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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (June 11, 1912)
NIPPOH FEAST HELD HILL'S PARTY RUNS SCENE AT BECEPTIOI, Or DELEGATES ON NORTHWEST SPECIAL TRAIN AT NORTH BANK DEPOT. WHERE COMMITTEE Or PORTLAND WOMEN DECORATED THEIR t ",TVATE CARS WTTH ROSES. I INTO ROSE SHOWER S Portland Heights Inaugurates New Feature. Notables From All Parts of Northwest to Help in Floral Festival. r' JAPANESE LIGHTS SWING ' spa, -sr-v" nc-autiftil Mftiil Pixvtaclo Ujtl Be coinc Annunl rixture of Jvof JVetlval; lUmn Town Swathed In Colors. KING'S COMMAND HEEDED V 4 y v ' ;' ' " ' " -" i "V m . VST - Distinguished Viltor Change riant unit Will Remain In Clljr Vongrt Than Expected Dr. Jordan 'Addresses Btislnes Men. ' Greeted on their arrival In th Bos . festival city at :S0 o'clock yesterday ' mornlna; with a verltabi ihr of Ore-con' choicest roses. U W. IIIU. ei presldent of th Oreat Northern, and Tat party of Minnesota, North Dakota and Montana business msn and Wil liam Hanley, of Burns, "Oregon" own Bill Bryan." beoam th willing- sub ject of Rex 'Ores-onus and accptd the Invitation of hospltabla Portland to remain aa ;ust for the two open In days of the clty'a annual floral fee. tlval. Tha party cama to the Pacific Coaat last weak to attend tha (colons of the Northwest Development League at Be attle. Leavlna tha Pua-et Sound " metropolis Saturday, they proceeded In . a special train to Seaside, where Pun day was passed. Tha original Itinerary called for the excursionist to start for Bt. Paul early today, but the vis itors made a complete surrender and, responding to the enthusiasm of their Teceptlon. will defer their leavetaklng until 10 o'clock tonight. This post ponement of 'tha hour for departing was made to enable tha visitors to en joy, the electrlo parade tonight. Row -.bower CrtfM tllll. leaving their train yesterday morn ing, the members of the party wer showered on all slds with roses. Th fragrant downpour was enjoyed and not a visitor sought to avoid th storm. Making their way over the rose, strewn station platform, the members of the party entered automobiles, pro vided by Portland residents, and were treated to a tour of the West fide real, dene districts, Including an Inspection of some of the beautiful rose gardens surrounding private residences. Ar riving at tha Alnsworth dork an hoar later, the sightseers embsrked on the steamer Bear and Joined th escort of Tils Floral Majesty up the Willamette River. Disembarking from the Bear shortly after noon, tha members of tha pary hastened to the Multnomah Ho tel, where they were the attests of the ' J'roereeelve Business Men's Club at luncheon. When the luncheon was finished, Ko. genb Brookings, president of the club, introduced I'hr. David Ptarr Jordan, president of Leland Stanford. Jr.. Uni versity, who was the principal speaker. An address of welcome was made by Kdarar B. Piper, president of the port- land Commercial flub, and hrle'f talks j.. were made by Mr. Hill, txmls Penwell, j, of ilMlspa. MnUD-eslden.t. and Charles Patterson, of hi. Paul, Minn., chair. man, of th executive committee of th Northweet 1 evelopmen t I-essue. re , rpectlvely; E. T. Sarlee, ex-Governor -f South Dakota: W. P, Olds, of the t'nltarlan Club; W. T. Foster, president of Reed College, P. ('. I'haomnn and R. W. Montague. 