The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 10, 1904, Page 1

FPorecast made cisco for thirty San Prancisco Rain Thursday, southerly winds. THE WEATHER. midnight, March 10: A. G. McADIE, District Porecaster. at San Pran- hours ending and vicinity— brisk to high K ) SAN FRANCISCO, THURSDAY, MARCH 10, 1904. PRICE FIVE CENTS. JAPANESE ROUT RUSSIANS ON JSOIL OF MANCHURIA ONDON. March 10.---The following dispatch was received from Tokio yesterday afternoon: “‘Japanese warships bombarded the forts at Dalny on the night of March 8 and then attacked Port Arthur.”’ No further detaiis were received, nor has news come of the expected naval battle between Admiral Uriu’s division and the Russian Viadivostok squadron, which is ’ believed in Tokio to have already occurred. The most startling news of yesterday was that Japanese troaps have appeared west of the Yalu River and routed the Russians on Manchurian soil. DALNY STRIEERS | FRRORIEE JAMESTOWN Miners Make Attack on Party of Non- Union Men. R — | Guards Drive Back Mob and Rescue Strike Breakers. . Armed the Owner of the Rawhide During the Melee. SR h to The Cal N, March 9.—The striking t Jamestown attacked Captain e Rawhide and lepot last Sun- urred, says to-day from 1::— town, de- r the Federal week, and s suspected ¢ They de- work at the ride him out ¥ escaped ¥ the same on into his w f the predicament of Johnson ar Nevills, and b ned with re- peating shotguns, to protect the men. M nd Johnson w scorted to | the mine here The mine and day by Nevill L y armed | —_——— CATHOLICS RECOG AGAIN 1ZED IN GERMANY Bundesrath Agrees 1o the Reichstag Resolution Repealing the Anti- Jesuit Laws. ch —The ted to the bill p stag repealing the anti- | raph of the law of July B prohibiting the Jesuits from | e in Germany. | The decision of the Bundesrath to ept 1t Reichstag resolution de- stroye the last fragment of the late ismarck’s war with the clergy Pri Catholics an equal position | e the law with Protestants. { ———— Patti Cancels Her Engagements. HOT SPRINGS, Ark.,, March 9.—Ade- lina Patti announces that she will leave immediately for New York to take a steamer for England. She says she has canceled all her engagements. ———— Congressman Croft Is Il WASHINGTON, March 9.—Congress- man Geroge W. Croft of South Carolina is critically ill at his home here, and hope of his recovery has been aban- doned. Struck With Missile | strike break- | AND P PORT ARTHUR BOMBARDED BY | = —efe SCENE OF THE PATRIOTIC DEMONSTRATION IN ST. PETERSBURG UPON THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE OUTBREAK OF WAR IN THE ORIENT. || Fate of Squadron Is Still in Doubt. Special Dispatch to The Call ST. PETERSBURG, March 10.—Direct advices night made no mention of a naval engagement LONDON, March 10.—All Europe is anxiously awaiting news of the naval engagement which reports from Tokio declare has already occurred in the sea of Japan between the division commanded by Admira} Uriu and the Russian Viadivostok squadron. A variety of rumors regarding the fate of the Russian cruisers came from different sources yesterday, but mone of them was au- thenticated. 'One was to the effect that the Russ from Viadivostok last ian ships had been seen far to the southward of Possiet Bay and were believed to be apempting a dash around the southern coast of Korea to effect a juncture with the fleet in the harbor at Port Arthur. This is scarcely regarded as probable, although re- cent activity on the Port Arthur ships has led to the belief that some sortie was being planned, such as in all likelihood would be necessary to assist in the attempt of the Vladivostok squadron to reach Port Arthur. Tokio is firmly of the belief that Admiral Uriu has already destroyed the Russian ships. The Japanese commander has orders to put in at Wusan and report upon the outcome of his mission as soon as the enemy’s squadron has been taken care of. Under date of March 9 a correspondent of the Times at Tokio says the Russian advance south of Possiet Bay continues. During the discussion of the army estimates in the House of Cam- mons last night Premier Balfour said that so long as the army home de- fenses were maintained in an adequate condition any invasion of this coun- try by an organized force capable of reducing it to submission was merely a dream. But no man could blind himself to the fact that circumstances in the Far East were making Great Britain a great continental power and these circumstances must be taken into account in framing. the British army estimates. | PARIS, March 10.