The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1905-09-15
VESSEL LOADED WITH AMMuNI.
TON BLOWN UP in FINNISH
WATERS.
.REvOLUTl0NlsTs ARE ACTIVE
MOST SERIOUS DISCLOSURE RE-
GARDlNG REBEL MOVE YET
MADE.

delSlHSlofS, flnlanu, sept. l3.-CuS-
toms officials on Saturday discovered
$50 carh:nes of Swedish manufacture,
with bayonets and 100000 cartridges
On barren island in the Gulf of
Bothnia, near kerni. On Sunday
morning a boat belonging to the Gus
toms service discovered a 3O0,ton
steamer near Kalfskaer rock, twenty
miles outside Jakobstad.
The captain and members of the crew,
who spoke in English, declared that
the steamer was fully loaded with
rifles and cartridges, and thereupon
the customs officials ordered the cap
tain to take his vessel into port and
discharge the cargo. The steamer
proceeded toward the shore, the Gus
toms boat going in the meanwhile to-
ward a nearby island. Suddenly sew
eral
Explosions Were Heard
from the steamer. and the customs Of
f1cers returning, found the vessel sink
ing and her crew in lifeboats disap-
pearing hurriedly toward the south.
The officers Immediately pressed into
service a number of fishermen, who
unloaded most of the ammunition on
the boat.
The steamer grounded in shoal
water. Her name was painted over,
only the letters "John Bash FTON" be-
ing visible. American and German
flags We're found on board the vessel.
On the night previous to the discovery
of the rifles and ammunition on the
island near Kerni, fisherman, he de-
clared, saw a small steamer cruising
in curious manner in the offing.
Organized Revolution.
St. Petersburg, Sept. 12.-The news
from Finland OF the accidental discov-
cry of the importation of rifles and am
munition in large quantities is the
most serious disclosure regarding the
revolutionary movement in Russia
that has yet been made, as it indicates
an intention to- form a regular mill
tary organization. The importation of
revolvers to Finland, Poland, the
Baltic provinces and other districts Of
Russia has been an open secret for a
long time. In fact the initiated have
found little difficulty in purchasing re-
peating pistols of a small type in St.
Petersburg itself.
To Resist the Troops.
The importation of small-caliber re-
peating rifles and carbines of a mod
ern type, however, pre-supposes a de-
sign to organize formal resistance to
the troops, and the presence Of bayo-
nets in the consignment strengthens
this supposition.
1t is considered here that the active
faction of the Young Fenomap party
OF Finland is probably involved in the
conspiracy, and it is recalled that the
investigation into the assassination of
Gen. Bobrikoff, governor general of
Finland, in June of last year, disclosed
the existence of society formed for
the purpose of importing arms.
Situation Grows Worse.
The latest private kilograms to be
received from Baku reports that the
situation is growing worse.
Other unconfirmed dispatches as
sert that the rioters are stubbornly
continuing their attacks and that the
Tartars and Kurds are plundering in
the "Blacktown' district The dis
patches say that on Sunday the SOL
diers fired into a crowd OF Russian
workmen, killing seventeen.
A dispatch to the Caucasus Oil COM
pany from Ballu says that the fires in
the oil fields are practically exhausted
and that the military authorities are
stationing guards in the district.