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THE MOHXIXG 0REGOMAX, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 6, 1913. ROBBERS HANDCUFF CLERKS IN MAIL GAR Daring Holdup Perpetrated by Two and Shot Fired When Victim Looks Around. DETECTIVES ARE ON TRAIL Louisville & Nashville Boarded AVhile In Motion by Men "Who Add Sew Features to Crime Perpetrated at leisure. BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Aug. 5. The mailcar en the fast Louisville & Xash vllle passenger train No. 4, north bound from New Orleans, was boarded and robbed early tonight by two white men. who hfld up the mail clerks. All the registered mail was taken, but no estimate could be made tonight of the amount obtained. The train reached Birmingham on time at 8:37 o'clock and two of the mail clerks, George Hoover and E. G. York, were found handcuffed together In such a way that the irons had to be filed from their wrists. The thumbs of Chief Clerk Henry Everett were se c-uiely bound together with heavy twine. Shot I'Irrd When Clerfc Looks. The robbers boarded the mail car at Calera. on the side opposite the sta tion, as the train began to move. The clerks said tliey were covered with re volvers and ordered to turn their faces to the wail. Everett looked around once and was fired on, the bullet Just missing his head. The robbers jumped from the train at Fourteenth street in Birmingham. Chief Clerk Everett said he had no Idea of the value of the registered mail, but declared that the robbers took It all. Both were short, slender men, he aid, but he did not get a good look at their faces as they were forced to keep their own faces turned to the wall. "Work Done Thoroughly. The clerks first saw the robbers as they came aboard oil their hands and knees. One robber kept his pistol leveled at the men, while the other ransacked the mail. The distance from Calero and Birmingham is 33 miles, so that they had plenty of time to make a thorough Job. No one except the mail clerks on the train, apparently, knew the robbers were aboard. ' When the engineer stopped for the Southern crossing at Fourteenth street, Birmingham, he chanced to look back and saw the two men jump from the mail car door. This aroused his sus picions and an investigation revealed the handcuffed clerks. Detectives Begin Search. A quick run then was made to the Louisville & Nashville station, where the alarm was given. Every police station was notified and detectives started out in search of the robbers. E. G. York, one of the clerks in the car tonight, was also In the Louis ville & Nashville mall car, which was robbad near Boyles about a year ago. 16 months and that sometimes as many as 60 new girls are put to work in one month. He said, in answer to Chair man O'Hara's inquiry, that the proba ble reason for the short term of serv ice is that Oregon is a new country, in which the people frequently change their residence. Dissatisfaction Is Predicted. "This ruling probably means." said Mr. Shea, "that we can't employ any girls under 18, because they cannot work after 6 o'clock." He said that there would be dissat isfaction among the employes if those older in point of service were given night work, while the beginners were given the day shifts. Mrs. Millie R. Trumbull, of the State Child Labor Commission, asked if, in case no girls under 18 were employed, this difficulty would arise. "No," was the answer, "only we will not' get so many applicants for posi tions." Mr. Olds said that the department stores do not have the same experience as the telephone companies in keping employes for only a short time. The change in the recommendation of the Commission for an eight-hour day, was made on motion of Amedee M. Smith, who, with Miss Bertha Moores and Rev. Father O'Hara, com pose the Commission. FARLEY iS NEAR DEATH STRIKEBREAKER REPORTED DYING IX XEW YORK HOTEL.. ARMED DEPUTIES TO GUARD MINES Calumet Sheriff to Send 600 Assistants to Prevent Demonstrations. UNION MEN PROTEST HOTLY Attendants Refuse to Tell Xature of Malady Patient Known From Coast to Coast. NEW YORK. Aug. 5. James Farley, for many years widely, known as a professional strikebreaker, was report- WORK IN BAYS AUTHORIZED Tillamook and Nehalem Projects to Be Commenced Soon. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington, D. C, Aug. 6. Instructions were telegraphed Major Cavanaugh. to day to make preparations for com mencing the work of Improvement of Tillamook and Nehalem Bays, for which conditional appropriations ag gregating $400,000 have been made by Congress. The conditions incident to the ap propriations required that one-half of the amount required for the projects be subscribed by local' interests and placed at the disposal of the War De partment prior to commencement of work. Today the War Department was notified by the Secretary of the Treas ury that, the financial requirements were complied with, the actual de posit of the local fund being at the disposal of the department in a Cleve land banking house. A further bid will be required for maintenance of the improvement. SHIP MANNED BY JAPANESE Captain and Entire Crew of Pacific Liner Are Orientals. SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 5. When the Toyo Klsen Kaisha liner Hongkong Maru arrived here today from Yoko hama, it marked the first time in the annals .of trans-Pacific shipping that an Oriental passenger steamer came into this port manned by a crew made up wholly of native Japanese. The Hongkong Maru Is commanded by Cap tain S. Togo, ex-chlef officer on the Chinyo Maru. who saw service in the Japanese-Russian war as commander of a transport. The company announced some time ago that its American and English of ficers would be replaced by native-born Japanese. WAGES FOR GIRLS FIXED (Continued From t-irst Page.) perintendent of the Western Union Telegraph Company, said that the rec ommendations of the commission were agreeable, inasmuch as the company's v.rsc.,L coniormance with them. He Baid that there are 49 girls working in the company's Port land office, and but one of them an apprentice, is under 18. Telephone Service Affected. That the enforcement of the commis slon's ruling will amount to a revolu tion in the organization of the working force of the Pacific Telephone & Tel egraph Company - was the statement made by F. H. Shea, representing the company, when asked by Chairman O'Hara to tell- what- effect the ruling would have on his business. At first Mr. Shea said that he had nothing to say, except that the tele phone company would comply with the ruling, but. urged by Chairman O'Hara, said that the one disadvantage to en forcing the ruling In the telephone business, as compared to other lines. Is that it is necessary to work not only days, but nights and Sundays. "A majority, perhaps, of our em ployes are under 18." he said, but a little later amended, this estimate by Fayinjr that probably about one-third are undr that age. "Could you put the beginners on day nork?" asked Chairman O'Hara. "I suppose we can." said Mr. Shea, "but the service will suffer as a re sult." lie explained that the average term of service of a telephone operator is mmmmmmm James Farley Strikebreaker, Vbo Is Reported Dying. ed to be dying at a hotel here today. His attendants would not state the nature of his illness. Karley retired from his calling Jn 1905. He is credited with having? brok en streetcar strikes in San Francisco, Pittsburg and in tjils city and is said to have employed more than 40,000 men in his work at various times. "Hired Thugs" Is Term Applied. Work Being Resumed Slowly. 1 "Mother" Jones Arrives at Scene and Prepares to Talk. CALUMET, Mich-, Aug. 5. Sheriff James Cruze was authorized by the supervisors of Houghton County today to hire and arm as many deputies as he desires to handle the copper miners strike situation. In consequence the Sheriff announced that he would recruit tomorrow an army of 600 assistants, and he intimated that If local men would not accept commissions, outsiders would be sworn in. Mine owners and union leaders took opposite views of the developments. the former indorsing the action of the board while the latter denounced it inv unmeasured terms. The name "hired thugs' was applied "to such deputies by Western Federa tion of Miners' officials. Board Session Secret. . The board session was informal and executive, and the meeting was de clared to be more in the nature of a conference than a regular session of the governing body of the county. It was said that all except one of the -1 supervisors was present