THE OREGON DAILY JOURIJAI PORTLAND, OREGON
TUESDAY AUGUST 2. 1S21.
W0ME1I EXPLAIil :
THFIH RRIFFS AT
e s ef.e - wseesswe w i,
(Contisusd (mt fut 1)
ness . loss , along, with all ether ' line
which were now having to .face the re
ad jurtmant period flirOugb -which the
country m whole is passing. .
This morning hearing wm fa strik
ing coptrMt to the opening yesterday
afternoon. A bare handful of spectators
and witnesses greeted the commission
and the opposing oounsel when the hear
ing . opened it I But two women
were In attendance where yesterday. af
ternoon the big court room wm crowded
With "feminine spectators eager1 to root
for Tomllnson and to show their dis
approbation of the?: telephone company
at the least opportunity..
SATS KATES TpO HIGH ' -..''
K. M, Tuttle, manager of the Railway
Exchange building, wm the first witness
to appear before the commission to com
plain about too efficient service given
by the. telephone company. He related
that the Standard Appraisement com
pany, tenants of the building, had moved
frnm nnA sttiifA - tfn - shneearlime tan.4 e: shaw
tenant had immediately moved into Jtfce
vacated quarters. . 1 ,
' This tenant had wanted telephone
service, had made application tor it, and
on the same day workmen" from the
company game up and removed the in
struments left there by the gtandayd
Appraisement company, ;
it developed eh cross-examination that
the Utter concern had Jso mad appli
cation to have its telephones moved over
to the new suite, and men had corns
up at once to 00 the job.
Martha K. Miller, 1M .East xty-
eigntn street north, complained that the.
service wm poor and the, rates too high.
Airs. J. B. Morton. 714 Patton road.
; testified that unless the rates were re-
duced she would be compelled to di
continue her telephone service. She said
she would use ft limited service If the
company would provide itv paying a
minimum rate for a specified number
of calls a month and additional for use
-above this. She also complained that
- she had no one to send to the telephone
office to pay her bill and it happened
crtiwentiy that the company would dis
continue her service and yet charge her.
wr me mil month, i . yu -
. Mrs, A. IV Shoemaker, Ut Eut ty.
,eisnu street north, testified' that the
phone wm out Of order all- of last week.
that it wm frequently out of order, that
people tried to oau her repeatedly and
were unable to get her number though
ane was a nome.
, fAT .BIC.AWFVX. - , A i.
II. C. Haack, Its Fargo street, com
plained that the company charged him
IS cents a month for an extension bell
which he had purchased and Installed
himself. He' had used an ' automatic
telephone for a number of years, he said,
and had put the bell upstairs with the
knowledge of the automatic people, who
urn not charge him anything for it.
Ai soon as the consolidation was ef
fected and a company lineman came
into the house shooting trouble and dis
covered the extension, the company be.
gan to nave tne extra charge tacked
onto his monthly bllL- He said he did
not mind so much about the main tine
rate of SU5 a month if it wm necessary
for the company to have it, though he
mougni it was -an swiui price tor a
residence pnone. ,
LIKED AUTOMATIC BETTER
He did kick about the 18 cent charge.
newever, particularly in view of the
tact that he bad bought the wire and
the bell and had hooked it un himself.
He said he bad no particular complaint
, about the service, though It wm not
nearly so good as the automatic which
he designated as "A-l.? He said he
hvllLmjlri thse wewmteh i9 Pnr4tan1 ma
patronising tne Home company, and,
- forcing It out ef business. ' v
- M. Simpson-O'JJell testified that he had
received a circular attempting to Inter
est him in the purchase of American
Telephone dt Telegraph company stock
which set out that the company never
had paid less than TVs per cent dlvl
oenas and was now paying .
It was ladies' day Monday afternoon
at the rehearing. The room wm crowded
with them, the young, the middle aged
and some a very little beyond. And, It
wm not a lobby that was rooting strong
lor uie 4-acinc letepnone Teiegrapn
company. Every time it got a Chance.
and there were several times When some
fair witness crossed verbal swords with
James T, Shaw, the company" 4 attorney,
the witness, and not Shaw, won the ap
plause. . ......
