TUB SUNDAY OKEGOATAIV, jPORTXAIVD, JANUARY 5, 1908.
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Ambassador Denies Japan Ob
jects to Exclusion
Laws.
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QUESTION FOR DIPLOMACY
Renews Declaration of Friendship
at Banquet Given by San Fran
cisco Chamber and Ridicules
Story About Japanese Fleet.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 4. Viscount
S. Aokl, Japanese Ambassador at Wash
ington, who arrived in' San Francisco
last night on his way to Tokio, having
been recalled by his government at his
own request. In an interview with the
Associated Press tonight denied the
statement attributed to him in an al
leged interview last night in which
be was quoted as saying:
i "Japan is restricting the emigration
of laborers to this country and will
continue to do so," and "that it would
be regarded as offensive to the dignity
f Japan for this country to pass an
inclusion law or endeavors to embody
the subject in a treaty."
Has Expressed No Opinion.
"Such a statement did not-manate
Trom me, "emphatically declared the
Ambassador in German, a language
with which he is much more familiar
than with English. "I did not talk
with any newspaper man last night
nor did I authorize any one to speak
for me, much less make such a state
ment. Furthermore, I have not dis
cussed the emigration question with
any one since I left Washington, nor
have I anything to add to my farewell
statement to the American people
through the Associated Press prior to
my departure. I am returning to Japan
rafter a long absence to confer with
my government upon various matters
and convey to the Emperor the best
wishes and expressions of friendship
from President KoosSvelt and, I be
lieve, the American people.
"The attitude of Japan toward this
country is of the friendliest character,
but the emigration question and other
matters of policy between the two
countries .re for statesmen and diplo
mats and cannot be safely discussed in
public."
Being able to express himself readily
in German, the Ambassador talked at
length upon various topics, but de
clined to discuss the Vancouver race
trouble, the immigration question in
general or comment upon the transfer
of the battleship fleet from the At
lantic to the Pacific Ocean. He laughed
heartily when shown a dispatch from
Paris whioh stated that the Japanese
fleet had disappeared from its cus
tomary cruising ground and was re
ported to be in the vicinity of Hawaii.
Banqueted by Merchants. '
At a luncheon given in tie Empire
room, at the St. Francis Hotel, this after
noon, by the trustees of the local Cham
ber of Commerce, at which Viscount
Aokl, Consul-General Choso Kioke, and
Vice-Consul K. Matubara were the guests
f honor, the United States was repre
icnted by United States District Attor
aey Robert T. Devlin. C. H. Bentley,
jresident of the Chamber of Commerce,
' who acted as toastmaster, in introducing
Viscount Aokl, touched upon the labor
riots and anti-Japanese feeling. He ex
pressed gratitude that the governments
jf the two countries were composed of
men who were not to be deceived by the
xhlbltlon of rioting and disorder by law
less elements, and declared that this was
not typical of the feeling of the people
Df San Francisco toward Japan, much
loss that of the American people as a
a hole.
Viscount Aokl, in response, said that
the debt of gratitude of Japan toward
America was so great that no Isolated
;ases of complaint could ever dissipate it,
nd re-echoed the friendly assurance the
Emperor of Japan Is reported to have
cnt to President Roosevelt through Sec
retary of War Taft. "Japan wants peace
with America." he added, "now and al
ways, and she will omit no effort to
make that desire a reality. I am con
rinced that America reciprocates this
rood will and shall bear that report
icross the ocean." " . j
Japan's Debt to America.
Viscount Aokl went on to express his
admiration of American energy, methods,
wealth and resources? the school system,
the spirit of unity which, he said, did not
rxlst anywhere else in the world. . He
commented on the doctrine of "live and
let live," as practiced in this country,
saying:
"To the extent that this spirit has been
extended to our people and country, I
am prepared' to bear cheerful and grate
ful testimony."
He dwelt eloquently on the friendly
disposition shown him by all, from the
President down, adding:
"A great debt of gratitude has grown
up on our part which no mere local
flurry or isolated cause of complaint can
dissipate. Japan wants peace with
America now and always, and she will
omit no effort to make that desire a
reality. I am convinced that America
reciprocates that good will and shall
bear that report across the ocean."
