Morning Oregonian., June 16, 1913, Image 1

VOL. jLIII. NO. 16,398.
PORTLAND, OREGON, MONDAY. JUNE 16, 1913.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
OLD STYLE SUMMER
BAKES CHIGAGOANS
Drownings and Pros
trations Numerous.
HEAT WAVE IS WIDESPREAD
Fatalities Expected With Re
turn to Work Today.
GRAIN TRADERS ANXIOUS
Buying Orders Placed for Opening
of Board Today In Belief That
Great Area of Wheat Is in
Danger of Drouth.
WARM WEATHER PREDICTED.
"WASHINGTON', June 13 Warm
weather with clear skies over the
irreator part of the country la pre
dicted for the coming weelc toy tlitt
Weather Bureau.
No Important storm U charted to
cross the country in the week, al
though a disturbance of minor Inten
sity will form Tuesday or Wednesday
over the Western plateau region.
CHICAGO, June 15. (Special.) Good
old sizzling Summer, who has been
lurking In the. offing ever since last
Winter, entered boldly Into the open
today and baked, blistered and roasted
Chicago and all Its adjacent territory
to a fine brown.
Owing to the fact that It was a holi
day, there were no deaths, as the pop
ulation was able" to avoid the heat,
which came down suddenly; but there
were numerous prostrations, five of
'.hem being serious.
Namerouft Drownings Reported.
At Cedarlake, Ind., three men were
drowned and two other occupants of
their boat rescued by guests at Clark's
Hotel. Edward O'Hara, aged 24; Chris
Kalrous, 28, and Nicholas Kalrous, 32,
Were the victims. They sank at a
point where the lake is 40 feet deep
and their bodies have not been recov
ered. In Milwaukee there were 12 serious
prostrations and four drownings., Qtto
Bchroeder, aged 21, drowned at Ever
green Park, in the sight of thousands
of pleasure seekers, who were unable
to rescue him. Charles Lasco, aged 24,
drowned in Wauwatosa pond. John
Noonlleu, aged 69, a Civil "War veteran,
perished while trying to escape the
heat by swimming In the lake at the
Soldiers' Home.
Woman's Reicner Loses Life.
CharleB Johnson, aged 37, lost his
life while rescuing a woman who had
fallen from a boat. He managed to
hold her until assistance cams and
dragged her to safety, but Johnson,
overcome by his exertions, sank back
to death himself.
Five additional drownings are re
ported from various Northern Illinois
lakes, patronized by Chicagoans, who
were fleeing from the stifling heat of
the city.
That the heat wave is general over
the Middle and Central "West is shown
by a comparison of temperatures. Chi
cago, St. Louis, Montgomery, Jackson
ville, Fla.; Kansas City and North
Platte, Neb.; all sweltered under tem
peratures of 94 degrees. Cincinnati
was four degrees cooler. New Orleans
was 10 degrees cooler than Chicago;
while Phoenix and Tucson. Ariz., were
two degrees hotter. Omaha, St. Paul
and Des Moines baked under 98 de
grees. Wave Expected to Extend.
Weather forecasters do not hold out
any hope of immediate relief. They
predlct the heat wave will continue
several days and spread over other
sections of the country, chiefly South
and East. The far Southeast is just
recovering from the coldest June
weather it ever experienced, which may
explain why Florida points were cooler
today than. Chicago, or even Green Bay,
the much advertised frigid resort of
"Wisconsin.
"With thousands enervated by today's
sudden heat resuming work tomorrow.
It Is feared the death roll will begin to
swell In this city.
Wheat traders are anxious over con
ditions bordering on drouth in the
Northwest and It Is understood heavy
buying orders have been placed for the
opening of the board Monday. Heavy
rains In some limited districts have
been of vast benefit, but there . is a
great area, in peril for lack of moisture,
PRINCE MADE "PRISONER"
Wales In Maneuvers as Private
Searched for Dispatches.
LONDON. June 15. (Special.) The
Prince of Wales, who Is serving as a
private in the officers" training corps
which Is out for annual practice near
Aldershot. was taken prisoner in the
maneuvers on Saturday. His pockets
also were searched.
The Prince was sent on scouting
maneuvers near the camp on Friday.
