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9 PORTLAND S FINEST GORGEOUS BLOOMS WIN PRIZES AT ROSE feHOW AT ARMORY. Nash Leads the World in Motor Car Value iES ON DISPLAY DROWNED IN RIVER THE MORXIXG OREGONIAN, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 551, 1923 BOOTH'S MATE Entries at Show Greatest Ever Seen Here. SEATTLE PRIZE-WINNER f Sound City Gets First Award Among Out-of-Town Exhibitors. Many New Varieties Shown. The choicest blooms from Port land rose gardens, in a riot of color and fragrance, grace the rose show, which opened at the armory. Tenth and Couch streets, yesterday after noon. The largest number of entries ever shown at a rose show here have been gathered for this annual floral event The armory is large enough to accommodate the crowds and there is plenty of room between the exhibit tables for the spectators. Boughs, fresh from the woods, line the walls and form an effective background for the gorgeous color ings of the flowers, which are ex hibited in baskets, vases and boxes, according to classification. Of soecial Interest to rose enthu siasts this year is the exceptionally fine display by the Seattle Rose society, which has shown splendid community spirit in entering a table of beautiful varieties. This is tne first time the Seattle society has made an exhibit in the Portland show. Seattle Exhibit Wins. The Seattle exhibit won first prize in out-of-town displays. T- E. Wallace of 261 North Twenty-sixth street is the winner of the first prize for the best single bloom from a garden. His entry is the "Joseph Hill," a delicate salmon pink, tinged with gold, which won the president's trophy presented by Guy W. Talbot, president of the Portland Rose society. Second prize for the best single bloom went to Sirs. C. E. Glafke of Oak Grove, Or., with her exhibit of 'Constance,' which ran a close sec ond to the first prize-winner. One hundred and twenty-five single roses were entered in this section. The rose show will be open today and tomorrow from 10 A. M. to 10 P. M. There is no admission charge P. M. There is no admission charge. The show closes Thursday night. The Judging consumed all of yes terday morning and at 1 o'clock the doors were thrown open for mem bers of the rose society for private viewing. Shortly afterward the public was admitted, but Queen Harriet did not appear formally to open the show until after 5 o'clock. Great interest was shown in the exhibits from districts represented by various branch libraries through out the city. These exhibits will be judged each day of the festival. Four districts tied for first place yesterday, with 25 points each. They are Gresham, Peninsula, Willamette Heights and Arleta. University Park, Portland Heights, Rose City Park, Piedmont and Brooklyn also made high scores. There were 18 district entries yesterday. The Seattle exhibit was staged un der the personal direction of H. L. I Collier, assistant city treasurer of Seattle and president of the Seattle Rose society, and H. A. Brackett, an amateur rose grower of Seattle. Rare Blossoms Shown. More than BOO blooms were brought from the northern city from which to select those for the display here. The roses were picked last night and each one wrapped sepa rately in waxed paper. Among the interesting varieties shown were a geranium red rose, the Mrs. F. W. Vandervilt, a mammoth bloom; the Mrs. J. H. Welch, a bud four and a half Inches long, and Kitchener of Khartoum. The cen- terpiece of the table was a huge basket of Duchess of Wellington roses. The display by the park bureau drew large crowds. A feature is the reproduction of the Eastmoreland golf course, arranged to scale and worked out in detail by Miss Flor ence Holmes. The rose display by the park bu reau shows air the newest blooms from the test gardens in Washington park. Especially beautiful were the "America," the new rose of E. G. Hill, the gold medal rose for this year, and the "Mrs. George C. Thomas," which will be formally christened at the Episcopal conven tlon here in September. This rose was produced by Captain George C. Thomas