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PORTLAND, OREGON, WEDNESDAY. MAY 21, 1913.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
JAPAN ASSURED OF
FRIENDLY FEELING
American Charge De
livers Message.
BRYAN, ALSO, IS PACIFIC
Administration Now Awaiting
Action of Tokio.
PEACE ELEMENTS WORKING
Visit of Jnpanene Statesmen to Call
fornla May Bo of Benefit In
Enlightening Countrymen
at Home.
WAPHTXGTOr. May 20. Interest In
the negotiation between the United
6tatea and Japan over the California
land legislation has shifted from Wash
ington to Tokio. The American Gov
eminent, having delivered lt reply to
the Japanese protest. Is awaiting the
new step of Japan and the situation
was not even mentioned at today's Cab
inet meeting.
Tokio Receive Asanraarea.
In official circles It is regarded ai
significant of the desire of the Ad
ministration to convince the Japanese
covernment of Its purpose to do every
thing possible to maintain the best of
relations that American Charge Dai ley
Blanchard has called on the Foreign
Minister at Tokio to assure him of the
determination of the United States to
find a friendly and satisfactory solu
tion of the present Issue. Secretary
Bryan already has given such assur
ances verbally to Viscount Chlnda.
It Is believed here that the visit to
California of the Japanese statesmen,
Ebara and Hattorl, representing both
of the great political parties of Japan
will be of benefit, as they will be able
to enlighten their people at home as
to the conditions In, California affecting
Japanese residents.
Peace Iafluearee at Work.
Other Influences are working In the
same direction, and the Japanese-American
Society in Tokio Is sending 'one of
1? trusted members to f's country,
charged with personal messages to
prominent Americana, calculated to re
lieve friction between the two countries.
Mean-while, resting secure In the be
lief that nothing more can be done by
them until the next word comes from
Japan, the President and Secretary Bry
an apparently have discharged their
minds from the consideration of the
subject.
JAPANESE HOXOJl AT STAKE
Tokio Conservatives Son Echo De
mand for Equal Treatment.
TOKIO. May 20. Efforts of the
Japanese government are concentrated
at present on pacifying public opinion,
but the task is regarded in many quar
ters as a more difficult one than at
the time of the California school con
troversy. Since the death of the old Japanese
Emperor, the authirlty of the govern
ment has steadily diminished In resist
ing the growing Influence of public
opinion and the spirit of democracy is
augmenting throughout the Empire
Arthur Ballly-Blanchard. secretary
of the United States Embassy, visited
Baron Muklno, the Japanese Foreign
Minister, today and reiterated the de
termination of the United States Gov
ernment to exert every effort in order
to find a friendly and satisfactory so
lution of the question. He emphasized
the fact that It was a California, and
not an American question and thanked
the Japanese Government for its
friendliness and for its attempts to
restrain the excitable public opinion
of Japan.
It is generally believed in govern
ment circles that Washington will find
a solution of the problem, but the more
conservative elements in Japan are
now echoing the public agitation for
equal treatment of the Japanese. They
declare that the racial issue, which it
Is contended is involved and the steady
recurrence of anti-Japanese bills In
California should receive "basic cur,a
tlve treatment." .
A prominent official said today:
"The Japanese people feel that their
national honor Is involved. The pres
ent question will be solved peacefully.
but what is needed to assure the per
manence of our traditional friendship
Is a change of heart in some Amerl
cans toward the Japanese."
TACOMA JOINS PORTLAND
FAT WOMAN FINDS
IT BAD TO BE ILL
AMBtLAXCE TOO SMALL AXD
STRETCHER TOO FRAGILE.
Hospital Bed Not Strong Enough Af
ter Eight Men Have Helped
Patient on Her Way.
rHipr.n Vir 20. Marv Perry, 4
years old, professional "fat woman,
exhibiting at a Chicago amusemen
park, suddenly became ill from blood
poisoning tonight and was taken to
the County Hospital after a series of
Ah.f..i.a KiH h,n overcome. lc
weighs 600 pounds.
The ambulance of the Sheffield
nue Dolice station responded to the call
of the amusement park employes but
ih. .hl.u m-n a fonnd too small for
Miss Perry's avoirdupois and the patrol
WftM 111 bstltuted. Then the
.i..t.h.r u.-a found too fragile and
it was strengthened by heavy timbers
Breathing heavily, five policemen ana
three park attendants placed her in the
natrol wagon.
