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4 lO THE SUNDAY OREGON" IAN, PORTLAND. APRIL 26. 100S. WANTS DELEGATES TO GO UNPLEDGED EXTRAORDINARY DISPLAY' OF IMPORTED CRETONNES .imtrt:Ht iilpirtikxi Senator Bourne Opposes Plan to Send Taft Delegation to Chicago. I ti (3 I -V i w"- MODERN PARK FOR EAST SIDE J J jij II- ffMtf ' J YOUNG HANDLES CAMPAIGN !-frtar.T to srnalor Here Lining V Dcleaatc In Slate nd rl tl let Convention. Whlfh Cake Brothers Will Control. Senator Bourne l workin to the end that an unln.tructed delegation be eut from Oregon to the Republican Na tional Convention at Chicago In July. ljurinK the last month John C. Younff. Mi private neerelary. hag visited both Kistern and Houthrrn Oregon for the purpo of furthering the plan. It Is paid by friends of Senator fcroune tlnv as if suit of Younic's work arrange ments t heen made for sendlnn to the state convention a sufrli lent num ber of deretH to Insure the selection of an unpledred delca-atlon to the Ne tionsl convention. These delegates will he nominated b- the Republican state and Congressional conventions, which will meet In Tortland May 14. There are to be eight delegates, four to be elected by the state convention and two each by the two Congressional Con vention. In the flrst pis -e the plan to send an unlnstructcd delegation from this ante is in Cie Interest of the renoml natlon of President Roonwelt, which has been advocated by Senator Bourne. Contending that Secretary Taft will he tinable to secure the nomination for President on the flrst ballot. Senator Bourne and his representative, Mr. Young, argue that it would be a mis lake for Oregon to end a delegation pledged to the support of Taft or of any other candidate. In reflecting the sentiments of his chief. Voun? declares that It would be better to the ad vantage of the state In that event to have a delegation that would not be bound to any particular candidate and could get Into the proper bandwagon at the opportune time. Kxxvl Stampede to Kooscvclt. Mr. Bourne's plan contemplates that Taft will not receive the nomination on the flrst ballot. In that event be ex pects a stampede to Roosevelt on the aecond ballot, the President being the eecond choice of a number of the dele gates that have been named from the varloua states. But if it should develop that the opposition to Taft has or Runlicd its forces against Roosevelt as thoroughly as they are organized salnrt Taft. It Is conceded that the stsme elements would defeat consider ation of Roosevelt's name. With such a contingency the nomination undoubt ed y would go to one of the several fr.vorite ions whose names have been proposed. Cnder such circumstances those in this state who oppose the plan for an unlnstructcd delegation figure that Senator Bourne might undertake to ieliver the vote from this state in nupport of Knox, who Is Mr. Bourne's choice for President after Roosevelt. At any rate. Mr. Bourne's scheme will pot receive the unanimous indorsement of the tate and Congressional con ventions, and if It Is adopted at all it undoubtedly will he for the reason that the .iunior Senator and his lieutenants wi:i have the conventions organized sufficiently to carry their programme i"to execution. There will be delegates lr. the conventions that will oppose sending any delegation to the National convention that will support Roosevelt at any time. The same clement will not consent to have Ser.ntor Bourne dictate the delegation. However, the extent to which Senator Bourne's plan will be successful de rends largely on the relations between the Senator anil the Cakes. It Is gen erally believed that the convention will he controlled or largely influenced bv the friends of H. M. Cake. Republican candidate for Senator. V. M. Cake, I brother of the Senatorial candidate, un doubtedly wlll,be elected chairman of the state committee. He served as chairman of the Multnomah Countv committee during the campaign two years ago', when Mr. Bourne secured the popular vote and election as Sena tor. For these reasons, it is said. Senator Bourne and Mr. Cake will be found working together in the Interest of harmony. W. M. Cake Avoids Complications. W. M. Cake, who probanly will be elected clisirman of the Slate Central Committee, yesterday declined to discuss the auhject of a delegation to the Re publican National Convention or to Inti mate whether or not he thought it should be instructed. "I have sought to avoid the complications that arise from an active participation in the organization of a state convention and the considera tion of matter coming before it." said Mr. Cake. "Kor that reason. I am having nothing to do mitli the preliminary work of oraanlsing the convention, which will be left to select delegates to the Na tional Convention as it may decide so far as I am concerned. 