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"The Government should always keep at. least six months ahead of the
call of any possible emergency Jh the projectiles and ammunition: The great de
mand'now existing for eyery'sori of structural material* obstructs in a great
measure all forms of construction, and especially those where delay is occa
sioned by very rigidjnspection. Every one being after the makers of razv ma
terial, they naturally aim to please those whose orders can be most easily filled
and in whose production they can realize the maximum output of their mills and
furnaces: ' LEWIS NIKON."
work is not really hurtful in the work as usually carried on. All classes of
men must be employed and kept available as needed, and sometimes they are
worked on private work when it might seem possible to work them on some part
of war vessels, zvhen as a matter of fact the builder has looked ahead and ar
ranged to employ than so that all parts may progress in such wa\ as to secure
the earliest completion of Vic whole vessel. Many concrete examples of this can
be given.
ship and material under ordinary circumstances, where time is really not of
great importance, but in emergency much of this must be dispensed zvith.
; ; ; "Once I built fourteen steel vessels, srjeral of them steamers- using in all
sixteen engines, and ran trials before loading than, in eighty-five -working days.
Under ordinary circumstances I should have asked for a year. During the last
war I built two water boats in one-half ~ the time that 1 had ordinarily thought
"We have during the past fciv years developed a superb shipbuilding per
sonnel here, and there are a number of plants where work can be done] and un
der the conditions above mentioned we could easily produce in this country 'twen
ty battleships in the time stated. This would mean that the steel plants should
rise, as of course they would, to the patriotic demands of the occasion and tiirn
their great resources to'thc production of. the material needed.
" "Private work would not interfere, as of course under such circumstances
it would have to give precedence to the naval zvork. The interference of .private
"By so arranging a staff of competent inspectors at each plant that every
question could be instantly settled without reference to the department, 'aiidl by
accepting material as it came from the mills without doing other than insure
such attention as would produce uniformly good material, I believe a battleship
could be built in fourteen months. The army Has- a number of guns in process
of building at Bethlehem. While not knowing the exact state of the orders, by
using the gun plants of the Government to supplement they could be greatly ad
vanced in completion and used on vessels if necessary.
"I <wu of course, a believer in the most thorough inspection of workman-
IT El VIS NIXON of the shipbuilding trust, when 'intcrviczccd by arep-
B rcscntativc of The Call last night and asked hozu fast the yards of the
ffl United States could turn out warships in case of emergency; hoivsoon
six could be built on special call; if private work would interfere, and
how the obstacles, if any exist, might- be remot'cd, gavcjhe following signed
BATTLESHIPS COULD BE BUILT RAPIDLY IN CASE OF EMERGENCY
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dor in moving;, from ' the shore
was timely," as the hungry unem
ployed populace of La Guaira,
excited by recent events and
driven to desperation by their
condition,vhad applied to the lo
cal authorities for. arms and pro-
MASCAGNI TO APPEAR
AT A LOCAL PLAYHOUSE
Signs Contract for Engagement in
San Francisco and Leaves Chi-
cago Next Monday.
CHICAGO. Jan. 23.— Sipnor Pietro Mas
cagni will leave next Monday for San
Francisco. For some time he had been
urged by a manager to sign a contract
for an engagement in that city, and. aft
rr pome wrangling about the conditions,
ilascagr.I consented to the proposition.
A large orchestra and chorus have been
secured by the management of the en
terprise and soloists have been engaged
for a grand performance of "Cavalieria
liusticar.a 1 * under Signor Mascagnis
CARACAS, Jan. 23. — Ad
vices which came to
day from Maracaibo,
both official and pri
vate, agree in declaring that the
Venezuelan garrison commanded
by General Bello still holds Fort
San Carlos, at the entrance to
Lake Maracaibo. The German
cruisers Vineta and Gazelle,
which began to bombard the fort
on , Wednesday, continued to
shell it to-day, firing at five
miles distance. The stonework
of the fort has been broken into
fragments by the German shells
and pulverized" into the earth
works. The Venezuelan Gov
ernment now believes that Gen
eral Bello can maintain , his posi
tion in the fort— this despite the
fact that it has had no direct news
from him to-day.