And then, as was appropriate for
ladles' day. Tomllnaon turned the tide of
questioning away from the main issue
now ana wen to ut . ef various wit-
nesses expert in that knowledge regard
ing the falling costs of corsets, of ladles
, .lingerie. 01 suiten nose ana things like
tnat until tsaaw, apparently embarrassed
b a discussion in which no eorooratlon
lawyer could Uoin with - confidence, an-
, TtAa Iah t that nammiaa nit . - W. .n eVW
relevancy of the testimony to the rates
of telephone service. He I asked if the
;-. city of Portland was laying a foundation
for. contention that the wages of the
telephone girls should be reduced since
tne costs or tnoee mysterloua wings
were xauing. 1 . ?;
SAXCASM ISUTIlfs 8ES8I03T '
"Senerally speaking it was an "after
nbon of protest against the rates and
the service of the telephone company.
Do you
know why
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To seal in
the delicious
Burley flavor.
PHDiJE HEARING
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It's toasted KSy.
F REED " GRIM WIDOW" AND
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Htm. Ann laxtlae A gee, fou&4 guiltlcew
ored to pin gnUt. - '
wit, most ef -it sarcMtia ; and . pointed ,
toward the telephone company. ...
Mrs. A. B. Green, . whose husband
works M an inspector in a cooperage
shop for fSIO a day, told Shaw in cross
examination that she used her telephone
on an average of ts times a month and
that its main worth for her' was in
emergency, She mentioned , that . she
had wanted it at one time to call a po
liceman, Shaw asked her - about that.
and the value of that service, and-she
turned the laugh on him by her answer :
"When I called the police,' she said.
T needed the telephone mere ' than at
any ether time in my life and it wm
out of order, so J had to rely on my .45."
ACCOMSXOPATIHa TO 5EIGHB0&S
Mrs. Blanche Winchester was not at
all Pleased with the increased rates nor
their results, so far M her home life
was concerned. : , i -, . ; l f . : -. t i-
What would you think," she asked ef
Shaw, if you had one neighbor sitting
av your phone and three lined up wait
iog te use it lots of the time, or y) had
to walk in or U .blocks to tell a neigh
bor she wm wanted on the telenhonaT"
have done that, Shaw assured her.
"Ton don't look like it," she retorted.
I've had my carpets all wore out, she
continued, and she added 1 That's what
you get for being a good neighbor."
She also said the service was poor :
that when she tried to call a friend shs
kept getting a Jeedstore on the opposite
side of the line, and that when she could
not get her complaints at the service In
over her phone because of the poor serv
ice, she walked to the Arista exchange
and. registered tfcera in. person. .
BAPS KAUWAT CWIPAyT f -
Mrs. J, C Othua. president of the
Housewives' council, wm the first wit
ness -ef the afternoon. She started nut
by saying her organisation had hired a
man to find 6ut whether-the Portland
railway company had kept its promise to
spend 1300,000 in Improvements after
it fates had -been raised, and discov
ered that only J0,00O had .been spent,
and this work had been done over three
tlmeA:. ... v - , , . v: 1
i She said -she also would like to know
whether .the telephone company intend
ed to spend what it received from high
rates-in -payment or it promised ex
tensions and Improvements, or whether it
Intended to borrow the money to do it.