He was ambushed and captured by the
"enemy" and had his rifle and cart
ridges taken from him. He was also
searched for dispatches. The Prince
was Jollied by his captors, who did not
recognize him. He was, however, res
rued shortly afterwards by his own
corps, Ilia captors fled.
RIGHT COOKING TO
CUT LIVING COST
KANSAS SAVES $1,000,000 BY
TEACHING WOMEN".
Seven Hundred Girls Complete Do
mestic Science Course in State
Agricultural College.
TOPEKA, Kan., June 15. (Special.)
Through the teaching of domestic
science and economy in the home, Kan
sas gained $1,000,000 last year and the
amount will be Increased at the rate
of $500,000 a year until practically there
wil be no waste food in the entire Sun.
flower state. That Is the aim of the
Agricultural College, and the state is
spending $40,000 a year to help In
cheating the garbage can.
Seven hundred girls completed the do
mestic science course at the Agricul
tural College last week, and the college
has just closed its movable cooking
schools, which were attended by 11,000
women during the ten weeks which
they were operated.
Kansas decided two years ago that
the way to cut the high cost of living
was to stop much of the waste that
goes out of kitchen doors and into the
garbage can. One of the plans was the
movable cooking schools and the other
was high school domestic science work.
BOOTH'S SWEETHEART DIES
One of Last Acts Is to Write Apology
for Lincoln's Assassin.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., June 15. (Spe
cial.) In a, corner of a cemetery at
Birmingham, Ala., practically unes
corted, was burled the body of the
woman whoso name will be handed
down in history as the last sweetheart
of John Wilkes Booth, the actor, who
killed Abraham Lincoln.
She was known as "the woman of
many loves," but the crowning affec
tion of 'her life was the soulful-eyed,
handsome, dashing, fiery, tragedian
whose deed shocked the whole world
in his day.
. One of the last acts of this woman's
life was to publish an autobiography
In which she bared the great love of
her life and sought courageously in
even this late day to lift some of the
stain which clings to Booth's name by
mitigating his deed.
To Louise Wooster, this woman, even
to the last. Booth was a kindly and af
fectionate gentleman. To her he was
an out and out Unionist to whom she
attributes the assassination as an in
spiration growing out of his belief that
Lincoln alone was responsible for the
terrlflo conflict Just closed, and that
once he was removed strife would be
ended.
QUEEN MARY BARS POKER
Guest Must Eschew Baccarat and
Make Bridge Stakes Light.
LONDON, June 15. (Special.) When
Queen Mary's guests at Windsor Castle
for the Ascot races assemble at the
card tables after dinner they will find
printed notifications that baccarat and
poker are barred and that stakes at
bridge must not exceed half a crown
a hundred points.
Heretofore baccarat has been the fa
vored gambling game at this Windsor
race party and exceedingly high stakes
have been played for. Lately Queen
Mary has been carrying on a campaign
against gambling among members of
the royal household, and especially
among the ladies-in-waiting, who have
thus sought relief from the dullness of
the court. Betting on the races among
the royal servants is also prohibited,
but it nevertheless goes on to. a tre
mendous extent.
It is expected that at next year's
Ascot party .there will be no card
tables at all.
24 INJURED IN COLLISION
Trolly Car Telescopes Another in
Darkness on Curves.
ST. LOUIS. June 15. Twenty-four
persons, most of them women and
children, were injured In a rear-end
street car collision on the Creve Coeur
Lake line in St. Louis County tonight.
Mrs. Dora Bingham and. Mrs. Regina
A. Carouthers probably will die. A
score of others were bruised and cut
by flying glass, but refused to go to
a hospital.
Both cars were open air cars carry
ing about 100 picnickers each. The
trolley of the first car came off Just
as It rounded a curve, leaving the car
in" darkness. Before the trolley had
been replaced the second car, running
40 miles an hour, crashed into the rear.
The cars were interlocked and both
telescoped.
ATLANTIC LET- IN CANAL
Gatun Locks Flooded; Dredges Now
to Excavate 2,000',00-0 Yards.
PANAMA, June 15. (Special.) The
water from the Atlantic Ocean was
let into the lower level of the Gatun
locks yesterday.
This was for the purpose of testing
the valves and the test was considered
completely satisfactory.
