THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 28, lOlii.
TODAY
(58tb DAY OF 1913 )
ONE YEAR AGO
At Home.
- Follon-foc the granting of authority to city
cOtnmimtonera to iMirobaxe wj wtt nietera
t omnaiimtortrT Daly rwelTed a;ore of ..applica
tions fur tbe motera.
- February' a realty transfer exceeded -tboae of
.preceding month by SloO.OOO.
W. V. Williamson, fur the past six yeara
aiataet poatmaater In the Portland office,
resigned on account of III health.
Abroad.
Washington Aoxloua to end the Benton .In
cident at Jauree (irtieral Carranza said tie
was willing to indemnify the widow, financi
ally. K the Waahtngtoa administration would
drop tbe case.
Santa Monica. Ca I. Tbe Sunbeam car. lead
ing the Grand ITI automobile rai-e here, over
turned In the a3d lap. Driver J. B. Marqnia
mi Mechanician Harry Haugh. were aerioua
ly Injured.
Washington A call to tbe auffragiat of the
T'nited 8tatea to rally In open air meetings in
every city and village in the country to pava
resulntiona asking wnjrfH for rote for wo
nwti waa made by Wouian'a guffrage associa
tion. AM L'SKMKXTS
BAKER Broadway and glxth. Curtains 2:20
ud Matinee Similar. Wednesday
and Satnrday. 'Bringing L'p Father," mu-ii-al
ctineiy.
OKI'IIKIM Broadway at Stark. Vaudeville.
.Curtains 2:.'S0 and 8:30.
PAXTAtiKS Hroadway at Alder. Vaudeville.
Curtains 2::o. 7:30 and 9:10.
LOTiWH BMPBB88 Bradnay at Yamhill.
Vaudeville. Continuous. 1 :30 to 5:Sl, 7::iO
to :15 week daya. Continuous 1 to 11.
Sundays. e
l itic Konrtn at stark. vauoeviiie. Lon-
cimions, 1 to It p. m.
ELEVENTH HTREET Kleventh and Morrl-on.
Authentic German war pictures. 11 a. m.
to 11 p. m.
COLUMBIA SUth between Washington and
Stark streets. Motion pictures, II a. m. to
11 p. m.
PEOPLES West Park at Alder street. Mo
tion yirtnres, H:30 a. m. to p. m.
rVTAKWisblnnton at Park. Motion pictures.
11 .a. m. to 11 p. in.
. NATIONAL Park and West Park, at Stork.
Motion pictures, VI m. to 11 p. m.
''" MAJKMTIC Washington at Park. Motion pic
tures, 11 a. id. to 11 p. m.
SUNSET Washington at Brourivuiy. Motion
pictures, 11 a. m. to 11 p. ni.
CIKOI.E lCourtb at Washington. Motion pic
tures.' It a. m. to 11 p. in.
A KT VyL'PKV VI Fifth and Taylor. Hours 9
to 6 week days. 2 to Ji Sundays. Free after-
noons of Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Satur-
dsy.
Coming Events.
East Side Business Men i luncheon. March 1.
Rotary club luncheon at the iirnson hotel
March 2.
Ad club luncheon at the Multnomah hotel
March 3.
Progressive Business Men's luncheon at the
Benson hotel March 4.
Realty Board luncheon at Commercial club.
March 5.
Oregon Civlo, league luncheon at Multno
mah hotel. Mtfrb (J.
Symphony orchestra concert at the Hellig,
March 14.
Central library Meeting.
Rationalist society, every Sunday evening
Oregon Civic league lectures every Thurs
day evening.
Pacific university extension lectures, every
Wednesday evening.
- Port Information Supplied.
Information regarding tbis port nay be ob
tained -from the Portland Chamber of Com
merce, 6B Fifth street. Telephone Main U03
or A-1203.
Fire and Police.
Fire department Main 7700, A13.
Police department Main 7181, A-C7&1.
Weather Conditions.
A lnrge high pressure are is central over
Minnesota and the barometer is reljtlvely low
on the Pacific slope. Light rain hs fallen In
Washington, western Oiegon. northern Cali
fornia, northern l;tnh. New Mexico. Oklahoma
and the- gulf states, and snow hxi, occurred
in Colorado, Kansas. Nebraska, Missouri and
the lower lake region. The temperature
chenges since yesterday have been unim
portant. The conditions are favorable for showers
St'tndsy in Oregon. Washington and northern
.Idaho. Fair weather will coutluue In south
ern Idaho.
Forecast.
Portland and vicinity: Sunday, showers;
wmtherly wind.
Orenon and Washington: Sundav. shoners;
southerly winas.
Idaho: Sundav, fair south, rain north por
tion " EDWARD A. BK.M.S.
District Forecaster.
liocal Record.
Portland. Or.. Feb. 27. Maximum temper
ature. 40.2 degrees; minimum temperature. It
decrees. . ,
River reading. 8 a. m., 4.0 feet;-change in
lt 24 hours, '0.3 foot.
- Total vnlnfull (5 p. m. to 5 p. m.), n...
