Salt Lake Tribune | 1902-07-22 | Page 1 | Treated with Contempt

TREATED WITH CONTEMPT Hussian Consul Declares American Officer Snubbed Official San Francisco July 21Paml Koshaho vilcli who represents the Russian Government Gov-ernment as Consul at San Francisco de claims that Cau Abraham S Beckham auartermaslcr of the United States transport trans-port Logan has treated his Government with contempt lie has nothlcd the Bus slnn embassy In Washington of lImo al Iffjod slight upon time Government of the Czarhen Wiicmm time Lorrnn arrived at Nngnsikl the United Slates Consul notified Capt Beckham that lliree men had deserted from a Kusslan wnrshlt and that they might make j an attempt to reach the I UJttcd States The troo a on the transport obtained shore leave and after 1 they had embarked and time shl > was about to rail the Russian Rus-sian Consul at that port Is said to have demanded of Capt IJockham the priv iloiri1 of searching the I Logan No man will lie allowed to acarch this vcuscl Ca > i Rcckhim Is said to have replied The Russian Cousul Insisted that ho bud the rjht to pcnrch the rhlp for tlic men and when Capl Beckham again refused lie I Consul I declared that he would brine the matter to the attention oC lila Government After being two days out from Nacn said three Russian stowaways attired In time uniform of American troops arc said to have been found on board