The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 28, 1904, Page 1

midnight, May o8, San Praacizcs Fair Saturay; wind. (Temporarily VOLUME XCV—NO. 180. TEE “Ah : I Forecast mede st Saz Fraa- cisco for thirty hours eadlag | | lght westerly ; G. E. WILLSON, { Local Forecastes - rror ’ S 44 120¢: and vielcity— in charge). : MECERTLT 1 California — “Wien We Wexe Twenty-One.” Central—“A Great Temptation.” Columbia—*“Iva: the Terrible.” Matinee—*0ld Heidelberg.” Chutes—Vaudeville. Grand—*“Fedora.” Orpheum—Vaudeville. Tivoll—“A Runaway Girl." Matinees at all theaters to-day. -~ SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY, MAY 28, 1904. PRICE FIVE CENTS. VIGTOR U5 JAPANESE LOSE THOUSANDS IN TERRIFI BATTLE AT KINCHOL AN DRIVE THE RUSSIAN ARMY GLOSE TO PORT ARTHUR FORTIFICATIONS LONDON, May 28—A Tokio correspondent of the Telegraph says he learns that the Japanese troops are now within twelve miles of Port Arthur and that the Russians suffered heavier casualties than the Japanese, who have taken guns and other material and a few prisoners. He predicts a further surprise as Japan is now increasing her efforts in other directions. A Tokio Chronicle says that the Japanese captured many guns at Kinchou. ' - — DESPERATE FIGHT WITH Bl SVAKES “Prihons Make Attack v on Keepers in Cage, Park Employes At- tempt to G.ve Medicine Twice Fanged and An- arrow Escape by Be- ay 27.—Three keep- called on to- floor, while keeper fell | 'k rushed —— PROBING THE CAUSJ " OF VISOOUNT'S DEATH | Paris Authorities Will Make Inves- tigation 0 Find Who Killed Young Evans The mysterious journed un- rmit the authorities igate the circum- Madame Pfluc of the deceased, con- subject to the orders of s directing the in- Evans family main- t was subject to RGN Brooklyn Goes 1o Tangier. 27.~Rear Ad- rted to the ment the arrival of his onsisting of the Brooklyn, ) and Marietta, es, where orders | o dispatch a ves- | ier in connection with the | kidnaping of the American, caris, dispatched to that place. Perdi- | correspondent of the at | | The Brooklyn was !mmedialel)" — & LIBO-TONG GIF | | | | i MAP SHOW B E LATES OVER WHICH ARMIES OF JAPAN AND RUS- )CATION OF THE TOWN WHERE THE ). PRESIDENTS - DAUGHTER 1AS 10 PAY Miss Roosevelt Buys Tickets to Enter Fair. o s Special Dispatch to The Call. ST. LOUIS, May 27.—Miss Alice Rocsevelt's passport to the world’s fair was unavailing this afternoon, because | she came to the exposition in a phaeton instead of an awtomobile as the gate- keeper had expected. The admissions department issued orders to the gate inspector to accept the announcement of the driver, “Miss Roosevelt in auto- | mobile,” as carte blanche for herself and party. She came in a phaeton and the as- tute man on guard refused to admit her party free because his instructions were for an automobile. George D. rkham, Miss Roosevelt’s escort, re- d the situation by buying tickets. Roosevelt smiled merrily at the tion as Markham paid and they sit | drove inside to await the arrival of the balance of the party in three automo- bil Because “Miss Roosevelt in a phaeton” was outside of his official | Jurisdiction, the gateman compelled the remainder of the party to pay, and Markham did the honors for them |again as in the case of Miss Roose- velt. e Bank Robber Is Still at Large. AUBURN, May 27.—The daring thief who robed the Placer County Bank of | several thousand dollars on Thursday afternoon and then made his escape in a cart, is still at large. Last night Con- stable Wenry Leak of Penryn ran | across a man near the stone house a mile below Auburn and, after calling upon him to halt, fired a shot. The sus- pect got away. WYSTERIES ROBBERY I LGOLD N Sixty Sacks of Rich Ore Are Stolen at Night, Special Dispatch to The Call. TUCSON, Ariz., May 27.