Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937, June 13, 1917, Page 8, Image 8

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THE 3IOENIXG OREGOXIAN. WEDNESDAY. JUNE 13, 1917.
TODAY IS FIRST
OF FESTIVAL FUN
Lovely Little Queen Nina and
Her Royal Consort, King
. Mac, to Rule Portland.
PROGRAMME TO PLEASE
ELEVENTH-HOUR SCENES OF PREPARATION FOR ROSE FESTIVAL.
Children's Parade on Grand Avenue,
East Side, Will Be Opening Event.
Coronation at 2 o'clock and
Regatta at Same Hour.
Today la the day of the coronation
f lovely little Queen Nina and her
royal consort. King- Mac.
About these little folk and their
royal train center two events of but
passing charm and beautv the r.hil
dren's parade and the coronation cere
monies at .Multnomah Field.
If you would know the real court
gossip, that hundreds and hundreds of
iittia heads whispered and prattled
these last few days, behold Queen
Klna'a royal and altogether official
programme, here presented.
There are scores of other events and
all are In the programme, with the
hours and minutes stated with preci
elon. Hear ye! "
OFFICIAL FBOORAMXE.
Wednesday, Jane 13.
Festival Center.
T A. M. Sunrise run, raising of flafr,
National salute by Oregon Field Artillery
detachment. Battery A. marking- formal
opening; of the 11th annual Rose Festival.
Oregon Field Artillery detachment. Battery
A. on duty at Festival Center.
9:30 A. M. Queen XIna and party leave
royal suite at Portland Hotel to Join chil
dren's parade on East Bide.
East Side.
10 A. M. Children's parade, presenting
thousands of boys and frfrls from the Port
land public schools in drills and marches.
Head of parade resting on Madison street
and Grand avenue, moving Worth on Grand
to Holladay, disbanding at Holladay Park.
Jj. M. Lepper. Festival director, In charge.
Committee, Dr. Alan Welch 8mith, O. M.
Plummer. Dr. J. Francis Drake, J V
Beach, N. Q. Pike. Professor Robert Krohn.
manager and parade director; R. H. Thomas,
sssistant manager.
11 A. M. to 11 P. M. Festival Center
open for floral display.
1:30 P. M. Queen Nina and party leave
Portland Hotel for Multnomah Field. Route
of parade, from court In Portland Hotel
south on Sixth to Yamhill, west on Yamhill
to Chapman, south on Chapman to Salmon,
thence to field. Royal party: Queen Nina
Kitts). King Mao (Lewis), Grand Princess
Dorris (Phillips), Grand Prince Arthur
Markowitz), Princess Shirley (Colin),
Princess Beverly (Traglio). Princess Helen
(Lagerqulst), Princess Willa (Rhodes),
Princess Ann (Wade), Princess Luclle
Moore), Princess Marguerite (Rollins),
Princess Jeanette (Reese), Princess Berna
dlne (Crutch). Princess Beth ( Underdo wn
Packer). Royal Escort, the Howard twins;
Royal Trumpeter. Jack Packer.
Multnomah Field.
2 P. M. Crowning of Queen Nina, spec
tacular pageant. Grand entry, led by Royal
Rosarians, Governor Withycombe and staff,
Iward of governors and Fairy Queen and
Court. Official crowning of the Fairy
Queen by President B. E. Larimore. as
sisted ty Miss Ruth Plummer. Goddess of
Roses, and Miss Luclle Danforth. Goddess
of Peace, Under direction of Professor Rob
ert Krohn, Mayor Albee preesnting key of
city. Mrs. G. J. Frankel, Festival director.
In charge. Maypole drill. 250 children. Miss
Mary Brown lee. director; human flag drill,
400 children. Professor Robert Krohn, di
rector; Liberty girls' drill, 800 young ladies.
Professor R. Krohn, director; opera,
"Oberon," 60 girls; dumb bell drill, 60 small
hoys, Portland Social Turn Verein; tennis
drill, 16 young ladles, Professor Richard
Genseroski, director; grammar school relay
race, four boys In team, lo." yards; Imita
tive drill aboard yacht, 150 T. M. C. A.
boys, Harry Smith, director: cadet corps
of 223 Lincoln High School girls' drill.
Francis Hanrahan, Royal Dancer to the
Queen, will dance "The Portland Rose."
Volley ball championship Karnes, business
men of Seattle, Hoqulam, Astoria, La Grande
and Portland. I. C. Cunningham, director.
Wall scaling contest. Boy Scouts; crab race.
Boy Scouts, James E. Brockway in charge;
exhibition drill and jumping contest. Port
land Hunt Club. A. M. Grllley. Festival di
rector. In charge; committee. Natt Mc
DougaL Ed Blumenthal, C. B. Botsford,
chairman; J. P. Jaeger, Isaac Swett.
