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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.
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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.
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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
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" 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.
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