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THE PIUC 0 Real Estate for Sale? : EBusiness lot Sale ? More Help Wanted? Advertise In The Journal . -.'1 JOURNAL CIRCULATION . YESTEllDAr WAS 29,600 The Weather Fair' tonight and Friday; north to west winds. VOL. VI. NO. 312. PORTLAND, OREGON, THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH ; 5, 1908. SIXTEEN PAGES. PRICE TWO CENTS. AlnyM0 oStJ w Mvao k-lk N Oliff DWSOW OF AM OF MANCHURIA WILY NIPPONESE ffffTfTffTffffffTT?tlftTfTfT? 1 ' United Prm Leased Wire.) Washington, March 5. porace E. d wards, who' has been a resident of Pekin, China, for the last 20 years, in an interview with the United Press, said today: "All that Japan awaits is a favorable opportunity to attack China. Chinese re sistance will be feeble at the best. Japan is tied to all nations except Germany and the United States with treaties and she believes that these two will be neu tral. It is believed in Pekin that the Russians and the Japanese have come to an agreement to divide Manchuria. In this event both nations would largely rec ompense themselves for the terrible expense of the Japanese-Russian war.' All Japan Awaits Favorable Moment to Strike Germany and United States Only Countries Not Tied Up by Trea tiesBritish Foreign Office Advised London, March 6. Striking events In the Chinese-Japanese con troversy which have occurred within the last 24 hours have convinced the British foreign office that war be tween the two great Mongolian races Is very Imminent. The recent aelxure of the Japanese steamer Satsu Maru by the Chinese Is considered to significantly demonstrate the unsettled conditions that now exist In the diplomatic relations between the two countries. Notwithstanding one vessel has been released. Japan's de HianaVwhrch'wa'a Utile "short of an ul timatum for the return of the vessel and the almost Insolent display of Nip ponese naval force that accompanied the request for the Immediate release of the vessel, brought the tangled affairs to a climax. Japan Ready. All that Japan now awaits is a favor able moment to strike. The mobilisa tion of the Japanese fleet, which has been taking place for the last two months, the rush of wax preparation that have been going on at the great arsenals at .Osaka, are now believed to1 be explained . t the developments of the Chinese crisis. Japanese diplomacy let the world fool itself in attaching impor tance to these preparations as a result of American naval activity, while the real cause of It all lay to the eastward In Manchuria Officials of the British foreign office will not spoak authoritatively on the crisis, but they make no secret of the fact that England Is greatly concerned In the war cloud that has swiftly de veloped tn the far east within the last two weeks and which has assumed euoh a serious hue within the last 4H hours, England, as an ally of Japan's, would be In a very peculiar and far from en viable position. Kay net erre JBntlty. The United States la looked, upon to uphold " the territorial and administra tive entity of the yellow empire, and in case japan -forced a connict w expected to make strong representations to the European nations, at least, that ala-ned the Hays .circular-note of 1809, providing for that thing. If the English government failed to support the note and the attitude of the United States, she would at once make a move very unpopular at home and very threatening to the continuity of the peaceful pos session of her Chinese -possessions and her. recognised rights in the British sphere or innuence in soutn central China. II E NTRANC E Mrs. Howard, a Baltimore Beauty 0. R. & N. Grants Connection Between Thirteenth Street Track and N. P. RailroadConstruction of Termi nal Trackage in North Portland to Begin. l Construction of the terminal trackage of the- Spokane. Portland & Seattle rail way In its new freight yards In North Portland will be begun at once. After lona- delay the O. R. & N. company lias granted a connection between Its Thlr eenth street track and the Northern Pacific railroad and materials can be taken into the Hill yards. The Terminal company will build the connection with In the next two days and work will be commenced by the Hill company imme diately thereartep. The Immense freight houses of the Spokane, Portland .