The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 26, 1904, Page 1

s o | TEE WEATHEE. [ THE TEEATERS. Forecast made at San Pran- ! i Y _lllm_', of .:'h'ofluo.:‘ cisco for thirty hours ending Sword.” midnight, September 36: ‘ Central—“The Danites.” San Francisco and vicinity— | ‘_ntes—Vaudeville. Showers Monday; fresh souths | Colnmbia—"Wizard of 0z." e it | e |—‘"¥or! 'olks.” oty d | | Majestic—“Captain Barrington.” Local Forecaster, 1 | Orpheum—Vaudeville. Temporarily in Charge. | | Tivoli—“The Serenade.” L — —— o == —— XCVI—NO. 118. VOLUM CZAR WILL SEND HALF-MILLION MEN TO THE FRONT; JAPANESE. SHUT OFF PORT ARTHUR'S WATER SUPPLY With the purpose of foreing the war with Japan to a speedy termination, the Czar has taken steps to reorganize and reinforee the fighting force in the Far East. A second army is to be created un- der command of General Grippenberg, a veteran of many wars, and it is expected that within a comparatively short time an army aggregating 600,000 to 700,000 men will be ready to take the aggressive against the Japanese. It is believed that Grand Duke ] holas Michaeloviteh will be made commander in chief of the Russian armies\jn the Far East, with a soldier of more varied experience as his chief of staff. Severe fighting at Port Arthur is reported to have taken place on September 19-21 and several important strongholds are said to have been captured by the Japanese, who shut off the garrison’s water supply. Heavy firing was heard also on September 24, but details of the fighting at this time are lacking. = IE TNION | HON WORKS Auction to Be Attend-“» ed by Steel Mag- nate Schwab. . — Receiver of United States Shipbuilding Trast Is With Him. ongire Comes From the East in Private Car With Party of Friends. Milli | | I am the solec owner of 70 per cent of the shares of the new organization. | In this corporation there are fifteen million shares of preferred stock and fifieen million shares of common | stock. This new organization owns all | the shipbuilding property that was in the old company with the exception of the Harlan & Hollingsworth Com- pany of Wilmington, Del. and the | Union iron Works of this city.—Ex- | Charles M. | | vab, former president es Steel Corporation, th Jr., re- nited States Shipbuild- companied by a party this city last Francis. t is to be of the Union Iron e put up for auc- er Smith by order guished par- rectly through rivate car, was people, where ck. The train time they ar- the hotel was owd anxious to get n famous as the ust and or- ding trust. Re- st of the party He immediately receive a large iting for him, imself from all who the plea that he artments rs. d When men and get a cefved dgpm g s ay re managed hotel counter. 8 me on the unced his intention of Turkish bath and with several of hie friends he startec out with that 2 in view. He was in the finest humor and received ry one with a broad, good-natured He to vein of e and a hearty nandshake. In aking of the reorganization of the building combine he said: m the sole owner of 70 per cent of t s of the new organization. In this rporation are fifteen million £ ferred stock and fifteen m of common stock. This T tion owne all the ship t roperties that were in the the exception of the th Company | of this city. sent in our of the Union to-day, and Y 1ake a bid I the sale. I} inent straight | T is com- | C ends. First elmire, who is the for and one /. W. Green, | represent the Mer- | mpany; Franeis D. | the reorganization | nip-building vely, Dr. J. 5. Dinkey, M. R. | John McKane and Powere. 1 have no inten- nt of making a visit to the | Tonopah country, my present plans be- | to remain here until to-morrow | d then go directly East.” H » owns 70 per cent of the | stock of new organization he has full control of it, and if he acquires the Union Iron Works and the Harlan | & Hollingsworth plant, which is to be | gold at auction during the first week in | October, he will be in absolute control | of the ship-building industry of this | country. He hopes, having this end in view, that with the acquisition of these two last-nemed plants he will be able to place the successor to the original ship-building trust on a paying basis. | Wright of Sacramento, Cal., the owner SHOOTS T BEFORE. 