PLAGE IS LEFT OPEN Colonel New to Name Republi can Temporary Chairman. OFFER TO ROOT IS DENIED llonx-rrll leader Xaj Selection Will o IW made I mil After Ohio Prlmarlr Seal Appoc llonmrnl I nfilled. CHICAGO. May ! The members of tl.r iiilx-DmrnlltM on arrangements lor the Republican National committee ad journed here tonight without naming j temporary chairman for the conven tion. After adjournment. Secretary lUjvari anno-incej that the commit tee had decided to leave the electlon of a temporary chairman to Harry 8. New. chairman of the uboommlttee. Mr. New ald the selection of a tem porary rhalrman might not take plare for several .lay. He denied report that the a tlon of the commute waa rauaed by the refusal of fnlted States Senator Root, of New Tork. to accept the place. "The temporary chairmanship waa not offered to anyone." aald Mr. New. Several posalbla reasons for delay In ttie Htllrmrnt of the chairmnnhlp were advam-ed by Interested politicians. Roosevelt leader declared that the postponement Indicates they had won In their contention that the temporary c:. airman inouM not be selected until the remit of the Presidential prefer . ni primaries In Ohio on Tueaday la known. The ba!a of apportionment of aeata In the ronventb-n wa left unsettled. The demand f'r seats In the conren t on e-ee.l thai of any previous Re publican National convention and the tak of apportioning Mirra will be difficult. a contract for part of which ha al- J ready been awarded. ; The taxpayer were not apprised of the Intention of the I'ounty Court and j are of the opinion that they ahould be aiioweo 10 pass on ii.v ijuwiuh to any definite move being made by the court in the matter. CO-EDS FIGHT FLAMES Sorority ClrN al Vnhlnrton "V" Save Building. SEATTLE. Wash.. May IS. .pectal.) More than Sue Cnlverslty of Wash ing; students, among whom were a acore of young women, this morning- quickly organized themselves Into a volunteer, fire department and by dint of heroic work saved a two-stnry frame commer cial building at '-'-'I Fourteenth avenue. North, from total destruction. As It was. damage estimated at $3000 was sustained. The alarm i turned In shortly after le o'clock. The news hurriedly spread TT: IMVMMTV lR IW TIC (Lin KLKI'T PKMII.ETuJi HOI l'KIIUK.T. J TArT HAS 30" M'KIM-EY Campaign Manajcer Sa President Has SO Majority Already. Washington. May l- (Special.) Al. sertlnrr that Taft delegates 5 . k . . ...innK tn the National rnnvention already have been elected. Ilre-tor M.-Kinl-y. of the National Taft bureau. tolay delivered another broad side at Colonel Roosevelt and hl cam paign statisticians. -president Taft a total number of delegates elected to date for the Chi cago convention reached laat night and aa a result of the dtstrict conven tions held In Teaas." declared McKIn ler. Roosevelt bolters from the Teiaa district convection will have no stand ing except before the Texaa atata con vention, where Colonel Lyon. Mr. Roosevelt's campaign manager In Texas. hone to make them the basis for a context at Chicago. I'nder the call of the Republican National com mittee, however, both the Colonele will hare to take their medicine, for the Congressional district conventions com ply with the Republican call In every parttruln-. the calla In Texas having been nu.le by regular Congressional district organisations, most of which, up to the present contest, have been controlled by I.yon .himself. That he lost control of them In this contest la the only escue tiial can be offered at Chlcag.t. "Cm the showing to data In Texas, "resident Taft la certain of SS dele gates from that state and Mr. Roose velt of 4. and three Congressional dis tricts In the state conventions ara yet to be heard from. The state conven tion, the machinery of which Colonel l.von hopes to control, will be held on Mar S. "President Taft now has an actual majority of r votes In the National convention, while Mr. Roosevelt haa tnly 3i delegates all told and lacka u: votes of a majority. There remain to be elected only 110 more delegate, of which 10 will be disposed of in con ventions to be reported tonight. After today 10 delegaiea will remain to ba chosen, as follows: "Ohio 4. New Jersey IS. South Da kota 10. Arlsona t. Texaa State a." SPOKANE BANKER INJURED J. P. ta. Richard Thrown Front lloro Which FU on Him. SPOKANE. May 1. (Special.) As a result of a f.ill from hi horse Friday