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THE MOItXIXG- OKEGOyiAX, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 101G. TONBMEN LOCKING F INTO LOS ANGELES Hop Sings and Suey Sings En raged by Betrayal of Their Lottery Secrets. ' . POLICE TAKE PRECAUTIONS truce Meanwhile Is Declared in Saa Francisco, AYliere Opening of Xw $90,000 Clubhouse Is Gaily Celebrated. TXS ANGELES, Nov. 6. fSpecial.) Enraged by the alleged betrayal of se crets of their lottery operations, the Mop Slngr and the Suey Sing tongs have declared war on the Bing Kung Tons, and Chinese gunmen are flocking into Tj Angeles from San Francisco, San Jose and Bakersfield. according to in formation reaching Sergeant McClary, of the Chinatown squad. The Hop Sing Tong is holding a se cret meeting in Chinatown tonight, Sergeant McClary is confident, to re ceive these gunmen, formally ratify the declaration of war which was made at the headquarters of the two tongs in Kan Francisco and set the gunmen about their business. Police Search' Chinatown. Sergeant McClary. his squad of of ficers materially increased in number, today began a house-to-house investi gation throughout Chinatown to ques tion newly-arrived Chinese. Information reaching the police Is to t.ie eirect that the Hon Sines have for emergency at the. Armories in Se atue. Everett and Snohomish. Genera Ihompson said the Everett authorities natt full control of the situation there ana no further need of keeping th uuardsmen under arms existed. secretary Mahler, of the Industrial workers of the World, today announce receipt of & telegram from William u. Maywood, general secretary-treas uier, in jnicago, saying that ho was endeavoring to obtain the services of Frank P. Walsh, formerly chairman of me federal Industrial Relations Com mission, to conduct the defense of the industrial Workers under arrest here Mr. Haywood telegraphed that h would issue an appeal for funds for the defense. Coast Cities Send Money. money irom other locals of the or ganization already is being received here, several hundred dollars having Deen telegraphed from Portland, Spo kane, Los Angeles. and other cities to day. Fred H. Moore, of Los Angeles, and Colonel C. E. S. Wood, of Portland, are already on their way here to as sist in the defense, it was announced, Arrangements are being made by th local Industrial Workers to conduct the funeral of the five members of th organization who were killed in th Everett battles, whose bodies are held in the county morgue here. The date of the funeral has not yet been de cided upon, but Secretary Mahler said tne industrial workers would mak the funeral the occasion of a big dem onstration. Citizens Committee- Dlamcd. Mr. Mahler today issued- a signed statement charging the Everett citi zens committee with; opening fire on the men on the boat and asserting tha the committee previously had beaten members of the Industrial Workers of the World without cause. He said the organization would seek prosecu tion of the committee members for murder and would endeavor to bring similar action against all members of tne Everett Commercial Club as acces sory before the fact for organizl the committee. Mr. Mahler denied that the Industrial Workers went to Ev erett intent upon violence and as serxea mat the expedition was or ganized with peaceful intent for the purpose of gaining the "right of free speech." If I had dreamed that the exnedl tlon would have had such an outcome,' he said. "I would have stood at the Placed a nrli. rf ssnn i aeatiie wnarf with a club, and pre Ojcar Soon, wnrrfv (n .h. ri entei1 anv member of the Industrial Tong. and that a larsre sum h. hoeS rkers from going aboard the boat. Ret aside as the reward to the man who dispatches Wan Quong. president of the Bine Kungs. The trouble which resulted In the declaration of a fight to the finish originated in the Los Angeles China town shortly after Chief of Police But ler took cfflce. Gambling Joints Are Closed. A new Chinatown squad under com mand of Sergeant McClary went into that section with orders to stamp out gambling, and they did it. Practlcai'y all the joints have been eliminated. It is said. Their source of revenue rone, the Hop Sings, who controlled practically all the gambling and the establish ments in tbe Chinatown section, swore vengeance on the Bing Kungs, whom they believed to have given informa tion to the police. SAX FRANCISCO HAS PEACE Head Men Said to Have Agreed to Call Off War. SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. 