The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 11, 1904, Page 27

THE- S AN FRANCISCO CAI;L. SUNDAY, SE.PTEMBER 11, 1904. THOUSANDS LEFT DEAD ON FIELD e Commanderies Hold Slav Corpses Strewn Their Closing on the Scene of Reunions. Battle. Enormous Number of Wounded Men Are Removed. Continued From Page 25, Column 6. twenty-ninth triennial conclave on the golden shores of the Pacific. Almost a quarter of century ago we met In this good city of San Francisco. Knightly greetings, expressions of friendship, hospitality unbounded, such | evidences of affection induced us to embrace the earliest opportunity again to grasp the hand and listen to the p. m—General | joveq voices that so charmed us in "83.” 0, 9 TOKIO, Sept advancing to the northwest| In conclusion the grand master’s re- and Monday, forced the|port says: “My term of office is a retreat to Mukden. It is| thing of the past. Peace and prosper- our organization. My "i(y encircle God be with you till labors are over. { we meet again.” | Mr. Stoddard also expressed a de- ;slre to thank Reuben H. Lloyd, W. Frank Plerce, Charles M. Plum and | Frank W. Sumner, to whom, he said, | are due in a great measure the success | of the conclave. | One of the incidents of the conclave | that went to the heart of the.Templar leader more than all the decorations and honors conferred upon him was the decoration of his daughter, Char- lotte Stoddard, by the Earl of Euston with the cross of the Great Pricry of at the Russians, after Mon- . carried more than 10,000 north of Mukden. It appears removed a ma- ead, but left more than vicinity of Liaoyang. g Russians saved their ndoned and exploded munition. The number of am- rts found in the trenches The Japanese casualties have not yet been reported. day night, at 10 o'clock, Gen- ki's central column attacked O eral B Str Russian forc 13 ou, 8 Stromg Russian force ot Mok or | England, Ireland and Wales. Another gz splloge o cafaiies gift was received by Miss Stoddard ng the Russian were driven e ey e |that was also as pleasing—a beaten General Ku i's left col- gold pin from the California Command- ery. Mr. Stoddard, accompanied by his daughter, leaves this morning at 8:15 for Salt Lake, where they will rest for a few days before proceeding to their | home at Bryan, Texas. to retreat. | ” | OCOMPLIMENTS COMMANDERY. g west, occupied Langyipu afternoon, the artillery e retreating Russlans for Tty utes. Kuroki’'s right anced northwest of Wang- twenty-five miles south ns continued of cavairy holds a iine northw of Hsililho and'_ = Sha atzu. The ussian outposts Rtiring Grand Master Henry Bates h of cover trenches on the Stoddard Speaks of Arrangements. A pleasing ceremony and one of gratification to California Command- ery No. 1 took place at the Palace Ho- tel yesterday morning. The retiring grand master, Henry Bates Stoddard, [ the previous evening notified the mandery that he wished to see a from the commandery be- A body of ains at Kuchi- Kaulinpao. The ns retired to s across the —e gation goraad k- ""L:“\ CAROUSE. | re his departure. Accordingly a . PEIR ER A _ | deputation consisting of Sir Knights Wild I!‘i'l.leh.ain x. Il'(ty‘ des the En s M. Plum, O. F. Westphal, K. gagement at Liaoyang. P. Hurlbut, Carroll Cook, Thomas WASKE: Wapt. ¢ {via Morton and Joseph M. Cumming 5 1 s Who ©ob-lcajled at Mr. Stoddard’s room yester- & s troops at Liao-!day morning. The retiring grand mas- e which resulted 'ter addressed the deputation as fol- ipation of the city | lows: re- Sir Knights of California Com- four | mander field—of what press my gratification at the splendid which encheng. ed your portion of the conclave. Kuropatkin seemed do not feel ph lly able to wri E road during you a letter at present, but on my re- s = sufficed totu home I will take pleasure e enough Russ writing my sentiments to you. those who were I feel t T can hardly do justice alleled hospitality of your v during’ to the ung > estimated that city d in all my Templar experi- s uld have to outnum- ence over third of a century I to one in order have never seen anything like it nst them, while can only repeat the remark made to £ me many Earl of o times by is marvelous.”” Commander the vang before ce of a cer-, Eminent Charles M. wralization on the | Plum, for California® Commander forces. After the made a brief reply, thanking Past T ir first successes 'Grand Master Stoddard for his