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THE MORXIXG OREGONIAN. WEDNESDAY, MAT 3. 1023
22 Hours 43 Minutes in San-Francisco-Portland
Run.
SHASTA'S TIME BEATEN
Stops for Oil and Gasoline Are In
cluded in Official Iiog of
Trip in Coupe.
All records for travel between San
Francisco and Portland were shat
tered yesterday when a Butck coupe,
piloted by Mrs. Z. Kathleen Ayers,
dashed up to the Howard Automobile
company quarters, Twelfth and Alder
streets. Just 22 hours and 43 minutes
out from the ferry building- at San
Francisco. This was the total elapsed
tlm-e, including all stops for gasoline.-
oil, etc.. and nearly six hours faster
than the running time of the Shasta
limited, the Southern Pacific's fastest
train, between the two points.
So far as is known, Mrs. Ayers is
the first woman who has made a
record drive from San Francisco to
Portland. She made the run in the
Interests of the California Federation
of Business and Professional Women's
clubs, which is holding a big conven
tion at the Bay city this summer.
Old Record Broken.
Mrs. Ayers Is chairman of the re
ception committee in connection with
the convention. On the run she was
accompanied by Claude McGee, man
ager of the Howard Auto company,
who relieved her at the wheel at a
few intervals during the trip. The
new record eclipsed by more than
three hours the previous record of 25
hours and 51 minutes established
about a month ago.
The run, which was made in a
Buick four-cylinder car, was carefully
planned in advance on a schedule of
23 hours between the two cities.
The schedule was not only main
tained, but was bested at a number
of stretches, with the result hat the
car drew up at the local healquarters
in Portland nearly an hour ahead of
schedule. The time was officially
taken by the Western Union Tele
graph company. City Superintendent
Branch Jones checking the car in on
its arrival. The tbtal distance for the
run, as given by the speedometer of
the car, was 724.1 miles.
Trip Begun Monday.
Mrs. Ayers, with Mr. McGee as her
escort, left the ferry building at San
Francisco at exactly two minutee
after 1 Monday afternoon, according
to the Western Union report. The
route led across to Oakland by ferry
and again by ferry from Rodeo to
Vallejo, about three-quarters of an
hour being consumed on the two
boats before the real going could be
gin. At about 2 o'clock Tuesday
morning the car passed through Ash
land, Or. First word of the car in
this section was received yesterday
morning from Albany, the car going
through that town at 9:15. At 10:15
the car passed through Salem, at
11:15 it passed through Oregon City,
and at exact ly 1 1 :45 o'clock it was
checked in at the Howard Auto com-,
pany quarters here.
Both Mrs. Ayers and McGee are
experienced drivers. Mrs. Ayers was
an ambulance driver in the Red Cross
during the war and last year at the
San Francisco automobile show
she captured first prize in a
contest to determine the best
woman driver in that city. McGee
was the pilot of the Buick car which,
a year ago last January, st a new
record of 29 hours and 16 minutes
between San Francisco and Portland
at a time when road conditions were
not nearly as favorable as now.
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When the street car plunged over the bridge on East Morrison street across the slough between East Eighth
and East Ninth streets, killing William Blanchard, Katherine Baillie and Newton Hansen and Injuring a score of
other passengers? The accident happened early in the morning of April 27. 1897.
The car was running on the City& Suburban line between Mount Tabor and the west side. Stephen Guthrie
was in charge, with John G. Kieffer as motorman, and was traveling westward at a high rate of speed, crowded
with men and women en route to work. As It approached the bridge an axle broke on the front truck and the
car jumped the track, swerved sharply out and plunged into the slough. Many passengers jumped either to the
bridge or Into the water, but nine were imprisoned in the car and were able to escape only because it did not
instantly submerge. Three, however, were caught and two of them drowned. The third died from injuries.
Many persons were near at hand and saw the catastrophe. They immediately went to the rescue and aided In
saving the lives of the victims. The east side battalion of the fire bureau arrived and stretched ladders down
from the broken bridge to the car as it was gradually settling into the water.
