THE MORXIXG OREGOXIAX, TITURSDAT, SEPTE3TBER 29, 1910.
BURNS. HEBE.TALKS
OF FRAUD GASES
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SMOur merchandise is high-grade only the best-known brands extensively advertised in the magazines,
Detective Tells How Em
ployes Robbed Illinois
; Central.
Comparisons are simple for money-savers. Our business is to buy from manufacturers and merchants
needing money. We touch nothing that we cannot sell at half prevailing prices. Our rent is $150 a month.
We sell only for spot cash, and there are many other reasons why you should get acquainted with the P. C.
Company. Ready for wise buyers Today at noon.
SAYS EXPOSURE BENEFI
'Thrre I o Room In tnltI States
for Grift." Hr Stmlr Blngrr
Hermann Has Snffrrrd Enough
Punishment, He Thinks.
Ifavinc )ui completed th In vent I
a-itton of the Illinois Central "freight
ear frauds." as a result of which Ira
G. Swan committed suicide and other
well-known officials are now undergo
ing trial. Detective William J. Burns
Is now In Tortland In attendance upon
the bankers who are Journeying to Los
Angeles to attend the annual conven
tion of the American Bankers Assocla
tlon. lie Is registered at the Hotel
Portland.
Ietectlve Rurna and his theories of
deduction played a mot prominent part
In the exposure of the Oreson land
frauds, his work furnishing Francis J,
Ileney with the ammunition with which
numerous Indictments of prominent
Oregonlans were aecured from the red
eral grand Jury In 1905. Those Inves
tigations gave him the opportunity to
handle the graft investigations at Fan
Francisco, and later caused the work of
Mg corporations to be placed in hi
hands when the Illinois Central de
eded to clean house.
Harahan Sends for Him.
Burns was sent for by Fresldent J
T. Harahan. of the Illinois Central. In
April of this year and accepted the
duty of exposing ther greatest scandal
tf recent years in railroad circles.
Tresldent Harahan charged Burns to
pare no guilty man. if fraud was
found, the Illinois Central being the
firm big corporation In the United
states to recognize that the entire
rountry would be benefited by purging
Itself of all the evils which were be
lieved to exist.
President Harahan knew nothing of
the Intricate ramifications of the "car
repair grsft. but he had become sus
picious. Burns first ascertained how
the work was being done, and then
began his process of deduction and
rumination. Burns always works by
placing himself In the ahoes of the
pther fellow, and by reasoning what he
wouTd do under certain conditions he
attempts to pry off the lid of crime at
the point where a concealment may
pave been trjed.
The scheme to defraud the railroads
eras found to be moat Ingenious. It
was originated by Vice-President
Rawn, Bums says. It awn called upon
Harahan and recounted the great dif
ficulties the Illinois Central was labor
ing under In keeping rolling gtock in
shape to move freight. Ilawn said he
believed that he could contract with
repair companies to do the work at a
rreat saving to the company. Rawn J
proposed to sell the repair companies
the material for the work, allow them
& per cent for overhead charges an
Is per cent for profit. The plan looke
-rood to Mr. Harahan and he added
Ola approval.
UNUSUAL
As an opening special The P. C. Company takes 2000 of the 'finest Suits, Overcoats and Cravenettes made by
Stein-Bloch Co., Adler-Rochester, Ely Meyer & M. C. Simon, Namburg, Atterbury System, Hirsch, Wickwire & Co..
Michael Stern & Co., Hart Schaffner & Marx clothing of the very highest grades, the very latest styles, guaran
teed as to fit and quality, and sold all over the United States at from $20 to $60. Now the P. C. Company, with
out regard to cost or value, divides all these Suits and Overcoats into four lots as follows:
$20 to $30 $30 to $-40 $40 to $50 $50 to $60
Values. Values Values Values
, a - -
1
$1 A . 65
Extra Specials in Advertised Brands of Clothing-Read Carefully
Companies Quickly Organized.
