The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 23, 1905, Page 1

thirty hours ending ruary 28: ing: light northwest G. Forecast made at San Francisco for San Francisco and Thursday, except fogey in the morn- H. WILLSON, Local Forecaster. THE WEATHER. midnight, Feb- vieinity—Fair wind. — VOLUME XCVII—NO. SAN FRAN CISCO, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1905. JAPAN NECOTIATING FOR PEACE REDMOND DIRECTLY WITH RUSSIA. NAMES HER TERMS WarringNationsMa y Become Allies. Special Dispatch to The Call. \%% Petersburg, without calling upon the friendly services of -any neutral power. The significance of this is apparent. The warring powers, by negotiating directly with each other, will be enabled to arrive at an ‘agreement under the terms of which they il Thus the partition of China will 1 divide the present war territory in whatever way they choose. have been effected in spite of the earnest endeavors of the American State Department to pre- a ation. POST BUILDING, Feb. 22—It can be uthority that the s received of- Japan has in- res peace in the| s country has ough diplo- ved that | com- s the Che re- lutionary char- ught about a that Russia's whatever Ja- government of- a now, and a 1s willing nt and ex- been the opinion of the Government Washington that do naught but declare | or later. Japan’'s latest | sidered Russia’s great op- ha in ats can ted, it can be said | cardinal points of ace with Russia would of Korea and the There will be, | nor details in the these two points the atures Port Arthur shall remain of -the Japanese, in together ay be placed under onal administration o be agreed upon the treaty. - TRAVERSE CHINESE SOIL. Russian Raiders Accused of Violation of Neutralit. —About 300 reaching maging the railroad be- and Tatchekiao on the ). It is alleged by that the Russians, as the case in previous n lated the neutrality of territory west of the Lijao s evident that the villagers keep | s well informed as to the | the Japanese forces. It | that the raiders wouid | empt of January 11 to Niuchiatun. They r, without so doing and aging the Japanese. The he railroad was immediate- Zoguavdns e raiders mentioned in the fore- | going dispatches probably belong to | Lieutenant General Mistchenko’s Cos- sacks, a body of whom, numMering some 2000, ed the old town of New- g, achiatun and other places he vicinity of the Liao River early in January —e RAIDERS ALMOST ENTRAPPED. Chinese Guide Saves Cossack Company | From Capture, MUKDEN, Feb. 22.—A company of | ks, which has returned from a leng and perilous reconnaissance in the @irection of Korea, penetrated by paths as far as Agoumin, miles northwest of the Yalu, hey found and burned a large | depot of Japanese provisions. Turn- ward, the Russians captured, distant, a transport of sup- which the small comrhand was in great need. During the course of the night Jap- | anese surrounded the command on | three sides. The position of the Rus- | sians was desperate, but happily for them a Chinese guide found a moun- tzin pass, by which they escaped to Khuaizhen Mountain, 100 miles due ncrth of the mouth of the Yalu River, whence they rejoined the army by way ! of little known trails. LB GRIPPENBERG DENOUNCED. in Attack Upon Kuropatkin Angers the Manchurian Army. | MUKDEN, Feb. 22.—The news of | General l;rlppenherg'n General Kuropatkin has caused great, indignation at the Russian headquar- ters here and in army circles. General Crippenberg’s departure was a sur- prise, as he had received no orders from General Kuropatkin to quit his post. He left Manchuria. unceremoni- ously, without taking leave of the ccmmender in chief. Even General Grippenberg’s friends say that no mat- te- what grievances he may have had, the present is not a fit time for venting attack wupon | iance of the present foes to prevent interference s of their peace compact is one of the probabilities personal feelings, when the army must bend all its efforts to gain victory. MISTAKE OF LENA'S OFFICERS. Breaking of Parole Said to Have Been Due to Misunderstandine. ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. 22.