The photograph was taken shortly after the accident occurred and was lent The Oregonian by H. H. Pettit. A
copy of It was printed in The Oregonian the day after the accident.
Ticklish Turtle Takes Trip
to Tell Tale to Judge.
Suspicious spou s- Surprise Sus
ceptible Secretary of Lodge.
Royal Order of Turtles, and came to
the conclusion that this organization
was at the bottom of the trouble. All
of the young turtles of the order have
been gathering at will at the Jones
home. It made no difference whether
the worthy president was there or
not. And Jones became suspicious of
his wife.
"I caught her tickling some of the
other turtles just a few weeks ago,"
he told Judge Ekwall.
The artistic turtle, Gail Bell, ap
peared as a witness for young lake,
and told the court -he understood that
Jones had demanded $200 from Lake
for allowing Mis. Jones to tickle him.
Failure to pay this amount would
lead to his arrest, it was testified.
Jones admitted he had said some
thing about $200, but said he thought
Lake would need it for bail money.
"I think the turtles had better
slow up a bit." vouchsafed Judge
Ekwall. "They're showing- too much
speed for their name."
"I've resigned as secretary -and
withdrawn from the club," replied
Lake.
"I've quit as treasurer and don't be
long any more," confessed Eleanor.
"I withdrew my application," ot
tered Bell.
"I'm through," admitted Jones.
"As a rule, I'm not ticklish, but I'm
tickled to death to get rid of . this
mess, and I trust the turtles have re
tired to their shells for good," con
cluded Judge Ekwall, who had the
last word.
fit MAUSER ON WAY EAST
HEAD OF ROSE FESTIVAL
GREETED AT PE.DLETO,
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EX-PUGILIST IS ARRESTED
THERE'S a dismal air of loneli
ness out around South Mount
Tabor these days because the Royal
Order of Turtles has hit the skids.
The president's wife "vamped" the
secretary and the treasurer resigned.
"Royal Order of Turtles, eh?"
queried Municipal Judge Ekwall, who
presided at the obsequies. "I can't
quite make up my mind whether it
was a free-love society or a shell
game, but it appears that the turtles
have even lost their 'snap,' so I guess
it's all for the best."
Ray Jones is or. rather, was-
president of the Royal Order of
Turtles. His wife, Eleanor, was
treasurer, and Ellis Lake, Franklin
high school student, was secretary.
Gail Bell, a cement worker by day
and an artist by night, was classified
as one of the leading members. Gail
has blond, bushy hair, a lot of tem
perament, a studio and everything.
The Jones domicile was the social
center for the turtles, snap-turtles
and mud-turtles alike. And to the
Jones home there came by day and
by night all the lesser turtles who
owed allegiance to the royal order
and their worthy president.
For a turtle, and a royal one at
that, young Lake has a fatal weak
ness. He simply can't stand to be
tickled. Treasurer Eleanor, esteemed
wife of the worthy president, Ray,
quickly learned of Lake's weakness
and that's what started the rumpus.
Last Sunday, while Jones was away
from the house for a short time, the
secretary wandered over to the Jones
home to visit the treasurer. Out on a
cot in a sleeping tent at the rear of
the house sat young Lake, and Mrs.
Jones read the Sunday morning funny
papers, for even royal turtles get a
kick out of the funnies.
Of a sudden Treasurer Ella be
thought herself of Secretary Ellis
abhorrence for being tickled. What
better Sunday morning diversion, she
thought, than to see the secretary
wriggle and squirm from being
tickled. Suiting the action to the
word, she threw her arms about the
high -school turtle while her fingers
played a rapid tattoo upon his bash
ful ribs.
Screams of surprise rent the air as
young Lake sought to free himself
from the ticklish embrace. For a
royal turtle. Eleanor showed more
speed than the high school youth ever
imagined.
