The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 9, 1904, Page 2

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L, o RANCISCO CALL MONDA NEW EXPLOSIVE SHATTERS ARMOR OF WARSHIPS! Japanese explosive, Shi- r its inventor, is al- T sed with great | t naval engagements. | powerful as blasting dled with ab- destructive power 3 rated in many ex- e of which was the plac- | on a thick iron resulting in the over an area In another se shell was onting the vessel. The pro- about three feet dinary shell inches in di- Shimose shell housand epre: Maxims, three omy k ENGLAND'S NEW SCOUTS. ention a few DEFECTIVE YANKEF GUNS. to ascertain the ursting at the muzzie of ~inch guns ¢ Towa of inqu BOHEMIANS WILL SOON OPEN THEIR NEW FOREST RETREAT Unique Quarters Amidst the Great Redwood Timber, Near Guerneville, Are Soon to Be Scene of an En-l sewarming by Members of Local ou thusiastic H Club = SSEATEL o Loorr - - ‘G THE GIG 3 NE EW OF THE INTERESTING STRUCTU | | ~j NG THE RUS- | ARE SOON - - ers of the for the formal opening quarters in the grove near which will be celebrated wa g on May 15. The signed by one of the lub, Bernard architectura resting i is finished artistically interior rustic in | with furniture of the same ma- I Ther of the interfor. are accommoda- 3ohemian Club ) terial and in keeping “with the design |place, tions for twelve, or more if they are| contented with - snug quarters over night, and thewe are ample arrange- ments for larder provisions should the | Bohemians pian to stay at the retreat. A feature of the structure is the bal- cony plan of the upper floor, so ar- ranged as to command a magnificent view of the Russian River and the op- posite make a prolonged well protected by a spreading shake roof. In building the retreat the architect did not disturb the younger of the redwoods, around which the ructure was constructed, thus fur- nishing additional support for the building, which when fully completed will cost a trifle over $5000. The ovening of the new quarters is | to be fittingly celebrated by about six- ty members of the club, who, under the leadership of Dr. 8hields, are arranging bank of the stream, a spacious | ® programme for the occasion. many of these forgings have developed, during machining, spots and flaws due apparently to sand or slag in the ingot. | * * * In the longer forgings th flaws teke the form of splits. * * * The number of these flaws varies in different pieces, but even those which | are apparently sound are discredited by the others, and it is 'a question whether the whole lot should not be re- jected In the next report, dated Sep- tember 14, 18 Commander T. F. Jew- ell, superintendent of the gun foundry, i i | ings stated: “Of the sixteen sets of forg- & the increased ings red from the Midvale Com- nt to the use of “ pany ame necessary to reject all No other conclus v of the tubes and all but two of the t, for it is on record that these jackets, on account of the small flaws gun forgings were rejected in 1895, but described in the last report. Three sbsequently provisionally accepted. tubes, replacing rejected ones, althcugh report un- not entirely frée from defects, have - , the follow- been provisionally accepted during the page 264: vear. One gun from these forginge has guns of this cali- been co tely assembled, and - the | h) b ordered from other two tubes have been jacketed.” most of A great vered de D0AN’S KIDNEY PILLS A GREAT TRUTH. Eow Tt Has Spread From Home to Home in San Francisco. ery p r of th of homes isco, in the humble rear of 721 Bush - ck of malaria, as ority of insjances, was follow. me activity of Kkidneys and a Jamencss and soreness across the small of my back. Sitting. as I am compelled 1o do. ¥ ved, st the muscles of nsued, and when 1 only escribe the twinges which shot through the small my back excruciating. e pain in- ed ‘to stop to be done and 1 remedies complaint in The results s ceased the nfoment 1 stopped their use, and ever on the outlook for something to bring re- lief I at last tried Doan’s Kidney Pills. 