At the hospital no bed strong enougn
to support her could be found and two
were placed together and sypponeo
with chairs.
Attending physiolans after examin
ing the patient expressed the opinion
she would recover.
SCHOOLBOY PLAYS ROMEO
Elopement Planned by Seattle Lad
Gains Him Fair Jnllet.
SEATTLE, Wash.. May 20. (Special.)
Cecil Coapes, 21 years old, and Ida
Watson. 19, both of Queen Anne .High
School, now are Mr. and Mrs. Coapes,
s the result of a successful elopment
nirineered by the young swain last
Friday, the first step in which was a
surreptitious assembling and removal
f the bride-elect's luggage from tne
Watson residence in tne pre-sunnso
period Friday morning. It was not un
til today that friends were let Into the
secret.
Young Coapes slunk in the shadows
beneath the ledge of his sweeinean s
window, Romeo-llke, and deftly caught
the suitcases his fair Juliet gently
dropped. License Bureau Clerk Claude
Gage said they could obtain licenses all
right if they had proper witnesses.
Coapes grlnnlngly waved to a young
chum-conspirator and the precious doc-
ments soon were In hand. Then fol
lowed in quick succession a visit to the
mlnlete. s, a quiet-little wedding feast
d a start for the honeymoon trip. Mr.
nd Mrs. Watson were duly notified
after it was all over. They were rather
taken aback, but refused to become agi
tated, for they approve hlgh.y of Mr,
Coapes.
UNIOR FLUNK DAYTAME
Aide From Few Kidnapings and
TIeups Programme Carried Out.
OREGON AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE.
Corvallis, Slay 20. (Special.) "Junior
Hunk day." the annual occasion on
which the third-year students of Ore
gon Agricultural College observe the
traditional custom of flunking their
essons to serve the institution as
unkies on the campus and practice
the tonsorlal arts on seniors who make
themselves too conspicuous was cele
brated in artistic fashion last night
nd today.
The flunkers limited their campus
mprovement this year to decorating
the trees with class colors and flying
their banner from the administration
building. Aside from a few kidnaping j
and tleups which delayed the astern-
ling of the Junior picnic party and
their start to the grounds, the Junior
programme was carried out with little
ariation.
FIGHT Of HARRIS
IS COM
mm
Agreement Averts Sen
ate Filibuster.
REPUBLICANS ALLOW VOTE
Date, However, Is Set as June
25, After Conference.
CONFIRMATION TO FOLLOW
Democrats Admitted to Have Neces
fcary Votes Guthrie Confirmed
as Ambassador to Japan.
Postmasters Chosen.
Sound City's Commercial Clubs Drop
From Pacific Coast Union.
TACOMA. Wash., May 20. (Special.)
Trustees of the Tacoma Commercial
Ciub and Chamber of Commerce at a
meeting today formally decided to
withdraw Tacoma from membership In
the Associated Chambers of Commerce
of the Pacific Coast.
Failure of the California members
of the association to aid in lifting the
Ban Francisco embargo on finished, fir
lumber is the cause of the breach.
The Portland Chamber of Commerce
baa already given up Its' membership
and it Is understood Spokane Is con
sidering the advisability of withdraw
ing. Seattle is reported aa opposing the
HOUSANDS TO EMIGRATE
Pioneer Steamship Man Says Rush
Will Follow Canal Opening.
SEATTLE, Wash., May 20. (Special.)
Tens of thousands of the most thrifty,
intelligent and Industrious people of
Scandinavian countries are preparing
to emigrate directly to the Northwest
and Puget Sound, when the Panama
Canal Is opened," said Captain John L
Anderson, pioneer steamship man, to
day who returned yesterday from a
three months' business trip In Europe.
Captain Anderson emphasized th
fact that $4,000,000 had already been
subscribed by Swedish and other capi
talists to establish a direct line of
modern steamships between Scandi
navian ports and Seattle via the Pana
ma Canal to handle this traffic He
said it was Impossible to describe the
enormous proportions of the emigra
tion movement of the people of the
north as Its ramifications extend every,
where over Scandinavia.
WASHINGTON', May 2Q. Senators
who were looking forward to a discus
slon of census taking from days of
Babylon to the present were disap
pointed tonight when the promised
fight over the confirmation of W. J.
Harris, of Georgia, aa director of the
census, succeeding E. Dana Durand,
waa submitted to arbitration and an
agreement was made to vote on It June
26.
