THE MORXIXG OREGONIAN, FRIDAY, JULY 20, 1917.
MORE ARRESTS OF
CHINESE EXPECTED
Orientals Suggest Murder Was
Done by Japanese Follow
ing Trouble Over Game.
PROSECUTOR IS PUZZLED
Detectives Have No Patience With
Plan to Round T7p Every Allen
Who Cannot Give Account of
Himself During Battle.
hearing- on that will be held nex Mon
day. Low Soon had been in the city for
several days prior to his arrest last
night. When searched by the police he
had $1100 in gold and currency in his
pockets
The Sheriff of Multnomah County Is
hurrying here with extradition papers
for Low Soon, and is expected before
any attempt can be made to get the
Chinese out of Jail.
YOUNG CHINAMAN
MISSING
Friends Inquire at City Jail for
Cook, Not Member of Tong.
Shortly after midnight an elderly
Chinese appeared at the police station
greatly agitated, looking for a young
countryman by the name of John Lok,
who has been missing since 2:30 P. M.
yesterday.- Lok was 22 years of age,
and employed as a cook at the Ore
gon Grille. He lives at 89 H Second
street.
The Chinese who Inquired for Lok,
and an equally excited countryman
who soon Joined him. emphatically de
nied that Lok was a member of any
tong whatever.
COMES TOO FAST
Further arrests are expected at any
moment as a result of the latest out
break In tong war hostilities which re
sulted Wednesday -afternoon In the
killing of Back Tee, a Hop Sing tong
man. Chief Deputy District Attorney
Collier was in conference yesterday
morning and afternoon with Deputy
Sheriffs and city detectives, planning a
wholesale series of arrests of Portland
Chinese.
Following the conference, it was an
nounced that the city would be combed
today and all suspicious Chinese would
be detained. Both Deputy Sheriffs and
detectives will also bend their efforts
toward apprehending the other mem
bers of the Hop Sing and Suey Sing
tongs who are charged with murder in
the blanket secret Indictment returned
by the grand jury Tuesday afternoon.
Mr. Collier spent a greater share of
yesterday investigating the murder of
Back Tee. Many witnesses were ex
amined closely, but no tangible clue
was uncovered which might lead to the
arrest of the murderers.
Trouble Over Game Suggested.
Members of the Bing Kung-Bow
Leong tong advanced the theory that
Back Tee was murdered by a Japanese
with whom he is said to have had
trouble over a card game about three
months ago. They say that a Japanese
lost $1200 in a Chinese fan tan game
and that at that time he threatened
revenge.
Although Mr. Collier does not hold
this theory to be tenable, he is at the
same time investigating any possible
cause. He is of the belief, however,
that it was a tong killing.
"If the Bow Leongs are so certain
that this was a Japanese killing they
should offer us some proof to that ef
fect," he said yesterday.
Orientals Meet Deputies.
It is known, however, that Mr. Col
lier is not entirely satisfied that Back
Yee was murdered by a Bow Leong
gunman. He . points to the fact that
the Bow Leong men were piloting Dep
uty Sheriffs about tong headquarters
Wednesday afternoon at the hour of
the shooting, and the meeting of the
Bow Leongs and Deputy Sheriffs was
set for 4 o'clock near the corner where
the murder took place a moment later.
Mr. Collier cannot figure why, if they
had planned a killing, the Bow Leongs
had arranged to meet Deputy Sheriffs
near the scene of the shooting at the
exact time it took place.
In their assertions that It could not
have been a Bow Leong killing, these
tongmen point to the fact that the
room from which the shooting took
place was in the heart of the Hop Sing
and Suey Sing district, where rival
tongmen would not have dared lie in
wait in a vacant room. They say
further that if they had planned a
killing they would not have murdered
an aged Chinese like Back Tee. but
would have singled out younger and
more influential enemies.
Bow Leontri Blamed.