6. (Special.) Peace instead of a threatened war of four tongs loomed in Chinatown today. It was declared that the head man of the organizations had met and straight ened out their dispute. One part of the settlement was re ported to be the refunding to Wong Yew. widow of a San Francisco pambler, of the amount stolen from her in two Oakland gambling-houses last week in a raid by members of a rival tong. This is said to have been arranged after she and her son were warned they would be permitted to live only on pay ment of $2000. while organizations In the bay region and Portland prepared for the hostilities, averted at the last moment. An order to begin hostilities at once was countermanded for a 24-hour truce, expiring today, at the request of the Suey Sings, who wanted to hold a banquet in peace last nisrht. More than BOO members of the Suey "'"S oociety, tne ricnest and second largest Chinese organization of the Pa cific Coast, held an elaborate banquet tonight as the close of a three-day cele bration of the opening of new head quarters at a cost of over $90,000. Suey Sings from Seattle, Portland watsonville, Stockton and Marysville attenaea. rORTLAXD POLICE OX WATCH Kumors From San Francisco and Los Angeles Are Heard? Detectives and police hovered watch fully over Portland's Chinatown yester day, fearful lest the rumor of impend ing strife in Los Angeles and San Fran cisco might kindle anew the local dif ficulties of the Hop Sing and Bing Kong-Bow Leong tongs. Two dead and two wounded was the toll of Portland's last tong war, which was fought in February of lasL year. On March 2, after a lengthy conference of the Chinese Peace Association, in fluential members of which came here from San Francisco and all Pacific Coast cities, a permanent peace agree ment or treaty was signed by the heads of the warring tongs. At that time the peace commission ers and the tongmen alike declared that the strife never would be resumed, and denied that peace had been bought by payment of blood money. Whether the tongs will abide by this treaty when the agitation for strife Is taken up is problematical, say the police. The ut most precautions will be taken, al though experience has taught that espionage is of little avail to prevent the tong murders. On February 17, last year, the war of the Bing Kong-Bow Leongs and the Hop Sings broke out at North Third and Couch streets, when a Hop Sing and a Hoi Tin Quon were pistoled by a Bing Kong gunman. Four days later retaliation was taken-by the killing of Wong Chin?, a member of the Bing Kongs, at North Sixth and Flanders Ftreets. On" February 23 an aged Bow Leong, employed as a cook at House's restaurant, on Third street, near Al der, was killed by a Hop Sing high binder as he was sweeping the sidewalk. BOTH CHARGE MURDER (Continued From First Page.) terest of their own safety that they remain in the custody of the Seattle police for the present." Prosecuting Attorney Webb, of Sno homish County, brought several wit nesses to Seattle today to attempt iden tification of the men who actually fired upon the Everett posse, but none of the witnesses was able to make positive identification. Other witnesses will be brought here for that purpose, and as soon as identifications are made, Mr. Webb said, he would file formal murder charges in the Snohomish County Su perior Court. Pending this action, all of the 289 persons in Jail here will be kept in custody. Eight men proved to have been inno cent passengers on the Verona have been released. Guardsmen Are Dismissed. Adjutant-General Maurice Thompson, f the Washington National Guard, to night dismissed from duty SOO National Guardsmen who had been held ready BLAJtE PUT OX MEX OX BOAT Coroner's Judy Holds I. W. W. Riot ers Responsible for Tragedy. - EVERETT. Wash.. Nov. 6. Responsi bility for the pitched battle between 250 members of the Industrial Workers of the World and a posse of 150 Ev erett citizens at the City Dock yes. terday, in which seven men lost their lives and 50 were wounded, was placed upon the men on the boat by the Coro ner s jury which investigated the d ath of the two Everett citizens killed in the riot. The jury, after brief deliberation returned a verdict that Charles O, Curtiss, a posseman, who was instantly killed, and Deputy Sheriff Jefferson Beard, who died of his wounds early today, met death from "gunshot wounds inflicted by a riotous mob on the steamer Verona at the City Dock.1 All but two of the witnesses called testified that the first shots were fired from the steamer Verona, on which the invading Industrial Workers came from Seattle. The witnesses who placed re sponsibility for the first shots upon the -men on the boat said they were fired by a man standing on the main deck below the pilot-house. The only eye witnesses summoned who did not corroborate this testimony were a ord Winkley and W. F. Wersch kuL Winkley .said he was standing on anotner aoclc, 