Inter-Mountain Republican | 1907-12-28 | Page 1 | Japan About to Steal Portland

JAPAN ABOUT TO STEAL PORTLAND Mayor and Cop Uncover Dire Plot and Fleet Hits His For Pacific Portland Ore Dec 27 MaY i o Harry Hasiy Has Har 1 ry iy l Lane Lano of Portland believes that hint th the dispatch of or the battleship fleet teet from the A Atlantic to the Pacific was WIS occasioned occa occa- cloned by information furnished to lo tIne the tl i that government by I him hint one year ear ago Japanese e spies hind had obtained accurate hat maps of ot this city and the surrounding ln country flue Tho Il mayor or had hal not publicly information he lie obtained divulged the until today when hen In iii an address tho the National Guard association of ot Oregon Oregon Oreon Ore Ore- tho time state gon on he took occasion to warn militia officials of ot L the thu c situation In Iii the lie address he dl slid did not name Japan as ns tine tho nation he ho feared but In an interview naton tonight he lie did l not hesitate to do lo FOI soi so FO I 1 was first Informed of or the thc activity of or Japanese s spIes in Portland b by a u policeman po po- one year ar ago ngo ald said Mayor Lane He had caught oso a 0 party part o of the lie Orientals Lne making a plat piat of the western portion of the tho cl city u I mado malo au an Im Immediate 11 un- un porton that mediate Investigation and learned the tIne Japanese hind had obtained first-class first hat cl hut but also of not only of oC the city cit lr thu lie roads leading ln to Portland and timid of or tho lie ll city's water mains I 1 considered the thc matter mater so serious that I communicated the information to tho lie war department un and also wrote to President Roosevelt tolling telling him him himI I that time the Japanese were too bus busy In this locality to suit me ne and suggested an anil federal agents investigation by il I told the lie ly President that lint 1 did hl not of or Informed wish un any reply or to be any action that lint might bo be taken takemi but hut I 1 Iny lh think acton that probably secret service v.-re v. sent tat tal their reports agents 1 were WiC grave a as to result resul WI finally In thi the dispatching of the lie Atlantic Atlantic At At- t lantic fleet to time the Pacific