The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 20, 1904, Page 2

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, JU TIVOLI PACKED FOR ROBIN 100D S SN Local Compan) Production Big Wharf at Hunters Point of Favorite Opera Rivals of the Bostonia Bt FIND FAVOR That NEW "VOICES yrosco’s Clever Players ! Give Audience a Treatt in “The Prince of Liars.”; Pty | Robin Hood” was ever a word 10| with. That its magic Is still production of Al triumphantly ht's een well with\ the svite of productions comparison with the street ;: 1 saw the s the other day her way. New ave been engaged—to fail. New been trie to run a week. i as though Fortune preferred L old seats across the »ke and the reek ut her. But, like The ek in a pro- at the Bos- equaled. ng weil, the op- Il head and should- y—above any of the peras. Its humor comes peep of a morning Iyrical, humor- as the story. put it on, too. as the The whole per- rare smoothness man with fof} example one gets none and violet horrors that in vs used to stalk abroad as And there has been an a the pictures—they get a hand for themselves alone. Altogether it is the kind of suc that howls, and there was & big, joyful, thunderous use to make it so last night. NEW VOICES WELCOMED. new members of the company every other sardine in a box might have been there for years. Berth, John Dunsmure, Edit Kate Condon and Willard Si folk and without exception new ard Sims, who follows Barnabee Sheriff ingham, has a than his rage to commend b Tis an ungrateful task. To ymedian Jike Barnabee, in a is identified with as Hob- at he ; with kisses, is to challenge a country-wide prejudice. Any other she is in a sense a usurper. One t help the attitude But had had there been no Barnabee we could got along quite comfortably with Sims. He is an accomplished and easy « . his humor, perhaps of a vin- tage less dry than Barnabee's, his drollery less unctio One misses, too, the elder comedian’s physical sufficien- cies and the soft, gentlemanly, blar- v villa of his Sheriff, but Sims is perhaps funnier when drunk than Barnabee. It is a small master- plece of tipsy navigation when he fol- ows Dame Durden into the cottage. And, ag 1 have said before, Mr. Sims s throughout sufficient and accom- plished in the part, sings perforce about as well as his august predeces- sor and is excellently worth his salt. Barron Berthald needs no introduc- or San Francisco audience as a comedian. Last night's was his first Jocal appearance as such. Still, the Berthald big fact is the singing, the v methods are still those, smooth, fine. ent, that we knew in the sing- er's grand opera days. Comedy sits somewhat uneasily upon Mr. Ber- thald’s brow. His is a very mild brew of humor. And he lacks something ! g . dash, picturesqueness. I'm not sure that I like his mustache, either! Otherwise—and there’s all of the lovely singing, some tender and graceful acting, otherwise—his Robin Hood is much that fancy paints. His singing is indeed delightful, the voice fresh as his sane and cultured method insures, smooth, full and sympathe to the last® requirements. A DASHING WILL SCARLET. John Dunsmure igfthe third of the trio, and to a ringi resonant, culti- vated basso adds a handsome and gigantic stage presence. dashing scarlet and a large success with the audience. Bchuster was cast as Friar Tuck and was fat and happy in it, Arthur Cun- ningham was excellent as Little John, and Teddy Webb was an amusing but over-knowing Guy of Gisborne. To Kate Condon, who, borrowed from the Bostonians, is the Alan-a-Dale, much gratitude goes. She is a grate- fully pretty young woman to begin with, unusually graceful of presence and bearing and sings charmingiy In a round contralto. She has manner, finish, style and though without the warm depth of voice of Jessie Bartlett Davis, she has yet a voice of charming quality and -use. Miss Edith Mason was warmly wel- comed by many of her old admirers of Southwell days. As Maid Marian she shows herself as engaging as she then w but with an added finish and im- port. Her voice was not at its best last night, seeming & little thin, though sweet and a little tired. Miss de Filippe was pretty as Annabel and Miss Tan- nehill was ample as Dame Durdin. The chorus fairly outdid itseif and the pro- duction is evidently jn for the run of the century. BLANCHE PARTINGTON. s oty California Theater. The Oliver Morosco Company began the last week of its engagement at the California Theater last night with a capital production of a snappy comedy called “A Prince of Liars.” It made