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TIIE MORNING OREGONTAX. -WEDNESDAY, MAY 12, 1913 1.T ALLEGED ROBBERS FACE LONG TERMS HEAD OF UNITED STATES STEEL CORPORATION AND SI EMBERS OF HIS PARTY WHO ARE VISITING IN PORTLAND. Take Down-Town Luncheon in Our Tea Room on 4th Floor Manicuring and Hair Dressing Parlors on the 2nd Floor Olds9Worttnan & King Reliable Merchandise Reliable Methods Bruce Granville and C. P. Mack Accused of Thefts at Postal Station A. Pacific Phone Marshall 4800 Home Phone A 6231 Double v&?K 'Stamps Todai$ MONEY ORDERS BETRAY if Attempt to Cash $100 Paper at Detroit Hotel Jieported and Chase Starts; Confession of One Is-Announced. Twenty-five years in a Federal pen itentiary for J29.69 In cash. 5S7.94 In postage stamps and a few blank money orders, through which they were traced this Is the minimum sentence that confronts Bruce Granville and Carl P. Mack, who, postoffice Inspectors say, are the marked men who, on the night of February 12, robbed postoffice sta tion "A," In Portland, after holding- up A. G. Ott, the superintendent, at the point of a gun. United States Attorney Reames said yesterday that, under the law, 25 years is the minimum sentence that can be Imposed on men convicted of robbing a pOHtotfice while armed. The postal authorities say there is the clearest evidence against Gran ville, who was arrested in Seattle Fri day, and Mack, whose arrest at Port Huron, Mich., several days ago fol lowed a sensational escape from the Hotel Pontchartraln in Detroit, where he Is said to have attempted to cash one of the stolen money orders for 1100. Lint Reveals .Order Stolen. Mack, under the alias of J. C. Clark, registered, with his wife, whom the authorities are convinced was Ignorant of his character, received a special de livery letter containing a money order for 1100, and sent it by a bellboy to the hotel clerk to be cashed. The clerk looked at a list of stolen money orders and found this to be one listed as stolen from station A. He called the house detective, who called on Mack. The latter suddenly dashed from the hotel, closely pursued by officers. A few blocks up the street he jumped Into an auto and, pointing a revolver at the chauffeur, forced him to drive like mad to the suburbs . There Mack com pelled him to get out, and drove off in the auto, which he abandoned later. He was arrested next morning as be was getting off a train at Port Huron. In the meantime postal authorities found six special delivery letters, each containing one of the stolen money orders made out for $100 at as many other Detroit hotels. Granville, who was half owner of a Seattle barber shop, was arrested Sat urday while he was shaving a customer. Alleged Confession Reported. Two others are held as accomplices In the robbery. One of them J. C. Ionville Is in the Oregon Peniten tiary serving time for obtaining money under false pretenses. The other Ma rian Douville, a manicurist who was associated with Granville In Seattle is held at Port Huron. The Inspectors say the robbery was planned in Seattle and that Granville ' and Mack were the two who committed the robbery. Donvlllo has already made a statement, they say, admitting not only his own part in the affair, but detailing the part taken by the otherB. According to this statement, sub stantiated by evidence gathered by the postoffice inspectors, Granville and Mack, following the robbery, ook an apartment at the Orlando apartments. In Portland, where they remained for practically a month with Donvllle and Marie Douville until they thought it safe to depart. Other Laid to Two. There is also evidence to show, offi cials say, that Granville and Mack are the duo who robbed a bank at Marcus. Wash., last Fall, placing the bank president into a vault and escaping with 14000. They also are believed to be the two men who got jewelry and cash in a robbery at Salt Lake City amounting to $2S00, the two Jobs net ting them $6800. After leaving Portland the course of Mack and Granville has been traced to Kalt Lake City, where they are alleged to have cashed seven money orders for JlOO: thence to Spokane, where Miss Douville joined them; then to Butte and St. Paul, where they also are said to have cashed money orders. Both were men of good appearance, and on the train from Spokane to Butte they met E. H. Holt, of the Holt piano player house, of Portland. Mr. Holt gave them his card. At St. Paul one of them represented himself as Mr. Holt and cashed a $100 money order. From there they went to Chicago and later Mack went to Detroit. Their arrests and that of their al leged accomplices is due to the untir ing work of Postoffice Inspector Morse, of Portland: C. M. Perkins, of Seattle, and Chief Inspector Klddlford, who Is in Portland in connection with the case- EPW0RTH LEAGUE TO MEET Portland District Convention to Be gin lday Morning. ForUand District of the Epworth League will hold its -6th annual con vention May 14. 