Jr., who named it in honor of his mother. There is also the new pink rose, Mrs. Walter T. Sum ner, and a novelty, a vase of new roses just produced by R. M. Bodley of this city. They are miniature roses, smaller but equally as perfect as the Cecil Brunner, but of a deeper pink. Novelties on Display. Mr. and Mrs. Jesse A. Currey ex hiblted a table, not for competition, from their garden. Among the novel ties were a new climbing rose, Doc tor Huey, a vase of Grange Colomb from Europe, a new single rose -of a deep crimson, as yet unnamed, and an Oregon sweetbriar, which after six years has been turned into a brilliant scarlet. Mrs. S. S. Montague, who pre viously has entered her roses in competition, had on display a beau tful exhibit. More than 200 women were pres ent yesterday morning to assist with the district entries. The judges for these entries only were John H. Bur- gard, Mrs. F. A. Nitchy and Mrs. A. F. Flegel. The judges for the other entries were Rev. S. S. Sulliger of Kent, Wash.; H. I. Collier of Seattle; F. A. Gilette, president of the Hoquiam Rose society; H. A. Brackett of Se attle and Arthur Bowman, Miss Isa bella Gauld, Mrs. Guy W. Talbot, Mrs. S. S. Montague and Mrs. L Allen Lewis. Floral Companies Assist. The committee directing the new exhibitors consisted of Mrs. Thomas Gray, Mrs. W. C. Seachrest, Mrs, W. A. Roberson and Mrs. Montague, The awards follow: Section A, single rose display Class 1, best bloom from the garden first prize, T. E. Wallace, 291 North Twenty-sixth street; second prize, Mrs. C. E. Glafke, Oak Grove. Section B, specimen blooms Glass i. six best seDarate named varie ties, first prize, George A. Albert, 850 Vaughan street; second, W. J. Swan, 1279 Tburman. Class 2, 12 best roses, first prize, Mrs. J. P. Cooke, 215 North Twenty-fifth street; second, W. J. Swan. Class 3, 18 best roses, first prize, C. B, Prazier, 835 Multnomah Btreet; no sec- and. Class 4. 24 best roses, first prize, Mrs. D. M. McLauchlan, 419 Bast Twenty first street North; second, Mrs. P. I. Fuller. 603 Spring street. Section C, baskets of roses, froia 12 to 25 roses in each Class 1, basket of best red roses, first. Katharine Machen, 817 Victoria street; second. Mrs. J. C. Ainsworth. Class 2, basket at best pink roses, first. y.K "it, (1 S fjl (lKJ'Joseph Hill," winner of president's trophy for best single bloom, entered by T. K. Wallace; (2) Mrs, W. C. roses of mixed colors) (3) Mrs. J. C. Ainsvrorth's first prize winner for best display decorative roses; (4) out roses, won by Mrs. M. Goodman. Mrs. M. Goodman. 1110 Thurman street; no second. - ' Class . 3. basket of bft white rosea, first. Mrs. Ja,y Smith, 645 Laurel street; second, Mrs. B. if, Holman, 4S3 Vista avenue. Class A, basket of best yellow roses. first, Mrs. P. I. Fuller; second, Mrs. M. Ek, Eaat Forty-sixth street and Killings- worth. . Claso 5. basket of best roses, mixed as to color-, first, Mrs. W. C. Seachrest, 381 East Forty-tnird. street JNortn ; secona, George A. Albert. Section. D, ciimb in and rambling roses Class 1. best dismay of not lees than Bix and not more than 12 sprays of any one-named variety of climbing or pillar rose, first, Mrs. w. C. Seachrest; second, Mrs. Sarah Compton, Boring, Or. Class 2. best display of small climbm-g or rambling rose, first, Mrs. J. P. Cooke; no second- CIass 3, best display or either cnmomg or rambling roses of more than 12 sprays, first. Mrs. F. E. Smitn. 4 westover road; second, Mrs. JeH Banks, 008 East Seventeenth street North. Section E, single, decorative and minia ture roses Class 1. best display or decorative roses of any one-named -variety, first, Mrs. J. C. Ainsworth; second Miss C. Levitz, 1526 Kerby. Class 2. best display or brier or single flowered roses of any one-named variety, first, Mrs. J. C, Ainsworth; second, Mrs. W. C. Seachrest. Class 3. best display of miniature, baby or palyantha roses of any one-named va riety, first, Estelle M. Westervelt, 654 Ravensview drive; second, Mrs. Edwin Caswell, 791 Overton street. Section F, large displays of roses Class 1. vase, bowl or basket of best roses