JAP GOOD TO HER,
SO SHE LOVED HIM
Mrs. Stella Hums Says Matu
oka Was First Man She
Could Trust.
SADLY RENOUNCES LOVER
Defer to Public Opinion and Gives
Vp Trip to Idaho Where Pair
Were to" Be Married Brown
Man Lays Blame on Woman.
Because she had found a man who
would be good to her, after numerous ex
parlences with men who would not
was the reason assigned by Mrs. Stella
Hums, a white woman, for running
away with a Jap.
S Matuoka, the Japanese, and Mrs.
Stella Hums, the white woman were
arrested yesterday morning while on
their way to Boise, Idaho, to be made
man and wife, at the instance of A A
Courtney, who made a formal complaint
charging them wlth a Btatut ,
Matuoka is now in Jail awaiting a hear
ing and Mrs. Hums left last night on
her way back to Los Angeles a sadder,
out a wiser woman.
The pair came into Portland yester
?LmrMr.nlS at 11 'ul on the steamer
w. . ,A report had been received
bore tnat a Japanese, and a white woman
th k" d tho stear"er. suspected by
u r . ponce to be Gunjiro
Aoki and Miss Helen G. ilmery. whose
propose marriage caused a great sensa
few'days disaPeared the Past
The couple were suspected to be trav
eling together, although they occupied
separate apartments in the steamer.
Large Crowd Meets Boat.
When, the steamer reached the dock
a large crowd was present. Soon the pair
was sighted. The Jap. a homely, wizened
little fellow, carried a suitcase and a
large sword, while his intended wife
a foot taller, walked beside him. glanc
ing right and left and scrutinizing the
faces of the crowd standing near, con
scious of the attention she attracted.
I hey came down the street followed
by the crowd, which was composed prin
cipally of men and boys. Many unkind
remarks were overheard and the lovers
bocame uneasy as to their personal
On Everett street they stopped at a
Japanese rooming-house and stood in the
hallway discussing plans for the day.
"ev nad determined to stay In Port
land the woman said later, before
making the remainder of the journey,
and earn more money to cover expenses.
Intimidated by the belligerency of the
crowd observing them, they had decided
)L,R..,n .' Vose- and were securing
their tickets when the arrest was made.
I hey were then taken to the District At
torneys office and afterward arraigned
and put under J1000 bonds. In lieu of
which the Jap was placed in jail and the
woman put Into the custodv of the Con
stable. Later in the afternoon she was
questioned in the District Attorney s of
fice where she admitted the relations
she had held with the Jap. and made a
complete confession of the whole affair.
Tup Lays Blame on Woman.
In another room the Jap was being put
through a cross-examination. He laid the
burden of the elopement, as well as the
other incidents of the courtship to ' the
woman. When Mrs. Hums heard this
she expressed herself vigorously as sick
and disgusted with the whole affair, and
said she was willing to return to Cali
fornia and forever renounce the Oriental
lover. Thereupon she was allowed to
leave, after being given her belongings
which she had brought with her. as well
as the money which she had paid for the
tickets to Boise. She said she would go
to work and make her own living In the
same way she had been accustomed to In
the past.
"I did not know I was doing anything
against the law." she said. "We came up
here to go to Boise in order to get mar
ried. Mr. Matuoka wrote to the-Attor-nry."JGtneral
of ldaho- asking if the laws
of Idaho would permit the intermarrying
of Japanese and Americans. He replied
that there were no laws upon the statute
books forbidding such marriages, and we
were intending tor go there and be made
mnn and wife, so that we could live to
gether. We both worked In the hotels
at Hollywood and became vers- fond of
each other. We Intended to make some
money and start a business of our own.
He is a good cook and carries recom
mendations from people in California. He
is industrious and nearly always had a
good Job. He was out of a job at the
time we left, though, and we wanted to
get away where we were not known and
work together.
Better to Wives Than White Men.
"I could have heen perfectly happy
with him tf it had not been for the way
people looked at the affair. I lost all my
friends and hardly anybody would speak
to me. I went to a theater Sunday nigh'
with him and all the time I was conscious
of the looks on people's faces. Several
girls In California have done the same
thing that Is. gone with Japs. Some of
them have married them and get along
with them better than they do with white
husbands.
As a rule they are better to a woman
than a white husband, and that's the
reason that girls go with them.
"I have had a hard time of It and
w-as discouraged with men and I want
ed someone who would be good to me.
1 was married several years ago and
lived with my husband for a long time.