15 and 18 in the First Methodist Church. Twelfth and Taylor rtreets. The convention will open Fri day night with an address by Dean Wells. Reports, an offering, a banner contest and other features will mark the first session. Devotional service Saturday morning will be followed by . round-table discussion, a Bible study, led by Rev. Louis Thomas; a talk on mission work, by Mrs. N. L. Zimmer man; an address on "Social Service," by W. H. Warren, secretary to Mayor Albee, and department work, conducted by R. E- Randall. I Rally . meetings and addresses will continue through Saturday afternoon and night, and Sunday afternoon -and night the programme will be as fol lows: Administration of sacrament by Bish op R. J. Cooke, assisted by pastors, at 4 o'clock: league devotional service In charge of First Church Chapter, at 6:45 o'clock; installation of officers. Dr. J. W. McDougall. at 7:45 o'clock, and sermon. Dr. T. W. Lane, pastor Cen tenary Church, at 8 o'clock. The officers of the Epworth League re: President. John-W. Peters, of Wood lawn Chapter: first vice-president, C. C. Callahan, of First Church Chapter; sec ond vice-president. Miss Lena Wheeler., of Centenary Chapter; third vice-president, Miss Anna Worrell, of Sunnyslde Chapter; fourth vice-president, Richard E. Randall, of Centenary Chapter; cor responding secretary, C. E. Chilson, of Patton Chapter; recording -secretary, Ralph Speelmon, of Epworth Chapter; treasurer, W. C. Little, of St. Johns Chapter; Junior League superintendent, Ida M. Matson. of Montavilla, and dis trict superintendent, Dr. J. W. Mc Dougall, 3-i tll.un avenue. I V" J "i. mi I .1 .7 . 4 I " "- l"itt, .. 1 I i fri 'f V: iff - -J J t 1 t - i v -fey . I I I " r " v " ' " ' j With All Cash Pur- T 0 Under price chases Made in the M3iSCtIlGlll Store Ipper Mr. Farrell DescendlnK Steps o t Car at Xorta Bank Station; Mrs. Farrell and Miss Kathrrlne Farrell Bear Platform. Lower (Lett) A. T. DeForeat, Vlce-Prealitent United States Steel Products Company. Im 7 m a.-a a vii Lower . FARRELL HERE Head cf Steel Corporation Sounds Trade Message. FOREIGN DEMAND TO GROW American Manufacturers to Control Eventually All Markets; ProflC Sharing Called Necessary. Tront Streams Lure. (Continued From First Pf ) facilities for those who appear to want in this particular. Every employe Is permitted to share in "the company's profits by procuring stock -which is sold to him direct by the company at the lowest market prices and on easy terms- of payment. More than 40,000 employes now hold stock in the company. In recent years Mr. Farrell has given much of his time and a large share of his tremendous energy to the task of promoting the trade of the United States with foreign nations. This movement was started before the war, but the war has given it additional impetus and accentuated Its necessity. Mr. Farrell Is president of the Foreign Trades Council, an organization com posed of two score of American busi ness men who are endeavoring to build up American trade abroad. Theodore B. Wilcox, of Portland, is a member. Dollar Predicted Trade Basis. Mr. Farrell fairly radiates energy, but It is none of that restless, nervous energy of those who constantly are busy and seldom-get anything done. His is the cool, calculating, methodical, hard-hitting kind of energy that always is - sufficient for immediate needs and of which there always is a reserve force to meet emergencies. . And he is as full of enthusiasm and optimism as he is of energy. He firmly believes that. America is destined to become the greatest manufacturing and commercial Nation on the globe and that all the business of the world will be done on American standards. "The American dollar will be the basis upon which the world's finances will be conducted," he said at the Benson Hotel yesterday. "That day Is coming, but I am not prepared to name the day. But It Is coming, neverthe less. Already the influence of the American dollar Is being felt in Europe, In the Orient and in South America." American Business Extending. Mr. Farrell insists that the German mark, the English pound, the French franc and the Russian ruble will pass out of use so far as international trade is concerned and that the familiar dol lar of Uncle Sam's coinage will be the accepted standard all over the world. Why? Because American finance and American business methods will be firmly established everywhere. Already American exporters are winning their way in territory heretofore enjoyed exclusively by Europeans, he declares. This may be due partly to the war, but the tide had set in, he explained, be fore the war started. The