"Inches; total rainfall since Sept. 1. 1".M4.
Inches; normal rainfall since Kept. I. ;U.MX
ti:ehe; deficiency of rainfall since Sept. 1,
JMKI Inches.
Total sunshine, none; possible sunshine. 11
bonrs. 1 minute.
Barometer (reduced to sea level), o p. m.,
3.t4 inches.
V. S. Weather Hulletln. j
Observation taken ut 5 p. m.. Pacifle
ei v
" B' Si Wind &
' . a
Stiitwn. " t a?: - S
J5 . j- a
. It C Q. I
Maker 4 0 x SK Pt. Cloudy
Bos'on ... :I2 ft 24 NW Clear
Chit ago :4 12 N Clear
Iever' DO .:14 6 SW Pt. Cloudy
Duluth 22 0 4 SW Clear
Kureka fi2 r .2B- S N Clear
Calvcaton ... M l.M N K Clear
Hel-na 40 0 4 SB clear
Jacksonville . . . i .44 1 N Kaln
Kansas City . :4 J .08 14 XK Snow
Ixs Angeles . tts 0 8 SW Cloudy
Uarshftcld .. 54 : .10 .6 SW Cloudy
Minneapolis . 2S I 0 8 XE Ckmriv
Mentreal 20 I T a NW Cloudy
.New Orleans. .V- 1.(XS 14 NE Kaln
NVw York .. 3t i O 42 MW Clear
North Head. . fto .r2 12 S Pt. Cloudy
No. Yskiuia . 4N I . 4 fNW Its in
Pboenlx 4 I 4 1 E Clear
Portland SO I .?,6 4 E Clondv
Rnsebuig M j .08 4 W Pt. Cloudy
ftt I-oois ... 3 l 14 NE Cloudy
Salt Ijike ... 40 .02 4 W Cloudy
San IYsu. ... ." I .02 8 SW Rain
Seattle i 5l I 10 S Ralu
Spokane 4S 4 NE Cloudy
Taeoma 4S ! .20 4 SW Rain
Tstooah lsl d. B2 .38 4 E Pt. Cloudy
Walls Willi. 54 I O W Cloudy
Washington . .".ft t 1 1 NW Clear
TOWN TOPICS
. Albina Water Office. T. I.. Adams,
M. H. Calef and J. Nelson, a commit
tee of the Albina Business Men's asso
ciation, is distributing thousands of
dodgers announcing the re-establishment
of the Albina water office, 296
Russell street, and urging Albina resi
dents to pay their water rentals at the
office, to avoid its possible discontin
uance. Secretary M. H. Calef, of the
association, is co-operating with the
Albina Consumers' league in sending
circulars to the Clarke county farmers
who supply the Albina public market
at Knott street toNsupply data on the
produce they will bring in in the spring,
when a big openingXday will be cen--ducted.
Meat and daiW products have
- been sold there twice weekly all winter.
Independent Homestead, Ho. 680. ;
The Independent Homestead, No. 580, '
of. this city, celebrated the eighteenth I
anniversary of the Brotherhood off
the American Yeoman. The meeting
was held at the Odd Fellows' hall, at
East Sixth and East Alder streets, last I
Friday night. There was a 600 card j
ai I, .uAin.iiig auu i en cbiiiiienis, ana a
general good time.
BlbUcal Xfeason Proved. In the days
, of Isaiah the statement was made that
"a little child shall lead them." Yes
terday, during a hearing to determine
the. sanity of Frank Commiski, little
10-year-old . Joe Bukovl proved the
, truth of the assertion by acting as in
terpreter between Drs. Buck and Kane
." friends and relatives of Commiski.
In bis piping childish voice, he put
questions asked in English by 'the
alienists to those questioned, turning
the questions into the Hungarian lan
' Kuase and translating their answers
into as pure Knglish as could be ex
pected of a child of more mature years.
Dr. Kane said that frequently he calls
the boy to act as interpreter when
Hungarian patients visit him. The boy
is not related to Commlski, but belongs
to a family of neighbors.
Driver Fined 92.00. As the result of
a collision between a Williams avenue
car and a buttermilk wagon, driven by
C. If. Repp, of 805 Bast Fourteenth
street North, at Williams avenue and
S$an Rafael streets early yesterday
Thorning, Repp was fined $2 in the
municipal court for having no lantern
and no Jieense on his wagon. Frank
Liddell, for violating the traffic or
dinance by cutting across the center of
a street intersection, was fined $2. M.
M. Lyons, proprietor of the Irvington
Pharmacy, 592 Kast Broadway, was
fined $2 for leaving his car in the
street without lights. F. Twombly
was fined $2 for driving his motorcycle
with the muffler open.
Boys Mast Appear. When three of
four boys implicated in thefts of
stamps, tools and othr property from
a Williams avenue planing mill "backed
up" on their confessions yesterday in
juvenile court, Judge Gatens ordered
that the entire matter go over to Tues
day afternoon, when the boys must ap
pear without their parents before Chief
Probation - Off icer Mcintosh. .The pa
rents made no effort to aid Judge Ga
tens. One boy, who was caught while
acting as "jiggers," or. lookout, while
the. others were in the mill, stuck to
i liis . confession, and said the others
were in the mill. Mcintosh was di
rected to try to get at the bottom of
the affair.
