The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 28, 1904, Page 3

THE S FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, JULY 28, 1904. PACKERS DEAF 0 PROPOSALS Efforts of the Arbitration | 2 Board o settle strike| Russian War Craft Are Apparently }'lltile: Are Sunk by the BAD FATTH IS CHARGED! Enemy. s b i | Employers Will Not Confer| With Men Tiil They Prom- s¢ 10 Abide by Agreement | SCRLI R e CHEFU, July 2i.—Russian refugees Port Arthur, who have arrived | »ort that the Lieutenant Buku- and two other Russian torpedo-| oyers were torpedoed and to- by the Japapese on the e W July 27.—A Russian ! ondent of the Associated Press, who just arrived here after two months’ stay at Port Arthur, gives an resting narrative of «the situation at the beleaguered fortress when he left there, July 14, which shows that the Japanese operations until then had not advanced as far as supposed. Sevi Russian successes are chronicled the report of a Japanese reverse, the loss of 30,000 men, is definitely d posed of, not -being even mentioned by | the eorrespondent, who says: “When I put to sea in a junk the land position on the Russian right| flank, surrounding Green and ma- | phore Hills, which the Russians had | lost, had been recaptured by assau (.‘ The heights of Huinsin, which the Jap-l anese defegded desperately, alone re- mained in their hands. But I am con-| vinced that t! position also has since been retaken. The very morning of my departure, July 14, the position was be- ing bombarded by six-inch howitzers | ana shells were falling repeatedly into | the Japanese works, causing great dis- | der. To sum up. y the fighting of .lul,vji 4 ans evidently the Russnani s were acting on the offensive, the | regained on the land side the hey had held in front of !he‘ ress previous to the battle of Kin-| e main forces of the besiegers are | e average at a distance of twenty | from the perimeter of the fortress | the Russian right, but the Japanese | have approached to within twelve miles | the Russian left. “The Japanese have between 40,000 d 50,000 operating before Port Arthur. The troops maintain a constant ex- change of skirmishing fire, but the field | or other guns are usually silent. The | Japanese apparently are conducting a slow, engineering advance. Often in the | morning the Russigns discover fresh trenches. The Japanese are compelled to abandon this work in the day time, | butchers because of e packers g strik e arbi- ified ;.‘},1 as the Russians regularly open fire| %5 Senad "Sign & new ©On them as soon as daylight difcloses | . ement can be | the works. The activity of the Japan- e s ese at sea is confined almost exclu- sively to nocturnal raids of the torpedo- | boat destroyers and torpedo-boats, the | sowing of mines and the attacking of | guard boats | The Japanese are discouraged by the | failures which they made to close the entrance at Port Arthur with fireships | and have stopped sending them in They have also grown tired of bom- barding the fortress and shore bat- teries “The Russian squadron is intact and the health of the garrison splendid but the sameness of food if trying.” ¥ 5 away from the beef trust, treat with will on about ve any e report, but the om mouth to ikers to-day an or the most buoyant lu- ences of the day among the men who are out of employment. LEITER IMPORTS WORKMEN. Mechanics Are Escorted to Town of Zeigler Under Guard. CARBONPALE, I, July Joseph Leiter's guards to-day succeed- d placing within the town of gler a contingent of workmen to lete the construction of his plant. The n left East St. Louis shortly after £ o'clock this morning and were igler at noon. Not a shot was ed at the men. The men who were ken into the town declared that tney | did not know the conditions. They were not permitted to leave the traln | and guards during the last thirty | miles of the journey would not per- mit any person to enter the cars. e { BARKENTINE ALTA CASE TAK TO SUPREME COURT o \ LIED TADES WILL WAIT. CITY, July —There pathetic strike of the whose members t the local packing- e men are ordered out i when, the y the order. t a meeting of the Armour 1 all the allied tra fir = this action, it is said. here are not willing ke unless they are benefits, and they such benefits if they ed out by the International Degision Is Wanted on Rights of Phil- ippine Vessels Owned by Amer- ican Citizens. SEATTLE, July 27.