The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 20, 1898, Page 1

Call SAN FRANCISCO, SUNDAY, MARCH 20, 1898—THIRTY-TWO PAGES. P — ;! “ VIEW OF JUAN BAUTISTA, GENERAL PORTO RICO. SPAIN’S BOASTED NAVY MADE UP OF SHIPS THAT ARE WORTHLESS IN WAR She Could Send No Fleet That Could Stand for a Moment Against the Strong Fighting Machines of the United States. e 10JO] [cJOJoJORooloJOROYOROROXOROXOJOROJOROJOROOXO] MR. ROOSEVELT DEALS A BLOW TO THE NEW YORK YELLOW JOURNAL ®® ®® PPEO®® [OJOXOXOXO] BOSTON, Mass., March 19.—A | naval officer of high rank to-day re- ceived the following important dis- | closures of the fatal and heretofore unknown weaknesses of nearly all of ips, written by the un- compromising Spanish writer, Don R. Guerrero. The battleship Pelayo is one of the best of its class. Its artillery can pierce the strongest ar- mors, but it has one great defect. Its capacity for coal does not allow it to cake ou cuough for & 4rfp of over 8000 miles. Going to Cuba, the Pe- layo must either stop at some foreign port to renew its coal supply or car- ry along with her another ship with‘ a cargo of coal. | The cruisers Almirante Oquendo, | Winfanta Maria Teresa and Vizeaya are not entirely protected. The cruiSer Alfonso XIII is absolutely unprotected. Its hull can be perfor- ated by guns of small caliber and it is therefore useless against. battle- | ships in a naval contest. The cruisers | Alfonso XII and Reina Cristina are | so unprotected. They can make OJOJOJO] NEW YORK, March 19.—Assistant Secretary Roosevelt dealt a hard blow to yellow journalism to-day, says the Herald's Washington cor- respondent. One of the papers of this type has been publishing with some frequency since the commencement of the emergency prepara- tions by the Navy Department alleged authorized interviews with this and the other officials, the majority of which they have not cared to dignify by denial. Mr. Roosevelt was credited with making a number of astounding statements this morning,. including praise for the paper quoting him, and he at once denied that he had made remarks of the character attributed to him. The corresponfent of the Journal here, learning of the action of the Assistant Secretary, wrote him, asking that he make no denial of the story. This is Mr. Roosevelt's reply: Spain’s warsk [OIOIOOLOIOIOIOFOIOJOJOIOX CROROROXY “I do not contemplate denying the story. I have already denied it in the most unequivocal terms. The statement in to-day’s Journal was an absolute falsehood. I told your reporter not once, but again and again, as he was persist- ent, that I would not give him an interview of any kind. His conduct was infamous, and you yourselves should have known that no such interview as that could possibly have come from me If for no other reason than that I have never given a certificate of character to the Journal. In your thirteen miles an hour but not over 4000 miles without renewing their coal supplies. The cruisers Conde de Venadito, Marques de la Ensanada, Isla de Lu- zon, Infanta Isabel, Don Juan de Austria and Don Antonio de Ulloa, are absolutely unprotected and make only from 13 to 14 miles an ROUT. | paen reported the Navy Department | Dupont Powder Company. These con. None of them would be of service in | will locate a fleet of torpedo-boats | cerns together are furnishing the bu. cese of a naval battle. They would | Which may be called on for assistance |reau about 20,000 pounds daily, and either by the fleet at Hampton Roads | within a week or so it is expected the be serviceable only in minor capaci- ties, because they must keep away from the enemy’s strong armored and modern warships; and on account of their slowness they cannot be em- ployed as cruisers between better ships of a navy or from a navy to a Spanish port. The torpedo boats Galicia, Marquis de Molins, Martin Alonzo Pinzon, Vincente Yanez Pinzon and Neuva Espana are of eighteen knots’ speed and have other good qualities, but are available only when it is possi- ble to surprise a battleship or cruiser. The other warships now in Cuban waters are mostly small gunboats and are useless in naval warfare. It is difficult to say