The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current, June 03, 1917, Section One, Image 14

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Newspaper Page Text14 THE . SUNDAY OREGOXIAN, rORTLAXD, JUNE 3, 1917. 2 DEAD, 1 DYING; 5 HURT IN T0I1G FIGHT CHINESE HELD AS GUNMEN PARTICIPANTS IN CHINESE TONG FIGHT IN NORTH END EARLY LAST NIGHT POLICEMAN WHO MADE CATCH AND INTERPRETER HELD AS SUSPECT. I Favor Public Markets Dozen Chinese Rattle on City Streets and Bystanders Also Suffer. " 2 GUNMEN ARE ARRESTED 6uey Sing Tong Makes War vn Bing Kung-Bow Leong Faction In Spite of Recent Attempts to Obtain Peace Treaty. (Continued From First Pare ) dler, wounded In the hip and leg by tray bullets. James Hussett, expressman, 127 North Ninth street, wounded in the arm and leg. M. Martinson, Wellesley Court, Fif teenth and Belmont streets, body grazed by a bullet. Yuo Horie, Japanese boy, 2 years old. You Horie, 2-year-old Japanese boy, cut on forehead by flying glass. Many Witnesses Held. An unidentified girl on the way to the depot, whose leg was grazed by a bullet. Suey Fong and Tee Guk, Suey Sing gunmen, who have been identified by sereral eyewitnesses as the murderers of Chin Hong, one of the Chinese, are now In the City Jail with a charge of murder hanging over their heads. Nu merous other Chinese were taken into custody as witnesses. Lee Fong, Chinese interpreter, was arrested for investigation, and was later charged with assault with intent to commit murder. Low Ju, another Chinese, was arrested by retecttve Goltz for investigation. Police Chief Clark said last night that there .was evidence that both these men were im plicated in the shooting. Domd Take Part in Battle. The shooting is variously described by eyewitnesses as having been en gaged hi by from eight to 12 Chinese and was replete with exciting features, including a running fight up Flanders street between Patrolman Endlcott and Tee Guk. The fight started on the corner of fifth and Flanders street and from there swept up Flanders street to Sixth and Flanders where Chin Hong was hilled. From there the shooters went north on Sixth to Glisan. east on Gllsan to Broadway and then south on road way. ' At the intersection of Broadway and Flanders street Chung Chow was killed by two gunmen who have been identi fied by eyewitnesses as Suey Fong and lee Guk, now under arrest. The men are said to have fired several shots Into Chung Chow's body and then one of them is said to have stooped and truck him on the bead with his re volver. Dying Man Makes Statement. Louie Him, In a dying statement to City Detective Swennes at the Good Samaritan Hospital early last night, declared that be was shot by Tee Guk, who fired five times at him. He said that he was pointed out to Yee Guk by Lee Fong and Frank Tip, court inter preters, who have also been taken into custody and are held pending investi gation. Yee Guk only yesterday appeared at the war census bureau at the Couft , house and registered under the select ive draft act, saying he was about to leave for Seattle. Two other Chinese youths, Lee Wing Seng and Cheung Jung Tick, aged 21 and 22, respectively, also registered under the draft act. Patrolman Xeir at Hand, Louie Him said that after the shoot ing began he ran west on Flanders, pursued by Yee Guk, until he finally fell, covered with wounds. Patrolman Endlcott was about a half block away when the shooting began. He immediately followed the gunmen, and at Broadway and Flanders street tame within firing distance. He said that he immediately opened fire on Yee Guk. who, with Suey Fong, were run ning away after killing Chung Chow. Yee Guk ran about a half block west on Flanders, when he stumbled and fell, dropping his gun. The officer then covered him and took him into custody, also picking up a revolver and auto matic pistol which had been dropped by the Chinese. , Citizens Capture One. Suey Fong ran north on Broadway and then west on Glisan, pursued by several citizens. He was finally cap tured by John Smith, of the New Wes ton Hotel; E. Hermann and Jack King, SL'6 Raleigh ..street. They turned him over to the police. It is estimated that probably 80 or 40 shots were fired in the fighting, which occupied but a few minutes. Numerous of the shots went wild, pen etrating windows and wounding people who happened to be in the vicinity of the shooting. Bnlleta Enter Shop. Two bullets penetrated the window of the barber shop of Henry Isberg, 103 North Sixth, before which Chin Hong was killed. One of these passed through the clothing of M. Martinson, Wellesley Court Apartments, as he was standing before a glass Just after get ting out of the barber's chair. The bullet grazed his body just at the waist sufficiently to draw the blood. A man who was in a chair in the barber shop received a fragment of glass from the window In