The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 7, 1904, Page 4

London Telegraph Says Czar's Ensign Has Disappeared From the High Seas in the BRITISH EXPERTS PRAISE THE ENERGETIC COURSE o MAPPED OUT BY THE NAVAL TACTICIANS IN TOKIO Far East and Asserts That Vladivostok Is as Effectually Sealed as Is Port Arthur Itself. Special Cable 1o The Call and New York Herald Copjyright, 1904, by the New destroyers tempt to keep open other words c In ‘ous p sealed as Po zar's ensign ppeared from the high seas.” PROBABLY TOGOS FLEET. Rear Admiral Inglis. writing in ewspaper, savs 3 art of K rea. upreme command will be ck was torpedo craft erged bravery suggested and this conciu- naval Askold, expert from about ladi fif! stok and has e hed base there to watch for rs or for breaking up the lce ‘On the military side, it seems now York Herald Publishing Company. id that Russia is not encugh to risk any serious fighting in ea.” WILKINSON'S COMMENTS. Spencer Wilk discussing in ng's Morning Post, the news eix Japanese eruiters escorting tracsports bhad pessed Chefu on hefr way 10 the Guif of Liactung on Thursday, says thiz points to the iand- ing of an infantry brigade with some sional troops, w br this time have landed sorgewhere, Dut adds “I am 2 lttle doubtful of the idea of anding a small force in Liaotung peninsula while the Russian field army is intact. and imagine that the port of Newchwang is not at present a suit- able place, both hecause of the prox- imity of the R s and of sheais and of ice, | there are land- irg Places at and of Shanhaiwan and a foree landin be abie transportation northward that of st AN TNENOWN HERO AT LAST IDENTIFIED Confederate Soldier in Lomely Grave THAT MAN Summit of Altoona Pass, Ga., Was John Armstrong nearly forty years, at wh sl gt FS 2s Jow as 50c in all RS, regular §2 kind 53150 MAN PITT 1008 Market Street. Above Powell Saz Franciscc F W LUV DR R T a visir DR. JORDAN’S anrear MUSEUM OF ARATOMY W00 MASKET 87 et G047 5.7 ol { au : = | GROCERY CLERK [GEN. CHAFFEE'S | SERIOUSLY CUT William Kriskey Stabbed in Front of Broadway Saloon, He Says by Paul Ludecker Ludecker wit as taken t and Officers McManus and placed g the outcome of Ludecker rformed te made the follo a saloon on the corner of Pinckley street and Broadway, kept by Horri Brothers, when Paul - Ludecker entered. Suddenly Lude ed a knife and plunged ach. He then tried to t, but I threw h of the place. nad trouble with Ludecker and a med Nunan before. Some ago they inveigled me across on the pretense that other wanted to see me, and tr hold me up in a lonely spot in ! Berkeley They were arrested, and ring the prosecution a man named ith came to me and said that I would be killed if T persisted in giving testimony against the prisoners. Finally, at the solicitation of Nu- nan’s mother, I let the case go and nt to Portland, where I remained for several months, returning here in the latter part of January. was the first time I had seen Ludecker since my return. whom one of the proprietors will be abie to identify, left the saloon shortly ay after 1 entered and brought Ludecker | My friends tried to Ludecker assaulted back with him. interfere when me.” —_——————— Opposed to Rock Crushing. A well-attended meeting of the prop- erty owners of at Twenty-eighth and Church streets | yesterday afterncon to enter their pro- test against the continuation of Gray Eros'. rock crushing works in their vi- | cinity. The meeting was presided over by Daniel Ward, who stated the object of the meeting. A resolution was passed requesting the Mayor to veto the ordinance permitting the rock | crushing when it comes before him for his approval. ——————— | “Sir,” said the stout stranger to the crusty citizen, “can you show me the nearest way to the center?” | “Do you take me for a city guide?” | snaried the crusty one. “I very stupidly took you for a gen- tleman,” said the stout man. ! “Xou are a loafer,” cried the crusty one. Whereupon the stout man’s arm flew | lout and his clenched hand smote the crusty man’s nose in grievous fashion. “Take mo further trouble,” chuckied | the stranger. “I have found the near- est way to the scenter without your assistance.”—Cleveland Plain Dealer. —— e ‘ Dinah Ebony—Aunty, de papers say | mebby de black plague will come to dis country. Aunt T Hny—Don’t you worry bout dat, honey. It won't show on us.—New York Weekly. - To-night | A man in the saloon, | Noe Valley was held | 000D REMEDY Wounld TUtilize Retired Of- ficers of the Army for| the Detached Service | Lieutenant Generaz! Chaffee, chief of has invited Secretary Root's at- the staff, ! jon t airment of the effi- ¥ which results from s large number of commissioned on the act t who, through quirements of existing law and ! = necessit de- 3 fr m] e of the service, are re 59 officers of | detached for | y under laws be in- than 200. there is a ers detached iin and without . and an approximate When to these num- he large number y temporar bers there r customary du upon ilitia ers of special du or leave of absence, absenteeism the ry great, and officering or- of troops and of main- instruction and discipline revealed RETIRED OFFICERS. remedy for the evils herein General Chaffee, “is the number of officers on the list, bu is not thought that Congress could be induced to grant such increase in sufficient num- bers to afford