The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 12, 1903, Page 1

VOLUME XCIV—NO, 134. SAN FRANCISCO, MONDAY, OCTOBER 12. 1993. PRICE FIVE RUSSIA ARBITRARILY THRUSTS ASIDE THE MANCHURIAN TREATY; JAPAN SEIZES MASAMPHO AND WAR NOW SEEMS INEVITABLE YOKOHAMA, Oct. 11.-===M. Lessar, the Russian Minister to China, has announced that the Manchurian Convention has lapsed. BERLIN, Oct. 12.—A dispatch from Shanghai to the Frankfurter Zeitung states that news has reached there from Chefu to the effect that the Japanese have occupied Masampho and that an official declaration of war is éxpected. WILLEO ON | POISON DIET FOR MONTHS Dr. Wiley’s Squad | Is Ready for | the Tests. Twelve Young Men to Be Fed on Adulter- ated Foods. . Effect of Salicylic and Sul-| phurous Acids Will Be Studied. Epecial Dispatch to The Call Wiley, the Oct. 1L—Dr. chemistry 1 poison squad” is com- men of perfect i they have all e at Dr. Wiley's July 1, 1504, and take They are enlisted t under aimost as strin- be required 1f | the army. They are as- [ s table, equal to that of e the city, but with be mixed salicylic, sul-| benzoic acids, to enable Wi- | the effect of these acids | ixed with food, as many adulterations ves. { experiment was with | as not yet been able | rt. Dr. Wiley sald d probably will be ud in the exper- of the work accom: has been al- r 1 have been able m the exper- f twelve young nd health Te. e e——————— RETIRED HOTEL-EEEPER MISTAKEN FOR A BURGLAR Tries to Break Into a Neighbor's House While Intoxicated and Is Fatally Shot. TRENTO) N J., Ot 11.—Henry Brown, a retir ver and a man of consid e was mistaken for | & burg nd was shot by Peter K Brown had forced arn Brown was shot | hysicians have VIOLENCE AND BLOODSHED MARK STREETCAR STRIKE Soldiers From Fort Sam Houston At- tack Non-Union Crews at San Antonio. ONI Oct. 1L—The marked by vio- idiers from cars. Later a crow the Government Hill r stones at th sengers, a woman on one | On South d a car that One of street a mob attack guarded by deputy sheriffs erously wounded Harry | uation is growing worse, — e e——————— CANADA WILL LOSE IN THE BOUNDARY CASE Report From London Announces That | erstone Will Side With United States. { . Oct. 11.—A cable states that Canada | ka boundary case. | rd Alverstone wili‘ 1 States and against v the ped from the car and at- t t t one of the mob, when | ! d by a dozen rioters. He M RUSSIAN TROOPS MOVING. OHAMA, Oct 11.—Baron von Rosen, er to Japan, is still - ns from his Govern- mer e matter of the negotiations | Dow procee between Japan and Rus- an regiment from -Baikal mili- rict is reported to have arrived at *ng-Chenn-Tin, about 150 miles north- west of Peking and ninety miles from the Buasion frontier, | history ‘was not a secret. | with Kohn to Lake Beulah, where he had LURES EN 10 SUICIDE 0B PRISON Ethel Webb—Ha,s a Record as Ad- venturess. Abraham Kohn Not the First Vietim of Her Wiles. e s Woman'’s Claim to Wifehood Is Credited by Chicago Acquaintances. TR Epecial Dispatch to The Call. CHICAGO, Oct. 11.—Ethel Webb, known n Chicago as Dorothy Thurman, a wo- man who has wrecked the lives of Abra- | ham H. Kohn of Chicago and two cther | wealthy men, is now on her way to this city from San Francisco, bearing what is alleged to be a will drawn in her favor. Of the men who have fallen under the fascination of the woman one is a suiclde, one is wearing prison stripes in Joliet and the third lies dead in San Francisco. In September, 1800, William B. Dunton, an absconding employe of the Union Na- tional Bank, was brought back to Chicago after a wild trip with “Dot™ Thurman on 2 yacht fn Atlantic waters and confessed to having stolen $20,000 from the institu- tion which employed him. It was through the power of the siren that he was Influ- enced to commit the crime and to blight the life of his devoted wife. George S. Forbes, whorm Dunton had in- duced to become his accomplice, ended his life by sulcide when the crime was dis- covered. His death was indirectly the re- sult of the far-reaching influence of the beautiful and dering adventuress. Forbes | was teller in the bank. Dunton would | draw personal checks, which Forbes | would honor. Then Dunton would steal the checks and the books would be tam- pered with, . STORY OF A MARRIAGE. For a time little was heard of the wo- man. She dwelt with her mother on | Groveland avenue and later lived in a flat in the Twenty-second street district. It was here that she was often seen in company with young Kobn. The young man traveled about the “red light” dis- trict on Twenty-second street and keep- ers of resorts say he spent money with the