The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 31, 1905, Page 2

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, { WEDNESDAY, MAY 31, 1905. SURDIDORS SAY THEY SAW JAPANESE WARSHIPS SINK. BIC ARMIES 08 THE EVE OF BATTLE Prepares to At-| Linevitch as Soon | of Togo’s| Reaches Him Oyama k News as Victor) HOPES T0O CRUSH f RUSSIAN FORCES| - icld Marshal Masses Artil-| lery and Concentrates Men for . Flank Movements L gainst Muscovites | the 30.—Advices received show ®hat the great | © be followwed at once ment, which probably will prove us decisive as the combat ficets. Field Marsaal Marguy . promptly on reeetpt of official wa of the victory of Tazo, yesterday am the comecemtration of men and us for am attack upon Linevitch. News of the opening of the battic is bouriy, sithough the slow- sure methods of the Jupanese com~ | der may delay the attack for sev- | maval & by 2 land the ed OF RUS THE Mar awaiting ews of the out- for the erything eady only waiting is_decided un- | Following their nese are mass- fr center, in ain striking force e ind is rapidly | but the barometer is | | cral . Mistchenko's | re hastily fortify- Manchuria, Monday, | ipal activity of the | “ h is " unusually | ed by General | but the army | pointed in its ex- | e movement from w s along the fmn-{ nturous and ria, May three d 27.4 ago | gan ~ eral skirmishing has | been r the fortnight. o leav he train, sea of mud. e immediate rear wears the same of the old po- sians occupled in nuded of forage. | fled from their troops camp- torn down for | of the Mon- d that ai nst the n tribes. goods are | cities from Sin- | remaining trade | | { with Manchuria since to Russians is | iich traders | the ver wh is so| unts to attaches .have adivostok, by or- DEFEAT MAY HASTEN REFORM. Czur Must Take Action fo Relieve the | Internal Situation. | May 30.—The com- possible n naval he tion by an x t subject. 1 Vs L No Russian Cruiser at Wusung. SHANGHAL May 30.—The report the i arrived at Wus icorrect Russian tr Korea arrived there this| morning, apparently from the Straits of Korea, with a big shot hole in her sidle and her boats shot away. The Rus- ver has already arrived rom Jibutil, French Somal- ———— madam?” said Chais Many 1 to a he worry, sick had Consider man taken . ha out | worried a postal himself policy will [ tell the ways and means i addressed to | Knfaz Souvaroff. TR Graphi of the Great Combat. Continued From Page 1, Column 7. ian cruiser. had been nd, headed for filled with the that a Ruw sighted the 1 wildest reports of ever: ALMAZ STEAMS INTO PORT. | The inhabitants clustered in the streets, thronged the wat side or he frowning- hills overlooking for a better view. toward 6 o'clock of the ve ful cruiser with two entrance to the Golden Horn and | rounded to an anchorage beneath the bristling guns of the curving promon- From afar the broken siump of ind a shot hole show- v int of one tory. her ing stac As the anc cha R the hawsecholes the essel wreathed itself in salute—it was p & honor .of Rear Scarcely had the poom of the cannon begun to echo from the surrounding hills when 's flagship, the cruiser Ros- sia, answered the salute, and a minute later the guns of the fortress took up the cannonade. Excitement beyond description seized the thronging spectators, who with “huzzahs” tossed 5. Citizens embraced ome another a4 danced jubilantly on thc pler; hile the crews of the ships the harbor joined in wild cheering. In a trice the boats were dropped frantic ca in { from the davits and in a moment the ofiicers of the cruisers and torpedo boats in the harbor and the military officials from the fortress were swarm- ing on board the Almaz to learn news of the fighting. GRAPHIC STORY OF The story was short. BATTLE. According to | the officers of the Almaz the fleet under Rojestvensky met the Japanese in the Straits of Korea, near Tsu Island, and the opposing fleets immediately closed in. Being lightly armed, the Almaz, as had been ordered by Admiral Rojest- vensky beforé the battle, Separated herself from ‘the fleet at the first op- portunity and headed for Vladivostok soon dfter the commencement of the