THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, MAY 17, 1C03.
Business during the past week was not quite up tp expectations, owing to un
favorable weather conditions. Consequently) strenuous efforts will be made to
catch up this week. Below we present to you a collection of values that no
Portland house can or will duplicate. All we askcom
' put us to the test .
Our Great Annual May Sale of
Flowers
OCCURS THIS WEEK
5000 Branches of Choicest
Imported Flowers at V3 to
12 of Actual Value
"RMiitifnl fine Flowers, immense OP
variety; values to. 75c choice... . uC
Very large sprays of Handsome fA
Flowers ; actual values up to $1.50. ejUC
Ftra choice fine Flowers in wreath and
bouquet effects, Values to
per bunch, , , .. .
One of the largest eastern importers fa
vors us yearly with the balance of his
choice-stock of Flowers at a price "that
averages us at from one third to one half
of, their actual Value,, and we look for
ward to this event with much enthusiasm,
as it means an opportunity for us to offer
our-patrons new and desirable Flowers
at less than ; half of regular prices. The
collection consists of every known va
riety, such as many styles of Roses, Pop
pies:, Bluetts, t Margiierite,s,i Violets, , Li
lacs, Cowslips, Morning Glories; "Apple
Blossoms and ' Foliages 25,
50t and ', I OC
QiO
RIVAL FEATURES ADD
INTEREST TO CARNIVAL
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'Committees 011 Water,, Horse
; Auto. Procession Each Try to ajake Their End of '
" " Rose Shoif Program the Jlost Attractire.
It be!n to look'vry much a If
th various committee which have
chars of the different Koe Festival
parades are enRatinff In a keen rivalry
to seii which Will present to tn inuuo
Brian or Visitors the most imposing
spectacle. The horse aad carriage pa
rsde, committee, the decorated automo
bile and float committee and the water
carnival committee-are working strenu
ously to make their event most hrii-
UanL apectacuur ana aiiracuve.
, Chairman :yf. M. Davis of the horse
and ; carriage psrade committee has
. started out on a general campaign of
visiting the push clubs with a view of
having , them enter floats or decorated
vehicles In his particular parade, and
Friday Might he won over the Hunnyildo
Improvement club, which will enter a
float In-the form of a massive bower
of roses, and will be further embel
lished by the girls of the graduating
class of tha Sunnyslde school who will
ride under a floral canopy, and strew
flowers along the line of march. lavl
will endeavor to reach all of tha 10
j'ush clubs of the city within the next
week and secure an entry of some sort.
be it big or mtie.
, Vast Olnbs Will Take Part.
' Mr. Davis hss also made arrangements
with the various clubs in the city Inter
ested in riding and driving to take part
in the affair, the Hunt club forming the
mounted escort to Rex Oregonus in his
march from the river to the festival
arch. The Hunt club members will not
compete for prises In the parade, but
first and second prises in many classes
will ba awarded ethers who take part.
The committee on this feature for the
. festival association consists of W. M.
lavi s. chairman. Ambrose M. Cronln,
Jr. Emmett Drake, F. O. Downing and
Henry Metager. The Hunt club com
mittee includes J. Wesley Ladd, Am
brose M. Cronln, E. T. Chase and the
secretary of .the club. The Riverside
driving association's committee, ap-
roiiiteu bi rrwiuoii . a. uiaiaw, is
r. C FroonvN. M. McDanlels, Henry
Tillman. Mr. Relg and Al PowelL
A -eneral meeting of .all these com
mittees waa held last week and plans
were outlined for the features of the
parade and the scheme of decorations
to be carried out. It was decided that
ell wishing to take part In the parade
must secure entry blanks from Ambrose
rrontn at 119 First street, and return
t he blanks, filled in. to Mr. Cronln,
: secretary of the general committee.
-.s. Tloai. Trom Tseonver.
Vancouver has agreed te send a float'
to take part In the parade which prem
ises to be the biggest daylight feature
of the festival, the committee appoint
ed to take charge of the Vancouver
end of the affair consists , of John
ElwelL Pr. C 8. Irwin and Hax Coha.