He was cruel and brutal and I after
wards got a divorce from Mm. I was
awarded alimony but the lawvers got
away with all of that so I had to get
along the best way I could. After
wards I met another man. became en
gaged to him and then found out he
was married and had a family. So
that was the way it went. There was
not a man to be trusted. I came out
to California and went to work in the
hotels and It was there that 1 met Mat
uoka. He was an awfully nice fellow
and good looking, too. and we were at
tached to each other Immediately
'But now that everybody Is "nrelu
dlced and there Is such a fuss made
about the affair. I have decided to give
him up. I am never going to trv to
th? k 'n galn" 11 ,a for the b3t. I
Woman la flood-Looking.
Mrs. Hurns is a rather comely wo
man, about 17 years old and has black
eyes e-nd black hair. She was well
dressed and wore a blue suit and a
blue hat. She was much concerned
about the fate of her Jap lover and
asked several times what disposition
would be made of him. She was also
frightened for fear she would be con
fined in Jail.
The Japanese said he had come over
to America in I9i2. when he went to
work for a Mr. Somers at Hollywood.
There he met Mrs. Hurns at a hotel
across the street. He also said they
had tried to get married In Mexico but
found that they had to live there six
months before they could be made man
and wife. The sword he carried, he
said, belonged to his father, who was
a great soldier in the Japanese war
and he thought a great deal of it. He
asserted he had been engaged to the
woman for three or four months and
that the ring she wore was one he had
given her.
Several letters were found on the Jap
which indicate Mrs. Hums was taking
the initiative in the strange Infatuation.
In one of them she accuses him of being
obstinate and of not wanting to get mar
ried. From the same letter it would ap
pear the Jap is a rather lazy creature
and doesn't want to work. She was urg
ing him to do something for two months,
when she had her mind set upon going
away and getting married, but insisted
that if he wouldn"t, she would have to
give it up and he could have the rest of
the money she was evidently keeping for
him.
In another letter, she says:
Dearest Harry: I am so astonished at you
I"- writing or phoning to me 1 think yoU
your me" 1 am orry you fo.t
lon ?? you wl" et another
ISST. Tou4 any money 1 wUl brln
m"-5n ihfTe Chinaman married a whit.
jm.an " re" a few days ago TVhv
don t you eo on to nro ...A. J,P?
Hlcome later. dearT T.n m. "n i
WOMAN WHO ELOPED WITH JAP LOVER
1 - N V.
- 'S . i 'Jy
- M m
, , VAX ' tVX
steih
yetting along, r was just upstairs to phone
o you but the line was busy. Yours, dearest,
" " - STELLA.
BOTH EMPLOYED AT HOTEL
Jap and White Woman Suffered for
Their Affection.
LOS ANGELES, Cal., March 23. (Spe
cial.) The news of the arrest In Portland
today of S. Matuoka and Mrs. Stella
Hums came as a surprise to acquaint
ances in Hollywood. They were both
employed at the Hollywood Hotel, the
woman as a waitress and "Tommy." as
the Jap was known, as a "bellhop."
Matuoka was discharged by the hotel
management about six weeks ago and
found employment with General Rob
ney a retired Army officer, but lost his
position again because of hia attentions
to Mrs. Hums, whom he met every day
and every night as soon as she was
through with her work at the hotel
When General Robney discharged him
he went to Los Angeles to see if: he
could obtain a license to marry a white
woman. Learning that he could not. he
disappeared, and the next day Mrs Hums
also disappeared. That was a month
ago. She went to San Francisco, where
she met Matuoka. and after staying there
about a week, went to Portland.
Mrs. Hums is 29 years old and has a
husband living in Seattle. She said while
here that she would not live with him
because he stole money from her.
ITALIAN STABBED IN FIGHT
Saloon Row Over Card Game Ijeads
to Drawing of Knives.
Alleged gambling with cards 'and a
quarrel over stakes led to a stabbing
affray shortly before midnight last
night at the Capital saloon, 374 Haw
thorne avenue, as a result of which
Paul Larme. an Italian laborer, who
works at the Inman-Poulson lumber
mill and lives at 285 East Third street
was seriously stabbed in the chest and
is now a patient in St. Vincent's Hos
pital. The police are looking for his
assailant, also an Italian.
PENDLETON, WANTS A GUN
Eastern Oregon Asks for Cannon
From Battleship Oregon.
PENDLETON, Or., March 23 (Spe
cial.) This city is out to secure one of
the guns now being removed from the
battleship Oregon. Formal application
has been made to the War Department
and a telegram was sent to the Oregon
delegation today, asking for co-operation
The message was signed by the Mayor"
president of the Commercial Association
and commanders of the G. A. R. and
Spanish War Veterans.
