The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 10, 1904, Page 1

ber 10: San Francieco and A Forecast made at San Fran®isco for thirty hours, ending midnight Decem- Saturday; fresh southerly winds. District Forecaster. — . THE WEATHER. Vietnity—Cloudy G. McADIE, | | | (37 1 S SR ALCAZAR—"‘The Story."" CALIFORNIA—West's Minstrels. “Her e GRAND—* MAJESTIC— The +- FISCHER'S—Vaudeville. Dahomey." ORPHEUM—Vaudeville. TIVOLI—"King Dodo.” Matinees At All Theaters To-Day. Professor’s Own Way. Senator.” VOLUME XCVII—NO. 10. SAN ;iA\IVCISCO, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1904. PRICE FIVE CENTS. SLAUGHTER AT PORTARTHUR MenFallbyHundreds| on the Ramparts. Trenches Filled With Dead Failure of General Hand to Hand Fighting Japanese Assault. \ The following graphic story of the gemeral assault on ort Arthur tells of the desperate attempts made by the Japanese to take the fortress. Driven back by showers of shot and shell, they fought like demons until the trenches were Ji appaliing. lled with the dead and dying. The loss of life was ARTERS OF THE JAP- THIRD ARMY, BEFORE JR, Nov. 28, via Tien- 9 (Probably held at for censorship).—The al assault on Port Arthur, which at noon on November 26, is still progress. In the first series of as- n attempt was made to cap- e fo n Rihlung and Kek- s of s by penetrating the pr of fortifications _sur- re d to envelop the At the same time pushed up the gorge of . between the two , and attacked the sup- the rear of West Rih- , officlally called Sung- with the intention of city from the west. >t failed after the most g that has been wit- a rt Arthur was invested. fighting 1 d from noon of No- mb 26 w after dawn of the wing day without cessation. assault began early g with a tremendous bombard- ent of the forts on the wescern half the tern fortified ridge by = bat- ich had been placed in pos 1 the crest of a ridge to the rear. the whole western half of ed ridge was deluged with At noon the principal cations was a perfect hell shrapnel and the spectacle wonderful than anything seen. t lines of infantry, having reinforced, began an at- usly along the entire Kekwan Mountain to Mountain. Through the y the smoke of the burst- ulters could be seen the cover of the is, as well as swarming up the d ridge at half a dozen differ- FALL BY HUNDREDS. rapid-fire guns and machine zed from the Russian posi- here advances were made in oper The forts bursting shells and Is were belching the who on reaching the crests awful fire from within which swept down line after ese. he assaults were repulsed armed up, only to turn. The deter tion and fury of the Japanese assaults were equaled by the stubbornness of the resistance of the Rus: . 1 extremity of the line nade an assault in an capture the Russian ed midway on the slope Kekwan Mountain. The Jap- of East anese paralleled some thirty yards of the Russian trench line and an entire regiment charged across, the men fall- ing by hundreds before the awful fire | of the Russians. But still more men came on over the bodies of those who in the | were black with as-| had fallen, and by sheer weight of numbers they reached the trenches, which they captured at the point of the bayonet. The Russian shrapnel fire made the captured section of the trenches a per- fect hell, while the Japanese shrapnel fire assisted the captors to push east and west along the trench line. The assaulters succeeded in holding | some eighty yards of the trench in | front of the parallels, but their efforts to rush the trench line east and west was a faflure, owing to impassable burning pits which filled the whole space of the trench on the northern | side, as well as to the fact that their Russian machine guns. DEAD FILL THE TRENCHES. The Japanese built traverse walls across the trench under the protection of their machine guns and tried to cross the pits, but they were unable to do so. At 6 o'clock in the evening a furious | Russian counter-attack drove the Jap- anese back to the parallels with great | loss. At 9 o'clock the Japanese again cap- tured the same portion of the trench and made desperate but unsuccessful S to cross the pits. 3 The awful struggle continued until 2 o'clock in the morning, when the Rus- sians agaln counter-attacked and re- captured the trench which was piled with dead bodies. For over thirty | yards between the trenches there was | & veritable shambles. The last attacks and counter-attacks were made over the bodies of the slain. The first attempt to rush the fort on the northern part of Kekwan Mountain was made at 1 o'clock