—Twenty thousand dollars’ worth of gold ore, sorted and sacked, was stolen from the Esmeraida mine in Sonora a few nights ago, and the Mexican rurales are now scouring the country round about in an effort to discover where the treas- ure is concealed. J. R. Henderson, su- perintendent of the mine, believes that the robbers were former employes, as the ore stolen was taken from some rich pockets in the mine and was piled in sixty sacks alongside the lower grade ores. . The robbers knew how to discriminate, for every sack of the rich ore was taken and none of the lower grades was touched. The ore was piled up not a hundred yards from the bunkhouse, and how the robbers cart- ed it away without disturbing the su- perintendent or hig men and where they concealed it is a mystery. The Mexican authorities believe that the robbers have concealed the ore in some old workings in the mountains near by awaiting a favorable oppor- tunity to dispose of it. As a result and because of a handsome reward of- fered by the owners of the mine, searching partles are examining every old shaft and prospect hole for miles around, but no trace of the treasure has béen discovered. The robbers chose a rainy night and morning; but they could hardly go far with the ore, as the country is very Fough their tracks were covered up before l | Valorbus Fc-)gs“c;—f the —Mikado Storm Fortified Heights in Face of Artillery Fire. LONDON, May 27.—A dispatch to the Central News from Harbin says the Jap- anese losses during the fighting at Kinchou are said to be 12,000 men killed. It is said that these figures have been confirmed by an official dispatch. Fighting, it is added, is still going on in the vicinity of Kinchou. TOKIO, May 27.—The Japanese army swept the Russians from Kinchou yesterday morn- ing and in a desperate attack stormed the almost impregnable position of the Russians on Nanshan Hill, west of Talienwan. The battle raged in the hills all through the night, and fragmentary telegrams from the Jap- anese headquarters report that the engagement is still in progress and that the Japanese are pursu- ing the Russians south from Nanshan and the head of Talienwan Bay. The Russians had made elaborate preparations to check the Japanese movement south on the Liaotung Peninsula toward Port Arthur. They had fortified the high ground on the south shore of Talienwan Bay, their works extending to the east and the west. The extreme Russian right was at Hushangtao and the extreme left at Nanshan Hill. This hill was the strongest part of the line. A series of batteries, strongly emplaced, crowned its crest, while rifle pits extended around its Sides. Mines had been! placed lower down on this hill, and around the base on the northern and eastern sides were stretched well-made wire entanglements. Another line of defenses, also protect- ed with wire entanglements, extended from Yenchiatun, near the head of Talienwan Bay, due north of Chiulichan. A strong Russian force was posted at Kinchou. It consisted of infantry and ar- tillery. o JAPANESE FORCES OCCUPY RIDGES NEAR KINCHOU. i The Japanese first occupied the line of hills to the east of Kinchou. Their position here form- ed an almost perfect right angle, showing its southern front to Talienwan and its western front to Kinchou. Chiulichan village was the apex of this angle. The extreme Japanese right rested at Chenchatien, which is almost due north of Chiulichan, while the extreme left was at Chaitzuho, a village due east of Chiulichan. Back of this angle the attacking force assembled in complete se- curity. The Russians apparently attempted to draw the Japanese attack last Saturday, for their bat- teries opened fire slowly on the enemy that day. The Japdanese, however, refused to be drawn until the positions of the Russians, their guns and their strength had been fully. developed. To this end the Japanese began a series of carefiil reconnoissances, their officers working their way close enough to the Russian position to draw the enemy’s fire. They thus secured fragments of shells for the purpose of ascertaining the caliber of the Russian guns. They discovered that the batteries on Nanshan Hill included four howitzers of about fifteen centimeters caliber, ten old-style cannon of between nine and fifteen centimeters caliber and two quick-firingguns of twelve centimeters. GUNS OF THE RUSSIANS LOCATED IN EMPLACEMENTS. The Japanese discovered also a number of large emplacements, but they did not learn the number of guns contained therein. These emplacements faced to the north and to the éast. The guns fired by the Russians developed a range of 8500 meters. Eight heavy guns posted on the Russian right in the vicinity of Hushangtao also were discovered, and another strong Russian posi- tion developed by these reconncissances was on another hill southwest of Nanshan Hill, where the Russians had a series of shelter trenches. 