The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 11, 1903, Page 21

kS - F 4 ’ Pages 21 t0 32| The - 133 NO. SAN FRANCISCO, SUNDAY. OCTOBER 11 1903—FORTY-EIGHT PAGES. PRICE FIVE CENTS, RUSSIAN ENGINEERS ARE SPEEDING IDORK OF FORTIFICATION IDHILE CZAR'S CATASTROPHE 5 [MPENDING AT PATERSON , Floods / Mounting Higher and | Higher. j gt | People Fear Repetition | of the Johnstown Disaster. Five Bridges Give Way! Under the Strain of the Torrent's Welght. f expected ee. Sho there will be a repe- nstow The ter are g ges have wr he strain of the weight e tor They are the Straight- rid, Market, Moffatt the water 1s the bofler in the Works. The bridge washed away. The the Susquehanna The company weakened —_—— LIGETEOUSE UNDERMINED. J Docks and Piers at Philadelphia Under Water. v 11A, Oct. 11.—The life sav- g sta 2 nsends Inlet, N. J., re- wnsends Inlet lighthouse | mined by the high seas this & = ng up. The s e coast prevalls with - vas reported vesterday, not moved from the ory aff b ring the past - bas be ed to the ex- sands of dollars in this city Scores of buildings were washouts reported on nearly I the Delaware and | & k e swollen far above & serious banks. es ile workers vet because of the flood. s afternoon the Delaware River re e docks and piers and - ©8 Delaware avenue, which runs along the r t a distance of ten ds of dollars’ worth of e was destroyed or dam- e et SUSPENSION BRIDGE FALLS. Two Men Are Drdwned at Port Jer- vis, N. Y. > ! JERVIS, N. Y., Oct. 10. — Two | B se names have not yet been as- aind were drowned to-day, when the suspension bridge the re River connecting Port Jervis as, Pa, colapsed and was by the worst flood 3 the Delaware River. Of three were swept away with the bridge re Durant, who is a cripple, f by holding to a portion of rescued, after drifting a across ever ses are flooded by the over- of the Delaware. Light and Power Com- »on which Port Jervis and nded for light and power, carried out part of the nachinery. { HOUSES SWEPT AWAY. ages Near Passaic Suffer Heavy | Property Losses. | PASSAIC, N. Y 10.—Duttenville, | '; fhere, was one of the worst suffer- | ¥ the flood of yesterday, but so far known there was no loss of life.. Over 1% houses were swept aw and many | m were wrecked by the immense ume of water which had gathered | Oct. as Ve above the Erie Rallroad. The flood poured | ficlally announced there that the Czar|8aria. Duttonville, carrying ever§- | has abandoned his proposed visit to Rome. down into before it. So far as can be learned | >m_reliable sources there was no loss | of life, and that is considered miraculous. | , The village of Wallington, a suburb of " Continued on Page 22, Column 2, | Shipyards Trust’s| | auth ONSLAUGHT ON SCHWAB N COUATS Investors Plan Revenge. Will Ask for Receiver for the Bethlehem Plant. e s | Effort to Be Made to Recover $20,000,000 of Stock Liabilities. Oct. 10, Fellow i pieces beg fight, heavy is to be brought into play at once. night it was announced on the highest that the severest possible as- to be made A ble Bethlehem steel plant, upon Charles M. recelver for his immens which is ng $2,000000 a year profits, will be asked for. Schwab is to be sued to cancel his $10,000,000 second mortgage on all the shipyards; also to cancel his mortgage on the Bethlehem steel plant and to re- cover $20,000,000 of stock liabilities. This bomb is to be exploded when the preliminary report of Recelver Smith is filed next week Tired of the stories that he is dodging a Schwab will receive ser- subpena ice of papers in the case now before Henry D. Oliphant, special examiner. He has not answered the letters asking when it would be convenient for him to a knowledge service, the first of which wi sent to him as long ago as September 23, but he has let it be known through a close friend that he would not dodge the Dprocess servers as soon &s it was possible to leave Mrs. Schwab, who has been ill He desires to inspect the ties of the Steel Corporation, is known that his testimony is not want- ed in the suit now pending until the testi- rver, too mony of Lewis Nixon, John W. Young and James Duane Livingston has been taken. But very shortly Schwab will re- turn to this city, and then he will go on the witness stand and under oath tell his side of the whole affair, according to the information vouchsafed by his friend It is known that the Bethlehem steel plant has been Improved in various ways recently. It is expected by the litigants that when the final analysis of the assets of the United States Shipbuilding Com- pany is made it will be found that the various shipyards are not worth much from a debtor's standpoint, but that the Bethlehem steel plant is 2 mint Besides attacking Dresser again, it sald that In the hearings before the spe- cial United States examiner next week an attempt will be made to show that John W. Young, who originally concelved the idea of combining all American shipbuild- ing plants, is the culpable person J. P. Morgan & Co. are not consldered by the recelver or his counsel as among those against whom they have a griev- is ance. Morgan & Co. may be able to show that services of adequate value were given for the securities received. Samuel rmyer, senfor counsel for the com- nants, sald to-day: “We have no re n to believe that Morgan & Co. knew of the existence of the Harris-Gates selling agreement, nor does that In the least concern us in this case. It 1s not for a moment suggested that Morgan & Co. had any knowledge of or connection with any part of this scheme.” . ————— MAUNA LOA CONTINUES ° IN STATE OF ERUPTION Tllumination Is Reflected From the Clouds One Hundred and Fifty Miles Away. HONOLULU, 10.