& Seattle Railroad company have been completed for months, but to the present time not a foot of trackage has been laid In the bla yards surrounding them. Every thing has awaited the expected settle ment of the Harrlman-HIll controversy over the general terminal arrangements to be made jointly oeiween au me com Miles of tracks will be laid in the new yards of the Spokane, Portland & Seattle road. They must be planned with a view of focusing the train move ment at a point where it is proposed to bring the main line of the road in rrom the company's new Willamette river bridge. For this reason it Is believed that the rival Interests are getting closer together In the terminal matter, and that prospects are favorable for a settlements that will mean the joint use of the present luilpn passengpfstatidh: It ' Is reported -from authoritative sources that the competing companies liave at notlme been near to any con solidation of the freight trackage of all BRAVE SAILOR PUT ON NAVY RETIRED LIST (United Preu Leased Wire.) Washington, March 6. Captain Henry J3. Mansfield, twice mentlbned for meri torious conduct, retired from the navy it. today by operation of the ag limit. In the civil war rte penormea a noxeworiny feat when In the schooner yacht America fie made a famous raid on confederate firlvateers. After the war he assisted n the capture and destruction of the j pirate ship Forward m i ecumpan river, Mexico. CHINA DECIDES TO ; RELEASE SATSU MARU ItTnitfd frrtM Leaned Wire.) . Tokla, .March '5. The Jaoanese gov ernment has-been notified that the Chi- . nese government at Peking intends to release ' the Japanese steamer Satsu Jiaru without further trouble. ..-i the North Portland terminal yards. It Is said that a railroad company can serve Its own . and the shippers' con veniences better by handling its own freight cars Independently, on Its own tracks. The fact that the Harriman manage ment has-as a matter of courtesy grant ed permission for a connection between Its Thirteenth street trackage and the main line of the rival company Indicates that the O. R. & N. and Southern Pacific companies are disposed to favor such a view of the freight terminal proposi tion. If It were their settled policy to en force a general consolidation of the freight terminals of all companies In North Portland they would, It is said, put up every possible obstacle against the construction of the Hill terminals until arrangements for such consolida tion were finally settled. The outlook now Is that each of the rival interests In North Portland will own and operate its own freight ter minals separately, and that an arrange ment will ultimately be made for Joint use of the union passenger station. life .'.! i' vt ! 11 11 OE SAYS B.L. Artful Dodgers 3Iade Usefu in So-Called Convention in Yamhill Count Report of "3Iachine" Causes Big Laugh. Anyone Who Would Oppose Statement No. 1 There "Could Not Be Elected Dog Catcher" Some Pre cincts Not Represented. This is a picture of Mrs. George Bronson Howard, who as Miss Doris Skinner was a noted Baltimore beauty. She has recently obtained a decree of absolute divorce from her husband. They had been married less than a year when the break came in their domestic relations George Bronson Howard is well known in New York and Washington society and has often been a visitor to this coast. Telegraph dispatches have told of the peculiar features of his wife's suit for separation. B. L. Barry, a prominent business man of Dayton, Yamhill county, scouts the idea that Yamhill county Republt is ere opposed to (Statement No. 1 and the direct primary law. Why," he mid this morning, Ma man could not b elected dog; catcher up la Tamhlll If lie opposed Statement Vo. 1." Kr. Barry wm discussing the report eat out of the oonrmtlon reoently&eld In KcMinnvlIle at which resolutions condemning Statement Ho, 1 wars adopted. "I will tell you about that conven tion." Mr. Barry said. "Up in Yamhill 4nntr ft Is considered m -a Joke and Is looked upon as such. No one at, taches any Importance to Its actions, for It did not express the opinion of even a small majority of the voters of Yamhill county. Artful Dodgers. 'The convention was called by small dodgers about 6x9 Inches in dimensions, and a very significant thing about the documents was that none or them were signed. It was not said on them that the convention had been called by the county central committee or the chair man nf it. because there-la not a poll tlcian In Yamhill county who would have dared to have signed such a call. "It la said that several precincts were not represented and this part of the re port seat out la true. They ware not represented because the preolaota were so solidly for Statement Ho. 1 that they would pay no attention to the conven tion. They Just treated It as a Joke and let it alone. I do not know anyone In Yamhill county outside of the men In the as sessor's office and a few other old-line politicians who are opposed to State ment No. 1. The Issue up there is so strong that It is carried into the county ticket and the candidates for county offices will have to ellher be friendly to Statement No. 1 or be defeated. Hot Under Vaobine. "Yamhill county used to be as com pletely under the thumb of the old time machine as did Portland or the state," continued