The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 3, 1904, Page 21

midnight, April 3: San Prancisco Cloudy, unsettled day; probably showers; weather Sun- cooler; fresh southwest winds, changing to mortlerly. A. G. District Forecaster. and victnity— i | ! . McADIE, 3 To-Day. Grand—' ‘Hedda TEE THEATERS. Alcazar — -’“.’m"' Matinee To-Day. California—“McFPadden’s Flats.” e — “Das Opferlamm.” (Comedy in German.) Pischer's—“Kismet.” Orpheum—Vaud: To-Day. Tivoli-—“Mr. Pickwick.” Matinee Gabler.” eville. Matinee VOLUME XCV—NO. 25. FORTY-EIGHT PAGES—SAN FRANCISCO, SUNDAY, APRiL 3, 1904—PAGES 21 TO 34. PRICE FIVE CENTS, SOLDIERS STORM AND SLAEQHTER Heavy Loss of Life in Santo Domingo Battle. ———— Grim Details of Assaults| on Cities Are Made | Known. L | | | 7 | | | land and Sea Forces Engaged in the Desperate Conflict With Island | Revolutionists. e etS et st L snd New York the New York March 15.—De-| alls of e f San Pedro de » S B forces of President 1 government | ved here. ned attack of the army stronghold fell ting. General he Government J. Francesco Sheri- arge of the attacking the gunboat Presi- the small rella. The id up for ol the offing of e Macoris at 11 States. cruiser To- A. Wilmer cor g was at anchor in the bay. mir ats steamed within ers city, after which the X 1. Five shots | he b gun of the| 7 Hotchkiss rapid-fire 1 type. Five of the shots | N buildings in the city | ded in the main rce of the revolutionary gen-| tri6 Rodriguez, had six-centi- ounted at Point Ellen, at ¢ of Macoris, and torpedoes in to the city. troops co-operated a vigorous attack land s The rebels’ guns g machine for exploding | pedoes were captured After two | ghting the city fell. The rev- | ts lost 145 men in killed and | | wing day, but| ident Morales’ | ” Banal, which s temporarily occupied by the reb< recaptured. SECRECY VEILS \'CREERY SUIT as also Attorneys Say Litigation Commenced in New York Is of Friendly Character il 2.—Judge Gil- leeve has made an order directing srney Cantine to take testimony in say “merely a \ sult” between Rfich- nd his wife. About all published a story tions existing be- is the couple. to mony in and y effort has de to keep the matter secret. bouts that of to be unknown rested in the case. Kip wedding at Grace April i8, 1894, was a bril- The bride was the only A commission has ted eve and rch on Colonel and Mrs. Law- Mrs. McCreer: grand- « ter of the late Bishop Kip of ja. Her mother was a sister late Pierre Lorillard. ery is a son of Andrew Me- | who made a large fortune in | M Andrew McCreery beauty, whose charms in the principal cities | One of her sisters became of Justice Field of the Su- | alded urope wife the preme Cou another was married to Condit Sm Most of the time ince her ma ge Mrs. Richard Me- | Creery has been in Europe. At New- | port it has been whispered that the domestic relations of Mr. and Mrs. Mec- | Greery were not harmonious. Later | there was talk of a reconciliation. Since the death of her parents Mrs. McCreery has inherited a fortune esti- | muted at several million dollars. Her | busband is also very wealthy. - ol L RELATIVES ARE RETICE T. say They Do Not Know Cause of the | Trouble Between Couple. | On being informed of the impending divorce of his son, Andrew B. Mec- ROOT MAY ASPIRE TO GOUERNORSHIP - | | [ +* |Significant Disit of the Former War JSecretary. Special Dispatch to The Call. WASHINGTON, April 2. — Elihu Root for Governor of New York is one more tip given out -by BEmpire State Republicans. It came to-day when Mr. Root paid his second visit within two weeks to the White House and had luncheon and dinner with the President. to consult with Secretary of War Taft and General Chaffee, chief of staff, on the location of permanent camp sites for army maneuvers. When Mr. Root left the War De- partment he said he was going to de- vote all of his time to the practice of law and would keep out of politics, but a short time af he made a speech in New York in de- fense of the administration, which at- tracted attention all over the coun- try. He followed this with a speech at a Republican club, in which he severe- | ly rebuked the Odell and Platt fac. tions for quarreling over who should be “boss” when the fortune of the Re- publican party was at stake. Mr. Root has been practically Presi- dent Roosevelt's representative in the conferences in New York which have resulted in Governor Odell and Sena- tor Plat ceasing their fight and it is now believed he is too deep in the po- litical game to withdraw. It is argued that he has gone so far in advising Republicans as to their duty that should they call on him to run for Governor he could not well refuse. —_—— Guard for Midway Islands. WASHINGTON, April 2.