containing more than 25 blooms, either one variety or mixed as to color and variety, first, Mrs. Edwin Caswell, 791 Overton street; second, T. E. Wallace. Section G, tor amateurs wno nave never won a prize Class 1. best three roses, either one va riety or mixed, first, W. E. McClees, box 1071 city; second, Mrs. L, A. Walker, 4680 Sixty-fourth avenue Southeast. Section H, roses shown according to type Class 1, display of not less than three and not more than seven best Hybrid Tea or Pernetlana rosea of any one named variety, first, George A. Albert; second, T. B. Wallace, j Class 2, display of not less than three and not more than seven best Hybrid Perpetual roses of any one-named va riety, first, Mrs. J. P. Cooke; second, George A. Albert. Class 3, display of not less than three and not more than seven best tea roses of any one-named variety, first, Frank C. Riggs, 251 Fairfax terrace; second, Mrs. J. P. Cooke. Section I, Caroline Testout roses, to be exhibited in vases, bowls and baskets Class 1, best three, first, Mrs. Burnett Goodwin, 358 North Thirty-first street; second, Mrs. M, Goodman, 1110 Thurman street. Class 2, best 12 Caroline Testout roses, first, Mrs. M. Goodman; second, H. V. Williams, 083 East Sixty-fifth street North. Class 3, best 25 Caroline Testout roses. first, Mrs. Fred P. Gram, 158 Rutland ROSE FESTIVAL EVENTS. . Wednesday, Regatta Day. Rose Show and Sportsmen-Tourist show at armory and festival center open all day. Armory opens at 10 A. M. 1:30 P. M. Regatta on the Willamette river between Morrison and Hawthorne bridges. 3:00 P. M. Miss Alice Robertson, personal representative of Pres ident Harding, speaks at municipal auditorium. Open ' to public. 3:00 P. M. Admiral's ball, grand ballroom Multnomah hotel, by invitation only. Thursday, Army and Navy Day. 1:30 P. M. Military review and parade to Multnomah field. 2:00 P. M. Gymkana on Multnomah field. School children's pageant. V2:S0 P. M. Field events, aeroplane stunts. Hunt club programme, drill teams and Boy Scouts. 7:45 P. M. Parade through downtown streets to baseball park. 8:15 P. M.. Fireworks at baseball park, Twenty-fourth and Vaughn streets. 9:00 P. M. Rosarian ball, formal, by invitation. Rose Show, Festival Center; Sportsmen-Tourist show open all day. Friday, Floral Pageant Day. 1:30 P. M. Grand floral parade. 7:00 P. M. Carnival ball. 8:00 P. M. Whitney boys' chorus, Multnomah field. Sportsmen-Tourist show and festival center open all day. - s terrace; second, Mrs. B. F. Holman,. 483 Vista avenue. Class 4. best 50 Caroline Testout roses, first, Mrs. F. H, Page, 614 Jackson street; second, Mrs. F. I. Fuller. Section J, small rose gardens. (This section is for amateurs with uot more than 50 rose plants. Such amateurs, how- ever, can compete in all other classes)' Class 1, best three roses of any one named variety, first, Mrs. John Risley, Milwaukie; second, Mrs, John Risley. C 1 ass 2, best f i ve roses of an y one named variety, first, Mrs. John Risley. PORTLAND GREETS QUEEN (Continued From First Page.) model of the flagship used by Co lumbus In 1492. Officers and men of the Connecticut were attired as officers and men of the historic dis coverer's bark; and a group of maid ens in Spanish costume completed the picture. Royal Salnte Fired. It -was from this ship that a royal salute was fired wnen Queen Har riet disembarked. Cheers greeted the decorated launch Rowmar, an entry of Anchor council. Security Benefit associa tion, which carried a Ibrass band that aided the Royal Rosarians in keeping the air charged with music. Bathing beauties in striking red bathing suits were seated in a launch entered by the Portland Rowing club. The decorations of this launch were red in keeping with the color scheme of the bath ing suits of the passengers. Dr. C. E. Hill, chairman of the parade committee, reviewed the line from his' beautifully decorated launch Dlssie Marquam, while Com modore C. Wj Boost's speedy launch was used to carry the newspaper correspondents ana camera men.. Rosarians at Hand. The royal party were brought to tha Belmont street quay for