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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 17, 1911)
TIIE SUNDAY OREGONIAX, PORTLAND. SEPTEMBER 17. 1911. SOLE AGENTS FOR W. K. COWAN & COMPANY AND BERKEY & GAY-MORE THAN 3000 PATTERNS IN FINE MAHOGANY FURNITURE Rare Values in Good Rugs We are closing out about fifty patterns of carpet-' sized rups mostly 9x12, with a few of the smaller and larger sizes. All are handsome rugs, in perfect condition. But because they are dropped patterns, 6t slow-selling sizes, or for some other reason, are undesirable stock, they are offered at reductions that make them notable bargains : 15 Seamless "Wilton Kups, size 9x12, beautifully finished worsted surface, plain, self tone and Oriental d Q Cft effect, each.. iD&tfO3 10 Iliph-prade Wilton Rusts, with scams, Oriental and self tone desipns, distinctive colorings, 00 4 patterns fine Body Brussels Rujrs, size 9x12, 00 10 large-sized Wilton Itu-s, from 10.6x12 to 15x18 230FF Comfort in Furniture There is no comfort like that afforded by a really comfortable Chair, or Davenport, the kind that is all soft springs and cushions, with no angles, no stiff ness, no hard spots. Many a man has to go to his club to find such furniture; many a woman never learns the restfulness of it. We have about seventy-five patterns in Easy Chairs, and twenty-five or thirty Davenports. It is an xmequalled showing, representing every style of design and every degree of luxury. "When special patterns or sizes are required our own shops are equipped to make upholstered pieces of the finest quality. The genuine Cowan quality Poster Beds at a saving For a limited time only the manufacturers of world-famous Cowan Cabinet Work enable us to make this exceptional offer: The Cowan Quality Colonial Four Poster Bed (pictured above), made after the faultless Cowan standards a genuine, trademarked, period piece at a most unusual price The $62.50 and $72.50 values $45.00 There is only one Cowan quality; there is no other furni ture like it. It is built on lines which time has approved and which mere fashion cannot change. The beds are of solid mahogany, every piece carefully -selected for grain and texture. Beds are 83 inches in length; Single size is 42 inches wide, and hundreds have been bought for America's best homes at the standard Cowan price, $62.50. Double size is 60y inches, and sells regularly at $72.50. The special price of $45.00 (or $37.50 f. o. b. Chicago), either size, and the number of beds to he sold is lim ited. Come and see them and place your order at once. This bed, with the full suite to match, is in our window this week New Stocks of Medium- Priced Bedroom Furniture "We now offer the largest and most artistic line of medium-priced Bedroom Furniture shown in Portland. Our floors are crowded with it. A few pieces are in our windows this week enough to give an idea of the correct and clever designs, fine finish and reasonable prices f the whole line. A look at this furniture will convince you that it is possible to combine simplicity and beauty of design, good workmanship, and low cost. It has absolutely nothing in common with the ungraceful lines, inferior finish and cheap ornament usually found, in bedroom furniture of the same price. "We offer Beds, Twin Beds, Dressers, Chiffoniers, Dressing Tables, Pier Glasses and Somnoes. The woods are selected mahogany, Circassian walnut, birdseye maple, Austrian silver -fumed and golden waxed oak, ivory, white and cream enamel. Prices range from $18.00 to $30.00 for the Dressers; $15.00 to $50.00 for the Beds; $16.50 to $30.00 for the Chif foniers; with other pieces in proportion. fmlf Hi :!';7!!'i,P. . ';;iiT! 1 i i Brass Beds If you prefer Brass Beds we are prepared to suit you. We show seventy patterns, ranging in price from $11.75 to $90.00. All are well made, and the lightest and cheapest are as well lacquered as a $50.00 Bed. .. .. .' rriu r Fifth and Stark T. G. MACK & CO " Fifth and Stark LOOTERS OF BANK DROP FROM SIGHT Suspected Bill Now Shown to Be No Part of Plunder Stolen by Robbers. TRIO ONLY ROBBED, BELIEF Further Proof That Yefgmen Hur ried to Seaport Town After IxM Inf Ifew Westminster Insti tution Is Obtained. VANCOUVER. B. O. Sept. 1C The man ho stole IJSt.OOO from the New Westminster branch of the Bank of Montreal hare vanished aa completely as though the earth had swallowed them. Their Ingenuity In "cracking" the bank vault has been equaled by their skill In disappearing. A 19 bill deposited In one of the Vancouver banka today was supposed at first to be one of those stolen, but the cmshler who made the dlscoTery was over-hasty and closer examination of the figures showed that the note was rot from the loot. The police of both cities, though aided by a host rretectWes. admit that they cava been unable to trace the robbers be yond the wails of tha plundered bank. LmI la Heavy. The gold and bllla carried away by the thieves weighed nearly 3i) pounds. The gold was