Sentenced, Then Paroled. Frank
Barton, 16 years old, who was arrested
In Seattle, charged with stealing $123
belonging u J. H. Hamilton, his em
ployer, was paroled by Judge Gatens,
of the juvenile court yesterday, after
being sentenced to the state training
school until lie Is 21 years old. He
was told to pay back the money he
took, and must work to do so. Hamil
ton is proprietor of the City Hall Del
icatessen, and (the boy was sent to the
bank with the money. He dropped
from sight, and was next heard of
when Seattle juvenile court officers
notified the local court that he was in
Seattle.
Man's Whereabouts Sought. An un
signed letter has been received by The
Journal from Hubbard, in which in
quiry is made concerning the where
abouts of Al McL,eod, who, the letter
states, disappeared from the McKay
ranch, at Hubbard, about two months
ago. McLeod is described as 63 years
old. with blue eyes, gray hair, very tall
and broad shouldered, and limps siight
ly. Until the "name of the writer of
the letter is furnished, the matter can
not be given attention.
Tobacco Dealer Fined. For selling
tobacco to minors, L. B. Carden. pro
prietor of a grocery store at 4 86 Al
berta street, was fined $15 by Muni
cipal Judge Stevenson yesterday. Don
ald Swanman. aged 16, of 1006 East
Eighth street North; John Reynolds,
aged 16, of 980 Kast Thirteenth street
North, and George Johnson, aged 17, of
1011 East Twelfth street North, were
found smoking cigarettes by the police
I last night, and Johnson told where the
tobacco supply had been secured.
Youth Crete Chance. Instead of serv
ing a sentence of I to 2 years in the
penitentiary, 16-year-old Stephe Spitul
ski will have a chance to show that he
can be good. Yesterday morning Judge
Gatens, of the Juvenile court, sen
tenced Spitulski to the state training
school until he is 21 years old and
paroled him to Father Fiorian Matus
.ewskl, priest of St. Stanislaus parish.
The boy pleaded guilty recently to at
tempted burglary, and was sentenced
with an older companion to the peni
tentiary. Desertion Is Charged. Desertion was
charged yesterday in divorce suits filed
by Klmcr Howard against Anna How
ard, Georgia Raymond against Louis
Raymond, and Brabazon K. King
against Sophia (.'. King. Judge Mor
row granted a divorce to Vera A.
Whiteaker from Roy R. Whiteakei
for cruelty, and Judge Davis allowed
.leanette J. Glandon a divorce from
James R. Glandon for desertion.
Held to Cirsoid Jury. Thomas F.
Kirk was bound over to the grand jury
yesterday by Municipal Judge Steven
son on two charges of obtaining money
by false pretenses. The fraud consist
ed in the forging of checks of V. W.
Miller, of 449 Third street, and William
Woodham, of 4624 Sixty-seventh street
S. E. He is also said to have passed a
$10 check on the Merchants' National
bank.
Attorney Will X,ecture. Next
Wednesday evening, at 8 o'clock, at the
I wmte temple cnurcn. Kranit H. Hilton,
j a Portland attorney, will give an illus
! trated lecture, entitled, "Through Eu-
Oo to the Heillg Tueeday.
("Whirl of tke World") and
thereby help the Progressive
Business Men's Club build the
ljjrch Mountain Trail.
Wedding Presents
that will be appreciated are the
ones that last through years of
use.
Sterling; Silver, Sheffield and
Other High-Grade Plated Ware
at the low prices we charge,
make the most desirable of gifts.
For instance 75c for pair of Sterl
ing and Colonial Glass Salt and
Pepper. Others at $1.00, $1.25 and
UP-
$1.25 for Sterling Cheese Server.
Our $2.00. $3.00, $5.00 and other
moderate priced articles are par
ticularly high class.
Knives. Forks. Spoons in single
prices from 75c up. In chests
from $8.50 up.
-Tea Seta as low as $10.00 for 4
pieces.
Eight day clocks from $4.00 up.
A Wedding Present in a Jaeger
box Is a guarantee of Quality.
JAEGER BROS.
Quality Jewelers.
866 MOB&XSOH. BETWEEH
TEHU) AND FOTJSTH
1 Slfr
Bra
rope on a Bicycle." The lecture will be
under the auspice of the men's class
of the chnrch, and striking films taken
by the speaker in various parls of Eu
rope will be shown. These will be sup
plemented by pictures secured after the
great war. commenced. The meeting is
open to all.
Prof. George X. Xlrkpatrick, the not
ed author and lecturer, will deliver
three lecture on March 1, 4 and 5, at
Arion hall. Second a.nd Oak streets.
The subject will be "War Against
War." Prof. Kirkpatrick has been the
regular lecturer for the last five years
for the New Tork City board of educa
tion. He is the author of "War, What
For?" which makes the lecturer one of
the best known and influential anti
militarists in the United States. Ad
mission to these lectures will be 10
cents. (Adv.)
