The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 16, 1904, Page 5

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, JUNE 16, 1901 " VLADIVOSTOK CRUISERS ESCAPE AFTER CAPTURING TRAN MORE TROOPS T0 BE HURRIED T0 KUROPATKIN Russian Commander Has Two Hundred Thousand Men at Present. Army Staff Fears That Stak- | elberg Will Be Defeated | by Nozu. ‘ Lol e S ST. PETERSBURG, June 15.—The eppol e of Lieutenant General Leonidas Dembowski as commander of | the Fifth East Siberlan Army Corps | is evidence that larger reinforcements | &re to be placed at General Kuropat- kin's disposal. The four corps origi- | nally formed of Siberian troops are mobilized in Manchuria and other ¢ have been se ut to the Far The new e army ed strat- the Russo- | as commander of | after the war. | x ¢ the Paul In- an that position | Since then he has staff of the War nis | began had such | at the War | s reigned there | rcounter between s imminent and heavy | ss south of Vafangow about fifty-five Arthur and along by the Japanese ninsula from ), news both was awalted The e Japanese sea hat the general forc General Goin- was the Nozu's | commands the | s, is personally di- | tions at the front | ned their & the height of elberg may be a sufiu»m; ¥ oppose the enem time on the pe- | evelops that Stakel- been centered nty miles south | to this jons southward | ble to a desire on Port Arthur, the fortress mportance to 1 standpoi n there succee: flecting a junct ymmanded by Vice akelberg’s pur- ded to discourage h Japanese army, ties have reason to ned. on the west coast of | uld co-operate advance upon | L iy Preparing for Flight to China. YANGTZE, Tibet, June 15.—The | ish have captured a lama who | d in this vieinity from jeclares that the Dalai ation for flight of Lhassa being t arriy He Colo., June 15.—George re cattleman ss Hotel in this | t disease at his home | was born at New | | | { 1t is just a common cold le say there’s fo danger in that. Admitting their statement, then there are uncommon colds, colds which are dangerous; for many a fatal sickness begins with a cold, If we could tell the common cold from the un mon we could foel quite safe. But we t. The uncommon ty is rarely recognized until it has fastened its hold on lungs, and there are symptoms of con. m. first symptoms the careful person will hiced the warning by taking a mild laxative ; some vegeteble pill that will not turb the svstem or cause griping. About the best is *Dr. Pierce’s Pleasaut Pclicie s If the cold starts i a cough, and it persists then some local treatment for this condition should be taken. 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NAGASAKI, June 15.—A telegram re- | ceived from Iki Island says that Japa- nese warships have engaged a Russian | squadron near there and that the result | of the encomnter is not yet known. | TOKIO, June 16, 9 a. m.—Although it is rumored a Japanese squadron over- | engaged the Vladivostok of Korea, it is extremely improbable | that there has been an engagement. | The weather has again favored the Russian fleet. The storm, accompanied by a heavy rain, which swept over the sea in the neighborhood of Tsu Island yesterday hid the movements of the Russian vessels. One Japanese scout- | ing vessel is reported to have got In touch with the Russian squadron and to have followed it. It probably lost the Russians when night came on. The indications are that the Russian squadron is moving eastward. This in- creases the chances for an open sea engagement. The Japanese are pursu- | ing, keenly eager for a fight. The Viadivostok squadron evidently attacked the Japanese transports Hita- chi and Sado yesterday off Iki Island. The details of the attack have not | been received here. TRANSPORTS PROBABLY TAKEN. TOKIO, June 15, 7 p. m.—Reports of cannonading have been recefved here from various points, such as Chikuzen Province, Iki Island and Tsushima, but the exact nature of the operations of the Russian Vladivostok squadron is not disclosed. It is possible that the Russian vessels surprised and captured three transports which left Shimono- seki to-day for the army bases in Ko- rea and China. The course of these ves- sels would have taken them close to the place where the Russian ships were seen. It is possible also that the Rus- slans are pursuing merchantmen, and that the cannonading reported is a re- sult of such pursuits. The Japanese warships in the vicinity are hurrying to the scene. Sasebo is being closed. There is