The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-09-15
VESSEL LOADED WITH AMMUNl-
TION BLOWN UP IN FINNISH
WATERS.
REVOLUTIONISTS ARE ACTIVE
MOST SERIOUS DISCLOSURE RE.
GARDlNG REBEL MOVE VET
MADE.

Helsingfors Finland Sept. 13.--Cus-
toms officials on Saturday discovered
$50 carbines 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 300-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 nearby island. Suddenly sew
eral
Explosions Were Heard
from the steamer, and the customs Of
ficers returning, found the vessel sink
ing and her crew in lifeboats disap-
pearing hurriedly toward the south.
The officers Immediately pressed into
service number of fishermen, who
unloaded most of the ommunition 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 were found on board the vessel
On the night previous to the discovery
of the rifles and ammunition on the
island near Kerni, a fisherman, he de-
clared, saw small steamer cruising
in a curious manner in the off1ng.
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 regular mill
tary organization. The importation Of
revolvers to Finland, Poland, the
Baltic provinces and other districts of
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 carblnes of 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 Fenoman 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 fred into a crowd of Russian
workmen, killing seventeen.
dispatch to the Caucasus on COM
pany from Baku says that the fires in
the oil fields are practically exhausted
and that the military authorities are