evening. J. P. M. Richards, president of the Spokane Eastern Trust Company, lies at hla home In a serious condition. Mr. Richards waa riding along Fourth avenue from the Mason Riding Academy stable toward the high bridge, about P. M when hla horse stum bled and he waa thrown to the ground, the horse falling on him. Mr. Richards did not regain con sciousness until long after midnight, and then only partially. Although no bones were broken. Mr. Richards waa badlv bruised. This is the third accident of this k'nd to hapren to Mr. Richards in the last 1 monihs. BOYS MAKE BIPLANE; FLY Spokane lad iicts ft ft-Foot Fall, Howrrrr, In First Flight. SPOKANE. Wash, May It. (Spe cial.! Two Spokane boys. Martin A. Wnme and Glen Hemingway, have completed a biplane which this week was given Its tlrst successful try out. An accident marred the Initial flight, the machine going wrong after it had sailed feet through the air at an average height of 1 feet. The flight waa made on the hill near Millwood. Just east of the city and lenlne. who was In the machine, was bruited by the fall. The machine waa built by l"entn to try a pair of balancing wlnga on whuh he has secured a patent. Re fore the wings could be ued In the Initial flight, however, the machine dropped to the ground. WASCO COURTHOUSE STIRS Taxpayers to Acrt Klcht to Pass on 1 rectlon of New Hulldlnr. MTrR. Or, May J. (Special.) The Taxpayers" League of Wasco Coun ty haa la.-ued a call for a taxpayers' meeting, to be held tn lufur. at 10 A. M.. May 51. and every taxpayer of the county la Invited to attend, whether a member rt the league or not. The object of this meeting I to dls cusa and t- formulate aome plan of action to be taken relative to the re cent decision of the County Court to erect a new Courthouse in The Italics, - ) I if' v-' '-:-: if -4 ! I . r. : i y Jl Harold J. Warmer. I'XIVERSITT OK OREGON. Eugene. May IS. (Special.) At Its final meeting for the coll egiate year the dramatic club of the 1'nlverslty of Oregon chose the following roster of officials to govern next year's club ac tivities: President. Harold J. Warner, of Pendleton: vice-president. Mis Janet Young, of The Palles: secretary. Miss Hess Cow den, of Sllverton: treasurer. Wal ter R. Ilinm. of Eugene; man ager. Alfred Skel. of Mount Angel, and marshal!. Ernest I Anderson, of Cottage t;rove. Before commencement week the members of the club will enjoy a picnic or banquet In order to avail themselves of a share of the tl2u surplus left In the treas ury as the result of the profit accruing from the two stage productions presented during the current year. The club member ship Is limited to 20 women and 20 men. " over the campus and In lets than 10 minute a crowd of students and tltetr sorority sisters were rushing for the scene, gladly leaving their studies In the excitement of the prospective bat tle with the flame. Arriving at the burning building be fore the department, the f Ire-fighters were all over the atructure In the twinkling of an eye. While one flunk of the crew gathered in buckets and formed a brigade a hundred others con cerned themselves In dragging to the street all there was time to save. The fire department with Ita student auxiliary had the fire under control shortly before 11 o'clock. An adjoin ing frame house occupied by Mrs. S. T. Beaptle was slightly damaged. The burned building was occupied by the C. W. Oood Realty Company, Ex celsior Iye Works, Long's Photo Shop. Or. . T. (Jabeka and P. W. Bennett, a photographer. Sole Agents for Wm. Birch, Ltd., of London The World's Finest Upholstered Furniture Rare Values in Upholstered Furniture In the last two weeks we have received more new furniture than we have room to display. Every foot of available floor space has been filled with new samples. Other samples are lying uncrated in warerooms, because there is no place to show them. To make room on our first floor we offer some thirty pieces of upholstered furniture at greatly reduced prices. Some of these pieces are dropped patterns, some have proved to be slow sellers, but all are finely made, handsome and comfortable. See our windows. Signa Ware is a decorative novelty of notable beauty ami effectiveness. It is a (imposition una f f ccted by weather anJ practically unbreak ablein which are reproduced the old Italian Terra Cottas. Design and color have all the beauty of the originals, while the price