Estate Xstft to Children- With the
exception of $200 left to a sister, Mary
Melene, of Kellestadt. Sweden. Mrs.
Emeli (juist, who died February 10, left
her estate by will to her three chil
dren. Miss Hilda Quist, a daughter,
yesterday filed a petition for appoint
ment as executrix of her mother's es
tate, saying it is worth $10,800.
Peace and tbe ChiltL Frank Motter
will speak on "Peace Essential to the
Security of the Child" before the
World Peace association at 3 o'clock
today in Hall A, Central library, Elev
enth and Yamhill. There will be con
gregational singing of peace songs.
Mr. Motter is instructor of public
speaking for the Y. M. C. A.
Will Tnrn Over Fees. County Clerk
COffey will turn over to the county
treasury for February 1298.11, com
prising $68 fees received for citizen
ship petitions, $33.50 received for dec
larations of intention to become citi
zens, and $196.61 Interest on daily bal
ances of funds on deposit from his
office.
Bound Over to Grand Jury. William
Coen and William M. Tohin, arrested
recently on charges of wholesale
chicken thefts in all parts of eastern
Multnomah and Clackamas counties,
waived preliminary examination on
the charges and were bound over to
the grand jury by District Judge Day
ton. Both are In jail.
Sentenced for Bobbery. Frank Kes
ter. Janitor at the Nordica hotel. Grand
avenue and Belmont streets, was given
35 days in jail yesterday for robbing E.
C. Moore, a lodger at the hotel. The
robbery took place in a saloon. W. E.
Hart was given 60 days in Jail for
stealing plumbing fixtures from a va
cant house in Albina.
At Reed College. Dr. William T. Fos
ter will speak at Reed college vesper
services this afternoon, 4 p. m.. on the
subject "The Spirit of the West." The
music for the occasion will consist of:
Prelude, Largo from the "New World
Symphony," Dvorak; contralto solo,
"Pax Vobsicum," Schubert, by Miss
Clara Wuest.
"Tbe Philosophy of Henri Bergrson,"
a lecture by Prof. Bernard C. Ewer,
this evening, at 7:45. at the Church of
Our Father, Broadway and Yamhill.
Morning service at 11, followed by
pastor's adult class. Rev. W. G. Eliot
Jr., minister. The public respectfullv
Invited. (Adv.)
Don't Forget that we will make you
a suit to order for $10 down and bal
ance $5 a month. An ever increasing
trade for the past 15 years proves that
there must be merit in our work. Call
and be convinced. Unique Tailoring
Co., Men's and ladies' tailors., 309
Stark, bet. 5th and 6th. (Adv.)
Mother Qooia Party. The ynun?
peoples' branch of central V. C T. T.
will give a "Mother Goose" party at
W. C. T. U. headquarters W'ednesday
tening at 8 o'clock. The young people
will come dressed representing some
character in Mother Goose rhymes.
The public Is invited.
Do You Like Good Pie? .1. Cribble,
the well known pie artist, is here.
With our competent chef you'll enjoy
your meal at the Village Inn Cafeteria,
between Third and Fourth streets, on
Washington, under Merchants' Na
tional Bank. (Adv.)
Business Men and Women you
are invited to a lecture on "Busi
ness Success Through Mental Attrac
tion," by Perry Jos. Green, every Mon
day in March. 12:15. Eilers hall, 142
Broadway. Admission free. No col
lection. (Adv.)
Artists to Meet. The Society of Ore
gon Artists will meet at the Central li
brary at 8 p. m. tomorrow evening. Tli
annual election of officers will be -t
part of the program. All members
are urged to attend.
Colorado Society to Meet. The Colo
rado society will hold a meeting Tues
day evening. March 2, at Cotillion hall.
A program with progressive 500 will be
the entertainment. All former Colora
doans are invited.
Piano Company Formed. Articles of
incorporation of the Schwan Piano
company, capitalized at $20,000, were
filed yesterday with County Clerk Coffee,-
by F. J. Schwankovsky, Arthur M.
Eppstein and Palmer L. Fales.
Grand Purim Ball given by Congre
gation Ahavai Sholom, Monday eve.
March 1, in B'nai B'rith hall. Thir
teenth and Mill streets. 500 and prize
waltz. General admission, 50c. (Adv.)
Boatloads of Fresh Columbia Biver
Smelt, 75 cents for a 50 pound box.
Alaska Fish company, Washington
street dock. Main 2017. Free auto
delivery. (Adv.)
Xiecture Is Postponed. Owing to the
illness of the lecturer, the meeting of
the Portland Rationalist society for
Sunday night in library hall has been
postponed.
Steamer Jesse Harkins for Camas.
Washougal and way landings, daily ex
cept Sunday. Leaves Washington street
dock at 2 p. m. (Adv.)
a -
One Suit Pressed Each Week. $1.50
a month. Unique Tailoring Co., 309
Stark. Main 514. A-43U. (Adv)
Men's Balmacaan Bainooats $15.00
coats for $10.00. Jimmy Dunn, Orego
nlan bldg., 3d floor. v-vdv.)