kind Koafengshi and pidiy on the second of the been on the bilities reached words and after wishing him godspeed the deputation withdrew. s S KENTUCKIANS ses, some ho had AY ADIEU. respon resy they tely after The majority of Louisville's com- s forgetfulness of mandery took their departure from f r past work and San Francisco yesterday, but it will future. The Pa- pe seve: days before they will pass . v rrymak- | beyond the State line, for they came | « s and the | West with the avowed purpose of see- N s the singing of ing as much of California as possible, s in women’s voices and before returning to their Ken- officers’ quarters -tycky homes their object will have g rent been accomplished. A number of the ginning of the five days’ | Louisville Knights started northward g tels and pleasure resorts | yesterday over the Shasta route with deserted, soldiers and 2 a view of seeing Northern California, been ordered to the while others took the coast route to But as the men came v the #outhland.” It is the inten- 1e city from the front many Id indulged themselves sures as the city afforded. 1 soldiers persistently un- strength of the Jap- oyang the statement eard, even after the fight- tion of the members of the command- ery to eventually reassemble in St. + cs Fid ing at Haicheng and Anshanshan, that the war had not begun yet and that the Japanese were playing a very dan- gerous game. It was generally believed among the Russian troops that the Japanese were enlisting boys and old i men in their-ranks, for otherwise they could not accountsfor the large num- bers of soldiers opposed to them in the field. The attitude of many of the Rus- sian troops with regard tg the fighting ability and strength of the Japanes: s changing, however, and the more intel- ligent are beginning to give the enemy full credit for his sagacity and worth. The actions of the Chinese at Liao- “WHIZ Y WALK A MILE” 1e 2 laconic definition of 2 toboggan ride. It's quick work going down the slide, b s a long climb back to the starting soint. It is very much that way with Poslth; it i quickly lost and slowly regained. When vang, when the change in masters of the first symptoms the city occurred, was astonishing. of failing health ap- | They had fattened long on the Russian | occupation, but as soon as the Japan- #ge were known to be coming in they made 1eady with their newly manufaz- tured Japanese flags to greet the con- O 1€ | querors. Chinese shopkepers at once complication of dis-| 1iq all the goods in their possession orders known as| . piy, bore Russian marks. This wag a general debility “."; wise Lrecaution, as the Jananese {rcons e d-‘;w“nr Jooted all such property, even eased _condition | breaking into neatral premises whe - | 1t had been placed fer safe keeping. Just before the Japanese entered the city many Chinese resorted to the | fumes of opium, and as the Japanese scldiers marched through the streeis of Liaoyeng they spiazhed the mud 2nd fi'th of the roadways upcn Chinese ly- iog drugged and sensciess Iif the low op'um joints froniing «n the narrow alleys and passaz Mezny of the Japaresc soldiers had been without proper or sufficient food for the last three days of the great battle and this fact has Yeen advanced in excuse of their apparently outrag- eous looting. On account of the scarcity of wood the Japanese are burying large num- bers of thelir dead instead of cremating them. b descen§ to uiter weakness and debil- ity. Usually the ——r— et | Beginning one mile west of the head of the Galops canal, in Canada, and extending for over two miles, a chan- nel has been cut 300 feet wide. By the use of this channel the large ves- sels now navigating the St. Lawrence are saved the tortuous and dangerous passage by the south channel through American water. ‘ I /SOCIAL SIDE OF CONCLAVE COMES TO SUCCESSFUL END| 'L | H | | i i L5 - 5 | WOMEN WHO WERE_UNTIRING f IN THEIR EFFORTS TO ENTER- TAIN VISITING KNIGHTS. | = 2 where they will visit the ex- position. The departure of Sir Knight Charles D. Meyer, dean of the Louisville drill Corps, Wi keenly regretted by many who helped to entertain the Kentuck- ians during their stay in San Fran- cisco. On him devolved the duty of providing for the comforts of his fel- {low Knights during their Western & I have sent for you to ex-|journey and their visit at the Golden | OPing movement. being merely an at- | Gate, and that he