The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 12, 1904, Page 3

CZAR STOPS KUROPATKI WAR BU Russians Hurry t Fortiiying of Tie Pass. Will to Again ‘Attempt Check Their Pursuers. 12.—The Daily Mail's ondent, cabling un- r 11, says: atkin has returned to r inspecting the fortifi Pass, the work on which is nced, but is being hurried same time dangerous rts to delay the Jzpanese UNDON, Sept va e being made. i from a Russian source that s is e outcome of the Emperor's that the Emperor even per- wnanded Kuropatkin to no abatement in the retreat 1 troops northward. The fierce artillery engagement heard south of Mukden on Friday line of retreating Rus- within five miles southeast were attacked by Japanese who were invisible amid The Russian troops sent to retreated with heavy loss bandits are swarming int t and have stopped traffic be- gmintin and Mukden, shoot- torturing to death Russian pa- Telegraph's correspondent, vas with the Russians reports that he has been the Japanese. expected that issue a third in- 000 yen ($49,- s it rnment will n of 89, Sher ard’s Tientsin correspond- is reported that Chinese being quietly and now occupy both sides River. It is stated, the savs, that they will be r occupy territory conquered by 1 Japanese, and that German of- » making an investigation as to f the report s AL JAPAN'S STATEMENT OF LOSSES. dent to Total Liaoyang Casualties Announced Than Eighteen Thousand. Sept. 11.—An approximation nese casualties in the battle based upon reports of the medical rps of the three « armies, was concluded to-day. fighting from August 26. he imber 17,539 men, divided as e right army, under the com- neral Kuroki, 4860 men. er army, under the com- f General Nodzu, 4992 men. eft army, under the command General Oku, 7681 men. alties include 136 officers kille 464 officers wounded. Th that the army under Gen- ustained the heaviest losses for by its assaults upon defenses to the south of s ac the ounted Russian »t. 11.—The correspond- s with General Oku’s his statement that two davs’ fighting at close to 20,000 men, ire battle they far ex- figure. He says that the center and right armies great in proportion, Oku's asualties being the greatest because of 1is repeated terrific assaults upon the Russian fortifications. The correspond- ent says 40,000 men would be a conser- { estimate of the total losses of ned Japanese armies at Liao- PSR CONSUL IS SURPRISED. Kisaburo Uyeno Can Offer No Ex- planation for Len: Appearance. Kis; the Japanese Con- yuro Uyeno, v surprised when, at 4 s afternoon, I received a tele- escage from the Merchants’ =tating that the Russian na had ccme into port. that she was in this part and I cannot imagine what Perhaps she came merchant marine. here is an absolute 1 understand put have her bolflers and ed. T am awaiting with to hear what the author- hingten will do in the nce to premices At both the office and the residence of Pau vitch, the Russian Con- as stated that the Consul was not be in again until Monday morning. PSS SRR RS Rt S MG COMMITS BOLD ASSALLT s Martinelli, an employe of lace house, residing at street, was the victim of a ult opposite the Lurline Martinelli was struck hrice with a beer bottle is of a cowardly thug and ground, stunned, with his bov in his arms. came so quicklythat did not have a chance had happened. He home in company n and J. Hynes and in child in his arms. without warning or provo- an sprang out of the dark vile oath struck Martinelli hree ‘blows on the head with a beer bottle. Martinelii feil to the ground. stunned by the but he managed to hoid on 1o his child. In the meantime the ASSE beat a hasty retreat, closely away 1 o'c &= 'l‘ r-old hat followed by Hynes. Ryan took charge of the child and, after taking him home, ace panied Martineii to the Central Ewmergency Hospital, where hig wounds were dressed by Dr. Bosko- i is suffering from a frac- skull and several deep rtions of the head and scalp. .He o reason why be should h been attacked and avers he has no enemics. His assailant is described a man of about five feet eight *i~ht. thick set and wearing of clothes and a derby hat. The nolice are working on the case, bui have no elew io guide them. 25 bei DN e ;- dinner the Ohio * the Hotel Ft, Francls cosiponed untll October 1. 5t will be madc tae oceaslon of the pros- entation to the new battleship Ohio of & silver wervice, and witl under the guspices Otlo Eoclety of Cal¥ornia. an the hev drafted in| = THE ST. PETERSBURG. Sept. 1 at Mukden. ST. PETERSBURG. Sépt. 11. hostilities to-day (Saturday) i | ST. PETERSBURG. Scpt. 11. zo1 ont the empire. R AT e 2 At a meeting of the E ! wrday War Minisier Sakharoff recommended the sending of an addi- tional 350.000 men to the Far East las, dated September 10, General Kuropathin says: except Insignificant patrol encounters, in which we sustained no casualties. LLETINS. —fl The First Army Corps has arvived reror’s military advisers on Sat- n a telegram to Emperor Nicho- “There were no ) LONDON, Sept. 11.