The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 22, 1897, Page 1

292 22, 1897. WAR GODS STILL FROWN UPON THE HELLENES Edhem Pasha’s Army Moves Forward and Invests Larissa. GREEK WARSHIPS BOMBARDING| COAST TOWNS. Eastern Squadron Effects the Capture of a Macedonian Port—Russian Waships | Will Pass Through the Dardanelles. I'hus far the fortunes of war have been with the Moslem. The defeat of King George’s forces in Thessaly is serious in its conse- Added to the loss of Milouna the Christians have been forced to ‘IM.‘”J“." Turnova to the Tur This has opened the way andb eyond. to Larissa for Edhem Pasha’s force, and Larissa, th: some miles beyond. quences S. REVEN? PASS =5 3 LARISSA \___ Birdseye View of a Portion of Thessaly, Showing the Country From Larissa to Reveni Pass. This is where the tide of battle ebbed and flowed during yesterday and the day before. In the distance to the right is the city of Turnavo, which the Greeks have struggled so hard to hold against the great force Edhem Pasha led against them. The city lies on the north bank of the Xerias River, which empties into the Peneus To the left of Turnavo lies the range of mountains some 2000 to 2500 feet high, along whose crests runs the frontier line. These mountains are broken by two passes, Milouna Passin the distance to the norlh, and Reveni Pass, two miles west of Tarnavo. The roads leading through these passes unite at Turnavo. They being carried by the Turks made that town untenable for the Greeks, who, in spite of their splendic action and success at Dumassi, have been compelied to fall back to Larissa Greek head- quarters in Thessaly, is now besieged by the Turks. On sea the Greeks have met with no serious Porte, fearing the power of the Greek fleet, b warships to aveid a conflict. The: Hellenic Eastern squadron has re- ced and captured Platomona, a town in Macedonia, Jjust over the It is the intention of the commander of the fleet to attack all coast towns of importance northward until Salonica is reached. soon will the powers interfere? Free | speculation isalso indulged in as to when | the Greeks will cry “Enough” and appeal | to Europe to save them from final humili- ation. Greek successes continue in Epirus and | two or three other points, but they are futile in view of tne disaster in Thessaly. The most exasperating news of the day is resistance. The ordered the Turkish borders of Thessaly. The Greeks have captured Fillipiada, in Epirus. ing the Turks burned the town. Both Edhem Pasha and Prince Constantine have called for re- caforcements. The Turkish reserve at Salonica has been ordered forward and the Greek gendarmeric has marched from Athens. Russia has asked for permission to permit the Russian Black Sea fleet to pass through the Dardanelles. Before evacuat- | energies in bombarding Platomona, when it migbt be atiacking the more important city of Salonica or making a glorious attempt to force tne Nardanelles. | All Europs now regards the Turkish army as virtually an instrument in the | bands of the powers to puaish Greece for =— 5 | daring to interpose opposition to their The next line of defense in ancient times | almighty will. Noboay seoms to consider was Thermopyle, but the pass “f““"‘ma possibility that the instrument may mobylm has dissppeared, and alluvial de- | /) hayond control. The'Gresks are to be posits from the river Spercheios make a broad plain where once the sea washed al- LONDON, ExG., April 2l.—There is no |Mo0s. against the mountain. With 1 doubt that the disaster that | Thessaly lost, the next stand can be made | has befallen the Greek army in Thessaly | only at Thebes, but ‘nobody beuemi is overwhelminz and irretrievable. The | Europe will allow the Turks to carry the T arm GREEK REVERSES. Edhem Pasha’s Force Clears the Way to the Larissa Head- quarters. | will be all right, according to cold-blooded | diplomacy. ST A I A PLATOMONA REDUCED. rki , under commard of Edhem | invasion o far. i G'Z:‘::;:,. ‘f:st;:nai,i‘;d.