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,
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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.
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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.
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