Dredges will now complete the ex
cavation from the ocean to the locks,
which will amount to a-bout 2,000.000
cubic yards.
YALE COMMENCEMENT ON
President Hadley Pleads for More
Courageous Thought.
NEW HAVEN, Conn., June 15. The
commencement exercises of the 213th
year of Tale University were formally
begun this morning with the bacca
laureate address of President Hadley.
His address was an earnest plea for
more courageous thought In this "an
age of reform movements,"
THREE MONARCHY
STAND FOR PEACE
Berlin Meeting Gives
Room for Optimism.
NO ULTERIOR DESIGN SEEN
Albanians Still Factor in Set
tlement of Conflict.
BRIGHT FUTURE PREDICTED
Race or 3,000,000 Produces High
Percentage of Fine Soldiers
and Able Men, but Fears
Slavs Like Turks.
BT DR. WOLF VON flCHIERBRAND.
VIENNA, June 15. The results of the
trl-monarch meeting in Berlin are
judged throughout Austria-Hungary as
being more Important for what they
promise in the future than what they
actually mean in the present.
Though strictly of a family and pri
vate character, it is pointed out in the
press of this monarchy, the crowned
heads of the three roost powerful Eu
ropean nations could not possibly meet
on an extremely friendly basis and dis
cuss their affairs without a reflex ef
fect on their own nations and on the
rest of the world. It is here pointed
out that even if n,o formal agreement
to that effect has been reached between
the monarchs of England, Russia and
Germany, at least a tacit understand
ing has been had to prevent a general
conflagration growing out of the great
Balkan wind-up.
No Ulterior Design Seen.
As one of Austria's leading statesmen
put it to me: "All three monarchs have
convinced themselves that neither Eng
land nor Russia nor Germany harbors
ulterior designs in this whole gigantic
upheaval; on the contrary, that the
chief purpose of each is to bring about
a lasting and fruitful peace In the
Balkans as well as in Asiatic Turkey.
Apd the Anglo-German-Turklsh bar
gain in regard to the Bagdad Railway
came very much apropos to clinch the
point, for It terminated to mutual sat
isfaction one of the most dangerous
controversies of years' standing.
"Besides which. Emperor William no
doubt has been able to convince both
the Czar and King George that the en
largement of Germany's army has ab
solutely no sinister meaning. We, as
Germany's close ally, cannot but feel
highly elated at these results, since we
benefit from them in equal measure."
As regards the condition just now of
the Balkan belligerents and their dis
position towards each other, the peace
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WHf AT
INDEX OFTODAFS NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature. 70.8
degrees; minimum, 48. S degrees.
TODAY'S Showers, southwest to west
winds.
River Report.
Stage of Willamette at Portland. 23.S feet,
stationary.
Foreign.
Hector Macpherson describes Hungarian
methods rt improving livestock, page 2.
Kaiser's Jubilee begins; Berlin people in
gay mood. Page 5.
Meeting of three monarchs In Berlin has
meant much for peace of Europe. Pago 1.
National. . ,
Government bureau says only limit to sav
ing of babies in cities is lack of funds
for work. Page S.
Secretary Lane would grade power tax ac
cordlnd to rate charged consumer. Page
10.
Mine operators preparing defense before
committee of Senators. Page X.
Progressive party begins campaign In Con
gress against child labor. Page 4.
Currency reform likely to be deferred. Page
2.
Domestic.
Mother Superior killed and three other nuns
Injured In auto accident at Fresno.
Page 3.
Nebraska farmers give pledge to raise cat
tle and cut living cost. Page 9.
Lake Superior steamer, with crew of 16, be
lieved to be lost In collision in fog.
Page 4.
Sudden return of old-fashioned Summer
causes heat prctratlons in Middle West.
Page 1.
Americans making great fortress in crater
of extinct Hawaiian volcano. Page 1.
Kansas to cut living cost-by teaching girls
how to cook.. Page'l.
Sport.
Pacific Coast League results: Portland 2-0.
Los Angeles l-O (second game called in
sixth Inning, rain), Sacramento 6-0, Ven
ice 8-1. San Francisco 4-4, Oakland 2-3.
Page 8.
Northwestern League results: Vancouver -t.
