The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 1, 1903, Page 17

Qeiececstotedetetoedeteg - Pages VOLR 028: . Che ‘ 'fia%.._d 4 5 \( IHI=NO. * ® Bages 0 0st et 0000000t stesedsel \ - WW, .o @ W 63, SAN FRANCISCO, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY Y, 1903—~FORTY PAGES. l’RI( E FIVE A CENTS. ’ERMAN SHIPS ABOUT TO RENE % % THE ATTACK ON FORT SAN CARLOS >d-w ith 31,—A Ger he: blockade. 200,00 1 an \war\!np, supposed:to be the cruiser Falke, was seen this morning near-the bar-at Maracaibo, makmg soundings. : It is believed at Maracaibo that anether attempt is to be made to rediice’ San Carlos fort and gain. entrance to Lake Maracaibo: “The garrison at the fort is preparing to Tesist attack. Many hakeries have closed -becaitse of the Tack of flour, lqwl hread is-hard to-obtain. - Word has - been. received ‘here that-the revolutionary army which has been threaten cartridges and other war material through the connivance of -the (1ermm blockading squadron. - 3 She landed men-in small boats and the depth of the bar was taken at There a number stress in this advance upon Ca- s great di an FLAMES CAUSE NEARLY A MILLION DOLLARS'DAMAGE IN SACRAMENTO AND DESTROY LIFE OF A FIREMAN| Immense Department Store of Weinstock-Lubin Company -in :the State Capital Is Discovered Ablaze in the Early. Morning and| Df\pm Al' Efforts Burns to Ground th purprlsmg Rapldlty *- CAPTALST 5 SHIT BY 1S NEPHEW A-\Tfl‘u.’-fib\ Sms ~+ Mysterious Cr1me : ' Astonishes San | Bernardino. Man Receives Fa- tal Wounds. —a ‘A Prominent Berkeley; i | Statements - Conflict and| Secrecy Covers the = || »ensah nal Crime. AR il o *“Spectal Dispateli'to- The Call, SAN. BERNARDINO, Jan. - 31.—C. ~R. | |:Lioyd of-Berkeley, a capttalist, heavy] | |'stockholder in " the - Sdcraments’ Electric | | and. Gas Compuny, the Oakland Transit. Company, and president of the San.-Be |:mardiioElectric Lighting and Gas Com-’| pany, was:fataliy shot in front of his| home ‘in this clty this aftetnoon - by “his nephéw: William Boxall,. éhief electrictan at.the Hotel Potter in Santa’Barbara. He s now In the hospital here, life hanging | ['by the barest thread, while his ussassip | | 1is'in the custody of lhe Sheriff. {4 Deep mystery sis [ ¢He ‘assall | Feason : for his" sct, while the ' wounded | man has given varied stitements:. Short-. | . after the affray sapd ln the presence | | . |.| of ‘several persons i 3 “It4sall & lmn’lh(e m!s!ak\,‘ My nephew | | Is' not°to_blameé, and 1-do’ not. wish, him | | prosecuted:. My.:son Fred fs the cause of it al” . feil || Two hours later when ‘the physicians | | so in the présence of. I rict At- 1OT1E)Y nrecher and the Supeérior Court { stencsrapher the attor- What this w ¢, as _he expects to use n the: prosecution of Box- | ney réfuses to it-as testimo; ‘all.. It-is ,understéod, however,:that it |°| differs from -the ‘oné freviousiy made, in- || asmuc it daes. not hlame the son .| Fred. . Fred Lloyd, the son referred to: | | left. the-.city ! and’ -cannot -be || 1ocated. " How can he connécted .with '| | the afrair is'a portion:of the mystery. CALL . FOR' ASSIS'IANCI; Shortly hefore 2 ¢'clock, as” John Ferre and ‘his gon awvere driving past the Lloyd home Lioyd, hatless .and dasted : from' the | ing as he'ran téward' the car- | plac | ! riage:. “Protéct me, protéct’ me, he wm ! | i-xin me 3 1" The »mes) at thie: sound of Lipyd's | l-rre revolver. nmeml théy out- Tir | stopped -and |’ TORE A\'H FTSAPPEA THE RIGE STOCK-L¥ Bl\ COMPANY AT SACRAMENTO Bl‘Fi)RF THE FLAME 'RAIT ON THE LE¥T I8 THAT OF . TH N O 1T O w THE PORT) ONE SERIOUSLY INJURED. to. make rgom - for- ed intp the it .was_with:the » aim af Lioyd. . The first khot took | | ts_course between® left arm- and ‘the | |'side’ of. the intended.victin. the: sepond. | AND CON ACRAMENTO, Jan. 81L.—Fire this to: n ‘& Co. he fire re of Wel royed the great de- on K street; caus- loss of more than thr dollars. s & severe blow o the commer- u) Interests-of this sect million ion, but-while .