—To decide the rights of a Philippine vessel owned . — MAY DESERT BEEF TRUST. —There are re- o-night that the by citizens of the United States in re- £ hild Sulzberger and gard to the imposition of tonnage nterests are about to break taxes and light dues the case of the United States against the barkentine Alta was appealed from the United States District Court to the Supreme Court of the United States to-day. The ship is owned by American residents in the Philipines, but is unregistered. The United States Treasury Depart- ment contends that the owners are liable to the tax. The ship was buiit under the British flag and Judge Han- ford ruled that under a treaty between the two countries British bullt ships were exempt from this tax when | owned by Americans and decided in favor of the ship owners. As the question involved is constitutional the case will go to the Supreme Court and will come up at the October session. —_———— PROHIBITIONISTS WILL CONVENE AT SAN JOSE | oyt Call Is Issued for Meeting to Select Nominees for Various Offices. Chairman Taynton of the Prohibition State Central Committee has just is- sued the call for the Prohibition State Convention to meet in San Jose on Thursday and Friday, August 26 and AD ERTISEMENTS. Developing & l‘rintmg“g az CUT : velox -finish, 3¢ | British Britain Demands a|Graphic Details of Salute to Flag by Russia. AR T LONDON, July 27.—The British Gov- ernment sent instructions to Sir Charles Hardinge, the British Embas- sador to Russia, to-day to energetically protest against the sinking of the Brit- ish steamship Knight Commander by theyRussian Vladivostok squadron. Un- til the present n of the note to the Russian Government the greatest se- crecy will be maintained regarding its contents, but it known that Premier Balfour and his colleagues have de- ided to demand that the fullest rep- aration be made by Russia or stérn measures will be taken Tk British note which Sir Charles inge will submit will not men- | the amount of indempity Russia t pay the owners of the ship and ubjects having goods on board the vessel, but all that will be sought will be the establishment of the prin- | ciple of indemnity and apology. A salu the British flag also must be conceded the future protection of neutral shipping assured. The attitude of the British Govern- ment is the result of thorough consid- eration given to reports received from Sir Claude Macdonald, the British Min- ister at Tokio, and the examination of international law authorities by legal experts. The dispatches from 8ir Claude Macdonald confirm the reports that the Knight Commander had no contraband of war-on board for the Japanese. The Go¥ernment and all the British authorities, it is asserted, unite on the point that there was no justifi- cation for the sinking of the vessel. It is felt in Government circles that | the Knight Commander incident over- shadows the Red Sea seizures, which practically have been adjusted, but which have failed to settle the question of the rights of neutral commerce. | BALFOUR INFORMS PARLIAMENT That the British Government regards the sinking of the steamship Knight Commander as a breach of intgrnation- al law was confirmed by Premier Bal- four in the House of Commons this afternoon. Answering questions re- garding destruction of the Kraght Commander and the seizure of the Malacca and other vessels, the Prem- ier said he hoped to be in a pesition to make a brief statement regarding the Malacca to-morrow. As to the nking of the Knight Commander he regretted that information which reached me this morning confirmed this regrettable occurrence.” Balfour added: ‘There is no question of loss of life, but I am afraid there is a question of breach of international law.” In the iight of the declaration of the Russian Government respecting con- traband of war, made three weeks after hostilities commenced, no repre- sentatiops have been made by Count Eenckendorff, the Russian Embassa- dor to Great Britain, to Foreign Secre- tary Lansdowne regarding the Knight Commander, the Embassador not hav- ing received advices from St. Peters- burg on the subdect, nor is it seen by the Russian diplomats how it is possi- ble for their Government to make a prompt answer to the