adequate relief. A bet- ter reém 1 one which seems to stands TO UTILIZE “One nted po to active be entirely feasible, i» to utilize the retired list to perform all of the de- d se e within or without the ich does not involve arduous and which for this reason is presumably within the competency of { retired officers to perform. College | | duty, duty as Indian agents and duty | with the organized militia are exam- | ples of detached service without the |army which retired officers can effi- | clently perform, and recruiting duty an | exa detached service within the clearly within the abili- d officers; nor is any perceived why certain staff both thin and without the ¥, not invoiving service with treops. | sEould not be performed by retired offi- |cers. It is certainly not an unreasona- bie requirement, considering the gener- ous provision which the government makes for its retired officers, to exact |from them the class of duties here | #pecified. { "1 have therefore to propose the | | amendment of section 1225, R. S.. sec- | tion 20, of the act of January 21, 1903, | and the act of July 13, 1892, so as to{ limit details to duty with educational | | Institutions, with the organized militia |and as Indian agents to retired officers, |2nd that legislative authority be re- quested for the employment of such of- ficers, in the discretion of the Secretary of War, on recruiting duty, as military | attaches and staff duties not involving | service with troops; all retired ofllcerll 1 andl ’y) detailed to receive the full pay |allowances of their grade. DRAFT OF BILL SUBMITTED. “A form of bill is submiited herewith, { which, if enacted into law, will accom- plish this and enable the department to at once restore to their proper arm iand corps and to their appropriate | duties ninety-eight officers of the active | list now detached therefrom; some fur- ther reduction in the number detached {eould be made by substituting retired officers for active officers in the per- formance of staff duties. “The necessity for the relief here sought is very great, and can be se- icured in the manner indicated without | sacrificing the efficlency of the service |to be rendered and at a minimum ex- | pense to the Government. The only al- ternative which would afford relief, namely, a suitable increase in the number of officers on the active list, would involve so large an expense as %0 be prohibitive,” BOLD ROBBERT ON THE STREET Thug Holds Up a Stranger at Nightfall and Relieves Him of Money and Jewelry 51 R Loud yells of “stop thief!” threw the residents in the vicinity of Hyde and Eddy streets into a great stat citement last night about 7 o'clock. From what could be learned from the people In the neighborhood, a stranger was walking up Hyde street, leading his littie boy by the hand, when sud- de a thug sprang upon him, and leveling a gun at h ead. demanded he hand over h a The stranger produced what money he had of ex- iuables. and also handed over his rings. The thug then started down the street and he stranger began to yell This ught about fifty chitdren to the scepe. The whole bunch chased down the street after the fiying figure. shouting liltela ist of Indians. The thief dashed into the sffle door of a bar back of Frahm’'s grocery store on the corner of Hyde and Eddy streets, and suers were clamoring for slipped out the front to board a passing car. saw the act and again This attracted the who grabbed the thug and pull off the car steps. The thief pulle revolver on the farmer, who dropped him like a hot cake. hen dashed down Golden and was lost to v kinds of des n of the thief. He was de- ome as being short and ¢ others as being tall and e point, how they all and that was that he was a The stranger and his little ppeared in the meantime. At the time of the hold-up the streets were brightly lighted and many people were passing by. —————— RUSSIA MAY BUY SUPPLIES FROM THE EASTERN DEALERS NEW YORK, March 7.— Having practicaily abandoned efforts to ship supplies of foodstuffs from the Pacific Coast to the Far East on account of the alertness of the Japanese, it is re- ported that Russian agents are now seeking to purchase stores through agreed | London and New York for shipment to Baltic ports. Rates to e latter are extremely low at present, favoring such an operation. Red Alaska salmon, of which there is considerable stock in London and on the way there. is said to be chiefly wanted. The bulk of this is controlled by the Alaska Packers’ Association. i China Will Take the Mandjur. NEW YORK, March 6.—The Rus- sian gunboat Mandjur will be given into the custody of the Chinese im- perial maritime customs officials, ac- cording to”a Times dispatch from Shanghai. The local authorities con- sider the landing of the crew unneces- sary and will so advise the Chipese foreign officers. Death of Author Aldrich’s Son. NEW YORK, March 7. — Charles F. Aldrich, a twin son of Thomas Bailey Aldrich, the author, is dead at Saranac Lake from consumption, He was a Harvard graduate and had entered a business career in Boston which he was | compelled to relinquish two vears ago, on in the world. when stricken by the disease which are willing to sacrifice a good deal of | caused his death. —_———— The Brute—What are you thinking of, Mamie? Mamie—I am dreaming of my youth. ‘The Brute—I thought you had a far- away look in your eyes.