He declared the members of the Cham
ber of Commerce to be the real minis
ters of peace and international comity.
He added:
"Japan and America need each other,
and that need will grow stronger with
the years. They have a thousand inter
ests in . common and not one rational
ground for serious differences." x
Banqnet by Japanese Consul.
Mr. Devlin, Mr. Kioke and Mr. Matsu
bara also spoke, expressing sentiments
of friendship and good will.
Tonight Viscount Aokl and his wife,
who before her marriage was a German
Baroness, were entertained at a dinner
Eiven at the home of the Consul-General.
Prominent Japanese in the local colony
nd several Americans, among them Mr.
Devlin, were also invited. Tomorrow
jfternoon Viscount Aokl will hold a re
ception for Japanese residents of San
Kranclsco and the surrounding bay cities.
He will sail for Japan Tuesday after
noon on the steamer Manchuria.
Secret Service Officers J. M. Nlca and
J. Summers, of Washington, and H. B.
Moffltt, in charge of the local ofliee,
were in constant attendance upon the
Ambassador, but had little to do. Their
surveillance will end when Viscount Aokl
ind his party sail for the Orient
TEAR TO DISARM JAPANESE
Vancouver Chief of Police Refuses
to Stir lp Trouble.
VANCOUVER, B. C, Jan. 4. (Special.)
-In reply to a request of the Asiatio
Exclusion league. Chief of Police Cham
berlain this afternoon declined to order
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a wholesale searching of Japtown for fire
arms. President Von Khoin and Vice
President Harry Cowan, of the Exclu
sionista, formally asked the Chief today
to search the Oriental Quarter and con
fiscate all Are arms. Chamberlln ad
mitted the gravity of the situation, but
advised strongly against hurrying a pos
sible crisis in the Jap question here by
any hasty action such as he believed the
suggested action 'was.
Two of the Japanese who were ar
rested for attempted murder of firemen
on New Tear's morning-- were set free
on $4000 bail this afternoon. 'The bonds
were furnished by responsible Japanese
of the Powell-street section. The two
others are still in jail, and no application
for bail has been renewed in their case.
A handsome bouquet of roses, accom
panied by a cheque for 9100 and a letter
expressing the regret of the Japanese
business community of Powell street at
the attack on the firemen, was sent to
day to Assistant Fire Chief Thompson
to be forwarded to the injured fireman In
the hospital. Thompson returned the
money and the. flowers to the Japanese,
declaring on behalf of the firemen who
were maltreated, they had. no desire to
accept any gift In respect to the injuries
done them.
In their letter, the Japanese declared
that they would do all in their power
to bring the guilty parties to justice.
VIOIiATES RIGHTS OF BRITAIN
Japan Falls Foul of Her by -Attacking
Her Interests.
PEKIN, Jan. 4. Great Britain has
taken exception to Japan's protest
against China's extending the Hsln
Min Tun Railroad northward, ' the con
tract for the partial construction of
which has been given to a British firm.
The protest of Baron Hayashi, Japa
nese minister to China, against the ex
tension of the railroad, gives as a
reason that a parallel line would In
juriously affect the Japanese Railway,
and pronounces untenable China's re
joinder that the line would not be
built nearer the Japanese line than Is
customary In foreign countries.
Japan's course is no longer consid
ered a mere pretense by Great Britain,
In view of the official action taken,
but a violation fit equal rights severely
affecting British interests. - The situa
tion in Manchuria has diverted atten
tion from the negotiations between
China and Great Britain concernlngr
the patrolling of the West River by
British gunboats, which have been
dropped for the present. . i
LIKE MIXE EASILY FIRED
French Diplomat Discusses Rela
tions ot America and Japan.
PARIS, Jan. 4. M. Harmand, ex-French
Minister to Japan, in an interview pub
lished in the Echo de Paris, declares
that he cannot see what Japan would
gain by forcing a war with the United
States, nor how Japan could carry on a
war without money. M. Harmand adds
that he would not wager on the question
whether there would be no war, but
likens the situation to a mine which
might easily be set off.
