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

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, JULY 20, 1904, ANA IN CAUCASIS Armenians and Georgian.s Are Resorting to Assassi- nation toObtain Autonomy MURDER THEIR WEAPON —— Andreiff the Fifth Vietim of Revolutionary Plotters Within Fourteen Months Specia! Dispatch to The Call, ODESSA, July 18.—Another jllustra- tion of the sanguinary programme of the persecuted people of the Caucasus s the explanation given of the assas- {natior Andreiff, Vice Governor of , the fifth vietim of Cau- flection within Formerly the St. Petersburg Govern- ment contrived to keep the Georgians &nd the A ians, who constitute the greater part of the population of | Trenscaucasia, mutually hostile, not- withstanding that they are both Chris- and both revolutionary. rgians and the Armenians intained liberation move- ments and have had organizations at home which supported journals in Ge- | neva and Paris, but they have hated &nd distrusted each other. About two years ago leaders of the races evolved & plan for co-operation, including Georgians, Armenians, Cir- cassians and Tartars—the whole revo- lutio: population of the Caucasus, #ome 4,000,000 souls. Autonomy is now the cry of all Assassination is their initial policy. It was begun when Georgian workers | illed Viadeneff, chief of communica- tion in the Caucasus. His murderer was nmever captured. The Circassians followed with the murder of a chief of pol They also escaped arrest. ST. PETERSBURG, July 19. — The Eviet says the assassination of Vice Governor Andreiff of Elizabethpol, which occurred on the evening of the 17th 1 t, undoubtedly was due to & political plot, but whether the crime itted by Armenians or an- not clear. So frequent are becoming that the Sviet measures to prevent crimes ssks for special heir recurrence. WARRENS T0 AVOID A CONTEST, —_— 7. Continued From Page 1, Column plained the sit- eir explanation must be torney Hiram W. Johnson, who, as Le attorney of Henry Schander of Sac- ramento, Miss Dolbe s uncle, is look- ® o to hurry the compromise, is ill & Albert M. Johnson, »k s associa with him in prac- d be well e al days be- ugh to pro- investigation to de- hare his client should Albert M. Johnson contest that might Miss Dolbeer’s will on the ground that she und mind at the time of ny 1 over CHARGE NoT gation that ¥ CONSIDERED. Miss Dolbeer had influenced by Miss Etta devisee of the bulk of de- estate, had not been consid- Johnson said. That phase of An M. Warren sedent’s Mr he uld require extended in- restigati and could not be under- aken w Hiram W. Johnson returns, £ the pr d compromise faile to be aranged. Albert M. Johnson said no atended exs mination of the will had seen made v him for the purpose of discc any irregularities that night be found in its execution. These ers will be attended to at the prop- 2 he concluded. a cousin of de- e will gives $10,000, all callers yester- Her mother was a sister of Miss Dolbeer’s mother. Were Mrs. Roche flive to-day she would occupy the same Ratus as an heir-at-law of the testatrix & do Henry and Adolph Schander, ¥ho have jon to sh: Roche, ther, it is said, claims a large por- fon of the wealth left by the suicide. fer father, John J. Roche, a local at- brney, will ook out for her interests. Attorneys Pillsbury and Williamson, fepresenting the executors, said yes- erday that they had received no form- @ notice that a contest of decedent’s £ill would be instituted and no intima- fon that any other than that threat- med Monday by Henry Schander was ontemplated. vering e decedent’s estate. Miss < _ADVERTISEMENTS. AT THE BAR. When you don’t feel well ask for Red Dragon Seltzer. HEADACH Red Dragon Seltzer Co., New York, ific Agency, 118 Hoiery s B, F. fourteen | nounced their determina- | as successor in interest to her | RCAY RIFE IFOUR THOUSAND JA TR SRS KUROKI'S MEN OUTGENERAL AND OUTFI GENERAL KUROKI'S HEAD- |QUARTERS IN THE FIELD, via | Fusan, Monday, July 18.