1 knew after a doseor two they were agting directly upon the kidneys. and a continuation of the treatment absolutely stopped the Jast attack. I have told a great many of my friends and acquaint- “ances about the benefit I have received from the use of Doan's Kidney Pills.” For sale by all dealers. Price 50 cents. | Foster-Milburn Co.. Buffalo, N. Y., sole agents for the United Stat: . Remember the name, Doan's, and tzke BO substitute. i During the succeeding year, seventeen $-inch guns were completed at the foundry. Sixteen of these guns were for the Brocklyn and Jowa. Those for the Brockiyn were tested and shipped, but the Iowa's complement was not filied until early in 1887, after being tested at the naval proving grounds, none of the guns showing any sign of weakness according to report of Com- mander A. R. Couden, in charge of the proving grounds. THIRD BAD GUN. As two of the three guns “provision- ally accepted” have blown off * their muzzles, the third gun made out of de- fective material no doubt will be taken off the ship on which it has been placed. As to the these defective guns, the dispatch states: ““The company worked to have the forgings accepted by the depart- ment and finally succeeded. Both guns blew off their muszzles. H. A. Herbert Secretary of the Navy at the The chief of bureau at that time was Captain W. T. Sampson and Commander T. F. Jewell was superin- tendent of the gun foundry from Jan- uary, 1863, to February. 10, 1896. The latter was succeeded by E. H. C. Lentze, serving until April 10,. 1896, when relieved by Charles O'Neil, who remained in charge up to June 1, 1897, when he became chief of the Bureau of Ordnance. Lieutenants W. L. Rodgers, J. H. Moore, R. F. Nichoison and F. E. Greene, in the order named, had super- vigion over the manufacture of $-inch guns from December, 1882, to January, 1500, and the reports, no doubt, show under which particular officer these defective but “provisfonally accepted” forgings were made into ordnance and put on board the warships. During 1894-95 the Bureau of Ord- nance was unfortunate, not alone “in having bad gun forgings thrust upon it, but also in getting inferior armor Zor the shipe under construction. The exposure of the armor plate fraud was sensational, and a leng nquiry fol- 1 | | lowed, conclusively proved crookedne the part of the contrac- | tor, and s carelessness of the naval officer iny cted the material. The contractors, however, were fined im; the negligent offi- not even reprimanded, nor | the defective armor removed from the sh! te is as artment Weshington. The submarine, which for several years after the unsatisfactory experi- ments with the Nordenfeldt and othe: lost fawbr with naval men coming popular a, that there are seventy-one boats already bullt, forty course of constru three projected. ad the location of every bad ell known to every Navy abroad as it is known in , ig now be- It is estimated of these These boats are dis- tributed among eleven navies. Experi- mental boa not included in the num- ber bullt, are being tested in Austria, Holland, Argentine and Norway. AR The first vessel in the German navy to be fitted with turbines is the cruiser Mercur, launched at Danzig on March 26; last. She is of 3000 tons displace- ment, 361 feet length, 40 feet beam and 175 feet draught, with engines to de- velop 10,000 horsepower and 22 knots speed. The armament consists of ten 4-inch, twelve 1-pounders, six machine guns and two sSubmerged torpedo tubes. The protective deck is 2 inches, tapering to % inch at the ends. Her keel was lald last July and the vessel is to be completed during the present year. Another vessel identical with the responsibilty for | Mercur, except as to machinery, which is of the ordinary triple-expansion driv- | ing twin screws, is building at Weser, the two cruisers being built to demon- strate the advantages, if any, of the turbine system. OFFICER WELL KNOWN AT THE PRESIDIO DIES SEICRIEIS A | ST. LOUIS, May 8.