The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current, June 29, 1913, Image 12

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Newspaper Page Text12 THE STTXDAY OREGOyiAX, PORTLAND, JUNE 29, 1U13. PICiiiC AT POST IS SCENES AT PORTLAND COMMERCIAL CLUB'S BIG PICNIC AT VANCOUVER BARRACKS. COMMISSION READY OF JOVIALITY TO ASSUME RE CM Officers at Post and Vancou ver Commercial Club Host to Portland Visitors. T' Bonds of $25,000 Each Will Be Filed Tomorrow or Early on Tuesday. x-t, 1 nte v vis COLONEL YOUNG HONORED PUBLICITYIS PROVIDED FOR 7. few- DAY INS To the Strains of Inspiring Music Festivities Are Carried Through and "Wealth of Good Feeling .. Is Shown and Expressed. (Continued From First Page. army cooks. Portland's wealthy business men 'with their families lined up to be served with beans and sauerkraut, while George L. Baker, with lusty voice, or George Hyland, two octaves lower, shouting out instructions on how to eat, helped to add to the merri ment. The light rain that fell for a few minutes was not even noticed. Happy young men and women danced on the grassy plots to the music of the mili tary band, which played throughout the dinner hour, and lent added attrac tion to the first annual picnic of the Portland Commercial Club. Reclmental Drill Given. In tones which emulated Gabriel's horn, George L. Baker invited all to go to the po3t athletic field, after the out door repast, and Company D, In com mand of Captain Charles It. Howland, appeared with their guns. The Twenty first Infantry band struck up . lively music, and for 10 minutes the soldiers went through Intricate and graceful movements that merited the applause given. To facilitate the handling of events, two committees took charge. The mem bers of these committees were J. H. Burgard. A. L. Irish. C. S. Loveland, and C. C. Chapman, Dr. H. C. Flrott and W. J. Hofmann. George I Baker an nounced events eo that all within the post could hear, while Albert Felden heimer assisted In distributing th lavish supply of prizes as they were awarded. The events were called and carried out with precision. At inter vals the band played lively airs and the spectators always were awaiting other surprises. J. Fred Lanom Arrested. From the time dinner was served until a squad of eight men from Com pany D surrounded J. Fred Larson and placed him In handcuffs and shackles end paraded with him in front of half a. thousand spectators, there was a new surprise every minute. W. F. Ross en gaged Mr. Larson In an argument about the distribution of the prizes, and he acted his part so well that Mr. Larson thought he was in earnest. Finally, Mr. Ross appealed to Colonel Young, who gave order to handcuff the "talka tive gentleman from Portland." "I Just knew something would happen to me today," wailed Mr. Larson, as he was led to the rear. After sufficient punishment he was released, and after that he was more quiet, until he had to give orders about that greased pig race, when he again burst forth. Presentation Made Commander. The exercises of the day were draw ing close to the baseball game, as Mr. Baker Introduced Edgar B. Piper, presi dent of the Portland Commercial Club, who, in behalf of that organization, made a short address and presented to Colonel Young, post commander, a unique loving cup, made from the shell of a torpedo, used in the Spanish Amerl. can War. Mr. Piper said: "To me has been delegated the pleas ant duty of presenting a slight testi monial in appreciation of this splendid entertainment today. When we first talked of holding a picnic, we were at a loss to know where to hold it. When Colonel Young was approached he tend ered the use, not only of the military reservation, but he added certain exer. rises by his splendid soldiers and of ficers. "In presenting this cup from the Portland Commercial Club I will say It Is a testimonial of hearty good wishes and loving good will and I tender you this with esteem and regard." Vancouver Club In Evidence. Colonel Young, who had not looked for such a demonstration, answered, "I accept the testimonial of your regard, though wholly unexpected by me. I assure you that we wanted to meet you, we are glad you have come and hope that you may come again. We have grounds hero that are Ideally suited f or this kind of an entertainment and I hope you enjoy the outing. I thank you for your kindness and good will expressed, for myself and for my of ficers and men." The Vancouver Commercial Club was much In evidence, all wearing Phciflc Highway bridge buttons, and boosting for the bridge. There were 30 automo miles parked around the baseball park. Practically of the soldiers in the post Joined in the day's events, as partici pants and spectators. Soldiers Win Ball Game. Following is a list of events, prize winners and prizes: Baseball game, won by the Vancou ver Barracks, 9, Portland Commercial Club 2. Game called at end of third in ning. No award of silver loving cup. Butts manual drill by Company D, in command of Captain Charles R. How land, Twenty-first Infantry, with mu sic by Twenty-first Infantry band. The machine gun platoon of the Twenty-first Infantry exhibited. Mules having mountain guns strapped to their backs trotted onto the field, their guns were taken down, then reassembled, packed and placed on the mules' backs again. 