THE - MORNING OREGONIAN, TUESDAY, MAY '18, 1920
AD CLUB CARAVAN
VISITS PORTLAND
SCENES OF THE PACIFIC COAST ADVERTISING MEN'S PACIFIC HIGHWAY CARAVAN, WHICH
LEGION VOTES LEASE
VOTE FOR
LEAVES PORTLAND THIS MORNING FOR THE CONVENTION CITY. STOCKTON,. CAL.
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20-Mile Average Pace Maia
tained From Seattle.
TWENTY CARS JOIN HERE
Travelers Dusty and Xot a Little
Tired, ATter Night's Rest
Will Start This Morning.
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club of western Washington. Behind
his roadster trailed in military file
and precision the bannered autos of
the ad clubs of Scarttle. Vancouver,
B. C; Bremerton, Tacoma and even
one entry from the little town t
Coupcvllle. "Wash. .. :
tiovcrnor Louis F. Hart of Wash
ington accompanied the caravan to
Portland, but was required by press
of official duty to leave his fellow
motorists, leaving for Walla Walla by
train shortly after his arrival here.
Governor Harf was convoyed by W.
D. Albright of Seattle, district man
ager of the Goodrich Rubber com
pany, and Ij. K. Warford of the ad
vertising department of the same or
ganization. With the gubernatorial
party were James Allen of the Wash
ington state highway commission,
Herbert Cuthbert of the Pacific North
west Tourist association and State
Senator P. H. Carlyon of Olympia.
At Vancouver some miles beyond,
in fact the Seattle squadron was met
by a Portland car, piloted by Fred W.
Vogler of the Northwest Auto com
pany, who is to be official pacemaker
for the completed caravan when It
leas Portland this morning. For
the "duty that devolves upon him
Pacemaker Vogler has chosen a new
touring car, bright from the factory.
His companions in the first car of
the caravan will be. "Bill" Strandborg,
official director of the caravan, head
sheik, or "goat." as he phrases it.
Governor Ben V. Olcott of Oregon
and Tom M. Russel Keane, association
vice-president of Spokane. It is this
car which will be in readiness to pick
up stray dignitaries along the trail,
mayors and such like, and bear them
onward for such distance as they care
to accompany the big rambler. Charles
Toung, advertising manager ot me
Northwest Auto company, has been
Mr. Strandborg's first assistant in
the arrangement of the caravan pro
gramme, and was with the pacemaker
when it welcomed the city's guests
last night.
Caravan Escorted Into City.
At the Interstate bridge, just over
the river on the Oregon side, the motor
pilgrims were met by i Leu tenant J. C.
Van Overn of the police bureau and
motrocycle patrolmen, who escorted
the caravan into the city. Another
pavement blazer for the motorists' was
J. C. Boyer of the Boyer Printing
company.
According to the schedule arranged
by Trail Director Strandborg whose
fervent and unusual fancy conceived
the notion of touring a la caravan to
Stockton the autos will rally at
Fifth and Oak streets at 8 o'clock
this morning, taking the trail pre
cisely a half hour later. The aver
age running time will be 15 miles an
hour, and the caravan Is to reach
Stockton at noon Sunday.
Attached to the caravan is a mili
tary motor unit from Camp Lewis,
comprising six automobiles, three
trucks and four motorcycle side-cars.
Two radio outfits of limited sending
rati Us. such as are used in . actual
field work, are carried by the military
division, and will be used to send
brief publicity messages to local wire
less stations en route, the wireless to
be relayed by telegraph to Its desti
nation.
Caravan la Independent
The caravan is unique in that it Is
dependent upon no assistance from
the countryside or the crossroads ga
rage. It carries its own baggage
trucks, its own repair trucks, and not
a few of the autos are equipped for
camp life a.ong the trail, the motor
lsts choosing to make their conven
tion pilgrimage a real outing.
i ne army contingent upon its ar
rival last night was dined at the Hotel
Imperial. For the motorists who
chose camp life the spacious turf of
Mount Tabor park had been made the
site of a perfect camp. Arranged by
the city park commission, the camp
ground was equipped wiUi stoves.
rirewooa, water and other conven
iences.
The first twilight stop of the cara
van will be at Eugene, where the pil
prims will rest tonight. At noon today
they are to be the guests of the com
mercial club of Albany. Other over
night halts will be made at Grants
Pass, Shasta Springs, Chico and SaC'
rumen to.
Side Exenrnloiia Are Slated.
