GIRL ARRIVES TO WED JAP

Helen Emery Reaches Tacoma on Afternoon Train and Is Met by Gunjiro Aoki, Former Servant of Her Father.

DODGES GREAT CROWD AT PORTLAND STATION

Many Persons Flock to Tacoma Station, but Groom Keeps Out of Sight -- Authorities Will Oppose Outbreak.

TACOMA, Friday, March 26. Mrs. Emery and daughter were met at the train here at 2:35 this afternoon by Mr. Emery, who will accompany his wife and daughter to Seattle, where they will meet Aoki.

PORTLAND, Ore., Friday, March 26. Helen Gladys Emery, youngest daughter of Archdeacon John Emery, of the Diocese of California, who is to marry Gunjiro Aoki, a Japanese and former servant in her father's home, slipped into Portland very quietly this morning, with her mother and a friend who met them at Salem. Aoki was not with them.

Cognizant of the bitter feeling which the proposed marriage of the Japanese and white women had aroused in this city and the possibility of a warm reception being accorded them at the union depot, a friend of the Emerys went to Salem last night and awaited the arrival of the train this morning. En route to this city the friend explained the situation and on his advice they left the train before it reached the union depot, going to a more or less obscure hotel where they had breakfast.

Immediately after breakfast they went for an automobile ride and arrived at the union depot just in time to hurry aboard the 8:30 o'clock Northern Pacific train for Tacoma, where it is presumed they will meet the Japanese lover of Miss Emery.

Mrs. Emery states positively that the ceremony will occur, that nothing now can interfere with the marriage of her daughter to her former servant. Whether the ceremony will occur in Tacoma or in some nearby town has not been determined. The wishes of Aoki, who is now in Tacoma, will govern the matter.

It was a good thing for the Emerys that they did not leave the train at the union depot. A large crowd of people was on hand to receive them, and as it was generally supposed that the Japanese was with Mrs. Emery and her daughter, a belligerent air pervaded the atmosphere of the station. Great was the disappointment of the expectant crowd when the train pulled in and neither the Japanese nor the Emerys alighted. The crowd could not understand the situation and it was some time before the depot was deserted by the curious.

What will happen in Tacoma is a matter of surmise, but it is generally believed here that the ceremony will be gone through with. There is no legal impediment to the marriage in the state of Washington and it is expected that before another twenty-four hours elapse Miss Helen Gladys Emery will become Mrs. Gunjiro Aoki.

CROWD AWAITS BRIDE AT TACOMA STATION

TACOMA, Friday, March 26. The news that Helen Gladys Emery is to arrive here from California at 2:35 o'clock this afternoon, where she will meet Gunjiro Aoki, the Japanese whom she is to marry, spread rapidly this morning, and by train time a great throng of people had gathered about the station in anticipation of the young woman's arrival.

Apart from the remarkable facts of the intention of the pretty young American to become the wife of a Japanese, which has attracted widespread interest, their coming to this state has been the cause of much bitter comment. While Miss Emery's reception here bids fair to be anything but cordial, they will be able to secure their marriage license without difficulty, as the laws of this state do not prevent such a ceremony.

Miss Emery and her mother arrived at 2:35 o'clock. If Aoki is in Tacoma he is keeping himself carefully hidden.

At the county auditor's office it was stated that should application be made for the marriage license it would be issued.

It was stated that the Emerys have friends in this city and that the Episcopal Church here had been communicated with. Bishop Keator refused to discuss the matter this afternoon and stated he was not personally acquainted with the Emerys. He refused to say whether a local Episcopal minister would perform the marriage ceremony if called upon.