—A dispatch to Reuter’'s Telegram Company from st. Pgtershurg says it is understood that Viceroy Alesieff, in view of the naramount military exigencies in the Far East, has placed his resignation. in the hands of the Emperor, bnt that no decision with vegard to it has yet been made. The Emperor has called to arms the reserve troops in twenty-two circuits of the governments of Kher- Bessarabia, Fkaterinoslav and Taurida, belon~ing to the military district of Odessa, and also one category of reserve officers through- e T s o SN Y S s e Being a Belligerent the Lena Must Now Dis- arm Herself or Depart. Continued from Page 1, Column 4. us quarters of the crew the con- seel is crowded with guns and but the cabins and saloons of the sixteen officers are roomy anj | chly furnished. Beautiful panels or- nament the walls, and the floors or decks of these apartments are formed { machine [of curicusly and artistically inlaid | wood. Outside the dingy slate-tinted hul! of the Lena—covered with sea weed below, and the weather marks of | long. weary cruises zbove—is not an attractive show, but from the beauty | and freshness within her handsome sa- mdent at Tokio of the|loons one would fancy she might have | | been lying up in some peaceful port. She has seen some service since she | came from Odessa on the Black Sea. In the dashes of the fast Russian v sels south from Viadivostok a number of small Japanese merchantment have | been her prey, but the destroyers of | Kamimura did not get her under their | searchlights. The officers are cour- teous to visitors aboard their evening inviting the press photograph- ers to_take snaps of objects around. With Their limited knowledge of the English tongue they tried to tell of the vessel and her mission to this port. Cruising in the Northern Pacific they found their boilers giving out, they =aid, and ran for San Francisco be- fore a Japanesc cruiser caught them in a crippled condition. The Lena was | thirty-one days coming from Vladi- | vostok, calling at the Saghalian Islands. The usual trip consumes about iwenty-six days. Her way from the Siberian port was | pretty direct. A statement comes from | the ship to the effect that the Russian crossed the ocean for the purpose | of placing herself in the track of the | America Maru, but the failure of her boilers drove the raider into harbor. The twenty-four hours’ stay in a neu- { and the question of her remaining here | will be a matter for the American and | the Russian Governments to settle, | with Japan doubtless having consider- able to say on the subject. It seems | to be the gereral opinion that the Lena | must dismantle herself and remain in this port till leave the harbor. | ‘Coliector Stratton, asked as to what | the department would do in the mat- ter, was less communicative than the | Russian ofticers, who acknowledge that | passibly to remain here the Lena may | have to dismantle. This i« a matter of great delicacy involving diplomatic consideraticns, and I am therefore | not in a position at this time to discuss it. nti! the arrival of the steamer has been re- | ported to me officizlly I cannot say what ac- tion I shall take in the premises. It is more than probable that both the Japanese and the Russlan Consuls will call on me to-morrow in relation to the action I shall take concerning the transport's stay in San Francisco. It would be highly indelicate for me to say in advance of official advices what the action will be or what law can be applied to the vessel and her movemen: T e S CAPTAIN VISITS. L He Is Gracefully Reccived Aboard the Flagship New York. Shortly after the Lena came to an an- | chorage Cantain Berlinsky 'and his of- | ficers visited the United States flagship New York and were received by Flag Lieutenant Sargent, as both Admiral | Chadwick and Captain Hunker were on | shores Lieutenant Sargent said that the on’y question put to him by the Russians in | regard to news of the war was wheth- er Port Arthur had fallen. He says that when he told them the Russian stronghold was still in the possession of the Slavs the Russian officers seemed surprised. They asked no questions in regard to the doings of the army, and seemed to care little about-what was 2going on. The officers of the New York thought this action on the part of the Russians singular, inasmuch as. they had been at sea for over a month with- out news. Captain Hunker says that from what { he has learned of the condition of the Lena she will have to be dismantled, as required by international law, after she has been here twenty-four hours. Once dismantied she will be compelled to stay here until the war is over. Her crew will enjoy the -San Frantisco cli- mate for some time unless they go back to Russia by way of New York. The