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to THE MORXIXO OREGONIiy, SATURDAY; SEPTEMBER 4, 1915. WEST WILL FEEL . EXGHANGE FLURRY PROMINENT NEW YORKER TO BE ORATOR AT COLUMBIA HIGHWAY TEACHERS END MEET l-X&fECllON DAY; Grievances Aired and Person al Relations Discussed. Bankers Point Out That Can ada Will Sell Wheat, Accept ing British Money at Par. MR. ARMSTRONG SPEAKS 3 "K?! OTHER PRODUCE AFFECTED Belief Maintained, However, That European Countries Will Take teps to Ttestore Credit to Nearly Normal Condition. Fluctuations in foreign exchange, "Which have characterized the New York money market for the last few days, will have its effect on all commodities produced in this country for export abroad. This applies to tne wheat market in Portland and other parts of the North west as well as to the market gov erning the sale of munitions and other contraband material now being manu factured in larfre quantities in the Kast for use of the nations engaged in war. While the discount on foreign ex- hanw theoretically must be borne by the country against which the dis count is levied, some Portland bankers believe that the American producers cannot help but bear a share of the discount if it continues radically in ef fect for a long period. They point out that British exchange probably will be accepted at or nearly at par in Canada despite the heavy dis count placed against it by New York. Canada Is Competitor. Inasmuch as Canada is a competitor of the United States in the European wheat market, it is . argued that the United States wheat exporters will be required, to a certain extent at least, to meet the Canadian competition by absorbing the penalty against the Eng lish pound fixed at New York. The present depreciation in the value of foreign exchange, it is explained, will not. affect business already done for which no settlements have been made, nor any other transactions of the past. It is believed among Portland authorities, however, that the inter national financial situation will so re adjust itself within the next few weeks that business between the United States and the European countries can be continued on a stable basis. Since the question of foreign ex change has become prominent it has aroused public interest. Poreinn Kxehange Explained. "What Is foreign exchange?" is a question that many are asking since they have seen so much about it in the papers. Devoid Of its technical . fipjtrHntlnni '"reisn exenanee is the value of for elgn money in the terms of the United mates dollars on a standard of gold. inasmuch as most of the world's trauing has been done through Lon fion, the British pound sterling always has been considered the basis for clearances between the United States unn otner roreign countries. Now that the war has upset the fl nanciai relations or the world the American dollar has become the ac cepted standard. in normal times the British pound nas a value or J4.K665 In the trm. American dollar. The German is worth 23.8 cents: the French 19.3 cents; the Russian rnhlo tne Italian lira 19.3 cents; cents, and the F " I- - - ' V ;r- . . - -f - - " , h. VISITOR IS TO SPEAK H. D. Estabrook, New York Lawyer, to Dedicate Park. MR. BAKER TO ACCEPT Crowd tend of 10,0 0 0 Expected to At When Benson Park Is Given to City and Special Trains Are Provided. the mark Irani- 61.6 cent! the Belgian franc 39.3 Austrian crown 20.23 cents. Kven in normal times the price fluc tuates, but not appreciably. NATIONAL CHANGING STAGE Musical Comedy Company Open Hun Tomorrow. Will 5 or the first time since the National Theater was opened the big shadow box" was moved from the stage last night, and today pictures are being shown on a simple drop screen. A force of stage hands and electricians is at work hanging scenery and wiring the sets for the opening tomorrow after noon of the Frank Rich Company in musical shows. The last of the principals arrived in Portland yesterday and full dress re hearsals will be held in the National at midnight. Miss llonora Hamilton will be the leading woman in the musical comedy company. with Dorothy Davenport playing ingenues. There will be a chorus of at least 12 pretty girls, while melt- ni De an equal number principals. of WIFE PAYS WEDDING. BILL 11. Hunter Says Woman Vrged Him to Med After He Kofused Her. He didn't want to marry her in the first place, and told her so. but she urged him, says R. Hunter in his an swer to Mrs. Jennie Hunter's divorce suit, filed yesterday in County Clerk Coffey's otlice. In fact, says Hunter's answer, she gave him $20 to defray the marriage expenses. They were married April 28. 