The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 18, 1905, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1905. [AKE [P CAUSE |CZAR AND MINISTERS - HOLD PEACE COUNCIL New Movement fm-]{ussianiEND (O)F WAR HS NEAR OF THE JEWS Congressmen Inaugurate a Recognition of Passports| i TR ‘ HAY TELLS OF WORK AN | Bell of California Member| of the Committee Which | Has the Subje { oL } ‘ Exerting Influence | to Stop Strife. ‘ R AR | ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. 18.—Even| in the midst of the excitement caused 17.—Steps to ia of the Amer Jews were a committee of Con- has been in communi- eived statement of State, who tiations are still ee is composed a of Mary- Laucking ifornia and achusetts eld to-day at which jay's statement, a letter from the ng for information re- ng out of a resolu- ago by bettering Department the Jews in Russia. detafls the ador Mc- to Count Minister of ptember 21, 1904, the Embas- fon had object in view passport reg- or TSI SRR e R0ADS DIVIDED 15 T0 RATES Unable to Agree Upon the Fare From Chicago to the for the Exposition Coast The Cal HI — Transconti- been unable to » be rom ade f uring the Port- Portland n by di- ess than a at ute going or and exposi- entions ari tions ar e to have the San Fran- oads threat- in making this others will be —————— COURT RENDERS JUDGMENT AGAINST A. M. LAWRENCE Hearst's Political Manager Must Pay a Bill Contracted During the Last Campaign. 50, Feb. 17.—Judgment for dere ainst Andrew M. Justice Hurley s manager of the wcurréd a number g 10 win delegates National Conven- Among them » Hugh K. Jor- rcular Address- ger of the Ci pany was unable to collect his bill r to bring suit in the Jus- t and get a prompt trial he _about like t ——— JAPANESE TERMS ARE MADE KNOWN sudden revival of peace talk. It is in- timated that Prince Frederick Leopold | of Prussia is the bearer of personal | representations from Emperor William on this subject. ‘ The question of peace with Japnn‘ was formally considered by Emperor Nicholas and his Ministers at the con- | ference at Tsarskoe-Selo 'yesterday. | Before the discussion began the Em- peror exacted from each one present a solemn promise not to divulge the slightest hint of what occurred. The belief is, however, that the possible cor fons and terms were under con- | sideration. It is suggested in high quarters that some intimation of terms has reached the Russian Government from Japan, ! although it is certain that it did not come through the regular diplomatic channels. WASHINGTON, Feb. 17.—The Jap- anese operations against Mukden are causing some concern to the United States and to other governments that are anxious that this war shall not dis- | turb the integrity of China and the | “open door.” The reason the United States so strongly desires peace now is | that it probably could be made amid such encircling international influences | that there would be no disturbance of the balance of power and no resultant | land grabbing of Chinese territory. But, with Japan possibly in posses- | sion of Mukden, with Harbin as its next objective, so much of Manchuria will be held by Japanese troops that it | will be hard for Japan to content it- | self simply with paramount interests | n Korea and only such interests n Manchuria as all the powers would have under the “open door” policy. In other words, it is feared that, ith continued Japanese success, it will be as hard to get Japan out of Manchuria after this war as were the unsuccess- ful efforts to make Russia evacuate it the Boxer outbreak. There I8 ground for the belief that this condition is exerting a great measure of influence in the keen desire for peace great neutral powers, including France, which is Russia’s ally, ngland, which is Japan’s ally. ful inquiries at the various em- s and at the State Department lose an apparent unanimity of | n concerning the actual prospect i i of peace. By most of the diplomatists | with whom The Call correspondent talked to-day, the situation is viewed L That Japan, having made its greatest effort, 1§ ready for peace; that the Russian Emperor him- self would like peace, but fears It would bring inevitable loss of prestige; that President Roosevelt, the German Emperor, and the French and English | nts desire peace more ardent- | day; that the prospect of | 1ld be vastly improved if | sia gained a single victory on land Ru or on sea. L S CLOSE WATCH ON THE LE to Russia of Three Men | Arouses Uncle Sam. ! WASHINGTON, Feb. 17.—The ! State Department has invited the n[-{ tention of the Russian Government to thé fact that three officers of the Russian transport Lena, who were interned at San Francisco, have bro- ken their parole and are mow in St. Petersburg. The men are Engine Kopazin and Midshipman Escape the Government of the facts in | case, making no demand for the re- turn of the men, but simply leaving it to the Russian Government to do the proper thing in this case. The Japanese Government is aware of the escape of the Russian officers, sian but it has made no protest so far, evidently inspired by a conviction that the United States Government has BITTERLY SCORES SLAV COMMANDER ¢t in Hand|Emperor William Said to Be|Grippenberg Blames Kuro- patkin for the Defeat at Sandepas. : Co ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. eral Grippenberg returned last 18.