Care-free and exultant over th
trail they are to take, many of the
motorists are planning to make the
most cf their wayside stops by brief
side excursions to local points of in
terest, and with fly rod and blue up
right in the streams of the southern
Oregon end northern California coun
try. Tom M. Russel Keane, vice
presiden of the Pacific Coast Adver
tising Men's association, for the dis
" trict of eastern Washington and Mon
tana, who came from Spokane to take
a Beat in the pace-making car with
.Fred Vogler and "Bill" Strandborg,
has telegraphed to Grants Pass for
friendly counsel in the matter of
catching a few Rogue river trout as
the caravan halts for the night stop.
1 11 send a wireless, a genuine,
bally s. o. s. so soon as we get
within range," asserted Mr, Keene,
"for I gotta have a trout. Bill, that's
all there is to it.
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Quarters in Flatiron Building
to Be Taken.
REAL HOME PROPOSED
Tjpntt The Seattle and northern eontfnjcent of .the caniTM, jaat an It entered Oregon over the Interntate
bridge last ntght, with Pacemaker Oosflaa A. Shelor of Seattle In the lead. Lower One of the-features
of the caravan the pence memorial replica, to commemorate the harmonious relations of Canada and the .
Inlted States. .
address. The caravan left Chehalls at I
1:30 o'clock for Vancouver, where
Governor .Olcott of Oregon was to
greet the members at 8 o'clock.
Under the leadership of Samuel C.
Lancaster, the engineer who built the
Columbia highway, a big truck from
Crater lake, bearing a replica in wood
of the peace portal, which it is pro
posed to erect at Blaine, Wash., to
constitute a peace memorial between
Canada and the United States, will
make the trip. The truck will con
tinue with the caravan to Stockton
and then will travel south to the Mex
ican . border, traveling north to San
Francisco on the coast route, when it
will return to Portland. .
The truck was loaned by Alfred L.
Parkhurst of Crater lake and was
driven by his son Asa. Material for
the construction of the replica was
donated by Nicolai-Neppach, Foster
& Kleiser and the Oregon - Brass
Works. The memorial, of which the
replica is a copy, is to be 66 feet in
height and will have a 20-foot open
ing. The stand of the memorial is to
be 125 feet in width.
LIQUOR CACHE DESCRIBED
WOMAX TESTIFIES IN PKE-
VOST MURDER TRIAL.
a taxicab when the machine collided
with the curbing near the Multnomah
club. She recovered consciousness
within five minutes, but internes from
the emergency hospital, who attended
her, feared that she might have suf
fered injury to her spine. She was
taken to her home at 429 Main street.
Truck Caravan Visits Salem.
SALEM. Or.. May 17. (Special.)
Formal welcome by the city officials
and a parade In the business district
featured the arrival here tonight of
the ship-by-truck caravan. The cara
van left Portland this morning, de
parted from Salem following the pa
rade tonight and is scheduled to arrive
in Eugene tomorrow afternoon.
The caravan included 16 trucks, en
tered by as many Portland dealers.
and all well loaded with merchandise,
machinery and automobile accessories.
Ad Club Going to Oregon City.
Ad club members will leave the city-
today at 11:15 o'clock for Oregon
City, where they will listen to po
litical addresses by Colonel Harris
Weinstock. Joe Dunne and Montaville
Flowers, the three speakers being for
Johnson, Lowden and Wood, respect
ively. An attractive musical pro
gramme has been arranged and the
committee on entertainment has pro
vided several surprises. Some of the
members of the club will meet at the
Benson hotel and go by auto, wh;le
others will take the electric train at
First and Alder streets.
Intention of Son of Rich Detroit
r
Manufacturer to Meet Suspect
on Fatal Xignt Recalled.
DETROIT, . Mich., May 17. (Spe
cial.) That J. Stanley Brown, son of
a wealthy Detroit manufacturer," for
whose murder Lloyd Prevost is now
undergoing trial, had "a drayload of
liquor" buried - near the Utica road
was the testimony of Mrs. Arnold
Marion. Brown's relative by marriage.
J who was called to the witness stand
by the prosecution today.
On the night of the murder he told
Mrs. Marlon that he was going to
meet Prevost, and said: "Lloyd is the
best friend I have on earth. If it
wasn't for him I would have been
dead long ago." Brown told her of
the concealed liquor earner in the
evening, Mrs. Marion said. She also
testified that Brown was in constant
fear of death.
Laura Prevost, a first cousin of the
accused, verified Mrs. Marion's state
ment about the liquor and testified
that she saw Brown drive down Cass
avenue on the night In question, but
did not see him turn in the direction
of the Edieon hotel. Through Miss
Prevost the defense int-ded to show
that Brown never returned to Mount
Clemens, but went dfrect for the
buried liquor.
