The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 15, 1904, Page 2

THE SAN FRANCISCO CAL FRIDAY, SAVES MA ARMY FROM DISASTER| —— Kaichou Retreat With a Loss of Only One Hundred Men. Japanese Suffer Heavily in Pursuit of the Retir- ing Slavs. ' Czar’s War Chief Will Con- centrate His Forces at Liaoyang. §T. PETERSBURG, July 15.—People who had begun to grumble at Genral Kuropatkin are inclined now to take the opposite view, which is voiced by a trained military expert, who says the | retreat from Kaichou was a master- plece in tactics. This expert sees in Kuropatkin's strategy the flawless car- rying out of military science, a depart- ure from which would have precipl- tated disaster. In this light General Etakelberg’s march appears to have been a stroke of genius, since he kept in contact with the enemy, prevented a juncture of the Japanese armies and generally retarded the Japanese plans both in Lisotung peninsula. The transfer of General Kuropatkin's etaff to Tatchekiao and the appearance of great activity there “bluffed” the Jepanese into devoting all their atten- tion to that quarter, Jeaving the more wvaluable line from Liaoyang to Muk- den alone Even if there be no battle at Tatche- | kiao or Haicheng, the Russians are | now looking forward with entire con- | fidence to the concentration of General Kuropatkin's force around Liaoyang, which will mark the successful term- | ination of the first stage of his cam- paign TATCHEKIAO, Monday, July 11— The Russian retreat from Kaichou with the loss of only 100 men and the in- fliction of.h losses on the Japanese was brilliant feat, of which General Kur kin marked his appreciation by conferring decorations on every of- ficer present Dawn of June 28 revealed the Jap- enese in such force that it was neces- withdraw. The retreat was out in the face of tremendous Only the road north, the Japanese batteries and a cl conspicuous gate, used ear this gate stood Stakelberg, directing the op- sary to car difficu ewep barre sy, Russian batteries, clev- d, disturbed the Japanese and as a result their projec- mas A short. The bombardment last- v b Shells were flying over hou, but the Chinese concerned and carried on s as if nothing unusual was occ & There was a critical moment when the bulky comm riat wagons had to pass the exposed narrow gateway. The i to take advantage of d repeatedly attacked nk, but they were beat- Japanese began to press the rear fter the majority of the Rus- troops had gone north and Colonel with a battery, came 2 He posted his guns near the eway and fired 500 rounds with ter- effect upon the advancing Jap- The Japanese gunners at first fired wildly, but finally found the ge, a well-aimed shell killing Count Neirod, who was standing - beside Colonel Krauz. The Russian guns were then removed Two companies that remained at Kaichou had to fight their way north with bayonets. The Chinese at Kaichou gave the Japanese an enthusiastic reception, < ting the streets and houses. i MONTANA MURDERER WILL GET NEW TRIAL Two Men Stand for Acguittal in the Case of J. S. Keerl, Who Killed Barkeeper. HE M July 14.—After being cut fc hours, the jury in the case of the State against J. S. Keerl, charged with murder, reported to-day that it could not agree and was discharged. Ten of the jurors favored a verdict of guilty. Keerl, formeriy Montana Society of president Civil of the this State, shot and killed a barkeeper, Thomas Crystal, in April, 1903. The defense was insanity. He was con- wicted of murder in the second degree and sentenced to life Imprisonment, but was granted a new trial on errors of the court. Chas. Keilus & Co. Box sl u s iy High-Grade Clothiers No Branch Stores. No Agents, MORE PRODUCTIONS FROM THE BRAIN-TREE OF SMART CLOTHES HAVE JUST ARRIVED, DISTINCTIVE MODELS CORRECTLY TAILORED, AND A FEW NEW KINKS. KUROPATKIN’S GENIUS - Effected, the north and south of the, to the | - | their rooms, {the doors Engineers | and a prominent mining engineer of | IN RUSSIAN ————— | {Japanese Continue Their Ad- | vanee Toward Foe's [ New Position. o e Kuropatkin’s Rear Guard | Will Make a Stand at | . [ Tangchi. | Movement Haicheng. ETRIa v S8T. PETERSBURG, July 14.