The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 2, 1905, Page 1

THE WEATHER. Forecast made at San Francisco for 30 hours ending midnight, January 2: San Francisco and vicinity—Fair Mon- day; light northeast wind. G. H. WILLSON, Local Forecaster. ALCAZAB—"0la Heldelberg.” CALII A—*"Yon Yonson." 1 —*Sultan of Sulu.” CENTRAL—"Child Slaves York."" ot CHUTES—Vaudeville. FISCHER'S—Vaudeville. GRAND—""The 'Darling of the Ge MAJESTIC— ‘Held by the Enemy. ORPHEUM—Vaudevil TIVOLI—*“King Dodo." Matinees at dfl theaters to-day. - VOLUME XCVII—NO. 33. S AN FRANCISCO, MONDAY, JANUARY o &y 1905. PRIGE FIVE CENTS. ‘ ! 70K/0, Jan. 2.---General /ngz zefiéfz‘s f/za/ he has recerved a letter from General Stoesset vetating to the survender of Port Avthur. + OTOESSEL OPENS NEGOTIATIONS FOR GARRISON'S CAPITULATION % Japanese Besiegers Storm and Capture Wantai Remnant of the Russian Torpedo-Boat Flotilla| Escapes to Chefu Harbor. TOKIO, Jan. 2 (I p. m.).—It is understood that hostilities at Port Arthur were suspended to-day, and that the Russian and Japanese chiefs of staff met at noon at Shushiying to discuss terms of surrender. TOKIO, Jan. 2 (10 a. m:)—The following cable has been received from General Nogi: | “I received a letter relating to surrender from General Stoessel, the commander of the Port Arthur garrison, on Sunday night at 9 o’clock.” The Japanese stormed and captured Wantai yesterday (Sunday). TOKIO, Jan. 1.—It is reported that the Japanese are following up their successes as an aftermath of the capture of Rihlung and Sungshu mountains. tion ridge behind Sungshu Mountain, slight resistance being shown by the Russians. They have captured the observa-| It is reported that the losses of the assaulting party on the attack on Sungshu Mountain were small. Every indication points to a material weakening of the defensive power of the garrison at| | Port Arthur. HEADQUARTERS OF THE THIRD JAPANESE ARMY, Jan. 1.—The Rus-| sians are preparing to evacuate their entire position east of Port Arthur. CHEFU, Jan. 2.—The remnant of the Russian torpedo boat flotilla has escaped from Port Arthur. harbor of Tsingtau. NEW YORK, Jan. 2.—The : Stoessel has surrendered Port Arthur. CHEFU, Jan. 2 (4:20 p. m.)—Three large Japanese destroyers are just entering harbor. | RESISTANCE "~ BY GARRISON NOW FEEBLE —_— Fort After Fort Is Captured by the Japanese. —i TOKIO, Jan. 1.—Following the dra- matic essault upon and capture of Bungshu Mountain, the Japanese at Port Arthur to-day captured “H” fort &nd the recently constructed fort on Panlung Mountain, giving them pos- session of the entire line between Rih- lung Mountain and “H” fort, via Pan- lung Mountain. Simultaneously with . the capture of these forts the extreme right. pressing along Pigeon Bay, cap- tured the heights south of Housan- yantao. Telegraphing to-day the head quarters of the besieging forces say: “A part of the center, dislodging the énemy, occupied ‘H’ fort at 7 o’clock this morning and also captured the new fort on Panlung Mountain. Thus the line between Rihlung Mountain and ‘H’' fort, via Panlung Mountain, fell firmly into our hands. “A part of the right, commencing a bombardment at 8 o'clock this morn- ing and dislodging the enemy, which resisted stubbornly, firmly occupled the heights south of Housanyantao at 32 ©o/clock this afternoon.” The news of theycontinuance of Jap- . anese successes at Port Arthur is re- celved with elation in’ Tokio. It is known that the Japanese losses are comparatively slight and it is belleved that the garrison is finally reaching the limits of its strength of endurance. A telegram from the besleging army at Port Arthur received to-day says: “Through an opening at the entrance into the bomb-proof in the gorge at Syngshu Mountain all the entombed Russians were gradually brought out. The rescued number two officers and more than 160 men. According to the prisoners about 150 corpses are buried under the debris caused by the ex- plosion of our mines. “The trophies taken include fleld and - machine guns not yet enumerated. . “At 6 o'clock Saturday morning our sapping body in front of the east fort on Ranlung Mountain blew up a part of the old Chinese wall. It is now con- ‘structing defense