British demands. It is not known when the Vladivostok squadron will return to port. The com- | mander of the squadron, it is pointed | out, unquestionably seized the papers f the ve including her manifest, 8 will be able to present ow why he sank the ship, , with his reasons in their posses sian authorities will be lete their answer to the tish representations, CONTRABAND IN THE CARGO. In the opinion of these diplomats the cargo, or at least a portion of the cargo of the Knight Commander, included contraband of war, under the Russian declaration. the cargo is said to have been destined for the Fusan-Seoul Railway, which the Japanese are bullding for military pur; The Russian declaration also announced that rice and other foodstuffs were contraband if sent at the enem: cost or order. Attention is specifically called to the feature of the declaration saying that neutral ships with contraband of war of any sort can, according to circum- stances. be not only seized, but also confiscated. If the ship can be confis- cated, it is contended, she ~ah be sunk as well. A lengthy meeting of the defense committee took place to-day under the presidency of Premier Balfour, at which the Attorney General, Sir Rob- ert Finlay, was present. Sir Robert was called in to advise as fo the ques- tions of international law involved. e e PROTEST TO WASHINGTON. Consignors of (h; gt&mfihlp Arabla’s Cargo Demand Indemnity. WASHINGTON, July 27.—The State Department has finally received a for- mal protest against the action of the Russian navy in seizing American goods, and, as a result of its prelimin- ary study of the law and precedents governing the subject, it is prepared to act energetically and promptly. This protest relates to'the seizure of an American cargo on board the Ham- burg-American steamship Arabla, bound from Portland, O for Hong- kong, China. United States Senator J. Mitchell of Oregon telegraphed to the State Department a statement of the conditions under which the Arabia carried out this cargo. He declared the flour aboard the vessel was in no sense contraband. Indemnity and satisfaction are demanded for the owners of the flour. Mitchell stated that he represented the Portland Milling Company. The company, he said, had shipped on the Arabia for Hongkong 99,000 sacks of 2. It will consist of 260 delegates, one from each Assembly district and one additional for every twenty-five votes or major fraction thereof cast for the | Prohibition candidate for Governor at the last general election. Prohibition- ists will participate in the primaries on August 9 and expect to make a better showing then than they have ever done before at the primaries. Besides the ten Presidential electors and Congressmen the delegates to San Jose will mominate Assemblymen and Senators ‘in _all districts comprising me than one county: namely, in the First, Third, Fifth, Ninth, Twenty- ninth, Thirtieth, Thirty-first, Thirty- third and Thirty-ninth Senatorial dis- tricts and the First, Fourth, Fifth, Eighth, Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, Twenty-fifth and Twenty-sixth Assem- bi; y districts. The San Jose Prohibitionists have ap- pointed a committee of fifty to take of the convention and are raising from the business men gf the meet all local expenses of the railroads have granted way for the round trip. will greatly encourage the attend- of both delegates and visitors LMS for all §| s popular sizes. ts by artificial moderate figures. = are out of town. THAT MAN PITTS 1008 Market Strects, Opp. Pifth st San 7 flour, worth about $100,000. He declared this flour was not destined for Japan and that it was part of the normal trade of the company and was not a war order. Mitchell also requested the State Department to take steps to pro- tect legitimate neutral trade from such serious interference as these attacks by the Vladivostok squadron. 4 Officials of the department say there will be no hasty action. The whole subject of interference with American trade between the belligerents in the present war will be considered, and each protest that may be forwarded will be part of a uniform and consistent policy to be followed by the department. R R Boris Becomes Aid to Kuropatkin. ST. PETERSBURG, July 27.—Vice- roy Alexieffihas issued an otder of the day lppoln!