VOTING FOR QUEEN
ROSE SHOW FINANCE
.PROBLEM UlOMSlUP;
MEETING IS CALLED
FRI EN DS OF ATTRACTIVE: GIRLS HURRY TO ENTER THEM I N FESTIVAL QU EEN RACE
OF ROSE
FESTIVAL
WILL BEGIN SOON
Twelve Candidates Already in
i Field ' and Miofe Expected
"-Tomorrow. I
Unless Festival; Association
Gives $1500 tir MoreiMay
Not Hold Show.
CAMPAIGNING ALREADY ON
RELATIONS ARE STRAINED
Officials of the Show Say That It Is
Supporters Actively at Work, Although
rormai 8trt Awaits Total , of -it.;
Tiftaen Entries. . : .
Impossible to Olvs It for Less
Than $3000.
jj Three more , names 'were added to
the Hat of Rose Festival queen candi
dates yesterday afternoon, swelling the
total numbertto an. ven doseni. ' '
,1 Aa soon aa there 'are 15 candidates,
according- to : plans pjinounced by the
Hose Festival association, the real vot
tag will begin and the rivalry! for the
regal position of Queen of the Portland
jRtose Festival will' begin In earnest.
,! The three latest candidates are Miss
Alice Hester, of 673 Johnson street,' a
popular, student at Lincoln high school,
nominated by: Principal T. . Ti '-Davis;
Miss Alloe Nolan, of 676 Gllsan street,
an employe of the rforthwestern Elec
tric company; sponsored by her'fellow
employes in. that company, and Miss
Pauline Adele lleintze, of 306 Carlotta
Court, at Seventeenth and 1 Everett
streets, nominated by the North Bank
club, an organization of S.. P.-fe-S. of
ficials and employe, rrom me presi
dent down to the humblest.
' 'r Idas Xelatze Well Knows.
'. Miss Heintze Is 4n assistant in the
Office of W, O. Davidson, treasurer of
the road, is a graduate of Lincoln high
school, and one of the. best known
young women in the North Bank club.
Khe Is. the daughter of . Hugo- ii.
Heintze, an employe of the North Bank
Terminal company. s- , : j
14 Other - candidates how In "the field
are Miss Marion Rose Spoeri, daughter
of Fred 8poerl, president of the Rotary
club,, and sponsored by the Rotarians;
Miss Ruth Elizabeth Angel, candidate
of the Modern Woodmen of America
and the : Royal lieilghbors, who also
asks for the support of Knlgjhta and
JLadtes of Security; Miss Ella Litzer,
supported by the KnScht and. Liadies of
Maccabees;? Miss Iuoulse Dougherty,
backed by; the Progressive Business
college and the Progressive Business
Wemenrs club; Mis Marjorie Nelson
Pike daughter- of it'., G. I'ike, promi
nent Ad. club niembejrand supported by
9:at organization: Beatrice Lash, can
didate of the Progressive - Business
Mnva club: "Miss Reglna Mitchell
Hyatt, nominee of the United Artisans;
SUss Elizabeth I-'ragmeier, backed by
the North Portland! Commercial club,
Its women's auxiliary, the Women's
Improvement" association of North
Portland, and the Odkley Green Parent
t'eacher association and -Miss Myrtle
"an Sickle, candidate of the Boys' and
tiirls' Trades school;
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St. Louis Student
Makes New Record
atense r Application
Kim to Walk B
arsfoot
ls Sleep. v
t. Louisf'May
ation . to study at
School year at the night schools caused
idolph Wemder to
to Soldan High school,, four blocks
away., clad only In
Wlthu a maify-eoloi-ed quilt, thrown
aoout ms snouiaers
to study; Causes
to School In
1 tn tense appH-
Lthe close of the
walk in his sleep
his nightshirt and
at 2 .a.'m.
f He was seen walking barefoot C' by
several Yuen going "Some from a party
m en automobile, jufet as he was about
to turn - Into the school yard, .The
en asked him where he was going
and he said he was .on Ills ; way ..to
school. They took him home. '.'"
! Charles Fremder had -heard his son
leave the door-and) thought burglars
6ad been In the House... "He hunted
.through, the rooms Ito.find what had
Veen stolen, and had Just reached his
son's (oora when I the automobile
tove up. -School
ended last
Jremder 'attended commencement ex-
ercises. . '. .