Detectives are working on the theory
that the shooting was done by men in
the employ of the Bow Leongs. Captain
Baty spouts the suggestion that it was
done by Japanese disgruntled because
they were fleeced in a fan-tan game
run by Hop Sings, of which the mur
dered and wounded men are members.
Tong shootings in the past have proven
to be the hardest work the police have
had to contend with, and the usual re
sults, slow, if any, are expected.
Jung Hen wing, who fell to the
sidewalk in front of the store of Fong
Wing & Co. with two bullet wounds. Is
recovering at the Good Samaritan Hos
pital.
There will be little co-operation from
the detective bureau. Captain Baty In
timated, regarding Assistant District
Attorney Collier's plan of "cleaning up'
Chinatown by the indiscriminate arrest
of every Chinese who is unable to set
forth the nature of his livelihood. He
said that he has no desire to flood
the jail with men' who have no con
nection with this or other tong mur
ders. Instead, his men are seeking,
as best they may under the obvious
limitations, the men responsible for the
murder.
Chinatown, or the several sections
where Orientals congregate, closed as
tight as the proverbial drum yesterday
and last night.
Chan Chee and Ah Low, arrested
Wednesday night on suspicion of being
Implicated in the shooting, were re
leased yesterday.
Detective Goltz left for Tacoma last
night to return Lew Soon, arrested
there at the request of the Portland
authorities. He is alleged to be the
"brains" of the Hop Sings and one of
the men largely responsible for the
series of tong murders of last Winter
and Spring.
TONGS ARE SITED FOR $25,310
J. W. KIggins, Victim of Battle in
Streets, Wants Damages.
Another damage suit resulting from
stray bullets in the tong hostilities
the past six months resulted yesterday
when J. W. RIggins, a grain handler
who was seriously wounded in the
battle of June 2, yesterday started suit
against the Hop Sing and Suey Sing
tongs for $25,310.
The plaintiff asserts that he was
struck in the back by a bullet fired
near the corner of Fifth and Flanders
streets. His earning capacity has been
permanently Impaired, he says.
He alleges that the two tongs
planned the battle and hired gunmen
to come to Portland from San Fran
cisco to carry on the war with the
Hip Sing and the Blng Kung-Bow
Leong tongs.
The suit filed yesterday is the third
civil action brought by innocent
victims of the Chinese tong wars In
Portland since the first of the year.
SHERIFF HASTENS TO TACOMA
Portland Chinese Merchant Held on
Murder Charge.
TACOMA Wash.. July 19. (Special.)
Lw Soon, Chinese merchant of Port
land, who is wanted there on the
charge of ktllins Ching Hong, obtained
' his release from jail on a habeas corpus
writ today and was rearrested im
mediately on the charge of being
fugitive from Justice. His lawyer filed
second .habeas corpus petition and
WATERSPOUT BREAKS TS MAL
HEUR, DOEN'G MUCH DAMAGE.
Several Orchards and Gardens Re
ported AVashed Out. and Some
Ranches Badly Damaged.
BAKER, Or., July IS. (Special.) A
waterspout late yesterday afternoon
did great damage in Malheur County.
Several orchards and gardens are re
ported washed out and some ranches
badly damaged. No loss of life Is re
ported.
Claude Woods, who came In today.
says the heaviest loss was in the vicin
ity of Brogan and Juntura.
On Pole Canyon, near Brogan. be
tween 15 and 20 sheep were drowned,
and some ranches near Juntura were
badly washed out. Mr. Woods said
there have been heavy rains in the Ra
vine and Crane territory and that in
his trip from Brogan to Baker in auto
mobile the rain was so heavy that irri
gation ditches had overflowed, and he
had to travel a mile through water-
flooded roads at one place between
Malheur and Brogan.
The rain ended a 30-day drouth in
that vicinity and aided many dry farm
ers.
Baker County had another rain today.
but much more is needed.
