The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 8, 1903, Page 1

Sl IW YOLUME XCIV—XNO. 1 30. SAN FRANCISCO, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1903. PRICE FIVE OEN'TS._- RUSSIA NOW REFUSES TO EUDACUATE MANCHURIA, CHINA MAKES APPEAL TO JAPAN FOR ASS. + ML BREMK 5 JERTED BY OFFICERS Desperate Convict Cuts Floor of His Cell. Makes Ti;rd Attempt to Get Away From San Quentin. Guarde Believe That Other Felons Were in the Daring Plot Oct. 7.—An the w far nor # plot it known in the one of the through square. The h thick had been the fourth rough ere con ng in ry was discoyv- but Warden Tamp- attaches, who knew e matter secret in the om thus far o Hammel, wh the prison, incorrigible aker and this een caught in sveral the outbreak always been a insubordination at CUTS FLOOR OF CELL. ring Warde €'s regime a tun- w ug e the emill toward a e pieted for about et ‘ feet separated the rom Hammel and an vered coming ou Hammel cc to the ® in one « kins was n " h was kept E s ated in Ham- mel's searc 1d the mmel was in- fosse » War- s t working f s. He also DIVULGES HIS PLAN. 1 started in to w floor,” said mmel, “the first ane. ANl 1 t was slow work rr d expected to be ft 1t at short time. T wo L3 the ficor in th below story of the u re factor There I was going t n hoop and a plece night I would go to which is only e wall, throw e top railing on the the hoop to & wall, draw t} wut and climb kand over hand c w The plece of scissors wezs given me man going out of the incorrigible c hen I could not work 1 secreted t a niche in my ce 1 will not here was a ne else in the s 3 mme] was sen geon and e to-ni As f the m George Je » has had « & the incor! for many yee as resigned Tompkine said t ht: *No, harge Jones. He had been ; years, o I gave him ring him to the jute criticised him for Hammel's work, and in se for it. The scis- - gone unfound and the cutting in the floor cannot Jones criticism and quit. 1 severely ng concefve. my —_———— TUTOR WHO FLOGGED BOY TO DEATH IS ON TRIAL BERLIN Dippold K the o The trial of Andreas tutor, who tied Heinz old son of Director a pr s utsch Bank, to a bed and whipped T to death, began to-day. Heinz, with a younger brother, who was also fearfully punished, lived with the tutor secluded house. A medical board ided that Dippold is sane. He alleges that he whipped the boys on the authority of their parents. been nar- | details of | years | I isters on October > and Marquis Yamagata, commander-in-chief of the army, had consultations with the Ministers of War and Marine. ISTANCE NDON, Oct. 8 —The correspondent of the Daily Mail at Kobe, Japan, telegraphs that Baron von Rosen on October 4 presented a note to the Japanese Govern- tending that Japan had no right to interfere in the question of the evacuation of Manchuria, which solely concerned Russia and China. ised the partition of Korea, and suggested that Japan take the southern half and Russia the northern provinces. nent, adds the correspondent, then sent a reply to Baron von Rosen rejecting the Russian proposal. A crisis is possible at any moment. BATTALION OF REDIFS 5 ROUTED ‘Turks Lose Three Hundred Men in Battle. : Villagers Starving in Districts Ravaged by Troops. | Bodies of Men, Women and Children Mark Path ‘ of Fugitives. Sl il ! Dispateh to The Call LONDON, Oct. kans News from the Bal- fighting at a batealion reports various pl s and that of Salonica redifs st 300 killed in an engagement Serres and Nevrokop. A Turkish force defeated Mothovo on September 29, losing 72 killed between was near It is stated from insurgent sources that | the villagers in Okhrida district are with- | t food, except roots and bark. A party of muleteers, who have arrived at .\‘lm\rJ astr, report that they found skeletons of | children with grass in their mouths. A | Greek, who has arrived at the same city says he saw many bodlies of men, women and children on the roadsides in Viacho and sura districts. SOFIA, Oct. 7.—A large band of insur- | gents has been defeated by the Turks { near Godlevo. The losses on both sides reported hi are to ve been | with a view of avoid- | the dangers of a rupture, has pro- to the Ottoman commissioner here | heavy Premier Petroff, ing t »ops on both sides of the frontier | uld be withdrawn to a certain distance agreed upon by both Governments, and | he has further offered to disband one battalion of Bulga n ops for every | two demobilized simul ously by Tur- | key | The latest reports state that some | fan fugitives are threatened approach of winter. Oct. 7.