—More Russian troops were engaged in yesterday’s Ihnue at Motien Pass than in pre- vious engagements, There were prob- ably double the number of those who took part in the fight at the Yalu River, | while opposed to them were only one | brigade and one battalion of the Jap- | anese forces. The Russian loss is esti- | mated at 2000. The burial of the dead | continues. The Japanese casualties ag- | gregated 300. The engagement has conspicuously demonstrated the wonderful efficiency ‘Ior the Japanese infantry. They proved incomparably the better marksmen and greater in initiative, and they out- fought and outgeneraled the Russlaml on every point. NEWCHWANG, July 19.—Hard fight- | ing has been going on for several days in the neighborhood of Tongschu, eight miles east of Tatchekiao. It is report- ed that the Russian loss in last night's engagement was 2100 and the Japanese loss 1200. The Japanese also have been in active contact with the Russians | east of Haicheng, where there have been many minor actions. All along General Kuropatkin's front and flank the Japanese are moving into position, but the general attack is be- ing postponed until supplies and rein- forcements come to the front. Prog- ress along the muddy roads and moun- tain passes is slow. JAPANESE OUTNUMBERED. { TOKIO, July 19.—The Russian at- tempt to retake Motien Pass on July | 17 was not productive of a general en- | gagement, nor was it marked by serious jlosses. There were, however, a series ! of desperate small encounters. The Japanese guarded their positions about the pass with a company on outpost. These men resisted stubbornly the Rus- sian advance and awaited the arrival | of reinforcements. Whenr these arrived | they joined in the general attack. The | outpost detachment stationed at Hslamatang held its position all day long. It was largely outnumbered by | the enemy and every commissioned and | non-commissioned officer was wounded, | as were a majority of the men. ‘ The attack on Motien Pass began at 8 o'clock in the morning. The Rus- sians engaged the outposts and the Japanese at once went into action. | The Japanese artillery, posted on the heights to the northwest of Wufing- kuan, opened on the enemy and the Japanese outposts retired gradually. The Russian cavalry galloped forward and deployed along the ridge to the | west of the pass. Two hours later, at 5 o'clock,” the entire Japanese line was engaged. The Russians were con- stantly receiving reinforcements and | finally they had four regiments in BC-; tion. They outnumbered the Jap-| anese. PURSUE RETREATING FOE. The Russians made vain endeavors to envelop the Japanese left. At this point the Japanese occupied the sum- mit of Motien Mountain and they re- sisted desperately the efforts of the enemy to ‘dislodge them. ‘When the Russians finally retreated | they were pursued by the entire Jap- |anese line. Seven battalions of the | enemy made & halt on the heights of | Tawan and with four guns checked | the Japanese pursuit. | One company of Japanese soldiers, reconnoitering from Hsiukailing, en- countered and engaged three bat-| talions of Russians. It fought until | | reinforced by four more companies, when the Russlans were repulsed. The Japanese seized and held the heights east of Makemenza. The attack on Hslamatang began at 8 o'clock in the morning. A battalion of Russian iInfantry and a squadron of cavalry assaulted the Japanese | company on the outpost there. The | Russians received reimforcements un- til they were a regiment strong. The Japanese resisted doggedly. All their officers were either killed or wounded, but still the men fought on. The Jap- anese finally received reinforcements and the Russians retired at 6 o’clock in the afternoon. JAPANESE LOSS IS SMALL. Eight companies of Russian infantry |{and a body of cavalry attacked the‘ | Japanese position at Chiaton. The Jap- | anese there were reinforced by a com- | pany of infantry and a company of ! engineers, and the Russians were re- | pulsed. In his report on the fighting General Kuroki says that the Russians number- ed about two divisions, and were form- ! ed of parts of the Third and Sixth Si- berian Sharpshooters, the Ninth and | another infantry division. | The Japanese lost four officers and thirty-nine men killed and fifteen offi- cers and 241 men wounded. The cas- ualties all occurred in the Second Di- | vision. General Kuroki mentions, but {he does not enumerate, the trophies | captured. He estimates the Russians’ | losses as exceeding his own. ' | ST. PETERSBURG, July 19.