\mg Grand Duke Boris a first lieutenant and special service of- icer to General Kuropatkin, thus seem- ing to dispose of the story of the Grand Duke’s differences with the comman- der in chief. P Mot e Ye Olde English Inn, 144 Mason st. trial A TR o oL sk Eebe & THREE TORPEDO-BOAT DESTROYERS . CF PORT ARTHUR’S FLEET ARE PUT OUT OF ACTION BY THE JAPANES e R s the Tatchekiao . Battle. —— ST. PETERSBURG, July 27. — The| Emperor has received from General| Kuropatkin a report conveying Gen- eral Zaroubaiefl's account of the bat- tle of Ttachekiao. The report details the engagement at great length and in- dicates that the Japanese claims of victory were unfounded. The Russian force repulsed the Japanese at all| points and held their positions through- | out the entire day.'At night, finding that the Japanese were being heavily | reinforced, Zaroubaieff ordered a re- tirement, which was carried out in per- fect order and without losses. This retreat was in accordance with Gen- | eral Kuropatkin's orders to fall back rather than risk a decisive battle against superior numbers. Zarou- | baleff’s report, after describing the opening stages of the engagement, is in part as follows: + “At about 7 o'clock in the morning Japanese infantry was observed mass- | ing in Mantsiatoun, Yantsuokara and Dafanshen. The fire now became cen- tered on our troops occupying the heights south of Tsianchiatsia. At the same time two battalions of Jap: se infantry attempted to occupy a mdun- tain to the northwest but, being dislodged by our artillery, the Japanese took flight. Our shells burst full in the enemy’s ranks. i “At about 11 o'clock between three and four Japanese battalions were firing on our troops occupying the heights of Tsianchiatsia. A battery of Russian field artillery and another horse artillery then began te fire from | Nandaline, their fire converging upon | Dafanshen. As a result the Japanese fire slackened. “Immediately after 11 o'clock the troops posted at Tsianchiatsia were re- inforced by a reserve battery, our fire again causing considerable slackening of the encmy’s cannonade. BATTALION LOSES HEAVILY. | “At 2 o'clock in the afternoon all of | our artillery, beginning from the Nan- daline position, changed front and opened fire upon Dafanshen with such marked success that the troops in that sectjon of the field attempted to take the offensive against the Japanese right flank. A battalion sent in advance re- ported the presence of large reserves of the enemy on the line from Ment- siatoum to Fanchankau. The battalion sustained heavy casualties and was obliged to retire, At the same time the | Japanese occupying the heights of | ¥anchankau threw forward at least| three more batteries. At 7:30 o'clock the Japanese fire was | at its height, and in the last rays of the setting sun the enemy delivered his attack on the Barnaoulstk regiment.| The latter, reinforced by three bat- talions under the command of Colonel Debrotin, valiantly swept back the enemy, making four bayonet charges and capturing a number (not yet ascer- tained) of rifles, together with ammu- nition. “At 9 o'clock in the evening the can- | nonade ceased, but the rifle fire con- | tinued until late in the night. We re-| tained all_our positions. | ““After the fight it was ascertained | that our eighteen battalions had been | | general extent of the position fneas- | ed. engaged with at least two Japanese| divisions, supported by an overwhelm- | ing number of other batteries. The ured nine miles. In these circum-| tances I did not think it advisable to | resume the action on the following day and resolved to retreat toward the nox The withdrawal was effected 10 ect order. LOSSES ARE NOT GREAT. “Our losses haye not been ascertain- | but they are estimated at about! | twenty officers and 600 men killed and The bridge work among | wounded. Among the wounded is Colo- nel Auspensky, commanding-the Tom: regiment. | “I must testify to the remarkable firmness displayed by all the troops in! my command during this difficulc ac- | tior., which lasted eighteen hours. The Siberian regiments which had met the| main Japanese attack in particular dis- | tinguished themselves Dy their un-| wavering endurance. Not an inch of| ground was yielded, déspite the enorm- ous numerical superiority of the enem)’! and the repeated attacks