The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 12, 1904, Page 1

Fair Friday; light south winds, changing to fresh westerly. A. G. McADIE, District Forecaster. VOLUME XCVI—NO. 73. Central—*“A Bunch of Keys.” Columbia—*‘Joseph Entangled.” Chutes—Vaudeville. Fischer's—"“The Whirl of the Town.” Grand—"A Parisian Romance.” Orpheum—Vaudeville. Tivoli—*“The Toreador.” SAN FRANCISCO, FRIDAY, AUGUST 12, 1904, ; PRICE FIVE CENTS PORT ARTHUR SHIPS BREAK THROUGH TOGO'’S LINE AND ARE NOW FAR FROM THE BESIEGED PORT CHEFL‘. Aug. 12—It now appears certain that the entire Port Arthur fleet, with the exception of several torpedo-boats, which were left to defend the harbor entrance, and the battleships Retvizan and Pobieda, which were damaged during the fight with Admiral Togo’s ships and returned to the protection of the forts, has succeeded in eluding the Japanese cordon. GOVERYNENT | WILL PROBE THE FRAUDS Inquiry Into Sale of Naturalization Papers. _— Horde of Aliens Found to Have Purchased Citizen- ship Credentials. ed Investigation Will Extend io y in the United , Every Large Cit system- n papers is e men succeeded stice sev- trade. It several or- t servic cant on Yot a with pers, the such papers is n s fou en is fou A portion of the fleet put into the German port of Kiaochou last night and other vessels have been sighted at different points. through the Japanese fleet, scattered and took different directions in ordgr to render pursuit more difficult. that the Japanese had got the vessels’ range tfrom the Wolf Hills and were dropping expl Apparently the Russians, after cutting their way It has been learned that the reason for the fleet’s exit from the harbor was osive shells into the harbor. — TPUT WOMEN N FRONT OF ' FIRING LINE SRS ‘Sumatra Natives Use | Living Wall as [ Shield. | Former Officer Explains Al- | leged Massacres by Duteh Troops. | Warriors Hide Behind Their Wives | and Chiliren When Attacked ; by Whites, | NEW YORK, Aug. 11.—An interest- ing explanation of the killing of large | recent fighting between the Dutch ex- | peditions and the natives in North | Sumatra is given by Colonel H. C. F. Vanbyfeviet, a retired officer of the | Dutch East Indian army, who has just here. Colonel Vanbyleviet, ':s had thirty years of active ser- vice i the Dutch East Indies, said to- | day: “A small expedition of about | men under Cieutenant Colonel Van- daalen was sent to Gajoye and the | Alalands, parts of North Sumatra. The Alalands were well armed. but | their guns do not carry as far as those of our troops and in order to over- come this disadvantage their leaders, being well aware of the disinclination of our men to harm women and chil- | dren, placed them in fromt of their fighting line as a living screen. The iho 200 taken away from him and 4 his erascd from the registra- * b By g 2 '.";s:(‘,,“;‘w:?, 1 DESPERATE TORPEDO ATTACK UPON THE PORT ARTHUR SQUADRON DURING ONE OF THE FREQUENT SORTIES FROM THE HARBOR. e e : alone may be i Sigals o o Mzt o vy QQ& ‘l NN |Russia Is Anxious ) e hare o rdru%?r‘a} AdAVN | | Over Fate of Port ent naturalization pa. TT\NT Arthur Fleet. et et oapeies L | Private Message Re issued by this of fake citizen- ceived by Wife of an Officer. BY WOMAN k for prosecuti mmigrant is en- do wrong. SR | s O 8 e o= . | ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 12—Public is customary and correct. Whether he anxiety regarding the fate of the Port ;’:i ,\: }, I3 "':Z:";”i,":“,?, xl)rl;r;‘lrs‘z: 3 X E highest pitch, remained unrelieved . N tired to-night. The reports from Tokio e S HOME TELEPHONE PROMOTER | IS ACCUSED OF BRIBERY and Chefu of the sea fight which fol- lowed the departure of the squadron are so conflicting and inconclusive that a strong hope exists that the Russian ehips succeeded in breaking through the Japanese fleet, Indeed, it is rumored Two Men. Epecial Dispatch to The Call. | Alleged Attempt to Buy Votes Pre- | vents Granting of Franchise in ] | Tacoma. sy S late to-night that the Admiralty had TACOMA, Aug. 11.—Councilman | OMAHA, Aug. 11.