The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 29, 1905, Page 5

TOGO'S STRATEGY S 5 1 . 050401 COMMAND OF THE SEA IS RETAINED BY JAPAN Strength of the . Foes Equalized by Heavy Losses Inflicted Upon Rojestvensky. SHIP. SINKING OF AMERICAN 1 of the two fleets before to cope with his en somew that the andup d so reduced the gth that the fleets would be nearly equal se experts Togo would pursue this course because there were two re 1y he should be extremely cautious e was that the fleet was much stronger than the , and the other that the success so far as Japan is depended on the outcome of the naval engagement. TOGO SURPRISES THE WORLD. the Japanese, by their masterful nd daring, Bave surprised the vilization & number of times outbreak of hostilities and Togo has again demonstrated that his people are the peer o the world in the ed to make a stand- ple the Russians at the al and army experts ng on the effects of neral Weston officers have de- tle should it in he Japanese fleet it the costly victories of Japan on 1 othing. as uld then be mis- She could prevent sent into Manchuria oft the supplies of the Japanese in t province and force them to live off This the Japanese could not length of time, even when thelr the country is now devastated and a crow could not lé}'e off it for a great length of time, With thh Japanese fleet disposed of, the Russians could get supplies to the front by way of Viadivostok and use the trans-Siberian road exclusively for the transportation of troops. Hun- dreds of thousands could be rushed to the front and the Japanese in Man- churia could have been ovefwhelmed and driven into the sea. In fact, the life of Japan depended on winning the naval battle, as its loss would not / believed | is taken Into consideration, for | arp on to pay an enormous indemnity. RUSSIA TO KEEP ON FIGHTING. With Rus: the loss of the naval € gement is not so serious a mat- t nd while such an oitcome might ie war, there would nt the Russians on operations with - their definitely, as it would not . be from its base of supplies. | is no indication in the authen- | the entire Russian destroyed, but in the | E an occurrence naval on’t believe that Russia would | ount Cassini, the Rus- and other high Rus- peatedly that ir Government would carry the war he It is the belief.here to pre operation terms of » On the other hand, Japan is anxious to continue, tions have been he could not so and official inti- glven repeatedly ent to peace. In | elcome peace now, could make liberal fact, J. specially ms as she following a series of great vic- There has been little or no peace here to-night, especially as the ef is general that Russia would not e in the face ofr rous defeats, and | with pleasure on | ing from any uf‘ | 1 not look suggestion co first class powers. me time it has been known that nt Roosevelt would gladly act as cemaker 1f the two hostile powers | should require, or even intimate, that hls‘ in this direction would be ceptable. Of course, he would not take | re initiative, In view of the offical dec- | ration of Russia on this subject. { SHT VISIT TO WHITE HOUSE. | In view of the fact that it is so well | known that Japan would welcome peace, | the hurried visit of Takahira. the Japan- | ese Minister, to the White House to-night | is rather significant. It is not the custom | of diplomats to call at the White House | on Sunday except by especial permission | or on extremely pressing or important bustness. There has been much speculation s to the purport of this visit. The Japanese Minister walked to the White House, but when he reached there he found 'that President Roosevelt had gone out for'a short drive. Takahira did not walt for the President and when he returnéd to the legation he would not discuss the rea- eon for his unusual visit to the Execu- tive Mansion. Wheh asked if his érrand was for the purpose of discussing the question of peace and securing the good offices of President Roosevelt he dismiss- ed the subject in a diplomatic manher by inquiring for news of the battle. The Japanese Minister, as well as the Rus- slan Embassador, are in the dark as to what has occurred, as they have recetved no officlal advices whatever from their governments. In the absence of detalls of the battle, army and navy officers decline to-night to express their views. They declared it would be useless to enter Into a discussion until they knew what hed occurred. e e MEETS RUSSIAN CRUISER. Steamship From Shanghai Encounters Dneiper Near Barren Islands. SHANGHAL May 29.—The steamship Samson visited the Saddle Islands yes- terday, but found no trace of the Rus- sian vessels reported in that vicinity a few days ago. Near Barren Islands the Samson was stopped by the Russian volunteer cruiser Dneiper, crowded with men well armed. After exchang- ing courtesies the Samson returned to ! Shanghal, passing a Russian transport loading from junks some miles below Wusung. i | ——— | Five Warships Off Manila. { MANILA, May 20.