-’;ur:.::c- Pashs, 3 not only in possession of Milo-| It is practically certain that Edhem | of the Town. una Pass, but bas captured Tyrnova, the | Pasha will not advance beyond Larissa | ATHENS, Greece, April 21—It was re- obstacle on the road to Larissa, the unti! he has dealt with the large Greek | ported this afternoon that ithe eastern rters of the Greek army. | force which are still fighting wits much The latest reports indicate that the lat- | success at Bogatzi and Reveni. and which i fer place is invested by the Turks. The | would seriously thresten his flank and | Greek forces in the vicinily of Larissa are | rear. | th : e = 2 o 5 T 5 is evening says the bombardment has stated to be in full retreat. It Larissa is There is still much fighting to be done | been successful. A force was landed from taken (and as it is not fortified there | before the Turkscan push on to Athens. It | the Greck wars nips after the Turks had seems to be nothing to prevent its falling | is apparent to everybody that the Greexs | been compelled to evacuate the fort com- into the bands of the Moslems) the whole | are baaly led, and the effect of this lack of | manding the town. The Greeks occupied scheme of Greek frontier delense collapses. ger a onl; hea the border from Ties«aly. There is nosecond line of defense on the | already disheartening. Thisalone almost | €Table asantity of munitions of war, which bills of Thessaly and unless the Greeks i:::@’é’,’é;‘:" Wero obllied fiogascrifioaiic make a stand on the broad plai | The eastern squadron, which is oper- erior numbers the who | cause. The same effect bas already been | ating in the Guf of Salonica will, it is be abandoned. produced on the friends of Greece | said to-night, proceed northward from | ensures a continuance of Turkish victories s against | and the inglorious collapse of the Greek su province \‘\\‘A' w//&\\/\\“:”" S \\?E?;fi RS iy ha %) | Map of the Epirus Frentier, Showing the Greek Advance Toward Janina. Colonel Manos, Grerk commander, with 25,000 men, crossed the frontier, which is | here formed by the Arta River, at Syraku, about eightcen miles southeast of the city of Janina and within easy striking distance of the only highway from Janina to Pre. | visa, toward which movement was made. From Syraku the Greek army it within reach of quick support from Kalabak and Trikkala by two fairly good roads. The movement is of most importance, as it cuts off the retreat of the Turks from Brevisa and the lower Arta country. | throughout Europe, The Iamentable | mistortunes of the Greeks have silenced |in great part the popular sympathy which was so widespread until two days | ago. | One souzce of serious disappointment to | the Greeks is their failure to bring about Patomona {o bombard Letbokarya, after which a naval attack will be made on Katarina, a little further north, From present indications it -appears to be the intention of the commander of the fieet to attack all const towns of any im- { portance northward until Salonica is | reached. Critics of naval operations de- | that the Greek eastern fleet is wasting its | soundly thrashed and then everytbing | squadron of the Greek fleet was bombard- ing Platomona, on the western side of the | Gulf of Salonica, in Macedonia, just over | A dispateh | | efficient commanders upon the tronps is | the fort, seizing and destroying a consid- | o~ Roads Scate of Miles, | an uprising of the uatives of Macedon! and to secure the aid of the Balkan states. The great powers, especially Russia, suc- ceeded in assuring the nentrality of the | Balkan states before war was declared, | and this fact is the chief reliance of the | puwers againsi a spread of the war. Even arfent friends of Greece admit that her cause is hopeless without the aid of these states or other outside aid. The question now being debated in the 'Greek Gunners Silence a Turkish newspapers and diplomatic circles is, How clare the first attack should have been made upon Salonica, the capture of which “ would have meant the cutting off of the supplies of the Turkish army in the fieid which was us ng Salonica as its principal | base. . = y DUEL OF ARTILLERY. Battery of Four Plecas at Arta. | tery duel, which took place at Arta on Monday, between the Greek hill batteries behina Arta and the Tarkish batteries across the river Artinos. Three «f four Turkish batteries were silencea in the esrlier hours of the en- gagement, and, after six hours' fighting, the fourth battery, consisting of six guns, under command of a German officer, was | compelled to cease firing. The Greek batteries aggrecsted fifteen guns. The