The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 13, 1904, Page 1

FISCHER'S—"Down the Line.” GRAND—"The Bu rgomaster. LYRIC HALL— Twelfth Night ™ MAJESTIC—"A gale.” Japanese Nightin- Matinee to-day. ORPHEUM—Vaudeville; matines to- day. TIVOLI—"Der Rastelbinder.™ SAN FRANCISCO, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1904 PRICE FIVE CENTS. FURIOUSLY (he Russian and Japanese Armies Are FIGHTING MUKDEN, Oct. 12, 2:40 p. m.-—-Stubborn fighting is still in progress, this being the third day of the engagement. It is impossible at this time to say what has been accomplished. Hospital trains are continually arriving from the south. establi CHILDREN BURNED 1N DISCOVERED | S00 JON 0N THE SUN AT PAAMA EXPLOY Bursting of Gasoline Blower Injures Twenty-One. Hospitals Filled With Moan- ing Victims of the Accident. >~— Police Rescue Litt] and Eleven Ymerge —— From Flames jer Care of de urgeons = HUGE SPOTS Each of Them Much Larger Than the Earth. Father Ricardo of Santa Clara College the Columbus. Director of Meteorological Observatory Believes Blurs on Sol's Face the Cause of Recent Storms atch to The Call Oct. 12.—Three large iscovered upon the sun on by Father Ricardo, di- f the meteorological observa- anta Clara College. ts is several times larger than the other two are of agnitude. These spots ered about 2:30 o'clock and « several times by the senior class and Father Bell, who pronounced them true sun spots., The observations One o rial. The larger of the spots is a slight distance below the sun equator, and the two smaller ones ten degrees above the equator. The size of the larger very great in comparison with h. One of the small spots is a being composed of two and, compared with the v large. These spots this h, Ty afterncon” appeared to grow and the is scoverer believes they will ardo says it is likely that cal disturbance witnessed e coast were in a large meas- ue to the formation of the sun He can give no reason for the formation of the spots. MILLIONS > made through the sfm;n equato- | in size, | ctrical storm and general | + | IN [0 Makes Annual FOR ARMY Commissary General s a nephew of nissioner Maestret- re watching the thing n there was a noise face hurt. I put up » save my eyes and the seemed to run all over he plaint of all the chil- Just came. It hurt, oh, it ed by Detectives four hours after e was placed He will be held d whether the in- dren result fa- £ statement to wed a plumber's g across the to splutter and e I went for n gathered the police furnace fr MINOR CHANGES ADE IN AMERICAN EMBASSIES Robert W. Bliss Appointed Second Secretary at St. Petersburg. Other Transfers. WASHINGTON, Oct 12.—Robert W. Bliss has been appointed second secretary of the embassy at St. Pet- erzburg; Montgomery Schuyler Jr., secretary of the legation and Consul General at Bangkok, Siam, and Paul Nash Consul of the United States at Venice. These are all transfers and exchanges and not original appoint- ments. watching and | ke WASHINGTON, Oct. 12—The an- nual report of Brigadier General J. F. Weston, commissary general of the army, says the total cost of feeding the army during the past fiscal year was $8,821,750. During the year the losses | were 3415650 in the Philippines, $7467 on the transports and $129,853 in the United States, Alaska, Porto Rico and elsewhere. From the total amount of | losses is to be deducted 385,950, the pro- | and deteriorated stores. { General Weston says that it is diffi- {cult and often impossible to prevent | losses of perishable stores. Losses are | due principally | water and inland transportation and i"’ trying climatic conditions. The rapid abandonment of posts also re- sulted in large losses, particularly in | the Philippines. ? General Weston urgently recom- | mends the passage of a bill by Congress | to give authority to all officers intrust- ;ed with the disbursement of subsist- | ence funds to hold restricted amounts | of such funds in their personal pos- | session. He says the exigencies of the public service require an open disre- | gard of the restrictions of the exist- | ing law in cities where the t.easurer jor an assistant treasurer is located. He urges legislation authorizing the | sale at public auction of accumulated | subsistence stores in good condition, which cannot advantageously be trans- ported to other points for issue or sale to troops. General Weston says the problem of feeding the army in the Philippines was a very difficult one, but “it hag , ceeds of sales at auctions of damaged | to long and difficult | DIRT WILL | FLY President Tells the - Commissioners to Dig. Experiments to Be Made to Determine Most Eco- nomical Method. Will Enable Board to Decide Whether Contract System or Government Construction Is Cheaper. Dispatch to The Oct. Epecial WASHINGTON, gether and dig.” Roosevelt's advice to the Panama Canal to-day, all of whom called at the White House with the ex- ception of General Wiison. Tbe con- ference lasted more than an hour. But how to “dig,” whether by contract or under Government construction, was the rrincipal feature of the canal ques- tion discussed. With a view to expe- | diting the work In accordance with Call, 12.