The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 15, 1905, Page 1

Ll Forecast mase fresh west winds. THE WBATHER. at San Francisco for thirty hours ending midnight, June 15: San Francisco and vicinity—Fair Thursday with fog in the morning; A G. McADIB, District Forecaster. GRAND—“The TIVOLI—Comic CENTRAL—"The Fast Mall." CHUTES—Vaudeville. COLUMBIA—"The Usurper.” MAJESTIC—'Leah Kleschna.” ORPHEUM—Vaudeville. Matines. Gates of Bondage.™ Opera. SAN FRANCISCO, THURSDAY, JUNE 15, 1905. PRICE FIVE CENTS. PRINCE WILL CLAIM HIS BRIDE TO-DAY Gustavus Adolphus Princess Margaret of Connaught. of Sweden to Wed arden | CLERKS HUST NEVER FLIT | companies. 7 | | | i | | | | | | { | | { | | | | | | { | | | | | | { | | ¥ ONNAUGHT, WHO WILL TO-DAY, IN | E OF R E_GUi ADOLPHUS, ’ N P | X SEEEasE 5 o ACTRESS, CETS DAMACES FOR WALKING TIES Jury Assesses Railroad Company in the Sum of $2000. Epectal Dispatch to The Call. NEW YORK, June 14.—A jury in Jus- tice Bischoff's department of the Supreme Court to-day returned a verdict of $2000 in favor of Miss Adelaide Clifford and against the Denver and Rio Grande Rail- day Company. Miss Clifford is an actress, and has been connected with many well-known opera Last season she was engaged | with De Wolf Hopper in “Wang,” and Secretary Shaw Fines| an Offender Ten Days’ Pay. il i Special Dispatch 1o The Call NEW YORK, June 14—Because he smiled at a prett , Edward Langdon, k in the office of Robert A. Sharkey, 1 Officer of the port of New York, | se ten days’ Although the | woman made complaint of ( , the fact that she seemed dls- | advances induced | to make represen- | | pay. no Shaw in Washington. h ago, met the girl on | smiled at her, and, uraged, dropped his | The girl tore the | her card into small bits and threw the pieces | card into lap. on the floor. The incident was mnoticed by a passenger, who gathered the pieces together and learned Langdon’s identity. The card, its pleces ted together, | was sent to Secretary Shaw, with an ac- count of the incident. No name was at- tached to the communication, but the writer declared that he was acting in the interest of unprotected American woman- hood. He €aid that measures to punish the offending clerk should be taken. | Langdon confessed that he had smiled | st the girl, but with innocent intention. He was at once fined ten days’ pay. the injuries for which she has just been swarded damages were sustained while walking the ties of the defendant's rall- road. From this statement it must not be in- ferred that the actress was stranded, or “broke,” nor was she without a ticket to take her to her destination. A. H. Hum- mel, her counsel, toid the jury why it was that the actress was “‘counting the ties.” “Miss Clifford was traveling with the opera company from Creede to Alamosa, Colo.,” said Hummel. *About 3 o'clock in the morning the train pulled into Ala- mosa, but did not go up to the station platform. The trainmen ordered every- body out, saying that it was as far as the train went. Miss Clifford, protesting, got out and started to walk the ties to the | station. In the darkness she stumbled and fell and sustained internal injuries that incapacitated her for work for some time.” The jury was out but a few minutes and returned a verdict for the actress. ———————— WOMAN KILLS HER FIVE CHILDREN AND HERSELF ‘Wife of Rancher of New Mexico Com- mits Terrible Deed in a Fit of Insanity. TUCUMCARI, N. M., June 14.—Mrs. George Campbell, the wife of a promi- nent rancher, four miles west of here, went suddenly Insane last evening. Seizing a rifle, she chased her husband away from home. Then, before he could return with help, she Kkilled' her five children and ended her own life with a bullet through her head. 11 WASHINGTON, CRITICISM OF A CANAL CONTRACT 'PeculiarConditions Imposed Upon i Bidders. { A TSR Compelled to Visit the i Isthmus Before Com- | Only Five Weeks Allowed for the Round Trip and Prep- aration of Papers. = SRR Special Dispaich to The Call. CALL BUREAU, POST BUILDING. June 14.