'Thoftias V. Bloomer ess chairman for the day. ' Kqnal SnlTraae Advocate. Dr. Jordan gave an address on unl vernal pence, advocating equal suffrage and a smaller standing Army and less battleships. "The history of war Is the history of graft," said Dr. Jordan. "The man who aho.its war Is shouting to Increase his wraith or because he is the tool of another who wants to collect more money. The Revolutionary and Civil wars of th I'nited States are excep tions. "In Japan they hellev ee. r keeps hack the progress of tha country and burdens the people wtth taxes. "Th presence of six Japsnese. six Chinese and about so Mexicans at . IMagdalena Bay, Mexico.-has been the cause of monumental lies about war between the United State and Japan. The Immigration squabbles In Pan Francisco are too unimportant to cause International trouble. t'oata ml War Cite. "There never has been any fighting ever the disputed boundary line be tween the ,i;nlt'l Pistes and Canada because thei'e Kiive been no soldiers there totlght. Therefore, there should be no warships and no armies If we ' want prare. The annual Interest on tha world's war debts Is Sl.n00.000.0uu, ' The Vnlted States pay tHOfl.ono dally to guard aaalnet Itnsglnary foes. Mr. Hill said that the homeseeker gets his routing not from the railroad, but from the hternture which he reads, and that the community adver tlstng the most successfully would get tha much-needed farmers. He added that th Coast cltlea sre making property so high thst people are driven Into the country. Mr. Penwell said that the Kastern Governors were contemplating a return call on the Western Governors who had gone Kust In the Interest of the de velopment of the Northweet. Mr. Sarlee spoke on development and urged that the homeseekers be Influenced not to go to Canada. All spoke highly of Portland's beauty and enterprise. Those who furnished automobiles for the sight-seeing trips of the visit Ing excursionists were: M. C. Wortman. J. W. Blsln. Dr. C. W. Cornelius, J. . Bradley. J. Fred Larson, Harry E. Wood. Our W. Tslbot. II. W, Mttrhell, H. J. Olteuhelmer. rhsrlee tlauM II. ft. Tinker. W. B. Htewsrt. E. W, Xstthr-wn. Oregon Independent I'avlng Tom Deny. Ft. M Oray. W. M. badd. A. J. Win tern. J. W. Matthee. Wlnthrop Hammond, William H. rauhtrey. Dr. r.. B. MrDatilel Portland Railway. Llsht A Power t'ompany, K !. Crawford. P. Krkman. Frank C. Kl(. C. '11. Kins. John H. Hurssrd. Oeorse W Hlmone. Jullua U Meier, o. U. Hall. T. J . Neufert. Dr. J. F, Worcester. Frank R. Kerr. F. '. Ktettler. Henara Hmlth. 1. F. I'owera. W. F. Roa. C. H. Hholes. A. I. Mills. Frank W. Haranton. Onkar Huher. Henry I for- belt, P. Autsan. II. A. Sargent. Walter Mee ker. II. I C'hapln, K. Ilruns. B. B. Linen, J. B. Teon. William Hanlar. L J. it-all A. Jacobs, D. C. Fallon. Uaorfs M. Hylanu. Tea Cltlea Mead Rases. Two carloads of roses, one each from Kugene and Corvallls. arrived laat night and will b used for extensively dec orating the sreclal train of Mr. Mill and party. Included In th floral ship ment from Kugene wss on Immense set piece which will nil the rear end of the observation car. The decorat ing work will he none today and when tha train leaves the North Bonk station tonight It will be blanketed wtth roses from englna to observation car. Kn routa from M.-J'aul to Portland the exrursionlsts were served with a dally paper publlxhed aboard the train and known as The Seven Plate Bun. the name being suggested by th sev en stntes represented among the mem bera of the party, namrly: Minnesota. North Dakota. South Dakota, Mon tana, Idaho, Washington and Oregon. LU; . 