his eye; Jim Hussett. expressman, was In his express wagon, directly in front of the FREE TO ASTHMA'SUFFERERS A w Horn Care That Anyone Can I'm nitbout uiscomiort or konm or Time. We have a New Method that cures Asthma nd we want you to try It at our expense. No matter whether your case is of Ions man ding- or recent development, whether It la present as Hay Fever or chronic Asthma, you should send for a free trial of' our method. No matter in what climate you live, no matter what your age or occupa tion. If you are troubled with asthma, our method should relieve you promptly. We especially want to send it to those apparently nopeles cases, where all forms nf Inhalers, douches, qpium preparations. fumes, "patent smokes. . etc.. have failed. We want to show everyone at our own ex pense, that this new method is designed to end all difficult breathlnir. all wheezing, and all those terrible paroxysms at once and for ail time. This free offer Is too Important to neglect a single day. Write today and begin the method at once. Send no money. Simply man coupon ociow. uo it Toaay. FRfcK ASTHMA COUPON FRONTIER ASTHMA CO.. Room 260S Niagara and Hudson Sts.. Buffalo, N. T. Send free trial of your method to: Y s " f 1 1' f 1 O s3 "jh t I ' - i Vw I i c "saa .; A I MkT.: V Isberg: shop. A bullet 'penetrated one of his legs and an arm. W. RiKglns. of Oak Grove, a srraln handler, was on his way to the Union Station when flying: bullets struck him in the hip and the leg:. A flying; bullet lso penetrated the window of the laundry and bath establishment of A. Horie, Japanese, on the. south side of Flanders street between Sixth and Broadway, causing: a flying: piece of glass to strike his 2-year-old son, Yuo Horie, on the forehead, making: a pain ful wound. Numerous others who were passing; by at the time had narrow escapes from the flying bullets. Roomlns-Houe Man Held I'p. When the shooting; reached Sixth and Flanders streets, D. B. Livesley, proprietor of a rooming-house at the northwest corner of that intersection, ran down the stairway onto the street. One of the gunmen immediately pre sented his revolver to the stomach of Mr. L-ivesley and demanded if he was coming to arrest the shooters. No," replied Mr. Iivesley, putting up his hands. R. X. Buker, who Is employed at Fleischmann's, 131 North Sixth street, ran out into the street and climbed into his automobile in front in order that he might get a view of the shoot ing.' While he was in the car a bullet passed through it, doing considerable damage to the upholstering, he said. Shoot I nK Ik Witnessed. J Ganz, of the Madras Hotel, who was an eye-witness of the shooting, estimated that at least eight gunmen were implicated. He said that prob ably a dozen shots were fired at the Intersection of Flanders and Sixth streets alone. W. T. Caples, a boiler- maker, was in the barber shop at the Intersection of Sixth and Flanders and saw Chin Hong fall dead after a lively Interchange of shots on the sidewalk there. Following the shooting squads of detectives and patrolmen raided China town, and any Chinese suspected of having been a witness of the shooting or knowing anything about it was taken to the police station for Investi gation. The headquarters of the How Leongrs at Second and 'Oak streets was raided by Detectives Pat Moloney and Craddock and 11 men were taken to the station but later released. - Three revolvers and a ritie were taken at that place. - . It is believed by District Attorney Evans that the shooting was the direct result of the failure to culminate a peace treaty at San, Francisco. He said that he had been advised yester day that three Suey Sing gunmen ar rived in Portland from San Francisco. The Suey Sings are said to have been opposed to the culmination of the peace treaty at San Francisco and to have blocked the negotiations. The story of the shooting as told by Jack King, 826 Kaleigh street, who was REBEKAII LODGE MEMBER - WHO 11ECESTLY DIED. Miss Annie !. Gell. Miss Annie L. Geil, daughter of ' H. T. Geil. died May 31 in Port land. Miss Geil was 50 years old and came to Portland from Iowa in 1880-with her parents. For 27 years she had been an . active member of the Rebekah Lodge. Her residence was at 329 ' East Fifty-fourth street. She is sur vived by a father, sister and five brothers. " i - i . . j 1 t f -wfK -SOTS f j i i - JS - it . - ' If ', ' L v ' - it -wwtwMMininHiiflf wniftTHnrmi-ivra Instrumental in capturing Suey Fong is dramatic. Mr. King said that when the shooting began at the Intersection of Broadway and Flanders street pan demonium seemed to break loose among the crowd, two women fainting and an automoblllst driving bis wildly-careering machine onto the sidewalk. The pursuit then began after the two gunmen. Patrolman Endlcott following Yee Guk up Flanders street, and the crowd taking after Suey Fong. who