PORTLAND, OREGON, MONDAY, JANUARY 25, 1915.
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VOL. LIV. XO. 16,901.
BRITONS SINK
GERMAN RAIDER
Two Other Cruisers Badly
Damaged in Battle.
COAST ATTACK FRUSTRATED
Bluecher, Slower Than Those
Accompanying Her, Goes
, Down; Few of Crew Saved.
BRITISH SUFFER LITTLE
Pursuit Abandoned in Fear of
Mine Fields Smaller Ves
sels Also Engaged.
LONDON, Jan. 24. An attempt by
a German cruiser squadron to repeat
the attack recently made on Scar
borough, the Hartlepools and other
British coast towns was frustrated to
day by the British patrolling squad
ron.
In a running fig-ht the German ar
mored cruiser Bluecher was sunk and
two German battle cruisers were seri
ously damaged.
Britons Suffer Little Damage.
The British ships suffered only
slight damage. So fr as is known
only 123 of the Bluecher's crew of
S85, were saved.
A battle also occurred between the
light cruisers and destroyers accom-
hanvi'nff tka kiiyiy.n cliim.. tin K
sult of this engagement has not yet
reached the Admiralty.
The British were superior !n ships
engaged, weight of ' armament and
speed, and the flight of the German
ships into the mine and submarine
infested field possibly saved them
from further losses.
German Vessels Formidable.
The Bluecher was a cruiser of
15,550 tons displacement and although
commissioned in 1908, was completely
re-rigged last year. She was not
classed as a battle cruiser, but was in
the next class to those formidable
fighters.
With her were the Derflinger, Ger
many's latest battle cruiser, which had
just left the builder's hands, and the
battle cruisers Seydlitz and Moltke,
the latter a sister ship of the Goeben,
formerly of the German but now of
the Turkish fleet, which was recently
reported damaged by the Russians in
the Black Sea.
Admiral Beatty in Command.
The British squadron, commanded
by Vice-Admiral Sir David Beatty,
who also was in command at the bat
tle off Heligoland last August, con
fisted of the battle cruisers Tiger,
' Lion, Princess Royal, New Zealand
and Indomitable. The first three of
these cruisers mount eight 13.5-inch
guns, and even the New Zealand and
Indomitable carry 12-inch guns, which
arc equal to those of the Derflinger,
the only one of the German ships that
had better than 11-inch guns.
The official report issued by the
I'ress Bureau gives the following ac
. count of the engagement:
"Early this morning a British pa
trolling squadron of battle cruisers
and light cruisers under Vice-Admiral
Sir David Beatty. with a destroyer
flotilla under Commodore Tyrwhitt,
sighted four German battle cruisers
and several light cruisers and several
destroyers steering westward and ap
parently making -for the English
Coast.
Enemy Pursued at Once.
'The enemy at once made for home
at high speed. They were at once
pursued and about 9:30 A. M. action
was joined between the battle cruisers
Lion, Tiger, Princess Royal, New Zea
land and Indomitable on the one hand,
and the Derflinger, Seydlitz, Moltke
and Bluecher on the other. A well
, contested running fight ensued. Short
ly after 1 o'clock the Bluecher, which
had previously fallen out of line, cap
sized and sank.
"Admiral Beatty reports that two
other battle cruisers were seriously
damaged. They were, however, able
to continue their flight, and reached
an area where danger from German
submarines and mines prevented fur
ther pursuit.
No British Ships Lost.
"No British ships have been lost
and our casualties in personnel as at
" present, reported are slight, the Lion,
CAPITOL AT SALEM
SAVED FROM BLAZE
FIRE CAUSED BY EXPLOSION
OF Oil IX HEATING PLANT.
Officials, legislators and Attacbes
Quell Flames In Sliort Order.
Hero Shuts Off Pipe.
SALEM, Or" Jan. 21. (Special.)
Oregon's historic Statehouse was en
dangered for a time today by a fire
which started shortly before 5 o'clock
P. M., following: an explosion of oil in
in the central heating plant. Just out
side the basement of the Capitol. The
entire interior of the beating plant was
a mass of flames and the blaze leaped
out the skylight and up along: the side
of the Statehouse. Quick work by
state officials, state employes and the
Salem Are department soon had the
blaze under control.