She eonunded that the telephone hu
come te be a necessity In American home
life and cited how- employment agencies
always took the numbers ef applicants
for positions, insisting that without tel
ephone servioe in their hemes they were
thus often deprived ef the opportunity of
employment - She Insisted there -bad
been no Improvement in eervice since the
Increase In rate. t t .
r On cross examination Shaw Mked
Mrs;? Othus if she did ' hot think! the
company ought not te nave such a rate
Of service m .would permit it to earn
Something .en -Its inveetment. - f f
wakti Hit FHOirxs ; i I ; i j
"Tec'-she answered." an?body , with
common senM would believe Uw.t." She
contended, however that were the cora
pany to give residence telephone service
for tl.M a month there would-be such
an increase In use -that the " company
frrould make an earning. Vi-r-I
1& answering 1 what- she considered
fair return she eaidt "Many ef us are
net earnlnjrd per cent," but that she
weul csnsidar- r 1 per- cent about
right. She insists that she could not
see why service could be given for fl.EO
a month In small towns and not in the
large, tor, she believed, wjth a large
volume f business the company ought
to furnish cheaper servtee on a smaller
margin, of profit and still make money.
.w--'bep-if she thought -all
or the commissions and mil ef the cities
eould be feeled Into tmittii- ut
Ka t.f wtaw...b made on
v rWelV she retorted, "bif business
seems to have been able to fool most
everybody." - . r .
iallt rtsitxa 'coirVMft
'i She contended that when the American
eompany had -shown by its financial
statemMt to have accumulated such an
enormous sinking fund she could see no
reason for raising rates In Oregon. She
insisted thav the phone business "wm all
ene family and when Shaw asked her
If it would be fair for that member ef a
family who had prospered to be called
upon to bear the charges against another
member who had net. she retorted that
in that case "the fortunate en.
dig down in his pocaet and help out"
wiuioui maxing much . fuss about it.
Which sally pleased- the audience. -
.Mrs. Othua said. also, that she didn't
"feel that -we need a public service com
mission' and she argued that it Is wrong
for the people to be taxed te pay Interest
en money, invented when they are net
given efficient service.".-''-.
i Shaw asked Mrs. Othua If she -ihoUgM
the vara of telephone employes should
come tjwa with the general decline,
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f . r I
of alyin htt husband, and J. H.
,
which question precipitated a battle be
tween him and Tomlinsen. Shaw insist
ed that the city, by an estimate and
chart prepared and put in evidence last
week, "is proposing a 10 per cent cut in
wges, $300,000 a year." "If this te not
opposed I would like to have it in the
record." be said in answer to TomUn
son'g objection. v , v t - ; : ,
; Tomlinsen oontended that - the chart
wm made to show that the eompany
could make a cut ef SO- per cent in its
operating expenses and still have a re
turn equal In purchasing power to Its
pre-war earnings. The chart had been
intended to point Out to the commission
where money could be saved through re
trenchment and reforms. r T
SO QTXaMtEt vTITH GIXLS pi
Th city of Portland hu no quarrel
with the telephone girls, and X hope this
Will be . the last., ot your .insinuations
made to cause a kickback and to pass
the buck back to the city of Portland,"
TomUnaoa said. .
; I want te oppose publicly this present
Interpretation of the city ,ofjoruano
and to say that we will make-our de
fense on the ether Interpretation," Shaw
said, , Then, turning to Mrs. Othua, he
Mked If ahe would recommend a cut of
10 peer cent in wages. . ; .
: She said such a cut ought to be made
in proportion, It made, and that the
"high men" ought to bear the heavy
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j The operators ought to get what they
are making. It is no more than a living
wage," ehe said. She said she Would not
favor lopping $1 a month off ef operat
ors, $11 a month off plant men and U
a month off ot clerks' salaries. The
company ought to make them stop loaf
ing on the job. however, Mrs, Othus con
tended, and told of having heard where
it required seven men four days to clear
the- limbs off a tree, . She then asked
Shaw if it were the Intention of the com
pany to cut wages, and he said 1
"No. "The company wm hot Cut wages.
X assure you ot that, no matter what the
result of this hearing may be.", .
, Grant Phegley of Phegley A Ca vender
shed some light on the comparative costs
Of men S Clothes as between last year
and now. The wholesale cost of ready
made .clothes had dropped about ene
third,-'he said. Butts costing him $70
last year were now obtainable at $50.