—Since the arrival ¢ . the Bulgarian diplomatic agent here, there is evidence | {of a relaxation of the strained relations with Bulgaria. Immediately after M. Natchovicz arrived he had a long inter- with the Sultan’s secretary, who repeatedly consulted with Abdul Hamid in the course of the interview. The opinion prevails here that imminent dan- ger of a Turko-Bulgarian conflict has | erted. — e Politicians will advise you to vote for | the issuance of the Geary-street bonds. | Would you seek the advice of a politi- | cian in & private business deal in which | his interests were opposed to yours? If not, to-day. been a AR A e CLOSE WATCH IS KEPT ! FOR FUGITIVE OFFICERS | Herman and Jol;:;n, Who Seized a Steamer, May Be Headed for Chinese Coast. , Oct. 8.—Nothing further has been heard of George Herman, chief inepector, and C. J. Johnson, constabu- lary officer, both of whom were stationed | at M Mindinao, and who took $609, | seized a steamer and started In the direc- | tion of It is now thought'that | instead of going to Borneo they are either MANILA 3orneo. making for the Chinese coast or the | Dutch settlements. The coast of Borneo is patrolled by British and American steamers. In seizing the Victoria, the vessel on which Herman and Johnson made their estape, they made use of the constabu- lary, ordering them to take the vessel. Herman and Johnson also ordered a num- ber of constabulary to accompany them in their flight, for the purpose, it is sug- gested, of forcing native steamers to sup- ply them with coal. ———— 'DECLARES KING PETER IS HELD A PRISONER Paris Journal Publishes Remarkable Dispatch Concerning Servia’s | Ruler. PARIS, Oct. 7.—Le Rappel publishes, under reserve, a dispatch which states | that King Peter of Servia is confined in | & Belgrade fortress by the officers who were guilty of the assassination of King | Alexander and Queen Draga, and that he | conducts affairs of state from his | | i “ prison, under pressure of the conspirators. BELGRADE, Servia, Oct. 7. — King Peter opened the Skupshtina to-day. In the speech from the throne, King Peter, referring to Macedonia, said he hoped the reforms would be carried out and peace be preserved. DRINK-CRAZED vote against the Geary-street job | v SRR MAN 5H00TS AN OFFIGER 'Leading Physician Terrorizes Pueblo. PUEBLO, Colo., Oct. 7.—While crazed from the influence of liquor that he had been drinking for several days, Dr. C. O. Rice, one of the most prominent physi- clans in the city, to-night shot and al- most instantly killed Policeman Martz, while the jatter was trying to arrest him in a drug store. The tragedy at 8:30 o'clock, after the frenzied physician had driven from the store by flourishing occurred eve: ¢ one | hts revolver and threatening to kill any one who came within range. Policeman Slater shortly afterward accidentally shot himself through the pelvis while at- tempting to effect an entrance into the store. The wounded officer is in the hos- pital, and will probably die It was not until 10 o'clock that the doctor was captured. Meanwhile he had been holding an enormous crowd at bay in front of the drug store. Finally an entrance to the rear of the drug store was effected through the cellar, and the doctor wa rpowered before he could He was taken to the circuitous route, for fear offer resista that some attempt at violence might be made : The big crowd was loud in its denunci- ation of the killing. Officer Martz, who was killed, had lived in the city for ive years and had served many s a patrolman, Dr. Rice is one of the oldest and most prominent physicians tn the city. He is the founder of the Falrmount Hospital in Falrmount Park, which was formerly known as the Rice Sanitarium. ————————— CHRIS EVANS PETITIONS FOR RELEASE ON PAROLE Nolorious Bandit and Train Robber Is Weary of Life in Folsom Penitentiary. SACRAMENTO, Oct. 7.