The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 17, 1904, Page 1

» men— - | 1o be taken from | S Sl oo e SRS SRR o B TEE WEATEER ! i | i l Forecast made at San Fras- cisco for thirty hours emding midntght Jume 17: { Sax FPrescisco and vicimity— | VICTIMS OF STEAMBOAT SLOCUM HORROR WILL EXCEED SEVEN HUNDRED =~ = NEW YORK, June 16.—With unceasing effort, search is going on for the bodies of those who perished yesterday in the steamboat General Slocum disaster. Police and th Department officials have placed the estimate of the number of victims at a figure as high as 1000 and more, but to-night“it would seem that the maximum tatality will not largely 700. Up to midnight 541 bodies had been recovered. b 228 S SR + =" RUSSIANS ROUTED AT TELISSU LEAVE FIVE HUNDRED DEAD ON FIELD NDON, June 17.—A dispatch received here from the headquarters of General Kuroki, whose location is not given, states that, following the defeat of General Stakelberg's : entire Russian main army, commanded by General Kuropatkin in person, began an advance to relieve Stakelberg and attack Kuroki. Japanese estimate the Rus- elissu at nearly 2500 men, including 500 slain and 300 captured. Kuropatkin’s force numbers 160,000 men. GENERAL STAKELBERG'S FORCE ABANDONS GUNS Losses of the Victorious Japanese Army Will Aggregate One Thousand Men. Special Dispatch to The Call. the DIVERS REMOVE DEAD FROM SLOCUM'S HOLD 'Report That There Are No More Bodies in the Submerged Steamboat. | Special Dispatch to The Call olas has re- June 16.—Emperor Ni 8 NEW YORK, June 16.—All day long, f elegram, dated June 16, from General Kuro- : { darkness shut off even the melanct for the dead, anxious searchers received the following dispatch from Lieutenant June 16, 1:202. m.: to attack the enemy’s right fies, for the greater part midnight there had been recovered Stakelberg, ¢ women and children—mothers who week assigned for the purpose | | coming of the happy day. Up to dusk 499 bodies had passed through the morgue, and. flank envelop the enemy’s rig ced my right flank with superiot The East Side had its Hlest extent, and down by of these more than 300 were iden human sympathies aroused to the f hy river, where the boats unloaded their dead, thousands gathered | | throughout the day. Streets leading to the morgue were blocked, § | and only with difficulty could the police keep clear the passages |~ leading to the. long rows of coffins for those who came to search | for the missing. Up the sound, where the hulk submerged, showing only a paddie-box, ed the tugs in grappling for the s time and again, and when their work declared there were no more bodies in times a diver reappeared after his | woman or a child. Two of them ¢ | | one occasion, having in their arms two | | in each other's embrace, and their mother, wh | | clenched the skirt of one of them. reat by three roads to the north. they are not yet complete lost 16.—In the battle of Telissu the Russians i isoner and 14 guns. The casualties on killed or wounded. General Oku, the com: hold, came to an & es north of Kinchou and twenty- Russians were outmaneuvered left more than 500 dead on the rs and fourteen quick-firing field rard. ns violated the Japanese flag. a body of Russian soldiers the Japanese artillery, deceived body of Russians. Official dis- ke specific charges of this flag NEW YORK, June 16.—At the point w merged the wate: here th General Slocu an B B int. There are a 1 be may have landed and it is believed that many ing are safe and eventually will be he: the rescue work in hand. To-night a to these officials that they had bee: aved, tt. down constderably, as well as the probable mortality i Many persons were injured in the panic that followed the breaking out of the flames on the Slocum. At least 200 we! to the hospitals. Not a death has occurred in the hospitals. Perhaps the most remarkable case in the many appalling experfences of those who were on the Slocum was that of Miss Clara Hartman, who was picked up for dead, was towed behind a boat for several miles, w: wrap- ped in a aulin, was tagged and then recovered comsciousness. now 4 will recover. tes of the Japanese losses at Telissu say that 1000 men were ded JAPANESE ARTILLERY BEGINS THE BATTLE. : king force was divided into right and left columns * A h.