- !h’l ex- Fireman who was at the side of R Whe e met his death, and Who .wae N jured by the full- & of h crushed out his mr e, has given a statement ng the fatal accident. He states there was no he w FIRE'S ORIGIN we knew,” he said, warning of what was “there . flame thrown over our 1 fell out with a ver a foot that 1 was and the time of the tchard was also, place of sa in- fe- 1 10 the fataiity UNXNOWN. 1 of ‘erude — 1, which is used for thie heating e building, tie insurance on thé building and coa- tents reaches $500,000, “and is. placed be- tween fifty and sixty differerit companies, representing every concern doing business Sacramento. A meeiing of..the coast representatives of these companies was at once called in San Francisce .and HMU-‘"! ers came up to-night fo.estimate the loss. The directors of - the Weélnstock-Tubln | Cempeny met this morning and decided | to rebulid. The fire broke out iy the annex, which is.located &n L street, back of the main stcre, about 4 o’clock: this morning. “The |/store maintains a small fire company on | the premises, bt the men were powerloss to fight the fire, owing o the suffocating | smoke, ‘The city fire departinent was-cali- ed and soon: thereafter; as the flames re- sisted the efforts of the.firemen, the en- | | \ : | tire. apparatus and force .of -extra . men | were summened to the scene, It was believed that the fire would be confined to the annex and the pecple in ! the neighborhood, who were attracted by the sounding bells and the great volume ¢ emcké that hung on the heavy atmos- felt no concern for ‘the handsome ucture on K streét; in which thy retail business of the cted ROARING OF FLAMES. This main store s connected with the on buildings by a bridge which span- ned the alley and which was it=elf an ela-. This bridge, or tunnel, acted as a means of communication of coneern borate strueture. | ibe Bames from the annex to the great huilcing: n- front spreading ‘alopg the galleries'in the main | _bui!dlng The 'tore was Cchfltrucled In RESSMAN W. HO HAS STARTED A “MOVEMENT. FOR A [ |: RE: PRESE\T\T[\'ES OF:FRANCE AND GERMANY IN WASHINGTON, 1 }!APID I'.\r(_REASE IN-THE NAVY OF THE U NITED STATES. I o3 et s o made a similar wound on:the pérson of.| John Ferre, the. thifd . struck Lloyd en | Tho ‘ire sosted. furt: ously. through the'tunnel and. was soon | the:leg and the fourth plerced his ‘back,’ making “a wound from ‘which he can t hardfy recmer _Then, asa lss( desperate | - Conflnued on Page 19 commn 5. Confinu.d ou Pnge 19 Caluxnn B. \ DA YTON’S NAVAL INCREASE RESOLU TION .FINDS FA VOR Cn.:. BUREAU, 1406 G m:rr, N. W, wummw. Jan, n.—vru resolution, introduced in the House by Representative Alston C." Dayton of West ‘Virginia, opening the way for a rapid - increase ot fllfl VM“G States navy, is gaining. supporters daily. The full fext of tha resolution followe: p “Whereas, in view of .the fact that battleskips of modern: construotion are necessary for the firet line of defense of nations posa ing & long line of ccast and great .commercfal and maritime interests, and this question : diréhdy has béen .conisidered at the Naval War College, and by the nn'u Board v{ th l‘aw. ‘of vlloh Mmlnl Dewey is prestdent, Nports of which.kave beén prenared,. .. ok ‘“RESOLVED, That the Secretary of the Navy bs requested to fransmit immediately to . the recommendations .of the said General Board and the reports of the Naval War College in td'me- to the. eqfi_nufl 7 naval policy that should be pursued by Congress in making appropriations whereby th be brought to a condition within a fixsd, demuh portod that would make it strong enough to cove, na our own .or. our insular skiores, with any possible combination that ukdy ‘to be formed, taxing Anto omumuou the -com~ mercial rivalry that clists between other powers. 