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TEMFERATU,,:; 1 1 rmton, B a. At. E'l Por'ui4, 8 a. n. f I CijiltOtt , , .c 1 :hu. " i Showers t o nlRht or Sat urday; west erly winds. , '. Miw York M . . .EM liolae Chicago, 7 . m. tM bu J'ran, Km, City " . . .6.1 Roebiirg fit. Paul " ,,,tl'J Kiiukuni . i . i- j .M .(id .Bt) .U3 , Washtngt'n " . . .64 Manlilleld Portland humidity, tm.ua.. VCty. XII. NO. 83. PORTLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY EVENING, JUNE f 13, 1913 TWENTY-TWO PAGES. PRICE TWO CENTS. (IS TI1 AND HfWI ITAMDI riVg CISTS. -V ; PRETTY MB ! lumi ' STREET THRONGS . 1-1'. , i Festival Merrymakers Treated , to : Blizzard of Portland's Rarest Blooms This After noon From Rosa Train.' : EAST? SIDE LASSIES IN , SPECTACULAR SHOWER ' Moving Picture Men Catch ;: : Scpncs : Which Will Be j K ' iShbwn in- States, ' i'v ir : 4 . Program for Tonlf hv ; p. , m, itex uregonus at Oaks; bit; pyrotechnic display In hia honor . --- ..- , ' " Program for Tomorrow.-- 2 ,p. m. P, N, A. and A. A. U. track meet under auaplcea of Multnomah club, on Multnomah field. ".'.;,-' 8:15 p. m Baseball fame, Portland va. Loa Angeles, at professional ' grounds. Twenty fourth and Vaughn atreeta. . 8:10 ,p. m, -Electrlo parade, farewell of Rex Oregon u a and flnala of. Festival .week. , 4 Boats of riaetrla Parade - To morrow WirhW : ". ..' Startlna; from Nineteenth and w Washington . atreeta at 8:30 o'clock, move dqw'n Washing- ton to Fifth, to Morrlaon, to Eleventh, to Hall, to Thirteenth, to Washington, to Fifth, to Mor w rlaoh, to Nineteenth and dls- . 4 : band, f loata being taken back to "den" In Lewla and Clark fair a-roiinds. Eighteen of Portland'a loveliest glrla In a car shooting a blizzard of rose petals high In the air from k big blower, pelted rosea at the crowda at Fifth and Morri son streets this afternoon, and from the official! grandstand and the sidewalks shower of red roses were pelted back at them in, volleys. " It was the cllmat of the spectacular dash through town of the "Rose Train," sent out by folks of the Peninsula.' Six big streets!1! filled with glrla and roses were the moving fortresses from within which the fair raiders bombarded with flower missiles and repelled attack.! , , . As ths mexry war of rosea waa In progress half, t dozen moving picture cameras wera taking it all Jn.-Within a month the scene will be flashed on screens '.of "movie" theatres In every state In ths union advertising Portland, ita pretty girls and Its wonderful roses. The six street car floats In the "rose train" were manned by dif f erent - eec- Stons of ths east side, with the peninsula aklng th.e most prominent part. , In the first cr rode the girls' band of the United Artisans. Next came the bllz-' zard car, and then in order one from Bt. Johns, two bearing respectively Pied mont aaid Woodlawn United Artisans, and the rear was brought up, by a car from'Sqllwood. ' . Judges of the "rose train." as an nounced this morning byJ. H. Nolta, who personally arranged . this feature of Festival week,' assisted by- H. A. -Ruble, were Ada Estes, D. M. 8oronsen snd M. B. Gibson. .' HORSE PARADE RIVALS ELECTRIC PAGEANT IN gywaMM. ' i " "in wiiiiuiuHvauw'i '- '"Sja WSWM iiiiniiiMii.y-rfM.'iM!j"iwtiji ii i if , ' t ' byr- 'bv . c . v.i . V' fi m - - -. w few Ms, E WIHS PLAUDITS OF FESTIVAL Off Yesterday's Pageant Enlivened by Prancing, Sturdy Equines and ' Gay - Equipage and Fancy Drills by Marchers. WORK HORSE SECTION; IS , WORTHY FEATURE Special Grand frizes Given to Eugene,; Pasadena and : : Oakland Delegations.); ;: ' ' ;' , i i : " " The horse and vehicle parade yester day was the finest effort of the whole Rose Festiyal. ' V ' ' - Always to be counted on as a leading f eaturk of Festival week. In general DODUlarlty the annual horse and- vehicle parade Is rivaled only by tne electrical pageant' ' The verdict yesterday t the thousands who viewed the spectacle was that It surpassed any similar parade In past festival years, ' " J - Great-credit was reflected by the suc cess of the parade on Dr. Emmet Drake, secretary of the Rose Festival associa tion, who was personally In charge of all arrangements, and to his aides who