Lena is very foul of bottom and { her engines and boilers are nearly out | of commission. She does not present the spick and span appearance of the American man-of-war, and her officers and men are poorly uniformed. The sailors are scantily attired and.their clothes are old and torn. Captain Hunker of the New York said last night that it was more than probable that the poor condition of the Lena’s machinery was due to inexpe- rienced engineers, or possibly to the consuming of a low grade of coal. As Admiral Chadwick was absent from the New York it was impossible to ascertain his views on the subject. g INQUIRIES FOR HAVNER. Russian Consul Seeks Former Pilot of Viadivostok Fleet. Although repeated calls at the Rus- sian consulate last evening brought the response that Consul Kosakevitch was not at home, it was later learned that he had teiephoned from the consulate to the Palace Hotel an inquiry as to whether Captain B. Havner was regis- tered there. Not satisfied with the re- ply that no such person by that name was a guest at the hotel. the Consul ! | half an hour afterward sent a repre- | seniative to the Palace-to confirm the'| information he bad obtained and to learn if possible whether Captain Hav- | ner was expected at the hotel. Captain Havner was formerly pitbt | of the Viadivostok fleet, which he’quit, a few months after the war began. He | arrived here on July 15 from the it and registered at the Palaee ‘Hotel, | where he remained for seventeen days. | He is _an American and a native of Maine, but has resided in the Russian ship,”| | tral port will expire about noon to-day | the close of the war or | The Collector says: | 2 empire for a number of years. Tt was generally understood by Cap- tain Havner’s fellow passengers during { the voyage across the Pacific that he | was on a mission to this country and | his quiet movements during his stay in this city strengthened the existing | suspicion that he was here in the in- {terest of the Russian Government. When it first became known that the Japanese Government was receiving large cargoes of contraband articles | from San Francisco by the Pacific Mail |and Toyo Kisen-Kaisha liners the cap- tain remarked, in a rather significant , that Russia would soon be ship- | ping 1o Viadivosfok. Later he grew confidential with one {acquaintance, to whom he said that i hy as awaiting a Russian vessel to e at his port, and added that he |expected to return to Viadivostok be- | fore many months had passed. During his stay in this city he made | frequent trips into the wholesale dis- | tricts, where it was supposed that he talked with merchants regarding the | purchase of large stocks of their goods. He finally left here, saying that he was going to a northern resort for a short rest. The Russian Consul's apparent | eagerness yesterday after the captain | of the Lena had visited him, to dis- | cover the whereabouts of Captain Hav- | naturally aroused- the suspicion t possibly the former pilot of the Viadivostok fleet is in some way con- rected with the sudden appearance in this port of one of the Czar's trans- | ports ‘and that the latter vessel may | have been the one Captain Havner had in mind when he told his friend that he expected a Russian vesscl here and was hoveful of returning to Vladivos- | tok “before many months had passed.” BBt I MAY REMAIN AND REPAIR. Washington Believes Cruiser Can Stay a Reasonable Time. WASHINGTO™, Sept. 11.—Secretary Morton said to-night no word had been received from Admiral Whiting re- | garding the Lena, but that it he asked for instructions his telegram would be | referred to the State Department. It | is thought here that the Lena would be | given a reasonable time to make re- pairs. especially as she is not a fight- ing vessel and is far removed from the | theater of war. With no Japanese ships in close pursuit Navy Department officials are puzzled to know how the | Lena came to put in at San Francisco, |as the Bureau of Naval Intelligence, | which is watching closely the move- | ments of ships of various nations, had | not received information that she was | expected in American waters. ELEL S A | WASHINGTON MUST ADVISE. Admirel William H. Whiting, com- mandant at Yerba Buena Island, said: “The arrival of the Russian trans- port Lena was wired at once to the authorities at Washington. No action can be taken until a reply comes from | there. T do not know what action the department will take, but I doubt very much whether the Lena will be al- {lowed to remain in this port for any | extensive repairs.” I AR AN N real intention of putting their promise into effect. If this 1s the case, if, in other words, they are insincere in the promise they make, it is only nmecessary to say again that it is unwise to trust men who are false in one thing to deal with anything, The mere con- sciousness of broken faith would hamper them