fulfilled his task in manner in which you have conduct-|a satisfactory manner was attested by | 8uards division of Kuroki’s army was Tiall the members.of the crack drill|lot seriously engaged in the fighting |corps. He is a past commander of ! Kentucky and has been a member of the Louisville drill corps for twenty- |one years, during which his interest in the success of that organization has never waned. When his corps car- ried off the trophy in the competitive | drill at the park his loud cheers were plainly heard by the assembled Ken- | tuckians, who re-echoed them with a | vim, for they all realized that Meyer, who has not participated in the drills for several years, had enjoyed the re- | alization of one of his long cherished | hopes. | SRR b DRILL AND BALL D FETE. California Commandery Winds Up Conclave With Brilliant Function. The twenty-ninth triennial conclave, Knights Templar, was most fittingly wound up last night by an entertain- | ment of brilliant proportions by Cali- fornia Commandery No. 1 at the Me. chanics’ Pavilion. From the opening of the doors at 7 o’clock until midnight, when the band played *“Auld Lang Syne,” a steady stream of the repre- sentative people of the city and many visitors poured in and out through the portals of the doors. It is estimated that during this cloging festival at least 28,000 were present to bid a fare- well filled with pleasant memories to this great conclave. By & o'clock every seat was filled and hundreds stood craning their necks to get even a glimpse of the drill of which opened the programme of the evening. The drill was in command of Captain R. B. Moore and Lieutenants A. A. Moore and W. B. Olsen. It lasted twenty-five minutes and was greatly applauded. The cadets looked very fine in their uniforms—blue coats, white trousers and white helmets. Next came the Californila Command- ery Drill Corps, commanded by Sir Knight R. P. Hurlbut and Lieutenants T. A. Clarke and Henry Ray. The drill lasted forty minutes and every movement was rewarded by thunders of applause. It consisted of the fol- lowing evolutions: The passion cross, the Greck cross, the maltese cross, triangles, single and double circles, the regulation Templar manual and the sword manual. The drill was regarde as almost perfect and received ths highest gencomiums of praige from the Sir Knights present. As the corps left the hall the vast audience arose and gave them a mighty cheer. Following this came a concert at the California headquarters ‘in the art room, the artists who took part in this being L. A. Larsen, E. Boysen, Miss Rogers, Mme. Caro Roma and Eugenia Barker Mills. A grand ball brought the festivities to a close. Just before midnight Bennett's Band struck up “Auld Lang Syne,” and the body of Sir Knights in the hall, headed by Commander C. M. Plum, marched around the great hall and then up- stairs to visit the different command- eries. This brought the great function to a close and the immense crowd of people filed out into the streets. The receptions of last evening closed the social functions of the conclave. | To the efforts of the ladies is largely due the success that attended them and to none is more credit due than to Mrs. William E. Pettes and Mrs, J. W, Heldt, who saw that all that came were entertained and made at home. ————— Sir Knights and Ladies. You are cordially invited to view the exhibition of paintings by A. W. Best, “Grand Canyon of the Colorado,” Arizo- na, in Kennedy & Co.'s Art Rooms, 10 street, under Masonic Temple. * the Third Congregational Cadet Corps, | CRITICISES BROWN MEN John F. Bass Says Japan Has Lost Her Chance. Back From Campaign With the Army of Kuroki. R e Speclal Dispatch to The Call. CHICAGO, Sept. 10.—John F. Bass, war correspondent for the Daily News of this city, reached Chefu to-day | after some months spent with Gener- al Kuroki’'s army. In a cablegram to |h(n paper, dated to-day, Bass is un- | sparing in his criticism of the Japan- ese commanders. He declares that the Japanese have 400,000 men in the | field, while Kuropatkin's army is | much smaller than the Russians would | have their foes believe, and is made | | up for the most part of raw Siberians (whom Kuropatkin has gradually | |whipped into an effective fighting | !force after they had been repeatedly defeated by the Japanese. Bass declares that the Japanese, by | ithelr slowness, have forfeited their ichance