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THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, AUGUST 1, 1909. YMNG GHNESE VIGE-GONSUUSHQT Noted Oriental Mysteriously Murdered in His Office by Fellow-Countrymarf. ASSASSIN THOUGHT INSANE IX-ad Man Was Graduate of Yale and Ihigh, Married a White Woman, and Had Been Active in Search for Leon Ling. NEW TOR.K. July 81. Dr. Luk Wing. Chlne.se vice-consul at New York, a graduate of Ihigh and Tale universities, who married an American girl 16 years ago was mortally wounded at his oflice on the firth floor of No. 18 Broadway, this afternoon, by a Chinese who gives c-.mtradictory reports of himself. Drj Wing died In 9t. Gregory's, Hospital to- " Dr' Wing was shot in the back with a revolver. The bullet, entering below the shoulder blades, lodge! in the lower lobe of the left lung. Mrs. Wing, who Is 111 herself, was driven to the hospital In time to be at the bedside of her husband before he died. Dr. Wing recognized his wife, but at no time was he strong enough to make an ante-mortem statement. Michael McDonald, who for 27 years has been special watchman at the Chi nese consulate. Identified the murderer tonight as Wong Bow Cheung, who, he nays was formerly a steward on the United States battleship Indiana. The man himself, who was first thought to be a Japanese, gave his name to the police as Matuda Woung. and e id he lived at No. 1235 Button wood street. Philadelphia, though until recent ly lie had been employed as cook at Galen Hall, an Atlantic City hotel. He came to Kew York only yesterday, he said. He Is undersized and crop haired and wears American clothes. No rational motive for the murder has de veloped. McDonald says he believe the man Is crazy. Nobody witnessed the shooting. The assassin was arrested when he reached the street by policemen who noticed his agitation. Quong Tick Kam, the Chinese Inter preter who figured prominently in the Klsle Sigel case, quizzed the prisoner at length tonight. He talks freely to any one, but his excited and broken answers to questions seemed to bear out Mc Donald's; theory that the man Is de ranged. From his conflicting statements tt was gathered that he had a grievance against the vice-consul because applications for aid had been refused. Although he complained of being In want the police found $14.63 in his clothes. He denied that he murdered Dr. Wing, and asserts that he fired in self-defense. He says he was being forcibly ejected from the consulate when he resisted and the vice-consul drew a revolver. Thej fought for the weapon, he declares, and he got tt and fired point blank. Mrs. Luk Wing, a woman of refined ap pearance, said tonight that her husband came to this country from Canton about 40 years ago with 200 other lads sent over by the Chinese government to get an education. Recalled by his government, he re turned to this country at his own ex pense, spent three years at Lehigh Uni versity, left for Yale and was graduated there from the Sheffield Scientific school. Suosequently, he said, he was an at tache at the Chinese legation In Wash ington. ROBERTSON IS THE WINNER Fifty Miles) Ahead or All Olliers in Auto Races. BRIGHTON BEACH. N. Y., July Jl. George H. Robertson, driving a Simplex car. won the 24-hour automobile race at the new Brighton Beach track to day. He covered 1091 laps, 86 miles less than the world's 24-hour record of 1177 miles, which he made last October. The roughness of the track precluded the record being approached. The cars finished: Simplex, driven by F. H. Robertson, 1091 miles; Rainier, I. A. Disbrow, 1041 miles; Palmer Singer. Prank Lescault, 96S miles; Sterns. Laurent Grosse. 919 miles; l.orler, H. Mulford. 885 miles. The contest was open to all stock cars selling at $1T00 or over and to the winner goes 1000. Second money is $.