The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 12, 1903, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 12 1903 SULTAN'S TROOPS SLAUGHTER HUNDREDS NEAR ADRIANOPLE; FRENCH WARSHIPS ORDERED TO BE READY TO SAIL TO THE LEVANT e | HUSSINS PLANS DISTRESS JAPAN Optimists Take Another | View of Manchurian | Affair. ‘ New Demands on China Com- | pi:icate Evacuation Prespect upon the first t is learned draw from ledged her n by Octo- were not suggested was made il @ SHIP'S KEEL || - Page 1, Column 7. | Practiced by Turks. OFIA, Sept. 1L.—The revo! headquarters here ~has from Burgass news of f >cities committed by the soldlers in the vilayet of Adri anople. A squadron of Turkish cavalr intercepted and slaughtered fugitives a tempting to cross into Bulgaria. Sixty Bulgarians were killed within three kilo- | metres of the frontier. The whole dis-| t Losengrad is filled with Albanian troops, who are burning villages massacring the inhabitants. ey have | killed fifty persons and have slain fifteen | others in the village of Kula, twenty- two old people in the village of Ekleer, eighteen families at Taspata and twen € the captain, and | families at Asmidigik. | provisions of | Eighty families fleeing from varfous vil- crew were all |lages toward the frontier have been lit- | e cut to pieces by Turkish soldiers | during the last few da Hundreds of ld men, women and children from the district of Losengrad have crossed fer. fonary recetved ful Turkish and the banian e men into it an Seventy-Fifth Birthday. BURG, Sept. 11L—Count fifth birthday in the large body of infantry and c three mountain batteries, a an insurgent band in the mountains ab tko. The insurgents waited the n | approach of the troops and then hurled nbs at them. After two hours’ fight- £ the Turks were forced to retire, with | the loss of twenty men killed and many | wounded. The loss of the insurgent| | forces was light. | The first indication of the Greeks aid- |ing the Bulgarians against Turkey ap- | pears in a circular addressed by the gen- eral staff of the elghth revolutionary dis- trict to the Greek towns and villages in | esses | de- in the the vilayet of Adrianople. It exp: pleasure at hearing that the Greeks to join their Bulgarian brethren e fight for liberty, and invites eeks to send delegates to formul: lans for joint action. The mixed popu- Slept Very Little Because ; of Smothering - lation of Greeks and Buigarians in fif- teen villages of the district of Kostur Spelin, Palpitation, | Fee o e Further details of the village burnings | and Heart Pains. and massacres committed in the vila S—— of Monastir have been reported here from | To Dr.Miles’ Heart Cure | relizble sources at Salonica. The names | are given of thirty-four villages in the I Owe My Life. Kaza and Okrida districts which have | —_— been burned by the Turk; At Velgoshto, near era*l. twelve men and women perished in the flames. Sixty peasants were killed in this neighborhood, most of the bodies being left unburied and a large forest have been 1 the Kaza of A At Podmo- chani and Pokovionik many women and | children were killed. ion, smothering spells, ath, weak and hungry spells and general debility, indicate a weak heart. The Jonger these symptoms exist the more serious they become. They represent con- heart weakness which must re- ne outside. A weak heart f, no matter how slight the Heart pains, palp! h speedily treated 1t will In the Kaza of Presba the soldiers sur- ¥ ¢ surely. A perfect | rounded a forest in which the women and e has been in Dr. Miles' Heart | child: from the villages of Louboino | re which removes the cause that the | and Bratichino were concealed. They vio- | agreeable symptoms soon appear. lated the women and put many of them to - death. The monastery of 8t. Colm in the | t gives me great pleasure to add my tes- the hundreds of others who have e merits of Dr. Miles’ Heart be the means of helpin; it. I am sure that e and health to Dr. Miles’ Heart 1 suffered for six years with pal- nd pan in my heart, I could not left side, 1 was very weak, an fie because of smothering spells. e ag I could think of but got f urtil 1 began the use of Dr. Miles’ I am now well and