber rdfused fused by both
the company the strikers who are eager
to fight fight to the bitter end
New ISeW York iOFK eam came XUIIK UUVVUIUWJI downtown this CUIO morn lllUlil
Ing jammed and packed on surface cars car
while thousands walked to their place
of o f busine ss
Thousands of people peo ple w ho homcd used the sub
way wa yesterday y esterday declined to use the roa road <
today after a Ctertheaccldentlast the accident last night a al
Twentythird Twenty third street str Ct when twentysevei twenty se er
passengers passen gers were we re more or less 1essserioush serious serIoUsl3
in 1nured jured In a rear rear end collision O Official lcia1
of the company have been unable t t <
find William England the th motorman o ol j
the train but say sa y tha that t he is from In
dianapolls and that he was known as
competent mpetent motorman The rh company
declares that it Is ridiculous to sa
that the motorman was a ringer at an anc C <
caused iizcd the accident cIdent purposely
The Thecorppany company this morning announce announced
THE WEATHER WEtTH ER REPORT
A trough 6t f low pressure extends fro from
the Gulf States northeastward to th thc
Gulf of St St Lawrence There Is also s
moderate disturbance over Lake Su
perior and another over the Saskatche
wan Valley
There have been general rains am an arid
snows east ast of the Rocky mountains ex
cept in the extreme Northwest an ant
local rains in the southern plateau
Temperatures are much higher in Ne
York and nd New England and lower i 11
the Central West and the Southwest
There Will be rain tonight In the Mid
die and South Atlantic and East Gull
States continuing Thursday on th
south Atlantic coast c t and in Florida
There will also be rains and snows I iT
the lower lake region except the thee ex
treme western portJon
It will be b colder Thursday In the Mid
dies < and South soutbAt1antIcandEast Atlantic and East GuI
States and andCQldertonight colder tonight in the Ohli <
I Valley
TEMPERATURE
9 9am a m 3
12 12m m i 3
1 1pm p m = 3
DOWNTOWN TEMPERATURE
Re Registered gistered AfSeck8 Atne ks s Standard St n dDrd l 1ermometer Thermometer
8 On o m 4 V Vj Vt j i t t 5
12m 1 1 i 5
1 11 p m I 6
4
THE E SUN
Sun sets 1 lts today 5i
Sun rises rls s tomorrow n 6 62
TIDE TABLE
Low Lowtldetoda3 tide loday t d H 411 411pm pi prn
High tide tid today 953 pi prn
Low L tide tomorrow t0II1 rrow425 4 425 25 am 449 4 49 pn
High tiae tl1 tomorrowlO10 am 1029 pm
that the roads roads roadswere were were being run on the
following schedule
Sixth S xth avenue avenueSlxminuteheadway avenueSixminute Sixminute headway
r Ninth avenue avenueEIghtminute Eightminute headway
1 Above Fiftythird street where both
Ninth and Sixth avenue lines run rim on
same tracks trncksThreeandonehalfminute Threeandone halfmlnute
headway
Third avenue avenueSixmInute Sixminute headway
Second avenue venu venueEIghtminute eElghtminute Eightminute head
way
The Subway System Sys tc fIl
Lenox avenue trains tra1nsSevenminUte Sevenminute evenmlnute
hea he heallway tlway dwa
Broadway r trains trainsEightmiriutc Eightminute head ¬
I
way
Below Ninetyninth street where
both Lenox and Broadway trains run
over ov same Same tracks the headway is three
and onehalf minutes
A A heavy fog this morning prevented
the company from maintaining its I Ithe
schedule and andtherc there was much irregular ¬
ity Orders were issued to to run slow
during du ng the fog and take no no chances
Until the motormen now running are
more mor familiar with their work the com ¬
pany will not start any additional
trains
The trains on the subway and andele cia ¬
vated werenotcrlwd were werenot jndt crowded d today tod y as lls a many
people feared ered to trust themselves with
green green motormen rti tormenandtrn1i and train crews crew The
I police Policouo are offering protection tp t to pas WR
