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THE WEATHER Rain tonight . and Thurt 4, day; - brisk, .-sou t nerljr, winds." , ' COAST TEMPERATURES - SA.1L Todaj. oise .....................,,.. 30 Seattle ,4.. i, ...... 44 Spokane .......................... 33 Baa Tranciioo . 12 Portland .... ...... . .., 43 Rosebuxff DO Marshfield 83 " .. i ' 1 I. 'u "iii.ii . f . . I.. ..I. ! f, .1 1 " - t, .. : ; i - ' . ,, i ' ' i i- , i -i n ,,,. i i - . . ... i- ! ,., ,' J k VOL.X. NO277. ', ; , . ' ' PORTLAND OREGON,- WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 24, 1912 EIGHTEEN PAGES. , ' : PRICE , TWO CEMT3 uxAittrSajnt Mutilated Body of ; Young Chinese Shipped From Portland to Seattle in Trunk Connaughts Mobbed on Wall Street .'. Opening Statement in the Wilde Case ft' ' IS SEID BIHG, AN EMPLOYE OF ALASKA FISHING FIRM,. ASTORIA TRUNK IS AM M BIHG KILLED ' TO GO EAST H IS Inside Is Revealed Corpse Cut in Two in Middle With - Arms' and Legs Off; Date of Shipment, Dec. 21. . .(,wlil lo.Tti Journal) Astoria, Or.. .Jan. Is. celd Blng wi employed by the. Alaska Fishermen's Packing company and left in November EN NOTICED v tor Portland after having secured bis workmen' immigration , paper. His family resides . here, two younger ones being Americanised and attending high school. Sold Eack. a prominent Port land merchant, is a. relative. ... Seid Bing teatlfled Tn a'ChTnesrtase aomT-mttnthi ago. Seattle.' 'Wash.. Jan. 24. The dlsmein- bered body of Seld Bing a cnm.aroan per haps 2? years of age. was found in a trunk at the Kins: Street station this morning by employes- In the baggage - department, who detected a strong ooor . comina- from tha trunk. The trunk was shipped from Portland December 21 over the. Northern pacific. and bore baggage check 79,089. It reached here at 6 o'clock In tha after noon of that day. It bore ait excess baggage check and was stored away for tha Dresentatlon of tha duplicate cnecss. - Whan nulled out this 'morning the trunk .weighed ulTSitoundiindlcattB that the victim weighed approximately 118 -pounds, tt was cut In two In tha i middle and- tha legs and arms out off. ' 'The face "wa smooth shaven, and . a brown derby hat 'was shoved down over IU Tne nanos were - not been a laborer. , - According to . the' rules of, the North ern Pacific. 11 uncalled for trunks are shipped to EC Paul at the end of SO days. The expiration of the 20 days was up two aays ago,, ana it. was curing tha checking up process that tha dls . coverv was made. Had it not been for this, the - trunk.-would doubtless have been shipped - to St Irani ror auction without being opened. , - - . , Friends Kara Been Hunting SUm, Thai Seld Blng was missing and. his friends were anxious about -bis disap pearance haJ been known among local Chinese; for several days, s Bo worried (Continued on Page. Four.) IS Only the Mayor's Signature Is Now Wanted to Put New Ordinance Into Effect; Heavy Penalty Is Provided .. for Violation- of the Law. ;, ; MEASURE FORBIDDING CARRYING CONCEALED WEAPONS PASSED Tha city council this morning uw. anlmously passed City Attorney Grant's ' ordinance' prohibiting the carrying of ' " concealed weapons.- The ordinance amends tha present city ordinance by Increasing the penalties. After Mayor ' Rushlight signs the measure It will pro vide for a penalty of from i0 to IZQO fine andfrom f lvato90 dayn lmprison- .. r i i. .. ' ANTI-WAR INSURANCE ;Vi'Y' TO " ; (United fieas 'ises4"Wlre. '"'.' ' London, Jai. 24. Leading shippers are not taking chances these days of a European war and a number of policies have been Issued s by, insuranoe oom ' panles against the possibilities of a . conflict.- ' is s;,'". Lloyds has Issued two large policies In London during the past 24 hours. One wss for t per. cent for six months " against war between France, England and Germany and another was for 4 per cent against hostilities between France , :. and Italy.. v ''y-.; -( ''"'.,;'.;.;, 4 SLAYER Of RUTH WHEELER x MUST DIE FOrt HIS CRIME r - tJnlt -,' Utsnl Wire. Albany, N. ' ft., Jan. 14. Governor John A. Dlx refused todsy to Interfere with , the execuuhn f of Albert Wolter, . who waa sntenoM. to death for the murder of Ruth Wheeler In New ToVk, city. 1 The execution will take place here early next . Monday. Two : years sgtfyWolter advertised for a