The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 30, 1905, Page 1

THE CALL P THE WEATHER. ‘ Forecast for November 30: San Francisco and vicinity—Cloudy tresh stowers: A. G. McADIB, District Forecaster. RINTS MORE NEWS THAN ANY OTHER PAPE SUBLISHED IN SAN FRANCISCO MAJESTH ORPHEU TIVOLI—Comie M—Vaudeville. Opera. Matinees at all theaters. FRANCISCO, THURSDAY NOVEMBER 30, 1905. PRICE FIVE CENTS. JUTINOUS BLICK SEA FLEET ANNIH ATED N BATT Having seized all or a great portion of the Russian Black Sea fleet, mutinous crews yesterday gave battle to the shore batteries at Sebastopol. Ten warships engaged in a terrific combat, which resulted disastrously for the rebels. = After most of the fleet had been . b\ 5 - sunk or disabled the remnant surrendered. . Shore Batteries Sink Several V essels an ve Desperate Combat at Sebastopol Ends in Viciory for the Government. INSURGENT FLAG HAULED DOWN Loyal Troops Storm and Capture the Barracks Held by Rebellious Sailors. SHELLS SINK CRUISER DNIEPER ERSBURG, Nov. 29.—Sebastopol was to-day the scene of us sailors and the troops in the forts on shore. a desperate battle be- the battle the town and the forts were bombarded by the guns of the cruiser Otcha- ning wreck off Admiralty Point, its hull riddled with shot and its flaunt- tion hauled down. revol ny of the crew of the Otchakoff were killed or wounded. Accor ng to one report, the barracks of the mutineers yere carried by storm after the mu- 1s fleet, which is said to have numbered ten vessels, had surrendered, and the whole position is tro of the s under the command of General Neptueff. Owing to the interruption of the telegraph, details of the battle are difficult to obtain; but, as ciated Press is authoritatively informed by the naval general staff to-night, the battle was be- n-by-the 1s0eps-en shore, who opened-fireon the Otchiukoff, Which was'defiantly displaying the flCtEP'TJ’ CHALLENGE TO BATTLE. The commander of the Otchakoff, Lieutenant Schmidt, immediately accepted the challenge, g with both batteries, one trained on‘the town and the other on the Fort Alexander batteries h shore. Captain Zeilotti, aide-de-camp to Admiral Wirenius, chief of the naval general staff, says that latest dispatches received from Sebastopol showed that the Otchakoff was on fire and badly rid- th her revolutionary colors hauled down; but he was unable to give more definite in- g to a more detailed report, received from another source and purporting to come Department, the battle was begun at 3 o'clock this morning, when Lieutenant Schmidt openéd fire from a fleet of ten ships, to which the northern batteries at Fort Alexander, ar- tillery posted on the shore and several vessels which remained loyal replied. MUTINEERS ON SHORE DEFEATED. During the n their pos lasting two and a | battle the mutinous sailors on shore, entrenched in the barracks, defended e guns and rifles against the attacking infantry. After an engagement f hours, with the Otchakoff riddled and on fire and the cruiser Dnieper and an- ther vessel sunk, Lieutenant Schmidt, who had been badly wounded, surrendered the entire squad- The mut According to this report, the Panteleiomon (formerly the Kniaz Potemkine) was damaged be- ous sailors on shore surrendered to the Brest and Biclostok regiments. low the water line, and a torpedo-boat is ashore on the rocks. No details of the casualties or of the damage suffered by the town are obtainable by the Ad- ralty, but owing to the confined space in which the action was tought it is improbable that the town escaped without heavy damage. The demands of the mutineers are said to include the convocation of a constituent assembly and the complete realization of the liberties promised by the imperial manifesto. ST. PETERSBURG CUT OFF FROM THE OUTER WORLD Strike of Telegrapbers Goes Into Effect and Avenues of Communication Are Closed. GRODNO, Russia, Nov. 20.—The ao- licemen here went on strike to-day. b L ST. PETERSBURG, telegraphic news The operators of the St. Petersburg tele- graphs’ h decided to strfke at mid- It is not known whether commu- » can be mafntained, as most of the ore were arrested yesterday for sedition and as the cable operators, though they are foreigners, may be in- midated into leaving thelr keys. The line to Finland js still working. The resignation of Grand Duke Dmitri Constantinovitch. master of the Imperial Now. 29. 11 p. m.