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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-15

eral times fired upon, but fortunately
without any injury to himself or the cut
ter's crew The Chinese guns used both
grape and round shot, but bad marks
manship carried the missiles safely wide
of. their mark. Captain Foote was on
his way back to Canton after a confer
ence with Commodore James Armstrong,
then Just arrived in the San Jacinto for
the purpose of directing the withdrawal
Of our guard at the American Consulate.
The Barrier Forts, then located about
five miles below the city, formed the main
defence of the town. They were consid-
cred impregnable, and, as matter Of
fact, they were the most formidable in
the empire They were four in number
and were built Of granite, having walls
from 6 to S feet thick They mounted
JIG guns, and were manned by something
like five thousand soldiers Some Of the
Chinese ordnance were pieces Of and
1O5 inches in calbre. the latter being
far more powerful than any of the guns
afioat i'm the American squadron. The
Portsmouth and the Levant carried
smoothbore weapons, ranging from 81
Founders to those Of S-inch calibre, and,
as against granite walls, these pieces
were sheltered behind thin bulwarks OF
oak
1T the point where the forts were To-
Gated the channel Of the river was both
narrow and tortuous, and. TO make the
task more difficult the bottom was rocky
and the currents swift. 1t was quite i'm
possible for the American sailing ships
to navigate under canvas in those re-
strictcd waters. ana, unfortunately, the
screw frigate san Jacinto was Of tQo deep
draft to steam up the river above the
Wfampoa anchorage it was therefore
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wlthstanding this mishap. the Portsmouth
and the Willamette kept steadily on their
way alone up the Whampoa Channel up-
I'll within something Ike five hundred
yards Of the nearest fertilization. when
they anchored. II was then nearly half
past 4 o'clock in the afternoon, and not
until she had swung into position did the
old ship begin Smelling the enemys posi-
ton. The Portsmouth had not reached
her station unchallenged. and some time
before she came to anchor the Chinese
opened upon her with a brisk and well d.
rected fire. The accuracy OF that attack
was subsequently explained when it was
learned that there were in the fort at
that time about siXscore disciplined CHI
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/ protect our citizens and our resident rep
resentative.
In those distant days the charts Of the
Chinese waters were far from being re-
liable, and il was quite impossible or
unwise 20 send our ships above the an
chorage guided alone by the published
photographic information then available.
Accordingly. it was deemed necessary to
take soundings preliminary to towing
the Portsmouth and the Levant within
range of the defences. Lieutenant Will
hanson. Of the San Jacinto, was detailed
for this hazardous work IN cutter
with an armed crew and accompanied by
a pilot, he sounded the channel up 10 the
forts. deliberately taking the depths
every few yards, with those heavily
armed granite walls frowning more mem
acingly as he approached. At noon Lieu
tenant Williamson returned 10 the flag
ship. calmly reporting that he had
sounded the waterway TO within less
than half a mile OF the Barrier forts.
At that point he was fired upon three
times, but il was not until his coNswaiu
was killed i'm the very act Of hcayinG the
lead that Lieutenant Williamson decided
TO retire lest others Of his boats crew
suffer from the scattering grape shot
which were cutting the waters near b..
Finding that there was water enough
| for the two sailing ships TO be towed
within certain striking distance of the
defences. preparations were at once has
{ tened to get the vessels ready FOR their
work Of chastisemcnt As many OF the
crew Of the San Jacinto as could be
/ spared from that vessel were distributed
/ between the Portsmouth and the Levant
Captain Bell. in the absence Of Captain
Smith Of the Levant, assumed command
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and n nights rest revived their dete
mination. At o'clock the next mornihs'
the 2lst Of November an eight-inch sho'
from one of the forts struck the Por"'
mouth a stunning blow, and lodged IL
the heavy planklng just above the Wa'e'.
line. The sloop of war. as If stuns "
the insult instantly returned that Do"
by a salvo of three eight-inch shehs'
which. exploding within the onenu'"9
fort, promptly silenced that work -.
was something in the nature Oh the an
lean bursting shell which seemed "
a revelation to the Chinese, useu do "a
were TO the effects of only grape
solid shot. II was certainly oles''Hs
for Commodore Armstrong; undert"A'"'
that the enemy did not number pIo,
tiles of this sort among their a''i L..
ton. An hour after this brief ai
dueI. the commander of the san 1@0,''
Captain Bell, with the force Win w.,
no had occupied the captured tort uU,
,ho nast night. returned 20 the vesse'''
AT o'clock, the fort nearest the snps
having been silenced, the boats III
of the Kun Ia, left the VesselS -.
started again for the shore, II Deine 81.
purpose of Commodore Armstrong W iO
low up his advantage by a secohu a..
tack with storming party W
passing the barrier which bloeNeu -,
channeIway. 64-pounder shot from u
furthest fort ric6chetted and struck an ~.
of our boats. completely raking H. NJ"
ing one man outright. mortally wounD
ing two others and injuring more OF "N
severely seven more.
BY that one chance shot the enemy ~
more damage to our men than the Grew
had suffered aboard the ships durlns '"
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UsS Portsmouth, SoinS into action against
the Carrier Forts Of Canton. 1890

