CENSUS OF 1910
G
OOD EVENING.
Tli Weatfceri
Tonight and Tuesday, occasional
light rain; westerly winds.
VOL. II.-- XO. 257.
JAPAN: PROMISED ..'A-; GREAi; ERISIDENT DOESN'T II
From American Long in Japan Comes
Report That War Cannot Be Aver?
ted in the Far East
Mikado's Subjects Will Fight as Fatalists and' to
the Bitter End Belief Is That Russia
Seeks Only Delay ' ' ,
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' London, Jan. 4. It ia now known here that Russia has sent a
reply to Japan's last note that l practically merely a play for delay.
The tenor Is said to be non-committal, and very irritating- to Japan.
It Is believed here that a sharp answer has beea sent in return that
is practically an ultimatum.' . . ; i J y;
' Russian newspapers today are inclined to express ill-will toward,
the United States and considerable speculation a to the attitude of
America la Indulged In. - ' n - - , -
The English channel squadron
.nH .n vobkbIk of th naw are
precautionary measure. . This is rejaraea as very aignincant, .1
a 4
'1 (Journl Special Berrtr. . t
; Ban Francisco,, , Jan. 4. William B.
" Jones, the traveler and writer of rreat
experience. returned"- here today from '
' Japan, and of Japan's war .footing be
'' says:-:' , "' i
"Conflict Is Inevitable between -Japan
and RosiaJ,t,The Jatter seeKs $0 post
ses .Korea egardle Of any double
dealing expressions the . ckar'a govern
ment may make. This ambition the
Japanese oppose with, a, death-like de-
;i i termination. ,
i ili . "Beaidea that controversy, there Is a
Keen feeling tf resentment by the Jap-'
anese. arising out.,of tha .. Ashing .quea
I tlon, as a number of Japanese sc hooners
have been seised by the Russians,, whe
7 claim that the Japanese nahermen have
encroached on their Ashing grounds..?
l'r V , "From my personal .observation, the
' Busslana will meet a foe superior to
anything they dream of. 1 believe In
the event of war that) the Japanese will
be victorious. . . h .,'
- 7 Inside ' Information shows that th
, Japanese have a standing army of 150,
, 000 men and a splendidly-equipped navy,
and they .now have their ships practi
cally In the very waters where the con
V " v illct will take place. They are fatalists.
and all of the same mind, and in' my
.' opinion they will fight like the Boers.
' with the added advantage that they
.n wn nninnpi and lntelllaently
J manned navy, In case of an, attempted
invasion . by' Russia, the population,
which practically lives on the sea coast,
will contribute-a million men to pro
tect that coasC - '
"The Japanese are splendidly drilled
and up to date, which was proved In the
advance on Pekln, when they passed
the Russian and met the Chinese and
thus surprised the combined armies of
the world with their vajor.
" "Again, the Japanese soldiers are ac
tive and educated, and to a certain ex
tent understand the English language.
They adopt the newest of metliods and
through their success over China they
believe they are equal to any nation on
. earth as Aghters., ' '
"I have been In close touch with the
f,t inadlnff forela-n dlDlomats in
L VTokio, and I believe I echo their sentl-fCf-ments
In my foregoing remarks. .T
JAJPAK XSAHi BVBnrESR. ;
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' (Journal Special Service.)
London, Jan. 4.-The Dally Telegraph
publishes today the following from Its
' Toklo correspondent: ' '
'. "Don't look for a declaration of war.
The Japanese are quite determined and
: several days ago took steps to secure
certain of their Korean interests. Rus
sia will not be allowed to occupy Korean
ports and .certainly neither Mokpho nor
K" Masampho, both of these ports being
: protected against selsure.
; ','Japan means business without wait
ing , for the convenience of others. If
I t. Russia reels aggrieved, a rorinigm snouia
hX"how the extent to which fihe will ven-
ter nearer Seoul than Toklo within 10
day, but the naval overtures may retard
the peace. . .-';..
"It Is thought, despite her bluster,
that Russia will take no lthmedlate ac
tion' to prevent Japan doing what she
thinks proper to safeguard net interests
in Korea," 1
MAT WITHDRAW BIS 8. ,
" Irf view of the threatened war sltua-
HARRISON CHARGED
WITH SERIOUS CRIME
(Journal Special Bertie. ) ;
' San Francisco, Jan. 4. Suit to fore
close a mortgage on property owned by
M. C . Harrison, In . Portland, has led
Mrs. Ines Harrison to make charges of
a grave nature against her husband.
