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TIFE SUNDAY OREGOMAN, . rORTLAXD. SEPTEMT5ER 12, 1915. EXPOSITION'S BEST TIME YET TO GOME Dream Days and Nights Beau tifully Real Bring Out Ro mance of Picture. " PERFECT WEATHER HELPS Oregon's Exhibit First as Advertise ment of State and Gives Di rect Answer to Question of Homesecker. FtT ANNE SHANNON" MONROE. OREGON EXPOSITION BUILDING, Ban Francisco, Sept. 10. Just 12 more weeks of the great Panama-Pacific Exposition! At least the coming four of these weeks to be blessed with San Krancisco's loveliest weather, a boon we are already rejoicing in. The days are dream days and the nights what Bhall we -call the nights? They are Hot dream nights, they are too posi tively, keenly beautiful, too real. If there is one shade of romance in you, one faint trace of the stuff that moon light maddens, don't risk it not at least wihout your fingers crossed. There waa a. big party In the great California .host building last night, and all the gorgeous cars rolled into the grounds and deposited beautiful women Dresden bits about which floated draperies light as air and they tripped into the glamour of in doors, to whirl in the dance with their black-coated men, and presently the doors were closed and their activity chut in, and only night and man's med dling with it left on the outside. Mght Made More Beautiful. And man has meddled so superbly with the Exposition night! Against a background, cold, high, deep, dark and blue, studded with stars, there stood out the matchless mass we prosaically call the Fine Arts Palace and lagoon. The lighting etched out the whole in clearest line, and brought the lovely colors softly into the scheme; marble and bro ize statues were clearly picked out against their greenery background, mural paintings high overhead pre sented their least detail, the trees n?emed listening, so still and breath Jess, for the paddling of swans, great white birds which rested like boats against the. green banks, and all was repeated in the clear black depths of the lagoon, repeated without loss other than a thin veil affords a lovely woman. The great beautiful dome, the pil lared colonnade, the marbles and bronzes, the trees, the swans there they all were, and there were you also repeated in the water and whis pering because otherwise it might vanish. Permanent Exhibit la Urged. Judge Ryan is catching the fever of the fair's, importance to Oregonlans. He said to me today: "Tell them they must come.' He wants Oregon to pre pare a permanent exhibit based on our state building and the Canadian ex hibit. He wants every Oregonian to come down here and see just how the thing is .done. At the beginning of the Exposition we all said that Canada and California were the winners. AVe felt Just a, little bit ashamed of Oregon's crudeness. Canada and California had painted mar velous scenes with their products. "Wonderful figures and pictures -were "worked out in almonds, raisins, dried fruits every imaginable product of the country. Canada made a beauti ful ore-hard and planted trees in it and gave it a rolling hillside effect, and scattered apples under the trees and let in a flood of golden sunlight it was an October afternoon in the North - and she worked out Nome, aurora boreal is and all ! and her mountains end wild game; wonderful pictures t hey all are. California made orna ments of her products, and separated them by partitions covered with plaster adornments. ' The whole great show spare is a maze of curious and beau tiful turns and twists to things grown In the soil. Real Product In Things Wanted. The visitor wonders at what can be done with simple products, but time has proved that in so doing ho gets away from the simple product itself, 3ust as he does in Canada. In Oregon he sees our lumber, our fruits, our vegetables, exactly as they come from the farm, and ho has an impression of farm products, not of a curious handling of these products. He gets them raw; and this is the way he wants to get them when he is asking of a country: "What has it to offer roe?" So, when the Oregon fathers get to work on this thing of a permanent ex hibit and it is bound to come may. they remember that the very thing that was at first criticised in the Ore gon building the rawness and crudity of its presentation of products has made Oregon's tremendous success. Todav at the Exposition Oregon Is ab solutely first as an advertisement of a state, wholly for this reason. NEW BOMB PLAN DEVISED Portland Engineer Would String; Several on Chain for Airmen. H. G. Rich, on electrical engineer of this city, has devised a chain bomb