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THE OREGON SUNDAY. . JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, JUNE . 12, 1C21. L0C0M0IVES III DUEL TO DEATH: CROWD THRILLED Head-On Collision Staged at Rose City Speedway Is Viewed by Hundreds; Motorcycles in Race Thrill anticipated by the cifowd which flowed into the Rose City Speedway Saturday afternoon for the head-oif collision between two irail road locomotives, were realized when the engines crashed together with a roar almost directly in front of the grandstand.'. ' '. . "' The collision. In a word, was a healthy, satisfying success.. The spectators gave tip their money t the gate witty the expectation of seeing a spectacular, hair-raising wreck - between two hying projectiles of Southern Pacific steel and they were not disappointed. j EXCISE IS TELESCOPED ' The - two engines . got away almost simultaneously on a well laid 'track which sloped toward a center about the middle of the field. They were running at a speed of 18 Or 20 miles an hour when they hit. The larger of the loco motives telescoped its- smaller mate, after the fashion of a snake swallowing its young. Debris was thrown hig into the air and steam enveloped the Wreck when the crash came ; the cab oh the smaller engine was torn off and f com pletely demolished, and the tenders Jeaped forward into the location or dinarily occupied by the cabs. Neither w"iicr expioara. . . . i I " Torpedoes bad been scattered with a I free hand , on the track at, the point where, the mad engines, - running wild, were scheduled to meet. They began to explode as the locomotives were nearing Gutting Corners, Latest Fad K at r at . K ' at ' , Causes Fatal Auto Accident veil ) . VAU. U' - ; . I : 'L 'BOUNDER " " : IT TOUCH. PRXTEHTEO , , - . cut? ok ' kwfftS ; L ' t vjciid TTc&f . - . - ' 1 -" .'' ' : : - meir death grapple, and the noise emit ted by them, coupled with deep base cries echoed across the field by the wmstie of the heavier of the two ' en gines, prepared the crowd for the final tingle. WHISTLE TIED DOWJT 1 The thrill was climaxed with the of escaping steam and the cries of the brass siren of the larger of the twjo en gines as tile locomotives buried noses deep in the vitals of each other. The engineer who started the heavier of the pair on its last run tied the whistle on his engine and iti down con tinued to scream, for several minutes. , George Wells and Thomas Myers mounted the cabs' and opened the thrgt- They been noise ties when the start . was made, leaped before much distance had covered. Plans for the wreck, carefully made, were wen executed. The track was built on a grade which had been cut down a jwt ptiow ino. suriace or tne Tieiq, giv ing a soiia roaaoea lor the run. RACES ARK HELD . ' Horse races, motorcycle races and an automobile race were run before the wreck was staged. The motorcycle races were fast, but attempts on the part of riders racing against time to hang up new records failed. - 4 Shrimp" Burns and "Jim" Davis, two California riders, carried . away : the prizes - In the motorcycle races., I Both went a mile in 48 1-5 seconds when run ning against a record of 46 1-5 made on the Speedway track by David May 29.' Otto Walker of Portland made the mile in 49 seconds. " . ji ' The first of two five-mile races with eight entries was won by Davis in, four -minutes and two seconds. Burns was a close second. Walker took third place. Burns led Davis by 100 yards in the second of the five mile races, coyering the course in lour minutes and four sec onds. Walker was third again. DAVIS BEATS HELD ' In a 10 mile race Davis won over the field hands down, after Burns had been forced .out on . the second lap because of engine trouble. Davis ran the last two laps with his machine on firi.