—"Get to- Commissioners | tre President’s wishes. the cofnmission | favors the purchase and operation of steam shovels in order ¢o form an es- timation of what the work Wwill actu- ally cost in the event that it is finally decided to do it by contract. Th= beoard left with the President a mem- orandum of what has been done to| date. Soon after the members of the com- mission left the White House John | Barrett, United States Minister to Pan- ama, conferred with the President. The President gave to Barrett some together” advice. Barrett made a qualified denial that differences exist between himself! and | Admiral Walker. “When I left Panama.” he said,”I had a perfect understanding with the Pan- ‘ama authorities and I am here now working out the agreement I made with | them.’ The President called the commission into conference for the purpose of find- | ing out at first hand what progress | has been made in beginning the work of construction- The question of iwhelher the work can be more eco- | ncmically performed by contract or un- | der the direction of the Government | | general opinion that before it was de- | clded finally the Government should make experiments in the line of actual | work. | The proposition now s to purchase | fourteen of the largest and most pow- | erfvl steam shovels and make a begin- | ning under Government superviston in order to form some basis of the cost. | If bide are then called for from con- | tractors the commission can determine | the question of economy. | The President advised against bulld- ing up too heavy a clerical force or any other extravagances, and plainly indi- cated that the commission itself would ‘be held responsible. —_—————————— ACID HURLED IN HER FACE BY WOMAN FOR REVENGE Mrs. Mary Bunel Victim of Mrs. Snow, Who Claims She Stole Hus- band’s Love. SPRINGFIELD, Mo., Oct. 12.—Mrs. Hollet Snow to-day dashed a glassful of carbolic acid into the face of Mrs. Mary Bunel. Mrs. Bunel's face, neck and chest were burned black and she probably will lose her éyesight. Mrs. | Snow was arrested. | Both women are young. Mrs. Bunel was one of the heirs of the famous Bunel estate, which was in litigation |in the courts of France for twenty years. Mrs. Snow recently filed suit for damages against Mrs. Bunel, alleging that the defend- ant had alienated her husband’s af- fections. I been successfully solved, and subsist- ence affairs In the archigelago are now run with system and economy.” The subsistence department, it is stated, was able to make a contract for fresh beef for the fiscal year 1905 by ‘which an annual saving of over $140,000 | been comparatively favorable. We This wWas President | “get | On coming away! >— The wounded are being sent farther north. on the railway platform here, where nurses and surgeons give prompt attention to the most urgent cases before the trains. proceed. A dressing station has been FTERCE BATTLE RAGING Japanese Resist Kuropatkin's Advance, Terrific_E'm?agemenL Takes Place South of Men. | Artillery Duel Being Fought in the Direction of Tu- mentzn Pass. TOKIO, Oct. 13, 9:30 a. m.— Field Marshal Oyams, tele-} graphing from the field yes- terday, says that operations are progressing favorably. TOKIO, Oct. 12, 8 p. m.—Reports dis- patched last night from the scene of the great battle now raging along an extended front from a central point north of Yentai, westward across the railroad southeast to Bensihu, on the el D FON TAIE 14l IS TIATED LONTON #ieér3 Taitse River, say that the struggle continued undecisively throughout the day. The Japanese commander’s avowed purpose was to continue the assault throughout the night and the | following day. The Russians have a | great force down close to the Taitse | River. Apparently Field Marshal Oyama’s attack was nicely timed to interrupt a | strong turning movement that was threatening Liaoyang itself. The right | army, reporting last night, says: “The enemy’s artillery opened a se- | vere attack at 10 o'clock Tuesday against our forces at Bensihu. The vance has heen met with a counter advance of the forces | under Field Marshal Oyama. Situation JAPANESE TROOPS CAUGHT IN A BARBED WIRE ENTANGLEMENT ERECTED BY THE RUSSIANS. — Kkin is reported to be aiming | to strike simultaneously at two widely separated points on the Japanese left. in the Far East. General Kuropatkin’s ad- actions. General Kuropat-| ports from the front were re- ceived at the Russian War Office last night, and the fact is regarded in some quarters as indicating the non-sucecess was discussed and it seemed to be the| enemy with one regiment from his right | and five battalions from his center as- sumed the aggressive. Fighting is now progressing. He is bombarding be- tween Ta pass and Bensihu. In