uese sailors. who had been discharged
but a short while, before from Euro
pcan man-of-war The enemy's grape
shot cut goodly chips from the Ports
mouths bulwarks ere the old craft opened
upon the Orientals in return, and then
for nearly three hours the sloop-of-war
kept up a rapid and continuous shelliire
against the fort-the attack efectually
sllenclng the guns in that neighboring
position.
The next day. November Il. the Ports
mouth un!uckily grounded. but she had
so inundated the Chinese the day before
that they hcsitatcd to take advantage Of
her awkward predicament. Seeing that
tine enemy was indisposed to resume the
attack. Commodore Armstrong, not I'M
naturally. concluded that the authorities
would probably be found in a mood TO
sue for peace.
on November o. however. the Chinese
were detected by lookouts in the tops Of
our ships busily engaged in repairing the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-15
EAST INDIA SQUADRON.

I'm 1856 our East India squadron-iOr so
the ships in the Asiatic waters were then
observation-disclosures composed OF the sloOps-
of-war Portsmouth and Levant, and the
rather homely looking steam frigate san
Jacinto. under flag officer Commodore
James Armstrong. Just at that time the
British were having trouble with the
Cantonese. and all Europeans were looked
upon by local Chinese officials with no
small measure of disfavOr Our people
fell heir in part to the i'll Will provoked
by the hostile activities of the English
naval forces, and it became necessary to
teach the Chinese an enduring lesson for
firing on our flag.
Toward the latter part of October, 1886,
the hostiities between the Chinese and
the British at Canton had reached so
acute a stage that il became necessary TO
detail a guard of marines and bluejackets
. from the Portsmouth and the Levant to
protect our consul and the American citi-
'zens present I'm that city. Accordingly
on the 23d OF that month, Captain An
drew II. Foote. commanding the Ports
mouth then lying q dozen miles below
Canton, at Whampoa anchorage, led
flotilla of four boats. containing an armed
force of eighty men and a hOwitzer, to
the relief of our consul and our fellow
countrymen. In those good old days this
meant rowing that distance, and, as it
happened at the time, pulling those long
miles against a pretty swift current right
in the midst of the enemys country
Captain Foote reached Canton without
provoking any hostile demonstration from
the Chinese forts that he had to pass en-
route. Two days later Captain William
Smith. of the Levant-then just arrived
at the anehorage-took an additional
force Of sixty-nine up the river to assist
in the protection of the American Con-
sulate. Captain Smith assumed charge
Of the expeditionary force when Captain
Foote returned to his shrip, the Ports
mouth.
Captain Smith had been i'm command
but four days when the British naval au-
thorities landed an assaulting party TO
attack the Chinese defences Immediately
guarding the city. Unfortunately, this
few overzeplous American citizens, who
unwisely insisted upon planting our flag
upon the very walls of Canton. Natu-
rally this provoked bitter comment from
the Chinese, who up to that time had con-
sidered the British alone as their active
foe. That needless act on the part Of
or fellow couGtrymea was At the root
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of the trouble which followed for us and
was the justification offered by the I'm
perial Commissioner Yeh for the action
of the Barrier Forts some days later.
About this time the American merchant
steamer Kun Fa, while going through
the Macao Passage, was fired upon by
one Of the Chinese forts, and this, too.
Commissioner Yeh excused on the ground
Of the participation of our citizens in the
British attack upon Canton. However
that may be, there was more deliberate
show Of enmity when one of the Barrier
Forts just below Canton fred upon one
OF our naval cutters.
On November Is Captain Foote. while
passing up the river to the city with the
American flag fully displayed, was sew
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Of that ship, while Commodore Arm
strong, accompanied by the feet surgeon.
repaired to the Portsmouth, on which he
hoisted his broad pennant. Royals and
topgallant masts were sent down. and
everything made snug aloft. Howitzers
We're hoisted into the fore and main tops
and sheltered behind bulwarks of piled
hammocks The small boats were partly
filed with water and towed astern, to get
them out of the way of the enemys direct
attack. The magazines were opened and
powder and shell placed where they could
be quickly delivered to the guns and
down below. between decks. the doctors
and their assistants prepared for the pos
sibiities that lay before them, with those
wooden walls Haunting their relatively
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necessary to place the brunt Of the as
vent, and to find light draft steamers
that could tow those ships to a point from
which they could properly attack the
Barrier Forts. Captain Bell. of the San
Jacinto, and Captain Foote, Of the Ports
mouth. were at once dispatched in search
of vessels for this towing.
At break of day on November 16 the
steamer Kun Ia was sent up to Can
ton TO bring back the American guard
and the launches and howitzers belong
ing to the San Jacinto and the Ports
mouth. The Kun Ia performed her mis-
sion without molestation or mishap. Cap
tain Smith, of the Levant. being left At
the consulate with reduced farce TO
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pAssNC Of PORTsMOI TH RECALLS GLORY WON YEARS AGO
This Vessel and the lie want
Defending Imperilled
Americans, Routedthe
Enemy and Took
Four Forts.

