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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.
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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
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