Japanese Spying on Forts.
PORT TOWNSHND, Wash., Jan. 4.
Military circles are at high tension to
day over disclosure that Ave Japanese
men of decidely military bearing, prob
ably spieg are - moving quietly in this
vicinity. Local photographers. It is
reported have been employed by the
Japanese to photograph the rang flnd
lns stations.
Schaffner y Marx
and Morrison Sts.
READY FOR TRIAL
Thaw Wiil Be Brought to Bar
Again on Monday.
HIS WIFE TO TESTIFY AGAIN
Will Be Chief Witness in Support
of Insanity ; Theory Backed by
Com stock Thaw's Efforts to
Have Whit . Prosecuted.
NEW rORK. Jan. 4. The final confer
ences of the attorneys engaged in the de
fense of Harry K. Thaw were held today
without the presence of Mrs. William
Thaw, the mother, who was expected to
go over the case in its entirety with the
lawyers. Mrs. Thaw is still too ill to
come on from her home in Pittsburg, and
will not be in court when Thaw is called
to his place on A.onday morning at 10:30
o'clock. She Is expected to arrive in New
York within the next week or ten days,
and will be ready again to take the stand
if the attorneys for the defense deem her
testimony necessary. Josiah and Edward
Thaw, the brothers, and Mrs. George
Lauder Carnegie, a sister, are expected
Monday.
The trial will be held in the same
branch of the Supreme Court as before
the room of the more or less criticised
mural decoratlpns depicting the Fates in
one panel. Justice in another, and frater
nity, Equality and Liberty in a third. The
counsel rail in the room has been ex
tended and the prisoner and his attorneys
will sit within the inclosure this time and
be effectually separated from bis wife
and family.
Judge Will Hasten Trial.
Justice Victor Dowling. who will pre
side at the trial, is one of the youngest
members of the state supreme bench, but
has already a wide reputation as a jurist.
He has expressed an intention to hold
the opposing attorneys steadily to their
tasks, and to expedite the trial as much
as possible. It is Intimated that, if it
appears from ihe first d?y's proceedings
that the work of jury selection will be
difficult, night sessions will be held.
The demand for admissions to the trial
is expected to be heavy, but the lines are
to be strictly drawn. The ban upon the
attendance of women will go far toward
preventing a repetition of the almost riot
ous scenes in the Courthouse corridors
which marked the opening of the first
haering.
Evelyn Thaw Will Testify Again.
Since the announcement that Anthony
Oomstoek, head of the Society for the
Suppression of Vice, would be called as
one of the principal new witnesses for the
defense, the rumor has once more gained
circulation that Mrs. Evelyn Nesblt Thaw
will not take the stand, the theory being
that Mr. Comstock'S testimony will Indi
cate what Thaw had learned regarding
Stanford White and thus relieve the wife
from repeating her remarkable story. It
was asain authoritatively stated today,
however, that young Mrs. Thaw will be
relied upon as the chief witness.
Tn view of the Importance which is now
nera iviarx r meuiuui- -
ing displayed for your
inspection, at prices
that will surprise you.
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15 tO &i'0 jit-
of regular price of
these line
Suits, Topcoats,
Overcoats
and Raincoats
13 Off on Boys'
and Youths' Suits,
Raincoats
and Overcoats
being attached to the testimony of Mr.
Comstock, it is interesting to recall what
Thaw himself eaid in regard to his ap
peal to that gentjeman. Dr. Britton D.
Evans, the inventor of the "brain storm"
branch of insanity, gave the words to the
jury at the first trial. The alienist was
recounting the details of a visit paid by
him to Thaw in the Tombs prison not
long after ths tragedy. Referring to
Stanford White at this time, he declared
Thaw paid:
What Thaw Said of White.
