THE OREGON' SUNDAY 'JOURNAL; PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING. FEBRUARY, 27,' 1916. ,
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LOCAL WOMAN MAY
i.-SEEIC ! SHARE OF ,
LEGACY OF $40,000
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Miss, Elizabeth Spencer Said
to Be Neice of . Late Fran
cis. Ripley of New York.
FIGURES I N" CH I NATOWN ' LAWLESSNESS TH AT ; PROVOKED RECENT.' TONG; WAR
iiLbUKKDIUL Ur UUM '
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PLAY AMONG CHINESE
DATES BACK T0 1912
Murder, of Seid Bing in Port
land Four Years Ago Has
Been Followed .by. Violence,
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ClilBtM Method of nettling- Old Scores
; tuh violent Turn mta au
" Hen AM OtllM I.
' . - By Robert Doble.
A week ago, perhapsf "Charlie,"
your .Chinese laundryman, brought you
China i lilies, wishing you the compli
ments ot the Oriental New Vear. still
observed, in . spite of republican cus
toms, in the latter part of February.
- Today brings a new face to the
door,' and a bland voice that aays:
Charll, he no come. , He gone die.
.. Nudder China ' boy shoot him;"
And thus -you get your, first clone
up touch with the mystery and curi
osity of the Chinese tong war. Char
He, whose life apparently was spent
between taking away soiled clothes
and" bringing back clean - ones, had
paid ." the penalty of belonging to a
Chinese, secret society. . -
Portland, in the past-two weeks, has
seen another of the intermittent tong
fights that furnishes' springs news - to
the police reporters, and brings forth
a cargo of misinformation" about the
terrible doings and the secret mya-
tery" of the tongs. '
There is really nothing mysterious
about a Chinese tong,- though, it takes
,an Oriental cast of mind to view with
: equanimity some of the murderous op
eration of the tongs when -they are
fighting. .
The word "tong" in Chinese means
a company, association, club, ' society
, or organisation. The hop Sing .tong.
Bow Leong. On Leong, . Sfley Slng
tongs are secret organizations, which
compare in many 'ways to the ''ani
mal" lodges of the white man's world.
The-On Wo tong is nothing but a
Chinese medicine company, which has
its Portland place of business at M
second street. The Hoi Yin Quon
.Shaw tong is a peaceable organization
of laborers, all of whom come from
one province in China and who have
formed a club for fellowship in this
, country. The Four Brothers, Lo Quon
Chung Ju tong, is a: fraternal organ
izations of the descendants of four
Chinese who fought and .worked to
gether back in the dim ages Lo,
CJuon, Chung and Jue Moon.
The' tongs go on about their or-lj-nary
business through the year, col
lecting their dues, holding their ban
.ousts at the New Year, caring for
. their sick and providing for their fi
nancially," unfortunate members. It is
only when feuds start-that the public
gets any idea of tbe tong operations.
' Old "Tend Kenewed .afresh.
.This -year's trouble, through many
deviations, dates back to 1912, when
beid Bing, a member of the Bow
leong -tong. and a relative of Seid
Back,- the , wealthy Portland con trac
torY'asj murdered in the Chinese
roLrkt 107 Fourth street Three
mem3 of the Hop Sing tongV Oi Sen,
a kslavt3trl Lew Soon and Wong Si
Ham, , were arrested for the murder.