100-yard dash for amateurs open to all, won by V. Jones, cigar humidor: second, Oliver K. Jeffrey, a thermos bottle; third. Dr. H. C. Fixott, a hand saw. Time given as eight seconds. 100-yard dash by soldiers, final heat, won by Private Large, B Company, Twenty-first Infantry, fishing rod and reel; second. Private Connell, box of 25 cigars. Time, 10 seconds. Girls' race, handicap, won by Edith Foster, daughter of Charles Foster, sil ver knife and fork for child; second, Kthel Mills, daughter of B. H. Mills, a broom; third, Alice Lehman, daughter of C. J. Lehman, merchandise order at Lennon's; fourth, Lorum Alley, daugh ter of B. J. Alley. Vancouver Girl Wins. Young women's race Won by Miss Mary Gweyser, of Vancouver, a Navajo blanket: second, Mrs. William Walters, a hot water bottle; third, Miss Hannah McLeod, of Portland, a riding crop fourth. Miss Edith Potter, of Portland', two boxes of stationery. Boys' race Won by Dean Hyskell son of Frederick T. Hyskell, a baseball, bat and glove; second, Roland Richter son of Carl Richter. of Vancouver, a dictionary; third. Harold Ranck, 'of Vancouver a dictionary. Fat men's race Won by Sergeant f-r 1 ft v Ludwig, 220 pounds, of Vancouver Bar racks, a framed picture; second, G. If. Allen, 207 pounds, of Portland, five pounds of coffee; third. Rev. C. F. W. btover, 245 pounds, of Tacoma, member of Tacoma Commercial Club, three pounds of tea. A. L. Stevens, of Port land, 270 pounds, ran fourth. Three-legged race Frank L. Wlne berg and L. M. Wood, canned goods; second, Oliver IC. Jeffrey and V. Jones, glove order on Lennon's. "Baby contest." There not beine- enough babies, the 12 women who were to act aB Judges were called babies, and eacn receiveu a box ot chocolates. En trants: Mrs. Fred E. Reed and Mrs. G. W. Colby, of Oakland; Mrs. Tlmms, Mrs. A. L. Stevens. Mm 1? T TTvirAii Mrs. Graham T. Holtzlaw, Mrs. F. a; Freeman, Mrs. Fred Larson, Mrs. George llyland, Mrs. George L Baker. Mr George Edgar Johnson and Mrs. J. J. Bayer. FreaU Itacea Run. Hopping contest, finals Won by Oliver K. Jeffrey, a hammock; second. H. Davis, six pounds of tea; third, H Smith, two cans of baking powder. Somersault race Won by Oliver K. Jeffrey, a laprobe; second, L. M. Wood, a pair of tennis shoes; third, J. New man, a pound of tea. Wheelbarrow race, using a man for a barrow for 20 yards and exchanging places to starting point Won by A. J. Hines arid A. R. C. Cates, soldiers, a vase; second, George Kelly and H. Smith, a statue; third, J. P. O'Rourke and J. L. Haslam. box of cigars. Women's egg race Won bv Mrs. Sid ney Rassmussen, a carpet sweeper; sec- ond, Mrs. F. I. Reynolds, bridge set;' third, Mrs. N. J. Irvine, box of candy. Greased pig race Won by Private Reuben Neisa. the pig; second time caught, Stephen Gura, a meerschaum pipe; third, Frank Fleckensteln, a punching bag. Shelter tent pitching exhibition and wall-scaling contests- were given by two men from each company but no prizes were awarded. COLONEL YOUNG, when ha heard George L. Baker announce, the events yesterday, said that positions were always open to men with such strong lungs. "I would like to get a man with his lung capacity to replace several buglers. His voice has greater carrying power," said the Colonel. When half a dozen members of the 5 ft . P 1 . ..jt--.. w .jy Commercial Club Picnic Sidelights ..... .-.v ... r-y y-ir: : v v . ... - . . . . . N rc? ' a '. . . ' i r.4- . .... - . . s . . : v - - "sya:: I I 1 !-;" club yelled at C. C. Chapman, who was carrying his hat In his hand and ex posing the top of his head to the ele ments, he replied. "I am Just permit ting the weather to Induce the hair fol licles to coma forth. There is more weather here on a Government reserve than in any state." The blunderbuss with which George L. Baker started the contestants and which made so much noise . that It shocked several so badly they were left at the tape, resembled a revolver found in the Mexican War. When he started the baseball game, he fired all of the chambers as fast as he could and the mules from the machine, gun platoon ran for cover. The pig race was the most exciting event of the day. So many soldiers, men and boys fell on the poor-animal that a woman In the crowd wanted to rush to its assistance, and became In dignant when her escort refused to call the president of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, but the pig got up and trotted off un injured. The members of the Portland Com mercial Club baseball team were C. D. Ross, M. E. Smead, Edward Higglns' George Kelley, Edward Brown, Edward Shearer, Roy Edwards. Walter Keck and H. L. Idleman, manager. The sol diers were represented by Lieutenants H. L. Taylor, F. V. Schneider, G. J. Gonser (manager), F. J. RHey. and Head, Dougherty, Noyer, Brown, De wit t, and Ellis,- who replaced Lieuten ant Gonscr. ..... A Portland player stepped back too far when he was at bat and struck Lieutenant Gonser, who was catching, on the top of the head, knocking him out. Dr. Herbert C. Gibner was pres ent and ordered him taken to the post hospital, where he was resting easy V. 3 isJ . 