'I never wanted to shoot that creature:
I never wanted to kill him. I knew that
he was a sinful creature and that he was
befouling the daughters and mothers and
fathers of America. I did want through
legal means to bring . him to trial. I
wanted to bring him to a court so that
his criminal doings might be brought to
public attention and that he might be
brought to justice and suffer for that
which he had been doing."
"I know; but it did not result that
way." suggested Dr. Evans.
"No," replied Thaw, "Providence took
charge of the situation. That was an act
of Providence. - Had it been my judgment,
I would have preferred for him to have
suffered the humiliation and all that
comes from laying this matter his doings
before a court and the public The
shooting of. a man is an easy proposi
tion, I think. Anybody can take a gun
and shoot. I wanted by legal processes
to bring- hLa to justice, but this act of
Providence came In and settled the mat
ter in its own way."
.His Appeal to Comstock.
"What did you ' do," asked"-Dr. "Evans,
"to bring this matter before the public?"
Thaw replied: "I .went to Mr. Com
stock: I went to Mr. Jerome; I went tq a
detective agency and they reported back
to me. Mr.. Jerome said I had better let
it drop; that there was nothing in it; but
the . detective. . agency said they were
working on it, but did not bring any re
port which warranted me or enabled me
to bring action against Stanford White
in a court of law."
HOMESICK AND SUICIDES
Tonng Dane Hangs Himself in His
Employer's Barn.
EUGENE, .Or., Jan. 4. (Special.)
Henry Westphael, a Dane, 19 years of
age, employed on Palmer Ayers' farm,
about three miles north of Eugene,
committed -suicide this afternoon by
hanging himself In the barn. The
young man had been in the United
States less than a year and had been
employed - here for about six weeks.
He spoke very little English, there
fore no clew is given as to his trouble,
but it is thought his homesickness
preyed upon bis mind until it became
deranged.
FOUND DEAD IN POSTHOLE
Hungarian Workman Meets With a
Singular Death.
TUALATIN, Or.. Jan. 4. SpeoiaL
Jock Tobolsk!, a Hungarian, working in
the Oregon Electric Line, near this
place, was found dead a few mornings
ago, in a hole, six feet deep, which had
been dug for one of the trolley poles.
Tobolskl had been to Tualatin with a
number of friends, and started tcr camp
late in the evening. In some manner he
strayed from his companions, and did not
arrive in camp. The next morning he
was found head foremost in the exca
vation, and lied been dead some hours.
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"Star" and "Cluett" Shirts, soft and starched bosom;
fancy patterns; cuffs attached and de- IT
: tached; $1.50 values, this sale - - - PX-XJ
Wool and Worsted Underwear "Cooper" and "Wor-
ste'd" Mills; fawn, gray, blue and white; CM 1 C
$1.50 values; this sale, per garment - I.lO
NECKWEAR
50c All-Silk Neckwear; this sale, 35,
three for ....... 1.00
$1.00 and $1.50 Neckwear; this sale 75
$2.00 Neckwear at . $1.25
HOSE
50c Lisle Hose, in fancy patterns ; 35,
or three pairs for $1.00
GLOVES
Woolen Gloves; black oxford, brown
and white; 75c values, this sale. .50
JERSEYS
Jerseys Collar and "V"-Neck, all col
ors; $3 and $3.50 values; sale, $2.35
RUEF GOES TO JAIL
Leaves Sumptuous Quarters
for Felon's Cell.
NEAR MANY FAMOUS MEN
Ex-Mayor Schmitz in Adjoining Cell
"and Telephone Grafters, Bank
; wreckers and Others of That Ilk
Are Very Close Neighbors.
SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 4.Speoial.)
Quarters were arranged at the county
jail today for Abe Ruef. the deposed
boss of San Francisco, who, since his ar
rest eight months ago,' has occupied a
suite of rooms in a private house under
a special guard. ,
Sheriff O'Nell, the Schmitz politician,
goes out of office on January 8, and his
place will be taken by Larry Dolan,
chosen at the last election to succeed
O'Nell as Sheriff. Judge Dunne, who re
fused to place Ruef in the county jail
while O'Nell was .Sheriff, for fear that
O'Nell would allow the prisoner to escape,
has ordered that Ruef be transferred
from his parlor prison as soon as Dolan
assumes office.