—Five warships were | sighted off Corregidor Island, in the en- i trance to the bay of Manila, this morn- ing, headed southward. It is believed ithat they were Japanese- vessels. On Saturday™two transports were sighted 120 miles west of the Bashes Straits by the British steamship Yuensang. —— A wise girl learns to cook—then proceeds to marry so well that she doesn’t have to work at it. ve meant the destruction of the | but Japan would have | this will be done, as Russia ,has ted to ti powers that. she | | 1 not brook any interference and t she proposed to conduct the war | 1 her own way and carry on hostile dictate the ' | | I i [ [ = 7 L2277 2 [ U DIt Ak /’(\\\ TEHTEIEESSNGTSS BATTLESHI® T MIKASA R s ® - o BR il SEA WARRIORS ON WHOM THE HOPES OF TWO NATIONS CENTER, AND THEIR RESPECTIVE FLAGSHIPS IN THE GREAT NAVAL BATTLE. | WVES CREDIT T0 THE PEOPLE Mayor Weaver at His Church Speaks of the Defeat of| the Philadelphia Gangsters HONORED BY Congregation Showers Him With Congratulations on Victory in the Gas Fight FRIENDS PHILADELPHIA, May 23.—The gas lease fight of last week, which resuited in the surrender of the advocates of the proposition, who bowed to the popular will by withdrawing the proposed lease from the City Councils, served as the text for many sermons in Philadelphia churches to-day. . There were few houses of worship where the sensational incl- dents of last week were mot touched upon. The" greater part of Mayor Weaver's day was taken up with religious dutles. He attended services at the Temple Baptist Church in the forenoon and in the afternoon taught his Bible class at that church, as usual. There were al- most recordlbreaking attendances at the church, many strangers attending the services to see the Mayor. At the con- clusion of the .norning services the Mayor and Mrs. Weaver were surround- ed by nearly all the membérs of the congregation, who offered congratula- tions. During the exercises at the Sun- day-school session the superintendent re- ferred to the Mayor and the part he took in the gas lease fight. Weaver was called upon to speak a few words, and among other things he said: “It's the people’s victory. The people have given me entirely too much credit. 1 say to you it's a victory—a magnificent victory—of the people. But in exulting in victory, splendid as it has been, we must not for a moment imagine that the task has been accomplished. We shall have a long and probably tedlous fight before us, but with the help of God the people will eventually come out victo- rious.” The mass-meetings scheduled for this week In opposition to The gas lease will, it is understood, be turned into gather- ings advocating the confirmation of the Mayor's new department chiefs, Colonel Sheldon Potter and A. Lincoln Acker. B — *2091d SuoaM 3y} U] pumw swyy Suoam. U3} 18 4snq 398 1,uUpip £33 Jj peq os 2q j0u p[nom sujed pue SIYIB INQO | 1 | i SWEDISH CELEBRATION | AT SHELL MOUND PARK| B LTy ! Thirtieth Anniversary of Society Observed by Many Members and Their Families. Fully 1500 pleasure - Seekers from San Francisco and OnKland gathered at Shell Mound Park:; Berkeley, yesterday | and joined in the celebration of the | Swedish Soclety’s thirtietl anniversary. At 3:30 in the afterndon spirited foot- races were held on the racecourse ad- joining the park. X Each race was hotly contested and | the winners were awarded with hand- some prizes donated by the liberal mer- chants of this city and Oakland. The race open exclusively'to members of the Swedish Society was the principal event and while being fun was extended rounds of applause by the spectators. Dancing, bowling on' the alleys and buying chances on the tombola were other features of amiisement. ‘When night came 0n -the picnickers assembled in the large pavilion, where the promenade concert dnd dancing was | enjoyed until 11 o’clock, when festivi- ties were brought to & olose, and all departed for home after having: spent a most enjoyable day in Coun- ty’s popular bay shore redort. This society is the strongest Scandi- navian organization on the Pacific Coast and since Its inception thirty years ago its beneficence has served to relieve many a poor family of its desti- tution. The success of yesterday's celebra- tion is due to the able management of the following commiittées: Committee of arrangements—F. O. Sfogren, A. C. Lund, J. L. Jacobson, W. Bergenheim, R. F. Wilson, J. E. Petterson, C. L. Lar- son, F. O. Lindberg. Reception commit- tee—A. Sjogren, N. V. Sjogren, A. Ben- son, J. L. Jacobson, Anton Hjelte, W. Bergenheim, L. Johnson. 'Floor man- agers — F. O. Sjogren, assSistant C. J. Larson. Floor committée—A. Ander- son, A. Nelson, G. Anderson, A. Johnson. ——————— THREE HUNDRED MILES ‘ OF CABLE FOR NORTH Special Dispatch to ‘nn Caln. TACOMA, May 2.—The cable ship Burnside has been ordered to leave here on June 20 with 200 miles.of cable now en route from New Jersey for .the extension of the Alaskan . cable fltv' Vald to Seward. When this is 1ald the Al cable system will be complete. General Greely will-go.north In July to inspect the cable ds o ? tem together with all. erty in rge of will_give special a of the s ing the hardships fore undergone facilities. \ 5 SOLDIERS GRAVES 10 BE DECKED Grand Army Veterans Will Gather at the Presidio! to Pay Honor to Heroes SERVICES IN CHURCHES Members of Meade. and Thomas Posts Participate in the Solemn Exercises The executive committee in charge of the annual Memorial day exercises to be held in this city to-morrow completed its final arrangements last night, The serv- ices planned will be of an elaborate nat- ure and will be participated in by the Grand Army men, Sons of Veterans, Spanish-American War Veterans and the ‘Woman's Relief Corps. Memorial services were held last night at Calvary Presbyterian Church and the First Congregaticnal Church. The ser- mong of the pastors were