Urt. year they had retailed at $30 and
$100, now at $60.
JTO PfcOPIT THIS TEAS
V On cross 'examination, he said he ex
pected to dp business this year without
profit, but that he would pot stay in It
for less than 10 per cent. . 1
I Stevens testWed that 1 be had a
two party wall phone for which he paid
$39 a year., His taxes, be said, were $2$.
while , the annual charges for water.
gM. and electricity were lew in the ag
gregate than the phone charge. The serv
ice wm pooiv u welk he testified. ;
I W. E. Roberta, of Roberts Brothers,
testified i that ladies' goods toad , de
clined about, one third In average costs
during the past year. Corsets, he eald,
"were only half what they had been -a
year ago, while undergarments, silk and
Otherwise, were one third off last year's
quotations. : -: ' j . , ?, . j -
Shaw wanted to khow what Tomlinson
expected by this testimony,, and asked
whether it was intended to support the
city's contention that there should be a
10 per cent reduction In operators' salar
ies, Roberts, on cross examination, said
he thought he ought to make 9 per
cent on hie investment.. 1
fHOSX BIX.I BIGGEST : V " !;-
It C Wright, testified that his total
telephone ' bill for residence and office
wm $!$ annually. His taxes amounted
to $91.1$ and he said that the total
annual charge for taxes, gas, water,
light and street car tickets was $1(5.10.
He said the service wm bad, that they
continually called bis residence for ' a
taxlcab eompany and that he thought
they ought to raise the standard ot serv
ice before they Mked an increase In
ratea. .1
Wright Insisted that the parent com
pany ought to run the whole '.business
and be responsible, and gave it as his
opinion that the country would be better
off If , the. Standard Oil oomnaay- was
made responsible for the conduct of ail
Its various subsidiaries. ; . . J
Grant ThomM had a bone ; to pick
with the company because be had prom
ised - to can hie wife at a Portland
Heights home, where they had . dined,
when be wm ready to leave the Apollo
dub, and bad been unable to get the
number. He had finally gone heme with
out her, he said, found her still en the
Heights and was Unable to tell her that
he was home until 11:20, at eight, when
he had promised to call her at 1ft,
Mrs. R. B. Stewart testified that the
servtee vu not u good since the con
solidation as It had been prior te that
time. She insisted- that when- everybody
was taking losses in business the tele
phone compar.y ousbt Is do tie Earns.
MAN FRIEND
Xleoker. upon whom defense endeav
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Oregon City, Aug. S-Xo trace of
Dunward Carl Clark, lS-year-old son of
Mr. and Mrs. Ward N. Clark, of route
$. Oregon City, who disappeared from
his home- Tuesday, July 26. has been
found, although search hu been car
ried on all ever that district since the
day the lad was test seen..
About peon Tuesday, he left home on
his bicycle to get the mall from, the
box, f located a mile from the house.
.When he did not show up several hours
later, search wm started,- but neighbors
had! not seen the boy -during the. day.
To, reason. is known for the s boy's sud-
aen . disappearance, ae? ne . nan .never
Shown any' desire or intention of leav
ing.; and conditions at home were said
always to hive, been pleasant. The boy
wore blue overalls, blue shirt and khaki
hat, when he left home. He hu blue
eyes, straight light brown hair, and is
tanned. The bicycle has different kind
of i tires on . front and rear wheels and
has a noisy horn Instead of a bell. The
lad has a small scar , on his chin and
a deep soar en the large muscle of his
right arm. The mail was still in the
box when, the family Investigated con
cerning the boy's absence.
AGEE IS FREE-
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tOeettaued fro Fee Oeei
old family farm near Mountain Orove,
Mo where Mrs. Agee, among the scenes
ot her childhood, where ehe met and
married Harry Agee, son of a neighbor,
would attempt to regain her health
of mind and body.
Mrs. Agee wm charged with cutting
Harry AgeCs threat with a raaor as he
lay In bed In their home. 1TTS Druid ave
nue, shortly after midnight on the morn
ing of June 11.