Window glass for broken windows
Portland Door & Window Co.. 230
Front St. Phone Mar. 100. (Adv.)
Dr. W. Claude Adams has moved to
1201 Selling building to specialize in
prophylaxis and pyorrhea. Main
5304. (Adv.)
Shipberd's Hot Springs. A good
time to go. E. U SHIPHERD. Mgd. Ad-
St. Patrick's Church, hot dinner, 25c,
Sunday from 12 to 6 p. m. (Adv.)
Wooster Bells Everything-. 488
Washington st. (Adv.)
X. . Fox, optician. Journal bldg. Ad.
Punished by a Pine. For annoying
Mrs. Charles Elmore by following her
about the business district. Steven
Yakimas, who was arrested at Third and
Japanese Consul
t at ac ae at
Talks on Trade
K. Kumasaki, Japanese
Import and Export Between Portland and Japan.
Imports Exports . Total jmt.
Year from Japan to Japan of trade
1909 $373,534 $ 379,09" $ 757,624
1910 490,411 95.03fi 1,185,447
1911 50S.14S 1,272,487 1,7X0,635
1912 552,189 1,489,995 2.041,184
1913 531,105 2,799,247 3,330,352
Ky Marshall X. Dana.
From across the Pacific Japan ex
tends the hand of welcome to Portland
trade.
Furthermore, she sends to this city
a consul, K. Kumasaki, who says:
"Every year tbe Pacific ocean grows
narrower. Every year we are irresis
tibly drawn by forces superior to our
selves into closer relations. Every year
opens up possibilities for splendid
things which we can do together and
which will redound to the happiness
and prosperity of both rJeoples if we
can only keep our heads level and our
consciences clean."
And if we will go further in conver
sation with this genial Japanese gen
tleman his ambitions ideal will con
struct before our eyes regular steam
ship lines plying profitably between
JapaJiese ports and this, fully cargoed
both wajs. And from this vision a
rude awakening as rude, that is, as
Consul Kumasaki's courtesy will per
mit: "There are no regular liners between
Portland and Japan, nor have you suc
ceeded, so far, in making the trade
very attractive to the ocean tramps.
This is certainly a great obstacle to
our mutual' interests. Ships coming
this way carry almost nothing. There
was tile recent case of a steamer enter
ing this port from Japan, which could
not get anything to bring here, so she
had to take in coal for Honolulu at a
hopelessly low rate and call at that
port on her way over. Such a situ
ation makes the opening of regular
service between the two coasts very
difficult."
And why are there no regular steam
er lines? Why do tramp steamers find
the trade unattractive?
The exports from Portland to Japan
in 1912 were valued at $1,189,995; In
1913 at $2,799,247, an almost 100 per
cent increase in business.
But while we sold through this port
nearly $3,000,000 worth of commodi
ties to Japan we bought from Japan
in 1913 only a little over half a mil
lion dollars ($531,105). and the Jap
anese consul but repeats a law of com
merce wiien he says:
"You could sell us more of your
products if you had better facilities
for getting them to us. Why don't you
have better facilities? The reason is
that you do not buy enough of us to
make shipping profitable. Ships, in
order to operate with, profit, must have
cargoes both ways."
These are war times. War has cre
ated an economic upheaval. Business
has persisted by adaption to the ab
normal. We have turned our attention
from old markets closed by conflict
to new fields of trade. While we stand
on the pinnacle and survey the world,
or are given credit for so doing, Japan
modestly suggests, "There should be
mutually profitable interchange be
tween us."
Comes the Jingoist and chatters,
"Yellow peril, yellow peril Japan
wants you. not your trade. Japan would
populate the fair fields of the Pacific
coast with her brown' men."
For this, Consul Kumasaki has a re
tort that carries a bit of appropriate
sarcasm. In a recent address I beard
him say:
"We Japanese do not make any pre
tentions to perfection. ' Some of us
are pretty bad men. I- know Uhis be
cause I have been reading the Ameri
can newspapers. We are 'cocky. We
go about with a chip on our shoulders.
We are all the time spying out the
land, taking photographs, gobbling up
coaling stations, laying dark plans to
steal the Pacific ocean, and now and
then marrying an unsuspecting white
woman.
"These things are . certainly . bad
enough, but I want to tell iu some
thing else. With all our Vices we lay
claim to the possession of two or three
virtues. One of these virtues is a
quick appreciation of proffered good
will. We are sensitive to kindness.
We like what you call the square deal.
"Japan will go more than half way
to adjust any pending question with
the people of America so long as the
American people meet here in the
spirit of the Portland business men.
"We want to trade with you, to be
good friends with you and to fight
with you every good battle for the up
lift of humanity and the betterment
of civilization.
"We realize that we are different
from you in many respects and we
have no desire to shock you either
Morrison streets by Patrolman Hen
nessy. was fined $10 in the municipal
court yesterday. .