action, but not too soon to obserye that the Josses on both sides in the titanic combat were great. Early in the battle an officer of the Almas, flagship. the battleship Kniaz Souva- roff, for a signal, saw the flagship shudder from stem to stern as if under a blow from a gigantic hammer and hesitate in her course, while the waves rose high from her armored sides. Then she commenced to list and sink. The officers believe that the debut of the submarine boat an effective agent in maval warfare, or perhaps = large mine, caused the disaster to the The damage, how- ever, was so extensive that the flug- ip soom went down, leaving the deck officers and many of the crew strug- gling in the waves. 3 One of the Russian torpedo-boats. either the destfoyer Buiny or the Bravi, ran in and picked up a number of the swimmers, one of whom was recognized through a flash as Admiral Rojest- vensky. Under a gruelling attack by the Jap- anese warships, aided by torpedo-boats, mines and sgbmarines, the Borodino the Oslabya and the Orel were placed | out of action and followed the flagship to the bottom. SEE JAPANESE SHIPS SINK. The fog, which had raised and low- ered intermittently during the morn- ing, began to settle down again and the distance of the Almaz, which had | now succeeded in disengaging herself | from the struggling ships, made it dif- ficult for her to see clearly, but the of- ficers are positive that they saw two Japsnese battleships disappear beneath the sea before their eyes, and that two Japanese cruisers appeared on the point of sinking. The arrival of the Grozny o'clock to-day was marked by the same scenes of excitement as those which characterized the advent of the Almas. A correspondent visited the wounded commander of the destrover, Captain Andriffski, at the hospital, and the cap- at 11 | tain confirmed the detalls given by the officers of the Almaz. He described his combat as a running fight, in which the Grozny was engaged for several hours, finaliy sinking the pursuing Jap- anese destroyer. o g o EIGHT OFFICERS KILLED. Heavy Loss of Life on the Repair Ship Kamchatka. TOKIO, May 80.—A warrant officer of the Russian repair ship Kamchatka, who landed at Moji. says: “Our fieet entered the Straits of Ko- rea numbering thirty-six vessels. The Kamchatka received several shots and was partly disabled. Finally a shot struck & vital part and sixty men en- | tered boats. When they were nearly clear a great explosion occurred and the ship sank. The captaln and seven other officers were killed during the battle. Two officers were wounded and two jumped overboard. Three other of- ficers were drowned. “We could see our battleships to the nerthward, enveloped by the Japanese. Seemingly. they were badly damaged.” —e——————— BOOKKEEPER FOR NEWSPAPER SHOOTS HIMSELF IN HEAD Stroke of Paralysis Makes Him De- spondent and He Blows Out His Brains. SAN BERNARDINO, May 30.— Thomas W. Wilson, bookkeeper for the Redlands Review, committed suicide by shooting himself through the head with a revolver, in his room at Red- Jands this morning. The report of the revolver Was heard by other inmates of the house, but no importance was attached to it until Wilson failed to come to breakfast when his room was entered and he was found dead. ‘Wilson suffered a slight stroke of paralysis last night and be became despondent. He came from Burling- ton, Towa, and leaves a widow and two children. STEAM SCALDS FOUR MEN ON LENA AND ONE DIES Russian Fireman Succumbs to Buras Received in the Boller-Room of Vessel. VALLEJO, May 30.—The second death am-mg the crew of the Russlan cruiser Lena, Iying at Mare Island Navy Yard, has been Teported to the Coromer. Saturday a tube Io the boiler-rcom of the Lena buret and four of the crew were badly scalded. M. Lamaroff, a fOreman. aged 26 years, wes fatally burned. Story nature. H high their | while watching Rojestvensky’s | CZAR HEARS FRON SLAY * SURMIVORS PRI Togo’s Vietory Credited to the Effective Operations of a Swarm of Torpedo Boats and Destroyers NUMBERS OF THESE CRAFT SACRIFICED { Rojestvensky’s Shattered Fleet Fights Way Two Hundred Miles Before It Is Finally Dispersed Setera gt il ST. PETERSBURG, May 30.