MAY 26, 1913.
VON-KLEIH WILL
PHOTOGRAPHS OF MISSING BALLOON TAKEN AT ROSEBTJEG AT START OF FLIGHT YESTERDAY
ASSAIL ACCUSER
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Miss ' Newcomb Passes as
Wife of Another, Prison
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DR. WHITFIELD IN CASE
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Woman Who Says She Was Robbed
In Portland to Be Charged With
Being Married Already or
to HaTe Pretended to Be.
CHICAGO. Mar JS. (Special.)
When Miss. Ethel Newcomb appears In
Jim!; George Kersten's court tomor
row morning to (wear that Ed ma ml
C Von Klein married her In San Fran
cisco, about September 1. 1911. and
robbed ber ot 13500 In diamonds 11
days later In Portland. Or, another
woman will be In court to swear that
M!s Newcomb has passed In Chicago
as Mrs. George F. Whitfield, wife of a
Baltimore doctor.
This woman. Mrs. Del Porter, wife
of the president of the Chicago Ho
siery Company, will testify that she
rented her cjrn apartment, furnished,
to Miss Newoomb and a man. believ
ing them to be rr. and Mrs. Whitfield.
Khe will testify that Mies Newcomb. or
Mrs. Whitfield, told her that as Mrs.
WhitHeld she had been so busy trav
eling about the country during the
three years of her married life with
rr. Whitfield that she had had no
chance to become an experienced
housekeeper, and that therefore her
sister. Mrs. B. rates, would make the
third member of the family and look
after the housekeeping.
Vasj Klrla ! Play Trams Card.
This will be Von Klein's trump card
In his fight to prevent the Oregon
authorities taking him to Portland as
a prisoner charged with grand lar
ceny. He will swear that the first
time he ever saw Ethel Newromh was
when she flirted with him In the Pom
pellan room at the Congresa Hotel.
He will swear that at that time Miss
Newcomb waa accompanied by a man
and a woman and that she Introduced
the man to him as Dr. Whitfield. The
woman, he will testify, she did not in
troduce to him. but he and Mrs. Por
ter will Join In Identifying her from
a photograph as Mrs. Cates. the sup
rosed housekeeper and sister of Miss
Newcomb. or Mrs. Whitfield.
Furthermore. Von KlMn will testify,
at the time that Kthfl Newcomb ac
cepted his Invitation to a supper party
for two at the Blackstone Hotel, leav
ing Mrs. Cates and Dr. Whitfield to
arrange for his arrest after the supper,
she. Miss Newoomb. was living at the
Congress Hotel with Dr. Whitfield and
registered as his wife. Mrs. Cates was
in the next adjoining room and the
party was at the Congress from April
I to April 9.
Heat Not All raid.
It was on the latter date, according
to the story Mrs. Torter will tell In
tourt. that "Dr. and Mrs. Whitfield"
and Mrs. Cates moved Into the Porter
fist. Mrs. Porter and her husband
planned to bo in Texas from then un
til the latter part of June, and the doc
tor aimed a lease for the apartment.
furnished, until that date. Ho paid
all the rent In advance except 87.50
and was to have paid that on May 9
On May ( the Whltfielda and Mrs.
Cates packed their trunks and disap
peared from the Porter apartment. Mrs.
Porter's brother, going there on May
9 to collect the balance due on the rent.
found the flat denerted. Mrs. For
ter's maid, who had agreed to stay
with the temporary tenants, also was
rone.
When her brother notified her of this
Mrs. Porter arranged to return to Chi
cago. She found when she reached the
apartment a horde of angry trades
men the butcher, the baker the milk
man, the newspaper carrier and others
waiting for money due them from
Dr. Whitfield.
MrV Porter later came down town
and met Dr. Whitfield and his wife,
as she knew them. She asked them
about the lease and they said they
could not discuss business matters on
the street. They said they were regis
tered at the Sherman House.
Clerks Zhmt Kuir Whitfield.
Mrs. Porter called at the Sherman
House at a time that had been named
by Dr. Whitfield. He was not in. The
clerks at the hotel had never heard of
him. So Mra. Porter went home.