- He covered the course In minutes and 81 seconds- " Walker took second place and Fred Ludlow third. Burns threw a rear tire on the first lap of a false start In the -race, I but" managed to keep his machine upright. ' "Shorty Spencer took the five-mile Diagram showing how car went over cliff at Bridal Tell falls on the Colombia river highway.! Had driTer been on right side of the road accident could not have happened,- as even though steering gear broke, car would not have had momentum enough to carry It over the concrete curbing. The car turn bled more 'than 300 feet to a pool at "the foot of the falls. One of the occupants fell ont part way down and was fatally hurt; the other fell entire distance and was killed. By Mike De Cicco How did : it happen ? . Why do they do it? These . questions are in the minds of many as the latest automobile ac cidents and their death toll are be ing discussed, i In Virtually all the recent accidents the unfortunate mo torists were not speed maniacs nor even exceeding the speed limit mild ly, but each was , a violator of traffic laws in some other-way. i Cutting corners or jockeying to the wrong side of the street seems to be the latest fad among traffic law violators. And the toll of death to the motorist therefrom is increasing. .' DEATH ITT: FALL When F. D. Dinsdale recently drove his machine' into a car operated by H. Deins, causing the hitter's machine to upset and spilling all the occupants Over the road,; it was a typical accident of that kind. - '- . . , : -.. Driving) aFord. Mrs. Margaret " Gar land, in company with F..D. Wilson was cutting a corner on the 'left side of -the Columbia river highway at Bridal Veil falls Thursday. Suddenly she saw an other machine directly in' front of her. She turned her steering apparatus quickly to get over to the right side of the road. It locked, as worn . steering parts of Fords do If 'not aligned properly. Not having sufficient strength Xo turn the spindles back in line, the two front wheels of the car hit the curbing square ly, the car Jumping over and turning a half dosen flips down a 300-foot bank, adding two more to the death list from avoidable'-accidents. 1 SPEED HOT DEADLY In days gone by speed was the most deadly for all motorists, but the efforts of the motorcycle police have brought this to a minimum. It is not the motor ist who goes 23 or 24 miles an hour, but. the motorist who ignores the traffic laws by cutting corners and Jockeying on the roads or . streets who is most dangerous now ' . If the Portland police force of 200 or more ' would cooperate with the motor cycle squad and arrest such offenders a few times just as they do for run ning with the- cutout open, it would make ; motoring safe for all. . race I : fop single cylinder, four-horse power machines, completing the course in four minutes, 55 seconds. Ed. An drews took second place and L. A. Gar rol third. , , A consolation race over a three-mile course was won by H. D. Ludlow. Time, 2 ' minutes and 32 seconds. MEEEIME5T EVOKED The fat men's Ford race evoked con siderable fun, but failed to thrill. It was won by James E. McCorkie. There were three entries. 1 All drove stock cars. A motorcycle cop riding in . the rear of the trio added rest, and might have been responsible t for t the slow time made since all three drivers appeared to be afraid to feed gas. The run lay oyer a five-mile course. McCorkie made it in ;9 minutes 18 seconds. T Edith Reynolds, riding Lady Ophlr, ' took both heats of a quarter of a mile dash. Time, 28 seconds. Jeanette Hall, on Edgewood GlrL won second place in the second, heat, Second place in the first; heat I went to Delia O'Neil off Dorothea. - Only two heats were run. 'A crowd of 12,000 saw the collision and witnessed the races. Of that num ber, probably 11,000 were paid admis sions, v -i ,;J: ' ; ' ' . The events moved slowly at first, but were better handled toward the close. The crowd was good natured and, de spite demonstrations in favor of more haste.! the visitors appeared ' to enjoy the afternoon. - Portland post No. 1 of the American Legion was in charge. It purchased two Obsolete engines from : the Southern Pacific railroad and hung up the prise money offered In the races. Man ; Convicted of Being Bunko Man's Aid Will Appeal Los ; Angeles, Cal., June 11. (L N. S.) Counsel for Otis B. Berry, former man ager of the Hollywood branch of a Los Angeles bank, convicted