—The volcano of Matina Loa continves in a state of erup- tion. Owing to the inaccessibility of the region, which_Is at an elevation of 13,000 feet, reports conflict as to whether there is a flow of lava, but agree that the il- lumination is visibly reflected from the clouds 10 miles away. One report says three streams of lava which started from the crater have merged into one lower down the moun- taln. An excursion steamer loaded with sightseers has left Honolulu and explor- Oct. | ing parties have gone out from Hilo, e ——— CZAR NICHOLAS ABANDONS PROPOSED VISIT TO ROME Fear That Italian Cabinet Could Not Guarantee His Safety the Cause. LONDON, Oct. 10.—A dispatch to a news agency from Vienna says it is of- PARIS, Oct. 10.—Le Petit Parisian’s correspondent explains that a fear that the Zanardenelli Cabinet would not be able to guarantee the safety of Emperor Nicholas is responsible for his abandon- ment of his proposed visit to Rome. BULEARI s or T RESERYES zation of Large | Force. USKUB, Oct Official dispatches regarding the- recent | | engagement between Turkish troops and | insurgents at Kaima that | {160 insurgents were killed, including four | A band of thirty European Turkey, 10.— cchalan state chiefs revolutionaries was destroyed near Vevrokop on Wednas- day. MONASTIR, The military | part of Monastir vilayet are nearly fin- ished. The last remaining band in this | district was annihilated October 6 | after a desperate fight. The band, which | numbered ninety-three members, was found by the Turks lurking in the moun- tains of Peristeri he insurgents, when they became aware of the presence of the troops, began to roll huge boulders down the * mountain side, killing four and wounding three of their besiegers. The Turks maintained a steady fire as the proceeded upward. After a desperate conflict had been car- | ried several hours another Turkish | detachment reached the crest of the ridge. | The Bulga were thus praced between two fires. They rushed the Turks, who | were clinging to the rocks on the moun- tain side, and forced them to fall back to the less precipitous slopes of the moun- | tains, but lost sixty-five killed and a num- | ber wounded in doing so. The remainder of the band escaped, but to-day surren- dered_and ‘were granted amnesty. SOFIA, Bulgaria, Oct. 10.—The War Of- fice to-day ordered the complete mobiiza- tion of the first and second classes of re- serves in the Korstendil district and of the Thirteenth Macedonian Infantry. This step, it is urged, was taken as a precau- tionary measure, in view of the repeated | provocative acts on the Turkish frontier. | The War Office also has ordered 20,000 | overcoats for delivery on December 1, and has decided, in view of the gltuatlon,} not to send home any of the reserves for the present. The Dnevnik says the authorities are surprised and concerned at the frequent aggressions of the Turkish troops along the frontier. The Bulgarian Ministry has formally complained to the TurKish Gov- ernment on the subject and has pointed out the deplorable results which such conduct must have on the relations be- tween the two Governments at a moment when delicate negotiations are proceed- ing. About 700 refugees arrived yesterday at Pastri, near Rila, from Razlog. It is esti- mated that 20,000 refugees are now in Bul- European Turkey, Oct. 10. | operations in the western | on on CONSTANTINOPLE, Oct. 10.—General .G. B. Willlams, representing the Cramp Shipbuilding Company of Philadelphia, has arrived here to arrange for the.de- livery of the Turkish cruisers which the Cramps are building for the Ottoman Government, § 1 DIPLOMATS ‘Orders the Mobili-| g ' D Korea, regardless of were to have been evacuated o n October 8. the attitude of the Japanese Government. parent day by day that the Czar's ministry is continuing conferences and negotiations with the Japanese Government only with the object of gaining time while war preparations are carried forward energetically. An official high in Russian Government circles has said that the inev- itable outbreak is likely to come within a few weeks. Russian soldiers and engineers are contin- uing the work of intrenching and fortifving the Manchurian posts which, on the Czar’s pledge, CONFER AT TOKIO TO GAIN TIME EVELOPMENTS in the Far East situation indicate Russia’s intention to hold to the Manchurian territory now occupied by her troops and to obtain a substantial foothold in It is becoming more ap- = ¢ Japanese Premier Makes a Significant Disit to the Ministers of War and the Navy. INTI-STRIKE FUND TOTALS -~ MILLIONS Western Miners to Be Given a | Battle. Special Dispatch to The Cail. INDIANAPOLIS, Oct. 10.