a great hit, and the crowded house attested its approval by applause, re- calls and shouts of laughter. Al the principals in the company appeared in the cast. It is one of the brightest, liveliest and most amusing perform- ances that has been seen in town for many a day. It is very handsomely staged and costumed. . . It was rather a Foster night at the Orpheum last night, as Foster’'s dog “Mike” and the team of Foster and Foster in their sketch, “Wanted, a Pianist,” won the greater portion of the applause. Helen Bertram, the for- mer prima Gonya - star of the Bostoni- ans, sang two songs which exhibited her vocal powers, but were not of the kind that capture an Orpheum audi- ence. She was encored, however, and respenpded with a sweet melody far more popular with her auditors than He made a | | ley within two days. | rested on the capping of the piling. HEAVY WEIGHT CRUSHES DOCK Is Precipitated Into Bay| From Overload *of Sand| CL CALL FOR MEN Driver, Wagon and ‘}101'305‘ Narrowly Escape Goin Down Into Rushing Water | i gl The northeast corner of the big whart | adjoining the drydock at Hunters | Point fell into the bay with a loud crash on Saturday afternoon. The | cause of the accident was the piling | on the dock of a huge weight of fine | gravel and sand, which was being | Janded there from a small bay | schooner. The sand was to have been | used by the San Francisco Drydock Company, which owns the wharf, on concrete work. The weight proved too much for the | structure, and sand, wharf and all | went over into the bay: At the time of | the accident the crew of the schooner | engaged in dumping the sand on | dock and teams were attempting | aul the material away as fast as sible. About 100 tons had been un- | pe loaded. One of the wagons, with horses | attached, was backed up against the | pile and was almost loaded. When the wharf fell in it left the wagon standing on the very brink of the opening. Had the break been six Inches nearer, wagon, driver and horses would have | gone down into the swirt ebbing cur- rent running at that time. As it was, | the driver had to jump for his life. The only thing that saved the team was the fact that it happened to just | be on the edge of the planking that | On | and about that portion of the dock that | caved in there were neariy fifty men| and their escape was almost miracu- lous. As it was, they all received a | scare they will not soon forget. The water is very deep at that point | and the current very swift. Had any of | the men been entangled with the fall-| ing gass of beams, planks and sand, | it would have been impossible to save them. Takes Fatal Draught of Laudanum. ! Despondent over domestic troubles, Frank A. Peachy ended his life last night with a draught of laudanum in | a saloon at O’Farrell and Jones streets. Peachy was 26 years of age and re. sided with his mother at 2148 Steiner street. BANDIT WRITES ABOUT MOTIVES Raissouli Denounces as Un-| truthful Statement That He Hates All. Christians LONDON, June 20.—The correspond- ent of the Daily Mail at Tangier, under date of June 19, says that a letter has been received from Raissouli in which the bandit says: “It is well that the Englishmen and | the Americans should know the truth | regarding my doings and the reasons | why I have taken Perdicaris. All that| bas been said at Tangier about me, as well as the statement that I hate the Christian Europeans and want to drive them from Morocco, is Wrong. “1 desire to do no wrong to any Christian. Should trouble come it will come from Europe, for if troops are landed we will fight.” Raissouli lays the cause of the pres- ent trouble to the deposed Governor of Tangier, who ‘with his family governed Tangier for generations, persecuted | Raissouli’s tribe, killed boys, mutilated | children and disregarded all the prin- ciples of their religion. The legations here confidently antici- pate the arrival of Perdicaris and Var- e ST IETRE TYNER SILENT ABOUT SUIT AGAINST RAILROAD Former Postmaster General Declines to Discuss Threatened Action for Defamation of Character. WASHINGTON, June 19.