The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 23, 1903, Page 1

Tl VOLUME XCHI-NO. 54. SAN FRANCISCO, FRIDAY, JANUARY 23, 1903. PRICE FIVE CENTS. VARSHIPS OF GERMANY RAIN SHELLS INTO SAN CARLOS FORT, SPREADING DEATH AND DESTRUCTION IN A HELPLESS TOWN, AND VALIANT VENEZUELANS FALL BEHIND RUINED RA MPARTS It was resumed this morning at daybreak. Seven or eight shells were hurled at the fort at 4 o’clock at long range.. All fell short. At 6 o’clock the Panther, being ‘ of light draught, closed in and again became actively engaged. The fort replied. At 8 o’clock the engagement was proceeding as flercely as yesterday. Twelve | dead and fifteen badly wounded Venezuelan soldiers were counted in the fort at 7 o'clock last night by the correspondent of the Associated Press. The correspondent left the fort for the mainland at 8 o’clock this mormng TREATY - ASSTRES A CANAL Agreement With Colombia IS Signed. Sudden NGWSAIH&ZGS Folk in Wash- ington, South American Republic moves Obstacles to the Proj Ject, RS '\’\ ARAOAIBO Jan. 22 —The bombardment of Fort San Carlos by the German cruisers Vmeta Panther and Falke was continued yesterday afternoon until 8 o’clock. BILL FINALLY COMPLETED jLa.bors of Sub-Com- ' mittee End in Agreement. | Leading Senators Not Willing to Give Approval. e | Difference of Opinion Rests Largely on Question I of Publicity. - Commander of the Garnson i Holds Kaiser’'s Fleet in Check. mittee echant Marine an the question of coa will go to ARACAIBO, Jan. 22.—Additional details regarding |pear testim the bombardment by the German vessels show that |House wi the Panther left her position close to Fort San Car- pray et los, which she took up earlier in the day, Wednesday afternoon at 3 o'clock and joined the Falke. This ship was half a mile outside the bar and about five miles from the fort. At 3 o'clock the correspondent of the Associated Press, in a rowboat, approached the side of the fort, out of range, and from this point witnessed the long-range fire of the German , which continued. from 3 until 6 o'clock. 1dge W. A. Day ¢ s who acted rtment chairman of the sub-com- ce on Mer- investigate ortation and week to s In tie their opposition cruise | The Vineta and the Falke were close together and nearer the fort than the Panther. The first two vessels at a range of 4| four and a half miles poured in a continuous rain of shells upon the fort and only stopped firing with the advent of dusk at 8 o'clock. At this hour the German vessels retired seaward after having made a secqnd ineffectual attempt to land troops in the village of San Carlos, situated at the base of the fort. ilities In favor ¢ Soldiers Dead Behind Ruined Ramparits. _ : . At 7 o'clock Wednesday afternoon the correspondent, who i\,‘,:“(,,':n:?“:,,f A . . was accompanied by a Government telegrapher bearing a tele- |In this (s b gram from President Castro to the commandant of San Carlos, |“" =% landed on the island and entered the fort. The walls of the fort are terribly hammered and there were many evidences of the firing. Twelve dead Venezuelan soldiers were counted behind the ramparts and fifteen other men, seriously wounded, were ly- ing on a low platform. The fort is literally covered with pieces of broken shell. |t o en&as e It was seen that a great many of the German shells had not |ana every corporation whenever organized and exploded. The magazine had a very narrow escape, two shells |e"sased in State or forelgn commerce shail | flle a return with the rstate Commerce having come within an ace of penetrating it. The walls of the | Commission for the year ending December 51 fort which face the entrance of the lake suffered particularly |¥henever and at such time as requested by = X | sald commission, stating its name, date of and were greatly damaged. It is estimated by the command- | orsanization, where and wh ant, General Bello, that the German ships fired more than 1600 | ! statutes under which it & i protection of the canal & amendments therect; if consolidated, naming shells at Fort San Carlos. | constituent companies and where and when or- Although the damage inflicted upon the fort by the sus- |Snized wih the same information as to such tained fire of the German cruisers is very great, it is not all that | as nerein re veraliot G could be expected from a continuous fire from modern high- |°rsanized. nan i ns. The village of San Carlos suffered greatly. acto s Puy ,anu:'":::”:e . e e CONSUL SAYS KAISER IS IN LEAGUE WITH MATOS. | e[\)i(:l‘ec;f tllx‘e German guiners appears to have beei inta.ccur-zl;:: :T‘l‘:h"“:l‘f‘;' aiermation 4 1 ;“k | for more than sixty per cent of their shells exploded in the vil- v::"i":-‘l:-\.’n:afl?:l:fl::l:T-!a:n.rvz?iA“n‘ ONDON, January 22.