—In a patch from Vladivostok, giving the eror the first Russlan version of the battle, much credit for the victory is given the mosquito craft of Togo's fleet. " In fact, it is said that the tor- pedo attack alone was responsible for the sinking or disabling of all of Rear Admiral Rojestvensky's squadron. To- g0 sent a swarm of torpedo boats against Nebogatoff. Numbers of them were sunk, but the attacks were con- tinued and by sheer force of numbers | some of the small vessels succeeded in reaching the Russian ships and dis- charging their torpedoes, in the face of a murderous fire from the Russian rapid fire guns. While this combat was raging, the main squadron, commanded by Ad- miral’ Rojestvensky, was attacked by Admiral Togo and lost two ships. The others: broke through. Rojestvensky, it is repofted, then sent his fast light cruisers ahead, the heavier fighting ships remaining’ behind. They were at- tacked by Vice Admiral Kamimura. The first- definite news from Russian sources of the naval battle fought in the Straits of Korea came from Cap- tain Chagin of the cruiser Almaz, who has arrived at Viadivostok. He tele- | 8raphed to the Emperor that he had withessed the sinking of the battlé- ship Kniaz Souvaroff and reported that Admiral Rojestvensky was wounded. Captain Chagin saw Rojestvensky low- ered on board the torpedo boat destroy- er Buiny and sald the admiral pre- sumably was sayed. The Buiny, how- ever, had not reached Vladivostok when Captain Chagin sent his tele- gram and her whereabouts was not - TOGO'S TACTICAL ADVANTAGE. Whatever other information was con- tained in Captain Chagin's telegram was ‘withheld and no details are known except. those contained in the foreign dispatches’ from which the naval officers have been able to reconstruct a fair idea of the long and bloody sea fight. They figure that Admiral Togo, with his main squadron, must have lain somewhere off the coast of Korea, while Admirals Kamimura and Urlu held their squadrons farther north to head off the Russian vessels which | might go through and to bar the en- trance to the Straits of Tsugaru in case the Russians should be reported moving up the east coast of Japan. When Togo’s scouts reported that Admiral Rojestven- sky was heading for the eastern channel of the Straits of Korea the Japanese ad- miral steamed around the northern part of the Tsu Islands and came upon the Russians steaming in double column with the cruisers to port. Togo enjoyed the great advantage of tactical position when he opened fire, having the lightest of the Russian ships between him and Rojest- vensky’'s heavier vessels, thus smothering the fire of the latter.’ Besides, Togo was able to use all his broadsiders, whereas the sternmost ships of the Russian col- umns, coming on line-ahead formation, could probably only with difficulty use any guns at all. Nevertheless, although suffering the completé loss of four ships In the des- perate encounter which followed and be- ing subjected to a serles of torpedo at- tacks on Saturday night, Rojestvensky was able to steam 200 miles during the night. When Sunday morning came the Rus- sian fleet was divided into two divisions. The faster and stronger division, under Rojestvensky, was met by Kamimura and Uriu, while the slower division, under Nebogatoff, renewed the fight with “Togo. ‘With some of the scattered Russian units it was a case of “‘save himself who can.” | CRIPPLED SHIPS BROUGHT TO BAY. In the running fight yesterday the Jap- anese enjoyed the advantage of superior speed, enabling them to concentrate their fire and bring every erippled Russian ship to bay. Admiral Nebogatoff's battered remnant surrendered off ncourt rocks, while Rojestvensky, with the best re- maining battleships, fought on for the honor of the Russian navy. The Admiralty learned with a sense of relief that the flagship Kniaz Senvaroff sank under the foot of the Russian com- mander-in-chief. The surrender of Ne- bogatoff’s two battleships, even though the’ circumstances are not yet known, is regarded as a disgrace. The ships still unaccounted for here are the battleship