The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 3, 1904, Page 4

THE. SAN FRANCISCOQ CALL, THURSDAY, MARCH 3, 1904. PEACE MOVEMENT IS STARTED IN FRANCE WILL FOLLOW FORTUNES OF THE MIKADO’S ARMY Slavs’ Ling of Intervention by the Powers Is Planned. Belief That Rus-| sia Would Be Willing. Amemca May Be. Asked to Act First, PR D | | | | Specia atch to The Cail PARIS, March. 2.—-Gabriel Hanotaux, | r of Foreign Affairs, has | agitation in favor of inter- | e powers to stop the wa¥ 1‘ issia and Japan. It is believ- would be glad of e to end the strug- thus far have been Germany, it is be-| would ‘be willing to join in moyement,- if it were the Czar would approve. It is ed, however, that France and alone would be ‘ineffective, as the movement would be as .asnti-British. enc therefore, hope to erican ‘support in their ae- eventual support from t Britain as well, through the good of Washington. - French official “circles count much apon the new movement,.as they be- Jiewe Russia would be perfectly willing to accept the good offices of all the powers, provided it were a combined ef- | compelling Japan to do the is pointed out that Russia, appeal for intervention be a | ome, could mccept with good| TS, fort -sEme sh uid the ax gividg. way . to the consensus | P ~Ce . ! \uppf'r-\-lng All War News. ! Or. March 2.—The Ori- { relli arrived here to- | stern ports. Captain could learn little of | in' the Orient. He! correspondents are not | to go to the front and that] contending nations do every- yssihle revent news getting < ions of their land rces. The night the In-| off Moji a war vessel, ghts, suddenly ran up to turned searchlights upon | g after making ou(l Otherwise the Indravelll | of hostilities. two 1o disappeari Warship (o Rescue Missionaries. :“OTTAWA. Ontario, March 2.—A | the to ¢ State Department | British Admiraity has| f-war to Songchin for | mission: and their fam- The vessel will also eall at| —_————— z % ! ®stops Killing of Seals. | )N, March 2.—Repre- nson of Indiana to- day | ~solution _directing the | “of ommerce -and Labor te at once and indefinitely the fur seals on the Pribyloff ] | | eral staff, { Morrison and Kuhn. Captain March Goes as-United States Attache. Captain Peyton C. March of the gen- United States military attaches to the Japanese apmy, arrived yesterday from and is at the Occidental. The other American soldiers who will accompany one of the the Mikado’s troops are Colonel Enoch | H. Crowder, judge advocate United States army and member of the gen- | eral staff; Captain John F. Morrison, Twentieth Infantry, now stationed at Manila, and Captain Joseph E. Kuhn, i | ?‘ Washington | — 3 | | | TUNITED, STATES MILITARY | { ATTACHE TO THE JAPAN- | ESE ARMIES. - — — { the American officers with every facility Engineer Corps, also stationed at! Manila. These _appointments were made by General Adna R. Chaffee. Colonel Crowder will be here to-day. With Captain March he will sail Satur- day on the steamship Doric for Tokio, where they will be joined by Captains On arrival there they will report to Minister Griscom, who will in turn conduct them to the chief of the War Department, who will then assign them to the divisions they will accompany through the war. Colonel Crowder will have general su- perintendency over the party. The Japanese Government will supply ADVERTISEMENTS. A A A P PPN AN OR[ENTAL RUGS SPECIAL 100 HAMADAN and KARABAGHS, $4.50 to $7.50 75 SHIRVAN and BELOOCHISTANS, formerly $20.00 to $25.00, now $l 5.0 u 75 SHIRVAN, DAGHESTAN, BELOOCHISTAN and KAZAKDJIE, formerly $25.00 to $30.00, now sl 8 0 0 i Immense reductions in KHIVA, CASHMERE, KIRMAN and PERSIAN, carpet sizes. While the above items illustrate the remarkable values we are offering in Rugs, this Sale includes Furniture for Hall, Library, Parlor, Dining-room and Bedroom; also Upholstery and Lace Curtains. SLOANES 114-122 POST STREET | Volunteer for noting as observers the different movements in which the Japanese armies will engage. It will be the duty of these representatives of our Govern- | ment to cable to the War Department at Washington news of big battles and to compile official reports upon these actions. Daily bulletins will be for- warded through the mails. Captain March is well known in army circles. He graduated from West Point in 1888. He is thoroughly conversant with the situation in the Far East. He has been twice to the Philippines. The first time he went in command of the Astor Battery. He also served there as lieutenant colonel in the Thirty-third Infantry. Captain March has been stationed at the Presidio, Fort Mason and other points, In speaking of his present detail Captain March sald: “I am greatly pleased to have been chosen as one of the four officers to be sent on this service. We expect to gain a great deal of valuable informa- tion, as we are to have every facility offered us by the Japanese Govern- ment for observing and noting means and methods of warfare. I think it will be a long war and a fight to the