AD CARAVAN AT CHEHALIS
Visitors Entertained at Luncheon
by Local Business Men.
CHEHALIS, Wash.. May 17. (Spe
cial.) The northwest automobile
caravan, headed for the Ad club meet
ing at Stockton, Cal.. lunched at Che
halis today with the members of th
Chehalis Citizens' club. The Hotel
Sthelens was crowded with visitors
and local business ben. headed by
Douglas Shelor. executive secretary
ef the Western Washington - Auto
mobile club.
The caravan reached Chehalis short
ly after noon. Chairman Robert
Somervlile. of the board of Lewis
county commissioners acted as escort
across Lewis county. Distinguished
citizens accompanying the party ln-
Widow's $50,000 Suit Heard.
A $50,000 suit against the Columbia
Pacific Steamship company was being
heard in federal court yesterday.
Florence Cook, wife of Archie Cook,
coal passer who was killed at
Poughkeepsie, N". Y., when he fell down
an open hatch, is suing the shipping
company. Cook was killed July 29,
1919. The steamship company alleges
negligence, but as a further defense
declares that the steamer Bushong
was a shipping board steamer and
that as the property of the govern
mcnt its operators cannot be sued.
FOOD RISES 146 PER CENT
British Authority Sees Prospect of
Still Further Advance.
LONDON, May 17. (By the Assocl
ated Press.) The cost of food up to
May 1 has risen Vo 146 per cent above
the pre-war level and there is a pros
pect or its going still higher, says
C A. McCurdy, minister of food. In an
official statement tonight.
He, however, points out that the
price of food In England is still lower
than in France, Italy and Sweden and
says it is not mucn higher than in
the United States.
Reading Room and Billiard and
Pool Table Are to Bo In
stalled as Soon as Possible.
Clubrooms for the American Legion
on the second floor Tot the Flatiron
building. Sixth and Ankeny streets
were assured when, fat a meeting of
Portland post at' the central library
last night, legionnaires voted to lease
the quarters until January 1. 1921.
There will be 5200 square feet avail
able for the rooms, which will be
oDened July 1.
A reading room, billiard and pool
tables, will be installed as soon as
possible and Portland post will have
ts first real home since organization
more than a year ago. The club
rooms will take over the old quarters
of the public free employment bureau
and will be capable of expanding next
year to 11,000 feet of floor epace II
requisements demand.
James O. Convill, post commander,
made - the announcement last night
that the executive committee had
picked quarters after an exhaustive
search and requested ratification of
a lease. If it was the wish of the post.
The building is new and the location
as central as it was possible to ob
tain. The lease to January 1, 1921
will cost the poet, by special arrange
ment, only $590.-which, with the sav
ing of $;ri a month on present post
headquarters in the Morgan building.
will . make the actual . increase in
rental but $290 for six months. -
Lease Payment Voted. '
The post voted $750 for payment on
the lease and furnishings.
Possession of the clubrooms is ex
pected to be a telling factor in the
membership drive which . Portland
post is to stage during the comln
week under the generalship of Orton
E. Goodwin, chairman of the member
ship campaign.
Unanimous protest against the ex
tension of executive clemency to
Henry Albers, wealthy Portland
-miller who was convicted under the
espionage act and sentenced to three
years imprisonment and fine oi
$10,000, was made by the post, follow
ing-the lead of Spanish War Veter
ans and Grand Army of the Republic
As friends of Albers are said to be
busy circulating petitions with which
to appeal to President "Wilson for
a pardon, the post decided to make
immediate objection.
A programme of entertainment of
unusual merit met with vociferous
applause and augured double attend
ance at the next meeting of the post
at which a similar programme Is
planned.
Lesjlon Escort Requested
From 60 to 100 Legion men have
been asked to turn out in uniform
on Memorial day to escort the Grand
Army of the Republic veterans in
the parade.
Commander Convill announced the
appointment of the following com
rfiittee chairmen: J. W. Morris, griev
ance; W. A. Ekwall, patriotic cam
paign: unon n.. uooawm, memoer-
ship; Archie C. Van Cleve, entertain
ment; Jay Cotter, headquarters; R.
E. Norton, citizenship; Miss Jane V.
Doyle, visiting; Frank Moore, benevo
lence; A. Decamp, law and order, and
Harvey Black, finance.