that he believes would prove one of the most destructive engines of modern warfare. The bomb is intended for the exclus ive use of air craft and consists of a succession of explosive shells attached by a chain to a perpendicular bar at the biplane's center of gravity. The chain. Mr. Rich says, would be hori zontal due to the speed of the aero plane, giving several chances to hit an adversary. HUGE TURBINER LAUNCHED Eurana, 9000-Ton freighter, Put in Water at San Francisco. SAM FRANCISCO, Sept. 11. Mrs. Eurana E. Schwab, wife of Charles M. Schwab, today pressed a button in. her home In Bethlehem, Pa., that released the new aunu-ton turbine freighter. Eurana, from the Vnion Iron Works ways in this city. As the vessel started on its descent into the water. Mrs. Joh li. Mi-Gregor. wife of the president of the Union Iron Works, broke a bottle of champagne over the- bows. . The vessel when, completed will have COSt i30,UUJ. EXPORTERS ARE CALLED IN Allies' Hankers to Give Object Les son In Finance. NEW YORK. Sept. 11. To smooth the ways for launching a mammoth credit loan In this country to Great Britain and France, and probably Russia and Italy, the Anglo-French financial com mission, it waa said today, probably will meet the chief exporters of grain and other commodities from this coun try. Whether the makers of munitions are among these exporters could not be ascertained. It previously had been thought that the commission would deal with bank ers and financiers alone. The proposal that it meet with the exporters as well, in order that the actual shippers of American supplies may realize the Im portance of the work confronting the commission, is understood to have been received with general favor. The commission, it was said, was pre pared to place squarely before the ex porters the possible results to export trade of the United States, should it be impossible to find a way to establish a big foreign credit here. Heavy curtail ment of foreign orders in everything not munitions of war, the commission believes, would follow the failure to float the loan. - For several days to come. It was said. ...... ...t CALIFORNIA PIRXITIHE MAN WHO IS Rt'.POR'l'KD MISSING. Henry George Mason. Believing that her husband Is afflicted with a serious mental aberration or that he has met with foul play, Mrs. Henry George Mason, formerly of Gait, Cat., now of Los Angeles, has sought the aid of the Portland police in an attempt to find him. On April 3 2. when Mr. Mason left Gait, after selling his furniture busi ness, he was believed to have had considerable cash. He went to Sacramento on the morning train, but no trace has been found of him since, though he is believed to have gone on toward Portlard. His description is as follows: BS years old, about 6 feet tall, slightly stooped, light complex ion, close beard and mustache, which are turning gray, blue eyes, gray hair. At the time he left Gait he wore a suit of gray mixed goods, blue soft shirt, brown elkskin shoes with rub ber soles, gold bow eye-glasses and smoked a gold-plated briar pipe. x the commission expects to continue Its meetings here with' financiers of New York and other cities before beginning its actual, labors. GiRLSUES; PARENTSWED COUPLE RKIMTED WHILE YOITH. KIL MOTHBR SEEKS DIVORCE. I, nun and Tear-Old Babe Will Make Home M Ith Her Family, Starting Anrvr at McMlnntllle. SEATTLE. Wash.. Sent. 11. (Sne- cial.) While Mrs. Reatta Stangeland, 15 years old, was obtaining a divorce yesterday, her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Wakernan, were nearby, in the Auditor's office, getting a marriage license.. Estranged and divorced fur several years, they were remarried to day at Kent, and their daughter, with her baby, less than 1 year old, will ac company them and their other chil dren to McMinnville, Or., where the parents will pass their. declining years, reunited with their family. When the Wakemans were divorced, several years ago, on the ground of incompatibility, the court made an ef fort to reconcile them, being struck with their respectability, the lack of scandal in their case and the obvious fact of a misunderstanding. Mr. and Mrs. Wakernan have farms near Kent and their property is worth a total of $100,000. Mr. Wakernan in obtaining the li cense gave his age as 58. and his wife, 46. They are going to devote the re mainder of their lives to their children, two of whom, Reatta and one of their sons, will attend a theological semi nary. The reconciliation was effected through the children, who carried be tween the divorced pair stories of lone liness and unhappiness that finally brought