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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (June 11, 1912)
14 T REX MAKES ENTRY KING ENTERS CITY; TAKES GOLDEN KEY CROWD WHICH WITNESSED THE OPENING DAY ?AR T.Tro".nrp.TTt?n vrrcrrv nVTm.nvc vn ttit " r --ct tvt nrer snow WERE PASSING I T III BOYAL SPLENDOR 0 pi' Throng Greets His Floral Ma esty as Gay Marine Parade Passes. Rex Oregonus' Makes Tri umphal March Through . Portland. HARBOR RINGS FOR JO CRUISERS ROAR SALUTES ' ' 1 ' ' ' a i i - n . ' a, -a y Cruiser Maryland -Sing Siren Song of" Festival Mirth tone Lln of Bedecked Water Craft File Into Harbor. PRIZE vYTXXERS IX THK BOAT FAGfcAT YETWUAY MOKXIXO. Clan A. doaormted work boats ( Tlx, owned by W. L. Beyer. Drat; Era, ownid by C. Arooe, second. Class B. cabin boats Corliss, owaed br the Oas Power Supply Company, nrst; Sarah Jane, owl br W. A. Knight. second. Class C. pleaaure boat Naughty Olrl. owned by W. H. and E. voa dar Worth. Drat; Betay B.. owsad by C. B. Brown, aaaond. Prises Silver lovlng-eupe by tha Portland Roe Featlvel Association. Judges H. W. Wallace. Q. X. Trowbridge and Lieutenant D. B. Baary. of tha United Statae cralaar Maryland. "Whurroo-eyoo-ey-o-o-o-e-y-o!" Tha crest siren on tha United States cruiser Maryland, -with a Ions-drawn-out and devastating- bellow, save tha signal teat loosed the throat of every whistle In the harbor and the royal barge Sea Otter, sailing up from the , lower harbor yesterday morning-, bore his floral'majesty. Res Oregonus. again Into his kingdom of the Rose City. Royally escorted came the king, his barge accompanied by a fleet of the heat craft. upon the river, both great and small, decorated In festival colors, with pennants fluttering, with whistles In all keys Incessantly roaring and with guns booming salute. Evan before the start of the pageant the lower harbor presented a spectacle of holiday brilliancy, as- the steamer Bear dropped down from Its dock and swung Into position, followed by the larger river boats, the Bailey Gatsert, .the Monarch and others. All around the bigger vessels, motor- boats and launches puttered and whlatled like variegated waterbuga. " noalng about for their position. Tha " royal barge. Sea Otter, speeding down to its position, was greeted with cheas ' and whistles through the leagth of fie harbor. Paaassa Emt Heralded. A warning shot from the "Charma ' lee." tha launch of C- V. Cooper, grand marshal of the parade, brought the , bright-colored flotilla Into position and five minutes later the yacht Bayocean steamed forward at the head of the lung line. Following came the Bee, Otter with the royal party, and on her deck stood tha famous "1(16" trumpeter of the Panama-Paclflo Exposition, blowing a merry fanfare on his seven foot bugle. In the bow of the royal barge rested . a monster crown of gold, and straight pillars on each aide were tufted with plumes of blue and white. In the stern sat Rex Oregonus, under a can- '. opy of royal coldYa. supported by pil lars of gold, and beside his throne . stood his pages and heralds In livery of blue and white. Ralph W. Hoyt, president of the Rose Festival Asso ciation, accompanied the king on his entry Into the city. , After the r.oyal barge came tha larger . vessels, headed by the "Big Three" . steamer Bear, which bore, besides Its seven or eight hundred cltisens of Port- land, the delegation of business men who earns from Minnesota, headed by U W. Hill, to attend tha Northwestern Development League Congress and to pay their respects to Portland during the Rose Festival. The Port of Port land boat Ocklahama followed the Bear and the Bailey Gatxert, chartered by the Admen, was brilliant with the roatumes of the Seattle Potlatch braves, who had coma down to attend the con vention with the other Admen of he Paclflo Coast and whose yellow cos tumes loomed up amatingly In the ar- . ray of bunting and evergreen with which the boat was decorated. The Monarch and the Tahoma were swathed In red, white and blue bunting and following them tha flreboat, George H. Williams rolled up great clouds of smoke from its green-wrapped tun nels. Elks' Boat Is Prleewlaaer. The Kilts' boat. Dlx. under Captain W. L. Beyers, headed the workboat sec tion. From the Instant It appeared in the harbor no doubt was expreesed by sny persons that Its elaborate decora tions entitled It to the first prize In Its seotlon that was afterward awarded it by the Judges. Lines of fluttering purple and white pennants were fes tooned from mast to rail and purple and white bunting was woven