—Brigadier Gen- eral Stephen W. Groesbeck, U. 8. A, retired, died to-day of pneumonia at the home of his brother-in-law here, aged 04 years. ‘When the Spanish-American war was declared General Groesbeck was sta- tioned at San Francisco as judge advo- cate, He was ordered to Cuba and was judge advocate there during the Cuban campaign. Later he held the same po- sition at Governors Island, New York. In the Philippines he was also judge advocate and remained two years, re- turning with the rank of lieutenant | | 1 | | colonel in July, 1902. He was then sta- tioned at Chicago as judge advocate of the Department of the Lakes. Last r he was promoted to the rank of brigadier general and at his own re- quest was retired. He entered the Civil War as a volunteer. B TELEGRAPH TLINEMAN RTDES AN AVA ANCHE TACOMA, Wash., May 8.—Avalanches and spring freshets are giving linemen great trouble in maintaining wires of | the Yukon and Alaskan telegraph sys- tems, which stretch for 4000 miles frqm Asheroft to St. Michael. One of the linemen was caught last week by a roaring avalanche near the summit of Naas Mountain in British Columbia. Luckily he was able to keep on the surface of the immense mass of ice and snow as it shot down the mountain | | side. He was fortunate enough to es- | cape from his wild experience wi ith his ~+ | HUNDREDS 0F TIBETANS Younghusband’s British Fight Two Battles With Native Forces and Inflict Heavy Losses Upon the Foe | o o | SMALL GARRISON REPELS ATTA(‘K:l Orientals Take Advantage of | a Division of the Invading | Column and Charge U ponf the Camp at Gyangtse § Round g L Special Dispatch to The Call. ! NEW YORK, May 8.—The Times has | the following cablegram from Karo| Pass, Tibet: May 6 (via Kalatso May £).—Colonel Brander with three hun- | dred rifles and about two-thirds of the | Gyangtse garrison, reached here yes- | terday, after three days’' marching, the INDIAN CASTLE NEAR HERMCSA Sale Dates: LATER DATES WILL BE ANNOUNCED. Castles, Cascades, Canyons, on the Roate Uniox-Southery Paciric TOURIST CARS $67-0 MAY 11, 12, 13 JUNE 1, 2, 15, 16, 22, 23 Trip Tickets to St. Louis SEE S. F. BOOTH, General Agent, U. P. R. R., 1 Montgomery Street Or any Southern Pacific Agent purpose of the journey being to dis-| perse a body of Tibetans who were sta- | tioned here to oppose the progress of | Colonel Younghusband's mission. The‘ [ Tibetans were put to flight to-day, los- ing 150 killed and wounded. The Brit- | ish casualties totaled 18, Including five | killed. | News reached here this morning from Gyangtse of a battle there yesterday In which the Tibetens had 200 killed and 80 wounded. The latter are now b ing treated at the Mission Compound. The battle at Gyangtse was the out- come of an attack on Colonel Young- | husband and his escort at early dawn on Thursday by 800 men from Dongts: | The attacking force arrived at Gyang- tse at midnight, the approach being made with the utmost secrecy. | The garrison, under command of Ma- | Jor Murray, behaved with great gallan- try and beat off the attack successful- | 1y, although the pick of the men and nearly all of the senior officers had been taken for the Karola expedition. NATIVES WELL INFORMED. Among the special features of the in- cident it is noteworthy that the attack was delivered shortly after the Karola force had moved out, proving that th - — Tibetans had considerable forewarning v 7 " ; Vo e s e i CALIFORNIA NORTHWESTERN RY. CO. The Tibetans still remain in force and LESSER have occunied Jong, 1900 yards away, | AN FRANGISCH AND NURTH PACIFIS whence they are carrying on an inef- s RAILWAY COMPANY. . e mission fectual bombardment of the mission| .