Portland 1; Seattle 7, Victoria 6; T acorns,
6-7, Spokane 4-2. Page 8.
Western Tri-State League seeks expansion.
Page 9.
Two Philadelphia Clubs keep up run-away
races in major league. Page 9.
Postponed track and field meet schedule
for today. Page 9.
Colts to open against Spokane here today.
Page S.
Pacific Northwest.
Oregon Naval Militiamen pass first night on
cruiser St. Louis. Pais 5.
Salem preparing for elaborate cherry carnl-
Unusually elaborate commencement exer
cises begin at Willamette University.
Page 0.
Portland and Vicinity.
Immigrants outrank Americans In literacy,
says Y. M. C A. speaker. Page 10.
Actresses and audience at Oaks engage In
lively football game. Page 7.
Weathor report, data and forecast. Page 11
George H. Hlmes has badges ready Toe
pioneers, page 7.
H. J. Parklson gives names in charges
against casualty insurance companies.
Page 10.
PortlanM pastors urge co-operation wltn
World's Christian Citizenship move. Page
4.
Heavy voting expected in school election to
day. Page 14.
One killed and four Injured in motor ve
hicle accidents. Page 14.
Rose Festival plans for 1014 discussed. Page
11.
One more sensational crime attributed to
Von Klein. Page 3.
Raymonil Hitchcock makes big hit in "The
Red w Idow. page
LIEUTENANT WINS 2 RACES
Airship Carries Him 8 0 Miles in 00
Minutes Between Events. -BERLIN,
June IB. (Special.) Lieu
tenant von Egan-Krueger, the noted
horseman, won the steeplechase at
Madgeburg this afternoon. Immedi
ately after the race he flew to the
Guenwald, near Berlin, In a biplane.
He made the trip of 80 miles in 90
minutes and arrived Just In time to
ride his own horse and win the Pots
dam gold cup.
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MINE OPERATORS
PREPARE DEFENSE
Blame for Conflict Will
Be Denied.
STORY OF GUARD ATTACKED
What Committee Can Do Now
Interesting Question.
REMEDY NOT MADE PLAIN
Legislation Possible Only as to In
terstate Features Miners Get
ting Together Documents
for Presentation.
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MIXERS VOTE TO RENEW t
STRIKE IN PAINT CREEK
FIELDS. I
CHARLESTON, w. Va. June 16.
(Monday). Word came to Charleston t
early this morning from various T
sources that the miners at work in the I
mines on Paint Creek and Cabin f
Creek had voted, at a mass meeting
yesterday, to renew the strike which
for a year has convulsed the coal
field. According to reports reaching
Governor Hatfield, meetings at Esk
dale and in the mountains above Kay
ford voted not to return to work this
morning.
The miners were at work under an
agreement framed by Governor Hat
field and agreed to by miners and
operators. Representatives of the min
ers appearing before the Senate com
mittee investigating the strike re- I
celved confirmation of the report that
the strike would be renewed this T
morning. J
Governor Hatfield was at the execu-
tlve office early this morning await-
lng further word from the field, and t
the suppressed excitement in Charles- I
ton Increased. I
CHARLESTON, W. Va., June 15. The
coal mine operators of West "Virginia
will begin presentation of their case
tomorrow before the Senate mine strike
investigating committee. The attor
neys for the operators lined up today
scores of witnesses they will produce
to show that they are not to be blamed
for the conditions which threw the
Paint and Cabin Creek mining districts
Into a state of civil war.
Much of the activity of the mine
operators' lawyers will be directed to
ward breaking down the story of Lee
Calvin, an ex-mine guard and star wit
ness for the miners, who told the com
mittee Saturday of his experiences on
the armored train which shot up the
camp of the miners at Holly Grove on
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RECKON
you'll HCAR
FROMME THIS
' Til
EXTINCT VOLCANO
TO BE FORTRESS
TROOPS STORE SCPPLIES IN
HAWAIIAN" CRATER.
Americans Lay Out Gardens and
Build Living Quarters for Pos
t slble Extended Siege
BOSTON, June 15. (Special.) Amer
ican troops In the Hawaiian Islands
have taken possession of the crater of
a large extinct volcano situated on the
coast, and are" working night and day
to convert it into a fortress capable of
withstanding a long siege. Ammunition
and food supplies are being stored
within It, guns are being mounted, a
water supply has been arranged for
and gardens have been planted on the
slopes of the crater to provide food
and thus render the place self-sustain
ing in case It is besieged for any great
length of time.