-.00: third J300. and fourth, $200. The race was not marred by any serious accidents. LOSES FOOT, RIDES MILES Vnknown Tramp Exhibits Unusual rinck After Accident. PKXDU.TOV. Or.. July SI. (Special.) An unknown tramp, whcse foot was sev ered by the wheels of a car under which he was riding near Meacham this morn ing .exhibited unusual grit by clinging to his precarious, seat on the brakebeam for more than seven miles after the accident occurred. When the train pulled Into the station at Meacham the victim crawled out from under the car and. leaning against the car. while standing on one foot, with the shattered bone end tattered flesh of the other leg dangling below the trousers, he wis discovered by the trainmen. The foot had been left lying beside the track about seven miles down the mountain. The man .though greatly weakened by loss of blood, exhibited remarkable cour ecc. He was. placed on a stretcher and taken to La Grande Hospital. He Is about Irt years old. "DUKE OF TACOMA' IS DEAD C p. Fcrrj. Brother of l.ate Gov ernor, Passes Away. TACVMA. Aug. 1. (Special.) News has J'tst been received of the death at San JMez.ii. i'l.. of Clinton P. Ferry. Mr. Kerry whs a brother of the late B. P. rrry. who was Governor of Washington in territorial days and was the first tiovernor of the state. He was known as fhe Puke of Taeoma." was a large property-owner and was formerly a leader In tli city's advancement. GREEK MASHER ARRESTED Girl Bangs Him Over Head With Handbag, Then Calls Police. ( :hrls Placos. 19 years old. a Greek boot bUck employed on a stand at Sixth and Washington streets, was arrested yes terday on a warrant sworn to Dy jxiyrue Wil3on, a young girl, charging him with violating the anti-mashlng ordinance. The girl, who Is employed In fhe Angelus dressmaking parlors, alleges that the pedal burnisher daily annoyed her by his habitual efforts to gain her friendship. The apex of his antics was reached Fri day evening when be trailed her for sev eral blocks after she passed his stand. When close upon her heels she avers he accosted her unbecomingly. As a reply the girl banged him on the head with her handbag and subsequently procured the warrant for his arrest. v In default of the required JS0 cash bail the persistent Placos was thrown into Jail and will be arraigned in Municipal Court in the morning. This marks the sixth arrest under the ATviinnnnA introduced bv Councilman .Baker a few months ago which provides a penalty tor violation oi a " to exceed $200 and 90 days' imprisonment. Under the new ordinance and the present regime the police are hot on the Jrail of curbstone wooers and mashers. SHOOT BEGINS TODAY TWENTY-THREE TEAMS ARE EN TERED IN GUARD MEET. Hard-Fought Contest Will Be Waged by 1 2 0 Marksmen at Clack amas Range. Firing will be commenced at S o'clock this morning in the annual state rifle competition at the Clacka mas Station range and for three days to come the rattle of rifle and re volver fire will fill In every moment of the waking hours. It will be a hard fought contest of markmanship by riflemen of the National Guard In which the men of the hour will be those who succeed in driving a given number of bullets with the greatest accuracy. One hundred twenty of the best shots In Oregon were at the rifle range last night In readiness for the first event this morning. They came from every section of the state bringing their own rifles and in several Instances their own specially loaded ammunition. Fully half the competitors were at the range Friday and have been studying conditions. The range was open for preliminary practice all day yesterday and the scores made In practice fore cast some unusual records when the firing begins in earnest. The first events will be the Oregon State Rifle Association matches and the first important match will be the Butterfleld trophy. The firing will be at 200, 300 and BOO yards, slow fire, two sighting shots and five shots for record. Practically every competitor in camp entered this match when the entries were opened last night. The prizes will be the Butterfleld-trophy, a handsome silver cup, and a total of 35 per cent of the entrance receipts. This contest will be taken up early in the afternoon and will be preceeded by a trophy match provided by the National Rifle Association. While every rifleman is in camp de termined to win everything possible in the individual events, it is the esprit de corps that is the remarkable thing of the assemblage of guardsmen. The team matches are the ones arousing the keenest Interest and most intense rivalry. This applies both to company and regimental teams. Just at this time it is pronounced an impossible task to predict with any certainty whether the Third Infantry or Fourth Infantry