WEDDING IS KEPT SECRET
Reed College Students Get License
and Try to Avoid Publicity.
Carl A. Cunningham, sophomore at
Reed College, and his "war bride." Miss
Stella Roper, daughter of Rev. Samuel
George Roper, of Gresham, obtained a
marriage license yesterday and their
subsequent movements are unknown.
Mr. Cunningham is soon to leave for
the front, it is said, and the young cou
ple attempted to maintain secrecy as to
their marriage. Rev. Mr. Roper was un
able to throw any light on the mar
riage plans last night, as the couple
had not returned home.
Mr. Cunningham lives at 617 East
Tioga street, St. Johns, and Miss Roper
with her father at Gresham. Rev. Mr.
Roper is pastor of the First Methodist
Church at Gresham. Mr. Cunningham
finished his freshman year at Reed in
June.
ROFAIME WOMAN IS FINED
Wife of Ticket Agent at Toncalla
Admits Guilt in Altercation.
ROSEBURG, Or, July 19. (Special.)
Mrs. J. E. Clark, wife of the Southern
Pacific ticket agent at Toncalla, was
fined in the Recorder's Court there
Wednesday when she pleaded guilty
to using profane and abusive language.
It was reported here that Mrs. Clark's
arrest followed an altercation with
Mrs. L. A. Bass, wife of the cashier of
the Toncalla State Bank.
The arrest was made by Deputy
Sheriff C. H. Daugherty. Because of
the prominence of the persons involved
in the controversy, the arrest of Mrs.
Clark caused a sensation. Mr. Clark
has been Southern Pacific agent at
Toncalla for many years, while his
wife is a native Douglas County girl.
L. W. SHIPLEY BURIED
Services Held at Oregon City
Typhoid Fever Victim.
for
OREGON CITT, Or., July 19. (Spe
cial.) The funeral for Leonard W.
Shipley, who died on Tuesday morning
after a two weeks" illness of typhoid
fever at Vancouver, Wash., was con
ducted at the Holman chapel in this
city yesterday. Rev. W. T. Milliken.
pastor of the Baptist Church officia
ting.
Leonard W. Shipley was born on July
11, 1878, in the southern part of Iowa.
He came West about 17 years ago.
first settling in the state of Washing
ton, and later in Oregon City.
Mrs. Adeline Davis, of Oregon City,
Is a sister, and William S. Shipley, of
Oregon City, a brother.
DR. SPAETH TO LECTURE
University Summer School Is Draw
ing Near Close.
In connection with the University of
Oregon Summer School, a third lecture
by Dr. J. Duncan Spaeth will be given
this evening at Lincoln High School
auditorium at 8 o'clock. Dr. Spaeth's
subject will be "Whitman, the Spirit of
America, and World Democracy." Two
previous lectures by Dr. Spaeth have
proved popular.
. Friday evening of next week Presi
dent Henry C. King, of Oberlin Col
lege, Oberlin, Ohio, will give , an ad
dress on "The Fine Art of Living."
The last night of the Summer school
session Dr. G. Stanley Hall, of ClarK
University, and one of the most widely
known educators in America, will lecture.
GUIDONS GIVEN TROOP B
Ceremony Attending Presentation at
Armory Is Impressive.
Two silk guidons were presented, to
Troop B, Oregon Cavalry, at the Armory
last night by fathers and men relatives
of the members of the troop that will
be mobilized July 25, preparatory to
being taken into the Federal service.
A pretty ceremony attended the pres
entation of the guidons. They were
carried by Misses Iva Stevens and Mary
Louise Moser, who presented them to
the color sergeants after a brief pres
entation speech by T. J. Murphy. Miss
Elizabeth A. Murphy and Miss Eloise
Huggins were escorts of honor.
The guidons were accepted on be
half of the troop by Captain Charles E.