Sfingers and strikebrfiakersan4 strlkebr strikebreakers akeisand and say BaY
I that they theYw will 111 be able ablato to suppress any
f f9rderr disorder 9rderr or rioting
P Fdlicamen 1iixteit on Duty Dnt
Three thousand fhr five ehu hundred ndfed police
have been been detailed to strike duty and
a policeman is sent out on oneery every train
Six patrolmen are stationed at every
station sta tion Many private detectives were
keeping close watch on the strikers strlk rsand and
their sympathizers
Police Inspector Insp ctor Cortright said this thi
morning that no violence had occurred
during the th night or during duIin the early
hours this thisn1orning morning Many of the sub ¬
way ay and elevalt e levliltilst = il stations tlons are without ithout
ticket sellers and choppers and passen ¬
gers are permitted to ride without fares
Many iany of the old ticket sellers are still
on duty dut as the they r are are under bond and
are afraid to join the strikers
OiDcials of tile Interborough Interb iough Company
Isaid Jsnid this morning that condItions show
led e ed < 2 a marked improvement lmprovementoyeryester over yester ¬
l day daand and that by Saturday trains would
be running on a normal schedule The
officers say they the have sufficient suIDclentnumber number
of men to man the trains but do not
want w nt to attempt a complete schedule un ¬
til the men are more accustomed to their
new ncwwork work
Strike St ke Leaders Confident
George E EPepper Pepper and William I L
Jencks leaders of the strikers are still
confident that they have the situation
well wollIn in hand and that the company co pany must
finally yield yiel They point to the disaster
I i last night in the subway and declare
that other otheraccldentsot accidents of a similar nature
and cause will willreBultit wi11result result reBultit If green men are
I kept at work
The strikers are making every effort
l to get the stationary engineers s sat at the
big powerhouses to go out on a sympa ¬
thetic strike Timothy Healey presi ¬
dent of the International Association of
S Stationary Firemen says that the 300
stationary stat1om rj firemen will go out on strike
If ordered
Om Officers e r of the company say that but
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few of the stationary engineers and fire ¬
men are union men and that many elec dcc
r trical and mechanical engineers em
I ployed in the theofilcesare offices are ready to take
their elrlaces places if they go out
It WdS cds yr reported this o morning juriuug that mac i It
I the strikers are convinced that the strlk strike
is going to be hea a failure they will attempt
to get the employes of o the New York
City Railway to go out with them Ii in
sympathy In this event not a wheel h In
New York would turn
I Such Su l1 a demoralization demori1 zat1onof of traffic Is un ¬
likely lIkel r as the present strike is unsano
L tioned Honedr by the national officers of th the <
union unionaud and President William D Mahon
of the International Association o of
Street and a d Electric Railway Employes
L says that the employes of the surface
ii roads will w ll not go out
Troops May Be Called
1 Postmaster Willcox says this morning
that if the elevated trains bearing th the
United States mall are interfered with
today as they were yesterday he will
ask that the Federal troops be called
I out to preserve order The police hav have <
been instructed to use their clubs li
case ase of disorder and to brook no vio
t lence
The strikers say today that many man o oj
the strike breakers are deserting am an1
that they are going bac back k home Genera
Manager Hedley says that about a scorE
s of men were frightened frlghten dawaybut away but th
company com pan has more than enough men tt t tc
9 operate Its lines He Ie also says that no not
one of the men brought here from rom othe