In Intri cate dealgn about the rail. In the bow a great Elk stood, the emblem of the KIks' lodge, announcing the National convention of Elks In Portland next month. Captain C B. Brown. In the Betsy B, led the cabin and pleasure-boat sec tions The deck of the Betsy B was burled In pink roses, and, beautiful young women, dreaaed In white and carrying white parasols, togaed their tributes of rosea to Join the hundreds of others that swirled and Tloated o-. the surface of the water. The Sylph carried aa one of her passengers a brlndie bulldog, with a collar of pink roses, who sat boldly up In the stern of the rocking craft and shouted "Hail to the King." In dog language from one end of the harbor, to the other. Pleaaere Craft la Gay ftarb. The Naughy . Olrl. winner of first prise in the pleasure-boat class, sailed In the shade of a huge yellow Japanese parasol from the edges of which de pended scarlet Japanese lanterns. Olrls In white occupied the boat and about the rail It waa banked with rosea The Stlngaree and the Charmalea also dis played noteworthy decorations, the lat ter receiving appaluae time after time as t dashed along the line of march, trim and fleet, bearing the marshal of the parade. As the parade passed the Stark-street landing the Boy Mayor. Mag Swerdllk, and hla Council, put out and Joined It In Dorr E. Keasey's launch Ed Rec reo. A noteworthy feature of the parade was the ease with -which the Bear and other large vessels made their way In the harbor. ' Although there were at least eight big craft In the upper harbor aboi'e the Hawthorne bridge at one time, rounding the stake boat to coun termarch past tha landing place at the foot of Vtark. not the ellghteat difficul ty waa encountered, nor was It neces sary for the "Big Three" eteamer to drop from Its position near the head of the procession to make the turn. Just above Hawthorne bridge the I EC I A - l gak III . i r v ' - At (-r.',- ?Ji: .for J? 7 -.a . afT .1 1 T 1 ' TT. lr" ' royal barge dropped out of line and sped back off Stark street to review the passing parade. Taeasaade Cheer Pageaat. Amid the cheers from the thousands that filled the bridges and docks, and even the huge warehouses on either Ide of the river, and amid the Inces sant roaring of the whistles from boatg and factories, and occasional far-off reverberant bellow from tbe Maryland down the river, the parade passed, countermarched and swept slowly back to tha lower harbor, where It dispersed. The royal barge circled and glided alongside the Btark-street dock, which was black with Ha packed masses of umanlty, and amid cheer upon cheer Rex Oregonus stepped forth from bis throne upon the Sea Otter and was re ceived into his Rose Kingdom. The judging of the boats In the pa rade was made by H. W. Wallace and M. Trowbridge, appointed after the parade had started and without any of he contestants knowing who was to Judge them or on what boat they might be stationed, and Lieutenant D. B. Beary, of the Maryland. ' After the pa rade had passed the -Judges went on board the Charmalee with Mr. Cooper and reviewed the whole pageant a seo- ond time before giving their final de cisions. Maay Beat a Eaterc4. Boats that participated In the ma rine pageant, and many of which will appear a second time In the night pasreant on the river Thuraday, are: Work boat claas Bayocean, Potter Realty Company; Dlx. W. L. Beyer; Ok lahoma. Rosens, McCrackea and Marie, Port of Portland; Elkader, Inman Poulsen Lumber Company: Eva, C Amos; flreboat a. H. Williams; Ollle 8.. L. Carner; Jessie Harkins. Captain Hosford; Iralda and America, America Transportation Company. Cabin-boat class Roberta D.. F. A. Douty; Sunbeam. J. H. Mackenxle; Roamer. Dr. F. Q. Freeburger;Corllss, Gas. Power aV Supply Company; 11 P. M- H. C. Hinkley. Pleasure-boat claaa Betay B.. C. B. Brown; Sylph, Mrs. George W. Kendall; Naughty Girl. W. H. and E. Von der Werth; Charmalee. C. V. Cooper; Bash, ful Boy. Richard W. Lofstedt; Trout. W. L. Lofstedt; Fpear II. Rsy Neuberg er; W. M. M.. William M. Moore: Am pere. F. H. Twohy; Ferro. Gas, Power ft Supply Company; Til Ileum, Alf D. Bult; Charlevoix. H. P. Lee; Kla-How-Ta. L. E. Latourette: Will She, E. N. Castens; Fairbanks-Morse, Falrbanka, Morae A Company: Leslie, Lealle A. Jonee: Me Too, I- S. Harlow; Maude, A. H. McKeen: Marie, Fred De Rock; Anita, H. W. Hall: W. J. Bnnaon. W. J. Benson; Augusta, A. R. L. Groeger; Red Wing,, J.VE. Triplett: Merry Widow. Raymond Gill; Little Gtan. Louis Level: Jule. W. A. Mllner; Mayflower. Fred Herman: Restless, T. C. Barbara; Shona, J. M. Roberta: Imperial. Jamea Har row; Claudia. H. R. Lane; Richie, Dick Dewitt; Florence E., C. C Hansberger; Valdes, A. Burr; Rowena. F. Dayton: Leo. K. C. Harlow, Jr.: Vivian. Peter Brown: Reo, F. W. Vogler. Northwest Auto Company; Cygnet, A. Lloyd: Laur ly. Van Taylor. Vancouver. Wash.; Nep tune. Herman Eherhard; Sea Otter. H. C. Wortman; Bailey Gatzert. Dalles. Portland 4 Astoria Navigation Com pany: Bear, San Francisco at Portland Steamahip Company; Slingaru. 