One of the features of the parade
will be the cadet corps of SOS students
from the Oregon Agricultural college
at Oorvalll,' who will -come dewn by
it sinecUi train.' These cadets have the
reputation of being the best drilled body
cf men in the northwest ' and should
make a fine appearance. ,
Weloome to Crnisers. .
Meanwhile Harry McAllister, master
fifti wnrden of Oregon . and chairman
of the water carnival committee. Is
Vu'ly enwmted In trying to arrange a
iru,t fi;t.u welcome f.at the fleet of
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Dress Skirts
One special lot of ladies' black and
navy Panama Skirts in extra-sizes-only..
Values up to $10(1 QT
choice. .. . .. . ..,... S w
Fancy Skirts
100 light colored fancy mixture
Dress Skirts, all sizes. Values.
up to $17.50
$2,00,
only...........
Misses' Skirts
Large variety of well made Misses'
Skirts. Values up to- tj f C
$6.50 choice tD 1 70
Pongee Silk Dresses
Plain, and striped Pongee Silk
Dresses and Jumper Suits, neatly
trimmed. Values up toO Q A C
$20.00 choice J) O. 7 O
CORNER
and Carriage Parade and
warshipa which will be here during
the Festival week. McAllister hopes
to be able to arrive at some agreement
with the streetcar company whereby
the "Jackies" will be allowed to ride
free of charge on all streetcars during
their brief stay here. He will also try
to have the locar theatres honor the uni
form of the sea-fighters of Uncle Sam,
and will make an official request of the
managers of the local play houses that
they permit all of the ' boys" in uni
form to see the shows, In fact, to see
that they will have carte blanche for
every attraction of the Festival week.
The owners of pleasure craft la the
harbor have not been showing as much
Interest as Chairman McAllister be
lieves they should, and he urge that
vrr , , boat, rowing, yacht and
f",r nd of aquatic club which pos
sibly can, send in Its entries.. There
will be handsome prlxes for all those
that participate, and the sooner the en
tries are listed tha kn- wtu h. ih.
competition In the various water events.
While Portland has many capable oars
men and skillful skippers. It Is believed
that the entries from the cruisers, gun
boats and torpedo-boats which will be
sent here will show local talent some
raclni form that will mik. hn,
and take notice. . , , .
Big Auto parade).
The Portland AufnmAhii. v..
tne best ehanr nf n.iriM th. ki
showing in its parade, for its officers
and committees began active work
some time ago and have secured a touch
finer orffanlzjifinn 4 iHam iw . . -
norse and oarrlaarM tennln' th.
carnival committee a. It ' is expected
tnat a larae maiorltv of th 1 snn n.
censed motor, cara of various sixes and
makes will be entered In th ntmtwtlti.
automobile parade, end : Inasmuch ss
this pageant will move faster and will
have a lonaer line nf marrh on m
afford better opportunities for floral
decoration. It stands more than a. timht.
ing chance to be the big event of the
week. - . " -
The eecretarv of. the RiversMe Thriv
ing club has sent out a-call for a meet
ing ot tne memoera or the. organisation
to be held at the club headquarters in
me narauion .Duuaing, Aionaay evening,
May 18. The call reads as follow.:
"A meeting of the Riverside Driving
ciuu &uu umm owiwra or wneeieu ve
hicles, willing to participate in the
coming peraae or me Kose Festival on
June 4, 1908, will b held in room 3J,
Hamilton building, Monday evening
May 18. - Give us your support and hefc
make this division - of the parade ' the
most beautiful one. in line.
- r 1 "PAUL 8, DICK.- Secretary."
BACK IN JAIL AFTER
a ? A FEW FREE H0UES
Celia Smith had two or-three hours
of liberty yesterday afternoon after her
discharge In, f he rnunlclpat court on a
charge of : complicity" in s robbery by
Brown and Kspoleon. who are held for
trial In the circuit court After she was
released she went to the eounty Jail and
took away article of apparel she had
left, there. Abont art hour, later' she
was picked up by the police on notlfi
cation from the jail that a bench war
rant had been issued to hold her as a
witness. , She Waa returrie-i ti JalC be
ing uuable to furnish a 8600 bond.
tailored
choice at flj C All
....'.i'.UlVV;
A grand
Suits,
up to
FIFTH AND ALDER STREETS
TABLE-SHOT
BY JISTJEPUTY
Discharged Officer Uses Gun
to Revenue Himself for
Loss of Position.
