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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
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(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. -
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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.
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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.
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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.
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