the of ficial landing. Here the entire mem bership of the Royal Rosarians were on hand to escort the party into the city. Eric V. Hauser met Queen Harriet, and Miss Alice Robertson, official representative of President Harding at the festival, was Joined by Rear-Admiral-J. V. Chase. Attendants of Queen Harriet were joined by offi cers of the army, navy and the marine corps, while the young women who are In Portland as rep resentatives of near-by cities were escorted up the gangplank by mem ber!; of the Royal Rosarians. Queen Harriet's train was held by her two little pages Jane Lyon and Helen Walter and these two young sters, as attractive as they were uselul, marched bravely up the green carpeted gangplank. v ; Eight little flowef grirls, clad In pink, strewed rose petals that formed the pathway for Queen Harriet as she left her yacht. These flower girls were Mildred Whitten, Mary Jane Berkeley, Marion Bass, Marie Bilyeu, Margaret Hale, Virginia Leihy, Marjorie Bass and Virginia Matlock. Mayor Baker, received the prin cess on a raised platform, welcomed her into her new domain, informed her that she was indeed honored to have-been given the important task of ruling over all Rosaria, and then APPEAIi MADE FOR AUTO MOBILES. The people of Portland are once more called upon to show their generous hospitality in assisting the Rose Festival association to entertain the sailor boys of the 'visiting fleet. The navy department has this year sent a roost lib eral' representation to grace the occasion of our Rose Fes tival. Portland's reputation as a city of hospitality is known to these boys and we must arrange for their enter tainment while they are here. I make an earnest appeal to the citizens of Portland to do nate the services of their au tomobiles for Saturday, Sun day, Monday and Tuesday. Call Chamber of Commerce, Broadway 440; Multnomah ho . tel. Broadway 4080, or Rose Festival headquarters, Broad way 7918, and list your ma chine. . ERIC V. HAUSER, President Rose Festival As sociation. led In three rousing cheers for the princess, wh soon., was to become the queen. With this nrief"' ceremony com pleted, ' the royal party boarded automobiles and were whisked through the central east side, where but a few were gathered to look and cheer, snd then over to the west side business district, where the Royal Rosarian band and the Rosarians again joined the party and led the parade to the Mult nomah hotel, where a luncheon was tendered to the que'en and her court and the distirguished visitors. Mrs. Florence McCrillis, the only woman who Is a member of the board . of governors of the Rose Festival association this year, pre sided at this luncheon. A letter signed by President Harding, ex pressing his regret at his inability to be in Portland during the present festival was read by Miss Robertson the president's representative. "I know that the expressions of regret by President and Mrs. Hard ing are not mere words, but really express their keen disappointment at not being able to be In Portland at this time," said Miss Robertson. Miss Robertson was given an official welcome to Portland by Eric V. Hauser, president of the Portland Rose Festival association who declared that while he deplored the fact that It was impossible for President and Mrs. Harding to at tend the festival, all Portland re joiced that Miss Robertson ' was selected to come here as the official representative of the nation's chief executive. All future doubts as to the advis ability of staging the annual Rose Festival have been removed through the recognition of the celebration by the United States government, de clared Mayor Baker as he extended a warm welcome to the visitors. Queen Harriet proved that -she was raaAy fox any emergency, tor Seachrest's first prize basket of best First prize for best 1- Caroline Test- when she was called upon to an swer a toast drunk in her honor, she expressed her delight at being the recipient of so many honors, and assured those present that if they enjoyed the festival just half as much as she knew she would. It would be certain