the di- rectien of Tumentzu pass another ar- tillery duel is progressing. Our de- tachment, sent to the left bank of the Taitse River, returned after driving the enemy back. The enemy has some guns near Tayupo, on an upper stream of the Taitse River. The enemy is hold- ing a line from Tumentzu pass to Ben- sihu, and east of the roadway he has Aceording to advices re- ceived at Tokio, a general engagement is in progress | between Liaoyang and Muk-| den, but reports from Rus- sian sources deseribe thef fighting there as merely in | Taitse River. There has been hard fight- ing a short distance north of Bensihu, in which a Russian | Military authorities, how- loss of 150 Kkilled or wounded ever, point ont that owing to is admitted. The Japanese| the magnitude of the move- say they have cut off a Rus-| ment planned it is too early sian column south of the to expeet news of decisive No official re- ! results. thus far of General Kuropat- kin's forward movement. this country and! the nature of advance guard eighty guns and fully two divisions of infantry. The enemy opposing the main strength of the right army and|of the enemy holding Chanotvitzu and holding a line from Sanchiatzu to Pa- | yychiatientzu and their vicinities. clatzu numbers four divisions. The|ghoula the commander be unable to right column of the right wing and the | gccomplish 'his purpose before sun- left column continued severe fighting down he will continue the attack dur- until sundown. The left wing of the ing the night and the following day. left column, co-operating with the right | rpe enemy opposing numbers at least column and the center army, tried to| ywo atvisions.” attack the enemy, posi:d at Sanchi- —_— atzu, but was unable to effect this pur- pose before sundown, but the progress FIGHT NIGHT AND DAY. of the front center and left wing is very favorable. The commander of the army was still keeping up the attack ! on the enemy even after dark.” ST. PETERSBURG, Oct. 12.—The The center army reports that its| Russians made a rush for Bensihu right column, which has heen occupy- | after their victory at Benlapwtz. There ing the heights llwrth of Yuamentzu they found a strong Japanese force since yesterday, is co-operating with he right bank of the Taitse the left column of the right army and ;‘:}f::‘ v o began advaneing toward Ouchiatzu, ¢ Brisk fighting is proceeding there and which place it attacked. In the mean-|, ,ung Yental In the latter vicinity while the left wing advanced and at- there was a force of -artillery, e e of tae mkwal-| “ye pattle is continuing night and mm rections” s unkne llttckmln day. It commenced by the Russians et getting to within three versts (two enemy opposing the left column holds a line from Fanchiatan, on the Schill Japanese Receive Reinforcements and bearing important dispatches from - General Stoessel, at Mukden, Septem- ber 29. General Kuropatkin stopped his retreating movement and four days later he issued the order to advance. This is taken as showing that Port Ar- thur needed relief without delay. Japanese “ships are hovering about Vladivostok on the lockout for contra- band. BN R E ST. PETERSBURG ANXIOUS. Absence of Official News Concerning Battle Causes Uneasiness. ST. PETERSBURG, Oct. 13, 3:20 a2 m. No official news of the result of to-day’s battle south of Mukden is available a.t' this hour. General Kuropatkin doubt- less has communicated his regular re- port to Emperor Nicholas, but the dis- patch was not sent back to the general staff to-night. So the latest word from reticent, counsels patience, pointing out that the offensive movement -— - is pushing forward in this direction be- hind the screen containing the column at Shaktintaidze is unknown, but ths appearance to-night of a Russian col- umn at Tzyanchan, thirty miles south- east, striking at Field Marshal Oyama's communications with the Yalu, and the knowledge that another column is al- ready across the Taitse River, gives evidence of the wide nature of the turning movement. It is possible that the attack on the Yentai mines may simply be intended to hold the main Japanese force stationary, and that the outcome of the Yentai fight may have little bearing on the result of the gen- eral cngagement. ‘While it s now asserted that Gem- eral Kuropatkin enjoys a considerable numerical superior force, the main fear expressed is that this superiority is in- sufficient to enable him to carry out the big operations he has undertaken. Apprehension is caused by the Tokio dispatch saying that Field Marshal Oyama reports that he 'is gaining ground and has cut off a Russian col- umn below the Taitse River. It is only realize how much General Kuropatkin has staked - the assumption of the offensive. The battle now in progress undoubt- edly will outweigh In importance the hard fighting at Liaoyang. for Kuro- patkin’s victory, partial or complete, is necessary. Defeat would certainly spell ruin for his military .,,.,..\.uym.-mum