This information reached Boston yes
terday from an authentic source In
Honolulu, and the communication fur
ther said that Americans residing in
the Hawaiian Islands, including troops.
are much exercised over .the Japanese
situation.
The communication says that Ameri
cans have moved into the crater bag
and baggage; that living quarters are
being prepared within, and that guns
are being mounted all around the rim
so that a fortress capable of resisting
an attack either from land or sea will
confront any forces that may try to at
tack the place.
BRIDE WRITES HER LICENSE
Deputy County Clerk Completes
Work "Wltn Unique Experience.
ALBANY", Or., June 15. (Special
ao write ner own marriage license was
the experience Saturday of Miss Daisy
D. Savage, a deputy In the County
Clerk's office. When Truman D. Babb
appeared at the Clerk's office shortly
before 5 o'clock and asked for a mar
rlage license, the other members of
the office force Insisted on Miss Sav
age writing It, and she took up the
task bravely.
"What is the lady's name?" laugh
lngly asked Miss Savage, with the cus
tomary query when that part of the
proceedings was reached. Babb gave
the deputy her own name and It was
written in. R. M. Russell, chief deputy
in the Clerk's office, signed the nec
essary aflfdavlt for the issuance of
the license.
Miss Savage has Issued a great many
marriage licenses "and the Issuance of
her own was her last official act as
a deputy County Cleric. She -and Mr.
Babb will be marired next Tuesday, the
bride's birthday.
SOLDIERS ON LONG HIKE
Sergeants to Tramp 3 500 Miles to
Show Advantages of Army.
NEWPORT, R. L. June 15. (Special.)
To give a better idea of the ad
vantages of the Army of the United
States. Louis A. Mohr, late sergeant
of the One Hundred and Ninth Com
pany, Coast Artillery, stationed at
Kort Grablo, and Sergeant Karl Ritt
man, of the Eighth Company, Rhode Is
land Guard of Pawtucket, left this aft
ernoon on a 3500-mile hike to San Fran
cisco. Mayor William MacLeod presented
them with letters to the Mayor of New
port, Ky and Mayor Rolph, of San
Francisco.
BULGARIA AGAIN SHAKEN
Eartli Still Rumbles at Tlrnova,
Where Many Persons Are Killed.
SOFIA, June 15. The earthquakes of
yesterday were renewed today In many
parts of Bulgaria. Two violent shocks
occurred today at Crabovia, where much
damage was done.
The seismic disturbances at Tlrnova
continued throughout Saturday and the
rumbling of the earth had not ceased
this morning. At that place many peo
ple were killed and churches and pri
vate buildings were damaged. Thou
sands are homeless and destitute.
WOMEN TO STUDY POLITICS
Classes to Open as Soon as Dunne
Signs Xew Suffrage Bill.
CHICAGO. June 15. Special classes
in politics for women are to be opened
in some of the churches as soon as
Governor Dunne signs the woman's
suffrage bill passed by the Legislature
last week.
The first of these classes was an
nounced today by the People's Liberal
Church.
AUSTRIA ORDERS AIRSHIPS
Six Zeppelins, Armed "With Machine
Guns, to Be Delivered After 1014.
VIENNA. June 15. The visit to Vi
enna of Count Zeppelin in the dirigible
airship Sachsen, a few days ago, ac
cording to the report here, has im
pelled the Austrian government to or
der six Zeppelins for delivery after
1914. They are to be armed with ma
chine guns.
THREE RISE 15,480 FEET
Perreyon and Two Passengers Set
New Aviation Altitude Record.
. VIENNA, June 11. 'The French avia.
tor, Edmund Perreyon. who holds the
world's altitudo record for an aero
plane, both fqr pilot, and pilot and one
passenger, broke the world's record for
carrying two passengers today.
1 Ho reached a height of IS. 4S0 feet.
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IN ANOTHER THEFT
Story of Robbery and
Death Told.
FOUR WOMEN ACTIVE IN CASE
Mrs. Mororw Would Besmirch
Miss Newcomb's Character.