late last night of being the confederate of bunko men, today 1 laid plans to file notice of an ap peal when he comes before Superior Judge! Reeve on Monday. .Berry was tried by a jury of nine women and three men. : -' He was ac quitted on. six counts, being found guilty on a iount in -which John F. Herr, a Pennsylvania farmer, lost $17,900 in a fake stock deal. The case went to trial May 3. , .' Clothes Do Make a Difference! Somebody once said, if I you don't believe clothes make a difference, try walking down the street without any. . j i But clothes in themselves are no longer enough, for clothes that merely cover. the body do not cover the situation, i ! i : They, must have character, style, distinction. They must hang easy, fit perfectly, ; and add to the appearance land im portance of the man who wears them. : ! It is for these reasons that! I rhave selected Hickey-Freeman Clothes, and for these1 reasons that I recommend them. I ! Wlten can I show them to j you?. BEN SELLING Leading Clothier t. Morrison Street at Fourth j 4 DEFENDAfJTS IN MORRIS BOND CASE MUST STAND TRIAL " - ' ; BBBBSBSSiBSSSBBSSSSSBWB '. Judge Kavanaugh Overrules De murred to Indictments of -Morris, Etheridge, F. B. Pratt. ' Decision overruling: the demurrers to the Indictments of John I Ether idge, Fred 8. Morris, Stella M. Eth eridge : and F. B. Pratt, held on charges of embezzling funds of Mor ris Brothers, Inc., was handed down Saturday afternoon by Presiding Circuit Judge Kavanaugh. The court's ruling means that these four persons, implicated in the dealings of the defunct bond house, must face trial in . the Multnomah, county circuit court. ( , , FACE TRIAL i No avenue of escape appears to be left, according- to the district attorney's of fice, except a possible appeal of the demurrers to the state supreme court. The demurrers were all based on technical grounds. Counsel for the de fendants claimed the Indictments were faulty because the offices held, by their clients in Morris Brothers, Inc., were not named. The defense made it clear it wanted the indictments to 'state that Morris, Etheridge and Pratt were all of the directors and officials of the company. The reason given was that the defense intended to claim that these three men "were the corporation" and they could not steal their own money. r. Judge Kavanaugh did not rule on this p61nt. . He said it was a question for the trial court to determine, j , OTHERS OYEBBTJLED ' - ; "1 believe," he said, in announcing his decision." "that the Indictments against these defendants - follow substantially the language of the Oregon statutes and that therefore they are sufficient." The demurrers to the , indictments of Hy : Eilers and Albert K. Barnickel, former officials of the Eilers Music house, charged with larceny by embes zlement In connection with the debacle of that firm, were overruled on grounds similar to the ones given in the Morris Brothers case. The language used in the indictments was the question at is sue. -. - . ' MOONSHINERS AND SPEEDERS GET HEAVY FINES FROM BELL Ernest Johns, 618 Eighty-fifth street, was fined $50 and sentenced to days In Jail by District Judge Bell. Saturday afternoon for having liquor in his pos session. The jail sentence was suspended. One gallon of liquor and 60 gallons of prune mash- were found in Johns' house. Bert Conley.i One Hundred and Fourth street and Gilbert road, was fined $250 by Judge Bell for having liquor. A 12 gallon still,: and 160 gallons of mash were found at: his house. -Deputy Sher iffs Beeman and ; Schirmer made both arrests. Judge Bell fined F. H. McConnell $50 for driving while intoxicated. He Im posed a 30-day Jail sentence, but . sus pended it. , McConnell ran his automobile into a Park Rose streetcar, Thursday night at 11 :40 o'clock. -.. ' - DANCING TAUGHT AW New Steps and Pp p a la r ; Dances Guaranteed in Eight - Three- H our " Lesson i Ladle 69, Gentlemen 6SJ i De Hoaey'B beaatlial academy, Tweaty - third i and Washington. : Begin ' ners class starts Monday l and ' Thursday evenings. Advance classes Tuesday evening, 8 to 11 :30. , Plenty