to destroy the Russian force, ! which now is practically out of dan- ger and only awaits the arrival of re- !inforcements to turn the tide of war. . The war writer has only words - of | praise for the Japanese troops, whose utter fearlessness Is marvelous, but he |says the strategy of the Japanese of- | ficers merely consists in sending these | brave men straight ahead, no matter what the obstacle. “After passing months in contriv- |ing an exact combined movement from | the south and west to crush the Rus- isian army at Liaoyang, the Japanese |failed,” he says, “through the slow- | ness and timidity of their strategy, to ' throw sufficiently large force from Kuroki's army far enough to the east (and north to cut off the Russian re- |treat. They might have annihilated the Russians when, after fighting one |of the greatest rear guard battles of [ nistory, the retirement from Liaoyang | ‘began on the night of September 3. | “The Japanese right wing, consist- !ing of the twelfth division only, was "then thirteen miles east by north of Liaoyang, calling for reinforcements. | ONLY A FLANK ATTACK. l “Military authorities say that this movement cannot be called an envel- | jtack on Kuropatkin's left flank. The ion Septembey 3. It had been hurried /northward to reinforce the twelfth | division on the morning of that day, | but the extreme caution of the Jap- anese held the guards in reserve. for {fear of a counter attack by the Rus- sians on the left center. Such an at- ‘tack was impossible, owing to the long line which was necessary to the Rus- sians to cover their position. “Kuropatkin's safe withdrawal and | virtual victory place him in the highest ! | position as a commander. In a mar- | | velously short time he has reorganized | an inefficient army, badly officered and | ignorant of the science of war, into a ! j 8ood fighting machine under perfect [w)n!l‘ol. This was done with a’large | percentage of the same troops that had ! | been defeated again and again by the: | Japanese. i “Now the troops of the Mikada, with | | victories galore to-their credit, ha\'e: ‘!ess chance of final success than they | |bad some months ago. Strategically | | the Japanese campaign in Manchuria | is a failure, because, conforming to the | | natiomal desire to posses Port Arthur, | +the Japanese devoted too much force | to their endeavor to take that fortress. They devided their strength, and the| result was that they failed to crush | | Kuropatkin. - “ DELAY AIDS THE RUSSIANS. “With 400,000 men in the field the | Japanese have no excuse for their fail- | ure. Kuropatkin’s large army is a myth. The slowness with which the| campaign has been®conducted affords ; the Russians a new opportunity to get more troops over the Trans-Siberian | Railway. Heavy reinforcements are | absolutely necessary to secure success ! for the Czar; in this lies the only | chance of Russian victory. “Japanese strategy has been success- ful only provided the object of the war is to seize Korea and occupy perma- nently the Liaotung Peninsula up to Mukden. This, however, is contrary to Japanese diplomatic representation. “However, it is rumored that _the rowers are to be conciliated by conces- sions of customs ports in North China, the Upited States getting Newchwang. ‘‘Trade in the Far East is now at a standstill. Every one, especially the Chinese, would welcome intervention by the powers to stop the war.” —_— s NOGI PREPARES FOR BIG ASSAUL —— Continued From Page 26, Column 6. | nese refugees from the coal mines, as well as wounded men, all hurrying to the rear. The cannonading came to an end when the sun went down. Throughout the night of September 2 it broke out again fitfully, but the periods were of short duration. k JAPANESE VICTORY COMPLETE. The morning of September 3 showed that General Kuroki had not attained his object, but the victory of the Japanese over the Russians ap- peared to be complete. Russian troops and refugees from Liaoyang, in rick- shas, were pouring north along the railroad and over the main highway on their way to Mukden. were stationed at Liaoyang, Yentai and Mukden had fled to Harbin. Newspaper correspondents were in- structed to send their telegrams to Harbin, 340 miles up the railroad from Liaoyans. | The night of September 2 was marked throughout by furious rifle firing outside of Liaoyang. The Rus- glan troops were in a highly nervous and excited state. They were con- vinced that the Japanese were creep- That Pe-ru-na OL. C Mass. Heavy Artillery, Army of the Potomac, past commander in the Union Veteran Legion, and a prominent Grand Army man, writes from the Mu- seum, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture, Wash- ington, D. C., as follows: ““I commend Peruna as a most agreeable as well as effsctive medicine. Catarrh and catarrhal colds are checked and generally cured by a judicious use of it. Peruna is a good promoter of digestion and is an exceilent remedy for a weak stomach. It tones up the appetite and is not at all ATHANIEL SHATSWELL, 1st disagreeable’ to tate."’