team will likely be taken up tomorrow fore noon. There will be two events in which civilians may enter, the re-entry con test of the National Marksmen's Re serve match and the all-comers revol ver match. These will be shot at such intervals as the range Is not engaged in the regular competitions. In the re-entry matches any competitor scor ing B0 points out of 75 possible at 200, 300 and 500 yards, slow fire, will re ceive a lapel button and become en rolled in the Adjutant-General's De partment of the United States Army as a National marksman. SMOKE M IS RAPPED SUPERIOR. JUDGE FINDS FLAW IN NEW STATUTE. Men Can't Bo Denied Right to Use Cigarettes if They Secure Pos session of Goods. SEATTLK. Wash., July SL (Special.) It is not unlawful to smoke cigarettes or to have the same in your possession, ac cording to a ruling in Bellingham this afternoon by Superior Judge E. E. Hardin in the case of the State vs. T. IX J. Healy. The latter is a prominent lawyer of the city and was arrested on a charge of having a "pill" in his possession. He demurred to the complaint and the de murrer is sustained by the court. The court holds that there Is no law against smoking cigarettes and that it is against the Constitution of the United States and the State of Washington to prohibit any person from holding property, and a cigarette Is property, according to the view of the court. He holds that cigarettes are not the same class of property as burglar tools, gambling devices and so forth, and so cannot be held to bo without the protec tion afforded by the Constitution. The court does hold, however, that the cigarette law is Constitutional, insofar as tt extends in other directions than that of having a cigarette in possession or smoking the same. In closing the court says: "If a person can procure a cigarette he can smoke- It." WOMAN SAVES MAN'S LIFE Holds Him Dangling From Vehicle Until Runaway Is Stopped. VANCOUVER. Wash., July 31. (Spe cial.) Dangling from the side of a wagon, head downward, and only keeping his brains from being dashed out on the road by pushing himself up with his hands. Joe Eaton, of Amboy, near Yacolt, was narrowly saved from injury by a woman holding his feet when his team ran away. While the horses dashed on over nearly a mile of road, Eaton kept his head dear of the ground In this man ner, and at the end of his experience was uninjured. Eaton was out driving with Mrs. De Parter and several young people, and while returning from Farger Lake the horses ran away. In his efforts to stop the team Eaton lost his balance, and fell sideways, head downward, from the vehicle. Mrs. De Parter grasped his foot to save him from the wheels, and Eaton used his hands to keep his head from the ground until the horses were stopped. Parsons' orchestra, Eilers Piano House. FIVE DIE IN FIRE AFTER EXPLOSION Gasoline Pump Causes Blaze That May Have Also Cost Life of Its Inventor. FOUR ARE STILL MISSING Central Police Station at St. Paul Badly Damaged, and Pictures in Rogues' Gallery Destroyed. Seven Persons Hurt, ST. BAUL, July SI. An explosion from gasoline, followed by fire In a four-story building on West Third street today, is known to have caused the death of five persons and the injury of seven. The police think that four persons are still in the ruins. The dead: ' Roam Boueka, 5 years old. Mrs. Gagnon, 60 years old. A child, supposed to be Clifford Gamble, 3 years old. Two men, unidentified. Seriously Injured: Joseph Gagnon, fil years old, and Em manuel Foerster. Mrs. Gamble, mother of Clifford Gamble. - Arnold Kuhle, president of the Kuhle Manufacturing Company, and a young ma'n named McOauley are thought to be among those still in the ruins. It was an invention of Mr. Kuhle a gasoline machine to fill automobiles that caused the explosion. He and McCauley were experimenting with the machine, when the accident occurred. The build ing was wrecked, windows across the street were broken and the central police station and the building adjoining were set on fire. The property loss was small. Chief of Police O'Connor suffered an irreparable loss in the destruction of his private rogues' gallery of 20.000 pictures. CRIMP PUT IN SPOOKS SEVEN FLIRTERS WITH OCCULT TAKEN IN RAID. Detectives Round Up Card-Readers, Palmists and