1 desire to see my brother elected to the Senate and I am not paying any attention to or discussing any other .phase of the political situa tion." Secretary Young, who is engineering Senator Bourne's project for an unln structed delegation from this state, yes terday denied that a slte had been pre pared to be rushed through the state con vention. He admitted that the names of several prominent Republicans of the slate were being considered a desirable delegates. Included among these, he said, were supi triers of Taft. Fairbanks. Hughes and l.a Follette but since it was proposed that the conventions would not Instruct the delegation for any one candi date there would b? no objection to the proposed delegates because of their indi vidual preferences. Aside from admitting that Senators Bourne and Fulton prob ably would be delegates. Mr. Young re fused to disclose the other names that are being considered. Other Republicans who have been sug gested as delegate, however, are: S. A. Lowell, of Pendleton: E. U Smith, of Hood River: Jeff tturd. of Medford: S. I.. Kline, of Corval'Ls: Mr. Knnedv. of Baker City: Ben Selling and Dr. H. W. Coe, of Portland. Sues Portland Hallway Company. OREviON CITY. Or., April . (Special.) The Portland Railway. Light A Power Company has been made defendant In a r-iit Instituted by Dr. E. A. Sommer for ?a damages, for injuries alleged to l ave been sustained while he was driving 'long the Can em ah walk last February. Pr. Somroer says that the space was too narrow to pass the approaching electric-car. and the motorman. Instead of 'topping, crwhed Into the physician's husgy. damaging it to the extent of end that he was thrown out by the im- fill! - - - - m r t m Vv - v rz fail l i tef !K " '-v. e- PLA Y FIELD 41$ I -jsv-i-i v v'j .-cii &;fcdl STREET 4 -1 ;..jilli " mi s i n r j t w 'V--V lKK. Hilt HO hoicad'a y' "avenue l.AUAY PARK l-KKI'tRKII BV T II K PARK IIOAHO U M PKHI.M KXDKST J1IS( HK. pact of the collision, which so injured his horse that since then he has not been able to drive the animal in the night. For this It. Sommer claims $2S0, along with $7n for damage to his clothing and $14") damuges for himself. PERSONALJVIENTION. J. C. Woodcock, a lawyer, of Eugene, is at the Imperial. 11. J. Harris, a cattleman, of The Dalles. Is registered at the Imperial. Miller Freeman, publisher of the Pa cific Fisherman, at Seattle, Is at the Hotel Portland. H. II. ttllbcrtson. a prominent hop grower and dealer of Aurora, is a guest at the Belvedere. U C. Dlllman. a well-known mining man and promoter. Is in the city from Seattle. He Is registered at the Portland. J. W. Patterson and J. A. Howard, capitalists, of Baker City, are In Portland on a business trip and are guests of the Imperial. G. Y. Edwards, of Chicago. Is at the Belvedere, on his way to the Hood River Valley, where he intends to invest in fruit and farm lands and make his home. He is accompanied by his family. M. P. Mendelsohn, of San Francisco. Is at the Belvedere, on his way to The Dalles, where he will begin the practice of medicine. Dr. Mendelsohn took his de gree in Germany recently and was granted a license to practice his profes sion in this state a few weeks ago. Canby Gets County Fair. OREGON CITY. Or., April 23. (Special.) The permanent site of the Clackamas County Fair has been definitely located at Canby, no other place making such a flattering offer as the people of Canby, who have agreed to subscribe for stock to the value of J1J0O and to give the Fair Association a lease on ground in the Wait tract for ten years without cost. It is possible that a racetrack will be established as there is an abundance of room. lcbntc on the '"Recall' Postponed. The public debate on the "Recall." between W. S. U'Ren of Oregon City and W. R. McGarty, which was to have been held last night In the Y". M. C. A. rooms, has been postponed for two weeks. BEAUTIFY ESST SI PARK ;o.i l HAS PLAN FOR HOLLA 1.V ti ROUNDS. Throws Himself From Window. NEW YORK, April 33. Eugene Munzell, a manufacturer, killed himself early today by throwing himself from a seventh-story wlndom- in the Van Dyck apartments, In west Seventy-second street, whore he lived. Open Places for Children. Swimming Pool and Concert Grove Are Included in Scheme.' - Portland is to have public squares and iuslde parks equal to any In the country, if the plans of the Park Board and Kmil T. Mlsche. the new superin tendent, meet with the approval of the people. The Board yesterday examined a plan for the improvement of Holla day Park, submitted by the superin tendent, and which was prepared along lines suggested by Ion Lewis, a mem ber of the Board who recently made a trip