VOL. LVI. XO. 17,3.39.
PORTLAND, OREGON, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1916.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
4 LOVE OF NOTORIETY
MILL RAISES IVIEN'S
WAGES 10 PER CENT
GRAIN ALCOHOL
COCKTAILS LATEST
ASTORIA NAVY
E
AVALANCHES KILL
FEDERALIZED GUARD
ANOTHEfi CHINESE
VICTIM OF GUNMEN
MANY-IN GERMANY
BILLS
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PROVIDED IN BILL
SEVERAL DRUGGISTS tSBEB
SCSPICIOV IX CITY.
FLOODS TAKE TOLL, TOO, IX
HOQUIAM COMPANY ANNOUNCES
NEW SCHEDULE MARCH 1.
SEVERAL DISTRICTS.
AS
MAY UNDO POISONER
INTRODUCE
Police Expect Crones to
Trap Himself.
CORDON OF SLEUTHS EXTENDS
Hunt Reaches to Haunts of
Anarchists in Chicago.'
BOMB SQUADS MAKE RAIDS
Thrf Who Put Arsenic in Soup
at Banquet Thought to4 Have
Left New York Photographs
' in Hands of Detectives.
CHICAGO. Feb. 21. (Special.) With
the police of Chicago and New York
making ineffectual efforts to capture
Jean Crones, accused of poisoning the
Mundeleln banquet guests, the hunt
settled down today to the hope Jthe
fugitive chef eventually would trap
himself through his passion for noto
riety. For the first time since the anarch
ist put arsenic in the soup of the ban
nucters the Chicago police today were
in a position to take up the search in
;i methodical way. Captain Nicholas
Hunt of the detective bureau, received
a photograph of the poisoner and by
nightfall it had been reproduced in the
police bulletin and copies were being
carried by every policeman in the city.
Return to Gbett Expected.
Dcapite the fact that a man who said
he was Crones called up a New York
newspaper by telephone on Sunday, the
hunt here did not relax. If anything,
it was carried on with renewed vigor.
Captain Hunt taking the position that
Crones, with the New York police close
on his heels, might return to this city
and seek safety among the "reds" of
the Ghetto.
Police here were detailed to guard
every avenue of entrance into the city.
The "bomb squad" niad several
raids during the day, which resulted
1- nothing. One was on a house in
t Forquer, near HalstedT" street.'" The
place was searched thoroughly, but no
evidence was found. Late in the after
noon a raid was made on another place.
it having been reported that the "reds'
used it for a rendezvous. The police
returned empty-banded.
Kgotisra Is Apparent.
"Crones' threat that he will leave
New York probably Is no idle boast,
said Captain Hunt. "He may come
back to Chicago. He is an egotistical
anarchist und believes he has accom
plished a great mission in life. It
would not be surprising if he came
back to Chicago and gave himself up.'
If Crones reaches Chicago, as a note
purporting to come from him declared
was his intention, he will have to go
through the greatest cordon of man-
hunters ever set on a fugitive's trail.
From New York to Chicago and ex
' tending far into the South every police
department, as well as secret service
men of the railroads and employes, is
keeping a close guard.
LA GRANDE BOYS HEROES
Two 1 2-Year-OIds Save Little Chil
dren From Drowning.
LA GRANDE, Or., Feb. 21. (Spe
cial.) Two little Fruitdale boys, Man
rred Putckett and Glen Patton, aged
12 Years, are the popular heroes of
this city tonight because they dragged
three girls and a boy younger than
themselves from a temporary Ice pond
formed near the Patton home by back
water from the river.
The six crashed together through
the ice into five feet of water. The
two children got out readily, but Edith
ration and Edna Patton were crowded
under the ice.
ithout screams of alarm or any
display of excitement, the two boys
struggled with the ice until the little
.irls were saved.
MAYOR GILL HAS BIG LEAD
Early Returns Indicate Kenomina-
lion in Seattle!.
SEATTLE. Wash., Feb. 21. Early re
turns from today's primary election
srie Mayor Hiram C. Gill a two-to-one
lead over his two nearest opponents In
the contest for nomination for Mayor.
Austin E. Griffith, former chief of
poiire. has a slight lead over Council
man Oliver T. Erickson in the race for
M-rond place on the ballot at the elec
tion two weeks hence.
The count gives GUI 2965, Griffiths
1413. Erickson 1037, Raymer 145.
CONVICTED PASTOR LOSES
Prison sentence for Mailiug Im
proper Matter Is Affirmed.
SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 21. The
conviction and sentencing to a three
year prison term of the Rev. E. E. Rob
bins, a Methodist minister of Salinas,
for sending Improper matter through
the mail to a young woman, was af
firmed today by -the United States Cir
cuit Court of Appeals.
Robbins, who is 60 years old. has
spent much of the time in jail since
his conviction in October, 1914.
Many of Men Arrested Are Among
Those Not Known to Police Court
of Old "Wet" Days.
Grain alcohol cocktails are the latest
in tho "blind pigs."
This is the conclusion reached by
Sheriff Hurlburt from cases which
have come to his attention recently.
Drunken men have been seen who
have been half blinded and shaken in
a manner which ordinary whisky "jags'
seldom produced. This has given rise
to the belief that the men were fed on
highballs in which pure alcohol had
been poured. Several druggists are un
der suspicion for violation of the pro
hibition law regarding the sale of
ethyl alcohol and may be the source
from which bootleggers are getting
their "kicks." ' '
The men under arrest at the City
Jail repeatedly have refused to tell
the source of their sprees. Many are
men who are not known to the police
court of the old "wet" days.
District Attorney Evans has begun a
grand Jury Investigation of drugstore
violators and the probe results will be
made public in a few days.
RUSTY TANK FOILS AVIATOR
Louis T. Barin Will Take Testa Prob
ably Next Sunday.
VANCOUVER BARRACKS, Wash.,
Feb. 21. (Special.) Rust, formed in
the tank containing gasoline, prevented
Louis T. Barin, aviator, from getting
up in the air yesterday in his attempt
to win a pilot's license in the Aero Club
of America. It is probable that an
other test will be made soon, probably
next Sunday.
Mr. Barin. who has joined the Oregon
Naval Militia, desires to qualify as an
aviator, but must obtain a pilot's li
cense in the Aero Club of America. The
test was to have been made with Cap
tain G. F. Blair, of the Oregon Navaf
Militia, and Colonel Clenard McLaugh
lin, of the Oregon National Guard, as
observers and judges.
BOOZE TRICKLES llT BANDON
Liquor Finds Way to Dances and Lid
Will Be Put on Tighter.
BANDON, Or., Feb. 21. (Special.)
After more than a month and a half of
"dryness" Bandon, once said to be the
wettest small city in the state, is con
verted to prohibition almost. But the
lid must be clamped on a little tighter.
Booze is evidently being distributed
at dances by someone, but the authori
ties have not yet located the source,
Little liquor has been imported via
the common carrier routes and the
supplies laid in before the first of the
vear are supposed, in most cases, to
be exhausted.
SUIT FOR BILLION VOIDED
Federal Court Dismisses Action
Against British Ambassador.
PORTLAND. Me.. Feb. 21. The suit
brought by Lewis J. Marshall, of Lis
bon Falls, against Sir Cecil Arthur
Snriner-Rice. the British Ambassador,
in which he sought J 1,000.000,000 dam
ages for alleged conspiracy to deprive
him of his rights and property as
British subject, was dismissed in the
Federal Court today.
Marshall was recently convicted on
a charge of using the mails to defraud
in connection with a necktie commis
sion business.
DYE SHORTAGE IS SERIOUS
Government to Tell Public to Be
Content With Drab Apparel.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 21. Clothing
manufacturers af the United States are
so short of dyestuffs that a Nation
wide appeal is to be made to the public
to recognize the fact that it must con
tent itself with the simplest colors in
apparel.
This was announced today at the De
partment of Commerce after a confer
ence between department officials and
officers of the National Association of
Clothiers.
CUPID'S SECRET WELL KEPT
Wenutchee Couple Make Admission
135 Days After Marriage.
WENATCHEE. Wash.. Feb. 21. (Spe
cial.) The news of the marriage of
Miss Frances Bradford to B. L. Gulley
in Everett on October 3 has leaked out.
For four and one-half months they
have kept the marriage a secret except
from the parents of the bride, Mr. and
Mrs. R. F. Bradford.
Mrs. Gully is an accomplished young
woman, who came nere irom lacoma
a year ago. The bridegroom is in busi
ness in Wenatchee.
BASEBALL CLAIMS VICTIM
Little Idaho Girl. While Watching
Boys Play, Is Fatally Injured.