Von Klein heard of Mrs. Porter's
knowledge of the Whitfield when she
recognized the newspaper photoeraphs
of Ethel Newcomb as her erstwhile tea
ant. Mrs. Whitfield. She went to the
young man'a father. Dr. Carl H. Von
Klein, and told him of her suspicions
concerning Miss Newcomb, or Mrs.
Whltfleld.
Mrs. Porter was subpenaed by Von
Klein's attorney as a witness against
Ethel Newcomb. The plea that the de
fense, will make la that there waa no
marriage, that Von Klein never saw
Ethel Newcomb until he flirted with
her In the Congress Hotel, that she has
been married to Dr. Whitfield, by her
own admissions, for three years, and
that there is nothing Tor Judge Kers
ten to do but release Von Klein on a
writ of habeaa corpus.
8o confident Is Detective Joseph Day.
f Portland, on the contrary, that Judge
Kersten will honor the writ for Von
Kletn'a extradition that he will be In
court with three tickets for Portland
In his pocket. He purchased the tick
ets tonight and will use one for him
self, another for Von Klein and the
third for Detective William Shubert.
one of the policemen who arrested Von
Klein. That Is. he will use them If the
spurt turn. Von Klein over to him. Miss
Newcomb. according to Day. will go
back to Portland on the same train.
FIRST BUILDING REMOVED
trnctnre Erected at Hood TUver In
1S81 Is Now Historic.
HOOD RIVER, Or., May 25. (Spe
rlal.) George T. Prather. Hood Riv
ers first editor.' has begun demolish
ing one of Hood River's historic
buildings, an old store on First street
erected in 11 and the first building
In the original town. A general mer
chandise store waa opened there, and
the postofflce housed.
The building was first occupied by
J. H. Mlddleton. of Portland, a brother
of Mrs. C. R. Bone, of this city. Later
Bone & McDonald occupied It and then
(he Oregon Lumber Company used it
s a general office and store until the
tompacy moved to Dee.
The property was purchased several
ear ago by Lawrence N. Blowers,
who removed It from Its location on
.he corner of First and Oak streets to
Its present location, where it has been
Med since as a boarding-house for la
borers. Mr. Prather. who Is removing the
ttructure. established the Hood River
Glacier, the city's pioneer newspaper,
(a 1S89.
FIRE CLAIMS ASHES
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Last Wishes of Poet of Sierras
Are Fulfilled.
ONE OF OWN POEMS SUNG
Stranjje Ceremony Performed by Bo
hemian CInb on Topmost Height
of Picturesque Home at
Head of "Last Trail."
SAN FRANCISCO, Ma? 25. fSpe
clal.) Bohemia has paid Its final
tribute to Joaquin Miller. His ashes
now rest among the rocks of his self
built funeral pyre on the topmost
potnt of his picturesque home on "The
Heights" In the Oakland hills, and
mingle with ashes of pine and eucalyp
tus trees he himself planted.
Under a glowing California sun half
a thousand or more crowded the nar
row summit at the head of the "last
trail" this afternoon to participate In
the ceremonies carried out by the Bo
hemian Club In deference to the oft
expressed wishes of the bard.
Ashes Scattered oa Pyr.
The hand of Colonel John P. Irish,
the poet's closest personal friend.
Ignited the boughs of eucalyptus, pine
and spruce on the rock pyre, and Into
the flames which leaped upward he
scattered the ashes of the bard, while a
chorus of 40 voices from the Bo
hemian Club chanted the words of
Miller's own poem. "Good-by, Joaquin.
Good-by." Heads were uncovered and
the towering pines that circle the sum
mit waved gently In final benediction.
The ceremonies opened at 2:30
o'clock, but soon after noon the pil
grims began arriving, and all were
forced to make the 500-foot climb.
Charles K. Field, president of the Bo
hemian Club, opened the ceremonies
and told of the old coterie of San
Francisco literary lights.
Coolbiitk Poem Recited.
The last remaining representative of
that coterie was Ina Coolbrlth, and one
of her poems was recited by Richard
Hotallng. This was followed by an
address by Professor William Dallam
Armes. of the English faculty at the
State University.