American double eagles, which are full legal tender here. l-jnn study of the case. the police concluded that only three men were concerned In the bank robbery and that the ( waa divided In the clerk's room, care being taken to reject all torn bills, all anver and all mutilated gold. Kach robbe must have bad pounds of gold and a large and heavy bundle of five and ten dollar bllla It Is not reasonable to suppose that each set out to go bis separate way. loaded down with rlchea. The automobile theory Is generally accepted. After the men divided the loot they must have come to Vancouver together, planning to hide here until a way waa presented for getting out of the city. When the police arrived at the bank, moke still hung heavy over the vault and the robbers could have departed only an hour or so before. Every boat and train leaving Vancouver and New Westminster has been watched and the police feel sure that the robbers did not get away. Big Reward Offered. The Bank of Montreal today offered a reward of five thousand dollars for the capture and conviction of one or more of the robbers. They also will allow a bonus to the finder of five per cent of any money that may be re covered through any arrest made. It Is a curious coincidence that Clarke, an old pal of Bill Miner, the train robber, was released from serv ing a long term la the penitentiary at New Westminster Thursday morning. It Is not believed by the po'.lee. how ever, that he had anything to do wlta , the crime, which had evidently been arranged with great care beforehand. One hundred and fifty thousand dol lars of the paper money stolen Is In new i and 110 bills of the Bank of Montreal and the numbers of the bills are posted In every bank In Canada and on the American border. An attempt to pass any of these bills would result In arrest. Tha $20,000 In gold and the $48,000 In bills of various Canadian and United States banks are available for use by the robbers, however. The po lice sav they are not working on any clew, but every exit from Vancouver is closely guarded. It would be difficult for the robbers to ship the money away by express, mall or freight. Skill ef Trie Show a. Evidence Is accumulating to show the kill with which the job was done. The eiDloalvea. It has been found, were set off by electricity, the wires being found attached to the handle of the sale, ana, desslte the fact that five or six charges were necessary, so carefully had the work been done that the residents in the Lavery block, adjoining the bank. did not hear the slightest sound. A description of the notes stolen shows thst 160.000 was taken In 10 bllla. aa follows: No. 492.001 to No. 493 000 Inclusive, series ABC and D; also No. Btl.001 to No. 66J. 000 Inclusive. In series C: J100.000 In fa bills as follows Nos. 1S7.001 to 1SS.O00. 802.001 to 803. 004. 119.001 to gao. 000. 814.001 to 815,000, all of series A. B. C and D. In their scouring of the countryside late yesterday, the police encountered one man. living on the Douglas road, a roundabout way "to Vancouver, who thought he had heard an automobile pass at great speed In the night, but nothing further could be learned of this Incident, though the police made diligent lnaulrles all the way from New Westminster to Vancouver. It Is thought by those who have examined the safe that It was not drilled. CIVIC UPLIFT FELT DUO rXDEB SCRVEIIXAXCE Portland Police Watching Fair Who Act Suspiciously on Car. Two persons believed to be con nected with the bsnk robbery com mitted Thursday night or early Friday morning at New Westminster. B. C are under surveillance by Portland po lice. Attention to the pair was first directed to the euspects last night as they boarded a Rose City Park car at Front street. Passengers on the car noticed the suspicious actions of tha two men when they took their seats. One wss very pale and seemed to be excited. His companion demanded whether he had paid their fares, and when told that he had not paid the other's t,re. the aggreesor became vindictive, and the first man who entered the car Jumped from hla aeat and left the car from the front end. The other man followed In quick pursuit and demanded him to turn back to the downtown district. They rode but two blocks on the car. Both were about IS or SO years old. one being light complexloned and the other having red hair. They were or dinarily dressed and carried no bundles or grips. The conductor and passengers were led to believe that the strangely acting men may nave nunr in in .