stenograph- ISSUED SHIPPERS f--tr, arid when the young girl replied he ,"Jl : wu're r(i ; j),r ana clsmcmbercd her ".fcody. VfTH FAVORITE ' .... wssssssBsaBassaassBssssp Chinese Woman Threatened to Kill Him, His Cousin, Seid h Back, Says; Disappearance Came at Once. Seld Blng, aged 27. years, the Chinese cannery boss, whosfai dismembered body na iuuiiu hub mumug in a trunK at the Seattle Grand t?ntan . depot,' was murdered In Portland, .'probably in house at Fourth and Everett streets, on the ntght of December 20. by friends of a Chinese woman of th underworld, with Whom Seld Bing is said to have quarreled early on the evening of the Detectives visited the room of this Chinese woman this afternoon and found blood stains over floor and walls. Seid Bing, who was well to do, is salft to have been a -favorite of this Chinese woman, but on the night men tioned he quarreled with Her over some trivial affair and ordered her to leav him. In her rage she threatened to kill him or have friends do so, and Seld Blng. much perturbed but -defiant, told his story to his employer, Seld Bong. Immediately after the quarrel he went to his room, directly across from nolloe headquarters at Second and Oak streets. and there tie Is said to have received a message, from the woman askinr him to calt-at hen room at Fourth and Flanders- streets where tha two became recon ciled again. They were teen at a the atre that evening but since that time Seld Blng has never been seen by his menas. is .beueved the pretended reconciliation was 'for the purpose of luring tseia nmg.To ntg death, The-woman, whoso name is not known to the Seid family, la said to have left on the morning of December 21 for The Dalles, although she borght a ticket for 6eattla, ' . The Bo Leong tong. a secret socletv. of which, tha murdered man was a mem ber, has taken up the search for this woman. Seld Bing Is a elan cousin of Seld Back, One of Portland's pioneer Chinese rnerchanta. who Is now dangerously 111 in the hospital, y Expressman Jtemembers the Trunk. Seld Blng was well known in Port land,- where his friends are among the wealthier class of Chinese. He was foreman of a crew of fishermen, who went to Alaaka every year after salmon. In San Francisco he waa also well known. Friends of Seld Blng were alarmed when he disappeared December 21. and search was begun to ascertain his where abouts. . Messages . were - sent to San Franoisco and Seattle, but no trace could be found. Suspicions of murder were aroused : by, the .sudden disappearance, and for some time It has been generally supposed that Seld Bing had been killed. Robbery was given as tha motive, Inas much as it was generally known that the '-'Alaska fisherman always . carried several . hundred dollars in money and wore a valuable diamond ring. -, . ,'' Seid Blng was 27 years of age, and is said to have been a native of Portland. Said Back, of SOS First street, waa a cousin of the deed man, and knew his habits well. He was an active member of the Chinese secret society, the Bt, Leong tong, and this fact, was thought to have had something to do with tha disappearance. ' Seld Blng was employed by Seld Bong, who operates largely In Alaska fishing grounds. For several ?ears he had made the trip northward. and-had accumulated considerable wealth, s. J oo Starfas, the expressman who de livered to the union depot In this city the trunk In which, tlje mutilated body of Seld Bing was found this morning In Seattle, says' he dlsttajHly remembers :. (Continued on Page Four.) V-BOTH DEFENSE T .... V:,.r- Scene In Judge Karanaugh's court '' ... 1 SECRETARY FISHER SHARPLY REBUKES (USHERS Attacks on West : Extension Ostensibly From 3 bodies, or Water Users Seem to Come From Only One. ; NAME OF THAT ONE USED WITHOUT RIGHT? J. N. Burgess Is Called Upon to Explain; Malicious In tent Is Hinted. (Special to The Journal.) Pendleton, Or, Jan. 24. New faction al reeling over the proposed west ex tension of the Umatilla irrigation pro! ect has been aroused .over the receipt of a copy of a letter written by Walter I risner. secretary or the interior, to J. is. Burgess, president of the TJma tula county Water Users' association. In which . the latter is sharply criti cised for sending In resolutions oppos ing the extension under the name of the Umatilla River