The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 25, 1904, Page 5

ISCO CALL, THURSDAY FEBRUARY JAPANESE GOVERNIENT Japan May Buy Fleet of Airships From Inventor Greth as yet been no final | reement, it is prac- e American Aerial , whose headquar- be given a tf air war me- as possible for tbe | ent. { own as the Greth hemselves (0o be other machines | nted with on ng of infinité value i in warfare, there as to the outcome will fiscal agent for the aid yesterday: not reached the that we will els for the Jap- om the nego- n place and the | Japanese at the| d them I think | v that we will | of an order from | say . the Japanese to put out four ships. “We can construct four ships or even more in as short a time as we could one. In a rough estimate, I would say that in forty d: time the vessels would be ready for shipment. What takes the time in constructing the ves- sels is in drying out the silk. Aside from that the work can be rushed l through. “As an engine of defense in time of war the airship is destined to wield such tremendous power that the mere contemplation of its destructive force will make wars between nations im- possible. Two great powers equipped with 100 airships each would never dare to engage in mortal combat. It would mean nothing less than complete an- nihilation. The advent of the airship means universal peace. But fortunate- ly in this case neither country is as vet in possession of airships, and from the point of an expert I would say tha Japan will be able to do great destruc- tion to her opponents should she decide to adopt this modern instrument of war.” WAR NO WORRY | 10 ROOSEVELT A Sitnation in East Gives Presi- dent No Concern and the Fleet Will Not Be Increased TWO SHIPS NOW IN ASIA iral Evans IsComing Home, but Squadron Will Soon Be Reinforeed by Two Cruisers atic fleet There 1 becor can afford to s ready to go out nee of directions when he was in Admiral on from d cruiser ut from San er Reginald ding to the the reaches | Atlantic fleet be easy Orient if been talk about siting Emperor o his homs- 2 definite about There beer y might { but this is SR T SANTA CRUZ MEN SETTLE DISPUTE IN NOVEL WAY | Coin and an Tossed for First Bid on Land Acceptgnee Deed Is Forthcoming. 24.—A n the en years ws vel way. It wa H. Harrington over 320 acres | tter was re- who suggested t The parties B uy certified who owned two- check for $10,000, » owned one-third In order to d bid first, of the , tossed up a half won and bid $12,000 tract of timber land. sed it to $13,000 and it lleton not raising it. g began each had a deed favor of the other, so gton’s bid was accepted | d over the deed. The | side were present. | tisfied. TEMPERANCE PEOPLI ASK FOR LOCAL OPTION LAW PORTLAND, Or.,, Feb. 24.—The| temperance people have submitted a | ng that a local option | aced before the voters at the As a consequence the interests are consolidating and send out Is for aid to aill th houses in California that wines and liguors in Oregon. special reason for the alarm dis- aved by the dealers in intoxicants is the proposed law will not require 1jority of all the votes cast in or- to become effective, but merely a - wholesale e majority of those ballots upon which en expression is voiced. As the id vote of the Prohibition party and every tempcrance organization in the State will be cast for the bill the Jiquor men have a fight of no small magnitude on their hands. —_——————————— a sidewalks Need Repairs. “A Noe Valley taxpayer” has re- guested the Board of Supervisors to look into” the condition of Church street and vicinity, where the side- walks in some places are badly in aeed of repairs. 3 FIRES BLANK SHOT AT SHIP Dominican Gunboat Presidente Fires Across the Bow of the| German Steamer Altenburg s RS, NO CAUSE IS ASSIGNED Vessel Ignores Warning and Proceeds Without Further In-| India | terruption to West wlas B S KINGSTON, Jamaica, Feb. 24.—The German steamer Altenburg, Captain Kuyls, from Hamburg for West In- dian ports, arrived to-day and re- | ported that between San Domingo and Sanchez, Santo Domingo, the Domini- can gunboat Presidente hove in sight and in Kuhls, however, refused to stop and no further interference with the Altenburg was attempted. SAN DOMINGO, Saturday, Feb, 20.