On November 27, Mrs. Harrison filed
suit for dlvorcevin the local courts. An
order was obtained at the time ordering
Harrison to pay her 1160 a month ali
mony, 1500 for counsel fees and $500
costs 'of suit,
.".Resisting this ordery Harrison made
a ploa of poverty, and to support It Mrs.
Harrison alleges that he has practiced
fraud pn the Oregon courts by brlnftin,?
suit against a company he controls and
SHOULD SHOW
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has been ordered to Chinese wat-' .
beinar nut on' a 'war footine as a
tlon in the Far EaC Portland shippers
who have made bids for transporting
government forage to the Philippines
state that they will very llkely wlthdraw
their offers if the -matter of letting the
bids : Is ' pot ' disposed of, very shortly.
Some of them' have already sent word to
this ' effect 'to government ."ofllclals at
Washlngtdn.' In the event thatf wa ;ls
declared, they explain, that they would
necessarily have to assume greater risks
in the matter, oi getting jthe forage to Its
destination. """"7, ''" "
, James Laldlaw V Crf. have received the
following wire front Washington:
;' ;'The quartermaster-general' today told
11s' that while, he is not yet ready and
perhapB lwlll not be1 for a couple of days
to make an order, he thinks aa at present
advised that he will accept the Portland
bids for hay and oats, and will probably
send the transport Dlx to Portland to
load.
(Signed.) '
"JOHN H. MITCHELL, '
' C. W. FULTON. . --
"J. N. WILLIAMSON.
Those handling marine Insurance as
sert that whether war occurs' between
Russia and Japan or not there will be no
difference In the rates on neutral bot
toms. The , only vessels, they explain,
that will be effected so far as insurance
rates are concerned will be those flying
either the Japanese or Russian flags.
"Of course," said a member this morn
ing of the Arm of Balfour, Guthrie & Co.,
"If other nations should be drawn into
the conflict an entirely different aspect
of the question would result - Then all
would have to pay higher insurance on
the cargoes Carried. But if Russia and
Japan are left by themselves to flght
it -out their .merchant marine would be
all that would be affected. The prevail
ing rate is about one half pec oent. In
cluding war risk this would be raised to
about 2 per cent - --
Outside of the Japanese liners oper
ating from Puget Bound and San Fran
cisco no additional insurance would have
to be carried, it is said, by the Oriental
vessels. ' The Portland-Asiatic company
would escape the tariff, as would also
other, "steamers under the British or
American flags. . ' .. ' -
NEGRO SOLDIERS
ATTEMPT MURDER
(Journal Special Service.)
San Francisco, Jan. 4. Four negro
soldiers on their way to the Presidio
last night insulted two ladles who
boarded the Union street car and kept
dp a running tire of insulting remarks
until the women Started to leave. , Mini
Carney and Mrs. Knight (the women in
question, passed in front of a black
fiend and lie drew a razor and made an
attempt to cut Mrs. Knight's throat
The blade made a deep gash in her
shoulder. Officers of the Presidio and
the poliee are on the trail of the would
be murderer. There . Is much, indigna
tion In the city, over the affair..
BIVATOB DXSTBICB'S TXXAZ.
1:. (Journal Special Service.) t "!:':
Omaha, Jan, 4. Senator Dietrich ap
peared for trial today in tfce postofflc
case. j The morning passed in an argu
ment on technicalities. - . .
is plaintiff and also defendant, or In her
own words! . .r
"He is suing himself -in order to de
prive me of my rights." ; , -,
The properly in 'dispute consist of
two lots purchased by Harrison in 1888
valued at $8,000, on which there was a
mortgage of $1,600. After divorce pro
ceedings were begun Harrison assigned
interest in the property to M. C. Har
rison Co. Suit was, brought by tin
company against Harrison, and his wife
to foreclose this mortgage. It Is in her
answer to this suit- that Mrs. Harrison
charges her husband with fraud. The
answer was prepared a week ago by
Tnnol Strney, and Is now on file In the
Oropon courts, '
PORTLAND WITi:rPOPUL7tIOH QF 250:000 CONTENTED AND PROSPEROUS PEOFL:
5r
II till II li '
biiabt '. i - ft a a a 1
PORT-LAND, OHEGOX,
1 :M'7mi
not:enougm big rock
at bug by for j etty
From time to time .within the past
four months The Journal has made care
ful investigation of the progress of the
rock work upon the government jetty at
the mouth of the Columbia river, for the
purpose of determining the prospect of a
completion of the work in accordance
with the plans and ' Specifications pre-,
pared by the government engineers. The
result of these investigations was the
conclusion that the Northwest Construc
tion company. - which holds the rock
contracts, would not be able to obtain
from its quarries at Bugby and Maygers
enough large rock to meet the Jetty re
quirements. The reasons for this be
lief have been fully stated In these col
umns. ' '
Apparently-the time is now at hand
when the accuracy of The Journal's con
clusions' 'will 'be J clearly established.
