The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 14, 1904, Page 2

o THE S/ FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, JULY 14, 1904. SATS TESTATOR 145 TNSOTND Berkeley Woman Files Peti- tion to Have Dr. Washing- ton West's Will Set Aside]of a Japanese repuise at Port Arthur | s | With the loss ,000 men. The diss ¥ 2 o yPatch says: ESTATE IS ¥ ‘\[{LABI(L “News has been received from re- RS liable sources that the Japanese third e ! Taq | armY on the night of July 11 attacked | Petitioner § ays Brother Was | Port Arthur and was heavily defeated, Feeble in Mind "at” TImeTaa immense number being killed by the Instrument Was Made | fussian mines. The total loss is about ¢ N S 2 U Lo e 1w W tch to The Call of Berkeley , a sister of ‘the-late Dr. Washington West, to-day filed a ¥ with the Circuit Court asking t he w f Dr. West, which was probate abput ten days She alleges that at 1 was made her brother nd and health and that t is not his true will. worth $200,000. The es- in the hands of Gerrard administrator, since the d for probate last sum- s named as administra- beer n the nd he filed a bond for $400.0 T id have taken arge of excapt for the filing M petition, which ¢ ne the Probate Court pr an administrator pen- dente Crews appointed PORT ARTHUR FLEET ACTIVE. Admiral Withoeft's Ships Giving the Besiegers Much Trouble. PETERSBURG, July 13.—The t eves that Rear Admiral a rendering ef- the defense of Port Ar- ding the construction of on is rehips going out and shelling Japanese works un- | der construction for this purpose. The t wing ege guns to an ef-| ive ge can thus be materially retarde "he regards the naval atly improved and the J exhaustion. th panese fleet at he will have co-operation of Port Arthur, has atious about risk- 1d that at present he e operations of only sec- like a pursuit of squadron and co-op- land forces at New- n storming R e BRITISH FLEET LOCATED. King’s Warships Are Watching Devel- opments at Port Arthur. CHEFU, July 13.—The British fieet, the movements of which last week vere tinged with mystery, has been ated cruising in Yungching Bay, thirty miles from Weihaiwei. There is excellent authority for the state- ment that the fieet is watching devel- ents at Port Arthur. se refugees from Port Arthur » arrived here this afternoon report hat the Japanese have recaptured two of the positions near there, from which they recently were driven out by the Russians. ot SOOUTS NEAR MUKDEN. BROWN Are Believed to Be Directing Opera- tions of Chinese Bandits. LONDON, July 13.—According to a ial telegram from Liaoyang, the scouts have discovered fur- ther Japanese detachments in the val- ley of the Taitse River on the road to Mukden. The correspondent believes the Japanese in that vicinity intend to direct the operations of the Chinese bandits, who are concentrating in the surrounding valley for the purpose of raiding the railroad and blowing up bridges. -] S iint Japan Purchases Raliroad Material. TACOMA, July 13,—Shipments of rallroad materials In large quantity are due to leave Tacoma for Japan. Returning steamers bring the news that the material, in large part, is des- tined for the construction of shilitary rallroads in Korea and possibly Man- churia. Every steamship leaving Ta- coma during the last gix months has carried engines, boilers and other rail- road equipment. ————— FRENCH LEGISLATORS MAY FIGHT A DUEL Republican Issues Challenge Because a Socialist Called Him a “Jackanapes.” PARIS, July 13.—Deputy Cesbron, Republican, has challenged M, Ger- ault-Richard, Socialist Deputy from Guadalupe, to fight a duel. The lat- ter called M. Cesbron a “jackanapes” during the session yesterday. —_——— ENGLISH TO CONTINUE ADVANCE ON TIBET Brigadier General Macdonald Expects 0 Reach the Capital in Early Part of August. SIMLA, British India, July 13.— Erigadier General Macdonald expects to commence his advance on Lassa, the capital of Tibet, to-morrow and hopes to reach there about August 5. —_—— Object o California Fishermen. ASTORIA, Or, July 13.—A mass meeting of over 300 resident gill net fishermen was held here to-day for the purpose of devising means to prevent non-resident gill netters from Califor- nia fishing in the waters of the Colum- bia River. The fishermen decided to procure the arrest of a number of men who are fishing in the river in defiance of the law. which: won-residents. m” " - N The of- | Admiral Togo, | | ] 13.—Martha E. Sell } | alleges that | | | | 1 Bt [0 2o ST S I b - S Official Message serts That 30 at Port —t- STPETERSRBURG, July 13.