a strong possi- bility that a naval engagement will take place soon city is exposed to attack, but this Rus- No southern Japanese | Squadron in ping. It is reported here that the Japanese protected cruiser Nitska engaged ‘the Russian Vladivostok squadron off Tsu land, in the strait between Korea ahd wpan. This report, however, lacks confirmation. The Japanese transports . Ugo and Fuyo, homeward bound, met the Rus- slan vessels this morning near 1ki Is- land. The Russlans pursued them and fired i shots at the Japanese ships. transports escaped and = reached Katsumoto. y Three Japanese transports, outward bound from Shimonoseki, met the Rus- sian warships this morning outside the Strait of Korea. The Russians fired eighteen*shots at the Japanese ships. One transport escaped. The fate of the other two is not known. It is believed at Sasebo that a naval engagement is imminent. REPORTS OF NAVAL FIGHT. LONDON, June 15.—A dispatch to the Central News from Toklo, filed at 6 p. m. to-day, says: “A dispatch just received from Mojt says the cannonading at sea stopped at 1 p. m. There was a heavy sea in the straits all day. Ten Japanese merchant steamships are known to have left va- rious ports for Moji and there is much anxlety about their fate.” It 18 rumored to-night that the Rus- sian warships have gone eastward. An earlier dispatch’ to the Central News from Tokio, flled this afternoon, said a naval engagement was then in progress off Tsushima Island, insthe Korean Straits, between the three Rus- sian cruisers and a number of Jap- anese ships. The Central News dispatch added that the Viadivostok squadron: was first reported on June 14 from Ikl Is- land (off Kioto, Japan, in the Sea ot Japan). Later in the day cannonading was heard northwest of Nagato (on the Japanese coast, Korea) The captain of a Japanese merchant- ship reported this morning . that his as fired upon by a Russian war- cannonading was heard early sian rald may prove expensive to ship- morning in the neighborhood of this in the Straits of | Eluding Foe, but Tki Tsland and subsequently came news of the engagement already referred to in the Tokio dispatch. * SEOUL; June 15.—The Russian Vlad- Ivostok fleet fired, at 5 o'clock this morning, upan -, merchant vessel close to a small island three hours distant from Shimonoseki. It is belleved the ship fired upon was an American ves- sel, the Ohio, which left Fusan last night for Nagasaki. The Japanese Minister to Korea is on this boat, en route to Japan. It is believed ‘the Viadivostok fleet is trying to effect a junction with the Port Arthur fleet. This will be almost impossible on account or the difficulty of passing Penkai Straits. At Chemulpo there are several Jap- anese officers whose return to Naga- sakj is delayed because the steamship on which they purpose traveling is awalting news of the position of the Russian vessels before venturing to sea. MAY EFFECT A JUNCTION. ST. PETERSBURG, June 15.—No in- formation is obtainable here regarding the reported engagement between the Russian Vladivostok squadron and a Japanese squadron in the Korean Straits. But it is likely that a naval fight has occurred, or is about to oc- cur. Vice Admiral Skrydioff has left Vladivostok with the armored cruisers Gromoboi, Rossiag and Rurik and some torpedo craft. As this fact is already known abroad, the press be- trays no confidence of the authorities here in making this dennite announce- ment, The fact that thle Russian protected cruiser Novik made a sortie from Port Arthur yesterday demonstrates that the harbor entrance is free and ‘the Novik's dash doubtless was prelimin- ary to the egress of the whole squad- ron for the purpcse of effecting a juncture with Skrydloft's squadron. The news of a decisive sea battle, therefore, may arrive at any hour. Before Admiral Skrydloff left Viadi- vostok the Russian protected cruiser Bogatyr, which struck on the rocks off Cape Gamova, was hauted off and towed into the harbor of Viadivostok. | She is now in dock there. E?outed Russian Army Abandons Its Guns on the Battlefield g to the engagement, says the report is entirely without foun- JAPANESE DELAY "ATTACK. CHEFU, June 16 (noon).