whether the battle- ship Carlos V is worth anything, but she was built by the ship build- ing firm of Vega Murguia of Cadiz, which constructed the gunboat Fili- pinas, now officially declared to be worthless. The torpedo gunboats Marques ds la Victoria, Dona Maria de Molina and Don Alvaro de Bazan were built by the house of Gilotero of Ferrol, which constructed the gunboats Per- la, Rubi and Diamante, now declared to be deficient, and also the torpedo gunboats Galicia, Neuva Espana, the Molins and the Pinzon which, ac- cording to contract, ought to have a speed of twenty knots, though they show only eighteen. We say noth- ing about other warships in Spain’s naval list, because it is a well known fact that they are of no use what- | ever. MONITOR PURITAN READY FOR SERVICE. With Other Craft of Her Class She ‘Will Be Probably Sent to Join Admiral Sicard’s Fleet. WASHINGTON, March 19.—Commo- dore Farquhar, formerly chief of the Bureau of ®ards and Docks of the Navy Department, and now in com- mand of the Norfolk navy-yard, was in conference with the naval officlals change your opinion of me. OJOJOJOROROKOXO QEIOOR® condition for service. that the Puritan will leave soon for Port Royal, S. C., at which place it has or that at Key West, should necessity | arise. The monitors which it has been said will compose the fleet include the Amphitrite, Terror, Miaontonomah and Puritan. { e |DIVERS MAKE AN IMPORTANT DISCOVERY. Compartment of the Maine in Which | | | The Yacht Purchased by the Navy Copyrighted, 1898, by James Gordon Bennett. | KEY WEST, Fla, March 19.—It is | Wet Gun Cotton Was Stored Found Unexploded. | reported to-day that divers yesterday | made an important discovery wreck of the Maine, locating the com- partment in which wet gun cotton was stowed forward and finding the con- tents unexploded. This, if true, refutes the Spanish claim that the initial ex- | plosion came from this compartment, | and may be of sufficient importance to | | warrant the return of the court to Ha- vana. The sudden departure of the battle- ships Texas and Massachusetts Is com- mented upon. It is believed here that the latter will be placed in the dry dock immediately upon arrival, as the ves- L keel is very foul. Plans by which the turrets of the Texas can be made far more efficient have been sent to the Navy Department, and these improve- ments, which may not require longer than a week’s time to execute, *will doubtless be commenced immediately upon her arrival. The fault in the present arrangement of the turrets is that there is only one position in which a gun can be loaded. in any position except directly abeam, the turret must be revolved to that position before it can be reloaded. The plan is to alter the gear so that the gun can be loaded in any position in Which it is trained. The officers say this will vastly increase the fighting efficiency of the ship. PLENTY OF POWDER FOR THE NAVY. Contract For 4,500,000 Pounds Awarded to the California and Dupont Companies. WASHINGTON, March 19.—Both the Navy and War departments continue their active preparations and emerg- ency contracts in all branches of arma- ment are being made daily by the vari- The Naval Bureau of final paragraph you say that you trust you will not have to would be of less consequence tome.” It is expected | ably | the first time in years, will be more | than amply supplied with powder. in the | | plemented by a few others of 4, If a gun is fired | I can imagine nothing which [OJOJOJOJOROJOYOXOXOROROJOROOXOIOKO) Pe® ® OJOROJOJOROJOXOTOXOFOX R OXOYOYOX O b the largest single order e given. This was divided between Zfig California Powder Company and the capacity of these two works will be brought up to 40,000 pounds daily. The order is sufficient in the aggregate to give 200 rounds for every gun afloat in the American navy, and with this large supply on hand, the navy, for ARMAMENT OF THE MAYFLOWER. PP0P99999090909099909099009999090999999090090090999099090000990900066 VO @ Department to Be Put in Fight- ing Trim. WASHINGTON, March 19.