1S DOWNED Marauding Tramp Turns Tables on Pursuers. e e Kills Idaho Deputy Sheriff| and Fatally Huorts | Another. —— | Finally Wounded and Arrested—Militia | After His Companions, Who Will | Be Lynched If Captured. BLACKFOOT, Idaho, Sept. 25.—As a result of an attempt to hold up a Jap- anese section gang here at 5 o'clock to-day, Deputy Sheriff E. P. Sweet was killed, Section Foreman W. E. Fitzgerald probably fatally® wounded and an unknown tramp, one of the robbers, fatally wounded. The deputy sheriff was summoned from his office to apprehend two.‘ trampg . who were ting. o up the‘ Js"’):neu 's'ecutl pm'en.' Sfl;.efle‘z | accompanied by Fitzgerald, approached the section house, when vne of the des- peradoes, with a revolver in his hand, | beckoned Sweet to enter. As the depu- ty crossed the threshold deputy in the forehead, he fell forward on his face into the house, the wound proving fatal within an hour. The| robber then sprang over the prostrate body of the deputy and with an oath | started after Fitzgerald, who ran for the adjoining section house, a short distance away, which he reached and | locked the door behind him. After fir-| ing two shots through the door the| robber broke the door down, and, cor- nering Fitzgerald, shot him three times, emptying his revolver, arter which he | beat him into insensibility with the | weapon. He then sprang through a | window and started up the ralilroad | track toward the town. A number of citizens, attracted by the fusillade, armed with guns, sum rcunded the robber. Taking refuge be- | hind cars and other obstructions, they | opened fire on the desperado, who re- | turned the fire, firing at everybody that showed in sight. Finally Deputy Sher- iff Kinney, with a shotgun loaded with buckshot, brought the robber to earth. During the melee the holdup’s two companions escaped in the gathermg‘ darkness. A posse of citizens and mem- | bers of Company F of the State Mili- tia, are now in pursuit. Great excite- | ment prevails and unless the despera- does are successful In eluding pursuit they probably will be lynched by the| enraged peoble. e | RETURNS IN.TIME TO CANCEL ORDER FOR HIS FUNERAL Chicago Mother Identifies Suicide as Her Son, but Latter Turns Up in Usual Health. CHICAGO, Sept. 25.—Grief-stricken over the death of her son, Mrs. Apollo Matezki sat in her home, 141 Wa- bansia avenue, yesterday waiting for his body, which she had identified at the North Side Morgue, to be brought to the house, when in walked Ignatz in his usual good health. The mother almost swooned at the sight, and| neighbors, who had come in to con- sole the woman, stood speechless. Ignatz, who is 29 years of age, had not even heard the report that he was dead and was at a loss to understand why his appearance should cause con- sternation. Then it was explained that Mrs. Matezki, not having seeni| him for some 7avs, read of a suicide which answered his description and went to see the body, which she mis- takenly identified as his. Ignatz at once got busy canceling orders for a coffin, carriages and flowers and to- day there was joy in that house in- stead of a funeral. LEAVES GRIP CONTAINING $3580 IN STREET CAR KANSAS CITY, Mo., Sept. 25.—For returning a satchel containing $580 in cash, $1000 in New York drafts and jewelry to the value of $2000, A. W. Wallace, a street car conductor, re- ceived $5 reward from Mrs. P. M. of the satchel. Mrs. Wright was returning from the World’'s Fair and stopped over to see Kansas City. She had with her the grip containing the valuables. On leaving the Westport car on the South Side she forgot to take it with her. When she discovered her loss she hur- ried to the company’s offices. She was almost hysterical and wanted every effort made to instantly locate her grip. While she was explaining mat- ters, Conductor Wallace appeared with the missing satchel. Mrs. Wright handed the conductor a $5 bill with the remark that she was obliged to him.” “so0 much L SPLIT RAIL SENDS CARS INTO DITCH Californians in New York Central Wreck. Dr. Felt of Eureka, Himself Injured, Aids in Res- cuing O:hers. e Wife of the Pere Marquette's Vice President Is Mangled Under the Wheels Special Dispatch to The Call. ROCHESTER, N. Y., Sept. 25 —Sev- eral persons were injured, one fatally, in a wreck on the New Ralilroad a short distance east of Lyons early this merning. Mrs. Newman Erbs, wife of the vice president of the Pere Marquette Railroad, brought here with both legs cutioff, died at the hospital. Erbs was bruised and injured internally. 