able to do Kaza of Valay has been plundered. The town of Klissura is filled with refugees from the burned villages in the district, including many wounded women from the | ghborhood of Klissura and Neveska. large number of bodies lying unburied and decomposifg has caused an epidemic among the Turkish troops, from whlch‘ | many have died i Reports are beginning to arrive from Adrianople which indicate that the Turks are employing similar measures to sup- i although it is three years since | press the outbreak in the vilayet as have | s remedy I have mo sign of |been used in Monastir, and it is feared I took in all six bottles of | that when the Asiatic troops reach the le Heart Cure and think it the grandest medi- | district even more appalling atrocities will | cine in the world, and it gives me pleasure | be committed times to recommend it."—MRs. H. Telegrams from Budapest announce | Medford, Oregon. |that the Austria Government has | and guarantee first bottle | stopped the transport of 15.000,000 Mann- | s. Send for free book licher rifle cartridges which Bulgaria | Address | contracted for in Hungary, \ It appears that the cartridge firm is unable to complete the order in the speci- fied time and borrowed cartridges from the Government magazine, with the re sult that the officlals stopped the delivery of them. The insurrection in Eastern Macedonia | is progressing slowly. General Zontcheff | has been engaged in three skirmishes with the Turks in the district of Djimoua, The insurgents fought a band of Bashi | The proper family standard . baking-powder spices Bazouks between Popida and Varitisch, in the district of Valis. The Bashi Ba- coffee favoring extracts zouks lost eighty men. Next day the reg- o ¥ Bvec gt ! £ ular troops pursued the insurgents into a is Schilling’s Best; five kinds forest, but fell into an ambuscade, in | which' many of them perished. of tea ; of coffee, four, Many of the inhabitants of Monastir | suppressed | states that and in the village of Dobrokavi were A your groser's § meneyback, killed by Turkish artillery, A 2, e SAR AT by ‘ ; | French Warships| Ordered to Be Ready. ARIS, pt. 11.—The commander | , of * the French Mediterranean | squadron at Toulon has recelved eave 0| SUltAN’S sting of | armored | Victor second- | in readiness to val division con Ben the Treville, the and the third- | orders to hold the Levant a na the battleship cruiser Latouche Du Chayla Linois, under the command of Admiral Jaureguiberry. 4 | Reports recelved by Foreign Office class cruiser class cruiser the 1 here from Constantinople say there Is re- | ONSTANTINOPLE, Sept. 1L—An| | newed agitation among the Mussulmans official dispatch received here an-| | within the city and fears are expressed of | nounces that the imperial troops a possible Mussulman attack on the | recaptured Vasiliko on Sunday last after | Christian population. This agitation fol. | the insurgents” occupylng the place had | lowed the appearance in the Turkish pa- | pers of accounts of the Bulgarians dyna- | miting trains and blowing up the .'!leanl-l‘ two cannon. % Vasiliko. ‘ been attacked by 2000 Turkish troops with | «fs The release of Abdul Kader, the natur- Soldiers ious at , PROMINENT BULGARIAN AND boat Vaskapu. The Government consld-| ajized citizen of the United States, from READ B OFRTHE AAGEDON: ered that official sanction of the publica- | ymoriconment at Tripoli rin. Acd. ths IAN REVOLUTIONISTS. tion of the news was the best means to| j.o et of Reshid Pasha. the v | avold exaggerated stories of the explo- | 2iSmissal of Res asha, the vall of | , sions. As the Government had rigorously | Beirut, are taken to inalcate that the any mention ‘of past twenty explosions during the years the recent that the thanks to situation The official report says the Mussulmans | s the are eager to avenge the outrages and the feeling is so intense that the subject have been made to the Porte, | Present situation at which has given assurances that all pre- | cautions will be taken, and has reiterated its confidence that it will be able to con- | trol the situation. warships. | it tically throughout Balfour Elected President. | ure of office. The SOUTHPORT, England, Sept. 11.