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THE MORNING OREGONIAX, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 27. 1917.
CHINESE MURDER
TRIAL HEARS END
Defendant Admits He Ran
From Scene Because He
Was Frightened.
ACTUAL SHOOTING DENIED
Arguments In Case of State vs.
Wong Wen Tneng Will Take
Forenoon, and Jury Will Be
gin Deliberation Today.
By early this afternoon the fate of
ong Wen Tueng, alleged murderer of
Joseph Gue, will be in the hands of
the Jury, which has been hearing: the
evidence before Circuit Judge Gatens
during the past eight days. The de
fense was brought to a close late yes
terday afternoon and arguments to
the Jury will be started at the opening
of court this morning.
Ko further developments of tong
hostilities occurred yesterday and the
trial dragged through the day without
any unusual incident. The two alleged
gunmen who were arrested near the
entrance of the Courthouse Monday
morning were bound over to the grand
Jury after being arraigned during the
afternoon before District Judge BelL
It was stated that Robert Magulre and
B. V. Dittlefleld. attorney for the man
now on trial, have been retained by
the Hop Sing tong to asslBt In the
prosecution of the two alleged gun
men. Chinese Forsake Trial.
Because of the alleged attempted
gunplay Monday. It was noticeable
that there were fewer Chinese In at
tendance at the trial yesterday, and
Quong Sam, who claimed that his life
was eagerly Bought by rival tongs,
was conspicuous by his absence from
the Courthouse yesterday.
So far as the trial proper Is con
cerned, the defense has not offered
much evidence other than the testi
mony of the defendant himself, who
was on the stand during the greater
part of the day yesterday. Aside from
the declaration that he did not shoot
Gue or that he knew nothing about it,
he had little to offer in the way of
clearing up the murder.
Wong admitted running from the
scene, but declared that it was through
fright. On bpth direct and cross-examination
he emphasized his alleged
fright and fear of death to a marked
Aegree.
Witness Admits Being; Seared.
Time after time he would give the
simple answer, "I was scared," when
asked concerning some Incident in his
travels on the night of the murder.
He did not explain why he kept on
running after he learned that some
body was not following him. On direct
examination he said he endeavored to
run back to the Chinese laundry where
he was employed, but on cross-examination
he admitted he was running
in an opposite direction from the laun
dry. One Important admission by the de
fendant was to the effect that he Is a
member of the Hop Sing tong, which
Is known to be at war with the Bing
Kung-Bow Leon f? tong, of which the
murdered Chinese was a member. He
denied that he carried a gun on that
night and said that he had no need
of a gun. because he belonged to a
California Hop Sing tong. while the
wa.T was between rival Portland tongs.
In an unguarded moment the de
fendant also said that as soon as the
shots were fired he believed it was a
tong war. He admitted that he had
not talked to anybody immediately
after the shooting. He did not ex
plain Just why he felt It was a tong
war. He said that he was standing In
front of a barber shop when the first
shots rang out. He started running at
once and didn't stop until he was cap
tured by Ray Blackmar, he admitted.
PARTY CUTOFF RESCUED
EKGLISH SOLDIERS SHOOT GERMAN
TO GET WATER,
Three Days Spent Lying Close to the
Ground. With Limited Exercise
During; Dark Honrs.
BY PATRICK M'GHJU
LONDON, May . 9. They were lying
fn the center of the copse, a party of
soldiers. 20 or more, their legs stretched
out stiffly and their noses very close
to the earth. Thus they had lain all
day and It was now 4 o'clock in the
afterno.on. Thus had they lain the day
before and the day before that again.
On the first night the men nibbled at
their iron rations and drank sparingly
of their water; on the second night
they came to the end of their supplies.
On the morning of the third day hun
ger beset them. In the afternoon hun
ger had given place to thirst. For a
while their powers of resistance had
astonished the men, but at the present
time the faculty of adapting them
selves to immediate circumstances
seemed to have deserted them. They
could endure up to a point, but this
point, beyond which human endurance
could not avail, was reached now. The
men were becoming very restless.