—In a heroic hand- | received information that the squadron Conrad last night prevented the grant. | t0-hand struggle with two armed as-| had passed beyond the Shantung thg of a franchise to the Independent | S35Sins last night, Mrs. M. D. Rees| promontory (which. would bring the probably saved the life of her husband, squadron at least 150 miles to the Telephone Company by announcing . tbat he had been offered stock for his He makes affidavit that he was offered 3000 shares by Frank Morti- ! jmer, who has had charge of the fran- chise work, or his option of allowing | the company to sell the same for him $44 a share, which would amount | to $132,000. Mortimer vointed out that the Home Telephone stock of Los Angeles, owned by the same people, has a mar- | ket price of $44 per share. The Coun- cil then named a committee to inves- tigate the bribery charge. At mid- | night Mortimer left by train for elther | Denver or S8an Francisco. He had in- | structions to take up the telephone | escaped in the darkness. franchise fight at Denver. To-day he| The identity of the would-be assas- wired, however, that his mail be for- | sins is not known to the police, nor is | warded to San Francisco. -The Coun- | the reason for their attack. Rees to- | cil wants him as a witness. | night was in a serious condition. The | > | surgeons say the ball lodged near the MRS. RALSTON CHOSEN | base of the brain. FOR BUREAU OF AWARDSJ‘msG EDWARD AND SUITE ARRIVE AT MARIENBAD Monarch Is Tendered Informal Re- ception at Depot and Taken to Hotel in Automobile. MARIENBAD, Bohemia, Aug. 11.— King Edward, who is traveling incog- nito as the Duke of Lancaster, arrived here at 5 o'clock this evening, accom- panied by his suite. The reception at the railway station was purely infor- mal. His Majesty and Embassador Plunkett drove in an automobile to the Hotel Welmar. who had already been shot and beaten until he was helpless. Rees, who is the agent at an unfre- quented Belt Line station, was awak- ened by the barking of his dog and went out to investigate. A minute later a shot was fired and Mrs. Rees rushed out to find her husband pros- trate and bleeding and two men beat- ing and kicking him. Without hesita- tion she attacked the larger of the strangers and fairly tore him away { from her husband, whom she supposed to be dead. She succeeded also in wrenching the revolver from his hand. Then the dog took part in the scuffie and the two men turned in fiight and southeast of Port Arthur and into the Yellow Sea). The family of Lieutenant Smirnoft, an officer of the battieship Cesarevitch, this evening received a telegram from , dated at Tsingchau to-day. The message contained only two words: “Alive; embraces.” Tsingchau is 160 miles southwest of Chefu, in the Province of Shantung, and is at the entrance of Kiaochau Bay. The receipt of this telegram might be construed as partial confirma- tion of the rumor that the squadron had reached the open sea beyond Shan- tung. In no other way can Lieutenant Smirnofi’s family explain the message from Tsingchau. It is hardly believed that the squad- ron itself put into Kiaochau. It is re- garded as more likely that one of the torpedo boat destroyers was sent there with official dispatches and filed Lieu- tenant Smirnoff’s telegram. The news of the dismantling of the torpedo-boat Ryeshiteini at Chefu has not caused surprise. It is understood that she was deliberately sacrificed so that Vice Admiral Skrydioff might be apprised of the departure of the Rus- sian vessels from Port Arthur, in order that he might start out with the Vlad- Talented California Woman Honored by the Board of World's Fair Managers. { “ST. LOUIS, Aug. 11.—The list of | _ nominations by the Board of Lady | Managers of the World’s Fair for women members of the international jury of awards, approved to-day by * President Francis and Director of Ex- hibits Skiff, includes Mrs. W. C. Rals~ ton of San Francisco, who is proposed as alternate judge in the Palace of Liberal Arts. meeting them. 1t is denied at the Admiralty that the squadron left Port Arthur because the situation of the fortress was desperate. The Admiralty authorities say it is more than likely that, with the Japan- ese close up to the perimeter of the fLortress, the warships were unable to jvostok squadron for the purpose at! | War Bulletins. | ’ KRONSTADT. Aug. 11.