—There is | likely to be severe criticism of the | first great contract for the work on the | Panama canal under the new commis- | sion, bids for which will be opened in this city to-morrow. These bids are for dredging the deep water rbor at Colon, on the Atlantic side of the isthmus. It is expected this work will cost about $7,000,000. Speci- fications were issued about five weeks | ago and advertisements were published | calling for bids. There is, of course, great rivalry | | among dredging companies- and large contracts to participate in an under- taking of this magnitude, but many of | the expectant bidders were nonplused | when they found that the specifications | required that contractors bidding | should first visit the scene of the work | and make borings, and that samples {of these borings should - accompany | | the bids. Five weeks had been allowed | for all this. It was' manifestly impos- sible for many of thoss dés%'3g to-bid to send representatives te Calon, make | borings, receive the resultof these bor- ings in this country and submit bids | by June 15. All arrangements for this work were ! accepting President Roosevelt's invitation made by Wallace, chief engineer of the | canal, who is on the isthmus. The sit- | | uation was further complicated by the { fact that after specifications had been | printed and distributed to those who | applied for copies it was discovered | | that a full page had b omitted from | the original copy, which had been | mailed trom Panama. When this error | was discovered, ing page wus | cabled by Chief Engineer Wallace, | coples were struck off here and the | missing matter mailed to each of the | | would-be bidders, so that each would | | have a complete copy. } Many protests from persons desiring | | to' compete for the Colon dredging were received by the Panama Commission | here. Some of the contractors ex- pressed the fear that the more fortun-.| | ate competitors had obtained an inkling | |in advance of the work contemplated | at Colon and would have an advantage of more time in which to make their | iborings and other investigations. | Others asserted that if they made any | bid at all, it would be absolutely blind, | | | because they had not been able to as- | certain what portion of the work to be | done was coral, what clay and what | | sand ana muad. So many of these complaints were received that Shonts, chairman of the Commission, decided early to-day that | [ the bids should not be opened to-mor- | row and that more time would be given. In the meantime a cablegram had been sent to Wallace, the chief | engineer, and late this afternoon the statement was made that there had been a reversal of policy. This means that the bids will be opened to-mor- row. DUCHESS RECOVERS HER STOLEN JEWELS Gems Valued at $30,000 Are ound Buried in a Field. CAMBRIDGE, Eug., June 14.—All the Jewels of the Duchess of Westminster, of which she was robbed late last month, and which are estimated to be worth $30,000, have been recovered. They were buried in a field two miles out of town. It appears that a former night watch- man at Grosvenor House, who was ar- rested in London, confessed the theft, and Scotland Yard detectives came here to-day and arrested an accomplice, who conducted them to the place where the jewelry was hidden. MONITOR AGROUND JIN THE POTOMAC Puritan Grounds When About to Take Part in the Maneuvers. ‘WASHINGTON, June 14.—The moni- tor Puritan is reported hard aground off Point Lookout in the Potomac. Sho has on board the naval reserves of the District of Columbia and was to have participated in the maneuvers last night against Forts Washington and Hunt. All efforts for two days to float the ship have so far proved unsuccess- ful. —— To Represent Cork in Commons. DUBLIN, June 14.—Augustine Roache, Nationalist, was elected yesterday with- out opposition to represent Cork City in the House of Commons, succeeding James F. O'Brien, who died on May 28. | an ultimatum, and Rouvier sent a con- | her duties as an ally France would be JAPAN EXPECTS NEWS OF A GREAT ENGAGEMENT IN MANCHURIA. MOJI, JAPAN, JUNE 15—THE RAI} SR S LSO S PECURSAROEE <5 7 SEASON HAS STARTED IN MANCHURIA, AND THE MUD IN THE ROADS IS KNEE-DEEP; BUT THIS WILL NOT INTERFERE WITH THE OPERATIONS OF OYAMA'S ‘ARMIES, GLAD TIDINGS OF WHICH MAY BE EXPECTED WITHIN A FEW DAYS. DELCASSE'S RETIREMENT AVERTS WAR At wr g Lt France on Verge of Conflict With Germany. Ultimatum Sent From Berlin to the Paris Government. Resignation of Foreign Min- ister Placates Kaiser and Prevents Crisis. Speclal’ Dispatch to The Cail. PARIS, June 14.