them together once more. INTER-SERViCE IS ASKED FA1LI RE OF PHOE LINES TO CON AECT COMPLAINT BASIS. Chnrge- r Filed at Salem Against Pacific and Home Companies Dis crimination Is Allca-ed. SALEM. Or., Sept. 11. (Special.) That the Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Company and the Home Telephone & Telegraph Company give inadequate service under present conditions, and that physical connections should be made between the lines of the two companies, is the substance of a com plaint filed today with the Public Serv ice Commission by the Public Service League of Portland, represented by Os wald -West, ex-Oovernor, and Claude McColloch. ex-State Senator. Citing1 that connections between the lines of the two companies exist in Portland hotels, the league alleges that they have failed to extend this serv ice to other classes of patrons. Dis crimination is charged. It is asserted that the Pacific Company has about 40.000 stations In Portland, the Home Company about 1 4.000 stations, and that about 8,000 stations are dupli cates. A further allegation is that 32.000 stations may be reached over the Pa cific Company's lines and about 6.000 stations over the Home Company's lines. The complaint says that failure of the companies to provide an inter change service makes the service in adequate and discriminatory. Unreas onable rates also are charged. Perry Joseph Green Returns. Perry Joseph Green, New Thought lecturer, has returnee from the World's New Thoueht Congress, recently held at Pan Francisco. Mr. Green was I elected one of the vice-presidents of the international organization. f jJ "A V LESS FEDERAL AID RIVERS LOOMS Elimination of All Appropria tions Except for Biggest In land Ways Proposed. COMMERCE FACTOR GROWS Joker Slipped Into Blanket Fund Bill After Defeat of Measure Last Year Threatens to In crease Limits on Work. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington, Sept. 9. A movement may be made, when next Congress undertakes the preparation of a river and harbor bill, to cut out appropriations for all except the most important inland riv ers which have a substantial and actual commerce. . It may be possible to eliminate ap propriations for some inland streams on which large amounts heretofore have been expended, but which, even after improvement, have no material commerce. Because of Senator Burton's filibus ter against the "pork barrel" items in the last river and harbor bill, that measure failed, and a blanket - appro priation had to be made, but in the blanket appropriation act Senator Bur ton slipped an innocent-looking joker that may cut off appropriations from quite a few rivers that heretofore have been favored by Congress. This joker called on the chief of en gineers to make re-examination of 10 projects, the Missouri River, the Ar kansas River, Coosa River in Georgia and Alabama, St. Lucie Inlet. Florida; Brazos River. Texas; Red Riv er, Louisiana; Ouachita River, Arkan sas and Louisiana; Tennessee River and Fox River, Wisconsin, and the At lantic waterway from Norfolk, Va., to Beaufort Inlet, North Carolina. Already reports of re-examinations of the Missouri and Arkansas rivers have been received, and the Army engineers have recommended that both projects be absolutely abandoned, notwithstand ing several million dollars have been expended in their improvement. The Missouri River has had more than f 10.000.600 in appropriations in the past, largely because of the large number of Senators and Representa tives interested in securing the appro priations. What the Army engineers will rec ommend with regard to the other eight projects is not yet known, but there is apprehension among their friends because the officers were instructed to disregard local influence and local sen timent, and report true conditions. Moreover, the Burton joker went so far as to give blanket authority to the engineers to report on any other proj ects, heretofore authorized, which, in their judgment, do not justify further expenditures of .Federal funds. The Army engineers smarted under criticism heaped upon them by Senator Burton, and by other Senators, during the course of the river and harbor fili buster. It was charged that they al lowed themselves to be swayed by sen timent; that they indorsed projects which should not have appealed to them as engineers; that they favored the improvement of some ' waterways without commerce, either existent or prospective, and that they too often accepted the view that river improve ment, even though not followed by commercial development, had a regula tory effect upon railroads and tended to hold down