is perhaps one-seventh of fine Terra t'ottns. "We show Jardiniere Stands. Pedestals, Flower Boxes and small decorative pieces. Porch Rugs and Porch Furniture Algerian Rugs are the acme of attractiveness and durability for the porch. We show these sizes: 4x7 feet, at $6.75; 6x9 feet, at $12.00; 7x10 feet, at $16.00. Also cheaper Porch Rugs -in all sizes and colors. We also offer, at most inviting prices, large stocks of Old Hickory Furniture, the unequalled Fiber-Rush Furni-. ture and willow, rattan and painted pieces for the porch. n Upholstering and Repairing Commodious shops, and a force of expert workmen enables us to under take any kind of upholstering, cabinet-making or refinishing at very rea sonable prices. We carry a very large assortment of coverings, including wool, cotton and metal tapestries, silks and damasks, velvets, reps and leath ers. Special furniture built to order. Estimates supplied on every class of work. FIFTH AND STARK J. G. MACK & CO FIFTH AND STARK TO WAREHOUSEMEN, Manufacturers and Implement Dealers. We have for sale an entire M.-fck, with trackage on both sides, having 200 feet frontage on a principal street, suitable for re;tt purposes; the best block tn the city for any large con cern or two large concerna requiring trackage, and being the nearest-ln for distributing around and through the city. Persons or concerns interested In such a property aa a whole block, on half of which there Is a fine brick building, will do well to call upon the undesigned. CilAS. K. HENRY CO.. Henry Hulldlng. Fourth and Oak Sts. Portland. Or. CENTBALIA - WALKER HELD Cljrde Patton Arrested for 1'tah Murder; Later Itelca !. CKNTRAUIA. Wuh. May IS. (Spe cial.! According to word received here today. Clyde Patton. the Rochester boy who la walking from Centralia to New York, waa arrested In a small town In Vtah Monday on a charge of murder. Patton waa passing through the town shortly after the murder and being a stranger and travel-stained, was taken up on ausplclon. letters on lite person from Governor Hay to Governor rlx. of New York, proved his Identity, however, and Pat ton waa later released. Glrndale Graduation lirlri. GL.ENPAI-E. Or.. May 1. (Special.) The annual eirhth gmde commence ment exercises of the tllendale school were held in the auditorium last Thurs day. Governor West and "County Su perintendent Chaney were present and addressed the graduates and rltlxena. All pupils of the eighth grade were screenful in their ftnal examinations, Uiendale being one of the six schools In Douglas County which passed their eighth grade 10 per cent. After the exercises the Governor waa tendered a reception In the Commercial Club rooma. where entertainment aad re freshments were provided for all. The names of the graduates are: Iva Sic Kinney. Myrtle Tyndall. Avis Jenkins, Grace Harding. Richard Miller and Al bert Blackford. JEWELERS DUE SOON Retail Association Plans An nual Convention. CHAPMAN WILL DO HONORS Long List of Addresses on Subjects of Inlerest Will Be Delivered. Kcstivltlc Will Conclude Wl'h Ilnnquct on Mar 20. ALBANY. Or, May IS. (Special.) K. M. French, of Albany, president of the Oregon Retail Jewelers Association, today announced the complete pro gramme for the fifth annual convention of tho association, which will be held In Portland May 28 and 29. President French today mailed a letter to every retail Jeweler in Oregon calling atten tion to the convention, which It Is ex pected will surpass all of Its prede cessors both In attendance and Interest manifested. The convention does not open until 1:30 P. M. on May 28. hut the forenoon of that day will be devoted to a "get acquainted reception" and a session of the executive committee. When the convention is called to or der in the afternoon . committees will be appointed and the following pro gramme will follow: Address of wel come. C. C Chapman, representing the Portland Commercial Cluh; president's address. F. X. French, of Albany: sec- Xriaaukuni Rancher Props Dead. CENTRAUA. Wash, May 18. (Spe cial H. 8. Miller, a rancher living at Newaukum. dropped dead a few miles south of Tenlno yesterday while riding his wheel to Colfax to visit his daugh ter. Miller complained to a friend of a pain in his chest and a few minutes later died. Coroner Stlrklln. of this rlty. Investigated the case but found an Inquest to be unnecessary. Miller was 4 years of age. - f v y i l