‘:;]gh a great number of the bodies were mutilated and the clothing e . ¢ £ e ; , valuables have been taken fror a » ant o po ¢ Russians east of Vafangtien and drove t COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF THE RUSSIAN LAND FORCES IN THE FAR EASTERN WAR. L] e T e ey T e« ate r in the afternocon the Russians helid a line between Lungwar e TR Mayor McClellan to-day, after receiving messages of condolence from shen. The Japanese artillery opened on this line and the Rus- many sources, visited North Brother Isiand and later visited the Morgr i The shelling continued for two hours and it was followed R U SS IAN CR U IS ERS S I N K TRA NS PO RT He issued a proclamation to the citizens of New York and appointsd a re- ce of the Japanese line to a position extending from Lungchia- | | lef committee of prominent men. Relief will be needed in that little Bast otun. Side territory which the vast majority of those that perished were accus- tomed to call home. rkness put an end to the fighting. The Japanese dispatched a eol- | the westward, toward Fuchou, for the purpose of covering the A N D HU N D R EDS O F JA PAN ES E PERIS H The Coroner’s investigation to fix the responsibility for the disaster will d to protect their left and rear. begin on Monday next. The Federel authorities, as well as the District At- t it became apparent that the Russians were being re- tornéy, will hold an investigation and the Society for the revention of ided to make a general attack in the morning and Cruelty to Children, through its counsel, has signified its Intention to push a defile back of Telissu. the inquiry to the utmost. B = . . | RUSSIAN DEFEAT BECOMES A ROUT. TWO Helpless Vessels, Crowded With SOIdlef‘S, Are MAYOR McOLELLAN'S PROCLAMATION. When morning came it was discovered that the Russians held a line . % The proclamation issued by Mayor xcc{gn“ was as follows: Y - he Citiz of New York: Th palling disast: 3 Sent to the Bottom With Torpedoes. | hich e (ha £ T o ana chitdren 1o i Tves b S axd - a ing, has shoc] an rrified our city. nowing the keen sympathy »,r.w-:’; "f,,?‘:a Jlmege!&rfie.;r" r?::i:“h:fig ufi‘l‘l’: :i)ple of the city of New York with their strickenfellows, I have ap- on the main Russian position. The Russians in Special Dispatch to The Call. pointed a committee of citizens to receive contributions to a fund to pro- lanned to enveiop the Russians near Telissu, and they sadvantage, but they held it with determination e - s 2 2 - L vide for the n’; and proper burial of the dead and for such other relief as AL fhis bour they wersrouted. TOKIO, June }6.—Admlral kanumt}ra. vnth. his homogenfzons squadron of ar- m“.‘;‘;‘,,'_‘;*fifiiw&fg gentlemen have been asked to serve ou the committes: mored and other eruisers. yesterday went in pursuit of the Vladivostok squadron. e e Pertiulli, Braifie DRt Jms Iamtic ool der makes no estimate of the Russian losses, but 'KOBE, Japan, June 16.—Admiral Kamimura's vessels - encountered the three b e Tl e Sosee G PE e o e Russian cruisers of Admiral Skrydloff’s Vladivostok squadron at 11 o’clock thiSmorn- | to receive contributions at the Mavors ofice @ @ @ ity Hail to b s o g r S i i ut at half mast.” ing near the island of Iki, in Krusenstern Strait. The result of the encounter is not | putathaitmests = . o rection bad been ma for a public memorial service and that he had taken advisement. 3 The Mayor declared that investigation disclosed that the city officials were absolutely powerless to take any steps to prevent a repetition of the accident. They have no right to take a single step looking to the inspection of any steamboat or to recommend any measures for its safety, as the Fed- eral Government has comblete jurisdiction. ficers captured by the Japanese is the colonel of that he name a day War Office announces that General sugge: under Ereatly superior numbers and retreated .‘et kllOWll. “ of Vafangow. The officials here deny that of a rout. The enemy had more than four TOKIO, June 18.