ran down Broadway toward the Broad way bridge. At the Intersection of Broadway and Glisan street the Chi nese turned on his pursuers and swept the crowd with his gun. causing them to fall back. He then began running west on Glisan. shooting at several who had the hardihood to continue the pursuit. "I gained on him." said Mr. King, "and finally caught up with - him in front of Honeyma n's warehouse. Just before I reached him he threw his re volver and then I grabbed him about the neck. I turned him over to the police at Seventh and Flanders street." Two In Pursuit or One. C. E. Scott, 883 Congress street, was also an eyewitness of the shooting at Broadway and Flanders street. Mr. Scott was driving north on Broadway at the time and said that be saw a man run south on Broadway from Glisan Intersection. He 6aid that he then saw two men with guns In pursuit and that when they reached the Flanders Inter section they emptied several shots into the fleeing man's body. "The man fell Just on the sidewalk," he said, "bleeding profusely." Three of the victims of the shooting, Louie Him, Jim Hussett and W. Rig gins, were taken the Good Samaritan Hospital following the shooting by the Ambulance Service Company. The wounds of Hussett and Rlggins were reported to be not of a dangerous char acter. Yuo Horie, the Japanese boy. was taken to the St. Vincent's Hospital, where his wound was dressed. 'He was then removed to his home. The bodies of the two dead Chinese were taken in charge by Deputy Cor oner Smith. - PORTLAND CHINESE LEAVE CITY Score of Celestials Reach Tacoma, Fleeing From Tons War.. TACOMA. Wash., June 2. 4 Special.) Twenty Portland Chinese, fearing the. results of a tong war, fled from the city and came to Tacoma tonight. Pa trolmen at the passenger station saw them alight from the northbound train. The majority of them took taxicabs and went to the residences of friendly Chi nese and hid . themselves. Patrolmen In the Chinese quarters said that they saw none of them about the streets afterward. . Apparently fearing an outbreak In Seattle none of the Chinese went be yond Tacoma.' , SEATTLE SIIOOTIXOS NOT FATAL Chinaman From Portland. Wound ed, Held as Assailant. SEATTLE. Wash.. June 2. Eng Heng and Jim Sing, members of the Hop Sing tong were shot tonight in the Chinese quarter, of Seattle by gunmen whom the wounded men declare belong to the Blng Kong-Bow Leong tong. Ah Chong, a recent arrival from Portland, who is also seriously wounded, is held in the city Jail after having been iden tified by Heng as his assailant. These are the first shootings here since the peace pact was signed by rep resentatives of the Seattle tongs in the presence of Mayor Gill and Immigra tion Commissioner Henry M. White. TONG AVAR NOT UNEXPECTED Peace Treaty of April 2 6 Short Sev eral Important Names. The presidents of the Bing Kung Bow Leong and the Hop and Suey Sing tongs, at a meeting in District Attor ney Evans' office on April 26, signed an agreement to make tong wars In Oregon a thing of the past. The agree ment resulted from a temporary true which Mayor Albee had forced the tong men to sign April 1. , From the first, prominent Chinese doubted the efficacy of the treaty, be cause It did not bear the names of the leaders of -the Chinese Peace Society, the Chinese Benevolent Society, or Fed eral, city or- county officials outside Mr. Evans. The agreement was of a sweeping characteV and pledged Fort loud Chinese to kocy Uio peace feud- I1 - : y (I) Tm r.nk, Who Was Identified by l.oule Him. a Dytna- Victim of the Af fray, as One of the Murderers. 2 I.ee Fong, Interpreter. Held as a Sus pect. 43) Patrolman Kndlcott. Who lOntcsaed In a Kunnlna: Klaht With the Tongmen. and Arrested Yee (.nk. 44 Sh Kong. Another Suspect Held by the Police. less of tong outbreaks in other Coast cities. The first open Indication that hos tilities among the Chinese were im minent, however, came with the resig nation of Lee Mee Gin, "president of tne cninese 1'eace csociety, about the middle of May. He notified his fel lows of the resignation by inserting an advertisement in a newspaper. Following the resignation of Lee Mee Gin. signs of tong trouble became evi dent on all sides, although the police were inclined to doubt the probability of an .outbreak, on the ground that a large number of the Celestials were absent at the canneries, and that the outbreaks usually came shortly after Chinese New Year's, when the Chinese settle both their moral and pecuniary ueDts. OREGON CROPS DOUBLED Citizens Take Interest In Produc tion of Food. HOOD RIVER. Or., June 2. (Spe cial.) H. C. Seymour, of the extension department of the Oregon Agricultural College, here yesterday to confer with County School Superintendent L. B. Gibson, says that In his Journeys of Inspection over the state he is gratified to' find the people of the rural