It was feared that two filled oil tanks
would explode, but this danger was
eliminated. . by Joe Bernardi, fireman,
who rushed, through the flames and
shut the pipe which feeds oil. to the
burner of the heater.' ' ;
Many members of the Legislature
and state officials werejn the Capitol
at the time of the explosion. Secretary
of State Oieott, who was in one of the
offices with his baby, left the child
ti lth A nurse and, with Jeorge Duns
ford, caretaker of the building, rushed
to the Are. They seized extinguishers
and assisted in fighting the flames.
The firemen report that the plant
was not damaged sufficiently to hinder
Its operation or discommode the Legis
lative Assembly. The damage is es
timated at 1100.
CARS AND JITNEYS LOSING
Seattle Appeals for Action to Kern
ed' Situation.
SEATTLE. Jan. 24. Both the street
car system and the jitney 'buses ope
rating in Seattle are engaged In an un
profitable business, according to sta
tistics compiled last week by the chief
engineer of the "State Public Service
Commission. The report was forward
ed to Governor Lister by Chairman
Charles Reynolds, of the Commission,
with a recommendation for immediate
action to remedy the situation.
According to the report the street
car system is losing 12450 revenue
daily, while the 'bus drivers are mak
ing an average net profit or wage of
$2.33 a day.
The report says that 618 'buses are
carrying 49.000 passengers daily who
formerly rode on streetcars. .
AMERICAN AGENT WOUNDED
Head of Consulate at Dunkirk
During Air Raid.
Hit
PARIS, Jan. 24. Benjamin Morel,
United States consular agent at Dun
kirk, France, was wounded when the
American consulate was damaged by a
bomb during the German air raid Fri
day, according to the Dunkrik corre
spondent of the Figaro. The corre
spondent adds that the consulates of
Uruguay and Norway also were dam
aged. Mr. Morel is 'a French lawyer who
has represented the United States at
Dunkirk since 1883.
GIRLS MUST GO DOWN ROPE
Fair Fire Chicr at College Orders
Escape Practice.
CAMBRIDGE. Mass., Jan. 24. (Spe
cial.) Radcliffe girls living in the col
lese doniltories are much disturbed
over a rule posted yesterday by the
college Are chief, Marjorie Bridgman
that "all hall girls are absolutely re
quired to practice sliding down the
rope escape in the gymnasiums."
Not only Miss Bridgman but the col
lege authorities insist that every girl
must learn how to use the rope tire
escapes, which the law requires placed
in every room above the first floor.
GARIBALDI GOES TO LONDON
Italian General on Mission Conccrn
' Ing Intervention In War.
ROME, Jan. 24. (Special.) General
Riocclottl Garibaldi, son of the Italian
liberator and father of Constante and
Bruno Garibaldi, ivho- were killed re
cently in France, has gone to Paris
and later will visit London on a secret
mission connected with Italian inter
vention in the war.
When the moment of intervention ar.
rives General Riocclottl Garibaldi will
command the Garlbaldlan Legion.
REBELS BEATEN IN AFRICA
Union Forces Repulse Attack, Says
Pretoria Report.
PRETORIA (via London). Jan. 24.
It is officially announced that 1200
rebels with four guns, under their lead
ers, Lieutenant-coioneis juariu ana
Kemp, attacked Uppington, Bechuana
land, today. The rebels were repulsed.
leaving behind 12 dead and 23 wounded
and 96 prisoners.
The Union of South Africa forces lost
three killed and 22 wounded.
DACIA DELAYS SAILING
Captain of Cotton Ship Awaits Fa-
vorablc Weather Conditions.
GALVESTON. Tex, Jan. 24. The
steamship Dacla, loaded with cotton for
Rotterdam, did not depart today, as was
expected. George McDonald, her cap
tain, said weather conditions were un
favorable. Her agent said the time of the steam
er's departure was now the problem of
PHRASE "SCRAP OF
PAPER" EXPLAINED
Intent Perverted, Says
German Chancellor.
ONUS PLACED ON ENEMIES
Treaty Declared Obsolete Be'
cause of Belgian Acts. '
BRITISH MOTIVE IMPUGNED
Von Blinianii-Hollweg Declares
England Went to War,' Not to
Safeguard Xcutral Jiatlou, .
but to Advance Herself.