—James N. Tyner, former Postmaster General, awaits some answer to his letter asking President Roosevelt to clear him from the reflections contained in the White House review of the Bristow postal scandal report. To inquiries about the report that he would sue the President for $100,000 for defamation of character unless a re- traction were forthcoming, General Ty- ner replied he had made no statement that he intended to bring such a suit. He would not say whether he contem- plated such action, but Intimated that he might have a further statement to make in the .1se. It is believed that General Tyner is inclined to let the story that he will sue the President gain ground in the hope that it may influence Roosevelt to withdraw his charges. ———————— It is a waste of time for a father to attempt td train up his son in the way he should go if he doesn’t keep in the middle of the same road himself. >-— land the dockyards have almost kept| | affect the result; state of weather and BRITAIN'S DOCKYARDS KEEP PACE WITH SHIPBUILDING CONTRACTORS | 1Al of the Armored Cruisers of the Kent Class Are Now Afioat, the Period of Con- struction Averaging About Three Years All of the British armored cruisers of | the Kent class, desighed in 1899 and laid down Dbetween August 29, 1899, and March 11, 1901 have been completed. The average time of building these ships has been a little over three years, pace with the contractors. The Essex, | Kent, Suffolk and Cornwall were built at dockyards, and the Bedford, Ber-| wick, Cumberland, Donegal, Lancaster | and Monmouth in private yards. The| hulls are identical, of 9800 tons displace- | ment, and the horsepower of machinery, stipulated at 22,000, was calculated to give a speed of twenty-three knots.| Some difficulty was experienced with, the earlier built ships in attaining this: speed, for the Kent never got above 21.7 | and the Bedford, Essex and Monmouth | attained only 22.7, and 22.58, re- spectively, but in the later ships the | calculated speed has been considerably | exceeded, the Lancaster making 24.1 and the Suffolk 24.7 knots. 3 There are several interesting'facts to be noted in connection with these ships. In the first place, in a lot of ten iden- tical ships there is a grand opportu- i - comparison of cost, time and | kmanship of those built in the dock- yards and those built by contract. The average estimated cost of the ships built at the dockyards was given on April 1 last at $3,843,500, the highest be- | ing the Cornwall at $3,938,200, and the lowest the Kent at $3,669,000. The six contract built shins averaged $3,707,500, the highest $3,884,340 and the Jowest $3,545,425. All the engines were fur-| nished by contractors, and those deliv- ered at the dotkyards ranged from $1,290,000 to $1,050,000, while those put | into contract built ships varied from $1.400,000 to $1,050,000. Five firms sup- plied the machinery, Hawthorn & Les- 2 lle delivering three sets of engines, | namely, for the Kent, Lancaster and Cornwall. In the performance of these | ships the results varied greatly. The question of the relative merit of water- tube bollers of the Belleville, Niclausse and the Babcock & Wilcox types again presents itself, for the Belleville was fitted in seven ships, the Niclausse in two—the Suffolk and Berwick, and the Babcock & Wilcox in the Cornwall. The engines for the Lancaster and the Corn- wall were supplied by Hawthorn & Leslie, but the speed attained by the Lancaster, fitted with Belleville boilers, was 24.01 knots, agalnst 23.687 knots of the Cornwall, with Babcock & Wilcox boilers, thus demonstrating that the Belleville is not nearly as bad as al- leged by its opponents. RESULTS OF CHANGES. To a limited extent the United States navy has had the same experience of varying results with ships and their engines. The bailders have recelved their plans for hulls and machinery | from the Navy Department and built according to specifications, but as work progressed changes were made here and there which singly were of slight importance, but in the aggregate affected the final resplt. In the Oregon, Massachusetts and Indiana there was a marked difference and subsequent ships have likewlse proved more or less speedy, although built on the same de- sign. The Oregon class was designed for 9000 horsepower and 1§ knots speed, but the trials gave 9738 horse- power and 15.547 knots for the Indiana; 10,415 horsepower and 16.21 knots for the Massachusetts, while the Oregon developed 11,111 horsepower and 16.79 knots. In a steam trial various causes sea, coal used and the efficiency of the engine-room personnel. But in the long run as years pass on and the .parts of the machinery naturally wear out two questions will arise, namely: Whether the workmanship has been in accordance with the spirit of the speci- fications and whether any undue de- terioration is chargeable to inherent bad work or through want of proper care and attention. In these respects the Oregon has proved that work on her was well