works there.” & B MONTH OF REVERSES. ‘Stronghold’s Defenders Reduced to Thelr Last Extremity. - CHEFU, Jan. 2—The news that the Russian forces at Port Arthur have been reduced to such a strait that at last the heroic commander has been -forced to propose surrender follows upon a month of rewerses. The siege began almost with the firing of the -, first gun in the war, now nearly eleven months ago, and when perhaps the greatest stronghold in the world wi . Barrisoned by 40,000 Russian soldiers, supported by a formidable s-uadron of modern battleships, «cruisers and tér- . pedo-boats. These warships have been destroyed or dispersed until but a few /torpedo-boats remain in the harbor. —_— The garrison, -* latest accounts, had | been reduced to about 15,000 men. i On December 4 High (203-meter) Hill, | one of the most commanding positions in the series of forts held by the Rus- | sians, was captured by the Japanese | after a severe fight in which the loss | on both sides was enormous. It was | from this hill that the death blows were deait to the warships that were | |then remaining in the harbor, and | afterward the Japanese guns were | trained upon the town and such forts as were within range. On December 19 the East Keekwan | fort was taken by the Japanese, af- | fording them another advantageous po- sition from which to assail other forts in the chain of defenses. Mining and sapping were important factors in the capture of this position, as they were in the fall of the Rihlung fort on De- cember 29. All these achievements served to cut communication between the Liaoti fort, { destined to be “the last ditch” of the | defenders, from a great part of the | ehain of forts. | From the hour of the fall of East Keekwan events have seemed to be hastening to their culmination, for on | December 31 Sungshu Mountain fell | into the hands of the besiegers, and | only a few hours later the “H” fort, | another strong position, was captured. | The report that the non-combatants of Port Arthur had been accorded asy- | lum behind Liaoti Mountain may have been au indication that the Japanese commander foresaw that the surrender of the Russians within a brigf time ‘was assured. ——— WILL BUILD GREAT NAVY. Russia to Take Her Place Among First-Class Sea Powers. ST. PETERSBURG, Jan. 1.—With reference to the report published in the United States under a St. Peters- burg date that Emperor Nicholas has sanctioned the expenditure of $80,000 - 000 for rebuilding the navy, the fact is that Russia's naval programme has not yet been definitely decided or pro- mulgated. All that is positively knqwn is that the plans cover a long period of years. The absolute necessity of a sea power is one of Russia’s latest les- sons of the present war, and with practically the complete destruction of the Port Arthur fleet the Government is determined not only on filling the gap, but on building up a fleet which will keep Russia fully abreast of other first-class powers. i ks i SLAVS APPEAR HELPLESS. iLmle Ovposition to the Japanese At- | tack' Upon Sungshu. HEADQUARTERS OF THE THIRD JAPANESE ARMY, Saturday, Decem- ! | ber 31.—The fort on Sungshu Moun- tain was captured at 11 o’clock in the |morning. The works were mined and ; j€xploded at 10 o’clock, many Rus- slans being killed and buried in the debris. Those who remained in the {fort were captured. There was little | : opposition to the attack. The north- eastern gection of. the fort was de- stroyed, affording cover for the as- saulters. The Japanese now hold forts guarding the entire western half of the eastern fort ridge. 7 P ey e S RUSSIANS DESTROY FORTS. CHEFU, Jan. 2.1t is reported that | the Russians destroyed the two forts near the railway at Port Arthur be- cause of a shoriage of men and munition, " 2 g Sun has the fallowing: cablegra{m 'from—é’l‘ok.i::: ‘Generat Four of the vessels have arrived here and two others made for the German WAR VESSELS ESCAPE FROM PORT ARTHUR ;Torped_o?B;it De-| stroyers Run the Blockade. —_— CHEFU, Jan. 3, 9:16 A. M.