and a portion OF its army-variously esti-
mated from 5000 to 1900 strong-was
near by. 1t was credibly declared that
the neighboring force numbered fully 800
II not more. Twice this body of troops
advanced with every show Of determine
tion and the odds seemed dangerously
against our men, but each time the Chi
nese were repulsed by the marines who
stood undismayed. sending the enemy in
retreat by their steady fire. At the sec
ond attack the natives lost ten or twelve
killed outright, and when turning to flee
a deadly fire was opened upon them from
one of the howtzers During these at
tacks but one of the American force was
injured. and that was by rocket hitting
him in the leg.
Once more night brought hostilities to
\ close. A small portion Of the landing
marty was withdrawn to the ships while
the rest of the eXpeditionary force re-
NAMED on shore to guard the captured
works until the dawn of day. All Of
the fight was not out Of the Chinese,
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In 1856 This Sloop-of-War
Now in Nation Hospital
Service, Did Stanch
andGlorious Work
in China.

UNTIL recently the old sloop-of-war
Portsmouth lay moored on the
~ west shore Of the Hudson. a trlg
reminder of the distant days when wooden
walls were the stoutest bulwarks behind
which our seamen gathered in defence
of the Stare and Stripes. The Portsmouth
served in our neghborhood to thrill some
OF the naval militia with the splendid
traditions of the navy of the old days,
and now she has passed into the hands Ct
the Marine Hospital Service to DO q less
spectacular but no less vital duty in
guarding our shores from the attack of
dread disease
More than half century ago the Ports
mouth led in tumbling into ruins China's
ago she led I'm tumbling into ruins Chinas
5oasted Gibraltar. and in shattering the
walls Of the Barrier Forts she forced the
arrogant Niceroy OF the CITY Of Perfec-
tion" TO view our flag in a new light.
The story is we'll worth the telling, be
cause 1t shows what courage can accom-
pish i'm the face of appalling odds and
breathes the spirit which still inspires
our fighting sailors.
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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-08-13
S p 0 X I S
WHITE SOX LOSE
TO CLEVELAND, 81
Calls Men Stop Off For a
Game With Maps and
Draw Defeat.

Cleveland, O., Aug. 13.-The White
Sox hesitated here long enough to
drop another game to Cleveland by a
score of to /. The defeat was with
out its fielding virtues, for the Sox did
not make an error.
Incidentally, Capt. Harry Lord made
his debut an outfielder in the major
leagues. Manager Callahan figured
that 1t might help Lord to give him
an opportunity in the outfeld. Ac-
cordingly Lord went to right and lei
der to third The switch worked O.
K, but 1T did not help the Sox in the
final result. Zeider made one great
stop and throw.
Both Walsh and Kaler. started aus
piciously, retiring their opponents
without damage in the first inning.
Calalhans men had an excellent
chance to score, but were cut off by
Lajoies brilliant work. He stopped
Kuhn's hard smash and easily threw
him out with men on second and third.
closing that inning. LAHORE, the big
noise of the Maps, made the first hit
off Walsh, but that was all, as he
frightened up and prevented further
damage.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-08-13
MANOOT LOOKS GOOD
TO COAST FIGHT FANS
Southern Boxer Goes Six
Rounds For Benefit of
Critics.