-.w c.i- ni.ittr bank roDDery. " soon aa uie car reached Union avenue the police were notified by telephone of the Inci dent. Timber Feller Killed. ASTORIA. Or.. Sept. 1. (Special. A . , , taraa rirttlrtd this evening that a timber-feller named Carl. employed at no mici -n CompanVs logging camp on the Klata kanle River, was killed late this after noon by a stump falling on him. The body will be brought here tomorrow morning. The tutted Ststes takes nearly ene-reurth et tae aiueie preducuoa caul. Improvement Plan Launched by Tacoma Organization. SCHOOL DIRECTOR VEXED Cse of Buildings Meeting Places for Betterment Club Is Opposed. Municipal Golf Links Included In Proposed, Scheme. TACOMA. Wash.. Sept. 1. (Special.) To make of all- tbe public school buildings in the city "civic centers," so called, la tha project launched by sev eral men and women. In Tacoma who are eager to do something for tha so cial uplift of the people. They would make of tbe school buildings, when not In use for school purposes, a place where Improvement club meetings may be held and where .may also be held any gathering of the people of the Im mediate district surrounding the school Tha promoters of the plan are the same who have outlined a scheme for public free dances in the Stadium In the Summer evenings, a munlclpally owned golf links, a municipal farm and similar projects. ' The question of granting the use of tha schools for "civic centers" was put up to the Board of Education at Its reg ular meeting this week. Lorenzo Dow, State Representative from the Fern Hill district, appearing .to present the re quest. After some discussion the Board agreed to take the subject under ad visement, although " opposition to the plan developed on the spot. "As long as I am a member of this Board I shall never vote to permit pub lic school buildings to be used for other than school, purposes," asserted George O. Williamson. Director, with some warmth. The friends of the plan say they will keep at It, despite opposition, and hope to secure the consent of a majority of the Board. Mayor Seymour was host at dinner at the Commercial Club Wednesday night to a large party. Including city and county officials, school officials, news paper men and others, and at this meet ing speakers urged that plana be launched for a municipal golf links at Spanaway. where anybody may play golf: public library branches in the school buildings; a downtown newspa per reading-room, where any person may read the leading newspapers; a paved roadway through the forest at Point Defiance Park; a park along tbe Cliff avenue bluff; a new parental school; a municipal farm, and enough other projects to make the taxpayer look askance, all along the line. . RETRIAL ORDERED IN SUIT Klamath Falls Courts . Must Hear Again Damage Action. KLAMATH FALLS, Or.. Sept. 1. (Special.) Through an opinion which has Just reached this city handed down by Supreme Judge McBride, at Salem, the famous damage suit of Harry E. Painter against the Klamath Land A. Transportation Company for injuries received, will have to again be tried in the local courts. bout two years sgo Fainter, wao was a teamster, was driving four horses through town with a wagon loaded with lumbef. He was standing on top of the load and, in making a turn across Main street, where the company was maintaining a streetcar line, was thrown from the load. His knee came In contact with one of the streetcar rails and his knee cap was Injured In such a way that he has never runy recovered the use of it. He sued the company for 850,000 damages and a Jury in the local Court awarded him 83000. The defendant company car ried It to the Supreme Court and Judge McBride orders It back for new trial. This reversal comes from the fact that the lower court allowed witnesses to testify that they would not deem It carelessness on the part of a driver under-such circumstances tq be stand ing on a load of lumber instead of slttlne-. when expert witnesses had tea titled for the-defense that it would be customary for a driver to sit on his load under similar conditions. In his opinion Judge McBride said: We think It reasonably well settled that where either negligence, recklessness or carelessness constitute the ultimate fact for the Jury to decide, that It ts not competent for an expert witness to express an opinion upon that ultimate fact, but he can only go so far as to state the usual customary method of doing an aot or state from his experience the dangers. If any, attendant upon doing it In a manner suggested by the questions put to him. Outside of this error the case seems to have been properly tried and we deem It unnecessary to aiscuss ths remnlnlnff assignments.- The Judgment of the Circuit Court is reversed snd a new trlsl ordered. Those connected with the. defendant company are. men of standing in this city, including E. R. Keames, Major Charles E. Worden and others equally as prominent. ARMENIA BARS UNFIT PAIRS HAZING STIRS BOISE Only Physically Sound Are Allowed to Be Married. CONSTANTINOPLE. Sept. 17. (Special.) Consternation reigns In Armenian circles because, under orders from the Armenian Patriarch, priests refuse to conduct marriages in Armen ian churches unless both bride and bridegroom have passed the doctor as being physically and mentally sound. The patriarch, being disturbed at tha growth of degenerates among Armani an communities, determined to weed out the unfit and put the principled