Work on the Jetty has been suspended
for the winter, and before It Is resumed
it Is probable that the Northwest Con
struction company will be forced to ae
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PERJURY CHARGE MAY
FOLLOW REVELATIONS
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In addition to al charge of obstruct
ing a federal process, Lam Keong, the
young husband of the Chinese slave girl,
Chow Sheem," may be prosecuted on a
change of , perjury, in connection with
his application v for a laborer's return
certificate,: made at Port Townsend.
Wash., , a short time ago. . Keong and
his bride are In the county jail at Seat
tle. Both will have a hearing before
Federal Commissioner., Kclfer in . that
city next Thursday. 1
. When Keong was taken into custody
at Seattle last Friday, charged with se
creting his wife and obstructing a fed
eral process, Important disclosures were
made by papers in his possession. Aside
from the envelope bearing the address
of his wife's place of hiding, which led
to her appitehenslon a few hours . later,
a letter addressed to a Chinaman in
Vancouver. B. C, was also found. This
letter outlines a' scheme whereby Keong
was to secure a bogus certificate. -
According to the recently-enacted Ira--migration
laws a Chinese laborer Is not
entitled to re-enter the country unless
he has a federal certificate or passport
The certificate Issues only when the ap
plicant can prove that he leaves a wife
In the country, that h' has Incurred ob
ligations of $1,000 or more, or possesses
property of that amount, : , 1 ;
Keong attempted to secure the certifi
cate on the ground that he had incurred
the requisite amount, of Indebtedness,
and named his creditor the Chinaman at
Vancouver, to whom the letter in his pos-'l
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AMERICAN "HIGH" FINANCE
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- FROM A FOREIGN VIEWPOINT ;
knowledge that its quarries are not able
to meet. the demands of the .second con
tract. The company has signally felled
to supply the-"class -A"rock called for
by the first contract weighing: from four
to 10 tons, and the conclusion is almost
Inevitable that It will not be able to ij'ilp
ply the "class A" rock' required by the
second contract weighing from 10 to
15 -tons,' ' Having been tried and found
wanting upon the lesser undertaking, the
company cannot - succeed upon the
greater.- ';'..', ;vv' - r . '..
Jffo Large Rock Tet Delivered. r
"- The first and smaller of the two con
tracts called for 150,000 .tons of rock.
The Northwestern' Construction company
has dpllvered under this contract 120,000
tons, and by virtue , of the, discretion
vested. In the government engineer, this
has been accepted as a full performance
of the contract The great bulk of the
rock was of class B and C, and in the
language, of one of the government en
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CHOW; SHEEM. .
session was addressed .The., letter is.
written in Chinese. , It contains the ln
formation that Keong, had. testified tnat
he was indebted to the Vancouver Chlna
man 'to the,- extent of $1,400. and , re
quested ' that "the latter concur ..in bis
testimony. It gives Keong's -testimony
In detail, and gives explicit Instructions
to the Vancouver man as to what he
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JANUARY -4, 1904.
From, tlia Chicago Newt.
gineers, "practically no class A rock was
delivered under the first contract." -r
With the resumption of work in the
spring will begin the deliveries under the
second contract, which calls for a total
of 475.000 tons of rock. Of which 118,760
must be of class A, weighing from 10 to
15 tons and averaging 12 tons. Despite
the immense blasting operations that
have -already taken place at Rugby and
the extensive development of the quarry,
probably no one would venture to assert
that as much as 5,000 tons of the rock
thus far taaen out could be classified as
"A", rock under the Becond contract And
though the government engineer has
waived the delivery of Urn rnnb na
the first contract, not deeming. It essen-
uai.av tne present stage or the work, a
similar concession Is not to be expected
under the econd contract As the Jetty
extends, farther out into the open sea,
the. necessity becomes imperative that
(Continued on Page Two.)