rail rates. The 10 projects upon which special reports were ordered call for an 'Ulti mate expenditure of $75,000,000, of which only $17,000,000 thus far has been appropriated. SCHOOL SYSTEM LAUDED FI.VANCINC CITED AS EXAMPLE BY MILWAUKEE JOlKAL. Compliment Is Paid Mr. I'lummrr for Address Given at Educational Convention. The system of handling- public school finances, as devised by 11. II. Thomas, clerK of the Portland School District, has received wide publicity and has been cited as an example in a current number of the School Board Journal, published by the Bruce' Publishing Company, o& Milwaukee, Wis. William C. Bruce, who passed through Portland several weeks ago en route to the third National Educational Convention at Oakland, Cal., visited for a time with Mr. Thomas and Invited an arti cle on the Portland school financial system. The aTticle appears in the September PIONEER CELEBRATES 8STH BIRTHDAY ANNIVERSARY. Charles F. Ray The S8th birthday of Charles F. Ray was celebrated recently at the home of his daughter. Mrs. E. J. Wilkinson. A programme of music was given by Miss Mil dred Wehoofer, Harley Morton, Nellie Wehoofer and Mrs. O. M. Church. Those present were Er. and Mrs. Frank Post, Mrs. A. L. Britling, Mr. and Mrs. C. Lamo reaux. Mrs, John Wehoofer, Mrs. C. Whiting, Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Wilkinson. Mr. and Mrs. Harley Morton. Mr. and Mrs. H. U. Nolan, Mrs. Charles I. Ray, Mrs. Maud Burnett, Miss Nellie Wehoofer, Miss Mildred Wehoofer. Evelyn and Vivian Burnett. Maxine Ray, Miss Vivian and Miss Ruth La-moreaux. number of the Journal and deals ex-! haustively with the system as built up by Mr. Thomas. It is not only in teresting and instructive to school heads, but it is of consequence to par ents and school patrons as well as others interested in knowing how school finances are kept, where charges originate and where they are placed, and so forth. The article briefly goes into com parison with other cities. Not the least interesting Isn the explanation showing how the school funds are kept working at all times either pay ing accounts, drawing discounts or earning interest. Few taxpayers appreciate the finesse of detail employed in paying the cost of the various departments of the school organization. By Mr. Thomas system it is apparent he or one of the board can tell in a few moments what part of the fund is going toward in structing the younger generation in the dead languages or in modern man ual art. Even the proportion that is charged to EARLY RESIDENT OF TOLEDO PASSES AWAY AT AGE OF 61. Faer Anderson Miller. TOLEDO, Or., Sept. 11. (Spe cial.) Paer Anderson Miller, an early resident who came here in the employ of the railroad" in 18S4, died of heart disease at his home near Chitwood Thursday at the afre of 61. Ever since the building of the Corvallis ' & Eastern Railroad, Mr. Miller had been in that com pany's employ and when the Southern Pacific took over the line several months ago he was retained by the larger company as section foreman. Mr. Miller was a- native of Sweden. He leaves a widow, daughter and son. penmanship or physical training is ac counted for in detail as well as in bulk. While technical, the article has evoked considerable comment and has been featured in the School Board Journal. In his account of the Education As sociation convention, Mr. Bruce pays a compliment to O. M. Plummer, of Port land, also for his well-arranged pro gramme at the convention. Mr. Plum mer was in charge of this branch of the convention work. Mr. Flummer'e talk on school organization also received comment. Oregon educational progress generally is also noted in the article Dy jvir. Bruce. SOGIETYWOMAN BURNED HAIRDRESSER'S LAMB FATAL TO MRS. PHILIP RH1ELADER, Exposition In Heard and Victim Ii Found Wrapped In Flamn Sons o u W a y Home Prom Went. NEW YORK, Sect. 11. (Special.) Mrs. Philip Rhinelander, prominent in social circles, was burned, by the ex plosion of an alcohol lamp in Her Sum mer home at Tuxedo yesterday. She died early today. A hairdresser had been arrangin Mrs. Khinelander's hair and went out of the room for a moment, leaving the lamp burning. There waa thi sound of an explosion and Mrs. Rhine lander screamed. The hairdresser ran back, to find Mrs. Rhinelander wrapped in flames. From the beginning- there was no hope of her recovery, so serious were her burns. Her husband had arranged to start for St. Paul today to meet their sons, who have been at th Panama-Pacific Exposition with their uncle, T. J. Oakley Rhinelander, after a trip through the Panama Canal. Mrs. Rhinelander was Adelaide Kip, granddaughter