—From a re- | liable source it is learned that the Japanese had 60,000 men on the Liao- t Peninsula ten days ago. It is be- lieved that it is their intention to use 100,000 men in the attack on Port Ar- thur. Possibly it will be a fortnight A Chinese who was employed in the machine shops at Port Arthur is au- thority for the statement that the re- pairs to the Russian warships only con- sisted of placing sheets of steel over the damaged parts. No attempt was made to replace the damaged ribs. He also confirms previous Chinese reports to the effect that of the fleet of battleships and cruisers only five are capable of fighting. According to the best information these vessels are the battleships Pol- tava and Sevastopol and the cruisers Bayan, Askold and Novik. Some con- tend that the battleship Peresviet and the cruiser Diana are not damaged. The Chinese machinist says the ma- chinery of a large vessel, the name of which is unknown to him, was wrecked recently by a shell ST. PETERSBURG, June 16.— ty details of the fighting at Vafangow have been received here, but they came in too late for official ller editions of the morning papers. The fact that a message from the field stated that the attack was re- newed on the morning of June 15 and that,the Russians were the ag- gressors 'seems to indicate that the Japanese not only falled to carry the point of their initial attack, but may | be Death of a Millionaire Cattleman. | o DENV forced to fall back if General kelberg manages to maintain his face of the strong Jap- | anese forces opposing him until Rus- sian reinforcements, which are known | before they are ready to make the ex- | | ty-seventh Regiments, RUSSIANS CAUGHT NAPPING. | Were Preparing to Evacuate Kinchou When Japanese Attacked. U, June 1 Further details of ing at Kinchou the latter part ‘u( last month have been ontained from a Russian merchant who was there at ! the time and who has arrived here on | 2 junk. He says that when the Chinese announced the Japanese approach on | Kinchou, the Russians were unable to obtain accurate information as to the strength of the enemy. four thousand men from the Twenty-sixth and Twen- who were sent out to reconnoiter, met the Japanese on the plains. The epemy was about 35,000 strong. The infantry arms en- gaged and the Russians lost 200 men before they could reach the shelter of their trenches. The Russians claim that the Japanese lost ten men to their one in this preliminary engagement. When the Japanese warships com- menced the bombardment of the Rus- sian trenches from Kinchou/Bay, shot and shell fell among the Russians like hail and it was impossible for them to | hold their position. but the they sians to evacuate Kinchou, Japanese attacked them before had time to move out. Everything was in readiness for the retirement, however, and the Russians returned to Port Arthur by train, leav- ing begind them only some old Chinese guns, the breechlocks of which had been destroyed. The Japanese artillery fire was well directed, but the Russians suffered more from.the fire of the Japanese gunboats. When the Russian merchant from whom these details were obtained left Port Arthur the Japanese were within twelve miles of that ptace. The Rus- sians have trenches and earthworks at intervals of two miles throughout this distance. The Japanese fleet is no longer able to support the army, the water along the coast being too shallow to permit the vessels to approach. to be a short distance in the rear, ar-| Port Arthur is well provisioned. rive. There are 9000 head of cattle there and et e OUTLOOK IS BAD FOR OREGON PRUNE CROP Government Reports Show That Yield Will Be Thirty Per Cent of Average Yield. PORTLAND, Or., June 15.—Ac- cording to the Government crop re- ports the outlook this season in re- gard to the prune crop in this State is_ very discouraging. In Southern Oregon not over 40 per cent of the average crop is looked for, while in Northwestern Oregon not more than 20 per cent is anticipated. The weather in the middle western part of the State has been no better than that in the other fruit districts and upon this basis it is figured that taken al- together the State will produce about 30 per cent of the normal crop. The apple crops in Southern Oregon and the apple crop in the Hood River district are expected to be over the average. The crops in small fruits have generally been above the average. The shipments of strawberries alone from the Hood River district have now been 150 ears. B e — Sues for Indemnity. SAN JOSE, June 15—Dr. Otto H. Dogge commenced suit to-day against the Fidelity and Casualty Company of New York to recover $14,712 as indem- nity for an accident which he sustained on July 18, 1902, at Menlo Park, while & passenger on a Southern Pacific train, he being hit on the head with a stone thrown through the car window. — e Police Club Negro Rioters. LOUISVILLE, Ky., June 15.