Senator Burton had announced his
Intention to Inform his colleagues on
census taking as a fine art, and had
piled the space under his desk with an
cient and modern records. Other Re
publicans who opposed the confirmation
of Harris were primed with figures and
facts, and they looked forward to an
Indefinitely prolonged, merry war.
Compromise Date Frowned On.
The Republicans had insisted 'at
Harris be not confirmed before July '.
and offers of a compromise on June 1
ad been frowned on. The agreement
for a vote June 25 was reached only
after it became apparent that those op
posed to confirmation at this time were
prepared to take advantage of the Sen
ate rules and keep talking as long as
the Senate remained in session.
No charges ever have been filed
against Harris, and since a voting ar
rangement has been made he probably
will be approved, for the Democrats
have plenty of votes to confirm his
nomination.
In the two hours' executive session
tonight the Senate confirmed the nom
inations of several score postmasters
and other officials, including George W. j
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weathen
iJSDTERDArs Maximum temperature, 71
aogrees; minimum. Its degrees.
TODAY'S Fair; northwesterly winds.
Foreign.
Henry If. Flagler dead, pare 4.
uenocal Inaugurated President of Cuba.
fag a o.
Indemnity of 2.000,000 francs demanded of
xuraey. fage a.
National.
Single tax advocate to be Assistant Secre
tary or ittDor. page 2.
oonme minority prepares to orrar many
mrm amendments, page a.
Administration reassures Japan of friendly
leenng. .rage j.
Fight on Director of Census Harris is com
promised.. Fags 1.
Domestic.
Portland ad men's burlesque on Japanese
situation takes Governor Johnson by
surprise, page s.
m.ness in "aynamite conspiracy" says un
dertaker told him head ot woolen com
pany was in plot. Page 2.
Professional fat woman's journey to hospt
tai oeset witn trials, page 1.
Charles M. Echwab admits existence ot steel
pools. Page 3.
Pacific Northwest.
First Japanese Women's Club organised at
Seattle, page 1.
Crowds gather at Roseburg for Strawberry
festival, page 7.
Home Telephone Company has J. C. Ains
oerry reieasea on luuo ball. Page 6.
Ten graduates of University of Oregon will
Decomo scnooi teacners. page 0.
Gaylord McOanlel and stepmother, Mrs. Pocn
on trial for murder. Page 4.
Snakeup in city government In Spokano
near, page i.
Sport.
Pacific Coast League xesuits: Portland 4,
Venice 3; Oakland S, Los Angeles 1; San
r rancisco z. Sacramento 1. page 10.
.Northwestern League results: Portland 4,
xacoma a; Vancouver 4, Seattle 1; Vic
tuna a. Spokane 7. Page 10.
McGlnnity releases Lou Nordyke. Page 10.
Lipton's challenge for America's cud Is ac
cepted by Now York Yacht Club. Page 1.
Bud Anderson, of Vancouver.' Wash... de
feats Joe Mandot iu 13 rounds. Pace 11.
Gunboat Smith wins 20-round decision from
wyiard. Page 11.
Commercial and Marine.
Oriental buyers secure wheat for Summer
snlpment. page 23.
Rains in Dakota and Minnesota weaken
wheat at Chicago. Page 23.
Low prices, offered for New Yolk City
Donuo aicect stock market. Page 23.
Henry Teal buys $1,250,000 publlo dock
Donas, page 22.
women
Portland and Vicinity
Greater Irvington club working for change
sueeicar route. page 14.
Grand Army members will address pupils
ui jjuuuc scooois. page 42.
Albee sounds warning In talk to
voters, page 8.
Mr. nnd Mrs. W. E. Prudhomme observe
wedding anniversary. Page 9.
Weather report, data and forecast. Page IS.
Man in Kansas City Jail, posing as woman.
aupes Portland women. Page 1.
Jury in Sleeth libel case may be completed
louay. page 19.
nayor Rushlight In speech defends action in
anoagrass case, page 8.
B. Irvine, ex-Mayor of three towns, views
local campa'gn. Page 18.
Records of more candidates
Page 8.
Rosarlans name Saturday as day to swell
xuna. page o.
Kellaher assails Mayor Rushlight's stand on
xrancnise. page s.
are given.
ANCIENT URN UNCOVERED
Gold Articles of Phoenician Origin
Dug Vp In Germany.
