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THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, 3IAY 9, 1909. dent of the Rainier Club. He has never been a member of any secret or. fra ternal society. ACT OF UNION IS NOW UNCERTAIN Critical Dressers FEDERAL JUDGE CHILD IS STRUCK BY AUTO 12 UDNWQRTH NAMED THE fill Taft Suddenly Changes His , : Mind About Choice of 1 Shackleford. PILES FINALLY WINS POINT Secures Appointment - for Former .Partner by Insistent Pleas Don- J worth . Accepts by Taft'a Personal Request. " OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, May 8. On recommendation of Senator Piles, the President today nom inated George Donworth, of Seattle,- as ocond Federal Judge of the Western. Washington District. No other mem ber of the Washington delegation Joined Mr. Piles in supporting Mr. Donworth, but all expected the Presi dent to appoint John A. Shackleford, of Tacoma, in accordance with the in tention which he several times ex pressed to various persons during the past ten days. What switched the President from Mr. Shackleford to Mr. Donworth has not been disclosed, but it is known that Mr. Piles has been most insistent that Mr. Donworth, his old law 'part ner, should be named if any Seattle man be chosen. Mr. Donworth with drew his name when the judgeship was tendered to E. C. Hughes of Seattle, saying he would not accept the office as second choice. In a statement made by Mr. Piles today, the Senator says ha was notified Thursday that the President desired to appoint Mr. Don worth, but that Mr. Donworth did not accept until he was urged to do so in telegram from the President. The President today also appointed Charles A. Millard, of liinneapolls, to be district judge in Minnesota; William I. Grubb, district judge for the North ern District of Alabama, and Edward M. Doe, of Arizona, associate justice of that territory. DONWORTH ACCEPTS OFFICE Yields to Taft's Request Leader ol Seattle Bar. . SEATTLE. Wash.. May 8. (Special.) George Donworth today accepted by telegraph the offer of the appointment by President Taft to the position of Federal Judge for the Western Dis trict of Washington and his name was sent to the Senate for confirmation. He will resign his position as vice president of the Board of Education and close up his business affairs and enter upon his duties immediately. "I look upon it as the natural am bition of a lawyer to occupy a place on the Federal bench and I am highly arrateful to President Taft for the ap pointment. It will be an honor to be associated on the bench with Judge C. H. Hanford. who has held the posi tion for 20 years and has enjoyed the Highest respect and confidence of the members of the bar and of the state." George Donworth was born at Ma chlas. Maine. November 26. 1861. His father, E. E. Donworth, was a native of Ireland and was a merchant, lum ber manufacturer and shipowner. His mother is of Puritan ancestry and a descendant of Richard Baker, who rame to America in 1645 and settled at Dorchester, Mass. Mr. Donworth graduated from the High School of Machias and entered Georgetown (D. C.) College, where he graduated in 1881. He adopted law as a profession and studied for two years and was admitted to practice at Houl ton. Maine, in 188S, when he was 21 yenrs old. He was elected a member of the first charter commission in Seattle, 1890, and was chosen corporation counsel, serv ing from 1892 to 1894. He was a mem ber. of the law firm of Piles, Donworth & Howe for a number of years, but withdrew two years ago. He was mar ried in 1889 to Miss Emma Tenney at Houlton. Maine. They have three children. Mr. Donworth is president of Bans of the Revolution and vice-presi CHURCH Is' :m L : M MANSE OF THIRD The Third Presbyterian Church Idst week purchased the residence at 568 East Pine street, adjoining the church, which stands on East Pine and Thirteenth streets, for a manse. Jt was tho property of Miss Maude Kenworthy. Although erected several years ago. it Is a modern residence of eight" rooms. It will be occu pied by Kev. Andrew J. Montgomery, pastor, and his family as soon as they can move into it. Standing adjoining the church It Is very convenient. Besides the residence there . Is a full lot. The price has not been announced. t. Three-Year-Old , Boy Falls Before - Driver on Tenth Street. Confused by an approaching automo bile, James C. Anderson. Jr.. 3 years of age, ran into the middle of the street yesterday morning and was run down before the driver, who is in the employ of the Beckman- Auto Delivery Com pany, could stop the machine. The acci dent occurred at 27 East Tenth street. North, and .- the neighbors: say- it was unavoidable, and' that the machine was not going at a rapid rate of speed when it occurred. Otherwise, it is said, the child would have been killed, as it was struck squarely. The injured child was taken to the DEATH CLAIMS RESIDENT -WALDO HILLS AND PIO NEER OF 1847. OF I B. Geer, Deceased. At the family home In the Waldo . Hills. Thursday evening-. ' May 6, L. B. Geer, ex-State Land Agent and cousin of ex-Governor T. T. Geer, died of .paralysis after an . illness of four weeks. He was .bora in Knox County, -Illinois, March 11. 