A Good Buy.
A n AiFht.rfvim hmiM ..(. ii .
- - " " ii a.11 uioa.-
pm fnrt v.n ipnrPB. fill! ha.o m nm
lot, on Twenty-fourth street, most desir-
aoie part otne city, can De had for J7750
This is literally dirt cheap. Geer & Mat!
toon. 4J6-8 ADingion DUllcung. Main 21S1."
Lc Angeles. Cal. According to a d!s-patv-h
from Indianapolis, ex-Vice-President
Fairbanks, accompanied by Mrs. Fairbanks,
nnil their daughter. Mrs. Tlmmons. left
Sunday for 'Pasadena, where, tt is reported
he ha purchased property.
Spring style shoes. Rosenthal's.
Use Wizard Carpet Cleaner. All dealers.
THE MORNING OREGOyiAN, WEDNESDAY, 3IABCH 24, 1909.
CAUSATION IH MIND
Professor Hering Lectures on
Christian Science.
MASONIC HALL CROWDED
Former Johns Hopkins Faculty Mem-
ber Talks on "Salvation," Show
ing It to Be Mental Process,
Subjugation of All Evil.
Professor Hermann S. Hering. a Chris
tian Science lecturer' of note, delivered
an address last night in the Masonic
" Sj
nrnxs.
Temple In which he ably expounded the
principles of Christian Science, the sub-
SLj? i?Le Iecture beinif "Christian
Science: The Science of Salvation "
Professor Hering was formerly a mem
ber of the faculty of Johns Hopkins TJni-
r"i .haS b6en a memb" of the
Christian Science denomination for the
past 16 years. In spite of the fact that
the lecture had been given in the after
noon, the Masonic hall was crowded last
night with those desiring enlightenment
regarding the teachings of this faith.
The speaker was introduced by Howard
C. Van Meter, first reader In the local
First Church of Christ, Scientist.
In his opening remarks Professor Her
ing dwelt upon salvation, its meaning
and importance and Its bearing on the
Individual. He pointed out that salvation
means the overcoming of evil, the mas
tery of the world; that it ia not worked
out until the individual's dominion over
matter is secure here or hereafter; and
that such dominion can obviously be at
tained only through effort. A knowledge
of Christian Science was, he said, fo be
the means of accomplishing that end.
Professor Hering'.s discourse was In
part as follows:
Must Understand Terms.
In addressing an intelligent audience
upon the subject of "Christian Science:
the Science of Salvation," It is well,
first of all, to reach a- mutual under
standing as to the meaning of the terms.
Science means exact, systematized, and
demonstrable knowledge of facts, laws
and cases, while according : to Smith's
Bible Dictionary, 6alvation means "de
liverance from temporal evils and earthly
destruction." 1n other words, deliverance
from evil.. Hence "The Science of Sal
vation" means in substance that demon
strable knowledge which affords deliver
ance from evil.
St. Paul admonishes us to work out
our own salvation with fear and tremb
ling. This Scriptural command means
far more than the common belief that
salvation Is assured by simply having
belief or faith in Jesus as the Son of
God. Such saving faith Is vitally neces
sary, but it is only the beginning of
our salvation its spiritual basis.
Then must follow the working out of
our deliverance from evil, our separation
from sin, from the bondage of this world,
from limitation, failure, sickness, disease,
death.
Salvation Mental Process.
In working out our salvation we must
first see that salvation ' or deliverance
from evil is a mental process, takes
place in mind; that it is a transforma
tion through mind and that it is both
ethical and philosophical.
The Bible declares that "to be carnally
minded is death; but to be spiritually
minded is life and peace."
Christian Science teaches that matter
and material existence are phenomena
of mortal mind, a concept of existence
obtained through the physical senses, a
misapprehension of reality held by
human consciousness when uninstructed
by Science, an appearance instead of an
actuality. It Is simply an imitation or
counterfeit.
Now it Is not the appearance but only
the original that has power, intelligence
and substance. The manifestation of
growth, action or being in matter is but
a material concept of spiritual facts.
When we recognize God as the only
Mind, the only cause. Truth is reflected
In consciousness and existence is har
monious. When we believe causation to
be material or in mortal mind, we put
our trust and dependence in a shadow
a false belief, and existence so-called is
discordant, . liable to disease, disaster,
death. In order to work out our salva
tion we therefore need to understand
causation.
The ordinary human concept of mind
is that which thinks, feels or wills, the
Intellect, or the activity of the brain.