To them It seemed as if ages had
passed since they went forward to the
attack. They had advanced too far
and were flung back into the copse
where they were at present stationed.
The enemy had flanked them. The
Germans were in front and in the rear.
To advance was futllei to retire was
deadly. Nothing remained for them to
do tout to lie low and trust to luck.
Probably the British would advance
presently. The men's cigarettes had
given out. While they lasted they
smoked during the day. Matches could
not be lit during the night.
.The darkness was falling. At night
they couid rise to their feet and walk
about a little to restore circulation. In
fact, it was Impossible to lie down in
the cold, for they were constantly
freezing. One of the men rose to a
sitting- position arrd looked around. He
was an officer a young man, with a
face white and strained and the skin
tfrawn taut over the cheek bones. He
was the only officer in the party.
"Ton fellows can sit up now," he
said to the man next to him. "Pass it
along."
The men sat up onj by one and tried
to warm their hands by striking them
eoftly against their breasts. On the
right front a tree thorn of its branches
waved soberly backward and forward
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as the breeze caught it. It looked so
coldl A shiver passea through them
and they began to speak one to the
other in whispers.
"We'll be all right in the morning,"
said the officer to the corporal near
him. "Our people will have time to
look about them by now, and tomorrow
they'll probably begin a new offen
sive." 1 wish to God they do, sir." said the
corporal. "I'm so dry."
'So'ra I." said a young man who lay
on the ground, his eyes staring up at
the sky. A first field dressing was
tied around his forehead, for he had
been wounded by a shell splinter In the
morning of the attack. "I almost wish
that I had pegged out. When will we
get out o this fix?"
The corporal did not answer. . At
that moment the officer spoke to him.
"On our left," he said. "Do you see
anything, corporal?"
"Yes, sir."
"What Is it?"
"A Jerry," said the corporal "One;
a straggler, I suppose."
"He'll have water, maybe," said the
wounded man, giving expression to the
thought of all his mates. "Can you
hold a rifle steady?" asked the officer,
and he fixed his eyes on the corporal.
"I cannot." As he spoke he looked at
the little hole which showed In the
sleeve of his tunic The officer had
received a bullet wound in the thick of
his arm two days before.
,"I'll try," said the corporal, lying
SCENE IX CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER YESTERDAY WHEN
FIREMAN WAS GIVEN HERO MEDAL BY ACTING MAYOR.
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RlKht, Assistant Chief LandenkJos, Seated on Left, and A. G. Long,
Chairman of Board of Trustees of Campbell Memorial Kund,
Seated la Center.
flat on the ground and gripping a rifle
which lay near him. He slid out the
weapon in front of him, took steady
aim and fired. There was a strangled
cry of agony and the German dropped
to the ground. The corporal put his
rifle aside, borrowed the officer's re
volver and crawled on all' fours toward
the fallen enemy. Five minutes later
he came back walking -upright, for the
darkness had become very dense.
"Water?" asked the wounded man.
as the corporal handed a water bottle
to the young officer.
It s full," said the corporal, hunch
ing his shoulders up and shivering a
little.
"And the German," said the officer.
Is he dead?"
"He got it in the shoulder," said the
corporal "Unconscious."
The cork was taken out and the bot
tle handed around. The men drank
sparingly. The officer was the last.
He took a couple of sips. Then he
placed the bottle on the ground.
"We have got to take that man in.
he said. ' If he comes to he may give
us away to his people, and then it will
be all -up. We've stood it so long now
that we may as well wait till tomor
row and maybe then an attack; for
our guns are very quiet now. The calm
before the storm. I've kept a drop of
the water for the German when he
comes to. He's wounded. The Ger
man was taken In and left lying on the
ground. The corporal dressed his
wound. He was a young man with a
little downy moustache and a strag
gling fringe of hair running from ear
to ear along the chin. The men gazed
at him curiously and one remarked
that he had never had his first shave.