—The strike of | miners in the district. composed ‘ot Colo- | ratio, New Mexico and Utah ordered yes- | terday by the executive board of the United Mine Workers of America will bring on the first real contest between the National Employers’ Assoclation and organized labor. In this test of strength the employers’ organization will have a $1.000,600 defense fund and power to in- crease it to $3,000,000 If the expenses of the strike demand it. Officers: of the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company and the Victor Fuel Company, against which the strike has been ordered, are engaged in a many sided business, and as smelters and manufacturers are members of the National Assoclation of Manufacturers. Much of the stock of the two companies is held in the East, and the manufacturers who hold it and are interested dn the two companies are mem- bers of the Manufacturers’ Association also. % e e g ~ Hangs Child ard E H CEDAR RAPIDS, Towa, Oct. 10.—Mrs. A. J. Smettena, wife of the night jaller in police headquarters, hanged her one-year- old daughter and herself Iast night. In- sanily caused by ‘ill’hcalth was the cause. Reservoir. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. SACRAMENTO, Oct. 10.—If the Na- tional Government can make satisfactory terms with vested rights it appears cer- tain that Northern California will secure one of the great irrigation works proposed by the Newlands act, and within the next year contracts will be let involving an ex- penditure of $5,000,000 or 36,000,000. The Fecderal Government is anxious to establish irrigation works on this coast without delay, and filve members of the engineering corps have been in the fleld tor the purpose of selecting a site. Two of the engineers, S. H. N. Savage and Morrls Bien, have returned from Clear Lake, Lake County, with W. 8. Melick, secretary of the State Board of Examin- ers, and have acquainted Governor Par- dee with their plans. They have three sites in view, one on the Colorado River, which would irrigate arid portions’ of Arizona and Southern California; another on Kings River, which would bring water upon a vast section of the San Joaquin Valley, and another at Clear Lake, which would cause hun- dreds of thousands of acres in Colusa, ilenn, Yolo and Sacramento counties to blossom as the rose. The engineers are enthusiastic over the Clear Lake proposition and declare they | have never seen a territory of-such wide extent with such possibilities for caltiva- tion as that which would be reached by an irrigation system centered at Clear Lake. The lake surface spreads over 40,- 000 acres of land. By an irrigation dam five or six feet high at the head of Cache Creek the water in the lake would rise to the extent of 230,000 acre feet and enough water could be carried therefrom by main ditches running through the varlous counties to irrigate more than 250,000 acres. Craig and Stephens of Woodiand have water rights at Clear Lake in conjunction with a great private irrigation project which promises them rich.returns ulti- mately, and. the engineers have called upon them to name a price to the Gov- ernment for surrendering those rights. This is the only obstacle “hat appears to prevent the adoption of the Clear Lake proposition, and it Is an obstacle that is not present with reference to the Col rado River and Kings River sites, whe title may easily be secured. But the con- ditions in Northern California are de- clared to be ideal and 1t is thought the | Clear Lake plan offers the best opportu- nity.' The engineers have inspected the Putah Creek water site and believe it wiil afford storage for a great quantity of water for the proposed irrigation system. 53 td | MANCHURIA Visdivosto GOERNMENT Tu IHH'GM’[ ST TTLEENT — e~ ! a7 Fosmry. Northern - Califer- vicor o i o gt m s mee. nia May Have ;; THE UNITED STATES CAPITAL. OKOHAMA, Oct. 10.—The Russo- YJapanese negotiations at Tokto do not appear to be progressing rap- idly. Baron de Rosen, the Russian Minister, has not replied to Foreign Min- ister Komura's suggestion that Russia reconstder her views, which are at va- rlance with Japan's. Minister Komura and Premler Katsura to-day had a long conference with the Ministers of War and the Navy. Komura also visited the Marquis Yamagata, chief of the Council of Fleld Marshals, causing the suggestion in some quarters that the crisis is com- ing to a head. A petition signed by 40,000 members of the . Anti-Russian Union protesting against the Russian action in Manchuria and Korea has been presented to the Pre- mier. RUSSIA PREFERS WAR. Will Not Yield Her Claims to Far Eastern Territory. BERLIN, Oct. 10.—The Cologne Ga- zette to-day published a dispatch from 8St. Petersburg as follows: “Russia is not disinclined to accept the modus vi- vend! 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