devoted to the bravery and herofsm of American soldlers and the church worshipers were appeal- ed to to_ assemble at the graves of the boys in blue to-morrow and help strew their resting places with flowers. George H. Thomas Post, Grand Army. together with many prominent members of the Spanish-American War Veterans and the Woman's Rellef Corps, ssum-l bled at'Calvary Presbyterian Church to take part in the memorial services. The address of the evening was made by United States Senator George C. Per- kins. The orator paid a high tribute to those who dled in defense of the coun- try's flag. At the First Congregational Church the memorial services were attended by Meade Post, Grand Army, many Sons of Veterans, Spanish-American War Veter- ans and members of the Woman's Rellef Corps. Impressive services were held be- fore an immense audience. The services at the National Cemetery, Presidio, will take place to-morrow morn- ing at 10 o'clock, when the Grand Army ‘men and the Sons of Veterans and the ‘Woman's Relief Corps will gather. After the. firing of the salute and the singing of psalms by school children, the graves of the heroes will be strewn with fiGwers furnished by the Woman's Relief Corps. . £ -Tfime Post, Grand Army, and members of the Sons of Veterans and the Spanish- American War Veterans will decorate the graves of the soldiers in Odd Fellows' Cemetery at the same hour. They will Hne up at the Palace Hotel and march DUKE OF SUTHERLAND REACHES LOS ANGELES Nobleman and Party Will Spend To-Night in This City. LOS ANGELES, May 28.—The Duke of Sutherland, accompanfed by Alexander Simpson,, private secretary, and Ernest Chaplin, brother of the Right Hon. Hen- ry Chaplin, late Minister of Agriculture for England, arrived In Los ‘Angeles. this afternoon from the Atlantic seabeard. This fs his" third visit to the United States and second to the Pacific Coast and is one of pleasure purely. The Duke and his party will leave for San Franclsco In the morning. In the latter city they will spend one night, thence start on the home trip for Eng- land by way of Beattle, Vancouver and British Columbfa. They sail from New York on the steamship Baltic June 21 The Duke of Sutherland visited San Franeisco in 1836, on his return to Eng- land from Japan. He is accredited the largest land owner in the British peer- age, his estates in England and Scotiand aggregating 1.250,00 acres. In adaition to his hereditary holdings his wealth in- cludes large blocks of stock In leading Industrials. —_————— CAMERA PICTURES CANALS IN MARS Remarkable Photographs Taken by an Astronomer in Arizona. BLOOMINGTON, Ind., May 28.—Pro- fessor C. O. Lempland, a former student in the astronomy department of Indi- ana University, but now connected with the Lowell University at Flagstaf, Arl- zona, has taken twenty photographs of the canals on Mars, an achievement without precedent. —— up Market street in a body to Van Ness avenue, thence to Geary street, where they will board cars for the cemetery, where the usual exercises will be held. At the Athambra Theater in the evening solemn memorial services will take place. Major General 8. S. Sumner and Briga- dler General Frederick Funston will oceu- Dy boxes near the stage with their stafts. | Rev. Father MeQuaide, chaplain of the Spanish-American War Veterans, will| open the services with a prayer and a varied programme will follow. The members .of the Woman's RBelief Corps will meet this evening at 8 o'clock at Lyric Hall to prepare bouquets with which to decorate the graves of the sol- dlers. The ladies earnestly request that all persons who wish to aid the commit-. tee send flowers to Lyric Hall as early as. possible. ———— The world's largest dredger is now docked at Liverpocl It is 200 feet long and can raise 1000 tons of hard material an hour. NINERS OPPOSE CUT 1N WACES Ultimatum of the Western Fuel Company Is Rejected by the Nanaimo Workmen MASS-MEEING IS : HELD Action of the Toilers May Result in Closing Down of the Northern Coal Mines Spectal Dispatch to The Call TACOMA, May 38—At Nanaimo last night 600 coal miners met in mass meeting to consider the Western Fuel Company's ultimatum which declares that a 10 per accepted Howard replied that the pro- posal was final. The committes reported the result of their visit to the men and the miners voted to stand by their de- ciston. It now remains to be seen whether the colliery company will close down its mines, which it claims cannot be operated under the new law with the present schedule of wages. The law is effective June 1, and reduces the hours from nine to eight. —e——————— The most costlv miter in the United States, a miter which represents 310,000 worth of jewels and precious stones, is worn by Bishop Horstmann of the Cleve- land diocese of the Roman Catholic church. France is spending large sums in hav- ing maps made of her possessions in | West Africa. One map in seventeen parts bas just been issued by the Army De- partment, and surveys are in progress for a larger ome in sixty parts. Molasses catches more flies than vin- egar and bonbons more wives than vir- tues.—New York Press. You can flatter the mother of the ugliest baby in the world by saying it looks like her.—Philadeiphia Record. —_——— “People say,~ remarked the girl in blue, “that we look very much and I believe I can see a little resem- ce myself.” Pl’;«u coneceited thing,” exclalmed the girl in gray.—Chlcago Post. i