(Hpimt Kewi by Longest Leeaetf Wlre.
Redding, Cal., May 16. Constable
Tim 'Foley was shot through the body
at 11 o'clock this morning In Kennett
by Deputy Constable Frank Llttlefleld.
The shooting occurred In Judge Brown's
court room.
Court had Just been adjourned and
tha two officers and Judge Brown were
Lalone. Physicians say that Foley has
& Biigm cnance iof nis lire. Leputy
Constable Llttlefleld is In jail and re
fuses to make a statement.
, Constable Foley revoked Littlefleld's
appointment last night for alleged heavv
drinking. Llttlefleld came into the court
room this morning and berated Foley.
The angry talk between the officers
had almost subsided when Llttlefleld
is) said to -have leveled his revolver ut
Foley's breast Foley rushed for Little
field to grab his gun. At that mo
ment the weapon-waa discharged, the
bullet striking Foley in the left breast
two inches below the heart.
SAYS .TBUSTS HATE
M PLEDGED SUPPORT
(United Press ted Wire.)
Washington, May 1. H. B. Martin,
secretary of the American Anti-Trust
league, positively charged that great
corporations have i promised immense
contributions to the next Republican
campaign fund in return for the passage
of the civic federation bill amending the
Sherman anti-trust law. He declared
the bill was drafted by F. L. Stetson
cons
FASTEST MOTOR BOAT IN FRANCE THE LIZAIRE
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. The motor boat, Slzalre et.Naudin, named after its constructor and
ragtest craft of Its kind in France, as a result Of the recent motor boat
Monaco.. . In .spltaof he rot)gh weather, , the. Slialre et Naudln covered
course in the fastest time ever made for that distance by a motor boat in
Ladies-Suits
Plain and fancy mixtures,' strictly
styles, light and dark co
i-
ors, full line of sizes (SIJ OtZ
values up to $25.00'. . ..J) I LiO
Misses'Siiits
Your choice Jof mahout1 50 Misses'
Suits, ranging in sizes from 10 to
14 years; fancy mixture materials.
Values up to $15.00 (jj J A C
choice. ..tl)0yO
High Class Tail
ored Suits
.selection of our very best
ranging in priced A AC
$45 choice . . . . P 1 TT s O
and Victor liorowetx with that' under
standing.
.Martin, Chauncey Depew and Samuel
Compere, d resident of .the American
Federation of Labor, occupied most of
the time or the senate Judiciary com
mittee, considering the desired legisla
tion. .
Depew declared Martin's charges were
very serious and demanded that he pro
duce proof. .
Gompera demanded that the bill be
amended to take care of the Interests
of organised labor. " .'.
"If labor organisations cannot defend
the things they stand for in the open
sunlight, ' he declared, "thev will do
the next, best thing and they will do it
in secret. There Is more intense feel
ing in favor of the assertion of the
workingmen's rights since' the courts
declared organized labor ft trust than
ever uefore.
HILL
HOT LOSE POWER
Governqr of Oklahoma Ve
toes Bill Making Attorney
His Superior.
(TJihW Press Letted Wtre.i T
Guthrie, Okla., May 16. Governpr
Haskell today vetoed the Eggerman-Davls-Redwlne
drastic anti-trust act
He especially disfavored the section
giving the attorney-general more power
than thesjovernor, by empowering him
to go before jmo supreme Judge and
have a receiver appointed for any cor
poration without giving the latter no
tice. He favors the provision for im
prisoning convicted trust managers. A
bill conforming with Haskell's sugges
tions waa immediately, introduced.
More than. 6,000 women are employed
lit the Russian secret service. Some
draw a salary of 110.000 a year.
"
HASKELL
Evening Gowns
.Tremendous reductions on our
.entire' stock of ' Evening' GoWns.