4 “-Richard Heany of San Francisco; a brewer, was cut and brulsed. Three sleepers on the Western ex- press, a fast train bound ffom New York to Chicago, left the tratk because the holdup | of a split rail and threw the passengers | fired at close range, and, striking the | to the floors of the coaches. Just as the | train came to a standstill a fast freight train eastbound ran into the derailed cars. A party of three—Dr. Ray Felt, Mrs Felt and Mrs. Paul F. Smith, all of Eu- reka, Cal.—who were on the sleeper and who were shaken and bruised, stopped here and are receiving atten- tion at the hotel. Dr. Felt was the only physician on the wrecked Western Express of the | New York Central, and he ministered to the wounded for a half hour before the arrival of physicians, although himself severelv hurt. Mrs. Smith, Mrs. Felt's sister, had to be chopped out from under wreckage. Dr. Felt said: “Our party was in berths on the left side of the gar, which was thg last, save ome, in the train. 1 was awak- ened by the bumping and knew we were derailed, but as the speed was slow i calmed the women. As 1 began dressing there came a crash against the side of the car. This, I afterward learned, was a freight emgine. It tore the left side of the car completely away, and carried me out with jt. I found myself under the engine. Feel- ing about the side of the engine I came into.contact with a board. I tore this away and made an opening “gwide enotigh to crawl out. T heard that the conductor signaled the freight train with a vocket electric lamp and suc- eeeded thereby in checking the speed | of the train.” ——- DEAD NUMBER SIXTY-TWO. KNOXVILLE, Tenn., Sept. 25.—The death list as a result of the wreck on %the Southern Railway near Newmar- ket, Saturday, has grown to-night to sixty-two and it probably will exceed seventy befére Tuesday, as many of the injured.are in a serlous condition and more deaths will occur in the hos- pital. To-day-there were six deaths in that institution, the last one occur- ring at 8 o'clock to-night, when M. P. Gant, a prominent resident of Shelby, N. C., passed away. Otheérs who died | ir. the hospital were the two colored firemen, two little girls and Nep Miller, colored, of Johnson City. To the ap- pended corrected list of dead there must be added an unknown infant, found to-day at the scene of the wreck, and two other unidentified bodies. The list of dead up to 10 o’clock is as follows: W. A. Galbraith, Knoxville: Mrs. W. A, Galbraith, Knoxville: W. T. Elils, Greensboro, N_ C.; Ralph Mountcastle, Knoxvil néz Ruseell, Knoxville; Clyde Ruseel ville; Cory Knight, Dandridge, Tenn.: Stephenson, Omaha: John Conner, D. S.'Fox, Birmingham, Ala, Jellico, Tenn.; Mrs. J. N Alle: ‘Mrs. W. C. Haddix, K Bird, Jefferson City, Tenn.; Mrs, R rson Gty Teni.; Ed. ge Grou, enn.; John Glenn, Morristown, Te Dr. A, Crawford, Bardstown, Ky.; T ner, Morristown. Tenn.; George Lee, Ca ton, Ky.; . 8. Plummer, Chapel Hill, N. F. G Ernst. Johnson City, Tenn.: John Biac White Pime, Tenn.: Mrs. W. B. Crawford, M hawk, Temn.; J. R. Rhea, Whitesburg, Tem W, €. Hill, Jellico, Tenn.; Mrs. Latira Hill Gafrney, 8. C.; —HIll, 7 vears old, daughter of Mrs, Laura Hill: Miss Sarah Hill, Gaffney. €. C,; 15-months-0ld boy, thought to be son of Mrs. Laura Hll: Mrs. Fannie McEwen, Kno, cille: oRIB. 4 Jeflerson City, " . 3 noxville: Minde Knoxville: William Jones, Knoxvin, . Paniel, Turleye Mill, Tenn,; Knoxv"};: Isaac H ss » Kno: ' * vi . Gant, o4 D: 1{' Lot rson, colored,’ hnvg::. illiam &fiflw‘ B~ itte, %;T("Am the fort on Rihlung Mountain, which is men, unidentified; 2-year-old unkBoOwn negro. =2 York Central | who was | | lasting _until Sept \zdwh:u b s .