—The | War Office has no further details of |the Russian repulse at Motien Pass. | The loss of men, which it is freely ad- : | mitted will probably- be considerably |in excess of General Kuropatkin's fig- (ures given out last night, is greatly | deplored. But evidently the engage- ment at least served the purpose of demonstrating that General Kuroki's | army has been heavily reinforced north and the general staff is now inclined | to believe that the Japanese command- | er may have decided that a frontal at- | tack from the south is inadvisable and is concentrating his forces for a direct attack on Liaoyang. S ST RUMORED URCHASE OF SHIPS. Russia Sald to Have Reinforced the Viadivostok ST. PETERSBURG, July 19.—A story has been going the rounds the last couple of days that three cruisers built at the Schichau works and re- jected by Germany were transferred to the Russian service anfl joined the Viadivostok squadron. One of the cruis- ers and a torpedo-boat, it is added, !struck mines and went down. The | | GHT THE SLAVS Win Victory and Inflict Heavy Losses in Struggle Against Superior Numbers at Motien Pass and Escape With Comparatively Insignificant List of Casualties. story is not confirmed. The Admiralty has no news of any vessel having been lost at Vladivostok. e COSSACKS CAPTURE VILLAGE. Surprise a Japanese Camp and Put Its Occupants to Flight. TATCHEKIAO, July 19.—Captain Dashkin, with a company of Cossacks, struck the Japanese at Tzinshilinp on July 16. Unseen, the company occu- pied a peak overlooking the Japanese camp, from which it drove the Jap- anese with a plunging fire. The Jap- anese lost one officer and many men were seen to fall. During the retreat the Japanese were reinforced by two companies, but these were driven off by the Russians, who occupied the vil- lage without the loss of a man. Ambuscades and surprises are of everyday occurrence. The Russians are losing no opportunity to worry their foes. The Japanese seem to be moving their forces northeastward in the di- rection of Hiuyan and Simouchen. Fresh guns, mules and ammunition are being brought up daily and Sent to points where the Japanese expect to give battle. The movement eastward is much impeded by Russian attacks. At Siatzatun and Galtziatun the Russian gunners shelled the Japanese camps and drove out the troops in dis- order. Many were killed or wounded and large supplies were abandoned. Another Japanese party was surprised at Kaimahe and Tunchemain while marching in the mountain defiles to Join General Nodzu. The Russians advanced two miles to- day by occupying a position evacuated by the Japanese. SREERE BALTIC FLEET SOON TO SAIL.' Admiral Parenago Holsts His Flag on the Battleship Borodino. ST. PETERSBURG, July 19.—Rear Admiral Parenago has been appointed to supervise the completion of the prep- arations of the Baltic squadron. The battleship and cruiser divisions are now in Kronstadt Roads. Admiral Pa- renago hoisted his flag on the battle- ship Borodino, which will join Rear Admiral Voelkersam’'s division when the squadron sails. The other battleships in the road- stead include the Alexander 1II, Oslay- bia, Navarin and Sissol Veliky and the | Admiral Nakhimoff, which, although a cruiser, is attached to the battleship division. The cruiger division is under the command of Rear Admiral Enquist and includes the Aurora, Dmitri Donskoi, Svietlana and Alma. The strictest pre- cautions are taken to protect the ships from possible danger. The squadron is surrounded from sunset to sunrise by a cordon of guard- boats as though the Japanese warships were in the vieinity. Vice Admiral Rojestvensky, who is to command the Baltic squadron, has not yet hoisted his flag. He is still at St. Petersburg. The departure of the squadron is be- lieved to be imminent. A 5 WOMAN BACK FROM WAR. Mrs. Carrie Milne Was in Viadivostok During the Bombardment. SANTA ROSA, July 19.