The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 10, 1904, Page 1

Clondy Wedneslay westerly. A G Dist-ict and vicinity— exly wizds, casagiag to brisk i Ught soutk- McADIE, Forecaster. THE SAN F RANCISCO, v EDNESDAY, AUGUST 10, 1904 JAPAN'S GREAT SIEGE GUNS ARE HAMMERING THE FORTS THAT DEFEND PORT ARTHUR LS HOLD P STAGE | AS A JOKE Give Tourists in the Yellowstone a Fright. | Don Cowbmand Bor-| row Army Carbines From Soldiers. Their [dentity Revealed Afier “Ten- riset” Are Forced to Give Up Their Valuables . startled ving them the laugh. DALGETY IS AS THE SELECTED FEDERAL CAPITAL Town in Bombala District Is Chosen Australian House of Repre- hy to-day es ap- the Bombala dis- previously been se- | 296 miles south is | CITY MUST PAY WAGES. Supreme Court Declares the Eight- Hour Law Unconstitutional. NEW YORK, Aug. 2—J = White the Supreme Brooklyn, to- day declared the L of Uvaide Asphalt ompany, payment of which had been on the ground that both com- ad, in the performance of con- city work, required their s to work more than eight urs a day. —_—————— FORT TOTTEN BESIEGED BY THE HOMESTEADERS Registration Continues in Orderly Manner and Without Any Dis- turbance or Excitement. DEVILS LAXE, N. D, Aug. §—The registration for Government lands in the Fort Tot! reservation continued steadily to-day without any disturb- ance or excite The town is free from the lawless element which char- acterized the Rosebud opening at Bonesteel. Like conditions prevail at Grand Forks. —_—— TWO RUSSIAN OFFICIALS MEET VON PLEHWE'S FATE FHead of Fore-t Department and Chief of Pelice Are Murdered in ! Nakhchivan. BERLIN, Aug. 9.—The #Vossische | .Zeitung says that Treguxbenko, head | of the Forest Department. and Chief of Police Kuznezoff have been mur- | dered in the streets of Nakhchivan, Russia. —_——— Well Known Sargeon Dies. | Auvg. $.—Sir William well known surgeon, is " @ead, aged 62 years, - at the outer edge express the opinion that the |heard last nmight was an en Brown Men Begin General Assault| and Cannonade Continues Throughout Night. Special Dispaich to The Call. LONDON. Aug. 10.—The Daily Telegraph's Chefu correspondent reports that a great land and sea fight oe- curred at Port Arthur on August 8, and that the Jap- anese were repeatedly repulsed. More than a thousand Russians were killed, says the correspondent. CHEFU, Aug. 9—Port Arthur was heavily bombarded last ght. The cannonad creased in intensity ortress, are respondents Monday. es: ng lasted until 4 o'clock this morning. at midnight, and between Japanese guns were fired at brief, regular intervals. It impossible to ascertain the ps that arrived here to-day, having passed close to the unable to give any definite news. Local Japanese cor- say that another general assault upon the city began Russian refugees reluctantly reiterate the stories of It and 4 o'clock > result of the operations. The cannonading was first heard here at 11;30 o'clock last night. Japanese siege guns were apparently pounding the fortress, the batteries firing at intervals of one minute. d at longer intervals. Many refugees from the fortress They merely confirm former reports. that the Ru an guns in their new positions. ~1F H. position the Japanese yet ho on the outer line of defenses. 1d Dalny has been completely awakened by The Russian guns re- reached here last night. There seems little doubt an ships in the harbor and bay are shelling the Jap- ese positions and seriously hindering the work of planting siege Acco ons of Japanese were blown up by mines during the attack on i They also state that Wolf Hills, the only important are not of vital importance, being ding to the refugees, two bat- the Japanese. It now has three Japanese theaters and other amusements. CHEFU, Aug. 9.—The officers of the|though Lieutenant General Sakharoff 708 | 1 jaovang a "|anese are continuing their prepava- han cruiser Fuerst Bismarck. lying | reports there is no change in the sit- of this harbor, | Bation around Liaoyang. it is evident from the special dispatches from nd Sintsintin that the Jap- counter between detachments of the|tions for s flanking movement, which ligerent wars! ruiser’s advantageous position the es preceding the detonations could e seen. ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 5.—A dis- patch received from Lieutenant General Stoessel, commander of the an military forces at Port Arthur, revious reports that the Jap- re Port Arthur are in pos Wolt Hill. The general says 30 the Russians withdrew rom their posi s on Wolf Hill be- erical superiority of the eral Stoessel estimates r of Japanese attacking Port ,000. ONLY SIX MILES FROM CITY. ssel locates Yupilaza ated ten miles north- General Mountain as s east of Port Ja a ration, the real assanit being made on Russian Wolf Hill, whi he points out, is only six miles northward and near t railroad station. General Stoessel's report follows: “At 5 in the morning of July 27 the enemy having advanced a strong force, their artillery opened fire along their | who front, followed by a series of at- one of which, directed against Yupilaza Mountal crous. “At about 8 o’clock in the evening the | enemy were qverywhere repulsed with | enormous losses. I remained in the ad- vanced position we have held for two days against an army very much stronger than ours. L “At 4 o'clock in the morning of July 30 about five divisions of Jap-| anese took the offensive agalnst our position on Wolf Hill In view of the enormous superiority of the enemy’s forces and the weakness of the position our troops were ordered to retire to the next positions without fighting. The movement was effected in complete order, under the protec- tion of artillery, which, by acturate fire at short range, completely stopped | the Japanese advance. “Our losses have not yet been ascer- tained, but they were not great. The losses of the Japanese were very con- siderable. In the engagements of July 26 and 27 the Japanese had about 70,- 000 men and a considerable number of slege guns. “The morale of the Russian troops is excellant and their health good.” SLAV POPULACE PLEASED. All the newspapers to-day express great relief over the reports from Port Arthur. The army organ says th. . although General Stoessel’s re- port gives no details, it is evident that the Japanese have suffered a severe reverse. The paper also pays a tribute to the navy's share in the defense of the besieged fortress. Reviewing Gen- eral Kuropatkin’s movements, it con- tinues: “Retreat is in accordance with a plan laid down for the first period of the campaign, which is to weaken the forces of the enemy by continuing strongly the defensive portions, thus . was especially vig- | Arthur, and says that the | on that position was | ips, apparently twen- | may alter the nature of the expected | miles northwest of Chefu. From the | engagement at Liaoyang and which | may also further delay the crucial de- velopment. The concentration of a strong Jap- anese force at Saimatssa indicates an intention to press forward toward Mukden and, if possible, cut the com- munications and prevent General Ku- ropatkin retiring northward. General Kuropatkin evidently is aware of this move and is sending out reconnoiter- ing parties from Sintsintin, along the imatsza road. This is shown by the slight encounter with a Japanese out- post within thirty miles of Sintsintin. The Japanese also are bringing strong forces from Yinkow. A col- umn marching from Newchwang, with the evident intention of flanking Liaoyang from the westward, included 0 Chinese from the island of For- mosa, who are Japanese | p: subjects. The | more important now than ever before Associated Press correspondent at Liaoyang points out the alarming character of this development and fears that the example may prove con- tagious. If the local Chinese are in- duced to join the Japanese it will be impossible to distinguish the Formo- san and Manchurian Chinese. This revives the specter of Chinese em- broilment, with the more remote pos- sibility of foreign entanglements. There is considerable anxiety re- garding the presence of General Yuan | Shi Kai, commander in chief of the Chinese forces, and General Ma with strong forces of troops in the north. Should a convenient opportunity pre- sent itself they may be tempted to overstep the bounds of neutrality. Although it now seems improbable that anything