Remarks that drifted through the door
ot the Jury room after the Jury had been
locked In were of this kind - '
"Aw, we can't convict anyone on the
evidence we got here." - -
"Neither side told us everything It
knew." "
And after the second or third ballot the
jury wm ready to report.. The remark
that neither side told it all wm perhaps
elicited by the fact that such. material
witnesses m Mra, It. . Green, the first
woman at the scene, and ""Mr. Mllla"
perhaps the first : man,. were not called
to .the witness stand. . During closing
arguments -Peputy District -Attorney
Hammersly, :for the. state, 1 and v John
Collier for the -defense, denounced each
ether for - hot railing these witnesses.
The-Jury evidently concluded - that both
sides were afraid, that they were keep
ing something from- the 'Jury.. .
Charges against J. H. Klecker and tes
timony that came out during , the trial
will be presented, end If the grand Jury
feels new . indie Un ante . are Justified it
will eeturn them -
'One thing is certain, according te my
Interpretation of the law,1 stated Ham
mersly, "and that is that as far M the
law Is concerned, Mrs. : Agee is forever
tree on this charge. -She has been tried
and found net guilty. She eould net be
tried - again. - no matter what- evidence -
might come te light" . s .
; Neither Haramersley nor ' Fierce re
mained for the verdict Monday night
John Collier. 'Henry . CoDler . and . T.
Walter Gillardv defense attorneys, were
an there, however. Because ef the mass
ef muddled testimony there had for sev.
eral days appeared to be little doubt M
to what the verdict of the jury would be.
Oool'Joy Eider
Takes1 Machine
OfJHot? Driver
: Medford. Aug, ' X. Mercury that
that climbed In the thermometer to
the ninety-fifth degree point was re
epQtiaible for the. lose of an automo
bile owned by James Camel ef Phoe
nix, Or. Came! parked his car while
he' entered a drug Store here to- ob
tain a cooling drink. When he had
quenched his" thirst, he returned to
the parking-site and found the ma-'
chine- missing- The. police, euspeet
Joyriders. ' . , "
BOY SENT TO fill
MAIL DISAPPEARS
NEW
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'CIRCULATORS' OF
'VILE, BOGOS OATH
San; Franelsoo, Aug. t(l JJW S. -
The thirtyinth Internatieru convention
of the supreme council of Knights ot Co
lumbus formally opened here today,.
Sounding the keynote of the" assem
blage ; In his ' annual report, j Supreme
Knight James A. Flaherty denounced
what he termed professioiu4 purveyere
all good citixens of America and upon
the press ef the country to helprus in
our aim to make America safe for
Americana of all- religious faiths." ,
BOGXTf OATH BX9QTJ3CKB f li
Flaherty oondemhed - particularly' the
circulation ot a bogus oath attributed
to the Knights -ef- Columbus, which he
declared, wm printed In different locali
ties end circulated freely to tho Preju
dice of religious peace... . I . ..
. This so-caued oath pr we fourth, ae-
gree. Knights of Columbus, is a vile In
vention used by. the basest sort, of poli
ticians and designed only tP stir up dis
trust and suspicion, of one class ot oiU
sens against another," "he said. ; "At this
time tens or thousands -01 copies; Of it
are being, distributed , Indiscriminately,
and so this convention ot the Knights of
Columbus takes the unusual 1 step t
making - generally public lev the first
trme the real obligation taken oy - tne
Knights of Columbus la -private I cee
mpniei. This pe announced to be
follower:" k e ' "
' "I -ewear to support the constitution of
the United States. I -pledge myself, as
a Catholic citisen and Knight of Colum
bus, to enlighten myself fully upon my
dunes as- a citisen and to conscientiously
perform- such duties entirely In the in
terest of my country and regardless of
all-personal consequences- 1 ' pledge
myself to do all In my power to preserve
the integrity and purity of the ballot and
to promote reverence and respect for law
and order. I premise to practice my re
ligion openly and consistently but with
out ostentation and to so conduct myself
In public affairs, and in the exercise ot
public virtue an to reflect nothing , but
credit upon our holy church, to the end
that she may flourish and our country
prosper to the greater honor and glory of
aod. ' - ' ' .