Mediums, Mrs. Sophia B. Seip Also Present. Chief of Police Cox has opened warfare upon fortune-telling fakers and others of cognate practices in this city, and as a climax to 'several days' secret Investiga tion, carried on by Detectives Tichenor and Howell, seven representatives of the so-called occult professions were ta'ien into custody yesterday afternoon, and will now have a hot fight on their hands to keep from being driven out of the city. The victims of the general raid were arrested in their respective places of business during business hours, and in most cases when their ante-rooms were filled with people. They were taken to the City Jail, from which all later se cured their release on cash bail of J1O0 each. Those arrested are: Mrs. L. K. Adams, 1S1 Park street, mind reader; Miss Dottle Conn, S72 Stark street, card reader; Mrs, Mary Andrews, 235 Sixth street, card reader; Mrs. Sophia B. Seip, room 302 Alis ky building, spiritualist; Mrs. A. L. Ste vens, 343Vi Yamhill street, palmist, and Marlon Corelli. 145 Eleventh street, palm ist. They are charged with obtaining money by fraud, in violation of city ordi nance 17.96S, which was passed several months ago for the special purpose of rid ding the city of a host of frauds who were taking money from their victims, each one claiming to restore lost love, give advice in business affairs, locate lost or stolen articles, or do various other things by some special brand of magical hocus pocus, to be obtained only from the particular faker to whom the weak-minded victim happened to present himself at the time. In securing evidence, the officers en listed the services of a young woman with whom they were acquainted, who visited these places and working in con junction with the officers, learned that the people arrested were not helding classes at all, but were reading the cards, hands, or stars, as the case hap pened to be, for perfect strangers, without any class formality, and for an established fee. According to the observations of the in vestigators, the majority of the patrons of these lawbreakers are shop girls and women with love affairs or some deep trouble. Among these is a strong sprink ling of prominent married women who are well known in Portland. There la In the possession of Chief Cox now a list of many of these. He has not yet signified his intention of dragging them into the affair, but if the fight in the court neces sitates it, some of them. It Is said, may be subpenaed and required to testify as to the character of business the fakers have been conducting. The cases will have a hearing in Mu nicipal Court on Monday morning. Ac cording to the detectives, they have con clusive evidence against every person arrested. AT' HEALTHV "VOTES FOR WOMEN"' CLUB IS FORMED. Mrs. Clara Bulck Colby Is Prime Mover In Enoch-Making Event. SnffragcUes Soon Rampant. Whisper it low (they will shout it loud ly enough later on). The suffragette is about to be abroad on the streets of Port land. Last night a healthy "Votes for Women" club was started and the women of Portland, that is to say. some of them, will shortly adopt the tactics of their English sisters and make life miserable for the mere men who insist on corralling the ballot for themselves. It all came about through a reception given Mrs. Clara Bulck Colby at her home. 200H North Sixteenth street, for Alice L. Park, of Palo Alto. Cal., a woman who is active in this movement, and who has Just descended on this city. About 15 women were present and amid great enthusiasm the club was formed. It even progressed to such a stage that a temporary chairman was chosen, Mrs. Ella Clim Lynch, and a temporary secre tary, Mrs. Charles Fatridge. Mrs. Colby. Mrs. Marion Nolan and Miss L. O'Brien were named as a committee to draw up a TRUSTWORTHY SERVICE A well organized Trust Company based on sound principles is all that the word 'trust" implies. It is founded on trust, built up on trust, and is worthy of trust, hence can give to the investor impartial advice in the care and handling of his money. Upon inquiry you will be interested in knowing the. safe and efficient service we render in every de partment of our busi ness. Experience is our pass-key to success. MERCHANTS SAVINGS & TRUST COMPANY 247 Washington Street. constitution and