can prevent a Japanese attack on Liaoyang, one of the Asso- clated Press correspondents, in view of the heavy rains, says the elements may again prove to be Russia's allies, just as they did In 1812. The pros- pect of rains heavy enough to arrest military operations is not likely, how- ever, as the time of the rainy season is now past. There is an uncenfirmed rumor that Lieutenant General Linevitch is hur- rying large forces to Mukden to re- inforce General Kuropatkin. Genearal Linevitch's “troops are stationed around Vliadivostok and it is doubtful if they could arrive at Liao: time. yang in e L SLAV CRUISER OFF SPAIN. Steamship Man- mlonnhnwnu‘n_ PLYMOUTH, England, Aug. 9.—The British steamship Manora, from Cal- cutta, June 29, for London, arrived here to-day and reported that when twenty miles south of Cape Finisterre, on the northwest coast of Spain, she met a large cruiser flying the Russian naval flag. There were guns mounted on the cruiser, which evidently was one of the former German liners recently purchased by Russia. The cruiser bore down upon the Manora and sig- | paled the latter to hoist her When this was done the cruiser pro- ceeded. — impeding the Japanese progress and compelling the enemy to waste large numbers of men and much war ma- terial on the advances. The result has been that, in three and one-half months, the Japanese have covered only a few score of versts.” ST. PETERSBURG. Aug. 9—Al- _ War News Continued on Page 2. _ Japan’s Port Arthur Losses. ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 9.—The Russ estimates that the Japanese losses thus far, as a result of the siege of Port Arthur, aggregate 23,000 men. — | 1 | | were NASSACRE. AVENGED BY ‘Turkish Garrisons Attacked and Destroyed. Soldiers Pay With Their Lives for a Slaughter of Christians. Revoluticnists Begin the - Onslaught by Hurlinz Eombs Into Troops” Quarters, LONDON, Aug. 9.—The Tabriz (Per- | sia) correspondent of the Dally News, in a dispatch dated August 6. says: “On July 13 2 band of Armenian rev- olutionists appeared near Outchkilissa. Turkish soldiers and Kurds, finding an excuse, attacked and destroyed the villages of Outchkilissa, Koomlou- boujak, Gougan, Karabazar and Sayto, butchering men and outraging women. “Two large Armenian bands, march- ing to Sassun to help the insurgent leader, Antranik, attacked the garri- sons at Mossunzory and Goutchagh for revengs om July 25. At dawnm bombs were thrown into these places, | killing many persons, and severe fight- | ing ensued A majority of the soldiers ed and the garrisons resem- bled gravevards. One band foreed its way through the Kurdish tribes to- ward Arjess. The number of soldiers killed aggregated several hundred.” The Times prints a dispatch from Salonica which says that the Macedo- nian internal committee has issued stringent orders to its bands to refrain from the use of dynamite, the inten- tion being to keep the imsurgents inac- tive while Enrope iz e zafed with She troubles in the Far East. BRITAIN NEEDS A LARGE NAVY So Says First Lord of the Admiralty in Answer to Criticisms of Opponents L LONDON, Aug. 9.—Replying to criti- cisms of the naval expenditure in the House of Lords to-day Lord Selbourne, First Lord of the Admiralty, warmly defended the outlay. He sald it was that British battleships especially should be of the largest and best type. Referring to submarine boats Lord Selbourne said their value for defensive purposes had been abundantly proved. They were a great addition to the na- tional strength. He did not belleve submarine boats had reached their limt of improvement or usefuiness. The les- sons from the war in the Far East were the importance of the personnel, the necessity for hav strength and the fact that without battieships no power could hoid nor win command of the sea. Lord Selbourne said the offer of Lord Goschen, made when he was First Lord of the Admiralty, that if other nations would agree to diminish their rate of ship building Great Britain would not be slow to join the movement had not been withdrawn, but the conditions now were more complicated. A few years ago it would have sufficed if France and Great Britain had agreed to diminish