Gjedsted,
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The more you know about Owl Drug Stores,
The more you know about Owl Policies,
The more you know about Owl Values,
The more you know about The Owl's standard of quality,
THE MORE YOU WILL APPRECIATE YOUR NEAREST OWL
DRUG STORE.
Combs for
Men 25c
We have a
wide variety of
high quality
combs for men
at this price.
Hughes Ideal Hair
Brushes $1.79
Model No. 66 contains
multiple bristles securely
vulcanized in a rubber cush
ion back. Made waterproof
so that it can be readily
washed without injury.
This model is sold generally
at $2 and is a very worthy
value at S1.79.
Face Cloth in
Rubber-Lined Case
at 10c
A soft absorb
ent face cloth
in a moisture
proof rubber
lined cretonne
case. Neat and
compact just
what you need
for your traveling bap.
Anti-Venom
Outfits $2.00
A cheap insurance policy
against poisoning from
snake bites while on your
outing. Outfit contains
hypodermic syringe, to
gether with all necessary
antidotes for snake poison
ing and full instructions for
use.
You Can Tell the
Time in the Dark
- with an Ingersoll Radio
lite Watch. This accurate
little timekeeper is just the
watch to take with you on
your camping trip. No need
to light a candle or match to
see what time it is. The num
bers on the dial and indicators
are illuminated. $2.25.
Nail Buffers at 35c
Ebony
f inishe d
buffers, 5
inches long. Covered with
chamois of finest texture,
removable for washing and
instantly readjusted. An
exceptionally good value at
35.
mm?
This Dentrifice Is FREE
With Each Purchase of a
25c TOOTH BRUSH
Friday and Saturday
we will include a tube of Lesley's Dental Cream free of charge.
This is an extraordinary value, one we seldom attempted even before the war.
These tooth brushes are imported direct from the manufacturers in France, and
include our complete 25c line. They are made of the best quality white bristles,
securely fastened in beautifully finished handles. There is a splendid variety
of sizes and shapes to choose from, and each brush bears a money-back guarantee.
Lesley's Dental Cream is well and favorably known to thousands of our custom
ers. It is superior in its antiseptic and cleansing properties, and is warranted to be
non-injurious to the most sensitive mouth.
The Dentifrice and Tooth Brush Both for the Price of One
FRIDA Y and SA TURD A Y
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The Shower
Bath Days
Are Here
During the Summer
months a cool shower
bath is very invigorating and refresh
ing. Here is a rubber shower bath
spray that can be readily attached to
the faucet of your bath tub, will save
water and give excellent service. Nickel
spray with rubber bumper, and full
length red rubber tubing of high qual
ity. An unexcelled value at 1.25.
Peroxide of Hydrogen
Full Pint Bottle 25c
A product of superior purity and
potency. The peer of all home anti
septics. Used for cleansing wounds,
cuts and bruises. Very wholesome and
agreeable as a mouth wash. Makes the
mouth and gums healthy. Full pint
bottle, 25.
Why Have Wrinkles?
It is easy to apply the B. & B.
Wrinkle Eradicator a simple
little plaster to wear while you
sleep. Each box contains twelve
square sheets
o n rl -pull r1iY"Or
tions for their ffz
25
The Pullman
Hair Brush 50c
The vent
back makes
this brush
especially sanitary,
and readily dried.
easily washed
Excellent grade
bristles, securely set in a polished
hardwood back. Just the brush to.
take with you on your vacation. A
particular favorite with the soldier
boys.
Millinery for Mermaids
We have just received a shipment of the
newest creations in beach caps five of
which are illustrated. These caps are made
of the best quality rubber and come in a
fascinating assortment of colors, styles and
shapes.
We are selling a better beach cap today
fori. 29 than was offered before the war
at 40c. Other values at 3o, 50 and 73
proportionately attractive.
Vibration Is Health
The New-Life Vibrator has a
motor that will act on a direct or
alternating current, and can be
used by attaching any electrlo
light socket. For massaging and
beautifying the face it is unex
celled, ana lor ruDDing away pains.
umbago, etc.. has special merit.