—Among the arrivals in this city last evening was a woman who has had a thrilling ex- perience in Vliadivostok, where she was a resident for five years. She is Mrs. Carrie Milne, whose mother, Mrs. J. J. Archer, and grandmother, Mrs. M. J. Kise, reside in this city. Mrs. Milne came direct from the Russian city, having been forced to leave because of the war. She was there when the Jap- anese bombarded the city and with many others she sought refuge behind a friendly mountain which towers near Vladivostok. Mrs. Milne was the only woman pas- senger on the last train leaving Viadi- vostok before the Japanese cut off communication by rail at that time. Mrs. Milne declares timt Russia will eventually win in the present struggle, but that the Japanese at the present time are singularly successful. She avers, however, that the latter are not winning all the battles reported as be- ing won by them, this being at- tributable in some degree to the work of their press censors. ARG gt e AMERICA OFFERS SERVICES. ‘Will Aid in Protecting the Seals at Kommander Islands. ST. PETERSBURG, July 19.—The United States has informed Russia that she will be glad to join Great Britain in the prétection of the seals at the Kommander Islands. This act doubtless will make the best impres- sion. It is understood that Russia will communicate her answer in a few days. <3 SR T el STILL HOLD NEWCHWANG. Russian Troops Return After Flight ¥From Imperiled Town. TIENTSIN, July 19.—About 1500 | Russian troops returned to New- chwang on Monday night. The Jap-|| anese forces are reported to be six miles inland. The Russian gunboat _pendently of Great Britain. Sivouch is now high and dry in the upper reaches of the Newchwang River. ML G Lecture on Russia To-Night. The first lecture by one of the sum- mer school faculty of the State Uni- versity in this city will be delivered to-night under the’ auspices of the Mechanics’ Institute at the Mechanics’ Pavilion Art Gallery on the subject of “Russia and the Present War.” It will be by Archibald Cary Coolidge, Ph. D., assistant professor of history at Harvard. Professor Coolidge is noted as a specialist on the subject of Rus- sia. He was acting secretary 'of the merican legation at St. Petersburg 1890-91; was private secretary to his uncle, T. J. Coolidge, Minister to France, 1892, and was secretary to the American legation at Vienna in 1893, e, There is no merit in the wait-till-I- get-a-chance forgiveness MERCHANTMEN ARE THE PREY OF WAR CRAFT Seizures of Vessels- Occur Daily in Both Near and Far East. Russia ‘Will Disavow the Taking of Mail From German Liner. ’, SHANGHAI, July 19.—The British steamship Lienshing, which arrived here from Weihaiwei to-day, reports that she was signaled by the steam- ship Peiping (owned by the Chinese Engineering and Mining Company of Shanghai), - whose commander asked the Lienshing 'to advise the owners of the Peiping that the ship and cargo had been captured by the Japanese cruiser Hongkong and that the vessel was proceeding to Japan with a prize crew on board. The news of the cap- ture of the Peiping was communicated to the British admiral, whose squadron is anchored in Yungching Bay. SUEZ, July 19.—The Peninsular and Oriental steamship Malacca, captured in the Red Sea, has arrived here flying the Russian naval flag. She is now in command of a Russian naval officer and carries a prize crew from the vol- unteer fleet steamship St. Petersburg. The Malacca entered the canal to-day on her way to Libau, on the Baltic. The company’s’ agent attempted to board the vessel, but the Russian com- mander refused him admission. BERLIN, July 19.—Russia has not yet answered the German protest against the seizure of the mails of the Prinz Heinrich by the Smolensk, but the Fqreign Office confidently expects a disavowal of the 4ction of the com- mander of the Smolensk. The Foreign Office informs the press that the seizure of mails included Eng- lish and Italian sacks. The Foreign Office points out that the diplomatic = situation created by the seizures is not adapted for common treatment by Germany and England, since the act ' of Russian vessels toward each country is too dissimilar. Germany is conducting her case inde- The offi- cials say that much less excitement prevails in the country than when Great Britain seized two German ves- sels during the Boer war. Neverthe- less, the officials emphasize the state- ment that Germany cannot submit to Russia’s treatment. LONDON, July 19.