Los Angeles, Cal. Aug. 13-After
his sparring exhibition at Doyles
camp yesterday afternoon, Joe Mandot
did virtually no work today The
southern boxer went three rounds
each with Harry Thomas and Hobo
Dougherty yesterday for the benefit
of the big crowd of holiday sports
who were anxious to get line on his
stock of hsticuffs as compared with
Joe Rivers, who will be his opponent
In twenty-round fight at Vernon on
Labor day.
Mandot showed nothing but class in
his exhibition workout. His style re-
minds one of Tommy Ryan, and he is
sure some bear at infghting. He
weighed today at 1872 pounds strip
ped, aud expects to fight around 12S
pounds. Mandot says the change in
climate has not affected him In the
least.
Joe Rivers, who has been rusticat-
ing in the mountains around Wheeler
Springs for the past two weeks, is
back in Los Angeles ana Will reopen
his Venice quarters Wednesday.
The Mexican is In good shape, and
will start by doing only light work.
Rivers will have the same training
stan that he used tn his training for
the Wolgast fight. Manager Levy,
who is In Chicago, is expected to re-
turn by the end of the week.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-08-13
TY COBB STABBED
BY DETROIT THUG
Famous Baseball Player In
jured in Battle With
Holdup Men.

Syracuse, n. Y, Aug 13-Ty Cobb
was attacked and stabbed in the back
by three men in Detroit early this
morning while on his way to the train
which was to bring the Tigers to this
city for an exhibition game. Cobb's
agility saved him from serious injury
and possible death. His injuries are
slight.
Cobb was driving his automobile to
the train. accompanied by his wife,
when assailants appeared from behind
a building at the corner of Trumbull
and Bagg streets and ordered the car
to stop. The men were partly under
the influence of liquor. When the ma
from the machine and began to argue
with the men.
The trio demanded money from the
ball player. With the demand all three
made a lunge at Cobb The latter at
tackled the trio and then began a bat
tie royal. One man was knocked
down with blow on the chin. One
of the others began to run, while the
third grabbed Cobb around the neck
and the pair clinched. While the pair
were wrestling the thug pulled knife
and inflicted a wound in Cobb's back
Ty finally shook off the assailant be-
fore he could cause any further injury
Cobb was treated by DIR. F. w Van
Lengen today on the arrival of the De-
troit team Two stitches had to be
taken in the wound. Cobb would not
discuss the attack.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-08-13
JACK BRITTON WHIPS
SMITH IN GOTHAM GO
Chicago Lad Has Shade
Over Fastener After
Ten Hard Rounds.

New York. Aug. 13.-Eddie Smith
broke into fast company last night at
the Garden A. C. when he met clever
Jack Britton of Chicago. About the
only thing that Smith accomplished
was the instilling of a little comedy
into the evenings entertainment Brit
ton broke all records for the number
of blows landed, but for all Ahat
Smith quit the ring at the finish as
fresh and unmarked as when he en-
tered 1T.
Smith was disappointment after
all the good things that have been
said about him. He spent most of the
time covering his buIl-Ifke head with
his gloves, and refused to fight. Brit
ton always was trying to figure ways
to get Smith to unbuckle.
In the fourth round Britton hit
Smith on the back of the neck. and
Smith did forward flip before he hit
the canvas and rolled across the ring
like a hoop. In the sixth Smith
brought cheers from his admirers.
When he made a real show of fight he
caught Jack a pretty Highlander on
the jaw, and when the ball rang he
had Britton in a corner and was CIV
ing him fdd1esticks.
Packey Kommy and Young Reilly
closed the show. It went ten rounds
with Packey having the best of it.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-08-13
CUBS. TORN ADO-L|KE.
RUSHING FOR PENNAkT
Now Only 6 IL Games Be
hind Giants, Who Start
on Western Invasion.