J' . "., littery. nj f Ls 1 F. M. Kreack. FrealeVat ef Oreaos Retail Jewelers' Asuoclatioa. Before ordering cordwood or clean country slab wood, ask Hdlefseo. retary's report. C. H. Wllltama, of Condon: treasurer's report. K. J. Jae ger, of Portland: a paper. "Building I'p a satisfactory Jewelry Business."' S. Landstrom. of Lebanon; a paper. "The Advertising of Jewelry." E. J. Jaeger, of Portland; address, "Fraudulent Ad vertising." C. H. Williams, of Condon. Following this programme the asso ciation will take up the election of of ficers, unfinished business, resolutions and new business. Visitor to See City Second Day. The forenoon of the second day of the convention will be devoted to an auto mobile excursion over Portland and its suburbs. This excursion will etart from the Multnomah Hotel at 10 A. M. The programme for the afternoon ses sion of the second day la as follows: Reports of committees; address. "Our Local Organization and What It Has Accomplished." Joseph P. Jaeger, pres ident of the Portland Jewelers' Asso ciation; address, "Honor and Integrity In the Jewelry Business," Albert Fcl denhclmer, of Portland: address, Re lationship of the Manufacturer to the lletaller," Colonel J. L. Shepherd, of New York: address, "System in the Re pair Department," Isaac E. Staples, of Portland: address, "Co-Operation," W. F. Dlelschnelder, of McMlnnvllle. The convention will conclude on the evening of May 29 with a banquet at the Multnomah Hotel. Isaac K. Sta ples, of Portland, will be toastmaster at this banquet and there will be two addresses. Rev. J. D. Corby, of Port land, will talk on "The Guild of the Gold'smlth." nndd Colonel J. L. Shep herd of New York, on "The Old Guard." This banquet will be given the dele gates to the convention by the follow ing retailers and wholesalers of Port land: A. and F. Feldenhelmer, Jaeger Brothers, G. Heltkemper Company, F. Frledlnnder, L. C. Henrichsen Company, I E. Staples, Marx & Bloch. I. Aron son ' F. Abendroth. A. and M. Delov Bfre'. retailers; Sinclair & Boss and But terflcld Bros., wholesalers. F. M. Freneli la President. The officers of the Oregon Retail Jewelers' Association. , who will be in charge of this convention, are: F. M. French, of Albany, president; W. F. Dlelschnelder. of McMlnnvllle, first vice-president; F. A, Heltkemper, of Portland, second vice-president; Wil liam Anderson, of Oregon City, third vice-president; C. H. Williams, of Con don, secretary; E. J. Jaeger, of Port land, treasurer. The executive board consists of these six officers with A. S. Huey, of Roseburg. an I. E. Staples, of Portland. The committees In charge of various features of the convention are: Ar rangements and programme Frank A. Heltkemper, Edward J. Jaeger and Isaac E. Staples, all of Portland. Sight seeing committee F. Frledlander. F. Abendroth and X. Aronson, all of Port land. Reception committee Frank A. Heltkemper, of Portland: William An derson, of Oregon City, and Horace 8. Butterfleld, of Portland. Oregon is the only state on the Pa cific Coast that has an organization affiliated with the American National Retail Jewelers' Association. SUNDAY RATES ARE 111 3-CEXT FARES FOR CHILDREN IX EFFECT TODAY. SPOKANE HIRES STEPHENS Famous Rate-Case Attorney Be comes Counsel for City. SPOKANE. Wash., May 18. Follow in the resignation of Corporation Coun sel Craven yesterday, the city legal department was abolished by the City Commissioners of Spokane today. The legal business of the city here after will be transacted by H. M. Ste phens, one of the men who framed the Spokane charter and who represented the city in the inter-mountain rate caee?. under a contract plan. Stephens will receive $18,000 a year and will appoint and pay all his assist ants and stenographers himself. Tickets Hoped to Increase Attend ance at Religious Services, Good From 7:30 A. M. to 6 P. M. The new Sunday school ticket rate of 33 tickets for a Uollar goes into effect today upon the Portland Railway, Light & Power Company's city street car lines. The tickets are only good from 7:30 A. M. to 6. P. M. on Sundays. The regular school tickets are good from September until June, but the Sunday school tickets are good for every Sunday of the year. The rate applies to all those whose ages range up to and Including 20 years of age. But to obtain this rate the purchaser of the ticket must have a certificate from the principal, superintendent