Vibrators have been sold in our
stores for several years and have
proven their worth by giving gen
eral satisfaction. SIS.&O.
Awarded Qold Medal at the Panama-Pacific Exposition
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E. Struplere, Manager
Telephones: Marshall 2000; A 1333 (Home)
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ivory-ware sold in Owl Stores is war
ranted to be of the highest grade, and
the prices are as low ,
as good quality will !T';,'',?!'J?
Combs 25toS1.25
Hair Brushes Sl.00toSS.50
Military Hair Brush
Sets S3.75toS7.50
Bonnet Mirrors S2.50 to S5.50
Puff Boxes 50 to 82.50
Hair Receivers 50to2.00
Trays 25c to S2.50
Buffers 50toS1.50
Nail Files 25 to 500
Cuticle Knives . . tZ5&to 50c
Button Hooks 250 to 50d
Shoe Horns 25Co 750
Corn Knives 250 to 500
Clothes Brushes Sl.50to.So.50
Whisk Brooms 750 to S2.25
Hat Brushes S1.00toS2.75
Bonnet Brushes S1.00toS2.00
Soap Boxes 250 to 50d
Talcum Holders
(with talcum) .... 65c
Hat Pin Holders 85d
Perfume Bottles 25toS4.00
Glove Boxes S6.00
Handkerchief Boxes.. S5.00
Pin Cushions 50toS2.25
Picture Frames 50toS4.5O
A Pound Package of
Writing Paper for 25c
This paper is of excellent quality and fin
ish. Only because of the buying power of
the Owl Drug Co. are we enabled to offer
you this superior value. Plaza Lawn approxi
mately 100 double sheets to the pound, 23.
The quality of this stationery is equally as
good as that offered at this price even before
the war.
Envelopes to match at 10$ per package.
J. B. Williams'
Toilet Soaps
The manufacturers of the famous
shaving soaps have made this soap for
you Old English style Glycerine, Oat
Meal, and Honey, seven-ounce size, at
12 per cake. We believe this is the
best soap value offered on the Pacific
Coast today.
Also the Turkish Bath Soap in the
round tablet at 12. AH of these
soaps are delightfully fragrant and
foamy.
A Great Variety
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Conti Castile 15 per cake
Anchor Brand 10 per cake
El Parnaso Spanish Process lOi per cake
El Bocado Pure Olive Oil Soap. ...100 per cake
Bocabelli Castile Soap 100 per cake
Yarritu Spanish Castile Soap 250 per cake
El Colombo 690 per cake
(314 pounds)
TONGS TO BE BROKEN
Mayor to Form Squad That
Will Round Up All Suspects.
WEAPONS TO BE FORBIDDEN
Drastic Ordinance Being Drafted
to Provide Fine and Sentence
tor Carrying of Concealed
Arms Inside of City.
A police "tongr squad" will bo or.
pan i zed at onca by Mayor Baker to
enforce an ordinance which he will
present to the City Council at Its next
meeting providing a fine of $500 and
a ja.il penalty of six months for the
carrying- of concealed weapons. The
new squad will go after the Chinese
and try to bring an end to the tong
war troubles. Iron-clad peace bonds
will be required from tong leaders.
City Attorney LaRoche was instruct
ed by Mayor Baker yesterday to pre
pare the ordinance, making it as drastic
as is possible. Armed with that and
pickaxes, the tong squad expects to
make things hot for the trouble-makers
in Chinatown.
Raids Are to Be Simtroiu.
Raids will be made thick and fast
to round up armed Chinamen and where
necessary axes will not be spared in
gaining entrance to places where gun
men or warring tongmen are sup
posed to be In hiding.
Incidentally, Mayor Baker says the
stiff ordinance against carrying con
cealed weapons will be of practical
value In handling gun toters of the
I. W. W. ilk. It is proposed to give
special instructions to the police along
this line also. .