Navarin and the protected eruisers Oleg, Aurora and Izumrud, all fast vessels. The scenes of grief witnessed at the Admiralty yesterday were repeated in an increased measure to-day. Wives, moth- ers and sisters, many of them already in the deepest mourning for other losses, streamed through the Admiraity corri- dors, sending in writtén requests for in- formation regarding)the fate of particu- lar ships. One and all were informed that the Admiralty had no detafls, but attempts were made to reassure those ‘whose relatives were on the ships not re- ported sunk by the Japanese. On the streets passers-by gathered be- fore the bulletin boards to peruse the dis- patches, but they learned little, as the Government still refuses to permit the publication of the Tokio dispatches giy- ing the names of the ships lost and other details of the battle, though authorizing Togo's announcement of the defeat of the Russian fleet to prepare the public for fuller news. So far as the newspapers are con- cerned, the public might believe Vice Admiral Rojestvensky had achieved a {lccory. The censor passed all the ague rumors favorable to the Rus- sians, but blue penciled everything in- dicating a Russian disaster. While the disastrous news spread like wildfire by word of mouth and was quickly tele- graphed privately to the big centers by ‘the anti-Government leaders, the coun- try can be said to be still in a state of ignorance as to what has ocqurred. The | State ? You know would be. into Beer? You could editors of the Liberal papers here, be- ing conversant with the contents of the Toklo dispatches, warn their read- ers in a roundabout fashlop against harboring false hopes based upon dis- patches which appear in their ncws columns. The Bourse ‘azette quite openly declares it would be a sin to conceal the fact that al¥'h6pe/of RusSla obtaining ‘the mastery of the s:a has vanished, adding: v “The significance of the collapse of this hope is self-evident.” ” The Novoe Vremya and the Russ, while admitting that the face of the Far East has been determined. decline to accept the Japanese reports. Their editorials, however, breathe a :one of unalterable sadness. AR 8 AR RUSSIAN ADMIRALTY STUNNED. Cruiser Almas the Only Slav Warship Left in Far East. 8T. PETERSBURG, May 31, 4:25 a. m.— The Russian Admiraity is literally stupe- fled at the extent of the disaster suffered by Vice Admiral Rojestvensky's fleet and its own advices paint the situation in even worse colors than the Tokio dispatches. The absence of news about the battle- ship Navarin and the cruisers Oleg and Aurora, which are the only fighting ships of any value not enumerated in the Jap- anese lists of destroyed or captured, and which up to 4:30 o'clock yesterday aft- ernoon had not reached Vladivostok, ren- ders almost tdle any hope that they were able to shake off the pursuing Japanese cruisers and reached the shelter of the fortregs at Golden Horn. The officers of the Almaz dispute Ad- miral Togo’s claim of victory with pra tically no loss, and declare that they saw two battleships go down before their eyes, while two cruisers were on the point of foundering when they last distin- guished the battling fleets;#but they ad- mit that fog and the distance of ‘their ships from the scene of battle made the view difficult. Russia has agreed to disarm and intern the big fleet of colllers and transports sent to the Chinese coast when Rojest- vensky determined to try to force the Straits of Korea. The press is informed that the unpub- lished portion of the official dispatch, the contents of which were sent by & wireless dispatch to Viadivostok before the arrival of the cruiser Almaz there, says that the Kniaz Souvaroff was blown up by a sub- marine boats. Captain Chagin gives the number ot Japanese torpedo boats partic- ipating In the attack as eighty. S e tE GRAFT UNKNOWN IN JAPAN, Jordan Praises the Honesty of - Nippon’s People. z CHICAGO, May 30.