— the following Warsaw: “The posts in the kingdom of Polana are still working. Regarding Russia, apply to St. Petersburg.” It seems from this that the Polish telegraph officials are working for Po- land, but not for Russia. The German post and telegraph offi- cials are accepting telegrams for Rus- sian points only et the risk of the senders. These are telegraghed o the frontler and forwardei from there by mail. Telegrams between St. Peters- from FATHER GAPON’S VIEW CHANGES. Reforms Cannot Be Won by Preaching Armed Rebellion. =T. PETERSBURG, Nov. 28.—Father Gapon is here in hiding. In an inter- view to-day he expressed the opinion that the revolutionary leaders were making ‘the tactical mistake which he |} d Compel RESOLUTIONS NDCTE AN O UPHEAL —_— 'Police Commission Session Is Por- | tentous. .| Detective Officers May/ | Be Detailed to | | . Patrol Duty. ‘ Saloons Must Get “Ladies ™ Annex Permits Before The meeting o the Police Commission- ers held last evening at the Hall of Jus- tice disclosed the fact that many changes | in the policy and administration of de- partment affairs are contemplated. A | resolution was introduced instructing Chief of Police Dinan to alter the per- | sonnel of the “upper office,” which in- | | cludes the detective force, and it is ex- pected that a compiete revrganization of this branch of the city's criminal depart- | ment is at hand. Just what the changes | contemplated are is hard to say. Chiet Disan says he is entirely satistied with the men composing the detective depart- | ment_and, so far as he is concerned, no | changes will be made. The resolution passed by the Commissioners would in- dicate something different. There was also a resoiution declaring that on and after January $ no person other than a native born citizen or a naturalized citizen need apply for a liquor license. A resolution that will cause the denial of applications for permits to add cafes and ladies’ grilirooms to saloons | after January § was also adopted. The last resolution adopted concerned gam- bling at basetall games. - The following concerns the detective de- partment: “Resolved. That the Chief of Police be and he is hereby instructed to retain in the upper office only such men as are al- tual Surrenders solutely necessary to do the business Of/lc& that office and to detail all extra men to street duty during the winter months, so that the public may receive the best police | protection possible with the limited num- ks ber of men composing the police force. | Former State Se”a “Ayes—Commissioners O'Grady, Rea- gan, Drinkhouse, Poheim. - ol oy, Pt ronem- | 107 01t Insurance Following s the resglution providing that no person other than a naturalized Pfl 70 /[ or a,native born citizen shall be granted 44 . & liquor license or a transfer: “Resolved, That from and after January 8, 1906, no retail liquor dealers’ licenses or NEW YORK, Nov. 29.—The resignation rc:“ta‘\;:a.n( r::.ll :_Iq'nr:;!g:neu" licenses | of Richard A. McCurdy as president of W granted, o rs of such al- [utual Life Insurance Company was lowed, except to & native born or Hatural. ::: % P PRSI e R s T B 1zed citizen of the United States of Ameri- life insurance situation to-day. McCurdy ca, and as far as just and practicable no .' ucceeded temporarily by Frederick renewals of such licenses will be granted, well, the o ot {he except to such native born or naturalized | oo n s ndcrstood (hat the posttion has ¢ittzons, or to such persous as have de- |y ' ofured to James H. Eckels. clared thelr intention to become such{ Gl “ricresting-teature of the insurance citizens and shall prosecute their applica- investigation to-day was. the issuing of a tions for citizenship in good faith and ';h-hd“ proclamution” to the policy w;!: ""?hd"fi'fi?’fi“’ Spst ::""P‘l:duon." holders bvngeunltor ‘William W. Arm- en the following was adopted: - ‘“Whereas, Applications for permission -tmrnu.t clalll‘rm:‘:l cnot h(:e aga;:::s:uu to add cafes and ladles’ grillrooms to re- | COmMmIttes, (0 FRAL "0, (LS hmm tall liquor places are belng made with fn- | BEU0. Of Saything revialed in the inves- G e cne e i e figation and- told them they were in. a ereas, The members of this board siow than before the inyes- are being importuned and . solicited on | etter position now than Before the inves- every side to allow the opening of such | [/Sation wasibegu e sl tioe S et cafes and grillrooms in various sections [49€ !&eomm.m“ of the city after the first of next y..",’, "'"; BT, tabner ftara and George P. 4 s P P Senator frofn Westchester County, testi- “Whereas, It is l:a ‘opinion of fied before the committee to-day that he iy o ki s gl Mutual Life Insurarice Com- ing applications.should not be favorably | lived In the Ftattar ore o H e O cansidered; therefore be it | R C. Flelds, in 196, whi.e he was 4 ‘Resolved, 'nu(t mmm and after Jan- w" P ber. ‘of the Insuranc e i i e e ¢ that bods. He saig-that it leges of thix character will be granted by mfl"xg P e M i i s b g e R and Fields were ~old friends. It was e last resolution adopted .was this: hat in several ye ‘while. Mc~ ““Whereas. It has been repeatediy stateq | Shown that- L sdlevie Bomn%hc o e in the public press that gambling is being M% g b Egg d - permitted at the baseball grounds on | tained Eighth and Harrison streets and eise- ‘where in_the ¢ity; therefore be it 35000 a year. and Hughes had Nepotist of the Mu-| Surrender of the Rést M'CURDY'S RESIGNATION .