15 TIIE SIOIIXTXG OltEGOXTATf. TUESDAY, 3TAY 23. 1911. MERCHANT PRINCE OF CHINA TALKS Oriental Agent of Portland Firm Says Far East Progresses. SILVER PRICES IMPORTANT Quan Hal Saya Good Crops In India Booet Money. Which Ciqk De mand for Wbnl and Flour From AnwrVra. China's frit era aa a united nation of power and strength, with a fin a patri otic spirit, was pictured In good Em 11I urma by Quon Kal. a Chlovse visiting 1'ortlaad aa tha guest of tha Portland flouring Sillls. whose repre sentative fca la In the Orient. Mr. Kal. a remarkably Intelligent, broad-minded man. la accompanied by Ala aoa and two nrpnewa, wno will ra wiaia la tola country to ba educated. Tfcey will attend achool In f'ortland and live wltn Moy Hack Hin, Chinese Consul. Tfce aoa brought over oa thla trip la tna third wnom fca has atartad upon a couraa of aducatlon In thla country. Kal has four wiaa and If children. -We hare a peculiar custom In China and I am well aware of the fact that In thla country you do not follow tha lira which wa do In thla respect, but It la a custom with our people which wa bare followed for many centunea: that la. tha perpetuation of aur names. Hy flrat wife waa the mother of only glrta and to carry tha name It waa necessary to cave a boy. ao sha Insisted that I take another wife and be the father of a boy to carry tha name of Kai en to posterity. Had I had a boy by my first wife there would havs been Be necelty for taking; another wife." It I- Kai'a belief trat China la rap Id'T forging ahead aa a nation and It will not belonc before aha takaa her place amone; tha nations of tha world, ao that ana will ba recognised at her true worth. Practical Advance Rapid. -China la advancing rapidly." aald KaL "Wa haa assemblies In tha prov inces, with lerlsiatlve powera and Uov arnora who. though appointed, are re eoonslve to tha wlshea of tha people. Tha fact of tha matter la China la ba mmlnt rapld y Westernised. Wa have peon absorbing your philosophy, your doctrines of government and have been educating our youtn under your atara and atrlpea. There ara many younc men In China who know all about tha life of Washington and Lincoln and all f your patrlota of tha revolutionary period. Wa are moving toward a uni fication of national aplrit ao that wa can ba a united country with only ona abject. Theea leglslatlva assemblies In tha various provinces meet annually, paaa their laws, bava their chairmen and act and do Just tha eama aa your legiela tlva aesembllea. -The Chinese eongres or national as sembly already haa Its annual msettngs. but does not have power to pass lawa and will n.t acquire that authority for four or five years. It will ba produc tive of new statesmen and new con - 0 it ions and out of these will (row a new China which will be accepted by tha world aa part and parcel of tha anarch of ever Is, 1 received from Mr. Wit cox tha Ile. f At collected by fr. Ben flailing for tha relief of tha Chinese In tha famine dis tricts. Ton know I am not a atranaar to Portland and have many old-tlma frtende la thla part of tha world. Mr flrt visit to Portland waa made In lftTs. It waa a very email town then and I came up from San Francisco by toal So when I received tha money raised by tha people of Portland and Oregon t waa anilous to do tha right thins;. I Inquired by cable aa to what cUspoaltion tha people wanted to ba tnarie of the money. and tha reply cams at one that I waa o uso my own Judgment. So I con verted the money Into Mexican Oliver and sent Mexloan dollara to tha viceroy of Canton and U.000 to tha Vlrerer of Ngaa WheL tributary to tha ity of Shanghai. Hera It waa turned ver to the Imperial committee, ap pointed by tha emperor to relieve tha l j trees of tha pour people. Two Caosoa of Famine. "Thla committee bought tha flour and tha rlca and all neoeesary artlclee to save tha people from starvation. Tha famine districts which were affected most were the Kwung Tuns;. In South China and tha Nsan WhM In North China. It