their shipbuilding, but now there were almost half a dozen great naval powers, and Great Britaln and France must consider the expenditure of other powers. The two-power stand was convenient as regards battleships, but had never had its application to cruisers or torpedo-boats. Continuing Lord Selbourne referred to the newspaper comparison of the | gunnery and strength of the German vessels which recently had visited Eng- land and pointed out that the German ships carried eighteen 8-inch guns com- pared with twelve on the ships of the British channel squadron. But the British ships carried 10-inch, 12-inch and 13%-inch guns, while there was not a single gun on the German visit- ing fleet with a caliber over 9.4-inch. FAIRBANKS GROWING UP IN MUSHROOM FASHION mwuwmnm..p plies to Camp Before Heavy ‘Winter Sets In. TACOMA, Aug. 9.—Fifteen steamers £ a margin of | ZANGWILL FAUORS MAX NORDAU FOR LEADER OF ZIONISM MIDAIGHT t i | 8 i | | | I | | | 1 | Author Names LOg.' | ical Successor | of Herzl. Special Dispateh to The Call LONDON, Aug. 9.—Israel Zangwill will say in to-morrow’s Review of Re- views that Max Nordau is the proper man to succeed Dr. Herzl as the leader of Zionism. Zangwill says Nordau was a close friend of Dr. Herzl and shared the great leader’s plans more than any one else and is his logical successor. “The movement is as yet too imma- ture to be run by a committee,” says Zangwill. “There must be one man at he head. He must be of magnetic Lu rather than merely a good busi- ness man. Nordau possesses mag- netism, eloquence, energy and interna- tional reputation, and should be paid énough to enable him to devote his whole time to the work. ““Heral’s efficiency was reduced by the fact that his own interests compelled him to stay in Vienna. The leader of Zionism should be free to visit all ceuntries at his pleasure. “The Zionist movement is the great- est ever undertaken by any race. Jews have been forced to do without a country for more than 2000 years and have become part of all the nations of the world. The task, though colossal, | is impossible only while the Jews are not united.” Zangwill adds that he is going to do everything in his power to have a com- mission sent out to make preliminary | arrangements for a Jewish colony in British East Africa. He hopes to be able to establish workshops there which will supply the neighboring | States with goods. +* POLICE ROTND (P THE CROOKS Drastic Measures Adopted | in Portland to Rid Cityi of Desperate Charaeters| | | | PORTLAND, Or, Aug. 3.—Between | the hours of midnight and 3 o'clock this morning the police department ar- rested over 200 men, all charged with | being on the streets after hours. Their | arrest is the result of an order issued | yesterday by Chief of Police Charles | H. Hunt that all persons found roam- ing the streets after midnight should be incarcerated. For the past few| weeks, and especially since gambling was closed In this city, the number of highway robberies, burglaries and pet- ty crimes has been such as to force the street car companies to carry armed guards after nightfall, and to cause the Chief of Police to counsel | citizens to arm themselves and shoot | on sight. The order directing the arrest of all idlers is the first step in the act of clearing this city of vagrants and undesirable characters of all sorts. e TREATY OF EXTRADITION WITH HAYTI IS SIGNED | ‘Republic’s Minister Denies That There i Is an Anti-Foreign Feeling His Countrymen. WASHINGTON, Aug. 9. —Secretary ‘Hay and Mr. Leger, the Haytian Min- ister, to-day signed a treaty of extradi- tion between the United States and | Hayti i Leger later entered a denial of me' frequent newspaper reports of the wide extent of the anti-foreign feeling |fatal to Miss Margaret Dougherty of | |and her scalp was almost torn off be- ¢ ¢ DUEL WO | B oMY | Assassin I Ronted ' by His Intended 1; Victim. Mysterious Affair in Home ‘ of a Wealthy Chicago Clubman’s Wie, | { Friends Hint at Connection Between Divoree Proceedings and Sup- posed Barglar's SIL 2 b to The CHICAGO, Aug. 3—In the darkness, Just after rown dnight, Mrs. rding to a & her maid, fought a duel Katharine told by ae divorce suit