—Admiral Birileff, in command of the naval !tom-s here, to-day ordered Vice Ad- miral Rojestvensky, commander of the Baltic fleet, and his staff to take up their quarters on board the battleship Souvaroff and to be in sail on August 14. CHEFU, Ang. 11.—Takushan Moun- tain, near Port rthar, which captured by the mnese on Monday night, was retaken by the Russians the next day. CHEFTU, Aug. 12, 9 a. m.—The Rus- slan protected cruisers entered Kiaochou Bay last night (Thursday) and exchanged salutes with German vessels. 2 TONDON, Aug. 12.—The Brussels correspondent of the Dafly Telegraph | asserts that two vessels of the Rus- sian Black Sea fleet have already 'passed the Dardanelles, interposition of any difficulty on the | part of the Turkish Government. BERLIN, Aug. 11.—The Tokio cor- Yespondent of the Lokal Anzeiger says that shipping has been entirely sus- pended, owing to _the escape of the Port Arthur squadron, the present lo- | cation of which is unknown. The Lo- | kal Anzeiger, in commenting on the dispatch, says it indicates that the | squadron has crossed the strait of Pe- chili and rounded the Shantung promontory. | ¥ 4 e | render further effective aid and that | | their safety was | plunging shells Wolf Hills. CHEFU, Aug. 1lL—According to the | latest information from Port Arthur | the Japanese bombarded the town on { August 9, placing their batteries in | dense kaolin fields, where they were | effectually masked. The shells drop- ped mainly in the western basin, where lthe squadron was anchored. Many of | the shells fell upon the battleship Ret- | vizan, but no serious damage was done, either to the town or to the fleet. Later the forts got the range of the Japanese field batteries and drove them out from their shelter in the kaolin. On the morning of August 10 the squadron put to sea, where heavy can- Inonndln; was heard for several hours. endangered by the dropping from the Continued on Page 2. Column 4. readiness to | was | Askold and | Novik and one torpedo-boat destroyer | without the | Kuropatkin’s Plans Not Known in St. Petersburg. 5 Opinions Differ asto Probability of a Battle. ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 12, 2:2% a. m.—Even with the absorbing topic of the ezcane of the Port Arthur squad- ron, the question vrhether General | Kuropatkin will accept or refuse a gen- eral engagement at Liaoyang continues to be a subject of the Jivaliest Interest. Opinions differ in military as well as civilian circles, and the profotind ignor- ance regarding General Kuropatkin's plans is shown in the different views held by the members of the general staff. Experts of the Bureau of Opera- tions incline to the bellef that a col- lision between the main forces is in- evitable.. Colonel Dborerlaky, assistant chief of the bureau, said: “Speaking from a purely military point of view, I do not see how a com- bat can be avoided at this stage. Per- sonally, I am not inclined to attach credence to the reports that our army is already moving northward. The withdrawal of a large force in the face of a superior foe, closely pressing our sition to the east and south, would tack, which would find us in a position of still greater inferiority, “There are two other conditions Te- | maining: Firstly, there is at Liaoyanz &n enormous accumulation of stores, which it would be necessary to sacri- fice; and, secondly, the Russians are in possession of fortifications of excep- tional strength, which discount the numerical guperiority of the foe.” If Colonel Dbororlaky’s view be cor- rect, General Kuropatkin might reason- ably expect to hold out at Liaoyang for some time, and he could even stand a siege and be able to depend on his enormous stores to feed his grmy (in case the Japanese cut off his communi- cation) pending the arrival of rein- forcements from the north. The persistent report that Lieutgnant General " Linevitch is moving from Viadivostok toward Mukden with from 20,000 to 30,000 men lends color to this version. It also is pointed out that, if the Russians took such care to fortify Liaoyang, it was with a view to hold- ing it against a superior force. Notwithstanding these considerations of a purely military character, the be- lef ie very prevalent outside as well as inside the War Office that General ' Kuropatkin has made up his mind to ve the risk of an immedfate at-1 | Soectal Dispatch to The Call’ NEWPORT, Aug. 11.