'MISS VERMONT' SENDS AID
"Mrs. Weber," Who Charges That
Prisoner Drugged Her and Stole
Valuable Diamonds, Desires
Freedom Shall Be) Denied.
While four women in widely scat
tered sections of the country are bend
ing every effort to affect the status
of Edmond E. C. von Klein, held here
under Indictments charging him with,
stealing Miss Ethel Newcomb's dia
monds and with living polygamously
with her, a new charge against the
prisoner has developed, making the
fifth misdeed attributed to him with,
some degree of supporting evidence.
The newest accusation is supplied by
James Anderson, a Minneapolis com
mercial traveler, who was a witness)
before the grand jury which returned
the Indictments against Von Klein last
Friday. Mr. Anderson was called
merely to testify that he knew Von
Klein in Minneapolis, and that the
prisoner was the lawful husband of a
woman in that city. Outside the grand
Jury room, however, he gave a veiled
account of a transaction said to have
occurred in Minneapolis, following the
same line as other exploits charged
against the prisoner.
Restitution Is Forced.
Knowledge of the story attributed to
Mr. Anderson Is denied at detective
headquarters and by the District At
torney's office. It is to the effect that
Von Klein, while living in Minneapolis,
became Involved with & married wo
man and gained possession of her dia
monds. Thero came an exposure, the
woman" died suddenly, and the husband
pursued her companion and forced res
titution of part of the Jewels. For this
reason the charge is not one out of
which a criminal prosecution may de
velop. Of four women who are now active
in the case, one is In Oregon, another
In Arkansas, a third in Missouri and
a fourth in Chicago. Two are doing
what they can to keep the man in Jail
and two are striving to effect his re
lease. Mrs. Morrow Leaves
Most Interesting of the four is Mrs.
Rena B. Morrow, the Chicago woman
recently acquitted of the murder of her
husband and who was Von Klein's
bondsman to the amount of $14,000 in
Chicago. She left Portland, It is be
lieved, Saturday night, after being here
a week with the purpose of effecting
his release under bond of 120,000.
While here she was forced into the
position of a witness against him and
is under bond of $1000 to appear at his
trial.
Mrs. Morrow's avowed purpose in
returning to Chicago Is to probe for
evidence against the character of Miss
Ethel Newcomb, the complaining wit
ness. Despite efforts to show hor that
Von Klein is not attached to her she
continues to be devoted to his cause,
and her return at the time of the trial
with such evidence as she can find
is deemed certain.
"Veiled Woman" Gone.
Another woman who, after appearing
here covertly several times, has gone,
Is "Mrs. Weber," "the mysterious wo
man in the white veil." who charges
that Von Klein drugged her and robbed
her of diamonds valued at $13,000 In
Kansas City, Mo., last year. She left
Portland several days ago with the pur
pose of preparing her case in Missouri
In order to be ready to procure the ex
tradition of the prisoner to that state in
the event of a slip in the trial here.
Before leaving she swore to a "fugi
tive from Justice" complaint which will
be held In abeyance until its use be
comes necessary.
"Mrs. Weber's" action was made
necessary by the sudden change of
front on the part of the third woman
in the case. Mrs. C. A. Temple, of Lit
tle Rock, who Identified Von Klein in
Chicago as Weaver B. Clark, who stole
her diamonds In Milwaukee.
Change of Front Made.
At that time she seemed determined
to prosecute him, but since his incar
ceration here he has received sums ot
money and telegrams from "Miss Ger
trude Vermont," of Little Rock, and
the police are positive that this is a
pseudonym used by Mrs. Temple.
The fact that Von Klein received $100
from "Miss Vermont" was exhibited to
Mrs. Morrow In an effort to undeceive
her as to the prisoner's attitude to
ward her, but Von Klein told her thai
he had spurned the money and sent it
back. Even when she was shown where
the sum was credited to the prisoner
on the books at the County Jail, she
refused to believe that he was "double-crossing"
her.
Miss Newcomb Has Admirer.
The fourth woman In the case, prrtty
Ethel Newcomb. who, 18 months after
being deserted and robbed at the Port
land Hotel, by "George B. Lewis," saw
Von Klein in Chicago and identified
him as the. absconder, is living quietly
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