prodigality of a prince. A company of wealthy young men of the South Side were his associates and Kohn bore the reputation among those who knew him of being a “good fellow.” The Webb woman was known In the Twenty-second street district as “Dot” Thurman and her past Early this summer the woman went a summer cottage. It is said that the couple were married by a Justice of the Peace in the Wisconsin village. When returned to Chicago a short time it is sald Kohn announced to ac- ntances that he was going to Europe with the woman. Instead of doing so it pired that he went to California. CLAIM IT IS BLACKMAIL. they President E. G. Foreman f the Fore- man Brothers Banking Company and Julius Strauss, a brother-in-law of Kohn, denied all knowledge of the existence of | a Mrs. Kohn and intimated that her claim | ralling scheme on the part designing woman. Calumet avenue, Kohn's home, s. Foreman and Mrs. ly repudiated the al- leged marriage at Beulah, Wis., and de- clared likewise that blackmaliling was the foundation for thé woman's presence at their brother’s death in San Francisco. —_————— BOTH READY TO FIGHT. BERLIN, Oct. 1L.—Russia and Japan act as though either would fight if the other should hold immovably to the posi- tion taken at the last exchange of com- munications. - This is the actual situation, as understood officially from reports re- ceived from the German Embassy in St. Petersburg and the German legation in Tokio. Yet this mutual attitude of hos- tile preparations by both countries is still regarded here as not excluding an honor- able arrangement. Neither Government has gone so far that it must fight or be humiliated, but either Cabinet by a single step can put the other into that position. This delicate balance, of course, may be violently dfsturbed any day, though no ul- timatum has yet been thrown upon either scale. It is believed here, officially, that war, should it occur, would be between Russia and Japan alone and that neither England nor France would be involved. Frederick the Great's remark was quoted as illus- trating the present posture of affairs: “Negotiations without weapons behind you are like a musical tone without in- struments.” was a bla of the Russia Makes Plain Her s, Purpose. Will Hold to China’s Ter- ritory. Fleet Sails From Port | Arthur. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. YOKOHAMA, Oct. 11.—The| Manchurian convention between | Russia and China, which the St.| Petersburg Government has arbi- | trarily abrogated, was signed on| April §, 1902, and, according to| it, the evacuation of the three | Manchurian provinces was to| have been carried out in three}} successive periods of six months” from the signing. A note of M. Lessar was appended to the con- vention, declaring that “if the} Chinese Government, notwith- standing the assurances given by | it, violates any provision of the convention the Russian Govern- ment will not hold itself bound either by the terms of the Man- churian agreement or by the dec- larations previously made in con- nection with the matter, and will be compelled to repudiate any re- sponsibility and consequences that might arise therefrom.” | CONVENTION NOT RATIFIED. China was to be permitted to maintain whatever force she thought necessary in Manchuria after the evacuation of that terri- tory. Russia also agreed, if Tien- tsin were restored to the Chinese within the first six months, to evacuate Newchwang at the time this restoratior™ was made. The allies turned over Tientsin to the Chinese on August 15 last year. The convention was to have been ratified within three months, but this was not done. Last month M. Lessar, in his note to the Chinese Foreign Board, promised to begin the evacuation of Manchuria on Oc- tober 8, provided China accepted several conditions, which China has refused to do, under pressure principally from Japan and Great Britain. Russia has now put aside the entire treaty, which, recent devel- opments show, she had no inten- tion of observing. RUSSIAN FLEET SAILS. LONDON, Oct. 12.—A dis- patch to the Morning Post from Chefu, dated October 10, says that a Russian fleet has cleared from Port Arthur with a total strength, including auxiliaries, of ninety ships. It is reported in| LONDON, Oct. 1L.