—It is explained at the the departure from San Francisco of the three officers of the cruiser Lena was owing to a misunderstanding. They had signed a par le not to leave San Francisco without permission of the President of the United States un- til an arrangement had been made be- tween the two Governments. Subse- quently, when the final agreement be- tween Russia and the United States regarding the Lena was reached, the officers supposed they were free to come home. If the United States in- sists the officers. will return to- San Francisco. et A TOGO’S FLEET THE LARGEST. Rojestvensky Will Seek to Avoid & Battle at Sea. PARIS, Feb, who was a witness before the North Sea Commission, will leave Paris to re- join Vice Admiral Rojestvensky imme- diately = after the -commission an- nounces its decision. -In an interview Captain Claddo said: Admiral Togo's ships represent 140 points against Admiral Rojestvensky’s 100 ‘points, thus giving the Japaness a manifest superi- ority, mainly in armored cruisers. Therefore I believe Rojestvensky will seek to avold an encounter, although 1 consider that -a great naval battle is inevitable. TP KA TS RUMORS OF A DEFEAT. Vague Report That General Kuropat- kin Has Been Outflanked. ST. PETERSBURG, mors were current. in this city last night that General Kuropatkin has been outflanked by a strong force of Japanese in the vicinity of Sinmintin and compelled to retire from the Shakhe River, but official dispatches, so far as made public, and the press Mukden advices give no intimation that such a contingency is even re- motely possible. o BR Japan Negotiating a New Loan. TOKIO, Feb. 23.—As a result of a conference with the bankers of To- kio, Yokohama, Osaka, Nagoya and has practi- determined upon a fourth do- ic loan of 100,000,000 yen, to be ssued at 96 per cent and payable in seven years. gty 260 Scouts in a Sharp Fight. TOKIO, Feb. 22.—The headquarters of the Japanese armies in Manchuria reports & continuance of the Russian bombardment of various parts of the Japanese line. Scouts of both armies Kyoto, the Government call ccllided west of Shahopao on Monday' night. A sharp fight took ,place. 22 R Japan Wants to Buy Islands, PORT LOUIS, Mauritius, Feb. 22.— There is an unconfirmed report that Japanese agents are negotiating for the purchase or lease of certain islands near the Seychelles group for coaling stations. N0 POSTAGE STAMPS I\ FAIRBANKS Special Dispatch to The Call. TACOMA, Feb. 22.—A dispatch from Fairbanks, Alaska, says that a com- mon United States two-cent postage stamp sold for $1 there yesterday and {it was the last one to be procured at | that price. There is not a stamp to be had in town and all sorts of wild | offers are being made for them by per- sons desirous of sending away malil matter. This is the first absolute fam- ix;e of postage stamps ever experienced there. The last lemon at Fairbanks has now been consumed. It sold for $2 and the purchaser was glad to get it at this price. Many of the lesser commodities. are entirely out of stock, causing much discomfort. Foreign Office that | 22.+Captain Claddo; Feb. 23.—Ru- SCORES 1N COMMONS Irish Statesman En-| i raps Secretary | Wyndham, Compels Him to Read thei ASHINGTON, Feb. 22.—It was learned to-night that| MaCDOHHell COI‘I‘OSDODG- : Japan has sent a suggestion as to peace terms direct to st.| ence to House, Letter Reveals Acceptance of Stipula- ! tion Which Afterward Was Repudiated. Special Dispatch to The Call. LONDON, Feb. 22.—Encouraged by the reduced Government majority in | | the division of the House of Commons last night, the Irish party unexpected- ly returned to the attack to-day more | | fiercely than ever. Immediately after the opening of the day's session John Redmond gave notice of a motion to adjourn in order to discuss the condi- tion under which Sir Anthony Mac- | Donnell holds the post of under-secre- tary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. This move came as a surprise and | caught the Government off its guard. | The Speaker set the debate on the mo- tion for the commencement of the | night session. | The debate lasted until midnight, when a motion to adjourn was de- | feated by a vote of 265 to 223; but Red- | mond scored a point by compelling | | Wyndham, Chief Secretary for Ireland, | {to read the correspondence between | himself and Sir Anthony MacDonnell, | by which it was shown that the under- | | secretary was given extraordinary | powers and authorized to arrange for co-ordination in the control and direc- {tion of boards and administrative agencies. It was shown also that Pre- mier Balfour had concurred