Ruef will join, the assemblage of dis
tinguished citizens who have moved from
their homes on the heights to the branch
Jail. Ruef will occupy a cell near that In
which ex-Mayor Schmitz reposes. - He
will have as neighbors Louis Glass, the
millionaire manager of the Pacific States
Telephone Company, who was convicted
of bribery; J. Dalzell .Brown. Walter J.
Bartnett and James Treadwell, the bank
ers whose arrest followed the exposures
of the rottenness of the California Safe
Deposit & Trust Company, and George D.
Collins, the tricky attorney who Was
brought back from' Canada to face
charges of bigamy and perjury.
Ruef has been allowed to order his
meals as he desired and has been living
on the best in the land. He is far more
than a millionaire and he has been al
lowed a great deal of liberty as a result
of the form of his imprisonment. All
this will now be changed. Just what ef
fect this will have on Ruefs refusal to
testify without immunity remains to be
seen. It is thought that a good taste of
real prison life may cause Ruef to alteo
Ms views. '
DAILY CITY STATISTICS
Building Permits.
A. L. LEE Te erect a two-story frame
Iwelllns en Henry, between. Mllwaukie and
East Fifteenth BtreeU; S15O0.
S. W. THORNTON To erect a one-story
frame dwelling on East Tenth street, be
tween Durham and Plum; S1000.
ANOLL A KEEP To erect a two-story
frame dwelling; on East Salmon, between
East Twenty-ninth and - East Thirtieth
streets: 2O0O.
J. SEIA'ERY To erect a jtwo-story frame
dwelling at 229 Cherry street; $2O00.
O. M. HERRICI To erect a two-story
frame dwelling on Mlsner. between Villa and
Hunter streets; 2000.
W. C. RAINE To erect a ' two-story
frame dwelling on East. Stark street, near
Thirty-third; $2000.
. M. WELCH To erect a one and one-
UNDERWEAR
Wool Underwear in fawn and gray;
ribbed and flat goods; $1.00 values,
. this sale, per garment .75d
SHIRTS
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"Monarch" and ''Elgin" (union made)1
Shirts, soft and starched bosoms, $1
values, this sale . . . : ... 75$
UNDERWEAR
Fleece-Lined Underwear; 75c values,
this sale, per garment. 40
JACKETS
Cardigan Jackets, in blue, brown, and
maroon; $2.50 .values, this sale $2.00
half-story frame dwelling on Cleveland, be
tween Alberta and Emerson streets: $35O0.
A. C. KAUTZ To erect a two-story frame
factory building on Southern Pacific tract,
between East Fifteenth and East Sixteenth
streets; $3000.
GEORGE W. WILSON To erect a one
story frame 'dwelling on East Burnslde. be
tween East Sixth and East Seventh streets:
$1100.
MRS. B. ROBBINS To erect a one and
one-half-story frame dwelling on East
View, between Base Line road and Scott
avenue; $1900.
PAUL ZEDWICH To erect a one-story
frame dwelling on Loreta. between Kinzel
street and Grand avenue; $1400.
W. H. SJONAHAN To erect a one and
one-balf-story frame dwelling on" Vander
Mlt, between Fisher and Raven streets;
$1200.
MRS. THOMAS To erect a two-story
frame dwelling on. Grand avenue, between
Multnomah and Hassalo streets: 33SOO.
Deaths.
KIOU At the Good Samaritan Hospital,
December 51. August Riou, a native of
France, aged 28 years and 2 months.
BRETTHAUER At 834 East Sixth street
North. January 2. Lena Bretthauer, a na
tive of Oregon. egd 4 years and 8 months.
LINKER At 830 East Sixth street North,
December ft. Pauline Linker, a native of
Russia, aged 1 year and 9 days.
Births.
FERRY -At 845 East Seventh street. De
cember 81. to th wire of Henry Edward
Ferry, a son.
' 6RAYSON At 158 Webster street, Jan
uary 1. to the wife of George Roberts Gray
son, a serf.