1 .1 IV. HILI. (WITH It shine on th ton of plenty." Is th accompanying line which appears beneath tha name of th publication which was published by Hok Smith, of St. Paul. Industrial agent for the Oreat Northern. Special KtUtloa laaaed. A special edition of between 30.000 and 40.000 was Issued yesterday for general distribution In Portland. Each copy waa accompanied by a supplement, consisting of a beautifully lithographed rose. Included in the same issue was a telegram to th editor of the publica tion from th editorial department of Th Oregonlan, extending fraternal greetings. Today programme tor tne entertain ment of th visitors includes an aato- mobtle tour through East and North Portland that will deliver the party at tha Union Meat Company's plant for luncheon at 1S-.I0 o'clock this after noon. - Th start will bo made from tha Multnomah Hotel at 11:30 o'clock this morning. In the afternoon under th Joint auspices of th automobile committee) and th East Bid Business Men's Club, tha automobile sight-see ing tour will b resumed, th itinerary Including tho East Hlda resiaenc ais trlct and th outlying farming country. Vleltara ta Watch Parade. Tonlsht th excursionists will watch th electric parade, afterward return- mar to the r train for tna nomewnra journey to St. Paul, which will be made ; e-- J" - ' -- IMPOSITO SCENTS ATTEND ARRIVAL OF REX OREOONUS TO CITY TEMPORARY SWAY, -'-S ?-X Hex Uregoaaa lea tea Bla rJv!iv': ' ' i wS "'m i It ilr-s,, 1 oOTg nr I ' Aba A O '.V MfitIT HAT I ttt'T UIIKUKIIt over th North Bank to Spokane and thenre by th Northern Pacific. I Members of tha visiting party are: !,outs W. Hill. Rt. Paul, rhairman of the board. Or-at Northern Railway: tiorsa B. Harrie. Chlcaao. chairman of tha tiaard. CMcasa. Hur,ln(tn Wulncy Railroad; J. M. Hannaroril. Ht. Paul. vlc-pr-ald-nt Northern Farldc Railway: Josrpti H. Toun. president f-okne. Portland Seattle Run way; Lewis Penwell. Belrna. president Northweet Development -u; M. H. Baebe. IpewlMi. praaldcnt South Uakota T-vllnpm-nt Laaaue; t- K. Newman. Great Falls, vlce-preilcl-nt Northweet levalopment League; William Hanley, Burns, vice-president Northwest Deveilpment League: M, J. Kelly. Devils Lake. N. D.. vlce-pree Idetit Northweet Development League; Charles Patteraon. Pt. Paul, chairman executive cemmlttae. Northwest Daveiopment tasue; ex-Governor E. T. Searles. North Dakota, memb-r executive committee; W. A. Camp bell. Kt. Paul, secretary Northweet Devel opment League;- 0orse C Mathews, lw letnn. president Montana Association of Com mercial Executives, m-mher executive com mittee Northwest Development League; W. F. Kenney. Ht. Paul, traffic matia(r Great Northern Railway; W. E- Wllllama. at. Pas., rapreeenting C Unets Co., ahoe manufac turera; H. A. Noble, ft. Paul, general paa sensrr asent Oreat Northers Kallw-y: F. W. Llshtner, secretary Hirons Werner Compmay. manufacturers millinery; L. J Lsrue. traveling paaaens-r asent flreal Northern Railway; H. M. Blselow, Brows a Blselow. printers; Charlea Cirlffln. Immi gration department. Oreat North-m R.ll wav; L. J. Brlrker. saneral Immlvratlon a-nt. North-rn Taclflc Rallwar: Walter hut -r. PL Paul. Butler Broe. ; Hoke t-mlih. ft. Paul, publicity department. Oreat North, ern Railway: B. Horham. Ht. Paul. North- AND HIS TRIUMLfllAJl x riiUUiii-aa ', -W-w- I,' 1 V aa i Tkroaa Bayal Yacht Sea Otter.' Belaw Bca Bldlog la Stat ta City Hall. ' - I m . , D -Ull.L- llM.Kt, SI KHIItKDKD weatern Fuel Company; J. H. GrlfTIn, ft. Paul, frelsht departmert. Great Northern Railway. Harold Ooodlsnd, Ht. Paul. Mann, helmer Bros.: C. A. Hand. ft. Paul, traffic department. Great Northers Mailway: F. W. lira ham. Seattle. Weetern Immlsratlon asent. Great Northern Kallwav; K. C Ely. St. Paul. Merchanta National