200 feet from the Verona, -and could not see Sheriff Don aia jucnae on tne wnarf, nor the man on the bow of the boat, but he thought the first shot was fired from the wharf. He said, however, that he was too far away to see distinctly, and was not positive in his testimony. Werschkul said he was inthe waiting-room of the city Dock when he heard the first shot. He could not sav which side urea it, and when he ran to the win dow the shooting was eeneral. K. L. Forbes and Ira Howie, captain ana engtneer, .respectively, of the steamer it-dlson, which was tied up at the city dock, testified that the first tnree snots were fired in quick sue cession Dy a man standing on the Verona's main deck below the pilot house. Afterward, they said, the posse uii me wnarr returned tne nre. C. E. - Murphy, city dock agent, con firmed Forbes' and Howie's statements. William H. Bridges, a Deputy Sheriff, testified concerning the conversation that passed between Sheriff McRae and tne men on the boat before the shoot ing Degan. According to Bridges the conversation between the Sheriff and tne industrial Workers was as fol lows: "Boys. I'd like to speak to the leader or tne ouncn. Who is your leader'" asked- Sheriff McRae. "We're all readers."- shouted the men on the Verona in chorus. - "I want to tell you." McRae replied, "that you can't land in this town. You must stay on the boat and go back to oeattie. xou can't land here." "The h we can't." shouted a man standing in the bow of the boat. Then, according to Bridges, the man who uttered the last retort opened fire on the posse, and the shooting became general. Atbol Gorrill, of Spokane, University of Washington student, who was visit ing here: Harry B. Blackburn, a night watchman, and Elmer Buehrer. all or whom were members of the citizens' committee, were in a critical condition tonight from the wounds they received during the fighting. Gorrill was shot in the back. The bullet entered neur the sixth rib and lodged behind the tenth rib. It was removed todav. His father, R. S. Gorrill. a Spokane banker arrived at his son's bedside today. ah or tne other injured here will recover. The body of Charles Curtiss was re moved to Seattle, his former home, to day. He will be buried there tomorrow. Tne funeral of Deputy Sheriff Beard probably will be held here Thursday or Friday, the date depending upon the arrival of his daughter. Mrs. R. D. Sheldon, of Great Falls. Mont William Blackman. mediation com missioner of the United States Depart ment of Labor, who has been on tha Pacific Coast several weeks in connec tion with the recent longshoremen's strike, came to Everett today to inves tigate the industrial situation here with reference to the riot. Mr. Blarlc- man conferred with State Labor Com missioner lounger, r. Marsh, presi dent of .the State Federation of Lshnr and several Everett citizens rnnn.rn. Ing the trouble. After the conference it was announced that it was the con sensus of opinion of those stin4in. the meeting that something should be done to harmonize industrial conditions in the city, but no action was taken as it was decided that it would be useless to attempt anything until after the election. Commissioner Blackman re turned to Seattle after the conference. British Torpedo German Warship. LONDON. Nov. 6. A British subma rine operating in the North Sea reports that she fired torpedoes at a German battleship of the dreadnought type yes terday, making a hit. The amount of damage inflicted is not known, the Ad miralty announces. Grass Valley Postmaster Xamed. OREGON! AN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington. Nov. 6. Albert M. Bryant was appointed postmaster at Grass Valley. Sherman County, today. RAILROADS TRYING JO AVERT BLOCKADE Personal Pleas Made to Ship per to Co-operate in Re lief Efforts. MUNITIONS BLOCK TRACKS Freight Solicitors Assigned to Scout Duty Demurrage Charges Are . Not High Enough to Be Ef fective, Say Managers. CHICAGO. Nov. 6. (Special.) Heads of the operating departments of rail roads entering Chicago were today working tooth and nail to avert a freight blockade which is threatening because of an actual car shortage. On the Erie Railroad traffic became so heavy that freight solicitors were transferred from their departments and sent out as scouts through each yard to find every available empty car for use in moving the shipments now on hand. The freight movement east of Chi cago was more critical than the West ern, but traffic managers of the West ern roads also' announced they were being pushed for cars, due to a- steadily increasing volume of business. Appeals Made to Shippers. On the New York Central lines an official announced that a large force of men was taken on to act