The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 23, 1904, Page 1

Wright.” Alhambra—*“The Kilties” Ban: ‘Human H Ring." Chutes—Vaudeville. Columbia—"0ld Homestead.” Pischer's—“Roly-Poly.” Grand—"“The Gamekeeper.” Orpheum—Vaundeville. Tivoli—“When Johnny Comes Marching Home.” of the Opimm SAN Fl;ANCISCO TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1904 FOUR RUSSIAN TORPEDO-BOATS ARE CAPTURED THROUGH JAPANESE STRATEGY AT PORT ARTHUR LONDON, Feb. 23....The Nagasaki correspondent of Russian torpedo- nese. The report reached Nagasa boats at Port Arthur by using Russian signals. ki from Chefu, and it adds tha the Daily Telegraph, cabling under date of February 22, reports that the Japanese squadron has captured four This dispatch appears to confirm reports from various quarters of a fresh attack on Port Arthur by the Japa- t the Russian crews of the four torpedo-boats have been transferred. + ANARCHIST PROPAGAND) NCOVERED Prussian Socialists Involved in the | Movement, —— Treasonable Literature Is Captured by the | Government, One Book Gives Minute Directions for | the Organizing of Plots for Assassinations. Interior esses were ssed satis- m One speaker regretted that these explanations were not given in tk Reichsatg at e s been broken ——— PANAMA CANAL BOTHERS HUNGARIAN STATESMEN Feb. VIENNA 22 At to-day’s ses- taking int on regarding the" futu the Panama canal in order to secure equal treatment of foreign vessels time of peace and) war. Minister Mueller, on b of Count Goluchowski, Austro-Hungar- Minister of Foreign Affairs, an-| wered nte lation by saying | if t on became an ac- one the initiative in the mattter have to taken by powers | direct nter Was Born t Century. 1 UKIAH, Feb. —Frank Fernier of | Melbourne ce ted his 105th birth- ay Sunday the oldest man in county the State. Portu- | se Frank, as he is known to the traveling public, is a native of Portu- | gal. He was one of the three first| white men who landed on this coast e conducts a roadhouse on Mendo- cino road and is in good heaith, en- tertaining visitors on his birthdfl)‘l with 2 native Portuguese dance. He bas pever worn glasses. Kaiser Believes War Will Not Spread. —_— Spectal Dispatch to The Call ROME, Feb. —United States Em- dor Meyer, who has just returned from nce Berlin, saye he that the Kaiser f that the peace British Hong- French at Sa It of at an es contemplated s obligations > due solely tc 1 her neut . Feb. 22.—The tor- udre has been or- rbourg and get two | which she will con- Saigon -China. She will to F ymari LONDON ance and take out two b eb. 22.—A correspondent Tokio of Reuter's” Telegram Com- says he learns from a reliable rce that the Russian Minister to na, Paul Lessar, successfully ved Chinese officials t the inst ions given the Russian oat Mandjur to hanghai canceled. The Japanese Govern- considers this to be a breach of neutrality and is taking the .ssary s WEIHAIW Feb. 22.—The British steamer Ching Ping, belonging to the Chinese Engineering and Mining Com- pany of Shanghai, has arrived here m Port Dalny and reports that she as fired upon by the Russians and was ssian pilot-boat that was coming of Port Dalny to pilot the Ching Ping was blown up by a mine. YINKOW, Feb. 22.—Viceroy Alexieff and his full staff have just arrived at ¥ n, established ST. PE Alexieff left Port Arthur last Saturday, February for Harbin. Before leav- ing he handed over the command of the navy to Vice Admiral Stark. . SEVEN LOCOMOTIVES BUILT IN ONE DAY ON JAPAN'S ORDER PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 22.—In con- sequence of a rush order from the Jap- anese Government for locomotives, a local plant has established a new re- cord by the construction of seven lo- comotives in a day. The engines or- dered by Japan are for the military | railroad that will connect Fusan, on the southern coast Seoul. An order calling for twenty locomotives, to be completed within thirty days, was received late in Jan- uary. Eight of the twenty have al- read been shipped to Fusan. The re- maining twelve will be shipped this week. DES MOINES, Iowa, Feb. 22.—Rep- resentatives of Japan have placed an order with a packing firm in this city for 2000 barrels of mess pork. The order is to be shipped as rapidlv as possible. of Korea, with >xfraordinary credits of | al and $190,000 | with the result ! where headquarters have been | RSBURG, Feb. 22.—Viceroy | Army Movements of Japanese in Korea. LONDON, Feb. 23.