Water Users' as Bnclatlon-wb.ich. is - the - corporate -name or water users under the present Uma tilla project and which corporation is a-etrong advocate of extension. The letter' was made public toJav. In it Secretary Fisher calls the atten tion or .Burgess to the fact that three letters and sets of resolutions oppos ing the extension have been received at the department from him as presl- aent or a water users'- association." However, it Is pointed out, the name of me nnsucmcion is aurerent in each in. stance, being; "Umatilla County Water Users' association," In one, "Umatilla Water Users association" In another and "Umatilla River aWter Users' as sociation" in the third, which last is the1 corporate name of the project water oseTSVBecrstary Fisher goes on to note tnat tne name or Burgess is signed as president In each case, the name of G. L. Hurd as secretary In the first two and that of A. G. Hemphill as secretary In the last , "It would seem, therefore," Secretary Fisher eoncludes; -"tHat your-nse of this corporate name was not an Inadvertent misnomer for either of the other two associations. For this reason , I shall be glad to hear from you by what au thority you use the corporate name "Umatilla River Water Users' asso ciation.' " He closes - by asking Bur gess to regard the letter, as a reply to his communication dated December 4 entitled "Open Letter to Oregon Jour nal and other Oregon Newspapers." - The Umatilla River Water Users' as sociation, of which H. T. Irvln Is pres ident and ' George Uptbegrovo is sec retary, yesterday sent a letter to Pres Idnt Taft advising him of the misuse of Us. name and informing him that Burgess and Hemphill have no connec tion with the association and do not even live on the project Tha letter declares the use of the name was either through malicious Intent or by Ignor ance and in either event was mislead ing because It seems to place the as, soolation In . opposition to the exten sion, contrary to all facts. CALLS SCHMITZ TO TRIAL ,- , (United Press T,eaee4 wlr. ' Ban Francisco, Jan. 24. Ex-Mayor Schmlts was unexpectedly ordered to immediate trial by Judge Lawlor today on the long pending charges of graft A Jury Is being selected today, although the defense was taken entirely by sur prise. ' - -. -. :"- f- ..-I Schmlts Is charged with acting with Abe Ruef to bribe a former member of the board of supervisors to fix low rates sought by the San Francisco Gas & Electric company, a , Missoula Postmaster Named. Washington. Jan. 24. President Taft today ' nominated Andrew Logan to be postmaster at Missoula,' Mont COURT UNEXPECTEDLY AND PROSECUTION MAKE OPENING ARGUMENTS IN EMBEZZLEMENT CASE .while Special rrosecntor ,A..K. Clark la making statement In behalf of Louis i j 90.000 from the Oreiton Trust & Savlniri bank- : " A t I T R A TS i - AS LAST TRUST BULWARK " J " , 'eamassaaejNssapsBMasssasBs ' . .v ,, Writer Says He Can Prove That Big Business Interests Are Preparing to Hide Be hind Judiciary. V POLITICIANS PULL CORDS WORKING PUPPET JUDGES "While We Have, Worshiped Jurists, Corporations Have Corrupted Them." . (United Preia leased Wire.) New York, Jan. 24. Redhot denun ciation, of American justice and of American courts, which he declares are to be the last bulwark of the trusts, is voiced by C P. Connolly, a well known lawyer and publicist, In an article which will appear in Everybody's Magazine tomorrow. Connolly relates many speclfio In stances of miscarriage of justice which he alleges he saw himself, and freely names many men. high. in. American com mercial life. After announcing that he has been working on the expose for the past 15 years, Connolly says in part: "I am prepared to prove that big busi ness Interests have retreated into the courts and are going to make their last stand behind the Judiciary. "We worshiped; They Corrupted." "While we have been giving to Judges a reverence that men once gave to kings, the forces that corrupt every other branch of publio life have been no more reverent to judges than to aldermen. While we lB.ve .. worshiped the cor- rupiea. "My .Investigations have carried into most every state In the union, into the records of. both state and federal courts, high and low, and as a result I have unearthed an astounding tale of Judicial perversion and malpractice. I