of Mayor Brady. She was a sister of William -Kip.. MINE MANAGER ACCUSED Frank S-. Baillie, of Baker, Charged With Embezzlemnet of $14,756. BAKER, Or., Sept. 11. (Special.) Alleging that -Frank S. Baillie, ex manager of the Columbia mine, em bezzled $14,756.83 from the earnings of the company on August 17 and de posited the money in the P'irst National Bank of Baker, the Columbia Gold Min ing Company filed euit against the bank to recover the funds placed with mm. Mr. Baillie declares the money was due him, and that he bad only taken it after a certified accountant had gone over the company s- books and deter mined that it was the exact amount to which he was entitled. He says that both he and the bank acted in entire good faith. Mr. Baillie was manager of the Co lumbia mine 14 years, and it is said that during his management $4,000,000 was taken from the mine. He resigned as manager September 1. DR. HYDE WILL GO FREE Prosecution Has Xo More Money to Employ Experts. KANSAS CITY. Sept. 11. The state's case against Dr. B. Clarke Hyde, charged with the murder of Colonel Thomasv tl. Swope. millionaire phil anthropist, probably will be dismissed when it is called in the Criminal Court here next Monday. The Prosecuting Attorney s office announced today it. did not have the money to obtain ex perts to testify. Dr. Hyde has been tried three times. He was convicted of first degree mur der at his first trial, but the Supreme Court remanded the case. At his sec ond hearing a juror escaped from the custody of the court officials while the trial was going on. A third jury dis agreed. Famous War Governor Dies. PARIS. Sept. 11. William Sprague. famous "war" Governor of Rhode Island and twice United States Senator from that tttate, died today, aged 4. His death was due to meningitis, coupled wHn tne innrmiues oi age. r 4 , sell men's clothes of abso lute integrity clothes in which there is a unity of the four essentials Style, Qual 3 ity Character, Taste. Garments that bear the labels of some of America's greatest makers super-clothes at prices as low as those paid for clothes of only ordi nary merit. I invite you to come and see this clothes Exhibit of unchallenged supe riority, distinguished by honest craftsmanship and the strict mainte nance of a quality ideal. Suits and Overcoats $20 to $35 BEN SELLING COLLEGE RALLY HELD Reception at University of California Is Notable. 8000 JOIN IN FESTIVITIES Reed College Frofessor Is Speaker at Meeting at Beta Kappa Alpha Sorority Other Features Mark Opening. UNIVERSITY OB' CALIFORNIA. Berkeley, Sept. 11. (Special.) Fresh men, figure largely in this week's so cial events, the rally and president s reception being tha main events. The rally was held Wednesday night with about 8000 persons in the Greek Thea ter. Speeches were made and yell con tests were interspersed with selections by the cadet band and varsity quartet. A hUKe bonfire gave a spectral effect to the "serpentine." President Benjamin Ide Wheeler and Mrs. Wheeler received the new students at Hearst Hall Friday night. Seniors acted as ushers and assisted' about the room. The class color scheme of green was carried over, eyen to the refresh ments. The other main social event is the graduate students' informal set Satur day night. Professor Harry Beal Torrey, of Reed College, spoke Tuesday at the meeting of the Beta Kappa Alpha, the biological honor society. Librarian Rowell's report for the year ending July 1, ,115, shows an addition of 22,144 volumes to the shelves. The cost of the books averaged more than $1 each. Some recently published Stanford scholarship statistics show . a poorer record than those of the state in stitution. For the Spring semester, the general average at Stanford for all students was 77.8 per cent for 15 units of work. The women have maintained a record of 83.3 per cent, while the men have fallen to 75.5 per cent. Non sorority students have a grade of 84.9; non-fraternity, 76. 6. Sororities are graded at 82.5 and fraternities at 75.5. The lowest organization has a standing of 67.7. House clubs rank above "frats." The decision against Verne Smith is of general interest. Smith was dis missed from college by recommenda tion of the student affairs committee, charged wth the theft of a knife from the ""gym." The Alameda superior court denied him a writ of mandamus, but advised bim to use his privilege of ap peal to the academic senate of the uni versity. In spite of published advice to the contrary, a large number of freshmen have entered the university without sufficient funds for their first year. Applicants for employment are many. One of last year's freshmen entered with $7.50, earned his entire living as a janitor and waiter, and obtained a record of 17 units, the average require ment, with perfect grades, throughout the first semester. The students' co-operative store has declared a rebate of 10 per cent on all cash purchases for this term. At least $25,000 will be returned in this way. Amonar the many associations which RECIPE TO STOP DANDRUFF This Home-Made Mixture Stops Dan. druff and Falling Hair and Aids Its Growth. To a half pint of water add: Bay Rum..'