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3 WOULD FORBID History of Port ' Arthur ' WOODEN THEATRES riXB CXXST - CAMFBEXiL OPPOSED to Tra cojrsTBtrcTiojr or arrw HOUBB . . AT . TOTTBTXiXVTR ABB . WABHJKOTOir , : ACCOKSXHd TO 1 WtESEWT PLANS. "If I had my say, there would be no ; wooden theatres operated la Portland,' said Fire Chief David Campbell today, when asked regarding the new vaude- vllle house soon to be erected at the cor ner of . Fourteenth and i Washington streets, "I do not believe they are. safe, and an ordinance to Abolish all the wood en structures' used for theatres - would -meet with my approval. . ' !. "Of course, the building Is going up outBlde the fire limits, the limit being at west Park street. I cannot see how the pity can compel the proprietors of th.it theatre to alter the plans or, build a fireproof house unless all of the others are made to do the same thing. But as long as I perform the duties of inspector 1 will enforce every law that Is on the city's statute-books. .. All the regula tions governing places of amusement will have to be complied with before I will allow them to open. Thus far all the managers have complied willingly. I gave Instructions to the man who is going to open a vaudeville bouse where the Fredericksburg - used to be, and : told him Just how many exits were nec essary, and what other ' precautions against fire must be taken. He said he would conform to the law in every re spect." "The new theatre building is outside of the fire limits, but the city can ex tend the limits as far as It sees fit," said City AttorneysMoNary. -"Ihardly think the council . would favor an ordi nance abolishing . all wooden theatres, but It can make all such places as safe as possible otherwise.", , . 20 TO 1 SHOT RUNS . AWAY WITH MONEY (Journal Special Service.) . San ' Francisco, March 85. Elmer L. at 20 to 1 furnished , the- surprise at Emeryville yesterday. Results; , Six and one half furlongs, selling El mer L won, Northwest second, Vlgoroso third: time, 1:27. Half mile, purie Medea won,' Esco- bosa second, Eduardo -third; time, 61 M. , Six and one half furlongs, selling Crlss Cross won, Maraschino, second, Mlm May Bowdlsh third; time, 1:28. ., Futurity course, handicap Jockey Club won, Thumada second,' . Mlsty's Pride third; time. 1:15. v - Mile and 50 yards, selling Oalanthus won, Flaneur second, Boutonniere third; : time. 1:61. - , : ' Six furlongs, . selling Letola . won, Ocyrohe second, Hulford V third; ' time, : J:l., . . -::: r.A At Xos Ang else. ' Los Angeles, March ' 25. Favorites and second choices carried off the money yesterday and the bookies were hit hard. 8ummary: - Five furlongs, selling General Cron je won, Red Horse second, Ragnarock II third; time, l;03?i. f . Seven furlongs, selling Thlabe won, Emshee second, Phys third; time, 1:30. Mile and one eighth, hurdle Nitrate won,; Can., Nell . second, . ? Walter , third; time,; 2:0. 'p ' Six furlongs, selling Eld red won,' Military second,, Marta third; time, 1:14. ' Five furlongs, selling Victoria 8. ' won, Maude ' Browne second, El Chihua hua third; 'time,-1:04. 1 Six furlongs, selling Lady ; Fonse won, Flamere second, Chief Loha third; time, 1:16. ' ! ' ' ' 1 MR. e. Z Qeel I don't see Mary about any . whrv, I guest I will Invest a few dollar hart! 2 MR. E. Z H'ml H-ert-nvm-m-m Walt a tnenV, I'll tak another five dollars' werth. " 'JUT i MR. E. Zw Well, well, these church fair are all I rjohtl I got my ten dollar' worth this time aura. I t wonder whar Mary can bat I , -. 1. 4 MRS. MARK Well, E. Z I'm ao glad you got the worth of your' money this time. Don't you think It I tlm for u t go homaf IHttMttHtHIIIDMIttMH M M t M Hi second, General Stewart third; time, l:S2 4-5. . One mile and ' 40 and upward Rough lulu second, Bessie time, 1:64. Two miles, steeplechase Gum Honey won, Bonney Boy second, Trinity Belle third; time, 4:20. yards, t-year-olds Rider won, Hono- McCarthy third At Banning. . ' Washington,. March 25. The spring meet at Bennings opened yesterday. Re sults: - - .: : . Six furlongs Rain or Shine v won, Toysan second, Gold Dome third; time, 1:19. ; v : . Arlington purse, four furlongs, 2-year-olda Modred Law won, Filigree seoond, Dulcl Bella third; time, 0:61 1-6. Bennings Spring handicap, six fur longs, S-year-olds and upwards Shrine won, Sals second, Ascension third; time, 1:1T. , Seven furlongs, 1-year-olds and up ward Queen Elisabeth won, Malmon At Xlttle Book. Little