—A riot broke out at the plant of the Conti- nental Tobacco Company here to-day, when 200 striking negroes attempted to prevent 500 negro women employed at the plant from going to work. Po- licé quelled the mob, but were com- pelled to resort to the use of clubs and revolvers. ————e——— WASHINGTON, June 15.—After a confer- ence with the President to-day Attorney Gen- FAIR DIRECTORS PREPARE TO REIMBURSE GOVERNMENT Assistant Secretary of Treasury Con- strues Law Bearing on the Subject for Them. WASHINGTON, June 15.— Acting Secretary of the Treasury Tavylor to- day received a telegram from President Francis of the Loulsiana Purchase Ex- position, . agking- for a construction of the law in relation to the reimburse- ment of the $4,600.000 Government loan. President Francis inquired whether the 40 per cent due the Government to-day from revenues of the fair shall be based on actual collections or on the earnings to date. The Treasury Department ruled that the payment should be made from actual collections, rather than from the earnings. The latter construction would have involved a delay of several days in depositing the installment in the sub- treasury at St. Louls. The first three fortnightly installments pald are to be 40 per cent of the revenues. After July 15 each installment must consist of at least $500,000 until the loan is reim- bursed. —— WANT NO LIQUOR SOLD ON THE PANAMA STRIP ‘Women’'s Christian Temperance Union Makes Strong Appeal to the President. SANTA BARBARA, June 15.—At the convention of the Southern California Women's Christian Temperance Unfon, now in annual session in this city, it was decided to-night to send the fol- lo\;\'ing telegram to President Roose- velt: “The Southern California Women’s Christian Temperance Union, in con- vention assembled at Santa Barbara, entreats you that all sale of intoxi- cants be prohibited within our Panama canal strip during the construction of the canal. —_——— ZANESVILLE, Ohio, June 15.—On petition ot the stockohlders of the Commercial Bank of eral Knox announced that it had been dscided to appoint Norman A. Ruick as District At- torney at Boise City. ldaho vice R. V, Cro- sler, Cambridge, a private institution, a recelver wag appointed for the bank to-day. The petition alleges defalcations against P. C, Patterson, the cashier and H. O, Barber, one of the di- rectors. ¥ It had been the intention of the Rus- | the firm of which this merchant Is a member has just turned over to the authorities 92,000 pounds. of salt beef. { Other firms have supplied the authori- ties at Port Arthur with provisions. This merchant estimates the number of men at Port Arthur at 50,000. This exceeds the Chinese estimates by 20,000 men. — | British Fleet Changes Base. SHANGHAT, June 15.—The British fleet left Wusung to-day for the Saddle Islands, at the mouth of Hangchow Bay, .about eighty miles southeast of Shanghal. . SPORTS CRUISER NOVIK MAKES A DASH OUT OF HARBOR Convoys Destroyers in an Attack on Japanese Flotilla. ST SR Her Commander Too Wary to Be Lured Far From " the Forts. TOKIO, June 15, 4 p. m.—A flotilla of¥ torpedo boats and torpedo-boat de- stroyers, under the command of Cap- tain Tsuchiya, and co-operating with the army, made a reconnaisance in force near Siauping Island yesterday and bombarded the Russians’ outposts on the coast to the west or the island. Siauping Island is twelve mliles west‘ of Port Arthur. At noon the Russian cruiser Novik, convoying ten torpedo-boat destroyers, steamed out from Port Arthur. The Russian shore batteries protected these vessels with a heavy cannonade. The Japanese flotilla retreated slowly, firing as it went, for the purpose of decoying the enemy to sea. At 38 o'clock in the afternoon the Russian ships returned to the entrance of Port Arthur. The fact that the Novik came out of Port Arthur makes it certain that the Russians have succeeded in blasting a channel through the cement-laden merchantmen sunk by the Japanese In the entrance to the harbor. This free- dom of egress comes too late to per- mit of any effect upon the operations of the Japanese army, for men, guns and *stores have practically all been landed and Admiral Togo is capable of keeping the remnant of the Russlan fleet imprisoned In Port Arthur. Last Monday night Japanese vedette boats, protected by torpedo 'boats and torpedo-boat destroyers, succeeded in reaching- the entrance to Port Arthur and planting a series of mines there. The darkness of midnight favored the operation. Tke Japanese vessels were not observed and they returned to the rest of the squadron without having sustained ‘any .damage. Lok LARGE ARMY ADVANCING. ' TIENTSIN, June 15.