Bank: Waltcf pocock. ft. Paul. Ryan Hotel; John A. Pee ger, St Paul, Beeger Manufacturing Com pany. Ell B. Warner. Bt. Paul. Mc(Jlil-War-ner Companv. prlntera: P. H. Wick. Ht. Paul. Wick Manufacturing Company: Theodora Greer a. St. Paul: A. D. Albert. Mlnneapolla. associate puhlteher Minneapolis Tribune: O. M. Corwln, Mlnneapolla. We'.le-Dlckey Com pany: Alfred Force, photographer. Mlnnesp. oils Tribune: Olaf Iljorkman. Mlnneapoll. Hlorkman Bros.: O. T. Nawhouae. Mlnneap. olla. Loomle-Henson Company; B. O. firth. Minneapolis. Goidatahek Land Company; F. F. tiold. Minneapolis. Marah Valve Com pany: E. K. Plk.'tt, Mlnneapolla, ealea manager Waahborn-Croaby Milling Com pany: F, W. Rnwlina. AnArewe Heating Company, Mlnneapolla: C. i Choste. Mln neapolla. tlnlttd Pistes Rsdlatnr Company; C. F. W'vant. Mlnn-apolla. Melropolllan Na tional Bank: D. W. McCanna. Mlnneapolla. larsa real eatate hnldinsa In North tiakota and MInnee-.ta: owna KOOO end SrtfiO-arre farina: T. W. McNsnua. Duluth, rapreaant ln( North Dakota and Minnesota Retail Merchanta' ' Aaaorlatlon, J. H. lMght, Pu luth, banker: A. B. Beall. Bloux City, heavily Interested In California landa; Charlae Bureeth, Coopartnaa, N. D., banker: Lnula Hanaon. Thief River Falla. Minn., sraln and mllllns: H. U. Heel. Hatton. N. D-, merchant; Paniuel C. Jonea. Wllmot, H D., merchant: J. H. Umb, Mlchlsan. N. D. : A. F. Noble. Berthold, N. D. ; Henry Paul. Berwick. N. I'.; H, Z. Mitchell. SL Cloud. Minn.. Bnaoclate editor St. Cloud OVER WHICH HE IS TO HOLD innuuun oir.x.-.o. 'A,"' - " Vv1- SA Jf 0 i'i- B' MKVV OF IHI.S lBKRV ATIOX Pm... RMnw J Run61e Olaacow. Mint.. aecretary Olaacow Commercial flub; K. V. Harvla, Pierre. H. D.; N. W. PImon. Tlmo. N. r.; Rtave Conine, urer.a rnrss. i'-. M. P. Murphy, Mayor Urand Forka. N. D. ; D. R. Wlaner. Larlmore, N. D. banker; l". N. Oppenhaven. Hope, N. D. : P. C. Ut iner. Havre, Monu; Rv. L. J. Christ 'er. Havre. Mont Laula Newman. Havre. Mont.: T. H. Larkin. Great Fails. Mont.; J. M. Ryan, Con- rad. Mont ; O. M. Holmes. Great f alls. Mont.; J. W. Strain. Great Falla. Mont.; 1. K Newman. Great Falls, Mont.: Ir. R. I Krte-m. Helena. Mont.; Ausuetue Vaua. Mondak, N. D. ; Jamee Conlon. Kalttal,el. Mont.; J. E. Butler. Kallapel, Mont.: W. O, I tow. G. W. Cabum. Wenatchee. Waeh. . W . J. Paine. Ppokafle; W. F. Phlrk. Lakeview. president Flrat National Bank. J. E saw hill. Besd. Or., analatant secretary Norfh- weatera iv-ltipmant Consreaa: Dr. Mara dan, Buraa: J. a. Hmail. Kallapel. Moat. CROWDS BESIEGE CITY FIKST DAY OrrESTIVAL BltlXGS IX 2&.000. Prx-rlal Train Arrive? and Before F.nd f Week ISO, 000 Kxpect rd; Acrommodallona Ample. Portland's hotels are rrowded. and neatly every private horn contains on or mors visitor. It Is estimated that th first &f of th featlval brought more than 11.090 persona to th city. They ar still corning In. Kvery train la bearing It quota. ' By th end of the week It Is probable that mora than 1&0. per sons will have visited Portland. Many that ars her now ar preparing to itav not II th n4 of th Festival. ' Although the hotels are filled ther la plenty of room for those who com today and through the rest of th week. Portland ha ample hotel ac commodation and will take car of everyone. No on will need go with out a place to sleep or a chance to aat. Heretofore tha greatest crowds hav com from cities and towna within a re1lns of 100 miles from Portland. While Itaey always will furnish th Featlval with the matnrlty of Its vlel- : .... .. .. .: Jrr" . j-.j. "I have owned a majority of the so-called best cars but nerer