—A spe- cial diepatch received from Mukden to- v night, dated July repeats the sto 30, There was great interest throughout Petersburg this evening for further details of the disaster. It has developed that the official report, which was at first supposed to emanate di- rectly from Viceroy Aléxieff, was not specifically fathered by him, but was all given out a report reaching his headquarters from “Japanese sources.” | What these sources are has not yet been explained. Possibly the report was intercepted by wireless telegraph; but it is more likely that it came from the Russian Consul at Chefu or the Russian ¢Consul at Tientsin. A full repor rom Lieutenant General Stoes- sel, commander of the military forces at Port Arthur. is awaited The general staff to-day gave out the following According to information derived)| from Japanese sources and received by Admiral Alexieff’s military staff, the Japanese attacked the Russian posi- tion at Port Arthur during the night| They were repulsed with | | enormous losse of July 10. It is difficult to cal- culate even approximately the number { of Japanese casualties, which amount- ed, it is said, to the immense figure of | The original report had reached St. Petersburg last night in the form of a newspaper dispatch from Mukden and was received with incredulity but at about noon, when Vice Admiral Alexieff telegraphed the news to the general staff, impression. It was immediately trans- mittel to the Official Messenger and a few minutes afterward -the newsboys were racifig through the streets, elec- trifying the crowds with- the tidings. The boys were fairly mobbed by per- sons eager to buy the extras. The members of the general staff do not offer explanations of what Ad- miral Alexieff means by ‘“Japanese sourdes,” but they declare that the Viceroy would mot have officially re- ported such important news unless it had reached him from sources entirely worthy of eredence. At the same time, they say the report should be accepted with reserve, pending the receipt of more definite advices. In support of the report, however, they point out. that the date coincides with the second at- tempt of Admiral Togo's torpedo-boat A it created a tremendous | From Viceroy As- ,000 Men Fell Arthur. royers to creep into the harbor. It true that Togo does not mention a attack, but this is not in his |4 land province. 0,000 of the besiegers in st fortifications and the approaches is considered quite ion mines with within the range of pc Japanese, as on other occasions, storm- sown ed the fortifications with their ac- customed recklessness, especially if the mines were exploded under masses of men. The general staff already had in- | fcrmation that the begiegers had occu- | pied Takushan Hill, three miles north- east of the harbor, but adds that the Japanese were unable to hold the posi- tion. If the report of the loss of 30,000 Jap- anese is confirmed General Nodzu's army is in desperate straits, as General Stoessel will not fail to take advantage of such a reverse and follow it up. LONDON, July 14.—The special dis- patches from correspondents at the seat of war published in this morn- ing’s London newspapers do not give any confirmation of the sensational re- ports of the Japanese losses at Port Arthur. MRS JAPANESE ENTRENCHING. Fortifications of Captured Town of Kaichou Are Strengthened. LIAOYANG, July 13.—After the oc- cupation of chou, the Japanese southern army was busily engaged in entrenching. Detachments of the Jap- anese are reported by General Mist- chenko to be at Hoiziapudza and ad- vancing toward Siadian and Tang- chia, their advance posts reaching | Koutiastze. The total Japanese force on this front, according to the Rus- sian scouts, is not less than four or five divisions. The Japanese cavalry is concentrated on the left flank. The Japanese outposts north of Siu- yen have been extended to Pha Pass. No changes have been made in the | positions of the eastern army. A Jap- anese fleet is reported to be cruising off the mouth of the Liao River. A U GREAT BRITAIN MAY PROTEST. K2 Passage of Dardanelles by Russian Ships Is Under Consideration. LONDON, July 13.—There is rea- son to believe that the Foreign' Office is giving serious consideration to the question of the passage of the Darda- nelles by vessels of the Russian vol- unteer fleet, and if the reports of the operations of the St. Petersburg, one of the ships which recently passed through the str in searching two British vessels in the Red Sea are of- ficially confirmed, protests may be | 1odged both in Constantinople and in ISt. Petersburg. with | ssibility, if the! Sl wo General Kuropatkin Faces Two Immense Armies at Tatchekiao. Foe’s Forces Number One Hundred and Thirty Thousand Men. Kuroki Advaneing to Render | Assistance to Oku and Nodzu. ST. PETERSBURG, July 13.