—AIll doubt as to the sinking of the| Hino, which has returned to Mojl. reports that she en- the Official Messenger says the transports Hitachi. of 6172 tons, and Sado, of 6219 tons, | countered the Russian Vladivostok squadron at 11:20 f yesterday, and, the Japanese re- by the Russians has been removed. Three hundred and] a. m. yesterday, twenty miles west of the island of Shiro, ussians’ left flank and | ninety n survivors of the Hitachi arrived at Moji| of the Iki group. The Hitachi and the Sado were seen estimate of the losses is | ang 153 survivors of the Sado have arrived at Kokura.| two miles to the westward. The weather was foggy and| TO FIX THE RESPONSIBILITY. e o3 g | The survivors report that the Sado and Hitachi were| the sea was calm. The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children lssued an officfal grz c;:r the result of | ., i by torpedoes. When the Hino sighted the Russian fleet she turned.| i tement that the society will take determined action to fix the respon- cnad been hoped for the | '1; is reported that the transports Hitachi and Sado | ran and signaled.a warning to the Kanazawa and they | ey fr_the deaths of the little ones who perished in the Gener ctory. Is tempered some- | .grried only 1400 men. If this is true the loss in lives| both took refuge inside the island Chiyt. Both signaled | gisaster. Howard Townsend, chalrman of one of the most is sappointment £, Stakelberg's iz e was overwheimed by num- | = i i 1 t er: does pot attem neeal ¢ probably is less than 1000. The transports, however, | danger to the Iburi, which also escaped. tees of the Bar Association: as well as counsel for the hie r»;mnb':fid e Sports o o S sinpirnesno Ay st | Raa many horses and large quantilies of supplies on| The Hino saw the Hitachi and the Sado surrounded | e statciment to he made to-day: that the retreat was in Mo sense @ rout. The fierce charsctor of wro are; | board. by Russian vessels. | "“The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children will co-operate in t by the fact that the Russians were agpin foreod o anbit | ; Detalls obtained from the survivors of .the fil-futed gy REPORTS OF NAVAL ENGAG 3 every way to fix the guilt of the persons responsible for this awfu! trag : s. thus indicating, as in previous encounters, the coneriool- |Japanese transports show that the Hitachi and the Sado | SEQUL, June 16.—It was reported here fhis morning | edy. All the money in our treasury is at the service, if necessary, for of e Thihnems we il - the superiority | met three Russian warships near Iki Island at 10 0'clocK | that a naval engagement had taken place off Fusan | the proper prosecution of the case.” an offh reports of the losses are awaited with the k N | on Wednesday morning. The Russians fired upon the | patween three Russian cruisers belonging to the vh.fi.[ Collector of the Port Stranahan to-day sent a communication to the su- ' War Office declines to accept the Japanese figures eenest | Japanese ships and stopped them and soon afterward | yostok squadron and four Japanese ships. | pervising inspector of steam vessels in this port asking for a conference aithough the officials frankly admit that they believe the Rus. | 0% 'orpcdoed and sank the heipless transports. The fears entertained yesterday for the safety of the | to-morrow for the purpose of making mere effective the inspec ; casmaities were severe. 1 SADO'S CAPTAIN AMONG PRISONERS. American steamship Ohio, on which Hagashi, the Jap-| cursion steamboats. in regard to the number of passengers a2 « & i A . we: collector has nothing to do with the investigation, but m The keenest interest is now manifested in the reported advance of two | joigeq at Kokura. 9 men escaped In'the bosts and | FUBAN. vik.Seoul, Jums. 16--Heavy, camnorbding The wreck of the Siocum lies sbout 200 feet off Barrellos Point. Two Japanese divisions from Sfuyen. with the intention of taking Genersl St anA R Gonage: Bt it inberiba Ml s Hagi which was heard off this port vesterday continued tili| fl0ats are made fast to the bow of the boat. and divers are continually kelberg in the rear. It is realized that if this report should prove tru: e 2 saying 2 ok e ke B e - i Thite: Thuis Sk A s g‘éhlmonolfl:?mo;e:( A‘:I\'eedl:h Sipgi 2 S . » Edward Flannigan, chief officer of the Siocum. when questioned by As- Continued on Page 2, Columns 5 and & o The transport Izumi is still missing. 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