| ened, as far as possible, use of "the necessity of protecting ‘water sup- ply. . While_situated in the chain of main forts, Fort K never has FORTS WO BY NIPPOY IFARRIORS Port Arthur Faces a Shortage of ' Besiegers Capture Portifica- | tions Guarding Source | of Supply. Terrific Fighting Brings Japanese Line Closer to the Inmer [ Defenses. ——— s, 3 TRKUTSK, Sept. 25.—The Circum- Baikal Railway opened to-day. ST. PETERSBURG, Sept. 26, 2:30 {a. m.—A dispatch received here from Chefu states that the Japanese, hav- ing augmented their artillery with 12-inch guns, began a fresh bombard- | ment of Port Arthut on September 10, | LONDON, Sept. ' 26.—The Daily Mail's Chefu correspondent says that | the Japanese are now devoting their energies to an attempt to drive the | Russian fleet from Port Arthur. | | Japan, the correspondent says, is de- | termined to destroy the Russians be- | ore it is possible for the Baltic fleet | | to arrive. | CHEFU, Sept. 25—As a result of the | battle before Port Arthur, which began | on September 19, the Japanese succeed- | | ed in capturing several important posi- tions, and to-day the Russian tenure of | the big forts guarding the north, } northeast and northwest sides of the | town is seriously threatened. Chinese information places the Japanese losses under 3000 for the three @ays’ fighting. This comparatively small casuaity list is due to the excessive c¢are used by the Japanese in making theip preparations for the advance. RusSian sources, | heweayep“clain. to have information | .that the Japanese -jossew were unusu. ally severe, amounting to fully three times the number reported by Chinese. ossibly the most important capture afffing the three days’ fighting was that of Fort Kuropatkin, which, while of minor value with regard to prevent- | ing the entrance into the town of the | Japanese, had been constructed for thei | | purpose of protecting the source of the | zarrison's water supply. The control | of this water supply is now in the | hands of the Japanese. | As was announced in these dis- patches on September 20, the battle be- gam, before daybreak on September 19. At that hour the citizens an¥ garrison of Port Arthur, after the enjoyment of weeks of comparative security, awoke to the thunderous reports of artillery along the line extending from the west of Itz Mountain to Rihlung and Kik- wan Mountains. This was but a pre- face to the assault which was destined result in the capture of three new and important Russian positions, to- gether with six small but annoying forts lying between Shushiyen and Rihlung Mountain. NEW GUNS IN ACTION. During the day and night of the 19th and until noon of the 20th the bom- bar@ment continued without cessation, and the many shells falling from quar- ters which previously had been silent made it obvious that the Japanese had at last succeeded either in mounting many heavy guns in new positions or in strengthening their old positions, The infantry fighting during this pe- riod was comparatively trivial. At noon of September 20 the Japan- ese right and center, the former being to the west and the latter to the east of the railroad, commenced the ad- vance. - The troops made use of the trenches and infrequent natural cover that lay in their way. The small forts to the south of Shushiyen resisted this advance but briefly, their garrisons not being strong numerically. Since the beginning of the bombard- ment the artillery fire fi Fort Kuro- patkin had been growing steadily wesker, and, it having Become appar- ent that it _had been tically = si- lenced, the Japanese a: Ited the fort. Fort Kuropatkin is situated to the south of Palichuang and to the north- Least of the parade ground, on a low hill. Tt derives its name from the time when General Kuropatkin inspected it, pointed out the weakness of the posi- tion and ordered that it be strength- been as strong as the others. After se- vere fighting it fell into the hands of' the Japanese. This capture lessens the security of Continued on Page 2, Column 5. > ALTON B. PARKER ISSUES HIS FORMAL ACCEPTANCE OF PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION | 4 PE cexey Zor /z SMRLL FRACION ar oum IMForns AND FExpoRNs I a FRVORS LIRERAT, PENSIONS Y &(}zmflafl OF ARID LRNDS — THE WORK. ... 