Prominent In the foreground about
the funeral pyre were Mrs. Miller,
widow of the poet; Juanlta, his daugh
ter: Henry R. Meade Bland, of the San
Jose State Normal, who la preparing a
biography of Miller; T. Kanno, the
Japanese poet, who has lived on the
Heights for many years; Herman
Whlttaker, the novelist, and Gertrude
Boyle Kanno. the sculptress. The cere
monies were carried out by a commute-,
from the Bohemian Club, Includ
ing Rudolph J. Taussig, Judge Henry
A Melvln, George Sterling. Professor
William D. Armes. Walter Lelmert,
Charles K. Field and Richard Hotallng.
PRESIDENT FOSTER TALKS
Chchalis Hlgrh School Graduate
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l'SsEGKHS ABOARD. BELOW, PASSE.GERS SHOWN IN CAR
JUST AFTER FLIGHT BEGAN. ,
BALLOON
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MISSING
Message Says Air Travelers
Pass Silver Lake.
DISTANCE MADE 126 MILES
hold office at the pleasure of the Gov
ernor, as does the Commissioner.
Owner Saya Blgr Gas Bag May Con
tlnne in Flight 3 6 Hoars With
Probable Landing in Vi
cinity of Prlnevllle.
(Continued From First Ps(rt-
CHCHALIS, Wash.. May 2S. (Spe
cial.) The Chehalls High School grad
uating exercises will be held Thursday
evening tn the auditorium of the high
school. President Foster, or Keea col
lege. Portland, will deliver the com
mencement address. One of the largest
classes In the history of the local
schools will finish thta year, there be
ing II members. The list Includes the
following:
Lena E. Beauchamp. Clarence C Boone,
Raymond G. Bartholomew. Joe Chap
man. Goldie Mae Flowers, Priscllla
Gabel. Clare Giblln. Alfred Gregg. Wal
ter Gregg. Leslie Henderson, Dawn
Hunting. Roy Hylander. Ona Laughlin.
Jessie McEwen. Frank Michael. Temple
Newland.- Mlrtle Randies. Edward L.
Ross, Herbert Bcott. Graduates from
the commercial department are aa fol
lows: Lena R. Beck. Ella Fecbtner,
Jula Lange, Sebelda Vobeyda. The
annual class day programme waa held
yesterday.
$200 IN CURRENCY BURNS
Home of Settler Near Newport In
Blaze While Family Eats.
NEWPORT. Or.. May 25, (Special.)
The caving In of the roof while they
were eating dinner In their ranch home
on the Tachats River, about 25 miles
south of here, was the first knowledge
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Weldman had that
their house was on Are.
The fire started on the roof and had
destroyed the upper part of the house
before it was discovered. They had
hard work to escape wtlh their lives
and saved none of their effects. The
total loss was about 11000, of which
$200 was in currency. There was no
insurance.
New Road to Kelso Wanted.
CENTRALIA. Wash, May 25. (Spe
cial.) G. J. Tiemens, of Kelso, yes
terday placed a petition in circulation
for the opening of a new wagon road
which It is thought will be of great
advantage In lessening the distance be
tween the Shanghai district and Kelso.
Mr. Tiemens asserts that the cost of
the constructing of the proposed road
would be comparatively slight.
her course changed to the northeast
and an hour after being cut loose she
waa moving lazily in that direction.
High Altitude la Reached.
At 5:30 o'clock last evening the bal
loon was sighted at Peel about 30 miles
northeast of Roseburg. At that time
It had raised to an altitude of 7000
feet and was visible only through a
field glass.
The owner of the balloon is of the
opinion that she traveled in a north
easterly direction and crossed the Cas
cades early today. Basing his theory
on scientific observations. It is his
opinion that the bag will alight In the
vicinity of Burns or in the Prinevllle
country. This is the first "cut away"
flight ever to occur In Oregon, ac
cording to Mr. Lee, who owns the
craft, which Is capable of remaining
In the air 36 hours.