— The towns of San Cristobal and Bani have been recaptured by forces from the Government gunboat Presidente. Another Government force has been sent to attack the insurgents at San Pedro de Macoris. United States Minister Powell has notified the Government that Wash- ington does not recognize the closing of ports not at present in possession of the Government. The blockade is in- effective . The insurgents inflicted great dam- age to property in the vicinity of this city. The town of S8an Carlos has been almost completely destroyed. WASHINGTON, Feb. 24.—The report of Captain Richard Wainwright, com- manding the Newark, regarding his re- cent reconnoissance about San Do- minge was ma public at the Nav, Department to-day Captain Wain- wright found on his arrival at San- chez that the daughter and brother-in- law of the American Consular Agent both had been wounded by the same bullet in the fighting there. He wrote a letter to the commanders of the Gov- ernment and insurgent forces protest- ing against further firing in the streets or toward the houses of the inhabitants and to make his protest ef- fective landed a force of twenty ma- rines and company of bluejackets. There was no further firing. —e———————— FIVE CHIN ARE BURNED TO DEATH ! Fire Entraps Men in Stockton Laun- dry and Only One Escapes. STOCKTON, Feb. 24.—Five China- men were burned to death this morn- | ing about 5:30 o'clock in a fire which ruined a Chinese laundry Hunter street. The Chinese were all asleep in a small room in bunks and ught like rats in a trap. Only Sam Lee, the proprietor, succeed- ed in escaping. He was awakened by the fire and managed to get out in his nightclothes. fective flue caused the fire. The bod- ies have been removed to the morgue and an inquest will be held. The building, a frgme structure, was in- sured. The firemen were promptly on were hand, but efforts to save the laundry- | men were unavailing. — e i Arrested for Robbing Passengers, SALINAS, Feb. 24.—Two men who | were arrested yesterday for robbing passengers on the train give the names | of Dan Roberts and J. M. Patrick. The former acknowledges that he is a railroad man, but otherwise the stories of the men conflict. They claim they never met till a few days ago in a Chinese opium den in San Francisco. They will not tell where they got the witch keys, nmor for what purpose they had them in their possession. De- tective Lewin of the Southern Pacific Company believes both men ar ex-con- victs with bad records. —_—— Must Go to San Quentin. Joseph L. Kelso, who was con- victed of burglary in the Superior Court of this city last summer, was denied a new trial by the Supreme Court yesterday. The defendant bur- glarized the millinery establishment of Miss M. B. Quigg at 406 Sutter street. His appeal was based on an alleged insufficiency of evidence to convict him of the crime. —_———— Noted Philanthropist Is Dead. BALTIMORE, Feb. 24.—Goldsborough §. Griffith, a philanthropist of national repute, and president of the Prisoners’ Aid Society, died to-day, aged 90 years. red a blank shot across her bows. | on North | It is thought that a de- | ‘ESTABLISHES PAOTECTORATE OVER THE EMPIRE OF KOREA “Hermit Kingdom” Doomed CGENERDL FRINCE 27770 - HORr, Corrrran/ S CH s O W& Ko Ear gAY | ( R\ SPANISH STAB VANKEE TARS ——— Altercation Between Sailors of Warships Results in a Fight in Which Several Are Hurt AL ATTACKING PARTY ESCAP SRR, Americans Give Chase and the Men Jump Into Bay, From Which They Are Rescued e s ST. THOMAS, D. W. I, Feb. 24—A fight occurred here yesterday between sailors from a Spanish and an Ameri- can warship which resulted in the wounding of several men. A seaman from the United States cruiser Columbia jostied a sailor from the Spanish cruiser Rio de la Plata as he passed him in the street. The Span- ish sailor drew a stiletto and seriously wounded the American. Other men from the Columbia attacked the two Spaniards, who defended themselves with knives and slightly wounded sev- eral