After the sino-Japanese War broke out in 1937, the Japanese army wished to expand the power plant near the dam, and to remove a section of a Chinese graveyard. The fathers of Lin and Chou objected, thus offended the Japanese and were killed.
抗戰爆發，日軍要在水壩擴建發電廠，埋設新電路，要挖掉一片中國人祖墳，丁山與世德不答應，挺身交涉，觸怒日軍，結果被殺。