Rock, Ark.. March 25. Clinton Park summary: , f our furlongs, purse courant won. John Barbe second, Nettuig third; time, Six furlongs Boomerack won. Joe Martin., second,, . Sweet Dream third time. 1:16. Seven, furlohgs, selling Tennesseean won, Porquis Passe " second. Balm of Gilead third; time, 1:21. One . mile. . Arkansas Derby, $1,000 added Ralph Young won, Rainland sec ond, Barley (third; time, 1:46. , One mile and TO yards St Tammany won, Caithness seoond, Kingstell third; time,, 1:48. , , One mile and an eighth Inspector Shea won. Bugle Horn second, Sister Lillian third; time, 1:62. AU TKB XOBSES riU. " (Journal Special Servlca.) London, March ' 25. The Stanley steeplechase, held at Liverpool yester day, was marred by the extraordinary string of accidents. Ten horses started and every one of them fell during the run. All the fences were demolished. Most of the Jockeys sustained severe in. Juries. . ,k ' Journal f rlenas and readers, when traveling on trains to and from Port land, should ask news arents for The Journal and insist upon being supplied with this paper reporting all failures in obtaining 11 to tne omce ni pumicacion, addressing xne journal, rortiana, ur. yi KlulTsM A crrn BV Boys' Three - Piece Knee Pants Suits, 8 to 16 years, cut in college or 'varsity styles, all - wool Clays, Serges, Cheviots and unfin ished Worsteds, ideal con firmation suits at $4.45 to $9.00 ... 1 Spring shapes in boys' Nor- folk, Eton, . Tam-Golf, Golf and Auto Caps, $2.50 down to 50c 7 m, SEE OUR SPECIAL IN YOUTHS SUITS FOR $7.50 Boys'; and girls, spring Tarn O'Shanters, in chev; iots, cloth and serge',', $2.50 down to. . . . .50 Boys' Suspenders, import ed webbing, leather ends. Special ...... i. '....20V Sam'l Rosenblatt CS, Co. . Cor. Third and Morrison Sts. , ., BADLY WOUNDED BY SMALL RIFLE While playing with his brother and another playmate yesterday afternoon Ernest. Austin, the 11-year-old son of Frederick Austin, 828 East' Eighth street, was shot in the body by the ac cidental discharge of a .22-callber rifle. The ball passed through the wall of the liver and made eight perforations In the Intestines, lodging in the back. The boy was removed to the Good Samaritan hos pital, where Drs. Charles Hill - and George Wilson removed the bullet At first It was thought that the Injury would prove fatal, but this morning the wounded boy was reported much better. Ernest Austin, his elder brother, and John Martin, aged 17 years, were play ing near the Southern Pacific carshops. Martin had the rifle, and said that he was Just getting ready to shoot at a bird when two large dogs were seen run ning toward them. Ernest Austin be came ' frightened and ran into Martin, thus causing the discharge of the rifle. When Martin saw that he had shot his little playmate he was Inconsolable. He was very much afraid that the little fel low would die, but the doctors this morning are of the' opinion that he will recover. - , : - H. M. H., in Chicago Tribune. For hundreds of years Chinese coast Ing Junks, beating along the Yellow sea in the coastwise trade, had run into the land-locked harbor of Lu Shun Kow, down at the extreme southern end of the Liaotung peninsula. AH along the shore great gray cliffs ran up straight from the sea to a height which varied from 300 to 1,600 feet. If you come close enough in you could, make out a Blit In the mountains which gave en. trance to a body of water within. , This slit was not more than 200 or 800 yards wide. Once you got through the pas sageway- there was a wide stretch of water before you, hemmed in by cliffs on every side. At high .tide the water was deep enough for the anchorage of a big ship, but when the tide went out hundreds of acres of mud flats were ex posed to' view. . '.- -.ft - . - In the valleys between the cliffs were built, some 60 or 60 miserable mud huts, and in them lived 300 or. 400 Chinese coolies. That was the situation up to 1860 In what is. now Port Arthur. . In that year three or four ships of the British navy came that way on a surveying expedition. One of these ships was the . gunboat Algerlne, commanded by Lieutenant William Arthur. Lieu tenant Arthur daringly ran his vessel In between the cliffs which guard the harbor, which , was thereupon named Port Arthur in honor of his exploit But beyond the name,. Port Arthur gained no . new fame for another 20 years. In 1881 It was still merely a convenient harbor into which coasting Junks could run for safety when great