finish. Of course, we all know of Rus- sia’s great army, but only those who have been in the Orient and are well acquainted with the Japanese people can understand what a remarkable and wonderful race they are. They are thoroughly equipped for this war. They are a very tenacious people, and, from what I know of them, they will never be bulldozed into making any concessions, but will fight for their rights to the end. Their greatest power, perhaps, lies in the very fact that to a unit they are of the same opinion in regard to the stand their country has taken toward Russia. “The Russians, o course, are equal- Iy obdurate and possess jan equal amount of stubbornness. Both being of unyielding disposition, neither will give, but will fight until the Ilast resource is gone. “I am prepared to remain away at least a year and a half. Other Gov- ernments will have the same facilities as ourselves and will undoubtedly send attaches. Two of England's represen- tatives are at present in this country and 1 expect they will arrive here in time to sail on the Doric. They are 8ir Tan Hamilton, quartermaster gen- eral, and Captain Haldore, head of the British intelligence office.” R T s B sz CANAL CONPANY READT 10 ACT PARIS, March 2.—It is asserted positively to-day by one of the high- est officials of the Panama Canal Company that, eontrary to the state- ment emanating from New Orleans, no arrangement has been made or projected between the company and the republic of Colombia in connec- tion with the suits now pending be- fore the French courts. The official declares there is absolutely no diffi- culty in the way of an immediate con- clusion of the negotiations for the trausfer of the concessions to the 1Yalu RIYBP to Be FEATURES OF THE DAY SWAR ARNEWS Defense. Battle Will Oc- cur Along Its Banks. Chinese Bandits Are Harassing : Russians. . Continued From Page 1, Column 6. eckendorff, Russian Embassador to Great Britain, arrived here to-night from St. Petersburg. OTTAWA, Ont., March 2.—The Mili- tary Department has handed out a statement of the estimate for new de- fenses. The first line of defense will consist of 100,000 men, of which 46,043 will be the peace establishment and the remainder the war establishment. A sufficient number of officers are to be trained with this line of defense to in- sure officers for a second line of de- fense of 100,000 men, if required. The officers and men of the first line | are divided into two classes—those en- gaging for both peace and war service, who will be paid and be liable for train- ing in peace, and those engaging for war service only. NEW MISTERT STALLS POLICE The police are working on a new mystery and as usual are doing all they can to increase the difficulty of its solution, Last week a young Swedish woman came to this city to visit her sister, a domestic in the family of B. D. Mer- chant at 928 Van Ness avenue. Her home is said to be in San Jose, where the Merchants lived until about four months ago. The young woman's throat was ailing, and on Thursday she called at a drug store to ask where she could find a physician to treat her complaint. According to her statement made later to her sister, the Merchants’ servant, this drug store was somewhere in the vicinity of Devisadero and California streets, and she was there advised to consult a eértain “Dr. Winslow” at an address which the sister cannot now recall. On Friday afternoon she left her sis- ter at the Merchants’' home, saying she was going out to consult Dr. Win- slow. She has not been seen since and no word from or regarding her has been received by her friends, Mrs. Merchant communicated facts of the case yesterday to James W. Ward, the president of Health Board, and on his advice she reported the matter to the police. De- tectives were at once assigned to work on the mystery, but as yet they have found no trace of the missing woman. At police headquarters every precau- tion is being taken to keep the facts secret. There are many drugstores in the vicinity of California and Devisadero streets, but at Hoover’s, on the north- west corner of the street crossing named, it was denied last evening that any such young woman had applied there for information as to a physician who would treat her case. Dr. Ward said last night that he knew of no phy- siclan named Winslow in San Fran- cisco. The city directory gives no such name in its list of physicians. Mr. Merchant, in whose family the young woman's sister lives, declined last evening to disclose the name of the missing girl or to give any information that would assist in locating her. —— United States. The officials of the United States em- bassy share the views of the officers of the canal company that there is nothing now in the way of the actual transference of the concession and the company's property. At recent confer- ences between Embassador Porter and President Bo of the canal company, the President pointed out t 2t two suits are now pending—one involving Colom- bia’s right to hold shares and the other the general question of the company’s right to transfer its concession to the United States. M. Bo was inclined to believe one and perhaps both suits might be pro- tracted several months, but General Porter was satisfled, after hearing M. Bo, that even if the suits are continued they do not constitute any menace to the United States, requiring putting off the transfer. If this view prevails at ‘Washington it is expected that the details of the transfer will soon be ar- ranged through the canal \company's representatives there. WASHINGTON, March 2.