—The arm- ament of the Mayflower, purchased by the Navy Department during the pres- ent week, is still under consideration by the naval officers. Captain O'Neil. the chief of the Ordnance Bureau, is expecting dally a recommendation on the subject by the commandant of the New York navy-yard. The yacht now carries several rapid-fire guns and the probability is they will be sup- 5 and 6 inch caliber of the same character. Several torpedo tubes may be ftted in the vessel, although it is said she is rather slow for torpedo service. Tke two Brazilian vessels recently pur- chased by the Government, it is said, wil! be taken to New York. “AMERICAN FLEET SURROUNDING CUBA.” Posters Placed on the Dead Walls of Havana are Quickly Torn Down by the Police. Copyrighted, 1895, by James Gordon Bennett. HAVANA, March 19.—Some miscre- ant late last night posted upon the dead walls of the city a poster, show- ing the American fleet surrounding Cuba. To this had been added, in big black letters’ “Mueran los Yankees,” ““Abajo los Puercos.” This sheet attracted much comment until destroyed by the police, who, upen orders from the palace, left not a sin- gle copy. Diario del Ejercito, the organ of the army, devotes its first page to describ- ing the unprotected condition of the coast and gulf States. It says the principal fortifications are at New York, Hampton Roads, Key West and New Orleans. Dry Tortugas is simply a naval station, while Philadelphia and Wilmington are defenseless. to-day. He reported that the finish- | QuS bureaus. “The United States,” : Ifng touches have been put on tho mon. | Ordnance has contracted for 4500000 | per, “made o mistaks of welag. Rty Itor Puritan and that she is in fine | pounds of brown powder, which is prob- | home-made guns and will require 1818 gune for proper coast defensegand have only 100.” The Ejercito shows that Spain has not been idle in the matter of ga-her- ing information, as It 1s able to de- scribe at length all the defenses near New York from Sandy Hook and Long Island Sound to Fort Hamilton, giving the number, &ize and strength of the guns. It is declared that any modein fleet could easily take New York, hence the fleet could be drawn from Cuba by simply making a demonstration | against New York. The monitors are described as antiquated and us:less against good ships of the preseat day. Hampton Roads is not considered of great strength. SPAIN’S EFFORTS TO GET AID IN EUROPE. The Queen Regent Pleads in Vain for an Entente Against Aggressive America. BERLIN, ] ®-ch 19.—In spite of de- nials, the Queen Regent of Spain has repeatedly and strongly appealed to Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria to exert his influence with the monarchs of Europe, particularly Emperor Wil- liam, to secure their efforts to restore amicable relations between the United States and Spain. The Queen laid spe- cial stress on the necessity of main- taining the peace of Furope and secur- ing an entente of the .Turopean.mon- rehs —against repiblicas; i&iflhflvu‘ America and on the affinity of day- nasty with the Hapsburgs. It is under- stood that Emperor Joseph, while re- plying to the Queen cautiously and con- servatively, has actually written to Emperor William endeavoring to elicit a reply pledging the latter to promise to tender his good services in trying to maintain peace. More recently Spain apprcached Germany ani Aus- tria with the view of obtaining as- surances that they, in the event of war, would assist Spain in some way or other. The Spanish Embassador here, Senor Mendoz de Vingo, father-in-law of Senor Polo y Bernabe, the Spanish Minister at Washington, had a con- ference on Wednesday last with the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Baron von Bulow, when the latter assured him that while Germany earnestly de- sired the maintenance of peace, she certainly would not pledge herself to anything but the strictest neutrality. Spain is belleved to have received the same answer from Vienna and Paris. Senor Sandoval, the Spanish agent, has thus far failed in his efforts as a purchaser of torpedo-boats and other warships. _——— Argentina Buys the Varez. Copyrighted, 1898, by James Gordon Bennett. BUENOS AYRES, March 19.