—A tele- gram from Lieutenant General Sakha- | roff, reviewing thé situation yesterday, {notes the continued Jananese advance on Tatchekiao and continuous fighting | along the Siuyen roads converging on | Tangchi, ten miles southeast of Tatch- | kiao. The Russian outposts apparently : were not offer either side of the S the line of rious resistance on ven roads or along Oku's advance. There may slight collision at | Tangchi, where General Kuropatkin | probably has stationed his left wing rear guard. The Japanese are utilizing Kaichou to land supplies. General Sakharoff also reports the | appearance of General Kuroki's out- | posts considerably south of Liaoyang. | This 18 an indication of a general flank- ing movement on Haicheng. | | The Japanese northern outposts are | | falling back on Saimatza, probably due General be a | nenkampft. | | R T | WORD FROM PORT ARTHUR. | Undated Dispatch Says There Is No Change in the Situation. 5 | TATCHEKIAO, Wednesday, July 13. { The following was received from Port | Arthur to-day: | “There is no change in the position of affairs. Fresh provisions arrive daily. There are constant skirmishes !in which the enemy suffer the most | losses. We have no wounded or seri- | ously ill. On the surrounding hills the | Chinese are constantly heliographing. ! “The Japanese have issued orders | that instead of attempting to make prisoners of the Russians they are to | | be shot.” The foregoing is probably the un- dated dispatch sent from Port Arthur to Tatchekiao and from there to St. Petersburg, referred to in the press dispatch from the latter place, review- | ing the situation. It will be noted that | there §s no direct communication be- tween Tatchekiao and Port Arthur, and there is no explanation as to how the message was sent. =5 AR Japanese Seize Contraband Cargo. | THEFU, July 14.—The China Mining | and Engineering Company's steamship Haiping, from Shanghai July 8, was captured by the Japanese eight miles | north of Chefu this morning, laden with contraband of war. % - SOLDIERS MAKE TROUBLE AT A SUMMER RESORT Drunk Artillerymen Shoot Out Lights, Terrorize Hotel Guests and Escape. NEW YORK, July 14.—Armed with twenty artillerymen said to | be from Fort Totten, Willets Poirt, have given the summer residents in the neighborhood of Great Neck, L. L, | a taste of early life on the frontier. | After spending some time about the saloons, which they visited on leave of absence from the post, they began to shoot out street lamps and finally took possession of five summer hotels along the shore front. Terrified guests were driven to where they barricaded Mirrors, glasses and bot- | tles behind the bars were made tar- gets. One proprietor who remor- strated was bound and thrust into a closet. revolvers, After amusing themselves for a time the men started for the dock, two miles away. The road Lighted its entire length by electric (amps. Not one lamp was left unbroken. Meantime a posse of citizens started in pursuit, but the soldiers reacned their boats first and escaped. | AR e { | COLORED MURDERERS | GO TO THE GALLOWS Two Negroes Pay Death Penalty for Foul Crime Committed on New Year's Eve, PITTSBURG, July 14.—John Johns- | ton and Frank Ousley, colored, were hanged here together to-day for the murder of James Donnelly, a Herron Hill grocer, on the night of last New Year's eve. in the presence of his | daughter and aged father-in-law. The negroes entered the store and John- ston asked Miss Donnelly for a loaf of | bread, while Ousley walked toward the | money drawer. Miss Donnelly called | to her father, who started toward Ous- | ley, and as he did so he was shot| | through the heart by Johnston. Johns- | | ton confessed te committing four other murders. | The execution was witnessed by a | son of James Donnelly. As the trap | was sprung a member of the jury and two spectators fainted. —_—— HEAVY TRANSFER OF BANK STOCK IS MADE Two Thousand Shares of it. Louis Trust and Savings Sold to IMi- ] nois Institution. ST. LOUIS, July 14.—More $400,000 was caried in satchels two messengers who accompanied Henry D. Sexton, president of the Southern Illinois National Bank, when he went to the offices of the St. Louis Trust and Savings Bank and bought about 2000 of its 2500 shares, valued at $562,500. Par value, or $225 a shars, was paid for those already purchased and the same amount will be paid for the remainder, which Sexton has arranged to acquire for the Southern Illinois Nidtional Bank by Saturday. than Ly | Kuroki Is Attempting Flank; Toward [ | | | | JUL 15, 1904, attend our great NOTE... State: Altemtion Sale. dous sel-ling. tory of 'Qur great Alteration Sale. to-morrow will be big days at ROOS BROS. 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NCY HOSE—odds and 35¢. 