—A con- clusion of the negotiations of the title to the Panama canal property is in sight. Within thirty days, perhaps in a shorter time, the United States will be in full possession of the property and the money consideration will have been paid to hoth the republic of Pan- ama and to the new Panama Canal Company. Attorney General Knox said to-d.r “I have advised the President that he is authorized to pay at once to the Government of Panama the $10,000,000 provided for by the treaty. Also that he is authorized to pay to the New Panama Canal Company the $40,000,000 which, under the agreement between the United States and that company we are to pay for its property, and have notified the canal company we are ready to close the transaction. “The details in connection with the transfer of the canal company's prop- erty should not require more than thirty days.” the Dr. the Japan hag made a complete change In her plan of campaign, | and for a brief period Port Arthur will be granted a respite from the rigors of war, except such as may be incidental to a reported | -shortage of provisions. A land Investment of the stronghold will not be attempted for at least a fortnight, and during the last four days | | even the Japanese fleet has disappeared from the vicinity of Lino- | | It is to be doubted, howeyer, that Admiral Togo | has withdrawn to a great distance, as he is not likely to give the “bottled up” Russian warships an opportunity for escape. the crafty naval hero of the Mikado's empire has retired simply with the hope of luring Admiral Stark away from the protection of the powerful land batteries of Port Arthur. Japan’s decision to temporarily cease the attacks upon Port Ar- thur is made for the reason that for the next few days her activity will center in the advance of the army now in Korea toward the | Yalu River, where it will battle with the Russian land forces for | Should the Russians be defeated and driven back, the cutting off of Port Arthur from its base of supplies and reinforcements would be an easy matter and the downfall of the stronghold would be practically assured. Japanese troops to the number of 120,000 are now nearing the Yalu and the first great land battle cannot long be delayed. * St. Petersburg has been stirred by a rumor that Port Arthur is to be abandoned, the Rasslang retreating northward in Manchu- ria. Newspapers which are regarded as semi-official are presenting reasons for such a move, which indicates that it is receiving strong consideration in Governthent circles. | The report that Japanese hid landed at Possiet Bay for an in- vasion of Northern Manchuria Is explained, seemingly, by a tele- gram from Vladivostok, which reports that zbout 2400 Japanese have debarked on the northern coast of Korea and are threatening Hunchun, a Manchurian town not far from Vladivostok. Martial law has been proclaimed in fift inces, owing to the attitude of the peasant classes, which are on the tifng Peninsula. the command of the frontier. verge of revolution. ing the Civil War. had been -;aggerated. A peace movement has been begun in France. that Russia would welcome the mediation of the powers and it is hopéd by the promoters of the movement that the United States can be induced to take the lead with a proffer of its good offices. In a desire to accord fair treatment in its news columns to the belligerents in the present conflict, The Call to-day presents the historical record of Russia’'s friendship for the United States dur- A controversy on this subject is being waged in the Eastern press, as a result of the statement by a prominent fin- ancler that the scope and intent of Russia’s action during the 60's Perhaps \ three Russian prov- Tt is believed GEORGE GOULD IN THIS CITY George J. Gould, president of the great Gould systei: of railroads, accom- panied by the members of his family and severali railway officials and friends, arrived in this city from the south at 8:30 o'clock last evening in a speclal train, composed of four cars. The party has been making a tour of the Southern and Southwestern States and left San Diego ye: lerday, stopping over at Santa Barbara for a few hours and then proceeding on to this city. Gould's party are his two sons, Jay and Kingdon; their tutor, O. B. Hunts- man; Benjamin Nic.ll, a prominent steel operator of New York; L. 8. Thorne, vice president and general manager of the Texas and Pacific Rail- road; E. T. Jeffery, president