MAKE YOUR OWN PRICE.
r
Covert Goats
Ladies' Fancy .Covc'ft Coats,
strapped seams andplain: tailored
styles ; 'silk lined. Val-fl t A 7C
1 t
ues up to $25 choice tP 1 I O
Fancy Sillc Jackets
Tight and semi-fitted black silk
Taffeta Jackets Values' ( J C
upsto $12.0 choice,.. .DOrO
Grocery Dept
Great offerings throughout this
department. Monday only ,we will
offer 1,800 packages, of Monarch
Starch, 1,5c value 3c package.
Limit, 3 to a customer. " 5
Mill STILL
LACKS LAWYER
.Wife's Attorney, Secures
.Postponement pi Entering
of Suspect's Plea.
Edward H. , Martin,, 'who is 'accused
of the brutal -murder of Nathan Wolff,
did not enter, his plea in the circuit
court Yesterday afternoon,: as had been
expected, to tle Intense disgust of ft
sensation-loving crowd that filled every
available seat -in department No, 4,
where Judge Ganenbeln' presided. In
the crowd were -tJUf: a dozen Women,
who had - come :to--r the- courtroom in
the hop of being able to -catch a
glimpse, of the accused man.
At the last moment a request came
from City Attorney Kavanaugh to post
he had no attorney to represent him.
Mr. Kavanaugh is representing the in
terests of Mrs." Martin, and was not
able to appear yesterday because of
Dusiness in . another court. It Is ex
pected that by tomorrow Martin will
have arranged for an attorney to de
fend Tiim, and 2 o'clock tomorrow af
ternoon was fixed as the time for' htm
to enter his plea.
Martin's ' trial Drobablv will tnVa
place in the first days of July. Th9
calender la filled up to that time, an.l
the court vacation will begin the first
week in that month. July 1 n;i hiv.
been held aa open dates, however, for
tinci g.ncjr i-usea ana martin a trial will
no doubt be placed at that time, aa it
Is not desired to keep him in Jail all
Humiuvr. uuriua; wnicn lime tnere Will
Vi m n r In... (rial. . 'I
An orchid that takes a drink wh.r,.
ever it feels thirst v bv lettins- itnwn
iuob inw ins-water is a Dotanlcal curn
losny wnicn grows in south Africa, The
luub, wmn i.ui in .use, is couea ud on
engineer has been proclaimed the
races held In the Mediterranean off '
the 60 kilometre,-(8 miles!
France., , -
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LOCAL OPTION
FOR DEMOCRATS
SjK)kane tConTention 3Iay
2AaQptPlank-to Offset
publican Platform. ;
(Special Dispatch to Tit loaroaL)
Seattle, Waah May II. Not to be
outdone by the Republicans of the state
when' they adopted a local option plank
in their platform at the .Spokane con
ventton, prominent Democrats are talk
ing of incorporating a similar plank in
their articles of faith, to be formulated
this week In. the. earns cltv. . i " ..
State Senator W. O. Grave oC Spo
kane declares. Will work ' for the
adoption of such m nlank- in the Mat-
form of Washington . Democrats and
says the favors the passage of the lo-
caa option aw dv tne next legniatura.
- Speaking of the Democratic nominee
tor tne senate. Mr. oraves said: '
"So far as I have been able to as
certain, the Democrats of tha state are
united on George Turner as the party
candidate for United States senator and
I do not believe there will be any
other name mentioned." . Senator rTur
ner, while ' in -the last legislature,
worked for the passage of a law pro-
niDitmer tne , publication or tne aetaiis
of murder trials, but had little success
on mai score. .
SAKE DAM BILL
: M0UENED AS DEAD
(Speelsl' Dtspateb-W The JraraaL)
Pasco. Wash., May While the
people of Pasco and vicinity are patient
ly awaiting the final enactment of the
bill authorising the construction of a
dam' across tha Snake river at -Five
Mile rapids, private information from
the Washington state delegation at
vyasnington, u. - u., to interested par
ties here gives but - little hope of the
bill's enactment during the present ses
sion of congress ", -.