—Col. Nathaniel Shatswel'. Mrs. W. E. Grissom, Henry, Ellis County, Texas, writes: “I took Peruna faithfully over two months, and the result is a thoroughly renovated system and a strong, buoyant feeling to say nothing of a cure of the chronic catarrh. Therefore I shall avail myself of every opportunity to speak of Peruna as a catarrh cure.”—Mrs. W. E. Grissom. A great many remedies to temporarily relleve catarrh have been devised from time to time, such as sprays/ snuffs, creams and other local applications, but, as a rule, the medical profession has lit- tle or no enthusiasm in the treatment of catarrh. Peruna cures catarrh wherever locat- ed. Peruna is not a guess nor an experi- ment—jt is an absolute scientific certain- A eruna has no substitutes—no ri- vals. Insist upon having Peruna. e CHAJ. W. BOWMAN, Y Lanham,Md \\ Chas."W. Bowman, 1st Lieutenant and Adjutant 4th M. S. M., Cal. Vols., writes | from Lanham, Md., as follows: “Though somewhat averse to patent medicines, and still more averse to be- coming a professional affidavit man, it seems only a plain duty in the present in- stance to add my experience to the col- ums alreacy writlen concerning the cura- tive powers of Peruna. have bgen particularly benefited by its use for colds in the head and throat. | have been gble to fully cure myself of a most severe attack in forty-eight hours by its use according to directions. | use i1t as a preventive whenevsr threatened with an attack. “Members of my family also use it for like ailments. We are recommending it to our friends. Chas. W. Bowman. Cures ADVERTISEMENTS. EADERS OF \MEN OF NATIONAL PROMINENCE GIVE STRAIGHT-FORWARD EVIDENGE Catarrh Wherever Located. Peruna operates immediately to nelyes tohe' to the mucous membranes. There is no other internal catarrh remedy that has proven effective in all cases. Pe-ru-na Cannot Be Imitated. Some things may be successfuliy imi- tated, but Peruna cannot be. Every one purchasing Peruna should look out for’ imitations. Examine each package care- fully. If you have ever used Peruna or if you have ever tasted it, you are not in the slightest danger of being misled by | these imitations, but all those beginning | the use of Peruna should beware. Believe no one who tells you that he | has a remedy that is mak .g the same cures that Peruna is makin Hon. D. L. Russell, ex-Congressman of . North Carolina, writes from Wilmington, C., as follows: “I cheerfully join with United States Senator Pritchard and Congressmen Black- burn and Linney in recommending Feruna as an invigorating tonic.”"—D. L. Russell. Peruna is the only reliable internal remedy ever devised to cure catarrh, no matter where located. If you do not derive prompt and satls- factory results from the use of-Peruna, write at once to Dr. Hartman, giving a full statement of your case and he will be pleased to give you his valuable ad- vice gratis. Address Dr. Hartman, President of The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, Ohlo. All correspondence held strictly confl- denti ing forward irresistibly all the time. The morning of September 3 saw the resumption of the cannonading at dawn and the vast clouds of smoke which arose slowly from the burning warehouses in the foreign settlement { at Liaoyang could be seen for a dis- tance of ten miles. As the corre- spondent was attempting to get into Liaoyang he heard Russian cheers in the direction of Kowliang, to the west of the railroad, and it was reported that General Mistchenko had been gaped. The Japanese assert that their | losses were very heavy. The fact that the Japanese artillery | maintained its fire for six days with- | out diminution astonished jRus - sians, who could not account lh\!" rapidity with which the Ji ese | must have transported their ammuni- tion. The Japanese are preparing to make | Liaoyang the headquarters of their | Manchurian armies. The Russians | GRAND TRUNK OFFICIALS ARE STILL UNDECIDED Terminus of Road Will Be at Either Tucks Inlet or Port Simpson. y VANCOUVER, B. C., Sept. 10.