8. N. Steele.- BAY CITY BOOSTER HERE Charles F. Traunjr to See Rose Fea tival and Tell About 113 Fair. Charles F. Traung, of San Francisco, presldont of the Pingree-Traung Lith ographing Company and booater for the forthcoming Panama - Paclflo Exposi tion, with a party of other San Fran clacans, arrived in Portland Sunday and is staying at the Multnomsb Hotel. Mr. Traung has come to Portland especially to attend the Rose Festival by official Invitation. While here he will apread the fame of Saa Krancieco's coming great .show and promote the campaign of mutual co-operation among Pacltio Coast cities. GARDEN AWARDS ON FRIDAY Jadgea Hashing the Work Are Stopped for Speeding- Taxlcab. No awarde can be made ontil Friday In connection with, the achool garden contest. For one reason the gardens or rather the leading ones are so equal In merit that It hag been found neces sary to adjudicate upon them more often than had been expected.' The second resson Is thst one of the Judges, Professor A. G. B. Bouquet, of Corral lla. cannot return to Portland till Thursday night. Br Friday the contest will have been narrowed down to II contestants and tha final decision will be arrived at that day. Altogether t0 plots have been Investigated, with few poorly kept ones. The Judges are hurrying their work snd one of the taxis, conveying sa arbiter, waa held up for exceeding the speed limit. In connection with the exhibits at the Armory Saturday, circulars were sent out last night to the schools giv ing directions snd Instructions to can didates. All children have been urged to note the contents carefully. For Instance, In showing potatoes, they are to show the tubers only and to bring the largest, while In the case of cab bage and head lettuce only -the tops are wanted. Rent Offer Is Made. Block S. the site for the new Tost office building, hss been offered for lease for some months without sn of fer until yesterday, when M. J. Lynch made the department an offer of 1160 a month, mhlch probably will be ac cepted, because It Js the only one. The lesse la without a time limit and may be cancelled without notice, but It Is now well established that the Govern ment will have no use for the block for two years at least. Mr. Lynch repre sents the Werren Construction Com pany. and It is understood that this company will ullliae the block for stor- sse purpoaea. CANNONS ROAR, WHISTLES BLOW. BELLS RING AND JOYOUS PEOPLE SHOUT AS FESTIVAL MONARCH LEAVES ROYAL YACHT TO TAKE POSSESSION OF CITY a"""1'. k J: Wv v hr.. o f el 1 ... - ' , : : J. , : w wi .. .. F5 M -,: X '.-.- '- I r I a? W r i t a 5 S 5 T- r s ' -r-? ;4'.'v- "fr?:Z- rr---- ,- 3ZEfS;:::r : -1 ' 'V - - ' ' v i xL ' " ' -'V.-.- .. .Zj HEX OBHiOStS, MO.AKlll OK FESTIVAL CITY, STKPPI.NQ FROM ROYAL YACHT "SEA OTTER" TO gllOHK. Whistles Toot, Sirens Mrcstn and Crowds thver Ills MaJcMy on Arrival. Indians and Co. bo Join In Paratlr. Midst lha tooting and streaming of whratles and sirens, the clanging of balls, the cheering of multitudes ef spectators and the roar of salutes from the cruisers Maryland and lioatnn. Ilex Oregonus yesterday landed at the foot of Mark etreet at 12 o rlo. k sharp, after proceeding with the parade around the float above the Hawthorne bridge. Lin ing the streets around fur blin ks was a galaxy of painted and feathered In dian aubjacta wedged In on all aldca by tha crowds of persons anxlnua te get the tlrat gllmpae of Ilia Highness and bid him welcome. As the Hea Ottr slowly pushed Its starboard aide up to the dock and tha gaily attired trumpeter sounded tha King's coming the nolso bea-an and ran. tlnued with Increasing volume until the King. disappeared with his escorts of Indians, Cossacks, cowboys, soldiers, bsnda and Wild West anuuta on thalr way to the City Hall, where Hex Ore gonua wss to take over the keys to the city. March tm Hall Marta. Preceded by hla trumpeter and royal attendants all garbed In Velvets, Jewels snd laces, the King walked from tha boat landing up to the street, where sn elaborately . decorated automobile waa In waiting. Taking a seat In a