of eugenics to a practical test. Enlightened opinion is wholly on his ride, but there is loud outcry among those barred by the doctors from the marriage state. Most of the priests cor dially support the -new order and be lieve it will result not merely in bet ter nablts among the present genera tion, but the emergence of the Armeni ans in the next generation as one of the strongest types of the Near East. ROAD SUPERVISOR WARNED McMlnnville Man Demands That Signs Be Posted at Crossings. McMIXXVILLE. Or, Sept, is. (Spe cial.) Ex-State Senator G. S. Wright, of this city, today served notice upon the County Court of his intention to enjoin the payment of Road Super visors salarlea unless the court would exsct from them a strict compliance with the law relating to the -erection of guide boards at road crossings. Lord's Oregon Laws of 1903, referring to county roads in section 6317, pro vides that supervisors shall not be paid unless guide boaros are erected at cross roads, and this the County Court is asked to enforce. Senator Wright has Just returned from an automobile trip in Southern Oregon, and got lost in an adjoining county- because .tUaxe were no guide boards. j High School Students Injured at Opening of Term. PARENTS DEMAND- ACTION Superintendent . Starts Investigation That May Cause Kxpulslon of Upper Classmen .Who Made "Freshles Walk Turkey." BOISE,- Idaho,' Sept-'J ie.-(Special.) Haxlng in the classes in the Boise High School is to be placed under a ban and in tha future even- the mildest form are to be dispensed with. One 13-year-old boy Is suffering nervous shock and Is in such a precarious' condition that his heart is believed to be seriously affected, and a half dozen other boys are so severely shaken up that they became 111. Physicians and-, school authorities here roundly denounce the extremes to which the upper, classmen go and charge that in trie most recent inci dent the hazing of students this week, instead of being carried on in a spirit of good-nature and fairness, the older students displayed a cowardly discrim ination against their Juniors.- The advent of so many new students at the opening of school this week called for hazing exercises that were indulged in by the respective classes. The freshles suffered the most and an gry parents are now demanding that the older students responsible be dis missed from the school. Investigation disclosed that of the freshmen who were hazed yesterday the rrajority were given rough treat ment on a blanket by being tossed in the air. Professor C. E. Rose, of the high school, expressed great Indignation over the hazing, declaring that the practice is dangerous and should be stopped at all costs before some stu dent ts dangerously injured. - "It appears, according to what I have been told by those who used to attend the Boise High School, that the pres ent forms of hazing are simply relics of the customs that prevailed in the days of the high school cadet corps," said Mr. Rose. "The school used to allow it. However, the authorities have since forbidden It and although there was hazing two and three years ago, there was none .last year that I know of. The reason that hazing has proved to be bad in a high school is tbat the boya in the freshman class got the worst of it." ington streets, last night, and secured evidence on which Fecker was arrested today, charged with selling liquor with out a prescription, and selling morphine without a proper label. .. Fecker will be arraigned tomorrow. Ruse Nets Drug Seller. VANCOUVER, Wash,, Sept. 16. ( Spe cial.) Going to a local actor, Elmer Barbeau, Deputy Sheriff, had himself made up as a drug fiend, and thus painted, acted the part in O. F. Fecker's place of business at Sixth and Wash- "POOR DOG" COSTS PRIZE Man Who Was to Have Been Award ed Rug Arrives Too Late. VANCOUVER, Wash., Sept. 16. (Special.) By stopping long enough to pet a crippled dog. A. G. Potter lost a $25 rug, which he had won in a con test and which would have been award ed to him had he presented his ticket at the right time. Potter was on his way to the store, where the contest was being settled, and when not far from there found the dog, which had been struck by an au tomobile. Potter tried to relieve its suffering, and continued his way, but when he reached the store he was in formed that he had won the prize, but not being there, the next name on the list was called. Rain Cuts Prune Crop. BEAVERTON, Or.. Sept. 15. (Spe cial.) The prune crop which early In the season was expected to be nearly a record, is almost a failure on ac count of the late rain, which cracked the prunes. The late plums have been placed on the market at 4 cents a pound. The onion crop which is being harvested is the largest ever seen here. About 30 carloads are grown at Beaver- ton and vicinity. ROWE & MARTIN DRUGGISTS Now permanently located in our Former Location i 323 Washington street near Sixth k Telephones Main 854, A 1854 We" Deliver to Any Part of the City