cities will be dismissed to make roon
for the men who have gone on strike
1 All men who have s shown themselves
a capable will be retained he hesa says s Strike
2 breakers are being schooled in runnin Tunnlnl1 1
3 i trains In the companies yards y ds and ever >
effort is being made to get the mei
acquainted with the operation of th thE
9 > cars The strikebreakers are living or
2 J the steamer Charles H Northam and It
houses built in the yards
J New York came downtown this morn
I L j I Ing packed like sardines sardln eson on surface surta c car
t I I II which were utterly inadequate to carr carn
Continued ConttuuedonSeconc on Second Page
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DOROOVA OROOVAPLEADS PLEADS I
iTGUJYTD NOT GUILTY TO
THE THEINDICTMENT INDICTMENT
CourtHouse Court House Crow Crowded ded
With W ith a Cur Curious ious
v b Throng i
AUNlSENDS AUNT SENDS A BOUQUET
ExPastor Ex g tor Urges His His Wife Wife
to Get a Di
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NEW BRUNSWICK N J JMarciis March Marche Marchs e s
ihe hecourt court house was crowded at 10
oclock i C clock lock this morning mornin morng with people pcopl from om
thisclty this thisv v city and South River all til eager to
s see e the the Rev RevJ Re J 3 F CordoVrl Cordovrland and hear he5lr him
plead not guilty gullt to the two Indictments Jn indictments dictmentg
against him one for assaulting his wife Ite
and the other other for abandormeiit nbandonmerlt
Miss Bowne received re rece1 eived ed a handsome bou ¬
quet of ofpin1c pink carnations from fromhcrautlt her aunt
Mrs Lenhart this morning She has Im
not n 0tYetbe yet et been enpers persuaded u a dedto to leave ICaeth the e Jail
Cordova Cordo since his Incarceration incarcertt on is get g t
1
ting quite bald from worrimcnt worrimcntovc over
Julia Cordova Cordova it is reported is doing
his best to get his wife ai a to Institute pro 1
ceedings for divorce against him so that I
he will be free and can marry Miss
Bowne Mrs Mr Cordova declares she will
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not do anything of the sort
Urged Wife to Get Getpivorce Divorce
Cord Cordova pya 0 has sent several letters l tters to
Mrs Cordova since he eloped clO ledthc the first I
time Tn one of them which vshe shcre sliO re ¬ i
ceived ceivedahout about the middle of last Febru F bru ¬
ary a ar 1 when Cordova Cordo was in New dew York
city ci cit ty the former ormer pastor pastorrefe referring rli1g to too a
divorce < says sas
I do promise pro mise that when lIrsLlzzle Mrs Lizzie
Cordova gets a separation from me by by
divorce that I I will wUlpaj pay pa all costs and
lawyer provided pros ided they are are ar just and
true I
Cordova in tjie same letter makes mak s this
promise
And to m make ke this thigpromlseblnding promise binding
upon me I Ido do here hereby by attach my m signa ¬
ture J JF F Cordova
Cordova was as brought to court ourt at at 11
oclock o clock lockby by County CO llnty Detective riet Detqcti ctiveJ e Mulyey Mul 1v ey and 1nd
Detective DetectivePelUar Peltier Mulyey Mulve broilghtiCor bro brought g iit4Cpr Cor
ppynand dpva and Miss MisS iBojvne J3 J3wne owne wne tjere 1ter nerIrom ifrorn romYash Was ash h ¬
ington and TPelUer arrested arres dlfIss Miss Bowne
oh on the arrival 3 of the train tra nhere here as a
States State witness
Dodged Do dgedPboto Photographers iraphe rs
Cordova C rdova walked from the jail to the
cout house between the two officers
and held his hat in front of his face
so so no one could get his picture He B
carried his hlsglaiJsesln glasses in his his hand and
put them on 011 again upon returning return lrtgto to the
jail
The court room was Jammed with
people As he h stopped stoi ped before the bench
Cordova nodded to Judge Strong and a and nd
the judge returned the greeting
Prosecutor Berdine at once charged cqarg d I
