The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 4, 1904, Page 2

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL‘, THURSDAY, AUGUST 4, 1904 'GENERAL KUROPATKIN PAVING THE WAY FOR A RETREAT OF HIS ARMY TO HARBIN; ~ SPIRIT OF BESIEGERS AT PORT ARTHUR UNBROKEN DESPITE ENORMOUS LOSSES S'nklng of the Japanese - Armored Cruiser Ka- suga Reported Russnan Gunboat Siveuch !s Blown Up by Her Fieeing Crew. received tkin has or hat place of all us om Ku- , and it resuited in an loss of 1600 m e warship The sensation Daily ing from since the been de- £pn Monday to of Siveuch Italian paper, the Italia M ort from Yinkow that the captured forty-two guns and yrmous guantity of war material X 1 of Sunday, Monday and no details of a reliable reached London, either St RUSSIA'S REPLY TO AMERICA. Yate af ihe Arabia Rests With the Viadivostok Prize Court. WASHINGTON, Aug. 3.—Embassa- a McCormick has cabled to the 15 D nt from St. Petersburg tha to the inquiries relative 10 of the Hamburg: Arabia by the iron, with a cargo of ts to include no contra- Minister for For- the rules Of the 180, with by a detach- 1 wa Arabia, which was then ostok and > the local court. hip as to whether the KRIEL THE THEA HOME Gepman Vessel Sunk by Russians Was CUhartered by British Firm. KIEL, Aug. 3.—The Kielér Zeitung jerman steamship Thea, sunk ivostok squadron, had Kiel pert and was chartered by | firm, under the express English provisions that she was not to be sent biockaded ports and that she was o carry troops or contraband of The Thea was built at Dumbarton in 3598, was of 2000 2 1801 ricHsen. ———.——— BAILS WITH 00\1'“ ABAND. Bl itheh’ Num(hlh Stentor Leaves Ta- eqma for Japanese Ports. TACOMA, Aug. 3.—The British steamship Stentor, Captain Jackson, salled to-night from Tacoma for the [Orient and Liverpool. She carries for 36,000 sacks of flour, t $36,000, and raiiroad iron, $70,500; for Kobe 9000 sacks our, valued at $8600, and a quan- of oats, hay and wheat; for Hong- 700 sacks of flour. s other frejght and Liverpool, ——— A man fsn't a knocker because you of B for sdy he is. You may be a knocker your- self. DR: PIERCE'S REMEDIES. Backed up by over a third of a century of remarkable and uni- form cures, a record such as no other remedy for the diseases end weaknesses peculiar to women ever sttained, the pro- “prietors and makers of Doctor Pierce’s Favorite Prescription now feel fully warranted in of- fering to pay $500 in legal money of the United States for any case of Leucorrhee, Female Weakness, Prolapsus or Falling of Womb, which they cannot cure. All they ask is a fair and raasonable trial of their means of cure. - All correspondence held sacredly confidential. If you require medical advice don’t fail to write Doctor R. V. Picrce who will give you the "best advice possible. 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Loke CANETGUNS b g s, Derans o cons MJCIIWMJM, =i T * 1 Df’l"lflluvq Qs FIVE 6 CANET GUN: SEARCHLIGHT. v MOTIEN PASS, Manchuria, July 17 (via Seoul, Korea, Aug. 3).—The Rus- sians in their second unsuccessful at- tempt to retake Motien Pass early on the morning of July 17, were repulsed and forced back to their original po- | sitions aftér five hours of severe fight- ing. They suffered heavy losses as | t Three regiments were engaged tme Russian side. They were the Ninth and Twenty-fourth East Sibe- rian regiments, which failed to distin- guish themselves in the previous at- tacks, and the Thirty-fourth regular of the Ninth Division. Opposed t them were one Japanese regiment and | one battery. The European regulars, who for the first time met General Kuroki's soldiers, proved in no wise superior to the Siberian contingents of {the Russian army. The Russians took advantage of the vy fog which enveloped the moun- They began |o'clock in the morning and at 5 |o’clock they opened fire, when the mist was so dense that it was impos- ible for the Japanese to see them more than 100 feet away. Major Gen- eral Okazaki learned of the Russians' purpose to renew the attack on the pass and also when they prepared to | leave their camps, but the heavy fog | prevented the Japanese gaining infor- mation as to the Russian positions. The Japanese were badly handicapped {until 9 o’clock, when the fog cleared away somewhat. | The attack began on the ledge be- |low the mouth of the pass, where the engagement of July 4 occurred, and | the verest fighting was against the Russians, who had gained the temple and the road behind the trenches there. BEGINS WITH BAYONET CHARGE. The Japanes> outpost companies were forced from these trenches after bayonet fighting to the summit of the line of hills forming the highest ridge of the range, where is the entrance to the pass. This range is a half mile behind the trenches. Half way be- tween the trenches and the ridge and about parallel to them runs the road upon which