JOB TO BE FILLEO
LISTER HAS APPOINTMENT OF
IMPORTANCE TO MAKE.
Commissioner of Agriculture for
Washington Carries $4000 Salary
and Political Significance.
OLTMPIA. Wash, May 25. (Spe
cial.) One of the most Important ap
pointments in the gifts of Governor
Ernest Lister haa as yet received prac
tically no attention from the . patron
age following public The position that
a close political and personal friend of
the Governor remarked today would
either "make or break the Lister ad
ministration" Is that of Commissioner
of the Department of Agriculture under
the law that goes into effect on
June 12.
The new Department of Agriculture
combines, under the Agriculture Com
missioner, the duties now vested tn the
State Veterinarian, the State Oil In
spector, the Dairy and Food Commis
sioner, the Agricultural Commissioner,
the State Labor Commissioner in so far
as he has to do with bakeries and
bake shops, the State Fair Commission,
the Department of Animal Husbandry
at the State College In so far as It has
to do with the registration and
licensing of horses and mules, the Di
rector and Chemist of the State Ex
periment Station In regard to commer
cial fertilizers, and the Agricultural
Experiment Station In so far as com
mercial feeding stuffs are concerned.
In addition to this, the Commissioner
has charge of the surveying and classi
fication of lands ' to be drained, re
claimed or developed under the logged,
off land law. The Commissioner Is also
member ex-offlclo of the State Board
of Health. The position carries a sal
ary of 4000, the salaries of the more
than 20 assistants to be appointed by
the Commissioner being determined by
the advisory board, which consists of
the Governor, Commissioner, Director
of State College Experiment Station,
and two gubernatorial appointees to
TRUNK CAUSE0F LAW SUIT
Various Articles of Wearing Apparel
Bring Two Couples Into Court.
VANCOUVER, Wash., May 25. (Spe
cial.) A pair of garters, Bilk hose for
women and a couple of night gowns,
among other articles of wearing ap
parel, figure in a suit In the Superior
Court filed Saturday by W. S. Cox and
his wife. Kittle Cox, against H. M.
Black and his wife, May Black.
The plaintiffs allege that they had
a certain trunk in a cookhouse at the
McWilliams & Harrison sawmill and
that the defendants appropriated It and
Its contents and converted them to
their own use. The suit Is for S207.25.
What can be packed in one trunk
may be gleaned from the list filed in
the suit, alleged to have been in the
trunk in question:
One black silk dress, one brown silk
dress, one brown coat, one gray coat,
six men's working shirts, two night
gowns, two bedspreads, one pair of gar
ters, two shirts, one pair of work
shoes, six pairs of men's socks, two
flannel night dresses, one woman's
rain coat, two pairs of women's kid
gloves, 12 women's cook aprons, six
cooks' caps, six pairs of women's hose,
one suit of men's clothes, one pair of
men's dress shoes, one union suit, one
hat.
SUNDAY . LAWS OPPOSED
Adrentists Plan Campaign Against
. "Religious Legislation."
WASHINGTON, May 25. A Nation
wide campaign in opposition to the ef
forts of various religious bodies "to
secure religious legislation and to sub
vert religious freedom." was authorized
in resolutions adopted at today's con
ference of the Seventh Day Adventlsts
of the World at Takoma Park, Md. The
preamble to the resolution declares
that "the present agitation to secure
religious legislation and to subvert re
ligious fredom demand the most earn
est efforts to teach and maintain true
principles of religious liberty."
The proposed campaign is to be car
ried on through lectures In each union
conference In the United States under
the direction of the denomination's re
ligious liberty society.
An appeal for more missionaries was
read today from the mission station
in British East Africa.
And Daily Thereafter to September 30
You May Stop En Route You May Stay All Summer
Northern Pacific Railway
FINEST THROUGH SE R V ICE
TO 'TO TO
Minneapolis Chicago Kansas City
St. Paul , St. Louis
Continuous Service to Duluth-Superior
Twice Daily
A 72-Hour Train
To Chicago
Tickets
OHy Ticket Office:
256 Morrison St.,
Oor. 3d St., Portland
A. D. CHARLTON
A.O.F.A, Portland
From Portland
None Better
FAMILY GEMS GONE
Robbers Steal While Palace
Horsecar Magnate Sleeps.