BOISE. Idaho, Feb. 21. (Special.)
The first baseball fatality of the 191
season in the State of Idaho, if not in
the Nation, took place Sunday after
noon in the country two miles from
Nampa. when Mildred.'the 6H-year-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Marek,
was struck over the heart with a base
ball and died from the effects a few
minutes afterward.
The little girl was struck accidentally
while watching some boys at play.
First-Class Yard Pro
vided in Measures.
$3,0C0,Q00 ASKED AS START
Dreadnought Construction
One of Features.
Is
HOUSE MAY COMPROMISE
Submarine Headquarters Likely to
Be Limit of Naval Committee,
but Larger Project Will Be
Fought For in Senate.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
lngton, Feb. 21. Senator Lane today
introduced in the Senate a bill identical
with one introduced iif the House Feb
ruary 3 by Representative Hawley, au
thorizing the establishment of a first
Class lavai Dase on me miuniuia. nivci,
"as near the entrance as may be deemed
advisable" and appropriating $3,000,-
000 to purchase the site, and begin con
struction. f
Both bills contemplate the establish
ment of a full-fledged Navy-yard
equipped both for construction and re
pair of Naval vessels, large and small
$3,000,000 Is Beginner Only.
The bills authorize the construction
of building ways for vessels large and
small, drydocks capable of docking the
largest dreadnoughts, marine railways,
machine shops, aeroplane and boat
shops, marine barracks, magazines, a
radio station, and all other structures
and equipment found at the most im
portant Navy-yards of the country.
The 13,000,000 appropriated by the
bills is not intended to defray the total
cost, but is merely to purchase a site
and begin the construction of the
plant. No limit of cost is fixed.
These two bills have been referred to
the naval committees of Senate and
House, and it is the hope of their au
thors that the bills will be incorpo
rated in the naval appropriation bill,
and if the Astoria naval base is not au
thorized by the House bill. Senator Lane
will press his bill as an amendment
when the bill reaches the Senate.
Admiral Favors Harbor.
While neither naval committee has
yet given especial attention to the As
toria base proposition, Admiral Grant,
in charge of submarines, when recently
testifying before the House committee,
recommended the establishment of a
submarine base on the Columbia River.
Later, Representative Hawley will
ask for a hearing before the naval com
mittee, and will urge the adoption of
bis bill, as distinguished from the plan
proposed by Admiral Grant. He already
has conferred with Secretary Daniels,
but does not yet know what attitude
the Navy Department will take.
Talks with, members of the House
naval committee indicate that that body
will not favor the establishment of a
first-class naval base on the Columbia
River, but may compromise on a sub
marine base, where subtr arines can be
repaired and where the; can maintain
headquarters. J
The House will be dis losed to 'grant
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lygo FIGHTER .'j p Wlflflllll
WlMW Q1 RST ,N PEACE
4,'t&M$y WfUlfr FIRST IN THE HEARTS
F HlSCOU Eh
Smrps of Bodies Recovered and
Numerous Persons Missing
Some Towns Inundated.
LONDON, Feb. 21. Avalanches and
floods in various parts of Germany
have caused scores of deaths, according
to reports from several Continental
cities. A Berlin dispatch says 65 per
sons were killed by a snowslide in the
Salsburg Alps, which carried an Alpine
shelter into an abyss. Forty-three bod
ies have been recovered. Forty-nine
tnin.r anH about 30 are still
missing.
A new shed at Friedrichshafen, on
Lake Constance, constructed to hold
four Zeppelins, was partially destroyed
bv a Rtorm. says a report from Romans
horn, the Swiss town across the lake
from the German city. It is not known
if any war balloons were damaged.
Dispatches from Munich say 25 'bod
ies were recovered after an avalanche
swept away a shelter in the Hochkoe-
nig region.
A number of children and many cat
tie have perished in the smaller places
of Bavaria, and numbers of villages In
Southern Germany are flooded. Navi
gation at Wuerzberg and also on the
River Neckar has been stopped and the
situation at Mainz is serious.
The River Meuse has overflowed
over a vast expanse in the neighbor
hood of Liege, Belgium, and a part of
the city and many towns north are
flooded.
INDIANS MURDER AGENT
Navajo, Apache and Yaqul Tribes at
Keams Canyon to Go on Warpath.