Cordoa upon two indictments one one for
assault ault and the other for abandonment
The Thegrwd grand jury has indicted Indlctedy you y u for I
assault and battery ba tery upon your wife al ¬
leging you ou struck her he l at South so U thR River Iter
on April 1 last How do you plead 1
asked the prosecutor J ros cutor
Cordova shook his head negatively and a nd
said Not guilty guilt I Isaid
You have also been indicted under
the statute of 1004 for deserting desertln gour your
wife w1feand and refusing refusln and neglecting to pro
vide and maintain her and your yourchll o r chil ¬
dren What do you plead 1
Not guilty said Cordova In clear
tones
Asks Early Trial
Prosecutor Berdine addressing the th
court asked that an Immediate trial be
I
had as it had been difficult to get the I
testimony and he wanted to dispose of
the case this week not later than Fri Un ¬
day da
Why such unusual haste asked
Lawyer Cook for Cordova
Why should there be any anypartlcula particular
delay In this case casesaid said Judge Strong stro ng
Zhe hematler he matter is in inn a small smaUcompastJ compass
Are there many witnesses
I cannot say replied Lawyer Cook
There may be and there may ma y ynot not not The Th
case is one that the jury would want
corroborative e evidence on GUI our side Some I
of our witnesses are in the State and nd
some in Brooklyn rooklyn
o oHov How Bo much time do you want asked
Judge Strong
It will depend on the circumstances
was Lawyer Cooks reply replju u I cant see
why there should be such haste Ill
meet Mr Berdine B rdlne Friday and we can an
arrange a day
I
Taken Back to Jail
No well arrange it now said the
judge There is a witness in jail said
the th prosecutor referring referrhlgto to Miss Bowne
and efforts are being made toget her to
leave leav it If Ifshe she gets away I am afraid afraid
we cant get her I want to use u eher her in
the case and it is unfair to keep her lerin in
jail any longer than necessary It is a
notorious case c se and the thepeople people are
entitled to have the State show some
activity In the matter The r rhepe people plc knew
I about their actions when arrested arre ted and
certainly knew what they were doing I
I would like to set the case cas down for Fri ¬
day da but will set it down for Monday l1 ndly
and It will take a very strong trongreason reason on
your part Lawyer Coo Cook k to get it post ¬
i poned ponedon on that day
Take him back to jail said the
prosecutor and Cordova was wnsled led to his
1 cell holding his hat in front of his
J face faceal all the way way across the court yard
j to escape photographers
I COMMISSIONERS TO HEAR
CITIZENS OF ALEXANDRIA
Representative Rlxey of Virgin Virginia ia has
I been Informed by the District Commis Comtn R ¬
sioners that they will listen to any
statement a a committee of citizens lUzensof of
Alexandria may care to make mnkeln In regard
to the proposed outlet outletqttheVMhlngton of the Washington
3 sewerage aewerage system two rtWo miles above Alex
r andrla
The time set for the hearIng Is 11
oclock Friday FrIds morning
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English Novelist Is in America to Investigate Inye tigat Salvation S lvation Army Industrial
Settlements ettIements
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NOVELIST Ul nvri LUS IOT HAGGARD
liKES LIKESWASHINGTON WAHN n 1
Spen Spends dsL a Busy Da MIfe IiN Na r
tional tiOllalCapltal Capital
HAS HA MISSION IN 2 AMERICA
Here tere to Investigate t Feasibility of
Salvation SalvationAnny Army Indust Industrial al
Settlements
H Rider Haggard famous novelist is
in in Washington Was 1 asninRton hin1 n fora for a visit I isit lt of several se eral
days He arrived here last night front fro
Philadelphia > hila elphia and registered at the Nor No
nandle landie with wi b his h s party which consists of f