I should say when the federal authorities
I asked for his statement ,
I Among the papers found - in Keong s
1 possession Is , a certificate of deposit for
1300 on the Puget Sound National bank
at Seattle and a letter of Introduction,
i signed by Rev. Chan Sing Kal. local pas
l.tor of the Chinese Methodist church,
setting forth Keong's excellent Chris
tian character and good reputation
Lee Wong Hung, who attempted to
warn Chow Sheem, and was Just enter
ing the door of the Gilford .house in
South Seattle when Chinese Inspector
Thomas Fisher, Jr., arrived, was also
detained on a warrant, of obstructing a
federal process. Hung Js art old man,
and is supposed to be the confidential
I adviser of Moy Sam Sing.. It was he,
the Olffords say, who : was placed in
charge of Chow 8heem 1 by Moy Sam
Sing, with Instructions that no one else
be allowed , to ' see her, not even the
husband, Lam Keong. .. .
While admitting that he married the
slave,. Keong declares that hla intentions
were good. He took his. bride- to Seat
tle for safekeeping, he said, but later
his purported' father-in-law, Moy Sam
Sing, ha says, refused to let him see bis
wife. When confronted with the ad
dress, on the envelope he declared that
it was nothing but a place where he
was going to buy eome chickens, but
later when his wife was found In hiding
there he , admitted that ha had bribed
the old man, Lee Wong Hung, to give
hlra. tflb address. ':.
Congress Receives
Which Reviews the Isthmian Sit
uation: in the Past and Present. ;
Colombia's Attitude Denounced as Unworthy-
President Charges That Alone Is She to
Blame for Panama Revolution ; .
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-Washington, Jan. l.More than usual Interest is taken here by
members of congress and membert of foreign legations ever the re- 4
markably- vigorous message delivered today by President Roosevelt
on the Panama question. -' .: , ', ' . . - '. ' , .
The contents is a topic of conversation and were it not for the
seriousness of the Far Eastern question, it would be the only one.
W.I A.
That the matter Is handled
perusal of the paper shows clearly that the president takes the posl- "
tlon that Colombia is and has been wholly in the wrong since the ln
ciplency of the controversy, which began when the canal treaty was
laid before her congress In October. - v
Waahlnctos Bureau of .The Journal. i
" Washington, Jafr.T. President Roose
velt's, Panama message' was, delivered to
oongresa today fujly reviewing the canal
action. .It required ; 28 ( printed pages,
embodying the reports of all telegrams
and letters to and from the department
of state. Almost all these latter have
been published from time to time.
-The-message opened by reviewing all
treaties covering southern countries. In
referring to Colombia the president said
that at the time negotiations were of
fered with Colombia the administration
was Criticized for being too liberal. He
said that no nation could construct'and
guarantee ' the neutrality of the , canal
with a less degree of control than that
stipulated in the treaty, and Colombia's
refusal to grant such a degree of con
trol was necessarily her refusal to make
any practicable treaty at , all. JThe.rer
fusal therefore squarely raised ' the
question whether Colombia was entitled
to bar the consul transit across the
Isthmus.
Wanted the Canal
' Continuing ' the ' message says:
The people of Panama wanted Amer
ica to build the canal and furthermore,
Colombia, after having rejected , our
treaty, despite our warnings and pro
tests, has since shown the utmost eag
erness to accept the same treaty if only
the status quo could be restored. Let
ters from high Colombian officials of
fered to carry the treaty through if
America would land troops and compel
the recognition of Colombian sover
eignty. 1 . '
"I will not for one moment," says the
president "discuss the possibility of
committing an act of such baseness as
to abandon the new Republic of Panama.
"Regarding the Nicaragua route ques
tion, a reasonable time after the re
jection of our treaty by Colombia did not
Intervene, as within three days after
the Colombian congress - adjourned in
October the Panama - revolution broke
out. Panama then actually became an
independent state and the control of the
canal strip then became obtainable. Co
lombia had been treated with all fair
ness. Secretary Hay had repeatedly
warned her of the-feeling of the isth
mians, yet Colombia took no heed.
' Contemplated devolution.
"That Panama contemplated a revolu
tion was a matter of common notoriety
even in the month of August last."
' The president here quotes numerous
press dispatches showing the condition
of the Isthmian feeling. - He also quotes
a report, gained by General Young who
went to great pains to learn the Panama
situation, ''showing the enormous quan
tities of arms In the possession of revo
lutionists throughout the entire - isth
mus and the great organisation effected
and that revolution would undoubtedly
follow any ' refusal ' of . Colombia to
ratify the canal treaty.