is located the temple. The fiercest fighting was focused about { CONTRACTS ARE ISSUED AT PAKAMA PSEEIEE PN Continued From Page 1, Column 7. ma Railway Commission, of which mention has been made in The Call, it is learned that the President expressed his wish that contracts against public policy shall not be renewed when they expire. Business men of this city ar- gue that it would not be public policy to tie up the Panama canal, when it is ready for operation, with any private corporations, to be used exclusively in their interest. As a consequence of thig consideration, and arguing along the same lines, they say that it is not pub- lic policy, when the Government has control of a short transcontinental rail- way of its own, complete in its facii- ities for handling business, to give that over to 1. controlled by corporations that are operating in restraint of sea commerce for their own benefit, and to the detriment of seaports on both the Atlantic and the Pacific seaboard of the United States. A Washington dispatch received yes- terday is as foliow: “The United States Government can- not abrogate contracts made by the Panama Railway Company with other transportation companies until April 1, 1905, at the earliest. Although it owns sixty-nine-seventieths of the stock it has but three of the directors, and will not have the necessary major- ity until the date mentioned. The three Government directors are mem- bers of the Panama Commission. Un- der the contracts made by the Panama Railway Company with the Pacific Steam Navigation Company and the Chilean Steamship , the con- tracts expire by limitation on Sophm ber 10, 1904. What course the Govern ment will adopt wiil be decided by the commission before leaving the isthrmys, 'hlcn will be about September 1" compared with the Japanese casual-| to advance at 2. Trained Regulars From Russia Prove No Match for Japanese Soldiers at Motien Pass. —_— this temple, which the Russians held for three hours, in spte of -a-rain of bullets from the opposite ridge. The Russian dead and wounded were thick about the temple. Five dead men had fallen in the road on their faces. Their rifles were under them, They had been killed just as | they appeared over the crest of the i1l | One Russian battery fired upon the {Japanese for two hours and to this | fire a Japanese battery on the ridge replied. When the sun dispelled the fog at about 9 o'clock, the Japanese made { quick work of the affair. At this hour | the Russian line extended across the | valley and along the sides of the hills | on either side of the valley, while the | Japanese occupied the ridge from | which the pass debouches and the hill- | sides on the Russian flanks. The Russians made a hurried but fairly orderly retreat down the valley. They left behind them, however, many dead and wounded men, a number of , drums, great coats and trenching A Russian battery took up a position in the valley and fired a few rounds to cover the retreat, and infan- trymen were brought up in good order by their officers to the support of the guns. BROWN MEN OUTFIGHT WHITE. The white coats worn by the Russian officers made them conspicuous targets for the Japanese. The Russian firing was altogether in volleys, while the | Japanese fired at will. The Russian troops kept in close formation, while the Japanese soldiers deployed in ex- tended order. It was plain that the Japanese sol- diers were possessed of much greater initiative and dash than the Russians, The engagement was a fair test of the capacities of the two forces, and the net result of it was that one Japanese regiment, only three battalions of which were on the firing line, defeated three Russian regiments in spite of the fact that another Russian regiment was held in reserve. The Russians em- ployed their artillery much more than the Japanese did theirs. It is impossible to estimate the losses at this hour.. Desultory firing con- tinues as the Russians retreat, and dead and wounded men are being brought in by the ghospital corps. The Japanese believe that their casualties number about 200. The Russian casu- alties are undoubtedly much greater than In the former engagement. Rus- sian dead are being buried all over the field, the temporary hospitals are filled with wounded, while a few unwounded Russians who had hidden in the fields are surrendering. e RN RUSSIA MAKES OONCESSION. Notifies England That No More Ships Will Leave the Black Sea. LONDON, Aug. 3.