Is Optimistic
t nr.. at
Opportunities
consul in Portland.
with our differences or with our sur
plus labor population.
Mutual Confidence Is Sought.
That is clear enough, isn't it, to con
fine the policy of Japan's official
representative in 'Portland. If not,
this by the same gentleman is even
more direct:
"We want to help each other, to
glory in each other's good luck to
stop talking about war and 'yellow
peril' and 'the white man's burden' and
get all our relations down to a basis
of mutual confidence and respect."
Conceding such to be the proper po
sition, let us consider what the trade
opportunity with Japan really is. Any
one will agree that we should buy of
Japan what we cannot produce and
profitably manufacture at home;
that we should sell to Japan, of course,
all of everything we can that we don't
have greater need for at home. The
Japanese viewpoint I gather from an
other comment by Consul Kumasaki,
wholtfitys:
"Japan is a comparatively small
country, with a population of 50,000,
000 people. Her future must, of neces
sity, be along lines of industry. She
has to look to other countries for her
food supplies and other raw; materials.
That is the reason she has beMi buying
so much of your flour, wheat and lum
ber. Present conditions are somewhat
abnormal because the European war
has created a demand in that quarter
which has correspondingly decreased
the export of wheat and flour to the
orient. This situation will probably
continue for an indefinite period. Japan
cannot produce all the food stuffs she
needs. The production of rice is not
sufficient and she has to depend upon
other cereals from foreign markets.
This tendency is becoming more pro
nounced as the custom of bread eating
grows and the consumption of other ar
ticles of western diet becomes more
common. Manchuria prpduces some
wheat but the quantity is insufficient
for Japan's needs. Australian wheat
cannot be shipped to Japan, probably
because of the high rates of freight.
The supply from Argentina is 'out of
the question. So the only market to
which Japan may look for her cereal
supply is the Pacific northwest and
that means Portland. There will be a
growing demand for these staples from
Japan, so this is your opportunity to
make some money out of us and you
may be assured that we are perfectly
willing to spend our money for these
essential products. Then there is your
lumber the world famous Oregon pine.
This wood is growing in popularity in
Japan and the tendency there is to build
more and more in the European or
American style. Ship building is an
other growing Japanese industry which
will create a demand for your big
timbers."
Consul Kumasaki, during a conver
sation in the consulate's offices, second
floor of the Henry building, gladly
turned to the other side of the account
what we may buy from Japan.
Our paper mills use great quantities
of sulphur and Japan has sulphur con
taining a trace of arsenic for sale, f.
o. b. Pacific coast, at $18 to $20 a
ton free of arsenic or selenium at $22
to $24 a ton. This port received dur
ing 1913 from Japan 6802 tons of sul
phur valued at $128,709. It was ad
mitted duty free.
Japan produces quantities of hard
wood wild cherry, oak, walnut, ash
and other kinds valuable in the manu
facture of higher grades of furniture
and wooden articles, which can be de-
DR.W.G. ALEXANDER
Who is now every
where acknowledged
to be not only the
ablest Phrenologist in
America but .one of
the most popular
speakers on the plat
form today
IIC BIS IWTMITABIiE
m ctuh.es oir hu-
KAR MATTTRE.
Y. M. C. A. AUDITORIUM
EVERT HXOrKT BEGXHITZHO
Wednesday, Mar. 3
Admission Tx: Voluntary Offering.
Public examinations on the Stage of
four or more ladies or gentlemen se
lected by the audience at close of each
lecture. Private Consultations daily
from 10 a. m.. Hotel Seward.
Dont Kiss His Greatest lecture oa
X.0TC, Courtship. Marriage and .
Jealousy. ,
i
livered in Portland, duty free, at $60
to $68 per 1000 feet (the quotation on
Japanees oak "Nara," while oak clear
Is quoted at $42). This port received
during 1913 Japanese hardwood valued
at $167,717.
Tea is, of cburse. a commodity that
we look to Japan for. largely. Port
land's imports of Japanese tea in 1913
amounted ito 177,689 pounds valued at
$32,204. ' Peanuts were VnPrteJ dur
ing 1913 from Japan in an amount of
684,138 pounds valued At $20,018. while
the purchases of silk amounted to $21,
970. "
The imports of coal from Japan dur
ing 1913 amounted to 1394 tons valued
at $5846. Coal can be laid down at
Portland from Japan at $5.25 to $7 a
ton.
Bean cake may be imported from
Japan in large quantities. It is used
loth as a fertilizer rich in nitrogen and
potash and as a food for livestock, y.
B. Miller, former consul general to
Yokohama, says that he has used Jap
anese bean cake to good advantage in
liis Portland garden.
We have looked principally -to. Ger
many for toys. Nuremburg is he
world's toy center. War will probably
cause us to look in vain this year. The
Japanese are great toy makers. While
we bought in 1913 from Japan but $431
In toys and dolls Consul Kumasaki
has been suggesting to Portland mer
chants that they can Increase their
purchases this year to their own very
considerable advantages.
-The list of trade commodities is long.