his daughter dauhtcrMlss Miss Angels Rider Hag ¬
gard his secretary Hanson Cayglll Caygma and d
Harry A Wright Vrl ht staff captain of the
Salvation Army
Mr Haggards fl ggards purpose In coming to
the United States Is to Investigate the
country industrial settlements founded
and alld conducted by the Salvation Army
He will w in travel through the United
States and Canada for the next n ext two
months Already he has spent a few
days in New York and two days in Phil ¬
adelphia After leaving this city he will w Ill
go to California
Mr Haggard Is the typical English ¬
man full of health and energy tall
broadshouldered and athletic He has
a a strong pleasant face which lights up
leadily with his smile In conversation conv rsatlon
and he has evident enthusiasm enthusl sm for the
things In which he h Is interested
His daughter a young woman tall talland and
graceful with the fair complexion of
the English woman Is unusually unusustil hand ¬
some l ome and has some of the th > literary gifts
of her father She siTns sl ns her name on the
hotel register A Rider Haggard
Has His Picture Taken
In his suite of rooms at the Norman
die this morning M it Haggard talked t alked to
a reporter for The Times arranged his
program for the day and agreed to allow
a magazine to take a photograph of
himself and his daughter doing all
things with a businesslike activity actiYlt and
precision and always pleasant and com ¬
municative
There are three of these country set ¬
tlements in the United States he ex ¬
plained one in California one in Ohio
and one in Colorado Qf course cours 1 know
no more about them at present than
1 you ou do My mission is to find out for my
government whether they are successful
Jf J f they are a usuccess success in one place they
will he so everywhere
Yes to the photographers photogra phers first ho h
answered nn Swe red a question of his secretary secl seclit it ar Y
I Mr Caygill Then to the British em ¬
bassy 111153 Not far I should say only on1ya a
few minutes walk All right
We Ve want to find out he continued
the conversation whe ther these settle
ments are a uccess for the t e married men
with families Wo Vo are not believers it In
sending single men to such colonies
That TIm t Is a pernicious game
Likes Washington Climate
The Washington climate Delightful
compared with New York and Philadel
phia You do d have the severest winters
here I thought Britain could do pretty
wen on that but the United States Is
worse so sharp and piercing Then
t What is it he interrupted himself
hearing his daughter call Very well
put on your things t ings We Ye shall shanstart start In a
minute mltlu e
Yes he concluded T r am glad I
cams ca m to to Washington Vn8hlngt m this time When hen 1 I
I was as In this country countr sixteen years ago 3
culd not notr reach this th ISCIt city Its It5011C one of 0fthC the
quiet cities is it not I notice there is
not the rush here that characterized
j Philndelnhla That is a busy bus place pla < e 1
shall l lave avo avohero hero Sunday and go to loCali Call ¬
fornia a by way of New Orleans >
SIOUX lDNTSEE DIDNT SEE
I THE HE GREAT FATHER
President Sends Decorated
Red Men to Leupp
MANY CALL AT WHITE HOUSE
German University Students Give Di ¬
ploma to Mr Roosevelt Ro RoOseveltVisi seveltVisi Visi ¬
tors Turned Away
XA iAst steady ady stream of conglomerate hu
manlty uiany poured p UId in and out at the White White
House Hou e all morning Hundreds of caller
Iere were turned away in their attempt t to
see the President sident
1 Ih Ii i the mob mob wexe were big big chiefs from the th
Sioux tribe prominent German universi
ty t graduates headed by Dr Wiley
Mormons from Utah and Idllhoa Idaho a dele
gation from the negro sociological sociologi lll soci sod
ety high school boys from the Western
States boarding school girls glrlsfom from every