shall prove that when the highest courts in certain states have, rendered' their final' decisions,' In soma-cases unani mously, powerful political leaders in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Colorado, Missouri and California have,' either in person or by attorney, made their entrance into court, and that thereupon the judges, like puppets at the end of a string, have In matters of vital importance turnea complete and undignified somersaults, reversing their previous decisions." Experiences In Montana. Connolly then tells' how In 1884 he went to Montana to take up law. He practiced before the bar of that state. Soon he saw, he says, "that the law began in ideals and ended In deals." He says that in Butte he repestedly saw party conventions packed and Judges named in the interest Of the largest' litigant in . the state. ; "These judges," he says, "read de cisions which were bought and paid for in the market place." Continuing, he says: "I saw 16.000 wage earners thrown out of employment on the eve of win ter to force the public Into an attitude of consent to the sway of local judges by a great corporation. "I know of a Butte Judge being trailed at night like a benst or a felon and finally trapped In hotel room, where from midnight until 6 o'clock In the morning he was beset by the bribe squad o a corporation, with $250,000 finally offered him in an attempt to buy him. Judge Drunk on Bench, "I was at one time an attorney In a suit ; Involving title to certain mining land. Among our opponents, as an un disclosed factor, was a large copper min ing company. When the evidence waa In the court Instructed the jury to re turn a verdict against my client. When the judge rendered this decision he was intoxicated." . Dealing with the subject of state court decisions, Connolly says: "Evil decisions by the higher courts of any state do not poison the stream of hvwi in that state alone; they flow from commonwealth to commonwealth, corrupting the entire legal - system - of the country. Once out of Its environ ment there is no suspicion that behind any decision was a foul Influence."' - v ... EK 01 JAM AND JOSTLE DUKE AND PARTY Connaught and Wife and y Princess Whirled About In Maelstrom of Enthusiastic Thousands on Wall Street. NOBLES ENJOY WATCHING TRADING ON EXCHANGE Royal Group's Autos Sand wiched Into Funeral Proces sion; Photographers. (United Press Letted Wire.) New York, Jan. 24. Almost mobbed by an enthusiastic and cheering crowd that blocked their path through Wall street today, the duke and duchess of Connaught and Princess Patricia were forced to battle their way through a maelstrom of humanity which threat ened to crush them. From an automobile which was the pivotal point of the whirlpool of cheer ing thousands the roi'al party, including Ambassador and Mrs. Whitelaw Held, and" taeir guards- plunged Into a" rapids of crushing humanity which threatened to carry them off bodily. Police, de tectives and government secret service men clubbed a passageway through the human wedge from the automobile to the entrance of the stock exchange and the party disappeared, disheveled and out of breath. Machine! Ziost In Traffic Leaving the Reld mansion in three automobiles the Connaughts and the Reids, Princess Patricia, the lady-in-waiting and the duke's bodyguard, be came separated. The first machine was lost In the trafflo down town but man aged to reach the stock exchange be- JTor" tha other two cars. Throngs of riotously excited thou sands eddied through the financial dis trict at a snail's pace. The first car awaited the arrival of the others be fore its occupants got out Then, grouped as a mass of football players, the royal party pushed through the Jam to-the exchange building, Once inside they aia not see now they were to get out, and extra police were telephoned for. Watch Trading on Floor. .Once safe inside the exchange, the royal party was conducted to the gov ernors' room and introduced to mem bers of the exchange. Then for IS minutes they watched the brokers trad ing on the floor. The usual pande monium was reigning below and the royal party seemed to enjoy the sight (Continued on Page Five.) NANKING: HOSTILITIES RENEWED SUNDAY TTX. Relations Between elnA'fot 'Sen and Wn Ting Fang Still Strained; Wo Declares Foreign