—The St. Petersburg correspondent of the Journal telegraphs that it is affirmed that the Crand Duchess Olga, sister of the Czar, is going out to Manchuria to act as superintendent of the Red Cross work. The Figaro publishes a dispatch from St. Petersburg, saying that Gen- eral Kuropatkin will leave Moscow for the Far East on Sunday evening. He will travel on an ordinary express train as far as Irkutsk, but from there he will go in a special. His final destination is kept secret. as it is connected with mobolization plans. The Figaro this morning gives prominence to the recital of an alleged attempt to sell French naval secrets to Japan. According to the Figaro story, a certain non-commissioned officer has been arrested, and the paper alleges !)ut a woman also is concerned. It adds that one important document is missing. 3 A high official of the Ministry of Marine has informed the Matin that there has been no betrayal of French naval secrets. The facts which ‘g-.ve rise to the story are as follows: A certain non-commissioned officer was placed under arrest charged with serious neglect of duty. As he was re- ported to have associated with suspicious persons, an investigation was made and it was ascertained that he had indulged in clandestine betting. ©ontinued on Page 5, Columns 2 and 3. Czar’'s Oladivostok| conripence + | OF JAPANESE | 15 SUPREME | LONDON, March 10.—The | Times this morning publishes | what it terms a remarkable in- stance of Janancse confidence. The Japanecse have arranged for the dispatch of coal from Eng- land to Port Arthur or Vladi- vostok, and the steamships tak- ing it are to call at Singapore for definite orders. The coal is explicitly warranted to be Jap- | anese nroperty. : PARIS, March 10.—The Jour- nal this morning publishes an interview sent in by its corre- spondent at Nice with General Baron Zakomelsky, commander of the Seventh Army Corps of Russia, stationed in the Crimea. The correspondent expressed surprise at the general's absence from Raussia at time of war, whereupon the general declared that the war in the Far East had little effect upon the life and duties of a majority of the men in the Russian army and that Russia had not reduced her forces on the German and Austrian frontiers. He cxpress- ed the belief that the war would not last long and said that Gen- '| eral Kuropatkin had been op- posed to the war, but had fore- seen that it was inevitable. —p + - JAPANESE FORTS SEND SHOTS ACROSS VESSEL’S BOWS Captain Rivers, commander of the American ship A. G. Roves, yesterday cabled the news of his arrival at Yo- kohama from New York. The Ropes spent five days outside the Japanese port waiting for a pilot, being unable to go in unguided on account of the mines in the harbor. During her wait outside five shots were fired across the ship’s bows from. the Jap- anese forts, Mikado’s Tfoops Cross the Yalu River and Capture Muscovite Post. Special Cablegram to The Call and New York Herald. Copyright, 1904, by the New York Herald Publishing Company. TIENTSIN, March 9.—The Japanese forces have advanced from the Yalu er. They have captured Fungwangcheng and have driven out the Russians in the vicinity to Fenshuling, the eastern pass, and are in force seventy miles to the east of Newchwang. The Russians are strongly in- trenched at Liaoyang and Haichen, where a battle is imminent. Some small engagements have been fought, the Russians falling back with loss. All of the women and children are ieaving Newchwang. The Japanese are using the same tactics and are advancing on the same route as was employed during their war with China. YINKOW, March 9.—It is reported that the Japanese have repulsed the Russians at Fungwangcheng. Four 4-inch siege guns were brought by rail to Newchwang to-day and placed in the fort at the river mouth. Two heavy guns are at the Rus- slan railway station. The British and American Consuls advise the immediate departure of women and children from Newchwang, saying the gunboats of their re- spective countries will leave at the earliest opportunity and will not be re- placed. LONDON, March 10.—A dispatch to the Times from Weihaiwei, dated March 9, says: "It is reported on good authority that a collision between Japanese and Russian troops has occurred near Haiju, Korea, fifty-four miles northwest of Chemulpo, which resuited in the defeat of the Rus- sians.” » WASHINGTON, March 9.