—"Graft 18 a thing entirely unKnown in Japan,” sald David Starr Jordan, president of Leland Stanford University, las night ad- dressing one of the meetings prelimi- nary to the regular sessions of the con- gress of religions. “I venture to say,” continued Dr. Jordan, “that in the present war not $100 of Japanese war funds has been stolen. On the other hand, I presume that not one dollar in twenty, if one in a hundred, on the side of the Russlans ever reached its proper destination. I heard of only one dishonest Japanese while in the country, and he -was one whose morals had been contaminated by residence abroad.” Dr. Jordan's lecture\was largely upon shintoism, the chidf religion in Japan, which, he said, was not ancestor worship, but the spirit of living so Dr. that the ancestors would not be ashamed of their descendants. \ Eel o R e Loving Cup for Admiral Togo. NEW YORK, May 30.—A gift, prob- ably in the form of a silver and gold loving cup, will be sent Admiral Togo within a few days by the Japanese residents of this city. This has been decided on at a meeting of the ad- miral's countrymen held in connection with the propesed plan for a big cele- bration of the sea victory, to take place some night this week. ie l):cbably will be chosen for the meet- 8 : S Do You See the Polnt? It's & good éne 1f it's one of our | polnts, and we have everything elss iphy thie ST LSS You Drink Beer? HOULD a visitor to this city say to you: It is true that Cal- ifornia raises the fincst agri- cultural products in the world; now what manufactures have you that are worthy of so famous a what your reply On what particular branch of home industry would you basec your belief and answer? Would you not specak of the mills in which California’s wheat is ground into flour and the wine- rics in which California’s grapes are made into wine ? Would you not also describe the great Brewerics of San Fran- cisco, in which the fincst hops and barley of California arec made name no industry REPORTED “SINKING OF CROMOBO! —an Disaster to Vladi- vostok Vessel Alleged. LONDON, May 31.—The Tokio corre- spondent of the Daily Express reports that the cruiser Gromoboi of the Viad- ivostok squadrom, with nearly 800 men on board, issued from Vladivostok in the hope of joining the remnant of Rojestyensky’'s ficet and that it struck a Japanese miine sank with all hands. The correspondent says it is be- lieved that Vice Admiral Skrydioff was on board the Gromobei. No confirmation of the foregoing has come from Vladivostok, which was yes- terday in direct communication with the outside world and from which a mass of news bearing upon the naval battle was received. e e ADMIRAL DAVIS SURPRISED. Did Not Belleve Togo Would Risk a Decisive Engagement. NEW YORK, May 30.—Rear Admiral C. H. Davis of the United States navy, speaking of the Russian naval defea’, “I congider Admiral Rojestvensky's action in forcing the Korean Straits a very daring and hazardous undertak- ing, for it placed him in Togo's hands. My opinion was (and this opinion was shared by other naval officers, includ- ing Captain Mahan) that there would be no engagement and that the Rus- sians would be allowed to get to Vlad- ivostok. I did not think the Japanese would risk an engagement on which depended their all. Rt PO Hospital Ship Orel Spared. ST. PETERSBURG, May 30.—The Russian hospital ship Orel, which was with Admiral Rojestvensky’s fleet, has arrived at Vladlvostok. REPUTED POOR BUT MAY HAVE BEEN RICH Reported That Fortune Was Left by Buffalo Bill’s Aunt. — Speclal Dispatch to The Call. 30.—Although Mrs. aunt of Buffalo 8| led fately nad ped. a Then It Is to Your Interest. to Dri_nk the Beer That, Is Made in San Francisco that is more thoroughly repre- sentative of California’s famous agricultural products than the Beer industry. You could ment facture that is mo ion no manu- re typical of local skill and energy than the Beer that is made by the Brew- erics of San Francisco. You could specify no enter= prise that has been so closely .identified with the growth of San Francisco as that of Beer making. You are naturally proud of your State and her products. You would resent the imputa- tion that the manufactures of San Francisco are inferi any other city. or to those of Why don’t you back your pa- triotism with your patronage ? Do your duty to yourscli—to your city and Drink the Beer That Is Made in San Francises COSSACKS FIRE UPON. WORKNEN Mob of Six Hundred La- borers Attacks the Red Cross Hospital in Lodz REPELLED BY TROOPS Situation Is Critical and More Soldiers Are Being Hurried Into the City P IR LODZ, Russian Poland, May 30.