—In British circles the recent seizures and overhauling bf British ships in the Red Sea by the Russian volunteer fleet steamships Smolensk and St. Petersburg aie re- garded as very grave international in- cidents. The seizure of the Peninsular and Oriental steamer Malacca by the St. Petersburg and her arrival in the Suez canal as a prize of war, on her way to Libau, on the Baltic, have come as a climax and the Cabinet to-day was considering the course to pursue. The British law officers acknowledge the right of the Russians to seize and detain mails, provided that only offi- cial communications are taken, but they take the most serious view of the status of the two Russian ships pa- trolling the Red Sea and if any official action or protest ensues it will be chiefly in regard to the passage of these erstwhile merchant ships through the Dardanelles and thelr subsequent transformation into ships of war. In official circles strong comment is made in regard to Russia’s policy. It is regarded as impossible that the com- manders of the Smolensk and St. Petersburg were given full power, and the officials, therefore, are inclined to the grave conclusion that the Russian Government gave implicit instructions to the two commanders. The effect on the stock exchange to- day was seen in a heavy fall in con- sols and other gilt-edged securities, on fears of international complications. The dangers and difficulties of the matter are much commented upon in the newspapers which are practically unanimous in denouncing the “dubious and irregular character” of the volun- teer fleets. “If their actions are proved, as we believe, to be those of vaigar filibust- ers,” gaid the St. James Gazette, “they must be recalled by Russia’ or the skull ard cross bones must be run up and they will be fired upon whenever sighted.” Anohter element adding to the dan- gers of the situation is the attitude Japan may assume. The Pall Mall Gazette points out that if, as stated in dispatches from Constantinople, the Russian guardship Chernomoretz tra- versed the straits fully armed, “it would seem to justify Japan in regard- ing Turkey as an ally of Russia and invoking the terms of the Anglo-Ja- panese treaty. ST. PETERSBURG, July 19.—Ger- many has called attention to the seiz- ure-of the mails on board the Prinz Heinrich in the Red Sea on July 15 by the Smolensk and has requested ex- planations. These have not yet been given, the report of the commander of the Smolensk not having arrived. The restoration of the mails yesterday was made without instructions from St. Pe- tersburg. Russia, having declared communications intended for the Ja- panese to be contraband of war, main- tains the right to examine such mail, but does not contend for the right'to take such ‘general mail addressed to Japan, and unless peculiar ecircum- stances justified the selzure of the mails-on board the Prinz Helnrich the act will be disavowed. The first impression in diplomatic circles here that the action of the Rus- sian volunteer fleet vessels in stopping neutral ships in the Red Sea to search for contraband of war would not glve rise to complicatidhs is being super- seded by the view, which there is good reason to believe is well founded, that, instigated by Great Britain, it will at least lead to an interchange of views between the powers signatory to the treaty of Paris regarding the status of the remaining ships of the volunteer fleet now in the Black Sea. Thus the old question of the Dardanelles may again become the subject of important diplomatic communication” Refuge CHEFU, July 19.