—Four Russian torpedo boat destroyers—the Skory, the Stratni, the Vlastni and the Serdity—accompanied by a large launch, arrived here this morning from Port Arthur. Two other destroyers are/ repoted to have gone to Tsingtau. The activity aboard the destroyers seemingly indicates an intention of put- ting to sea again. What appear to be Japanese destroyers can be seen with the aid of glasses in the dim distance. A hundle of dispatches was sent ashort from one of the Russian de- stroyers. The captain of the Stratni eays that ‘;they left Port Arthur because it had been impossible for ships to live in the harbor since the Japanese captured 208-Meter Hill. The destroyers en- countered no Japanese warships en route to this port. For the past five days the Japanese are reported to have been ceaselessly storming Port Arthur on all sides. Captain Kartow, commanding the tcrpedo-boat destroyer Viastni, says the Japaness expected to enter Port Arthur on Tuesday, but that General Stoessel, who was sick, will resist with the remnant of the garrison on Liaoti Mountain. Captain Kartow denies the report from Tokio that General Stoessel of- fered to surrender yesterday. The Rus- sians yesterday blew up two of their own forts near the railway and com- pleted the destruction of the cruiser Bayan. The destroyers Smirli and Boik! aJso left Port Arthur yesterday. Their fate is unknown. Port Arthur is described by to-day’s arrivals as a “living hell.” The hospi- tals are said to be mearly all de- stroyed. . T o RS 'ARRISON’S LAST STAND. Port Arthur Newspaper Says the Sit- my mind is so confused. This uation Is Hopeless. I | s.the Pennsylvania road. CHADWICK SEES WIFE IN PRISON Pathetic Meeting at Which Both Are Overcome, I L R Woman Pleads for Confi- dence and Proclaims Her Tmnocence. Husband’s Oniy Reply Is Thet He Hopes She"Bas Told Him the Truth. CLEVELANDy Jan. 1.—Unheralded, unembarrassed by a crowd of the cu- rious, the homecoming to-day of Dr. Leroy S. Chadwick was in diametric contrast to the arrival of his wife three weeks ago. The hour of the day and the fact that but few persons were about made the r's arrival like that of dinary traveler. No one was at station to meet him, with the planned ti board the train Atan outly- ing station, but the train had come into that station and departed before Emil was aware of the fact, Sheriff Barry, in whose company Dr. Chadwick was on the trip from New York, chose to come to Cleveland over Tue train ar- rived at Cleveland at 7:30 o'clock this morning. The Sheriff and Dr. Chad- wick were driven tq the County Jail quickly. cvening by Attorney Virgil P. Kline | and Attorney Dawley was at the jall on the arrival of Dr. Chadwick and he soon was released. After the prelimi- naries in the Sheriff’s office Dr. Chad- wick was escorted by Sheriff Barry to the fourth floor of the women’'s ward, where his wife is held a prisoner, WIFE PLEADS WITH HUSBAND. The meeting between the two was pathetic in the extreme. Mrs. Chadwick | arose when she heard the steps in the | corrdior and fell into her husband’'s arms when she recognized him. Both wept convulsively for several minutes while clinging to each other, the Sheriff attempting meanwhile to console them. There was no artificiality about the scene. Genui grief, genuine joy in- termingled. Even the Sheriff, hardened as he must be by continual contact with persons in every form of dis- tress, was deeply affected. Little by little the first shock grew less severe and the two sat down for a talk that continued for an hour and a half. There were pleadings and par- tlal responses when the more serious predicament of husband and wife was at length appreciated. Dr. Chadwick has lost his all in the operations of his wife and the large independent fortune of his only child has been swept away—sufficient reason, it would seem, for some show of hard- ness on his part. Mrs. Chadwick tried to imbue him with the thought of her innocence of any wrongdoing. His only response to these pleas was: *I hope so.” The troubles into which bdth have been plunged were thoroughly di: cussed. The wife told the story, inter- spersed by violent fits of weeping, in which at times,Dr. Chadwick joined. There were no apparent evasions, but there was a constant cry of ““Trust me! trust m on the part of the ‘woman. STILL PROCLAIMS INNOCENCE. “Don’t belleve these stories which the newspapers hav been printing about me,” she said. “They are all lies, every one of them. I have done nothing wrong. Believe me; trust me; ~ everything will come out all right in the end and it will be seen that I have beea guilty of none of these things the public charge m=2 with. Don’t think I deceive you; I will tell you the truth and I tell you that all these reports are lies—ijes.” “I can only hope 80,” was the hus- band’s answer. *“I have trusted you and it is hard to believe nnyt.hi;; been such a terrible shock and I'don’t CHEFU, Jan. 1.