3 On the shore of Talienwan Bay, close to the head of the bay, the Russians had established a series of positions. Here were set up the searchlights which nightly played over the Japanese angle in the hills to the northeast. Further reconnoissances developed the fact that west of Liu- chiatien the Russians had no defenses extending to the northward; from Yenchiatien to the west Continued on Page 3, Columns 3, 4 and 5. ~ = 3 | | [APPROVES -» THE RECALL Ok NISARD | _MifliSll‘rS—llpDOI'ted I by a Heavy Vote, it ‘Emphatic Expression Con- cerning the Ruptdre i With Vatican. | | ' i | ! \ | | . 4 -— French Deputies Suppress the Ex- tremists and Pass Further Action on Subject Until January. | | \ AR PARIS, May 27.—After an exciting | debate in which Premier Combes and | Foreign Minister Delcasse set forth i the action and purpos >t the Govern- | ment toward the Vaticah, the Chamber | of Deputies to-day, by a vote of 95, approved the course of the Gov ment in recalling M. Nisard, Embassa- | dor to the Vatican, and rejectel all pro- | posals of the extreme clement f immediate dissolution of the between church and state A resolution proposed by M. Fer Republican - Nationalist, inviting t Government to negotiate with Pope | Pius for a separation of the church and | state, was defeated, 507 to 18. A mo- [tion by M. Allard, Socialist, to break off at once all relations with the Vati- {can and to denounce immediately the | concordat, was defeated, 335 to 145. Premier Combes took th itiative in resisting all efforts to force the Govern- Jnent to extreme action, and his request that all questions regarding the separa- tion of church and state go over uatil | next January has the effect of post- poning separation beyond the present session of Parliament. M. Ribot, minerity leader, was among those voting in support of the Govern- ment. The debate attracted unusual atten- tion, and great crowds were present, including Embassador Porter and other members of the diplomat: Ps. | The principal speeches w | Premier Combes and M. De | “The recall of M. Nisard,” said Pre- | mier Combes, “me hat we will not allow the Papacy eddle in our international re s, and that we in- e of | tend to have done, once for all with tho | superannuated tion of temporal power, which disappeared thirty-fous years ago. We will not withd he whole staff accredited te the Vatican, as we are bound by the concordac 13 maintain at the Vatican an agent of our’ Government for the carrying on of business. We cannot suppress the embassy and concordat by ‘our own au- thority, for that right belongs to ihe Chambers.” Premier Combes ‘went on to say that several schemes for ending the con- cordat were under consideration in committee, and it only remained for the Chamber to have the question brought up for consideration immedi- ately after the passage of the budget next January. “Seeing how the concordat is daily observed, or rather violated, by the church,” continued the Premier, “some solution is necessary. We can no longer remain in this situation without bringing it to an issue. When the discussion comes will state the Government's ovirion, but for the moment I ask the Chamber to confine its solution to the measure forcing the subject of this debate.” REVIEWS THE CONTROVERSY. Foreign Minister Delcasse in his speech retraced the history of the question from the spring of 1903, when the papal nuncio asked questions con- cerning the eventuality of President Loubet's visiting Rome, to which M. Delcasse renlied that he could not fur- nish the information. Coming to the immediate cause of the rupture, he said that a Parisian paper published the text of the papal note as addressed to the other powers, which was couched in terms of remonstrance which the French Government could not accept. The Government's duty was clear, as the authenticity of the document had been proved. Three courses were open: To Continued on Page 3, Column & _,