ilNAMAN SHOT
IN LOCAL TONG
(Centhweii Fran -Fees Oee
get at the facts surrounding the shoot
ings of last night . After hours Of Inves
tigation, however, all they had ascer
tained wm that the shootings were tas
outcome - of the' Marysvlile- tong war
which started last week, over j (be. theft
ot a uey sing sieve giru . 1
Whether the score had been , adjusted
br the double Sheeting ' In ' Portland's
streets, er whether-- the wm will go en
until last -night's-victim IS avenged. Is
a mystery as deep as ovsnts sur
rounding . Uia , tamedlsto feud v outbreak.
AI ASM IS OITXX
The; three gave helr names as 'Albert
Wong. Stevs Chlng and poa June.- WSug
is held as the assailant both of the tong
war victim ' who bean the name name
and ot Inspector .Norsne. He i. under
stood to be a Hop Sing man. - -
Tong hostilities In Portland have been
expected ever since tt became known
that war had been declared between the
Suey Sings and the Hop Sing in Marys
vlile. The police received their first no
tification that their fears had material
ised at 7 :S0 o'clock test night; in the
form of an ambulance cau. ;
"A- Chinaman's been shot up en Fourth
street between fcjavia ana Everett saia
DEAD:;
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Mthe informant "He seems to to pretty
badly hurt-". y; l
DESC&IBSt 8H00TIX0
An ambulance crew which wm rusttea
to the scene found. xc Tvong jvtng on
the curb in front of 77 Fourth street
with tour bullets in bis back,. He was
uncensdouB. i
Henry Koedick. 70 Everett 1 street
gave the police with the ambulance the
closest thing to gn account of the snoot
in. : . i
- "I wm standing at Fourth and Flan
ders." he explained. "All at once X eaw
a couple of Chinamen sort of fall out of
this building st 77 Fourth street One
ot them seemed to be trying to pueh the
other out They stayed locked until they
got .close to the I edge ef the sidewalk.
Then one of them felt Before be eould
even start to get un the other had pulled
a gun from somewhere snd started
shooting at him. Ho fired four shots.
then turned and ran around the cernei
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CALLS FOLIC , i
"The other Chinaman got half way to
his feet and started down the i street
yelling In Chinese. He keeled over after
he'd taken a few steps, though. Then X
went in and called - up pouce peso
ouarters." . - -' .. - ' f
Wong . wm : taken to the emergency
hosnltaL -.where, he recovered conscious
ness. Questioned M to the manner of
hi shooting, however, no-answered witn
the blank And Infinitely ignorant stare
which, the police have learned to expect
from. toh war Participants. ' An at
tain ot'wM still being made to get him
to talk when light came to. the. form
ot another telephone cnH. "1 '
, "Chinaman ' shot back of i Second
street" wm the Information this time.
CHIXAMAX rOTJKD XJSAp. . -
Again the police and the ambulance
got busy. There wm no need for the
surgeons, however: This Chinaman bad
been dead tor at least an hour. ! Three
bullets had' entered his chest -and. In
the opinion of -the -ambulance surgeons,
caused instant death. -!
Investigation disclosed that Chinaman
No- was a Busy Sing man and that
be had been shot either In. or Just out
side, a gaming room which flortshS
m the rear of the Second street address.
Eventually, It wm learned that he wm
known M Lai Lang. Wong, who bad
been removed to St Vincent's hospital
In the meantime, wm naked it he knew
anyone named Lai Lung. Did a smile
flicker for a moment across hie pain
distorted features? One policeman eald
It did; the other wasnt sure. Then Lee
Weng shook his heed. ---
"Ne, said Lee Wong. ' r - .C'.- -- --
jgrxoEm ATKSQE9 ': ,
But the. police-decided that LaJ Lunge
friends had . been prompt .in . their, at
tempt to avenge hie murder, t; .