BERLIN", May 20. An urn contain-
Guthrle as Ambassador to Japan, John insr a collection of gold articles attrib-
UPTON WILL RAGE
FOR AFvlERIGA'S GUP
New York Yacht Club
Accepts Challenge.
JAPANESE WOMEN
FORM FIRST CLUB
FAIR NIPPONESE OF SEATTLE
BECOME "AMERICANIZED."
75-FOOT CRAFT TO BE BUILT
Whether Boat May Be Towed
Not Yet Decided.
DESIGNER IS NOW AT WORK
Decision of New York Club That
Smaller Type of Yachts Shall
Compete Pleases Challenger.
September, 1914, Is Date.
Purroy Mitchell as collector of the port
of New York, G. M. Saltzgaber as Com
missioner of Pensions, and Albert Lee
Thurman as solicitor of the Department
of Commerce.
'.Vhe nominations of William H. Berry
as Collector of ' astoma at Philadel
phia and of Franklin P. Colcock as Col
lector at Beaufort, S. C, to which Re
publican objection has been raised,
were passed over. ,
uted by experts to the seventh and
eighth centuries before the Chi'stlan
era was uncovered todav by we dig
gers on an estate in .ne vicinity of
Eberswalde, about 27 miles from Berlin.
The urn, which is among the most
ancient finds ever made in Germany,
contains 78 articles. These Include
bowls, bracelets and rings supposed to
be of Phoenician origin and imported
to Germany by way of the Baltic.
LONDON", May 20. Once more
America will defend the America's
cup. The classic yachting race was
assured for September, 1914, when the
New York Yacht Club today sent by
cable an acceptance of Sir Thomas
Lipton's challenge.
The race will be sailed under the
present rules of the New York Yacht
Club as to measurements, time allow
ance and racing conditions.
Sir Thomas lost no time after tie
receipt of the acceptance in laying
plans for building the finest chal
lenger be has ever sent across-the At
lantic. Even as yet he does not know
whether he will be allowed to tow
the craft across the ocean or not, but
he says this does not especially mat
ter, as he would want to tow the yacht
only in the event of a head wind or a
dead calm.
Designer Now at Work.
Relying entirely on the sportsman
ship of the members of the New York
Yacht Club, the. Irish sportsman re
fused to consider the possibility o?
being opposed by a bigger boat than
the challenger he will send. He now
has Charles F. Nicholson, yacht de-
igner of Gosport, England, at work on
models for the new yacht.
The message of acceptance, sent by
the New York Yacht Club, Is:
'The races are to be sailed as sug
gested in your cable 'under our present
rules of measurement, time allowance
and racing rules, it being understood
that the rule requiring a yacht to race
at the highest limit of her class in cer.
tain cases shall not apply to this
match."
Challenger's Length to Be 75 Feet.
"The challenger will be 75 feet on
the water line and built under the
present New York. Yacht Club rules,"
said Designer Nicholson. "This size
was really fixed upon by Sir Thomas
LIpton because in his challenge he
suggested racing under the same
measurement rule as In the last con
test, and thought that with the ex-
Little Brown Men Soon to Know
Trials of Yankee Brothers in
Late Dinners Etc.
SEATTLE. Wash., May 20. (Special.)
Madame Butterfly .and Miss rurple
Eyes are doomed. In their place looms
the new Japanese woman of the club
type, emancipated and progressive, who
promises soon to reduce the little brown
man to the conventional submissive
state of the American husband.
Kimonas have been cast aside for
scant tailored suits; huge ornamented
hairpins are replaced py Parisian model
hats, and the wee little feet are ex
panding in the roomy, recesses of boot
ies of approved English cut.
But most significant of all, there has
Just been formed In Seattle a Japanese
Women's Club.
This stride in civilization was taken
at a meeting of 35 Japanese women in
the Y. W. C. A. rooms at which the
following officers were elected: Mrs.
S. Yosioka, president; Miss Kigo Nte.
vice-president; Miss Kusanna, secre
tary, and K. Sakamoto, treasurer.
Among tho members is the daughter of
the Japanese Consul, Atsuko Takashi,
and the wife of a Japanese banker,
Mrs. S. Takashi.
Local American club women assisted
their brown sisters to organize, after
which tea was served.