Just as the playful tickling was at
its height the worthy president
stepped into the scene. It was a
ticklish moment for both Eleanor and
Ellis, for Eleanor's spouse had blood
in his eye as he saw the pair in close
embrace on the cot. K
In retaliation. Jones had his wife
and young Lake arrested 'for dis
orderly conduct and the hearing came
for trial yesterday before Judge
Kkwal!. Jones suspected there was
genuine disorderliness. but when the
two defendant turtles, Ellis and
Eleanor, insisted It was" nothing more
serious than a session of tickling.
Judge Ekwall gave them the benefit
of the doubt.
The court delved at length into the
John Buckley Attacks Members of
Kangaroo Court in Jail.
The fighting spirit in John Buck
ley, retired pugilist, has not been
broken through absence from the
ring.
Taken to the county jail late lues-
day night on the complaint of his
sister, Mrs. Anna Runtz, the man who
had exchanged blows with Johnny
Dundee in Philadelphia in 1914, and
was known to the ring fan as "Bar
clay," took offense at the calling of
"kangaroo court for his benefit.
As the other prisoners in his cor
ridor gathered about and "court" was
about to convene, he lowered his
head and swung right and left at
his persecutors.
Quick retirement to far ends or
the corridor was in order for the
other prisoners. At the end of a
particularly vicious jab at thin air,
Buckley fell over in a dead faint.
A bucket of water was brought and
dashed over him.
"Eight nine " muttered the fallen
man as he staggered to his feet and
lunged at the man nearest him.
Buckley was accused of beating his
sister because she declined to pay
him $4." which he said he lent her
seven years ago.
Round-rp Officials Give Assur
ances of Participation in Gala
Event Xext Month.
PENDLETON, Or., May 2. (Spe
cial.) Pendleton Round-up officials,
headed by Mayor Hartman and ac
companied by a group of Round-up
Indians, gave an impromptu reception
to Eric V. Hauser, president of the
Portland Rose Festival association,
at the railway station hore today.
Mr. Hauser, who Is in route to
Washington, D, C, where he will
extend an invitation to President and
Mrs. Harding to attend the Rose
Festival in Portland next month, re
ceived assurance from officials of
the Round-up association of the
participation of Pendleton in Port
land's rose show.
Through Robert G. Bishop, a mem
ber of the board of directors of the
Pendleton Round-up association, Mr.
Hauser extended a personal invita
tion to five Round-up Indians to
attend the June fiesta. Mr. Hauser
informed Chief "Poker" Jim that he
would allow the Indians to pitch their
wigwams on top of the Multnomah
hotel during their stay in Portland,
if they wished.
The Pendleton Indians will take
part in several of the parades and
other features of the Rose Festival,
Mr. Hauser said.
today by Charles M. Hastings of this
city. Since 1918 he has been employed
as a deputy in the treasurer's office.
James McClure, the present treas
urer, is completing his second term
and will not be eligible for re-election.
CHAMBER ELECTS TODAY
New Members of Board Also to Be
Seated at Noon Meeting.
Directors of the Chamber of Com
merce are expected to elect officers
for the coming year at the regular
meeting at noon today. New mem
bers of the board, elected last week,
will be seated at today's meeting and
it is predicted that O. W. Mielke will
be chosen president for the coming
year. H. B. Van Duzer, retiring pres
ident, who was re-elected last year
against his wishes, has refused to
serve longer as executive head of
the chamber, although he will re
main on the board.
Mr. Mielke is one of the holdover
members of the directorate and has
played an active part in affairs of
the trade body. For the past year
he has been chairman of the manag
ing committee of the publicity depart
ment. Other presidential possibili
ites being mentioned qesterday were
Peter Kerr, I. D. Hunt and Frank
Andrews.
ROOSEVELT R0AD ASSURED
Government Is Ready to Proceed
With Construction Work.
SALEM, Or., May 2. (Special.)
The bureau of public roads at Wash
ington. D. C-, is ready to proceed with
construction of the Roosevelt high
way, according to word received
here. The bureau announced its in
tentions in a recent conference with
Representative Hawley.
The bureau considers all the pro
posed roads of the Oregon system as
of primary importance because of
their locations and connections with
other roads, it was said. Mr. Hawley
was assured that as soon as the state
was ready to go to work on the
Roosevelt highway the government
would be ready to do its part.