Second Annual Rose Festival Regatta.
2 to B P. M. Under all bridges. Start and
finish between Burnslde bridge and Steel
bridge. Musis by Campbell's American band.
2 o'clock Slngle-oared Bhell, half-mile
handicap: CO-yard swim for women.
2:15 Cruise handicap.
2:30 Four-oared shell; fancy diving for
men.
2:4." 16-foot speed motorboat.
3:10 Two-oared shell; 100-yard swim for
men.
3:23 Runabout handicap.
3:45 Surf-board riding; fancy diving for
women.
4 Single, double and four-paddle canoe
races.
4:20 Free-for-all speed boats; logrolling
contest.
4:50 Mammoth spectacular special.
A. M. Grilley. Festival, director. In charge
Committee, George Kendall, chairman; li
M. Myers. Arthur Allen, John Cody.
At Festival Center. j
6:30 P. M. Lowering of the -flag, firing!
of the sunset gun by Oregon Field Artillery
detachment. Battery A, on duty at Festival
Center. I
7 :30 P. M., at Festival Center Patriotic I
airs, Campbell's American Band; unveiling
statue of Goddess of Liberty by President
Woodrow Wilson. Washington, D. C. ; "Mar
pelllalse." baritone solo. Hartridge Whipp
lntroductlon. President E. E. Larimore; ad
dress. "France and America Champions of
Liberty," Hon. Wallace McCamant; "Battle
Hymn of the Republic" sung by audience,
led by Hartridge Whipp; address, "Patriot
ism," Mayor H. R. Albee; raising of flag,
by Mrs. E. K. Larimore: "Star-Spangled
Banner." sung by audience, led by Hart
ridge Whipp; Spirit of Liberty dance,
Francis Hanrahan.
PORTLAND GETS PUBLICITY
Double Page Ad of Big Convention
Appears In Science Monitor.
The City of Portland obtained val
uable publicity In a double-page group
of illustrations in last -Thursday's is
sue of the Christian Science Monitor,
of Boston.
Under the headline "Portland, Ore
gon, Invites the World to Convention
of the National Education Association
July 7 to 14." are a number of large
photographs of Portland, the Columbia
Iliver Highway, Mount Hood. Oregon
shipbuilding yards, beach scenes. Cra
ter Lake and the Rose Festival.
The feature Is in the nature of a
community advertisement from the
merchants of Portland and contains
written matter pertaining to the scenic
attributes of Portland una the pro
gramme for the coming convention.
Bill Wonld Protect Claims.
OREGOXIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington, June 12. Representative Haw
ley today Introduced a bill suspending
from April 1, 1917, until the end of the
war that provision of the mining laws
which requires owners of mining claims
to dp $100 worth of development work
on their claims each year.
Colonel Dentler to Review Engineer
Colonel Dentler will review Compa
nies A and B, of the Oregon Engineers,
at the Armory tonight. The former
company has several Instructors from
the War Department. Both will take
part in the patriotic pageant on Thurs
day afternoon.
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Holstlnc.
FLAG AND ROSE RULE
First Shot of National Salute
to Be Fired at 7 A. M.
QUEEN TO GET KEY OF CITY
Replica of Goddess Of Liberty Will
Be Vnveiled Tonight at 7 :30 by
Electrical Contact Flash
Sped by President.
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past Kose Festivals, or of those to
come, it is upon the children's parade
that they dwell with most delight.
Beauty la Appealing.
Nothing describes the appealing
beauty of the costumed and marching
thousands of the young people, moving
in Intricate mazes of ordered and won
derful color nothing, save the catch in
one's throat and the cheers that ring
down the long lanes of chowdlng spec
tators. With all Multnomah Field for court.
Queen Nina will receive her crown for
the Festival at 2 o'clock this afternoon.
Her royal consort. King Mac, is the son
of F. H. Lewis, of 677 Schuyler street,
and attends the Irvlngton School. About
the regal couple will be grouped a
galaxy of pretty little Princesses
straight from the storybook.
Mayor Albee will present, the Queen
with the key of the city. President
Larimore will p4ce the crown upon
her dainty head, and Miss Ruth Plum
mer, goddess of roses, and Miss Lucile
Danforth, goddess of peace, will be
among her leal attendants.
Hundreds to Be in Drills.
Along about that time this after
noon Professor Robert Krohn wiir call
through a megaphone and wave a wand
toward Multnomah Field. And all the
children thereon, hundreds and hun
dreds of them, will answer with drill-)
and evolutions no less amazing than
pretty, and most stupendously both.
From 2 to 5 o'clock this afternoon
will be held the second annual Rose
Festival regatta, under all bridges,
starting and finishing between Burn
side bridge and the Steel bridge. There
are many events, including motorboat
contests, in which the racing prides
of the Willamette will be pitted. Who
ever has not felt the thrill of seeing
a motorboat racing high on the foam
of its flashing passage ought to go arfd
see. The others will be there.