and that 1 agreed that it would be proper to give the Sheriff assurance that he might use his own judgment. Several board inem bers are managers or superintendents of mines. Further steps are being taken to ward perfecting organizations of miners and those who wish to return to the Calumet & Hecla workings. A com mittee appointed yesterday conferred with James MacNaughton, general man ager of the company, and learned that the company would put them back to work when ready for underground operations, but that no material change could be made in conditions until after the men had proved themselves actual employes of the company. "Mother' Jones on Scene. Union circles rejoiced over the ar rival of "Mother" Jones and the word from Washington that Walter B. Pal mer had been detailed by the Depart ment of Labor to Investigate indus trial conditions in the copper country. Mrs. Jones spent the daV familiarizing herself with the situation in preparing for a speech at a mass meeting in the Larium rink tomorrow. Labor leaders believe Mr. Palmer's investigation may lead to the solving of the problems involved In the strike Denver reports that the Western Federation of Miners had sanctioned the strike were denied emphatically. It was pointed out that a majority of the executive board of the union was Calumet when the movement started, HUERTA REITERATES STAND (Continued From First PaRe.i tinued, Mr. Lind might come to Mexico, but if he attempted to interfere with the policies of the country, he must be ignored. Regarding the possibility or the se lection of a provisional President ac ceptable to all factions, one official said today that this was practically an impossibility; that such a man would have to be totaly unknown and such a. person would not have the power to control the situation. The character of the conversation among all classes concerning the situa tion does not differ greatly from that In official circles and unless there is a radical change in sentiment it is not Impossible that the reception accorded Mr. Lind here would be exciting. Al ready there Is talk of public demon strations of disapproval at his coming. It is assumed the government will take all steps to look after the per sonal safety of President Wilson's rep resentative and Americans generally in the event of demonstrations. REPUBLICANS CPHOLD W1LSOX Representative Mann Says Mexican Issue Is Out of Politics. WASHINGTON, Aug. 5. That the Re publicans will support President Wil son in his Mexican policy so long as a non-partisan attitude is maintained was the assurance conveyed to the President today by P.epublican leader Mann. It has been agreed by the lead ers of both parties at both ends of the Capitol. Agreements have been made formally to keep the Mexican question out of politics. No announcement of policy or further steps will be taken by President Wilson until ex-Governor Lind, of Minnesota, personal representative of the Presi dent, arrives in Mexico City and fa miliarizes himself with conditions there. This was made clear at the White House today. Lind carries instruc tions to talk informally with prominent Mexicans. Administration officials in dicated that no steps toward a media tion policy would be attempted until after Lind had sounded out sentiment in' Mexico and determined whether the assistance of the United States in ad justing the dispute would be received. AMBASSADOR ILL, SAYS SOX John V. 'Wilson Says II. L. Wilson Suffers From Overwork. CRAW FORDS VILLE. Ind., Aug. B. Henry Lane Wilson, who resigned yes terday as United States Ambassador to Mexico, is suffering from overwork and a nervous disorder, according to his son, John V. Wilson, who, with his wife. Is spending the Summer here. He said his father's condition was causing his mother much concern. "Father was compelled to do much of his work from a sick bed." the son said today. "Mother and I urged him to resign a year ago, but he declined. We are glad that his resignation has been accepted. Henry Lane Wilson probably will re tire from active life and make his home in Indianapolis, according to his son $150,00 0 Deed of Trust Filed. WALLA WALLA. Wash., Aug. 5 (Special.) A deed of trust for JloO.000 was filed today by the W. P. Reser Company in favor of the Union Trust & Savings Company of Spokane. The money is to be used to improve the holdings of the company in VValla Walla County. WOMEN COPS' SWORN IN CHIEF TELLS AIDES NOT TO USE TOO MUCH FORCE. 