. 1 02. Barbo Compound ....... ....a small box Glycerine oz. These are all simple ingredients that you can buy from any druggist at very little cost, and mix them yourself. Apply to the scalp once a day for two weeks, then once every other week until all the mixture is used. A half pint should be enough to rid the head of dandruff and kill the dandruff germs. It stops the hair from falling out. and relieves itching and. scalp diseases. Although it is not dye, it acts upon the hair roots and will darken streaked, faded, gray hair in- 10 or 15 days. It promotes the growth of the hair and makes harsh hair soft and glossy. Adv. d-. Morrison at Fourth have visited the campus lately are the convention of state universities, the Xational Kducation Association, the American Institute of Chemical Engi neers, a party of Eastern veterinarians a.nl 52 Chinese students. SANTIAM FIRE LOSS SMALL Forester Reports Lightning Origin of 20 Out of 23. ALBANY. Or.. Sept. 11. (Special.) Though 26 forest tires have started in the Santiam National Forest this Sum mer not one has covered more than ten acres. The great majority of them did not exceed one acre in extent, being discovered before they made any head way. F. II. Brundape, supervisor of the forest, says that 20 of the 26 fires GRESHAM September 14th to 18th SUPERINTENDENT ALDERMAN Believes in the County Fair. He states that teachers are instruct ed to accept excuse from any parents who desire to take their children to the Multnomah County Fair at Gresham, Sept. 4 to 18. PRESIDENT LEWIS Of the Multnomah County Fair states that any school children in the county, accompanied by parent, will be given free children's admittance to the Fair during the coming week. GOVERNOR WITH YCOM BE Told the Rotary Club that the cow is the wet nurse of prosperity and prosperity follows the cow. PRESIDENT KERR, of the Agricultural College, Told the Ad Club that the Fair is one of the most potent agencies for the welfare of this community, and that our mercantile es tablishments prosper in just such proportion as our farmers are prosperous. Attractions Eight Grange Exhibits. Hundreds of head of the finest stock in the state. Daily lectures by Miss Anna M. Turley, Domestic Science Dept. of the Oregon Agricultural College, and Professor F. L. Griffin, State Agent Boys' and Girls' Club Work, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. Multnomah County Corn Show, in charge of "Farmer Smith," Agri culturist of the O.-W. R. & N. Demonstration herd of dairy cows, in charge of J. D. Mickle, State Dairy and Food Commissioner. Daily lectures by J. M. Dickson, Shedd; Wm. Schulmerich, Hillsboro; W. K. Newell, Seghers; A. E. Westcott, Banks; Professor R. R. Graves, Dairy Dept. Oregon Agri cultural College. Races Thursday, Friday and Saturday; interspersed with exhibition driving of J. D. FarreH's Fancy Carriage Horses, "Old Glory" and "Union Jack." These fine carriage types will be hitched to a George IV phaeton and a Seaton wagon and driven by Miss Farrell. Mr. Farrell will also have his celebrated jumper, Premier, on exhibition. FIREWORKS EVERY EVENING Round-Trip Fare on Portland Railway, Light & Power Company and Bull Run Lines, 25 Cents. AUTOMOBILISTS MAKE PARKING RESERVATIONS NOW OREGON STATE FAIR Satem, September 27-October 2, 1915 5-passenger cars $1.00 per day; 7-passenger $1.50. "MEET ME AT THE FAIR" J. H. Booth, President W. Al Jones, Secretary V lli i't' Brewer Hats Always $3 this year were started by lightning. Fifteen of them were started about the same time in an electrical storm on August 25. Last year at this date an area of, about 4500 acres had beeu burned over. POISON VICTIM IMPROVES I'liysician Taken Home Against Ad vice of Those Attending Him. PKXVEK, Sept. 11.. Taken to his home against the advice of attending physicians. Dr. W. W. Kenney. who for three days was hovering between life and death from a deadly poison self administered through mistake for it sleeping potion, today showed signs of improvement. Authorities, however, declared that tomorrow must pass before the outcome would be certain.