The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 30, 1904, Page 1

midnight. April 30 2ir Saturday; A G. District TEE WEATHEER. Porecast made at San Fran- cisco for thirty hours ending Sen Francisco and wvietnity— fresh westerly McADIE. Forecaster. Chutes—Va Columbia— Tivoli—“When Marching Matinees at All New Clown.” California—"A @irl From Dixie.” Central—“The Still Alarm.” eville. junning for Office.” Orpheum—Vaudeviil Home.” Johnny Comes ‘Theaters To-Day. 3 FliANCISCO, SATURDAY,VAPRIL 30, 1904. PRICE FIVE CENTS. iIN Secr of worlc JAPANESE SOUADRONS MENACE CZAR'S FORTS ——— FINDINGS SURPRISE THE NAVY Carter (ase Report Contains Sharp S@e@gnt WASH board wh filed ag: Fidelic Navy Dep “physicall qualified for Carter had the grade of Y cently charged w ders while with the the Philippines, b dismissed by th NGTON, April 2 adron in were pected In = d partment w the finding of this last board. In case they do the only thing left to be done will be to wholly retire Carter from the navy with one vear's pay It is said that the department is of the opinion that there is prejudice against Carter. At le that is the reason g in some quarters for the dismissal of the charges t were brought against him in the Philippines. | The findings in the case of Carter are very unusual and a surprise to! maval officers. They are about as se- vere as have ever been brought against &n officer in the history of the navy. | ——— Schwab Arrives in Los Angeles. ‘ LOS ANG 8, April 28.—Charles | M. Schwab rmer. president of the United States Steel Corporation, ar- rived in Los Augeles late to-day by special train. Schwab and his party | will gpend to-morrow in making au- | tomebile trips through the country | immediately surrounding this city. No orders have been received as to the future movements of his special train «nd it is not known where he will 8O from here | thorita sia Will Not Listen to Proposal of Mediation. Rus T. PETERSBURG, April 29.—Vice ff telegraphs under to-day's a Japanese squadron was sighted six miles off Port Arthur last night and this morning Japanese cruis- torpedo-boats were seen :n adjacent to Vladivostok. report aroused anxiety. Naval are speculating whether the will venture to approach Viad- stok at closer range than the last me There are persistent rumors of fight- ing on the Yalu River, but no serious engagements have taken place and the fighting has been limited to affairs of outposts, the Russians harassing the panese advance. PEKING, April 20.—It is asserted on the best authority that the Russians are about to enforce martial law west of the Liao River. The Government is worried and the Dowager Empress has ordered the provincial governors to bandon her birthday celebration and to use the money collected for that pur- pose to equip 72.000 troops immediately. RUSSIANS PREFER WAR. ST. PETERSBURG, Avpril '29.—In » most categorical terms Russia has ially notified the world that she will not acc war with Japan. ation, The official no- which accords with the au- announcement made by the ve Associs ed in a circulay issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to the Russian rep- resentatives with foreign powers and azetted in the Official Messenger to- ay. The circular denies the report d | that formal proposals have been made to the imperial Government by 'any foreign power to use its. good offices to restore veace, a‘denlal which does not reflect on the personal intimation addressed directly to the Emperor by King Bdward and King Christian' of Denmark, .an account of* which “was given by the Associated- Press. The e bl e e s ki bR~ 2 Continued on Page 2, Column 3, et mediation to terminate | ed Press April 25, Is contain- | | 5 | | FEAR FOR - THE TROOPS Anxiety Over Losses Increases in Berlin, BERLIN, April 29.—The very greatest anxiety is being arousea here by the | apparently critical condition of things {In German Southwest Africa. After heavy losses suffered by the | German columns at the hands of in- surgent Herreros comes the news that typhus fever is raging among the | troops, practically paralyzing offensive |action. The losses to the column under command of Major von Glasenapp | since. March 15 amount to 60 per cent | of the officers and 35 per cent of the rank and file. Colonel Durr, command- er of another column, has left South- | west Africa and is on his way home. | According to one account, he had dif- | ferences of opinion with Colonel Leut- | wein, the Governor. According to an- other report, he is returning for rea- sons of ill health. Private letters received from mem- bers of the expeditionary corps pflb-)‘ lished in Berlin newspapers record an | extraordinary state of things. When | Colonel " Durr landed in Southwest Africa he learned that the force of | marine Infantry he was to command had been gplit up into four small bodies | and scattered all over the country, so| that he found himself in the position of commander without troops. But worse was still to come. He could not get military stores and munitions land- ed and pushed rapidly to the front be- ‘cause German custom-house officers in- gisted on levying duty on them. The officials insisted on appropriating six out of every eight wagons for forward- ing wine and beer to private dealers up country, with the result that the ‘army and medical stores indispensable 8t the front were left lying in