—Senor Schottiorghat, th ; | lage before reaching the fort. e R it ik ahies L day that Mr. B:zun L7, :::um:n::tr';"f:fin:ew;’c ’::zi‘:elli“lfel;‘l:;’s:::‘::“’:fl:‘fli::;:;d:c:“:il::' The cannon mounted at San Carlos have not sufficient | whether common or preferred and distin 3 range to reach the Falke and the Vineta, so the fire from these ecret preferen TEXT OF THE BILL was amica a nce as to lite p of land in question, the a practical cession in strip to the United rposes and incidental organized, giv- organized and ail | UNCLE SAM WAXES WROTH AT THE CONDUCT OF THE GERMANS. + vas signed at Secre- ternoon, Mr. Hay s and Dr. Her- of Colombia, m full powers ming it for Co- al corporation or cor= +. is believed it will Special Dispatch to The Call. at body to-morrow. s of the agreement advance of the | o the Senate, | 'l | | [ © 10 g0 to the Senate | | ‘ between each; amount issued and outstanding: The Consul says he is waiting for permission from Caracas to publish information which ' “will amount paid in; how much, if a aid in m PRESIDENT WlEEEix show without possibility of contradiction that the German Government is deep in complicity with the in- vessels W 35_ not rm‘umeflj as they k?P' out of range of the Ven- |cas and now S e Sy, 1 Sy IN FENALLYTOWS Suiecs surgent General Matos for the overthrow of the Venezuelan Government.” ezuelan artillery. The Vineta and Falkeare of too great draught ::;“:‘af:!:“:l; - 4:2‘:‘ _l‘\“;‘f‘b 1‘:'“‘ :_‘r‘ k= b ¥ to cross the bar. The Panther alone can do this, and this fact |xet vaiue at the time 1t was n pay- ystery of His Early Morning Trips " fai thy 3 : a ‘. | ment, giving the elements u ahich said ¢ hy the last-mentioned cruiser was the only one to |ment siving With Gifford Pinchot Is N | ministration now holds. There is no offi- - <, explains why : : | rmarient vaiue 1s tased, aod il Expla —’ . United States Vlews [ cial comment. Usually when unoficial Berlzn Press Scor:s come in close to the fort. Some of the artillery on the fort has |in whole or in part apon the capitaiization o timent . is hensive official utter- P s <till . s Germany With | o e e w:| dovernment for pesnidestuyedsinptiie Ceoamn e bu there are still five guns < st dang S frd | such 1s not.the case now. The officials of i that can be fired. puak odbme e uspiciorn. lnact,v’ty | its sale: the neme ana | the State Department are reticent and " ek | managing agent and director; a true and cor- | £ obeive' 14 et in Siasies s i Panther Is Aftef 8 Vepczuelan Warship, s e e Epecial Dispatch to The Call. | now believed here that Germany has ERLIN, Jan. 22.—The Foreign H S ier | full, true and correct copy of any and all rules, — Anslanated; mitialinli Boh Carlohids or ddt e vty ity General Bello is a soldier of remarkable courage and dar- e g e Reia s e e, ésmrscrgz\‘,omlnx:.% 2r2:- to embarrass the negotiations for a set- awalting official news from | ing: He has &hq“n great bravery andlis in no way intimidated. |agement and control of fis business ana the PN X ermany is ar. | tlement of the differences which Mr. Maracatbo. The German | jon of its officers, managing agents and - ot abandon the fort, but will fesist as long as it i - | direction Legal Residence at San Mateo, ; The second unwarranted | Bowen has come (o Washington to con- newspapers express amaze- He will n = P directors. ¥ YORK, Jan. 22—D. O. Mills was | attack -on San Carlos ‘ duct. This is an evidence that Germany ment at the fact that the Gov.| Sible for him to do so. He swears that on lanuar\ 17, the 0ccas | xouning herein contained shail be,construed for 0,00 p but | shows that her course of|does not want a settlement. but docs | erpment had not arranged for prompt in- | sjon of the first bombardment, the Panther fired upon him first Hilaying any SIPATALI SH-SEN W jdering the assess b actlon {n South America 1s | want to continue to stir up all the trouble | formation, *particularly in view of the | addition to the foregomng. such returns as ars ore 1o-day that his legal residence s at | @ Menace to the United States. peasibie in South America o that these | nervousness of public opinion n the without reason and without provocation. | now required by the “act t2 reguiate com- n Mateo, Cal, and thus evaded pay-| This is the opinion which practically i — —_— " o £ i - A e fniurerdocie _— nt. levery oficlal of prominence in the ad-| Continued on Page 5, Column 3. | Continued on Page 5, Column 6. 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