Last nights entertainment was
under the direction of A. C. Van Cleve
and E. W. Jorgenson of the amuse-
"Something
. Different"
When you'd like
something differ
ent a little
variety in good
things to eat
remember the
scor-e of
"specials" and
combinations from
- which to choose
at breakfast, lunch
or dinner arid the
two restaurants
both quite differ
entat the
imperial
The Auto Pays the. Bill
There were only 39,QC0 Autos In Oregon
jwhen we started In with the State High?
way Program. Now there are 85,000. The
auto license fees and gasoline tax pay for'
'the roads.-rRevenues constantly growing.'
Good RoadsbrIng the autos the more
autos. the more money for good roads
Let's build the roads and develop Oregon.
NO TAX
IN THIS
VOTE 302 X YES
for the 4 State Road Bond Limit And make It
possible to build more state roads No Property
Tax No Direct Tax No Increase In Auto License
Fees No Increase In Gasoline Tax
UOTE 302 X YES--FMe it Unanimous
Roll up a Big Majority, to Show Oregon believes,
in Progress-The Auto Pays the Bill.
OREGON STATE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
CHARLES MALI, PrMldsBt, HarsfafisM GEORGE QUAYLE, CmstsJ Swats. PWrtted
OREGON ROAOS& DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION
fXIMsKOS. Precast S, rirtUti CCCWlU.CbiruCxct1ntCi
, Official ComDutatdoo anosi that income from soto fce id em tx pmn both principal and
interest o bonds. Write to above address to copy, certified by WaitaeW. Waltcomb ai Co.
Certified Publw Accountant. Portland, Orecoo,
rnent committee. It ! planned to
have some vaudeville numbers at
every meeting.
Girl's Condition Serious.
Miss Katherim Paul, who was
found unconscious at her home, 412
Larrabee street. Sunday, was still in a
serious condition at Good Samaritan
hospital yesterday. Miss Paul is be
lieved to have been poisoned, although
neither ber friends nor the police be
lieve she attempted to take her own
life. An overdose of medicine is be
lieved to have been responsible for her
condition, although there is one theory
that ber condition may be caused by a
clot of blood on the brain. Miss Paul
was employed as a clerk by the Stand
ard Oil company.
Answer to Lyncli Suit Filed.
That reorganization of the Astoria'
Pulp & Paper company was effected at
a time when $3(100 worth of stock held
by MaAhew J. Lynch was virtually
worthless is the answer filed yester
day by the Blake-Mel' all company.
one of the defendants in a suit entered
ast week by Lynch, against L. L. and
C. M. Leadbetter, the Portland Paper
Box company, the Blake-McFalt com
pany, the Portland Paper - Package
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Vote No. 28 U
FOR
Hamilton Johnstone
FOR
DELEGATE
TO NATIONAL RKPUBLTCA! COTVENTION
FROM IHinD CONGRESSIONAL
IJISTRICT.
(TWO TO ELECT.)
-OREGON'S CHOICE IS MY CHOICE."
Paid Adv. by Jas. S. Gay Jr.
company and the Astoria Pulp &
Paper company. It is asserted in this
answer that Lynch has been offered
594, his share after sale of the assets
of the defunct company.
Phone your want ads to The Orego
nian. Main 7070. Automatic 660-95.
PAPERS BAR DISPLAY ADS
'Shortage of Printers' Causes
Step by Syracuse, N. Y., Press.
SYRACUSE, X. Y., May 17. The
three local newspapers today an
nounced that "on account of shortage
of printers" all display advertising
will be eliminated, beginning Tuesday.
Classified advertising now in type;
death notices and legal advertising
only will be printed in addition to the
news.
U. S. ATTORNEY ARRESTED
A. F. Flegel Charged With Speed
ing on TJnion Avenue.
United States Deputy District At
torney A. F. Flegel Jr. was arrested
last night on a charge of speeding,
and the case is scheduled! to come up
for trial in the municipal court today.
Patrolman Skoglund, who made the
arrest, says Mr. Flegel was driving
30 miles an hour on Union avenue in
the direction of the downtown dis
trict.
Mr. Flegel was released on his own
recognizance. Twenty-two other al
leged; speeders were arrested by the
police during the early part of the
night.
Woman in Taxicab Injured.
Alta. Huggins, 24. an employe of the
Multnomah Amateur Athletic club.
was knocked unconscious last night
by being thrown against the roof of
i Best Treatment for Catarrh
S. S. S. Removes the Cause
Prom the Blood.
