The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 9, 1903, Page 1

: C: i aner not ". * i ! VOLUME XCIV—NO. 131. SAN FRANCOISCO, = FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1908. @all, - PRICE FIVE CENTS, RUSSIA SENDS GREAT FLEET TO KOREAN COAST, WHERE A JflPflNEJ‘E ARMY IS PREPARING TO LflND R fulfilling his pledge. the scene of action has shifted to Korea, which has been threatened by a large force of Russian troops stationed on the frontier. | forces that Japan recently embarked an army and sent it, accompanied by a fleet of warships, to hover near the Korean coast. | advices received in Paris to number ninety warships of all descriptions (obvnous]y an error or an exaggeration), has cast anchor in a harbor to the south of Korea. USSIA has thrown down the gauge of battle to Japan. dfipla\' of force the St. Petersburg government has demanded new: concessions of China, and has warned Japan to keep hands off. BEe T G L S SR T BN The date fixed for the evacuation of Manchuria has passed without the slightest evidence of the Czar’s intention of Russian garrisons remain at their stations throughout the provinces and the work of fortifying their positions is carried on night and day. Temporarily t was probably because of the dispatch of these To eheckmate this move a Russian fleet, said i While making this MONTANAS DYNAMITERS MRE AGTIVE! Exploswe e Is Found on the Railroad | at Butte. Another Supply Is Dis- covered in Vicinity | of Townsend. R | for the Arrest of| s Reward | the Blackmailers Are | Increased. ‘ m, { | g AMERIGAN LONSUL AID SMUGGLERS Far- Reachmg Con-| spiracy in the Orient. (Chinese Coolies Sent to the Philippines as Merchants. Telltale Contract Contains Name of a Suspected Official. MANILA, Oct 9—~The contract dis- covered by Collector of Customs Shuster 1 connection with the scheme for land- | Chinese coolies in the Philippines un- der the guise of merchants, the unearth- ng of which has already resuited in the arrest of John T. Miller, a former in- >x- | Spector of immigration, and the issuance the mite Rovig at once of the dynamite is consid- ate, as the officers believe that kmallers intended to use all or t near the point at which it was led. the dvnamiters-have been able | ish their stock of explosives re- out exhausted. Ex- ons have been taken ining additional sup- are being watched g explosives are on | who make inquiries " it offered for of the black- has increased the rew the arrest and convictio mailers from $2500 to $5000 e State has offered $5000 rewar a F County $500 reward for the capture of the miscreants. —_——————— ARGENTINE GUNBOAT GOES TO EESCU'E OF EXPLORERS | The Uruguay Starts for Antarctic Be- g to Search for Dr. Norden- skjold and Party. [ BUENOS AYRES, Oct. 8—The Argen- r Uruguay, 550 tons, started Antarctic regions to search expedition headed by Dr. kjold. | old expedition left Goth- | October 16, 1901, on the | and was last heard | t, when the vessel was e ice, | ————— BRITISH FLAG IS CUT BY UNENOWN MISCREANT Mutilated Emblem Is Found at Base of the Hale Statue in a New York Park. NEW YORK, Oct. 8—A British flag that had been cut into ribbons ‘was found hanging about the base of the statute of Nathan Hale in City Hall Park to-day. Attached to it was a card bearing the fnscription: “Lest we forget. 8. A. R The police began an inquiry for the per- son who placed it there, The i of & warrant for W. D. Ballantine, con- _ | tains the following clause connecting the United States consulate at Amoy with the scheme: “There shall be deducted from the | s of the firm $45 (Mexican) for the | $0 (Mexican) for the United 1, $50 (Mexican) for the ted States Consul and $5 | Lang, interpreter.” ton is acting consul at Amoy. ted thag the name of Consul ade, stationed at Canton, was men- tor Shuster says this is untrue. Shuster says he has evidence | several United States Consuls e scheme. ve already issued mnany fraudulent tes, under which Chinese have | admitted here. —_——— BIG SHORTAGE IS FOUND IN ACCOUNTS OF COMPANY | President of Lancuter County Rail- way Resigns and Serious Charges Are Made Against Him. LANCASTER, Pa., Oct. 8.