Soda Shipment
thousand two hundred tons of nitrate
t ' soda, from Chile consigned to the
DuPont Powder company, to be used in
the manufacture of ammunition for the
allies, arrived here today on tho. Nor
wegian steamship Grna.
night And young
Is Becelved. V
1 (U. P.) Ten
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Join the Visitors
DALLES-CELILO
' : CAHAt CaEBRATION
Wednesday, May 5
! i
'Reduced round-trip ex
cursion i fared to Grand
Dalles, Wash., via' the
Scenic-
North Bank Road
From Portlanci . . $3.75
From i 'Vancouver,
k Wash:,. . . I . . $3.40
..From Houltonl (St.
. Helens) . . .!...'. $4.90
Tickets Sold May 4 and
5 -Return Limit May t
Tickets Fifth' and Stark
m North Bank Station r
Tenth and Hoyt .
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Top, left to right Miss Louise Dougherty, Progressive Business tollege; Miss Ruth Elizabeth Angel, Modern Woodmen of America and Royal Neighbors; Miss Marjorie
Nelson Pike (Photo by Mark ham), Portland Adclub; Miss Beatrice Lash, Progressive Business Men's club-, Miss Ella LItzer, Kni ghta and Ladles of the Maccabees.
Bottom, left to right Miss Elizabeth Fragmeler, North Portland Commercial club and other North Portland organizations; Miss Reglna .Mitchell Hyatt, United Artisans;
Miss ' Marion Rose Spoeri, Rotary club; Miss Myrtle' Van Sickle, Boys' and Girls' Trades school.
: . (All photographs but one" are by Cutberth.) ; .
NEW GRAIN TARIFF
OF G. N. P. S. CO. IS
GAIN FOR PORTLAND
Announcement of Competi-
tive Schedule Is Made;
Milling-in-Transit. Privilege
Through the entrance Into the. com
petitive transportation field of the
Great Northern Pacific ; Steamship
company Portland is to have an added
source of grain for shipment through
the diversion of much that formerly
went, exclusively through th Puget
sound .gateway. The Great Northern
has just put Into (effect a milling In
transit tariff, applying the same rates
via Portland and the steamship line
as had previously prevailed through
J Seattle 'and the other steamship, lines.
These tariffs .applx , particularly
from points north of Spokane to Port
Hull, , on the Canadian boundary and
west to Wenatchee. So far, the Oro
ville branch is not included, but it Is
probable that this will also eventually
be adjusted to give shippers the op
tion of Seattle and Portland in billing
their wheat. y -
Traffic officials of the steamship
line today wera checking over the tar
iff . to determine what division of rwv-
Lnless the Hose Festival associa
tion decides to appropriate the- $1800
or more asked it. is probable thre
will be no rose show given by the Port
land Rose society this year, j
The festival first-offered 1500 and
then increased Its offer to 1150. tak-
second floor of the new Meter & Frank
building, but officials of the society
have refused the $760. saying It is
Impossible to prepare a showj for less
than. $2000. The society is wHling to
pay the $508 additional. H
Am things stand at present the rela
tions Atetween, the Rose society and
the Hone Festival association are said
to be strained, to say the least.
A meeting of the Portland Heights
rose growers has been called for next
i Thursday night at- the Portland
'Heights club to discuss plans for com
munity participation- in the Hose Fes
tival center. President Emery Olm
stead of the Hose Festival, John F.
Carroll, who heads the committee in
charge of the center, and others have
been Invited to speak. 'Inasmuch as
members of the Rose society will, un
doubtedly be present, it is j probable
that the matter of the Rose society
show will come to a head at this time.
At this meeting, which' was call ad
by-George W". Hoyt of the Portland
Heights Improvement club and XV. 8.
Dunwiddle of the Portland Heights
club, talks will be given on rose cul
ture, arrangement of exhibits and the
like, and the., first message of the
season from Father Schoenerj the Ore
gon rose wizard, will be read. The
message will tell of his plans for the
year and of his new roaes.
'.Members of the Hose society are
understood to feol that tha festival
authorities are slighting the. annual
ruin iwT . ibiwi " im sfww
ttival center. , I , , (.
enuea w'ould accrue, through (diveralon
of " tonnage through Portland;-. On,
wheat from the Jroville branch, it
would be necessary to shrink th
steamer division to handle any consin
erable proportion of this business.
; What makes the situation Of benefit
to Portland is the milling 1 transit
privilege, which Peittle hitherto has
enjoyed solely on wheat shipments
from the terrttory mentioned.
' ' Old Austrian Called Out: '
Amsterdam, May 1. JLl. N. 8.) A
message from Vienna states that land
sturm born between 1873 and ld77
have been ordered to-the coldrB.