other Americans. They finally es- | caped, ran to the wharf and jumped into the water. They were picked up | by a harbor boat and taken on board | their warship. —_——————— | CONSUL CHESHIRE HERE EN ROUTE TO MANCHURIA b ] Newly Appointed United States Rep- resentative to Mukden Leaves To-Morrow for Far East. Fleming D. Cheshire, the newly ap- | pointed United States Consul to Muk- den, one of the three American repre- | sentatives named for Manchurian ports under the provisions of the treaty of last October, is at the Oc- | cidental Hotel en route to the Orient, for where he will sail to-morrow. Re- | garding the recent announcement that Russia would probably object to the new Consuls assuming their functions in Manchuria, Consul Cheshire said last evening that he had received no advices on this peint and was simply following out his instructions, given him in Washingten, to proceed at once {to his post. He said that V. P. Mor- gan and James W. Davidson, who have been appointed Consuls to Dal- ny and Antung, respectively, are ex- pected here to-day-and will probably leave for the Orient on to-morrow’s steamer. Upon all matters relating to the hostile conditions on the other side of the Pacific and as to his move- ments there, Consul Cheshire declined to make any statement, explaining that his position - prohibits him from discussing affairs of that character. ——— Laborer’'s Hands Burned. P. Byron, a laborer, residing at the southwest corner of Eddy and Larkin streets, was badly burned about the hands last night while trying to ex- tinguish a fire in his room. He was treated by Dr. Stevens at the Emer- gency Hospital. . Ems S RULER OF THE KOREAN EMPIRE, AND COMMANDER OF ITS ARMY, WHICH MAY TAKE THE FIELD AS AN ALLY OF THE JAPANESE IN THE WAR WITH RUSSIA. | | 4 3 & TALK 1S NOW OF ARBITRATION America and France Are Dis- cussing a Treaty for the Set- tlement of All Disputes St OBSTACLES ARE PRESENTED France - Deterred by Eastern War and Roosevelt Is Unecer- tain About Senate’s Action S5 T PARIS, Feb. 24—It was confirmed in official circles in Paris to-day that negotiations were actually in progress between the United States and France | for an arbitration treaty. The French | Parliamentary group favoring inter- E,ualinnal arbitration is said, however, | not to be over-sanguine in the belief that a treaty will shortly be signed. | It is pointed out here that the Russo- ;Japanese war and the possibility of complications growing out of that con- flict rather tend to cause hesitation on the part of the negotiators of the arbi- tration treaty instead of hastening its signature. Moreover, concern is ex- pressed in this city over the effect in the United States of the decision of The Hague arbitration tribunal upon the questjon of preferential treatment by the blockading powers in the case of Vengzuela. WASHINGTON, Feb. 24—The State Department confirms the report that the President has béen considering thes possibility of arranging a treaty with France providing for the peaceful set- tiement of any disputes between the two countries by resort to arbitration. It is further stated that similar propo- sitions have been made to this Govern- ment by the diplomatic representatives of Great Britain, Italy and Holland. All of these have likewise been taken under careful consideration by | the President. Although earnestly favor- ing the principle of arbitration, Presi- dent Roosevelt is indisposed to submit an arbitration treaty to the Senate un- til he is assured of its approval. LA R R Californians in New York. NEW YORK, Feb. 24.—The follow- ing Californians are here: From San Francisco—G. K. Hooper, at the Navarre; C. Kenyon, at the Ho- tel Gerard; J. S. Bunnell, at the Man- hattan; C. W. Newhouse, at the Hotel Albert; Miss R. F. Seymour, at the Victoria;" D. Brupe, at the Union Square; P. Lamb and wife, at the Ho- tel York. From Los Angeles—F. A. Swan, at the Park Avenue. —_——— Do Not Want to Hear Cleveland. JACKSON, Miss., Feb. 24.—By a vote of 42 to 33 the lower house of the Miss- issippi Legislature to-day defeated a resolution to invite former President Cleveland to address the body. <5 HEAVY INCREA IN GREAT BRITAIN'S NAVAL ESTIMATES LONDON, Feb. 24.