done, that she has been well cared for and that she is still leading the other shipg, which have de- terforated and are no longer to be con- sidered as being in the Oregon class. THE “PESKY” SUBMARINES. Those “pesky” submarine boats are causing more trouble to the personnel of all navies than any other contriv- ance yet devised for naval warfare. The “battle of the boilers” and the “Gun 7s. Armor” are trivial affairs in comparison. The advocates of the sub- marine and its opporents are naturally doing their level best in evolving new ideas to improve on methods of attack and defense, and the trials going on in Portsmouth Harbor are interesting. The latest device to trap a submarine was successfully trled and consisted of a fine wire net about 250 feet in length and seven feet deep rigred on long booms attached to steam launches. The submarine attacked the net in vain for several hoirs, finally became entangled in the meshes and acknowledged defeat by coming to the surface. M. Bertin, director of naval con- gtruction in the French navy, has sub- mitted his report to the Naval Inquiry Commission. Mr. Bertin says: “We have no reason to envy Great Britain. We are the first builders of the world from the point of view of strength, navigability and finish. The English are only superior to us in one point— that of rapidity of construction. They also have an advantage over us in the large sums at their disposal for naval construction.’ The Russian Government is said to have liquid fuel supplied to the ships of the Baltic fleet when it departs for the Far East. Tank steamers will either proceed ahead of the fleet or ac- company the ships. The operation of pumping oil from one ship into another | sons serving a month having thirty- through a flexible pipe is an easfer one than that of coaling, even under the moet favorable conditions. NEW PAY SYSTEM. | A new pay system, affecting all sal- aried Government employes, goes into effect in the United States on July 1. A year's pay will be divided into twelve equal parts and in making payments for a fractional part of a month, one- thirtieth of the monthly compensation is to be the rate each day. Thus per- | one days, or February of twenty-eight or twenty-nine days, will recelve one- | twelfth of an annual galary and de- | ductions are made.on this same basis | of thirty days to the month. ! The torpedo boat O’Brien, bullt by ' Lewis Nixon, had another unsuccessful speed trial on June 10. The contract | of May 4, 1898, called for a speed of | 26 knots, to be maintained for one hour, | but this was reduced two years ago to 24 knots. The last trial had to be abandoned after a ten-minutes run | owing to weakness developed in one of | the blowers. This defect is now being | remedied and another trial may come | off before July 1. The O'Brien and | Nicholson are the last of the twelve ' torpedo boats contracted for in 1898, | to be completed, and should have been delivered, September 26, 1899. The cornerstone of the new chapel for the Naval Academy has been laid. The building’ will have a seating capacity of 1500 and its estimated cost is $260,000. The summer cruise of the midship- men at the Naval Academy began on June 4 and it required quite a fleet of | vessels to carry the three classes, num- bering 514 members. There was the | battleship’ Massachusetts carrying 127; | Texas, 10; monitors Arkansas, Florida and Nevada, 38 each; the old Hartford had 127 and the Chesapeake 117. Three torpedo-boat destroyers, the Worden, Whipple and Stewart, each carried six midshipmen. BRITAIN CONDEMNS OLD SHIPS. Three old ships in the British navy have been condemned as useless for any further service and are to be sold at auction. They are the Volage, a| corvette of 3080 tons, built in 1869, and | the Comus and Curacao, each of 2380 tons, bullt in 1878. Théy weré removed from the effective list about four years ago and were until recently utilized as harbor vessels. These ships are the last of the fleet of elghteen vessels built be- tween 1868 and 1878 and which have been of more service than any later built unarmored cruising ships. They were of the sheathed class—that is, metal hulls sheathed with wood plank- ing and coppered. The idea originated | with Sir Edward J. Reed, chief con-!