In the afternoon, when the assaulters swarmed up the rampart wall from the moat and met with an awful fire from within and from the Chinese wall in the rear of the fort. When the Russians saw that it was the intention of the Japanese to rush the fort they | moved a considerable force from the | Chinese wall into a gorge to the east |and to the rear of the fort. During |the four or five assaults which the Japanese made upon the fort some of the garrison attempted to evacuate The men went down by |the fort over the rear ramparts, but | they were fired upon by the Russian force in the gorge. FAIL TO RUSH THE FORT. As the result of the first assault the | rampart walls were black with bodie: | In the second assault the Japanese | succeeded in gaining a foothold in the | interior, where the defenses were bomb-proof, with raised lines of pro- | tected trenches in the rear of the fort, | where the machine guns swept the | front of the fort and the walis. | The assaulters attacked this bomb- proof maze, where the fighting was hand-to-hand with bayonets and gren- ades. The Japanese mounted six moun- tain guns on an intrenched hill called “P” fort, immediately to the west, in an endeavor to silence the fire of the | ;dtxim guns, but they were unsuccess- u At 3 o'clock in the morning the Continued on Page 2,—Cohum; 7 VRS, FAIRS BELONGINGS ARE SOLD Epecial Dispatch to The Call NEW YORK, Dec. 9.—Connoisseurs, curiosity seekers and casual buyers as- sembled this afternoon at the Knicker- bocker Art Gallery at the opening of the sale of jewels, laces, furs and other personal belongings of the late Mrs. Charles L. ir. The objects offered were most varied in character and ranged from cigarette cases to apostle spoons and silver communion cups. Some of the handsomest silver pleces were immense salvers, tea sets and heavy candelabra bearing the names of famous silversmiths. These brought fairly good prices. The silver trifies, such as boxes, bon- bon dishes and bottles, also sold well. The miniatures, {ivories and vases brought only a fraction of their orig- inagl cost. There were also several bar- gains in fine laces. The total of the sale for 180 numbers was $4460 20, e —-—— Inverness Again Afloat. LONDON, Dec. 9.—The British steamship Inverness, from Tacoma for Yokohama, which went ashore at Mororan on November 28, has been floated and Is apparently undamaged. -+ NUST WED OR SUBMIT 10 1 FINE Special Dispatch to The Call. STAMFORD, Conn., Dec. 9.—It was ascertained here this afternoon that there has been in town for some months past a marriage club composed of ten men about town, and that the principal object is, as the name sug- gests, to get married. At stated intervals lots are drawn. The member whose’ name is drawn from the hat must get married within six months or else pay a forfeit of $25, which will be good only for six months. One member of the club was married a few weeks ago and another has an- nounced his marriage for mext Feb- ruary. The member who has already taken the step is Wilbur Cole Bying- ton, whose bride was Miss Lilllan Herdt. The member to announce his engagement is Willilam T, Austin, or- ganist and choir director of St. An- drew’s Episcopal Church. His flancee is Miss Helen Noble of Columbus, Ohio. —_—— No Activity Among Troops. MUKDEN, Dec. 9.—The cannonade of the last two days has not been fol- lewed by any serious movement of troops, progress was barred by the fire of the | | + SICIALIST RAIGAS 0 BULOW Objects to Attitude of Chancellor Toward Russia. Says Germany Has Chosen Inopportune Moment to Increase Army. BERLIN, Dec. $.—Herr von Volmar, Socialist, relieved Herr Bebel, the So- | cialist leader, to-day, In the assault | upon the Government. At the conclu- | sion of a long speech sharply arraigh- ing Chancellor von Bulow for his al- leged overfriendly attitude toward | Russia, Von Voltmar took up Emperor | William's tele ms referring to the one sent to President Roosevelt. | said: | “in coolness of telegram style we could learn something from the Ameri- ans. The dispatch is In one respect | not without advantage for Germany, | since the empire’s head in a telegram | to President Roosevelt did not address | him personally, but expressed his ad- | miration of the United States.” | Von Volmar in the earlier part of his speech pointed out that the Govern- {ment had chosen an inopportune mo- ment to increase' the army. “Russia,” | he continued, *'is so crippled from a | military and moral sense that there can arise no question of danger on the eastern frontier for a long time, and