—The British naval estimate for 1904-05 totals $184,445,000, a net increase of $12,360,000 over the esti- | mate for 1903-04. More than half the increase in the estimates is due to the determination | to pay the entire balance due on the recently purchased Chilean battleships on April 1 and to provide them with ammunition for the next year. The re- mainder of the increase arises from ex? pansion of the fleet, increase inl pay of the personnel and material. The estimates provide for a total of $58,270,880 for new construction, of which $3,210,415 will be devoted to the commencement of new ships. The Ad- miralty will devote $9,050,000 to the pur- chase of armor during the coming year and says it has no difficulty now in se- | curing an adequate supply of the qual- | ity desired. Satistactory progress has been made in the experiments with oil fuel and three old gunpoats have been converted into tank ships for the storing of oil in home ports. Extensive provision is being made to supply oil afloat. The construction of two battleships, four armored cruisers, ten submarine vessels and fourteen torpedo-boat de- stroyers will be begun during the pres- ent year. In submitting the estimates Earl Selborne, First -Lord of the Admiral- ty, said the Admiralty was aware that the estimates were large, but Parlia. ment must remember how great was the responsibility cast upon the Board of Admiralty in proyiding the country with a navy strong enough to sustain a struggle with the navies of any two powers and to insure reasonable secur- ity for the country’s vast seaborne trade and the food supply of the people. R E R i JEWISH DESERTERS FROM RUSSIAN ARMY SHOT WHEN CAPTURED MOSCOW, Feb. 24,—There is mili- tary activity everywhere between Odessa and MoscBw. At Vilna the ac- tivity is qyite feverish. My inform- ant there learned from.a Russian col- onel that some 500 Jewish regulars and reserves had deserted in three weeks. Asked if it were true that be- tween a dozen and a score of Jewish soldiers ordered to Manchuria had de- serted, that all except six had got over the frontier to Germany and that these six were shot immediately, the colonel said he believed several such Jews had been caught and had paid the inevit- able penalty. 55 Among the Jews of Southern Rus- gia the feeling is that whatever race is spared by the Government in orders to proceed to the front, it will not be the Jewish. Lt S RUSSIANS CAPTURE - BRITISH STEAMSHIPS WITH COAL CARGOES SUAKIM, Egypt, Feb. 24.—The cap- tain of the British steamship Luristan, from Newport February 5 for Bombay, reports that he was stopped and ex- amined by Russian torpedo-boat de- stroyers a few miles south of Daedalus Island, in the Red Sea, who informed him that three British steamships laden with coal for Japan had' been captured by them. —_—————— Issue License for New Bank. The Board of Bank Commissioners issued a license yesterday for the es- tablishment of the South Berkeley Bank. The institution is capitalized at- $25,000, of which 40 per cent is paid up. The bank will do a commer- cial and a savings business. Its doors will open for the first time on March 1. J. R. Barker has been elected president of the bank and E. K. Cole cashier. —— - Lieutenant Carden to Speak. . Lieutenant Carden will deliver an illustrated -lecture on “Industrial Eu- rope” at the Young Men's Christian Association | auditorium to-morrow night. He will deliver to-night a lec- ture on the coming exposition at St. Louis. CALL BUREAU, HOTEL BARTON, WASHINGTON, Feb. 24—Korea and Japan have entered into a surprising alliance. Japan guarantees Korea's in- dependence and integflt}‘.