"To the report made by General Young
by Captain Humphrey and Lieutenant
Murphy, who visited Panaman in Sep
tember." . - said President , Roosevelt,
"Young advised me to Interview the of
ficers, personally, which I did. These
officers believed a revolution might break
out even before Colombia had time to
ratify or reject the treaty. They said
there. was certain to be, a revolution if
the treaty was rejected by Colombia."
- The message later reviews the Bogo
tas firing on Panama and the landing
of ' marines. He quotes from a letter
from Commander Hubbard of the cruiser
Nashville, dated Colon, November 15:
"The letter shows," says the president,
"that before the United States made
CZAR STAKES A HAND
IN JEWISH QUESTION
- - . (Journal Special Sm-tIc.)
KlshlneAY Jan. 4. (Via Bucharest)
The czar of Russia is beginning to pay
attention to the pressure brought to
bear by the press and to publlo opinion
in foreign countries, especially the
United States. . . '
. The governor-general of . Bessarabia
has -received orders, to apply strong
prenmire to compel local officials to do
everything possible to prevent tlie
threatened renewal of the Easter mus:ni-
"F YOU HAVE A WANT
" ' YOU CAN HAVE IT SUPPLIED BY
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. WANT COLUMNS
; PHICJS : FIVE CENTS.
COLUMBIA
Strong Message
without - gloves Is , conceded, and
any attempt! to - restore-. order. General
Torres practically declared iWar- on
American citizens, saying that unless
two Colombian officers, seized by revo
lutionists the night before, were not im
mediately returned to the Colombian
lines his troops would kill every citizen
of the United States on the isthmus.
Hubbard then landed his marines."
The message says that Hubbard's
prompt action prevented a great loss of
life and property of the nation's as
well as protection to our citizens.
"The insinuations that United States
had complicity in the revolution are a
destitute of foundation as propriety."
Says Roosevelt' "and no one connected
wlththtll (lvprnmnt ItnA anv nap In :
preparing. Inciting or encouraging a
revolution, . or had this government any
knowledge that the revolution was Im
minent at that hour except such as was
accessible to any person of ordinary in
telligence who reads the newspapers.
' . " Does JTot Deny. ; ,
"I haven't denied, nor do I wish to
deny, either the validity or propriety
of a general rule that now states that
Panama shouldn't be recognized as in
dependent until she shows her ability
to maintain independences But a rula
of exceptions rifles, and there were. In
my opinion,: clear imperative reasons
why a departure .from this rule was
Justified and, even required in the pres
ent instance and these reasons werei
First our treaty rights, second, our na
tional interests and safety, third, inter
ests collective and due civilization after
reviewing all these reasons."
'The president says: ' "It was under
these circumstances that the United
States, lastead of using its forces to de
stroy those who sought to make the en
gagements of the treaty a reality, recog
nized them as the proper custodians of
the sovereignty of them." ,
; He says, in closing: "The main ques
tion before this government la not that
of recognition of Panama as an inde
dependent state, as that is already an
accompllshd fact But the main ques
tion Is whether or not we shall build
the Isthmian canal."
INFLUENTIAL MEN
START FOR PORTLAND
Waablncton Bnreaa et The Journal.
. Washington. Jan. 4. Senator Warren
of Wyoming, Chief Forester Plnchot of
the agricultural department and Chief
Engineer . Newell of the geological sur
vey will -leave here tomorrow for Port
land to attend the conventions of the
National Livestock and Wool Growers'
associations.
At the request of President Roose
velt Messrs. Plnchot and Newell will
give hearings on all public land ques
tions at San Francisco from January
It to 18; Salt Lake City January 20.
and Denver January 22. - Information
thus obtained is to .be utilized by the
public , land : commission, of which
Plnchot and Newell are- members, in
making a report upon proposed land law
changes. , . .
93,000,000 Bvrxonro. ow ran.
1
. , : (Journal ftpclal Serrlce.)
Dcs Moines, Iowa, Jan. 4. The state
capital building, which cost t3,000,000.
Is burning and it da feared the damage
will be great The fire Is supposed to
have been caused by crossed electrio
light wires.
cre. The situation now depend whoiiv
upon tho promptness' of the Klahlmff'
authorities in taking adorjnate nifasnri'
to prevent another slaughter of Ji.
The flight 'of tho Jews t Odessa h; 1
other parts of Russia,, where' it .is run
believed Runs Inn will sttemtit to wrcK
vengeance on their h'-ads,' .'diiiliie.
Despite the message to the govi-rw.r (
B-KS;iralit.i. fears of the Jrs t'. it h "
Semites ill fllt!i!l the If J '
tlinuts, oro not eiiiiyJ.