carried out the details. Thoae who as sisted Dr. Drake wera F. O. Downing, chief of staff; A.' L. Barbur, . E. M. Lazarus, CC Bradley. W. G. Eaton, J. E Ruderedorf, Arnold 8. Rothwell and W, II. Warrens. H. L. Plttock was grand marshal. ' - Three special ' grand prizes - were awarded for the best entry made By any organization In the parade. It was the intention to give but one special grand prize, but the Judges could not decide whether the Royal Oaks of Oak land, led by their boys' band, the Pasa dena iinlghte of the Rose Tournament, or the Eugene Radlatora In their natty grey uniforms, made the best showing. They got around this difficult prob- (Continued on Page Ten.) FRIDAY. THIRTEENTH IS President Had "13" Served in Many Way s So Did "the . Cabinet and Even Congress, (United Pthmi Lea4 Wlr. Washington, Friday the Thirteenth, I918.Presldent . Wilson, . If ths. White House attaches are true men, took the lead. today lit braving :ths Thirteen Jinx and was ably backed up In that Import ant duty by his cabinet. , ' " President Wilson, his familiars say, started breakfast today at exactly 8:13 o'clock; there were 13 roses on the desk In his private office; Secretary Daniels, the president's first caller, arrived at 10:13; the cabinet meeting started at 11:13 and then it was noticed that in the names of five of the cabinet members there were. Just 13 letters each. The house today stayed In session Just 13 minutes. ' . . a a mm IDS DAY FOR CAPITA JAPAN WILL EXPEND l6f0Da000YENUP0N AtYIEHDIYlEffTGETS HER ARMY AND NAVY FAVORING rREPORT Reorganization of Nation's Fir .'f nances . Calls for.1 Expendi ture of. 70,000,000 Yen, (Oaled Pnss Leased lrt.l T'. ,.'. Toklo, June II. Expenditure of, 1,8, 000,000. ye for' ths army and "navy of Japan Is. announced here today as pfcrt of ' the, .administration" reorganization plan of Japan's finances which wilj cair for" a' total expenditure of JO.OOp.QOO yen.. Ten million yen Is for army bM terment and 8,000,000 yen wilt be spent on the navy. A yen Is worth 80 cents Id United States coinage, , 'This big outlay 'was announced sim ultaneously with an address by Premier Yamamoto' to the newspaper men, native and foreign, of Toklo. .In It. Yamamoto dtsouaaed the Question of the California aUen-land law, I Hs said he regretted deeply the faxf that the dispute was still pending, bufdeclared hs hoped for an amicable solution' of the difficulty. In his address be made no reference to the big appropriations for military' pur-' poses. ,' . -:-:r ,, j .,... . . r- - i,'fj V " .Arrest Was Mere ''IriiaJityV; ' ' tOnlted P-m Leaned , Wlrt.J r ' i Toklo, June 13.Viscount. Chlnda, Japaneae ambassador to , the ' United States, 'cabled the foreign office from Washington today requesting a report on the seizure of a yacht belonging to J. Harvey Ladew of New York on the Inland sea of Japan several days sgo. -The official procurator of Nagasaki Issued a statement today that the "ar rest" of the yacht was a mere formality, end that It has no polltcial significance. (WMhlnctoa Bnreau of Th. JoiirniU Washington, June 13. Senator Cham berlain haa been called Into conference with the president and Secretary Bryan on the question 0f ratifying the arbitra tion treaty with Great Britain. On be ing requested to withdraw his opposi tion to the treaty be said he Would do so If It could be stipulated thit'ths treaty did not apply to the canal tol ,n Question. Otherwise ha did not see ho h could give his sanction to the treaty. . i . . -, i . . i ELECTRIC , PARADE A repetition - tomorrow ' night, of Tuesday's great electrical' parade, will bring Portland's seventh Rose Festival to a close. ; J v 1 The electrical parade this . year; as Tuesday night's spectacle proved, Is undoubtedly the finest electrical parade ever held, In connection with a Rose Festival. Each one of the gorgeous 18 floats that take part In It represents'a large outlajptf money and decorative skUl- , The parade will' take place rain or shine, Rose Festival officials an nounced today. Nothing Bhorof a cloudburst will cause the parade to be canceled. As it is to be the final appearance of the floats, nothing would be gained by. saving them from the rain, as they could not be used again in any event. ' it w y "ST' . 