Intervention Is Now Certain to Come. (United Pre.. Letted WlM.l Shanghai, Jan. 24. Rebel reinforce ments are pouring intoNanklng,.. and elaborate preparations' are being made for renewal of hostilities Sunday. Re lations between -Dr. Sun Yat Sen, the president or the proclaimed republic, and Wu Tfng Fang, rebel . leader, are still strained and Wu Ting Fang de clarer peace would already have become a 'fact had the revolutionists acted wisely. - v . Dr. Wu feels certain of foreign Inter, ventlon and he reiterates Jils protesta tions that he will in -no way accent re- sponsiblilty for actions leading to such a movement, on the part of the foreign powers. . Wilde,' charged with embezzling REBELS REINFORCING ;ftss FINAL ORDER TO. PAY UP TAXES IS GIVEN BY SHERIFF One Week Allowed the Tele phone and Other Companies in Which to Settle Delin quent Bills With the County. LEVIES TO BE MADE IF BILLS ARE NOT PAID County Judge Cleeton Prom ises Support -District At torney Notified. One week has been given the Paclfio States Telephone & Telegraph company, Western Union company and Postal Tel egraph company In which to pay their delinquent taxes. Official notice to this effect waa served upon the concerns yesterday by Ed Sweeney, head of the tax collecting department Sheriff Stevens gave out the state ment today that if the three companies have not paid the tax by that time, or have not decided to test the matter in the courts, a levywil be made upon the" property "of 'the" companies." dounty Judge Cleeton offered the sheriff any assistance within the authority of the court, and the district attorney's office has been notified to this effect. Deputy District Attorney Dennlson has been asked to prepare a' statement setting forth the minor legal points In ' fore closing against property where taxes nave not oeen paid. Amounts Claimed. The tax books show the Paclfio States Telephone company owes the county 118,647.60, which Is on the fran chise. The amount covers taxes for 1906 to 1909, inclusive. The Postal Telegraph company pwesthe county 11584.71. for the same reason. The Western Union company owes $1568.71 on Its fran chise. Each of these companies are marked delinquent the respective amounts on the tax books Collector Sweeney this morning sent a deputy to R. S. Howard, receiver for the Title Guarantee & Trust company. with a bill for I898L7S. -This amount Is for personal taxes due for' the years 1908 to 1910, inclusive. The receiver replied that the collector would have to get an order from the federal-court authorizing the payment of the delin quent taxes. Sheriff Stevens immedi ately Instructed the district attorney-to ask the court for the order. . The Marshall-Wells Hardware com pany owes the county, according to ths (Continued on Pag 8 Thirteen.) IN HARVEY SPLIT Commoner Says He Believes New Jersey Governor Justi- ' (ied in Asking Editor to Re : train From Booming Him. (Special to The Jonraat.1 ' Lincoln, Neb.. Jan. 24. William J, Bryan has come out In defense of Wood- row Wilson. In a letter from the east the Commoner defends the New Jersey governor in his controversy with Colonel Harvey, editor of Harper's Weekly, and Colonel Henry Watterson. The letter follows:' "The recent break between Governor Wilson and Colonel Harvey Illustrates the Impossibility of cooperation- be tween men who look at public ques tlons from different points of view. "Colonel Harvey became a supporter of Mr. Wilson when he was selected as the Democratic candidate for governor of New Jersey and he continued his support when Governor Wilson began to be discussed as a candidate ror tne presidency. ' "Of course, it is absurd ror coionei Harvey's . friends to talk about his bringing Governor ilson out No man or paper could :, have made Governor Wilson available as a candidate if he had not himself attracted attention, it would have been impossible for Colonel Harvey to have prevented a discussion of Governor Wilson's avallabllityi "Hut let us assume, that Colonel Har vey was doing) all that he Could for his choice, what was the situation? . "Ills conspicuous support .