in this ar- rangement. Z : The reading of the ecorrespondence between MacDonnell and Wyndham re- vealed that in September, 1902, after having been offered the under-secre- “taryship, ‘MacDonnell replied stipulat- ing for an ‘“adequate opportunity of influencing the policy of the acts of the Irish administration subject to your control and your freedom of ac- tion in legislative matters.” MacDon- nell specified the points on which he wished to take action, namely: Main- tenance of order, co-operation of de- partments and education on the gen- eral spirit’ of Balfour’s views. The reading of this sentence was greeted with prolonged Irish cheers. ‘Wyndham read his reply, which be- gan: “Your letter was most welcome to me,” and went on to say: “I ac- cept your offer of help on the lines of | the conditions laid down in your let- ter.” AR WIN NORTH SEA ~ DECISION Commission's Ruling Is in Russia’s Favor. At PARIS, Feb. 22—A semi-official statement appeared t‘n-nlght relative to the work of the International Commis- sion which has been considering the North Sea incident. It announces that the commission, in its conclusions, gives no opinion on the question of the presence or absence of Japanese tor- pedo boats in the North Sea, merely declaring that the Russian admiral quite legitimately believed that his squadren was endangered and that he had the right, under the circumstances, to act as he did. { LONDON, Feb. 23.—A strong note of { indignation fs sounded by the London ’ daily newspapers this morning over' { the semi-official statement relative to | the decision of the North Sea Com- 'miulon glving to Russfa the victory. The Daily Mail goes so far as to de- clare the commissicn has dealt a death ! blow to arbitration. Some of thej newspapers blame the Government strongly for ever having consented to subject such a matter to arbitration, | while some of the Government organs | find cold comfort in the fact that the country by doing so avoided war with ! Russia. FIRE IN LONDON DESTROYS i HUNDRED OF AUTOMOBILES | | Longacre] Center ¢f Motor Car Indus- try in Britisli Capital, Has LONDON, Feb. 22—Longacre, the center of the motor car and carriage industry of this city, was the scene of isastrous fire resulti: damage :n‘:mned at Sl.!Sn.DOonfo-':-y. Hun- dreds of automobiles which had just been% returned from the :xpo.mm | which closed Monday were destroyed. | Thete were some exciting escapes’ of tenants who occupled flats above the| (warehouses, <. 7T oy iy | the Osage lands by the oil company, | panies, and if members of Congress 0L, INQUIRY Certamfibers of Congress Are Troubled. Said toBe Interested in Sub- Leases of Osage In- dian Tract. Revelaiions of the P'ostafice and Land Fraud Investigations May Be Surpassed, Special Dispatch t6 The Call. CALL BUREAU, POST BUILDING, WASHINGTON, Feb. 22.—There is a growing feeling of uneasiness in Con- gressional circles over the investiga- tion ordered by President Roosevelt of the affairs of the Standard Oil Cempany. 1t is believed this investi- gation will bear as hard on Congress as it will on the Standard Ol Com- pany and that the revelations of the Postoffice Department investigation will be surpassed by those of the oil fields. The postoffice scandal resulted in the indictment of two United States Senators and the smirching of a large number of Renresentatives. 1t is said that there are members of Congress who are interested in the sub-leases which have been made of whose lease is now before the Senate in the Indian appropriation bill, There are at least 150 of these minor com- hold an interest,in them the disclo- sure will create more than an un- pleasant impression. Statements telegraphed from Kan- sas that prominent politiclans and Senators are interested in the Osage lease are understood to refer to com- panies which are subs) te8. Whether the holders of the stae} d be held to be interested in 4 lease is a question for t} 0 one 50\:5“ th R n_ by omMesTon® C that members ‘of Congress aré inters ested in the sub-leases the fact will be made public. This phase of the inquiry is cauging a great dea] of talk in Washington, especially in' view of the fact that in the land fraud inquiry one Senator and one Representative and one for- mer Representative have been in- indicted in Oregon. The leasing of Indiap lands has been an object of political spoil for' many