The former Venezuelan gun-
Rifle Bullets Cause
War Vessel to
Retire.
boat Restaurador, now in posses
sion of the Germans, arrived at
La Guaira at 2 o'clock this after:
noon from Puerto Cabello and
anchored near the shore. Her
presence caused great popular
indignation. At 3 o'clock several
rifle shots were heard in the dis
tance. Shortly afterward the Res
taurador left her anchorage and
moved to a position outside the
harbor and under the protection
of the guns of the British cruiser
Tribune.
The Restaurador had been
armed, equipped arid manned by
the Germans since the capture.
Her anchoring close in to shore
was taken by the populace, in
view of the Maracaibo occur
rences, as a direct provocation to
retaliation. It is not known where
the rifle shots of this afternoon
were fired, but it is believed that
the precaution of the Restaura-
Social Dispatch to Th« Call.
ALL BUREAU. ' 14C« O
STREET. X. W.. TVASHING
ff * TON*. Jan. 23.— "The bombard-
E ment by German warships of
BL ' the Venezuelan forts la no
concern of the Unltrd States
Government— yet. The time has not yet
come for Intervention. But the situation
Is very annoying."
This is the very significant statement
made to-day by an official of the Slat*
Department, whose opinions are cons«rv
ative and whose utterances notably so.
Furthermore, this may be regarded as
practically official.
The Venezuelan situation was discussed
at length at the Cabinet meeting. Tn«
consensus of opinion was practically th«
same as the statement just given. The
consideration in the Cabinet Is described
Special Cable to The Call and the New York Herald. - Copyright, 1903,
by the Herald Publishing Company.
The Alaskan Delegate bill was passed.
It provides for the' representation of the
Territory of Alaska in the House of Rep
resentatives by a Delegate. It also de
fines the citizenship and the qualification
of electors and creates the machinery for
the elections, the date of which shall be
the last Tuesday In September. The first
Delegate is to be elected next autumn
and is to hold a seat in the Fifty-eighth
Congress.
WASHINGTON*. Jan. 23.— The House
to-day passed 235 private pension bills.
They included pensions to the widow of
General Fraz Sigel at $190 a month, the
widow of General Francis Xegley at $50
and the widow of Hear Admiral Henry
Picking at $40.
PRIVATE PENSION BILLS
ARE PASSED IN THE HOUSE
REDOXDO, Jan. 23.— Twenty-nine thou
sand barrels of oil rushed upon the beach
in the space of ten minutes this morning,
covering the streets and sand and flooding
many cottages on the ocean front with
petroleum that stood six Inches deep on
the floors.
An angle-iron between the first sheet
and the bottom of the big Standard Oil
Company tank broke out. making an
opening, four feet In diameter, through
which the oil rolled out in a shining
stream until the last gallon was gone.
The company's loss Is said to be close
to $45,000. while the damage to cottages
and other property will be $5000 more.
The affected district which is flooded with
oil is being guarded against fire, which
would prove most disastrous. The dis
aster occurred at an old tank which was
rebuilt eighteen months ago.
OIL FLOODS FLOORS
OF BEDONDO'S HOMES
Instantly the whole assemblage was on
foot* drinking unfriendly toasts ..and
cheering madly.
Von Gossler stopped, thunderstruck, for
he has made capital of his father's proud
position and could but regard the affair
as an insult to hte nation. While he
stood undecided a "bird" hurled a hand
ful of olives at him. Instantly there was
a storm of olive?, buns, bread, cracked
ice and radishes that continued until
Von Gossler sat down.. He ate a few
*our£es in quiet, but the "Humming
Birds" began to get ugly again and he
discreetly retired.
The brokers, who for purposes of eat
ing have an organization called "Hum
ming Birds," had already begun their
dinner when Von Gossler entered. On his
appearance one of the "Birds" rose, and.
with glass held high in the air. pointed
at him and cried out:
"Down with the Germans."