i continuing our policy in the islands, and only by continuing unchanged this policy can the honor of the country be maintained, or | the interests of the islands subserved. I, | the other hand, our opponents came into ! and atempted to carry out their promises to tne FiLpinos by giving them independence and withdrawing American control from the fs- lands, the result would be a frightful calamity o the Filipinos themselves and In its larger aspect would amount tg an international crime. Anarchy would foliow, and the most violent avarchic forces would be directed partly against the civil. government, partly against all forms of religious and educational civiliz- ation. ~ Bloody confilets would inevitably en. sue in the a-chipelago and just as inevitably the isiands owuld become the prey of ths first puwer which in its own selfish interest took up the task we had cravenly abandoned. Of course the practical difficuity in adopting any t such course of action—such & ‘‘policy of scuttle,” as President McKinley calied ft— would ‘be found well nigh insuperabie. If it is moraily indefensible to hold the arc¢hipelago as a whole under our tuteiage in the interests of 1ts own people, then it is morally indefen- sible to hold any vart of it. In such case | what right have we to keep a coaling station? What right to keep control over the -Moro peoples? What right to protect the Igorrotes from their oppressors? What right to protect the law-abiding friends of America In the ls- lands from treachery, robbery and murder? Yet, t6 abandon the isiands completely, with- out’ even retaining a coaling station, would mean to abandon-the position in the Competi- tion for the trade of the Orient which we have acquired during the last six years, and what is far more important, it would mean irreparable damage to those who have become the wards of the nation. To abandon all con- trol over the Moros would amount to-releasing these Moros to prey upon the Christian Fili- pirws, civilized or semi-civilized, as well _as [ the -commerce of other peoples. The oros are in part still in the stage of culture where the occupations of the bandit and the pirate are those most highly regarded, and it has not been found practical to give them self-government in the sense that we have been giving it to the Christian iuhabi- tants: To al as our vjronents propose in their platform, would be y as.if twenty-five 4 withdrawn the army and the clvil agents from within end around the Indian .reservations in the West, at a time when the Sioux and the Apache were still the terror of our settiers. It would be a criminal absurdity; and_yet our oponents have pledged themselves thereto. 11 successful In the coming election they would either heve to break faith or else to do an act which would leave an indelfble stain upon our mational 2000 sense. has been dome for the { flized man. vista of orde: leve interest and not a polfcy made in of expioitation. ¥v g;n is to fit the islanders hid thme civit are N'S RETREAT, O PRESIDENT’S STIRRING MESSA Continued From Page 2, Column 7.1 aily Bomba’rdmen't'sI of Port Arthur’s Defenses. D Slav and Japanese Qutposts Clash Constantly. —— CHEFU, Sept. 11, 11:20 p. m.—Ac- cording to the latest news received here from Port Arthur, the Russians, on Septémber 4, shelled the Japanese covered trenches in front of Pali- chuang and destroyed them.. Every- thing was» quiet along the entire line during the night of September 4, but in the morning it was seen that the Jupanese outposts had crept closer in toward the Russian lines. One incident of the recent bombard- ing of Port Arthur was the striking of the roof of a hospital by a Japa- nese shell. The Japanese fire was drawn to the hospital by the placing near it by the Russians of beacon signals. One small Russian scouting party succeeded in creeping close to the Japanese intrenchments on ' Corner Mountain, but the barking of dogs, gave the alarm and prevented a fur- ther advance. Japanese reserves poured into the entrenchment and opened fire on the Russians, but a shell from a Russian battery landed in the trench and killed many of the Japanese soldiers and the remainder retired. This enabled the Russians to occupy the trench until dawn. The trench evidently was unimportant, for the Japanese made no attempt to re- take it, and the Russian scouts with- drew shortly after daybreak. On September 6 a small body of Japanese troops captured some out- post trenches on High Hill, which is not far from Corner Mountain, but on the approach later of a Russian de- tachment they evacuated this®position without fighting. The Port Arthur Novi Krai, in a recent issue, declares that a Japanese colonel has been executed because he failed to occupy a certain position ‘on Corner Hill within a specified time. TORPEDO-BOAT HITS MINE. In its issue of September 2 the same paper says that a Japanese