1 ,? Worn.. DancInK the Tanso to Band Mu.lc, 2, Mrs. Sidney Ras.niu.sen. Winner of Eg Race, Holdlns Her rrl.e, 3, Girl, In Tl.bt SkJrf In the OO-Ynrd Knee, 4, Hum.n Wheelbarrow Race, V Eatlne Army Rations, Pork and Bean., 6. President K. B. Piper Proentlns; to Colonel GeorKe S. Young; . L.,1n'c o. ?1? Tfc ' rtl"" Commerc,aI C,nb 7' Cort YounK and Mr. Piper Enjoy . Plte of Bean., 8, An Accident In last night. Dr. Gibner Is of. the opinion that the Lieutenant will be feeling well tomorrow, after a good night's sleep. This was the only acci dent of the day, and -was not consid ered serious. The Vancouver Commercial Club wore white ribbons announcing the fact that they were guests of the Port land Commercial Club. ... In the girls' and women's races. It was seen why they could not make speed. The perimeter of thetr skirts, at the end nearest the ground, was too small to permit a full stride to be taken. The girl who won the race wore a skirt that reached not much below her knees. Another woman pulled her overskirt to her knees after she had started, but it was too late. The race had been won by another. Frenchmen Mob Fight Referee. PARIS, June 28. The referee in a 20 round fight here last night between Frank Madole, an American light weight, and Albert Badoud, a Swiss, was mobbed In the ring by the specta tors when he declared the bout a draw. The crowd considered that the Ameri can was entitled to the decision on points. The police had to be called in order to clear the hall. . V 1 r COURT RETAINS JEWELS Laborer Who Found Amy Butler's : Gems Seeks to Recover Them. Despite oratory on the part of A. W. Parshley, recent candidate for "the of fice of Municipal Judge, Justice Jones refused yesterday to turn over the Jewelry lost by Amy Butlew, the actress, and recovered by Detectives Hyde and Vaughn, to Herman Haas, the laborer in whose home the gems were found. Attorney Parshley, who has taken up the laborer's contention that he ought to have the gems, although it was shown that he had failed to advertise or otherwise attempt to restore them and had spent J100 found with them, placed Detective Hyde on the stand to tell of the discovery of the gems. He found the sleuth a hard witness and only elicited the testimony that Haas had denied having the gems and had concealed them and refused to divulge their whereabouts. Pending hearing from Miss Butler, Justice Jones ruled that he would keep the gemsjn the custody of the court. New Railway Is Incorporated. T. C. Fletcher, Birdie E. Fletcher and irrances Vandermeer are incorporators in. 'AA .vMi St.'-iW-iiiiiiii. 3 - of the Portland & Oregon City Railway ujnpany. articles or which were fl'ed yesterday at the Courthouse. As stated in the articles the Intention Is to con struct a line of railway connecting I'niia b.hu uregon tjity and such branches as -may be determined upon by the directorate from time uj time. The capital stock given is $200,000. Special Train to Carry Visitors. A special train on the Oregon Elec tric will carry the Royal Rosarians and their friends to the Cherry Fair at Salem Saturday. It will leave Tenth and Stark streets at 12 o'clock noon. The Elks' band will go along. A spe cial round-trip rate of Jl.60 has been granted. JThe Cherry Fair will be In progress during the latter part of -this week and many Portland folk will be in attendance. A special Fourth of July programme has been prepared. Texnns Win Championship. NEW ORLEANS, La.. June 21 Rh- ert Shelton and J. B. Adoue. of nn.. Tex., won the Southern tennis cham pionship in doubles by defeating E. S Mansfield and Carlton Smith, of Atlanta, in the finals of the Gulf States tennis tournament here this afternoon tv, scores were 6-8, 5-7, 6-4, 6-3. J Of Places to Be Filled by Body as Whole Only Post of City Engineer Is Without Nominee and Ear ly Appointment Expected. j E(SCIUCE COM PA XX PAYS HIGH COMPLIMENT TO AGKNT, MAYOR-ELECT. Chief officers of, the North western Mutual Life Insurance Company paid H. R. Albee. their general agent In Oregon, an unusual compliment. He has been with the company for many year and was recently elected Mayor of Portland, to take office Tuesday. Instead of accepting his resigna tion and placing another general agent in the office, they wrote him to the effect that they had always felt that lightning might strike him some day and that they might loss him for awhile, so they decided to grant him a leave of absence. They will arrange to have his work dona by others meanwhile. H. R. Albee. Mayor-elect, and Will