—Indefinite reports of the movements of troops in the vi- cinity of the Yalu River and state- | ments of attempts te cut the Siberian | Rallroad are published this morning. The Weihaiwei correspondent of the Times describes a visit to Chemulpo, | Korea, on February 19, and the Japan- | esé landing operations there, which, he | says, demonstrated that the Japanese military organization is superior to that of any European power. A gen- eral Japanese advance along the Peking road to Pingyang, Korea, the correspondent continues, is expected shortly. The original plan was to land at Masampho, but the naval successes enabled the Japanese to. begin opera- tions at Chemulpo and a further change of base to Chinnampho is high- | Iy probable. As soon as the ice breaks | up troops will be established at Ping- | yang in sufficient strength to guard | against a sudden Russian descent. It | is believed that while the sea power of | Russia at Vladivostok is intact the Japanese will not attempt to land on the eastern coast of Korea. As an evi- | dence of Japan's intention, it is worthy of note that her cruisers are busy pa- trolling toward the northwest of Korea and that she is not landing artillery at Chemulpo. Everything suggests an immediate dash for a strategic position in North- ern Korea, the correspondent con- cludes, and it is possible the Russians are considerably farther south than is supposed. —_——— Death Claims Leopold Strouse. BALTIMORE, Feb. 22.—Leopold Strouse, a member of the clothing manufacturing firm of Strouse & Bros., vice president of the Drovers' and Mechanics’ National Bank, the Maryland Trust Company and the Federal Savings Bank, died to-day, aged 62 years. He was widely known for his charity. | | o ] o SCENE ON THE FRONTIER HELD BY THE RUSSIAN TROOPS. P i e Russians Moving Southward in Korea. Speclal Dispatch to The Call, SEOUL, Feb. 22.—The Russians are steadily advancing southward. Six hundred of their troops have arrived at Songchin, on the northwest coast, 100 miles south of the Yalu River. Rus- sian scouting parties are now immedi- ately south of Anju. The Russians who were wounded in the naval engagement off Chemulpo and who were taken on board the Tal- bot, were transferred to the Amphi- trite, which proceeded to Hongkong with them. CHEFU, Feb. 22.—Ralding parties of Japanese and natives of Siberia have attacked the Siberian railway and broken the line in several places. Five hundred refugees from Manchuria’ar- rived here this morning on the German steamship Oprole from Dalny. Dalny is now crowded with people of all na- tionalities, the majority of whom are penniless. How to feed them is the problem. Every precaution possible is being taken against an outbreak of disease, either on the junks or the mainland. Junks are now leaving here with fresh provisions for Port Arthur. PRAGUE STUDENTS CLAMOROUS AGAINST THE UNITED STATES VIENNA, Feb. 22.—The disturbance created at Prague yesterday by sev- eral hundred Slav students, following a service of intercession in the Rus- stan church for the success of the Rus- slan arms, was more serfous than at 'nrn reported. Before the beginning of e = 7 LS5 o ¥ 7HE Meager News Port Arthur Attack. LONDON, Feb. 23.—Except for the INagl\saki dispatch to the Daily Tele- graph no news of the capture of four | tussian torpedo-boats at Port Arthur has been received. The Chefu corre- spondent of the Morning Post, in a dispatch dated February 22, says the statement is current there that the apanese torpedo-boat destroyvers in the attack on Port Arthur on Febru- ary 14 sunk or damaged two Russian battleships, in addition to the torpedo- | 85 &t Vladivostok also, supplies are | boat already reported. It is possible that the report of the Telegraph's Nagasaki correspondent also refers to the earlier attack. Viceroy = Alexieff's retirement to Harbin is now an accomplished fact and a correspondent’cables that Port Arthur is now strictly a naval strong- hold and the forts are being manned by naval gunners. Only twenty for- eigners are now at Port Arthur and they are traders, disposing of their | merchandise. Some of them are un- der suspicion and there is likelihood of their being arrested. There are many complaints of unwarranted ar- rests, unexplained expulsion and de- famation of character by the Port Arthur police. The report that large bodies of Cos- sacks and other troops are occupying | Newchwang and Hsinmingtin are un- | founded. According to the Nagasaki corre- spondent of the Daily Telegraph the American squadron, the vessels of which are variously reported at Chefu and Shanghai, is going to make a demonstration at the mouth of the Yalu River. 3 " <+ the service fighting occurred between the dpposing factions and several stu- dents were injured. Fully 1000 students’ proceeded toward the TUnited States consulate to make a hostile demongtra- tion, but were prevented by the police. After the service the Mayor and offi- cials of Prague were given an ovation by the students, who shouted: “‘Long live, Russia and France!"” and “Down with Great Britain, Germany and the United States!” Students and others who attempted to make - anti-Russian speeches were severely beaten. Fleet May J'oofi Pass the Dar- danelles. to The Call and New York Yrighe, 1004, by tim New York shing _Compans., Special Cable Herald, Co Herald Pub | 1 | ST. PETERSBURG, | have received further corroboration |of the news that active negotiations are in progress for the passage of the Dardanelles by the Rus fleet. I am further informed that this the reason why such pains have been taken of late to obtain the good 22.