—Argen- tina’s purchase of the armored cruiser Varez, constructed in the Orlardo vards in Italy, has been definitely con- PRICE FIVE CENTS. COURT OF INQUIRY SENDS ITS REPORT TO THE PRESIDENT The Long Suspense to Which the Nation Has Been Subjected Almost at an End. Three Maine Survivors Call at the Whife House, Where It Is Already Known American In- tervention in Cuba Will Mean War. Copyright, 1898, by James Gordon Bennett. KEY WEST, March 19.—The report of the Court of Inquiry is now on the way to Washingten in charge of Captain A. S. Barker, who sailed on the Olivette at 10 o’clock to-night. 0000000000000 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 - [ KEY WEST, Fla., March 20.—The report of the Maine Board of Inquiry was sent to President McKinley © © last night. In the conclusions of the report, it is alleged, the statement is made that the explosion was due to a @ © torpedo, but the Board makes no direct accusation. While Spain is not directly accused of instigating the great Q © crime this conclusion makes that nation responsible. o Q © 00000000C0C00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 4 NEW YORK, March 10— + | %% % % 5 3 5 3 5 % % % % % % % 5% % %% % % % % % % % 3% 4 K % % % ¥ % % ¥ % . - A < * % 5 % % % * % : The Herald's Washington cor- : IR AR AR AR AR RE R AR R ARI AR A SRR E RN b 54 ;‘_espont&;llemfiselnds{the ‘f’;b"‘"::; . :: PANDO NOT A CAPTIVE, :: or the first time since 3¢ I Maine disaster President Mec- 4 *: BUT SPAIN HAS TROUBLE * % + Kinley to-day heard the story of 4| :* BREWING IN PORTO RICO. :: 4 the blowing up of the ship from 4 | 9 2 4 the lips of survivors. The three 4| _ 4 *: + officers who called upon him 4 | = NEW YORK, March 19.—Some little excitement was caused here ## 4 gave him much light on the + | ¥# to-day for a few moments by the circulation of an idle story to the ** 4 calamity itself and little on the + | ¥¥ effect that General Pando, the second in command of the Spanish *# + cause. 4 | ®#% forces in Cuba, had been captured by the Cubans, under Calixta *% g £ %% Garcia. Later in the day it developed that the tale was certainly ## What they were able to tell him. how- | %% without foundation, and it is believed now it had its origin in this *% ever, does not materially change the | #¥* city. *% situation. It convinced him that the ] *#* A more serious matter are the stories of threatened uprising that *# explosion was external and that there | ** come from Porto Rico. *% mil;ht be great difficulty in fixing the | *¥ In spité of official and other dentals, it-is belleved serious troubles #¥ hilt oF respensibility..: So-the Presi-| ' for Spain in that island are imminent, and it is asserted, though the #** g pons SR fu| #% report canngt be verified at present, that the Spanish cruiser Via- *# ent, not any wiser than before so far| 43 (aya, when She leaves Havana, will go to Porto Rico, in order to #% as the vital question goes, is Waiting. | %x strengthen the hands of the Government officials there. * while preparations in the army and navv | %% X% . HEFEKEEEFRFFER R LR R R R E R R R R R SRR SRR E " K EEFFFF X RF R ER LR R RE R R R RN EHRHRHERENFR fired the supposed mine or exploded the | R R VR R UL RV LEN supposed torpedo was acting under gov- ernmental sanction. This, then, would |3 BOTH GOVERNMENTS BUYING SUPPLIES be an act of war, but in order to claim indemnity the United States might have %% o to show specific neglect on the part of the Spanish Government. In that con- nection he quoted an interview with E. J. Phelps, printed on Friday, which are rushing ahead just as though it was the worst that was expected instead of the best. He will probably have tofwait until Tuesday. He does not now expect the report of the court of inquiry until that time. The country will have to wait a day or two longer. How weary wait- ing has become is shown by the faces of the Cabinet members, who are sick of guessing and want to face an actual con- NEW YORK, March 19.