—Chris Evans, the mnotorious bandit, declares that in Kkiliing people and holding up the trains of the Southern Pacific he was guilty of errors of the head rather than the heart. In applying to Governor Pardee to-day for recommendation for a parole Evans advanced this claim, adding that he had been confined in Folsom prison for nine years now; that he has been an exemplary prisoner, and is in bad health. The Gov- ernor received the letter while preparing to go to Chico to attend a meeting of the Normal School Trustees, and took no ac- tion upon it. Evans further represented in the letter to the Governor that he had a letter from the Fresno Judge who sent him to prison for life favoring his appli- cation for parole; another from the Dis- trict Attorney who prosecuted him. Evans further claims that a majority of the jurors who convicted him also expressed themselves willlng that he should be lib- erated on promise of good behavior, Evans artlessly informed the Governor that he did not pretehd to be an innocent man, admitting that if innocent he ‘would not be languishing behind prison bars. He added that he sympathized with the victims of corporate Injustice and felt that his mistakes were those of the head raher than of heart. e The charge upon which Evans is con- fined In the penitentiary is murder. The Governor has no power to grant a parole, but Evans desires him to say a good word to the prison directors in his behalf. I Czar - Breaks { DPledge to the ; Nations. More Concessions Are Demanded of Peking. RUSSIAN EMBA3SIADOR Yo PEKING - - TAROC | rEMIER Couny 5 o l RUSSIAN REPRESENTATIVE WHO HAS COMMUNICATED START- LING DEMANDS TO THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT, AND JAPAN- ESE OFFICIALS WHO ARE PREPARING FOR COMING CRISIS. - - OKOHAMA, Oct. 7.—According to information received here, the Russian Minister at Peking, M. Lessar, has informed the Chinese Foreign Of- fice that Russia will never evacuate Manchuria unless her latest de- mands are granted. China, it is added, has appealed to the Japanese Minister, M. Ouchida, for Japanese assistance, The Japanese residents of Jef-Wie-Ju have filed a petition with the Foreign Office at Toklo asking that a Japanese warship and troops be sent to protect their interests, in view of the menacing attitude of Russia. The reply of Japan is not yvet known. The town of Jef-Wie-Ju is probably Wiju, a Korean town near the estuary of the Amanok, on the frontier of China, and a great depot for overland trade with that country. The press, which reported the fortification by Russia of Yongampho, on the Korean bank of the Yalu River, considers this action as a possible casus belli, as being an infringement of Korean integrity. The report, however, Is not con- firmed officially. The temporary Korean Minister for Foreign Affairs has been relieved at his own request, Baron von Rosen, the Russian Minister to Japan, had another conference with Baron Komura, the Japanese Forelgn Minister, yesterday. The Japanese Premier, Viscount Katsura, had an audience with the Emperor the same day. It is now feared that the promised concessions on the part of Russia are insuf- ficient to offset her continuous menace to Korea, nor is the Chinese-Japanese commercial treaty, to be signed on October 8, deemed adequate to compensate for permanent Russlan occupation, 5% A rumor current to-night says that definite Russian demands concerning Manchuria and Korea have been presented to Japan by Baron von Rosen. WASHINGTON, Oct. 7.- Neither the high offictals of the department nor the Japanese Minister, Takahira, expressed much surprise when shown to-night’s press report from Yokonama that the Russian Minister at Peking had noti- fled the Chinese Government that Russia would never evacuate Manchuria un- til her latest demands wefe granted. Secretary Hay believes that the American-Chinese commercial treaty will be signed at Shanghal to-morrow and that thereby the ports of Mowkden and Antung will be opened to the world's commerce. The United States’ po- sition, unless this development prevents the signing of the American commer- cial treaty to-morrow, will be that it has gained from Russia what it sought by the advocacy of the “open door” and will not feel called upon to interfere in a question so essentially Russian-Chinese as the continued occlipation of Chi- nese territory by Russian troops. High officlals of the State Department to-night, however, said that the re- fusal by Russia to evacuate Manchuria to-morrow, the date long ago set, would show Russia to be absolutely regardless cf the promise she made to China and the civilized world. Certain it is however, the United States will not join with any other government in protesting against Russia’s course of action. The refurn of Secretary Hay to Washington last night, somewhat sooner t)an expected, is belleved to have been due to his belief that the Chinese situ- ution will now become acute. Hay nad » l¢ng conierence this morning with Rcekhill, chief of the Bureau of American Republics, who is his chlef alviser on Chmese affairs. b Exactly what Russia’s new demands upon China are no official of the State Department is prepared to say, but the belief