—Rumors en current for some time ent of the Lancaster County Rallway and Light Company, with that nt that Given had tendered his fon as president and that serious ncies amounting, it is alleged, to $100,000 or more have been discovered in his accounts. Gfven has in recent years been regarded as & man of large wealth and has been noted as an operator on a very extensive scale in the stock market. The unprecedented slump during ,the past year, it is sald, carried with it such heavy losses that he was unable to meet the further demands from his brokers for margins and his accounts were closed out. ——————— | ENJOY AUTOMOBILE RIDE IN A DRIVING RAINSTORM Members of the Konaublo Artillery Company of London Speed Through Central Park. NEW YORK, Oct. 8—The Honorable Artillery Company of London and thelr hosts, the Anclent and Honorable Artil- lery Company ‘of Boston, to-day rode in aummoblles in a rainstorm through Cen- ! tral Park and Riverside drive to Grant's tomb, after which they had luncheon at | the Claremont. Lord Denbigh, the commander of the Honorables, sent a cable dispatch to King Edward to-day, in which he told of the reception of the party in Boston and the courtesies since extended to them. He was lavish in his praise of the Americans. The party will start for Washington to- | morrow. —————— STORK VISITS THE HOME OF MARQUIS OF DONEGAL His Third Wife Presents Him With a2 Son Who Will Inherit His Title. LONDON, Oct. 8—The Marquis of Don- egal, who although he has been married three times, and has been childless, has become a father at the age of 82. He mar- ried his third wife, a daughter of Henry Twining of Halifax, N. 8., at the begin- ning of the year. She is 22 years old. The child, a boy, was born yesterday. He will inherit the title, but comparatively Mttle else, a& past generations of the family have squandered the estate. If the boy does not live the title wiit fall to the Mar. auils’ brother. Lord Henry Chbichester, . sec- | s a beneficlary of the contract, | The conspirators, it is | he relations of Willlam B. Giv- | y culminated to-day in the an-| OLO-TIME FOES FLAN FOR PEAGE Anglo-French Ar- bitration Treaty Completed. Happy Sequel to Cen-| turies of Hatred | and Warfare. Hay-Pauncefote Convention | Serves as a Model for the Compact. PARIS, Oct. 8.—The terms of the gen- | eral treaty of arbitration between France and Great Britain have been concluded | | by Foreign Minister Delcasse and the au- | | thorities in London. There remain only minor questions of detail and the signing of the treaty. These formalities are so far advanced that the treaty is belleved to be an accomplished fact. | The treaty follows the general lines of | the Hay-Pauncefote arbitration treaty, which, to a considerable extent, aer\'cdz | as a model. Tt s pointed out that the’| Hay-Pauncefote treaty, although rejected | | by the United States Senate, now serves | | the purpose of giving a basis for this im- | | portant Anglo-French treaty. The of- { ficlals also view the negotiations as evi- | dence of the sympathetic attitude of the | ‘lm!ed States, France and Great Britain | | on the practical adoption of the theory of | arbitration. | The treaty is mainly significant in being | the culmination of the rapprochement between France and Great Britain after | centuries of warfare, the maintenance of | defensive armaments and the recent ani- mosities growing out of the Fashoda in- cident and the South Afriean war. It is | also significant of the tendency toward a | rearrangement of the European political alliances. The treaty is mainly the outcome of the exchange of visits between King Edward and President Loubet and the visit of | Baron de Estournelles de Constant and ‘the French Parliamentarians to London. | offictal pourparleurs followed. French feeling heretofore has been | rather skeptical over the practical reali- zation of the treaty and when its ad- | vanced stage is known it will occasion widespread attention and discussion in France and throughout the rest of Eu- | rope. ———— NEW CHILEAN CABINET RESIGNS IN A BODY Lack of Experience of the Ministers Prompts Them to Retire From Public Life. SANTIAGO DE CHILE, Oct. 8—The en- tire Chilean Cabinet has resigned, The Chilean Cabinet which resigned to- day was formed on December 22. It was stated at the time that, owing to the lack of experience of the new Ministers and their insignificance, it was generally be- lieved that the Cabinet would be short lived. —_— DISPUTE OVER MOROCCO IS NEARING SETTLEMENT Spain Will Take Certain Ports and France Will Have a Free Hand Elsewhere. BERLIN, Oct. 8—It s ofiicially an- nounced ‘that the ‘negotiations between France and Spain over Moroceo are ap- proaching an agreement whereby Spain will take certain ports on the coast of Morocco and France will have a free hand elsewhere in Morocco. German commercial interests in Morocco appear to be fully guaranteed. ————— Forfeits $5000 to Save His Brother. COFFEYVILLE, Kans, Oct. $—Ex- Congressman, D. R. Nelson of Tennesfee forfeited a bond of $5000 by failing to ap- pear in the District Court here Monday to answer the charge pf secreting from the county officers his brother, John Nel- son, who was convicted of killing Albert | Morris a year ago and who disappeared ‘while out on bonds. e e—— Explosion S8inks Uruguayan G\mbont. MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, Oct. §.