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz.. Feb. 21. Leo
Crane, Indian agent at Keams Canyon,
Ariz., was killed by Indians ast Fri
day, according to unconfirmed reports
received here today from Gallup. N. M..
and Holbrook. Ariz. Efforts . to con
firm the report have been unsuccessful.
A friendly Indian who arrived here
from Keams Canyon stated tnat me
Navajo, Apache and Taqui Indians were
planning to go on the "warpath." with
in three months and that Mexicans
would fight with them.
ZEPPELIN IS SHOT DOWN
French Incendiary Shell- Sets War
Balloon Ablaze.
PARIS, Feb. 21. A Zeppelin airship
was brought down by French guns in
the vicinity of Brabant-Le-Roi, in the
Meuse, today, according to an official
announcement.
Tne Zeppelin was, flying from St.
Menehould toward the south, and was
attacked by cannon from Revigny. Hit
by an incendiary shell, the Zeppelin
fell in flames in the vicinity of Brabant-Le-Roi.
i
SCHOOLS ARE OPEN TODAY.
Although today is a legal holi
day according to the state law,
the public schools of the city do
not enjoy the same privilege as
do the employes of banks,, the
City Hall, etc. Classes therefore
-will be held 'in all schools of the
city, and absence will be inex
cusable unless accounted for in
the usual manner. '
WAS NOT "TOO PROUD TO FIGHT"!
Compromise Made on
Continental Plan.
PEACE STrVtNGTH IS &75,000
House Committee Agrees pn
Expending $1 74,000,000.
MILITIA PAY PROVIDED
Programme Yields in Many Par
ticulars to Garrison Plan Large
Standing Army, Reserve and
More Supplies Provided.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 21. National
preparedness legislation took a long
step forward in Congress today .when
the House military committee reached
a practical agreement on the outline
of the Army bill it will unanimously
present for passage. Chairman Hay
was authorized to frame the measure,
which is a compromise for the conti
nental army plan advocated by ex
Secretary Garrison and President Wil
son. Complete Federalization of the Na
tional Guard will be substituted for
the proposed continentals, and the
White House was informed during the
day that the committee was a unit in
supporting the plan, only the language
and minor details remaining to - be
worked out. The measure will grant
virtually the entire programme mapped
out by ex-Secretary Garrison for the
regular Army and go even farther than
he recommended in providing for re
serve military supplies. A total peace
strength of 575.000 men in the standing
Army and the Guard combined will be
provided for. with reserve systems to
more than double the force in war.
Cost This Year 174,OOO,0OO.
The expense for the whole estab
lishment this year is roughly estimated
at $174,000,000, exclusive of Panama
Canal defense, carried in another bill.
proposals for additional military
schools in all states, carried in th
McKellar bill favorably reported today
by the committee with an approprla
tion of 13.840.000 for this purpose, and
whatever may later be decided in car
rying out a scheme to foster the flxa
tion of atmospheric nitrogen" In the
United States, giving the country its
own supply of ingredients for explo
sives. The first year of the Garrison
plan would have called for a total ex
penditure of $182,000,000.
Whether the new bill will be accept
able to President Wilson has not been
indicated, but tne committee believes
its plan will override every objection
to the substitution of the Canal guard
for the continentals and that Congress
has full legal authority for its accom
plishment.
Army to Be Enlarged.
To complete tne committee's com
promise with President Wilson on the
continental army, the bill will author
ize the increase of the regular Army
to a total peace strength of 147,000 by
adding 10 regiments of Infantry, fou
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Move Is First In Grays Harbor Dis
trict, and Is Voluntary Offlco
Forces Are Not Affected.
HOQUIAM. Wash., Feb. 21. (Spe
cial. Announcement was nijjnc today
by the Hoqulam Lumber & Shingle Com.
pany that, beginning March 1, wages
of employes of the mill will be raised
10 per cent. The advance will apply to
all of the mill and yard employes, but
does not affect the office forces.
This is the first raise to be made
by any of the mills of the Grays Har
bor district, and is made voluntarily
by the mill company, due. It is under
stood, to the improved condition of the
lumber market.
Wages at this plant, under the new
scale, will be on the same basis as
existed in the first half of last year,
but are not yet to the high point of
1913. During the period of depression
in the lumber market the Hoquiam
Lumber Ai Shingle Company, along with
some of the other mills, reduced wages.
Others curtailed output and worked
the men on short time. Both plana
were used in order to give the em
ployes as much income as possible, and
still meet conditions of the lumber
market.