torpedo- boat struck a mine fourteen Tmriles southeast of the hambor, and sank, and that on the day after this occurrence the Japanese cruiser Itsukushima also was damaged by a flogting mine. A Chinese who Jeft Port Arthur on the night of September 6 reports that Japanese troops to the number of 5000 control Louisa Bay, to the northwest of Port Arthur, and that the Japanese also are in control of Pigeon Bay, to the west of -Port Arthur. This Chi- nese wanted to leave from Pigeon Bay, but the Japanese would not allow him to do so. He was taken to Port Dalny and on the way passed through five villages where detachments of Japanese troops, numbering from 2000 to 5000 each, were quartered. He says the Japanese are making use of a balloon, which he describes as a cigar.-shaped affair, with a car suspended underneath, and says that a “fat foreigner, wearing a mustache,” runs the balloon. The- Japanese entrenchments line the hills in every di mn and rein- forcements are coi tly arriving! from Port Dalny. The Japanese hos- | pitals at Port Dalny are filled with wounded and transports are engaged in removing the wounded men to Japan as fast as possible. CEASELESS ROAR OF CANNON. The story of the occurrences before Port Arthur the past ten days, accord- ing to the Novi Krai, is one of bom- bardments, outpost clashes and recon- noitering expoloits. Coples of the Novi Krai dated September 5, 6 and 7 are de- voted almost exclusively to a recital of the details of these occurrences. Rus- sian activity on the northeast front, which includes Rihlungshan and Kik- ‘wanshan, is noted by the paper, and the inference is drawn that an attack in that quarter is expected. The bom- bardments, of the Palichuang fort, which’is only 300 yards'from Rihlung- shan, are frequent. The Russians are trying desperately to retard the further | | I in which they receive justice as absolute as t is in our power to guarantee. Thelr indi vidual rights to life, i ously and it the protection of the flag drawn their rights would be lost and the islands would be plunged back under some form of vicious tyranny. We have given them more self-government than they have ever before had; we are taking steps to increase it still further by vroviding them with an elected legislative assembly; and surely we had better await the results of this experiment— for it is a wholly new experiment In Asia— before we make promises which as a nation we might be forced to break, or which they might interpret one way and we in another. It may be asserted without fear of successful contra- diction that nowhere else in recent years has there been as fine an example of constructive statesmanship aifd wise and ministration as has - been given by the civil authorities, aided by the army, in the Philippine Tslands. We have administered them in the interest of their own people; and the Filipinog themselves have profited most our - presence in the islands: but they also been of very great advantage to us nation. So far from having *'sapped the foundation: of poputar government at home by the course taken in tbe- Philippines, we have been spreading its knowledge and teaching its prac- tice among peoples to whom it had never been more than an empty name. Our action represented . great stride forward in spread- | ing, the principles of orderly liberty: through- out the world. ‘“Our has not lost its gift of benediction In ftz worid-wide journey o their shores.” We have treated the power we have gained as @ solemn obligation and have used it in the interest of mankind: and the peoples of the warld, and especially the weaker peoples of the world, are better off because of the position we Have assumed. To retrace our steps would be to give proof of an infirm and unstable national purpose. GOVERNMENT TRUE TO THE SPIRIT OF THE CONSTITUTION Four years ago, in his speech of acceptance, President, McKinley sald: o - e been moving In untried- paths, There will be mo turning aside, no no retreat. . No blow has Xcept fg ]iberty and hi 3 "wiil ‘perform t upright far- courage. and for During the last five yeara more ; Lincol moral RDE AN- FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY. SEPTEMBER 12, -1904. War in progress (beganp February 8), days ............ Number of principal land battles, exclusive of Port Arthur Number of important sca fights...... . : Russia Loss in men (estimated). Loss in men estimated). Japan Loss in war vessels, Russia. . . Loss in war vessels, Japan. . Big wi Viadivostok ships sunk Russlans. defending fortress Japanese in the field. Russians in the ficld. — . craft sunk or destroyed, Russian Big war craft sunk or destroyed, Japanese .. High commanders killed, Russian .... High commanders killed, Japanese x = Days since last traih left Port Arthur (May 5)..:...... Pays since land siege actually began ( Port Arthur ships sunk or destroyed Russian ships that have taken refuge in foreign ports. Japanese investing Port Arthur...... 