GERMAN FIELD HEADQUARTERS
OF THE GERMAN ARMY IN FRANCE,
via Berlin and London, Jan 24. "I am
to learn that mv phrase. 'A
scrap oi paper,' which. I used in my
last conversation with the British Am
bassador in reference t the Belgian
neutrality treaty, should have caused
such an unfortunate Impression in the
United States. ' -
"The expression was used in quite
another connection and the meaning
Implied In Sir William Goschen's report
and the turn- given to it in the biased
comment of our enemies are nndoubt
edly responsible for this impression;"
Explanation Is Volunteered.
The speaker was Dr. Theobald von
Bethmann-Hollweg. the German Impe
rial Chancellor, and the conversation
with a representative of the Associated
Press occurred at the general army
field headquarters In a town of North
ern France and In a villa serving as
the office and dwelling for the Impe
rial Chancellor, for the Foreign Minis
ter, Gottlieb von Jagow. and for the
members of the diplomatic suite : ac
companying Emperor William" afield.
The Chancellor apparently had not
relished the subject until his attention
was called to the extent which the
phrase had been used in discussion on
the responsibility of the war. He then
volunteered to give an explanation of
his meaning, which, in substance, was
that he had spoken of the treaty, not
as a scrap of paper for Germany, but
as an instrument whiqh had become
obsolete through Belgium's forfeiture
for its neutrality, and that Great
Britain had quito other reasons for en
tering into the war, compared with
which the neutrality, treaty appeared
to have only the value of a scrap of
paper.
Dire Necessity Asserted.
"My conversation with Sir William
Edward Goschen," said the Chancellor,
"occurred August 4. I had just de
clared in the Reichstag that only dire
necessity and only the struggle for ex
istence compelled Germany to march
through Belgium, but that Germany
was ready to make compensation for
the wrong committed.
"When I spoke I already had certain
Indications, but no absolute proof upon
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S-SMO OVET r- ,
INDEX OF TODATC NEWS
' The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature. 87.6
degrees: Minimum. 27.2 degrees.
TODAY'S Probably fair; easterly -wind. .
. . legislatures.
Fiery meeting over lease of Iikes Summer
. and -Albert expected today. Page 1
Officials and legislators quell fire in Capitol
at Jsalem. Faga 1. -Idaho
Legislature has record of seven acts
. ,lu 10 days., page 7.
War. '
British- squadron sinks German raiding
cruiser; inflicts severe damage on iv
'. . others; hundreds of Germans lost, rage 1.
Prussians are thrown back by. Austrlans In
Hukowina. . Page 2. . ,
Remarkable Kansan .-ff to photograph war.
Page 3.
Artillery duels continue In France and Plan,
ders. -Page 2 ' .
Duke of Orleans and other French royalists
want to Drove loyalty. Page Iff.
Von Bethmann-Hollweg saya meaning of his
phrase, a crap or paper, naa Deen -yr
' verted by enemies. Page 1.
' National. ''
Administration defines . in detail its neu
trality policy.. . Paget 1.
Domestic. .'"- -
Heavy 'traffic Increase on Western railroads
shows Tevlval of business. Page 4.
Rockefeller Foundation in formal statement
declares sincerity of purpose, rage -4.
Princess Auenraerz. American girl, obtains
divorce decree. Page 4.
, Sports.
Waltr JfcCredle rays Krause is welcome to
jump to Federals. Page 0.
Oregon Aggies not to meet t'nlverslty of
Washington football team in ivia. rage iu,
, Pacific Northwest.
OrerorTr: WnshinKton. Idaho and Montana
apple prowers Indorse by-products com
nllttee'4 pact, page 4.
Portland and Vicinity.
"Biff Jim Garrlty" thrills Baker audiences.
Quick dispatch of train fleet saves owners
ana shippers money, rage i&.
Final examinations on for week as test be
"ore- diplomas lssuo at high schools.
Page IS..
Officers or naval militia plan reorganization
to avert dicbaudment. Page 3 8. .
Bishop Sumner pjeads for loyalty to himself
and devotion to- cause, i'age 1 1.
Railroad men from many parts of country
pay tribute at funeral oi wunain u.
Scott. Page IS.
Cor, Relle- Bunnis returns to Portland to
resume place as leading woman of Baker
Flayers. Fage its.
Sellwood church votes 50 to C in favor of
reading Bible In public schools. Page 11.
Comedy prevails In new movie bills. Page 31.