on our ‘center, | where the fighting on four occasions | was conducted at close quarters with the bayonet, which the Japanese could | not withstand. “The list of the men meriting rewards for their share in this glorious fight will follow. In the meantime I beg to| mention the great valor of the Tebolsk | and Tomsk regiments, of two bat- talions of the Semipalatinsk regiment and in particular of the Barnaoulsk regiment, which covered itself with | glory. The conduct of all our batteries. | which remained in action for fifteen | and a half hours under heavy fire, was beyond all praise. “I am unable to give the exact num- ber of losses sustained by the Japanese, but I venture to say that their losses were greater than ours.” JAPAN'S VERSION OF BATTLE. TOKIO, July 27.—In a daring night attack agalnst a Russian force esti- mated at five divisions, with 100 guns, General Oku succeefied in driving the enemy from his strong line of defenses south of Tatchekiao. £ Advancing on Sunday, Gemeral Oku found a superior force confronting him, and that a heavy artillery fire from the enemy was checking his men. He thereupon decided to hold the positions he then held and to attempt a night surprise. This was successful, the Japanese troops sending the Russians into a retreat to Tatchekiao. The Jap- anese had only 800 casualties. No esti- mates of the Russian losses are given. The Takushan army did not partici- pate in this fight, it being located to the east of Tatchekiao. Moving to the northwest this force fought and won a separate action on Friday, July 22, at Panling, losing thirty-one men. The commander of the Takushan army charges that the Russians violated the Japanese flag, which they hoisted in an attempt to deceive the Japanese, after which they fired a voiley into the Japanese ranks. The Russians fourteen dead at Panling. RUSSIANS WELL FORTIFIED. The Japanese began the advance against the Russian positions south of Tatchekiao on Saturday, July 23. On ~ |STOCKS FARM - | toward Tatchekiao. WITH ODD PET Nance 0’Neil’s Summer Home Is Refuge for Overworked and Broken-Down Animals BUYS A BLIND HORSE Actress Derives Pleasure Out of Benevolence and Comforts May Be Expanded —_— Special Dispatch to The Call. LOWELL, Mass, July 27.—Miss Nance O'Neil, the San Francisco tra- gedienne, who recently purchased a handsome summer estate at Tyngs- boro, a few miles from here, has be- gun to stock it with pets of a unique kind. Her favorite and most recent purchase is Sweet Alice, a superan- nuated, decrepit and blind mare, which until recently was a cab horse at a Washington-street stand In Boston. Miss O’'Neil was driven out to Brook- line a few days ago with Sweet Alice in the shafts. Coming back the poor animal broke down and seemed on the point of dissolution. She bought the horse from the cabby and had it taken in an ambulance to her farm, where it is slowly recovering from its numerous maladie: Miss O'Neil has derived so much sat- isfaction from the result of her bene: olence that she plans to extend the hospitality of her pasture next year to a considerable number- of over- worked equines. A bull terrier, three parrots, an Angora cat and a span of magnificent bays are new additions to her collection. A half-mile track has been laid out and Miss O'Neil speeds the bays upon it daily. ward from the vicinity of Chuchiatun, and, confronting the Russian line td the east of the railroad, began the advance at an early hour on Sunday morning. At 9 o'clock the Japanese right had reached a bluff a little less than two miles from Taiping Mountain. At o'clock in the afternoon the Russian batteries posted in various positions on the high ground opened with vigor and shelled the advancing Japanese line. The strength of the Russians gradually developed during the day, and General Oku estimated it at five divisions and 100 guns. VICTORIOUS NIGHT ATTACK. The Russian fire prevented a general advance and determined General Oku to await the advent of darkness to de- liver a night assault. Two divisions of Russians occupied the Saiching road, and General Oku took the precaution- ary measure of engaging this foree with artillery. The Russians replied with artillery and the duel lasted until dark. Suddenly, at 10 o'clock on Sunday night, the entire Japanese right was hurled against the first Russian posi- tion east and west of Talping Moun- tain and easily captured it. At mid- night the second position was attacked, and by dawn the Japanese occupied the eminence to the east of Shanchai- | tun. The Russians were in retreat At 7 o'clock on Monday morning the | Japanese seized Chengshishan without | resistance and pursued the Russian force toward Tatchekiao. L MALACCA IS RELEASED. Steamship Arrives at Algiers and Russian Crew Disembarks. ! ALGIERS, July 27.