‘ She receives in return the right to operate her mili«+ tary forces at will within the Hermit Kingdom. That Japan will get the con- sent of the Emperor to fortify Masam- pho, commanding the Straits of Korea, is considered certain. The State Department to-day re- ceived its first information of this alli- | ance through United States Minister | | Allen at Seoul. It came as a surprise | to nearly every one in Washington. | Further details are eagerly awaited. This consummation of an alliance is generally regarded as the death war- rant of Korean independence if Russia | is victorious in the present war. In | such event Russia doubtless will occupy | Korea and make it a Russian province. | The Emperor of Korea declared neu- | trality several weeks ago. The alliance | with Japan nullifies that neutrality. | Russia has already protested to the | powers against the Japanese attack | on the Russian ships in Chemulpo, a neutral harbor. Count Cassini, the Rus- | sian Bmbassador, conveyed this protest | to Secretary Hay. The alliance has | been in practical effect for at least a | | fortnight. Paviov, the Russian Minis- | ter at Seoul, was “invited” to leave by | the Japanese. He eventually learned | that Korea could not or would not pro- if Russia Triumphs in the Present War. Special Dispatch to The Call. tect him, so he proceeded with the lega- tion staff to Shanghai.- Apparently the influence of Yi Yong Jk. the famous Russian protege, over the Emperor of Korea, has been weakened. All of the powers.have tacitly recog- nized that Korea would be a part of the battleground of this war. A deter- mined effort by Korea to maintain her own neutrality would, howdver, possi- bly have occasioned a tendency by the powers to prolong her independence after the war. There is much anxiety to see how Russia's ally, France, will accept this Oriental alliance against Russia. Korea is not a strong power, but it is pointed out that her assist- ance to Japan may easily assume sub- stantial proportions. The Japanese are expected to undertake the control of the Korean army, which can easily be | recruited up to a strength of 30,000 men. Officered by Japanese, this force might be a sufficient jmenace to Russia to cause France to protest that the prin- ciple of confining the struggle to the two powers, Russia and Japan, was be- ing violated. The note which Hay sent to the powers indicated that the pur- pose of uniting for the preservation of China’s neutrality was to prevent that power being involved. In past times of turmoil at Seoul the ruler or the power behind the throne has often been assassinated. Some dip- lomats here cheerfully discuss the pos- sibility of such a fate for the present Emperor. o > | TROUBLE BETWEEN GAS MEN AND EMPLOYERS ADJUSTED | Many TUnions Will Celebrate Their | Anniversaries With Socials, smokers and Dances. = The long-looked-for conference be- tween -the employes of the San Fran- | cisco Gas and Electri¢c Light Company President Bourne has at last been satisfactor- and | held and matters adjusted | ily to both sides. | The Local Lumber Clerks’ Union will | celebrate its first anmiversary v a | high Jinks and smoker on Mar P R. Montague, R. Calvin and Alexander McCabe are on the arrangement com- mittee. Retall Clerks’ Union No. 648 meets to-night in an endeavor to formulate plans for gaining shorter working | hours. | The Journeymen Tailors’ Union will | give a dance and social in the Alcazar building hall next Tuesday night. | The Elevator Operators’ Union will 1d its second annual entertainment | I at Golden Gate Hall on the | | night of April 23. The following are on | the arrangement committee: A. E. Field, J. D. Richardson, J. A. Fontanel, E. B. Ring and H. Dibbon. | Flour and Cereal Mill Employes" Union No. 64 has elected the following | officers for the ensuing term: Presi-| dent, C. Mitchell; vice president, A. F. King: financial secretary, O. E. Brown; | recording secretary, C. P. Wilsol | treasurer, R. H. Wright. The local will give its first entertainment and dance Thursday, March 24, at Union Square Hall. Following is the committee of | arrangements: C. P. Wilson (chair- | man), C. Mitchell, O. E. Brown, R. H. | Wright, A. E. Sollars and V. W. Kul’- | tof. The Bookbinders' Beneficial Associa- | tion has elected officers as follow President, Theodore Fluehr; vice presi- dent, Frederick Schaffner; secretary, Joseph Heinze; treasurer, Thomas B. Gould; sergeant at arms, George Pe- den; trustees—Henry Marsden, Joseph | Collins, Theodore Fluehr, George