~ UNANIMOUSLY ACCEPTED Us pio ., l FROM UP THE RIVER.” WHO WAS FOR LISTS OF THREE OF THS OLD- I YEARS MYSTERIOUSLY ON THE SALARY LINE INSURANCE COMPANIES NOW BEING INVESTIGATED. to Willlam N. Johnson and Charles T. Lewis, amounting to 3$6500. ! John C. McCall, son of the president | of the New York Life Insurance Com- pany, told the committee t§-day that Audrew Hamilton, the legislative agent. who got large sums of money without an | 2ccounting from the New' York Life In-1 sarance Company, had been’ located in | Paris, and_that he had received 2 mes- sage from President McCall -asking him to -¢ome to New York to appear before the committee and render an accounting of his expenses. To induce him to do that, | McCali said, he was.going to start for | Paris on Saturday. : ‘Willard V. King. vice president of the | New York Security and Trust Company,{ presented a statement of the account of that.company with the Union Sav- ings Bank and Trust Company of Ta- coma, Wash. The New York co: oy was trustée of some debenture bonds issued by the Tacoma company; a largs part of which were owned by the New York Life Insurance Company. The Horse, has been accepted. EERLIN, Nov. 3).—The correspondent of the "Tageblatt at St. Petersburg says: “Count de Witte's position is one of ‘ security. The reactionaries are using Ve new strike as an instrument for his overthrow. A court patty |Is sgainst him and for the declaration of meartial law in Russia, which would in- evitably lead to revolution and & state of bankruptey.” The Lokal Anzeiger says it has received burg and Berlin are cabled by way of Copenhagen. BATOUM. Transcaucasia, Nov. 29.— The regiment of the garrison here, which 1s steeped in discontent, held a meeting yesterday and formulated de- mands for the disinissal of the reserv- ists of the Kharson regiment. VIENNA, Nov. 28.—Vienna is cut off from communication with Ru ex- cept by way of Cracow, Galicia, and thence by mail made before January 22 of preaching an armed rebellion, a democratic re- public and an Immediate eight-hour day. He added. that his residence abroad had opened his eyes. Time was necessary to realize the Soclalistic ideals. “If the Emperor gives a constitu-- tion, swearing to abide by it and grants full ampesty, the people should be con- Continued on Page 3, Column 2 statement s$howed a payment of $16,310 to Andrew: Hamilton as 10 per cent'of the warrants col ed after the city of Tacoma had } ated them. King sult.” ——————— -oduced the check for $16,314 pald to Algerian and Tunisizn Troops :;"_mmimgflmhd-n_;n let- BIZERTA, Tunls, Nov., 29.—Two ters Indicating that Hamfiton paid were killed and l'-u“ $3500 to a receiver ‘;d -h't l-nl“ fees. a 5‘:’:‘ made by the New York Secur- ity and Trust Company to Andrew | amilion from 1395 (o 1302. It showed an aggregate of $114,000 apparently ia Mr. Hamilton's notes, but King said hs thought some of these notes were re- newals of others. HEAVY “LOADING” OF PREMIUMS. George D. Eldredge told how the Mutual Reserve Life Insurance Com- pany bad purchased the business of the Northwestern Life Association and paid therefor $211.000 to Solomen & Levison for® the recelver of the Northwestern and made other payments to De Wit C. Merriam, bringing the total price up to $276.000. The assets of the North- western acquired by ~ Mutual Re- serve were worth $294,000. Hughes and Senator Cox brought out that the pol- ieies were treated separately and made © pay;thelr own death ciaims, and. besides that. 2 “loading” of 23 per cent of their premiums toward the general expenses of the Mutual Reserve. This loading, Eldredge said, was about twice the amount of loading usually assessed upon policies. He sdid the Northwestern. when it was Dbousht, wis fast getting into a position wherse it could not pay its death claims. The ; policy holders of the Northwestern alse accepted a reduction of their imsurance. The echief benefit to the Mutual Re- serve Company, said, was the added. expense money which could be collected on those policies. In reply to questions by Hughes, FEldredge sald the Mutual Reserve Life Insurance Company had been refused a e e " Contaiued on Page 3, Columa &