A-.history of the case and of Its
continued results is a better exposi
tion of the spirit and methods of the
tongs than much- description.' Money
wiping out a debt of blood, and blood
. wiping- out" money debts a cardinal
principle of the tongs appears all
through" the. story. . ;
-i When. Seid Bing's dismembered, bo'ly
.was lound In a trunk in a "railroad
depot in Seattle, January 24,, 1912, his
family spent more money -to ' catch
the murderers, it is safe to say, than
was ever, spent in Oregon before for
the capture of a criminal. ,
Ol -Sen; the slave girl, was Arrested
by Detective Darin Billings, Mont.,
whither, she had fled. - When .returned
to -.Portland she' claimed to have been
an unwilling witness of. the. murder
and named Lew Soon, the San Fran
cisco president of the, Hop Sing t6ng,
and "Wong Si Sam, a cook, as the mur
derers. The two Chinese' were "arrested. The
Bow Leongs.. to avenge .their mur
dered tong member whose death was
brought about by-Lew Soon' s jealousy
ot him In the Sv Oman's favor hired
special council -to convict him. The
Hop- Sings spent equally well they
fought both- cases to the highest
courts, and . both alleged murderers
finally were released. The Bow
Leongs then asked for a money set
tlement. It was accepted at' $1000,
but never fully paid. - '
The Bow Leongs bad 4ost a life-
which must be avenged-1 money payments-
having failed to materialize.
Uevenge was not long, in contemplation.-,;
Less than a month passed be
fore' a-; murderous attack was made
by the Bow Leongs '. upon a man.,
whom they thought was. a .Hop. Sing
member." -.
Membership .In .the .tongs., that -are
of strictly a secret nature is care
fully concealed. 'and" it is 'only by
chance soi careful' spying that oppos
ing tengmen find out the members of
the other tong. Old Sue Ding, a
cannery man, and a - member . o,f the
peaceful Hot, Yin - Quon Shaw, got
himself ; Into , a suspicious situation
titat cost, his life. -
Sue Ding had a relative, a "cousin
as the Chinese say. Sue Kee Lan, wno
was. a member of the Hop Sing tong.
Scenting trouble. Sue Kee - Lan de
cided to flee" back to China and es?
cape , the local -gunmen of this Bow
Leongs, , -' Sue Ding. tils, relative. helDed
him : to aboard a train . secretly for
Seattle, to .catch a Pacific - steamer.
i nougn esue J4.ee uin got safely away.
Sue Ding ; ws marked. The Bow
Leongs concluded that Sue Ding was
a Hop Sing member.
Sue Ding was cooking In. the kitchen
In the rear of the Hoi Yin' Quon Shaw
quarters, 4 Second street, third floor,
on . the night -' of Febraury 22, 1912,
when? Seid Wing and another Bow
Leong gunman caught him, cornered
b i m and shot him to death.
' Money 7a ys for Blood."
Money paya for blood. The"' Bow
Leong mistake cost them $3000,--whlch
was paWoverto the relative of the
dead:, man-, through - a- prominent .-member
of. the i Four- Brothers society, af-;
ter It was proved that Sue- Ding did
not belong i le the'- Hjop Sing tong.
Sue ping was an old man; . his days
on earth .had -been near-an-end-three
thousand, dollars -was an ample pay
ment, go it was concluded. ...
His death, Jbowever ' had been -one
of two ; attempts- on '? supposed Hop
Sing - members. :vCMn-'WJnjr;. a" Hop
Sing:; man," was - 'carrying--t a ;. crippled
arm ; in hla rabbitekin-lined sleeve
f ront v an attacks made ; on him In n a
ambling', den . at 83 Fourth street
; orth, 10 days before. The assailants
were Bow" Leongs, and; they had not
been caughti-i''-'!-' -- ;T t"
There was another Item,. , too. - .that
f purred-oa, the ;war. The Chinese, In
tongs and out, of A them,, prefer to set
tle their differences without - the', aid
of the white man. But the wealthy
Bow Leongs had spent money like
water to convict Lew Soon and Wong
Si ,-am.'r-and 'had'emproyed white de-
tedlves. So. there, was another .griev?
ance for th,e Hop Sings to consider. -
i They considered it a year. The New
Year. with, the Chinese, is a time-of
casting up accounts -and paying off
debts. -Xtis. a.tlnoe -for paying moral
as i well j as material debts, and the
Hop bitigs -grievance, carried over a
yeur, was liquidated on March 12, 1913.