docks for days and far the greater part ereJ stolen. + ONLY HOPE FOR PEACE (FFERED National ~ President of Carmen Asks Arbitration. Letter SeMe United Railroads Proposing Seitlement. Company Eas Nothing fo Say Regard- ing Latest Overturs—Suit Is Filed to Prevent Strike. =Er Y noon to-day it will prob- B ably be apparent whether | or not the streetcar em- ployes of this city will strike. The directors of the United Railroads will met this morning to determine apon a course to be adopted hy the quest of International’ President Mahon of the union. for an agreement to arbitrate the pend- ing differences. A general meet- ing of the men has been called for to-night, at which time, in case of a rejection of the offer to arbitrate is made by the com- pany, the carmen will vote on the question of a strike. Y s 5y YT £ R T This morning’s meeting of the di- rectors of the United Rallrgads will g | declde whether or not there will be a | strike of the car operators in this city. International President Mahon of the union yesterday sent to President Hol- land of the United Railroads a formal letter requesting that in view of the seriousness of the situation, which would involve the United Railroads, its employes and the public, the company agree to submit the issues involved to three representative citizéens of San Francisco, each side to choose one member of the board and these to se- lect the third. The officials of the United Railroads announced after the receipt of the let- ter that they could give no answer until this morning. At 10 o'clock a meeting of the directors will be held and the matter determined upon. This early meeting is in deference to the re- quest of Mahon that an answer be re- turned before noon to-day. Evidence that the carmen are pre- pared to proceed in carrying out their declination of the terms offered by the company by declaring a strike, in case a negative answer is secured from the United Railroads to the offer of arbi- tration, is clear from the fact that a general meeting of the operators has been called for to-night. It is pur- posed to submit to them at the meeting the direct question of “strike” or “no strike.” In addition, the question of the time of going out,.in event a strike is declared, will be decided upon. SECRET VOTE WILL BE HELD. “No printed ballots will be pre- pared,” said International President Mahon last night. “Probably the ques- tions to be decided will be advanced on motions of the individual members of the union, in case our falr offer of arbitration be declined. If the company refuses to submit our differences. to three disinterested citizens of San Francisco for settlement the members of our organization will ballot on the question of quitting their employment. I judge that the date of their quitting will be incorporated in the main vote. Objections to any specified date can be made by amendments to the original motion, and in that manner I suppese the date for their quitting work will be settled. These forecasts, of course, are made only in the eventuality of a declination by the company of our of- fers of arbitration and the fact that the members of our organization deter- mine to quit their present employment. In case a vote has to be taken it will be a secret ballot and every safeguard will be thrown around the balloting, as was done in the previous vote, when the terms of the company were re- Jected.” . MAHON ASKS ARBITRATION. In accordance with the decision of the executive committee made late Thursday night to offer a plan of ar- Continued on' Page 4, Column 3, GLORIOUS BANNERS WILL FLUTTER WHEN PRESIDENT | | | THoMnS K. CARTER.. , TBE5s Sy d 2 SIGNALS OPENING OF THE EXPOSITION IN ST. LOUIS Taft contludes his address _durixlg the ceremonies on the fair grounds in St. Louis to-day the signal for the opening is to be telegr'ap‘hed to the White H(_m'se in \\'ashingtop,- \\-}?e‘re Pfiidcx will press a golden key. Then, to the thrilling sound of the exultant voices of thousands and the unfurling of all the gorgeous banners on the puildings, the great Louisiana Purchase Exposition wi {{/‘ -— ~ CEMITOR, 4\/'2",3, CHRIE oM on rary oF JEMITR | ~ COWLND PRESIZENT - ANy Hampsbrre, . D b, - + ST. LOUIS, Mo., April 29.—St. Louis to-night is prepared for the greatest day in her history. ‘“To-morrow at |noon her great exposition will be | thrown open to the world. All of to-day and all of to-night the | people have worked with desperate en- | ergy to accomplish the thousand and one things:that always remain to be done at the last minute. At the ex- position grounds men worked all day putting ' the final touches on the grounds, buildings, sidewalks, cleaning bulldings, removing scaffolds and ar- ranging exhibits. This work will con- tinue without cessation until dawn and it is confidently expected that when the fair opens at noon to-morrow every- thing possible will have been done to advance the work to the furthest limit of preparation. In the downtown streets and resi- dence districts the decoratipns are pro- fuse and beautiful. The eXercises to- morrow will be more #erious than re- splendent. There will be comparative- ly little of the glittering pageant that marked the dedication exercises a year ago, but the ceremonies preceding the formal opening will be none the less interesting. POMP AND CEREMONY. At 9 o'clock in the morning all the high