Mr. Barry. "But It is not now. The men who are trying to control things up there now and to oppose Statement No. 1 will be the most surprised lot of men you ever saw when the election is over. "Yamhill county 1 solid for State ment No. 1," concluded Mr. Barry, "and reports sent out mat inn rtepuunuBn narfv nf the county has condemned it are not true The Idea of such a report being: sent out for ridiculous to as a Joke." PORTLAND SCHOOLS SMD TO BE SAFE; FIRE DRILLS ARE UP TO THE AVERAGE FOR PROFICIENCY 'COURT FOR BRISTOL'S JOB Washington, March 5. John Mc- Court.of Pendleton was recommend ed by the Oregon delegation for ap pointment as United States district attorney for Oregon to succeed W. C. Bristol. The decision of the delega tion was arrived at late this after noon and will be sent to the presi dent at once. It is believed here that this will end the long fight for the selection of an attorney to fill the place now virtually vacant at Portland. Mr. McCourt has been the choice of Congressman Kills for some time end has been willing to accept' the office should it be tendered to him though he haa made no active effort to secure the appointment. He has been brought forward by Mr. Ellis from time to time as a possible compromise candidate an1 has at last been decided by the delega tion to be a man well fitted for the of- fire and against can be urged. whom no opposition John McCourt is a well-known at torney of Pendleton, where he has prsc tired law for several years. He was raised In Marlon county on a farm near the city and attended the Willamette law school araduatlna; some 10 years ago. He studied law In the office of John A. Carson and after being ad mitted to practice went to Pendleton where he became the Junior partner of the late Judge J. J. Balleray, acknowl edged to have the widest knowledge of the law of any man in eastern Oregon. After' the death of Judge Balleray. about three years ago, Mr. McCourt formed a partnership with Gilbert W. Phelps, prosecuting attorney for Uma tilla and Morrow counties, and was ap pointed deputy district attorney, which position he now holds. He is also the city attorney of Pendleton. Mr, McCourt ranks high In eastern Oregon as a lawyer. He nas had great success in the trial and prosecution or canes before the eastern Oregon courts and is a hard worker and a deep student. Mr. McCourt is a young man about 26 years of age. Chief Campbell Believes Buildings Are Fairly Well Protected From Fire and Panic " of Training Their Pu- wis iur Mnv Lmer- - gency That May Arise FOUND DOORWAY FAS1ENED Children of Local School During Fire Drill Make Star tling Discovery Side Exit Door Would Not Open When Pressed. Portland may have to change tta pub lic school system Of fire drills if It desired to afford absolute protec tion to pupils. Under present rules there. Is much, delay in setting children out of the school buildings and there re not drills frequently enough to get pupils thoroughly used to alarms. One apparently foolish rule is that which compels children to stop to strap up books at the tap of the fire alarm and there are said to be other weak nesses In the system now employed. It Is not cenerally known that an alarming oversight on the part of some one in control, or sub-control, of one of our local schools was brought to at tention recently aunng s, lire arm. Several weeks ago the Incident was oommon talk among scholars of the school In question and bad the fire drill on the occasion mentioned been glvaa aa result of an actual fir there la ao telling what might have happened. There might have been just such an ficevrrenss asthat of North Cpyinwood yesterday when scores of little ones lost their lives through the grossest neglect of the school officials of that place who gave no more Intelligent thought to the lives -of the little ones entrusted to their care than would be expected of savages. The Worth ColUnwood doors opened Inward and one of them, at least, was locked.' The doors of the certain Port land school may not open Inward, but they were lookedl The fife drill bell was sounded and the Portland pupils, in perfect order, took their places In line. The classes (Continued on Page Five.) EVERY WOMAN IN OREGON WILL READ THIS PAPER L y ' -.. " In its issue of March 22 The Oregon Sundriy Journal is going to do something that will wake up-interest among the wo men of this community, especially among the dressmakers dnd the women who want to keep up to the minute in matters per taining to dress. ' This issue of the paper will be the spring and. summer fash Ion number of the paper. It will illustrate and describe the very Jatest' fashions of France and America in- drawings and photo graphs In such a way as no American newspaper has ever done. There will be drawings by -.Jeanette Hope, who' in Paris looks at