gunners of both sides stood stubbornly to their work. The Greeks poured a hailstorm of shells into the woods across the river to dislodge the | Turkish infaniry before they began- their {advance. The Turks retr. d at sunset and 40,000 Greek infantry, with a squad- ron of cavalry and a battery of field artil- lery, crossed the river early Tuesday morning. Near the mouth of the river on the Turkish side the Turks were overtaken and a sharp battle ensued, in which the losses on both sides were very heavy. The Greeks scored a slight advantage, but | the result was indecisive. Shells from the Turkish batteries wrecked the homes 01100 Greeks. e RUSSIAN SHIPS TO MOVE. The Czar Asks for Permission to Send a Fleet Through the Dardanelles. BERLIN, GErMANY, April 21.—The Sul- tan has been asked by the Russian Gov- ernment to permit the Russian Black Sea fleet to pass throush the Dardaneiles. | isreported to-night that the Baltic fleet is | also ready to start under sealed orders. E—— GREEKS HOLD PASSES. Constantine Wires That the Ad- vance of the Turks Has Bueen Blocked. ATHENS, Gre: April 2L.—It is re- ported that the Greek armv in Epirus has occupied the town of Fillipiada, north. west of Arta. Tne Turks, before quitting, burned the town. Colonel Nanos has hoisted the Greek flag there. | - Despite the Turkish reports that the at- tack by Greek warsiips upon Preveza, at the entrance of the Guif of Arta, had been abandoned, it was declured this evening that a heavy bombardment is still going on. At 8 P. M. this dispateh from Crown Prince Constantine, commander-in-chief of the Greek forces, was made public: “Every road by which the Turks can de- scend to the Thessalian plain has been se- cured by the concentration of our troops. L cannot telegraph at length. Am fight- ing myself, and so is Nicholas.” The Crown Prince’s dispatch also said: “We have kept all our positions. Situa- tion to-day excellent.”” The Greek Government is straining every nerve to put iato the fiald every man" capable of bearing arms, 1n order to [ attempt to drive the Turks from Thessaly. | The gravity of the situaiion is fully rec- ognized. To-day the last clases of the reserves were summoned 1o join the colors. Various calla to arms have heretofore been responded to with alacrity, and it is thought that in a few days every man ca- pable of striking a blow in defense of his country will be on his way to the front, Ea e RESERVES SENT FORWARD. Edhem Pasha Calls Upon Constan- tinople to Dispatch Re- enforcements. CONSTANTINOPLE, Turkey, Avpril 21.—The Military Commission has been sitting continuousiy at the Yildiz Kiosk since yosterday. Itis reported that Ed- hem Pasha has asked the Government to send bim 40 000 re-enforcements, This is taken to 1ndicate that he now expects to meet with more stubbora resistance than was anticipated. In accordance with the request orders have béen sent to hurry forward the reserves at Salonica 1o the frontier. The Military -Commission has considered the advisability of mobilizing forty more battalions and enrolling volun- teers. The sturdy resistance of the Greeks has CORFU, Grekce, April 21.—Details have reached here of a fiercely contested artil: | Continued on Second Page. [ ceive. | interest aside from its delightful location. It | | OELRICHS WiLL | DAZILE NEWPORT | About to Erect the Most Beautiful Palace in the Country. The Site Once the Home of| Bancroft, the Famous Historian. Nothing That Art and Money Can Concelve WIIl Be Found Wanting. NEWPORT, R. L, April 2L.—M=. and Mrs. Herman N. Oelrichs have decided to build at Newport one of the most magnifi- cent palaces that art and money can con- The site is the Bancrolt estate, adjomning the ola Kramer place, which was recently purchased by Mr. and Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney, and has a historic Before it passed into the hands of the Oelrichs it was the home ot the famous historian, and in the old-fashioned cottage which is soon to be torn down Bancroft performed some of the most important of his literary labors. It is situated on the cliffs in full view of the oven sea, and is separated from Beechwood, Mrs. William Astor’s place, only by the recent Whitney purchase. It is promised that the Oel- | richs house will exceed in beauty and grandeur anything here, not excepting