And this evening, at sunset time
7:30 the Goddess of Liberty will cast
oi the canvas drapery that has hidden
her, and stand forth in the clearness of
the floodlight a glorious golden figure
of inspiration, there in the Court of
Patriotism, which is at Festival Center
among the flowers. The goddess Is 60
feet high, and Is an exact reproduction
of her world-known namesake,
M McCamant to Speak.
An electrical flash from the White
House, sped on its way by President
Wilson, will operate the instrument
that cuts the cord and unveils this
deity of Portland's fiesta. President
E. E. Larimore. of the board of gov
ernors, will introduce Judge Wal
lace McCamant, who will deliver an
address apropos, "France and America,
Champions of Liberty."
Mayor Albee will speak on "Patriot
ism." The national anthem of France,
"Marseillaise," will be sung by Hart
ridge Wiiipp, while the audience will
Join in patriotic songs.
On this evening, as on Thursday
night and the last night, the festival of
dancing will be In progress at Cotillion
Hall, under the direction of Montrose
Ringler, with the public urged to at
tend. Men to Be Home on Furlough.
Sailors and marines from the Puget
Sound Naval Station at Bremerton, en
listed from Portland, will be home to
help celebrate the Rose Festival. A
special train arrived yesterday after
noon at 3:30 over the O.-W. ft. & N.
bringing 54 marines, under command
of Lieutenant Coovert, and 7i sailors,
In charge of Chief Carpenter Davis.
They will return Friday night.
A deputation from the board of gov
ernors of the Festival met the men
upon their arrival, and they will be
entertained while in the city. Both
the sailors and marines will partici
pate in the Festival parade and other
Festival exercises.
Members of the Portland Hunt Club
will take a prominent part in the pro
gramme on Multnomah Field this aft
ernoon. Harry M. Kerron, master of
fox hounds, has announced that all
riders must be in full dress regalia at
the Portland Riding Academy not later
than 1 o'clock this afternoon. The
Portland Hunt Club members will es
cort Governor Withycombe. The ar
rangements for this afternoon were
made by a committee with" Ralph W.
Wilbur as chairman.
President E. E. Larimore has Issued
but one general order for the day. and
It follows. It is brief:
"Wear a rose."
The line of formation in the march
from the Portland Hotel to Multnomah
Field at 1:30 will be. as follows: Rosa
rian Band. Rosarians in uniform. Queen
Nina and party. Governor Withycombe
and party. Rose Festival directors, city
officials, visitors in autos, McElroy's
Band, Liberty Girls, human flag; Na
tional emblem, Ladd School: rainbow
girls, Jefferson High; Lincoln High
School girl cadets, 250 Maypole girls,
Turnverein, Y. M. C. A. detachment,
volleyball teams and Portland Hunt
Club.
Lost: One Pile of Driftwood.
Members of the present and prospec
tive City Council went on a nice wild
goose chase yesterday by motorboat
to Columbia Slough to look over a
masB of drlttwood which people of the
Alberta district have asked them to re
move during the high water period. The
trip took five and a half hours and
the Commissioners and Commissioners
elect say they don't know any more
now than they did before they went.
Alii they saw, they say, was. a pile of
driftwood. All returned with a -most
picturesque coat of tan.
Kent's Sentence Commuted.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington, June 12. The President tony
commuted the sentence of Arthur V.
Kent, who pleaded guilty in the United
States District Court for Oregon on the
charge of embezzling a letter contain
ing money. Kent was a railwy mail
clerk at the time. He was sentenced
September 26, 1916, for 13 months.
Commutation was recommended by the
District Attorney.
SLACKERS ARE HELD
Two at Astoria Jailed When
They Request to Register.
OTHER PLEADS IGNORANCE
All Are Arraigned and Held Under
$500 Bonds to Await Action
of Grand Jnry Pair
, Offer No Excuses.
, ASTORIA, Or., June 12 (Special.)
Three alleged slackers weer arraigned
before United States Commissioner F.
J. Carney today on charges of failing
to register. Each was placed under
$500 bonds to await action of the Fed
eral grand Jury. The defendants are
Eihar W. Westersund. John.Osman and
John Nyman.
Westersund was arrested several
days ago on an Information Bworn to
by Immigration Inspector Gooch. He
Is an electrician employed at the Wil
son Shipyards. Nyman is a boatbuilder,
who is said to be working on a Gov
ernment contract. He said he was -too
busy on June 6 to register Osraan is
employed in the Co-operative Cannery
and offered no excuse.
Nyman and Osman voluntarily ap
peared at the Courthouse today and
asked to be permitted to register, but
in accordance with the instructions re
ceived from the Department of Justice
they were arrested.