to the Eastern cities with a view of examining the best and most ap proved methods of park Improvements carried out m that part of the country. The plan Is herewith reproduced and shows what eventually is to be accomplished toward beautifying one of the city's East iide parks. The work, when undertaken, is to be done pradually, that portion of the park borderlne on East Thirteenth street, which will provide for a playground, bordered with ornamental trees and shrubbery, to be practically finished this year. Thereafter the Improve ment will be extended to another sec tion of the park to provide women's and men's gymnasiums, swimming pools, wading pools and sand courts for little children;- .concert grove, drinking fountains and a community hall, where public meetings of vari ous kinds will be held. The present intention ts to apply whatever portion of the appropriation is available in the making of the play field ,ind concert grove, and to con tinue the work as fast as other funds beoome available. Mr. Lewis, in re ferring to the plans of the Board yes terday, said that it is desired to ob tain an expression of opinion by the people concerning- the proposed Im provement, and he hoped if any reason able objections could be advanced against tiie plan suggested by the Board, they would be sent in for con sideration. " He said that in the East these play grounds for the people were found to be popular and were taken advantage of by both old and youns. This is Particularly true of Chicago, where the parks, distributed in the thickly populated districts, are thronged by children during the daytime . and by edults evenings when band concerts are given. The intention is to clear the park of the trees now growing In portions of the tract, to make room for the scheme of improvements, and to set out trees In regular order in the strips sur rounding the different open places and liuildings. which, wilt provide ample Bhade and at the same time permit th'e most adaptable apportionment of the grounds. CARVING OUT A FORTUNE Lady Colebrooke the Hage as Sculp tor in Fashionable Society. LONDON. April 18. The newest fad of the most fashionable women 4s to have their profiles modeled by Lady Cole brooke, one of the Paget family. Lord Colebrooke la among King Ed ward's close friends. His wife's enter tainments for royalty were the sensation of the season here two years ago. Now Lady Colebrooke has abandoned London and taken a studio In Paris, where she says determinedly, she intends to earn enough money to provide fortunes for her two daughters, Mary Sidney Colebrooke, 18 years old, and Bridget Colebrooke, IS years- old. " Among those who have sat to Lady Colebrooke are Mrs. W. K. Vanderbilt, Jr.. who was Miss Virginia Fair: Mme. Anna Could, Mrs. Philip Carroll, the lovely Mrs. Philip M. Lydig. formerly Rita de Acosta, of New York; Mrs. Henry White, wtfe of the American Ambassador In Paris, and the Duchess of Roxeburghe. Lady ' Colebrooke charges $2000 for modeling a head in low relief. She has -studied sculpture for years, is working hard, and confidently expects to achieve fame and fortune. One of the most successful works is the twined heads of the beautiful twin daughters of the Dowager Duchess of Manchester. The heads were done from pencil portraits by the Duchess of Manchester. Thieves Railroaded to Pen. PENDLETON. Or.. April 23. (Special.) Speedy justice was meted out to two men in this city this morning. They were caught stealing sacks from a warehouse last night by Deputy Sheriff Wilson. This morning they were arraigned before Judge Bean, entered pleas of guilty and were sentenced to serve one yeai each in the penitentiary. They give the names of Harry McCoy and John Ericson. BRIDGE WHICH NEARLY CAUSED A WRECK I vi UBifeSft ' - $5 SSiird' vtS "Ort'e ' t in Hi tiunnitinn mmm,m--meZTK0mhtrmM - - y, Ciiillfe&i i- r-?1 ? 1 if i- l mrnup m --: '-;ifl v-. . - -. . . r , a y ..... h. j. r i. - - - -;, f Our immense stock of fine new furniture will be found adequate for every decorative or practical requirement. Every piece, whether expensive or cheap, shows style and craftsmanship.' Every piece, too, is marked at a price lower than Portland buy ers of reputable furniture are accustomed to pay J. G. M AGK & GO. mm SLIGHT GERMAN SCHOLARS NOT COXSILTED AS TO SHAKE SPERE .MEMORIAL. has been set for Saturday next. Robinson is accused of striking Mr. Barnholzer, of Clackamas, with a lighted lantern. Leroy Carden has pleaded guilty to a charge of criminal assault, and will be sentenced Monday. He is a deaf mute and his'first plea way not truilty. The only other criminal case on the Circuit Court cal endar is that of Otto F. Olson, who is charged with embezzling funds of the Willamette school district, of