—The strike here is extending. About 35,000 workmen are now out. A police ser- geant was shot and killed in the streets during the night, and the manufae- turers are urgently appealing for Gov- ernment protection. Six hundred workmen attempted to storm the Red Cross Hospital, belleving that one of their comrades, wounded in to-day’'s rioting, was lying there dead. Cossacks were summoned and fired on; the workmen, wounding five of them seriously and several slightly. Two thousand troops have arrived from | ‘Warsaw. The situation is critical. and| several manufacturers have flead to War- | saw, while the mobs prevented others leaving. There {s no meat in the city ana poultry is at famine prices. NEW YORK FAMILY SKELETON STOLEN Letters Taken Which Reveal a Scandal in Wealthy Household. NEW YORK, May 30.—For the return of a packet of letters, the publication ot which would disrupt a wealthy and soclally prominent New York family and would involve familles of equal standing in a scandal, a reward of $10,- 000 is offered in the Herald by a detec- tive bureau on behalf of the wife and daughter, from whom the letters were stolen. Incldentally it is hoped to re- cover $60,000 worth of jewels and many thousands of dollars’ worth of stock certificates which were stolen at the | same time as the letter: parison with the latter, Jjewelry s considered insignificant. Every effort has been made to keep the theft secret. Not half a dozen per- | soifs are aware that some time between March 31 and a few days ago an old | e p— e — Natural Laxative fashioned mahogany treasure box was stolen from a safe, where it has for many years held the most valuable of the possessions of the women members of a prontinent family. Not even the head of the family knew of its loss. He, in fact, is the last person on earth whom it is desired to .take into the secret, and the necessity of keeping him in ignorance of the facts has been the greatest handicap to the detectives. —_——— Kaiser Honors Japanese Prince. BERLIN, May 30.—Emperor Willlam to-day bestowed the order of the Black Eagle on Prince Arisugawa, who will represent the Emperor of Japan at the wedding of Crown Prince Frederick. and conferred the Red Cross medal on Princ Arisugawa. Catarrh Invites Consumption It weakens the delicate lung tissues, deranges the digestive orgaps, and breaks down the general health. It often causes headache and dizzi- ness, impairs the taste, smell and hearing, ang affects the voice.- Being a constitutional disease, it re- quires a constitutional . remedy. # Hood’s Sarsaparilla Radically and permanently cures ca- tarrh of the nose, throat, stomach, bowels, and mor: delicate organs, and builds up the whole system. “ No substitute for Hood’s acts lik Hood’s. Be sure to get Hood's. Testimonials of remarkable cures matiled o request. C. I. HOOD C Lowell, “Mass. Dr. Wong Him, Herb Doctor, 667 GEARY STREET, Between Jones and Leavenworth sts., S.F. Chinese Legation. Washington. D. C. TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN. I, the under- signed, his Impe- rial Chinese Majes— ty’s Minister Pleni- potentiary and En- voy Extraordinary 10 the United States in China regu- larly qualified as such. WU T. FANG. September 16, 1902. Best of Certificates in His Office. Omaha (Neb.). April 23, 'O To Whom It Coneern: After treat. ing with the best p ysicians and specailists for the Dast eix vears . T asked him if he could it. He sald yesgin from six to elght weeks, which 1 can bully say he did. The physicians here think him a wonder. Any one writing me I will be only t00 glad snd thankful o answer. I can checrfully fec- :m him in the very worst cases of as my case was known to be ome of the most stubborn on record The X-ray was also a faliure. I think De Wong Him one of the best doctars in the United States and owe my future health to him. Very tflb." n-m:‘g-i-mdo-n.'u"