1845, coming to this state with the pioneers of 1847. who crossed the plains with ox teams. At the time of his death L. B. Geer was the oldest member of Sliver Lodge. No; 21, I. O. O. P., or Sliver ton. He was also a member of Che-' meketa Lodge. No. 1, Salem. Besides a wife he leaves six chil dren: Mrs. b. H. Crouter, Union, Or.; Musa Geer, New York: Mrs. H. B. Dabney, Portland: Bert Geer, Elk City; c. . c. Geer and A. A. - Geer, . Macleay, Or. Good Samaritan Hospital, where it was attended by Dr. F. H. Ong, who reports Internal injuries received, but says the boy has a chance to recover. ' The youngster was being kept in the yard by its mother, but a neighbor's boy unlocked the gate and let him out. Both were sitting on the walk when the machine approached, the younger jumping up and running out directly in the. way of the machine.. , LEAP FROM TRAIN FATAL Joseph . Johnson pies After Being Mangled by Wheels. As the result of an attempt to escape from Sheriff Pomeroy, of Clatsop County, who was taking him from Astoria to the Reform School, Joseph Johnson, aged 19, died at the Good Samaritan Hospital yes terday morning, from injuries he. re ceived in jumping from the train Friday night between Holbrook - and Scappoose. While the train was going at the rate of 30 miles an hour the young man sprang from' the seat in which he was sitting with Sheriff Pomeroy, ran to the platform and jumped off. He struck a solid wall of stone and was hurled back under the wheels of the car, which ground one of his arms to pieces and fractured his skull. The train, which was stopped and backed up. carried him to the city and he was taken to the hospital, in an unconscious condition. He did not regain consciousness and died at 11 o'clock yesterday morning. His body was removed to the undertaking rooms of Dunning. McEntree & Gilbaugh. The young man was the son of Henry Johnson, a fisherman of Astoria. I V "J PURCHASES HOME TOR ITS PASTOR. -U :I K ' . ; t t - w i v PRESBYTERIAN CHI KCH, 5S EAST Prominent Advocates With draw Their Support to Constitution. SOUTH AFRICA IN QUANDARY Xatal's Opposition, Though Resting on Artificial Basis, Is Marked, and Many Objections Urged in Some" Quarters. JOHANNESBURG. May 8 The pros pects of the Act of Union for South Af rica seem, in two directions, to have be come more uncertain during the last few weeks than at any time since its pub lication. The new convention between the Transvaal and Mozambique has un doubtedly given a fillip to the anti-union campaign' in Natal, where several prom inent advocates of union have taken the opportunity of withdrawing their support of the constitution. The arguments used to Justify ,this change of front are not, on the whole, very convincing. . Much capital, for in stance, is made out of the fact that the Portuguese Treaty ties the hands of United South Africa for the next 10 years and that the proper course would have been to continue the modus Vivendi and to leave the Union Parliament to deal with the whole situation. The answer to this is that the Transvaal was always ready to do so and embarked upon the negotiations mainly at the instance of the Ministers of Natal and the Cape Col ony, who declared it quite impossible to enter into union while the modus Vivendi existed, and entirely acquiesced in the new arrangements, upon which they were consulting at every stage. Objection is taken, also, to the clause perpetuating free trade between the Union and Mo sambique. To this the answer is that there is nothing new in this provision, which "has been in force for the last sev en years under the modus Vivendi and for the previous quarter of a century under the Transvaal-Portuguese Treaty of 1875. Natal Would Profit by Treaty. The fact, however, that most of the op position in Natal rests upon -rather arti ficial grounds does not diminish the dan ger of a recrudescence of anti-union sen timent at a rather critical moment. The two largest sugar planters in Durban ar rived here recently to discuss the situa tion with the government and with the leaders of the opposition in the Trans vaal. It is to be hoped that the . result will be the recognition of what is actu ally a fact namely, that Natal Is placed in a far better position by the new Treaty than she holds now or could ever hope to hold under a system of free com petition with Delagoa Bay. Meanwhile the movement in the Cape Parliament in favor of amending the clauses of the constitution dealing with the - basis of representation has been steadily gaining ground. The promoters thereof have two objects in view. They want in the first place to substitute a statutory differentiation of 30 per cent between town and country constituencies and to place the provision allowing for a margin of. variation between sparsely and densely populated districts at the dis cretion, of the Commission of Judges.. In the second place, they want to . abolish the. system of proportional representation In the country but not In towns, where they- naturally have no objection to see ing the minority represented. In the course of the debate they won a large measure of support, which was by no means confined to Bond members. All the old arguments reappeared, contrast ing the "stable agricultural