—The Navy Department has issued an order di- recting the organization of a marine guard of twenty men for duty in the Midway Islands to preserve order and protect property. The guard will be under command of Second Lieuten- ant C. S. Owens. - - B Creery summoned his clerks together yesterday afternoon and asked them it they were aware of the fact that Rich- ard and his wife had not been as con- genial to one another as they should be. The clerks acknowledged that they had heard a story to that effect, where- upon McCreery said: “I understand my, daughter-in-law is about to sue my son Richard for di- vorce. Richard left this city on the 28th of last March. He is the defend- ant in the case. That is all I have to say, gentlemen. There is the door.” Upon being asked for further infor- mation, the father refused to answer any questions. William I Kip, an uncle of Mrs. Richard McCreery, when interviewed last night on the subject of his niece's suit for divorce said: “I knew that my niece was going to bring a suit for divorce. She and her husband have not lived together for two years. Just what was the trouble between them I have never learned. I hear from her but once in a great while, and then indi- rectly. “Mr. and Mrs. McCreery have one child, a boy of 4 years. The child was retained by Mrs. McCreery when she and her husband separated two years ago. After their separation Mrs, Mec- Creery went to Paris and lived there a while. Recently she returned to New York. “I do not know what the grounds for divorce are, but I am told that my niece is in the right. Mrs. McCreery is about 28 years of age and worth more | than $2,000,000.” Mr. Root came ostensibly | er his retirement | also | ] FORMER WAR SECRETARY AND NEW YORKER WHO BOOMS PAR- KER. o i Belmont Forces On the Boom for Parker. Special Dispatch to The Call. WASHINGTON, April 2.—As a result of the visit to this city of August Bel- | mont of New York and his conference | with leading Democrats of the South | and West, the Parker Presidential | boom has been given a renewed impe- | tus. Belmont is one of the most en- | thusiastic backers of Judge Parker in | New York. He has gone back to New | York with a message from the Demo- icrals here that if the New York De- mocracy will instruct for Judge Parker in the coming State convention the | South and West will fall into line and the Parker organization wilf®be placed | upon a substantial foundation. | Belmont has a hard task ahedd of ' him. He must succeed in inducing | Leader Murphy of Tammany to with- | draw his opposition to Judge Parker. | The Southern Democrats whom Bel- | mont saw in Washington insisted that there must be unity in the Democratic | ranks in New York State and that they | must have definite assurances that Tammany is a sincere party to the | Parker deal before they would go into | it. The Southern and Western Demo- | crats are willing to take elther Parker | or Gorman, They would take anybody to shut out Hearst. But they would | lend hearty support to either Parker or Gorman if either one could get the | united backing of the New York De- | mocracy. Belmont was told in the course of the conference held here that Parker was a greater favorite at this | time among the Southern and Western Democrats than Gorman, and that it would probably be easler to rally dele- gates to him than to any other candi- date whose name is now mentioned. ——————— ORCHARDISTS VOTE FUNDS TO FIGHT CODLIN MOTH Fruit Growers of the Pajaro Valley Decide to Continue the Campaign Against the Pest. WATSONVILLE, April 2—At a meeting of the Pajaro Valley Orchard- ists’ Assoclation held this afternoon it was unanimously decided to con- tinue the codlin moth investigation in this vicinity during the coming sea- son. - The necessary funds will be raised among the orchardists by sub- scription, as county funds are not | available at the present time. Pro- | fessor W. T. Clarke of the University |of California was present and ad- | dressed the meeting, outlining a plan of campaign. He stated that the cli- matic conditions of the Pajaro fruit i section are different from any in the world and that therefore the codlin | moth is harder to combat here. He is confident of the successful outcome of the campaign. TREASURER o £ueies a7z | FNIS DISAPPEAR Los Angeles Firm Accuses Business Man. —_— Shorfage Discovered After Departure of Nathan Marshall, Complaint Places “the Missing Sum at §2500, but It May Be Very Much More. —_— LOS ANGELES, April 2.—Nathan A. Marshall, secretary and treasurer of the Marshall Floor and Supply Company, a well-known business man, whose company is one of the largest in the building material supply busi- ness here, is a fugitive from justice. A warrant was issued for his arrest to-day at the instance of Thomas Lynn, president of the company, charging him with the embezzlement of $2500 of the company's cash. Until yesterday nothing was known about Marshall's alleged dishonesty. He was last seen Tuesday, when he was in his office as usual. That night he did not go home and no person who knows him has seen him since, The next day the safe was not opened, but on Thursday an expert was put to work on Marshall’'s books and dis- covered a shortage ,the amount of which will not be known until the ex- amination of the accounts is com- pleted. President Lynn stated to-day that there is ‘reason to believe that the shortage will amount to several times the sum mentioned in the. complaint and that other warrants may be issued Monday. Marshall i said to have ben speculating with the conmipany's money and his accounts are in such a condition that it is«impossible ta tell the exact financial condition. of the company. His defalcations will not cause a suspension of the com- pany, which has ample assets. JAPANESE HOUSE PLEDGES MIKADO HEARTY SUPPORT WASHINGTON, April 2.