—In order to avoid complications which might have the effect of extending the area of war, Russia has made a partial con- cession to Great Britain in connection with the Dardanelles question. Re- piying to British representations re- garding the closure of the Dardanelles to vessels of the volunteer fleet intend- ed for warlike uses, as well as to war- ships, Count Benckendorff, the Russian Embassador to Great Britain, has ad- vised Foreign Secretary Lansdowne that his Government consents to waive the right to send ships through the straits during the present war, but at the same time Russia makes no con- cession in relation to the general prin- ciple involved and reserves to herself the right to take such action as she deems proper when the war with Japan terminates. i 324) QRAARELY CLAIM QUICKLY SETTLED. Russia Compensates the Owners of the Collier Foxton Hall. LIVERPOOL, Aug. 3.—Owners of the British collier Foxton Hall, which was retained at Port Arthur from the time of the first attack made by the Japanese until early in March and which suffered during her de- tention, have oumzumuon from the Russian Govern The speedy settlement of the claim by Russia has greatly gratified ship own- ers. Battle Between Kuropatkin's Force and Three Japanese Armies May Be in Progress. —_——— ST. PETERSBURG, Aug 3.—In a dispatch to the Emperor dated August 2 General Kuropatkin says: “Our troops have retired from Hai- | cheng, along the road toward Anshan- shan. The movement was accom- plished in perfect order and the ene- my did not disturb us. “The terrible heat has caused many sunstrokes and measures have been taken to diminish the equipment the troops have hitherto been obliged to earry by transporting it in supply carts. There Is no serious news from the eastern front.” Whether a general engagerhent is already progressing around Liaoyang between the forces of General Kuro- patkin and the three Japanese armies which have been moved against them from the south and east the decisive battle of the campaign is regarded as certain if the Japanese energetically follow up their preliminary successes of the last three days. At various points the fighting has been of a des- perate and bloody character, the Rus- slans offering stubborn resistence. The losses, therefore, although their ex- tent is not yet established, must be heavy on both sides. Between 6000 and 8000 men is one estimate given of the Russian losses. All the esti- mates, however, are little better than guesswork as yet and possibly the Russian casualties may be much larger. KUROPATKIN’'S LINES BROKEN. The strong screen drawn around General Kuropatkin’s interior posi- tions has been driven in at all points, Haicheng being practically abandoned without a blow. The pressure of the Japanese numbers and the failure to hold the northern positions probably rendered it useless to try to hold out there. The Russian forces last night con- stituted a compact chain.in the form of a femi-circle around Liaoyang, ex- tending from Anshanshan, half way between Haicheng and Liaoyang, to Anping, which is only thirteen miles east of Liaoyang. Unless the bulk of General Kuropatkin's army has ai- ready been withdrawn north of Liao- yang it is difficult to see how he could now do so with such great pressure, the Japanese being almost upon his main lines. Inasmuch as portions- of four army corps were engaged in the fighting up to last night, and as these corps comprise three-quarters of the whole Russian army, it seems certain that nothing except a portion of the stqres and_ munitions have yet been removed. Nevertheless, well informed military attaches express the opinion that General Kuropatkin will get away with the bulk of the main army if he finds the chances against him. HOW THE FORCES ARE DISPOSED From the best information obtain- able as to General Kuropatkin's dispo- sition of his forces they were located this morning as follo General Zarabouieff’s and General Stakelberg’s corps formed the right wing at Anshanshan. The First Si- berian and the Tenth European corps were on the left. The recently arrived Seventeenth corps and the portion of General Stoessel's corps which is not g problems and amnesty for political and labor exiles. Another manifesto will be issued shortly, requesting the producing classes to formulate their fundamental claims and recommending the peas- ants to demand land for the tillers. There is no truth in the report that Von Plehwe’s fate was decided at a meeting at Geneva. That meeting was a regular annual affair, similar to those of the past ten years. ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 2.—The as- sassin of Minister of the Interior von Plehwe is said to have made a partial | confession, in which he declared thal] at one time he was a schoolteacher in | a rural district and was greatly inter- | ested in the Zemstvo, for the curtail- | ment of whose powers he blamed the dead Minister. He still absolutely re- fuses to disclose his name. RN RAIDERS WELCOMED HOME. Vladivostok Squadron’s Officers An- swer Foreign Criticism. VLADIVOSTOK, Aug. 3.