the famous marble palace of the Vander- bilts. Ground wiil be broken soon. Itis| intended to have most of the decorations done abroad. SLAIN BY BILL'S BROTHER. Killing of Ike Rogers, the Man Who Cap- tured the Cherokee Outlaw, by Young Goldsby. FORT GIBSON, L T., April 2L—Ike Rogers, the man who captured the notori- ous Crawfora Goldsby, alias Cherokee Bill, was killed here to-day by Clarence Goldsby, the brother of the noted outlaw. There has been bad blood between the Goldsby family and Rogers since the cap- ture of Bill. The Goldsbys live here. The Cherokee freedmen payment is now in | progress. The wife and daughter of Rogers were at the payment, and youns Goldsby evidently knew that Rogers would _arrive on the train to-day. When Rogers stepped off the train he had his Winchester in his left hand and greeted some acquaintances in the crowd. Suddenly Goldsby leveled & pistol and fired at close range, the buller breaking Rogers' back and be fell on the platform. The crowd, numbering perhaps 100, began scattering. Golasby then rushed up to prostrate form of his vietim and fired four | more shots into his body. He then picked up the gun Rogers dropped, darted under the cars and ran. Several deputy mar- shals who were present fired fiity or sey- enty-five shots at him as he fled. He returned fire two or three times. Up to midnight he had not been captured. Jolley Elliott,a freedman, who was one of the spectators, was shot in the jaw by a stray bullet. Young Goldsby’s mother was in Fort Smith when the tragedy occurred. When notified the news dia notappear to excite her in the least. She merely remarked, I have seen one son banged and I guess I will see another one.” She said, however, that Clarence had a right to kill Rogers and seemed elated that he had done so. She took the train for this town this afternoon. Rogers was a Cherokee negro and had been considered a peaceable citizen. Goldsby is 21 years old and had always been considered an inoffensive boy. To- day’s tragedy recalls the reign of terror 1n Indian and Oklohama Territories while the famous Cook gang held forth. Chero- kee Bill wasa member oi this desperate gang of border desperadoes and succeeded 10 the leadership upon the capture of Bill Cook, who is now in the penitentiary. —-—— JOHN HAY WELCOMED, New Embassador to /nglant Formally Greeted nt Southampton. SOUTHAMPTON, Exc., April 21— When the American line steamer St Paul, from New York Avril 14, reached her dock at 12:30 r. M. to-day, Henry White, secretary of the United States em- bassy; J. R. Carber, second secretary of the embassy, and the Mayor of Southamp- ton corporation of this city, boarded tae ship and were introduced to Colouel John Hay, United States Embassador to the Court of St. James, by the United States Consul here, Warner 8. Kincaid. The Mayor heartily welcomed the Embassa- dor and presented him with a photogranh of a painting representing the departure of the Mayflower. Gentru’s Sentruce Commuted HARRISBORG, Pa., April 2L.—James B. Gentry, the slayer of Actress Madge Yorke, who was to be hanged Thursday, Lad his sentence commuted to imprison- night on the ground that Gentry, at the time of killing his sweetheart, was insane. ment for lie by the Boar4 of Pardons last RAILWAY STATION AT SALONIKA. Balonika has but one line of railroad, which runs up the Vardar River to Uskub and thence across the Servian frontier through Vrania to Nisch, where it connects with the line from Constantinople and Adrianople to Belgrade, Buda-Pesth and Vienna. It has been proposed for some time to extend the branch of that road from Demotika to Dede-Agatch, on the sea coast, near the mouth of the Maritza River, on to Salonika, but there no work of construction has ever been done, and the gap of 180 miles mus: be covered by the wagon road over the mountains or by, sea transporta- tion. This lack of railway Zacilities has been a great source of expense to Turkey on this occasion. supplies for the Turkish army at Elassona, Grevepa and other points west have had to be transported by wagons and packhorses over rough mountain roads, some of which were built by the Romas and have had but little repair since. There bemng no railroad west of Salonika or south of it, all military- CRUSHING DEFEAT OF SPANIARDS Colonel Rizo’s Column Almost Annihilated by Cubans. TEN DAYS' BATTLE IN PUERTO PRINCIPE, Eight Hundred Regulars Fall Before the Forces of the Insurgents. SURVIVORS FIERCELY ASSAILED IN THEIR FLIGHT. Roads Which They Traverse Lined With the Corpses of the Slain. HAVANA, Cusa, April 21.