la a strange fact that In North China tha famine waa due to floods and In South China due to drouth caualnc a failure of the crops. Tha poverty waa not felt until last Novem ber and now that Spring la advanced so that vegetables ara In tha market there ta some relief: but many still suiter. "Business conditions In China ara Improving and the sale of flour In whtrh 1 am largely engaged la growing. In dia haa a g od crop and atranga aa It mar seem that means a good deal to us. for It will mean a demand for sli ver and allver will aro np In price. There r two elements to the floor situation which we conel.ier aa vital and these are tha price of allver and tha price of "If She price of allver la high It means Its purchas-lng power has gone tip and If the price of wheat la low In America It meana cheap flour and that fe what we have got to have In China If we sell anv. The flour can easily get too high for the conaumtng classes, the boycott had some effect sometime ago but wa have largely overcome that. America China' Ideal. -The business man of China llkea America. t la his Ideal and for thla country he has the best of feeling but your Immigration laa are Irritating and humiliating, to the Chinese of In telligence. New I have visited thla country, lived In It and I grew up In It. I came to Sn Francisco from Can ton In 1174 and went to school there. In ISli 1 went Into business In San ymnclsco and have three stores there at the present time. I was the nrst man to start stores In Guatemala. San Salvador and Nlcaraugua and stlli have these stores. I waa here yeara ao and have represented the Portland Flouring klllls fos many year Tet when I landed In Pan Francisco had It not been for J. W. tranong. of Portland. I would not have been enabled to come ashore until I had established the fact that I waa en titled to land by a aeries of affidavits. Aa It was Mr. C.anong made an affidavit and looked after the Custom Houea officla.a until I was aabore. Vht Chlni objects ta Is the humiliation which la placed upon responalble citl aens of the Chines empire. Were It net for this the best of feeling would prevail. Chinee Mould Be FrlcniN. "Throughout the empire thai la a strong daslra to cultivate tha friend ship of America tor tha sola reason that wa feel America baa no desire to taka part of our eoli. All other coun tries aeea to have a etrong purpose of grabbing soma part of tha Chinese em pire. Wa have had notable aaamplea in the paat and during the entire ex istence of tha period aince the opening of tha empire to commerce there baa been a constant struggle by foreign nations to grab the land. For thla rea son China feels thst America la her friend and we would be the happiest pair upon the earth If wa could only get a little better treatment under your Immigration lawa" Vtuaa Kal baa a silk factory In Hong kong and la connected with the Pacific Mall and tha Portland et Asiatic Steam ship Companies. He la aald to be worth many hundreds of thousands of dollara. He will remain In Portland until after June 1. awaiting the return of T. B. Wilcox from tha East. PASTOR WARMS ELECTORS Ir. Hlnson Tell Congregation to Beware of "Gran" Candidate. "If yoo atand for Immorality and drunkenness and graft and a wide open town, there are soma man aeaklng your votea who will vole your will." said rr. Walter B. Hlnson. la hie ser mon at tha White Temple laat night, -but If yon would have Portland th kind of city that shall shins as a bea- CHVER MEBfHttT VIMT9 f portuo associates. '' .1' .-.. 