—The Uruguayan Government gunboat General Rivera (of 600 tons) has been sunk at Santa Barbara as the result of an explo- sion. Her commander was burned to death and many of her crew killed: ———— Twenty Vessels Lost on Dutch Coast. AMSTERDAM, Oct. 8.—A terrible storm has swept the Dutch ‘coast and twenty ‘vessels are npormd wrecked. B3 ol st S S G vl et Date for Manchurian Evacuation - h il u'],‘ll Ay "f« M | | i Unheeded by the Russians. IENTSIN, Oct. 9.—A telegram from Yinkow, dated October 8, says that the Russians are taking no steps toward evacuating Newchwang. Reports from the north show that they are holding their positions every- where. g ORT ARTHUR, Oct. 8.—A Japanese squadron is maneu- vering off Korea. The Russian fleet is ready for eventual- ities. It is lying with steam up and the vessels are painted as in war times. It is denied here in highest quarters that the Jap- anese are landing troops. - ‘A Paris dispatch says a formidable Russian fleet hds arrived at Ma-San-Pho, but The Call-Herald cablegram from Port Ar- thur indicates that the bulk of the Russian fleet is still there. It is possiblé the ships at Ma-San-Pho are the squadron from Vlad- ivostok, moving south for the winter harbor. Ma-San-Pho is in the southeastern part of Korea, on the sea coast, opposite Japan. Russia has long desired the occupation of this port and negotiations for a concession there were in progress for several years. These were said to have been terminated on March 30, 1900, when Korea granted Russia a sxte there for a coaling depot and naval hospital. Russia then renounced her purpose to acquire land on the mainland opposite Ma-San-Pho harbor. The Russian Minister at Seoul, in May, 1900, informed the Korean Government that Ma-San-Pho would be used as win, ter quarters for the Russian fleet. Japanese vessels seldom go there, but usually select Husau, a few miles farther north, as a port of call. Last Tuesday, how- ever, a dispatch from Paris said that, according to official ad- vices, a Japanese ‘fleet was in the harbor of Ma-San—Pho, but that * no troops had been landed. ' ~ i PARIS Oct. 8.—Official information received here shows that a formidable Russian fléet, comprising ninety warships of B 0T R T PR, B S B R W-hp a,whhntnt& Ao 8 = Czar Throws Off the Mask in Far East. Holds Manchuria and Threatens ; Korea. | Two Fleets May | Joon Engage in Conflict. B & GOVERNOR OF RUSSIA’'S FAR EASTERN POSSESSIONS, RULER OF THE. JAPANESE EMPIRE, HIS FOREIGN MINISTER AND TOKIO'S REPRESENTATIVE IN WASHINGTON. e ———% ALL BUREAU, 1406 G STREET, N. W., WASHING- TON, Oct. 8.—A comparison of the Russian and Japanese naval forces in the Far East, side by side in Korean waters, as reported in a Paris dispatch, is regarded as a developmetit of the Far Eastern question which may be productive of sinister re- sults. Neither the State Department officials nor the diplomats here feel warranted as yet in using the word “war” in connection with the differences between Russia and Japan. It is realized, however, that the situation is like tinder and that a single spark might bring on a conflagration. The proximity of Russian and Japanese fighting ships at a time when feeling is running so high, especially in Japanese waters, is regarded as an element of danger, not because of any premeditated engagement, but be- cause of the possibility of an accidental clash between sailors or commanders which would cause events to move much faster than under ordinary circumstances. No advices have been received here confirmatory of the naval mobilization report. While the sea fighting forces of the two powers were much in evidence six months ago, when Japan took violent exception to Russian demands upon China in. regard to the evacuation of Manchuria, the situation was not then regarded as critical, be- cause it had not been preceded by a long period of rumors of prep- aration for war, as is now the case. Russia has steadily during the last three years been increasing her fleet in Asiatic waters un- til it is now shongu' than the combined naval forces of any two powers except Japan. The Russian naval force is complete in _— Continued on Page 2, Columns 5 and 6. AP s