dignitaries of the exposition will meet at thé Administration building and, headed by a band, will march to the plaza of St. Louis, in the center of the exposition groundas. Represent- atives of foreign Governments will meet at the Hall of Congresses at the same hour and will time their parade at the plaza so'as to arrive at the same mcment the exposition officials march in from the opposite direction. At the same time the representatives of State and Territorial governments will enter the plaza from Third avenue, having previcusly formed at the United ‘States building. After the gathering has been formally called to order by President Francis, the Rev. Frank W. Gunsaulus of Chi- cago will deliver the invocation. At the conclusion of the prayer Director of ‘Works Isaac S. Taylor will deliver the keys of the buildings to President Francis, who will in turn transfer the buildings to F. J. V. Skiff, the director of the exhibits. The chorus of “Hymn of the West,” the words by Edmund Clarence Stedman and music by John 'Knowlu?dne.wfllwn_nbclmmd_ addresses made by the following gen-| tlemen: -Mayor Wells of St. Louis; Thomas H. Carter, president of the na- tional commission; Senator H. E. Burn- ham of New Hampshire, in behalf of the United States Senate; Congressman James Tawney of Minnesota, for the national General Alibino R. Nuncio of Mexico, in behalf of the foreign commissioners; ! E. H. Harriman of New York, for the exhibitors, SEQUEL FOR OPENING. The last speech of the day will be made by Secretary of War Taft, and at its conclusion the signal will be given to President Roosevelt in the ‘White House. The cascades will send down their floods, all the flags will be unfurled and the ‘exposition will be open. It is expected that an enormous crowd will attend the exposition, as excursion trains are coming in by the score, and to-morrow has been official-| ly declared a legal holiday by Mayor Wells. Among the distinguished visitors to arrive to-day were Secretary Taft, who represents the President, and General | A. R. Chaffee. They. reached here at 8 o'clock to-night and were met by General Bates, President Francis and other officials. The special Congres- sional train, bearing 400 persons, in- cluding ' the committee of -the House of Representatives appointed to at- tend the opening exercises, also ar- rived to-night, as did Governors from a number of States and several notable foreign visitors. During the day the United States gunboat Nashville and the torpedo- boat destroyer Lawrence, which will represent the navy at the falr, ar- rived at St. Louis. Although the boats arrived at an hour somewhat unex- pected, which caused disarrangement of plans for a more elaborate demon- stration by thousands who had planned to-go down to the river to meet them, the greeting to the craft was neverthe- less fitting. As the ships came into the harbor they were greeted by a chorus of whistles and shouts of welcome from crowds.on excursion steamers. Salutes were fired In answer, after which a delegation of World's Fair officials, in- cluding members of the exposition re- ception committee, left their yachts and boarded the Nashville. Commander John Hubbard received the party and, after coming ashore, House of Representatives; | B CHIEF OFFICIAL OF THE WORLD'S FAIR, WHICH IS TO BE OPENED IN ST. LOUIS TO-DAY. PROMINENT MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL COMMISSION AND MEMBER OF THE UPPER HOUSE OF CONGRESS, WHO WILL DELIVER AN AD- DRESS ON BEHALF OF THE SENATE. i —— Elaborate Ceremonies to Mark Inauguration of International Exhibit To-Day. went to the City Hall, where he was formally received by Mayor Wells and the city Werld's Fair Commissioners. | Later Commander Hubbard_was re- | ceived by President Francis. | iy o MISS JULIA McBLAIR INJURED AT ST. LOUIS Hostess of Woman’, Building at Ex- position Is Knocked Down by Runaway Horse. | ST..LOUIS, April 29.—Miss Julia | Teneyck McBlair of Washington, D. C., hostess of the Woman's building at | the World’s Fair, was knocked down by a runaway horse attached to a jrunabout at the fair grounds. Her | foot was badly hurt and she was re- moved to the home of Mrs. Daniel Manning, president of the board of lady managers. —_—— EASTERN TRAIN RUNS 109 MILES AN | Special Carrying the President of the | Road Breaks Record on Michi- gan Central. DETROIT, Mich., April 29.—Of- | ficial reports were received to-day | showing that the unprecedented time 1 of 109.4 miles an hour has been made | by the Michigan Central train carry- i Ing President Ledyard and party and | President Newman to Chicago. The | remarkable time was made Wednes- | day between Brownsville and Spring- | field, Ont., 5.47 miles, according to the | duly verified statements of the train | dispatcher. This establishes a world's |record. A pilot passed ahead of the | train and all crossings were guarded, but the switches were not spiked nor was the regular running of trains in- | terrupted. —_——— HEALTH OF EKRUGER IS ON A DECLINE | TR Famous Boer Is Weak and Symptoms of Mental Affection Are Apparent. MENTONE, France, April 29.—While it is difficult to ascertain the e state of Kruger’s health it is said on good authority that symptoms of a cerebral affection are apparent and that a ,consultation of physicians h: s been held. Kruger is now extremely weak and constant care is necessary, HOUR