is strong that they aré prac- tically the same as those revorted from Peking last sprimg and disavowed by the Russian Foreign Office. It was sald to-night on the highest authority that this Government had reason to believe that Russia was insisting on the very demands which Count Lamsdorf assured Embassador MecCormick had mever been presented, and which Count Cassini, the Russian Embassador, told Secre- tary Hay were merely presented as a basis of negotiations. His| ‘day before United States ‘the complaint against Beavers. COURT HEARS EVIDENGE IN POSTAL CASE Scandal in San Francisco Is Taken Up. | Beavers’ Counsel Asks Dismissal of Re- moval Charges. i el Commissioner Continues the Examination Until October 13. St S NEW YORK, Oct. 7.—The examination of George W. Beavers on the first Wash- ington indictment, charging him with complicity in an alleged conspiracy with | the Postal Device and Improvement Com- pany of California, was commenced to- Commissioner Hitchcock. Beavers was not present, be- ing represented by counsel. The certified copy of the indictment hav- ing already been offered in evidence by the prosecution and proof of the identity of the defendant being walved by his counsel, the prosecution informed the de- fense that it considered this, under Com missioner Hitchcock's ruling, .a prim facie case and that it expected to put in mo further evidence on the removal proceedings on this indictment. The defense called to the witness stand Postoffice Inspector Weyland, who signed The wit- ness was not allowed to say whether he knew of any contract or agreement be- tween George W. Beavers, August W. Machen, James ,W. Erwin and the Postal | Device and Improvement Company where- in the three men nameda agreed to secure for the company the exclusive right to furnish the devices made by them to the | Postal Department and at prices higher than those paid in the regular market, that being the basis of the offense charged against the indicted postal offi- clals. The witness said he had never seen the contract between the Postal De- partment and the Postal Device and Im- provement Company, but had seen orders from the Government to the company and | acceptances of them by the company. | Beavers' counsel then moved to dismiss the removal charges against his client on the ground that the certified copy of | the indictment did not state facts suffi- | clent to constitute a crime: that it was vold because a previvus action of re- moval had been instituted in this district; that the witnesses before the Federal Grand Jury In Washington had not been called by the prosecution and for other reasons. The motion was denied. Postoffice Inspector Birdseye testified in a similar fashion. Counsel for Beavers said he proposed to show that neither the witness nor any of the others so named could have given the legal evi- dence before the Federal Grand Jury in Washington upon which the indictment was found. | “If we can show you that mone of the | witnesses were compelled to swear to| these facts, Mr. Commissioner,” said | Beavers’ counsel, “I do not see hov you can hold this accused for removal.” Assistant District Attorney Baldwin in- sisted that the Commissioner’s court was no tribunal to question the sufficiency of the indictment. The Commissioner said he was not prepared to rule upon that point and an adjournment was taken un- til the 13th inst., leaving Inspector Birds- eye still on the stand, his testimony un- completed. ——————— Should the whole city be placed under | a len o give it titlé to one public util- ity? Reason is against the scheme. A vote against the Geary-street bonds to- day will demonstrate your business 3ense. ——e—e——————— IMMIGRATION FRAUD UNEARTHED IN MANILA Inspectors Plot to Bring in Chinese Coolies Under the Guise of Merchants. MANILA, Oct. 8.—As the result of the unearthing by Coilector of Customs Shus- ter of a scheme to bring in Chinese coolies under the gnise of merchants John T. Miller, a former inspector of immigration, is under arrest and a warrant has been issued for Inspector W. D. Ballantine, who is now In China. Among the papers secured by Collector Shuster is a contract signed by Miller and Ballantine regarding a division of profits. The contract mentions Carl John- son, Vice and Acting Consul at Amoy, his_interpreter and secretary as benefi- claries. A Chinese detective is said to have pald $400 to be passed through as a merchant. Miller and Ballantine are charged with uttering false and forged certificates. 