a platform of the de mands that are to be made. "It was just to show our sympathy with the 'Votes for Women' movement that Is extending over the whole world." said Mrs. Colby. "Now there are 23 nations that are agitating this great ques tion, and we felt it our duty to show that we were in sympathy with them." This is the beginning. The organisers of the club have great hopes. Every women who feels impelled to exert her efforts in this direction is requested to communicate with Mrs. Fatridge. who lives at the Hannover, King and Wash ington streets. CONTESTS MAIER'S WILL Millionaire's Widow Says It Was Not Signed by Him. LOS ANGELES, Cal., July 31. (Special.) To secure what she deems her 6hare of the property, Mrs. Teresa Maier. widow of Joseph Fred Maier, the millioaire brewer who died April 11, today filed a contest to the probate of his will In the Superior Court, alleging that the Instru ment was not signed by her husband; that it was not In his handwriting and not properly executed. The widow was bequeathed but $500, the remainder being left to the deceased's mother. Written on a letterhead of the Maier Brewing Company, the will bears no sig nature, and the widow's attorneys. Hun saker, Britt & Fleming, contend that its absence invalidates the instrument. Other serious charges, it is said, will be made at the hearing, which has not been set. 13 ARE DEAD AND 83 HURT (Continued From First Page.) Cal.; Fred Mullenbrook, St. . Louis, Mo.; W. B. Pryer, Boise. Idaho; Daniel R. Carmody. 4619 Union avenue, Chicago: George H. Leavele, Spokane; Ear! R. Ganners, Brush, Colo.; John I. Ward, 111 Pine street, Seattle. Responsibility Not Fixed. Officials of the line have as yet made no statement as to responsibility for the wreck. It is said the eastbound train d'id not take a sidetrack as it had been ordered. It is incomprehensible why the motormen did not avoid the collision, as the accident occurred on a straight track. The motorman of the westbound train is among the dead. Both trains were run ning at a high speed, especially the west bound train, and were presumably beyond control. Impact of Motors Terrific. Train No. 20, westbound, had left Coeur d'Alene at 4:35 P. M., and had just reached Coldwell, when it met No. 6. eastbound. Both trains were going at a rate of about 15 miles an hour. The Impact of the two head motors was terrific. The two trains crashed to gether without a minute of warning. The heavily-laden passenger coaches were -crushed and shattered. Men and women were thrown from their seats, some being hurled to the top of the coaches, while others were sent flying through the windows. Several of the coaches left the track and people were caught under the pile of broken tim bers. Uninjured passengers at once hurried to telephones to call aid. Residents of Coldwell and Coeur d'Alene hurriedly made emergency hospitals of their homes. A special train of physicians was hur ried from Spokane. Automobiles reached the scene from Coeur d'Alene and Spokane with other physi cians, and the Coeur d'Alene Hospital is now filled with the injured. Only one of the train crew is reported in jured. How many of the injured will re cover is not known, but it Is thought that a number were fatally hurt. Rescue Work Difficult. The work of rescue was quickly un dertaken by the passengers on the east bound train, few of whom were injured. Their task was difficult and heartrending. The cars were so badly splintered that It was in many cases hard to get at the sufferers. Men. women and children were" hauled through windows and the smashed side of the cars. Strong men shuddered at the sights. Some of the wore" hurt pleaded piteously for relief, even asking, in their desperation, to be put out of agony by death. There were few houses in the im mediate vicinity where any provision could be obtained, hut a relief train sent out from Ooeur d'Alene promptly took the dead and the most seriously injured back to that city, where attention was given them. Death Iiist May Grow. The wrecked cars were ground together in one confused mass. The injuries are of all kinds. Legs and arms are broken and heads and bodies are crushed. Bruises and scratches from splintered wood and broken glass are numerous, and Internal hurts, which It is feared will swell the