| structor in the British navy, who built the frigate Inconstant and later the Raleigh and Shah. The builder’s the- ory was that vessels designed for cruis- ing purposes, and in order to maintain as nearly as possible their trial speeds, would be more economical in coal con- sumption if slieathed and coppered than with an_ordinary painted metal bot- tom, and this theory proved successful in practice, notwithstanding the crudity of the system as first applied. Six sheathed corvettes, varying from 4130 to 3080 tons, werel built between 1869 and 1876, and nire smaller corvettes, known | as the “C” class, were launched in 1878. The latter ships had steel hulls, while the earlier ones were built of iron. The speed of the Inconstant class was about 16.5 knots, that of the large corvettes 15 knots and that of the “C” class 13 knots, and this fleet was found espe- cially serviceable on foreign stations, where unsheathed vessels would have been less efficient and more costly to maintain, owing to limited docking fa- cllities and consequent additional coal | bills. The “C" class in particular proved | efficient ships. One of these, the Co- mus, served for many years on the Pa- cific station and was frequently seen in this harbor. The period of active ef-| fective service of these eighteen ships| has ranged from twenty-eight years| down to twenty-one years, a record | that is not likely to be excelled by ves- sels of modern construction. The original Trafalgar prize list was sold at a London auction, with a lot of other hooks and manuseripts, two | weeks ago. The list was in manuscript, of two volumes folio, giving the amount of money awarded to individuals of the varfous ships’ companies engaged in the battle of Trafalgar. It was sold for $180. SOME MODERN WARSHIPS. There are twelve battleships of mod- erate size built or under construction for the navies of Austria, Germany, Great Britain and the United States. | In the American ships the plan of mak- | ing gun power paramount is adhered | to, while in the foreign ships higher speed and lighter guns is the object| almed at. The contrasts in guns and, speed between the Idaho class in the United States navy and those of foreign ! navies—notably the Swiftsure in the| British navy—are quite marked, for the | British ship has three knots greater speed on 1200 tons less displacement, and only an apparently small sacrifice of gun fire. The American battery is, of course, the most effective because of its longer range and harder hitting power, but foreign designers evidently belleve that guns of smaller caliber, which can be more rapidly served, an- swer the purpose of dismounting the battery guns of an adversary. The weights of the projectiles of the sev- eral guns in the annexed table, which shows the number of ships bullding, their dimensions, armament and effec- tiveness, are as follows: Twelve-inch, 850 pounds; 11-inch, 595 pounds; 8-inch, 260 pounds: 7.5-inch, 200 pounds; 7-inch, 165 pounds; 6.7-inch, 141 pounds, and the 6-inch, 112 pounds: Data of Shipe. Austria. l| Germany. l| Great Britain. | United States. Number built or bullding. 3 ] 5 . 2 2 Normal ditplacements, ton: 10, | 18, 11,839 18,000 Length, breadth, draught ( . 72.25; U5 1308.5; 78.75; 24.6-In.| 436; 71; 24.02 i T7: 24.67 Main DATLETy .........i- § 7.6-in.; 6 6-in. | 4 11-In.; 14 6.7-in, | 4 10-in.; 14 7.6-in, |4 12-in.; 8 &1n.; 8 T-fn. les fired in one minute by each gun. in.; 8 6-in. | 8 11-In.; 7 6.7-In | 8 10-in.: 7 7.5-in, (2 12-in.; 5 8-in.; 7 T-in. Tocal weight fired In one minute, pounds 19,024 28,600 26,040 t armor, Inches 9.4 763 94 tery armor. inches . [ - 7 6-4 rret armor, inches ! 10 10 12 Total weight of armor, { ; 4200 3200 Horsepower 16,000 14,000 10,000 Speed. . 19 18 | 20 i7 — - the first effort, Howe and Scott work well together as Hebrew comedians, and Gracey and Burnett do some good work in a sketch for some unexplai able reason called “A Royal Janitor. Any other name would fit it just as well. Some of the cleverest trick rid- ing ever seen on the Orpheum stage, or perhaps any stage for that matter, done by the Zarrow trio, using bi- c¥ycles, unicycles and mmdelcl-ipt:;1 The motion pictures, showing the San Francisco Fire Department in actl are splendid. hey deservedly a tracted more attention than is usual paid to moving pictures. The hold- over attractions on the programme are good, and are winning as much ap- plause this week as they did last. ——————— lRell:;».le ‘::. r:;gu $16 50. regular price 3 st only at 8. F. Gi Electric Co., 41 Post ,fl- s AUSTRALIA STRIKES AND GOES AGROUND Passengers and Crew Are Safe, But Big Ship May Be Total - . Loss. MELBOURNE, June 19. — The Peninsular and Oriental liner Australia, inward bound, struck on the rocks at Point Neapan to-day and it is feared she will be a total loss. The passen- gers and crew were landed safely. ———— poleon was inspiring his soldiers. It will be no trouble to cross the Alps,” he assured them. “We will sim- ply so belly-whacking down, like we did when we were boys.” X With a wild cheer they prepared to invade Italy.