PROUDFOOT At 835 Sandy Road, De
cember 81. to the wife of Frederick Earl
Proudfoot, a son.
SHEAVER At 631 Belmont street. De
cember 3L to the wife ot Wallace Gordon
Sheaver, a son.
FREED At 488 Irving street, December
81. to the wife of Clyde W. Freed, a son.
SIMONSON At 6S8 East Twentieth
street. December 24. to the wife of John P.
Simonson, a daughter.
PERRY At Third and Grant streets. De
cember 24. to the wife of Francis Allen
Perry, a daughter.
WEST LAND At 700 Gantenbein avenue.
December 31. to the wife of John West
land a daughter.
CAN FIELD At Delay and Powell streets,
December 20, to the wife of Allen Arthur
Canfleld. a daughter.
EMERICH At OOl East Twenty-third
street. January 1. to the wife of George J.
Emerlch. a daughter.
JOKES At 230 Grand avenue. January
2, to the wife of William John Jones, a
daughter.
WEIST At 875 East Madison street, Jan
uary 1, to the wife of Jacob Weist, a son.
SOMERVILLE At 8T4 Thurman street,
December 9, to the wife of John Somervllla,
twin sona
Articles of Incorporation.
GERMAN-AMERICAN BANK Incorpor
ators. Louis J. Wilde. S. G. Reed and
James O'Brien: capitalisation, $500.O0O.
NORTHWEST BRIDGE WORKS Incor
porators, J. R. Bowles, w. B. Bute and P.
N. Taylor; capitalization, $100,000.
HOOD RIVER APPLE COMPANY In
corporators, Robert- Livingstone. A. C. Rae
and Miller Murdoch; capitalization, $30,000.
Maniag-e Licenses.
WELLS-RUTH EL W. H. Wells, SI,
city Mary Ruthel. 19. city.
GELINSKY-COGSWELL Walter E. Ge
llnsky. 27, city: Marie F. Cogswell. 23. Pity.
LEE-HATLAND Ole Lee, 41. city; Ellen
Hatland, 33. city.
Wedding and visiting earda W. O. Smith
ft Co., Washington bids.. 4th and Wash.
Wedding Invitations. Latest styles, proper
forma $o or 100. Alvln S. Hawk. 144 Jd.
Butcher Slashes Himself.
. While engaged in cutting meat at
his block In Barnes' Market yesterday
morning, Harry Mulholland. a butcher,
accidentally slashed himself in the ab
domen. The injured man was removed
to the office of Dr. Andrew C. Smith
where his injury was dressed and pro
nounced not serious. He was after
wards removed to his home, .
Stolen Goods Not Found.
On a warrant sworn out by. Dr. E. O.
Co.
Home of the Hart, Schaffner
& Marx Fine Clothes
Smith, who owns an apartment-house
at 286 Fourteenth street, the police
yesterday searched the house of J.
Feyler, 488 "East Thirty-second street,
in an attempt to find various articles
which Dr. Smith alleged to have been
stolen by Feyler from the apartment
house, where Feyler formerly lived.
None of the missing articles was
found. The charge of theft Is vehem
ently denied by the Feyler family.
SEWED SOLES, 75 CENTS
Best oak leather waterproof If desired.
While you wait or sent for. Jacob
Schwind, 367 Stark, near Park. Phone
Main 7359.
ABENDR0TH
BROS.
JEWELERS and OPTICIANS
334 WASHINGTON ST.
DIAMONDS
WATCHES and
JEWELRY
LEASE
EXPIRING
SALE
Our lease expires February 29
and on account of uncertainty
of renewal .we offer at a big sac
rifice our entire stock of Dia
monds, Watches, Jewelry, Sil
'verware, etc.
You must see our prices and
quality to appreciate.
Sample of reductions:
Sterling silver, silver-plated
and ebony Manicure and Toilet
Sets, 15 per cent to y2 off. '
Cut Glass, one-third off.
Leather Goods, 50 per cent.
This is a bona fide sale. "Our
Name Our Guarantee."
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