Six and onehalf games behind and
coming like a Texas tornado-that,s
what the Cubs are today in their great
uphill fight for the 1912 National
league pennant
With the likelihood of taking the
last game of the series from the
Braves today, the Cubs have made a
wonderful showing on this eastern
trip. Out of seventeen engagements
they have been licked only three
times. once by the Giants and twice
by the Phiilies.
Today's game out of the way, the
Cubs Will renew the battle for lead
lot on Thursday. The winner of the
series will probably be the winner of
the pennant. The Cubs may not take
the series of four games by more than
one, but the effect of losing three bat
ties to their rivals is apt to send the
Giants so high skyward that the
pieces won't be worth much in the re-
mainder of their western invasion.
The Pirates, who, matter what
others may think, have not counted
themselves out of the flag race. are
certain to make things just as inter-
esting for the leaders In their own
back yard as they did on the Polo
grounds. Rog Bresnahan likes moth
ing better than to hand his old mates
a trimming and he's going to make an
attempt to repeat the dose administer
ed in New York. The Reds may take
a game, though Hank O'Day's crowd
thus far have been the Giants meat
Still, in baseball you never can tell.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-08-13
ESQ GOLFERS START IN
CITY TOURNEY TO-DAY
Chick" Evans, 1911 Cham
pion, Not to Compete
in Tournament.

More than $50 golfers will today
take part in the preliminary skirmish
for the city golf championship at the
Jackson park links and 1t is expected
that some record breaking scores will
be made before the close of the tourn-
ament. From the indications yester-
day afternoon the field will be the
largest ever entered in the Chicago
series.
Generals Jim McGinnis and Charley
Essen will be on hand promptly at s
o'clock this morning to stare the big
concourse of would-be and other ex-
perts and from this hour until the GO
Ing down of the sun 1t is expected that
firing will be heavy and exceedingly
furious.
Charles cChick') Evens, who last
year won the city championship cup,
will not participate this year and the
outcome of the contest is decidedly
uncertain, there being no particular
favorites. Even Jim McGinnis, who
knows every player In the west by
his first name and can usually dope
the field. would not pick any one as a
probable champion.
Among the players expected to
qualify will be c. Perry of Calumet
III A5iV, d. MdTIn, meu-
alist in 1906; H. Ridgely. winner of the
western interscholastic and Cook
county championships; Iven Webster
of Homewood. S. Powell Griffths OF
Lagrange. H. A. Fleager of Skokie, J
N. Mcdonald of Lane high school. DR.
w. e. Code of Westward Ho, Lee Mida
of Jackson park, city champion in
1909; the Rev. T. D. Magin. runner-ur
In 1908; Jimmy Brewer, Patrick Nc
Cam. DR.. c. Caldwell and other vet
Grams.
! In the semi finals for the club cham
| pionship Jimmy Brewer yesterday de-
| feated Pat Mccain. 8 and 2. War
| Webster, in a match with Lee Mida
made the course in "A. which is I'M
| usual for Jackson park.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-08-13
VICTORY BY CUBS
CUTS GIANT LEAD
Despite Suspension of Evers
and Fine for Tim Chances
Men Gain Ground.

Boston. Mass, Aug. 13-"And then
there were six and a half"
Despite the demoralizing effect of a
bunch of kilograms from the Metro
politan tower in New York which de-
prived John 1vers of his liberty for
five days and took $50 wrapper off
Heine Zimmerman's roll. the Cubs
went out and won the third straight
cheesy game from the Beaneaters
Score, 10 to Z. Incidentally 1t might
be mentioned that Umpire Finneran
drew a s25 fine.
The aforesaid kilograms from Presf-
dent Lynch arrived just after lunch
and created quite a stormfesr at the
Cubs hotel. The fest was still Tester
ing in their systems wnen the game
of q battle on both sides.
In the first inning Bridwell and
Campbell muffed simple flies and gave
the Cubs four runs. In the second in
ming, when Miller was shifted to CEN
ter because Tommy Leach had pur-
chased Sheckard's horse named Char
ley, a fly dropped safe among Miller.
Schultz and Downs gave the Beanies
four runs. In the next inning Miller,
Schultz and Downs all went after an
lided. so that the fly went for three
bases for< Otto Hess and that cost a
run.