"An eye for an eye; a tooth for a
tooth; a life .for a life, so saitb . the
Mosaio law.": The Chinese law f
tong feuds follows it closely. Not the
head 2men of the tong, 'who are care-
fully guarded but any member, of the
opposing tong. so long -as 'he be killed
effectually, cancels the debt of blood.
Wong . Song, .-a. Seattle - Hep Sing, - had
been killed by Bow -Leongs. and the
local .trouble -was aggravated - by so
much. The Bow Leongs. who hid
never been paid for Seid ' Bines
death, refused to pay the demanded1
$1000. for the death of "Wong Song.
iera Chee Foon, a store proprietoi1
of 81 Second fetreet, and . Chung. Ah
uong, a laoorer, ou years old, were tn.'
sacrifices. Txuie Hing and Hoi Chung
were the gunmen. 4 Lem Foon was
shot down in his . store . and Chum?
Gong w,as riddled by , bullets in a rei
taurant at 75 Fourths street Nortti.
while he sat at a . meal. Tee un
mended bullet holes in the .woodwork
of the restaurant show where shots
missed, though enough were fired t.
kill. . i -.i
Gaaxnen Are Cared Por.
Tong gunmen are not expert shoii,
as a rule, though during the pauses
between teuds there is plenty of leis
ure for them. "They toll not, neither
do they, .spin,! .and though perhaps
they have not the glory of Solomon,
they are amply fed. lodged and clothed
at the expense of the society without
any effort on their part. Their ac
tivity comes when the fight starts;
between fights they are little but va
grants. Kept fighting men have existed in
all countries; but no kept righting
men were ever , so well defended by
their pa,trons when the fighting is
over. ,J the. past four years of fight
ing, no Chinese has gone to the peni
tentiary for his deeds; In the most of
the murders the murderers were never
caught. The quickest methods are
used to hide them or spirit "them out
of town after the shootings. :- .
Thus It happened with Louie Hlng
and Hoi Chung. They vanished, as
far as the police-. power-of the -white
man is concerned, from the face of
the earth. Louie Hing showed up
again a year later, and though he wis
arrested, he escaped prosecution be
cause witnesses would not appear. The
Bing Kongs. the powerful "flghtinj?
tong" of i San Francisco, . had formed
an alliance with the BowLeongs, and
Thieves Have Busy:
. Niglit at Eugene
Police aad SherUf Forces Spend Day
la Effort to moond Up Perpetrators
of Series of Burglaries.
Eugene, Or., Feb. 26. Eugene police
and the sheriff's force were kept busy
today investigating' several robberies
that occurred last night, E. ' Hanson's
clothing store, on North' avenue east,
was entered during the night through
a skylight on the roof and about $200
worth of clothing, shoes and hats was
stolen. Apparently two or . three men
did -the job, one remaining on the roof
and hauling the goods up through the
skylight with a rope while the others
selected the best they could find in
the store. - ; - i - -
The residence of J. A. Griffin local
sales' , manager "of the Booth-Kelly
Lumber company, was entered between
7. and 11 o'clock and articles valued at
about 150 were" stolen. " ' .
W. C. . Thienes . meat market, on
Thirteenth avenue east,' was. robbed of
a considerable, quantity of meats, lard
and about $4 in cash. ,
The chicken yard of' Mrs. Mary
Sparks was entered and a dozen or
more chickens were, stolen, the thief
leaving the hens -heads Inside of -the
enclosure. ' t" 't ... r.-'--
Medford Academy
' Graduates Organize
Sixty-five Former Students of St.
Vary's Meet lit Xennion aad Perma
nent Alsaui It Pormed. s - -
. Medford, Or Feb. 28. Sixty-five
former students of St. Mary's academy,
most of them from classes graduating
from I860- to lsJO.fheld.a reunion at
the academy Thursday evening - and
formed a " permanent alumni organiza
tion. Medford- supplied the r greater
number of the former students. Ad
dresses, vocal and instrumental music
and reminiscent i papers featured the
program.'. An. executive committee was
elected, composed " of Mrs. Miles Can
trelW Mrs; . 'Kate W Me Andrews, ''Mrs.