—The | six months ago as British Association for the Advancement | of Science to-day elected Premier Balfour to be president of the meeting to be held porters at the palac Reshid Pasha is all in 1904 at Cambridge, and has decided | large fortune by that the meeting of 1905 shall be held In | FI South Africa. A fresh outrage granting of the other demands of Minis- ter Leishmen will not be long d | publications caused widespread agitation. | The American Consul at Beir Nazim Pasha, who has by the arrival there of the United S{ulesi As a matter of fact a_desperate state | of affairs i= chronic at has prevailed there for months—prac- | move Reshid Pasha, corrunt administration. e owns extensive property in Cyprus. Albania, September 6. Both sides lost heavily. succeeded Reshid | fight. Turkish soldiers. Beirut was provoked | The Hamidich (Kurdish) cavalry r for It is belleved ing Adrianople. Beirut. Insecur- | ) ment of Asiatic troops, the embassies. Scores of Bulgarians Killed. Reshid Pasha's ten- present Grand Visier ed the Sultan to re- but the latter's sup- e Were 100 powerless, eged to have made a occurred at Klisura, | other points. + A strong band of yed. insurgents ‘attacked the Turks who were t reports ving the town. Reinforcements there is improving, | Were speedily sent to Klisura and the confidence inspired by | insurgents were repulsed after a sharp if the Bulgarians commit any further de- | Pasha. Rumors of fresh outrages con-| A consular report from Salonica says | struction the Mussulmans are likely to | tinue to reach Constantinopie, but these | 300 Insurgents at Zelenitz, district of Kas- take redress by attacking the Christian | T€POrts are deliberately spread with the | toria, who surrendered after they had | population. Earnest representations on | ©bject of creating the impression that the | been surrounded, were massacred Dby egi- ment was called back as it was entrain- this was due to a protest agalnst the employ- made by one of SALONICA, Sept. 11.—According to offi- cial representations, 103 Bulgarians were killed in a fight at Resna on Wednesday. Severe fighting has taken place at several ARMIES OF TURKEY ON PEACE AND FURKIEY. ON WAR BASIS. Total war strength .... .e .1,007,858 Officers . cene . 26,973 Soldiers . 981,685 Horses . . 57,320 Guns o e v . 1,386 ON PEACE BASIS. Infantry, 318 battalions ....... 293,196 197 mquadrons ... . 34,827 ! 231 batteries ... : 31,547 Landwehr (first reserve) . . 324,544 Landsturm (second reserve) ~ 324,544 ARMS AND EQUIPMENT. Infantry — Armed with Mauser magazine rifies. Cavalry — Armed with carbine or rifle, sword or lance. Artillery — Field guns include 7.5 em. quick- firing Krupps; 8.7 cm. breech-loading Krupps; fortress artillery includes 105 companies guarding the Dardanelles and Bosporus, armed with modern heavy Krupp guns. Auxiliary force includes 10 companies of engi- neers, 17 companies of fortress engineers, 4 telegraph companies, 15 squadrons of train, 63 companies of artificers; medical service incom- plete, especially in bearer companies. AND BULGARIA ON WAR FOOTINGS - BULGARIA. ON WAR BASIS. Total war strength .. 296,108 Officers .. : .o 5,431 Soldiers . 7o 290,677 Horses .. A 41,776 Guns ..., » 486 ON PEACE BASIS. Infantry, 24 regiments . 102,812 Cavalry, 10 regiments ... 5,920 Artillery, 6 regiments ... 9,828 Active reserve........ . 88,774 Milltla ....o00ieee cocnanns . 88,774 ARMS AND EQUIPMENT. Infantry — Armed with Mannlicher magazine rifies. ‘ Cavalry — Armed with Mannlicher carbines and sword. Artillery — Field guns of 15-pounder Krupps, 3.42-inch caliber; 2.95 quick-firing Cruesot- Canet guns; 4.7-inch howitser breech-loading Krupps, 7-pounder Krupp mountain guns; 5.9- inch Canet field mortars. Auxiliary force includes 3 batteries of engineers, telegraph, railway and pontoon companies, 6 military train companies, 6 hospitals, 2 artillery depot shops, 2 remount divisions; medical serv- ice not well organized. =2 e . 2 Murders Pave the Way for War’s | Entrance. ONDON, Sept. 11.