as car agents. They were to find all empty cars, as well as all loaded ones, stand ing on the tracks. "We are sending our men out even to visit the shippers personally and to ask them to make every effort to un load their cars immediately upon re ceiving them," he said. "The shippers are working with tis as much as possible, but in some cases thpy haven't facilities to unload the cots as quickly as we would wish. - "The railroads charge a demurrage on standing cars, but this does not amount to nearly as much as they could get by keeping the cars rolling. . Great Blockade Threatened. Danger of the greatest freight block ade ever known was reported from Pittsburg and other Eastern railroad centers. at was said that 10,000 loaded cars ;ire moving between Chicago on the Pennsylvania Northern system alone and that the situation on the other t-ennsyivania systems was equally In teresting. Long streams of traffic pouring into and out of Chicago were being kept on the move by anxious officials. Every precaution known to modern railroad ing, it was asserted by operating man agers, was taken to prevent a stop page. Unless there is a heavy fog or a sudden drop in temperature, it was said, there will be no blockade. "The conditions on the Pennsyl vania, said an official of the Erie Rail road, "apply to every Eastern road. We have taken our freight solicitors off and put them to work tracinar cars. They look through every yard for our cars, and If any are standing still they report them to us. In their reports they tell what railroad they are on and what shippers has them. Munitions Traffic Gaining. 'In several cases we have found that the shippers are using our cars for storage purposes, sort of rolling ware houses. This could be prevented only by charging a heavy demurrage. Our present charge is not. heavy enough to rorce the shippers to unload immedi ately." Although a number of railroad offi cials admitted the danger of a block ade was serious, they declared there was small , fear that an embargo, such as was declared last Winter by several roads on all except perishable freight, would be placed again. The heaviest increase of freight, tt was said, has been in grain, ores ana other munition materials and in raw materials to factories. 2 I BRITISH WARN MEXICO ALLIES WILL ACT IF" GERMAN SUB MARINES GET AID. "Drastic Measures' Threatened Fornul Kotc Lanalng Advises Taking of Precautions. MEXICO CITY, Nov. 5. The Mexican overnment has been notified by the British Ambassador at Washington of he presence of German submarines in the Gulf of Mexico and has been warned that the allies will take "dras tic measures" if the undersea craft re ceive aid from Mexican ports or sources. This information was made public tonight by Foreign Minister Aguilar. who issued the text of a note received from the British Ambassador through United States Secretary of State Lansing and Charge d'Affalres Charles B. Parker. Tbe British note demands a strict censorship of the Mexican wireless and says that aity failure to maintain the Mexican neutrality will be attended by isastrous results. WASHINGTON, Nov. 6. The Ameri can government has Informed the de facto government of Mexico that pre cautions should be taken to prevent any violation of Mexico's neutrality by operation of belligerent subma- Ines within its territorial waters or the establishment of a submarine base on the Mexican coast. The In formation was conveyed, a Stato De partment official said today, in a wholly friendly spirit and not at the suggestion of any of the entente powers. FREE INSTRUCTIONS In All Kinds of Art Needlework Knitting, crocheting, embroider ing, tatting, etc Under the per sonal supervision of Mrs. Pater son. Classes all day, every day. fifth Floor. 'er.chand.eftj!JMerjt.Chi Order Your Personal Xmas Greeting Cards Now We make them from your plate or make a new plate to order. See our new and artistic line of beautiful cards." First Floor. Sale Thanksgiving Table Needs While the cost of Linen Goods and Dinnerware and Glassware, on account of war conditions abroad, is ot necessity much higher than this time a year ago, the prices at which we offer these dining table needs tor 1 hanksgiving are not nearly up to their present-day worth. The. Linens From Ireland, Scotland, Austria, Germany. Imported Irish Linen Table Cloths, satin finish, many designs, 2x2-yard cloths, .$3.50; 2x2-yard cloths, .$4.25; 3x2-yard cloths, .$5.25; 22-inch napkins, $1,50 dozen German Linen Lunch Cloths, hemmed ready to use, 55x66 inches, new patterns, .$1.75. Pure Irish Linen Table Damask, heavy satin finish, 70 inches wide, $1.39 yard. Scalloped Round Table Cloths, 68-inch size, handsome new designs, $4.25. Hemstitched Linen Damask Napkins, direct im portation, choice patterns, $4.25 dozen. 