'Don't Be Too Stern," and "Don't Be Nosey" Otlier Bits of Advice Given to Beginners. CHICAGO, Aug. 5. Eight of Chi cago's ten new police women were sworn in today. . The others failed to appear and sent no word to Chief McWeeny. The finest of Chicago's "finest were instructed in their new duties by the chief and his first deputy. Mrs. Ger trude Howe Britton, of the Juvenile Protective Association, also addressed the police women. She said that Chi cago's young boys and girls were par ticularly the object of their care and watchfulness. ' Chief McWeeny delivered a long list of "don'ts" to be observed by the new minions of the law. Some of them .were: "Don't stretch the truth. "Don't be too stern; have compassion. "Present all cases fairly and squarely. "Don't be nosey. "Don't complain about long hours. "Don't use t much .force in making arrests. "Don't talk more than necessary; let your commanding officers do most of the talking." TRAIL FOLLOWED BY DOG Rejected Suitor Formally Charged With Double Murder. KIRKSVILLE. Mo.. Aug. "6. Henry Thorington, rejected suitor of Mrs. Ivy Chevalier, will be charged formally to morrow with murdering her and her 12-year-old daughter, Ella, early Mon day morning, it was announced by Prosecuting Attorney Weatherby here tonight. His statement was made after two bloodhounds twice had followed a trail from the Chevalier home to Thoring ton's lodging place after the scent had been given them from a. club with which the woman and her daughter were murdered. Thorington is on the verge of a col lapse tonight in the jail at Macon, Mo., where he was rushed in an automobile by Sheriff Wills before the result of the dogs' work became known. Thorington is 45 years old and. a section laborer. At the inquest over the two bodies neighbors testified he was the fiance of Mrs. Chevalier, but the engagement was recently broken off. Thorington himself testified he went to Mrs. Chevalier's home Sunday night and, finding it closed, went to a prayer meeting sne was attending. Seven Thousand Women Strike. NEW YORK, Aug. 5. Seven thou sand women employed in East Side knitting mills struck today, demanding shorter hours, higher pay and more sanitary working conditions. It Is es timated that more women are Involved in the strike than in any other labor disturbances in- New York since the great shirtwaist strike of 1909. Sev eral thousand men went out In sym pathy with the women workers. Samuel W. Williams Dead. VINCEN'NES, Ind., Aug. 5. Samuel W. Williams, candidate for Vice-President of the United States on the Popu list ticket in 1908. died here today, fol lowing an operation for appendicitis Mr. Williams was 62 years old. More Fall Suits Now on First View For Your Inspection cj" Merchandise of cy Merit OnUT D'Orsay Perfumes and Powders . at This Store Only 50 Different Patterns of Pleated Dress Ruffling Clearaway 50c Regular Price 75c to 95c Dainty, fluffy, pleated dress ruf fling still holds its own in the realm of fashion, as is shown by an im mense shipment that has just come to us. In net, lace, and lace and net combinations, in cream, white, ecru and in several widths, and 50 dif ferent patterns. Nothing adds more to the suit or gown than collar, sleeve finish ing or garniture of this delicate pleat ing. First Floor Wardrobe Trunks New 1913 Model Regular $30. 00 Clearaway $21.95 NEW VEILS Over 500 on Sale And Scarcely Two Alike Clearaway 48c Many Selling to $2. 00 C hitf o n automobile veils, Shetland and lace drapes, in black, white or colors and in an immense variety of styles, in small and large novelty meshes. In solid colors and in two-tone combinations. An immense va riety a sample line secured from one of the largest import ers. First Floor The ''Handy" Guimpe Clearaway 50c They have just arrived and are being taken from their boxes these useful guimpes, in cream and white net of the finest tex ture. They are made wholly of the net, or with lawn waist. Fitted -and . boned collars and elastic waist lines. Splendidly made and finished. On sale Wed nesday, Center Bargain Circle, "lrst Floor. The Tennis Championship Comes to America The Championship Sale Is Won by This Store Manhattan Shirts At Clearaway Prices Another busy day marked the fourth day's selling. Other stores, after feeble efforts, have withdrawn from the field, leaving us masters of the sit uation. Thousands of Manhat tan Shirts, in plain and pleat ed styles, with stiff and soft turned-over cuffs, in styles fori every occasion, are offered at the following deepest reductions: $1.50 Manhattan Shirts $1.15. $2.00 Manhattan Shirts $1.38 $3.50 Manhattan- Shirts $2.65 $4.00 Manhattan Shirts $2.85 $5.00 Manhattan Shirts , $3.55 First Floor Washington-street Entrance. 