NEW YORK. Jan. 23.— Henry von
Gossler. eldest son of the German Min
ister of War, who came to America to be
a business man and who is now a curb
broker, was the center of an ugly anti-
German demonstration early to-day at a
banquet given by the curb brokers at
Healy's, Sixty-sixth street and Colum
bia avenue.
Special Dispatch to The Call,
Richard A. Fitzgerald, a boilermaker j
living at the comer of First and Folsora j
streets, fatally stabbed his wife shortly j
after d'dnieht in front of the lodginc- j
house at £25 First street. Taking her un
conscious form on his back he carried
her along First street to his lodgings,
nearly a block • away, and there a few
tn'nutcs later the murderer and his victim
•were found by the police.
When Policemen Whalen and Kay en
tered Fitzgerald's bedroom they found
the man crouching by. the side of the
bed, en ¦which lay his -wife In a pool of
blood, with a huge pocket-knife, the blade j
covered with blood. lying beside her.
The woman was hurried to the Harbor j
Emergency Hospital, where she died a •
few minutes later. She had been stabbed 1
in the breast over the heart, the. blade
apparently reaching that organ. She had
teen unmercifully beaten before the fatal
blow with the knife was struck.
Fitzgerald refused to make any state
ment to the policemen- who arrested him
cr afterward to the officers at the Har
bor station, where he was taken.
The crime wa« witnessed by Mrs. Char
lotte Molin of 223 First street. She was
aroused by a woman's screams and the
curses and blows of a man, who was beat-
Ing her. Going to a window she saw the
woman lying on the sidewalk and heard
her say:
"Don't, Fitzgerald. Oh, don't, .Fitzger
ald I"
Mrs. Molin shouted, "Oh. you brute."
and Fitzgerald dropped his victim on
The sidewalk and ran down the street to
wards Folsom. Mrs. Molin began hastily
crrFFing. but heard the woman scream |
again, and she reached the window in
time to see Fitzgerald with uplifted hand
bending over his victim and paw him
strike h«r, and saw the woman sink back
upon the sidewalk.
P. Block of 323 First street heard the
noise and with his brother reached th<?
Ftreet in time to Sf-e Fitzgerald carrying
the woman along First street toward
Folsom on his back. They notified Police
man WhaJcn. who traced the murderer
and his victim by the trail of blood.
E. J. Burns. £5 First street, heard the
QUErrel and heard Fitzgerald warn back
a passerby who started to cross the street
to rescue the woman from the brute who
vas beatlnc her.
h:tzg?ra;d has been charged with mur-
UnfriendlyToasts Are Drunk
and He Is Pelted With
Edibles.
Charlotte Molin Witnesses
Bloody Deed and Fiend
Is Arrested.
Berlin War Minister's
Heir the Object
of Attack.
Carries Dying Victim
to His Room on
His Back.
Richard Fitzgerald
Murders Woman
on Street.
Wall -Street Men
Insult German
Broker.
HURL BREAD
AT A SON OF
VON GOSSLER
STABS WIFE
TO DEATH IN
A QUARREL
VOLUME XCIII— XO. 55.
v BKIClT^rrV r E, CENTS.
SAN IEAXCISCO, SATURDAY, JANUAEY 24, 1903.
The San Francisco Call.
SAN CARLOS GARRISON HOLDS OUT
AGAINST GERMAN BOMBARDMENT
TWO FOES OF CASTRO AND
BIRDSE YE VIEW OF WAR
DISTRICT.
SHIPS' GUNNER? ARE BUSILY
BOMBARQING VENEZUELAN FORT
JlJARACAIBO, Jan. 23§-At 2 o'clock this afternoon Fort
San Carlos was in the possession of the Government
forces, and the bombardment by the German warships was
still going on. There has been no material change in the
situation. The gunboat Panther was the only vessel to come
inside the bar. Communication with the fort is very difficult.
Great excitement prevails in Maracaibo.
Commander of Kaiser's Fleet Sends Gun
boat Close to La Guaira to Invite
] A ttack From the Shore.
Time for American
Interference Not
Yet at Hand.