storms swept the seas outside.. On the cliffs and . in the valleys thereabouts there lived only. a few hundred wretched Chinese coolies. . WHOLESALE DISTRICT TO BE PROTECTED "It is entirely probable that we will have plans ready for presentation to the executive board at its next meeting for an engine and hose company at the foot of Third street near the terminal yards," said Councilman C. E, Rumelin- today. "The property-owners there are In favor of it, and It Is an excellent place for the purpose. I am making arrange ments for It now, and expect to have things ready for the coming meeting of the board." ' . "The establishment of an engine and hose company at the foot of North Third street would be one of the finest things for the city that could be done," said Fire Chief David Campbell. "I under stand it to be the purpose to place the new large engine there, and thus to fur nish protection to the large district near by. "The site Is so situated that the en gine' could easily reach the east side by crossing on the steel .bridge, and the large wholesale district along Front, First and Second streets. It is an ad mirable place for the new engine." TRADE MACHINES . ARE NOT BARRED "There Is no difference between play lng a slot-machine for money and play ing It for cigars or any other trade con sideration, but public sentiment will not back up the officer in enforcing the anti-slot-machine ordinance to the strict letter," said City Attorney L. A. Mo Nary today, "But sl4-machlnes are no different, as far as the gambling prln clple goes, than the ordinary raffle pulled off In a church. - Yet I venture to say that should church officials be arrested foe holding a raffle they could not be convicted because of the puallo sentiment against It. . - "I construed the ordinance Just passed NOTE PURCHASED BEFORE BANKRUPTCY Attorney Joseph N. Teal appeared In the United 8tates district court this morning and asked for an order naming T. C Taylor as a party to a suit brought against the estate of C. B. Wade, to col lect on an assigned promissory note for 120,000. Wade Is a bankrupt and Tay lor Is the trustee in bankruptcy. The note., was purchased before Wade was ad Judged a bankrupt by A. R. Burford, cashier of the First National bank of Walla Walla, Wash. . . .. COURT SUSPENDS , DOLEY'S SENTENCE Judge C. B. Bellinger of the United States circuit court this-morning sus pended the sentence of Mike Doley, who pleaded guilty last Monday to a charge of robbing the postofflce at Blalock. Doley was committed to the Insane asy lum. .;-' - , "From what I learn," remarked Judge Bellinger, ''I do notbelieve Doley Is shamming. Dr. Lane, who examined him, tells me that the man Is craiy in sev eral languages." - , , -., . Senatorial Brlskaesa. From the Cleveland Plain Dealer. "Why can't this bill be rushed through the senate T" f "It can, my boy it can. I'll see that It's presented this session, brought up next session,, argued the third session and possibly pased the fourth session." ii m ' Fref erred Stock Canned Ooeas. Allen, & Lewis' Best Brand. to mean that all machines, both money and trade paying, must be closed, but a mora liberal construction has . been placed upon it. presumably for the rea son' I have-Just stated. ' There are too many people who like to" play them." The Young Man's Tailor Since Armstrong com menced making swell Suits for the price usually paid for ordinary ; ready-made stuff, the young men of Portland are all having their spring clothes tailored at Arm strong's. , '. Clothes made by Armstrong are easily recognized and stamps the wearer as a man of good taste and refinement, as they are made up in the most fashionable manner, the best of materials are used and are tailored by, the best journeymen tailors in the city. Suits and Top Coats as low as $25, the equal in style and makeup to garments made by high priced tailored for $40 to $50. Large assortment of spring goods just arrived.