SERVANTS ARE LOCKED IN
V. A. Yager looses $1000 Cat's Eye,
Unlike Anything Else in Amer
ica Wife's Wedding and En
gagement Rings Taken.
CHICAGO May 25. (Special.) Rob
bers locked the family servants in. their
quarters on the third floor, cut off
electric and telephone wires In the
house, unscrewed the locks from three
doors'and stole Jewels on which a value
if J17.000 Is claced by the owners from
the home of W. A. Yager, vice-presi
dent of the Arms Palace Horse Car
Company. 631 Rush street, between 2
and 7 o'clock this morning.
Mrs. Yager has announced she will
iffer a reward of S5000 for the return
nf (h. iftTftk whlrh included her en
gagement and wedding rings, diamond
collars, rings and brooches and a $1000
cat's eye ring belonging to Mr. lager,
unlike anything else in America.
The robbery was discovered when a
maid, arrayed at 7 o'clock to go to
church, found herself locked In her
set Yager, a son, heard her cries and
released her. in tne Dasement were
und the leather bags in which the
iwels had been stored In a closet off
bed chamber, within five feet of
here Mr. and Mrs. Yager slept.
Th.r tnld t h nnlIrA thev ftiiRnerted
no one, but attention was directed to
the fact that a butler and maid, en
gaged at about the same time, quit
ieir places j uesaay.
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ARMY LIEUTENANT HEARD
Officer and Wife Charged With
Theft of Captain's Wife's Gowns.
HOUSTON. Tex.. May 25. Testimony
was taken here Saturday at a hearing
of charges that Lieutenant Joseph 1
Wier, U. S. A., and his wife, Mildred
Wier. stole dresses worth $500 from
the wife of Captain J. S. Cecil, U. S. A.,
at Fort Mackenzie, Wyo about a year
ago.
The testimony was taken by a com
missioner in an effort to determine
whether there were grounds for re
turning Lieutenant! and Mrs. Wier to
Wyoming for trial.
An affidavit by Lieutenant wier was
read declaring that Captain Cecil had
offered to end the entire matter if Wier
would pay him $1000 In cash and re
sign from the Army. The affidavit said
Wier refused the offer. The hearing
adjourned until June 5.
Sophomore Leaders Chosen.
OREGON' AGRICULTURAL COL
LEGE!, Corvallis. May 25. (Special.)
Officers to head the "Rocky" class of
O. A. C. when they return to college
next Fall as sophomores are announced
as follows: President, F. McCabe, Port,
land; vice-president. Miss Geraldlne
Newlna. Patchogue, N. Y.; secretary, F.
G. Sutherland. Minneapolis. Minn.;
treasurer, G. F. Chambers, Newberg;
sergeant-at-arms, O. E. Mc Adams, Port
land: student council member, Paul
McDonald, Medfocd; athletic manager.
E. H. Lafky, Salem; Forensic manager.
F. J. Dletsch, Day's Creek; Barometer
reporter, F. V. Romig. McCoy; yell lead
er. Q. R. Whittler, Portland.
DEMOCRATS ARE TAUNTED
Britten Tells Constituents Just What
Jobs Are Pure Patronage.
WASHINGTON. May 25. "Pick out
the Job you want and then see your
Democratic Congressman," Is the taunt
ing suggestion Representative Britten,
of Illinois, a Republican, has begun
sending out to Democratic offlceseek
lng constituents.
With each letter he malls a copy of
Saturday's Congressional record, in
which he has had printed a complete
list of Government positions not sub
ject to civil service examination.
Mr. Britten explained that he had
been working on the list for some time
"to relieve the embarrassment of mem
bers of Congress and of the waiting
Democrats by Informing them Just
which positions are patronage pure and
simple."
"The average constituent," he added,
"is about as familiar with the Gov
ernment positions available for patron
age as a Kentucky Colonel is with a
Bryan punch."
CADETS MAYVISIT FAIR
O. A. C. Regiment Invited to Drill at
Panama-Pacific Exposition.