H. Daly, Robert G. Dieck. W. L. Brewster and C. A. Bigelow, Commissioners-elect, will take over the city government Tuesday morning. They will file their penal bonds of $25,000 each tomorrow or Tuesday. as required by the charter, and they will then be ready for organization. This they will do at a meeting which has been called for Tuesday morning at 9 o'clock. The Mayor under the Com mission plan will preside at all meet ings, both legislative and executive of the Commission, but the charter calls for the election of a president of the Commission at the first meeting of that body. In the Mayor's absence, the president performs the functions of the Mavor. iust an nniei- charter, which will become a thins- nt the past at 12 o'clock Monday night. In the absence of both Mayor and president, the three remaining mem bers select one of their number to preside. The Mavor and fnmTnkciAn.....i.. must take their oath to uphold the con stitution of the United States and of the State of Oregon and to faithfully perform the duties of their respective officers before they are ready for first formal session nf t Vi . c nrnmiuat a. rk they will do before 9 o'clock Tuesday morning, in xne onice or uity Auditor Barbur. Employe Ordinance Required. Before the City Attorney, Municipal Judge, City Treasurer. City Engineer or Purchasing Agent can take the oath of office and assume their duties. th Commission must pass an ordinance, appointing them, as required by the charter. The other appointive officers, such as Chief of Police. Health Officer and secretaries to the Mayor and Com missioners are not named by the same method, but are appointed by the De partment Commissioners and are re movable by them at any time. There is a charter provision to the effect that a summary of the business to be transacted at any Commission meeting shall be published and ba ar ranged for public distribution 24 hours before such meetintjf but another pro vision gives the power to transact emergency business without this sum mary, if four of the members so will. Some ordinances will have to be passed In this manner Tuesday, such as the) one naming the five officers appointive by the Commission. Only One Vacancy Left. Everything is in readiness for the event which Is of such great import ance to Portland. Mayor-elect Albee and the Commissioners-elect have been hard at work ever since their election early this month shaping things for taking over the city administration. It was a task of great proportions to sort over the applications for various posi tions and select the appointees. There remains now but one position to ba filled that of City Engineer. Just when Commissioner-elect Dieck will be ready to recommend a man for the place Is not known, but it will not be long. The officers to be appointed by the commission, as a whole, who have thus far been decided upon are: W. P. La Roche, City Attorney:' John H. Steven son, Municipal Judge: William Adams, City Treasurer, and J. R. Wood, Pur chasing Agent. Individual Appointments Made. Mayor-elect Albee, who retained for his direction the Department of Publlo Safety, has named for Chief of Police, John Clark: for City Health Officer, Dr. M. B. Marcellus, and for Secretary to the Mayor, W. H. Warren. Commissioner-elect Daly has ap pointed James H. McCool as his secre tary and Commissioner-elect Brewster has named for his secretary. Miss Margaret White. Since his selection was made known. City Attorney-elect LaRoche has ap pointed as his deputies, H. M. Tomlin son, L. E. Latourette. C. T. Haas, F. W. Stadter and Stanley Myers. Mr. LaRoche announced yesterday that he will assign Mr. Stadter to the Municipal Court to handle casfs before Municipal Judge Stevenson. When the time comes that a case or cases shall be appealed to the Circuit Court. Mr. Myers will take the work in the Muni cipal Court while Mr. Stadter takes care of the Circuit Court work. There were many, applicants for the position of Municipal Judge, including George W. Caldwell, whose friends urged him for the place because they believed him to be peculiarly fitted for the position. While recognizing his fitness, however, Mr. Albee said that he probably will ask Mr. Caldwell to serve in some other place, where he can be of even greater value to the city. Mr. Albee did not say to what post he may appoint him. JOHN C0NS1D1NE COMING Theatrical Magnate Will Arrive Here Tomorrow for 2 Days Visit. John W. Consldlne. president of the Orpheum circuit in the Pacific North west, and of the chain of Empress The aters throughout the United States, will arrive in Portland tomorrow from Se attle for a two days' visit here. Mr. Considine recently completed a tour of inspection of his business Inter ests in California extending from Sacra mento to San Diego, returning to his home in Seattle last week. One of the important functions of the rovernment in Germany is the issuing of permits to hunters. The revenue thus ob tained s auout ?i,dw,uuu annually.