—The powers are evidently still excrting pressure both at Constantinople and Sofia to avert a Turko-Bulgarian war, apparently with some tempcrary success, but mear time an increasing terrible tale of atre ties committed in Macedonia shows that | the situation is dally becoming flgsr'fl'i | vated. The news that a French squadron is | going to the Levant is also considered | ominous, and this step by the French | Government probably wili be followed by | similar action on the part of other pow- ers. The Turkish embassy in London, in its denial issued daily of Turkish dtrocitie to-day declares it to be “absolutely false that Ottoman troops are burning villages, | the truth being that it is the Bulgarians who at the approach of the troops use explosives to burn the villages before leaving them and then accuse the Turk- ish troops of such abominable deeds.” The same ccmmunication maintains that there were only eight persons killed and fifieen wounded in the affray at Beirut, and that many fugitives to Leb- ,anon are returning to their homes. According to special dispatches from Constantinople the Mussulmans sacked Christian houses during the disorders Beirut and sensationaly rumors of all | kinds are current, incldding a general massacre at Beirut, the imminent dyna- miting of public buildings and the poison- ing of the water supply at Constantino- | ple. ¥ From Vienna comes again an uncon- | firmed revort that Borls Sarafoff, the Macedonian leader, has been murdered near Monastir. The Dally Mail's correspondent at Mon- astir, in a dispatch dated September 6, claims that himself, British Vice Consul McGregor and an American missionary named Bond, are the intended victims of Turkish revenge because they reported the Turkish atrocities. If their murder could be compassed it would be fathered upon the Bulgarians, The correspondent describes further the atrocities by soldiers. In one case they flayed a little girl's head, while in another they dug the flesh from under a woman's arm with pocketknives in order to see the working of her lung: A Constantinople dispatch to the Daily Mail, dated September 10, says the Porte telegraphed to Washington asking to have the American squadron recalled from Bei- rut, the request being refused. Minister Leischmann declared that it would re- main until the departure of the late vali, Rehsid Pasha. Officials of the German Embassy here to-day said that there was no truth in the statement made by the Constantino- ple correspondent of the London Standard to the effect that there was reason to believe that «Germany was encouraging Turkey to rigorously suppress the Mace- donian Insurrection without regard for European remonstrances. It was assert- ed at the Embassy that the essential principle of German policy was to agree to the proposal of Russia and Austria and that.beyond so doing Germany had not taken any steps in the Balkan situa- tion, Private letters from Monastir state the Wallachian inhabitants of Krushevo fully confirm the charges made by the Bulgari- ans that the Turkish soldlers and Bashi Bazouks outraged and slaughtered de- fenseless women and children there, the atrocities continuing two days and night. As the Wallachians hate the Bulgarian: their testimony in this instance carries | considerable weight. Hilmi Pasha has admitted that thirty Bashi Bazouks were concerned in the affair. Hilmi says that these Bashi Bazouks stole 400 cattle, all of which have been restored to the own- ers, but the latter say that not a hoof has been restored. — FERDINAND IN TERROR. Bulgarian Prince Lives in Castle With Many Guards. BERLIN, Sept. 11.—The Lokal Anzeiger to-day published a dispatch from Sofia, | Bulgaria, saying that Prince Ferdinand has not yet returned to the captital and that he is in seclusion at the castle of Eu- xineograd with several favorites, all the approaches to the castle being strongly guarded by soldiers. All the purveyors for the royal establishment, it is added, are searched before entering the castle. —_——————— Icecream here is as staple as flour and beef. New York pays over $0,000 a day for what it eats of this confection in the heated term.—New York Press. i | which was deposited with a local trust NS UBERTY WITH THOUSANDS Large Sum Needed for Release of Edwin D. Moers. ‘Wealthy Young Californian Bailed Out of New York Jail. —_— Special Dispatch to The Call. NEW YORK, Sept. 11.