population" with "the floating population of the towns," and hinting darkly at a possible domination of large financial interests. The best that can happen is a mere rec ommendation to the National convention to reconsider the drafting of these clauses a task In which the convention will In evitably fail. .. . Movement Is Denounced. ' " In a letter to the press. Sir Percy Fitz Patrlck points out that the basis of rep resentation was one of the three extraor dinarily delicate questions settled unani mously by the convention, the - other two being the capital and the language ques tions, and that the proposals now being made have all been discussed, refuted, and withdrawn already. He adds that if the present movement is meant to wreck J - iS i - It PIXE STREET. The most exclusive taste In" gar ments the most exacting requirements as to fit quality style and price will be met and satisfied by Nicoll. We comprehend every branch of the tailoring" business from weaver to wearer. We have ideas that are help ful to thoje who come to us. The best of the Spring and' Summer styles are here in a variety enough to satisfy the most exacting taste. Trousers $6 to 12. Suits $25 to $50 Satisfaction guaranteed In all cases. Garments to order In a day If required Full rreaa and Tuxedo Suits a specialty. WILLIAM JERREMS' SONS. 108 Third Street. the union, "the most devilish ingenuity could not have devised a better way." This aond other letters from the Progres sive leaders in the Transvaal have made it perfectly clear that they are not pre pared to allow the smallest deviation from the principle of equality laid down In the present draft. But whatever the ultimate result of the proceedings of the Cape Parliament, they are certainly hav ing an unsettling and most unfortunate effect upon the country. In a recent communication to a Johan nesburg journal, a Natal politician states that the colony rests its chief objection on the contention that the constitution wipes out the independence of the col onies, subverts existing constitutions, de stroys Natal'o individuality, and finally places the Interests of the smaller col onies at the mercy of the larger. Natal, he says, has less inducement to surren der her preseflt self-governing powers than any of the other colonies. To put it baldly, the others are more or less "In the swim" together; Natal is not. The , enormous preponderance of its native ! population differentiates it from all the other states, and imposes upon it peculiar responsibilities. The land problem re quires treatment of a special character. Stick to British Ideal. Is it unnatural, the writer asks, that i the colonists should view with misgivings ! the pijpspect of entering into a union which would practically take out of their 1 hands the power to control all these in terests? Finally, it must not be forgot ten that the majority of Natal colonists are of British birth, and above all things desire to maintain unimpaired those in stitutions which they regard as repre senting the British ideal. Had a federal type of constitution been adopted, they would willingly have joined hands with the majority, but, adds the writer, it is not' surprising that they should hesitate to accept a scheme which involves a sub version of existing institutions, the result of which no man can foresee. After all that has happened, however, If can hardly be doubted that theVemain ing difficulties will be ultimately sur mounted. In whatever manner . Natal's demands are dealt with, it seems unlikely that any considerable body or opinion would be found to support the drastic measures suggested by Major Silburn, who, alone among the conference dele gates, abstained from voting for the draft constitution. In a remarkable Interview, published by the Rand Daily Mail, he propounded a scheme to be carried out In the event of Natal's proposals being rejected which would probably not only wreck the union, but put an end to har monious relations between the colony and Its neighbors. The fact that such a plan should be seriously proposed adds to the significance of the Premier's warning, wired from Pletermaritzburg, that If the union were not brought about serious trouble between the various states would eventually arise. Can Declare Durban Free Port Major Silburn Is reported to have said: "The Unificationists, I know, think they have us in their hand. They suppose us to be dependent on them for the patron age of our port and railway. Refusal of traffic was, I suppose, what Mr. Lionel Phillips hinted at the other evening when he spoke about 'a big stick. My reply is that if the Transvaal has a big stick, we have a bludgeon. We can declare Durban a free port. "Conceive the difficulty and cost in volved in maintaining customs barriers along an inland border- of some 2000 miles, and such a border as Pondoland, the Drakensberg, Zululand and the wild coun try thence to St. Lucia Bay. When wines, brandies, tobacco, cigars and all lux uries, as well as all articles of use, come In free, it wants a little imagination to foresee the rise of a perfect smuggling industry, and a whole army of officials and police will not avail to suppress it. But the embarrassment of the other col onies will