1 sss KaL con light In the Northwest you know some candidates In thla municipal elec tion agalaat whom you ahould vote and speak and work. "Portland may need a great many things, but Just now It needs a Mayor." continued th speaker, "a Mayor who la lord of all 'neath his own hat: and not soma caricature of a man, who la owned and controlled by tha enemies of true prosperity and tha foea of man. "We need a city government that will take our police force out of polttlca, or lake po'ltlce out of tha police, a govern ment that will regard aa a sacred trust ths rights of all. regardless of class dis tinction, or party, or clique affiliation, a government that Is self-reliant, consis tent with the Ideaia of a twentieth cen tury civilisation, and free to Its last analysis of sny entanglement with capi tal, or labor, east end. er wast end. north or south. " 'For God's saks do eomrthlng. la engraved oa the title page of a modern book. Wa need to heed the adage. And here In Portland we need to bestir our seleva and make of our fair city a real city of Ood. In which th children of men can live tha highest Ufa possible to mortal For her great evlle exist, and flanutlng themseleves In th day light. "Men aeeklng position, honor and trust ara hand In glove with these force of Iniquity, and no duty la dla rharged by Indifference at a ttma Ilka this. Tha hosts of th dark are grouped Into a menaceful unanimity. let the children of the light be e Last aa wis aa ara tha legions of hell. Your representative la th man you choos to reprssant yoo." SONG CAPTURED PARIS Mary Garden Sing. Great Aria That Made Her Favorite Star at Opera Comlque. The great soprano aria from Char pentlefe "Louise." which ao captivated Paris that Mary Garden la now tha most popular atar of tha Opera Com lque. la carrying audiences by storm wherover Mary Oarden ar-paars on her present tour. The Charlotte Dally Ob server save: "Tha audience listened enraptured. This great aria occurs at the opening of th third act. Louise and ber bridegroom Jullen are In th midst of their honeymoon. It la from a heart too full of bliss beyond wild est dresm that the great vocal de scription of the height of purely hu man happlnesa Issues. Over and over again during the number the strain of overwhelming torrential happiness Is heard. There can be no wonder that Miss flarden. when sl-e substituted In this great role In Paris, sprang at once to the first rank almost at a single performance." Mary Garden will sing this beautiful aria at her Portland concert at the Armory Saturday night. June 3. H th In anl out-of-town ordera for seats are now bring received by Lois Stecrs Wynn Coman. under whose direction she appears. Regular seat sale opens at Sherman-Cay's Wednesday. May SI. at 1 A. M. " AUTO SPEEDERS PAY FINES Two Caught Sunday Penalised ?c!3 Fach by Court. Sunday apeedera made their appear ance In Municipal Court yesterday. In i recognition inw dr In many weeks, and pleaded guilty ' . . I.-.. S 'l mrnrt h of a f2uv 10 raina ' T. Ketcheson compromised the arrest ing officer's charge that be waa going 0 miles and hour by confessing to SS and paying at the rata of a dollar a mile. He was captured at Kast Twenty eighth and Froadway streets. Pr. J. A. Petit was another victim etppped by Patrolman Evan to whom he asserted that he was answering the csUl of a patient and that a woman In tli car with Mm was a nurse. Judge Taxwell expressed dis satisfaction with tha explanation, and ordered Evans to bring ths physician into court to repeat his excue nnder oath. tdJte McAIIen turned a corner too quickly and waa lined til for reckless driving. Now Is th t'm to get rid of yoor rheumatism. Tou will find Chamber lain's Unlment wonderfully effectlv ine spplicatloa will convlnre you of Ha merit Try It. For aala by all dealer " m m K-vuia:loa e'4 rss.s. with crooked j. . . a '- hems esr-l-d by some of Nsw Uveas u:tia-es' BIG LEASE TAKEN John S. Beall to Build at Wash ington and Fourth. EIGHT STORIES PLANNED Merclianle' National Bank to Be Quartered la Structure to Rise at Once & 0-Year Grant Ob tained Foundation Ready. Leased for years to John 8. Be all. the lot at th northeast corner of Fourth and Washington streets will be the alt of an alght-story office building which will ba constructed with the least pos sible delay. The ground floor haa ben subleaaed for SO years to th Merchants National Bank, and It Is expected that tha building will b completed