—Gen- from the Emperor to report at once. Among General Kuropatkin's friends, General Grippenberg’s open criticism of the commander-in-chief in the Far East is deeply resented, it being said that General Grippenberg, by his own admission, disobeyed orders by going beyond Sandepas. His public criticism of General Kuropatkin is regarded by the friends of the latter as a breach of discipline, for which he will be called to account. The general frankly avows that he relinquished his command after the recent attempt of the Russians to flank Field Marshal Oyama because, as he claims, General Kuropatkin re- fused to send him help when victory was in General Grippenberg’s hands, ordering him to withdraw instead. In an interview General Grippenberg said: I am glad to give an account of the battle of my army, the telegrams I have seen being far from the truth. Kuropatkin, of course, avthorized the advance, but he imposed the condition that it should not go beyond Hel- koutai and Sandepas. My plan was to cap- ture Halkoutal and thence outflank Sandepas. 1 detached a brigade, which occupied Hal- koutal on January 25. The Japanese cut in from the south and the brigade came under a cross-fire, but held on until I got up an- other brigade to cover its retreat. The Jap- | anese were now concentrating on their left. During the evening of January 25 I and my army ‘were ordered under no circumstances to fall back from our pesitions. The next morning my whole front was engaged. Alto- gether 1 had sixty-two battalions. had twice as many. The battle of January 26 was continued until the evening. We did not surrender an inch of ground. My left flank, which was clear- ing the road to Sandepas, belng weak, I asked the commander in chief,” who had sixty bat- talions available, for reinforcements. He clined to send 'any, apparently taking Japanese demonstration at the center as ing a genmeral advance. Nevertheless I cided to storm Heikoutal the next day. the surrounding villages were already in hands. de- the ¢ on_January 27 the fiercest fighting We again held our own. The road Sandepas, to tration, was, quite clear of the enemy. therefore agaln appealed to the commander in | If he had listened ' chief for reinforcements. to my entreaties we would have riven the fron ring of 100,000 of the enemy. The Jap- ax belng menaced by a strong force of Russian cavalry from the south and south- west, evidently realized the danger of tackling us. 'In desperation on January 28 they four times assaulted our outer positions and were | beaten off each time in such brilliant fashion that it does my heart good to remember the gallantry of my brave comrades. 1 might easily have followed up these repulses by a headlong offensive, but I was tied down by the commander in chief's restrictions and his refusal to send me reinforcements. How anxfously I awaited a reply on both subjects! Just think of what victory meant. Complete victory was In our grasp. The loss of thousands of lives was not dreadful before such @ result The reply of General Kuropatkin arrived at 5 ock in the evening in the shape of an order to leave a small force in our positions and move up the army to his support, in view of the expected Japanese advance on the center. How was it possible for the Jap- anese to attack the center when all thelr avallable forces were diverted west? It is impossible to describe the impression produced upon me by the order. At first T was afraid to communicate it to my victorious army, but there was nothing else to do, We retreated during the night of January 29 with tears in our eves and bitterness in our hearts. | I: was then 1 decided that my the theater of war was and the next day the commander presence at no longer possible I handed fn a report to hief demanding my relfef. > RDS AMBUSHED. FRONTIER GU Russians Lose Heavily in Attempting 1o Protect Siberian Railroad. ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. 17.—A dispatch from Saehetun, Manchurla, vs that 11,000 Japanese troops and inese bandits are reported to be in Southeastern Manchuria, in the neigh- | borhood of Chalbasochon, forty-five miles northwest of Gunshu Pass, whence they intend to operate against the railroad. A detachment of Rus- sian frontier guards, with two guns, encountered the Japanese on Febru- ary 14 and defeated them. The de- tachment, however, while advancing, was surrounded by two regiments of night | etary Hay in regard to | by the assassination of Grand Duke| g .n, megrgkoe-Selo, having been sum- an Wachter of this | Sergius there has been a noticeable and{ n,ored thither by a personal message From the First Army Corps before Heikoutal , The enemy | the Japanese point of concen- ! el ATTORNEYS FOR WEBER EFEND HIM Declare Proof Has Not Been Shown That Auburn Youth Is Guilty of the Crime of Murdering His Mother ANSWER ARGUMENT OF PROSECUTION Lawyers for Suspect Present Their Case to the Jury and Ask That a Verdict of Not Guilty Be Their Conclusion Spectal Dispatch to The Call. + AUBURN, Feb. 17.