1. ' ' r ! 1. tllit I CHAMBERLAIN ASKED TO WITHDRAW OPPOSITION , ? j t .'i : a . - . : Two organizations 7that won plaudits In Testcrday'f festival feature! . LeftPortland letter carriers. Right nun club.; J i - ' , - - ; - i..-'y t ' ' '1 ,- : Vn?.1AN SUFFRAGE Senate; ? Committee Recom ; mends Passage of Constitu tional Amendment Giving "6 Franchise to Women; ; - CHAMBERLAIN. MEASURE i IS HEARTILY? INDORSED ','Vydmen Would Add Strength, c Efficiency, f Justice ;and; ;vFairness,'!:Says Report j (Calted PreM UtMd'WIrey '' Washington, June II. Senator Ash urst, of Arizona, today preaented the re port of the eenat suffrage 'committee, recommending the passage 'of Senator Chamberlain's' resolution for a consti tutional amendment i enfranchising w men.'' 1 - 1 ' . the report; vigorously,-urged 'votes for women. It declared suffrags.was Jus tified,, "by 'every test the students of government had set down" for enfran chisement of any claaa of citizens. rWo do not feel called upon,", said the committee In the report, "to discuss, even if debatable, the question of equal ity of aexea from an Intellectual stand point. : ', ... '; ,., : ;. . "The government la strong, weak, ca pable or deficient, according to the peo ple controlling and making up the gov ernment , That .granting the elective franchise , to women would add to. the strength, efficiency. Justice and fair ness of the government we do not doubt" .; . Senator Catron was the only commit teeman' voting, against a favorable re port Those approving it were Senat ors Thomas. Ashurst, Owen, Mollis, Ransdell, Clapp, Jones and Sutherland. , . ice Out or Yukon. (United ITtse Leaitd Wire.) Dawson, ,.Y. ,T. June IS With the breaking up of the Ice on Lake Lebarge, steamer navigation .. was established jfrom arid to end, of the Yukon today. rfOutgolng boats carry big shipments. of gold.' ,.,:......-;.... .. I.IH I II I 'HI I ' ' L ' I i II I ' TO END FESTIVAL As told in The Journal yesterday, there will be a slight change in the parade, toute. - Instead of starting from Sixteenth and Glisan streets nd moving to Fifth, thence up, to Morrison and past the official grand stand; the parade- will ' Start''- from Nineteenth and Washington streets and wlU move from there to Fifth and past, the stand at Morrison.. A very sharp- switch ' curve at ' Glisan and Fifth streets, around . which, it is difficult to take the floats, made it necessary to s cancel. Glisan street from the route altogether. Rex Oregonus, in this parade, will make his final appearance. .Bowing farewell to the crowds, he will step from his throned float at the end and the 1913 Robo Festival ' wilt be over. POPULARITY- " 4 - MWr, Rex Oregon us U Dorr E. Keasey h ... ft k- n .t Visiting Dorr E. Kasey, Rex Orcgouus VI, Who Wields Royal Hceptor Over Week's ; Festivities. , Mr. Keasey Is 4 Prominent Real Estate i Man and Is T Head of the Newsboys' Homo Movement. 'The Insert Tlcture Shows . . Hint In If la' tn.,,n.nl . RnhA ' ' ' . I f V i). ,J . v, " Multnomah Hotel Is" Scene of Brilliant Social Event ' Honor of Visitinp Organizations at Which a) New Royal Custom jl The grand "Rex ball tendered , by '. the Royal Roaarlans to visitors from Cal lfornl and -Washington - In , the 'Mult nomah hotel iast night was the, social triumph, of Rose Festival., week. Its feature was the Unmasking of Rex Oregonus, ,klng of .the f estival and - of nappineas. .revealing him as -Dorr Keasey. on of the leading realty deal ers of the. city and leader In the or ganization of the newsboys and the an nual boy mayor contest : Last night's program contained all the essentials of a grand ball, with the addition of a carnival revelry that ex pressed Itself in competing songs and cneers by the : representatives of .the three states and reached a climax with the serpentine drill with which the Royal Rosafians delighted California and astonished ' Pasadena., during their trip south the first of the .year. -The Rosarlans. found , that the . Idea of. making' It the grand Rex ball was most happy,; ThereiwaS a concourse of kings. Rex Drummond, king of the Pasadena Tournalment' of Roses, at tended by