GERMANS TO MAKE ATTACK
Big Troop Movement Into Alsace Is
. Under Way.
BERNE, Switzerland, via London,
Jan. 21. Great military preparations
are being made in Alsace and -it is be
lieved by military observers here that
the Germans are about to begin an of
fensive .movement, against the French
along the front in the Vosges Moun
tains.. .
All the railways in Southern , Ger
many will be reserved tomorrow for
tfee transportation ?.of troops to the
frontier. From one district alone that
of Constance, in the Grand Duchy of
Baden 8000 fresh reserves are report
ed to be moving toward the border. -
BOAT SERVICEJS STOPPED
England Acts to Prevent Attacks on
' " Other Merchantmen.
BERLIN, Jan. 24, via wireless to Say-
ville, N. T. The Overseas News Agency
says reports received from Holland are
that in consequence of the recent sink
ing of the British steamer Durward by
a submarine, boat service between Har
wich, England, and the Hook of Holland
has been discontinued.
This news agency says also that the
military attaches of neutral states have
arrived at Piotrkow, Russian Poland.
They are traveling over the entire Ger
man east front.
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TO HANDLE
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WILSON ANNOUNCES
NEUTRALITY POLICY
Markets Declared Open
: to Whole World.
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Btovcte a., i niriT nr nilTV
"j,iau nu run i ui uuu
To Prevent Shipments, It Is
; Held, Would Show Partiality.
VIGOROUS PROTESTS MADE
United States Said to Have Cphcld
Rights When Infringed Regula
tions Have Been Enforced
, Aguinst AH Alike.
" WASHINGTON, Jan. 24. The United
States Government Issued today a
lengthy defense of its interpretation of
the rights and duties of a neutral In
the European war. . .
The document, prepared by President
Wilson, Secretary Bryan and Counsel
lor Robert Lansing, of the State De
partment, after several days of con
sultation, was made public in the form
of a letter from the .Secretary of State
to Senator Stone, of Missouri, chair
man of the Senate committee on foreign
relations.
While the letter is a reply to an In
quiry from Senator Stone for Informa
tion as a result of complaints made in
the press and In letters from various
parts of the country charging the
Washington Government with unfair
ness to Germany and Austria, it also
is Intended as a pronouncement of pol
icy on some questions of neutrality pre
viously unexplained.
Duty of Belligerent Defined.
After answering 19 specific charged
and calling attention' to the fact that
the United States has promptly taken to
task Great Britain as well as Germany
and every government which in any way
fias infringed upon the rights of this
country, the letter concludes with the
following declaration on the much-dis-cusssod
question of exportation of war
munitions:
. "If any American citizens, partisans
of, Germany and Austria-Hungary, feel
that this Administration is acting in a
way injurious to the cause of those
countries, this feeling results from the
fact that on the high seas the German
and Austro-Hungarian naval power Is
thus far inferior to the British. It is
the business of a belligerent operating
bn tho high seas, not the duty of a
neutral, to prevent contraband from
reaching an enemy. -
Prevention Would Be Unneutral.
Those in this country who sympa
thize with Germany and Austria-Hungary
appear to assume that some ob
ligation rests upon this Government, in
the performance of its neutral duty, to
prevent all trade in contraband, and
thus to equalize the difference due to
the relative naval strength of the bel
ligerents. No such obligation exists; it
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A cfiO CAM d?UE JfJ
Sunday's War Moves
THE NAVAL battle In the North Sea,
with the sinking of the German
cruiser Bleucher. has inspired the peo
ple with greater confidence in the
ability of the British fleet to prevent
a repetition of the German raids on
the East coast towns; has aroused the
greatest enthusiasm in England and,
for the moment, has diverted interest
from the war on -land, the political
problems of Austria-Hungary and the
possible action of Hoirtuanla.
So far as the West is concerned, the
land fighting has again been confined
largely to artillery engagements which
have been almost continuous from the
sea to the Swiss frontier. All arms,
however,- still are engaged in the
Argonne, whero trenches have been
lost and retaken several times within
two days, and in Alsace, where both
sides are putting forth vast efforts.
In Poland, decisive results are Just
as lacking as in France, but there are
expectations that Russia's new offen
sive to the north of the lower Vistula
will bring about a ehango In the
character of the operations. It Is be
lieved that it will certainly tax Ger
many's resources Jus.t at the moment
when she Is called upon to send ad
ditional troops to assist In opposing
Russia's threatened Invasion of Hun
gary and tho menace arising from the
possibility 'of Roumanla's taking a
hand In the war.