Mysterious Fire
Is Discovered in
Vaults at; Store
. Fire of unexplained origin did-
9(f- several' hundred dollara'- worth
ijf of damage in the vaults of the
jewelry store of S. Mendelssohn
& CoJ; in, the, Worcester build-
it ing, early last evening. The
blaze: was confined -entirely to
the vaults, and tvas discovered
by tenants In floors above, who
jfc saw smoke Issuing from the 1
ventilators which lead into, the
j iron and. brick structure.- '. ..-
-jjfr The fire department waji com- it
3t pelled to wait. for. more. than an j -ajc-
hour before one of the. owners 4
it of the store was found to un t f
, loc't the vault." ITwo qiiarts of . -k
& ' chemical 'was all that . was
ijt necessary to extinguish the fire.
j which; was burning in paper's on t
the floor tor ; the most, part.
it Outside of ' possible destruc- &
jt tion of records, the damage con-
it- slated of smoked jewelry stock.
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Friends Come to -
' : "See; Them :Act"
rail House BCasrks After-Entertain-.
meat at tha Empress When ,y Amhl
ous' Obm Ost Tryoat..." ' " . '
Their, friend s - all came to "see ; them
act." WW-? IK -'-.
That Is -why there was a full house
at the Empress'Thursday; night to- see
the ' "professional tryout' ;, of eight
Portland vaudeville performers, with
four acts.., - . i , . ... . ...
The tryout followed the second show
and took an hour. -
The Watson sisters, aged 10 and 12,
were such favorites -with their Spanish
and modern dances that they were re
called five times. ' .
Ernest Fielding, .cartoonist. drawing
on glass and projecting his pictures on
a screen,, did some clever work. Includ
ing m rapid-fire study of "Bob" Stev
ens. ( I .:., . ' 1
. Emma..: Kllpelle and Wilson Rogers
had a musical act. Miss Kllpelle both
singing and playing the piano. Mr.
Rogers Is a baritone.
"The Boomerang," - a sketch written
by Norma Wills, - was played by . the
author, Monty Collins and Tom Maher,
all experienced actors. ' .The ' sketch
was not particularly successful.
Steamer Picks Tip
German - Aviators
rouad In Wreckage of Aeroplanes Tlve
MUm West of Voerhlnder Zdghtshlp
ty Cmw of 'Sntefc' Bhlpt. .: -
c Flushing, May - lr-(tl: 1 P.) Th4
Dutch steamer; (America, -' outward
bound, picked - up . two -German '. avia
tors from sv wrecked aeroplane,' five
miles .west pf Noorhlnder lightship
today. ' ; , A .- - .
Eight members of the Applequlst
family, of Watertown, Minn. tip rtba
scales -.at - 2390 - pounds. ' The largest
weighs 410, the lightest . 225.
Begins "Sentence
WithBroad Smile
Captain 2avls, Convicted Murderer,
Asserts Sis Innocence at San Quentla
Prison.'. r. --. r '. "-'
Ixs Angeles, Cal., Iay 1. "(P. N. S.)
Seventy-four;? years, old , but filing
and cheerful in the face of life i-npris-onment
because, as the , said, he ,had
been reading the - Bible in! hid cell.
Captain Wilson'-K. Davis today was
taken to San Quentin penitentiary to
begin serving his sentence.
Davis was convicted, of the 1 raurder
of W. H. Wheeler of Sawtelle a year
ago. He maintains , Ms "innocence and
said ; the 'testimony 'hgainst , him was
perjured. ",.".- Vi - - .-
Chicago Wonien to :
Have More Rights
Chicago, May l.-Women will be
permitted tg! serve as judges and clerks
of elections in Chicago, according to a
ruling 'by r- County . Judge ? Thomas . F.
Scully, Vwho reversed his former de
cision, Rhich prohibited them from
serving. t . I '
j "Women;, have elevated the polling
places by, lending dignity to them,"
Judge Scully said: "The old days ot
smoke filled, Polling places disappeared
as soon aS v.WO.men :;wee " allowed to
serve. Their ' presence also has pre
sented political squabbles." ' .
The judge in his decision prohibiting
women from serving ruled that clerks
arid judges must be-householders or
those who support the family.
Osborne Identified
Again by Accuser
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lew Tork, N. T. May l.-i-n. X. S
Miss Rae.'Tanrer, on trial here on
conspiracy charges following her
breach of promise suit against William
Osborne, former district attorney of
New York, today under, oath again
Identified Osoorna as the Oiwer Os
borne who she alleged agreed to. marry
her.
Miss Taruser's suit for $50,000 was
withdrawn . after, she had 'said that
Osborne was. not the man .whom she
had first, accused hirh of. being. .
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