LeWris Ulrlch, Mrs. Ernest ' McKee - and
Miss Alice Hanley. Many visitors
were .present-" ' , 7: - ' '
- St. Mary's academy was founded In
Jacksonville In 186S'"and ' moved to
Medford seven years ago. , It numbers
among Its" graduates hundreds of
prominent, women in southern Oregon
and other parts of thvwtate. -
V Meeting 'at tTiite Salmon.
' -'White Salmon.' Wash., Feb. 26.' r
The horticultural meeting- held Fri
day was addressed -' in the morning by
F. - W, Allen, assistant horticulturist
'of the ' experiment station and" M. L.
Childs. of, the Hood River, experiment
station. 4
The 'Western .Klickitat County-"Fair
association furnished dinner to - the
Above, left to right- Oi. Sen, Chinese girl, central figure in tong fend; Lew Soon, former president of the Hop Sing tong; Joss, such as adorns headquarters of rival tongs.
Below, left to right Chinese reading proclamation of truce in tong war, Wednesday afternoon, from bulletin board at Second and Oak streets; Oi Sen's certificate of mem
bership in the Hop Sing tong; Louie Hing, Chinese "highbinder? and' accused murderer; Fong Gee Lang, the "tiger man," a highbinder, : charged with three ; murders.
the-Hop Sings, feeling themselves out
numbered because they had a side
feud with, the Suey-i Sings, . paid n
indemnity the sum is. not known out
side of Chinatown for the 1913 mur
ders. . y '
Aa";before r.the; 3ow Leongs used
their ' powerful finances to gain what
fighting would not do. They, pushed
the legal battle tor land Louie Hing
In the .penitentiary, and violated the
Chinese code by stepping outside of
prescribed tong methods to, get their
revenge. The Hop Sings, though hay
ing once-more-settled the score, again
felt that they had a : grievance.' The
feeling was common to the Bow
Leongs, too, since they had never had
adequate payment fh either money or
lives for j their -murdered clansmen,
and this year's war was the result.
Thus the ight was resumed in Port
land and eleewhere. In the coast-wide
fight . four TJhlness-. were killed up to
orchardists and their wives of whom
over 200 attended the meeting, com
ing from all parts of Klickitat county
and Underwood, on Hood - River., 5
The speakers, in the afternoon were:
Carl Kautz, manager of the Hood
River " Fruit Growers -association cold
storage plants, and Dr. J. S. Caldwel'.,
by products- - specialtst"-of 'Jtate"!'ex
periment station. The meeting was
held at the Leo theatre. . Luncheon
being served at the commercial club
rooms.
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Jefferson Team j
Wins the' Debate
Woodburn, Or.," Feb' 26.-i-In. the de
bate, between Jefferson, - Or., high
school, and Woodburn high school last
night, which, .was held before a large
audience at the M. E. churchy Jeffer
son, on the affirmative side, won. The
subject was. "Resolved, that, the .Unit
ed States should adopt - the essential
features 'of 'tna :: Swiss: system' of mili
tary training and service."
The Judges declared, the points made
by both sides -were, equal but the' Jef
ferson debaters, showed "more r experi
ence ' in-their work. - The! leader ofi tha
Woodburn - team, Raymond Lawrence,
is a 14-year-old " boy r-i who displays
promise, this x being only bis second
attempt.' - 'r ' , ' . : ;'
The Judges were Salem men: George
H. Alden, dean of WilsVmette univer
sity; , Hollln K Page and , Ernest Blue.
After the debate a banquet was served
at Moose hall by the Junior and senior
high school girls for the' debaters and
judges. . ..':;'... ,
Dr. Enna at Seaside, j '1
Seaside, Or.. - Feb. 28. Dr. Bmll
Enna, of Portland. . played . to a large
number of music : lovers - Thursday
night at the National ' theatre. Dr.