Pe- | | den, Frederick Schaffner, Thomas B. Gould and Joseph Heinze BLE L3 AP AT AL R Tries t6 End Her Life. Edith Lindsley, a woman of the un- der world, made an attmept to end her life last night in her room at 45 Stock- ton street. Miss Lindsley claims that | she had been giving all of the money she made to a man named Chris Peter- son, an ex-soldier, with an unsavory reputation. The woman was actually in want of food and decided to com- mit suicide. She took several tablets of bichloride of mercury and when found by Policeman Reihl was in an unconscious condition. At the Emer- gency Hospital Dr. Stevens pumped her stomach out and she will recover. Peterson was arrested for vagrancy. —_—————————— | ho | and bal Chief Wittman a Forester. George W. Wittman, Chief of Police. was admitted into the order of For- esters of America last night by ini- tiation in Court El Dorado No. 31, in the presence of Supreme Chief Rang- er Kelly, Grand Chief Ranger Gabriel and nearly all the members of the ex- ecutive council of the order and sev- eral hundred members. The work was done by the team of Court Jus- tice. . After the initiation of the Chief and three others the members of El Dorado presented to the supreme chief a dozen ice cream spoons and a magnificent ring. —_——— An Oriental Dream. Stanford Pdrlor, Native Sons of the Golden West, will give its eighteenth anniversary ball this evening in Na- tive Sons’ Hall. The decorations this year will excel any effort previously made by \hh_parlor. They will rep- resent an Oriental dream. There will also be a novelty in the matter of badges for the several committees. The function will be strictly invita- tional. R Bohemian Club Site. The directors of the Bohemian Club were authorized by a special meeting of members yesterday to effect the purchase of property at the northeast corner of Taylor and Post streets. The price agreed upon is $125,000. It is understood that the club’s note, bear- ing interest at 5 per cent and secured by mortgage of the land, has been negotiated. FIRE BREAKS OUT IN FRONT-STREET BUILDING Three Firms Suffer Loss From Blaze and Water to the Extent of $3000. Fire started last night about 11:40 in a building at the southeast corner of Clark and Front streets. The blaze had its origin in the elevator shaft and was discovered by Officer McPartland. It was quickly extin- guished by the Fire Department. The building is a three-story struc- ture, the two upper floors being occu- pied by the firm of Lange, Schooley & Co., photographic printers, and the low-~ floor by G. Pieretti & Co., com- mission merchants, and A. Guiriani, a wine dealer. The fire is supposed to have started from spontaneous com- bustion, induced by some of the chem- jcals kept by the photographic firm. The damage to the building was $500. Lange, Schooley & Co.’s loss will be in the neighborhood of $1500, and Pier- ett! and Guiriani will each lose $500. —_———— PERSONAL. Captain John Cross, the railroad promoter of Los Angeles, is at .the Palace. B. Frank Steele, a prominent gro- cer and packer of Springfield, Ill., and wife are at the Occidental on their way to Honolulu. Dr. N. D. Richardson of the quar- antine station on Mare Island has gone to Santa Barbara for a rest. Jay W. Adams, Pacifi¢ Coast agent of the Nickel Plate line, is at the Oc- cidental. H. C. Bruner, Kokomo, Ind., and wife at the Occidental. Thomas Derby of the den quicksilver mines is ace. a_ manufacturer of are staying New Alma- at the Pal- ———— Meet to Discuss Gas and Water, A federation of Mission Improv ment clubs met last night at Mission Turn ‘Verein Hall. Eighteenth street. near Valencia, to discuss the water and gas rates. The hall was crowded and many prominent business men ad- dressed the meeting. ——————— Will Give Masked Ball. The San Francisco Hebrew Club will give a masked ball at Turn Verein Hall on Sunday evening, March 6. The en- tertainment is in celebration of the Jewish festival Purimn. Oughtnmtnm‘mhgvuh feeble. It does not mean weakness feebleness for those who eat with appetite and sound digestion. It lbonldm'im that old people which is. age 5 i