new Federal reserve banking law has done as much as the present war, he said, to influence the trade of the world in favor of the United States. Many big projects in South America and in the Orient have been refinanced recently, he reported, and the trade from those sources diverted to the United Slates. A similar refinancing and a similar diversion of trade routes ' will follow the war, he asserted. In fact, this movement already has set in. Steel Company Increases. In this connection he told of the rapid expansion of the steel com pany's business since the first of the year. "Four months ago our plants were running at less than 35 per cent ca pacity," he said. "Now they are run ning at 75 per cent capacity. Our or ders are increasing." These figures are significant only when It Is known that the normal op erating volume of the steel company's great chain of plants Is only 85 per cent. The plants are operating now at nearly 90 per cent of their normal volume. "They always consider the steel busi ness a pretty fair barometer of the general business," commented Mr. Far rell. "So if our business is good, the other business of the country ought to be good. And I think it is good, with the possible exception of the lumber business here In the Pacific North west." Foreign Markets Bay Steel. Mr. Farrell explained that about 25 per cent of the present steel output Is going to foreign countries not to Europe exclusively, but to. the Orient, Australia, South America and ,to other foreign fields. He said he could not estimate the quantity of iron and steel being sent to Europe for war purposea. "The end of the war," he said, "should see a tremendous demand for all kinds of American goods. They will need lumbers steel and other man ufactured products.'. In reaching out for this foreign trade Mr. Farrell deplores the lack of ade quate carrying facilities for American made goods. He is hopeful that some sort of a merchant marine soon will be established. Although Jrfr. Farrell has given much of his recent attention to the export field, he is well versed In the practical knowledge of the iron and steel indus try. At the age of 16 'he began his life's work as a day laborer in one of the Pennsylvania mills. Rise In Hank Rapid. He advanced through successive stages until he became head of the United States Steel Products Company, the big ; selling agency for the steel corporation. It was in that capacity that he developed the plans for Amer ican trade extension and it was in that position that he conceived the Idea of the National Foreign Trade-Council. This organization was launched May 17, 1914. and more recently has been formed the "India House," a social club composed of exporters. Its club rooms and headquarters are ia New York, and it is there thai leading American business men and manufac turers meet and discuss their plans for further Invading the markets of the world. Mr. Farrell arrived yesterday morn ing in the private car of M. J. Costello. assistant traffic manager of the Great Northern. He is accompanied by Mrs. Farrell and their daughter. Miss Kath erlne, and by A. T. DeForest and L. H. Korndorff, of San Francisco, respect ively vice-president and traffic man ager of the United States Steel Prod ucts Company. Exposition to Be Visited. After today's fishing. trip, Mr. Far rell will return to Portland and remain until tomordow afternoon, when he and his familly -will go to San Francisco to see the World's Fair. The steel com pany has a big exhibit there. The process of manufacturing steel is shown both by concrete displays and by moving pictures. The Iron ore Is traced from the time it leaves the mines, over the various transportation lines, through ths furnaces and mills, until it emerges in the form of the fin ished product. The welfare work 'the industrial re lief work and J.he other plans by which the company co-operates with its em ployes also are shown in Instructive detail. , Mr; Farrell was the guest of Mr. DeForest at luncheon at the Benson at noon yesterday. Many Portland business men were Invited there to meet the steel magnate. The following were present: T. D. Honeyman, J. R. Bowles, W. B. Beebe. B. C. Ball. O. E. Heintz, Karl Haseltine. H. I). Curtis. F. T. Griffith, Walter Carnes. F. H. Baum, W. A. Lamont, W. M. Morrow, F. A. Hltchy, A. McCalman, Jay Smith, W. B. Ayer, John B. Yeon, C. Gilman, W. D. Skinner, Arthur Emmons. Russell Hawkins, W. M. Ladd, J. C. Alns worth, R. B. Miller, R. R. Hoge. C. C. Overmire, E. R. Eld r edge. W. E. Coman, H. Pittock,- Rogers MacVeagh, T. B. Wilcox, M. J. Costello, E. G. Crawford and E. O. McCormick. BAKER WANTS TO SEE RELIC Children Sign Petition 34 Feet Long for Liberty Bell to Stop. BAKER, Or., Mry 11. (Special.) In just one day 1200 Baker public school pupils