"Within a night numerous repVir com
panics were organized and Rawn bega
rlvirwr them cars to repair. Gradual
til the employes of the road got Into
the scheme, from general managers
Jown to storekeepers. Those employe.
who suspected that something i
wrong were quietly discharged, or were
forced to keep silence. The storekeep'
rrs furnished the material necessary.
and forgot to charge it on their ac
counts, yoong boya destitute of expert
ence or knowledge were placed on th
desks where Important bills were
passed, and were kept busy placing
their f. K." The conspirators grew
so bold that men were stationed in
the freight yards to take the numbers
of Illinois Central cars as they rushed
by In moving trains. These were T-
ported as having been "repaired.
When the exposure came Vlce-Presl
dent Rawn committed suicide. Itawn
had been in charge of an Investigation
of the grafts and submitted a report
that there was no dishonesty among
officials of the road or Its employes.
Yesterday Detective Burns refused to
discuss the ease, except to say that he
believed that the net result would be
for the betterment of the whole coun
try.
There is no room In the United
States for graft. said Mr. Burns.
-Grafters will be rooted out In the long
run. Just as surely as the murderer
will be exposed. Financial men and
men of large affairs realize that the
big corporations must be kept clean to
retain the confidence of the public.
believe that the sugar trust scandals.
the railroad graft scandals and all
those things make for better govern
ment.
Switching the conservation to Port
land affairs. Mr. Burns expressed his
astonishment at the remarkable growth
of this city since he was here three
years ago.
Oregon Well AdvertlM-tf.
"I am particularly surprised to see
Ihe manner In which Portland and Ore
gon have forged to the front." contin
ued the detective, "because Oregon Is
the most talked-of state In the Union
Kverywhere you hear talk of the pro
presslve spirit displayed by the people
out here. Such a condition Is bound to
help the forward movement of the
state and city."
Peyond saying that he believed that
Blnger Hermann had been sufficiently
punished through the action of the trial
Jury which stood II for his conviction
and one for acquittal. Mr. Burns would
not talk about the land fraud trials.
Mr. Burns expressed the greatest sym
pathy for the former Commissioner of
the lieneral Unl Office, whose life Is
slowly ebbing away at Koseburg. and
who has not appeared In Portland
since the conclusion of his trial.
Mr. Burns has placed the work of
the American Bankers" Association for
Portland In the hands of O. II. Kulper.
as superintendent. .
While In the city Mr. Burns was ac
companied by W. H. Morsn. assistant
chief of the United States Secret Serv
ice. Mr. Moran has been at Tacoma
and Ppokane, where he appeared be
fore the t'nited States grand Juries in
matters which the Government has un
der Investigation.
"Foley Kidaey Pills Have fared Me."
The above is a quotation from a let
ter written hy H. M. Winkler. Kvans
vllle. Ind. 1 contracted a severe case
of kldnev trouble. Mr hark gave out
and pained me. I seemed to have lost
all strength and ambition; wae both
ered with dlsxv snells. mv head woul.l
swim and species float before mv eyes.
I took Foley Kleiner Pills regularly and
am now pri-iiv w-u ana rei iiRe
Be
cured
m now perfctly wll and f-el l K a
sw man. Foley Kidney Pilla have I
ixed me." Sold by aU drugjlsta. I
Stein-Bloch Co's $30 Over
coats $7.75
Everyone knows "Stein-Bloch Co." Selfridgc of London, Eng
land, choose this celebrated clothing for its new store in prefer
ence to all otners. M&ny of these overcoats are silk lined. $30
values. Some "Adler-Rochester" coats in this lot. The P. C.
Company's price is $7.75.
Stein-Bloch Co's Tuxedos
$12.50
Pure silk-lined Tuxedo Coats and Vests, made by
"Stein-Bloch Co." These are out of $60 suits, only
about 20 in this lot. To those who come early the P. C.
Company's price is 912.50.
Adler-Rochester $50 Walk
ing Suits $14.65
English walking suits in the latest models, all imported
materials, lined and made in the superb "Adler-Roches
ter stvle. Ihese suits were manufactured to sell and
are selling elsewhere for $50. The P. C. Company's
price is $14.65. t
Stein-Bloch Co's $60 Full
Dress $ 1 2.50
.There are no better or higher prieedfull dress suits
made than the silk-lined "Stein-Bloch Co." model.
These coats and vests are of the best English materials.
At the P. C. Company, while they last, $12.50.