Mr. Hawley went to the bureau to
see if the Roosevelt road could not
be included in the government pro
gramme and was told that the, bureau
desired to co-operate with Oregon in
Uia construction programme.
, 3Icmorial Market to Be Held.
CENTRA LI A, Wash., May 2. (Spe
cial.) Plans for a public market on
May 20 for the benefit of the Cen
tralia memorial fund were completed
yesterday at a meeting of the Wom
en's Civic club. Articles to be sold
will be donated by citizens. An auc
tion sale will be held at 2 P. M. and
7 P. M. under the direction of
licensed auctioneer. The 'larket will
be held at the Bronson garage, which
has been donated by W. L. Bronson
for the event.
MR. HAUSER GETS SEND OFF
Unique Festival Invitation to Pres
ident Is Carried From City.
Eric V. Hauser was sent on his
way to Washington yesterday morn
ing with cheers and well wishes ring
ing in his ears. As president of the
Rose Festival board, he is en route
to invite President and Mrs. Harding
to attend the annual flower fete in
June.
Mr. Hauser was presented at the
Union station with the unique invi
tation to the Hardings. consisting of
four leather-bound books of most
attractive nature, intended to in
terest them in the northwest to the
extent that they will pack up and
come along next month when the
roses will be at their best. As Mr.
Hauser started on his mission, he
was saluted by motion picture
cameras, crowds and general en
thusiasm. On the way to Philadelphia and
taking the same train were Franklin
T. Griffith and Guy W. Talbot. Both
will be in Washington next Monday
and will visit the White House with
Mr. Hauser to induce the president
to come to the festival.
Deputy Seeks Treasurership.
CENTRALIA. Wash., May 2. (Spe
cial.) Announcement of his candi
dacy for the republican nomination
for Lewis county treasurer was made
GIRL AUTOIST CLEARED
Coroner's Jury Finds Miss AVard
Blameless in Fatal Accident.
CENTRALIA, Wash., May 2. (Spe
cial.) A coroner's jury last night
exonerated Miss Melva Ward from re
sponsibility for the death Sunday of
Roger Stone, aged 6, son of Mr. and
Mrs. J. M. Stone, who was struck by
Miss Ward's car at the corner of
Main and Pearl streets. Testimony of
Miss Ward showing that the accident
was unavoidable was corroborated by
eye-witnesses.
The jury was composed of E. C.
Roberts, Arthur Garner, Grover Troth,
A. Goehring, H. E. Clark and E. F.
Hughes.
Dr. David Livingstone and Dr. F. J.
Hackney performed a post-mortem on
the Stone boy's body last night, which
showed that death was caused by a
ruptured liver.
Receiver Operates Elgin Mill.
ELGIN, Or., May 2. (Special.) The
Elgin planing mill and box factory,
managed by Adams Brothers, which
was placed in the hands of the re
ceiver several months ago, has begun
running, to continue until some of
the lumber on hand is run out. The
stockholders and most of the credit
ors were neavy losers.
Forest Road Fund $1,157,109.
THE OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU,
Washington, D. C, May 2. Oregon
will receive $1,157,109 for forest road
construction in the coming fiscal
year, the secretary of agriculture an
nounced today.
Orpheum matinee today. 1 5-25-50-Ad.
Xew Drainage Hearing Ordered.
CENTRALIA, Wash., May 2. (Spe
cial.) A new hearing on the final
report of the county engineers on the
proposed drainage of Zenkner valley,
north of this city, by which hundreds
of acres of agricultural land would
be reclaimed, will be held by the
Lewis and Thurston county commis
sioners on May 16. The hearing was
ordered when it developed that the
proceedings in connection with the
previous hearing were defective.
Commencement Speaker Chosen. 1
ILWACO. Wash.. May 2. (Special.)
Rev. W. S. iMajor) Gilbert, pastor
of the First Presbyterian church at
Astoria, will deliver the commence
ment address to the Ilwaco high
school graduates May 19 at the high
scholo auditorium.
Orpheum matinee today, 15-25-50-Ad.
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