list of fatalities, were Inflicted. The first car of the train the smoker was-so smashed that nothing but the trucks remained. It was crowded with men and scarcely one of them escaped alive or uninjured. This- ls the first serious wreck In the history of the road. The track was cleared In about an hour and a half and trafflT resumed. Clearance Hart Schaffner & Marx $20.00 Suits $25.00 Suits $30.00 Suits $35.00 Suits am 1 Kosenblatt WILL ATTACK MOOHS Marina Only Awaits Troops to Take Offensive. HOLDS GROUND AT FORT Spanish General Plans for Grand March Into InteriorMoors Have Little Food or Ammunition and Lose Skirmish. MEL1LLA. July 31. Although heavy artillery, mounted on the forts, con tinues to throw projectiles against the Moorish stronghold on Mount Guruga, the situation is comparatively quiet. In spite of overwhelming heat, and the fatigue of battle, the morale of the Spanish troops continues excellent. The people of Melilla have opened their houses to receive wounded Spaniards. Among the natives there is a rumor that Roghi, the powerful Moroccan chief, is coming to pacify the tribesmen, but this is doubted. A train, transporting engineers, was Visitors in Portland will lose an exceptional opportunity if they do not invest in Real Estate while here. Since 1905 there has been a steady apprecia tion in values. This was unaffected by the panic of 1907, because it resulted from a substantial growth in population and business. This growth is continuing at a phenomenal rate. : Notwithstanding, values are even now lower than in any other Coast city. . Buy before going home. A handsome profit is certain. . Before doing so, visit all the other districts, get their prices, consider their improvements, or lack of them then you will buy in ROSE CITY PARK Prices Are Low and Terms Easy. HARTMAN & THOMPSON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE Off ON THE REMAINDER OF OUR SPRING AND SUMMER iuits Reduced to Reduced to Reduced to Reduced to $23. Cor. Third & Morrison derailed and attacked by MoJrs near Melilla, but they were repulsed with loss. General Marina is planning, when re inforcements come, to make a grand march to Zelouan, In the interior. The Moors, it Is declared, were lacking in food and ammunition and were forced to desist ?rom their attacks and with draw to the lead mines to make bul lets. ORDERED TO TAKE OFFENSIVE Marina to March Against Moors When Army Is Increased. MADRID, July 31. At Melilla the Moors are preparing for a new attack upon the Spaniards, but General Marina has been instructed that as soon as the big army is concentrated he should as sume the offensive, march out of Melilla and strike a decisive blow. Work of reinforcing Melilla Is occupy ing the War Department. King Alfonso today visited Gafateofoto to inspect artil lery corps bound for the front. The fund for the war victims is grow ing. Queen Victoria today contributed $3000 and the Queen-mother J2O0O. Woman Dies at Depot. Mrs. Henrietta Fenton, aged 63, died very suddenly at the Union Depot last night, shortly after 7 o'clock, of heart trouble. She lived at 405 Albina avenue. Mrs. Fenton had gone to the station to bid her daughter. Mrs. Eva Hunter, good bye, for Mrs. Hunter was about to go to San Francisco. While waiting for the train Mrs. Fenton was suddenly stricken and died Immediately. She was the mother of R. E. Menefee, Mrs. Eva Hun ter and Luther Fenton. who is an en gineer in the employ of tne u. k. re in Sa e S20.00 o Go. Sts. WM. A. COVELL Kew. Department Manager for Furniture House of I. Gevurt Son. Wm. A. Covell this week assumes the management of the furniture department of I. Gevurtz & Sons, the well-known home furnishers. Mr. Covell was formerly connected with the Covell Furniture Co. He grew up In the furniture business in this city understands it from Alpha to Omega and has many thou sands of friends in Portland, whom he would be pleased to greet at his new post of duty, either in a social or business way. He assures them that he is now in a position to guarantee them ' absolutely fair treatment, and correct, r rompt and perfect de livery service. Mr. CoveH's high standing In the furniture world Is a sufficient guarantee of the fulfillment of all agreements. 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