- Cloth sold by the yard. Samples mailed. - - .. ARMSTRONG THE TAILOR ; 313 WASHINGTON ST. Then the great Celestial empire, be gan to wake up. Foreign engineers were sent along the coast to pick out a safe harbor .which might be fortified and made the chief station for the new and modern navy of China. They settled on Port? Arthur,- and it was planned, to transform the place Into an Immensely tArofi'g and completely fitted naval sta tion. Plans were drawn for great dock yards, workshops, dry docks, refitting basins arid foundries, while above them on the commanding cliffs strong fort resses were to be erected. The con tracts for all this work "were let . to French, contractors, so that it was France wnicn nrst among me nations naa 10 ao with this Gibraltar of the far east, French contractors, with the aid of swarms of Chinese coolies, working like slaves for IB to 20 cents a day, worked for years on the works in and about Port Arthur. Not until 1891 was the place turned over to China, ready for occupancy as a great naval station. By that time Port Arthur its name sake already forgotten had become a fairly well built town,- Containing more than 1,000 houses and shops, outside of the government works. It then had a commercial population of (.000, to say nothing of the Chinese garrison of 7,000 or more- soldiers. . The , forts were mounted .'with modern guns, and Chi nese gunners were trained by German and other foreign experts In the use of the artillery. la 1894,, during the month of Novem ber, the victorious Japanese . army marched down one or the two. narrow passes which , lead through the sur rounding mountains to the city of Port Arthur, captured the city and put to the sword many of the inhabitants, non- combatants as well as the members of the garrison. It was a ' bloody day, though the Japanese officers stopped the slaughter as quickly as possible. - For a time then Port Arthur was ap parently In the permanent possession of the Japanese, until the pressure of the allied powers forced her to give It back to the Chinese In January, 1896. Before they marched out the Japanese destroyed a large part of the Chinese fortifica In 1898 Port Arthur was "leased" to Russia, who Immediately began to for tify It, with the Intention of making it the strongest port in the eastern seas. Its Importance to Russia Is great Vladivostok, the other great Russian port on this Japan sea, is Ice bound a large part of the year. The possession of Port Arthur gives the navy of the czar a port which is never frozen. More over, it 'Is a port which commands ths approach to Peking, the Chinese capi tal. - Never since the Russian occupancy has there been any cessation of activity In and about Port Arthur. In miserable hovels on the hillsides swarm thousands of coolies,, who at a word can be hired for 20 cents a day to do any kind of hard IABOEST CX.OTH2EB3 XV THE 2TOSTHWXST. Southwest Cor. Fourth and Morrison. Inexpensive Suits For Boys BASEMENT SALESROOM $2.15, $2.85 and $3.35 The best values ever offered in boys' wear. Suits designed to with stand the hardest kind of wear from durable serges, cheviots and worsteds. Norfolk, Sailor and Double-breasted Suits - for Boys at - k ' . $2.15, $2.85, $3.35 . Long Pants Suits for Youths $4.35 to $6.35 and adventuresome work. Last year a Russian contractor at Port Arthur of fered to' bet that within a half hour he could hire . 10,000 men outside of his regular large force. These regular forces are extremely large and are kept stead ily at work both by land and sea. Any time within the last five or six years one could find In the outer harbor a fleet of from 600 to 1,000 Chinese' junks, all loaded with railroad 'ties, lumber, and other building material. They, of course, are all working for the Russian government . , '. ; , , - One Important result ' of the Russian occupancy of Port Arthur has been a tremendous increase in the Imports from the United States. During several weeks In 1902 American goods to the value of more than 12,000,000 weekly were landed at , Port' Arthur, and che yearly commerce of the United States with that and ; the adjacent ports has been estimated at neany. 8100,000,000. But the Russian plan has been from the first to make Port Arthur a purely military and naval center. With that plan in view the Russians several years ago began the construction of the won derful city of Dalny, 80 miles north and 10 miles east of Port Arthur, which they hope to make the commercial capi tal of the far east The plan contem plates that all commercial ships shall be barred out of Port Arthur and sent to Dalny and that the former fortress shall be barred to civilians, where, - Indeed, they are now allowed only on sufferance, property being held on merely tempore ary leases. "' Dalny or, rather, the site of the pres ent city was located on an open road stead, where the navies, or an nations might ride. In order to make there a safe- harbor, an immense breakwater, costing millions, was built and Is