signed a monster petition to the Councilmanic committee of Philadel phia in charge of the trip of the Lib erty Bell, asking that the bell be al lowed to stop here a few hours on its way to Portland. The petition when completed tonight was just S4 feet long and was signed by every child in school today. The bell is routed to pass through here, but the children want it to taary several hours that all may see it and hold ceremonies In Its honor. An all day celebration will be held and chil dren from 100 miles around are to be invited if the bel stops here. Germans Seize Swedish Coal. LONDON, May 11. A Stockholm dis patch to the Post says' six more coal laden .Swedish steamers have been seized by the Germans and taken into Swinemunde. ' New Eton Jackets for Women VtiNe"EYHoerr $10 tO $21.50 Garment Salons, Second Floor- Our garment buyer, who is now in New York, has just forwarded us a new shipment of those smart little Eton Jackets you hear so much about. They are made of taffeta silks some in straight back effects, others with belts, shirred waist-line and peplums. Very stylish for wear with new separate skirts or with Summer dresses. Don't fail to see these while in the store today. Shown in black, white, green, rose and navy. Moderately priced at from JjjlO to $21.50 Milanese Jersey Coats I New SilkTaff eta Skirts for Outing Wear Second Floor Latest novelty Milanese Jersey Coats for women and misses. Especially desirable for outing wear, for touring, traveling, beach, golf ing, etc. Smart black-and-white effects very strik ing and new. These come in three-quarter-length military styles with rolling collar and belt. Are reasonably priced at $17.50 $4.90 to $18.50 Second Floor Our showing of the new separate skirts is most complete. Very latest effects in taffeta with shirred hips, high shirred waistline corded effects, flare and plaited styles. Shown in fashionable checks, stripes, plaids, etc, also in black. All sizes. Reason- C? B Q CTf ably priced from $4.00 up to JLOtOl Notion Day Bargain Circle On Main Floor Women's 25c Sew-On Sup'ters 18 Dress Shields, sizes 3, 4, pr. 10 Be Binding Tape, 2 bolts for 5 Reg. 25c Shark Skin Belts for lo Six-Cord Spool Cotton, 2 spools o Guaranteed Spool Silk, 100 yds. 5 10c Stock Foundations now at 70 10c Bone Hairpins at, the box 5p 10c Featherbone, white, blk., yd. 7p 10c Collar Supports, all sizes, 5c Hairpin Cabinets, for only 4 Women's 25c Round Garters 18 30c Shopping Bags, special at 180 20c Kid Curlers, extra special 130 5c Safety Pins, two card for o0 5c Hooks and Eyes, 2 card for 50 25c Hair Curlers, special for 180 15c Dressmakers' . Pins, -lb. 00 15c Trouser Hangers, special f0 10c Elastic Draw Strings for 70 Hair Nets, five in package, at 100 20c Dress Weights, byi 1 120 15c Sanitary Napkins, today 100 25c Sleeve Protectors, pair 150 Child's 15c Hose Supporters, 1O0 10c Pearl Buttons, special, doz. 50 2Vc Darning Cotton, special at 1 0 15c Folding Coat Hangers, at 70 10c Featherstitch Braids, for 70 25c Sterling Skirt- Markers 190 5c Common Pins, 2 packages 50 5c Hairpins, assorted, 2 pkgs. 50 10c Mother's Ironing Wax at 50 25c Spool Holders now only 190 25c Pin Cushion and Holder 150 12c Cotton Belting, white, black 70 10c Wooden Hangers now at 50 Demonstration Kleiner Vs Shields Main Floor A special representa tive from the Kleinert factory will be here for a short time demon strating these famous Shields. Consult here in regard to the proper styles for your new Sum mer dresses and waists. Kleinert Shields may be washed in hot wa ter. SPECIAL TODAY 20c Juno No. 2 Shields, pair.. 150 22c Juno No. 3 Shields, pair. .170 25c Juno No. 4 Shields, pair.. 200 50c Tango Shields at, pair... 300 25c Sanitary Aprons on sale 190 We Give S. & H. Green Stamps Center Circle Main Floor $1.50 to $2 Wool Voiles Priced Special at Yd. 0 NE of the season's most sought-for fab rics for Summer dresses and waists on sale today at an extremely low price. For this event we have taken our entire stock of high-grade wool voiles in plain colors, fancy patterns and popular stripe effects and offer them at less than half price. Nearly all the desirable new shades are included in the showing. Don't neg lect this extraordinary opportunity, for it's not likely to be duplicated again this season. Wool voiles selling heretofore at $1.50, ETChs $1.75 and $2.00 the yard, priced for today only at low price of OJC Dainty New Neckwear at 50c Main Floor Exquisite new Neckwear just received by express. Latest hand-embroidered styles in low-neck effects. Fine sheer organdies and transparent voile. Exceptionally pretty Tflf and effective. Don't fail to see these new arrivals at onlv O JC Basement Special Sale Household Needs CARPET SWEEPERS manufactured by the Bissell Q l 7 ET Carpet Sweeper Co., priced special for this sale at JL . a5 Hot Point Electric Iron, 6-lb., complete, reduced now to only $;t.OO MAZDA Electric Lamps will double your light without extra cost. Special reduced prices now in force. S. & H. Stamps given FREE. 40-Watt Mazda Lamps at 270 I 100-Watt Mazda Lamps r50 60-Watt Mazda Lamps at 300 Double Stamps, cash purchases. Garden Hose, Lawn Mowers, Etc. Reduced GARDEN HOSE 50-ft length, -inch size, com- C5 OCT plete with nozzle. Priced special at low price of Pf"wO 50 ft. -inch Red Rubber, complete with nozzle, for only .