begun by her mi husbapd, Charles E. Brown, clubman and secretary | | i Mrs. | | a sprained ank | | mai@ that ¢ mped slowly downstairs i | lof a possible burgiar. She saw the | | man's » outlined against a window | | pane. Up came his revoiver and the | Sashed’ as a baullet sped close head. The undasmted woman SOR her own revolver and fired | Then the man sprang t = | and disappeared ONCLE ShN 5 T0 (PERATE U —_—— Nt i3 OF DR. HERZL. Brown's f the man no burglar, but 3 Others asser came only t fired a und he w: | police disc knowledge of the shooting and hint at a phantom MRS B Government May Put. XILF BASINS m 3; “Heuo” IF.ntv]i~'h Offiecial in Egypt System. | .\'le'_'P\F* Trrigation Plam for Benefit of the Country -+ o The Call. interesting fASHINGTON, Aug. %—Because it T ™ ecause 1| and bulky biue book was issued by the is believed that the local teiephone o )fice this evening. It com- company is preparing to raise rates 1t | FOreiEn Ofice this eveming It cou- was sugzested at the Cabinet meeting | 0> "0c oo s e it v ; retary for Public W jto-day that the Goverh NS o, the basins of the upper Washington. ne system i The subject was put into the hands of Secret: Morton for gation The question was s y brought | up at the Cabinet meeting by a state- ment of several of the Cabinet officers | that the local telephone company had | within the last few days presented to the departments blank contracts for another year that fixed the charges at a figure considerably above the charges in the last contract. The idea is to have an interdepart- mental telephome system constructed, owned and operated by the Govern- ment. own telep patch from Lord Cro- Minister and Consul s dispatch Iroad schemes suggested Iliam Garstin represent an cays the irri- by estimated expenditure of about N~ 000,000, of which about $65,000,000 will be used in t - development of the Sou- | dan and about $40,000,000 in the devel- opment of Egypt. The whole irrigation plan is based on utilizing the White Nile for the benefit of Egypt and the Bilue Nile for the benefit of the Soudan. Lord Cromer says that the carrying out of the greater portion of the plan may be postponed for the present, but about $27.000.000 should be utilized at an early date in canals and for raising the Assoun Dam in the completion of the Suakim-Berber Raiiroad and im other developments of the country which will largely increase the reve- ’nue from taxes. ——— SAYS FUTURE VOLUNTEER SOLDIER MUST BE TRAINED | e YOUNG WOMAN SCALPED BY AUTOMOBILE MACHINERY Hair of Rochester Girl Catches in Running Gear and Is Torn From Head. NEW YORK. Aug. 9.—Diners in the Casino restaurant in Central Park were thrown into excitement to-night ent which nearly proved r(;e-fl'll Corbin Speaks in Praise of the Men Who Defend the Country’s Flag. LEBANON, Ohio, Aug. 3.—At the re. union here to-day of the Seventy-ninth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, General Henry C. Corbin, a member of the reg- iment, who was the principal speaker, said: “The day of the volunteer soldier. by an acc Rochester, N. Y. Her hair was caught in the machinery of an automobile fore the running gear could be stop- ped. Then it was found that the back part of the scaip had been torn away. Dr. Lathrop soon arrived in an am- bulance and Miss Dougherty was tak- en to a hospital, where it was said to- | 3 night that she was in a serious but | pure und simple, has passed away, but - ritical ¢ 5 | the day of the trained volunteer soidier not necessarily critical condition. | e S Tomniin wb Jasiy e ool FORMER MAY QUEEN |are required by ws. The day may cocse ) when the nations of the earth shall YIELDS TO CUPID'S WILES | . qont to lay down their arms. Until that time shall come we must be pre- pared to protect the lives, the lijgrty rights of all whether at home or abroad.” Engagement Is Announced of Rau- dolph Van Norden to Miss Jackson of Sacramento. SACRAMENTO, Aug. 9.—The engage- ment was announced this evenming of and the our people, Fay Jackson. Miss Jackson was May | heavy earthquake, queen at the Floral Festival in this|great deal of damage and destroyed £ity two years agy - —— “—~_ the barber shop of T. 5. Packwood, i