When a
JACOBS-STINE COMPANY
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to
about the purchase of a lot in any of the
Jaeobs-Stine Company's property, he is work
ing as much for your interests as for his own.
The average Jacobs-Stine Company's salesman
has pointed the way to profit to more people
than any other class ' of men in the City of
Portland. He has his finger directed towards
success and merely asks you to look. At the
present time he is calling your attention, to
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THE
JACOBS-STINE
COMPANY
SALESMAN
is the advance agent of prosperity. He has
1 n - .
maae money lor your -friends, many of them,
and he is today in the same attitude that he
always has been, seeking an opportunity to
make money for you. Ignore the advice of one
of these salesmen and you blind yourself to the
future of Portland and your own interests.
You cannot sidestep the fact that you are living
in a city that is going forward at a vastly
greater momentum than any other municipality
on the American continent.
THE
MAN
WHO STANDS
BACK
is an obstacle to himself and blocking the way
for others. ,.The Jacobs-Stine salesman will take
you out to "WELLESLEY-ON-THE-HLLL
TODAY.. You may take it as a universal rule
that when any Jacobs-Stine salesman tells you
of an opportunity to buy property for sale by
that company, it is the soundest advice you can
listen to. Follow it for your own good. If
you have not much time to spare, we will take
you out in an auto. Call at our office.
IF IT WASN'T GOOD, WE WOULDN'T HANDLE IT
We JACOBS-STINE COMPANY
Largest Realty Oneratora is -
Christian Science reveals the fact that
Mind is divine principle, the infinite
Life, Truth, Love, omnipotent, omniscent.
omnipresent, the all-inclusive, eternal,
unchanging, all-wise being, the only
cause and creator.
Christian Science makes it clear that
material existence is not the manifesta
tion of this divine mind, but the phenom
enon of the counterfeit, called mortal
mind.
It Is this false concept of existence
that does all the wrong thinking; that
believes in sin, disease and death; that
claims there Is life and Intelligence In
matter.
The difference between the method of
healing through mental suggestion, or
hypnotism, and that of the divine Mind,
the Christ healing, must be clearly seen.
When the effort Is made to heal by
suggestion, the operator endeavors by
means of hypnotism to make the patient
believe that he is not sick. He attempts
to change the belief but the cause of
disease remaiifs and in time manifests
itself even in worse forms. The patient
is no better off, he has not risen in the
scale of being, he has no more manhood
or moral courage, and does not know any
more about God and his Christ than be
fore. Man Reflects Divine Mind.
The true Christian Scientist reflects
the divine mind, stands on the basis of
God. man and the universe as spirit and
spiritual, as love and its manifestation,
as mind and Its Ideas perfect and har
monious. Hence he understands the un
reality of matter and evil and knows that
man is not sick, but that the patient Is
simply suffering from a false mesmeric
belief. Prom that standpoint he pro
ceeds to correct the errors of belief with
the truth of being and thus establishes
harmony on a spiritual, scientific basis.
It is not to be wondered at. indeed, it
is inevitable, that Christian Scientists
should love Mrs. Eddy for having brought
to the world this science of salvation, the
true knowledge of God and man, the spir
itual understanding of the Holy Scrip
tures, which enables them to know them
selves and to demonstrate that "saving
faith" which alone leads to heaven.
Mrs. Eddy did not simply state her
discovery to the world: she first demon
strated it and then offered it as a demon
strable science for all mankind to profit
by. This science overcomes evil, by
giving a true knowledge of God and His
Christ; it enables all humanity to work
out their own salvation and reach that
pure consciousness which Jesus called
the "kingdom of heaven."
You
m. u.Hlt VUOSI
14S FIFTH STREET
STATE FH BOARD ELECTS
BABY SHOW WIMi BE SPECIAL
FEATURE THIS YEAR.
Editor Bennett, of Rabbltville, Is Se
cured as Judge Eastern
Visitors- Expected.
SALEM, Or., March 23. (Special.)
With a meeting of the State Board of
Agriculture held at the State House
today officers were elected for the en
suing year. J. Henry Booth, the new
member from Roseburg, was sworn In
by Secretary of State Benson. W. F.
Matlock, of Pendleton, was re-elected
president of the board; M. D. Wisdom,
of Portland, vice-president; A. Bush,
treasurer, and Frank A. Welch, secre
tary. Professor W. E. McElroy was
engaged as musical director of the 1909
fair.
The American Short Horn Breeders'
Association has offered a premium of
$760 cash for breeding rlnsne, of ahn
Horn and 1200 additional for exhibits
or steers. The Holstein, Percheron and
other registry associations will also of
fer special Inducements at this year's
fair. The sheep and goat breeders will
be In line also. An educational depart
ment along comprehensive lines will be
one of the features of the 1909 State
Fair.