The imports from Japan during 1913
comprised over 60 different commodi
ties, ranging from those mentioned to
pices, camphor, cotton goods, porce
lain, matting, manufactures ' of straw,
mushrooms, sauce and pickles, toilet
articles,, perfume and so forth.
Not all that America produces has
been found suitable for Japanese use.
So there have had to be special prepar
ations to meet lequirements. N6t all
that Japan offers for sale is suitable
or popular in our markets. Japan
wants to meet the conditions. A com
mission of Japanese is now in this
country making special study of our
market requirement. The members of
the commission will probably arrive
here in May.
Portland Is Distributing- Center.
Mr. Kumasaki looks upon Portland
not only as a purchaser fr"om Japan
but as a distributing point. He says
our water grade access to the interior
should prove of great importance. He
suggests, therefore, the desirability of
adequate overland transportation fa
cilities and connections.
Since be came to Portland two
months and a half ago. Consul Kuma
saki has been about his empire's busi
ness, persistently and effectively. He
has made many friends among Port
land business men and. he says they
have made him feel at home here. His
reputation as a witty and facile after
dinner speaker grows with his every
appearance before Portland audiences.
He believes in the wisdom of friend
liness and there is promise that his
consulship in Portland will be attended
with benefits both to his country and
this district.
Cooperating with him in efforts to
build up trade between Japan and Port
land is a society of former Japaneses
residents, known as the Oriental so
ciety, which is to meet tomorrow even
ing, seeking from Consul Kumasaki
and others an answer to thts question:
"In consideration of war conditions,
what is the measure of Portland's busi
ness opportunity with Japan?"
HOSPITAL MAKES RECORD
New York. Feb. 27. The American
Ambulance hospital in Paris has es
tablished a record of saving the Uvea
of more than 92 per cent of the pa
tients received, a record that "prob
ably has never been equaled in a sur
gical military hospital." according to
a report today to the American com
mittee of the institution. The report
was made by Lawrence V. Benet, a
member of the executive committee of
the hospital, who has arrived here
from the French capital.
Card of Thanks
We wish to tl.ank our many friends
for their kindness shown us during the
sickness and death of our beloved
mother, Mrs. M&ry A. Donnelly.
JACK DONNELLY.
OWEN DONNELLY,
MRS. E. PRICE.
MRS. THOS. PRICE.
(Adv.) MRS. THOS, FARRELL.
We wish to thank our many friends
and neighbors for the many beautiful
floral offerings and sympathy shown
us during our sad bereavement in the
loss of our dear son and brother.
v HARVIE 8. MATTHIES.
(Adv. J. J. PETERSON and family.
set that sorr lim
Plates. With Flexible Suotion.
The very best and latest in modern
dentistry. No more falling: plates.
Let Us Save You Money
Painless ' Extraction Pre
With Plates
1 uiy -
7
UOJTEST
a. a
Grold Crowns, 22 K . .
Porcelain Crowns . .
Brldg-e yorx (best)..
WISE
Sellable Painless
122 H Third Street, Paillxur
it
Invitation
The crowning event ;of the season will be pulled off Friday eve.,
March 5th, at Christensen's big hall, by the Sons and Daughters of
the Ark. All people of good character may consider this a personal
invitation. Dancing. Cards will be provided for those who do not
dance. Refreshments.
Christensen's Orchestra. Short Lecture.
25c Admission to Help Defray Expenses
L A. HEILIG, Chairman Executive Committee
TheNORTONIA;
advantages of 300 rooms with baths and . shower baths the
tearoom vith dancing floor the spacious lobbies and parlors .
the"; "different" American plan dining-room with excellent
tabic d'hote service. Ladies visiting .the city alone .will be
delighted with the surroundings.' Luncheon, dinner or tea
parties arranged for under the personal supervision of the
management, t
Washington and 11th Sts.,
. Portland, Oregon. . v
ON
FAMOUS
I
WILL GO
ON STAGE
Bringing Up Father' Has
Appeared in I he -Journal j
Each Evening; at Baker,
This afternoon and for the remain
der of the week Mr. and Mrs. Jiggs.
their daughters and their friends will
step out of The Journal pages and on
to the Baker, stage, where father will
be brought up with musical trim
mings The musical comedy, "Bring-'
ing-tp Father" is founded on the fa
mous cartoons of George McMunus
that appear in The Journal each even
ing. Jiggs is a homely old Irishman who
has cme up from a section hand to
wealth and is struggling with his fam
ily that is trying to break Into so
ciety and Is the center of attraction
to all sorts of money seekers. As
one San Francisco paper s:ild, "The
very cartoons live, move nnd have
their being before one's very ryes,
and, as everyone knows, this series
el ways has a point. So has. the story
of the play and, furthermore, the lines
are brimful of humor."
Another reviewer declares: ''Here
is a bright, snappy and sparkling
musical comedy, the like of which has
not come this way in a long time.
The cartoons on which the show is
founded live over again in the flesh
in the interpretations they are given."
Still another says: "A rollicking bur
lesque of Irresponsible witi and tuneful
melodies, pretty girls and clever nr
tlsts, the show kept the crowd in an
uproar from the opening act until the
final curtain."
