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THE MORXTXG OREGOXIAN TUESDAY, JUA'K lO. 1913. 3 STEFANSSON SAILS WHEN ICE BREAKS CHICAGO WOMAN WHO COMES TO VON KLEIN BEFRIEND E. E C. Hypothetical Continent, Not Pole, Is Destination of Expedition. STAFF ALL SPECIALISTS i From Every Point of Globe Gomes 1 4 Men Who W1U Travel Tjito Beaufort Sea Country on Strictly Scientific Journey. VICTORIA. B. C June 8. Vihljal mur Steffansson, radiating energy and magnetism, arrived here yesterday, pre paratory for his trip to the North Pole. After meeting" each member of the sci entific staff who went with Dr. Ander son, who leads the Southern expedition, and holding a conference with Captain Bartlett at Ksquimalt. he expressed himself much pleased with the man ner in which Dr. Anderson has conduct ed the loading- and equipping- of the Karluk during- the enforced absence ot himself. He said the loading of the ship was w-ell under way and the ves sel would, be ready to sail Thursday. There Is no necessity for haste, as Ice conditions In the Bering Sea will not permit the Karluk to go through Bering Strait until the tee pack comes down from the Arctic Ocean. Stef fans eon does not care to lie in the harbor at Nome wasting his provisions, so he will not sail until conditions are more favorable. The scientific staff complete Is 14 men, gathered from every point of the srlobe, each man a specialist in his de partment. It Is the largest staff of scientists ever taken toward either polo, and the Investigation along a sci entific scope Is the most ambitious yet attempted by any polar expedition. pw Continent Songlit. Steffansson says he will land Dr. An derson's southern expedition at Victo ria Land and proceed in search of a vast hypothetical continent of about F00,000 square miles between Beaufort Sen and the North Pole. He will not attempt to reach the pole, as his is strictly a scientific expedition. Bases of supplies will be established for the southern party on Victoria Is land and for the northern party on the iirst jana or any consequence discov ered. Huts will be built, stores landed nd everything made snug for the Win ter. Then the gathering of scientific data will begin. stefansson will head an expedition to the north and will have Captain Bartlett. who commanded the Roosevelt with Peary, for his navi gator. In the crew, now complete, are two men who know very shoal, shore and harbor from the mouth of the Co lumbia to the edge of the undiscovered area to the north of Beaufort Sea Party Equipped for Three Yearn. This is the most Important scientific expedition of the last half century and it Is equipped for three years, but after establishing Stefansson for the Winter Bartlett will return to civilization un til the following Summer, when he will take mail and supplies to both south ern and northern expeditions. Bartlett, when interviewed today, was Indignant at a story In circulation to the effect that he had said the Kar luk was unfit for Arctic expedition. The Karluk is built of Australian oak and has been used 15 years In the Arc tic, Is In excellent condition, but not so strong as the Roosevelt as a good t-ailer. has better accommodations for men and crew and eaves coal, which Is an important Item. Bartlett and Stefansson agree that coal is more important than provisions, as in the Arctic men should live on in. i'ujivi giiiue aim liBU vls uie Kskimos do, for It lessens the chances of scurvy, the scourge of the North. Stores and equipment will be appor tioned to each party. Moving Picture to Be Taken. Stefansuon plans to hand down the history of a vanishing race in form of moving pictures. Two moving-picture l ameras are to be taken along, one for cat-h party. The wireless equipment has been abandoned aa there is not enough room after Installing the scientific equip ment and meant employing two other wise useless men. Tho Canadian gov ernment mny Install wireless at the mouth of the Mackenzie River within TOO miles of Dr. Anderson's southern expedition. Kach member of the expedition Is enthusiastic and physically and temper amentally suited to Arctio exploration. All will undergo physical examination at the hands of Dr. Forbes McKay to morrow. This Is Anmore matter of form, as each was selected as much for physical prowess and endurance as for other scientific attainments- "KODAK TRUST" IS DEFENDANT IN SUIT Government Charges Eastman Company With Monopoly of Trade in Supplies. i MRS. RENA Ft. MORROW, RGCDV f WHO EMBRACED ALLEGED i . . ............. ......... VIiX ACQUITTED OF MURDER, SWINDLER YESTERDAY. VON KLEIN KISSED Miss Newcomb Withstands Terrific Grilling. CHICAGO DEATH RECALLED Latest Entrant In "Diamond Bro ker's" Case Recently Acquitted in East of Murdering- Her Hus band Von Klein Protests. tContlnoed From First Page.) 21 CITIZENS ARE CREATED Naturalization Granted Applicants From Many Nation at Walla Walla WALLA WALLA Wash., June ?. (Special.) Twenty-one new. citizens were created