Enna's prograan Included selections
from Scarlatti. Saint-Sacns. .Debussy
and the-- later . writers, v Arthur ..Foote,
Ethelbert Nevin and Edvard j Grieg,
finishing with . Wagner's , Parsifal;
Mrs. Clyde Van UteraL vocalist. Ac
companied.' by' Miss Virginia v Drake,
assisted him. ::'!!;".f',--;v t-" n.
In the afternoon . a reception ? was
tendered him at the home of Mra M.
S. Drake. The living room was dec
orated . with pussy-willows, artificial
cherry blossoms and - greens with
hand pain ted butterflies.- f, ' '
Those who , assisted' " were., "-"Dr.-Hodges,
Miss Lystra' Tagg, rMra.
Grimes and Mrs. Prouty. The J Wo
man's Club of Seaside wUl entertain
the state federation in October and
the money raised by the concert' will
go towarda - entertaining -;' them. "
" Teddy Autograph Valuable.
- New ' York, Feb. sre. T. R.s auto
graph Is worth- $250. .-even . when it
isn't , signed t a check or promissory
note. : Marjorie Sterrett refused that
amount for a ; letter Roosevelt wrote
telling her all about bis ancestors and
grandchildren. .
Wednesday , of last week, when a tem
porary peace pact was signed.' by Lee
Wai, local president of the Hop Sings,
and Jung Bing, who has the ame
Office with the Bow Leongs. As quick
ly as It started and long distance
telDhone messages the entire length
of "the coast were utilized to notify
tong partisans that the war' was on
Just so quickly it stopped. . "
The tong men,: who had been sent
from one city to another, ceased their
efforts, until the peace, should . oe
made permanent or war should be' re
sumed again. It was predicted that,
becatise each side had two deaths to
Its credit or discredit peace.at least
until next year, would result. Then
the gunmen would depart to their own
communities.
: They would go back to the places
where they were known and useless.
A gunman, in his own town, is of
little -use to his tong. He Is known
AGGIE WRESTLERS AT
EUGENE TAKE BOUTS
Rutherford Wins Over D. C.
Ivlosby and Scores Ore
gon's Only Victory.
' University of Oregon, Eugene, Or.,
Feb. 26. Winning- every bout but one.
the veteran Oregon 'Aggie wrestlers
defeated, Oregon tonight In Hay ward
ball. One of the six bouts, Prestel
against. Hawkins,, went three -...extra
minutes. , " -
The match' between Captain Ruther
ford and ex-Ceptaln. D. C. Mosby was
the liviliest, Rutherford winning Ore
gon's only bout. ,
The Aggies on the whole were mora
aggressive than the 't raw Oregonlte
and took, more chances. . Ex -Captain
King lost to Ed. All worth' after en
tering . the . match, against Coach
Shockley's wish. !
- Schockley wanted ; to forfeit the
match because King had' been suffering-
from rheumatism in the shoulders.
King defeated Allworth last yearl
'! Captain Frank Bolin, -of O. A. C.,
was panther-like in aggressiveness
against Clark, of Oregon.
116-pound. lass Hartman, O.' A. C-.
defeated Bruce f Flegel, U. of O two
decisions. ' - . . .
125-pound class Captain "Frank Be
lin. O. A. - X,- defeated Gordon - Clark,
U. ef in two falls In 2:34 and 3:30
minutes. -: ."- r;:. . , ;.-
. 135-pound class J. ?.- Hawkins. . O.
A C; defeated Harold Prestel, . U. of
O., on two decisions out of three. T
168-pound class Cantain Iludv
Rutherford, XT." of Ol. defeated! D. C
Aiosoy, v. a.- aj..- iy; a fall In ; min
utes and a decision. "(J-;..
; 175-pound ciaas w.- H. Waters'- D.