216 anshan Hill, May 27) 75,000 30,000 325,000 225,000 Britons Believe the Czar’s Baltic Fleet Will Fall Prey to Admiral Togo. LONDON, Sept. 12.—The situation at Port Arthur, especially in view of the sailing from Kronstadt on Sunday of the Baltic fleet, receives new attention in the newspapers. Spencer Wilkinson, in the Morning Post, says it depends entirely upon how long Port Arthur can hold out whether the Baltic fleet will be of any effect. The Standard declares that the fleet will never get beyond Suez, but says if, by any inconceivable chance, it should reach Chinese waters, it would only give Togo fresh opportunities for add- ing to his category of successes. The Standard adds: “We cannot credit the ‘Russian Gov- ernment with any intention of sending its last maritime reserve to destruc- tion.” y The Telegraph devotes a lengthy edi- torial to a witty protest against the Japanese treatment of war correspond- ents and attaches, based on Bennett Burleigh’s strictures. The editorial de- clares that “Great Britain’s ally, solely from the point of view of her own in- terests, committed a profound political error in allowing correspondents to go to the front and then reducing their presence to a nullity.” The paper also warns Japan that Western sympathy is not encour,ged by the “superfluous evidences of Jap- anese distrust.” The Morning Post’s correspondent in the field with General Kuroki describes the operations against Liaoyang as twelve days of the hardest possible fighting and marching on short rations, with a temperature of 100 degrees in the shade and frequent falls of rain. All of this, he says, has been borne splendidly, though the men- were worn out after the tense struggle. He adds: “General Kuropatkin's retreat masterly. heights to the last possible moment and secured a safe retirement for his army and his guns.” was Bennett Burleigh sends to the Dally Telegraph from the Japanese head- quarters a Jong description of the fighting. He says: “General . Kuroki, who was hotly at- tacked by Kuropatkin and was for a time in jeopardy, was unable to get astride of the railway, otherwise Liao- yang would have been a Sedan for the Russians. “What surprised me more than any- thing else was the wonderful manner in which the Japanese continued for a whole week their awful bombardment of the Russian positions. It was the fiercest artillery attack, perhaps, in history. Tens of thousands of shells were thrown daily, but the supplies of them seemed inexhaustible. The Rus- sians only replied spasmodically, but their rifle fire was often the heaviest. “It must be sald for the Japanese that, although they fight with the ut- most fierceness, daring and courage, they battle not like mad men, but with their heads, and they obey their of- ficers in all straits.” Burleigh testifies, as other corre- spondents have done, that the Japan- ese are continually drafting fresh men in the fighting ranks and remarks how marvelously they took fortifica- tions whose capture appeared to be im- possible. He asserts that it was Kuroki’s dangerous position that com- pelled the’ other Japanese armies to force the fighting. “The Muscovites pregented a most dejected appearance in the retreat,” continues Burleigh. “The men are of good material, but the officers lack many necessary qualitles. The war is most unpopular with all the Russian soldiers. In Japan it is just the reverse. “The dread Cossack cavalry is a myth which the Japanese infantry de- spise. The Russians made absolutely He held the northeastern:no use of their masses of horsemen. “I fear the losses to both the Rus- slans and the Japanese are near 30,000 men each.” -_— strengthening of this position. On September 1 a fire partially de- stroyed the village of Palichuang. Later the Russian artillery leveled a stone house and walls which the Japanese had been using for cover. The Japanese outposts thereupon were strengthened, and wires hung with bells were strung to sound an alarm in case of a sudden attack. The village of Chalitsets, which was in front of the parade ground, has been destroyed, presumably by the Rus- sians, although it is not so stated by the Novi Krai. RUSSIANS SHELL REDOUBTS. Russian guns on a position known as Rock Redoubt fire almost ceaselessly on the two forts at Palichuang. The Russians call these forts Redoubt One and Redoubt Two. The Novi Krai men- tions that two companies of Japanese were seen working when a shell com- pelled them to flee. The Japanese were seen carrying planks and other things from Redoubt Two to Redoubt One. Returning they carried something which could not be identified. The Novi Krai of September 5 de- scribes a heroic- sacrifice of life by a Japanese who, it was believed, at- GE TO VOTER _ Alarm has been professed lest the Filipinos should not receive all the