—New ¥ork Sun. ’ GOOD FIGURES SHOWN FOR ST. LOUIS FAIR Estimates Indicate That Nearly Half a Million Passed the Turnstile in a Week. 5 ST. LOUIS, June 19.—The following are the official figures of attendance at the World's Fair for the week end- ing June 18: Monday, 65,492; Tues- day, 75,143; Wednesday, 74,188; Thursday, 85,346; Friday, 87,994; Saturday, 87,024. Total, 475,187, —_—— London theater managers now make announcement to their audiences when |- the asbestos curtain is about to be lowered, according to law, lest the lowering of the curtain phight cause a panic, CARS COLLIDE "AT CROSSING Watt J. Breen Is Seriously Injured at Sixth and Market Streets in Crash SIGNALS ARE MISTAKEN Much Excitement Occasioned by Accident and Passen- gers Have Close Call As the result of a collision between an outbou line and a southbound Sixth street elec- tric car at the corner of Sixth and Market streets last evening Matt J. Breen of 16 Laguna street sustained serious injuries and the lives of a score ! of passengers were jeopardized. From the fact that the cars came together with terrific force it Is regarded as miraculous that only one was hurt. The accident, which occurred shortly before 6 o'clock, was due to a misinter- pretation of signals on the part of the operators of both cars. According to the rules of the United Rallroads cars on both lines are brought to a full stop at the crossing. This course was fol- lowed, but in some manner the motor- man of the electric car threw on the current at the same time the Castro street car started, with the result that the vehicles came together with a crash. Breen was sitting on the dummy of the cable car, deeply interested in read- ing a current periodical. He was un- aware of the danger until the cras and then it was impossible\to jump. The force of the collision broke the glass fronts of both cars and splintered the woodwork. The Castro street car was crowded and the passengers were | thrown into a great state of excitement. The streets in the vicinity were thronged and a large crowd soon gath- ered. Breen was extricated from the wreckage and removed in the ambu- lance to the Central Emergency Hos- pital. Upon examination it was found that he had sustained a compound frac- ture of the left leg below the knee, extensive lacerations on the same limb and a number of contusions and bruises on the hands. He was later removed by the United Railroads to the South- ern Pacific Hospital. John S. Neall, the motorman of the electric car, was placed under arrest on a charge of battery, but was subse- quently released on bail. —_————— KAISER WILHELM II BREAKS A RECORD North German Lloyd Steamship Low- ers the Time for Crossing the Atlantic. LONDON, June 19.—Captain D. Hogemann, commander of the North German Lloyd steamship Kaiser Wil- helm II, in a message by wireless tele- graph off the Lizard says: ““All records broken.” PLYMOUTH, June 20.—The steamer Kaiser Wilhelm IT arrived here at 1:57 o'clock this morning. The Kai;ek Wilhelm II sailed from New York June 14, clearing at Sandy Hook bar at about 8:07 a. m. Although this is not quicker than her previous time, her hourly average speed, which is figured to be about 23.62 knots, is greater. BRYAN SAYS PARKER FACTION WILL FAIL Nebraskan Declares That Opponents of New Yorker Will Be in Control. . NEW YORK, June 19.—Willlam J. Bryan arrived here to-night. He said he did not expect to see Charles F. Murphy or any leader of the anti-Park- er movement while in the city. He said: “The men who are opposed to Judge Parker's nomination will be in control at St. Louis. They will nominate the candidates and prepare the platform, and it will not be the New York plat- form or the New York candidates.” —_———————— PLANS ARE CAREFULLY LAID TO END LIFE Aged Man Arranges a Rifle So That It Will Not Fail to Kill REDDING, Juné 19.—Charles Wes- ley Richards, a pioneer of this coun- ty, who l'ved for fifteen years at Muletown off the income of property interests elsewhere, lay in a woodshed some time last night, put a muzzle- loaded rifle in his mouth, touched the trigger with a shingle, and his head was blown. off. Richards was over 80 years of age, but had been in bet- ter health and spirits during the past year than for many years. He leaves a nephew in San Francisco of the same name who is a practicing den- tist. nd car of the Castro street| MANT CRIMES IN SPOKANE Twenty Robberies and Hold- Ups Oceur Within the Lim- its of the City in One Day PEOPLE TERRORIZED Offenses Committed Are Va- ried and Chief of Police May Swear in Extra Men Special Dispatch to The Call. SPOKANE, Wash., June 18.