—Edwin D. Moers, a wealthy young Califorman, leased from Ludlow street ja after being in custody for th under a suit for divorce and alimony brought by his wife, Dorothy B. Moers. J. C. Robinson, a friend of Moer's fam- came from Los Angeles with $10,000, was re- 1 to-night ee months company with an arrangement under which any sums re vered by Mrs. Moers are to be paid to her by the trust com- pany. Moers' adventures have few parallels outside of fiction, and afso the career of Mrs. Moers. He was to sail for Eu- rope on June 17 last with his mother. On the preceding day he was arrested. Previous to this Moers had ‘come to New York, concealed his identity and obtained employment in the chorus of the ing Bird” Musical Comedy Compar was so extravagent that he was discharg- ed on account of the intense popularity he attained in the chorus and among the principals of the company. Mrs. Moers soon after she had her husband's arrest was herself arrest- ed on a warrant charging larceny ob- tained by Mrs. Lena G. Hilt of Mount Vernon. The sult was settled El L American Lega- tion to Be Made an Embassy. soo caused Special Dispatch to The Call SHINGTON, Sept 11.—Now that the United States has been drawn into the vortex of the Turkish crisis it proposes to be able to wield as strong a hand in affairs at the > Porte as any European power. ¥ S Dep&rtment is anxious that the American legation at Constanti- nople be elevated to an emba corresponding advance of the T gation at Washington. American diplomacy at the Porte suffers with a ish le- v materially, as Mr.Leishman is only a min- ister. He meets with vexatious delays in seeing officlals with whom he can confer advantageously in a delicate situation such as now exists. Were ne an Embas- sador, a personal representative of the President of the United States, he would be entitled to personal audiences with the Sultan. Such is the prestige now enjoyed by the European powers. President Roosevelt realizes the great obstacle which lies in Leishman's low rank. Several months ago after repeated through the usual chan- throu Mr. Sultan delivered it personally a better agreement on the long pending questions than the State Department had expected to obtain. Leishman in a cable to the State Depart- gh Leishman, who The result was ment to-day explained the error which led to his notifying the department that Vice-Consul Megelsson had been killed Consul Ravndal filed to Leishman a ei- pher message stating that Megelssen had been shot at. When message was received at the American legation by Leishman and translated it read that Mr. Megelssen had been “shot, assassinated The error is explained by the fact that the cipher symbol for the word “at” is with the exception of a digit the me as for “assassinated The following bulletin was posted at the Navy Department to-day: “Rear Admiral Cotton telegraphs from Beirut September 10, that the Governor General of Damascus has been appointed Acting Governor General at Befrut and has expressed a desire to settle the case of the American Vice-Consul satisfactor- {ly to the United States. Beirut quiet, business improving, confidence increas- ing.” A long cablegram reached the State De- partment from Minister Leishman on the general Turkish situation which has not vet been made public. The prestige of Mr. Leishman at Constantinople has greatly increased since the appearance of the Eu- ropean squadron off Befrut.and the scope of his representations to the Porte has also increased in the last few days. It is understood that our Government will push to an early conclusion all its pend- ing claims against Turkey. Chekib Bey, the Turkish Minister, was a caller at the State Department to-day, bringing further reassuring advices that & condition of complete peace has been es- tablished at Beirut. — e Alaskan Commission as Guests. LONDON, Sept. 1.—The Pllgrims’ Club will entertain the members of the Alas- kan boundary commission at dinner at Claridge’'s October 6. Lord Roberts will preside. Embassador Choate and other prominent men have already accepted in- vitations to be present. ADVERTISEMENTS. MILLIONS =YOUR= DEALER’S TO-DAY