The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 25, 1903, Page 17

.‘-Qo afl R H.s.'.oooflo&o—oo—o—o—o—o The T all. R st S ot Pages Qs e ededeieieioieieie . ° WA " YOLUME "XCIHI-NO. 56. SAN FRANCISCO, SUNDAY, JANUARY 25, 1903—FORTY PAGES. PRICE FIVE CENTS. BRAVE GARRISON OF SAN CARLOS VICTORIOUS OVER KAISER’'S SHIPS AUINING RAIN MAKES HAVOG [l HUMHI]U]T Tremendous Floods Destroy Costly Property. Supervisors Meet to Consider Measures for Safety. Damage Will Reach Into Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars. and other er woods eggregate more | & Co. of the Occl- | r entire woods crew | repairing the damages | ng road to such an extent and the road and e before any um- d over the line. t Gross & Sin- and Freshwa- ense volume of section of the Eu- Raliroad embank- conducts were at of Continued on Page 20, Column 1, o W passage of the en- E'ne ght up_in the woods, | Cow a at the county road, where r plle driver is stored. The lat- gthened en route. | ARACAIBO, Jan I o ba M r for Curacao. | Bpecial Cable to The Call and the New York Herald. Copyright, 19083, by the Herald Publishing Company. ARACAS, Venezuela, Jan. 24— A former Minister of Finance for Venezuela has visited me to throw light upon the loan by the Disconto Gesellschatt, the German banking house, as the main subject, and also on the German ultimatum and the aggressions of the Kailser's Government against this repub- lic. He brought to me sealed documents, two of which I had authenticated at the foreign legations before accepting them finally as accurate records. After an in- vestigation I am prepared to indorse the statements that the former Minister of | Finance has made. He showed me the original with the Disconto Gesellschaft, in con- nection with other documents. After they had been examined and read my vis- contract | tior said: | Evrope | capitalists, I “Every one in the United States and in generally believes that German through the Disconto Gesell- 000,09 francs cash to Ven- which has been ft, lent ezuela This statement, spread by Germany, is false. The loan, which was raised by General Crespo when he was president of Venezuela, w; fictitious. Unnq through the Machiavel- of its instigator, ‘Senor who was Venezuelan Min- ance in 1896, and who was at largely the same time legal counsel for the Dis- | Conunued on Pnu 18, Column 3. First Class Second Class . Total Ba.ttloships First Class ... .. | Second Class. Third Class. . Total Cruisers Torpedo Gunboats Officers - -+ | |Claim of German Capitalists That Theyi Made Cash Loan to Venezuela Shown to Be Fictitious. | | attempt was made and it is plain that she did not dare to do so. his gives the Venezuelans a poor idea of German naval efficiency. in Frenchmens River, in China, and forcing a passage. THE BAR BACKING BELLIGERENTS. 24.—O0nly the German gunboat Panther was in sight last night off Port San Carlos. The cruiser Gazelle also has gone away, but her destination is not known. G.mran warships since 6 o'clock on Thursday night. It was reported during the afternoon that the Panther would try to passthe fort during Thurs- | When it is considered that the fort is very poorly armed and that there is not a tor- | The newspapers compare Germany's course with the brilliant feat of the English President Castro has sent by cable to General Bello, commander of Fort San Carlos, a mes- The commander of the The cruiser Vineta, according to late reports, has left - -l- post says that there has been no TO ADDS PEACE TO STRONG VALOR OF Village Is in Ashes but Fort Is Dam- aged Little. ARACAIBO, Venezuela, Friday; Jan. 23.—A boat with a press representa tive on board, which was sent from here yesterday to Fort San Carlos, re- | turned to Maracaibo at 11 o'clock this morning, bringing the news that the German warships had not shelled the fort since Thursday night. When the boat left San Carlos the German cruiser Panther, zuelan Controversy Will Be Settled Scon and Satisfactorily. ASHINGTON, Jan. 24.—At midnight to-night Minister Bowen gave out the following statement: “I have good reason to believe that the pending con- troversy between the three allied powers and Venezuela will be settled soon and satisfactorily.” Bowen said that he was able to make this positive statement after a rumber of conferences held during the day -and evening with the representatives of the allied powers. He expressed his gratification over the prospects of a speedy settlement of the difficulty. He had nothing to say, however, as to whether the assurances he had reczived include an imuediats raising of the blockade. the only war vessel in sight, was about one mile from the bar The vi e of San Carlos, consisting of elghty houses buillt of wood and straw snd inhabit sherfolk, was total- | 1y burned the result of having been set on- fire by explosion of shells frcm the w | The gatrison at San Carlos, numbering | 235 men, was still holding the fort when the boat left the island. As the walls of the fort are low and near the water line, | they are still in good condition, except on the sea side. The Panther on Thurs- day tried on two occasions to pass through. the channel in front of the fort, but desisted from doing so, probably ow- ing to the