to be a success. Franklin T. Griffith, father of the queen, stressed the fact that' Port land is gaining no end of national recognition through Its annual fes tival of flowers. In closing he said that he had been bowing before the present queen for 20 years and that it was a pleasure for him to join ith all Portland In obeisance to her. Officers Are Present. Rear-Admiral Chase, representing the Pacific fleet. General Blatchford, commander of Vancouver barracks, Admiral Mayo, who, commanded the Atlantic fleet during the world wttr, and Alderman Perry, representing the city of Victoria, B. C, were all called upon for short talks. The music for the luncheon was furnished by Miss Alice Genevieve Smith and her assistants, Ruth Os borne, Florence Stone, Adeline Stopp and Margaret Rigg, playing on harps, accompanied by the piano. Santa Maria Gets Prise. The Santa Maria, an entry by the officers and men of the U. S. S. Connecticut won the grand prize of $100. The second prize of "50 was given to the U. S. Engineer's entry and the steam yacht Wisdom, carryr ing Queen Harriet won the third grand prize of $20. ' - First prize of the best decorated cruiser was won by the Rowman, an entry of Anchor Council Security Benefit association. The . Portland Rowing club entry, the Clarice, carrying the bathing girls in red, won the first prize of $25 for run abouts and a naval entry from the destroyer flotilla took second prize, The flreboat George H. Williams received first honors in the work' boat class, Admiral Chase's tender captured the blue ribbon In the naval entries, and the speed boat Shouzan of Seattlo won the high honors among the visiting clubs. The awards committee was com posed of W. H. Chatten, chairman, Opal Bowen, Margaret Aune, Eva Iange and C. T. Burg. IT SHOULD BE REMEM BERED, ALWAYS, THAT OUR TAILORED, READY-FOR-WEAR CLOTHES ARE DESIGNED WITH THAT INDIVIDUALITY WHICH RE SULTS IN THE COMPLETE ELEGANCY THAT IS SO PRONOUNCED IN OUR BROOK AND ERBEC MODELS $50.00 UP K.S. ERVIN & COLtd. Established 1901. ' . , GENERAL ENGLISH TAILORS AND CLOTHING READ Y-FOR-WE AR Second Floor Selling BUg. Sixth and Alder Streets Rose Fete . Marine Pageant Marred by Tragedy. HORROR SHOCKS CROWDS H. B. Conroy Falls Overboard Off Battleship's Galleon - Entry and Sinks In "Willamette. Tragedy marred the Rose Festival marine parade yesterday noon, when H. B. Conroy, boatswain's mate aboard the battleship Connecticut, fell overboard from his . vessel's entry In the parade and was drowned In the river a few feet be low the draw span of the Morrison street bridge. The accident occurred In the plain view of hundreds wno lined the rail ings of the bridge to watch the pa rade. The victim, sitting on a chair at the stern of a make-believe Span ish galleon, suddenly toppled back ward, fell into the river and sank from view. Searching parties from the warship, led by City Grappler Brady, dragged the river for the body without success. Conroy had been a fading spirit among the sailors who entered a ship's launch, made over to repre sent Columbus' famous galleon, the Santa Maria, in the parade. Conroy, attired in Spanish costume, was seated on a false-work prop that had been, erected on the stern of the launch. Other sailors, and a bevy of Portland girls, all attired in- an oient Spanish costume, were sta tioned at other places aboard the little craft The parade had made Its way through the harbor; Queen Harriet and her retinue had landed at Sup pies' dock and the little craft had turned about to return to the war ship. The boat was passing through the Morrison bridge, the draw of which was opened, when the acci dent happened. Spectators Are Horrified. Conroy suddenly shouted, his chair tilted backward, and horrified spec tators saw the man and the chair strike the water. The boat was stopped, but Conroy did not come to 'the surface. An unidentified party in a small launch speeded across the river to the harbor police station at the foot of Stark street, and gave the alarm. Due to the position of the river boat Claire, which was docking at the time, the accident