which he was the trusted clerk. It is probable that this case will -go to trial early next week. ENGINEER PILLS THROTTLE WIDE OPEX AXD TRAIN PASSES OVER IX SAFETY. McCORMICK. Wash., April 25. (Spec.al. ; What might have been an accident, costing more than a score of lives, was only averted by the coolneS3 and presence of mind of Engineer F. S. Stevens, of the logging train belonging to the JlcCormick Cumber Company, a few days ago. The train, the rirst to leave the yards on the morning of the wreck, had 3ft woodsmen aboardwho were on their way to work, and how the en gine, weighing 35 tons, and its load of human freight escaped destruction In the waters of Lester Creek is little short of miraculous. The heavy rains of the early part of the week had swollen the creek into a small river, and during the night the mad rush of the water had swept away the center pier of the bridge that spans the creek two miles east of McCorniick. Traveling at the rate of 13 miles an hour, the train was within 10 feet of the bridge when the engineer discovered that only the rails and the ties to which they were spike.d were all that remained and. realizing that to stop would be fatal, he pulled the throttle wide open and dashed across, reaching the opposite side as the bridge collapsed in his wake. R. Allison, a member of the crew, jumped and landed among the rocks at the edge of the creek, sustaining three broken ribs and serious internal injuries. The accompanying picture, which was taken for The Oregonian, shows the engine and the condition of "the bridge after the train had passed over. Supposedly International Committee Composed of Members of EngHli Speaking Nationalities. LOXDOX. April 25. (Special:) Ger many Is too absorbed in other matters to pay attention to the project for erect ing an - International Shakespere me morial In London, but when she does, she will probably ask why a German should not be on the committee, as well as an American, and on what principle of 'in ternational" tribute the competition for the design should be conflned to members of English-speaking races. Germany's right to this matter Is acknowledged by that characteristically English authority, the Daily Telegraph, the Belgian cor respondent of which points out that, to the shame of England, Germany already has a Shakespere monument more worthy than any England can boast of, a Shakespere Society more vigorous, and a Shakespere Literature more exhaustive. The facts will not be new to anyone ac quainted with German scholarship. The correspondent adds that Professor Otto Lessing's unconventional statue ot the bard at Weimar, which represents him as seated in a free and uncon strained attitude on a low, square pedestal, is not so ambitious a work as that which it is now proposed to erect in London: but it is already there, and was raised by subscriptions from all parts of the empire. The , German Shakespeare Society, whose list of members is headed by the names of the Emperor William, the King of Sax ony, the Prince P.egent of Bavaria, the Grand Duke of Baden and many other members of reigning houses, is a most enthusiastic, enterprising and flour ishing association. The familiarity of the general Teu tonic public with the works of the greatest English poet is one of the things which Invariably strike the for eigner with amazement when he comes to Germany for the flrst time. BYRON WEDS A BULWER Descendants of Great Literary Men ' i United in Marriage. i LOXDOX. April IS. The Hon. Mrs. Xev- . llle Lytton is the great-granddaughter of Lord - Byron, atod h?r husband is the , grandson of Edward Buiwer Lytton. It is a remarkable conjunction of distln- ; e-uished literary strafns and its results in Xlie next generation (there are two dr.ugh- ters and a son) are awaited with curiosity. The Hon. Neville Lytton is an artist of considerable promise and whole souled devotion to his art. His wife is a writer and a sculptress equally absorbed in her avocations. They live in a studio in the j .prettiest part of 3urre with a charming I cottage attached to it. They move alto gether in a set which is. or affects to be, above all. cultivated and refined. Mrs. Neville Lytton is handsome, her feat ores suggesting those of her great forbear. Her father, WKfred Scawen Blunt, is a man of literary and poetic distinction, who has largely devoted his talents to furthering' the cause of the Egyptian fell aheen against the cosmopolitan capitalist, whose representative and trustee In Egypt is the British government. Selz Royal Blue shoe means foot comfort "Y"OU'VE probably had at icast one experience with cheap shoes ; that is, low-priced shoes. You don't . need but one such experience. 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