To the short-sighted this organiza
tion may seem trivial, but to the far-
seeing it Is revolutionary. It will only
be a few years until the Japanese house
holder, returning home to complain at
dinner, will hear from his good dame
that she was unable to supervise the
household duties that day, as she was
preparing a paper on "The American
Invasion; Should It Be Tolerated?" And
Togo will take himself to his club, and
mournfuIl mutter over his "Sake;"
"Bad Days Ahead."
HP0S1DR DUPES
PORTLAND WOMEN
Posing as Woman, J. A.
Baker in Hospital.
YOUTH PROPOSES MARRIAGE
Position as Teacher Offered by
Superintendent Armstrong.
PENIEL MISSION GIVES AIH
Confessed Forger-Counlerfeiter a id
Feminine Impersonator, Now lit
Kansas City Jail, Deceives Sev
eral "Htghcr-Vps" Here.
(Concluded on Page 3.)
VISIONARY DAN.
BOY, ALONEIGHTS FIRE
1 6-Year-OM Lee Heller Saves Home
of Mrs. Gross From Ruin.
Lee Heller, a 16-year-old boy living
at 1402 East Hoyt street, Monday night
saved the home of Mrs. Lizzie Gross
from being destroyed by fire, attacking
the flames with no better equipment
than a common pail and the water that
could be secured from a kitchen faucet.
although they had already spread
through one entire room of the house.
Mrs. Gross was absent when the
house caught lire and the young man
noticed the flames when they were well
under way. Having no time to hunt
for a garden hose or to turn in a fire
alarm, he broke into the house and
fought the flames alone. The damage
to the house will be only about $700.
The young man had difficulty for a
long time In bringing the fire under
segregation of the Northwest organl- I control, and suffered considerably from
satlona from California. jth smoke that reached hl lungs.
CHAIR.
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CLOCK SOUNDS FIRE ALARM
Chinese Saves Lives With Timepiece
as Enterprise Hotel Burns.
i
ENTERPRISE, Or., ; May 20. (Spe
cial.) The Commercial Hotel, a three-
story frame building, was burned to the
ground this morning, i All the 20 per
sons In it escaped, although some had
to Jump from second-story windows.
The fire started about 2 o'clock on the
second floor. The cause is unknown.
A patron and the Chinese cook wen
through the building arousing the
sleepers, the latter starting an alarm
clock and carrying it from room to
room. .
TV building and equipment prob
afcly tost 110,000, and were insured for
15600. -The structure was erected fou
years ago -on the site ot another fram
hotel that had burned. i Hayes Kernan
was the owner. It Is unlikely that the
hotel will be rebuilt, but probably
modern brick or stone structure will
be put up In a more central location.
GAS TANK BILL ; IS SIGNED
Erection of Reservoirs Xenr Church
or Residence Prohibited.
Gas reservoirs may no longer
built within 250 feet of any church o
residence in Portland. Tho ordinance
prohibiting gas tanks, gasometers and
other structures devised for the stor
age of petrol oils within that distance
of a church or dwelling was passed
by the City Council last week with a
emergency clause, and was signed by
Mayor Rushlight yesterday.
The ordinance will prevent the build
Ing of a gas reservoir at East Twelfth
and Division streets, where the Port
land Gas & Coke Company bough
ground and prepared to erect such
building. Residents of that distric
protested and it was on their urging
that the measure, which was intro
duced by Councilman Joy, was passed
the Council.
CULEBRA CUT CONQUERED
Ens-lneer Predicts Early End o
Great Canal Difficulty.
WASHINGTON, May 20. The Cucara-
cha slide, greatest of the earth move
ments in the famous Culebra cut, will
be entirely removed by the end of this
year in the opinion of Colonel D. D,
Gaillard, the engineer In charge of the
Culebra district of the Panama Canal,
who has Just arrived in Washington.
He believes that, in spite of all the
difficulties caused by the earth slides,
which involve about 60 acres, the
Culebra cut will be finished sooner
than some other parts of the canal.
2 ELECTROCUTED; ONE DIES
Accident Near Aurora Fatal to Sec'
tion Man of Hubbard.
AURORA. Or., May 20. (Special.)
Charles , Ball, a section employe, was
Instantly killed this afternoon by elec
trocution from a telephone wire that
had become entangled with the electric
light wires carrying 6600 volts. An
other section man named Dick was bad
ly burned by the same wire.
Both men were residents of Hubbard.
The accident occurred between Aurora
and Barlow. The Coroner will hold
an Inquest at Aurora.