Saturday In Federal Court after they had proved to Judge Frank H. Rudkln and Examiner John Speed Smith, f Seattle, that they were aual Ifled. There were ts names called, but one was dead and one did not appear, so that all who applied were granted naturalization papers. There were no believers In anarchy or polygamy In the list. Some of the applicants became nervous during the questioning but were quieted by Judge Itudkln. who occasionally suggested the right an swers. Christ Hill, who (enounced al leglanoe to Czar Nicholas, went imme diately and registered. The countries from which the applicants came were Ttussla and Germany, five each; Ire land. Sweden, Canada and Switzerland, two each; Italy, Scotland and Denmark, one each. had his preliminary hearing in Munici pal Court yesterday afternoon. As the prisoner was led in and passed close to Miss Newcomb, a flush betrayed his emotion, but she did not glance his way. Thereafter, throughout the trial. Van Klein kept his gaze fixed upon her, and wore his typical smile. When It came time to cross-examine her, he produced a sheaf of notes, prin cipally names of persona and places, ae to which she was questioned, with evi dent Intent to impeach her moral char acter, and Von Klein kept up a rapid fire of suggestions to his counsel as to these memoranda Such of the sugges tion as Miss Newcomb did not explain satisfactorily, she denied knowledge of, and left the stand without an lm putation successfully lodged against tier. Day Is F ir.i -Witness. The first witness called was Detec tive Day, who told of seeing "Mr. and Mrs. George B. Lewis" at the Portland Hotel. October 12. 1911. He identified the pair in court as the two he hau seen. The occasion of his viewing them was a report turned In from a downtown saloon that "a man giving his name as George B. Lewis had told the bartender he had found $500 In a back room of the saloon." He said he was staying at the Portland Hotel. Day went up to have a look at the man, and said Von Klein was the man pointed out to him by a clerk as hav ing registered as I.ewis. The next day Detective Aay saw "Mrs. Lewis" when she came to report the flight of her husband with her diamonds. TremLllDg slightly, but self-possessed. Miss Newcomb too., the wit ness stand and to'.d her story. She had been visiting an old schoolmate, Mrs. Claire Lewis, In San Francisco, for several months, when "Lewis" was Introduced to her one night at the St. Francis HoteL The following day she took lunch with hm. "and after that we were seldom apart," she said. They were married October 5, 1911, by Rev. Elbert R. Dllle, at his residence. 1444 O'Farrel street, and left for Portland the following day on a steamer, arriv ing here October 10. Three days later he disappeared and her diamonds, four rings, averaging $500 apiece, a pair of earrings worth $1100 and a brooch, went at the same time. Woman Tells History. Grilled as to her past. Miss New comb gave her entire family connec tion. She said she had been the wife of a man named Kent, a caterer in Cin cinnati, and some of the jewels were his presents. She divorced hira for de sertion in 1907 and had passed much time traveling in America and abroad. She. has an Income of $100 a month from her mother, now the wife of an employe of the Curtis Publishing Com pany, living at Davenport, Ia. "I first met 'Jack' Lewis In a poker game at Cincinnati about 12 years ago." i said J. H. Marble. Some months later numerous swindles was reported to night in dispatches from Portland. The woman is Mrs. Rena B. Morrow, recently acquitted after a sensational trial of the murder of her Inventor hus band, who was found dead with a bul let hole in his head on the back porch of their South Side residence. The man Is Edmond E. C- Von Klein, whose identification proved a puzzle to the police untl i numerous women, who claimed to have intrusted their thou sands to him, came to the front. Von Klein was taken to Portland for trial. A dispatch from that place said that a woman suspected of being Mrs. Morrow met the young swindler upon his arrival there and effusively hugged and kissed him. Over the telephone at the Morrow residence tonight a man's voice said "Mrs. Morrow Is out of the city." "Is she In Portland?" was asked. "I don't know," came back the an swer. Charles E. Erbsteln. who defended both Mrs. Morrow and Von Klein, said he had not seen her for some time. He knew nothing of the "romance." Some time ago a story was afloat that Von Klein and Mrs. Morrow were more than friendly. At that time Mrs. Morrow, with every evidence of sincer lty, denied the rumor. She became much attached to Von Klein during his preliminary trial here and furnished the bond under which he was granted his liberty pending ?xtra dltion hearings. She was the last one to bid him good-by when Detective Joe Day started for Portland with Von Klein. DISSOLUTION IS SOUGHT Complaint Made That Retail Houses Owned' by Combine Are Conducted Under