years. The mining concession on the Ulintah res- ervation has already disclosed that there were many politicians in that deal. The same thing is said to be true of the sub-leases in Indian Ter- ritory. ApoLrn EBER TURNED PALE WHEN ey ASKS HITCHOCK TO EXPLAIN. Texan Brings:Up the Osage Oil Lease in House Resolutions. WASHINGTON, Feb. 22—Another chapter in the Osage oil lease incident developed to-day when Representative Stevens of Texas introduced two reso- lutions in the House, addressing in- quiries to the Secretary of the In; terior regarding the Foster lease of the oil and gas lands belonging to the Osage Indians. One resolution calls upon the Secretary to supply the House with a copy of the Foster lease and of all sub-leases ‘under that - parent lease, giving the dates of the approval or rejection and all correspondence on the subject. The other resolution asks under what act of Congress the Foster lease was made, and under what authority of law the sub-leases were approved. The Secretary is asked whether he did not ratify the sub-lease to the Alameda Company and whether this was niot the first sub-lease so ratj- fied and whether he had not previously refused to ratify sub-leases. The resolution asks not only for the date of the ratification of the Alameda sub-lease, but also calls fur a list of the officers, directors and stockholders of the Alameda Company. with infor- mation as to whether any of these per- sons are ‘‘personally known or in any way related to him (the Secretary) and, if so, the name of such person and how related.” The resolution directs the Secretary to say*whether he did or did not, on February 13 last, in a letter addressed to the chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs, write that the Commis- sicner of Indian Affairs “also shows that there is no necessity for the pro- ! posed legislation in order to protect the existing rights of the parties who hold under the said Foster lease and it is not'deemed advisable, nor indeed would it be just, to renew and exténd the suid lease {orflncd De!'lt;;lhl)fttetl; yi.n" or any other period, without the knowl- ed:e or consent of the Indians.” The | assistance of Attorney General Charles resolution continues: ‘W. Miller, -who did the questioning, And {f you did write this letter, please state | WIUNg from Representative Baker the to the Houve what information you have since | name of the ex-State Senator only e option:of the”Senate Smebdment 1o ha | ALeeEpi L o P Haker the loption of 0 i ' questio! o B er Indiain appropristion, bil exicnaing saia Jease i R had Has 10 premise the ailessd briber not to divulge his name in order for ten years on 680,000 acres of said Osage ands without first securing the con- d 4 Indian lands to draw him out. Detectives are seach- ing for the accused man. sent of the Indians. The effect of Representative Baker's tary -Hitchcock is cited, in- which i S " disclosure was apparent in.the imme- diat< overwhelming vote in “favor of he said that ‘“the original Foster lease the. Curtis: anti-cigarette bill,” whieh , a c ndal, . ing short of a D! and the Dpassed by-a. vote of T4 to 17. ———————————— resolution asks the Seeretary if he was LONDON; Feb. 23.—A ch thus correctly quoted, and if so to state why he now recommends an extensjon of ' the lease. 1 from Copenhagen to the Daily Tele- e e -at. 2 L, Swe- e valry charged the. riot- DECLINES §100 BIL S BRIBE Indiana Legislator Exposes Work of ~ Lobbyist. Epecial Dispatch to The Call INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 22.—The. spe- clal investigating committee appointed by Speaker Sydney Cantwell of the House of Representatives, following the declaration of ‘Representative Ananias Baker of Fulton and Cass counties, who in’explaining his vote on the anti- cigarette bill in the ‘House to-day pro- duced a letter ‘ containing a $100 bill which, he charged, was sent to him by those Interested in defeating such legis- lation, to-night issued an affidavit for the arrest of O. A. Baker of Marion, a former State Senator, charging him with having attempted to corrupt Rep- resentative Baker. The investigating committee, with.the ¥ —_— CHARGES AGAINST RAILROAD. ' Missouri, Kansas and Texas Company ‘Accused of CoJlusion. s RS e 5 | CHANUTE, Kans, Feb: 22—w. B, | joer® s S L R 4 Cennelly, for the advisory board of the | b i O Kansas Oil Producers’ Association, to- | - ‘Agra Diamond Brings $35,500. day_telegraphed’ Congressman Camp-| 1.ONDON, Feb. 22.