—Arguments by counsel on both sides in the case of Adolph Weber took up nearly all the time of both sessions of the court to- day. One witness was examined, J. R. Brow of San Francisco, an auc- tioneer. Brow's testimony was to the effect that Pawnbroker Carr's charac- ter was bad. Young Weber looked unusually well to-day. No nervousness was apparent | and there was nothing in his demeanor | to show that the ordeal of yesterday had left an impression. He smiled oc- casionally during the argument of his counsel and once laughed heartily at an assertion made by Attorney Tuttle. The three attorneys who participated in to-day's proceedings were Ben Ta- bor and Fred P. Tuttle for the defense and District Attorney Kelly Robinson. Attorney Tabor opened the morning ession. He spoke for four hours. His | argument to the jury was made in a quiet manner and was devoid of even a suspicion of oratorical effort. In part he said: The prosecution had not shown that the hand of Adolph Weber caused the death of Mary Weber, Gentlemen of the jury, even if you believe in the ‘‘so-called chain of evi- dence” that has been forged by the prosecu- tion, you cannot find the defendant gullty. Now as to the evidence of Henry Carr. That man was not telling the truth when he said he had sold the revolver to this boy. Even if you are willing to take Carr's testimony and belleve that he sold that weapon to the boy, you must see that it does not show that | the defendant is guilty. The prosecution has | | presented a sort of conundrum. They say, if he did not kill Mrs, Weber, who did? I | would to God I knew who killed Mrs, Weber. | | T know that that boy would give all that he | Ppossessed to know who killed his mother. | SCORES OWN WITNESSES. | May Clark's testimony is to be regarded in | | the same light as the testimony of Myrtle Hall | and Lottie Smith, They are all outcasts from soclety, and the story of one is worth as much as the story of the other. It was not the fault | of the defense that Bertha Weber's name was connected with theirs. The defense knew that | there never lived in Auburn a girl with a more | beautiful character and lovable disposition than | Bertha Weber. This boy stands here with the | whole State of California against him. Eves power possessed by this great State is a rayed against this boy—this boy who has ng father, mother, sister or brother to help him. Tabor then referred to Pawnbroker | Carr’s identification of Weber as the | youth to whom he had sold a revolver | nearly a year ago. Tabor said: { Was thers not a possibility that Carr made a | mistake? Could he fiot have been mistaken in | his bellet that Weber hought a weapon from | him? Gentlemen of the jury, have you never | mistaken one person for another? It is an | easy matter, as this little incident will show: | A certain man was accused of having stabbed | a man in the back. He was tried, convicted on circumstantial evidence and hanged. Sev- eral years after a murderer about to be hanged stated before he went to the scaffold that he had committed the crime. Referring to the mental condition of Adolph Weber on the night of the trag- edy, Tabor asked the jury to remem- ber the terrible strain Weber must have been laboring under that awful night when he saw his home burned and the bodies of his father, mother.; the i sister and brother dragged from ruins. He pleaded with the jury to | carefully weigh every bit of evidence and give the defendant the benefit of | any doubt. | District Attorney Robinson, for _the | prosecution, followed Tabor, Robinson { carefully traced the movements of | Weber on the night of the tragedy, and | after summing up the evidence said: WEBER A LIAR. This defendant would not answer questio when he was examined by General Webb. T fifty-four of General Webb's questions he an- swered, “‘I don't remember.”” He would no tell the truth. Jurvmen, I say it standing alone that the defendant is guilty. Juryme know you will do what is honest and fair, but 1 hope vou will not be overcome by Attorney Johnson's _eloquence. fendant of the dreadful crime of murder with which he is charged or else turn him loose on | | Either convict this de- | If more than ordinary skill in playing brings the honors of the game to the winning player, so exceptional merit in a remedy ‘ ensures the commendation of the well informed, and as a reason- able amount of outdoor life and recreation