Jewel and Mower-covered throne he waved a magic wand and the march to the City Hall was begun. Meadlna- the parade waa a aauad of mount,! policemen, followed by Mrown'a band. Kext In line was the King with hla attendants, followed closely by other attendants and Italph W. ltoyt. presi dent of the Hose Festival Association. wno waa the official escort of the Kins on the river trip and the parade. Next in line were two companies of cadets from the Hill Military Academy with brass band and a bugle corps. The most spectacular pirt of the parade was the line of 200 Indians, Cossacks, cowboys and scouts furnished by tha 101 Hunch and a number In diana from "The ItrlcWe of the Gods" Company. The Wild Veat ligurea from the show grounds on Twenty-fifth and Kalelgh streets made a good showing with their war paint, their balking ponies snd their artistically-decorated aaddles, bridles and weapons. Ceatly Saddle Part ef Shew. At the head of this srrsy waa Joseph C Miller, president and general man ager of the company, who waa mounted on Ben Hur, an Arabian stallion. Ha rode In a aaddle aet with dlamonda and other Jewel a Nine tribes of Indiana were represented In the line, The parade moved up Hturk street to Mecond. to Jefferson, to Klfth snd te the west entrsnce of the City Hull. Everywhere crowds blocked the walks and overflowed Into the street, cheer ing the King and giving him salutes of welcome. Mayer Preeeata C lty'e Key, As Ills Majealy'a floral automobile rolled into the entrance of the City Hall. Mayor Kushllaht walked down and preaented him with a huge golden key tied with pink and green ribbon. The King In turn presented his scroll to the Msyor, which waa later placed on official nie In the city records. "As the Msyor of Portland. I present not only the key to the city, but the freedom and the hospitality of the people to you," said Mayor Rushlight, as he rslsad the heavy key up to the attendanta of the King. "The key to our great city la alwaya at your Miijeaty's command, and It la with great pleasure that I make tbia presentation. I hope that you find the great city which you left a year ago greater and better than at that time, if such a thing Is possible." Parade sieves Wlthoat Hitch. The King smiled and. with a pleas ant "thank you," waved his wand and ths .parade movsd on down Fifth street to Yamhill, thence weat to He v nth. and on Seventh to the Imperial Hotel, where the King retired to his royal suits. The tiisnks of the Hose Festival As sociation was extended yesterday after noon to the management of the lot Hunch and "The Bridge of the Ooda" Company for the excellent display ot Indians and cowboys, which made the parade a greater success. Thanks alee were extended to the cadeta of the Hill Military Academy and the others who took part. Pasadena Has Pink Float. Pasadena. "The Crown of the Val ley," appreciated the float that entered Ite annual Rose Touranment. represent ing the Portland Rose Festival, and In recognition will have a float in the dacorated automobile parade on ! Wednesday afternoon. The body of the I auto will be smothered In pink roaas and carnations and surmounted with a crown that will be covered with 10.000 pink roses, Mrs. C W. Bsrtow. secre tary of the Hose Aaaoclatlon of Paaa- dena, has been at the Multnomah lor seversl days, prepsrlng the car, and has selected ths following I'ortlana young women to aeslst In beautifying It: Mlas Coral Van Kirk, Mlsa Violet Morae, Miss Mary McDonald, Mies Franks Bowers and Mlsa Francla Ma- gill. ASSAILANT IS IDENTIFIED Policemen Who Were shot Last January Recognise Photograph. Through the positive identification by Special Policeman Gaaaett of a photograph aa that of a man who shot and wounded him, January 10, at Sec ond and Burnslde streets, extradition papers have been issued for Mike Lane, alias Wirnor, now under arrest at Mis soula, Mont., and Detective Coleman will leave today to bring the man back, provided the Governor Issues the requisition. Patrolman Anundson, who austalned severe wound in the hand In tha ssme bsttle, but had a less complete view of the assailant, hag also made a qualified Identification. ana was betrayed by a youth who i been traveling with htm and who old the Missoula police thst Lane hsd murdered a policeman. Ilia photo graph waa aent here for Identification. The shooting of the two offlcare and he wounding of two bystanders oc curred sa tha culmination of a series ot five crimes, laid to tha shooter and wo companions. Gassett waa wounded In the neck and was for a time In a serloua condition.