—The National Provisioner, the organ of the provision and meat indus- tries, to-day says editorially: cluded. dition. $ = The President’s desire to have the shcm; hm;: carefully the Cabinet is The United States Navy Depart- A watching the newspapers. ment has been a liberal buyer help of Congress in all steps to be | Topp: Hie oy s qministration view. What| & of family beef in New York this taken on the Cuban question in a meas- ure brings a new element into the prob- lem. For instance, may Congress be counted upon to act with the President on the Maine matter as well as on the Cuban question? Here may be complications, as may be seen from a statement made to me to-day by a high administration author- ity. This official pointed out that it might be impossible to connect the Spanish nation with the explosion un- less it was shown that the man who —————————————————————eas e —————————————————————ee PPPPPPED00080006060 NEWS OF THE DAY. Weather forecast for San Fran- clsco: Increasing cloudiness on Sun- fresh westerly winds, brisk to high northwest on Sunday night. Maximum temperature for the past twenty-four hours: Naval Court's Report En Roits. Spain’s Navy Is Inefficient. SECOND PAGE. Two New Warships In View. Spain’s Newspapers Boasttul. England Wants American Alllance. Names for the New Warships. THIRD PAGE. Pando Tries to Make Peace. Davitt on English Hypocrisy. Austria Would Help Spain. Russtan Control in China. FOURTH PAGE. No Defense for Fratricide Clark. San Jose Gang's Queer Way. ‘Willet Held Without Bail. “Frost Damage in Spots. ‘Wanted by New York Police, FIFTH PAGE. All Trish Hearts Are Loval, SIXTH PAGE. Bditorial. The Annexation Resolution. News From the Yukon. Where Women Gamble. Local Government in Ireland, The Woman and the Cats. Contempt of the Faker. “With Entire Frankness,” by Henry James. SEVENTH PAGH. A New Kiondike Steamer. To Foster Trade With Asia. Progress of Harbor Defense, EIGHTH PAGE. How French Hate Germans. The Kaiser a Diplomat. Mrs. Burnett Seeks a Divorca. Fear of Famine In Alaska. Callfornians in Congress Fight. Britons Win Chess Match. NINTH PAGE. San Rafael Flower Festival. Fight With Tonquin Pirates. News_Along the Water Front. ‘Wil Preach a Mission. TENTH PAGE. Asking for Hill's Life. Dr. Potter Wants His Pay. Closing Poolrooms for Women. Qo409 0000000000000 ©000000000000000000000000000000000000000099090000000000009000000 4 b Pee000000000060060660 b e NEWS OF THE DAY. TENTH PAGE. Bostonlans’ New Prima Donna. ELEVENTH PAGE. Choynski Has a Sore Arm. Coursing at Two'Parks. A Temperance Commissioner. FOURTEENTH PAGE. Births, Marriages and Deaths. Racing at Emeryville. FIFTEENTH PAGE. The Day at the Churches. Racing at Ingleside May Cease. News From Across the Bay. SIXTEENTH PAGB. Heroine of an Overdue Vessel. Why Joe Schwartz Didn’t Come. Developments of the Ferry Scandal. SEVENTEENTH PAGE. Remarkable Discovery of an Escaped Murderer. EIGHTEENTH PAGE. “Graffiito!’ of the Crucifixion. Experiments With Our Nerves. NINETEENTH PAGE. Cost of Modern Warfare. TWENTIETH PAGE. St. Gaudens, the Sculptor. Dr. Mary Walker Talks. TWENTY-FIRST PAGE. Smallest Feet in America. TWENTY-SECOND PAGE. Training Dogs for Alaska. A Lord of the West. TWENTY-THIRD PAGE. A Long Courtship. The Turkish Glant Coming. TWENTY-FOURTH PAGE. Zola's Latest Novel, *Paris,” Re- viewed. Different Ideas of Heaven. TWENTY-FIFTH PA{ Making High Explosives. United States Territorfal Acquisi- tions. TWENTY-SIXTH PAGE. Soctety Events. TWENTY-SEVENTH PAGE. The Fashions. TWENTY-EIGHTH PAGE. Teachers and Schools. Fraternal News, Whist. TWENTY-NINTH PAGBE. The Dramatic Critic. THIRTIETH PAGE. ‘The Commercial World. THIRTY-FIRST PAGE. Boys' and Girle' Page. THIRTY-SECOND PAGE. Clunte Gets a Roast. Lecture on the High School. News of the Mines. OP0099090099090000000000000009990990090000000009909000090000000000009® & 9900609000000 000900 PPPPPOPP009P00090P9P0000PP9PPPPOPPPPIIDOIVPPVPP909P0P09000900069d 00 | ® Congress might think is another matter. The idea that was running through the mind of the official who was talking was that Spain might have good ground to deny our demand and seek to arbitrate. But here Congress steps in again. The view entertained by the leaders in Con- gress on arbitrating a question like this is emphatic. They brush it aside as not to be entertained ior an instant. The view of the administration official which I have touched