now comcleted. projecting Into the sea for a great distance and inclosing a splendid anchorage. At Dalny, also, great ad ministration buildings were erected ana even that rare thing In the far east a first-class and comfortable hotel. F,ventually. as planned. Dalny is to oe the final terminus of the great Siberian railroad, by means of which Russia has tied together her widely scattered em pire. , Visitors to Port Arthur, within the last few years have been vastly Im pressed by the spirit of boundless en ergy which prevails there. Life in the fortress city is In great contrast to that in most of the settlements along the Chi nese coast The streets have been thronged with Russian soldiers and with gangs of coolies, all busy oa some im portant errand. The Russian soldier, as seen at Port Arthur, Impresses the visitor as being in deadly earnest Berore tnem aa, iroro the lowest private In the ranks to the' highest officer, shines In the hope of Winning the little cross of St George for valor In the face of the enemy. And on the day of St George the brave men ' who wear this cross have the honor of breaking bread wlthhthe great white cxar himself in Ms palace-St Petersburg, if they be stationed thre; or, If they are quartered at Port - Arthur, 'they .- eat breakfast at the table of the csar's vlce- roy. Admiral Alexleff and how can . greater honor come- into the life, of one j of these wiry Cossacks, wrapped In skins and furs and mounted on a little' shaggy pony, even tougher and hardier than his master? 1 So, strangely, In the passing of the years and in the working out of the policy of the nations, has the little Chi nese junk harbor of 40 years ago, named1 by the English, fortified by the French. I for the Chinese, .won by the Japanese at a great cost of blood and finally leased and turned Into a Paclflo Gibraltar by the Russians, come to be the center of the world's Interest. FBAYEB 07 ST. VAT2UOZ. The . following Interesting extract in Irish with the English translation wa found among the papers of a distin guished minister: The oldest piece of Writing In the sweet Irish tongue' is called St Pat rick's Armour or-Breastplate, v It is a prayer hymn written when St Patrick was going to Tara to preach before the kings and nobles of Ireland. At that time all the great people In Ireland were pagans, and Patrick greatly feared that he should be killed at. Kara.;:.; ''f rv'-y The, Praysr of St Patrick. At .Tara tdday the strength of God pilot me, the power of God preserve me,! may the wisdom of God Instruct me.' the eye of God watch over me, the ear' of God hear me, the word of God give me sweet talk, the hand of God de fend me, the way of God guide me. Christ be with me, Christ before me, Christ after me, Christ In me, Christ: over me, Christ on tny rigm nana, Christ on my left hand, Christ on this side, Christ on that side. Christ at my back, Christ In the hearts of every per son to whom I may speak, Christ in the mouth of every person who speaks to me, Christ In the eye of every person W UV .uw, . of every person who hears me at Tara! today.---. - '.- .-' - v- Little Wesley la radium expensive, papaT v" - ' , Papa Radium, my son, la to Mr., Rockefeller what coal la to me, , T A $15.00 THE OREGON W' PRIZES . FOR '; DAILY JOURNAL READERS The words of the following sentences will be scattered through the "want" advertisements to be published in The Sunday Journal, March 27: ' ; i "THE JOURNAL WANT COLUMNS ARE PROVING TO BE POPULAR AND FRUITFUL. HAVE YOU TRIED EM?" The "want advertisements containing the above words must be clipped from The Journal Sunday, March 27, pasted on a sheet of paper and addressed tO the "' . -' 'v ' 1 ' WANT-AD CONTEST DEPARTMENT The replies will be numbered in the order received and the prizes award ed to the first five containing correct selections, as follows: $5.00 For the first answer received at the business office of The Journal after 8 a. m. Monday morning.- ' , ,$4.00 For the first answer received by mail. ' $3.00 For the second answer received at the business office of The Journal after 8 a. m Monday morning. $2t00--For the second answer received by mail. $1.00 For the third answer received "at the business office of The Journal after 8 a, m. Monday morning. V Mail answers will be checked up according to the post marks stamped on the envelopes .and the envelopes will be reserved in case of dispute. ' Contestants are requested to write their names and addresses plainly. r