—The question of peace negotiations is complicated with certain features of what is easiest described as a European situation which almost over- shadows it in general importance. Peace may come, but it will be negotiated with consideradle uhwill s on the part of both belligerents, who are influenced in at the present moment by considerations quite extraneous to the Far Eastern sit- uation. When Delcasse resigned the port- follio of the FKoreign Office Germany and France were on the verge of war. Deleasse thought that Germany was blufing. Prime Minister Rouvier, re- membering 15870, believed otherwise. Germany for some weeks had been strengthening her garrisons near the French frontier. France responded with similar move. The Kalser, ignoring his own provocation, notified France that if | she did not cease this militagy movement Germany would consider it an unfriendly act. This, of course, was equivalent to ciliatory reply. Within a few hours after Delcasse’s re- tirement Rouvier made certain represen- tations to Russia which had far greater influence upon the Czar's present course than even Mr. Roosevelt's letter. Del- « had done everything in his power to bort Rugsian policy and uphold the al- liance and had refrained from pressing advice, peaceful or otherwise, upon the Czar's Government, Rouvier said to Russia, in effect, that the vital intercsts o France rcquired the Czar to do something wunder the terms,_of alliance for her protection agalnst German aggression. It was im. perative that Russiz restore her mil tary strength on her western frontier | and be prepared to take an active part in the campaign if France were at- tacked. He went so far as to intimate that un- less Russia promptly assumed some of <1 unable to see the advantage of continu- ing the alliance, which thus far has been who'ly one-sided. URLS SHORT SHATS SHICK THE PRESOENT Moving Pictures of His Hunting Party Are Suppressed. —_— Special Dispatch to The Call. DENVER, June 14—The Government has ordered that hundreds of pictures of President Roosevelt’s party, taken with a moving picture machine while the party was returning from the hunt- ing trip in the hills of Colorado, be de- stroyed. The negatives were taken by C. E. Kruger of Glenwood Springs, and the reason for the order is that a pretty young girl “butted” into the range of the camera. The young woman is Miss Gertrude Dunn of Glenwood Springs, the correspondent of a Denver paper. In the objectionable photographs Mi: Dunn appears in propinquity to the President. . The objection which President Roose- velt raised and which resulted in the order to-day was based upon the garb which the Western woman wore. The skirt lacked many inches of touching the ground, and where the skirt should have been was a pair of very pretty an- kles. A cocked hat, a bandana hand- kerchief around her neck and her sleeves rolled up washer-woman style were other features of her appearance. Onward to Destruction. Russian Statesman’s & ' ST. PETERSBURG, June 14 — The| Slovo this morning published a remark- ably sensational Interview, filled with the | gloomiest forchodings, with M. Witte, president of the Committee of Ministers. | The Russian statesman’'s name is not mentioned, but the veil of his identity | can be pierced by the verlest tyro. He evidently spoke with the profound con- | viction that the affairs of state are going | from bad to worse and under personal ! irritation produced by the intrigues which compel him to sit idle during the present crisis. Every word was black with pessimism. The statesman made it clear that Foreign Minister Lamsdorff, for one, opposed his having anything to do with the peace negotiations. Asked concerning the report that he is going abroad charged with a mission in regard to the negotiations for peace, M. Witte replied, his words being sgiven literally, as they contain much hidden mi ing: “No. I certainly will not go on such a mission, for three reasons. The last of them is that I shall do everything to avoid it. Even ifsthe rumor of Lams-| odrff's resignation is true, which I insist is not the case, the. main situation would not be changed, and the first and third reasons would hold for me. “Nothing that Russia has gone through is surprising. I gave warning in due time that only match wood of Rojestvensky's squadron would reach Viadivostok. In a; word, I justly earned the designation