Republican Warhorscs, Here
to' Attend'-StateVConTten-tion,
Quietly Pass Out Tip
' That It Is Not Safe to Bet
on Cake Eight Now.
..'Republican warhorses and W-"
leaders are .cared and have grown timid
d are hushing their volcea They
ce George E. Chamberlain. In their
dreamt, with the United States aenator
ehlp in W reach, and the vision makes
M Stutter while they shout, for Cake.
In many sections of the state they hayo
their handa ready to throw up. and In
.U pert, they ara very -cautious about
Klvlng voice to any prophecy which
might make them out to be poor
oracle.. In other word they believe,
down deep, that Chamberlain l. going
to wto ' r n " ' Z
Portlandtoday la li.L?0,w'
come from the east and the weM 10
attend the state convention. These
rn"n know as nearly a.
know the entlmant of ,'r.dUtrlcts
regarding the senatorial battle,, ana
men, If you are a friend .thsjrs.
tell you n a friendly way
your money Jn your pocket I wouldn t
f tt nne way or the other." This com
ing from dyed in tha wool party men
is? to say the least, very significant.
"Cake Oh. Certainly
If the wandering newspaper man butt.
nd a bunch of Politicians talkinjrabout
things pol Uca 'generally Vnd aVki about
ihe S.enPatorlal Situation, tha following
dialogue Is pretty sure to take place.
First they ahake ands U around and
ask the newspaper man to smoke. I hea
they chime in chorus about tha senator-
h'&h. it "is Cake- they say
hand sort of way. 'Sure It Is i Cake.
My county ts Republican. W a
tig Republican majority up there and
I think Cake will get mora votes than
Chamberlain. I know a man who voted
for Chamberlain when , he ran for gov
rnor who ta going to, vote for taws
That's your official opinion' Is itr
"That is what I think about It
"But tell mo, not for publication, but
t . wm mm n bnsw thor I W &
as a menu, """7 . ,
irolnff to b-t on the senatorial election
Znd Kyou dll not want me to lose my
money - or g b'u.i ,-ia
would you advlsa me -to put my- salary
bark of Cake?" .And each time the
an earnest manner and say in a .uo-
duea voice:
KMiriit rnslda Vto. "
. Take this from ma, 'but keep It be
tween us: Keep your money in your
pocket. Up my way Cake may win out.
smaller majority than I would want U
and all that. I hear down her In Cham
berlain. I Have to coro Pf xo - m
I ' 7L VIl3 S3. V V VO ' "
It is Chamberlain. The counties may
elve Cake a little lead, but he has got
to fight for what he gets. You had bet
ter save your money until later in the
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Harry K. Thaw Is making a desperate attempt to gain his. liberty. The fight on the part" "of the ,
slayer ot Stanford White will be hard fought" by District Attorney Jerome. This photograph was taken
in court ' at Poughkeepsle; while the preliminary hearing of the Thaw case was in progress. Harry K. Thaw
'i..t. ; aV' inn. mil lih ((nrno " Jmm fl Rraham. ftt the right. . '". ;. -
20 BUUITU bUQ IUt. vwp
game. There "Will plenty 01 uroe w
bet It Just before elicilon." . ' '
Thif Is the line of talk that comes
from "the outside where men know each
other and can else up what their neigh
bors are going to do. It shows that
even the men who are working for the
party ticket are auwous m a-
capltated at the polls. It shows that
Chamberlain Is In the lead when his
ooDonents will not back their candi
date to win It Is a pretty good index
that Governor cnamberiain wut re ine
ohoioe of the people when the votes are
counted in June.
PIONEER MOTHEE AND '
' GRANDMOTHER DIES
Mrs. Mary Llecomb McRae, a pioneer
of Portland, died at her borne T4S Mis
sissippi, avenue, yesterday morning at
o'clock of old age Mrs. McRae was
born on Cape Breton in 1!H., In 1888
she was married to John McRae. She
was the mother of 10 children. Four
sons, Will. Alexander, George and Dou
gal, and one daughter. Mrs. Louise Val
entine, survive the late pioneer. Eight
een grandchildren ) and three great
grandchildren are left to mourn the
frlnriTV nlri'lftdV. ' " '
Mrs. McRae had been a resident of
Portland for 80 years preceding her
death. !, ... . . . . .