A, C, defeated Dal King- In two f alia
in 4:23 and 1:38. . . ,...-'; ... ..'. . :,f
- 176-pound class Ed. Allworth, "d. "'A
defeated - Bernard c Breeding, U. , of
O., - on - one - decision and one fall in
1:S..' v'- J,5-":-?l ' -Vrw-iK'-v:- !
Multnomah-Loses- ?
. To W. S. 0. Players
Washington State college's wonder
ful aggregation of basketball - tossers
put' an end to- the winning streak 'of
the Multnomah Amateur Athletic : club
quintet last night in a fast game la
the club gymnasium by defeating the
"Winged ,. players by .the score ' of
34 to 26. It was the first defeat of
the season for the Multnomah lans. . .
Coach Bohler's - athletes outpassed.
FROIyi THE UNIVERSITY
ili ;
a long time before war starts, and
"forewarned is forearmed" with" the
Chinese. He would tie avoided quite
extensively., .4' 4- - '.- -'- -But,
in another city, where he was
not known, the gunman becomes use
ful to his society. The local victims-to-be
do not know him. He does not
know them., A local representative
points out 'to, the' gunman has victim,
then hurries away. And., like the
well-known camera 'advertisement, .the
gunman "doe the -rest," So, , in every
Portland tong war. gunmen have been
imported from San Francisco and
Seattle, and Portland gunmen have
gone to those cities, to do their kill
ing. The Chinaman has become "clvil
iezd" in our sense of the word. Cues
are a thing of the past; American
clothes garb the younger Chinese. The
josses were cast out.6fJthe Chung
Hwa, several years ago, and China is
outguarded and were, consistent in
their basket shooting, -while the local
club players showed their true form
but Once during the game' and that
was shortly after the opening of the
second period,, when they took, the
lead, only $o lose it" later. . ' '
Following the . game', the., players
elected Clayton Sharp, the star -pointer
scorer of this season's team, captain
of the -1916-117 quintet. . - .
The line-upsr. Multnomah Rossman,
Edwards and Sharp, forwards; Dewey,
center; Twining and Toomey, guards.
Washington State N. Moss and
Copeland, forwards; Bonier, center;
and R. Moss and. Pjrlce,. guards. -
rs Dedicate
New Auditorium
ItcMlaaville College Glee Club Pays
Sheridan la . Visit and .Cltisens Show
Their Appreciation of Program.
" Sheridan,' OrCFeb. 'it. The large
auditorium , of ' the new 'high , school
building was dedicated last ..evening
by th McMinntllle College Glee club,
in a program ,o - songs by the club,
solos. . '" quartets,!: impersonations, a
musical .-farce and excerpts from the
"Pirates vof Penzance," 1 In w.lch ;was
introduced a ."Spanish s. Maiden" fand
-"Cox's Army." ' The cltisens were loyal
to the school and the glee duB ' and
filled the ' large , auditorium ; and; ex
pressed their appreciation of the vari
ous numbers rendered by repeated en
cores,.' which were -graciously respond
ed to by -the college songsters.
. - rOQuntyamtalns" Record; 1', -Sheridan.
Or "Feb. 26. Yam bill
county - retains , Its - reeord as a pro
ducer of varied products of exceptional
quality and Is now shipping seed oats
to the eastern market. G. C Johnson,
east of town, recently nf a carload
of these superior oats to, Pennsylvania
farmer's, and so well pleased were they
with them that an jorder for another
carload ' has been a received -, by . Mr.
Johnson. These oats were the wlni
ner of the grand prite at the" Panama-Pacific-:
exposition: and also at the
State fair. , . - .- ; - -. ' ' -
: ; A nnounces the Engagement of ftfejFdmdwV
Diego Dittricln' Qiiiotette
'BHUianiff Entertainment '
i:f: i-v r :K'-. i , .. . . .' . -. - '; - .- -',;.-V ".";'- J'-i'- .- '' 'l ?
trying its best to become a republic
in spite of Yuan Shi KaU But fn the
matter of. the battles of the longs,
he jremalnsv ,cnach the same. I This
year's fight was the biggest since the
great fight at Second and Alder
streets in 1886. when. In the then
Chinatown, seven Chinese, were killed
and an equal number -were wounded
in a battle with rifles and revolvers.