was not witnessed by members of the harbor police and other sailors who were on the municipal pier. Conroy was a strong swimmer, according to shipmates, who are at a loss to explain his death, except by the fact that his head struck the propeller, rendering his uncon scious. As soon as the news of the mis hap reached the Connecticut, a flo tilla of six launches and rowboats, equipped with grappling hooks, was dispatched to the scene. - Navy Diver Aids Search. Later in the day a submarine d'ver from the Connecticut joined the corps of searchers. As the water at the point is 75 feet in depth, he met but little success. Conroy, accordingto other sailors. was one of the most popular men aboard the Connecticut. He was 34 years old and had served nearly 14 years in the navy. His home was in Chicago, where his widow is sa'd to reside. During the war Conroy served as an instructor of recruits at the Great Lakes naval training station, Chicago. Small accounts are welcome C ' JAD uutest 3lDERAL RESERVE ilSYSTCMSS) THE handling ease of the Nash is fur ther emphasized in the smooth celerity with which you change gears and the pliant flexibility with which you can step up your, speed to 50, Fours and Sixes Prices range from $1175 to $2725 f. o b. Portland PORTLAND MOTOR CAR CO. Tenth at Burnside o FLORAL -COMES I ELABORATE DISPIjAYS SHOWS AT PUBLIC AUDITORIUM. Pyramid of Roses in Which 500 Blooms Are Used Is One of Attractive Features. The floral companies assisted) in making the large auditorium, where the rose show was held, attractive with their elaborate and colorful displays, not entered in competi tion. The, center of the hall was filled with the exhibit by Clarke Bros. Palms, ferns and hydrangeas formed the large display. Delphinium and gladioli featured the basket prepared by Niklas & Son. Martin & Forbes used fully 500 blooms in their exhibit, which took the form of a pyramid of roses. The base was of Ophelia roses, backed by ferns and delphinium and topped with pink Columbia roses. Wiedeman Bros, of "Wilsonville, Or., had on display a table of car-" nations and miniature roses, of which the feature was a vase of 100 of the new carnations, Governor Olcott. The Mountain View Floral com pany exhibited 10O specimen roses, backed with a display of delphinium in front of which were- campanula A ChedinAccount ten saves embarrassment Did you ever find yourself without funds at a restaurant or perhaps after making your selections in some store? Embar rassing, wasn't it? Yet that could have been easily avoided if you had had a check ing account at the bank. Even if you had forgotten your check book, a borrowed blank check would have been sufficient. Never let that embarrassing situation arise again. Get the check book habit. Your cancelled check is your receipt. D 5-. ILT0N mfhe Ha-wtt 'iDashmiton jKoriJwk' Portland, Orbgon QillM in various shades and clusters ot hemrocall'isw The Swiss Floral company pre sented rustic baskets filled! with pe tunias and dwarf pinks. The Ton seth Floral company and Smith's flower shop used delphinium and gladioli In their large and artlstio baskets. The Weed landscape nur sery exhibited many varieties of peonies and iris. ROSARIAN BAND BUSY Crowd of Celebrants Hears Con cert at Sixth and Alder. Always a feature of Rose Festi val week, the Royal Rosarian band was much In evidence yesterday and last night. During the evening a concert that attracted attention was played at the corner of Sixth and Alder streets, a crowd of Festival celebrants gathering and enjoying the musicj The Rosarian musicians are al ways in the parades and other at tractions of festival week and their, attractive uniforms and playing add much distinctive color to the fete. School District Disbanded. OLTMPIA, Wash., June 20. (Spe cial.) Disorganization of school dis trict No. 97 of Lewis county by order of the county superintendent be cause the district did not have a daily average attendance of four pupils the past year was approved by the supreme court today. Th district directors fought the disor-i ganization. VIVIVI'iTiTrTiTrTTTmt'i