on is not con- clusive. ' No one knows, not even President McKinley, what the adminis- tration will do or try to do until the court of inquiry reports. The President continues unswerving in his belief that our course on the Cuban question will be shaped largely by the destruction of the Maine. That will hasten matters. It may bring them to a quick climax. The administration is mightily inter- ested in the Spanish Minister’s state- ment published in the Herald the other day that Spain would not necessarily re- gard the recognition of the indepen- dence of the Cuban insurgents by the United States as an act of war. But in this matter of recognizing the independence of the Cubans Congress enters into the game again. There con- tinues in the House of Representatives the same opposition to that step. Some of the men who lead there insist there is no republic to recognize. Where is their capital? Where is their Govern- ment sitting? What is itangible there yet but a scattered fighting force? These are questions they ask. The views given to the Herald to-day show that many men in Congress hold that if we are to meddle with Cuba at all we must actually intervene. Intervention means war. There is high Span- ish authority for that. The arrival of the survivors of the Maine and their extended conferences with President McKinley and Secretary Long furnished one of the most inter- esting features in to-day’s developments on the Spanish situation. Three officers of the Maine, Lieutenant George W. Holman, Lieutenant George B. Blow and Lieutenant Callatin of the Marine Corps, accomraniéd by Botswain Lar- kins, came on unexpectedly from Key West. It was said their visit was purely voluntary on their part, as they are on waiting orders-and are free to go where they please. Their iong confer- ence at the Navy Department and later + + + + + + + +Er e+t week, taking over 1000 barrels and it is in the market for other quantities. There is no question that some large buying orders have been placed upon the New York market for provisions this week from the Spanish Govern- ment. Common rumor here places the purchasing thus far at fully 600,000 pounds of dry salted bacon. 2503282828802028 000000 Rt NN NNRK [rABBRBBVBBIBBRBBBBRIRNNS RB/REIRIIVEUIRRES jecture, it being asserted that Lieutenant Blow brought with him the report of the court of inquiry, or at least the gen- eral conclusions reached by that court. It can be stated positively, however, from an authoritative source, that the officers did not bring with them the re- port, either as a whole or its general conclusion. It can be said with equal positiveness and authoritatively that they do not know what the action of the court of inquiry is, and therefore are not in a position to convey any informa= tion to the President or the Secre~ tary of the Navy on that point. Their talks are confined entirely to graphic narratives of their experiences on the night of the explosion. Another interesting arrival of the day was Constructor Hoover, the technical expert sent to Havana to identify the twisted plates in the Maine wreckage with a view to learning whether the explosion was of internal or external origin. Mr. Hoover also maintained silence concerning the wreck. He made no report to the Secretary of the Navy, as he was sent to Havana to learn facts and then embody them in testimony be- fore the Naval Court of Inquiry. When the report of the court of in- quiry has been received and made pub- lic the self-control and conservatism which both the executive and legisla- tive branches of the Government have displayed in dealing with the Maine dis- aster will be subjected to the supreme test. A S Representative Maguire of California stated the case very forcibly to-day when he said: _“If the report of the court of inquiry is what we all antici- pate, if it shows that the ship was de- troyed by an external agency but does not connect the Spanish Government with that agency in any way, it will pre- sent a situation which will inflame the warlike spirit of the country to the highest degree, and yet it will be one at the White House led to much con-lwhich'would not justify the l!nmd