—Pri- vate advices from Port Simpson, B. C., state that the Grand Trunk Pacific party, comprising Charles M. Hays, F. W. Morse, William Wainwright and three engineers, inspected the harber have fallen bagk to positions along the | to determine its avallability for termin- { Hun River, south of Mukden. | al purposes. They announced that their The railroad has proved itself to be | choice would be either Port Simpson inadcquate for the requirements of | or Tucks Inlet, which latter place they successful in clearing the enemy away from the Russian right flank. Genera) Zassulitch of Kuliencheng fame, with 1000 men, on September 3 ‘was smoothing the road north of Liao- vang for the retreat of the Russian artillery and troops. He was also try- ing to put into effect various devices calculated to ‘delay the advance of the Japanese. When the correspondent passed the fire-swept bed of the Taitse River on his way into Liaoyahg at noon of Sep- tember 3 the Russian Infantry had re- tired from the immediate front to shelter behind the south wall of -the city. <Upon getting into Liaoyang it was seen that Japanese rifle bullets were falling around the railroad sta- tion and that all the stored lumber and wooden bridges in that vicinity were in flames. MANY CHINESE WOUNDED. Two hundred and twenty Chinese, who had been wounded by the shells falling inside | the city, had been brought together at the Chinese Red Cross station and were being cared for. It was apparent that the Rus- sians were using the walls of the city for protection. This the Japanese dis- covered and consequently they con- tinued to throw shells into Liaoyang. The number of Chinese wounded in- creased. Upon the assurance of a member of the staff of General Zassulitch that the evacuation of Liaoyang would not oc- cur before September 4, the corre- respondent devoted his attention to caring for Chinese wounded until nightfall, but during the night all the Russian sentries were withdrawn from Liaoyang, the pontoon Lridges across the Taitse ‘River were hurriedly re- meoved, the Japanese entered and took possession of the city and the corre-l spondent was taken prisoner before he was aware of what had occurred. The battle of Liaoyang is accepted here as determining the mastery of Manchuria. In it the Russians were fully equal in numerical strength to the Japanese, who had approximately 180,000 in the field, The Russian ar- tillery was superior in range and rapidity of fire to that of the Jap- anese. The Russians forced the Jap- anese attgckers to take dangerous po- The WRussian Dpress censars who | sitions by intfepid assaults. In many | instances the Russians lost more men behind their breastworks than did the attacking Japanese. In the fighting on the plains, where the Russians believed they would have the upper hand because of their superiority in cavalry and of the op- portunities to deliver bayonet charges, the Japanese resisted successfully. The Russian losses in the fighting around Liaoyang are estimated at 10 per cent of lhr'munbtf of troops en- the Russian army in retreat, and the belief is expressed here in certain quarters that the active campaign is at an end for at least four months to come. e As a means of defense for women in case of attack from a ruffian a stiletto hatpin is about to be placed on the| European market. It is made of fine steel that will bend but not break, has a fine, hardened point and a handle with which to grasp the weapon.* are now visiting. —_———— To Explain Voting Machines. The Election Commissioners. will instruct the voters in Precincts.9, 10, 11, 13 and 14 of the Thirty-first Assembly District how to use the vot- ing machines recently purchased by the city for use at the November elec- tion. The lessons will be given next Tuesday night at Eintracht Hall, 237 Twelfth street. Week’s Specials Saturday night, Sept. 17, between 7 and 10 o'clock, California Solid Oak 18x18 inches, with and tarned legs; quarter - sawed and piano polish ADVERTISEMENTS. Center Table, SLI5 Regular price $3.25. Full size Hanging Meat SR 65c ahelf shelf. R for this Safe, wit! sides and lar $1.25; week, each