of a croaking raven. I do not see that af- fairs have yet taken a turn which makes my services desirable. I will say more— even now I capnot observe a definite de- sire to change the direction of the cur- rent. The bed of the onrushing stream remains the same. Only the obstacles in its path grow more numerous, and, form- ing rapids, indicate the danger points. “As for peace, Japan will not even be willing to discuss a basis which would not insure peace for at least fifty years. Her conditions doubtless have also con- siderably increased. She will, of course, agree to open negotiations on her own soll, without mediators, with a person whom Russia will clothe with especial powers. Herein lles the real source of the rumors originating in the Berlin and London cabinets about my trip. * = *f Yes, there is truth in what you say, but you see a different estimate is put upon them abroad. People there are better in- formed and appreciate more clearly the conditions prevailing In Russie than we do here. * * * Russia could prolong the war for five years in the hope of coming out victorious were it not for the events in the interior to which they are closing. Gloomy Prophecy ! their eyes and stopping their ears and trying to know nothing about. “Here lies the horror of the present ituation in Russia. Every hour of delay s fraught with -danger. * * * Down, down, lower and lower—step by step.” P A e RUSSIA BUYING AMMUNITION. Great Orders Tax the Capacity of the German Factories. BERLIN, June 14.—The Russian War Office Invited proposals from German ammunition works this week for 200,- 000,000 cartridges of all kinds, costing between. $1,500,000 and $2,000,000, and also for considerable quantities of reg- ulation infantry rifles. The largest arms and ammunition factories in Ger- many have been obliged to decline con- tracts because they have orders so far ahead from the Japanese, Russian and other foreign governments. The business of manufacturing guns, both large and small, Is described as having never been so active in Ger- many as at present. With the German and Turkish governments' orders, the Krupp works during the year expanded to a larger degree than ever before. It is estimated that 25,000 persons are now employed in jthe various German small arms and gun factories, all of which are turning out the utmost prod- uct of which they are capable. b’ SR S Gheering Up Admiral Nebogatoff. ST. PETERSBURG, June 14—The Continued on Page 3, Columa 3. * GREAT RUSSIAN STATESMAN WHO, IN A SENSATIONAL STATEMENT, DRAWS A GLOOMY PICTURE OF THE FATHERLAND'S FUTURE UNDER THE BLIGHT OF AUTOCRACY AND BUREAUCRACY. Says the Empire Is Rushing|Armistice May Come Too Late Oyama Is Preparing to Make a Gen- eral Attack. GUNSHU PASS, Manchuria, June 14— | The Japanese have forced the advance posts of the Russian left beyomd the Kaec! River and are occupying the heights nerth of the river. A heavy force seems to be behind this movement. Field Marshal Oyama is ready for = general offensive. Two leaders of Chinese bandits cap- tured at Omoso, In the rear of the Rus- sian left, have arrived here. ST. PETERSBURG, June 14—In a dispatch to the Emperor dated June 13, General Linevitch says the Russians, after a fight on June 11, occupled the villages of Syfongtoy, Chilipou and Chakhedzl. The same day another de- tachment approached the mines near Chakhedzi. A Japanese company evac- uated the mines and retired southward, where it was reinforced by a battalion of Japanese with quick-firing guns. The Japanese detachment on the Mandarin road has retired south of Min- huagay and the Russian advance posts have resumed their positions at Yan- dililine Pass, on the Minhuagay road. PEKING, June 14—In German and other circles here the prospect of peace between Japan and Russia is considered remote. It Is belleved that Japan in- tends to inflict a final and erushing blow upon the Russian army in Mane churia before considering any proposi= tion for peace. PUIITRNA ARMISTICE OR A BATTLE. St. Petersburg Belleves Oyama Is About to Begin Attack. ST. PETERSBURG, June I5.—Every foreign Minister and Embassador now in St. Petersburg attended a reception given by Foreign Minister Lamsdorff yesterday afternoon. Several diplomats who dis- played some mervousness earlier in the day over the concluding clause of the Forelgn Office’s