The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 13, 1904, Page 1

I NIS Faper lIUL§ f—— JoRE taknn_f om Alcazar—“The Gay Parisians.” California—"“A Night on Broad- For way.” cisco Central—“In Sight of St. Paul's.” Chutes—Vaudeville. midnight, February 13: Columbla — “Alexander tns reat.” San Francisco and vicinity— | Clondy Saturday, with occasional showers; light south wind, changing to westerly. A. G. McADIE, District Forecaster. Fischer's—"“Roly-Poly.” Grand—"“Whoop-Dee-Doc.” Orpheum—Vandeville. Tivoli—‘When Johnny Comes Marching Home.” llnunou at All Theaters To- ay. . PRIQF FIVE Ll\r\ 1904. RUSSIANS CRIPPLE THE WARSHIPS OF JAPAN IN PORT ARTHUR BATTLE CZAR'S VLADIVOSTOK FLEET RAIDING ALONG JAPANESE COAST WASHINGTON, Feb. 12.---The Japanese Legation to-night reeeived the following dispatch under date of Tokio, February 11: “Two small Japanese merchant ships, the Zensho Maru and Nakanoura, while on their way to Okaru (a port on the western coast of Yezo Island) from Sakata (a port on the northern coast of the main island of Japan), were fired on February 11 by four Russian men- }RA\(IS(,O Q-\TURDAY FEBRUARY 13 VOLUMI XCV—NO. SAN of-war off the coast of Aimoripore, and the latter merchantman was sunk, while the former had a narrow escape. of-war are still seen off the western coast of Yezo Island. They are supposed to be first-class cruisers which at Vladivostok and whlch tried some time ago to join the main squadron at Port Arthur.” The Russian men- have been shut up ADMIRAL REPORTS VICTORY Togo Tells of the Clash of the Warshlps + ground fiot knowing the full ex- tent of the damage his shells had inflicted, but he ‘was evidently “mnfirlcm that the Russians had suffered heavily. A translation of [the vice admiral’s report is as | follows : | “After the combined fleet le’t | | Sasebo on February 6 everything 5 [ went as planned. At midn ight on + disclosed by the Naval Depart- l‘ehru'ny 8 our advance squadron ment attacked the enemy at Pogt Ar- thur. The report brieflv and modest- | g A = [ “At the time the enemy’s’ ad- ly recounts the Japanese victory. | e Vice Admiral Togo left the battlc-} Continued on Page : " Column 7, . A comprehensive view of Port Arthur sian flect reti Japancse are threatening (o 1 ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. 12, Owing to- the Japanese haVing | pursued the same policy as they did at the time of the Chinese war, that is to say, refusing to al- low any correspondents whatso- ever to follow their movements and concealing their losses, it may have been supposed gen- at Port Arthur the Russians were the only ones to suffer, the Jap- anese getting off scot free. This, however, at all. 1 have a copy of a tel- egram which reached here to-day from Admiral Alexieff and now to the effect that in the night at- tack on the Russian fleet at Port Arthur on Februaty 8 the Jap- anese retired with three cruisers cavalry in the Far East. d the strong fortifications on surrounding erally that in the recent actions | | squadron, joined by reserve ships, j retired ‘like 'lame ducks toward | Weihaiwei, closely pursued by the is not the msct in possession of the general staff | and vicinity, hills. showing outer harbor, scene of Monday's naval battle; On the right is the new city, Russian Dalny. inner harbor, to which the Rus- On the left is Pigeon Bay, where % HEAVY LOSSES TO VESSELS DURING THE NIGHT ATTACK and eleven torpedo-boats badly damaged. During the bombard- ment of Port ‘Arthur on the fol- lowing days the shore batteries crippled five battleships and nine torpedo-boats. The Russian fleet " also * took part in repelling the attack; even the Retvizan and the Cesarevitch doing their share. The Japanese Russian. fleet, not a single Rus- w ship heing put out of action. Joth the Russian and _]apanesc losses were heavy.” (eneral ]len:nl»:lnlpf, one of Russia’s ‘most brilliant officers, has been - appointed to the im- portant command of the entire Enthusiasm as regards the war until now has been strikingly ab- sent, hut this afternoon students numbering about 1000 took the matter in hand in such a manner that for the last five or six hours| the city has been running over with national hymm and religious chanting. varied with cheers and the flinging of hats and caps into the air. Up the broad and popu- Ious Nevski prospect the stu- dents went, carrving banners and naticnal colors. Some visited the Aichkoff palace and cheered the Emperor’s mother. About 400 reached the Winter Palace, fol- lowed by an ever- growmg crowd, and chanted and cheered in front of the palace until the Emperor, after some delay, appeared = be- fore them. " Then they went. to® Populace in St. Petersburg Parades the Streets and Cheers the Sovereign at the Palace. the Neva side, where, in reply to the enthusiastic demonstrations, the Czar again appeared twice. At the moment of writing there are no sign8 of the demon- stration akating in force. At Kief and other towns patriotic enthusiasm was strongly demon- strated. For the purposes of war Red Cross money is being dis- tributed everywhere. Moscow's gfit now amounts to over 2,000, 000 rubles. Novgorod in a few minutes subscribed 200,000 ru- bles, Tala 50,000, Tver 23,000, Samara 50,000 and Rostowdon 50,000. ~Moscow is preparing ambulances for 4000 persons. \1ght and day incessantly armies of women are busy prepar- CUNS ROKR - Ork Su0RE PORT APAN S UF ORIENT Russian Tomedo Boat Blown Up by Mine Ac@llv. TIENTSIN, Feb. 12—It is reported from Ging Wang Tao (about 150 miles northeast of Tientsin) that heavy firings has been heard at sea, and it is in- ferred that another engagement has taken place. - CHEFU, Feb. 12—The Brit- ish steamer Fuping, when leav- ing Port Arthur, was fired upon by the Russians. Three Chinese of the crew were wounded. The Russians apologized for firing on the vessel. The Fuping on its ar- | rival at Weihaiwei entered a protest with the British Commms- sioner. The American Consul has reported to United States Minis- ter Conger that the Russian au- thorities have refused to permit .the American steamer Pleiades to | leave Port Arthur. The Pleiades sailed from Seattle on January 2 | with a cargo of flour. | TORPEDO-BOAT DESTROYED. ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. 13 (4 a. m.).—A report has been | . Continued on Page 3, Column 2. conun-edonl‘ml.cwn-n& =