50c Lox-It-On Athletic Underwear CLEAR A WA Y 35c THREE GARMENTS $1.00 Lox-It-On Athletic Underwear is the cleverest of its kind. There is a little tab that holds the shirt and drawer, practically making a union, suit of the two garments. Made of fine checked or striped nainsook, also soisette in white Or blue. First Floor. Waafctncton-st. Entrance. 51 Clearance Lingerie Waists, $1.28, $1.73, $2.38 Styles Now in Greatest Vogue In 20 Different Models Not one style but a large assortment of blouses are contained in this offering blouses of softest mull, voile, batiste and Persian lawn, made in a vast variety of the most' pleasing and fashionable models of the season. The trimmings, too, are as varied as they are desirable dainty Valenciennes and cluny laces, in yokes, insets and panels swiss embroidery, combined with handsome tucking in different widths. Some with yokes of spray-embroidered materials, or entire lace yokes. Third Floor. In the Linen Store-A Clearaway Sale Lowest in the City Prices $2.00 Fringed Bedspreads, Clearaway $1.69 Crocheted weave, in prominent scroll and neat patterns, fringed on four sides and corners cut to fit metal beds. They are extra firmly made and full bleached. Satin Finish Bedspreads, Clearaway $1.50 Full size hemmed bed spreads in what is known as "satin" weave. They are of medium weight, splendid patterns in Marseilles designs and in pure white. 80c Bed Sheets, Clearaway 70c Each The only linen-finished cotton sheets manufactured. Made of heavy round thread cotton that cannot be impaired by the roughest of laundering. Well made, retaining their shape after washing. Size 2 54x2 yards. Hemstitched -Embroidered Pillow Cases 25c Of good quality cotton, with hemstitched and elaborately embroi dered tops. Size 45x36 inches. 25c Longcloth, Clearaway 19c Yard Chamois finish, free from starch and other dressing, especially adapted for fine underwear, 36 inches wide. $1.50 Longcloth, Clearaway $1.09 Piece 12 yards to the piec, 36 inches wide. Soft finish, fine quality cotton. Sold only by the piece at this price. Basement By a Very Fortunate Circumstance We Offer the Following Finest Suitcases Wednesday, $10.95 Selling Regularly at $14.00 to $16.00 Our New York representative happened into a bag and suit case manufactory, just at stock-taking time, and secured 73 suitcases at such advantageous prices that we are able to offer for a few days suitcases made of Genuine cowhide, on metal frames hand stitched, reinforced metal cor ners, English locks and shirt folds. Basement. POETESS ON TRIAL Priest's Murder Said to Have Been to Gain Notoriety, CRIME IS LOUDLY DENIED Madame Cres-py Shrieks Out Tliat Clergyman Killed Self Jude Insists She AYanted to Be Heroine ' of Love Murder. AG EN LOT ET GARONNE, France. Aug. 5. A minor poet. Madame Alice Crespy, charged with murdering a priest, Abbe Chassaing, on January 19, appeared before the Assize court today and related her version of the cler gyman's death. At moments the scene enacted before the judge was dramatic. Madame Crespy is a. little woman, neither pretty nor plain. As she told her story her voice at times sank to an almost inaudible pitch and at others rose to a shriek as she Insisted that the young priest committed sui cide. Her story remained ' unshaken un der the searching interrogatory of the presiding judge, who declared that she had murdered the man in order to obtain notoriety. i "In the accusation brought against you. you are alleged to have said to your dressmaker that your books were not selling well and that if you were the heroine of a love murder, for which the accused persons always are acquitted, it would be otherwise," said the