Once you get your blood free from
impurities cleansed of the catarrhal
eluded Governor Louis F. Hart. State I poisons which it is now a prey to be
Highway Commissioner James Allen
and Secretary of State I. M. Howell of
Olympia. aad General Davis of Camp
Lewis. Upwards of 40 cars and num.
erous trucks are making the trip. On
arrival here the Chehalis tmnd played
a concert. President Pollow of the
Citiaens' club presided at the lunch
eon and welcoming addresses were
given by Secretary T. J. O'Connor of
the club and Chairman Somerville of
the county commissioners.
Governor Hart responded orlefiy
cause or its unneauny state men
you will be relieved of Catarrh the
dripping in the throat, hawking and
spitting, raw sores In tlae nostrils,
and the disagreeable bad breath. It
was caused in the first place because
your impoverished blood was easily
infected. Possibly a slight cold or con
tact 'with someone who had a cold.
But the point is don't suffer with
Catarrh it is not necessary. The
jii General Davis also made a brief I reaiedii S. S. S, discavered, ove Jiftx
years ago, tested, true and tried. Is
obtainable at any drug store. It has
proven its value in thousands of cases.
It will do so in your case. Get S. S.
C. at once and begin treatment. If
yours is a long-standing case, be sure
to twrite for free expert medical ad
vice. We will tell you how this purely
vegetable blood remedy cleanses the
impurities from the blood by literally
washing it clean. We will prove to1
you that thousands of sufferers from
Catarrh, after consistent treatmen
witn S. S. S., have been freed from
the trouble and all its disagreeable
features. Don't delay the treatment.
Address Medical Director. 170 Swift
Laboratory, Atlanta, Ga Adv.
FOR DELEGATE
to Republican
National Convention
Dow V.
Walker
"I Believe in a United
Republican Party"
(Paid Adv. by Dow V.Walker.)
I " "Js " V x -
VOTE
143 X Hurlbuit Thos. M.
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WOOD
or JOHNSON?
Hoover ' Withdraws in Oregon to Block
"No League" Candidate.
POINTS OUT DANGER HERE
"The inflexible attitude of the president and his supporter's and
of Senator Johnson and his supporters has brought this issue into
the election at an immeasurable moral and economic cost to our
country and to the world. If the Republican party, however, is to
voice the will of the people and is not to forfeit the certainty
of leadership in the .next four years, it must embrace the great
opportunity which the majority of the American people are pre
pared to give it. It must support the leagrue with reservations.
It must not fall into the trap the president and Senator Johnson -are
enticing it into." t . .
From Hoover's message to Oregon.
LEONARD WOOD HAS DEFEATED JOHNSON BT CLEAN
MAJORITIES IN NINE STATES." HE MUST NOT BE PRE
VENTED FROM DEFEATING JOHNSON IN OREGON.
Don't Waste Your Vote! Save Oregon!
WIN WITH WOOD!
Paid Adv. by Leonard Wood Campaign Headquarters)
Trained by experience
FOR THE OFFICE m
lA KEPUOLICAINP
No. 161 on Ballot Member of
Elks, W. O. W., Moose and
Eagles.
(Paid Advertisement.)
W. C. NORTH
Republican Candidate for
Representative
114 X NORTH, W. C
Jos. V. Beveridge
CANDIDATE FOR
County Clerk
Number
145
On Ballot
MEMBER
SlHners
KnlBhts Templar
Grotto
Chamber Commerce
Proarreawlve Bualseaa Stem's Clab
Krai t y Board
Woodmen of the World '
Knla-hts af Pythias
and ether oraraatlsatlons.
V
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ii latl laf..
Thos. M. Hurlburt
Republican
FOR SHERIFF
(Paid Adv.)
Gives Credit Through the Land
Backache, lame and stiff muscles
and rheumatic pains are often symp
toms of deranged kidneys. I had
weak bladder, bad kidneys and liver.'
writes Willie Carter. Luiar. Pa.
could not sleep well and my back
pained me awful. - 1 had a dizzy feel
ing: in the morning. Since taking Fo
ley Kidney Pills 1 have been relieved
of all such ailments." They rid the
poisonous acids that
d pains. Sold
a i ' of all such ailrr
111 system of the i
J cause aches and
ms where. Adv.
For Secretary
of State
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W. D. WOOD
Republican Candidate
f ' '
L. M. LEPPER
Republican Candidate
(X No. 78) for
STATE SENATOR
"Less Laws
Better Enforcement"
Paid adT.
, Lifelong resident of Oregon.
Twelve years in state senate.
During six sessions has served on
ways and means and other important
committees.
For important board duties the
state will gain the benefit of this
long legislative experience and knowl
edge of public business as well as
sound business ability and well-known
every-I " -''".-
I (raid Adv.)
Stanley Myers
For District Attorney
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