"The bill as returned to the senate
evidently does not meet the approval of
the body as a whole," - said President
Howard Amon of the-Benton water A
Power company- "I have been informed
that a -number -of senators have' made
the assertion that, rather than vote for
the passage of the bill as amended, they
wouia resign meir seats in tne senate:
but they would pass the original bill
6ver ' the president's veto at the next
session, providing tne chief executive
at that " lime retains President Roose
velt's viewa,. Private information from
Washington, D. Cm leads me to V be
lieve that the bill for the present Is a
dead issue." -. - , ,
Will Parry of Seattle, receiver of the
Pasco Water Power comoanv. now
operating at. Two Rivers, recently for
warded a telegram to I'resident Amon
requesting that word be immediately
sent to Senator Piles that the Pasco
Water aV Power company, has no objec
tion to any provision which would bene
fit his company.-- .. . .
EUEE'S CASE WILL GO
" TO JUHr TUESDAY
tlan Francisco. Mav K Abe Ruefs
case will in all probability go to the
Jury in Judge uoollng a court Tuesday
nltrht. The case of the neoDle with the
exception of the recalling of O. H.
Umbsen for a few minutes, is in, and
it is practically certain the defense will
submit -its case on.-argument without
ny testimony. Abe Kuef himself, it is
almost a certainty, -will not bw called.
The rase was .continued till :80
o'clock Monday morning. 1 i
CRUISER FLEET-
WILL SAIL TODAY
; aBWBsWasaaasaMBsBalssBssssBlssB "
Eear-Admiral Dayton Will
Take Ships to Santa Bar
bara for Maneuvers.
(Hearst Kewa by tngest Leased Wire.)
San Kranclsco. May It At o'clock
tomorrow morning the ' cmlsere of the
Pacific fleet, led by . the West Virginia
flying the pennant of Rear-Admiral
John H. Dayton, will go to eea, bound
for Santa Barbara. -fXt ;
The Pacific fleet, was scheduled te
sail Friday morning for Santa Bar
bars, but the orders from Washington
were countermanded the previous
evening.' It developed : today that the
detention of the cruisers here was te
enable tbe Maryland to receive (the
marksmanship trophy from tbe Illinois
of the Atlantic fleet
- Off Santa -Barbara and other south
ern California ports the cruisers wilt
engage, in drill and exercises and semi
annual practice. The date of their re
turn is not fixed.. "
The Atlantic fleet is td sail" at J
o'clock Monday rooming for Puget
sound, but will return here the latter
part of June to remain until July T
before salllna for Honolulu sod Points
beyond, then route - to the Atlantis
coast.
. The1 Kentucky Is to return here early
in June after drydocktng on the sound
and will await the other battleships.
Thousands of visitors were received
aboard the battleships today.
The battleship marKsmanshrp trophy
was transferred from the Illinois to the
cruiser Maryland today.
SAILORS FIGHT
I'JITII JAPANESE
;V ' " ' ' """ ;.:. V- V ,
Search for Three Deserters
Besults in Score of Bat
tles at New York.
' (Col ted Press teased Wire.)
New 'York, May 16. Wherever Jap- ,
anese and sallorroen have met in Man
hattan Brooklyn or Jersey today, there
has been battle. i .- ' . ; .
"Cap" James Jarvis of tha good ship
Lawhlll, just In from Hongkong, wants
three' of the little brown men "1100
worth. - News of the reward he has
offered has been scattered . broadcast
among the mariners now in port. .. Ally
Japanese look pretty much alike and.
tne salt water sieutns Dian is to gran '
every Japanese thev see and hale him
to tne uawnut ior identification by
vap" jarvia. , ' .
Some of . the- islander's thus bidden
have declined. to go and warfare has"
followed. . Smf e have been rescued bv
the police. .Others have been .dragged
to tne. aocKs. .
Yesterday afternoon three Jananese
stowed themselves away on the Law
bill, and escaped when the .vessel
reached New York and are hidden some
where on American soil. The lmmtrrs- .
tion atithorltleB will fine the Irate "Cap"
1 509 per Jap unless he takes them with
him when he sails for tbe orient.