5 “That the Secietary of the’' Navy particila; Nmnnmtohlm the Congress . as u the tmawhflvll necessary to annually increase the maiy to the extent of four: battleships; this increase to be ii. addition to that necessary to provide for deterioration or for lnll An mnt&b nfluu.l' flm ‘m or fmv lfilfll‘ mm m naval register crafts of obsolets design. “That the Secretary of the tions to provide for the pay of the additional officers and men meeded and for the establishment of . --«-m fln- dooxs, slips and accessories requisite for the repair and presérvation of fleet projected. : “Trat in order to proyide ways for o\mnh‘ additional officers the Seorctary requested to. mrnln ca- gress with his opinion as to tlhe wisdom and practicability of admifting the eleot of thie technological. schobls ' of the country as. ensigns on ‘Probation, such. graduates at the end of two years to pass, professional ua wm axmlmwhwmuwnommqwmm;ma mnlmflollni £ be- further reguested. o lntom the Congre: u to the wddifional unwpun.— ¥ - 1 I | ¢overs what “{'States, France, -Belgium, ‘Holland, ‘Swe- iAlhes Flat Re;ecnon of Peace Terms In- creases Irrztatmn in Washington. Sp_ech.l Dllpltch» to The Call. ALL BUREAU, 406 G STREET, N. W., WASHING- TON, Jan. 31.=The ‘allies inter. uela- have -flatly’ rejected the peacé terms submitted by Min- ister Bowen on behalf of Veneguela, and nekotiations are at a standstill, _*Alifance” is a pretty strong word {fo use, but .to all intents and purposes it joint ‘action the United den - and 'Norway, Spain” and Denmark probably will take ‘if- the!allled -powers 'fflnllnlle to. try -to. press” Vemnezuela teo e wail ‘anil mdke hér break faith with the. other "powers : she..has ‘promised to ‘i@!ll! ‘with. alllarice ‘are now thorpughly, antagonistic fo the policy. of the allles, and dre only . walting ‘4 - favorablé. chance ,io make & stieng protest ‘on. ground . which will Stand the strain of diplomatic ténseness certadn’ to fesilt from such-actica. ‘ While England as party 1q the alliance, pursulig a présent course so dlsmne- .| fal; to the United States ‘the airy: Anz: American _djjjance ‘amounts :to noll\(ns | Moreover, it ‘has been damdged seriously I by the -unftiendly attitude of Greéat Brit- | ajn during ‘the-last week, That"the. Eng- | lish Teople are more Trendly, to ‘tie Unitéq Stafes than to Gernfany 13 every- where. believed. hers. The action of the ST S ested in the coercion of Venez- | QGovernments outside of tha | Diplomat Alleges the | - Powers’ Claims Are Unjust. | | [ ARACAS, Jan. 31L—All the newspapers of Caracas have published argjelds to the effect that the action of the allies in | imposing upon Venesuela spe- cial preferential treatment im the settlement of their own claims is on |'s par with all their previous acts since the ‘beginning of the present difficulty— namely, unjust and unreasonable. ! - Three members of the dfplomatic corps here were asked for their opinions on this ! phase of the controversy.. Two declined { to speak, but the third was willing to dis- |-cuss the question for publication provided |'his name was not used. He said: | :-“Thg action of Great Britain, Germany and Italy in trying to impose favored treatment for their claims and in demand- ing an immediate cash payment arises from the fact that they know their claime | are' not well founded. My colleague, M. Haggard (the British Minister), before his departure, presented claims to the Venezuelan Government on behalf of Great Britain tq -the amount of only 45000. The remainder of Great Britain's claims against Venezuela is not known. What this may be I8 problematical - It | must be remenibered that schooners from the Britjsh island of Trinidad have I been assisting the Matos revolutionists, 1 as well'as smuggling. and that these ves- rightfully seized by Ven- Britain was sure - before- that no. tribunal would recognize certain of Her claims, and, theréfore, she warnted to force immediate payment. | “Geérmany, - for the same reason, does not desire that the Disconto-Geschellshaft -'1.10an scandal become known to the finan- { clal worla | ““The Italians have no Industrial | prises In Venezuela. The Italizns here |'are. mostly agricuitural jaborers and ped- | dlers; these h've undoubtedly suffered, | but they clalm $10 for the loss of & 5 chicken and $100 for the theft of a- dom~ | 4 i enter— Ctj')nfii‘med on Page !8,‘ Column 3. Continued on Page 18, Columam 1.