have I ridden in one that in any way equaled the performance of this Stoddard-Dayton Knight" This is what one of the wealthiest manufacturers ia New York State tells us. He would not be confounded by competi tors, who tried in every way to persuade him aeainsts-pt-r letting the Knight motor. We make poppet valve motors also. Ia our "Saybrook" at $2800 we have the most nearly perfect poppet valve motor it is possible to make. But no $4,000, $5,000, nor even.a $6,000 car if it has a poppet valve motoi is in a class with the silent Knight motor. It can't be. Mere price docs not make com parison. And if price is the only arenment for quality that a maker has for his car,, be careful in your buying. Every car is a perfect piece of mechanism when it itnn: But the real test of perfection is after a car has run a month, or six months, or a year or two, or longer. The real virtue of the Knight motor is more than mere silence. Any motor may work quietly when new and its poppet valves fit snugly. But let carbon get in these valve openings so that the valves cannot come down tight, and where has your compression gone ? And if you have lost half your charge of gas on your compression 6troke, can't you see that you only get half the power on the ex plosion stroke? Valves in the Knight motor glide tip and down in perfect lubrication. The timing is positive because it is mechanical and it cannot be deranged Dy ignorance, neglect nor wear The springs which close the poppet Stoidard-Dayloa Auto Co. , Marshall 1915 683690 Washington -r 1'I.ATFOH. tor. th proportion of those coming from without that radius I growing eorstanUy. Thl year witness th presenc of th first special train from dlstsnt cities. The Northwest special bearing delegates to th Northwest Develop ment League from Minneapolis, St. Paul and Intermediate point, ha this distinction. Before th end of th week will come three or four special trains from the F.lectrlo LJaht Aesocla tion's meeting at tieattle. U J. tipenoa, trafflo director of th Marrlman lines, arrived In a special train last night and will remain until tonight. Several of th big downtown hotels were required to plac cots In their hall and corridor Isst night to car for their overflow crowds. This ex pediency will be used throughout th week If necessary. " ROSE SHOW OPENS JUNE 12 Large? Kxhlblt of llorrs Will Con tain Many Varieties. Preparation for th Rose Phow by th Portland Rose Poclety In th Ar mory w completed yesterday, when tha last of the stands and shelves were put In plac. Entries will begin arriving today and will continue until early tomorrow morning, and at 2 o'clock tomorrow aft ernoon the show will ba opened for mally. Tb Judging of tha exhibit will be completed at noon, before the general publlo Is admitted to the holt. and a private exhibition will precede the formal opening at 2 o'rlock, when member of th Hose Society and In vited guests from ainung the promi nent roaarlans of th Northwest will attend. An admlsalnn of It cents will be charged tomorrow, and 10 cents on th following day. ta raise funds to defrsv th expense of th show, on th third day th door will b thrown open to tb public without any admission charge. Tha show will be lsrger In th num ber of Its entries this year than ever before. On txhlbtt entered as a nov elty thl year will contain lOflO bios. soms taken on from each of a thou aand different gardena In Cortland and vicinity. valves lose their resiliency, but the action of the sleeve valve in a Knight motor is absolutely positive. THIS is the greatest feature of the Knight motor. Its