In time for th bank to occupy lta new quarters by December 1 next. The ground la owned by Mr Carolina A Trimble, and waa th subject of a leas to a syndicate of Portland men styled ths Association of Business Prop erty Owners, which undertook last Janu ary, with Inadequate financial backing, to erect a 11-story building. After th frame bulldlnga on th lot had been removed and a basement excavated the syndicate ran Into financial shoals and was ousted by th owner. Elne than abortive at tempts have been made by other syndi cates to taka up tha lease and carry out th building plan but all found tha Job too big until Mr. Beall became In terested. George U. Durham negotiated th deal. Foundation I Ready. Mr. Beall haa ample financial backing and la prepared to go ahead with tha building aa soon as preliminary arrange menta auch aa drawing plana and letting th contract can be attended to. About, ona month will b saved because ex cellent foundation and basement walla have been constructed. Ths foundation footings were eetabllshed In a firm bed of gravel in a strong binding formation B fret below tie street level. Tha base ment Is U feet deep In th clear. The lot haa a frontage of 100 feet on Washington street and V feet on Fourth. The ground rental will be 10 a month for tha Orat 2U years and VfM a month for tha remaining 1 yeara of tha lease The total amount of rent to be paid In the SO yeara duration of tha leaaa la fenr.oci. It ta also provided that tha building to be erected shall cost not lass than lAOuO. and shall revert to th owner of tha property at th expiration of th term. Although the leas require tha expen diture of only e.flro on th building. Mr. Beall said yesterday that th struc ture would be of ateel-frame fireproof construction, and would coat from J1S.0OO to navx. Handsome Building; Contemplated. "It la my Intention to put np a build ing that will ba an ornament." said Mr. Beall. "The bank quarters sre to be finished and furnished splendidly. Far ther than that, plana for th building hav not been worked out." Mr. Beall la president and general man ager of Beall t Co.. dealers lln contrac tors' Implements and machinery, and la a director of th Merchants' National Bank. Tha upper floors of th building from th second to the eighth are to be de voted to office purpose. It Is understood that a safety depoelt company la nego tiating for quarters In th basement, where vaulta may b constructed aa aa Integral part of tha building. He mora I of th Merchants' National to the new location means th taking up of the entire block between Third and Fourth streets on the north side of Weshlngton with hanking quarter The Ladd A Tilton Bank removed several monthe ago to lta new location at the northwest corner of Third and Washing ton, lta space extending to the entrance of the Ppaldtng building In the middle of the block. At the next dlrectora meeting. Msy Sft. tha Merchants' National will Increase Its rspttal stock from S0.Cm0 to SJ0.0io. The Increas ha not been voud upon formally. but oplniona hav been ob tained from enough atockholdera to In sure that the proposal will be carried. QUEEN RACE EXCITING Mlo Gtadyg Forrest Make Lap in Mount Soott Contest. Miss Gladys Korrsst was the sensation In th voting for Queen In th Mount Pcott Boss Festival contest. She polled ISO votes and took second position. Jumping over two candidates from tha vot Baturdsy night- - Another gainer In th contest waa Mr Nellie btar. who went from seventh to fourth posl- 'I'lucII Berry maintained her position at the top of the list by a substantial majority. Mlea White mad a big gain of 116 votea. but the vote cast tor Miss Forrest placed Miss Forrest one notch ahead of the candidal from St.warta station, by a majority of five. Miss White has many friends who are work ing hard for her and she may b ex pected to make a sensational mov at '"rhe'others to make good gains were Miss Bane and Miss Langguth. Several new candidates have bn .n"r the contest, but at present the fight seema to be between tha first seven err eight csndldates. although there Is no telling when something may be heard from thos. down in the lower end of tkTh"vot at o'clock last night: l.uclle Perry o;Hi forrest Me I.