BIBLE MADE COMPULSORY
New Pennsylvania Law Penalizes
Teachers Who Fail.
HARRISBURG, "PaL, May J!0. Under
a bill, approved by Governor Tener to
day, 10 verses of the Bible must be
read without comment in the public
Schools of Pennsylvania.
Teachers who violate the law are
subject ia dismissal
James Arthur Baker, under arrest in
Kansas City for an alleged theft in
Summeriand, Cal., came into Portland
In men's clothing, posed as a woman,
was wooed by a man, and left a few
minutes ahead of an investigating
oody, three months ago.
There are about 10 women, connected
in various ways witn the Tenlol Mis
sion, of 207 Jefferson street, who be
lieved until yesterday that James A.,
or Alice Baker, was really a woman.
Baker victimized several Portland
women of money, clothes and hospital
care, and a Portland physician is still
"out" the costs of an operation, per
formed upon the man of dual Identity.
Baker, who was at that time dressed
in men's clothes, but who left Portland
dressed in women's apparel, first ap
peared In Portland, supposedly from
Idaho, In March. Ho went to the Peniel
Mission, and after an evening there in
religious services, went to Mrs. Phi
lander Arnold, wife of the superintend
ent and "confessed" that he was a
woman. Ho said that in traveling,
after a disagreement with parents in
Idaho, he found it necessary to wear
men's clothes, but that lie had docided
that it was best to resume women's
clothiiig. He said that he was about
to get a position at teaching school,
and after examination by Hnperintit-'
ent Ani:f'"' 't the school board, was
given a I ' -district position and
placed ay" y J for "her" appearance.
Portland Doctor Operates.
Shortly afterward Baker told women
in tho Peniel Home, where he waa be
ing cared for as a woman, that he was
in Immediate need of an operation. L'r.
George S. Whitesides was appealed to,
and lie made an examination under
ether, at a hospital. Dr. Whiteskles said
he leartieri the patient was a man and
so advised the mission.
In the meantime, George B. Smith,
traveling worker for the Peniel Mis
sions, became suspicious of Baker, and
asked Acting Chief Slover and Mrs.
Lola G. Baldwin of the Department of
Public Safety for Women, to investi
gate. They questioned Baker, but as
he had evidently not received any
money by his deceptions, and they were
not suro of their opinions, took no
action.
Baker stayed in the hospital two
weeks. He is said to have revealed
himself fully to a woman, who is still
of the belief that Baker is a woman.
Wig Obtained In Portland.
Saying that he had received an offer
of a position in Oakland, Cal., Bakor
asked his friends for sufficient money
to go there, and received about $15 in
small contributions, not sufficient to
pay his fare. When the entire fare
did not materialize, he one day camo
to trie mission and said he was about
to leave. He asked to have Mr. Arnold
and Mr. Smith, his "kind friends," go
to the steamer Roanoke with him, but
when the "kind friends" arrived at the
dock, they found that he had taken a
boat of another line. With him, they
discovered, was a man, who had not
appeared at any other time.
Tlie djsgulse which Baker used lr.
California, was the gift of his bene
factors in Portland. He lamented tu
the women who had interested them- (
selves in him, that by continued mas
querading as a man, he had lost many
of his feminine traits, and his sliort
hair bothered him. They bought him a
so-called "transformation wig.
Portland Mnu Propones.
Baker, according to the Portland
people who met him. was slim, dressed
well in women's cluthes. had Jong, black
hair, somewhat like an Indian's which
he explained by saying that he was a
half-breed. Lamenting his gradual
hanging to masculine gait, and ap
pearance by continual traveling as a
man. he said that he had ruled wttn
putty or paraffin the bridge of his
nose, in order to give tho masculine
ook, and had grafted upon his upper
Up, hair skin, which In time produced
slight mustache.
Baker explained his .'masculine
clothes by saying that when "she'" went
to college "she" found that it was
much easier to get along i i the world
as a man than as a womag. "She" saiil
that "she" had dressed r.s a man for
years.
Confession that "she" had married
twice, once to a man and once to a
oman, was made bj the unusual dual
creature, but did nu. deter a love ad
venture In Portland. A young follower
ot-'the so-railed "Right Reverend St.
Martin," an evangelist, asked the
pseudo young woman's hand In mar
riage. "She" held his offer Ih abeyance, un
til they should "be better acquainted,"
and before thai condition cajne .bout
"he" left Portland.