Guise of Being Com petitors or Independent. BUFFALO. June 3. Dissolution of the so-called "Eastman Kodak Trust" was asked In a civil suit tiled here to day by order of Attorney-General Mo Reynolds. The Federal Government seeks the dissolution by receivership, if necessary, of the Eastman Kodak company of New Jersey, and the East man Kodak Company of New York, wnich are charged with monopolizing the trade In photographic supplies. It is the aim of the Government to obtain a division of the assets and busi ness of the two companies, controling per cent of the business in the United States, into such parts as will destroy the alleged monopoly and re store competition. The petition in equity asks for an injunction forbid ding the fixing of resale prices of cameras, mms and other patented pho tographic supplies. Court Decision Involved. This marks the Attorney-General's first application of the recent decision or the United States Supreme Court denying patentees the right to fix re sale prices of retailers. Following are named as defendants: Eastman Kodak Company of New Jersey, Kastman Kodak Comnanv of ;ew lorK: George Eastman, Henry A. Strong. Walter S. Hubbell and Frank a. rMODie, all of Rochester, N. T. The bill filed by United States At torney O'Brien Is the result of an ex tensive investigation of the "trust" by James a. r owier, assistant to the At torney-General, and Clark McKocher. special Assistant Attorney-General. Mr. McKociier 1b In Immediate charge of the suit. Competition Suppressed Is Charge. The alleged monopoly has been ac complished, the petition declares, by the Eastman company's absorbing or acquiring control of a great number of competitors in the United States and foreign countries. Complaint Is made that retail or stock houses owned by the Eastman companies are conducted under the names of the original owners as com petitors of the "trust." Unfair competition is charged through the alleged practice of the Eastman companies in marketing through one or its competitors, the Defender com pany (Rochester), a certain film as if it were the product of an independent suppressing the fact that It is made by the combination. The Eastman Company of New Jer sey, a holding company, has an author lzed capital of $35,000,000. of which $26,000,000 has been Issued. The East man Kodak Company of New Tork, the operating company or the combination is a $5,000,000 corporation for manu fiicturing and marketing photographic supplies. AUTHORS VISIT WILSON HEXRY VAX DYKi: AN3 THOMAS XELSOX PAGE MAKE CALL. Writers Consult on Diplomatic Post Matters Figlit on 3Ieredlth Nicholson Is Begun. WASHINGTON. June 9. Thomas Nelson Page, of Virginia, and Henry Van Dyke, authors and future diplo mats, called on President Wilson to day. Mr. Page has been selected for Ambassador to Italy, while Dr. Van Dyke has been chosen for Minister to The Netherlands. The Senators from Virginia and New Jersey have ap proved the nominations and the foreign governments are now being consulted. Although ex-Representative Lamb, of Alabama, Is slated for Ambassador to Mexico, It Is regarded aa likely that he may be chosen for another country' if recognition of the ITuerta govern ment is delayed. A fight has been started on the se lection of Meredith Nicholson, of Indi ana, the author, for a diplomatic post Mr. Nicholson Is backed by Vice-President Marshall and la opposed by Mr. Bell, of Indianapolis, who telegrapHed a protest to the White House today, on the ground that Nicholson was not a "good Democrat." Colonel Thomas H. Birch, of New Jersey, selected for Minister to Per sia, is disinclined to take the post and it Is thought probable that he may go to some other country. CL11Q DH ir-wrrn Tn DC rr-r-l j saw "m in ine oemng ring at in. onir DCLICVCU IU DC OH TC racetrack at Lexington Burning Steamer Thought to Be Heading Tor Carolina Coast. NEW YORK. June 9. In the absence of details officials of the Munson line believe that the steamer reported by wireless last night to be afire off the Georgia coast and believed to be the Ollmla. might head for Charleston. S. C, and that she probably would arrive there tomorrow morning. The Ollnda. primarily a freighter, had aboard a crew of 51. and six passengers, four of whom are Cubans. Names of the passengers are withheld, pending receipt of more definite news from the vessel. Little apprehension is felt here re garding the Ollnda's safety. If the Arc Is confined to No. 1 hold, where it was reported, there is but slight prospect o' real danger, officials of the line be lieve, as the cargo la No. 1 la brick. Ky. When he came to Portland I remembered him and we talked about old acquaintances back there. The last time I saw him he came in for a shave and pulled out a woman's handkerchief with four or fle rings and a fine brooch. He said they belonged to his wife." No new proceedings are likely within a week, as the grand jury will not as semble till that time. It Is doubtful whether the