The runerai win taae piace n 1
O'clock tomorrow afternoon from Dun
ning', chapel, jyaat tnxtn ana jtiaer
streets., Burial will be In Lone Fir
cemetery," where the body will be laid
to rest by the side of Mrs, McRae'a husband.
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EPVQRTH
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TP CDHVEKE MAY 21
Convention of Portland Dis
trict Being Enthusiastic
ally Prepared For.
The first annual convention of the
Portland District EpwOrth league will
be held in University Park Methodist
Episcopal church May 11 to May. 24
Inclusive. Over 10 charges are con
tained in the Portland district, owing
to the later rearrangement ot the dis
tricts, by Bishop Moore. Moat of these
district, have an Epworth league, and
many Of them two chapters with a
Junior chapter In addition. Nearly half
of the - churches In Portland support
Junior chapters. . ,
The program for the meeting a week
hence includes many well-known church
speakers. Rev. F. 1. Young of the St.
John Methodist church will address the
opening meeting Thursday night on the
j. t, iLnoaeii, Keiiei.ji u(iQj.iii.otiuviiv
Wilt CUIIUl. I w ...... v w..Hf3.
Saturday night will be given up to
social affairs. The day sessions will
De given over 10 vuiin umuu,
and to the reading and discussion of
LEAGUERS
FOR LIBERTY
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various papers by the members of the
league. ' - -
Sunday'; afternoon at the Centenary
church there will be a meeting under
the directlon of ,T.' S. Mctanlel and Rev.
T. B. Ford of the ? Sunnyslde church.
Various other -pastors will' assist, their
names not yet havlng"been selected.
Sunday night the main meeting will be
in the University -Park-church, where
Dr. Ford will BDe&k on the "Paramount
Authority of the Scriptures In Faith
and Life." After the sermon will come
the. Installation or the new district orn
cers. " Friday and Saturday at noon and
p. m. meals will be served under the
direct management of the league.
The league has made wonaerrui prog
ress during the past year in this city.
New chapters have been organized, and
several hundred new members secured.
Great preparations are being made for
the convention next week. Usually it
takes a year to prepare for such an
event,' but all the work for the first
Portland . league convention has been
done m a little less than seven weeks.
The business condition of the various
chapters la excellent, and there is no
lack of fund, to make the coming con
vention an assured success.
EUGENE CITY COUNCIL
ORDERS MORE PAVING
Eugene. Or., May H. The Eugene
city council has ordered Olive street
between West Fifth and West Tenth
streets paved with bltullthlc; also West
Fifth andWest Sixth between Willam
ette and Olive streets, a total of seven
blocks. This, in addition to those
streets already paved and under contract
will make-a total of 87 blocks. Prop
erty owners on otner streets are clamor
ing for the Improvement.
COIliCEnEIIT
il SOBER AFFAIR
Stanford Seniors Quietly
Boycott It Undesirables
, 1 Doomed. V.'
, (Qalttd rreas teased Wtra i ,
'etmntnrA TTnlveraltv. "CaL. ; May 14.
The 1908 ' commencement exercises be
gan here yesterday without the usual
L.ini.... .. hw tha nMiArifa . if
. - m.mk..vA alumni The faoiiltv
and quite" ft eoterto of alumhi r pull-
infr OU U1V UBUIU : AViWBa euu.
tion as beat they can. Many of the
veniors have already left the university,
termination not to participate In exer
cises irom. wuivii ou ukuj ui wait
classmates are missing because of the
in-fated carade of March 12. ha. been
lived up to, - -It
is rumored here that many stu-
cause they are "undesirable." No mem-
ber of the committee will apeak. The
number of flunkouts Is expected to be
abnormal because of the unsettled : pe-
riUU ' Ul Altai. Iliuiltt n u,vu naa
conducive to hard study, College work
ceased today, to begin again Septem
ber 1, '-. - - J
SOON TO PASS UPOH
FIRE ALARr.l FRANCHISE
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Councilmen Debate Over
Provisions of Antomatie "
Company Measure. J
riAanit the efforts of . Councilman
Rushlight to amend the franohlse of the
National 'Automatic Fire Alarm com
pany in the council yesterday afternoon
so that the 'company's - entire system
would revert' to the city at ine ena oi
the life of the franchise In 25 years,
. . A r n m A trmnr Mm tn
franchise according to charter provis
ions without Rushlight's amendment' .
