The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 16, 1905, Page 1

_ ~ T i ATy, Yess | (TS MORE NEWS THAN ANY OTHER PAPER PUBLISHED 0 y iy I IS THE THEATERS. | [ ALCAZAR—‘The Little Minister.” | CALIFORNIA—Tiger Lilies. | CENTRAL—"The Darkest Hour." | | | Forecast for November 16 CHUTES—Vaudeville, COLUMBIA—“The Prince of Pilsen.” | FISCHER'S—Vaudevilie. Matinee. GRAND—"‘Buster Brown.” | MAJESTIC—"The Light Eternal.” Matinee. ORPHEUM—Vaudeville. Mat. to-day. LYRIC HALL—Watkin Mills Quartet. [ — - San Francisco and vicinity—Cloudy and unsettied weather Thursday, prob- ably rain; fresh southeast winds. | A. G. McADIE District Forecaster. BRICE FIVE CENTS RGEWATIONS BENT WADEFOR FIERCE BATILESOF STREEF OF T, PEVCRHUR JWS GATHER IN PROTEST AGAINST RUSSIAN ATROCITIES SEEK ROOSEVELT'S AID | B s o FOR HELPLESS BROTHERS Sadada Ask President to Take What! Steps He Can to Assist. || 4 ; PANIC SPREADS | AMONG PEOPLE DURE, VLADIMIR Citizens Are Fleeing on All Outgoing Steamsbips. EMPIRE’S FATE NOW IN DOUBT \ Eraof Anarchy May ‘ End in Dismem- 1 berment. Contribute Large Collection for| Immediate Relief. I Whereas, Reports of terrible outrages perpetrated upon the poor‘} i and defenseless people of the Jewish faith in Russia have been re- ceived daily within the last ten days, and Whereas, These outrages are still continuing and there is no | probability that they will be abated unless the civilized world takes | | action to prevent the same, and i Whereas, These outrages of a brutal mob constitute an insult to modern civilization, which affects the progress of the world at large, and | | CZAR TO CAST HIS LAST DIE Whereas, The families of a great number of citizens of the United | States have been cast into mourning through the loss of their persecuted | relatives in Russia, be it | Imperial Lands to Be Distributed to Peasants. Resolved, That the residents of San Francisco in mass meeting | assembled, horrified by the outrages committed ‘upon peaceful citizens, | | defenseless women _and children, express their deepest sympathy with | | cuted and distressed Jews in Russia. Whereas, There is unmistakable evidence that these outbreaks | | have occured and are still occurring with the encouragement and the | th r the pers LONDON, Nov. 16, 5 a. m.—“Preparations are being made for flerce bat= tles in the streets,” the St. Petersburg correspondent of the Daily Mall reports. Whole batieries of machine guns are out. “Citizens are fleeing. All outward-bound ships are full. Distressing scenes are witnessed mear the shipping offices. Some limes can offer me further accommodations. Others ask double fare, which many are unable to pay. “Every ome to-night is looking to his revolver. Workers, revolution- arfes, Hooligans and the Black Hundred are mow well armed. “The immediate dispatch of a fast British cruiser or tramsport would be a boom, though perhaps it would be even now too late. “Sixty delegates of the St. Petersburg workers hurried to Moscow fo- day to command the workers there and everywhere else to join them mediately. The workers threatem am armed demomstration of 500,000 mem connivance of the bureaucracy of the Russian Government, therefore | | be it further | | Resolved, To request President Roosevelt in the name of the | people of the United States and in the name of humanity to call upon| | the civilized governments to join with this Government in a demand | | upon Russia for immediate measures enforcing law and order. 8 OTTO IRVING WISE, [ ISADORE GOLDEN, [ In St. Petersburg at 2 o'oclock om Thuraday. REV. M. S. LEVY, | s, Bvery bour quickeas the sdvent of the masmcre aad & e of ELI GORDON, {1 ST. PETERSBURG, Nov. 15.—The Associated Press has information in DAVID LANDE, Its possession from a high source that a ukase will he issued, under the terms of which a large portion of the imperial domain, which covers almost a third of European Russia, and which at the present time is the property of Cszar Nicholas and the Grand Dukes, will be given to the peasants. . Ae- cording to this information, land will be supplied to the landless peasants in fifteen-acre alloiments not a free gift, but on easy terms, the payments to be made through the Peasants’ Bank and to cover a period of thirty-five years. There is also under consideration a plan for abelition of the special economic classification of the communal holdings of land by the peasantry and the placing of peasants, so far as the holding of land is comcerned, om the same footing as other subjects of the Emperor. L. L. SOLOMON, Committee. |1 ive Jewish citizens of S8an Francisco crowded Lyric Hall to the | n a mass meeting called under the auspices of the Jewish Free | y. They were gathered there to publicly express their feelings of e atrocities daily perpetrated upon their race during the sia. They were there to give up to the cause of freedom a | d to send it across the ocean to their poverty-stricken They were gathered there to denounce the action of the Russian in permitting such & bloody state of internal massacre to go on ort being made to stop it by these in power. They were there t0 | o ns of the world to say to Russi, “Stop! You have gone too far.” | E G ELA THE CZAR WHOSE LAND! DISTRIBUTED AMONG THE RUSSIAN PEASANTS IN A DESPAIRIN his great meeting of representative Jews a set of resolutions | | U ARERGRE TO CHBGK THE SPREAD Of THE ggvoufl'mu%r SPIRIT AND UNDO THE WORK OF AGITATORS WHO SPECIAL CABLE TO THE CALL AND NEW YORK HERALD. COPY= These resolutions not only condemn the present lethargic policy of HOPE TO DRIVE THE ROMANOFF DYNASTY FROM POWEI RIGHT, 1905, BY THE NEW YORK HERALD PUBLISHING COMPANY. quelling the riots, but they ask President Roosevelt to personally bring le condition of the Russian Jews to the attention of the nations of the s e 4 FEBER rid to take some action to stay the fearful hand of the unchecked mobs ST. PETERSBURG, Nov. 15.—All here Is a dream. The Russia of to-day s t and slay and rape. A collection amounting to several hundred dollars entirely unlike the Russia of a few weeks ago. This rapld change is bewil~ s prompted by tuc intense earnestness of those who were gathered there and dering. ses of future contributions were everywhere made. The resolutions will be I plek up & newspaper at hazard. It contains a terribly insulting personal the President. The money, with the collections that have already been s yed, will go to help the unfortunates of Russia, . D attack on the whilom dreaded General Trepoff. It grinds him to the dust Im ; ) the street. Newspapers appear, so to speak, at every cormer. 7 7 “Bi the VOICE OF THE PEOPLE,” s leather lunged youth. “First Intenze fcfi/ln_y at .9aifiermy. , : Li et TN IR YU et Todite adE ol nse feeling 'was the strength of this gathering. These Jewish citizens I buy the NEW LIFBE. It represents the workingman. In bold black type A t last night shouted in l?o weak tones their approval of the words of the is the announcement: speakers who urged the nations of the world to take up the cause of the suffer- i L “According to an agreement with the unlon of the press, thi: per is pub- . prosgca i contflhu(;d ‘ener?g.ly s e D O R . 7 lu!u: ‘without ':lvlu been submitted to the censor. p'xr‘hc 'Dron:b?d umch:m: should y they woul y a » : OB SSSSEEY, Sarry & gun and go to the rescus of RE. ¥ giving freedom to the press has not yet been made effective, but the press by 2 g . ntrymen. They were confident, however, that the time for freedom was and and that it would be gained through the interference of the great na- common consent has taken the law Into its own hands. It defles the censor.” Not a single carriage of any of the members of the imperial family is to be ¢ of the world. *The throne of the Czar is no longer tottering; it has al- fegen, e e of bursancragy i st et oo, The enosen peocle win e | Njgce of E. H. Conger, |Charles Vogel and Wife | Patrolmen Employed t0| seen” zhere is not » carriage on the Nova Guay. The winter Paiace is oceu- al of the Jews assembled. pled by that king of democrats, Count Sergius de Witte, a man bated by the + : : i g , an enemy of the Grand Dukes. And Countess de Witte is there, too, s b, by e Aebigongncdy - AP the Diplomat, Turn on Gas With I L0 TIata] | e o e e A s e T Wy - " gt A o § ' | barred trom appearing at court, is virtually in supreme command of this great s T et b e et e et ¢ ot e o Stricken. Fatal Effect. | Cabs Away. couney. exigencies of the occasion did not allow any great preparation, We are % 4 % show our brotherly feelings. We did not come here to protest alone, but we try to Gevise means of Preventing further atrocities on the Jews of cial Dispatch to The Call rles V- aged. shoemaker not here to shed tears—we are hers to help! There is not one of us who oy ik Charles. Vogel, an shi and glve his life's blood in fighting for our brothers rather than see them mur- | ' DBS MOINES, Nov. 15.—From assumed :,’:,c‘:;“{u‘tfl‘:;;‘: ,‘,,",‘,’;‘,‘,’:’m: “.: are mot here merely to contribute money; we are hére to appeal to President to actual blindness within three days is| posi street. The fumes of escaping gas o St e g i A S o e the experience of Mrs. Blizabeth Conger| attracted other roomers in the house to | ' ‘” Heaton, the niece of ex-Minister to China | the scene and when the door of the Sulivs Kahn Protrays Horror. Edwin H. Conger. Spemant Whp, Boves it Wl Ve | Saturday evening Mrs. Heaton played | & i"d‘ 14 in death, wite Congressman Julius Kahn eloguently portrayed the horrors that are |the part of Biind Bertha in a dramiatiza- | 4, 'S Si0€ 8.0 8 S eing enacted daily in Russla. “The civilized world 'stands appalled at the | tion of Dickens’ “Cricket on the Hearth,” ¥, at the eon.gh . my prepared l: rrible deeds which have been committed by the fanatic mobs in the city | yresented by & society club. Mrs. Heaton :n: ‘:;";m""], -mhmi lWfllfl‘?