is conducive to the health and strength, so does a perfect laxative tend to one’s improvement in cases' of constipation, biliousness, headaches, etc. It is all-important, however, in selecting a laxative, to choose one of known quality and excellence, like the ever pleas- ant Syrup of Figs, manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co., a laxative which sweetens and cleanses the system effect- ually, when a laxative is needed, without any unpleasant after effects, as it acts naturally and gently on the internal organs, simply assisting nature when nature needs assistance, without griping, irritating, or debilitating the internal organs in any way, as it contains nothing of an objectionable or injurious nature. As the plants which are combined with the figs in the manu- facture of Syrup of Figs are known to physicians to act most beneficially upon the system, the remedy has met with their general approval as a family laxative, a fact well worth con- sidering in making purchases. It is because of the fact that SYRUP ©OF FIGS is a remedy of known quality and excellence, and approved by physicians that has led to its use by so many millions of well informed people, who would not use any remedy of uncertain quality or inferior reputation. Every family should have a bottle of the genuine on hand at all times, to use when a laxative remedy is required. Please to remember that the genuine Syrup of Figs is for sale in bottles of one size only, by all reputable druggists and that full name of the comp~y— California Fig Syrup Co., is plainly printed on the front of every package. Regilar price, soc per bottle. C1SCO o Y. an Fri he said he sold that weapon to Adolph Weber. Time is the most essential point in this case. LUTHERANS ARE MEETING lutions were adopted declaring the ac- N CITY SAN tivity of Dr. Nelander an unwar- From that standpoint I say the prosecution has IN CITY OF SAN JOSE | (i un not proved that the defendant did this deed. | ranted intrusion into the legitimate It was an utter impossibility for him to have | Activity of Sam Francisco Divine Is | field of the Augustana Synod committed the crime in the short space the = prosecution claims the deed was done. Declared Unwagrantable by DEATH OF A PIONE the Delegates. SAN JOSE, Feb. 17.—The thirteenth annual convention of the California | Conference of the Evangelical Luther- an Augustana Synod of North America | is in session in this city. About twenty delegates, representing the San Fran- cisco, Los Angeles and San Jose dis- tricts, are present. It was reported that Dr. E. Nelander of San Francisco, who for years has been engaged in missionary and reli- gious work among the Swedish people of that city, has been working with a view to directing the desertion of a part of the Swedish Lutheran popula- tion from the Augustana Synod. Reso- Attorney Johnson will begin his argu- ment to-morrow afternoon, and Gen- eral Webb will conclude thé argument for the prosecution on Monday. The excitement over the case is in- tense here, and but one question is asked on the street. It is “What will be the verdict of the jury?” —————e Death of Aged Pioneer, SALINAS, Feb. 17.—John James, who came to California in 1849 and made a fortune in Tuolumne County mines, died yesterday at his home in Jamesburg. He was 86 years old. James built the first hotel in Fresno County. Well-Known Mexican War Veteran Passes Away in Salinas. SALINAS, Feb. 17.—Willlam S. Johnson, who has been a resident of Monterey County since 1847, and who has filled the offices of County Clerk, County Recorder, County Treasurer and Deputy Clerk of the State Su- preme Court, died here to-night, aged 2 N e et kit iRt ter, England, when a boy. At break- ing out of the Mexican War he em- of listed in company D Stevenson's regiment. WATCH THE=———— SAN FRANCISCO SUNDAY CALL FOR FASHION MODELS Of the Very Latest Garments the community. i ¥red P. Tuttle, for the defense, com- | menced his argument late in the a.fl-| ernoon. He said, in part: | | Japanese cavalry, four companies of | infantry and a large band of Chinese | bandits about fifteen miles northwest | of Gunshu Pass and lost heavly. One | gun was lost and nearly all the gun was led to reduce the bill to | been adopting every customary pre- £200, f which amount judgment |caution to insure the observance of as rendered this afternoon. | strict neutrality in its ports. S e ——— | That such a thing will not happen . e = . TaRtris: | The defendant sitting there is entirely guilt- | GIFTS TO BUFFALO BILL ~ et it R horses and a number of gunners Were | ies of ‘this crime. He dia not know his fam- | Next sunda Febru l 9 l 905 , B v N s = 2 ed. | fly was in_the house at the time of th R DESTROYED BY HIS WIFE |, ., '“(icalxhrhas taken steps to keep st " Ry e e o aiixioia 1o finf ot e 9 9 —— o constantly nforme; O e where- o7 " this_h ible deed. We are anxious to bri ! CHEYENNE, Feb. 17.