of desirable partners and practice; no embarrassment.. We guar antee to teach you to dance: others -do not. There is a reason. Learn In a real school. Phone Main 7656.; Private les sons all hours. You Can Now Rent A high grade ELECTRIC WASHER and an operator will be sent to teach you how to use it. . S The Electric Service jCp. announce a new service -nevet; offered 'in Portland an Electric Washer Rent Service - .... j - j Why continue paying high laundry bills or slave over an old fashioned tub? Ask to have our new Rental Service explained to you. Call at, our store or phone us (Main 7370) and our representative will call, upon you. Electric Service Co; ' 128J Tenth Street (BiF(n)we9s APPAREL SHOP IS CJL SEP WE ARE GOING OUT OF BUSINESS Here Is an Opportunity That Seldom Comes The Women of Portland Will Do Well to i See Tomorrow's Journal for Full Particulars Sale Opens Tuesday at 9:30 9 (EffODW . "Quality Apparel for Women" 288 Morrison Street W T A 1V Trill 6 Salesladies ' zperienced in seUIaf lA AV IM I PJ J! Ladies' SuUs and Cloaks. Apply WW-. h em4m .w . '4aMBiv w mil day Monday tfUOL ORXKStS CAREFULLY AND PROi3Tl.Y FILLED tiiuiUiUutiuutiuutiMititUiiutlliiiiMiiiliiltiiilllli VVe. . Arm Af eats for tlM S Butterick Patterns and thm OdioMtor-All Hmw Styles Ar Now Skovrinc The Store That Undersells Because It Sells for Cash PARCELS POST PACSCACI3 PREPAID ON IS PUTXIIAIZ llMnlllflllIllHHllltnlll'l""", .. liitilllllllllllllllllllllllUllHlllllllllllllUX""'""--' ' The Dehor Feature of Uo : Butterick Patterns Is Pro ; in( of Great AssUtanco to : Homo Sowers. . , . EXCLUSIVE PORTLAND AGENTS FOR THE Famous (MraraHosiety The Kind Particular Women Like Best I -Hosiery bearing this trade mark are unequaled for wear, fit and style. Made only from finest materials on machines Jiat knit to fit reinforced where wear is most severe. A com plete stock, all new and staple styles and colors, and extremely noderate in prices. Let your new hose be Revelation they'll prove satisfactory. ' Revelation Silk Hose At $150 Pair Women's Heavy Silk. "Revejition Hose,- made with seamed back, seamless foot, reinforced lisle heel and toe, lisle top and wide garter hem. Black and cordovan. "All sites. , Revelation Lisle Hose . . At 75c Pair Women's . Mercerized Lisle, Revelation Hose, made with seamed back and seamless foot, hem or ribHed top, in black, white, cordovan and sell. All sizes. Revelation Lisle Hose At 65c Pair .Women's Outsize 'Mercerized Lisle Revelation Hose, made seanless with reinforced sole, heel and toe. -Black, -white, cordovan, seal and gray. All sizes. ;. .v '' :-' " r .-. . ; Revelation Lisle Hose f . At 60c Pair . . .Women's "Mercerized Lisle Revelation Hose, made Seamless with reinforced sole, heel and toe. Black, white, '.cordovan, -seal and gray. All sizes.' " . ' ' Revelation Lisle Hose At 50c Pair Women's Mercerized Lisle Revelation Hose, made seamed back; seamless foot, wide carter hem. Black and cordovan. Revelation Lisle Hose At 50c Pair Children's Mercerized LUle Ribbed Revelation Hose in black, white and cordovan. Sizes S to 10. - Revelation Cotton Hose At 35c Pair or 3 Pr. for $1 Children's' Cotton Ribbed Revelation Hose, made of good quality combed cotton in black, white and cordovan. Sizes S to 10. r Infants' Silk Mixed Hose - At 65c Pair Infants' Silk and Fiber Mixed Revelation Hose, five-and-one ribbed, plain and Richelieu weave. White only. Sizes 4 to 6. Infants' Lisle Hose At 35c Pair Infants' Mercerized Lisle Revelation Hose, ribbed, with reinforced heel and toe. White only. Sizes 4 to 4-Pc. get Glass ; Mixing Bowls At 69c Set v: Don't fail to profit by this .special sale of sanitary Glass Mixing Bowlsset of 4 consisting- of one each in ?Q 5. 6, 7, 8-in. All for 'DIC Men's Shirts and Underwear At New Low Prices FT C.,:. C1 OQThe Richmond Union made from very fine combed cotton yarn. In Jersey rib. They are very elastic and fit perfectly. Both long- and short sleeve styles In ankle length. Also' with short less to suit short men. All sizes 34 to 46. ; Men's Pongee Shirts with double cuffs. M .7. . . .