$40 Prince Albert Coat and
Vest $12.50
-Stein-Bloch Co." and "Adler-Rochester" makes. The
.very finest unfinished worsteds and other materials.
Silk linings. Only 18 in ths lot. A full $40 value. At
the P. C." Company, entrance 306 Washington, $12.50.
$20 to $30 Suits for.
$7.75
In the $7.73 range we place high-grade suits of all
makes where there are not a great many of one pattern.
Single and double breasted in great profusion; materials
and designs to suit all; about 400 suits in all. At the
P. C. Company, $7.75.
Stein-Bloch Co's $SO to $60
Overcoats $ 1 S.50
Long Overcoats, man'- silk-lined, and Cravenettes, "the
finest products of "Adler-Rochester" and "Stein-Bloch
Co." $50 to $60 values every one of them. This lot will
go rapidly. At the P. C. Company, 2d floor, 5th and
Washington, $18.50.
Stein-Bloch Co's $60 Pale
tots $1S.50
$50 and $60 silk-lined Paletots, form-fitting Overcoats,
fashion's latest decree, made bythe Stein-Bloch Co., of
Rochester, New York. It's our opinion that this is the
;biggest value on our floor. At the P. C. Company,
$18.50.
High-Grade Trousers at
$1.95 and $2.95
Dress Trousers worth up to $8, all celebrated makes,
swell patterns. The Special Trouser Prices apply this
rweek only. Trousers at the P. C. Company, $2.95 and
;$1.9o.
Men's Furnishings, Working Clothes, Waiters' Jackets, at Half and Less
Pants 59c
Cassimere and Worsteds, Work
PanU. Khaki, Covert and Blue
Jeans; also ean't-bust-'em over
alls; regular $1.25 to $2.00 value?.
Yours for 59
Umbrellas 39c to 95c
Men's and ladies' umbrellas, in
nil styles, all at far less than half.
These will tro with a rush at 93.
69 and 39.
SPECIAL
$0.00 Bartenders' Blue Flannel
Coats S2.79
Waiters' 7. Black Coats 29
Waiters' and Barbers' White
Coats, $1.00 to $1.75 values 59
V2, 23, 34 Saved
$2 to $3 sample night shirts
- 89
$1.75 Flannelette night shirts
- 79?
Pajamas, $2.50 to $3 values
$1.29
$1.25 Sweater Coats 59
$3 and $3.50 finest Sweater
Coats $1.23
Sweater Coats, imported, al
ways $5.00 $1.95
Many odds and ends in small
lots not advertised are even
greater bargains than the ad
vertised items.
Read Every Item
Fancy vests, mostly small
sizes:
$2 to $3 values 9
10c arm bands 2?
75c work gloves 29
Driving and work gloves,
values up to $1.25 45p
50c Silk Neckwear. . .11
75c to $1 Neckwear. .29
49c for $1.50
Shirts
Cluett, Ide, Silver, Gold,
Standard, Paragon, Elk,
Sunset and other adver
tised $1.50 shirts, all the
styles.
49e
Out-of-Town Mail Orders Filled
Famous Shirt Bargains
75c and $1.00 Golf Shirts 29
$1.00 and 75c Negligee Shirts 38d
$2.00 Silk Front Shirts 65
Celebrated $2.00 Gold Shirts 69?
$1.50 Crepe Negligee Shirts, 53
Bovs' Pongee, $2.00 kind 75
$2.00 French Flannel Shirts. 59
$3.00 Black Silk Shirts. . .1.25
$3.00 and $2.50 Silk Negligee
. Shirts $1.19
$3.00 Pongee Shirts $51.19
$3.00 Mercerized Shirts, dandv
values $1.19
Wool, Cashmere, Imported French
Flannel and other aristocrats
of the shirt family, values to
$4.00 $1.49
Underwear
Good Balbriggan 75c Un
derwear 29
75c Scrivens Drawers 38 ,
$1 Fleece lined under
wear 45
$1.75 Plush underwear
79"
$2 Jersey .Wool Ribbed
. 89
$2 Spring Needle Under- "
wear, in blue and
camelshair 79 f,
$2.50 California Flannel ,
Underwear . . $1 .19 '..
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