1915. Mrs. Hunter says in her suit that he treated her cruelly and left her after they had been married a week, and that since then he has threatened to commit suicide. Hunter says in his answer that he could not afford to get married when lie did. and that he thinks she married him on the supposition that he had money. CITY WOOD GRAFT' SOLVED Plaints of Purchasers Explained by Delivery System. Visions of municipal graft flitted about the City Hall for a while yes terday, -when a resident of Taylor street reported that she bought two cords of the city's wood and. upon de livery, found it to be a half-cord short. The seriousness of the problem was in creased when similar complaint was re ceived. But it was all explained when it was found that the deliveries were not com pleted. The wagons used for delivery only hold a cord and a half, because of the rough country roads over which it is hauled. The other half cord is de livered later. Henry Dodge Eastabrook, one of the best known, lawyers of New York, will bo the orator of the day on the Colum bia River Highway Monday, when the Ad Club, Chamber of Commerce and other organizations will join in the celebration of "Inspection day" on the great scenic roadway. Mr. Estabrook will speak at the dedi cation of Benson Park to the City of Portland. This beauty spot on the highway, including Wahkeene Falls, is the gift of S. Benson. The park will be accepted on behalf of the city by Com missioner oeorge L,. Baker. County Commissioner Rufus Holman will tell of the benefits to be derived from the building of the road through the gorge of the Columbia. Since Monday is the anniversary of the birth of La Fayette. Mr. Estabrook will refer to the life of the great states man In the course of his address at Benson Park. The dedication exer cises will take place about 11:30 A. M. In the afternoon Jomelli will sing at Benson Park and McElroy's Band will be heard in concert. Route for Autos to Be Chonen. The first plans of the Ad Club music committee called for a concert by the Elks' Band at Multnomah Falls. It has been found this band could not be obtained and the Portland Fire Depart ment Band will play at this point. The O.-W. R. & N. Band will give a concert at Horse Tail Falls. Roadmaster Yeon is arranging a route for automobiles to fojlow and this will be announced today. It is understood the Columbia River High way will be open from the Automobile Club to Horse Tail Falls. Portions of the roadway remaining unpaved will be oiled to prevent dust. The special excursion trains over the O.-W. R. & N. will .leave the Unlnn depot at 9 A. M. and as raDidlv th after as the coaches are filled. The excursion trains will make stops at Benson Park and at Multnomah and Horse Tall Falls. These trains leave the highway at 5 P. M. on the return trip. Truck to Carry- Crowds. Trucks and automobiles cirrvine employes of the business houses will leave the business district at 9 A. M. This will bring the crowds together at Benson I'arK and other points about 11:30 A. M.. in time to participate in the dedication of the new playground to the city. The Ad Club is prepared to handle more than 10,000 persons. Free cof fee, cream and sugar will be served. Arrangements have been made with W. Margulls to serve sandwiches at 5 cents- each. Sandwich stands will be located at the three places on the high way where band concerts are to be given. This concession was given to accommodate those who do not carry lunch baskets. Ticket Sales Places Named. Tickets for the special trains mav be purchased today at Meier & Frank's: Upman. Wolfe & Company: Woodward & Clarke; Roberts Brothers: Olds, Wortman & King: Oregon-Washing ton Railroad & Navigation tirket of. fice at Third and Washington: informa tion bureau Chamber of Commerce, and at 333 Morrison street. Northwestern Bank building; "Inspection day" head quarters of the Ad Club. This office will remain ODen all div Sunday for the sale of tickets. Ticket's for adults are 65 cents and for children 35 cents. his front porch from force of habit. This morning the key was gone. Also the screen door ha,d been tied to the knob of the inner door, which was locked. "Burglars!" hissed the detective. He slipped around the house until he found an open window. Gun in hand. Svtennes crawled into the house. He tiptoed across a room and jerked a door open. Slam! The door on the other side of the room was shut violently. The offi cer started in pursuit- He jerked an other door open and again heard a slamming portal down the hallway. The chase continued to the bathroom. A window bmged shut as Swennes opened the bathroom door. "He's jump.