It Is unofficially reported from Vi
enna that the Austrlans have checked
tho Russian advance in Southern Bu
kowina which if true, points 'to the
arrival there of fresh Austro-German
forces. '
Germany, It is said., although she
has not dellvered(-a hoteto Roumanla.
has several times- Inquired from that
country the meaning of her mobilisa
tion and preparation for war. which
should soon bring the m&Jter to a head.
There are air sorts of reports, chiefly
from Rome, of political changes in
Ausrla-Hungary. It is said that Ger
many has taken entire charge of the
military affairs of the monarchy, while
the Hungarians, under the guidance of
the Premier, Count Tisza, who is com
plete master of the situation, are In
control of political affairs, under an
arrangement made between the Ger
mans and the Hungarians.
It is further ' reported that German
troops will be sent to Hungary instead
of into Servia, as originally Intended
and that Austrian troops will replace
them in France.
RACE TO DIEJN 300 YEARS
Professor Heckethorn Says Women
Mast Ileform Married Life.
"Tho Caucasian 'race Is destroying
and contaminating life forces faster
than It is creating them,' and unless a
radical change is made It will destroy
Itself within a comparatively short
time," Professor Alvln Heckethorn de
clared in his address on the "Psychol
ogy of Marriage" at the Scandinavian
Hall yesterday awternoon.
"It will be a matter of perhami only
300 years until it wil destroy itself if
the present pace is continued."
Professor Heckethorn attributed this
alleged decadence to abuse of the mar
riage relation, and Indicated that the
regeneration depended upon the women
and a change in their attitude on the
matter of marriage.
ALBANY PLANS NEW CLUB
Marching Organization Planned
After Kosarians Will Form.
ALBANY, Or., Jan. 24. (Special.) A
marching club for Albany, similar to
the Portland Rosarlans, Salem Cher
rians and Eugene Radiators, Is assured
as a result of a meeting held last night
at the Hotel Albany. A temporary or
ganization was formed and permanent
organization will be effected next Sat
urday. B. R. Westbrook was chosen tempor
ary chairman of the club and Clarence
W. Tebault, Jr., temporary manager.
Dan Johnston, L. G. Lewelllug an A.
B. Weatherford were named a com
mittee to compile by-laws and D O.
Woodworth, E M. Reagan and Fred
Dawson were appointed as a member
ship committee.
HARVARD TO AID BELGIANS
Professors of Stricken Nation to Bo
! Added to Faculty.
CAMBRIDGE. Mass., Jan. 2t. The
Harvard University Corporation has set
aside $100,000 to aid Belgian professors
who have been driven from their own
land by warfare, it was announced to
night. Refugee euueators will come to
Cambridge at the beginning of the
next college year to take charge of
courses at Harvard and they will be
paid for their work from this special
fund.
I The coming or the Belgians Is the re
I suit of action taken by President Low
j ell, who, after a large number of pro
fessors who taught at the University
of bouvaln were driven from the city.
cabled that Harvard University would
care for some of them if they wished
to teach in America.
NEW BOY MAYOR NAMED
Xathan Casler, Former Rival, Suc
ceeds E.' J. Illch.
Because Eugene J. Rich, boy mayor
of Portland, left for Columbia Uni
versity, New Tork, last week, the com
missioners met and chose Nathan Cas
ler to fill the remainder of Mayor
Rich's term of office. Young Casler
was a candidate against Rich at the
last election, and Casler was appointed
Judge by Mayor Rich.
The. new .Mayor will take possession
at once. He will call a nieettng of the
commissioners this week. The official
gathering place is room 531 Chamber
of Commerce, the use of which has
been donated to the boys by Dorr E.
Ktasey. -
CHINESE SLAIN IN
HIGHBINDER FEUD
Fusillade Ends Tongs'
Peace Conference.
BULLETS RAIN IN TEMPLE
President of Sen Suey Sings
Is Mortally Wounded.
TWO KILLED, 1 WILL DIE
Sail 1 ran-lMo Afrray Hmultuitmu
Willi Others In Mm-kton and
. Oakland and further . lie-iri.-als
Are i:.cctrd.