Europe is thereby relieved of an enor- | mous burden, and Russia's defeat has given a severe blow to France's pol- | iy of revenge. “It would be a crime to advise Ger- mans to lend money to Russla under the present circumstances, and it would be a breach of neutrality if Germany allows the new Russian fleet to be bully here.” 4 Referring to Von Bulow's words in reply to Bebel, Von Volmar expressed amazement at the fact that “‘anybody can call the struggle against Russian | despotism a crime. It is only explica- | ble through our deep-seated sub- servience and subjection to Russia.” | The Socialists loudly applauded the | speaker’s remark that the “Chancel- lor's policy toward Russia is a rein- surance against democracy.” Quoting Von Bulow’s complaint that | the Socialists wanted to overthrow the | existing order of things in Russia, Von | Volmar turned to the Chancellor and | said: | ““Yes, Mr. Chancellor of the empire, | that is what we wish to do, and we have all Europe as our accomplices.” This statement was greeted with tre- | mendous and long applause from the Left. | The Chancellor showed evident re- spect for his antagonist, who is a Ba- varian nobleman and still betrays the effects of a wound received during the Franco-Prussian war. The Ghan- cellor referred to Von Volmar's “chiv- alrous defense of Herr Bebel” and defended the Government's policy to- ward Russia. He asserted that it was one of strict neutrality, correspond- |ing with the traditional attitude of Germany toward the Russian empire, and regretted that the Socialists treat- | ed Russian relations wholly from the | standpoint of a political party, just as | many Germans gave vent to their “feelings during the Boer war to exer- cise the osténsible and moral right to criticize foreign affairs. | “The German,” he continued, “has |an unfortunate sympathy for an un- ;fortunale land.” | —————— ;R.ACL\'G MAY BE STOPPED BY MISSOURI LEGISLATURE Governor-Elect Folk Is Quoted as Saying He Will Urge Repeal of the Present Law., ST. LOUIS, Dec. 9.—Governor-elect Joseph L. Folk is quoted to-day in the Chronicle, which has joined the Post- Dispatch in making a fight on horse racing in Missouri, as stating that he will urge the repeal of the Missouri breeder's law and the wiping out of horse racing in this State in his first message to the Legislature. In reply to letters and telegrams asking them what attitude they will take on the question of repealing the breeder’s law of 1896, under which horse racing is legalized in Missouri, twenty- eight newly elected members of the As- sembly stated to-day they would heart- ily favor the repeal of the law. About as many more replied they wished time to consider the issue. Not one Repre- sentative nor Senator was willing to | g0 on record as being opposed to the | repeal of the breeder’s law. The fight between the Unipn Jockey Club and | the Western Jockey Club has had much |to do with causing the present condi- tion of affairs. | NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 9.—It is the | general impression among the horse- | men here that President Bush and the | other officers of the .Crescent City i‘n'Ckey Club are badly frightened at ! the rumpus which has been stirred up ]by the Western Jockey Club in turning down the request of the rival of the Crescent City Club for dates, President Bush is saying “No revi- sion” to his friends, but at the same time it is known that leaders in the councils of the Crescent Jockey Club held a number of conferences behind ; closed doors. It is reported here that it was the decision of several of the largest stockholders of the Crescent City Club that things had been carried with too high a hand, and that it might not be a bad thing to recede from their original position. President Heaslip of the New Orleans Jockey Club says no further steps will be taken in its fight until Mr. Corrigan returns from Kan- sas City. He | NO FRIEN) NOW COMES 10 BER AID Mrs. Chadwick Stil Behind Doors of Will Not Go Voluntarily to Cleveland to Face Her Accusers. } i | | i Speclal Diepatch to The Call. NEW YORK, Dec. 9.