- The end of the tong feuds has been
predicted for several years and the
cause - for - their finish, -waa -stated to
be but one thing commercialism.
Like other hoary '.customs, : the tong
fights Interfere with "business." In
the fight In 1913 Chinese- merchants
were forced to close their stores at
nightfall, to avoid the unpleasantness
of having friends shot In their offices.
Business fell off. and protests went
up to the Chung Hwa. the merchants'
association, to stop the battles.
'. This year's ! fight was - another . In
Knights of Py tKias
Stir Cottage Grove
SVaae aad Douglas Lodf ram Said. Ss
thnslastlo Convention With "Degree
Tsams Putting On the"Vrork.
' Cottage Grove, Or Feb. 26. The re
cent convention of Lane-and ' Douglas
county Knights-of Pythias -held here
was the most enthusiastic convention.
of the order ever held in this district.
' From the time , of the parade ;of
nearly 100 knights led bytthe':COttage
Grove band, to .the close of the conven
tion -at 1:15 "a. m.. there was -fsome-
thing doing all the iime. f
The degree teams front Eugene and
Rbseburg were - present .- add exempll-
fled the esquire and knignc negroes .in
a manner that was highly compliment
ed by Grand . Chancellor'Wll.lard L,
Marks and Grand, Keeper, of . Records
and Seal Walter' O. Gleeson of Salem.
Past Grand Chancellor p.'; E. Yoran
of Eugene was also present. vvThe con
vention was in, charge of. 5 Deputy
Grand Chancellor Fred Bartels of tlaui
city. " ':.," -'-rV;Tv i :
There were 40 delegates - from Eu
crene and 16- from Roeeburg. - 1
. A: banquet, fol lowed thef degree .--.work.
and it was followed- by 'speeches y
visiting knights.
1
Smith ia Custody.) ! 1
Medford, . Or ' Feb. ; 28. Deputy
Sheriff R- S.-Leabo ; of Portland ar
rived today to .take ' into custody
Charles W. Smiths charged with unlaws
fullv taking a new Kisselkar away
from. Portlands SmiU.,daims.-o, hayej
paia aooui nait . me prc 01 ijiw
The iclrcuinstances under, which he left
Portland caused the owners of the car
to believe that, he was escaping', with
it to defraud the "agency. . : ! '
' C. Vpn-Redmon "of Portland, Inter
ested in the car, aocompartied the : of
ficer to Medford. He identified tbe au
tomobile and will'drlve it back. I -Woodhouse
'' and' .''Johnson.' t arrested
with Smith,-: nave been released, eing
in no manner connected; with.' Smith's
deat,.'j$H'-','.;::' .5fsv; "--;,
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stance of the same thing. No Chi
nese who belongs to one of the, war
ring societies t will -venture -on the
street .without; a white .bodyguard he
will not linger about the stores and
buy. And Chinese who belong to no
society are equally fearful certain
little mistakes by gunmen, have
brought several' Chinese of no tong
affiliation to 'an 'abrupt death. - The
tores', sales ; dropped . of f 60 per cent
and more.
"Portland's - four-year - tong . feud
started with 4the A death of a' Bow
Leong, Seid Bing,. because be Inter
fered with the love of the Hop Sing
president,. Lew , Soon, and tried to
steal Ol Sen. . To date 10 Chinese in
coast cities have been killed and many
injured.
