The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 12, 1904, Page 1

THE WEATHER. | Forecast made at San Pran- | eisco for thirty hours ending at ht February 12, 1904: midn ! San Frencisco and vicinity— l | Rain brisk to high | A. G. MCcADIE, r—— Alcazar-—“The Gay Parisians.” California—"“A Night on Broad- P Central—“In Sight of St. Paul's.” Chutes—Vaudeville. Columbia — *“Alexander the | “Great> | Pischer's—“Roly-Poly.” Grand—"“Whoop-Dee-Doo.” | Orpheum—Vandeville. Tivoli—“Whea Johany Comes | Marching Home.” II‘BRL ‘\RY 12, 1904. }}\I( Y‘ FI\’ E THREE APANESE TORPEDD BONTS SUNK WITH MY L8 UF LIFE IN ATTAGK ON RUSGIAN FLEET AT PORT ARTHUR jAPANESE FLEET IS SAID TO HAVE RENEWED BOMBARDMENT LONDON, Feb. 12.—In a dispatch from Shanghai dated February 12a correspondent of the Daily Telegraph says: “The bom- bardment of Port Arthur continues. Three Russian cruisers have been sunk. The Russian bank building has been destroyed. There have been disturbances at Port Arthur in which a number of Japanese civilians were killed or imprisoned. A Chinese mob has de- stroyed the telegraph line-around Newchwang.” s L ey N e e W A JAPANESE TROOPS LANDING AT CHEMULPO FROM e TRANSPORTS CONVOYED BY CRUISERS AFTER LATTER DEFEATED TWO RUSSIAN WARSHIPS ; Czar's Forces Repulse Attempts of the Enemy to Land Troops for Investment of Muscovite Stronghold Special Cable to The Call and New York Horu.ld of th Japanese tor- ade the first attack on Monday night were sunk, with great loss of life. ot boat and escaped. The Japanese the outer harbor by Consequently the Rus- entrance to lowing account of the first sur- 1 officer: The battleship Pallada ie edge of the Russian fleet and,on duty officer noticed four tor- he fol prise from 2 as on the outs that night. The chief artillery boats apprc iing with full Jights and in all respects The officer informed his cap- The cap- sian torpedo-boats. t the approaching boats were Japanese. denied this and said they were built in Port Arthur, artillery officer insisted that they were Japanese and saying: = captain became angry, “I am in command of the ship, sir.” Copyright, Despite this the artillery officer gave orders to pre- pare for action. Immediately afterward the Japanese launched a tor- pedo, but the Pallada was able to retaliate instantly and the other Russian ships cleared for action. It is reported now that the Japanese attempted a land- ing near Bedzero, eighly miles north of Port Arthur, but were repulsed with heavy loss. They again tried to effect a landing at Talienwan under shelter of the fleet, but, ow- ing to the strong firing from the fortifications they were unable to succeed. It is said that one Japanese ship has been torpedoed. The British merchant ships in Port Arthur have re- peatedly. applied for permission to leave port, but this has been refused. The Cesarevitch was towed into the harbor there at 3 o’clock on Tuesday afternoon. It is said only her outer bottom was penetrated by the Japanese torpedo and the She can be repaired still outside and but she is now Russians are now busy repairing her. in two or three days. The Pallada is beached. She must be seriously injured, also being repaired. She is the only one of the torpedoed vessels now outside. A" shell struck a hospital ship outside the basin dur- ing the bombardment. . The captain’s cabin and chart- room were blown off, but there was no loss of life, as the ship ‘was only recently purchased and was unmanned. The foreigners in Port Arthur were notified at 7 o’clock on Monday night that they had twenty-four hours in which to clear out, but British steamships there have been forbidden to leave. Chefu to-day, the first to get here from Port Arthur since the Columbia reported here after the battle. She brought news that the reserves had been called out. On Wednes- day the Japanese tried to land at Pigeons Bay, near Port Arthur. Thirty-six Japanese vessels were then there. It is not known if the attempt succeeded. One German steamer arrived at . 1904, by the New York Herald Publishing Company. Thousands of persons are leaving Port Arthur daily by train. There is not even standing room in the cars. At 4 o'clock this afternoon the R transport Smolensk and torpedo-boat No. 211 entered the Torpedo-boat No. 222 has broken down and is repairing here. The Russian ruble has gone ¢ Chefu among Chinese merchants. General Tchichikoff .kas taken supreme command of the Russian troops in Manchuria. There is a strong northeasterly wind blowing at Che- fu, rendering all communication by ships impossible. Many Chinese boatmen have just been drowned before my eyes. It was impossible to save them, owing to the violence of the waves. The storm may capsize the stranded bat- tleships at Port Arthur, causing them to block completely the harbor entranee, but it also will compel the Japanese fleet to retire. - — : WAR NEWS CONTINUED ON PAGES 2 AND 4. canal. lown 24 per cent at —