Inspector Norene was- shot when,- In
response to a tip. he and other of
ficers rslded the Kelly street rooming
house. Albert Wong wm ene of a half
dosen Chinamen who jumped out of a
back window. Cornered In a woedyard
shortly afterward, he opened fire.
N'orene,. wounded by the first shot, re
sponded with his own 'gun, and the,
Chinaman feU. He remained apparently
unconscious until he reached the emerg
ency hospital, where he opened bis eyes,
and divulgred the fact that he had-ntt
even been grazed by a buKet.
As Ctlz:i are Ec!J;r l-va to
T0NGMEN SUSPECTED OF !,
FIRING UPON THE POLICE
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Albert Wdnev wb ' death
when officers cnptnre4 Mm after
shooting affray, , . v-- x
shoot at police officers, the authorities
believe Wong mistook Inspector Nor ene,
who was not in uniform, for an avenging
killer of the Suey Sing tong. The ether
two . Chinamen ' surrendered - without
struggle - All -disclaimed knowledge ef
tongs, murders and everything else. -
The gaming rooms where Lai Lung
wm killed are in the rear t the On We
Tung Co., a -Chinese, drug firm. Se far
M the police could learn, the Saey Sing
leader ' wm shot while he wm standing
at a gaming table. - There were no signs
that a struggle had preceded the killing,
the- Indications being that the slayer had
fired- from the protection of the crowd
about the tables.- - v - j v.'-r ; t. ...
The Marysville tong- war. which ts be
lleved te have had. its. echo in the kill
ings of last night started ever the kid
naping by a Hop sing i man of a Suey
Sing slave arlrl. Chinese etiquette re
quires in such affairs that the kidnaper
pay for els prixe. The Hop sing man
uuea to oDserve this muo nicety, and
trouble started. .7
There has -besn ao tesg war In Port
land since 1917, when the police succeed
ed in getting the rival tongs to adjudi
cate their .fllix ereneea. J ' i , i . :c
GOLDEN VOICE STILLED
-OeetIaee Item rase Oaal
looking forward -to -a suocesstul season
with the Metropolitan Opera company
in mew xorK next winter.
Word of Caruso's death wm -Immedi
ately cabled .to friends In New York by
Mrs. Caruso and a few hours later cable
grams of condolence began arriving.
No arrangements have been made for
the funeral, but it ia believed be will be
burled near bis old home In Italy
Not only muste' lovers nut persons
prominent In many other walks of life
felt the blow of Caruso's death. . This
wm shown from the number of cable
grams that continued - to' pour In this
afternoon. They came from business
men and financiers as well M from
grand opera stars. The rrrusio world
of the entire globe wm east Into gloom.
Caruso, before his - final illness, . had
been living quietly In hie villa at Sor
rento with Mr a. Caruso and hie baby
daughter Olorla.
LITED QUIETLY
He wm under orders from hie special
late to engage in no arduous activities
that would tas hie strength, and he
spent much of hie time In his garden
or in- motoring along the beautiful
Italian highways. 1
He kept In close touch with friends
In New York and kept them Informed
of his progress back to normal health.
His chief delight waa j playing with
his little daughter Olorla,! who wm bis
pet and the apple of hie eyj.
Mrs. Caruso felt the blow ef her bus
band's death keenly. She wept m she
recounted to friends the - trials and
troubles that her husband had passed
through during the past year and a
half. Caruso and his wife were a most
devoted couple, and during their stay
at Sorrento were Inseparable. It is
understood that Mrs. Caruso will return
to America after her husband's burial. '
Caruso wm born In Naples, February
15. 1I7S. At the age of 11 the boy tenor
began singing In the churches ef his
native city. When the -extraordinary
powers of the youthful voice were dis
covered, Caruso was sent for three years
to stuay under Ougiielmo Verglne.