And to cap-the Climax of this mys
terious, -tragic opera-bouffe, Oi Sen
has married Seid Wing, a "cousin" .f
the man who was , killed because : of
his love f or her, - and they have set
tled ; down in peace to run a noodle
place , together 4 i
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Edna ritchiBr, Another Belative of
Greenwich, n. "ST., Xefuses to Ao
cept the Xjegacy, It Xs Said. .
If Edna Kltchlng, serene and philo
sophical li her hall bedroom in Green
wich village, N. Y persists in her
scorn of ITncle Francis ; F. Ripley's
tainted legacy, Miss Elisabeth Spen
cer of Portland will be glad to ac-"
cept It.
Doubtless many other young women
would also bo tyiUlng to: take a chance
but Miss , Spencer has rather more
claim 'than others') because she is the:
late New York miser's niece, once re
moved.. -
- Mjiss Spencer received, onljr a day 01
so aifd, clippings from eastern papers '
telling of Miss '.Kltchlng's refusal of
a legacy of $40,000 lert her by Ripley,
her uncle. Miss Kttching was quoted
as, .saying Ripley was mean and cruel,
that he- obtained his fortune by op
pressing and grinding the poor,' that he
devoted his life to extorting from the
hapless debtor every ounce of his
"pound of flesh.?
Kay Oat. Big Share.
. Being, "set". Jn her ways. Miss Ki tell
ing declared she .preferred to eke out '
her life on an income of $330 per year,,
to living In luxury .orv the $40,000. But
Miss Spencer told Bartlett ;cble. her
attorney, that If he thought she could
get a share of1 the fortune her relatival
refused, he should bejln at once to
set about getting It.
Miss Spencer's mother was-a cousin ,
of Ripley's, Cole stated: yesterday. An
other cousin Is a Mrs.. Robinson, now
living in New Jersey, he said. . Miss
Spencer a fid Mrs. Robinson are the
only surviving kin of the deceased
miser, with the exception of the stub-,
bom Miss Kltching. All of which
means. Cole believes, that 'Miss Spen- r
cer will get at least half of the $40,000.
Some queston as to the validity of the
disposition of other 'property left by
the recluse may lead also, to her ac
quisition of even larger .sums, Mr.
Cole ..suggests. -
Misfortune on Trail.
Miss Spencer came to Oregon from
Elizabeth, N. J., several years ago. '
With, some $12,000 left her by her;
mother, she Invested' in a ranch near
Prinevllle. A heavy mortgage had en
cumbered the property and she was
unable to carry it. The result was
that she lost much of her inheritance
and since has been living .quietly in
Portland. - Until lately she resided at
725 Prospect drive. Portland Heights.
With what little she saved from the
wreck she has been getting along as
best she could. ; -
ir kh fate tnv claims' to the estate.
spurned "by. the philosophic Miss Kltch
ing, she- feels she can accept it with
perfect propriety, regaraiesa
cousin's : scruples.
of her
Patrol Highway for Bootleggers. t
. Medford, Or Feb. 2S.-?Distrlct At-
torney Kelly has been promised state 1
aid in the -matter of patrolling Pa
cific highway for those who unlaw
fully carry intoxicating liquors into
this country from California, Only two
arrests have been made In this county
for drunkenness since the state pro
hibltlon law because operative, one at
Ashland and one in Medford. Nearness
to the state.. Mne, however. - together
with certain movements of those wno
are familiar . with the bootlegg'n -business'
baS caused local authorities
to exercise special vigilance against
violations f the dry statute.
Iy March Planting
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looses
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ity True -to -Name
Roses, 1 2-year, field
grown, s h o u I d be
planted now. They
are sure to thrive and
bloom. We offer the
best of the well
known sorts and
promising novelties,
Hardy Perennial
Flowering Plant
Perennial '
Phlox
Larkspur .
Hollyhock
Violets
Caillardia
Poppies
Golden Clow
Hardy Asters
' . . Anemones
Shasta Daisies Wallflowers
v..',,',- : --.Primroses Etc., Etc.
FmeClirjTips $1.50 to $2.50 Do
Grass
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