—Princeton — o+ SEE THE PHOTOGRAPHS. JAPANESE RED CROSS GIRLS Pretty Maids of the Orient and ‘What Strange Scenes They Witness. NEXT SUNDAY CALL. strong - e R e o A = ——— e e ——. e ¥ F B R '-! to-day. ' IFs Free With N TELL YOUR NEWSDEALER TO SAVE Y THE PURITAN GIRL ext oundau's Ca ou “PURITAN GIRL.” A beautiful reproduction in exact fac simile of the original Percy Moran. a picture of a sweet-faced Puritan maiden gathering holly in a snowy New England wood. The quaintness of her garb, the pure and innocent expression, com- bined with the delicate coloring in the figure and winter scenery, make this a most appropriate Lenten offering. This Puritan Girl is beyond question one of the richest of the many art pictures that eagerly sought after. have been issued with The Sunday The only certain way to obtain ——————————————— S ————————————— A —— R ————————— (1 ) by E { 3 { Call and will be ‘( one is to order ) EXT SHNDAY'S .CALL The Call is sold at all the prinecipal hotels and news depots and by all stationers and all train news agenis Register a strong complaint if you cannot secure a Call “A)lBlTlOl'S GIRLS WORK { BY DAY. STUDY AT NIGHT 'M Want to Get uo_ng in Business | and So '“;SL’ the Evening ! ols. “Ambition centers is what I call | them,” said the principal of one of the | three evening high schools for women | “With very few | the | | in New York City. | exceptions the girls who attemnd { schools five nights a week work dur. ! ing the day in offices, stores and faeto- | ries. come here just the same determined to {learn the things essential to getting They are girls who comfort and pleasure to their aspira- tions. “The clesses in stenography are the { largest. The majority of their mem- | bers aiready have places as stenogra- phers, but they have been made aware | by employers, painfully in some cases, that their transcribing or spelling or English is not up to the mark, so they come here to increase their p 2 ‘The other night one bright girl told me, with a suspicion of tears, that her pemployer had discharged her because she couldn’t spell. but had said that if she would learn he would take her back. She told me that her weakness always had been spelling, but that she had made up her mind to overcome it. I think she will “A great many of the girls are study- ing languages, French, German or Spanish, with Their hours are long. Most of | | them are tired In the evening, but they | | commereially. Most of those from de-| | partment stores take French, it being | their ambition to become buyers for | the house and thus go to Paris to pur- chase stock. One girl, who is quite pretty but has a strong business head, is studying bookkeeping and commer- ! cial forms with a view of taking charge | of a grain and feed business, It belongs to her father. She is in the office now | as stenographer and general assistant, | but eventually she expeets to conduet | it herself, and from what I know of | her I think she will do it well. | “Arithmetic and aigebra are not sub- |jects over which women ordinarily | grow emthusiastic, but several hundred | of my students are grappling with them | bravely every night. These are the ones who are preparing for the regents’ | or the civil service examination. Chem- istry would seem to be no more inter- esting, but our laboratory is well filled | every evening. Most of the girls to bgl found in it have their eyes turned to- ! ward trained nursing, and to make | their equipment as thorough as possibie | | are starting in at the foundation of the | science of medicine. ! i | “Some of them are already im train- Ing schools and a few are graduate nurses who attend our classes when they can. Most of the prospective nurses also take an hour every even- ing in physiology. Besides this com- mercial and scientific instruction, we have a class devoted to Shakespeare and other great writers, and this is one of the most popular of all. In it the chief aim is for eulture rather than practical utility, and yet these are fac- tory g among the members, “The essays that the girls are re- quired to write have developed some ced literary ability. Ome st - @S a matter of fact, has had sto- ries published: but she still earns her living as a stenegrapher. Girls dressmaking shops who expect to fu low this calling themselves attend our drawing classes. Teachers and other professional women spend two hours an evening here on the languages. students vary in ages from the young girl to the gray haired woman. They represent many walks in life, but all of them are working hard to improve themselves.—New York Sun —_———— “Grandpa,” said the children, “teil us another story about the time whem you were a young man and traveled with the show. “Weil,” said Grandfather Dutton, “when - was with Nixon & Kemp's cireus, forty or fifty vears ago, one of my grect acts was to get a boy to put an apple on top of his head and then I would stand ten paces away and shoot @ rifle b1l through it.” “But qidn't you someti apple and shaat the boy “Not oftes, But it * appéned onee m awhile, of course.” “What did you do then?™ they asked breathlessly. “De?™ said Grandfather Dutton, shrugging his shoulders. “Why. some- timc: T had to wait two or three min- utes before I could find znother boy, but not often. There are always pler.s of boys."—Chicago Tribuma mes miss the