—Testimony Y every one of the officers and| FUSSIAN CAVALRY ON A RAID. | S 0w, [C0, il “errible deed to the | abouts of Sy d perp i . f of the plaintiff in the trial Pat of Jusito Mre. ~ Snow on. the nearcst relative of the | raurdered Mary Weber, has not played the part | she should in this terrible affair.” Instead of ' helping her nephew she has done all she could , 1o bring him to the gallows. The prosecution | claims the defendant bought a revolver last | July with the intention of murdering hig fam- ily. They depict him as a walking aPsenal, Fiftéen Thousand Horsemen Pursued | by a Japanese Force. | GENERAL OKU'S HEADQUAR- TERS, Feb. 17.—A Russian raiding | force of 15,000 cavalry, 500 infantry | and twenty guns moved south on both | f Colonel William alo Bill) was cnnllnu!‘dw} APPEAL TO CZARINA. WOMEN ’Ask That She Use Her Influence to Bring War to an End. colonel was un- used Mrs. Cody to | him to neighbors and other- highly prized by Colonel evidences of esteem of Euro- were destroved at the e of Mrs. Cody, it was stated, te the colonel. rder to tself Self- Filling PEN The perfect Fountain Pen. Always a , convenlent and cleanly. EODAX DEVELOPING AND AT CUT RATES. Developing—Roll of six, 10e. Roil of 12, 1Se. e to e Printing— finieh Be 1o e io Velox finish e Mail orders promptly filled ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. 18.—The Empress of Russia has received from the women of Moscow an address pit- eously appealing to her, as a woman and a mother, to use her influence with the Emperor to secure peace. The petition says: Oh, Soverelgn, we believe your mother heart all the horrors of war as we do. Peace violated not only beyond the frontiers, but in the heart of the f{atherland. We ees nt troubles the beginning of calamities crush all Russia, if the Emperor All the bases that y does not seek to avert them. of life are shaken and all the moral founda- tons are trembling. Mothers who have to bring up the young generation are saddened by seeing that it is impossible to train up children on the basis of truth, love and duty | when the social life of the country does mot thereon. Our best forces are perishing. = whose hearts are breaking cannot re— n silent. More lives will be sacrificed, be- cause what is happening is not spasmodic, but the results of carller calamities. The Emperor can still eave Russia by his puissant will. Be our pleader. Pray the Em- peror to listen to the voice of the country. If the Emperor leads the country in paths of greatness its women will help in the work of | organization by guiding their brothers and children into the new way and a life of light. el Japanese Advancing Toward Harbin. HARBIN, Feb. 17.—The Japanese attacks on a bridge across the Sian River and on Fantziatun were in- tended to cover a movement of con- | siderable bodies of Japanese troops and Chinese bandits across Mongolia. Large parties were discovered at Funshu Pass making their way north- ward toward Harbin. R S Kuropatkin Changing His Base. LONDO: Feb. 18.—According to the correspondent at Shanghai of the Daily Telegraph, General Kuropatkin apparently is changing his base from Mukden to Fushun. ——————— We have cameras from 80c up, and all J banks of the Liao River to Siaopeho, on the Hun River directly west of Liaoyang, yesterday, and then began gradually retreating to the northward. The force is now twelve miles north- west of Siaopeho and three miles east of the Liao. The Japanese pursued and Inflicted damage on the raiders. T 2 TOKIO EXPECTS A BATTLE. Kuropatkin Is Preparing to Assume the Aggressive. TOKIO, Feb. 18.—According to re- ports from the Shahke River the Rus- slans are showing increasing activity on both flanks and are extending and strengthening their right. They also seem to be concentrating a heavy force on their left in front of General Ku- roki. Fushun is the base of the later operations and it is estimated that the Russians there number six divisions. The impression exists that General Kuropatkin is preparing to assume the aggressive. R Volunteers Burn Villages. MUKDEN, Feb. 17.—Volunteers reconnoitering the right flank dis- lodged the Japanese from the villages of Vaintashan, Tadzepu, Koitai and Two Mound Hill. The villages were burned. ———— SENATOR MORGAN STRIKES AT PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT WASHINGTON, Feb. 17.—In the Senate to-day Morgan offered the fol- lowing amendment to the Panama canal bill: If the President, in the exercise of the pow- ers conferred upon him by law, shall remove all or any members of the Panama Canal 4 mission or if any such offices shall become photographic supplies. Printing and de- veloping. Sanborn, Vail & Co., 741 Mar- ket street. ® vacant for any cause, no appolntments shall be made to fill such vacancles during the recess of Congress. marching around with & gun, blackjack and brass knuckles. 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