—After having announced her intention to waive ex- amination here and return at once to Cleveland to face her accusers, Mrs. Cassie L. Chadwick changed her mind late this afternoon and decided to | spend another night in her cell in the Tombs. Her attorneys did not know to-night what her plans would be. Every possibility of obtaining bail here appears to have been exhausted. Where a few months ago she secured sums ap- | proaching millions from banker friends, | she is now unable to get the few thou- sands which would unlock her prison doors. It is because of the sentiment against her in Cleveland that her attorney there, a one-time law partner of Wil- liam McKintey, advised her by tele- | graph to-day under no' circumstances | to think of leaving New York for the present, even though she meanwhile | has to remain in prison. Her attorneys | here, Philip Carpenter and Edmond W. Powers, also urged her to remain, and finally, apparently against her own will and judgment, she yielded to their ad- vice and at the last moment notified United States Marshal Hi 1 that he need make no further take her away. This train had been selecte was to awi FR o She succeeded in almost exhausting the patience of the Federal officials, who have gone far out of their way to extend courtesies to her. For hours she kept Marshal Henkel, United States Commissioner Shields and Assistant United States District Attorney Bald- win waiting for her decision whether she would or would not waive exam- ination and go to Cleveland under ar- rest. With the suspense ended as to her | possible arrest, Mrs. Chadwick ap- | peared to reecover her spirits and was |in much better physical and mental condition to-day. She spent a rest- | less night, but was able in the morning to eat the most of a special breakfast ordered from the “Tombs Delmonico.” Her other meais during the day were equally satisfactory to her, and at mid- night to-night she was reported as sleeping peacefully. Mrs. Chadwick’s day began with the | prison call of “All up” at half-past | 6 o’'clock. The matron went to her to explain the prison regulations and found her dressing and apparently | much improved both in mind and body. After breakfast her first callers were | Lawyers Carpenter and Powers, who | had to tell her that the possibility of | obtaining bail seemed as remote as | ever. | Mrs. Chadwick has several times la- mented the taking of her little medi- cine chest from her when she entered the prison, but 8o far as can be learned it contained nothing except harmless drugs. Warden Flinn {s taking no chances on the possibility that his | prisoner may do herself bodily harm. So fearful is he that in desperation she may try to end her troubles that he has taken the unusual precaution of having her constantly watched by a woman attendant, who is Instructed not to let Mrs. Chadwick out of her sight for a single minute. He has also had the knives and forks taken/from her tray when meat is sent to her cell. so that she had to have her chops cut up for her, and a spoon was the only uten- sil that she had to use. —_———— FLAW IN HER MARRIAGE., Name in Pittsburg Ceremony Sald to Have Been Twisted. PITTSBURG, Dec. 9.—There is evi- dence that there was a scheme by which a marriage, seemingly bogus, was part of the game by which cer- tain Pittsburg business men dropped PORTRAIT PAINTER SUES WIFE OF HOWARD GOULD SAYS SOCIETY WOMAN REFUSES RO CPAY . HiIM: “FROR “HER - PICTURE - —p l' | | | SRR i N District was the Prosecuting Attorney of Lucas County, Ohio, when Mme. Dev&:q as tried and sentenced to the "1 am convinced that Mrs. Cassie L. Chadwick is none other than Mme. Devere, whom I sent to the Ohio pen- itentiary in 1891 Representative Southard said to-day: “Her methods and her subsequent actions all go to convince me that I am right about it. “Mrs. Chadwick’s {llness is one of the ruses which the Devere woman manipulated to secure her parole from the Ohio penitentiary. After she had served a few years of her sentence she convinced a lot of people that she had tuberculosis and had only a short time to live. Because of this many people signed a petition to the Board of Pardons to parole her. She was finally paroled. “During all the time she has been out of the Ohio penitentiary she has, under the law, been obliged to re- port once a month to the prison au- thorities. I have no doubt she has managed to prevent the fact that she was on parole being known, but I think if the prison records are search- ed it will be found that she has re- ported regularly.” SECURITIES ARE WORTHLESS. Mrs. «Chadwick's Five Million Dollars Is on Paper Only. CLEVELAND, Ohio, Dec. 9.