bemefits guaranteed to our people at home by the fourteenth amendment to the Constitution. As a matter of fact, the Filipinos have aiready secured the substarice of these benefits, This Government has been true to the spirit of the fourteenth amendment in the Philippines. Can our op- ponents deny that here at home the principles of the fourteenth and fifteenth amendments have been In. cffect nuliified? In this) as in many other” matters, we at home can well profit by the example of those responsible for the uctual management of affairs in the Phil- ipplues. In our several commonwealths -here in the Uuitcd States we as a people now face the complex problem of securing falr treat- ment to each man regardless of his race or color. We can do €o only if we approach the problem i the spirit of courage, common sense and high-minded devotion to the right, which has enabled Governor Taft, Governor Wrighi, anc thor gesociates to do so noble a work in giving to the Philippine people. the benefit of the true principies of American Iiberty, * Our appeal is made to ail good citizens who hold the honor and the. interest of the nation close to their hearts. The great Issues which are at stake. and upon which U have touched, are moge than iwere partisan issues, for they involve much that comes bome to the indi- idual pride and individual well-being of. our ple. “Under conditions as they actually are; 0od - Amerlcans should refuse, ‘for ‘the sake re_of the nation, to change the national polic: v . We, who are responsible for the administration and legislation under which this country, during the last seven years, has grown wo greatly in_ well-being at home and in bonorable repute amons the nations of the carth abroad, do not stand inertly upoa this record, do not usc this record as an excuse for faflure of effort to meet new conditions. L On the contrary, we treat the record of what we have done it the past as incitement to-do even better in the future. We Lelizve that the progress that we have made may be taken-as a measure of the pro- gress we shall continue to make if the people again intrust the government of the nation to our bands. We do not stand still. We press steadily forward towa:d the goal of moral and material weli-bsing fov our own people. of Just and_fearless dealing toward ali other peoples, in the & t not merely of this country, bui of wankind. There is not a policy, foreign or domestic, Wwhich we arc now carcying out, which it would not bs disastrous to reverse or abandon. If our opponents should come iu and not reverse our nolicies, than they would be branded with tne brand of broken faith, of false promise, of insincerity in woid and deed, vantage of the mation with such 8 brand clinging to him. If, on the other hand, ithey should come I and rev and no man ean work to the ad- . tempted to blow up a wall behind which the Russians waited. The Japanese sol- dier calmly left Redoubt One, carrying two boxes and deliberately marched to- ward the Russians, who suffered him to approach. When he was quite near sharpshooters killed him. On investi- gation it was found that the boxes he carried contained lyddite, with fuses carefully affixed. - G S T RUSSIANS RESORT TO PRAYER. Swccial Services to Be Held in Churches Throughout the Empire. ST. PETERSBURG, Sept. 11.—The Official Messenger to-day published the following resolution, which was adopted by the Holy Synod: < By virtue of an imperial ukase to the effect that during the présent trials of our dear country more ardent prayers should be offered for the victory of the Russian troops, who are worshipers of Christ, over a cruel enemy, full of guile, the Holy Synod promounces the time ripe for special prayers to be offered in all of the churches in the Empire on Sundays and holy days after mass, beseeching that heavenly aid should be sent to the Russian army, which is sagrificing Its life for its faith, its Em- peror and Its country, for long life for the vic- torious troops and for the repose of the souls of the warriors who fall. +______—..___'.___+ PILLAGE SHOPS OF THE JENS ST. PETERSBURG, Sept. 11.—Anti- Semitic rioting took place at Rovno, in the Government of Colhynia, on Sep- tember 4, during which many persons were injured and shops pillaged. A similar outbreak occurred at Sme- la, in the Government of Kieff, where the troops were called out. Ninety-eight houses and 145 shops were pillaged and several persons were seriously wounded by the troops. Many of the rioters were arrested. The affair lasted for two days—Sep- tember 4 and 5. — e MELBA'S ATO KILLS OLD MAN PARIS, Sept. 11.