At 2 o'clock in the morning the Ger
man recovered consciousness. .tie
fixed a look of indifference on the
strange faces that surrounded him and
asked for water. He spoke in German,
but the officer understood him. He
got a drink, then fell into a stupor.
He was badly hurt.
At that moment the guns began to
thunder vehemently. Over the copse
the shells screeched and whistled.
Right, left and all around the guns
took up the challenge and the batteries
settled down to steady -business. The
cold air of dawn was filled with the
detonations. Five o'clock came and
the clamor had not subsided.
"We'll get relieved at 6." said the
officer.
"If we're lucky," said one of the men
with a laugh.
That morning the party was In luck.
The British, advancing on the tail of a
creeping barrage, found the half fam
ished body of men waiting them in the
shell-scarred copse.
"Glad to be out of It," said the
young officer a few hours later, as he
sat down to a good comfortable meal
In a headquarters dugout in the rear.
"I think I ami But what pleases the
men most, the fact that they stuck It,
or the fact that they're out of It. I
do not know."
WESTERN BANK POSITION
now It Is Likely to Bo Affected by
Current Events.
KANSAS CTTT, Mo, June. 2tL The
outlook for the money market prom
ises a stiffening of rates. The country
hanks will have less inclination to loan
freely until after the real result of the
crop season is known. They have sub
scribed to the liberty loan, and it Is by
no means certain that the farmer com
munities will absorb the holdings, at
least for a time. The supply of West
ern funds Is being sought by the East
ern manufacturers and packers, the
rates being Increased materially over
a month ago. Insurance companies are
lessening their supply to the West for
farm loans, some companies entirely
dropping that security for the present.
All this makes a larger demand on
the banks, whose local customers must
be taken care of as well, at a time
when the high prices call for heavy
deposits and a long line of credit to
make purchases. The bankers gener
ally believe that the financial situation
is likely to be much less profitable to
them during the next two years than
for the two years past. The abundance
of deposits for a time dazzled the
banks, but now the situation is becom
ing one of close figuring and Increased
demands which may make the business
far more uncertain than for a time
past.
The tam o' shanter crown la fash-
HERO MEDAL GIVEN
Thomas Gavin Decorated for
Rescuing Men.
CAMPBELL FUND IS DONOR
Firemen and City Official Sold
Memorial Services at Ceme
tery for Chief Who tled
While Serving His City.
To Thomas Qavln, driver for P"lre
Chief Dowell, was presented a David
Campbell hero medal yesterday, the
first medal of the Kind ever given.
Presentation was made formally by
Acting Mayor Daly In the City Council
chamber just prior to the annual me
mortal services at the grave of the
late Chief Campbell at Rlverview
Cemetery.
Mr. Gavin won the medal as a result
of bravery shown in 1914, when he en
tered a burning building and rescued a
man who had been trapped in the fire
and smoke. Several others had failed
In the rescue work and Mr. Gavin took
a long chance . and won.
Soon after the act of heroism the
Board ol Fire Chiefs recommended a
medal for Mr. Gavin and this action
was approved by the board of trustees
of the Campbell memorial fund. .Not
until a short time ago did the trustees
decide on the type of medal to present.
The medal as presented is about the
size of a dollar, only considerably
thicker, and bears an image of Chief
Campbell.
Following the presentation the fire
men, members of the board of trustees
and others went to Rlverview Ceme
tery, where Chief Campbell's grave
was beautifully decorated with roses,
wreaths and other floral pieces. A. G.
Long, chairman of the board of trus
tees, had charge of the ceremony and
made a short address. Dr. Luther R.
Dyott, pastor of the First Congrega
tional Church, offered prayer and made
a short talk about Chief Campbell.
POISON PLOT SUSPECTED
U. S. Seizes Man Believed to Have
Laid Odd Snare for His Foes.
CEDAR RAPIDS. Iowa, June 16.