or pastor of -the school. The extension of the school rate to Kunday school children was granted by B. S. Joeselyn, president of the com pany, upon the application of the various Sunday school teachers and pastors of the churches. It was argued by them that If the rate was reduced to the same figure as to the school children of the public schools, the at tendance would be increased. To test out this statement Mr. Jos selyn consented to the introduction of the new rate and beginning- with to day Sunday schools will keep a. record of their attendance for purposes of comparison. There Is no intention to reconsider the decision for a reduced rate, the only hope is that it will work out for an Increased attendance. . KIDNAPED GIRL SOUGHT Farmer Seeks Daughter In Tacoma. Warrants Out for Four. TACOMA, Wash., May 18. (Special.) Florence Anderson, aged 15, believed by her parents to have been kidnaped by two men and two women Friday from her home at Lacy, Wash., Is sought here by the police, her father and Deputy Sheriff Williams, of Olym pla. According; to Williams the girl was seen and recognized in Tacoma at noon Friday, shortly after the arrival of tho Olympla train. The girl's father, who is a well-known Lacy farmer, has a warrant for the arrest of four persons, according to Williams. The deputy says the party had kidnaped the girl for the purpose of marrying her to one of tha men. SEVENTH-STREET CORNER. Now that Seventh street is ordered widened and bound to be one of the best streets In the city, we have a bargain for some one in a corner facing BO feet on Seventh street and the 100 feet on the side street facing south, making It one of the best locations for an apartment-house in the City of Port land at the price. Call upon us if you want a Seventh-street bargain. CHAS. K. HENRY CO., Henry Building. Fourth and Oak Sts. Portland, Or. List of Prominent People Registered at Hotel Multnomah New York J. Y. Johnson, E. Lark in, M. E. Ulmer, Harry Stenge. Los Anneles Ida B. Smith, George R. Smith, J. E. St. Varln. Victoria Miss Borquist, A. Borqulst, H. N. Springer, H. M. Fulle-rton, H. R. Fullerton. William Boyle. St. Louis Mr. and Mrs. T. R, Jones, John F. Haden. Spokane C. H. Messer, Charles E. Webb. J. E. By lea, R. B. Porter, F. J. Pitman. San Francisco P. II. Williams and wife. G. W. Halliday. W. Forthman. Syracuse J. M. Milburt, W. N. Not tingham. Fllmore R. J. Bailey and wife. Eugene Lyman G. Rice. Pendleton Mrs. G. M. Rice. Lebanon Mr. and Mrs. Seymour Washburn. Astoria E. C. Yonce and son. Centralia George Dysant, A. D. Haw kins. City Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Skinner. Memphis Dr. G. W. Hill. Seattle K. A. Anderson. C. H. Daniels, I. N. Dally, J. S. Ralston and wife. Vancouver, B. C. A. E. Hale, H. M. Budd, W. A. Seale, H. Timms and wife. Boston N. A. Terry. St. Paul Henry Elklns. Pittsburg H. W. Clarke. Cholton G. M. Coffee. Chicago E. J. Doyle. E. Lippman. J. Armltage and wife. Woodland Dr. and Mrs. C. J. Hoff man. Raymond A. S. Coates. Minneapolis A. C. Nealson. W. S. Parker. Duluth D. C. KInkead. Pueblo J. J. Morrlsy. Wallace C. M. Grubb, Walter H. Hansen. Tacoma Walter Berg. Professor George Stone, M. L. Hopper. Olympla J. L. Putnam and wife. New Westminster James L. Duncan. , Sllverton R. M. Harding. Ctah Coal Entries Canceled. WASHINGTON. May 18. The Gen eral Land Office today decided that the so-called Freed coal land entries in I'tah should be cancelled. Entries in 1?06 on 4000 acres of coal land by Charles M. Freed and 25 others re sulted in charges of conspiracy. The Salt Lake land office did not sustain the charges, but that finding was to day reversed. ORDER DECORATIONS FOR ROSE SHOW ELKS CONVENTION NOW Let Us Decorate Your Building We have been decorating buildings, etc., for 14 years. WE KNOW HOW Ten tons of Decorating Materials in Portland now. It consists of Flags, Poles, Bunting, Shields, Pennants, Buoyers, Festooning, etc. It's all new. Your every want anticipated. "We furnish original designs, no two alike. "We contract put up and take down. We keep your decorations in position if displaced by the wind or other cause. All materials fast colors not marred by rain. Let us make you an estimate. Order early, giving us time to do good work. PHONE, CALL OR WRITE CAPITAL DECORATING CO. Phone Main 9255 69 SEVENTH ST. (Beck Building) (Home Office, 658 Mission St., San Francisco)