—The recep- tion of the cruisers Rossaiy, Gromboi and Rurik on their return from their latest expedition was enthusiastic. Rear Admiral Jessen was in signal communication with Vice Admiral Skrydloff for ten hours before the squadron rached port. As a result of the cruise naval of- ficers believe a check will be given to British and American shipowners car- rying contraband of war, or at least additional burdens will be imposed upon Japan by an increase in freight rates. Officials of the squadron are indignant over the criticism by British and Amer- ican newspapers ‘‘over the lawlessness of the cruisers,” asserting that the| complete detailing of the cruise will show that Admiral Jessen displayed the greatest humanity and acted within his rights and instructions. The crew of the Japanese vessel Okashima were set on shore before the ship was sunk by the Rossaiy, and the crews of the two schooners which were far from shore were taken on board the Russian vessels. The steamship Camara, belonging to the Cullom Company of London, when stopped was bound for Muroran for coal. The officers say that she hdd evidently brought contraband from Europe to Yokohama. They allege that she was on her way to Muroran with the intention of loading coal for de- livery at Japanese ports or to the Jap- anese fleet. Although the Camara could have been seized, she had not enough coal to get her to Vladivostok and was given the benefit of a doubt and re- leased. The Kiobuniu, a Japanese vessel, al- though subject to confiscation, was re- leased because there were women on board. The British ship Knight Commander, when signaled to stop declined to do g0, even after three shots had been fired across her bows; and the officers say that her evident intention was to make an effort to escape, which in itself rendered her liable under Rus- sian naval rules to have a shot fired into her hull. She stopped, however, at the fourth shot, and was fgund to contain between 3000 and 4000 tons of railway material from New York for at Port Arthur were at Liaoyang. Bt A0 BOASTS OF ASSASSINATION. Russian Revolutionary Committee Re- sponsible for Von Plehwe's Death. VIENNA, Aug. 3.—While the as- sassination of Von Plehwe has result- ed, in a few sporadic instances, in in- creased repression, reformers and poli- ticians of all shades of opinion are discussing it. The central committee of the Russian Revolutionary party has issued a manifesto acknowledging responsibility for the murder of the Minister of the Interier. It demands the convocation of ,a representative as- sembly, liberty of 'the press and pub- lic meeting, the annulment of arbi- trary regulations against the people, as well as of those against oppressed nationalities; the cessation of war Wwith Japan, prompt measures for deal- ing with the unemployed and famine Kobe and Yokohama. As the Knight Commander had not enough coal to go to Viadivostok,” Admiral Jessen was confronted with the alternative of re- leasing her and allowing her cargo, as he believed, to reach the Japanese, or of destroying her. As it was plain- ly, in the opinion of Admiral Jessen, one of the extraordinary cases coming under Russian prize regulations, the admiral assumed the responsibility of ,nnlnns the ship, although she was flying a neutral flag. A high Russian officer said to a corresnondent: “The irresponsible protests of the STRONG DEFENSES OF PORT ARTHUR S RS The map shows the position of the Russian defenses around Fort Arthur, as ascertained by the intelligenc> de- partment of the Japanese army a short time before the beginning of hostilities. It is probable that changes and im- provements have been made since that time, which, so far as are known, are summed up by the war expert of the European edition of the New York Herald. He divides the perimeter of Port Arthur into seven lines of de- fenses, four of which are on the land side and three fronting on the sea. The first on the land side, beginning on the east, crowns the crest of Rilunz- | khan, with a big fort 450 feet above the sea, which is very strong. The second line occupies the summit of Itshan and protects the flank of the first. third includes the heights west of the town, which is the weakest position of | all. The fourth line runs from the southern extremily of the Sunchan Hills to the southwest extremity of the peninsula. On the sea side the principal group is on Zolotaia Gora (mountain of gold); the next the range of earthworks on the Tiger's Tail, and the last link In the line consists of coast batteries in the direction of White Wolf hill. The experts conclude as follows: “To sum up, the defense of Port Ar- thur is assured by three very power- ful forts, twenty medium ones, and twelve smaller works, where there are about 300 guns in the batteries. These also may have been reinforced by naval guns.” L — the Knight Commander, together with the ship’s papers, were taken off. In the case of the German steamer Thea, Admiral Jessen had no doubt that her cargo, which consisted of fish, was distinetly contraband of war. Her crew was taken off at night during a heavy sea and she was sent to the bot- tom. ERRRELENELI MAY SEIZE BANK'S MILLIONS. Japan to Fall Heir to $25,000,000 at Newchwang. LONDON, Aug. 3.