El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-06-08
Evidence Regarding Draft
Resistance Is Introduced
in the Trial.

Chicago, III. June S-Further evil
dence that members Of the / W. W.
planned TO resist the draft and to
avoid service in the national army if
they were called TO cantonments was
presented today in the trial OF the
members OF that organization.
Mrs. Helen Chantland. Of Ashley,
Mich. a sister OF Herman Reed. one
Of the indicted men who has not been
apprehended. identified as Reeds a
letter written 10 her in which Reed
told her his determination TO fight
Glen b. Anderson, one or the ce1end-
ants. had been certified by the draft
board Of kalispeu, Mont. but had
failed TO appear.
Sheriff Metcalfe said he arrested
Anderson after the indictments were
returned and found in his possession
much J. ". W literature advocating
resistance TO the draft regulations.
eral plan OF a pagoda and about six
feet high. Near il was a square block
Of concrete with a small tablet Of the
same material upright I'm the top sur
face. bearing a Chinese inscription.
Three holes about four inches in di-
ameter were just in front of the tab
let and, when the mOurners arrived,
several punches Of smoking tapers
were placed in these holes.
Brethren Give Last Chant.
Meantime. the body was placed over
the grave and Wong Chung opened
the second part of the ceremonial
with a chant Bunches Of smoking
tapers were stuck in the ground
around the grave, the intent being.
according to Information CLEANED az
terWard, TO drive evil spirits away
from the grave The casket was
opened just before il was lowered,
and a bottle containing a dark liquid
was placed just under the shoulder
Of the deceased The casket was then
closed and lowered into the grave.
Meantime, the chanting Of Wong
Chung continued, broken at intervals
by the deep bow in concert, with
clasped hands
Clothes Burned; Food Grabbed.
Meantime, a delegation Of friends
had been busy at the concrete oven
at the entrance to the cemetery and
had lighted q fire in it, Through ap-
ertures in the sides Of the oven, all
the clothing and personal effects OF
the deceased were thrust and burned.
As the smoke from this offering
ascended. the roast chicken. pork
chops and rotten fruit were placed on
the altar nearby and imm ediately be
came the spoil Of q crowd Of hungry
MeLicans. who had been Interested
spectators up TO this point and lost
all control Of themselves when the
viands were placed in their reach. [
Amid the high pitched protests Of the /
celestials, the MeLicans scrambled fOr I
the food, tearing it in pieces in their I
eaEerness-
Mar Wing Kee, after the funeral /
gave brief synopsis OF the song
chanted by Wong Chung.
"He said" explained Mar Wing Kee. I
that Mar Chew had always been good ]
and honest, and that he had always /
been on the level He said that every /
body who does those things and lives
right VIII 90 to heaven with Mar /
Chew"
Only @short Form Ceremony.
In spite Of the ceremonial gone /
through in the funeral Of Mar Chew,
it was explained afterward that ordi-
narily a Chinese funeral is a much
more complicated affair. Usually a I
brick, with the name Of the deceased /
written upon il in iudeible ink. is
placed in the coffin between his legs.
The reason for this, according TO the
Informant, is that at certain periods
Of years all dead Chinese in foreign
countries are eZhumed and AIKEN 10
their home towns in China. where
they are laid away permanently with
all due rites Of COnfucius or Buddha.
or whatever faith the deceased be-
.onged TO. After the mortal remains
have disintegrated and mingled with
the elements, the brick, with its in
1elble markings. still remains 10
Identity the corpse