Show W WHO T t p L Admiral hrias Statement That hat Fleet 1 Was Responsible is Officially Denied by hy Russia Hussla CLAIMED HER BOILERS BURST DURST co eo ry rj Is li Also Advanced That Malm rolf roil Sacrificed Himself and Ship Shill fo To Save Sac Ills Hit Fleet St Rt April II ear Ad Admiral 11 miral Urtus Urlus VU rho flee Ad Admiral I I 1 miral Butt was wan wa Iesi nil ble for far forthe 01 the sinking of ot th the Petro nv lovek at nt Port Arthur Arlhur U ts omell dueled denied here A member of ot the Ito general stuff staff the A 4 Associated that hut HIM thu advice received do lo nut not show u IL aI I naval natal engagement took a the cornering and sinking Inking of ot tho the torpedo boat beat cnn can be bo no sO denominated The fhe destroyers mU four tour consorts were I outside luring during the tin night lII ht Tae file lagged aim i lost In ht the mitt mIst Wh day duy broke bruke sale hu tried l tu to creep III in the coast coalt but was vas cut cul oil off O and amI sunk only lieu of ot her crow t u e et ti Ing The Tho late fate of ot the other members of lit if the thu crow crew la Is unknown It l Is be bel l el that Hint HOino of oC them may have haYe been captured That tho the was blown up UI by hy a n nt fit the enhance to the harbor to tu prevent the blocking of tho the I IH IK the opinion entertained 11 by hy bythe the thu V rut ral stuff It IH 10 truo trun that the tho I verse eE l in full tull view Iel of Admiral To fo gos 0 tK nuN fluet t which wan seen peen on ore the thc hor her horizon q izon hut hill her was not lIot caused I through the tho agency of that There Is h n a disposition however to raise a u controversy ns nil to whether r tho the non occurred Inside or 01 outside the tho bat similar to tho arm controversy which followed the destruction of or tho the United mates Maine Maino In III Ha Hn harbor The Tho fuel fact that ninny many of the wounded Including jt 1 rn rand 1111 Duke Duko Cyril were badly burned seemed to la support the tho theory of tin on Internal felon lilon The first dispatch received from item Hear Admiral commandant at lit Port Jort Arthur distinctly clay stated that the tho struck truck a 1 mine mille but Hear Henr Admiral A telegram today re refers reo fern fers only to an nn explosion Orand Duke Dul e who Uhn the disaster trout from Golden Hill lilli In n a tele telegram gram Kium to 10 his father Irand Grand 0 Duke mfr mh describes how the whip lifted at nt atthe the mi saline me time being enveloped In end smoke rod and then turned turtle and tank rank In lu two and a 1 halt half minutes The awful II horror of at the tho catastrophe con can mentally bo be reconstructed front from tho the br I Igram f description de it I or contained t cd In this thU tele telegram gram The rhe appearance of ot smoke or strain mu lire was explained to la the tho Associated cd ed Press by hy a n member of oC thu alto general g staff who hI hIThe The Tho ship may have touched n a mine forward under lace her torpedo magazine resulting recoiling III In a n I second H slot idon or If she Khu hu touched n 0 mine mille her boilers may have exploded Hither hypothesis would account for tur the ap up appearance of ot tire spoke or stems steam J I con coil wider Hider U It certain that the ns us veil an as tho the struck lit minis milieu laid to le protect 1 rate t tho rho r t to tho the It U lx to how the tho milieu fillies drifted n as 1111 they thoy were heavily ii is d rte Tho entrance to 10 the Ihl channel 1110 Is III narrow but It was Aim 1114 known to III the by hy the bearings It IB le I POH the ships may into have been heon curried It by it II stang lido lute Into the tho mine Holds hl When the attention of ot this member r ruf of tit the thu general stuff was inlet called to la the Japanese claim that mines hat had been hlen hold In by b their torpedo bouts boats ho remarked 11 laconically 1111 1 do 10 not believe 1011 0 It THU Ht HL Petersburg April 15 The elated dated obtained tonight what h le the thu version of ot the thu of ot tho the battleship at foil Arthur i and It clears up to a II great extent nt tho tea fea feature tees ture of oC that vessels This IH la no ns follows before tho advance of ot a it 1 superior Japanese heel which W was B tight fight hit Ing Its progress 1110 I rIH tI Die llie I approached the th entrance tu to the tho hobo harbor It H was shortly titter lifter S 8 III In the thu th morning nod most of or line thu ruts ami of ot tho late cro worn Were at breakfast on Oil the Admiral was rating eating breakfast In Ids hit and tho the ward room Was crowded with of or surrounding the On Un the bridge o l Duke Cyril hl hi has friend Il ut von Kobe Hobe oLe Capt Jakovleff corn COOl commanding manding mantling the e vessel o l and two tto other of officers racers were on op watch examining the narrow entrance preparatory to 10 enter entering entering r ing It It At about S 8 O was 1105 a n tel tero explosion of or the th boilers followed 1 afew a afew 1 f few seconds ruler Inter lut r by II a Ii detonation from the iv well ell Hugo Huge gaps were torn In to tho Iho th hull of ot the ship hl arts and th Ih water rushed In The center of ot gravity raIt having pone gone tho the ship on tin her side and panic All Information tends tendA to prove that a amine amine mine Will tins responsible for fur the tho destruction lion tion of ot the ik The scene below will never be de described sedated scribed as us xo far nt as known not a n single sin single gle Ie person between docks decks succeeded