Councilman Annaiiu uwuuiuoui
made the valuation of the franchlao
Ing. of the company and l the auxiliary
nre aiarm uuw r ,
fixed the valuation at 1 per cent ot the
gross earnings. , . . . .
This was the only change made In
the franchise which has been bitterly
opposed by Counollman Kellaher and
other members of the minority party.
Chief Campbell and . City Electrician
Bavaria u have alao opposed the fran
chise on the ground that It would not
be proper to have the company's wires
attached to the city's Are alarm sys
tem. Despite the opposition the meas
ure went through the council and after
It has been advertised the required
length of time will be placed upon final
passage, when it will go to Mayor Lane
for his approval.
SUNNYSIDE READY
FOR BIG FESTIVAL
Tom Richardson of the Commercial
club was the attraction which crowded
the schoolhouse.at Sunnyelde last night,
when the well-known booster addressed
the members of the Sunnyslde Push
club. Mr. Richardson spoke In the in-
j v . wnn Dr.
Siimm2r Comforl
Don't add the heat of a
kitchen fire to .the sufficient
discomfort of hot weather.
Use a New Perfection Wick
Blue Flame Oil Cook-Stove,
aw4 ss1f i-n rvmifnrf. j
IWVA WWels eVMk ft,-:.. V ,vs' v V
With a "New Perfection" Oil
raising the temperature perceptibly above that of any-other sf
room In the house. . ' 1 '--
If you once have experience
teres ts of the Rose Festival and dwelt
at length on the benefits which will ac
crue to all the people of Portland as a
result. .
The olub has accepted the generous
offer of H. E. Co-well of Sunnyslde to
f provide a team of white horses for use
n the Sunnyslde parade contingent
during the festival. The committee
appointed to take charge of the Sunny
slde display for the festival Is composed
of the following representative oltlsens:
Mrs. Edward McPherson, Mrs. R. H.
Waiker, R. H. Walker, Professor Cur
tis. J. N. Davis, W. P. Fell, Mrs. Shay
and M. C. Davis.
REAL ESTATE 3IEN TO
PUBLISH UMATILLA
(Cnlted Press Leased Wire.)
Pendleton, Or., May H At a rousing
meeting of the Real Estate Men's asso
ciation; covering Umatilla oounty, plans
for a publicity campaign were started.
A committee to have charge of the pub
licity campaign for the real estate men
was appointed, with James H. Gwtnn of
this city, John S. Vinson of Freewater
and ,W. H. Skinner of Hermlston a.
members. The Pendleton Comorcial as
sociation will name a committee to co
operate with this committee, to have
charge of the expenditure of a publicity
fund to be raised in the county. Uma
tilla countv will be thoroughly adver-
Itlsed in the east through a local bureau,
to be established here, with an experi
enced publicity agent In oharge.
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Stove thereparation of .
with the 0 '- .
Bluc flame OA Ccoli-Stoi
pill V amazed at the restful wav in "which dt
ibles you to do work that has heretofore overheated .
kitchen and yourselt r -
The "New Perfection' Stove is ideal for summer
:. Made m three sizes and all warranted. , 21
ot at your dealer's, write our nearest agency, J, ;
Wf whether hlcM
er low b therefore free from disagreeable odor and can
not smoke, 6afe, convenient, ornamental the ideal liehU
If sot st your dealers, writs oar nearest agency.
STANDARD OIL COMPANY
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LAWYER'S FEE FOR
SECOmilB ACQUITTAL
Widow Obtained Property,
and Now Wants Title
Quited in Her Favor.
Claiming that he sold property to
which she held the legal title, Mrs.
Sarah Smith has begun suit In the cir
cuit court against Robert Oossman.
The letter's wife Is made a defendant,
as she Joined In the conveyance. m
The plaintiff Is the widow of the late
fended Oossman when he was tried on
a charge of burglary, and secured his
acquittal. Mrs. Smith states that her
husband's tee, amounting to $140, was
never paid, and Smith In his lifetime
secured Judgment on an assigned claim
against Oossman, under which the bet
ter's property was sold by the sheriff.
It was bought by Henry P. Ford and
by him transferred to Mrs. Smith.
Oossman is alleged to have sold the
property to Brie C. Ule in 1908 for
16,000. although the title was then in
Mrs.'' Smith's name. She asks that the
court quiet the title in her favor.