—Stead- |ily and cautiousty-General Oku’s army from the south and General Nodzu's |army from theé east are closing in on | Tatchekiao, where General Kuropatkin | is reported té be entrenched. One hun- dred and thirty thousand Japanese are involved in the movement. The next | few days will determine to what ex- | tent General “Kuropatkin intends to make a stand at Tatchekiao, possession | of which by the Japanese would com- pel the immediate evacuation of New- | chwang. The outposts of the armies | are scarcely fifteen miles apart. Lieutenant General Sakharoff reports that General Kuroki is massing his troops near the Pkhamlin Pass and moving out by both roads upon Hali- cheng. Heavy pressure from this quarter would render Tatchekiao un- tenable. g i BESIEGERS DRIV BACK. General Fock Attacks Foe’s Right Flank at Port Arthur. MUKDEN, Tuesday, July 12.—A dispatch received here from Port Ar- tur says that General Fock attacked the Japanese right flank on July 6 and drove the Japanese from their po- sition. The Russlan cavalry advanced as far as Nanga Pass. The Japanese are landing troops at Siaopingtao, about midway between Port Arthur and Port Dalny, on the east coast of the Liaotung Peninsula. The utmost confidence is felt at Port | Arthur of the ability of the garrison Ito hold out. RGO, MEAT FOR BROWN WARRIORS. jOne Million Pounds Shipped on the Steamship Shawmut. MINNEAPOLIS, Minn.,, July 13.— Advices received \at Northern Pacific headquarters state that the heaviest order on record of canned meat to cross the Pacific has been successfully delivered on the Pacific Coast and loaded aboard the steamship Shawmut for transportation from Puget Sound to Yokohama. The shipment consists {of a rush order for 1,000,000 pounds of canned beef for the subsistence de- partment of the Japanese army. It was handled from Chicago by the Northern Pacific in special trains of ! forty refrigerator cars. Valor of Brown Men Surprised at Motien Turns Defeat Into » Victory. / AT THE FRONT WITH GENERAL ‘| KUROKI'S FORCES, July 4—The brief and disastrous attempt of the Rus- sians-to overwhelm the small Japanese force which guarded the entrance to the Motien Pass was a bloody affair. The Japanese troops again exhibited their resourcefulness and courage and the Russigns again threw away many lives. The losses cannot be ascertained until the battlefield has been searched. The Japanese are still driving the enemy up the valley. The correspon- dent of the Associated Press saw enough to justify the estimate that the Russians had more than 200 men killed or wounded amd that casualfies” probably “would amount to 60. The Russians left 30 dead in front of and in the trench where the attack began. At this point they had an equal number’ of men severely wounded and the Japanese took several prisoners and captured 100 rifles. The Russians were seen carrying away two officers who had been either killed or wounded. SURPRISED BY RUSSIANS. Motien Pass opens upon a funnél- shaped slope which rises for a quarter | of a mile from the valley and which is flanked by hills. Thirty-six Japanese were quartered in a Chinese house near the bottom of the hfll and two com- panies of Japanese soldiers were in a trench a hundred yards long, located on the summit of the hill, which com- manded the approach. Two other com- panies of soldiers slept near this trench. Between 2 and 4 o'clock in the morn- ing, in complete darkness and with a heavy fog enshrouding tne hills, two battalions of the Tenth and Twenty- fourth East Siberian Regiments, to- gether with one hundred cavalrymen, approached the Japanese position. They surrounded the pickets and the outposts in the house and gained a po- sition from which to rush the trench. Several other Russian companies were so disposed that they could attempt a flanking movement on both the Japan- ese right and left. ‘When the fighting began the build- ing where the outposts were quartered | became a slaughter-house. The Jap- anese, aroused from t! sleep by the enemy, seized their swords and bay- onets to resist the attack. The Rus- sians were at such close quarters with the Japanese that,it was impo:sible (ur1 the latter to use their rifles. HAND-TO-HAND FIGHTING. The first fighting in the trench an in front of the trench was hand, to hand, and the Japanese who ran out to man the trench-were but half:clothed. The first Russian onslaught was re- pelled, but the Russians charged twice again within half an hour. The re- the Japanese | | mainder of the Japanese regiment, | however, td