—Copies of the Port | urderstand any of it. I want time to Arthur Nova Kral, dated December | think of it. I do not say I wou't irust 24 and December 25, which have reached here, contain pathetic refer- you, only give me time to collect my thoughts. Ever since I heard of this trouble in Paris, I heve been bothersd ences to the last stand of the last ship | ang my life has been made a most of Russia’s Asiatic squadronm. Even | ur.bearable one. I have been followed General Stoessel, who has been silent | and hounded until I can think of in respect to the navy since August 10, issued an order lauding the battleship Sevastopol and Captain Essen, who for five nights withstood the attacks of the death sounded through in the Sevastopol's 's Asiatic fleet was no ‘could “the | of the men who Mm\l‘;“n‘m went forth into the roadstead in nothing else. I am not the judge. I can only hope that everything will come out all right, as you say.” After an hour’s earnest con- flotillus ‘;lu:fx:: versation, conducted for the most in scarcely ‘whis- by jail office. Dawley went to Mrs. Chad- ‘wick’s cell and had a joint A bond proviced on Saturday | SEEKERS AFTER THE TOGA " REACH THE CAPITAL A5 PLIIA. AT 7 = RTECIN SN — | | SACRAMENTO, Jan. 1.—The mem- | bers of the Legislature are here ready | for the business of the session, and the indications are that organization of both houses will be effected to-morrow, o that balloting for United States Sen- ator may begin on Tuesday of next week. The Senatorial contest, how- | ever interesting it may be later on, is at present partially. eclipsed by the trenuous fight for the position ' of | Sergeant-at-Arms of the Assembly. | stafford, who is supported by Charles | ¥. Curry, Secretary of State, and | Lamphrey, who is backed by James Gillis, State Librarian, are the candi- | dates for the favor of Republican As- | semblymen. Curry says the fight is won | for Stafford. Gillis holds that Lamph- rey is already the winner. The contest between Jacob Steppa- cher of San Francisco and Clio Lloyd of Santa Barbara for the Chief Clerkship of the Assembly is engaging the atten- tion of Statesmen. ‘ Dr. Rowell, C. M. Belshaw, James A. Louttit, Frank J. Brandon, David T. Perkins, J. R. Dorsey, C. A. Young, E. O. Gerberding and many other active supporters of Senator Bard’s candidacy for re-election were at Bard headquar- ters at the Capitel Hotel to-night. Dr. Rowell speaks highly of the Senator's prospects and predicts that Bard will take the lead on the first ballot and maintain it until the finish. ! The Bard mgn are in favor of im- mediate organization of the Legisla- ture so that the real tes' of the strength of the several aspirants may be shown as early as possible. The! remark is made at Bard headquarters that the Flint boomers are openly claiming the support of Senators and Assemblymen who are known to be in favor of the Senator’s election and will so record themselves when the roll is called. All signs point to a good natured contest for the favor of the Republican majority of the Legisla ture. There is nothing in sight to in- dicate that the fight will prompt any candidate to lavish expenditures of money or elaborate entertainments of statesmen in order to gain prestige. FAVOR A CAUCUS. Advocates of the caucus system are saying that a Republican caucus should be held at once to settle the Senatorship. It is readily admitted that fifty-six Republicans would be re- quired to determine the result in cau- cus while sixty would settie the ques- tion in joint convention. The u;’g:. ment, however, is put forward t adherence to the custom at this time ‘would be accepted hereafter as a bind- mm the | With her and Dr. Chad Knight, Flipgi:and Ox