‘.w 1 Odess Continuing, he said: | put her soul into the part and won the | prevent the.fluld from leaving ,mu‘,w- ted States can scarcely tealize the awful condition of those people | highest praide. To-day, while walking| All the gas burners were' turned on. he Jewish religion in Russia. It does not seem possible that the twen- the streets, her sense of sight vanished | They both retired and waited for the i stand by and witness such a picture. Yet conditions are growing |and she was obliged to call for help and| end i @nd no ope has interfered. The atrocities committed by the mobs | pe taken home. Physicians say to-night IN. Venevia and J. Cazadora, who room ppened were not the officials of the Government back of them with.a . fry s 1€ the reports are true, and 1 have every Tamson to balleve that thoy - | LIEL. tDe: IOHOR of each eye has been |in the house, were m’fi.}:’,“ EMPIRE MAY BE DISMEMBERED. Special Dispatch to The Call. & o] In a talk with a prominent official of the Foreign Office he speaks with in- NBW YORK, Nov. 16—There I mutter- | . ..t upon the possible necessity of a dismemberment of the empire — Finiand “of the guard of patrolmen in the| for the Finns, Poland for the Poles, the Caucasus for the Caucasians. pay of the eity who walk in front of the 1 meet a military officer. He is quite ready to discuss the question of residence of E. H. Harriman, the million- | lack of loyalty in the army. He admits there are grave doubts concerning aire financier and rallroad magnate, at| the infantry, but he thinks the cavalry is “all right.” He i3 confident the guards will not revolt. He is one of them. My {svostchik, or drosky driver, is no longer the humble individual he was some weeks ago. As he passes a policeman he calls that functionary an ugly name and the policeman says never a word. Count de Witte is popularly supposed to be in supreme command of everything. True, he rules nearly supreme. But in his turn he s ruled by the Union of Unions. He the man of the small, cold, gray eyes and the iron will, fears that association. - monihe fre men were meimiines as 8| g rRTTTE LEVIED BY AGITATORS. divided and that there is but a remote | o¢ about 10 o'clock in he jers of Russia have joined In with these brutes to burn and murder and pil- & 2 # BRS /8y , { ge. F Roosevelt is an active man and 1 belleve that our Government wil ”"":‘gty °!""de .m":y:i,mx"&'el?;: They made an investigation,but. could |y 5 year, and now two men are on| £ in its power to put @ stop to the further repetition of the terrible enact. | O% g not locate where the. W duty there who receive $2300 a year. And it has money, that union of unions—a great deal, people say. Tt f the past two weeks. ‘There is a roclet)')'hlf:h ’;‘“ been formed with tne | Prominent den o 2 —_————————— has assessed banks and business houses, each according to its means, and to place a weapon in the hands of every -Jew In Russia, so that when the - have thought it prudent to refuse to give the sums it Get Morocean Contract. Norwegian Steamship Sunk. very few, indeed, have ! pr to gt olier Smock bis door he can give hnin shot for shot. At this point alone wil Gerimans . by 5 oHe 25 ” r“‘ r':\nh’s .nlell:(h::w:ra:x:(. I belteve in peace. The shedding of blood Is : TANGIER, Nov. 15 — Four Germans |to and the couple ) .across the PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 16.—The Nor- asked for. - My bankers were assessed $1000 and paid smilingly. o thing. Yet T believe that when a mob or a Government breaks down the doors have arrived here for the purpose of | ped, Dr. Goodale’ treated at the steamship Earnford, from Pil- The terrifying truth is that at the present moment only a slender thread Vogel nan's castle that it should take the consequences of his act and in Russla the sooner beginning the harbor 1improvement | Central Emergency Hospital but has no. etier 1 work. This was one of the questions | hope for his récovery. 5 Judge Golden, Otto 1. Wise, Rev. M. 8. Levy, Lucius Soloman and Eli in the controversy between France : - 1eys Island for Philadelphia, was sunk | siands between renovated, reconstructed, liberated Russia and anarchy let to-day at the mouth of the Schuylkill | 15456 throughout this ill-starred country on a scale that the world has River n a collision with the British|{ | .. known. The thread is held in the hands of Count Sergius de Witte, 1 also addressed the gathering. Their fervid expressions of hope for |and Germany. The arrival of the Ger- Strike on Siberian Re ‘"R aginian, which was| o 131 snap, desolation, disorder, bloodshed and even civil war are sure to r e 4 ought ch: 2 the listeners. mans indicate that the French com-| CHBLIABINSK, Russia, Nov. ‘bound from Philadelphia for St. Johns s ‘s . tion of the Russien JeWs BERNENL J B o e N pany has not been effectual in mtln“"l'he strike on the Siberian- ‘Glasgow. The crew of the Earn-| follow. Count de Witte makes an urgent, almost piteous appeal to the peo~ Continued on Page 3, Column 3. - the contract for the harbor work. been nnl‘v\éd. % ford was saved by the Carthaginian. | ple, asking them to be patient. g 3 % e L ." e F - - & i 54 & I