$5.45 Men's Pongee Shirts with collar attached. ...... .$5171) Men's Plain White Corded Madras Shirts in Coat Style with attached collar or in neckband (10 style at ... ..... ................. ..... U.UO THREE SPECIAL OFFERINGS IN BEAUTIFUL SATINS AND SPORT SKIRTINGS Of Special Interest to Thrifty Women -i r The Famous . Goetz Satins -At $2.50 Yd. , A complete stock, - including all staple and new colors in the famous Goetz Satins. ' They are of full width, brilliant finish, perfect weave, durable, and now selling at 92.50 yd. - Exclusive Designs, in Baronette Satins At $1.98 Yd. Both staple and new sport shades in rich, elegant designs exclusively fpund here. 38 and 39 Inch widths in a special un derpriclng for v. this sale at $1.9 yard. ' Fine 40 Inch Sport Skirtings At $2.98 Yd. All the - popular light sport shades in stripes, black .checks and novelty effects. A splendid weight fabric at a sharp price redaction )2.98 yard. Curtains at V3 Of f SURPRISING VALUES AT THIS SALE OF ODD LOT OnlyTwoto Twelve Pairs of a Style or Pattern But Hundreds of Pairs tn the AssortmentAll Regular Stock Goods 1 TASTE AND- EVERY PURPOSE"' From $2.17 Up to $10 Pair A positive price sacrifice in order to readjust our stock and a most unusual 'saving for the Housekeeper who attends this sale. Included are dainty Scrim curtains, pretty Marquisette cur tains, sturdy Madras and Scotch Lace curtains, the popular Bobbinet curtains "etc., In white, cream and ecru-rall standard first quality curtains in regulation widths and lengths. An early selection will prove most advantageous. Wonderful values from $2.17 up to $10 plr. .. ! . Just in By Express Dainty PERMANENT FINISH SWISS ORGANDIES All Colors AT $1.25 YARD . 44 Inch Width . This most, popular of the summer wash fabrics comes in a beautiful, permanent finish and perfect weaver--44c inches wide and shown in the most fashionable shades, pink, rose, nile, green, lavender, aflame. , maise, yellow, American beauty, tomato, light blue, Harding blue, brown, black, etc. Especially priced at 1.25 yard. . Zephyr Ginghams - In 32 Inch ' At,?ard.. lUL Morelhan 200 different styles and xolorings to select , from best standard quality Zephyr Ginghams in 32 inch width -checks, plaids and plain colors, all at 7Sc yard. ' ; New Percales la 36 IacoIQ ' At, yard. . Xfti, , . Both' light and dark colors in attractive new and -staple patterns a standard quality In 3 6 inch width and a. most exceptional value at only 19c a yard. ' v A Special Underpricing of Crepe de Chine Envelope Chemise'. - t In ExquUit Styles, Alao Pong Knickers and CamiaeUs to Match.. Great Bargain at, Each $2.95 The event worthy of every woman's attention who would purchase dainty and exquisitely trimmed Crepe de Chine and Pongee Silk Undergarments at a splendid saving. The Chemise are shown in various Jttyles . in medallion, georgette and Calais Yal. lace trimming. The Knick ers are of heavy pongee in natural, coral and flesh tints nd at the same great price reduction we include' Camisoles to match. While any remain you have choice from all at J2.95.. . SHOES For the Whole Family A Great Half. Price Purchase of a Retiring filer chan f Entire Stock, Consisting , of More Than 10,000 Pairs lA Ptpn We Are Now Selling Them at 2 A .XIVC This is without a doubt the greatest .value-tfvinir shoe salt ever announced Mn this cityv Hundreds of satis-, fied purchasers have al ready profited by ' at tending and many have' been back two and three times securing a generous . supply for present and future needs for the whole family. New lots have taken the place of those sold ' as rapidly as it has been possible for us to bring - them forward and se- ' lections can .now be made in fair comparison as on the first day of this great sale. If you have not already profited by this extraordinary saving , opportunity Don't Fail to Be Here at Your Earliest Convenience Especially Great Values in White Canvas PumpsTies and Oxfords and White Kid Tie? and Oxfords. ' . pimff?mMimf!miitimHiwimmitnMmMintiH SlUlliltliUtHttlUtUIUIIIHIUItUIUHUMItUIUIIIUIUIHllllilllllHmilUIUtlHtUilllIUIII(tllUlMlUHntlllllhlIU