$0.75 14-in. guaranteed flJO Q Lawn Mowers at P 0 High-wheel, ball- Q?i f CT bearing 12-inch II J $5.00 $5.40 Special Bargain Tables of Decorated China High-wheel, ball bearing 14-inch High-wheel, ball bearing 16-inch Fruit Saucers worth to t fg $3.00 dozen, at, each J- Jl Fruit Saucers worth O fg to $6.00 dozen, at, each Decorated Plates worth J ff. to $3.00 dozen, at each X lC Decorated Plates worth t CZ to $4.50 dozen at, each -I. C Complete Line Mason Economy Kerr Mason and Sure Seal Fruit Jars VOTE Ofl JITNEYS LIKELY MEASURE PASSED BY COUNCIL MAY BR SUBMITTED. Action Is Considered t. Avoid Two Year Delay by Referendum of Ordi nance for Regulation. The voters at the June election prob ably will vote on the jitney regulation ordinance in the exact form in which it was passed by the City Council April 2. The Council yesterday decided that if it were legal" so to do the best way of referring the Jitney question would be in the form it was adopted by the Council. To get around the referendum which was Invoked against this mea sure, the Council proposes ' to repeal the ordinance and re-enact It with an emergency clause, and at the same time adopt a resolution referring it to the voters. City Attorney LaRoche said that this could be done. The Council hopes to be able to avoid a delay for two years on the legal technicality of not having been sub jected to the referendum before the ex piration of 60 days prior to the elec tion. . It was proposed at first to change the measure in a number of essentials. These were considered by the Council yesterday. The.proposal to submit the measure as it stands, will be the sub ject of a meeting of the Council at 9:30 today. .-. V-: , ' If It is de'ci 4ed .that the measure shall be submitted as It stands. City Attor ney LaRocb, "will prepare the neces sary papers" afjd tlie measure probably will be passed .today. Bl? Street Contracts to Be Sold. Street improvement contracts aggre gating about $27,000 will be awarded by the City Council today to the concerns that submitted the lowest bids some time ago. Manning & Co. Is ex pected to receive a contract for 117. 301.56 for paving with "concrete and building cement sidewalks on Talbot road, from Patton road to Greenway Addition. The second is to Montague O'Reilly Company for 19411.48 for the paving with basalt stone blocks of East Water street, from East Wash ington street to Kast Oak street. Werner Horn Not IScleased. EOSTON, May 11 The petition of Werner Horn for reltase from custody on a writ of habeas corpus, wns re fused in the Federal Court today. Judge Morton holding that the defendant's at tempt to destroy the International bridge at Vanceboro, Me., last Febru ary was not an act of war. Dreaded AnOperation More Than Anything Tried Fruitola and Traxo and Hat Never Since Been Troubled With Call-Stones. Mrs. Mary E. Franse, whose address is West Point, Nebr.. Box 411. has written to the Plnua laboratories a very strong endorsement of Fruitola and Traxo. In her letter, Mrs. Franse says: "About ten years ago I was about to undergo an operation for gall-stones, when I heard of your medicine. Dread In the files of the Pinus laboratories ing an operation above everything, I determined to try Fruitola and Traxo and have never been sorry I did so, as I have never been troubled with gall-stones since." Fruitola is a powerful lubricant for the intestinal organs, and one dose is usually sufficient to give ample evi dence of Its efficacy. If softens the congested masses, disintegrates the hardened particles that occasion so much suffering and expels the accu mulated waste, to the Intense relief of the patient. Following a dose of Fruit ola, Traxo should be taken three or four times a day in order to rebuild and restore the system that has been weakened and run down by constant suffering. It Is a splendid tonic, acting on the liver and stomach mo.it beneficially. MKS MAIIY K. I'RAXKG. at Montlcello, 111., are many letters gratefully acknowledging the sitific tory results following the use of Fruit ola and Traxo. Arrangements have been made for the distribution of the.; excellent remedies by leading drug Ftores everywhere. In Portland Fruit ola and Traxo can be obtained at the stores of the Owl Drug Co. 4