—Advices have just been received of a remarkable ten-day battle in Puerto Principe Prove ince, in which nearly 1000 Spaniards wers killed. Early on the morning of April 2 Spanish Colonel Rigo met a strong Cuban detache ment near Puerto Principe City. He sent cavalry to surround it, but this force was soon repulsed by another Cuban fores ambushed in the estate Las Delicas. The Spanish commander then marched 0 a neighbering estate catled El Silencio and there withstooa the fire from the insure gentsall day, answering their volleys with the At night the firing ended and the insurgents retired to Los Caciques, a small village half-mile from El Silencio. Avpril 3, at noon, the Spanish reached Los Caciques, and after two hours’ con- stant firing the insurgents retired again, this time to the estate La Esperanza, six miles from Puerto Principe. Encouraged by his success Colorel Riza marched on La Esperanza also, reaching it at5 P. M., and opening a sharp fire, The further he advanced into the estate the more numerous he found the Cubans, who were firing on his column from all sides. He attempted to dislodge one of their detachments from a hill by a bayonet charge, but was repulsed with heavy loss. As the insurgents’ cavalry force had been considerably re-enforced the Spane iards formed a square to escape annihila. tion. In this position they were sur rounded. With the opposing forces filty vards apart heavy firing was exchanged throughout the night. Atdawn on April 4 Rizo succeeded in breaking the Cuban lines and escaping to the estate of Los Cocos, the Cubans hotly pursuing. The Spanish rear guard enswered the Cuban fire until the Guayabo estate was reached, but it was dispersed and the main body had to resist a new attack. The Spaniards were then very tired and had lost 300 men. For three days, not- withstanding they were exhausted, they fought in Guayaba, and then fled to the estate Los Botcnes ana were fortunately met by re-enforcements under Colonel Cruz Gonzales. Of Rizo’s command, which numbered Spanish new-improved rifles. {1500 men when it started from Puerto Principe, only 1000 entered Los Botones. On the retreat to Puerto Principe the Spaniards were constantly compelled to stop to defend themselves in hand-to-hand fights. They entered Puerto Princive on April 12 totally defeated, after leaving 800 killed along the route. DEPARTYRE OF AN ASSESSOR. Perhaps the Mystery Can Be Explained by the Corporations Who Ware Alarmed by Hs Honesty. OMAHA, NEesr, April 21.—Samuel Brigham, the Assessor for South Omaha, rushed into the office of the County Clerk to-day just before the regular time for closing, and handed in his resignation. In a rather excitable manner Brigham stated that he had been offered a position with an oil concern in New York city ata big salary, and was obliged to leave for the East at once. He was asked to re- main in the city long enough to certify to the records and assessments made up by him to the date of his resignaiion, but he said he did not have time to do that, and suggested that the matter be taken up by his chief deputy. With this he went out, and is supposed to have left the city. Aside from the iegal difficulties arising from this sudden leaving of Brigham, there is an element of mysiery surrounding the whote affair, At the meeting of Assessors of the county, Brigham made a fiery speech, in which he announced - bis intention of *‘making the assessment according ro law,” regardless of what the other Assessors might do. The first day he started at the work he found property worth $750,000 which had never been assessed at ail, and he related other instances where he had founa large holdings which had never bzen assessed. He estimated that the total valuation of the taxable proverty of South Omaha would be increased to over $12,000,000. This is ten times the amount of property previously assessed, and many of the wealthy corporations declared they would be ruined. Now Brigham’'s work 1s ine validated by his sudden disappearance and failure to certify to his returns