-.was .not only of no advantage, but it became actualist s disadvantage; It did not bring to XMvernor Wllsout the class for which Colonta Harvey pkn. hut alien ated men just as honest as Colonel Har vey's friends, who,Id not understand why Colonel Hry praised Governor Wilson personally . WKhout .Indorsing the things for which .Governor Wilson stands. It naturally aroused suspicion as to the sincerity of one or the other, and when Governor sWtVaon was asked the' question, he aduj ut.'d that, he re garded the Support of Colonel Harvey as a liamuiy vramer tnnn as an asset. "Should ha have pretended that he thqught Colonel Harvey was helping him whon he was nott And why should Colonel Harvey complain? If he really favors 1 Governor Wilson, he must de sire to aid him; why should he lit of. - . (Continued on 1 'use Five.) DEFENDS W Ml N BATHES OPEN IN CASE AGIST BANKER L WILDE Accused Conspired v With J W. Cooper Morris to Rob Ore gon Savings Trust of $90, 000, Asserts Clark. WILDE IS PERSECUTED DECLARES THE DEFENSE Court Room Crowded at. Open ing of Trial Pet Nick-, names Hurled. Louis J. Wilde, on trial before Judge Kavanaugh for alleged . embezzlement of 190,000 from the Oregon Trust & Savings bank, was this morning plctared to the jury as having acted with W, . Cooper Morris in reaching Into v the bank's treasury and plucking out $90,- -000 of the bank's funds to be divided between them. This was the side of the picture given by A. K. Clark, special prosecutor for the state, In his opening statement of . what the state expects to . prove. The reverse jlde of the. .canvas. to JJie ef-.. feet that Wilde is the victim of a prosecution moved by ulterior motives . that has distorted an Innocent business transaction into a crime, was shown by Dan J. Malarkey, chief counsel, for the 1 defense. Malarkey had not finished his opening statement when the soon . re cess was called. r v ', Courtroom Crowded. The actual opening of the trial, fol- , lowing the long period" of selecting a Jury, was witnessed by a crowded cowrt-u -room. Wilde, appearing as debonaire as ever, took a seat close to his court sel for the first time, having hereto- foreisat with his wife and friends afr 8om,.dstaiio from the Jury box. Clark a . statement covered about 45 minutes and was a- clear, concise nar ratlve of the state's theory of the trans action by which Wilde and Morris are alleged .to have acted together in con spiring to appropriate the money of the bank. lie traced the Intimate relation of Wilde and Morris, said -they, had taken, social, and .business . trips to- gether,' that Morris addressed Wilde as "FatherV and Wilde in turn familiarly spoke to Morris as ' "Henry," a nick-v name. -,. ' 'x Malarkey,' In following Clark, . com- plained of the special prosecutor's man' ner and tone of voice, and of what Clark had failed to say. lie promised to show later on what, the defense be lieves to be Clark's "great' motive for being a private prosecutor in this case. He commented on Clark . as so. wise looking that to him could be applied ' the speech of Gratlano in the "Merchant of Venice:" . " , " "He Is sefull of wisdom and gravity. and profound conceit - as who should (Continued on Page Four.) President of Constitutional Conven. tion Says Friends of Initiative and Referendum,, Have Awakened to Plans of Judicial Body. (United Preae teased Wire.) Columbus, Ohio, Jan. 24. Open defi ance of the Ohio supreme court was ' made here today by President Blgelow In an address before the constitutional convention. Bigelow's remarks were prompted when opponents of the Inltta- ' tlve and referendum cited, the ordinance of 1787 creating the northwest territory, of which Ohio is a part, and the recent supreme court decision In the case of the stats versus Boone, s indicating, that the court will invalidate the Ini tiative and referendum on the ground that it conflicts with that ordinance. :' "If ths decision of the Ohio supreme court is not repudiated by the people," said Blgelow, "this convention will bs reduced to the position of an ordinary legislature and the work it does, though tt be ratified' by 'the people, may bt vetoed , by : the court. i - "The friends of the 'Initiative and referendum- are Just awakening to' th fact that . the supreme court has laid plans to have these, measures set aside." NEXT SUNDAY SPECIAL ILLUSTRATED ., , FEATURES Captain Who Steam- boats Uphill ThrlUIpg Story of Navigation on the rivers of British Columbia. 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