merit is not merely in its "silence" but in what this "silence" represents. We shall be very glad to demonstrate a Stoddard-Dayton Knight car to you at any time and in its Left Hand Drive and Centre Control you'll find features which Trill meet your instant approval. A catalog will be sent if you desire it. Street Vhen residents of Portlsnd Heights spread their scattering of Jpsnc lanterns and colored light befor the gase of Hoe Feetlval merrymakers last night, the snrlent Japsneee Feast of Lnnlerns was preaentd In America for the first lime. The feast wss only partially successful because It waa not arrana-e.1 for until Frklay and th time was too short to carry out th full plsns. In th Fnr F.aatetn Nippon Isles when people grow particularly hsppy or re ligious they dress up In weird costumes, doenratn their houses, streets and public bull.llngs with burning drsgon heads and lanterns In all possible) shapes snd give themselves up com pletely to the orgy without thought of the morrow. They psrsde tha street In their strsnge garb, csrrylng smok ing torches und lights ond they tak th celebration Into their nomea wnera It becomes a religious ccromony. Tins To abort far Display. Qeorg L llutchln, who proposed tha Feast, mad th suggestion Friday, all the residents of the Heights wr called up by telephone or otherwise notified of the projoct and men were sent out with lanterns to sell .so thst there could 1 no excuse for anyon falling to dnoorat. The time wa too short, however, to do anything extensive. It is plnnned to make th Koast of Lanterns the opening ceremony of all Rose Festivals henceforth, as Portland Is the American originator of It. Th decorations used for the feast can then b preserved and used during th ootlr jollification. Th decoration scheme of streets nd buildings In the city was slmost wholly In red, whit and blue. Flsgs floated from balconies, windows nd fir escapes and waved a hreer.y welcome from poles and strings of wlr and rope. Th Henry building wss prob ably the most profusely covered with flsgs and bunting. Where on flag ended another began, floating free, bunched In rosettes snd arrsnged In every other conceivable mnnner. In 1h Breymun building scores of flsgt wcr floated out of th windows. Big Balldlag Bedecked. Th Vells-Fsrgo bull. ling was covered with th slurs snd stripes from th highest point of her 11 stories to the ground floor; Msrahill Wells, the Northwest building. Neuatadler Bros., and tha Merchants Natlonsl Hunk vlc.1 with each other In trying to hide under the N'Htlonal colors. Hanging across elreets snd draping over the roifs of buildings from flag poles and other points of vantage waved strings of vsrl-colored ponnsnl brought Into relief seralnat the sky by red. while snd blu eleclrtc lights The j K. Olll structure wss benutined bv long strips of colored hunting vsrlel by big slars snd psirlntlcrlonklng ehlebls snd lbs rVltlng building snd Meier and Frank were slmllmly decked. tongkliorriiian l'llca I.lbcl. C.eorae Wolf, a longshoreman, filed . a libel In the I'nited rules District Court ss-nlnat Hie steamship Isthmian, to recover $n,nrm damages for personal Injuries. Th cnmplslnt alleges that whll assisting In losdlng the steam ship at th Alher wharf on June soni of th hoisting" tsckl broke and sev eral planks fell on the plaintiff, by Which he Is permenently Injured so as id lncarltst Mm from further nun ual labor. The veaaol arrested by I'nited Hlatea Marshal Heolt and Isler released nfter a bond of I2&.0O0 had been fnrnlhed ' hlmzW wll I jitfMMi $rv Iff I mm 1 1 r r VI 1 S li