15 BUL IN ITS INFRNCY . - “Uneman.... dosPENDENCE ¥ i 2 -+ DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENCY WHOSE VIEWS ARE TO-DAY MADE PUBLIC. YNITY STUDENT A BURGLAR Graduate of a Bible School Admits Special Dispatch to The Call. TACOMA, Sept. 25.—After protesting his innocence for hours, Albert Brad- ley, a divinity student, has confessed to being a burglar. He broke down and told where loot from a residence he had robbed was concealed. At the police station the young man was very indignant and protested his innocence. He showed himself to be a graduate of the Meody Bible School of Chicago and a member of the church. H® declared he was studying for the ministry and that during the summer he had been camping on the shores of Lake Washington. At the time he was protesting his innocence Bradlev was wearing a coat and shoes stolen from a residence. While Bradley occupied a cell in the | city jail a visit was made to his tent and other stolen articles were found. Bradley recently came West from Chicago. He is said to be well connect- ed there, though he studiously avoids any allusion to his family. It required a long sweating process to eligit the confession of guilt from Bradley. —_——— Noted British Artist Dies. LONDON, Sept. 25.—Collin Hunter, the artist, is dead, aged 63 years. Says Imperialism Is the Great | Issue. Special Dispatch to The Call. CHICAGO, Sept. 25.-~*Stand pat on practically all of the present national policles, but change your national leaders,” is the advice to the American voters, paraphrased from the famous message of the late Senator Hanna, given by Judge Alton Brooks Parker, in his letter of acceptance of the Democratic nomination for President. At the outset he takes pains again to declare “my unqualified belief in the gold standard.” On the tariff— called the ‘‘robber tariff” by the St. Louis platform, he expresses a belief in the necessity of revision, but adds that such revision should be accom- plished “without disturbing business conditions,” and naively couples this with the reiterated declaration that such revision would be impossible, even if he should win, as of necessity the United States Senate must remain Republican during the next four years. “‘Stand pat” on political legislation | on the trusts is also his advice, his reason being that, in his judgment, the existing laws, together with the rem- edies afforded by coinmon law, are adequate to deal \tith the problem. Reciprocity, called ®the twin brother of protection,” he declares to be neces- sary in order to secure enlarged and enlarging markets for American pro- ducts. “The Democratic party,” he writes, “stands committed to the principle of civil service reform and demands its just and impartial enforcement.” STAND PAT ON THE CANAL. ‘While accusing President Roosevelt | of following devious paths to secure | the building of the Panama canal, Judge Parker urges the Democratic party to become particeps criminis in this procedure, “as the building of a canal -along the route selected should be pressed to completion with all rea- sonable expedition.” Continued on Page 3, Column 2. 1 BlG DEAL CLOSED 1N THE SOUTH Huntington Acquires Control of Miles ot_gga_cn, Special Dispatch to The Call. LOS ANGELES, Sept. 25.—By a deal, the final papers in which passed this evening, Henry E. Huntington has acquired control of five miles of ocean front property lying mostly in Orange County and including practically all of the bay front at Newport. For a con- sideration which has not been made public but is said to be a large sum, W. S. Collins and others transferred to Huntington their stock in the New- port Beach Company. Huntington also secures 600 acres of beach land and the largest island in Newport Bay, 150 acres in area. Itis the intention of the purchaser to place the property on the market as soon as certain imprevements can be made and out of it he will make one of the most magnificent beach resorts on the Western coast. The Pacific electric line, which now runs to Huntington Beach, is to be extended to the easterly line of New- port Beach, making nine miles of new trackage. The company also intends to run an electric line eleven miles ‘| long from Newport Beach to Santa Ana. Work on the new lines will be- gin at once.