—Jamestown, & summer resort across the bay from Newport, was all excitement to-day over the theft of a magnificent dia- mond horseshoe set with pearis be- longing to Mrs. Ephraim Brice of Phil- adelphia, who ‘is at Bayview Hotel The jewel has been missing since Au- gust 3, Private detectives have been sent for to trace the thief. While Thames street was In its quiet state early to-day, the burglar alarm of the Newport Trust Company, where the cottagers’ jewels have been kept since the Goelet jewel mystery, rang like a fire alarm, attracting hundreds of spectators. The police came peil mell in a patrol wagon to the bank. It armed and have often fired our troops. | “Sheltered by this screen the natives within point blank range of their posi- tions. Then they discharged an over- whelming' fire. In al it all engage- { tics, though repeatedly warned by our | officers. As a rule our troops withheid | their fire as long as possible, but they whelmed by a sudden rush of the na- tives from behind their living wall, and are often forced to fire regardless of the | “Our expeditions have nearly al- ways had to fight against fen times T | their number and also that they can- l l tant from the main army and unable to properly care for their wounded.” T [+ : — i\ w 1 —_— ] x 4 Diamond Horseshoe Set AC[IOD With Pearls Is Stolen . From Mrs. Ephraim Brice i S Spectal Dispatch to The Call. | - WAUKEGAN, Ili, Aug. 11.—It is re- | ported here that Zion City is facing al | crisis on account of a smallpox epi-! houses are quarantined and that the : pesthouse Is filled to its utmost capac- t It is rumored that from four flat | buildings where twenty-three th'ed twenty have been taken to the | pesthouse. The deacon in charge of the to be quarantined in his home. The local health officers were to-day refused information as to existing con- | The secretary of the State Board of | Health has been asked fo do something | U2 said the alarm had been set off by | at once, or ali communication between p. closing of a small steel gate. | * —¥ SAN FRANCISCAN .&Wl'smm | X 1S | avoid staking the whole future of the OF TESENEE. X | ment at this stage and that he has re- | solved at all cost to retire to the north, \if this has not already been done. i | women and children are sometimes often allowed our men to approach ments they have follow the same tac- 1 | dare not run the risk of being over- i\ II ] 3 ML 7 |-women and children. not risk being defeated, being far dis- | TIYNIT i —— |'demic. It is said that a dozen or more [ity. persons fresh food supply department is said | ditions there. | Waukegan and Zion City will be cut off. B campaign upon the issue of an engage- | the Sweetlands. Action for Divorce Filed in Missour{ | Reveals Marital Unhappiness of R T | ST. LOUIS; Aug. 11.—Mrs. Lenna WILD RUMOR REACHES ROME. | Leota Sweetland to-day filed a suit in ¥ = | the Circuit Court at Clayton for ai- Alleges the Destruction of Nine Rus- ' vorce sian Warships. ROME, Aug. 11.—A telegram from | | Chefu to the Itaiia Militaire says that Port Arthur refugees who have ar-| rived there report that before the Russian fleet left Port Arthur har- bor nine warships, including the Ce- sarevitch, were destroyed. No cre- dence is given the report, which is not confirmed by other news from the same point from French Sweetland, to | whom she was married at San Fran- &isco, April 28, 1901. She alleges that she lived with him until October 19, 1903, when he abandoned her. Noted Scientist Is Dead. MEADVILLE, Pa., Aug. 11.—James H. Montgomery, A. M. Ph. D. vice president of Allegheny College and a ‘lc'entist pational reputation, . !to-day.