—Reports have reached. Commander Sawyer of the United States steamship Helena at Yinkow that the Japanese and Russians fought at Fungwangcheng, which is forty-five miles northwest of Antung. Commander Sawyer, in a cablegram to the Navy Department, supplements this news with the statement that Japanese troops have been landed at Tashan, which is supposed to mean Takushan, a fairly good port, about forty miles from the mouth of the Yalu. No details have been received here about any of these engagements or movements of troops. The Japanese legation is unadvised of the latest development of the situation. Fungwangcheng is, however, less than 100 miles from the Port Ar- thur branch of the Russian railway, ard the fact .that the Japanese are thus far advanced across the Yalu River leads many persons here to be- lieve that the Japanese endeavor is to flank the Russian force, which is pre- sumably concentrated toward Port Arthur. A fairly good road runs from Fungwangcheng to Haichen. on the rail- road. If the Japanese were successful at Fungwangcheng they possess a great advantage in the control of this road. It is assumed that the Jap- anese force at Fungwangcheng must have landed at the mouth of the Yalu and west of this. inasmuch as the Japanese force already in Northern Korea is reported not to have pressed the Russians back farther than the country north of Pingyang. Military men here are doubtful, however, if the movements reported at Fungwangcheng are much more than an advance guard fight. The Man- Continued on Page 5, Columns 5 and 6. LWWARSHIP ~ - I SHORTAGE [y FOUND [N FUNDS San Jose Treasurer . Is Said to Be a Defaulter. —— More Than $7000 Missing [ From Strong Box of the City. | Thomas J. McGeoghegan Is in th 5 Custody of a Detective Pending Result of Investigation. Special Dispatch to The Call. | SAN JOSE, March 9.—City Treasurer Thomas J. McGeoghegan is short more than $7000 in his accounts with the city and he is in the custedy of a | Pinkerton detective, practically a pris- -oner. The money is believed to have been_taken. from. the city tunds be- | tween January 15 and January 31. This is the statement given out by the rep- | resentatives of the surety comipanies | on his bond for $100,000. The past two days there have been all sorts of ru- mors afloat in regard to the shortage | in McGeoghegan's office. It was placed as high as $10,000 and upon the other hand McGeoghegan and his friends de- clare it all was right and that no mon- ey was missing. Wine, women and gambling are said to be responsible | for the defalcation. About the first of this month a report of McGeoghegan's actions reached the offices of the surety companies on his | bond and a week ago J. H. Robertson, general agent of the United States Fi- delity and Guaranty Company at San Francisco, and F. B. Lloyd, general agent of the American Bonding Com- pany of Baltimore, came to this city | to investigate his accounts. Each com- pany is on his bond f 50,000. The books and accounts of the office were found in a bad shape. Accounts were | entangled and the books had not been | posted since February 1. Since then | the two men have been at work upon the books. This evening they an- nounced they had found a shortage of more than $7000. Charles J. Keane and Charles J. Lightston are experting the books for | Mayor Worswick and it is expected | they will have a report ready to-mor- row. ACCOUNTS “ARE MUDDLED. In an interview this evening Lloyd said: “Our attention was called to the life McGeoghegan was leading and the bad condition of the books in his office. We find that he is short more than $7000 From our examination we think the en- tire sum was taken between the 15th and 31st of January. It was taken frowm the money collected for munieipal licenses, and the accounts of the office on February 1, that is for the month of January, were falsified to hide the shortage. McGeoghegan had collected during January for 163 licenses on slot machines at $20 each, 33260, and for elghty-two saloon licenses at $65 each, $5330. These two lots of licenses made a total of $8590 collected. On February 1 McGeoghegan reported that he had only collected $5280 on these two classes of lecenses. Here a deficit of 33310 was found. The rest of the money taken-is from other municipal licenses. We find the handwritings of three different per- sons on his books since January 1. Wil- liam Taaffe, a relative, and a man named Bailey has been in the office with him. There are no deputies al- lowed the City Treasurer and whatevar work they did McGeoghegan had to pay for out of his own pocket. “Since January 31 McGeoghegan has not kept his books posted. On January 1 everything was straight in his office that is, his accounts and cash balanced, and if anything had been crooked it would have been necessary to bring in some cash to cover it. What is per- plexing in the case is that all this money should be taken in two weeks. We can learn nothing around town where he has spent money so freely as to get away v:hh ,this amount.” EXPECTED TO BE ARRESTED. Lloyd stated that McGeoghegan has denied right along that there was any- 1thln¢ wrong in his accounts, and this Continued on Page 3, Column &