—It was rumored on the Stock Exchange to-day that Japan discovered $25,000,000 in an abandoned Russian camp. A dispatch from Newchwang on Au- gust 2 said that the Japanese flag had been raised over the local branch of the Russian-Chinese Bank, an institu- tion organized and financed by the Russian Government to further Rus- sian interests in Manchuria and the Far East. The dispatch said that the bank had at present more than $25,000,000 lent in Newchwang and it was believed that Japan would regard the bank as the property of the Russian Govern- ment and its assets and profits in Man- churia as legitimate spoils of war in liev of indemnity. e ,—————— MISSISSIPPI'S GOVERNOR DENIES PAYNE'S CHARGES MEMPHIS, Tenn., Aug. 3.—Gov- ernor J. K. Vardaman in a statement to-day denied that he had ever re- fiected upon the good name of Presi- dent Roosevelt's mother through the columns of his paper, as was charged, and which caused Postmaster General Payne to refuse to name a postoffice after the Governor. The | | Brown Men Prepare to Rencw Attack Upon the Forts. e Gamson Must Care for a Great Number of Wounded. ST. PETERSB G. Aug. 3.—The first Russian report of the storming operations at Port Arthur has just been received from the Consul of Russia at Chefu. It says a general attack began on Saturday, with the Japanese in im- mense force. There were two days of a bombardment of unprecedented vio- lence. The Japanese, at the time of sending this dispatch, the Consul adds, had everywhere Dbe repul great 1 The Japanese possibly reached 20,000, but slan losses were insignificant. The Consul further reports that the ssians have an abundance of an CHEFU, Aug Wuchow, which from Newch tails of the la 3.—The steamship has just arrived here ng, brings further de- est Japanese assault on Port Arthur. When nearing Chefu the Wuchow picked up a junk carrying seven men, four women and one boy, who left Port Arthur yesterday. They report that the fighting north of the city of Port Arthur occurred at Woif Hill, and was sanguinary, resulting in the repulse of the Japanese. This hill is situated near the railroad and eight trains were kent busy bringing the wounded soldiers into the city. The wounded men from the east forts reached Port Arthur in all kinds of vehicles, many, however, coming afoot, dragsging shattered limbs. RUSSIAN FLEET TAKES PART. The Russians unite in declaring that the fortress will never fall, but they expect that scarcely a building will be left in the city, where there is now scarcely a whole pane of glass. The Wuchow confirms the statement that the fighting abated during the night of July 28, but it had not com- pletely subsided when the refugees left. The Russian fleet, from it8 anchor- age, shelled the advancing Japanese, after returning from what seemed to have been a reconnoltering maneuver. Chinese arriving here to-night say that the Japane actually captured ned forts on the east e, but abandoned them when their comrades were repulsed from other po- sitions. The Russians, however, insist that this is untrue. The forts at Port Arthur bristle with guns, including many of S-inch caliber, but the naval artillerymen are alleged to have inflicted the heaviest loss upon the Japanese, The present unusual Port Arthur is due to the granting of permission to leave the besleged city, which heretofore the Russian of- ficials have withheld. In most instances the refugees are persons of the better exodus from class, vho are compelled to pay ex- orbitant prices for junks, which are scarce. ASSAULT TO BE RENEWED. The Japanese, while repulsed, have by no means been beaten, and a re- rewal of the fighting was expected when the junk departed yesterday from Port Arthur. A second junk, which left at the same time, carrying the officials of the Dan- ish East Asiatic Company and their families, has not yet arrived at Chefu. Among the prisoners captured dur- ing the engagement on Wolfs Moun- tain was a Japanese lieutenant carry- ing a freshly written letter, stating that the fighting had been severe and the Japanese losses heavy. The Japanese are now occupying the outpost trenches, which they captured from the Russians. Both the Japanese and Russian fleets are reported to be in excellent condi- tion. Contraband goods for the Japanese continue to leave Chefu via Wethaiwel. —_————— Offer Reward for Bandits. EL PASO, Tex., Aug. 3.—The Rock Island Railroad and the United States Express Company have offered a re- ward of $2000 for the capture of rob- pers who held up the Rock Island train near Tucumcari on Saturday night last. ———— A mosquito calls for more patience than a balky elephant. 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