Charles Everett Louwerse, a Hollander,
Is In Jail here under J2O.U00 bond await
ing the action of the Federal grand
jury on what Federal authorities say
is one of the most Ingenious schemes
they have had to deal with to involve I
an innocent man and send him to prison
or cause his internment during the
period of the war.
Hinton C. Clabaugh, chief Investiga
tor of the Department of Justice at
Chicago, last Friday called Colonel W.
G. Dows, president of the Iowa Railway
& Light Company and a member of the
Iowa State Council for Defense, on the
telephone and Informed him an effort
had been made to poison him and his
wife.
He then read Colonel Dows a letter
received by Sears-Roebuck Company
and apparently intended for Fred C.
Schelbe, secretary of the James A. Alex
ander Necntie Company, Madison ave
nue, New York. It purported to have
been written by Emil F. Schelbe, an
employe of Colonel Dows. Among other
things it requested that additional poi
son be sent to Kmil Schelbe for the
purpose of poisoning Colonel Dows.
The letter went on to say that Mrs.
Dows had been given poison in milk
and had been sent to California by her
husband to get well.
It also set forth that it would be
useless to burn the crops, as the wet
weather had destroyed them, but that
the fruit trees had been poisoned.
M. Clabaugh immediately caused the
arrest of Schelbe and his wife here and
of Paul F. Schelbe, a brother, at Water
loo, whom the letter mentioned as plan
ning to poison William Galloway, a
wealthy manufacturer, Paul's brother-in-law.
Mr. Clabaugh came to this city and
compared the letter he had received
with the handwriting of Louwerse.
Handwriting experts pronounced the
writing the same and Louwerse was
ordered taken into custody. He waived
examination and when his bond was
fixed asked Colonel Dows to furnish it
for him.
Louwerse is believed by Mr. Cla
baugh to have written the letter
through Jealousy. It is known the two
men had trouble. Mr. Clabaugh says
the letter was placed In a Sears-Roebuck
envelope because It was known
it would be turned over to the Govern
ment. The only comment Louwerse would
make was that he must have been a
fool to have written such a letter. When
he was pinned down for a confession
he denied his guilt.
Clabaugh is elated over the outcome
of the case, as for a time he believed
it a National plot to poison wealthv
persons.
He said he was not certain Mrs. Dows
had not been poisoned and that the
guilty men had made an effort to fasten
the crime on Schelbe.
The case has attracted a great deal
of attention here during the last week.
Soheibe, his wife and his brother were
ordered released from custody.
Sorwegian Steamers Sank.
LONDON, June 15. According to ln-
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legation here 49 Norwegian steamships,
with a gross tonnage of 75,397, were
sunk in May. Twenty-five lives were
lost.
WOMEN MAY MAKE ARMS
School for Munitions Workers Pro
posed In Newark.
NEWARK, N. J.j June 17. Anxious
to advance the Interests of girls and
young women who register at the Fed-eral-State-Munlclpal
employment Bu
reau for work in factories having Gov
ernment contracts, bureau officials are
working on a plan whereby unskilled
applicants may be given a short train
ing course before beginning regular
work. The matter will be taken up
with the Newark Board of Education
in an effort to make arrangements
whereby applicants ,may be received
temporarily at the Girls' Vocational
School at 138 Washington street.
More than 100 women have already
been placed on war contract work, con
sisting mainly of making uniforms for
the National Army. Most of them are
untrained in the use of sewing ma
chines. The bureau believes that a few
days' training in the industrial school
will prepare the workers in a way
which will benefit them, the factories
arid Uncle Sam.
The general work of the bureau has
Increased so greatly that more clerical
help is necessary and two additional
stenographers, who headed the list of
eliglbles in this section, were selected
by Federal Director Thomas J. Burna
They are Miss Teresa M. Noll, of 959
Grove street, Irvlngton, whose rating
was 83.35 per cent, and Miss Edna M.
E. Sippel, of 205 McWhorter street this
city, whose rating was 79.92. The list
was forwarded .rora Washington on
application. The stenographers begin
at a salary of $1020 a year.
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