—The Jap- anese Minister has receved a cable- gram from Tokio announcing that just betore the adjournment of the Diet the House of Representatives passed the following resolution: “The Imperial declaration of war against Russla, enunciating just and honorable principles, shows that his Majesty has been actuated solely by a desire to preserve the peace of the Ori- ent, and every subject of his Majesty should exert himself to the utmost to obey the imperfal will. This - House, moved by the same sense of patriotic devotion that is felt by the whole na- tion, has provided the revenue desired by the Government, so that there may be no deficlency in the funds for prose- cuting the war and following up the great successes already attained by our navy. “The war has only just begun, and the time is yet far distant when a com- plete victory can be won and the peace of the Orient restored. But this House will always be ready cordially to co- operate in the measures necessary to bring about the desirable result and will be prepared to grant all funds nec- essary for the prosecution of the war. “In passing this resolution, which is unmistakably in conformity with the national will, the House desires to urge the Ministers of state to uphold the im- perial policy and to bring about a speedy restoration of peace by taking all timely measures and devising plans to meet every eventuality.” EXPLODES FALSE CHARGE AGAINST THE VICKSBURG ODESSA, April 2.—Before proceed- ing for Sebastopol with the survivors of the wrecked Russian war vessels Variag and Koreitz, Captain Stepanoff made a statement to the press regard- ing the United States gunboat Vicks- burg incident at Chemulpo. He said: “All the time the Vicksburg was stationed at Chemulpo her captain held aloof. He took no part in the conference of protest preceding the fight, for the reason that he was not invited to do so. After the fight, like the others, he sent a surgeon with a boat to the rescue. As regards his not taking Russian seamen aboard the Vicksburg, this was unnecessary, and it is more than probable that Captain Rudineff, commanding the Variag, did not ask it.” The celebration in honor of the sur- vivors from the Variag and Koreitz was concluded to-day with a great banquet to the pfficers of the ships in the City Hall and to the seamen in the barracks. At the conclusion of the banquet the guests re escorted by bands and cheering multitude aboard the steamship Nicholas, which sailed this afternoon for Sebastopol COSSACKS OF THE CAUCASUS, FLOWER OF THE CZAR'S ARMY 1 ARE SENT TO THE FAR EAS y 2 < | REGIMENT OF JAPANESE TROOPS RECEIVING THE COLORS FROM THE MIKADO. o+~ Russians Entering Manchuria in Larger Numbers Than ‘the Japanese Appear to Believe. VIENNA, April 2.—According to re-| Special Dispatch to The Call. IRKUTSK, Avril 2—Use of the rail-| ports from Odessa, the Cossacks of the | road across Lake Baikal has ceased in Caucasus have been transported with | COnsequence of the breaking up of the numbers. It is said that General Ku- ropatkin intends to use these celebrat- ed horsemen as the nucleus around which to bulld flying columns. The Cossacks of Siberia are represented as making even a less favorable showing than ‘was expected and the Russian commander in chief wishes to give them proper leadership. Military. opinion in Vienna is to the effect that the Russians are entering Manchuria in larger numbers than the Japanese appear to believe. Much further delay will so far advance the Muscovite deployment scheme and de- fensive works that the Japanese army will be confronted by a desperate task. PARIS, April 3.—According to a St. Petersburg correspondent of the KEcho de Paris, work is carried on night and day at Kronstadt in order to prepare a fleet to leave there at the end of | their horses to the Far East in great | 1 |{its service it is said Its assistance to the Government in the transportation of supplies has been incalculable. As an indication of that between March 2 and March 28 there passed | over it 1682 freight cars, 673 troop cars, twenty-five passenger coaches carrying officers and sixty-five locomotives. The cost of the ice road was $250,000. Men are now tearing up the track. ks SR, ARMORED CAB PROTECT RUSSIAN ENGINE CREWS ST. PETERSBURG, April 2.—The Emperor and all the members of the imperial family last night attended a | concert given by the massed bands of St. Petersburg. This was the first time the Emperor had been inside a theater July or ghe beginning of August for | gnce the declaration of war. His en- war port in the Far East, which weeks. The Matin's St. spondent says the Russians held the tier to be a menace to.their rear and good ground for belief that there is connivance between the Chinese and the Japanese. Prince Chi, Chinese Minister in St. Petersburg, says the Chinese on the,Manchurian border are there to enforce the observance of neutrality. BERLIN, hundred Avril 3.