FRENCH LEADER AT ATHENS
Greek King Pleased by Conference
With General Sarrail.
ATHENS, via Paris. Feb. 21. General
Sarrail, the commander of the French
troops in the Balkans, arrived here to
day and had an audience with Kin
Constantine.
Immediately afterward King Con
stantine received the Associated Press
correspondent and informed him that
he was delighted with the result of th
interview, which he was thoroughly
confident was the first step towar
clearing up the differences betwee
Greece and the entente powers.
LOGGING TRAIN WRECKED
Track Torn Up for Some Distanc
on Wendling Branch.
SPRINGFIELD, Or.. Feb. 21. (Spe
cial.) Two cars bearing loys were de
molished, two other cats derailed and
stretch of track torn up on the South
ern Parsific Wendling branch, a mil
east of here this afternoon.
Uneven loading of the logs cause
a car to rock off the track on a shar
curve. Wrecking apparatus arrive
this evening. The afternoon passen
train to Wendling was annulled.
Major Callinan, Retired, Dies.
ALAMEDA. Cal.. Feb. 21. Majo
Daniel F. Callinan. V. S. A., retired
died here today. He is survived by
tour sons and a daughter. Major Cal
linan was born in Ireland in 183?,
came to America as a youth, and Joined
the Army in 1800. He served throug
the Civil War and was in the battl
of Gettysburg.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature,
degrees; minimum, 39 degree.
TODAY'S Fair; winds mostly easterly.
War.
votes
British Commons
new war credit,
Pag 2,
4'oreign.
Scores killed In Germany by avalanche and
floods. Page 1.
National.
Senate committee recommends probe
Army aviation corps. Pago 3.
Oregon State sale oi two school sections held
illegal. Page
House military committee provides for fed
erallzation oz National i,uaru. Pago
Bills for first-class naval base ut Astoria
introduced. Page 1.
Senate to investigate Japanese invasion
f'orea as basis of reply to Mr. ItooL
Page 5.
Land grant bills cxptuAed in few weeks.
Oregon State sale of two srhool sections
held illegal by Supreme Court. Pugo
Domestic.
Orpet is held to grand Jury. Page 3.
Flood endangers many In T.ufiintana. Page 2.
Police think rron.' love of notoriety will
be his downfall. I'ago 1.
Chicago Mnyor accused of mulcting city em
ployes for his j.oor relative, page
Sport.
Stumpf and Dunn sign with Beavers.
Page 12.
Multnomah Club names chairmen of com
mittees, page 12.
Hunt Club will hold its annual paper chase
today. Page I-.
Bombardier Wells retains English heavy
weight title, knocking out Smith In third.
Page 12.
Paeific Northwest.
Newfoundland Is intensely patriotic British
possession. Page
Grants pass turns sod for $1100,000 sugar
factory. Page 7.
Hoquiam mill announces 10 per cent wage
rise March 1. rage 1.
Turks, on way to reinforce Erzerum, turn
back. Page IT.
Commercial and Marine.
Grain bags continue to advance, with no re
lief in sight, page .
Slump In wheat at Chicago owing to iacK
of export buying, l'agc n.
Metal stocks firm and standard Issues weak
in Wall Street. Page 17.
Active demand at local stock yards with
good run. Page li.
Building of R.ino-ton steamer for Danish In
terests discussed. fage j.
Portland and Vicinity.
Silverton will got $r,no,00 sawmill this
Spring. Page 1.
Hundreds will make merry at Astoria to
night. Page -l-'l.
Great production of "Girls of Yesterday and
Today staged today at nine i neater.
Page 11.
Portland will honor Washington and plant
roses today Page 3 1.
W. G. Preston, early capitalist of North-
we.st. passes at S3. Pagu !.
osition on rate ruling will be outlined
at Chamber tomorrow. Page Kl.
Chinese long hostilities renewed by shoot
ing. Page 1.
Weather report, data and forecast. Page IT.
W. W. Hawley. rr.lner of HI, recalls hard
ships of early days. Page J1.
Great Baptist institute opens In Portland.
Page 4.
Auditorium bidder will have to pay penalty
if he refuses contract. 1'age is.
Property tangle involving hank before Judge
Morrow, t-age e.
Objects of new fruit agency are explained.
Page in.
BingKongMan,AI!eged
Fighter, Near Death.
HOP SING SUSPECT IN JAIL
Chinatown to Be .Cleaned Up
Today, Says District Attorney.