SOME OF THE MEN WHO ARE PROMINENT AMONG THE LEG- ISLATORS IN SACRAMENTO. * hazard an opinion as to the situation and the clashing opinions are only limited by the number of those that offered them. “I will be elected,” sald George A. Knight. “I am confident that no-one can withhold from me the honor of representing California in the Senate of the United States. In answer to the claim that Southern California is en- titled to the Senatorship I have but one thing to say. California is a sov- ereign State and the man that is elect- ed by this Legislature to represent the State in the Senate will be elected to represent the whole State, not any single portion of it. So rar as popu- lation, wealth and territory are con- cerned, San Francisco is entitled to the Senatorship. Why, we have one bank in the city that is richer than the com- bined interests of Southern California. But this question is too broad to dis- cuss in this vein. It is not a sectional fight; it is a fight of the people of the whole State to be well represented. “And so far as the statements are made that certain candidates in the fight are so-called organization candi- dates, I think it is all rot. Every man in this fight is a free man; there are no collars in evidence. I am in this fight to win and I am going to win, that is all there is to the situation.” OXNARD IN SANGUINE. ‘While Oxnard was not as broad in his claims as Knight, he showed no signs of discouragement and discussed the situation with many friends that called at his headquarters in the Gold- en Eagle. “I am here,” sald Oxnard, “with a substantial support and I shall use every honorable means to see that my increased. nard Arrive HOWARD 4 . BROVGKION | > “I have not been able, on account of my indisposition to look over the field as I would like to,” said Flint, “‘before committing myself to a statement. However, everything looks favorable. To-morrow I will be able to tell better just how the situation stands.” Senator Rowell is confident that the sc-called claims of organization sup- port are unfounded, and that the ac- tivity of certain railroad employes ap- parently in favor of certain candi- dates is unauthorized by railroad head- quarters, even if the railroad is going to be yielded to .y the legislators of the State in the matter or the selection of a United States Senator. BARD ALL THE TIME. “Senator Bard will draw the largest vote upon the first ballot,” said Senator Rowell, “and we hope that his friends will remain loyal to him, as they have always done in the past, and as we feel sure they will do on this occasion. We are sure that from the first ballot on Senator Bard’s strength will increase until he is re-elected to the office he has filled with such credit to himself and to the State. I do not think Sen: tor Bard will be here during the ses. sion of the Legislature, but I presum that he will come to Sacramento if his presence here is imperatively demand- ed. However, J do not anticipate that his presence be required here. His friends will guard his interests well.” Aegstion hold Sa-night. Assemblyman delegation held to- George A. McGowan was seleoted chair- man. Assemblyman T. E. Atkinson was first suggested to preside as chairman of the delegation, but withdrew upon what he says is assurance that a com- bination has been formed to place him as Speaker pro tem. of the House. A kinson is apparently positive that he will win this office, but the decree of a caucus of thirty-three members of the House representing widely scattered sections of the State is against him. Early in the day blyman S. H. Olmstead of San Rafael was talked of for Speaker pro tem., but when he heard that F. A. Crom'well of Petaluma was a candidate for the honor he with- drew. At the caucus George T. Rolley was first mentioned for Speaker pro tem., but he does not care to weeon?t:'t:; ed.uucllimglAmnnnm "8 CTEPPACHER’S FIGHT. However, the desire of Atkinson to mflheomuof Speaker pro tem. has ¥ Chint clark of am! - s ‘confident that he will m. however, is also con- 8o confident thntlhe has spurned romise. flm@”&’u caucus to-morrow at 9:30 o'clock and the mem- e Senate will go into informal At noon both houses will ze. The Sena : i # i ] a to § i