—Mme. Melba, the distinguished singer, while driving in an automobile this evening, accom- panied by her two cousins, ran over a man about 84 years old and killed him. The accident occurred on the boulevard Peroire. ‘The chauffeur was not to blame, the old man got in the way of the automobile while endeavoring to es- cape being run over by a cab. Mme. Melba, was greatly distressed and returned to the hotel, where she is now- confined to her apartments. Sl pagee DAUGHTER. OF A . KNIGHT JILTED AT THE ALTAR Ligyptian Government Oflicial Two Days Beforc Date of Wedding Breaks Off Engazement. LONDON, - Sent. 11.—The. wedding of Mr. McCalman,: an official of the Egypilan Government, with Con- stance, daughter of Sir James T. Ritchey, Lord Mavor of London, and niece of the former Chancellor of the f:;engqu-)r. was . u»morm: londay). . re . costly " 3 RING LIAOYANG RETAKEN RESULTS TO DATE. Tokio Estimates the Russian Losses at 25,000. Mikado’s Men Capture Vast Quantities of Stores. TOKIO, Sept. 11.—Telegraphic reports ceived here to-day from the head- quarters of the Manchurian army de- clare the Japanese to be in full posses- sion of the Yentai coal mines, estimate the Russian losses up to the fall of , Liaoyang at more than 25,000 men and give additional details of the disposi- tion of the Russian forces around Liao- yang during the battle. The estimate of the losses does not include those suffered by the Russians in the rear guard action fought after the evacua- tion of Liaoyang. The date upon which the Japanese occupied the Yentai coal mines is not given. According to Russian prisoners and other men the Russian force at Liao- yang included the full strength of the Second, Fourth, Fifth, Tenth and Sev- enteenth army corps and portions of, other corps. One corps was posted to the west of Liaoyang; another was lo- cated south of Liaoyang, with a full corps in reserve! another was placed to the northwest of the city on the right bank of the Taitse River and another faced the Japanese right army. General Stakelberg was in command of the Russian forces at Shoushanpao. Major General Mistchenko at first was in command southwest of Liaoyang, and later directed the Russian defenses on the east. Prisoners and others affirm that the Russlan. losses between the retreat from Anshanshan and the final fall of Liaoyang amounted to more than 25,000 men. Before the battle the Russians assem- bled a great number of railroad cars at Liaoyang, which were constantlv used in the removal. of wounded men and arms and ammunition to the rear for three or four days. Vast quantities of arms, ammunition and stores were burned at Liaoyang before the final retreat, but an enormous quantity of shells, ammunition, powder wagons, stores and miscellaneous property was captured by the Javanese. With the ammunition captured was a quantity of dumdum bullets. FOREST FIRE STILL RAGING Special Dispatch to The Call. SAN RAFAEL, Sept. 11.—The forest fire which has been burning on the Bolinas ridge for the past four days is still raging, notwithstanding the re- ports that the fire is under control. Sheriff Taylor returned from the scene of the fire this afterncon and reported it under control, but he had not been here but a few minutes when word was received from Liberty Farm that the fire had broken out again at Little Carson Canyon between Liber- ty Farm and Lagunitas. Sheriff Taylor immediately gathered twenty men and returned to the burn- ed district, although he nas taken no rest for twenty-four hours. The fire is practically under control on the Camp Taylor side of the ridge and un- less the wind rises the blaze will be entirely extinguished by morning. Pedrini Brothers, lumber merchants, whose camp is in the John Enos Val- ley, managed to save many cords of cut wood, but the flames devoured two hundred cords of tan bark and as many cords of cut wood. The fire is now burning through Little Carson Can- yon toward Lilly Lake and Milliards” ranch. Milliards has every avallable man on his ranch at work and a desperate at- tempt will be made to save it from the flames. Many thousand dcres of timber have been destroyed since the fire started, the Howard and Shafter tract alone constituting twelve thousand acres, all of which was burned. Many ranches and cattle have been destroyed by the blaze and people re- siding pear the burned district have shipped their valuables to a place of safety. No word has been received from gnd telegraph wires are down, owing to the fire. —_——————— MINERS ORDER TWO MEN OUT OF CAMP Union Gives Recent Arrivals From Cripple Creek One Hour to Leave Goldfield. It is believed the real cause deportation is the fact that relative of a member of the Owner.” Assoclation of Cripple There is a very Mine Creek. strong undercurrent-of feeling against the actions of the unifon that may result in the formation-of & Citizen's Alliance to prevent furthes of .violence by of the Fire Department ally, and ‘kept the- flames. the one building. The fire tabe(nufl;hr{. ~ Friday nf smoke was seen. issu- ing from the same bullding. The fire was put out by tum.g.t; cial watchman was put on guard, the firebug M‘l‘hflh oAby