judge. Madame Crespy denied this allega tion with the greatest indignation. The presiding judge then remarked, sternly: "You had no great literary notoriety, but-ou have acquired a much greater notoriety by your crime. You have thus attained your object." Medical and other evidence was brought forward to show that the priest had not committed suicide. WILSON MEETS FARMERS Agents of Agricultural Department Hold Conference With Houston. WASHINGTON. Aug. 5 Farm dem onstration agents of the Department of Agriculture, gathered here from all over the country for. conferences with Secretary Houston, were taken to the White House by the Secretary today to Call on President Wilson. The Presi dent told Ills callers he was greatly in terested in their work. "It is a matter of-some chagrin," he said, "that our farmers, in some parts of the country at any rate, have not been producing as much per- acre as the farmers on the old, and so-called, worn out soils of the older continents and it - is a. matter of pride with me that we should now be overtaking their leader in that respect and vindicating the intelligence and enterprise of the American farmers all over the country." Indian Land Appraisers Named. WASHINGTON. Aug. 5. Commis sioner of Indian' Affairs Solle an nounced today the appointment of the board which will place a value on ap proximately 450.000 acres of land in Southeastern Oklahoma. Most of the lands bear coal, but the board will not appraise that, confining its valuation. to the surface land. The personnel of the new board follows: H. H. Kidwell of Port Gibson, chairman: Royal J. Allen, of Duncan, and R. L. Kldd. ot Poteau, all of Oklahoma. The work of the board must be completed by De cember 1. Salmon May Not Enter River. ASTORIA, Or., Aug. 5. (Special.) As the direct result of cloudbursts in the interior recently, the water in the river Is more muddy at the present time than since the commencement of the big freshet. This condition pre vails as far down as Cathlamet and will reach the lower harbor within a day or so. What effect it will have on fishing remains to be seen, but the alkali in the water probably will keep the salmon from entering the river in large numbers for a few days at least. NEW RATES CRITICISED PARCEL POST REDUCTION AT TACKED IN HOUSE. Kindel Says Extension AVas Worked Out by Men Who Couldn't Run Grocery for Him. WASHINGTON. Aug. 5. Postmaster- General Burleson's plan for the exten sion of parcel post and the lowering of rates came in for severe criticism in the House today from Representative Kindel, of Colorado, one of two mem bers called in by Mr. Burleson as con sultants in his revision plan. Mr. Kindel declared the entire plan of extension of the parcel post had been worked out by a commission of four J2500 clerks, none of whom "could run a corner grocery for me." The new rates in the first and second zones are much too low, Mr. Kindel contended, in comparison with the rates for the other zones. He criticised particularly the fact that packages can be reshipped four times under the short-zone rates at a total cost much less, than the long-distance charges. The through rate on 100 pounds from Chattanooga to Washington, he said, would be J1.22, while if the packages were reshipped four times the rata would amount to only 96 cents. Boy Drowned In 8-Gallon Jar. PARIS. 111., Aug. 5. Falling into an eight-gallon Jar of vinegar, Lester. 2-year-old son of George David, a farmer, was drowned today before his mother could rescue him. The child fell in head foremost, only 4 the feet being in view when drowned. liW FOR WEDNESDAY BARGAIN D AY WE WILL PLACE ON SALE One-Piece Dresses as Follows: SO 26 Messaline and Charmeuse Dresses in plain navy, tan, gray and king's blue; also black and white-, navy ana white stripes. 19 Serge Dresses in navy, tan, king's blue and cream. . 15 Dresses of Ratine, Linen and Fancy Combina tion Dresses, plain and stripe. In this lot there are dresses ranging in price from $14.50 to $19.50. In order to sell the 60 dresses in one day and make our Wednesday bargain day the "East Side Shopping Day," your Q EfI choice, any dress in the lot, at 0j3vJ No More Than Two Dresses to One Customer. WE MEAN TO BE U ' COAT & SUIT VALUE SHOP 388 and 390 E. MOBISON ST., Near Grand Ave. THE