—1 Feb. n Black Sea will of Austria. Germany very proba- bly will be willing to further Russia's plan, being glad enough to find there- by a means of realizing her well known ambitions in Asia Minor and let Russia weaken herself in fighting in the Far East. Russia knows all this, but is never- theless determined to get her ships through, even if it is necessary to | adopt the subterfuge of altering their |‘chantmen. The Porte is almost willing, and if England makes any objection to the passage it will be the signal for an immediate advance toward India. | - The Russian transport Kitas, laden | with valuable stores, touched at Co- lombo on her way to the Far East. There she received a telegram order- ing her return at once to Qdessa. The Russian Government has just chartered from a local firm of ship- owners four ships, which sail from | Black Sea ports with cargoes of coal. Very high terms were given and in case of capture the Government will pay the full value of the vessels. Admiral Alexiefl’s retirement to Harbin with his staff is interpreted to mean that he is convinced the Japan- ese will besiege Port Arthur, where, | far from plentiful. | The order of the day is that Japan | will be allowed to occupy Korea. The fleet has received instructions not to engage in any fight at present, but to | remain on the defensive until the be- | ginning of July, when half of the en- { tire Baltic fleet will be dispatched to |the Far East. It is hoped also that by that time part of the Black Sea | fleet will be on the way. all ships under construction is being especially hurried. The German Emperor remains neu- | tral, but only until the moment when | China fires the first shot, when, I am | informed, Germany will send a fleet land also an army corps. Emperor William is possessed with almost a low peril.” The Gazette publishes a telegram saying that Mr. Allen, the United States Ministed at Seoul, has received |send the transport Zafiro to pick up Americans who are in the Pingyang | district and remove them to Che- mulpo. In addition Allen has made rarrangements for the protection of ithe American gold mining interest at Wiju. It is presumed here that Allen is an incident which will give the United | States a pretext to land troops there. Admiral Evans’ threat to land ma- rines at Newchwang in case of trouble |and danger to the United States con- sulate is noted here as yet another of the pin pricks given Russia by the | United States. LONDON, Feb. 22—The owners of the British steamship Rosalie, from Cardiff for Vladivostok, and which sailed from Nagasaki in January, have l Continued on Page 3, Column 4. | appearance, disguising them as mer- | Work on | monomania on the subject of the “yel- | | instructions from his Government to | purposely taking this course to create | |- * SCHO0NE STRIKES (Y - THE BEACH | Loss of the F. W. Howe on North Coast. {Three Seamen Perish and Several of the Crew Are Injured. s e Life Savers Succeed in Rescuing Cap- tain Keegan and Six Survivors i of the Disaster. SESE FR A S ASTORIA, Or., Feb. can schooner F...W. Boston. Mass., and on her way Ballard, Wash., to San Pedro cargo of railroad ties, | Seaview, Wash., a | Beach ten miles ne pointment, this morn in the breakers, poundi w vessel and sev jured. The Howe was sighted sh 10 o’clock this mo at the North Hes signals of 4 later she had ¢ H wen struck on the the craft hit the € forced around and u n fir: The life saving *ws at Point dams, Cape Disappointment and rth Beach to the quickly as pos Three shot toward the distres: none of th Captain K Before the two of the weglan | be learnec fell n . ‘and short the wheel his turn at th was str a heavy sea, which hurled him the deck him instan “We left all went wel til Thursday last. W quina Bay. About 1 afternoon we suddenly southwest gale was b time and the seas were r. tain high. Since then the sc has the r been waterlog; 8 that kept her afloat was th have lived in deck since t desperate cc I reach the Columbia River or Cs tery if possiblg. Sail w sailed and drifted before the this morning we were off the C: | River. About 10 o’clock tk the schooner’s back broke clear across | under the main hatch. I could not en- ter the Columbia and, finding the schooner would weather Cape Disap- pointment, I headed her for the sandy beach in order to save the lives of the balance of my crew. e e et— | LOCOMOTIVE EXPLODES AND KILLS THREE MEN time Tragic Accident Occurs on the Penn- sylvania Raiiroad Near | Johnstown. JOHNSTOWN, Pa., blowing up of a Pen road locomotive at miles east of this cit ylvania prenfeld, to-night caused | the death of three men and the proba- ten ¥ | ble fatal injury of two others. All | were employes. The dead: HARRY TYSON, en ser, of Dorry. JOHN GONTZ, conduc of Dorr GEORGE BICKER, track walker, of Summer Hill The injured: Robert Wenwick of | Dorry, fireman; Eimer Furl of Dorry, brakeman. 3 ——— e NURSE FRENCH ADMITS SHE ROBBED EMPLOYER | | i NEW YORK, Feb. 22 Mrs. Agnes { French, recently employed A nurse in the family of Postmaster General Payne, was arrested to. in Broe {lyn. She is said to have decamped | 1ast ThurSiay from the Arlington Ho- | tel, Washington, with $100 in cash and about $1700 worth of jewelry belong- | ing to Mrs. Payne and other members | of the family. Mrs. French acknowl- | edged her guilt, saying: “I am guilty and am willing to take the consequences. The fact is, I need- ed the money.”