his court of red coated CaU fornlans was first to arrive. He and H. L. Plttock. prince of Rosarla, were Impressed as leaders of an Impromptu march about the ball rooms on the mezzanine floor of the hotel. , . The conclusion of the march fwas .0 1 1 Ji 1 1 yams, i-v? ' jej4e( ye fYri inn m isr inif" "'''''' ' "' 51 h masks at Ba 1 1 Festival King ' t ' ;.H '8i n- Monarchs Add Luster in - inaurated.y r I i t V battle-' of yells.' The Pasfdenans. lined up .on- one side of1 the room, the Royal Oaks ;of Oakland on the other and most enthusiastically -did they! volley songs and cheers at each other. - The fun was conUgious and ; the Royat Rosarlans left their station about the throne-of Rex Oregonus and icame 'down 'on the floor making the medley, three cornered and "deafening. t, - , t-,'. i The word !that the king of the Rose festival waited without ; produced sud? den hush. Double lines .reaching from door to throne were farmed. .. The king made entrance and loud acclamations greeted him. Standing-on his throne he removed crown and hirsute; adornment until .the smooth face and twinkling eyes , revealed positively what had been hinted at all 'week-that Dorr E. Kea sey' was king. ,Mr. Keasey has smile wrinkles all about' his' eyes that are peculiarly Individual and .exceedingly difficult to suppress. " J . - On the three thrones were seated then. Rex Oregonus? king. of the Rose Fes tival, ReX Prummond, king of the Pasa dena Tournament of Roses, Rex Fred E, Reed,? monarch of the Royal Oaks: At tending the united . court - were the Knights of the Rose Royal .Oaks and Royal , Rosarlans Immaculately and brilliantly uniformed., In attendance, (Continued on Page Twenty-one.) '4 ) it I S Ami v&- - h , mi ik ID 3 PRIVATES SLAIN BY MOROS Rercest Battle Since American Occupation of Philippines Is Fought at Rim of Crater 0c ied by Warlike Natives. OUTLAW LEADER AMIL IS .i REPORTED AMONG DEAD Natives Fought With Modern , Rifles From an Almost . Im ' ' pregnable Position;': A . (United Prns Uiitd ( Wire.) ' Washington. June 13. A, thrilling story of a 'fierce battle In the crater of a volcano with Moros, In, which Cap', tain Taylor Nichols,' of the .,' fifty-first company of Philippine scouts and throe other members of his company were killed, is told today in fragmentary .re ports received from Manila by the war department. . The names of the three privates who went down with Captain Nichols , were not t given. . Lieutenant Edwsrd Rackley was slightly wounded In the engagement. , . The cable, filed by General John j. Pershing, commanding the department of Mindanao, evidently was filed with a fuller -report, but the latter haa not been received. , It. Is assumed from Information at .hand that the engage ment started June 11 and that .Captain Nicholas was killed June' 13. ' "No fiercer battle lias occurred since American occupation of the Philip- ' pines." added general Pershing. Retreating under the heavy fire of the American' troops,, the Moros took refuge in. forts and trenches on the pre cipitous ' sides . of the volcano. , They fought desperately, nslng modern arms and ammunition. The Americans, using (Continued on Page Twenty-one.) INVESTIGATORS TOLD SenatoGjallfngeF; Renews. At tack! Upon Wilsqrv Accusing' ; President of. Being lobbyist. 1 -,.-''-';,'' '. ' (Cnited press Leaned Wlrei) ' Washington, June , 18,-VThorough In. vestlgatlon of . sworn charges . by , Tru man Palmer, seoretary of the United States sugar, beet lobby, that the sugar Interests saved $16,000 through United States Senator, LodKe of Massachusetts permitting, the Ulatrlbution of enormous quantities, of propaganda matter under his congressional frank, is promised to day by the senate subcommittee .which Is investigating President Wilson's "In sidious lobby" charge. The witness also admitted . that' the public- printer sent him proofs of the government docu- , (Continued jon Page Two.) MILTON MILLER NAMED E (Wnsblnftoa Bnreaa at Te Journal.) Washington, June 13,i President Wil son today nominated Milton A. Miller of Oregon to be collector of Internal .rev enue for the district of Oregon. . . , . ' wlwA LODGE'S FRANK SAVED SUGAR LOBBY $16,000 REVENU COLLECTOR -t ,