—Twenty robberies and hold-ups in the limits of Spokane were reported to the police in the past twenty-four hours. An epi- ; demic of crime has struck the city. In most cases the thugs escaped. The latest robbery reported was at a Ger- man picnic in Minnehaha Park to-day. The robbers secured $40 from two vic- tims and started downtown on a car. | Three officers in citizens’ clothes | ing the pursuers were drunken men, | never stopped his car until the of- ficers were distanced. The crimes include every branch of | robbery from pocket-picking to| masked hold up. Porch climbing, | sneak thieves, padlock swindlers and | back yard thieves have been busy, with burglars making the bigges showing. No arrests of any import- ance have been made. Chief of Police Coverly talks of swearing in a force of special men. WILL ATTACK HAICHENG. Strong Reinforcements for Kuroki's Army Are Advancing. LIAOYANG, June 19.—The Jap- | anese continued to press the Russian forces returning from the battle of| Vafangow on the night of June 16. | They had remained at Vafangow all day and at night persistently pushed forward and tried to get around the | Russian right wing, which had borne the brunt of such heavy fighting the previous day. A terrific thunderstorm burst at night, rendering the roads almost im- passable. They were bad for the Rus- sians and equally so for the Japanese, who were unable to overtake the Rus- sian right. The Russians, therefore, were enabled to retire gradually to the north. | It is said here that General Kuroki, with the main force of the Japanese, is at Siuyen. It is said he intends uniting with the force advancing from the south and make a combined attack on Haicheng. | Further details of the fighting on June 15 show that the Russian advance on the Japanese position, when it was hoped that Lieuténant General Stakel- berg would drive back General Nodzu's army, was a brilliant affair. Soon af- ter dawn the Japanese were discover- ed in strong force on a hill north of Dyaiwo. The infantry was well en- trenched and supported by artillery. The Russian left was thrown forward | with reserves to clear the hill. They had a little over a mile of open country to cross, their only cover being two small hills and two shallow valleys. The Japanese concentrated a deady fire | as soon as the Russians reached the| open. { The Russians formed in open order and rushed from point to point, taking | advantage of every depression in the ground, dropping and firing, then ad- vancing again until they gained a hiil, where they halted for a breathing space. Over the hill the Japanese threw shrapnel, which burst with deadly ef- fect. Some squadrons lost every of- ficer killed and half the men wounded. The battle then became a hand-to- hand fight, with stones and gun butts, and the remainder of the Russians, tak- ing advantage of this diversion, gained the shelter of a neighboring ravine, but | were unable to hold the position in the face of the rain of shells and shrapnel | concentrated there by the Japanese | batteries. | The Japanese heavy guns silenced the artillery supporting the Russian attack. Thirteen Russian guns were smashed to atoms and their horses killed. A majority of their gunners weer killed or wounded. | The Japanese at this moment de- livered their main attack. The whole division- was thrown against the Rus- | sian centef and two divisions around | the right flank. right held out until 11 o’clock in the morning, when two regiments rushed to its assistance. The whole force then advanced, cheering, and actually ! rolled the Japanese advance back, but General Nodzu poured in fresh troops, regiment after regiment. The Russian commander saw that he was being enveloped and rallied | his reserves and retired in order. e ———— If you will take care of yourself, young man, it is possible to have fun without getting drunk. I i 1 | | only—same made. Rt‘,. 20c and 10c ulcan Parlor a package. Fresh: Misston Eggs, doz...20e Extra 1 arge, fancy white, guaranteed strictly fresh. Purity Olive Oil, quart bottle, 45¢; % sal. can, Pure California product. Reg. 65c and $1.10. Java and Costi W New, clover flavor— Ever hear of such honey bargain? Reg. 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