-d!" the officer shouted to himself. He flashed his pocket lamp into the dooryard. Nobody was in sight. But the light revealed the cause of the excitement. From the knob of the bathroom door to the window there was stretched a tight string. The open ing of the door closed the window au tomatically. Retracing his steps, the officer found that all Ms doors had been connected in pairs, so that when one opened an other slammed shut. Yesterday he asked one of his neigh bors if he had heard or seen anything unusual about the Swennes home the day or night before. "I heard somebody laughing and shouting over there early this morn ing." the neighbor replied. "O, that was me," the sleuth replied ungrammatically. "But I wasn't laugh ing," he added. v CHEMISTS DUE TODAY FIFTY K.V ROUTE FROM SEATTLE CONVENTION TO SAN. FRANCISCO. Object of American Society Is to Make This Country Chemically In dependent of Others. x irty of the men who are occupied witn the problem of making the United otaies cnemically independent of the rest ot tne world will visit Portland to day in a delegation, returning from the convention of the American Chem ical Society in Seattle. inuring the convention there, the principal problem discussed in the papers brought before the meetings was . problem of putting the United States in a position so that it will not be affected commercially or industrial ly by shortages of chemicals in future, as it has been as a result of the pres ent war. In the party that will visit Portland today will be President C. H. Hertz, of Woman Hurt Falling Down Steps. In falling down four flights of rtairs at S06 Jackson street. Mrs. H B. Patten, of Colvllle, Wash., received severe bruises and possibly a fractured t-kuU late last night. Assistant City Physician Harding gav her first aide treatment and sent her to the Good Samaritan hospital. Mrs. Patten is visiting relatives in Portland- Detective Chases Phantom Burglar; Discovers Joke. Disappearance of Key From Canal HldlUK Hlaee Starts Hunt and loori Slam Officer Pursues Elusive Robber. WITH a phantom burglar slamming doors just in front of him. Detec tive Swennes, of the local Police Bu reau, chased through his home for nearly an hour early yesterday morn ing. The rest cf the morning the sleuth lay in bed muttering maledic tions on an unidentified practical joker. Mrs. Swennes is away at the beach, but tha officer hides his doorkey on T. ........... ......... --t i - jj 1 ?jAx i - - - - )-' L," :.??: : H tlrrl- t M ho I C. H- Hertz, Prnldrat of Amr can Chemical Society. Will Be in Party of 5 Visitors Today. North Carolina, who Is with the Uni versity of North . Carolina, and many chemists of National renown. They will arrive here at 7 o"clock and will be guests throughout the day of the local chapter of the American Chemical Society, of which W. C. Mor gan, of Reed College, is president and F. A. Olmstead secretary. . A visit will be made to the mills at Oregon City and the party 'will be en tertained at luncheon at the Automo bile Club at noon. This afternoon they will see the famous Berger-Jones color pictures at the Chamber of Commerce at 4 o'clock. From Portland the party will go on to San Francisco, leaving tonight. Rancher Xear The Dalles Suicide. THE DALLES. Or.. Sept. 3 Gilbert Runyon. a prominent rancher, com mitted suicide at his Fiwe Mile home this afternoon. Runyon. who was .30 years old. was brought to The Dalles two months ago for an examination to determine his mental condition, but he was adjudged of sound mind and re turned to his home. F. Ii. Griffin, of Corvallis, Urges That, as Oity School Specializes on Practical Arts, Rural "Pn- ' pils Should Be Producers. Teachers, school officers and mem bers of boards throughout the county "got together" yesterday in the clos ing hours of the three-day session of the institute and discussed matters of common interest. Criticism, both ad verse and otherwise, as to teachers' metnods came from the school officer ana suggestions for the directors to carry home were advanced by the teachers. Informal testimonials from several of the members of school boards indicated that there was not the proper co-operation existing between teachers and school board members. Teachers also had their grievances and they were not backward in expressing them. The Three Elliotts, harpists and vo calists, entertained the teachers in the afternoon and were recalled Beveral times for their excellent work. A. r. Armstrong, Countv School Su perintendent, and F. L. Griffin, of the Oregon Agricultural College, were the speakers at the morning session. "Your Work and Mine" was the sub ject in which Mr. . Armstrong empha sized the Importance of punctuality and exactness. " Teachers should lead at all times In the examples that they wish their pupils to follow." commented Mr: Armstrong. "It is essential that punctuality be emphasized at all times," he continued, "and the example must be set by the teacher If the pupil is to follow." The plan for correspondence between the office of the County Superintendent and the older pupils of the grade schools in the county was explained by Mr. Armstrong. It is his Intention to have these pupils write composi tions upon the subjects named by him so that he may gain a distinct idea of the .work being done. Mr. Griffin spoke on "Industrial Club Work." He impressed upon the minds of the teachers the necessity of the children doing industrial club work. As the practical arts are being emphasized in the city schools, Mr. Griffin urged that the children in the rural school should be made producers, to instill in their young minds thrift and industry.. To round out the system of industrial club work for the child Mr. Griffin said that a market should be provided for the products of the child, so that the stimulus for the best work would be obtained through the medium of a sellintr profit "MORAL SQUAD" SUIT SET Major's Private Secretary Involved in $ 20.0(H) Action Over Arrest. W. H. Warren, Mayor Albee's pri vate secretary, and three members of SJOiiEn -."