—At last the real source of the recent rumors of a Ja- panese disaster at Port Arthur, in which the losses were stated at 20,000 to 30,000, has been learned. News reached here from Port Arthur to-day of a reverse which, though not of the | dimensions suggested in the vague re- ports which have been floating about for days, was, nevertheless, appalling {in its extent. A junk with eight Russians and fifty Chinese on board arrived here this afternoon, five days from Port Arthur. The Russians refused to.talk, but the Chinese say that on July 11 and 12 the Japanese captured and occupied with 4000 men one of the eastern forts near Port Arthur. Before reinforcements arrived the Russians cut off the 4000 which resulted in the killing of every Japanese soldier there. Russian torpedo boat sank a merchant ship near Port Arthur, mistaking her for a Japanese transport. Many Chi- troops in the fort and exploded mines | The Chinese report also that on the | night before they left Port Arthur a | PANESE BLOWN UP BY MINES BROWN MEN SLAUGHTERED "IN FORT THEY HAD .TAKEN From Port Arthur Bring News of Reverse| Which Supplied the Foundation for Recent Rumors of Loss of Thirty Thousand of Mikado’s Soldiers. Special Dispatch to The Call. nese on board the merchantman were drowned, but the white crew of the steamship and a number of her Chi- | nese passengers were rescued by the Russians. If this story is true, the steamship in question probably was the Hipsang, belonging to the Indo- China Navigation Company, which vesterday was forty-eight hours over- due from Newchwang and which was reported to have struck a mine. The local agents of the Hipsang say they believe the steamship to have been lost. Sl JELCE SUBMARINE BOAT ARRIVES. Second of the Craft Recently Shipped Reaches Kronstadt. LONDON, July 20.—The Standard's St. Petersburg correspondent, cabling under date of July 19, says: “Another submarine boat from America arrived at Kronstadt last night. The first American submarine which arrived about a fortnight ago, was allowed to drop in landing her from the vessel which brought her and was seriously damaged.” o OF INTEREST TO PEOPLE OF THE PACIFIC COAST WASHINGTON, July 19.—Navy or- ders—Ensign Goodrich to the New York; duty as aid on the staff of the commander-in-chief of the Pacific squadron. Alfred Roedder was to-day appointed postmaster at Shorb, Los Angeles County, vice Mattie L. Por- ter, resigned. The following California patents were granted to-day: Joseph W. Adams, Santa Ana, breeching strap holder; Albert K. Andriano, San Francisco, individual telephone switch and lockout mechanism for in- ter-connecting lines; Walter J. Bell, Los Angeles, electro fluid pressure switching mechanism, also railway crossing signal, also railway crossing appliance, also audible signaling de- vice; Peter Deasy, Oakland, water heating apparatus; John J. Duffle, Los Angeles, burlesque hanging machine; Charles F. Fleming, San Jose, fruit processing device: Willlam ( King, Weimer, step-ladder: John C. Kitton, San Francisco, elastic fluid compressor valve; Willlam C. Mason, Pasadena, fruit tree extracting and transplanting device; Joseph D. McNab, Fillmore, conduit; Robert D. Pike, Stanford Uni- versity, bottle; Richard W. Shoemaker and L. H. Giddings, Pasadena ing device; Ephinstone M. J. Ferrin, Oakland, stretcher; James M. Wishart, Pasadena, window weight. —_———— DROPS DEAD IN A MARKET-STREET SALOON MAN A man supposed to be John P. Sederborg, a tallor from Fresno, dropped dead last night from heart disease in the Defender saloon, 757 Market street. In the pockets were found $6 in cash and nine pawn tickets. These were for two gold watches, a silver watch, five rings and a gold quartz chain. The aggregate sum the owner had re- ceived on the jewelry was $285. What Sederborg was doing with all the jewelry is a mystery. The police have his picture and believe they may identify him as a pickpocket. A bill for woolen goods sold to John P. Sederborg, Fresno, suggests that the dead man was a tailor in the Raisin City. Sederborg was about 50 years old. The body was taken to the Morgue. | JAPAN E SHIP CAPTURED. TOKIO, July 20, noon.