French fashions with an American eye and knows what will appeal to the good taste of those at home. Miss Hope will furnish two pages of drawings for this edition;. A staff of fashion diplomats has got behind the scenes of the great French Workshops,- and will give all that is latest 4n French blouses and suits and gowns in excellent photographs. Accessories of dress for women will also be pictured In photo graphs. A page will be given to new Paris bats. The dressmakers, through The Journal, will sret the rv latest models from which to furnish their patrons with the latest I things for spring. ! They will find: the . spring fashion"; number ; something worth seeirig and keeping. ' "c "; ; " "" '' TRIES TO KILL ISO the truth Is too be considered other than INVESTIGATE CAUSE OF - DISASTER Son of Judge Buck of Spokane Shoots at Member of Order He Swears Has Hounded Him Demented Youth Raving in Cell of City Prison. (United Press Letied Wire.) Spokane, Wash., March' 6. F. J. Buck, son of Judge Buck and brother of Stored Buck, a well-known newspa per man, made an Insane attempt this morning to kill John , 1J. , Shaw, presi dent of the Shaw-Borden company, and the highest Mason of the city. He met Shaw In the entrance to his store on Riverside avenue and fired a 38-callbru revolver at him at short range. The bullet passed through Shaw's collar without injuring him. Buck declares Masons hounded htm out. or me country ana are still per secuting him. He was not personally acquainted with Shaw and the latter did not Know mm, huck was aelsed Dy oy-stanuers ana taxen to tna clt Jail raving. He is 85 years old an unmarried. RAILROADS OBEY NEW TELEGRAPHERS' LAW rniand. Ohio. Karoh 5. The Col Unwood board of eduoation is Invest! ratios' the cause of the fire. There la a report that the Are was of Incendiary origin. There la no proor or una, dui . M-flhlteeta do not believe that the furnace was the cauae. The Janitor claims that ha opened the outside doors, but his other testimony Is conflicting. The plans or tna Duuaiag ahow that tha rear doora opened ouv ward, but this fact la disputed. Business Is all but suspended tnrougn- out this city today ana tuninwiwu. Flags are at nan masi bybjuiwh an air of deep gloom prevails. Snlfts of men worked all night In the ruins or the North Colllnwood school and when thev censed this morning 12 bodies were at the morgue, about 30 of which are burned so that they cannot be identified. The city engineer of Col llnwood says that. In his opinion, this accounts fnr all missing. The Colllnwood board of trade baa donated 15,000 and the city council add ed another Ilka sum to the fund for tha .(Continued on Pags Two.)., (United Press Leited Wirt.) Chicago,' March 6. Representatives of western railroads and labor organiza tions met today to readjust the work ing conditions of employes affected by the new nine-hour service which went Into effect yesterday on all the rail roads. , The railroads have made many threats within the last few days. Some of them declare they intend to discharge many men, others threaten to reduce the number of trains, while others are talking of Installing a telephone serv ice and throwing out the telegraph wirea and reducing wages. The unions insist - that no reductions wtll be ac cepted. It Is reported that 2,000 non union awltchmen will be recruited here. GOES INSANE WHILE STAYING AT HOTEL Mra. Frances E. Jackson became vio lently Insane at the Imperial hotel last night and was taken to the county Jail. Today she was sent to the asylum at Salem after examination by alienists. She Is the wife tf a lighthouse keeper on the Alaskan, station, and the lonely life there la supposed to have had much to do with unhinging her reason. Her husband brought her to-. Portland on the way to California, where he hoped that sha would recover. Her screams aroused the guesta at the hotel last nteht and It I waa - decided that aha snouia go to me nsyiura si ones. GOVERNMENT MEN ARREST ANARCHIST (United Press Leased Wire.) Chicago, March 5. Forty-five men, two of them believed to be anarchists, and two women, all alleged to be counterfeiters, were arrested here to day as the result of a raid made by United States secret service men and the local police, w- ' " ' The arrest of a man accused of pass ing spurious coins led to the raid. He confessed after "being in tha "aweatbox" 18 hours, according to tha police department, and told where hU alleged accomplices could be found. The ponce confiscated a complete counter- dct - uuviu. wa una 10 m&Jce counterfeit dollars. . CASE AGAINST WOMAN NOT PROSECUTED On the recommendation Of Deputy Dis trict Attorney Haney, Judge Cfeland io. day dismissed the . charge of larceny against Cornelia Emmerick, who was ac cused of stealing a diamond: buelfle val ued at ilOO from Henry