—It has been learned here from a Russian sowrce that 40,000 Russians passed Tashi- chao, twenty miles south of New- chwang, last Monday, going south- tward. It is supposed that this force is going to the relief of Port Arthur. General Ma has removed his head- quarters from Chaoyang to Pingchiu- chow. Viceroy Yuan Shal Kai, com- mander in chief of the Chinese forces, has refused General Ma's request for 10,000 more troops. It is believed here that there are 40,000 Chinese im- serlal soldiers on the Mongolian bor- er, | i i modern house. i feet in size. The | lasts. y “Princess” dresser in golden oak, $18.50 A charming bedroom piece for a The handsome mirror is a French bevel plate. About half of the large invoice of Smith’s Axminster rugs has been sold. Still a good assortment of patterns re- main.. The rugs are nine by twelve price, $17.90, will ‘1 hold good only while this special invoice (Fofmerly the California Furniture Co.) 261 to 281 Geary St., at Union Square Leather \ ; g Young Mea also... | ...TWO SEVENTY... Two Dollars and Seventy Cents 1 Our $3:50, $4.00 , $5.00 Shoes ‘Women’s and Men’s and Young Ladies’ t0o, and natty Patent Goods for | For Two Weeks—Why? > | get cash, . . This is why: We must finish up the Nolan stock. Cost doesn’t count. We must have room, and we must Mail Orders Filled Promptly. PHELAN BUILDING MANILA BANK FILES PROTEST Alleges That New Currency to Be Circulated in the | Philippines Is Illegal | MANILA, June 16—The Spanish- Filipino Bank claims that the issuance | of the new currency, or what Is gener- | ally known here as the “Conant notes,” }is illegal, and it will, it is stated, bring i suit against the Federal Government, alleging that under the treaty of Paris ceding the Philippines to the United | States the bank has the exclusive right | to issue bills which shall circulate as money in the islands. The proposed internal revenue law for the Philippine Islands provides that | & tax of 12 per cent shall be put upon | | a bank note issue in excess of its capi- | tal stock. The Spanish-Filipino Bank also is opposed to this, claiming that | the position of the bank under Ameri- | | can sovereignty is analogous to that| | of the trustees of Dartmouth Collegel | after the American Revolution. The matter will be taken before the author- } ities at Washington. —_——————— | OREGON STATE BUILDING IS DEDICATED AT FAIR Addresses Are Delivered From the Roof of the Building by Several | Prominent Speakers. 1 ST. LOUIS, June 15.—A unique fea- | ’lure of the dedicatory ceremonles at the Oregon State building at the | World's Fair to-day was the arrange- ! ment for the speakers to deliver their addresses from the roof of the building. Those on the programme were | Thomas H. Carter, president of the National World's Fair Commission; ! Jefterson Meyers, president of the Ore- | gon World’s Fajr Commission; Pro- fessor F. G. Young of the Oregon Uni- versity and President Francis of the World's Fair. The first Lewis and Clark centennial |flag ever raised was unfurled by George Rogers Clark, the 10-year-old great-grandson of the pioneer ex- plorer. A reception followed' the for- mal dedication. | Kentucky dedicated her State bulld- iing to-day with elaborate ceremonies. Addresses were made by Governor | Beckham, President Francis and | others. | The “home coming colors” of the | battleship Kentucky were presented to | Governor Beckham by a committee of the crew of the Kantucky, especially ide(alled by the Navy Department. | —_———— | SOUTHERN PACIFIC ROAD | 10 1SSUE PREFERRED sTock | Win Raise $100,000,000 for General Purposes, Including the Payment of Floating Indebtedness. | ‘ NEW YORK, June 15.—Directors | of the Southern Pacific road met to- | day and voted to issue $100,000,000 of | 7 per cent preferred stock, of which | $40,000,000 will be issued at par to ! present stockholders. . The proceeds | will be used for general purposes, in- | cluding the payment of floating in- | debtedness. The proposition will be submitted to the stockholders at a meeting to be' held in July. There is i now $200,000,000 of Southern Pacific | common stock outstanding. 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