where and the usual run of Senators
and Congressmen on business or to In
troduce trodu ce friends
Indians Sent Away way
Many callers were received by th the
Pres ident More were turned away a at
the doors
Among the disappointed were were th the
Sioux chieftains who said that Sena
i tor Lodge had told them to go to th the
White House before 12 oclock It wa was
not quite 11 oclock when they theysl1owed showed
lip P a round dozen elaborately elaboratel befeatlv
ercd and I ld otherwise adorned carryin
pipes of peace and dignified coiinte co nte
nances nancesa and r d followed by a no curious crow cro
of sigli glght1J sIghteers t eers ers The interpreter who ac
I compa com companied p hied them told their errand t tc
Policeman Kemp who stood at th thl
doorway doorwa
I Throwing a few guttural chunks o oj
conversation at the biggest chief in the th
party P arty the interpreter inte rpreterreceive received d from fro m th
I solemnlooking brave a muchsoiled let
I ter which the latter drew from a secre secrel
hidingplace under his gaudy blanket
This was sent to Major Loefller th the
Presidenta doorkeeper The reply r pl cam
back that the aboriginal a orlginal American A lerlcam
would first haves hav to see Indian IndianComm Commls s
stoner Leupp r
Red R d Men File Out
Whereupon the Interpreter got rid o
more tonguetwisting syllables which
being beln translated meant
Back to the Indian office and loop th
Leupp
Gravely the chiefs turned They The tuck
ed their theirpipes pipes of peaceunder their belts
or elsewhere out of sight gave an extr Ctr
shake to their feathered bonnets am
stalked solemnly solemnl out of the White HOUB
grounds followed by y the same crows
that t hat trailed behind them when the
came
The leading chiefs In the delegatio
were Shooting Hawk iaw awk Eagle Track Tra kYel Yel
low Thunder Hollow Horn and Charj Charg
ing Bear
After the chiefs departed a deputatlo
from Vereinlgung Alter Deutscher Stu
denten In in Amerlka which Is I in Eugllsl
the t 1e Association Assorlat on of Former German d derman ermanUnJ erman Un
varsity Students in America appeare appeared <
The delegation d lJgaUon was headed by Dr Cai
Beck Decko of New York
They presented to the President wh
has been b bC n made an honorary honornrymember member c
the th organization a n handsome dlplpmi dlp omr
on which the American and Germa
flaps la 8were were draped together
The President expressed his apprecia
tion of the honor conferred upon hir
L and Indspoke spoke to ti his visitors of his big
opinion of the good Influence infiuenceof of the Gei
man universities uniV niIUes He ex expected pected he sale
excellent results from the plan of C3 e
changing professors roe sors
RUSSIAN C CENTER CENTERS S
EVACUATES EVACUATES LINE V
ONTUE ON THE SUAItlE
Ar Arrii Army Ii1YJ Ii1YJiljJFull y iljJFull in Full Retreat Pressed Hard by Q Jhe the
JJt r S < Victorious YlttQripllS Enem y yJaps Ja ps Take 1a M d
fi > Manchurian Pass S l
KUROPATKINS KUROPATKINSRIGHT RIGHT WING WlN t
W WITHDRAWTOWARD WITHDRAWS ITHD RAWS TOWARD NORTH
The Civilians in ind d Tielin Tie lingLe g Leave v the 1 Town T 8wn
Qyamas Forces Seize Stores St res at tth the c
Freight Yards Near NeariVukd Mukden Mukd n n
GENERAL ENERAL NERALKUROKIS KUROKTS S HEADQUARTERS March 8 8Undercov Under coyer er of
darkness dar nesslast last night the Russians evacuated the whole l1ne line along alongSbakhe Sbakhe
river
They Theyar are nowin nov in in full retreat < toward towardth the northwltiJtheJapanese north with the Japanese In ¬
fantry pressing them closely On the east Japanese Jap nesear are pushing the Rus ¬
sians mans hard hart har
Before n for abandoning his hispositlon position Kuropatkin burned great greath heaps ap of sup sup ¬
plies the fires lasting lastfngall all night
WITH GENERAL KURQKIS IUROKSAR11Y KUROKI S ARMY via viaFusan1tfarch Fusan March 8 = The Rus ¬