"The Chinese tong war problem Is
one that is decidedly hard to handle,"
said Mayor Baker last night. "There
are many intricacies to it which dif
fer from the handling of ordinary
crime, X h&v son inxo the auJajeot
thoroughly and believe we can do a
lot toward breaking up the war.
Street Battles Mont Stop.
"The shooting on the streets is the
part that Is objectionable. It has
gone to the very limit in the last few
months and is going to stop if we
have to tear down every Chinese build
ing and house in the city and put every
Chinaman in Jail.
"I have asked City Attorney LaRoche
to draft an emergency ordinance deal
ing with the carrying of concealed
weapons. I expect to have full co
operation of the Council In this. I told
Mr. LaRoche to provide in the ordi
nance the maximum punishment.
"Further, I will form a good broad
shouldered Chinatown squad and will
turn It loose, with Instructions to hunt
out the gunmen and arrest every bus.
picious character. I think we will
have co-operation from the Municipal
Court, and when we do I believe the
Chinese will have enough of the
trouble-making.
Tjocal Red Cross Fund Sought.
CEXTRALIA, Wash.. July 19. (Spe
cial.) Lr pt night the executive com
mittee that waged the recent Red Cross
drive in Centralia met at the City Hall
and laid plans for procuring 25 per
cent of the local subscription for the
Centralia chapter. More than $14,000
was subscribed here, a fourth of which
would make a neat sum for the pur
chase of supplies and materials needed
by the chapter.
Road Work Contemplated.
PENDLETON, Or., July 19. (Special.)
The city Is considering the construc
tion of three-tenths of a mile of hard
Burface road from the end of the pave
ment in the northeast part of town to
connect with the county road passing
the Eastern Oregon State Hospital,
which has been Improved this Spring.
The work will probably be done dur
ing the Fall.
Med ford Official Going to War.
MED FORD, Or., July 19. (Special.)
City Recorder Elmer Foss, Lieutenant
in Company 7. Coast Artillery, has re
signed to meet the call to arms, but
his resignation was laid on the table,
a vote of thanks tendered him for his
capable services and assurance made
that his position would be held open
for him. until his return from the front.
An Indoor swimming pool virtually be- ness men Indorsed a campaign started atlons of the T. M. C. A. building will
came assured today, when several busi- by the Y. M. C A. Slisrht interior alter- provide n space 311 hv 100 feet.
Albany May Splash. In Pool.
at.-raktv. Or, July, 19. CSpecUU
Midsummer Sale of Shoes and Oxfords
Footwear of Quality for Men and Women Offered at Prices Lower Than
We Could Replace the Same Goods for Now!
Women's Pumps
S7.95
Laird-Schober & Co.'s gun
metal or patent; hand turned.
Women's Pumps
S5.95
Laird-Schober & Co.'s dainty
white linen pumps.
Women's Pumps
S5.95
Patent kid operas; hand
turned; French heels.
129 Tenth Street
Women's Oxfords
S4.95
Genuine Hanan's Imperial
Russian calf and vici kid.
Women's Colonials
$6.95
Laird-Schober' Coj.'s. matt
kid; patent welt soles.
Women's Shoes
S6.95
Laird-Schober & Co.'s patent
or dull kid button, cloth tops;
hand turned.
With Kvery r"nrrti - at SAI.K
I'HK W e nitf the lufil dum
ber of S. & J1. KRF.KX 'I'lUDl.Vli
STAMI'S.
Men's Oxfords
S6.95
Hanan's or Boyden's in black or
tan; remarkable quality, deeply
underpriced.
Dr. Reed's Cushion-Sole Shoes.
Blucher or lace.
Regular $8.00 Shoes QP Qr
Genuine Calf for ...)0Z0
Regular $8.50 Shoes (je QP
tan vici for tDXJ.UO
Between Washing
ton and Alder
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