—The Peninsular | and Oriental Steamship Company’s steamship Malacca, which was seized in the Red Sea on July 16 by the Rus- slan volunteer fleet steamship St. Pe- | tersburg, has arrived here with a prize | crew on board. She was released at sundown. Those on board the Malacca say that the vessel stopped as soon as the St. Petersburg signaled her to stop. When the Russian officer went on board the Malacca he was told that the vessel was carrying lyddite, consigned to the British arsenal at Hong- kong, and a mixed cargo for Yoko- hama. The Russian officer asked per- mission to examine the Japanese por- tion of the cargo, and it was pointed out to him that the stability of the ship would be endangered if a cargo, which was at the bottom of the hold, were displaced. After a hasty inspec- tion of the manifest the Russians seized the ship. SRR JAPAN'S IC())L\IEHCE CRIPPLED. Foreign Ship Owners Hope Powers ‘Wil Settle Contraband Question. TOKIO, July 27.—Foreign and domes- tic shipping is to-day practically at a standstill and it is possible that on ac- count of future uncertainty it wlilr be only partially resumed when the fres- ent raid of the Russian Viadivostok Squadron eomes to an end. The sweeping list of articles declared by Russia to be contraband of war ren- ders almost every vessel approaching Japan liable to seizure. American and British shipping and commercial in- terests are deeply concerned at the losses already sustained and the prob- able future impairment of trade; they are anxious, also, that their respective governments reach an understanding with Russia concerning contraband of war without loss of time. The steamship Siberia, belonging to the Pacific Mail Steamship Company, is now held at Kobe, Japan. Her sail- ing has been postponed indefinitely. e TWO PRIZES RELEASED. Formosa and Holsatia Are Surren- by Russia. SUEZ, July 2{.—The Peninsular and Oriental Steamship Company’s For- mosa, which was captured in the Red Sea by the volunteer fleet steamship Smeolensk and which arrived here yes- terday, flying the Russian naval flag and with a prize crew on board, has been released. The Hamburg-American line steam- ship Holsatia, whigh arrived here this morning, having on board a prize crew, has like been released. S 2 BT ADVANCING UPON HAICHENG. Reports ment of Japanese Forces. ST. PETERSBURG, July 27.—A tele- gram from General Kuropatkin was re- ceived to-day confirming the occupa- tion of Tatchekiao by the Japanese on this day the vanguard occupied posi- tions in the vicinity of Chuchiatun, to the southeast of Tatchekiao, develop- ing the position and strength of the enemy. The line was through,| ‘the hills -ondth of T:tch;kho. extend- almost due east and west of the - The positions at Taiping Mountain, to the theast of Tatchekiao, and here the heaviest force had assembled. The Russians had of artillery posted near Chatenganon, due south of Tatchekiao and ahead of the main line. The Japanese deployed to the west~ July 25, and adding that a Japanese aivision had moved on Haicheng. The commander in chief reports that two Japanese battalions, marching through the Khonago Valley toward Suian, by way of Ta Pass, on July 25, ‘were ambushed by Russian cavalry and the head of the J: column was dispersed in disorder, fifty men. ik sl COMMISSIONED AS WARSHIPS. Russia Puts Seven Merchantmen Into the Naval Service. < ST. PETERSBURG, July 27.—An im- ( PE- | is the weakest. ' Procrastination is the ajly of catarrh. | Take no ADVERTISEMENTS. RU-NA A GODSEND TO THOUSANDS OF WOMEN WOMAN’S BURDENS ARE NUMEROUS, RESULTING IN MANY CATARRHAL ILLS. Woman is burdened with hundreds nr!Do Not Fall to Read Mrs. Frye's Notable Experience. duties, some very weighty, some appar- | ently insignificant; all, in the aggregate, | an overwhelming load. 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