DEPORTATION IS POSSIBLE
Renewal of Tong War F.nds Peace
Talk Police Precautions Avail
LittleCunnery Workers Icave
City With Escort to Depot. '
Strife between the tongs of Bing
Kong-How LfOtig and Hop Sing whs
resumed yesterday afternoon at 1:"0.
when Wong Ching, of the former tone,
was the target for three spiteful pistol. .
Four bullet wounds, two of a (.erlows
nature, speak for the deadly venom of
the attack.
Julian Alabero. aged 29. of the Hop
Sings, was captured In hiding at l-ourlli
and Flanders streets. In a Chinese tene
ment. He is held as a suspect.
The shooting win staged at Sixth
and Flanders streets, where tong trou
bles of previous years have been punc
tuated with bullets.
Saunterer Is Shot.
Wing Ching was sauntering along
the street. From behind a standing
wagon one assassin sprang out and be
gan firing. Two other gunmen, on the
opposite side of the street, ran acroos
to participate, in the uffray. The
terrorized man ran down Flanders
toward Fifth stict. with the pistols
cracking at him.
At tlio machine shop of W. F.
Matthews he pitched forward througii
the open doorway. Into his body the
three gunmen fired. One of the three
pressed his empty revolver against
Wong Ching's temple, and pulled the
trigger twice' In an ambitious attempt
to make certain.
Aaausalna Hide iVenrbj.
The assassins then fled down the
street, taking sanctuary in the t Inne.-e
tenement between Fifth and Fourth
streets, one block below the scene ol
their crime.
W. F. Matthews was in front of hiM
shop working at an automobile when
the battle burst upon him. Ho left the
line of fire and took refuge In hi
office. The plank floor ol his work
shop, where the wounded man fell. Is
scored by two Ineffectual bullets. Of
the nine shots believed to have been
fired four took effect.
Two of the revolvers used, both of
38 caliber, were thrown away in the
flight. Both were empty. Mr. Matthews
secured one of them and turned It over
to Police Sergeant P.obson. The other
was ijuickly discovered by one of the
gathering crowd and also given to th'.
police. K. Andrews, a driver for Frye &. Co..
was in the pathway of tho pursuit.
Hoth he and Ills horses were missed by
narrow margins when the bullets t,pcd
by to the fleeing target.
The three gunmen lurnd i n 1 the
tenement at a doorway adjoining 2S-.
witnesses said. Within a few minute
Captain Baty and Police Sergeant P.ob-
son had posted men at each entry and
exit, while a score of patrolmen and
detectives investigated tho devious and
darkened hallways of tho building.
Poller Force Hntraorr.
At some doors the police wcro nu t
with bland Inquiries us to what the
natter was. At others the Chinese sul
lenly resented the intrusion. Many ol
the Ifttlo, boxlike rooms 'were burred
by bolt and lock, and a number were
broken Into when admittance was de
nied. Some were empty. In others the
nmates dozed in their bunks. All the
enement dwellers professed Ignorance
of the trouble, or equal Irrnorunco of
English.
atrolmen Cason and Morelork hat-
ered in one door, when no reply was
made. Within the room they foil ml
ulian Alabero and an aged f'hlnere.
Alabero, who Is a young -nan, was Mt-
tlng on the bunk, fully clothed as for
he street. Detectives Hyde and Ab
bott were summoned and the officers
scorted him below for investigation.
Alabero said he was a Filipino, lie
speaks Tagalog, Spanish and Chinese
nd has a moderate command of Kng-
ish. His appearance is that of w
Celestial, and it is thought that he
may bo a Filipino-Chinese.
Ho was taken to the police station,
where it was found that he was a
gunman of the Hop Sing tong, with a
revious reputation. In the battle of
wo years ago he was arrested ntnl
convicted of firing five shots. Ho was
fined $50 and released. He gives
ge as 20. and says ho is a cannery
worker.
Description Tallica Well.
A description furnished to the police
by W. H. O'Connor. 206 Cherry street.
allies almost exactly with the person
nd clothes of Alabero.
The young man was an eyewilne.-s
Of the shooting. He describes the
gunman, who concealed himself behind
wagon, as about five feet seven
nches tall, wearing dark clothing ami
green jumper or sweater. Alabero
ears a green sweater. Other d-tnltn
' his appearance are said to rumur
ith Mr, O'Connor's description, of
the two gunmen who crossed the street,
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