of the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad; Le- roy Trice, vice president of the Inter- national and Great Northern: Vice I resident Kramer of the Colorado Mid- land and a corps of secretaries of the railroad magnate and his fellow pas- sengers. They were met at Third and Townsend streets by W. J. Shotwell, general agent of the Gould lines, and by him later shown through the main p-rtion of the city and escorted on a trip through Chinatown. ON INSPECTION TOUR. “My trip to the coast,” said Mr. Gould to the newspaper representa- tives, “was mainly for the purpose of inspection. My family preceded me to Southern California, where I joined them and hoped to remain for some time, but urgent business has called me East again, and we decided to start thither by way of San Francisco, of years. I was pleasantly surprised at the splendid condition of business af- fairs I found west of St. Louis, a fact last fall. In the East there was a se- rious depression and a slump in securi- ties, which has left a bad effect there, but fortunately it did not extend to the West. Business, so far as railroads are concerned, could not have been bet- ter. All the available equipment of our roads is being used, and I believe that the other roads are enjoying the same prosperity.” When asked regarding the frequent reports that he is behind the Western Pacific Rallroad project, Mr. Gould, with an air that would readily suggest that he had tired answering the ques- tion, replied: “Not a cent of my money is involved in that enterprise, and I have never had any intention of invest- ing in it. I am not directly or indi- rectly interested in the road, and I am certain that none of my business asso- ciates are.” FRIENDLY WITH HARRIMAN. Referring to his business relations with E. H. Harriman of the Southern Pacific and Unlon Pacific railroads, Mr. Gould remarked that he and Mr. Among the male members of Mr. | which I have not visited for a number . which I attribute to the fine crops of . Harriman are on the best of terms. The Southern Pacific connections with the Gould and other roads to the West, he said, were eminently satisfactory and he could see no reason why he should confemplate an invasion of the coast territory so long as these pleas- ant relations continued. The same statement, he idded, would apply to the Santa Fe connections. He stated that the Wabash road expected to get into Pittsburg by the middle of April and that a great deal of money is be- ing spent to accomplish this work. He has already arranged for an exten- sion of his railroad interests eastward from Pittsburg to tidewater in Balti- more and he remarked that the West- ern Maryland road would probably be the nucleus of that extension. “I have been deeply impressed with the indications of prosperity in your State,” continued Mr. Gould. “The modern character of the Southern Pa- cific and the Santa Fe roads is very noticeable to the experienced railroad man and their equipment would be a credit to any of the big Western lines.” Mr. Gould and his two sons are great polo players, a fact which he is seemingly proud of, and he laugh- ingly remarked that the trio, with “Ben" Nicoll, prided themselves on be- WOMAN'S RISE THROUGH AGES| By Sallie Sharp. e E Tirey L. Ford, clubman and lnlled\ Railroads attorney, has always been | suspected of cleverness in the amicable | adjustment of strikes, of wisdom in dispensing advice to carmen and of | strategy in averting damage ru«s, against his company, but his dearest | foe knew not that he had surpassed | the achievements that fall to the lot of ordinary men, and had become the pet—nay, the hero—of the clubwomen of San Francisco. And, mark ye, men folk, how ’twas done: The Forum Club, presided over by Mrs. Henry Payot, extended an invitation to Mr. Ford, by virtue of his legal knowledge, to address the club upon a legal topic of interest to women, and he chose the | clever subject, “The Lady and the Law.” And therein he made the hit of his life! In fact, fancy and in gal- lantry, the address easily leads the fleld of this month's unillustrated club | talks. He outlined the progress of woman's social and legal position thusly: “With the dawn of civilization came the first faint, feeble and halting recog- nition of woman’s rightful station. Thence on through the ages as civiliza- tion advanced, woman gradually rose | from the humble servitor of man to h«\ his proud equal and his household queen. But the process was slow. The Chaldeans framed the first code of laws of which we have any knowledge that gave to woman a legal and indi- vidual status. But she was still in bondage to the whims of men. Moses gave to the Hebrew world a marvel- ous code of laws, but under its pro- visions the husband alone had the priv- ilege of divorce, and daughters could | not inherit except in the absence of sons, and then the daughter must marry in her tribe.” The speaker then traced the spirit of feminine progress through the Med- iterranean nations, on through