Edleman. Tha wuuiau wm me tanuiaayt or tna Annex at 834 Yamhill street, and upon being arrested promptly, restored the stolen property. Edleman did not wish to H. .i. . ir" "-n ,n v1w of the imcsv vuai ui ueianaani IS a wrtmi. .1 haa been taught a lesson she will pot forget, tha dismissal of the case waa de cided on. - . Portland school children are com paratively safe from Injury by fir so far as adequate precautions can provide safety, according to ' th statements of practically all v the) large schools of the city and the added testimony of Fire Chief Camp bell, who says the fire drills In the rurtiaua scnoois are . oi a, lugtter grade of efficiency than those In many eastern schools which he Yislted during his recent trip. Thia Is the other Bide of the argument, regard ing local school houses. ; 1 ; ; V All exit dporsln JPortlafld ichooi buildings are large, "admitting from four to eight pupils to pass through them abreast. All open outward and all are kept unlocked during all the time classes are in session. " Lf Monitors are chosen from among the larger boya of each school, and trained. wnose auty it is to spring lor the out ward swinging exit doors at the first tap of the fire drill alarm, awing tho doors wide open and' fasten them In that position until tha last parson has nassad inxougn mam to the outer xlr an1 safety. a , s1-, Fire drills are practiced approximate ly every two weeks at all of tha schools . and by these the largest schools In tho city are emptied of pupils within- two minutes after tho first alarm is riven. while in the majority of cases tho Urn is slightly over ono minute. Books, wraps, hats, everything la left to its fate when the ' fire alarm1 is sounded, and not strapped up. aa re ported, me teacnera marshalling their classes In Una and sending them down the stairways, fire escapes "and through V the corridors In double, tlmo for .-tho open air. , , . 5 . . Situation of rornaoas. , According to the principals of tho various schools tho school buildings aro well constructed for quick emptying in cas; pf f lro. Tha furnaces aro bo eitu ated in tho majority of cases that tho puplla aro marched away from tho vi cinity f tbo furnaco room, where flro would moat likely atart, from tha tlmo they leavo their class rooms until they fng0 aWewalka outalda Ufa build- In th ehuol ystem ao far aa ' could be ascertained today there Is but one defective point, and that la a small ; W"' Sido Tiigh achooL Onmt!ho Mcondoor ono of the rooms on tho Aid5f V""-.?". o tha building i. barred from tho flro escape bit reason "f " "vwwmcn la ruiea with a blackboard. When tho fire escapes wero put up It was Intended. Principal Davis aaya, to cut through tho blackboard and rinn tn!At n ... . " - w -nm nwjn, 'Aula was never done, and that room Is barred rom.,ll!?ct connection, though it is ' possible for occupants of tho room to ' gain the fire escape by going into tho main hall, or Into an adjoining room. Professor Davis, however, believed that Jjpwld b Impossible for fire to gain sufficient headway to cause danger to tho students. ,-;;.;,,.;,, A :. Campbell's eport. Flro Chief Campbell has not made an Inspection of the school buildings sinoo but at that time he - found all buildings in good shape, with doors opening outwards and fira drills work ing well. . . s f . "t o not believe ther Is any danger to tho. Portland schools other than would come with any f Ire;' he said this morn ing. "I. have not visited tho school lataly. butwhen I did last year maka the. rounds of tho . buildings I found . them In good shape. - "At that tlmo 1 made several recom mendations.. One of them was that tha flro drills should be held regularly and often, another that the puplla shoull not atop, for books Or wraps when the drill sounded, aa.wns then don. Tut purpose of fira drill isjiot to save books, but to aava lives. " "I will say, however, the chief contin ued,, "that - tho flro- drills of Portlan I . schools are of a high grade, I rlsite l schools in the east during my recent trip and, witnessed their drills and in my -opinion tha Portland achoola have a higher degree of efficiency in their drills than any of these eastern schools aeon by me.. v-,., r vJrew re Ssessoo. - - . ' There are flro escapes on but few ft th buildings aald tha chief, "but the exit doora are largo and It is ey t got the pupils out. Tho main h'sr for tha principals to oeo to It tiwt if' exit doors aro sept unlocked t ii When school la in session ..That Is . o-.o of tha thing f J-eoomnn lP T j i rY oort of a year airo rul 1 bHiove it . iolng observed. That Is a mat.r. l,o.; ever, that is up ta tho. I could tot aw hit M nil MR whether the ruie unless I mad -p vl;'. dv. I oenev. ii""""'! in schoels are well I drilled tor an emergen:y. 1 v CCoctlnucl cn ' rfWi." t-'j&ii '.v.y."j-.",f?. t