—The Vladi- vostok squadron has overhauled Japanese steamship eastward of Ts garl Straits, The name of the vessel captured and her fate have not been learned. The Vladivostok squadron, unaccom- | panied by torpedo-boats, entered the Pacific Ocean to-day at 7 o'clock. Its destination is unknown, but it is sug- gested that it pessibly plans to raid the east coast of Japan and then either return to Vladivostok, escape to the southward or attempt to form a junc- tion with the Port Arthur The squadron was discovered in the Straits of Tsugari at 3 o'clock this morning steaming rapidly eastward. At 0 a. m. it was reported off Tap- pi Cape and at 7 a. m. u- | vet | observers at | RUSSIA BLAMED BY ANARCHISTS Social Demoerats Accuse the Czar of Responsibility for Murder of Servian King —e e | SENSATION IS CREATED Defense Wants Witnesses Summoned to Prove That the Conspiracy Existed 19.—At to- KOENIGSBURG, July day's session of the court which July e trial of the seven Social |12 began t ! Demderats accused at the instance of | the Russian Government of smuggling anarchistic literature into Russia, the testimony given shows that some of the pamphlets in question appealed to the army, urging the soldiers to make common cause with the people to dis- obey the command to fire upon the populace, to shoot into the air and to | turn their bayonets against the of- | ficers. The defense, near the closa of the session, created a sensation by mov- ing to summon Mayor Petkoff of Sofia, Bulgaria; a former Russian drago- man, Jacobsohn of Rushchuk, Bulga- ria, and the editor of a Sofla newspa- per in order to prove that the Rus- n Government had een keeping gents in the Balka since 1861 to | incite the people against their rulers. | The defense wants to e through these witnesses the Russ m- sibility for the murder of ander of Servin and Premier leff of Bul from whi ans' B Alex- Kir 3 h aria, | the conclusion that ussia is not a civilized state with a claim for the protectien of the CGerman courts. The State’s Attorney offéred the motion, | but the court took the matter unde consideration and adjourned until to- morro Another sensation of the | day was a telegram from the For Office stating that a aty between Russia and Germ: ing para- | graph 260 of the Russian penal code dces ngt exist to punishment again » paragraph ref for high trea nst foreign potentates, which to apply only where a treaty plicitly provides by Sl | STRINGENT JEWISH LAWS ARE PASSED IN RUSSIA Hakodate discerned it and reported to | Tokio that it was then steaming to the east. Warnings have gone out to shipping | along the eastern coast of Japan and ' merchantmen are hurriedly seeking cover. It is expected that most of the shipping will be warned before the Russian vessels can inflict serious dam- | age, if a raid is purposed. Ordinarily a lack of «oal would pre- vent an extended cruise, but it is pos- sible that the Russians possess a col- lier at a rendezvous in the Pacific Ocean. ———————— CLEVER THIEF STEALS RING FROM PAWNBROKER'S SHOP +A daring thief entered the pawn- shop of T. Lichtenstein at 617 Wash- ington street last night and stole a dia- mond ring valued at $150.. The pro- prietor waited on the stranger, who asked to see some diamond rings. The pawnbroker beamed all over at the thought of a sale and the accompany- ing huge profit usually made by pawn | dealers and trotted out some of his best. The prospective buyer tried on one that was marked $150 and went to the door to expectorate. He ex- pectorated and also decamped. With an anguished cry at the prospect of losing his ring Lichtenstein pursued the thief down Washington street, while his son ran for the police. De- tective Dinan responded and a search of the surrounding streets was made without success. Lichtenstein says that he can recognize the man if he is caught. Affects Near | Order Officially Promulgated Residence of Hebrews ‘the Frontier. | ST. PETERSBURG. July 19.—A law was officially promulgated to-day pro- viding that all Jews settled in the western frontier governments and in Bessarabia, within the radius of thirty- two miles of the frontier, shall be subject to all the laws governing the | residence of Jews within- the regular ] zone of settlement. Jews arriving sub- | sequent to July 20 will be prohibited | from settling outside the towns or vil- | lages or moving from village to wil- | lage. | ‘v(GERM.\,\'Y SUBSID ! ORIENTAL CABLE CONCERN | New Line Proposed Will Run From Isiand of Celebes Through Group to Guam. 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