sians last night attempted atte npteq to break through the Japanese line by cross ¬
ing the river where General Kurokf has established estabIishedhis established his forces
The attack was aimed imetiat at a a point west westofWitosan of Witosan but was repulsed and
the Russians forced ta t retire
The Russians are offering < the fiercest resistance to the advance of tii the
Japanese
Kuropatkin Kuro l1a tJdn is making ma1dngs a desperate effort effrttoho toe to hold ldt ie the e rallw railway f until tlI in the
main main army can retreat
J
Japanese JaplneseRight Eight Wins
Takes Machutttan Pass
TOKYO Mitch MatcnL ii j 5 L k A report jreceived ec v
from the thear arniythismQrhIng army fn this s morning PQrI1Ipft says aa ys that
the Japanese Japa es captured c pturedMa Siachuh Machuntan huntanat tan at 3
ocloc k this this morning morning
Machu Machuntan htan is a great pass thirtyfive
miles east of Mukden and fifteen miles mi les
southwest southw st of Fushun Its capture gh3 givf s
th the Japanese control of the tbeheadof head of the
valley Yall y running to Fushun
Official l Confirmation
LONDON r NDONMarch March 8 8BaronHaashi 8Baron Baron Hayashi
the Japanese minister In London has
given glvenout out a n statement based based oh oninfor on Infor ¬
mation received by him today to in which
he hesays says
Our detachment d tachment which has been en en ¬
gaging the enemys strong forc forces es near I
Machuntun dffilodgEdthem rslodged them at 8 88 a TO m
pursuing them themnorthward northward
Baron Hayashi Hayaspihas has a also lso received receIvedtha tha
following dispatch from Tokyo Tckyotoda today
u Inthe In the direction of Hslngklnff our otlrde dfr
tachmeht occupied on Monday HuaJjen
which w hIc hIch hIcIs h is Hfty fty cUes southeast of Hsln Hslng
king There Is no change otherwise In
the thesltuatIon situation
i In the the direction dlre ton of the the Shako district
I on the east railway the enemy en mYattacked attacked
some of our positions Tuesday morning
but were repulsed everywhere Webav We have
occupied occupI d East Hangchenpaoand Hangchenpao and the en ¬
emys attempt to retake the lost posi pos ¬
tions tfonswere were repulsed
Oh Ontbe the right bank of the Hunho we w
captured a large portion portiono of Likuanpao
One divisi division n of the enemy made a a coun ¬
ter attack but were unsuccessful
Kuropatkin KurQpatkinsRight K ropatkins s Right Wing s
Withdraws Wit draws Toward TowardNorth North
ST STPETERSBURG PETERSBURG March 8 SThe The lat ¬
est reports from the army in in1fallchurl3 Manchuria
state that 1 the battle Is becoming more
stubborn as it proceeds
The Russians nave withdrawn the
i right wing of the army arm toward the north
so ° that It now faces the Japanese flank ¬
ing columns The two antagon antagonists ists stead ¬
ily ilymaintaln maintain their positions
Japanese prisoners are brought in by
the Russians Rus sians every day da
Yesterday the sharpest s harpest fighting was
I near Yushuantun on the the Slnminting
road
Last night the Japanese hurled an ¬
other otlie attack against agn fnst General Rennen
I kampfs division in Kaoytuling Iaoyt l1ngPass Pass and
the Russian pos positions itions on Putlloff Futilo Hill
A Russian Rlssiancorrespondent correspondent at t the front
S reports that the Japanese apanese were so con ¬
fident fideJ1tofYlctory of victory that that they had arranged
to enter Mukden on March 4
S I The Chinese governor it Is s stated had
i been instructed to prenare a aSolemn solemn re ¬
ception forthe Japanese
As yet et however the Japanese have
not notrcaHz realized d their hopes hOfesThe The Russian
line has even been advanced slightly s
The < same correspondent says that
3 General GeneralSassu Sassu lltchs infantry Infantr surrounded
a portion of General Kurokis guara
The Russians invited the Japanese to