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The New Serge Dresses With Wool Embroidery Fashion's Favorite Mode Are Offered Today At $10.00 A price that is most unusual for dresses of sucn superior quality and in such an advanced style. Shown in black or navy blue, in the straight style with gray fringe, gray embroidery and gray Georgette trim mings. As Illustrated . Third Floor. Today We Shall Sell the Newest Patterns in Bathrobe . Blankets At $3.50 In all the newest and most wanted colorings and in Indian patterns, and in handsome combination colorings. Sufficient material in each blanket to make a generously full size bathrobe complete for men and women. Cords and tassels come with each robe. Second Floor. French Flannel COLLARS Are Decidedly New And Tuesday we introduce these fashionable collars for the first time at a price that makes it possible for every woman to be in the mode For 98c fancy edges 25 Only of These 7-Piece Hand-Painted Salad Sets In three exquisite free hand wrought designs violet, roses or wild roses. Consisting of one large 8-inch handled bowl and 6 salad saucers. As Illustrated They arc finished with stitching, picot. or pinked and some with black velvet ribbon. Also collar and cuff sets are in eluded. First Floor The Real Imported Japanese Crepe Kimonos Are Introduced Here Today at Two Interesting Prices. At $1.79 Of extra heavy quality cotton crepe, embroidered in chrysanthemum and rose patterns. At $2.49 The new butterfly or lucky-bird patterns, in pretty colorings. Both Models in Style as Illus trated, With Wide Fringed End Sash. Fourth Floor. r " 4 fin HP $2.25 Set Sixth Floor. Electric Heaters That Will Give Warmth and Comfort These Damp, Chilly Days Providing clean, odorless warmlh, and can be operated from any lamp socket. " At $6.50 and $7.50 Sixth Floor The FREE Sewing Machine Advances $5.00 in Price on November 15 th We Are Now Offering a Limited Number of These Famous Machines At the Old Price, $40.00 On. Our Special Club Plan 5c Down, 5c Additional Each Week Mr. Darby, from the Fre,e factory, will personally ex plAin the many superior features of the Free over all other sewing machines. Koor A -Large Cowhide Traveling Bag In smooth black, crepe grain or tan color, with the latest steel frame and locks, and sewed-on cor ners, full leather lined, in 16. 17 and 1 8-inch sizes, is offered At $6.65 A Heavy Quality Cowhide Suitcase at $6.50 Having heavy corners and straps all arcund. with shirt and linen lined. Innovation Wardrobe Trunks Are sold here exclusively, most practical, the most economical of all wardrobe trunks for both men and women. s. B.c..t two fold The o SHIPPERS WIN THEIR CASE California Amendments Governing Rates Arc TTpheld. SAX FRANCISCO. Nov. . California shippers won an important victory over the Southern Pacific and other railroads today, in a decision in the United States Circuit Court of - Ap peals, which upheld the constitutional ity of .the amendments to the state constitution enacted in October, 1911. which prohibits the collection of high er freight rates for short hauls than for longer hauls. Today's decision upholds the pre vious decision of United States Dis trict Judge Van Fleet- The Califor nia Adjustment Company, which took over the claims of 120 shippers who since the passage of the amendment have been paying- the old rates, re ceived an award of S3928 in rebates. The court, in its decision, holds it woald be against the policy of the state to permit low rates to prevail at competitive terminals to the .disad vantage of Intermediary points. Tariff League President Dies. NEW YORK, Nov. 6. Edward H. Clift. acting president of the Ameri can Protective Tariff League, died here today of heart disease. lie had been associated with the tariff league since 1902. Mr. Clift was born in Philadel phia 85 years ago. and had lived in this Portland, first alternate: Merrill D. city 30 years. He was & widower. Proposed West Pointers Chosen. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington. Nov. C. The following Orego nians have been designated to take ex aminations for the West Point Military Academy next March: John W. Sheehy. Portland, principal: Donald H. Nelson, Gas Mantles differ,' not in looks, but in service. ff durability - economy- are V J 1$&&gZc Gas Mantles U l "REFLEX" brand Jj V. Upright or Inverted 1 A 7 Formerly Z5. ivT w "fc AH Dealers and the Gas Company Richmond. Salem, second alternate. Beth Side Claim ronnrrdrut. NEW HAVEN. Conn.. Nov. 6. Both RpuhHwn wild Pfmoormlr rnmpalcn managers tonight reiterated their claim of victory tomorrow by wide margins. 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