7 5 The note further AIHSHIP [NUS The note was discussed by a council of . The Japanese Govern- SHUH'I- FI.IGH-I- s . I POTOM Langley’s Flying Machine Fails Completely. Hundred-Yard Transit Followed by Dive Into River, Professor Manley Asserts Confidence in Ulti- mate Success. —_— WIDEWATER, Va., Oct. 7.—The sixty- foot, steel-built flying machine, the cli- max of years of exhaustive study in the efforts of Pfofessor Samuel F. Langley, secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, to solve the problem of mechanical flight in mid-alr. was launched to-day, and the experiment, carefully planned and deiaved for months, proved a complete failure The imme: airship sped rapidly its seventy-foot track, was carried by its own momentum for 100 yards and then fell gradually into the Potomaec River, whence It emerged a total wreck. Profes- sor Charles M. Manley, who has been Professor Langley's chief assistant in the work preliminary to the attempted fligut. made the ascent In the aerodrome and es- caped with a ducking. At no time was there any semblance of flight, the initlal momentum, the lightress of the machine and the sustaining sur- face of the wings furnishing the cordi- tions which account for the 100-yard tran- sit of the airbird from its sixty-foot ele- vation to the water. An official statement made after the test admitted that the ex- periment was unsuccessful, but asserted confidence in the uitimate success of ths invention. FAILURE AT ONCE APPARENT. The lavnching took place at 12:15 o'clock this afternoon from the superstructure of the houseboat moored in the Potomac River, two miles from this place. Fifteen minutes before that everything was cleared for action. Professor Manley was along clad in his aeronautical suit of white duck trousers and cork-lined jacket. Professor Langley did not witness tae failure of his machine to-day, but re- mained in Washington. where'he awa! the result. When all was ready Profe Manley tcok his place in the navigator's car, which was situated close to the gaso- line motor It was of the explosion type, weigh-d 200 pounds, and was designed to generate approximately twenty-seven horsepower. Long rods connected with the propeller, whose blades were aboit three feet long. Professor Manley started the motor, which worked well, the revo- lutions reaching 1200 a minute. The big machine moved gasily along the seventy- foot track in the launching apparatus and took the air fairly well. A five-mile brecze was blowing, and for a moment the ma- chine stood up well, but its fallure was immediately apparent. It turned gralual ly downward EXPERIZIENT IN BALANCING. Just before the machine struck the wa- ter Professor Manley shut off his motor, which had worked admirably at the qut~ set. The machine disappeared beneath the waves, but only momentarily. The five conical-shaped floats which had been distributed about the machine to avert its sinking, performed their functions well, and the bridge of the machine almost ir- mediately reappeared above the water. It was a moment of anxlety for the safely of the navigator, but fears were instantly relleved as his head emerged above (Mo surface. He had sustained no injury. His face reflected his disappointment at the result. He climbed into a rowboat which had been kept close at hand and was con- veyed to the deck of the tug BartholdL There he exchanged his dripping clothes for dry garments. Later Professor Mau- ley gave out the following statemen: to the newspapers: “It must be understood tha the test to= day was entirely an experiment and the first of its kind ever made. The experi- ment was unsuccessful. The balancing upon which depends the success of the fight was based upon the tests of the models and proved to be incorrect. but only an actual trial of tue full-sized ma- chine itself could determine this. My confidence in future success of the work is unchanged. I can give you no other information. I shall make a formal re- port to Secretary Langley.” The work of removing the wreck was immediately begun and by 2 o'clock the disabled machine had been put away i the interfor of the houseboat. —_———————— LIPTON TO OFFER TROPHY FOR TRANSATLANTIC RACE NEW YORK. Oct. 7.—Sir Thomas Lip- ton desires to put the constructive ability of Herreshoft and other designers of the Old and New World to a test, and also to try out the seamanship of sallors of all nations in crossing the ocean. A $%500 cup, a perpetual challenge trophy for which the nations of the world may compete annually, is to be the offer of the Irish Baronet d