trial of the case, upon a presumed Indictment, will be reached before FalL MRS. MORROW NOT "AT HOME" Man's Vok-e Answers Telephone Call at Chicago Residence. CHICAGO. June 9. (Special.) A re markable romance of a woman recently acquttted of the murder of her hus band and the polished son of a profes sor of languages awaiting trial for Independence Graduates 14. INDEPENDENCE, Or, June 9. (Spe cial.) The Independence High School graduated the largest class in Its his tory this year when 14 received their diplomas Friday night. Those who finished the four year's course and re ceived their diplomas are as follows: Ella Chase, Leona Sperling, Jean Ketchum, Verl Cormack. Marie Jones, Effie Cuthbert, Levi eta Hamilton. Gretchen Kramer, Marlon Butler, Victor Seeley. Cyril Richardson, Carl Larsen, Ernest Williams and Ira Mix. METHODS WILL BE ADJUSTED Kodak Company President Indicates That Dissolution Will Be Fought. ROCHESTER, N. Y., June 9. The Eastman Kodak Company will adjust its methods of doing business to meet tne charges preferred against the com pany in the Government's dissolution suit filed today at Buffalo. George Eastman, president of the company, so announced here on receipt of the news tnat suit had been begun. Mr. East man indicated, however, that the com pany would refuse to dissolve. "While In, the formal part of the petition filed by the Government there is a prayer for dissolution, as Is usual. I am informed in all such cases." said Mr. Eastman, "it is believed that full compliance with the main specific de mands for changes of trade methods freely ofrered by this company will successfully meet all criticism and satisfy the trade at large and the Government "Aside from the economic principles which would be violated by such dis solution, it can clearly be shown that ir the tnlted States is to keep Its lead in the photographic art which it has maintained for the last 20 years and meet competition in the markets of the world. the co-ordination of the manufacture of films, plates, papers and cameras must be continued. "No concern that is unable to fur nish products In all of these lines adapted one to the other, can hope to compete with the great foreign manu facturers who are straining every effort in similar directions." In compliance with the Government's petition, the company, according to Mr. Eastman, intends hereafter to operate its various retail stock houses under Its own name and add Its name to their stationery and advertising matter, it will also put Its name upon its stencil goods and abandon Its "exclusive sales policy." "One of the main points of this policy (respecting dealers In our patented goods handling no other similar iroodsi has been to prevent the substitution of goods that are Inferior to ours to unsuspecting customers," said Mr. East man. "However, desiring to avoid a long and expensive litigation, the waste of time of our most important men and the unsettling of normal business con ditions, we are willing to meet , the wishes of the Government, even on this point.- ROSE FESTIVAL WEEK SEVEN ISSUES. INCLUDING POSTAGE, 30 CENTS. Mall to your friends in the East The Oregonian during Rose Festival week, beginning Mon day, June 9, and ending with the great Sunday edition, June 15. Complete and exhaustive re ports with numerous high-class half-toned Illustrations will be featured dally. The Portland Annual Rose Fes tival has been widely advertised throughout the United States, and no more attractive testi monial to your friends could be given than a subscription to Oregon's great dally during tho given now at the busi ness office or sent by mall to The Oregonian will receive prompt and careful attention. Subscription price for the en tire week, including postage. Is 20 cents. PEACE PLAN IS INDORSED China Fourteenth Xation to Accept Bryan's Idea In Principle. WASHINGTON, June 9. China to day became the 14th nation to Indorse Secretary Bryan s peace plan. Minister Chang called upon the Sec retary and told him that his govern ment accepted the idea in principle and would litre to consider the details. BIG MINING SUIT APPEALED Idaho Case Will Be Taken to Highest Tribunal In Land. BOISE. Idaho. June 9. (Special.) Notice of appeal to the Supreme Court of the United States from the decision of the Supreme Court of the State of Idaho in the famous mining case of the Stewart Mining Company vs. the Ontario Mining Company, was filed with the Supreme Court of this state Carnival Visitors Are Invited to This Store The Show Store of the Pacific Coast -We bid you welcome to the store. If you have been in Portland before we are more than ready to meet you again, and to serve you with the increased advantages now at our command. If this is your first visit to Portland we bid you thrice welcome, and hope to be of service to you during your stay. -Lipman, Wolfe & Co. have grown and pros pered even as has the City of Portland. The New Store combines all of the best features to