—There was a heavy Chefu that the Japanese are land- | rainfall here to-day, the precipitation ing troops at Masampho, Korea. amounting to more than an inch. In connection with the recent deluges TEN YERRS OF STORMY WEATHER Spots on Sun Give a Disturbing Forecast. Special Dispatch to The Call. There are strong indications| there has been mot only a magnificent ' that Germany favors hostilities | halo arousd the sun for some days past, between Russia and Japan, as the but large spots have been observed on the S T L h disc. These have interested astronomers WAT WO CXISMl. her SHReES Of | ana meteorologists, as being ‘the most influence in China. prominent that have been seen in five A number of field guns- were years. embarked at Port Arthur on Fri- A group of large spots, with a diameter 3 A 2 ‘ 4 apparently equal to one-tenth of the sun's day. Their destination is un- known. sphere, was seen a week ago and is now It is said that the Jaxanesc so plainly visible on the sun’s southern have decided to declare hogtilities hemisphere that, the weather permitting, it may be seen by the eve, alded only by on Sunday, 6n the expiration of their ultimatum. g l a pair of smoked or colored glasses. On Friday this disturbance extended over about 130,000 miles of solar surface. The Post also prints a Chefu One eminent meterologist, discussing bad weather would characterize the next Continued on Page 2, Column 1. ! (en years. the phenomenon, said he believed that ' N Tamy . A5 COorALETEL OF WALLINGTON — WH/Cl /I(//VDA’IZ'D. oo = | | e FLOOD AND STORM IN THE EAST COST MANY LIVES AND PROPERTY LOSS REACHES FAR INTO MILLIONS Shipping on Atlantic Sea- board Suffers Heavily in a Three-Day Gale Hundreds of Families in Paterson Compelled to Abandon Homes e - N MW THE Hich WATER INVADED Qe OF THE MAIN STEEETS OF PASSAIC, N T | l‘ WATERS RussinG = LS — 8 OUER STRICHE FATERSON. | .I.—._.._ Rescue Partie FLOOD SCENES IN NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY CITIES DURING THE GREAT INUNDATION OF MARCH, 1902. THE SAME DISTRICTS WHICH WERE THEN UNDER WATER ARE THE GREATEST SUFFERERS FROM THE PRESENT FLOOD, WHICH IS MORE DISASTROUS THAN THAT OF LAST YEAR. s Are Kept Busy Throughout the Day Transporting Imperiled Residents From the Inundated Districts to Places of Safety. ATERSON, N. J, Oct. 11.—For nearly forty-eight hours Paterson has been at the mercy of the Pas- sajc River. The waters have main- tained a height sufficient to cut the western half of thecity from the eastern and almost all means of commu- nication by bridges have been destroyed. Two bridges above the falls remain, but approach to them is impossible. Three bridges below the Villey of the Rocks still stand, but it is impossible to reach them. Seven other bridges in the city have been carried away and their loss alone is a half million dollars. The in- undation of the low lying districts of the city has resulted in great damage to prop- erty. The flood, however, is beginning to recede. Besides the buildings that fell to-day many others have been undefmined and if they do not fall they will at least untenable. Spruce street hill is “fall- ing away plecemeal and only a littlé more —_——— than two feet of dirt and stone separates the falls basin from the big black race through which millions of gallons of wa- ter are rushing every hour. The gate house is in a weakened condition and is liable to go if Spruce street hill breaks much more. Mayor Hinchcliffe regards the situation as critical. One hopeful sign at this place is that the water has fallen several inches since morning. All day thousands of persons have lined the falls cliffs watching the flood, and the police have had great dif- ficulty in keeping the crowd from en- croaching on the danger line. All day long boatmen have been at work rescu- Ing residents from the flooded districts. The damage to mill property is chiefly from the submersion of portions of the plants and great quantities of products. Thousands of men, women and children ‘will be out of employment for a long time and it seems altogether probable that this flood will cause to the city of Paterson a greater direct loss of money and prop- erty than the fire of nearly two years age. The gross loss then was $6.000,000. with an insurance of more than $4,000,000. The loss to-day is estimated at consider- ably more than $2,000,000, with no in- surance. Last night's rain renewed the flood somewhat and the waters were at their maximum this morning. ,At that time there was considerable water in the boiler-room of the Edison Electric light station, there being only about four inches of clear space between the grate bars and the water. It is from this sta- tion that the city receives its entire sup- ply of light and motor power. Five hundred familles are homeless. Of these about 130 families are being shel- tered in Apollo Hall, while the others will be taken care of in the armory, Gov- ernor Murphy having issued orders to-day Continued on Page 2, Columa &