Department officials were named by
the Board, as follows: Chief marshal
Representative Munkers, Albany- su
perintendent of livestock, George Gam
mie, Portland; art department. Mrs. W
N. Gatens, Portland; needlework de-
nartmnt fA-rm A r t-j
- n it, oaiem;
poultry department, James Dryden, Cor-
The Board Is planning a great baby
show for this year's fair and has
named Editor Bennett, of Rabbltville
as superintendent.
Tomorrow the Board will visit the
grounds to plan Improvements to be
made during the year.
Secretary Welch has assurances that
a large number of Eastern exhibitors
will come West by the Southern rout
to the A-Y-P Exposition at Seattle.
FARMERS ASK QUESTIONS
Much Interest Shown in Demonstra
tion Train in Palouse Country.
COLFAX. Waeh.. March 23.-The sec-
STt- SChJlule for the Washington
State College farm demonstration train
ft"! - & N- ,lnes was carr'ed out
to a letter. The weather was ideal. The
tra n visited Latah during the forenoon!
arriving at Fairfield about noon, where an
eleborate luncheon was served by the
Fairfield Commercial Club. A two-hour
stop was made at Tekoa, the train stop
ping for the night at Oakesdale
tbut 2W People heard the lectures
Monday and about the same number to
day. A. A. Elmore, organizer for the
Farmers' TJnion Joined the train at Col-
'"' a"d, !l f Vlng ,hriet ta,ks o" the
objects of that organization. The lectures
.ieCn P. by the colleSe Professors on
soli tillage. Improved seed, more and bet
ter livestock and about the same, but
bring out various questions from the
farmers who are not backward about
asking questions and differing In opinions
Professors McDonald and Olson attract
mtifch attention in their lectures by illus
trating their lectures as the stock Is
brought from the stockcar into the lecture
platform of the adjoining flatcar. The
exhibit and lectures by Professor C W
Lawrence, state cerealist, on the improved
wheats at the experiment station, showing
the many crosses which are being made
to obtain an acclimated Winter and
STine wneat- te attracting much interest.
The demand for the Beed peas given out
In 30-pound packages by the O. R. & N
Company is much larger than expected
Only ten sacks are left at each stop, with
Instructions how to plant and cultivate.
Great interest is shown in the boys' corn
growing contest, and many young men
under 18 years have registered and re
ceived enough corn to plant one-fourth
acre each. Prizes aggregate $MO have
been offered. The schedule for Wednes
day Is Thornton, St. John. Winon and
Bndicott.
HlKginsvllle. Mo. J. R. McCormick. S5
years of age, a veteran of the Mexican and
Civil Wars, died at the Confederate Home
here yestsrday. as the result of a fist blow
dealt by Jim Cummings. a follower of the
noted train and bank robbers, the James
and Tounger boys. In the days of their
maraudings.
Pumps that fit at Rosenthal's.
11
ET !JstUA saW jK i all IIIM i
Prom what sources
are the wealthiest men
of the Northwest deriv
ing their greatest prof
its today? We may
differ on the answer to
this question. We are
certain, however, both
you and ourselves, that
the safest, largest and
steadiest income in
Portland is from
money wisely invest
ed in improved Port
land real estate. Two
and three-story apart
ment houses upon
valuable property yield
as large as 10 per cent
and more. Store and of
fice buildings on down
town corners yield even
greater - earnings. The
better the corner, the
bigger the income. Who
is the man that can say
that there is a better
available business site
-in the City of Portland
than the Northwest cor
ner of Fourth and Al
der streets? Who is
the man that would not,
if he could, own that
corner, providing it had
a first-class office
building upon it? By
the same logic, there
fore, why should not
the man with $100,
$500, $1000 or $5000 be
willing and anxious to
become a part owner in
such a building? He is
willing, but he has
never had an opportu
nity. Today this com
pany offers him that
opportunity. He may
invest in the Profit-Sharing
Unit Bonds
of MULTNOMAH
TRUST BUILDING
NO. 1 any amount of
money he has or can
obtain, with the assur
ance that he will receive
in return an average of
9 per cent on that
money for nearly thirty
years, receive his money
back, together with his
share of a large accu
mulated surplus invest
ed during that period.
This is a proposition for
the small man, the man
of medium means and
the capitalist. All are
given an equal chance
and will share alike in
the returns. Full in
formation will be given
upon application at our
office.
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