3 pairs $1.00. —odds and ends. les and Kids. $2 and reliable Regulation wn, ring this sale at $§12.50. OF GREAT SLAUGHTER OF JAPANESE IN PORT ARTHUR BATTLE Private Advices Confirmatory of the Rumor Are Received From Various Sources, but Not a Word Comes From the Commander of the Liaotung Stronghold’s Garrison. Continued From Page 1, Column 5. municate the report to staff it must be true. DOUBTFUL WORDING OF REPORT The Associated Press learns the War Office had some hesitation in giving out the dispatch, owing fo its doubtful wording. It is contrary to the custom the general | of the War Office to publish statements made with such reserve as Alexieff thought fit to adopt. The rejoicing in the Russian capital is increased by a foreign dispatch con- firming the Japanese reverse. The question is eagerly asked if the Rus- sians took advantage of the Japanese discomfiture to follow up the blow and inflict & crushing defeat, with poss sibly the capture of the siege guns. Under yesterday’'s date, the cerre- spondent of the Associated Press with the Russian headquarters at Liaoyang, whose telegrams heretofore havg been conservative and reliable, announec: the reception there of the “joyful news” of the brilliant repulse of the Japanese assault upon Port Arthur, with a loss Viceroy | of 20,000 men. The report says whole masses of the enemy were blown up with mines and adds that the Russian losses were 1800, and that Major General Fock pursued the Japanese to Nanga Pass. The correspondent says that the re- ports are causing general rejoicing and concludes: “It is believed that General Oku will now retreat to the south.” It is possible that the correspondent is confusing Major General Fock's pursuit with the attack rnade by him on"July 5 on the Japanese right flank, when he was also reported to have | driven back the enemy to Nanga Pass. i FIGHTING AT TATCHEKIAO. Slight Engagements Between the In- fantry and Artillery Arms. TATCHEKIAO, Wednesday, July 13.—It was expected that the Japan- ese would attack this morning. The Russian guns were heard to the east of Tatchekiao at 6 o’clock. The Jap- anese did not reply. Russian scouts have ascertained that the valley of Kadjourki, south of Tatchekiao, almost to Gadjoy, is clear of Japanese. Further intelligence brought in by scouts says that the Japanese are retiring to the mountains L and moving northeast in the direction of Haicheng and also farther north. The roadsto Yinkow are not im- peded. The Russians have captured some Chinese bandits led by a Japanese of- ficer, also taken prisoner, who had dispatéhes showing that in the battle of July 4 the Japanese lost more than 700 men. It is reported that the Japanese Have five divisions and 200 guns and that they have been placing siege ‘Buns in readiness for a determined battle. Two Japanese battalions ‘tentative attack on July 11. They Wwere met by one Russian battalion ‘and two companies of cavalry, with made a }twe guns, and were driven off with considerable loss. The Russian guns did not give the Japanese artillery a chancé to occupy the position for -which it had been maneuvering. The Japanese fired a few shots, which caused no damage. On July 12 the Japanese shelled Major General Mistchenko's position at intervals throughout the day, but their shots all went wild. The Russians, who dld‘ not reply, had not a single casualty. It Was General Mistchenko's saint’s nameday and the soldiers attributed their immunity to special interposition. The day was marked by an impressive religious ceremony. Many troops had Just previously come sixty miles across the hills in a single march. The whole command filed past the great church tent with bared heads and rifles to the left ghoulder, saluting the flag as they went by. The massed regimental choirs and ‘bands chanted “Save, O God, Thy People” and the thousands of soldiers took up the refrain. The priests raised theéir crosses and sprinkled and blessed the regimental colors. Then a short but fervent prayer in behalf of the Em- peror was said, in which the men Joined, many of the voices breaking as the responses were uttered. The pa- radé was then dismissed. 2 SIS WAR CHEST NOT EMPTY. Russian Agent Denies That Another . Loan Is to Be Floated. LONDON, July 14.