- White T Veins Starr ,'.,, rorinne Bane . . - .'.n jDs.phlne l-anssuth c;ertn.!e Nelson Tay Sechrlst M Bertha Newman ft, lavsrna "charts 'n Krira James ljft F-.lna Vs.l'rs - ... tlstlle Hrandt 7,. Hilda Bormaa I,cy Lioyd ' Marsle Dustla $23,000 IS PAp FOR LAND J. M. Acheeon Boy" Quarter Block at Twentv-Flrst and Gllsan. J. M. Acheson bought the quarter block at the southeast corner of Twen-tv-ftrst vnd Gllsan streets yesterday from Herbert Marx, executor of the es tate of Sarah F. Wisdom, for :.00O. The ground Is occupied by two fram build ing , , 'l hsv not reached any determina tion with regard to Improving the prop erty." aald Mr. Acheson. "That location la th center of a local business district, snd It Is also in a section built up with many apartment-houses. It would be an excellent site for a building with atores on the first floor and apartments above." Trad of the fnted States with aoa-con- t .iou. t.rr'tory In ll reached a total of iv.r t'fls 0 0 aa lncre.se of roundlv ISS p.r cent over : ths Bret vear tor SJhlc Caurss are aveltabi I0E CAMPAIGN WAGED CAR COMPACT PKIXTS EDITORI ALS OX TRANSFERS. "No-fat-No-Farw" Ordinance Op posed In Pointed Paragraphs Clian-red Dally. - m n.ii . a ...it untlmAnt ill Ml vuv. . w . against tha proposed "no-ssat-no-fara ordinaries wincn win u.hi.w ... tha voters at tha comlna; suction, tha . - t 1 1 . T l.ht Jir Tnwr Company will have printed on tha bmr. of lta tranafera each flay original and aonvlncinsT pnrasea cmicuiaica w --'-" ths public eye and at the aame time n argument for tha impracti cability of tha scheme. Tha aloaan on transiera mat win w i .. . . . ill k. "If .mi and vour wife want to take the Vame car and but ona seat Is vacant, you can take that she can come along in ma nwi car. Tomorrow It will be: "How would tha people attending the baseball games rat homer' On Thursday: Apply the ....-rn.rM' nronoaltlon to your own buslneaa. Could you. furnish enoufth help to Keep pairona imm wait ing; at all tlmeer On Friday this will greet streetcar patrons: "Would this (meaning the proposed ordlnsnce) be unreasonable for a department storeT If so why is It not unreasonable as It stands?" Officials of the compny declare that -v- -.. ...... n. it.. nrnnnMAd measure virtually will demoralise their bualness. According to IIS provieiona no uno wn. be allowed to enter a car if no seat la vacant. "It Is not a no-saet-no-tare orai nance." said F. W. Hild. general mana ger, yesisraay. 11 ..v.-..... ...... measure. A trsveler will not ba able to enter a car and stand even If he . .1 1.1 n. Mrmllt.' IA wania iu. . . " ' ' - - - - - take him aboard unless 'a aeat is pro- ... . . i . . . I kl . n f ii.nl.t. V I (J . 0 . 11 la inijJvjtBiutr . " ' - - enough cars to accommodate everyone with a seat at rush hours and patrons of our llnaa do not expect or want ua to." JUDGE TAZWELL PRODDED Liquor Lk-ens Committee of Council- Asserts Court Is Derelict. Municipal Judge Tsswell hss not compiled with the law In regard to reporting Tlolattons of the model liquor ordlnsnce. according to statements roads at the meeting yesterdsy after noon of ths liquor license committee of the City Council. Upon motion of Councilman Cellara. License Inspector Hutchinson was Instructed to write to ths court and aak him again to report. Inspector Hutchinson, when asked who Is to report vlolatlona. explained that tha Municipal Judge la directed to do so. under tha provisions of the iNRW STEEt TO INAUGURATION DAY CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE & PUGET SOUND RY. In Connection With the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Ry. TACOMA - SEATTLE . AND MINNEAPOLIS - ST. PAUL - CHICAGO Two New All-Steel Trains Completely Electric Lighted The Criywaing Achievement of the Car-Bunders' Art for Safety and Luxury THE ."OLYMPIAN" THE ''COLUMBIAN" DAILY Leave Tacoma Leave Seattle ........ Leave Butte Leave Miles City Arrive Minneapolis ... Arrive St. Paul Arrive Milwaukee Arrive Chicago THE NEW model liquor ordinance. Ha said that he wrote to Judge Taswell immediately after the pasaage of this law. Inform ing him of Its contents and requesting him to report all violations of Its pro visions to the committee without delay. There have been a good many viola tions since April U upon which date w. mAni Ar'inftn'et went Into effect- Owing to the fact that It contains pro visions making licenses forfeited upon conviction of a saloonkeeper for cer tain offenses. It Js regarded by mem bars of the committee as of great Im portance that all violations suouiu u promptly reported to them. BARTENDER FORFEITS BAIL Man Charged With Selling Liquor on Sunday Doesn't Appear. Jack Dalley. bartender for Frank ... . . ... . .nn-- in Vnn'rinal Court aim iw, urn hit. "- ; - - yesterday to answer to a charge of sell ing lrquor on Sunday, and hla ball of $100 was forfeited. Patrolman Taft re ported that he naa no oimrauj : . V. I . b-v In Vlnfo's saloon. ing a naaa. ui " ......... ... -- - - which was crowded, the bar being fenced . . . - . v. n .v.- nraAtlce of I ne police . . . nutting a acreen around bars and leaving . Wllllanl MUTTtl tne places open mr g Bulletin r. tS Today is the anniversary of the execntion of Cap- t, V J tain Kidd, the lamons iii THE EAST Monday, May 29th WILL OPEN ITS LINE FOR Through Passenger BETWEEN DAILY Leave Tacoma Leave Seattle Leave Butte Leave Miles City Arrive Minneapolis . .. Arrive St. Paul Arrive Milwaukee Arrive Chicago ..7:30 A. M. ..9:00 A.M. ..9:44 A.M. ..10:57 P.M. ...9:00 P.M. ...9:45 P.M. ..8:15 A.M. .10:30 A.M Travel Over the SMOOTHEST and FINEST Rail- way in America ' For Tickets, Reservations, Pares and Train Connections from Portland, Apply to J. B. VEITCH, District Frt. and Passenger Agent, Railway Exchange Bldg Portland GEORGE W. HIBBARD, General Passenger Agent. R. M. CALKINS, Traffic Manager. LINE IS THE SHORT LINE and aoft drink shops Is one of the rrfost common subterfuges for violating the Sunday closing law. and steps aro being considered to break up the practice. The wording of the new model liquor ordi nance, they say, gives thera the power to close the places. The ordinance says: "No intoxicating liquors shall be sold or In any manner disposed of (specifying the hours of closing), and It shall be unlawful to keep open or unlocked any doors or passageway to any saloon or barroom." Laborer Killed bj Electric Car. While walking on the tracks of the United Railways, a half-mile thla side of LJnnton yesterday. Joseph Koskela, deafened by the noise of a train on the adjacent Northern Pacific tracks, was run down by an electric car and Instant ly killed. His body was dragged 125 feet before the car was brought to a stop. The motorman sounded his whis tle, but Koskela could not hear It on account of the noise of the steam train. An inquest will be held by the Coroner today to determine the responsibility. Koskela was on his way to his work at the plant of the Western Oregon Lumber Company when the accident happened. He was about 45 years old and lived In Linnton. where he left a wife and six children. May 23rd. pirate, in iui. Liifgrrn si.ii Ti m ii i -a iO&d&t? Service ...5:45 P.M. ...7:15 P.M. ...8:40 P.M. ..11:04 A.M. ...8:45 A.M. ,..9:30 A.M. ...8:00 P.M. ..10:15 P.M. Jcsurpilca to puritjr With Uncle Sara at tie helm, there can't be i any variations in the whiskey whose making he guides he steers a straight course to purity, full measure and perfect -aging. The little, green stamp is proof oi his pilotage you'll find it over the cork of every bottle of ' tlhorl old Bottled In Bond aOTUCHILD BK08 Dlalribtttors Portlaadt Oregoa. When nothing else will start dirt You KNOW SAPOLIO WILL DO IT' Works Without Waste CLEANS-SC0URS-P0LLSHES rwo