A feature of the engagement will
come Tuesday evening when Tlu.
Journal carriers will visit the Baker
theatre in a. body to enjoy "Bringing
Up Father." Gus Hill is the manager
of the musical comedy which is one
of several he has adapted from car
toons, among them "Mutt and Jeff
and "Happy Hooligan." It is agreed,
however, that "Bringing l'p Father"
Is far superior to any of the others.
Oregon Items of
Interest at Capital
Vancouver Barracks Troops Are to
Keturn from San Francisco Shortly;
Drainage Expert Xm Coming.
(Washington Burpaa of Tb Journal.)
Washington, D. C, Feb. 27. The
house public lands committee gave
Representative Hawley a hearing to
day in behalf of the'Borah bill similar
to his own whereby the three-year
homestead law would be modified to
allow improvements to take the place
of cultivation in wooded areas. The
bill has a chance for passage yet at
this session.
The commissioner of fisheries has
notified the Oregon delegation he will
be glad to donate a liberal consign
ment of rainbow trout eggs to the
streams of Oregon in the, spring.
Senator Chamberlain was notified
No. 2 Now Open
mm.
la..'
n- , .an
si
CORNER WEST PARK
AND WASHINGTON
Brnnr-r, Vn. 1. M.'.i nth at.. Selling Bid.,
opposite Meier Si Franks."-6tb at. entrance.
FOR LADIES
AND GENTLEMEN
R. J. GRIESEL, PROP.
BAD TEETH
And bad health always go ' to
gether, and who can bear the foul
odors from bad teeth?
WOMEN
who mifiht otherwise be attract
ive and beautiful are socially
ostracized because of bad teeth.
Absolutely Painless
rree Examination and Adrlce.
28 Years' Experience
Makes On Sac
cess Continuous.
UOKXST
PLAY FOUNDED
CAR
OONS
WOBK
a a
PKZCE8
Plates, Pit Guaranteed as up
What we can't guarantee wa don't do.
DENTAL CO.
Dentists Phones. Main 3029, A-2029
Building-, s. E. Corner Third and Washington
99
i offers to the transient aa
by the , secretary of - agriculture 1t
probably will be possible tQ place a
'drainage expert in Oregon for . pre
liminary work about April 1. - The
state drainage association had asked :
that this be done, - " 'i
Senator Lane has -been 'advised by:
the war department -that; troops -taken
pfrom Vancouver barracks, tot the San-,
Francisco model camp weuld be' kept
at the latter place1 only-a short time.
i The Vancouver chamber 'of .compierce
had protested. V
hr" Drue company. Third and M.di
OREGON-MADE
UMBRELLAS
in the latest fashions and oolor a,
guaranteed not to fade. Out rust
proof umbrella for men , Is the
strongest made.
UMBRELLAS
RE-COVERED
in all grades of silk or gloria and
made absolutely like new, "We hftve
the largest stock of handles to- se
lect from.
BEKZHBEX, Umbrellas Are Our
Specialty. Ton can save money at
MEREDITH'S
J
Wash. Bet. Sixth and Broadway,
7J vu
Diaries
Date Books
Journals
14 Off
Calendar Pads
All Styles
YOU CAN SAVE
40 on
Japanese
Waste Baskets
Suitable for the Office -and
Home.
'Everything for the Office',
Commercial Stationers. - . -. r
I Office Outfitters, . .
Printers, Engraven,
! Bookbinders.
I I XXASQUAmTEBS TOM ,
I Architects' and ' EngineersV 'Instriw.
I ments and Supplies..
Fifth and Oak Streets
COAST LINE SERVICE
CHANGE OF TIME
Portland to Taeoma, Se
attle, Vancouver, B. C,
and intermediate points.
Effective March 1st
The nrTzmxATZOarAXi utmxtbb
X.JBATES ...r.lQlOO A. H.
Tas OWL ( through sleeper to Van
couver) leaves ........ ...5 P, M.
WIGHT SEBVXCB KZSXTMBD.
Tbe SHOBB - UBS ZXPXESS
leaves 18:30 midnight. , .
All trains from Borth Bank Sta
tion, 10th; and Boyt streets.
City Ticket Office, 948 Washing
ton Street f Moran Building). Tel.
Marshall 3071. -2286.
X. 2HCXSOW, O. P. T. A.
HOKE OPATKZO
PBESCBXPTXOBS. '
SPECmCS,
TJtlT U BATES,
PEXtXETB.
A HOMEOPATHIC PKABMACT
XB CXABOE OP A TBAZBEO
XOMSO PBABKACZST.
8EB9 70B CATAXOOirS.
WOODARD, CLARKE & CO.
Wood-Zrark Biag
Alder Street at Wast Park,
Portland, Or.
st, urn at. .
Ill
Hotel Lenox
THIRD AND MAIN STS.
has more attractive accommodations,
and rates, than any modern hotel in
the. citr for. permanent guests f 15
nd up. - - "., v .. ,; 1