be found in stores the world over. In planning our new store we have ransacked the world for ideas. We took pleasure in making it as beau tiful, and as complete, and as good as the best. We wished to represent Portland, and to give to the public a business institution worthy of our city. Our aim now, as always, is to give you the utmost in worthy merchandise in return for your patronage to guarantee the quality and stand ard of every article purchased and to insure prompt and courteous service. Style Beauty Reliability are things that we offer free or charge. They are included in our liberal busi ness policy. Once more we bid you welcome, and beg to be of service to you in every way at our com mand. The rest and retiring rooms, with their public phones and writing desks, are on the second floor. The postoffice express office accommodation desk and information bureau are on the first floor. The architectural exhibit, one of the best ever held in America, is in progress on the eighth floor, showing original drawings and photographs by the most eminent architects in America. Our art and picture galleries on the sixth floor are an exhibition in themselves, and will be of keenest interest to all lovers of things beautiful. Our Jewelry Store Book Store in fact every section of this great building is filled with things of interest collected from all parts of the world. We bid you welcome to make this store your headquarters to inspect and admire to enjoy this modern treasure-house, whether you buy or not. "Marctiandiso of c7 Merit Ony The Finest Tailored Suits Made of Imported Fabrics That Sell Regularly to $42.00 Tuesday $28.50 Every woman likes to wear suits of fine imported weaves; not necessarily because they're foreign, but be cause they're fine. These suits are fashioned from just such materials. In these suits you get the best that money can buy; fabrics, styles, tailoring as high-class as a fifty or even a seventy-dollar tailor can offer. 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A FAN One of those dainty creations from Paris or Vienna that will be sure to fill the heart of the recipient with gladness. A white spangled fan, with carved ivory sticks, is $1.00. A white decorated spangled fan, with carved ivory sticks in most ar tistic designs, is $2.00. White fans, with figured and floral decorations, and carved ivory sticks, is $3.00. And there are real lace fans, fans with lovely miniature paintings, and fans gay with colored spangles, in a bewildering array, priced at from $5.00 to $22.50. First Floor, Jewelry Section 5000 Pieces of Undermuslins Made From the Finest Lingerie Beautifully Trimmed Perfectly Made Fashioned on Newest Lines Corset Covers, Combination Suits, Princess Slips, Night Gowns, Skirts, Drawers All At Half Price Regular prices range from 75c, $1.00, $1.50 to $16.00 Fourth Floor Sample Blouses Of Lingerie, Voile, Ratine and Crepe Clearance Prices 98c to $4.78 Next to the Lon Price the Most Notable Feature of This Offering Is Variety. There are at least 30 different styles and all so dainty and attractive that we are reluctant to describe one of them and thus appear to discrim inate against 29. High and low neck styles, full and three-quarter length sleeves. Trimmings of Irish crochet, medallions of fine embroidery. Val enciennes lace, insertion and hand embroidery ; some with turn-down collars and trimmings of Bulgarian embroidery and finished with a velvet bow at the collar. Lingerie and Voile Blouses That Are Usually $3 50 Today, $2.38 A variety of waists that will surprise you for their original styles, perfect finish and lovely fabrics. Made with high collars or low square-cut necks and deep turn-down collars with V-shape effects. Some are trimmed with large panels of shadow lace insertion and sprays of dainty embroidery and clusters of pin tucking. Also the new Bulgarian embroidery trimming on the collars and cuffs. Short sleeves, lace and tuck trimmed. -Third Floor. today. The appeal carries the case be fore the highest tribunal In the United States, and with it will go a carload of exhibits now In Boise, which will be shipped direct to Washington to be set up there for illustration when the case is presented. The case involves extra lateral rights and underground woi kings of the prop erties of both mines. Ex-Senator Jona than Bourne Is a heavy owner In the Ontario Company. The District Court for Shoshone County held for the On tario Company. The Idaho Supreme Court affirmed this decision from, which the appeal was taken. Kelso May Build Kikes. KELSO. Waah., June 9. (Special.) The water here continues to rise. Yes terday some of the finest berry patches, with berries almost ready to pick, were submerged. A movement Is already on foot to employ engineers to ascertain the practicability of dyking the Colum bia River In order to prevent a recur rence of the flood. A guarantee with every pair or FowneS 1l KID fitting SILK GLOVES jDouble tips, of course