the days of old England—where a husband couldn’t, under the law, beat his wife with a stick any thicker than his thumb—across the seas to America, where “the laws of witcheraft and sorcery followed the Pilgrims to Ply- mouth Rock, and the spirit of the Scarlet Letter lived through the colo- nial days.” ‘Then came an elucidation of women's rights and duties under the laws of California, and the women went home happy on learning from the lawyer ali the privileges they were enjoying, without knowing it; also that they pos- sessed their privileges without the cor- relative duties of citizenship. “But,” said the club oracle, “the gentleman didn’t speak of the taxes we women ared permitted to pay—and without rep- | schau, maddened by excessive usg Revulutmn Mau Add to Czar’s Troubles. —_— Starving Rustics Are Pillaging Estates. —_— 'Martial Law in Fifty - Three Provinces. —— Special Dispatch to The Calk BERLIN, March 2.—The Taeglische Rundschau reports that Russia is dn the verge of revolution. Local out- breaks have occurred among students and urban workers and peasants. M de Plehwe, Minister of Interior, regards the peasantry as most dangerous condition. - Starving rustics, continues the Rund; vodka, or Russian rye . whisky, are piundering estates and burning out- lying homesteads, murdering land own- ers in all directions. Owing to this revolutionary danger the Government has proclaimed a minor state of slege and a mild form of martial law in fifty-three of the seventy-one provinces In European Russia. in a B ROBBERS RAID (ORNER S4L00) The saloon of Levinson, corner of Fifth and Stevenson streets, was held up by two masked men- at 1:15 | o’cleck this morning. Levinson was just closing the saloon or the night and was in the act of (urmrg out the lights, when two men with handkerchiefs over their faces ran up to him and, covering him with their revolve ordered him to throw | up his hands. Before Levinson TS, was fully aware of what had transpired he was relieved of two purses. the contents of which amounted to about $40 in coin. He was then thrust into the lavatory and the door locked. He drew his revolver ar fired three shots into the celling to at tract attention. Dan Cunaso, who runs a tamale stand next door to the Levinson place, heard the shots and hurried to the aid of the prisoner. The men had already made their escape and no arrests have been made. - Levinson says that earlier in the evening a man dressed as a sailor of the navy, but who had anythiag but | a nautical bearing, loafed around.the bar, and, he believes, sized up- the chances for a good haul. The sup- posed sailor was slovenly in appeéa anee and had three or four days growth of beard. Levinson. says that he believes the sailor's costume was merely a disguise. N P TR S +* the Philippines is suggested by -a re- cent report to the War Department from General Wood to the effeet that a rebel styling himself General Prym has issued a commission to Ricarte as lieutenant general of Northern L zon. Little is known here of Prym and it is hoped that the movement is nothing more than a brigand demon- stration. Ricarte's whereabouts is un- known. The Philippine constabulary is looking for him. —_————— Fren Bark Is Missing. LONDON, March 2—The French bark Paris, from Hamburg, May 10, and Cherbourg, May 16, for Honoluiu and San Francisco, has been posted at Lidyds as missing. DB.. PIERCE'S uxnnm “l wrote to thought surely I would dle.’? resentation. Wasn't that what the colonies raised such a row about?” I"M;:fm :-bbvcn?esh 1600,” writag Notwithstanding this diplomatic m';,mh_,m % T alerea omission the talk was a rare treat. | the -ne- 1 read your Here's to Mr. Ford as a club talker. [ pamphicts, tre "““"l:i::luhdhn—; 1 wrote May we hear him again. surely I would die, a8 our m The lecture was followed by three {'l: n;mdx:le to die than fo get well; your well rendered dialect stories by Miss | P{ocriyadvice cavsed my health hu:wm“m Noonan, after which the hero of the| scription. three of *Goiden ‘Discovery hree vials Pell day partook of a few cups of club tea. :lher renad{:\:nd Il:“ -v‘v:l -~ - g | work.” ing one of the best teams in the East.| Weak and sick women are invited to The railroad magnate plays polo | consult Dr. Pierce, letter, free, and whenever the opportunity offers. The |50 Obtain without charge or fee the game, he said, greatly interests him and consequently affords him a splen- dld chance to get much needed exer- cise and recreation. The party expecis to leave some time to-day for the East. —_— EMBERS OF REVOLUTION SMOLDER IN PHILIPPINES — t Pio del Pilar, Who Accepted the Oath of Allegiance, Joins the Outlaws Who Are Up in Arms. MANILA, March 2.—Pio del Pilar, the leading spirit of the Caribao in- surrection against Spain and the Unit- ed States, who was exiled to Guam, but returned and acceoted the oath of allegiance, has joined the outlaws who are defying the authority of the Government. 4 ‘WASHINGTON, March 2.—That the embers of Tevolution still smolder in