surrender but the latter refused and
were shot down
i
Civilians in Tieling
e Evacuating the Town
NIUCHWANG NIUCHY ANG March S SRefugees Refugees
from Tiding are arearriYlng arriving here In num ¬
I bers They state that all the theciviUans civilians
I are leaving the city
0 According to the latest latestreI reports ortsre > re ¬
i ceived here the Japanese are concen conc n ¬
V trating tratlngtheir their fire on the Mukden Mukdenra1l rail ¬
way station The Russ ians continue
tl their counterattacks counter attacks
The Japaiiee Jap i1e > are reported to have
ransacked the freight yard and seized
the stores st res tl1er there
Japanese Right Wing
Ej Not Forcing Advance
TOKYO March Mnrch8Reports S SReporth Reports received at
0
I f army headquarters show Sl10 that the Japa ¬
L nese extreme < right is practically eta ¬
a tionary tIosia in the vicinity of otTlta Tita which is
ten miles mile southeast of Fushun Hero
n several counter attacks ttobs by b the Ruesi
were repulsed Mon Moity d > y
I The detachment ty yJi hlch h is operating di ¬
rectly rect1 rcctly south of Fushun Fus bun has been meet
Injf with ith a stubborn resistance reaIstaUeee e but
Tuesday evening occupied the eastern
height of Hungtl commanding comman ding the Tie
ling road eight miles south of otFushun Fushun
About About Pensihu the forces between betweelithe the
right and the extreme left have gradu grah ¬
ally made ad a s light advance
The situation in the Shakhe river dis ¬
trict east of the railroad is unchanged
Monday some Russian i counter attacks
were repulsed
West of the railroad the Japanese JapaneSetiri op p ¬
erations eratlonsare are more active the Russian Russia l
resistance indicating gradual gradualreenfor reenforce reenfor e
meat me m o
Line of Retreat Menaced enaced
The most notable feature of the report
Is a reference made to the repulse rei > uls of a
counter attack made by b a division of
Russian Infantry In 1antry supported by seventy
guns in the vicinity of Taschichao
which is west of Mukden and ten miles m lIes
to the nor northward thward It is believed bellevedfrom from
this that the Japanese forces there are
rapidly rap dly menacing the Russ ian line of re ¬
treat
It is stated on onhlghauthorlty high authority that
Kuropatktn was ignorant of the ad ac ¬
I vance of the flying column on the theeX ex ¬
treme west of the Japanese Ja panese line and
I concentrated his forces against the
Japanese center C ceiitei epte r and right rIg hi leaving the
Russian right insufficiently protected
I The expedition to Sinmintiug the
operations of which are here consid ¬
ered of much importance will it is
said assault the central front of the
Russian position vigorously on both b h
I sides of the railway Well o Well informed
persons say that the Japanese are
adopting tactics the opposite of those
I they used at LlaoYang
Russians RussiansVorn Worn Out
Kuropatkin in Danger Dang r
MOSCOW March S SThe The reports from
the correspondents of the the Moscow
papers at Mukden are very verypessImIstio pessimistic
regarding the chances of the Russians
The dispatches say sayt11e the army is is com
plete pletelY ly worn out by the long struggle
Kuropatkins Ku Curopi ropatklns tkins position they annonrtcs anno ic
is very ery serious serious
Japans Official Report
Of Battles Battle s Progress Progr ss
Further details of the great battle near
Muhdeh given In a a report received at at
the Japanese legation from Tokyo It Is
dated l March iarch 7 and stud is as follows
In the direction of Kingkong the theen one ¬
my near Tita fifteen miles southeast south st
of Fushun d6Hvered llvered on March C 6 re re ¬
peated l counter attacks but was Wasrc re ¬
pu pulsed lsed each time while our attack tt ckln on
the tl e enemy C near ecu r Manchuntti Iunchiuu tt o k i TO is nj
miles south of Funshuu unshuu Is pi p ptreuIti sresslug r sl
n