OREGON AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE.
Corvallis, May 25. (Special.) The pos
sibility of the O. A. C. cadet regiment
attending the Panama Exposition at
San Francisco in a body and participat
ing In the proposed international mili
tary tournament is arousing great In
terest among present and some future
members of the organization.
Major F. A. Claman, chief of the mil
itary bureau for the Exposition, has
written the Invitation to the local reg
iment, and it will probably be accept
ed If the regimental exchequer can de
vise ways and means of raising the
necessary expense money.
That the O. A. C. regiment would be
a strong contender in the ; rlze drills
and exhibitions Is doubted by none
who have seen it on the parade grounds,
and visiting United States Army offi
cers have on several occasions pre
dicted that the collegians would make
a creditable showing in competition
with the crack drill teams of other
Coast military organizations.
for this city. The present supply is
growing inadequate rapidly, and steps
must be taken at once. The Wynooehe
offers a gravity system, and an abun
dance of pure water from the moun
tains. City Engineer Kelsey will be
gin the preliminary survey within a
short time.
Koad Contracts Let.
CENTRALIA, Wash.. May 25. (Spe
cial.) The Lewis County Commission
ers have let a contract to Hendricks &
Yaw. a Silver Creek firm, for the
clearing, grubbing and grading of a
portion of State Aid Road No. 5, near
Walvllle, and another contract was
let to the same firm for improving the
Paul Larsen road near Rlffe.
Agricultural Export to Speak.
HILLSBORO. Or., May 25. (Special.)
Thomas Shaw, agricultural expert for
the Great Northern lines, will deliver
a lecture at the Commercial Club rooms
Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock and will
later go to Forest Grove for an even
ing engagement. Farmers will attend
both meetlngs! .
Aberdeen Wants Better Water.
ABERDEEN, Wash., May 25. (Spe
cial.) Survey to the headwaters of the
Wynooehe River has been ordered by
the City Council, in Its "efforts to get
an adequate and better water supply
Coming cf
The Sunbeam
How to Avoid those Pains andJJlstresa
Which ao Many Mothers Have Suffered
It is a pity more women do not know of
Mother's Friend. This remedy softens the
muscles, enables them
to expand without
Strain and enables
women to go through
the ordeal without
pain, nausea, morn
ing sickness or other
dreaded symptoms so
familiar to many
mothers.
There is no foolish
diet to harass the mind. Thousands of
women no longer resign themselves to the
thought that sickness and distress are nat
ural. They' know better, for in Mother's
Friend they have found now easy it is to
banish all those dreaded experiences.
It is a subject every woman should be
familiar with, and even though she may
not require such a remedy, she will now
and then meet some prospective mother to
whom a word in time about Mother's
Friend will come as a wonderful blessing.
This famous remedy is sold by all drug
gists, and is only $1.00 a bottle. It is for
external use only. Write toay to the
Bradfield Regulator Co., 227 Lamar BIdg., I
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Atlanta, va., ior a uuei vaiuauie uuv tu
expectant mothers.
Santa Fe
Excursions
on sale daily commencing
May 28, Good for return
until October 31, 3913.
When you go Santa Fe through
California, you avoid the
excessive heat and have
stopover privilege 'for visit
to Grand Canyon, Also you
may visit San Francisco and
Los Angeles,
Let me arrange details of your
trip, and send you our picture folders,
H. E. Vernon, Gen, Agt, Santa Fe Ey,
260 Alder St., Portland.
Phone MAIN 1274.
Frank LWatkins
(Of I'arrlNh, Wat kins &. to.)
For Commissioner
When you think "Commission
er." think "Watklns." When you
vote for "Commissioner," voto
for "Watkins."
Qualified to serve you capably
by 20 years' successful business
experience and four years' ex
perience In Portland's municipal
affairs as Councilman.
Ballot No. 63
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Geo. L. Baker
FOR
COMMISSIONER
He has studied municipal 'affairs
at first hand ' throughout an active
official career of nine years. His
theories as to the transaction of
city business are founded on ex
perience. (Paid Advertisement.)