In escaping The ho hot hunt steam which scalded he the men nien on deck Indicated d what must lave have been the character of ot the tho death met nIl by those In ht the engine room Tho The Thomen Themen men nen on 00 deck derk were wre all nil three falling Into the water venter swim swam swimming ruing ming and ami grasping the wreckage to which some of ot them than were able to cling II The ho remainder of ot the tho squadron Imme Immediately stopped and lowered small boats loats unit and the torpedo boats steamed as us quICkly as ns possible to the tha rescue of the tho survivors The of Gram Irani Duke Duko Cyril and von Kobe 1 Woe was nothing short of or The Cute force torce of lit the ex sent the tho Duke Cyril fly lly Ing ng across tho the bridge mid the base of oftie tie his skull struck an nn Iron stanchion For he did not lose lase consciousness that the ship was Willi about to I sink Ink ho clambered chambered mistily down Its side mid and boldly plunged Into Inlo the water Oler He lIe succeeded In reaching a II piece niece of wreck wreckage age to which he hs clung dung The grand duke lluke was In III the thus water about 20 minutes be torn foro oro he was aN picked up tip by b a Il torpedo boat oat Mont von lobo Kobe J obe wan all an also found and was wn picked packed up Captain Jakovleff was thrown against a n stun Man chlon with such force torce that he was walt kill killet et ed d Nand Irand Duke Dule Injuries were vere so se were ere cre Besides receiving a 1 blow on the peck neck his legs 11 8 wore burned burn d and he ho silt suf ered a n serious Herlous shock Ito ila 10 wa wo taken to 10 a n hospital at nt Port Ar AI AIthur thur where has bin Injuries were ero attended to la o He lie will remain there for tor thee th ce days and ml thru then lh n will be bo brought to St Ht Peters burg Count Yount Grube attic aide to Grand nuke fluke Vladimir accompanied by b n II started tonight tor for the tho fur fill east enst He lie will meet drum band Duke Duko Cyril probably nt at STORY STOny London April H It No o farther news from Japanese concerning the tho Port 1011 Arthur dl tera lean has reached Len Ian lion don The Iho Dally Dany Dall Malls Chefna correspond rill emit declares that advices from both bolh and Indicate that the thc battleship wan torpedoed lly I a n pretense of an nn attack on the tam harbor by tho the enemy Admiral ways fuyo the tho correspondent was enticed outside for tor the Japanese torpedo hoists boats which crept him ham and awaited his ails return and dealt blows as Ill ashe ho he wits was nearing Hearing the harbor on the re IC return return turn turnA A special dispatch I says It Is It rumored In lu ls that M Uel and nip French hankers bankers have havo been summoned to h Ht lit Petersburg to confer with tho tha ministry of ot finance with regard to 10 ar nr arranging ranKing ranging n a nov new loan AH M TO 10 Dl Chicago April NA 14 H A special to tu Iho Ilene Dally from gives a mi anew 1 new theory us ns to U the death of oC Admiral luu orf Iho Tho dispatch Says Admiral Togo TH o It In Is 11 surmised on ted mug his Ii Is of It time th entrance to tn tau tho harbor for tUl forlie forthe the lie of or attracting to Venture out dispatched torpedo heats UI d fur for on distance on nil both hoth Hanks flunks II II II k I to cut oft off the treat lt It U Is supposed that the ad ul advance vance of lit tilt the torpedo boats was not 1101 ob o IenNI by lif which elo eloIt li It tent on tin the engagement with Togo a squadron ron until so 10 late Inte that It II was Im In Impossible possible that all nil the fleet could the tha harbor toil for to I courage Is taken to warrant the opinion that ho he Intervened Interposed Ills his 11 armored nu to 10 protect the Iho retreating vessels ruin and thus saved the squadron at lit the cost rosl of or Ills his own Wit ship shill and life as nil well as us the lives laves of ot nearly I oil nil on oit board I LOSS 01 OF BOAT ms lt fit St Petersburg April p m Iii The Tho official conveying thu the Intel hitch Intelligence of ot the tho loss loan of or another torpedo boat destroyer anti and the accidental crip crippling pling of ot another battleship was almost ns as severe severo n a 1 blow us 1111 tho the loss of ot the yesterday nod plunged ed edthe the whole town anew Into grief Thu rho word In the tho text of at tho the official dispatch describing de the tho accident to I the Io menu means either mine or torpedo but the qualifying word 0 Ill Indicates Indicate something moving towards the chip ehl This ThIll dispatch puts an on end enel to the Idea idea prevailing here that there thero had hod been leen nn tin engagement en following the thu disaster to the th l I It IH Is considered remarkable le hero here that the tho Japanese did not nol take tu kl advantage of ot this terrible accident to attack Port Arthur rho Tho today reproduced a n lecture delivered by b Admiral Maka roll rolT In iii 1894 1891 on tho the subject of the Vie Vic Victoria toria and C Camperdown n catastrophe In ht which he pointed out the Inherent I of or battleships and their lia liability liability Malty to turn turtle tUllIo even when Ihen their watertight compartments aro closed because their armor and guns Juns mako them After AttN the thu bulletins had hall been this afternoon there thero was twits talk of the a possibility of or n t the thc destruction de of ot the having been caused by hy byn n it submarine boat but hut this received little credence In C ILL I circlet circles |