~ ZATEWAY GOB it o with jingles. oot When Colonel Brander with his SAN PRANCISCO TO SAN RAPAEL. | camped here on the pass last n WE DAYS—7:30, 8:00, 0:00, 11:00 a. mn | 16,000 feet up, the ene numbering 10, 5:50, 6:30 and 11:30 1600, were holding a Vv ahead. Their position w by sangers and elaborate preparations had been made for hurling down rocks from both sides of the gorge. Seven hundred of the men were from Kamas | and the remainder fro Lassa and this | locality.” 1 TROOPS SCALE PRECIPICE. | The enemy, after obstinate resis | ance, were cleared from the wall. sangers, well defended, held back advance two and a half hours, d ing most of which time a pelting hai sterm was in OgTess. The general plan of attack was an outflanking movement by one company (Santafe | \ B / CALIFORWNIA LIMITED TO CHICACO LEAVES DAILY at 9:30 a. m., through in 3 days, with diner and all trappings. Other Santa Fe Tralns: for Stockton, Fresno, Bak [ Merced, Hanford and Visal . Grand Canyon and Chicago. | TICKXET OFFICES—641 Market St. and Perry Depot, S. ¥. Also 1112 Broad- way, Oakland, Cal. 37 South FPirst St. San Jose. 3:40, B of Gurkans and a direct attack by | ploneers. Ultimately it was found necessary to detach a small force of pioneers to scale a precipice 1200 feet high. The enemy then ran. The gallantry of both Sikhs and pio- neers on either flank was most con- spicuous, as the resistance was stub- born until the flanks were turned When that occurred the entire Tibetar force fled to the wall, though they wer e |10:20 af10:2 almost unscathed Geyeorviile, T:25p| 7 The casualties of the Tibetans dur- | | | Cloyeraale. ing the actual fight were about seven- a Hepland |10:20 aj10:30 & ty-five, and probably as many ag: 30p| _and Ukiah. | 7:25 p; were lost by the pursuit by the mount- | T A 30a 0 a | ed infantry, who have not yet returned. | CAPTAIN BETHUNE'S DEATH. | | Our casualties were eighteen, includ- | \ing five killed. Among the latter, to the universal regret, is Captain Beth- une, who fell while leading his men to attack on the wall. | The construction of the wall and the cholce of the spot where it was built reflect credit upon the Tibetans, so much so that its abandonment must Sher 8:00 p| 6:2 .| 8:45p 10:20 a/10:20 & Sebastopol. | 7:23p| 6:20 p © Rosa_for White Fulton for Altruria and Lytton for Lytton Skaggs Springs: at ysers, Booneville and | 2:30 p| Cloverdale | have been due to sheer cowardice, as it | Greenwood: at Hopland for Duncan Springs, would have been almost impossible to Highlard Springs. Kelseyville, Carlsbad {take it by frontal attack, the enemy Springs. Soda Bay, Lakeport and Bartiet: Springs; at Ukiah for Vichy Springs, Saratoga using Lassa-made rifles and largely Springs. Blue Lakes, Laurel Dell Lake, W cartridges, instead of matchlocks. Uppe: Lake. Pomo. Potter ' Valiey Brander's column returns to Gyangtse Day's. Riverside Llerley’s Buknells, to-morrow, where its first work will be Heights, Hullville. Orr's Hot e ¢ Halfway House, Comptche, Camp the capture of Jong, which the Ti- ns, Hopkins, Mendocino Ci Fort Bragg, | | betans have occupied. Westport, Usal; at Willits for Fort Bragg, g AR { Westport, Sherwood, Cahto, Covelo, Layton. 1 ville, Cuminl Springs, Harris, Of- Strike in New Haven Averted. Sarbervitte, | NEW HAVEN, Conn.,, May 8.—The | aifferences between the car workers of | the New York, New Haven and Hart- sens._ Dye, and Eureka. Saturday to Monday round-trip tickets at re- duced _rates. on beyond San Rafael at half rates. Pepperwood, Scotla, i ford Railway and the railroad have | = Ticket office, €60 Market street, Chronicle been' settled and the threatened strike | building H. C. WHITING, R. X. RYAN, averted. The men will receive an in- | crease in wages of almost 10 per cent, | or two-thirds of what they originally Gen. Manager. Gen. Pass. Ast. 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