go still further.. When Dur ban Is blocked, the Transvaal will be compelled to utilize Delagoa Bay more than ever. Thus the privilege which the Cape and Orangla will get from union will be to help to pay for a huge cus toms establishment, while their own rail ways and harbors become starved into seml-e xtlnctl on. "- .NEW FASTSERVICE. The Soo-Spokane-Portland train de luxe is the fast train between Portland and St. PauL If you want a swell trip try the new train. For rates and full particulars apply at local office, 142 Third St., or address F. R. Johnson, general agent, Portland, Or. GREAT FLOWER SALE. One-fourth off; a wonderful sale of flowers and ostrich feathers now 'going on at Le Palais Royal. Tell Cook To be sure and Boil POSTUM 15 minutes And for your health's sake drink it in place of Coffee. It makes the rich, red blood of good health." "There's a Reason." 1;V BENEDICTS WIN MATCH BACHELORS ARE DEFEATED IJi CRICKET GAME. Contest Is Marked by Some of Best Play Seen oh; Grounds of Portland Club. Benedicts and bachelors met yesterday afternoon in a 'cricket match" that ""was decided on the club grounds at Monta villa and resulted In a victory for the married men by a margin of 50 runs. The single men won the toss, Coppinger (Pro.) and Harrigan facing the bowling of Fenwick and Brown. The first ball completely beat - Harrigan and retired him for a duck. Some bright play by Coppinger and some hard hitting by GJedstead helped the score along, and the final wicket fell for the creditable total of 98-10-4, Leigh being not out 6. Coppingers runs were got by. clean driving and pretty cutting. The benedicts opened disastrously, three fine wickets Churculey's, SmittTs and Shirley's being down for 30 runs, and it looked as though the game was to go to the younger, men till the captain and Brown became . associated. - When the partnership was . broken the Bene dicts just lacked 21 runs to win, which were put on the telegraph before the next wicket fell. The final score . was 10-148-2. E. Fenwick, the club captain, carried his bat for a magnificently played. 75. This is the highest individual score ever made on the local grounds, and was a Weak Eyes THOMPSON'S TfEW TRIFOCAL TJES8TE&. THOMPSON HAS THE LARGEST PRACTICE IN PORTLAND T7 )IERSO SAIDi "If a man can sermon or make a better mouse-trap than his neighbor, though I j he builds his house in the woods, the world will make a beaten path to his door." Thompson, is proving every day the truth of this saying. Only this week he has been visited by people from Seattle, Tacoma, Butte, Baker- City.- Eugene. Ashland. Pendleton and Roseburg. Surely this is proof enough that he does things, better than the ordinary optician. During the nine years he has been practicing In Portland over 20,000 cases have passed through his hands, everyone of which has add ed something to his experience. Two years spent in the leading eye clinics of Europe, investigation, study, -daily practice: these are the points which strengthen the optical service he renders, and these (to gether with the great care exercised in every case, no matter what price is paid for the glasses, purchased) are the reasons why people ' from the above towns and many others, have sought him out when needing help for their defective sight. - ----- - '1 OJfE CHARGE COVERS ENTIRE COST OF EXAMINATION, GLASSES. FRAMES THOMPSON OF EVERYTHING enters into the making of those splen did SPRING SUITS that we are selling at THE BEST FABRICS THE BEST LININGS THE BEST OF TAILORING You are simply wasteful if you pay the other stores $25 for the same quality. I $10 worth saving to you? Then Come to One of Our THIRD AND OAK FIRST AND MORRISON FIRST AND YAMHILL characteristic inning. From the start he drove and cut all around the wicket with great freedom, and aid not give a single chance. Shirley played a clean and vigorous innings of 25, and he was un fortunate in being thrown out in at tempting what looked like a certain run. 1 The score: . . Benedicts. J. Berridge, bowled Harrlsan 4 J. Churchley, bowled Haxrlgan O W. G. Smith, stumped Cummins, bowled Coppinger E. Fenwick (captain), not out 74 G. Shipley, run out.- 25 A. M. Crocker, bowled Coppinger 0 P. Henderson,, caught Harrigan, bowled - Coppinger - A. Mullet, caught Harrigan, bowled Coppinger- - S H. Brown, bowled Harrigan 10 E. A. L.eetlng-Smith stumped Cummlng, bowled Coppinger Extras - 7 Total "8 Bowling analysis Harrigan. 3 wickets tor 48 runs; coppinger, 5 wickets for 85 runs. Bachelors. M. Coppinger, bowled Fenwick 80 C. Cummlng (captain), bowled Brown... 2 J. GJedsted. caught and bowled Brown.. 18 C. Leigh, not out H. Phen. bowled Fenwick 12 Pat Harrigan. bowled Brown 0 A. E. Mackenzie, bowled Fenwick 6 F. H. Morris, caught and bowled Brown S W. Mitchell, bowled Brown J E. Naylor, caught Smith, bowled Fenwick 10 Tr v.rr,mlpr howled Fenwick 4 Extras Bowling' analysis Brown. 5 wickets for 46 runs; Fenwick, '5 wickets for 45 runs. Railroad Sued by Government. Suit against the Corvallis & Eastern Railroad Company nag been filed in the Federal Court by the Government to re cover J10.703.44 damages for the loss of timber in the Cascade forest reserve. 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