—M. Routkowsky, the financial attache of the Russian embassy here, returned to London to- day from St. Petersburg, where he con- ferred with Interior Minister Plehwe and the Minister of Finance. He said: “There is absolutely no foundation for the report that Russia is trying to float another*loan—none whatever. My Government is not in neéd of money. It has not touched for military pur- poses a single franc of the loan con- cluded in France some time ago. Nearly all the money obtained through that loan lies to-day in French banks. . “There is nothing in the report that Jewish bankers have informed Russia that they will not participate in a loan unless - concessions are made to the Jewish subjects of the empire, but at- tention should be called to the fact that Jewish bankers did not participate openly in the lodn floated in France, although I have learned since that, finding it a good investment, they bought large blocks of bonds. As a matter of fact measures have already been taken for the relief of the Jews and more are now under consideration, in pursuance of the Emperor's ukase of last year, without relation to the war."” e s oo DISGUISED AS MERCHANTMEN. Volunteer Ships Had Guns Aboard ‘When Passing the Dardanelles. ST. PETERSBURG, July 14.—The nature of the mission of the volunteer fleet steamships St. Petersburg and Smolensk, now in the Red Sea, is be- ing carefully guarded by the authori- ties here. They passed through the Dardanelles quietly as merchant ships, but there is reason to believe they had guns on board. The exit of the vessels through the Dardanelles is fot regarded by the authorities as a violation of the treaty of Paris. The reports from Suez that the ships, which are heavily laden with coal, are awaiting the arrival of the Baltic fleet may have some foundation, but it is also considered likely that in the meantime it is their purpose fo intercept contraband cargoes destined for the Japanese. e e KUROPATKIN MAY RETREAT. ‘Haicheng leel_y to Be Scene of War's Greatest Battle. ST. PETERSBURG, July 14.—It is not improbable that fighting is now progressing at Tatchekaio, advices showing the Japanese were within a few miles of that place, coming up in two columns from the south. The ex- tent of the Russian resistance will probably be determined by the charac- ter of General Kuroki's and General Nodzu's advance on Haicheng. A large force of Japanese within striking dis- tance of Haicheng would render it im- | possible for the Russian commander in chief to remain at Tatchekiao, in which event there would be a fight at Hai cheng, the result of which will be much more important than the recent ene-| gagment at Kaichou. g ke DARING OF JAPANESE SCOUTS. Disguised as Chinese Ride | Through Newchwang Streets. NEWCHWANG, Wednesday, July 13.—It is reported that the Japanese troops advancing on Kaichou have in- trenched and are awaiting reinforce- ments. Heavy firing is heard day and | night, proving that the Russians are; making a stubborn resistance. Rus sian officers who come from New- chwang frequently from Tatchekaio say that that place is well fortified. There are only a few soldiers here. The gunboat Sevoutch is still in the river Liao and it is believed that she will resist should the Japanese attempt to take Newchwang. Her officérs and crew say they will never surrender. Last night two Japanese scouts dressed as Chinese rode on horseback through the city. b G SLAVS TO WEAR CUIRASSES. Czar Will Protect His Soldiers Against Japanese Bullets. MILAN, Italy, July 14.—The Rus- sian Government has ordered 100,000 breast plates from a local company engaged in the manufacture of cui- rassiers. The cuirass is a pliable breastplate weighing about ene pound, measuring a little less than half an iInch in thickness and capable of resisting bullets. The inventor gave a demon- stration before the Emperor last win- ter in St. Petersburg. RS 7 FETE IN SKRYDLOFF'S HONOR. Two VLADIVOSTOK, July 14.—Vice Ad- miral Skrydloff received a great ova- tion at a fete to-day under the auspices of the Thirtieth Rifle Regiment. The horses were removed from his carriage, which was then hauled by officers and | general | Anglo-German arbitration treaty sign- ! cial statement men of the regiment. After the bar quet the admiral telegraphed to Ger eral Kuropatkin that the assembly had drunk to his health, adding “The toast was received with tre mendous applause, a tribute to strategy and tactical ability. T am glad o be able to communicate this faet t you. your - ian Treaty Expeeted. PETERSBURG, July 14.—The impre: here that th Anglo-Ru ST. jon is ed on Tuesday will be followed soon by a similar arrangement between Rus- sia and Great Britain. Reform With a String to It ST. PETERSBURG, July 14.—An offi. regarding the imperial decree abolishing the system of con- demning political prisoners by admin- istrative order shows there is a reser- vation in “exceptional cases. ADVERTISEMENTS. (in @itractive Woman NEEDS A CLEAR COMPLEXION. _’5‘3" We E.quclallx Recommend Cavses THE BLooD TO CIRCULARE MAKES THE SKIN HEALTHY. SOLYD BY ALL DRUGISTS. -~