—One thousand men and 6000 horses, bésides | crossed | considerable artillery, have Lake Baikal since the outbreak of the war, according to the Tagebiatt's mili- tary expert. Writing from Lake Baikal under date of March 19 he says he found that the authorities had done everything imaginable for the comfort of the soldiers on the railway and the lake, and that the railway equipment | was admirable. All the bridges are of steel, with stone abutments, and are carefully guarded. A Japanese who was arrested at Omsk on March 9 had in his possessjon a plan of the bridge there. The correspondent says he is in- is | expected to be free from ice in three| | | trance created intense enthusiasm. Three times the national anthem was Petershurg corre- ! sung by the audience standing, and it | was repeated nine times during the presence of the Chinese troops under | evening. The Emperor gave watches to General Ma on the Manchurian fron- | four soloists. The Grand Duke Sergius to-day witnessed a very successful trial of quick-firing guns at the Pdokof works. Gilchrist, the Scotch engineer who re- paired the Russian warships at Port Arthur, has arrived here. He left Port Arthur under a solemn pledge not to| reveal anything about his experiences there, and therefore declines to talk. A letter received from Vladivostok contains some harrowing details of the bombardment. A shell-entered a la- borer's house and literally tore a woman in halves. General Levaskoff, director of mili- tary communication of the general staff, in an interview gives interesting facts about the Russian line of com- munication. He says: “The transnort of troops over the Si- berian and Manchurian raflroads worked without a hitch except for a six hours’ stoppage caused by a colli- sion. Men, guns, ammunition, equip- ment and provisions have gone forward with clockwork regularity. The sketches formed that the infantry leaves theof scenes along the route appearing in trains at noon daily beyond Baikal and is marched along ‘the road until over- taken by the next train following, thus partly overcoming the difficulties -aused by the insufficiency of rolling stock, and at the same time securing a patrolling of the roadway. The Cos- sacks, he adds, are allowed to march every third or fourth day for similar|due to Chinese bandits. dreasons and to rest their horses. English newspapers are ludicrous. “The pictures of encounters with Chi- nese bandits along the line, with broken ranks, tangies of telegraph wires, pros- trate poles and Cossacks galloping with what look like miniature search- lights all belong to the realm of fancy. 1 do not know of a single interruption The peace of 4he line is assured by more practical, though perhaps less poetic, means than | depicted in the papers. For example, take the case of armored trains. We discussed the subject and decided against them. The conditions did not call for them. The line runs through territory held by our troops. There may be a few robber bands, but there are no Japanese, at least. The only things of the kind introduced are armored cabs for the engine drivers to protect them from stray bullets. There will be no difficulty over the impending stop- page of the ice railroad across Lake Baikal. The lake generally is free from ice about the middle of May, but long before that time the ice-breakers will have cut a channel and ferries will be running regularly. “Now that the ice railroad has ac- complished its mission I will tell you the secret of its origin. It never was intended to convey men, but only roll- ing stock, engines and ralls for the Manchurian line. This it has success- fully achieved.” A Tokio dispatch received here re- porting the members of the United States legation there as making enthu- siastic speeches on the occasion of the Perry banquet given in Tokio on March 31 arouses much comment here, in view of President Roosevelt's proclamation enjoining the strictest neutrality of word and speech on the part of all Government officials. The speech of the Viceroy of India, Lord Curzon of Kedleston, on March 130, at Calcutta, when he reviewed the last five years of Indian administra- tion and referred to the Government's watchful policy, attracts more atten- tion than Colonel Macdonald’s victory in Tibet. It was considered to have | been especially inopportune just at a time when English baiting in Russia is decreasing, as it tends to revive animosity; but, coming from Lord Cur- zon, the words carry less weight per- haps than they would from other quar- ters, as he is looked upon as having his own special policy for India, as Cecil Rhodes had for South Africa. The Bourse Gazette in an editorial entitled “A Voice From India” says: “All of Lord Curzon's speeches have | the fundamental idea of the shadow of Russia on the Indian frontier. Lord @urzon says, ‘We do not want Tibet, but no other country shall have it.” Lord Dufferin said the same thing | about Nevaul, Burmah, and Kashmir. British arms have already carried death into Tibet, which is part of the Chinese empire. The purpose is to take 1 Tibet and run a railroad through China, in order to better place troops there quickly. We woender how France, in view of the projected Anglo-French en- Continued on Page 27, Column &