—The Agra dia- sold to-day on Pago 3, Column 3. | for $20500. tor H! HE HAS WORN THROUGHOUT THE A!h-tt* degree. jee tucket.™ ALCAZAR—"The Merchant of Ven- COLUMBIA—"‘The CENTRAL—"“A Ride for Life."" CHUTES—Vaudeville. GRAND—*‘Motter Goose." LYRIC HALL—Bispham Concert. olg,nl:tu—-vmd-fln-. Matinee to- TIVOLI—Grand Opera. PRICE FIVE CENTS. NG FOR WE. . WHO WAS CONVCTED YESTERDAY BY A JURY IN AUBURN OF HAVING MURDERED HIS BED > THE VERDICT. .BUT SOON AFTER REGAINED THE CALM D E TR Special Dispatch to The Call ) AUBURN, Feb. 22— “We, the jury, Rereby find Julius Adolph Weber guilty of ‘murder in the first degree.” This was, the verdict rendered this afternoon after seven ballots by the jury whi¢h has weighed the evidence in support-and against the charge that Adolph Weber murdered his own mother.” The verdict means that the boy must hang for the crime. He now stands branded as the person who killed his father, mother, sister aAd brother and then sought to hide his crime by burning the home wherein their bodies. lay. “I am greatly disappointed but not discouraged,” were the words Adolph ‘Weber uttered in his cell after the jury had brought in the verdict. He took the matter calmly, as he sat in ‘the court and heard the clerk read the words that make the gallows his end. .- The delay of the jury in bringing in a verdict led to the belief that there would be a disagreement as to the de- gree of the crime. Ever since the case went to the jury the people of .this town have. heen in an excited state, waliting for the great bell on the court- house to ring, which was to be the ‘warning notice that a verdict had been reached. BELL SOUNDS WARNING. To-day at 5 minutes after 2, when the bell rang out in. solemn. tones, people from all parts of the community hurried toward the courthouse. As the first touch of the bell sounded, ‘Weber, in_his- prison, said to his guardian, John Adams, “Well, I sup- pose that means they have come to'a verdiet.” ‘When the murderer walked into the courtroom he was calm and placid, as he has been since the trial began. He took his seat with his attorneys and with Sheriff Keena immediately at his back. As soon as the jurors were seated Judge Prewett announced . to the im- mense crowd of spectators that there should 'be no demonstration on their part no'matter what the verdict might be.. A-Qeathlike stillness fell' over the the clerk read the following verdict: ‘“We, - the jury, hereby. find Jullus Adolph Weber luilgy of murder in the % £ “DEWITT 'RTER, Foreman.” WEBER S FACE TURNS PALE. face assumed an ashy paleness. How- ever, he at once his usual de- resumed _meanor, and with'a pale, ghastly smile turned around and spoke to Attorney Johnson. - Judge Prewett then an- nounced that he would pass sentence i tion and with the assistance ‘infant heir to the throne was WEBER FOUND GUILTY ON SEVENTH BALLOT TNy = UST, s Auburn Jury Convicts Him of First-Degree Murder and Makes No Recommendations to the HIS CRIME “oas 7 MOTHER. EMEANOR BABE LEFT bY MOTHER [N A CAR R T e e Special Dispatch to The CallL ST. PAUL, Minn., Feb. 22.—Traffic o8 Merriam Park car line was badly dis» organized for a half-hour this morn- ing, all because an absentminded mother forgot Yo take her baby with her when she left a car. The woman, whose name is withheld, had been shopping and at 11 o’clock took a Mer- riam Park car, accompanied by her four-year-old baby and a number of packages of bargains. She placed the | baby on a seat beside her and became so absorbed in problems of dress that when she arrived at her corner she forgot to, take the baby with her. There were several other ladies in the car, and before the mistake was dis- covered the car had turnéd a cormer and the mother was out of sight. ed,the return of her baby. so excited that the men were unable tollearn the circumstances of the case and she left the office in a high temper. She went to the corner and every car bound in eit] f boys the street was blocked The blockade was finally the arrival of the right car, woman left with her baby and words of denunciation against street car company. ——————— Russian Crown Prince ML ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. 22. i ! several days ago to be suffering the grip. His condition is not o