C&raso made hie debut in his home
city In lift In "L'Amieo Francesco" at
Nuovo theatre. Later be toured Italy
and Sicily and was engaged for four
seasons at La Scale, Milan.-
The young tener was soon touring the
European cities, visiting and singing In
St Petersburg. Moseew, Warsaw, Rome.
Paris, London and - lead In c German
cities. He was balled as the most prom
ising young tenor Italy had produced.
On November 22.-1901, Carnso made
his first appearance la America at the
Metropolitan opera house. Following bis
Initial success In America. Caruso con
tinued to capture his v American audi
ences with his entire French and Italian
repertoire. ,. ' 1 . -
Caruso and Mlse Dorothy Park Ben
jamin were married August SO. mi.
The marriage wm against the wishes ef
me gvrs rather. Park Benjamin Br,
who hu refused to have anything to do
With his son-in-law since. -! - r
The Ceruses--have '.one i daughter.
-uaoy uiorja.
rHTSICIAX 8AT8 DEATH!,
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New Tork. Aur. 1.X. nl tLt Enri
Caruso's death wee net due to the ail
ment from which he suffered last winter.
Before the famous tenor left for Italy
he had been pronounced cured. , .
In the opinion ef Dr. Antonio Stella,
the singer's private physician death wm
caused by a totally new factor. Said Pr.
Stella: . :L- r - - - -
"The illness which caused Cameo's
death wm not the kind from which the
tenor Suffered before sailing for Europe.
The illness which caused his death, ac
cording to the news pipat-v r s. devrl
cpd tbror?h a- eap-rl'-ren... at seers,
t;.:.!l I '0': : t c 1 X ' ". ' "'
mm jailed
FORMIt
Detroit Aug. L N. S.) With ene
of the most disastrous railroad" wrecks
and coUlslone ' ttf- recent roars, averted
narewly. twp men;werf tindsf arrest to
day on suspicion of baying wrecked the
12 -.41 o'clock westbound Michigan Cen
tral All-Pullman train-at Inkater. '..
statiroad detectivej ana police To tins
ttet the "fish plates", binding together
the 'tracks had been removed St the
spot where -the engine derailed. -' -
Officials of the Micblgan. Central here
stated that they believed a malicious at
tempt had been made to wreck' the tram.
Spikes had been removed and the rails
tampered witn. .they said. j
Three persona, an engineer and fire
man. ; and Asdrew ; E. -. Baumstarky
passenger of Atlanta, Os.. .were injured.
.One hundred passengers were hurled
from their. bertiw ben the ualn left
the track. The engine, toppled over,
pinning . the engineer . , and . - fireman
beneath the wreckage.
The engineer. Robert Blocs ef. Jack
son, . Mich., pinned . beneath his ' cab.
laughed and joked with rescuers M they
cut the .steel a way , frpm . him with
acetylene torcnes.. It took more thM
three hourg to. release him. - , f .
Piro Causes S5000'
Loss, to Print SHop
Fire thought to have been caused by
spontaneous eoaiaustion, started la the
ink room of the Aready press. Twelfth
and j:reron .streets iate Saturday
night-, causing damage estimated at
tsooo. The fire started sn a small room
under a wooden stairway, eating its way
out into the main room. -About l&oo
damage wag done to the building... The
rest of the loss wm principally water
damage to stock ia e building.
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Tennessee, Or Aug.' S.-As X. ' JB.
Munsey, a farmer ef this vicinity, was
paring a horse's hoof at the heme ef bis
brother-in-law. Ralph McDonald. near
Sclo, the horse kicked him in the abdo
men., causing a . long gun. - He M
rushed to the Sclo hospital where a num
ber or svtcnes were necessary, '
ATTACHED EX.WIFB CHAB(E
- Eugene, Aug. J.L. A. ' Overton wm
arrested Sunday, charged with attacking
his divorced wits. They live la the same
house. .
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