SAN FRANCIJifO. Jan. H. (Special. i
The long-expected and, lona-leferred
outbreak of the liia-hhinder w;ir be
tweeit the Sen ury Ylna and the Kney
Sing tongs 'came totilRht when, Jiut
a big peace conference was belou
railed to order In tho Chinese 1'eaiK
Temple on Waverly plsee, the prenl'lent
of the Sen Suey Vlnas nd a fellow
tong membrr fell beneath the bullets
of Suey Hing gunmen.
Simultaneously there were Chinese
tong shootings In Ktocklon and Oak
land and all up and down the cnat
frlher reprisals of the Suey Hinits
over a grievance they long have borne
wore expected. The result was that In
San Francisco and Stockton arrests
were being made of known gunmen
and In other cities the police were put
ting forth every effort to prevent the
confliigrstUm( of bloodshed front pro
ceeding further.
Tw Dead. One Wilt Die.
Thus fur the activities of the Suey
Sings have been responsible for the .
following casualties:
The dead: Unidentified Sen Suey
Ylng. ltterally riddled with bullets as
he was about to enter tho tuna head
quarters at 812 Grant avenuo, xau
Francisco, and died before ho reached
the hospital; nnidantitlud Chinese, be
lieved to be a Sen Suey Ylng, shut down
In a house at Stockton.
Fatally wounded: Quong Quork
Walt, president of the Sen Suey Ylngs.
shot four times as he was about to
enter the San Francisco Peace Temple
to attend the last of a series of con
ferences, dying. .
Coming as it did. like the breaking
out of a conflagration and at a time
when It was believed the differences
of the Sen Suey Ying and the Suey
Sings were about to be settled . once
and for all. tonight's shootings threw
San Francisco's Chinatown, as well as
similar districts of other cities.. Into a
veritable panic.
Peace Meeting- Illssoltes.
The peace meeting was broken f.
Thirty delegates leaped from tho tallies
at which they had boen attempting to
adjust the differences, crowded to the
top of the stairway in which President
Quong had been shot, and began
emptying their revolvers Indiscrimin
ately. Though tho walls of the pas
sage are riddled, the hulletM did no
known harm and when the smoko of
battle cleared away Quong was the
only one who had fallen.
Grouped about the meeting. room, the
delegates were awaiting tho arrival of
an important personage, President
Quong Quork Wah. At Just 7:"7 o'clock
Quong stepped Into Wsverly place and
when almost In front of the Pesce
Temple was attacked by three assail
ants, who fired altogether seven shots.
Quong fell, with three wounds In his
bsck and one in his abdomen, and the
gunmen fled.
That tho reprUal of the Suey Sings,
coming as they did almost simultane
ously, were planned In advance. Is tho
concensus of opinion of Sen Suey Ylngs
and police alike.
One Plain at Tons lleadananees.
At 7:5 o'clock, when the excitement
of the Quong shooting was rife, an
other Sen Suey Ylng stepped Into the
entrance of his tong headquarters at
812 Grant avenue. There was a hull
of lead and he fell. The half or doseu
or more wounds he had proved almost
immediately fatal.
Almost at the exact moment that th
first attack was made in San Francisco,
Stockton's Chinatown was the scene of
the murder of another tong man. A few
minutes before this latter occurrence
the Stockton police received an "under
ground tip" that trouble was expected,
but the warning came too lata.
Oakland's tong trouble broke out at
7:40 o'clock. Chung Leung, aged 53, a
clerk and a member of the Sen Suey
Yings, was attacked by four Suey Sings.
With the gunmen close behind and
shooting at every step, Chung escaped
with his life by running, lie received
two bullets In one leg.
The present feud between the two
tongs, which are among the most pow erful
in the Chinese Six Companies, are
said by the pulico to have resulted
from the strange disappearance about
four months ago of a Suey Slug mem
ber In Stockton.
Suspicion pointing to the Sen Suey
Ylngs, the Suey Slugs threatened re
prisals. It was then that leaders of
these and other tongs got together li.
an attempt to adjust the matter amica
bly, and a series of peuco meeting
were called. These have been in pmg
ress In the San Francisco temple of thi,
Chinese Tesce Society for several days;
and tonight's meeting was to have been
the last, us It had been announced that
the dispute would not end In open rup
ture bewucn tho rival oi guulZHtlun.
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