com munities taking so active an interest In the production of more food. Mr. Seymour says Oregon total produc tion is increased approximately 100 per cent over last year. Professor Gibson estimates that the Hood River Valley bean crop- Is 600 per cent greater than in any former Norman S. Richards FOR COMMISSIONER I am for the common pKple. I favor two-platoon system and better conditions for all labor and prosperity for Portland, with a Portland spirit second to none. r - Paid Adv. 1 I AM NOT OPPOSED TO THE PUBLIC MARKETS year. Potatoes, he says, show an In crease of about (0 per cent. INFANTRY BAND WILL PLAY Concert to Be Given This Afternoon at Vancouver. A band concert will be rendered by the Fourteenth United States Infantry band at Vancouver Barracks today, commencing at S o'clock. Kmll Bchou is director and the programme follows: Vote for Home Product JOHN A. McQUINN . Civil Engineer Candidate for City COMMISSIONER Native Oregonian, and throughout a home product. Attended the Harrison Street and High Schools of Portland, and received the degree of B. S. from Oregon University, 1879 a Civil Engineer by ocr cupation. Home 473 Simpson Street. Office 410 McKay Bldg., Portland. Is consulting hydraulic engineer of Olym pia, Washington. The Civil Engineer is by far the most important officer the ity must refer to, and therefore one of the Commissioners should have that technical skill. Vote Number 19 and show your appreciation for the . educational institu tions of Oregon. Today the most important work in the State of Washington is direct ed by one of our Oregon Uni versity students, a civil engi neer, class of 1886, salary of $600.00 per month. Paid Adv. Geo. W. Caldwell FOR COMMISSIONER The People's Representative. First-class paving at 40 saving. IFaid AdverUacaicat). C . 1 A 'A - Campaign Lies Are Being Circu lated By My Enemies, Stating That I Am Against Public Markets Vote No. 14 X (Paid Advertiaemeat.) (1) One-atep, "Oh. Johnny! Oh. Johnny! Oh!" (Rose): (I) overturn, "Poet and Peasant" (Suppe); (3) Walt, "Jolly Olrla" (Vollntedt); ) selection. "The Bohemian Olrl" tBalfe): (5) march. "Gloria" (Losey), xylophone solo by Sergeant Paul Mlttlander; (6) selection. "The Merry Widow" (Lehar). The regular Fourteenth Infantry band concert days are Tuesday, Thurs day and Sunday, commencing at 3 P. M. The public Is welcome to the con certs. Baker will be Mayor. Adv. B. S. JOSSELYN Candldnte for MAYOR "Vast experience in large buslnr,, af fairs. epcially In reorganizing railroad and public utility corporations for In vestor, ; an enthusiastic developer of proper-tie,: administrated expenditure of many millions In construction and bet terment. "Never held public office: his work for railroads and publio utilities ha, brought him into contact with practically eery phase of public activity: not only has ha negotiated with public officials snd campaigned with people direct In the multitude of matters affecting the In terests he represented, but he has par ticipated actively in many public move ments; has served as chairman and member of some of the most Important committees In Portland. undertaking work not even directly relating to his private business; proved to be an ex traordinarily effective public man. an Industrious worker of sinKiilar efficiency: never hesitated to undertake unselfish public work, for which ho waa fre quently drafted by community organiza tions." Oregon oter. VOTK 16 X ON BAI.MVr. (Paid Adv. by W. H. Bard. 1'lttock Blk.) VOTK FUR Archie Mason Fsc City Commissioner. His services, backed by his "29 years' experience in constructing; streets, sidewalks, water mains, sewers, etc.. Is of more value to the taxpayers than of those who have had no practical experience and who have to be advised by others. Vote Ko. 21 ea Ballot aad Savo Hlgk Taxes. (Paid Advertisement U .ltfi.W'I'.H .-' HiWHiiJLUlVS"w'r' ' .-JW.".wv LMZ : - 'V' J " ' ( JOHN M. 1 OF THf IVY PRUS MEMBER 1017 LEGISLATURE Business Man's Candidate for cor,ossioriErc He stands for strict economy, sound business principles, protection of the industries we now have and the en couragement of new ones, which means more pay rolls and the de velopment of the natural resources of Oregon, making a bigsrer, better and more prosperous Portland. No. 22 ON BALLOT Pld AJv. M- I Mann, 1245 Halsey SU Vote X No. 29 L. M. DAVIS FOR City Commissioner I stand on my former record of two years In our City Council. I have never betrayed a trust. I have been a resi dent and taxpayer of Portland for over 25 years. Yours for a bigxer payroll and good wages. The Oregon Voter say of Davis: "He Is a charter mem ber Oregon Lodge No. 101. A. F. and A. M,, ZiA degree Scottish Rite Mason, gra.mi patron, O. K-. S.. for Oregon, WlJte Shrine of Jerusalem, holds office of king; Knights and Toadies of Security, tfaid AUvcrtitcuieati 1- :