?r squad" will face a J20.000 suit in Circuit Judge Ganten bein s court Tuesday morning. Judge Untenbem has just set the trial for that date. The suit is brought by Mr. and Mrs. lnsersoll. who were arrested in the Minook Hotel February 9 They were taken to the City Jail, refused permission to furnish bail and ap peared before Judge Stevenson several times. They declare they had been married in Vancouver, Wash., on Jan uary 14, and alleged that their reputa tions and feelings suffered to the ex tent of S20.000. Besides IVTr wD those named in the complaint are Lieu tenant L A. Harms. 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All Portland people who are inter ested in the general subject of eating " mvited to attend the O.-W. R & N. Company's peach-cooking contest today. v. Mf contest will take place in the building at the northeast corner of Broadway and Oak street and admis sion will be free. It will start at 10:30 this morning and continue until 10:30 tonight. ' , Substantial cash prizes have been offered for excellence in the numerous r h viwuu ireicnes can be prepared for domestic consumption and hundreds of housewives, it is reported, are pre- pa-rLnis .toonrlpete for cash and s'c-y- This is the O.-W. R. & N. Company's way of arousing further interest in the peach industry in the Northwest. Read The Oregonlan's classified ads. PULMOTOR SAVES LIFE SIRS. WILLIAM SHIELDS ATTEMPTS SCICIDE BY UAS. Woman Believed Dead Saved After Hour's Work Husband to Be Ar , rented for Alleged Abuse. Mrs. William Shields, strikingly pretty, and only 23 years old, attempted lvf ,uituiij l suit-iue in apartments at 414 Columbia street yesterday morning about 9 o'clock by turning on the gas. Despondency, she said, because of the fact that her husband, to whom she had been married 10 months ago, had left her, led" to tne deed. Mrs. Shields was unconscious when first discovered and was at first be lieved to be dead by Assistant City Physician Lawton. who responded to the- call. After about an hour's work with the aid of the pulmotor of the Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Com pany, she was restored to conscious ness. She was taken to the depart ment of public safely for women. The girl's husband is in the employ of the Empire Kxpress Company. Airs. Lola G. Baldwin declared last I night that she would swear out a war- Best Treatment for Catarrh S. S. S. Removes the Cause s Specialists in Catarrh troubles have agreed that It is an Infection of the blood. The laboratories of the S. S. S. 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Columbia eac h Best Bathing in Oregon Only 30 Minutes from Broadway Fare Only 10 Cents The place to go Sunday and Labor Day. Special streetcar service both days. . Take Vancouver Trains any point on following route: Broadway and Washington, "Washington to "Second, to Flan ders, to Third, to Glisan, to O-W. R. & N. Bridge, to Oregon street, to Union avenue, to Columbia River. Don't Forget It's only 30 minutes from Broadway. Portland Railway, Light & Power Company Indian Summer Excursions East via ROCK ISLAND LINES Daily to September SO Return limit October 31, 1915 Route of the Famous Golden State Limited Via California and Rocky Mountain Limited Via Colorado Tickets Good via Ocean or Rail M. J. GEARY Gen. Agt, Pass. Dept. Ill Third St., Portland, Oregon. Phones: Main 334, Home A 2666. To Acquire Curly Hair Over Night (The Beauty- Seeker.) There's good news. Indeed, in the an nouncement that so simple a method as ap plying; plain liquid sllmerine to the hair will make it beautifully curly and wavy over night. The hair dries in lovely wave and ringlets that are perfectly natural in ap pearance, and there- is nothing sticky, greasy or unpleasant about it. The liquid, which U of course quite harmless, also serves as a eplendid dressing for the hair; keeping it delightfully lossy and supple. If on will procure a few ounces of liquid .ilmerine from the dfuggltti, site will ha enough to keep th hair in cur for week". It hou!d he applied at night with a clean toot h brush. In the morning the hair will be wry prettily waved, without having that burnt, lifeless lok acquired by using a heatvd iron. Adv