danger of navigating those waters, The German cruiser Vineta, as this dis- patch is sent, rent here, is at Willemstad, Curaca: NAVAL STRENGTH OF GERMANY AND OF THE UNITED STATES | N view of the strained situation due to the Venezuelan affair and the possibility of conflict between | the United States and Germany, a comparison of the naval strength of the two countries as shown in | the table below is interesting. The figures, compiled from the 1902 issue of Brassey’s Naval Annual, an authority on matters pertaining to fighting ships, show that Germany has 52 war vessels afloat, while the United States has but 36. There are 17 ships under construction in Germany and 28 in the United | States. When the vessels now building are completed Germany's navy will consist of 69 ships and that of the Unitzd States of 64. Germany has 146 less naval officers than the United States, but there are 6781 more men in the crews of the German ships. BATTLHSHIFS, Third 'Class . CRUISERS. GERMANY. Euilt. Bu!.'lemg. 7 = = 8 r 13 b 4 =24 1o . . 1200 38,500 Following is the summary: UNITED STATES. Built. Building. 2 8 7 = | 18 12 ] “ =1 | 10 P 5 =] “ 12 1s 1 1 1343 25,719 i according to reports cur- | e has been ictions to Berlin for where | trst s here yesterday nd Herr Breur, | A rumor was current that the Ger: a leading m: is place, were murdered during the patriotic parade | konor of the defenders of Fort San ( | los. Inve showed that there was abs . h in the report, which is believed to have been circulated by supporters of General Matos, the revolu- tionary leader. — . FOOD SCARCE IN CARACAS. Prices of All Provisions Are Increas- | ‘[ ing Daily. | Spectal Cable to' The Call and New York Herald. Copyright, 1903, by the New York Herald Publishing Company. CARACAS, Jan. 2.—Great excitement day. The former Venezuelan gunboats Res- taurador and Zumbador, which were | seized by the allies, are anchored off La Guaira, within the lines of the blockade { and fiying the German and English colors, respectively. * The prices of all provisions are ralsing dafly in Caracas and La Guaira. Small { baker shops have closed. Meat is hard ! to obtain, as the revolutionists intercept | all cattle forwarded. RN BLOCKADE TO CONTINUE. England Insists That Allies Be Re- garded as Preferred Creditors. LONDON, Jan. 24—It was learned to-, | 'day that Great Britain. Germany and' Italy proposal that the blockade of Venezuela be immediately raised cannot be enter- talned, and that coercive action must con- tinue, until a proper guarantee is forth- coming. The Foreign offices hold that any other course would entail a faflure of the attempts to bring about a settle- ment by diplomacy at Washington. Regarding the position of the other | claimants against Venezuela, the blockad- | ing powers contend that their claims must first be satisfactSMly settled before the demands of the countries who are not actlvely asserting them can receive at- tention. continues at Maracaibo, but the bombard- | | ment of San Carlos was not resumed to- | have agreed that Minister Bowen's | 5 DEMOCANTS blIE TELLER S0LID VOTE Claim Senator’s Re- election by One Majority. Republicans Contest Legality of the Proceeding. —_— Ballot Cast by Only One Wing of Colorado’s Di- vided Legislature. Denver. accounted for un it was learned t in his seat LEGALITY Is QUESTIOVED There were no B apublic either house » members of lity of y the Re- the electic pected to hav a contest by that he had bee ery. -CONGRATULATORY SPEECHES. United States terson followed declared that the Democracy of tk was now more closely united than before. He said that he did not th likely that a contest would be against Senator Teller. These speeches were followed by con- sratulatory remarks by former Governors Adams and Thomas, C. J. Hughes Jr. and T. J. O'Donnell, all of whom have been 5ll]ked of as candidates for the Senate, and by Democratic State Chairman Mil- ton Smith. The joint session then ad- Journed. ‘While the election of Senator Teller by | the Democratic portion of the General Assembly has removed one element of uncertainty from the situation, it has not, by any means, clearcd the atmosphere. | As a result of a conference between Republican Senators and Representatives of the two House factions to-day a prop- th osition will be submitted in the House on Monday to recognize the Republican Senate as regular. The Wolcott men hope that a sufficlent number of ant- Wolcott will join them in support of th.8 | proposition to secure its ado; ia hat event it is proposed to hold a joint | session of Republicans next week to vote upon a United States Senator. Shouid ‘mey succeed in agreeing upon & candi- | date he will contest the seat with Teiler. LOW RATES BRINGING THOUSANDS WESTWARD The Number of California Tourists and Homeseekers Reaches Un- precedented Proportions. TOPEKA, Kans., Jan. 24—The Rock | Island is feeling the effect of the low | rates made for California travel in the largely increased traffic. The Golden State limited is proving a great attr ‘(lon for the California tourists and the | number of people going to Californfa by | this rheans has reached unprecedented | proportions. Homeseekers also are crowd- 4ing toward the Paclfic Coast States.