which the outposts and the | companies at the trench belonged, re- | inforced their comrades and began to | drive the Russians back. As soon as it was sufficlently light to | distinguish the enemy, two hours after the beginning of the fight, the Jap- anese forced the Russians to retreat one mile down the valley. The trench and its approaches on the hillside were thickly covered with dead and wounded men. Blood spattered stones and grass | everywhere testified to the hotness of | the fighting. Chinese stretcher bearers, impassive under dropping bullets, were collecting the wounded and carrying them to an improvised hospital in a roadside tem- ple, where they were laid out in rows under huge painted and plastered gods. Japanese details, with trenching | spades, were burying the dead where { they fell, and Japanese soldiers were | bringing water to their own and the Russian wounded and fmpartially giv- | ing the wounded men cigarettes. | The firing continued during the aft- | ernoon, but gradually the sounds grew | more distant, indicating that the Rus- | sians were still retreating. e e S BLAMES “YELLOW” PRESS. War Expert Tells Why Japan Is Sup- pressing Correspondents. VICTORIA, B. C., July 13.—Wil- lam Kirton, war correspondent of the Central News and the London Graphic and a military critic of con- | siderable note, arrived here on the| Empress of Indias He claims that the real reason for the refusal of the Japanese to allow any war corre- spondents to go to the front was the fact that a number of “irresponsible and sensational American newspaper reporters,” who knew nothing about war or the duties of a war correspond- ent, had been sent out by certain American newspapers and that the Japanese included not only these per- sons in the ban of prohibition, but also, on their account, the trained and veteran war correspondents. says his statements are based on in- formation imparted to him by respon- sible Japanese officials, civil and mil- itary. JAPAN’S KAICHOU LOSSES. General Oku Says They Numbered Less Than 200 Men. LONDON, July 13.—A dispatch to the Japanese legation from Tokio to- day announces that General Oku re- ports that in the fights leading to the occupation of Kaichou the Japanese casualties from July 5 to July 7 were four men killed and twenty wounded. The casualties of the Japanese on Kirton | ALEXIEFF REPORTS ENORMOUS JAPANESE LOSSES LEAVES WEALTH 10 HIS FRIEND tune to Fellow Globe-Trot- ter and Amazes Relatives PR = BENEFICIARY 8T Paris Judge Suspects Chi- canery and Orders Ameri- YANKEE can Produced in Court PARIS, July 13.—A remarkable case in which George A. Church of Nayatt Point, R. I, is the cen 1 figure, is being heard by the tribunal of the Seine. M. Poulet, a wealthy Parisian capitalist, disappeared fourteen years ago during a voyage around the world. He left $260,000 in French bonds. After waiting the statutory period his heirs asked for a division of Thereafter a will was flied, Than-Glaia, Island of Java, January 1890, in which M. Poulet gave his entire estate to George A. Church Counsel for the heirs sought to create the impréssion that this was another case of mythical Crawfords, as in the the estate. dated Sim- Humbert case, while counsel for | Church mafntained that his client act- ually exists; being a retired New Eng- land merchant, who recently sailed from New York for Burope. Theéreupon the court asked that Church be presented to the court and adjourned the case until Friday to per- mit the presentation or production of other proofs of his identity. PROVIDENCE, R. L, July 13— George A. Church, named in Paris dis- patches as a claimant of the property of M. Poulet, a Parisian capitalist, was for many years a resident of Nayatt Point, near this city. He belongs to an old Rhode Island family, and is nearly 60 years of age. For several years he has spent his time in BEuropean travel, and during one of his trips made the acquaintance of Poulet. The two became Intimate friends and about fourteen years ago the Parisian visited Church at his Rhode Island home. It was shortly after this that Poulet started on his trip around the worid, during which he died at Buenos Ayres. For several years past Church has resided in New York —_—e—— Victory for Grand Trunk Bill OTTAWA, Ontario, July 13.—The Grand Trunk Pacific amended charter bill passed the Senate to-day without division. The bill authorizes the con- struction of a new transco ental line. —_———— July 8 and July 9 were about 150 men killed or wounded. All women follow the fashions, but some are a long distance behind ADVERTI! SEMENTS. 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