—Ac- cording to a story published here to- day, the package of securities belong- ing to Mrs. Chadwick and in posses- sion of Ira Reynolds, supposed to con- tain $5,000,000 worth of collateral, was opened to-day. It is declared that | while the face value of the securities |1s $5,000,000, the actual value is not one cent. It is also stated that this package was in a safe deposit vault in Jersey City until yesterday, when it was taken out and brought to this city by Rey- nolds. Reynolds refused to either deny or confirm this report. District Attorney Sullivan made the announcement to-day that he nad made all necessary arrangements with Carnegie to have the latter at the pre- liminary hearing of Mrs. Chadwick in New York on December 27. P G NEWTON BLAMES REYNOLDS. i Suys He Has Affidavit That Securities Are Genuine. BOSTON, Dec. 9.—Newton to-night sald: “Mrs, Chadwick represented to me that she had certain securities in 04 to th $300,000 to the woman now in jall | the care of Reynolds and I was shown in New York and Dr. L. 8. Chadwick. i an afidavit signed by him stating that That the marriage in Pittsburg of Mrs. ! he had in his possession stocks and Cassie L. Hoover and Dr. Leroy S.|bonds belonging to her valued at Chadwick was no marriage at all, and , $5,000,000 and upward. I don’t un- that unless the reported Canadlan | derstand that there is any question marriage was better than the Pitts-: concerning the genuineness of this af- burg affair Mrs. Chadwick has no right to the name, is the opinion of many of the best attorneys of Pitts- burg, who have lately become familiar with the case. When Dr. Leroy 8. Chadwick and Mrs. Cassle L. Hoover stood up in front of Rev. A. H. Jolly to be mar- ried they had no marriage license. They handed the minister a license is- sued to “Leroy S. Schadwick and Mrs. Cassie L. Hoover” It was plainly written by Dr. Chadwick himself. Dr. Chadwick has not yet taken out any license to marry Mrs. Hoover in Pennsylvania. Whether or not it was necessary for her in carrying out her plans here to show herself a mar- ried woman and that she hastily fixed up the deal with the Cleveland physi- ctan, who agreed to go through the ceremony Wwith her under a doctored name, is now a question. — SAYS SHE IS MME. DEVERE. ywyer Convinced That It Was Mrs. i Chadwick’s Name. 5 WAémNGTON. Dec. 9.—Repre- sentative James Southard of the Ninth fidavit and on that I rest my case.” The information was given out to- night that criminal proceedings would probably be begun against Mrs. Chad- wick in Massachusetts if the securi- ties held by Reynolds should prove ‘worthless. L e, s | sAmD TO BE FORGED NOTE. Securities for Millions Reported to Have Carnegie’s Name Affixed. CLEVELAND, Dec. 9.—A note for $5,000,000 with the forged signature of Andrew Carnegie on it Is said on the authofity of one of the highest officials in' Cleveland to be ‘the only rity found to-day upon opening :;Z“ exgielope which Mrs. Chadwick had given to Ira Reynolds of the Wade Park Bank. s Eanianox SR GILLETT FATHERS BILL. WASHINGTON, Dec. 9.—Represen- tative Gillett introduced in the House a bill to provide for a survey for deepening the channel at Hum- boldt Bay and Crescent Citv, NEW YORK _SOCIETY WOMAN WHO 1S SUED BY A PORTRAIT PAINTER. & DEFIES LAY FOR LITTLE ONES' SAKE Father Leaves Quar- antined Section for Food. —_—— Special Diepatch to The Call. SPOKANE, Dec. 9.—In an emphatic way Justice Hinckle rebuked the Health Department yesterday for the arrest of E. C. Beasley on the charge of having violated the laws by break- ing quarantine when diphtheria pre- vailed in his household. “I am a widower with two little chil- dren on my hands,” said Beasley from the witness-chair. “On the. day I broke quarantine there wasn't wood in the house, there wasn't food, and I had only $2. I took the money, bought some milk at a grocery store for one of my babies, and I went out along the railroad track and found some fuel This was the only way open to me for relieving the distress of my family. “I shall uphold the law against breaking quarantine by fining you $§1,” said Justice Hinckle, “but you are to pay no fine for this offense. You are excused.” Beasley, a forlorn-looking man of frail physique, returned to his home on the school sectian. —ee———— ARSON CHARGE AGAINST BANKER PERRY DISMISSED Evidence Insufficient to Prove That He Set Fire to the Locomotive ‘Works. CHICAGO, Dec. 9.—I. N. Perry, the | former bank president, who was ac- cused of setting fire to the American | Locomotive Works plant to obtain the insurance, was discharged to-day af- ter a long hearing in court. In ren-| - | dering his. decision Justice Foster | said: ! “The one strong circumstance against the defendant is that the fire was discovered shortly after he left the plant. The principal witness against Perry was his' former em- ployer. The evidence shows that he had been conspiring against him and his business for months. The testi- mony of witnesses like these cannot n credence. I am not satisfled that the probable cause to belfeve the defendant gulity has been given by the prosecution. | her engagements at his | never adorn | likeness; Spectal Dispatch to The Call. NEW YORK, Dec. 9.