OREGON riSONS MEET
AX.MIAL COMMUNICATION
MILL OPEST TODAY.
Grand Master William Moore, of Pen
dleton, Will Officiate at Grand
Lodjce Ceremonies.
The 67th annual communication of
the grand lodge of the 'fncient Free
and Accepted Masons of Oregon Is
scheduled for Masonic Temple, today,
tomorrow and Friday. Delegates from
all parts of Oregon will attend.
Grand Master William Moore, of Pen
dleton, Or., will officiate at the cere
monies today and W. G. Shellenbarger,
of Portland, is expected to succeed him.
The annual communication is always
held the second Wednesday of June.
Following is the programme for. the
three days:
Grand Lodge, Wednesday, June 13.
8:3b A. M., credentials committee will reg
ister delegates! 10, opening ot grand lodge;
10:30, reception of distinguished guests; It.
reading of grand master's address; 12.
luncheon tn Masonic Temple? 1:80. report of
credentials committee; 2, appointment of
special committees; 1:30. reports of grand
treasurer and grand secretary, reports of
trustees and committee on grand master's
address, necrology committee: 5, adjourn;
7:30. conferring of the M. M. degree by
Washington L.odge No. 46 in Ma&onic Tniti
ple auditorium, at request of grand master.
Thursday, June 14.
- 10. grand lodge convenes; 10:30. address
of grand orator, report of grievance com-
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The. :Roll
Hoeor
IJFHEN your Country's
Honor Roll of Subscribers
to the Liberty Loan Closes to
morrow night will your name
be there? It will be unless you
are a couldn't or wouldn't! Wliich?
Get details, and subscribe at
any bank. Bonds as low as
$50. Terms you CAN afford.
The Northwestern National Bank
Portland, Oregon.
mittee; 11:30, report of committee on Juris
prudence and finance; 12, luncheon In Ma
sonic Temple; 1:30, report of committee on
correspondence: 2, election of grand offi
cers; 3. reading and referring communica
tions; 4, reports ot committees; 5, adjourn.
Friday, Jane 15.
10, grand lodge convenes; 10:30. report of
committees on charters and dispensations;
Unreports of special committees; 12. lunch
son In Masonic Temple; 1:31). unfinished
business; 3, installation of elective and ap
pointive officers; 4:30, closing of raid
lodge.
Guard's Assailant Insane.
GRANTS PASS, Or., June 12. (Spe
cial.) Charles McClellan, who pushed
a militiaman off the Grave Creek Kail
road bridge about three weeks ago,
seriously injuring him, was today ad
judged insane and ordered committed
to the Salem asylum.
Company C Auxiliary to Sleet.
Company C Auxiliary. Third Oregon,
will meet Thursday night at Central
Library Hall. Captain Bowman will
speak and also will have for inspection
the sword presented to him recently.
FORD CLIMBING HOOD
PARTT TO LEA YE TODAY TO SEE
FINISH OF RUS FOR CX'P.
A vera ge Progrrn of Two Mllea Dally
Along; Road to Government
Camp Is Reported.
The handsome silver trophy posted
for the first automobile to reach Gov
ernment Camp at the southern base of
M"ount Hood is likely to be won today
by a Ford automobile dispatched to the
base of the mountain a few days ago
through-a co-operative arrangement be
tween the various retail dealers who
operate in the Portland field under
the supervision of the Portland branch
of the Ford Company.
Reports received last night from the
mountain Indicate that the car each
day has been averaging about two miles
of travel over the banks of snow, and
that it will probably reach the coveted
destination tonight or early tomorrow.
Those in charge of the trip are em
ploying latticed boards to assist the
car in overcoming the handicap of snow
and slush.
The official report showed 62 inches
fo snow at Government Camp. To wit
ness the final completion of the run
Manager Jones, of the local branch of
the Ford Company: A. S. Robinson,
manager of the Portland offices of the
Pacific KisselKar Branch, and a num
ber of others, including newspaper men,
will leave for the mountain early toia.
Moving picture operators and profes
sional photographers have been on the
scene all week.
To win the cup the car has been re
quired to start at Twin Bridge and top
some, five or six miles of snow to reach
the Camp.
Jackson Club Sleets Friday.
Dr. Charles H. Chapman will address
the Jackson Club at the Central Li
brary Hall Friday night at 8 o'clock
on "Democricy and the War." I5r.
Klof T. Hedlund will preside. The pub
lic is Invited.
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you wait the higher will prices soar.
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cheap. Everybody Is
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our chain of 64 stores
are offering It.
We tell you absolutely,
that if this footwear
were made under present-day
cost of leather
and materials, you would
have to -pay $2 to $4
more per pair.
Men's Oxfords, in tan
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worth up to $6.00, per
pair-
Begin your economy with one or several
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Women's Canvas Sport
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