—Suit has been begun by H. J. Thaddeus. a portrait painter, against Mrs. Katherine Clem- mons Gould, wife of Howard Geuld, for $6000, the contract price, the artist as- serts, for a full length portrait of Mrs. Gould, ordered by herself and begun a year ago. The portrait in question is completed and now stands in the studio of Thaddeus in West Thirty-Third street. He declares that after several sittings Mrs. Gould abandoned her project. Harris, Corwin, Gunnison and Meyers, who represent Thaddeus. served the complaint a week ago. to which Abraham Hummell, attorney for Mrs. Gould, has made answer. The artist declares the picture was ordered and sittings begun for it when suddenly Mrs. Gould changed her mind apparently and would not appear for studio. For three weeks, he continues, appointments for sittings were made almost every day, only to be broken by telegrams. If appointments were for 11 o’clock in the morning at 1 o'clock a telegram would arrive, “Cannot come to-dav: will be there to-morrow at 3.” An en- gagement would be made for that hour and then would come another message on the following day. “Will be down to-morrow at 11 o'clock.” Thaddeus waited, and as nothing further devel- oped he brought suit. Mrs. Gould in her answer sets up several reasons why the portrait should Castle Gould on Long Island. In the first place she deciares the artist has gone ahead with the por- trait without having had sittings suf- ficient to guarantee a likeness. In the next place, he has failed to catch the third, he has her wearing a gown in the portrait which she does not | like; fourth, the artist himseif spoiled the very thing for which the portrait was intended. It was to have been a surprise for Gould—a present—and about the first thing Thaddeus did when he had an opportunity was to tell Gould all about, it. SUIT BROCCHT FOR PRINTING Emil Bruguiere, the Young California Composer, i in Difficulty in New York — Special Dispatch to The Call. NEW YORK, Dec. 9.—Emil Bru- gulere, the young Californian who wrote the music of “The Baroness Fid- dlesticks,” was to-night served with papers In two suits brought against him as he was getting in a carriage in front of his home at 210 Fifth ave- nue. Mrs. Bruguiere was with him at the time. The suits are brought by A. Van Buren & Co. and the O. J. Gude Com- pany for advertising and lithographs for the show. The first named plain- tiff asks for $373 and the latter for $450. The “Baroness Fiddlesticks™ has been running at the Casino Theater for sev- eral weeks, but has not been popular, and will be taken off the boards at that playhouse. Bruguiere wrote the music for the production. NEW WITNESS IN WILL CISE |Alfred Amand Is to Testify That Miss Dolbeer Jumped Out of Hotel - Window Spectal Dispatch to The Call. NEW YORK, Dec. 9.—By far the most remarkable development in the celebrated Dolbeer will case which has arisen out of the mysterious death of the California heiress at the Waldor? last July will come to-morrow when Alfred Amand, before the new commis- sion in this city, will swear he saw Miss Dolbeer deliberately raise her skirts, step upon the window ledge and stoop- ing low throw herself from the win- dow. Miss Warren, he declares. also saw the death leap. This testimony, which comes at the eleventh hour, adds strength to the theory that Miss Dolbeer committed sulcide. —_——— STORY OF HELLMAN'S SALE TO HUNTINGTON CONFIRMED Purchase Price Said to Equal About 14 Per Cent of the Magnate’s Outside Holdings. LOS ANGELES, Dec. 9.—The story that Henry E. Huntington has pur- chased the interests of I. W. Hellman, C. E. Deguinne and Antone Borel in the Pacific Electric and Los Angeles Interurban Railways has been con- firmed. The purchase is said to amount to about 14 per cent of the stock of the Huntington outside lines. Huntington now owns an exact half interest in the two roads, the remaining shares being held by E. H. Harriman and his as- sociates. —_——— NEGLECTS WIFE TO SPEND MONEY ON AIRSHIPS SPOKANE, Dec. 9.—Because her hus- band preferred to squander his earn- ings in trying to invent a flying ma- chine, rather than purchase necessaries for his family, Mrs. Fannie M. Stinson, formerly of Colfax, Wash., was given a divorce to-day. Her husband, John M. Stinson, is a printer. He made no con- test.