.Tnr SUNDAY OUEGOXIAX. PORTLAND. MAY 23. 1920 GRAIN PRICES STILL T Get More Wear Out of Your Clothes St. Louis Reports Slump in Corn and Wheat. RETAIL CUTTING" GOES ON In, " .? -4M. Jt&fflMUl Shoe and Clothing Flffures Slashed in -Kansas City So Danger, Eastern Banker Says. ST. LOUIS. May 12. Following yes terday's slump in grain futures, cash corn today dropped 8 to 18 cents a bushel on the Merchants' Exchange, while cash wheat fell 9 to 10 cents a bushel. KANSAS CITY. Mo.. May 22. Kan sas City dealers tn wearing apparel j today advertised reductions from 10. to 60 per cent. One department store offered worn rn's silk hose, formerly S to $, for SI. 95, and shoes "formerly it. xor , $7.75. I An exclusive shoe store placed its entire stock on the block at from S5 J downward. "WASHINGTON, May 22. Another step designed to aid in driving down prices of necessities lias bc-en taken j by the federal reserve board. Uov- ! ernor Harding is understood to have j intimated to federal reserve bank of- ficials that they fiiould scrutinize i carefully the pjper they hold as se curity for loar.s made to the sugar trade to the end that more sugar ma) be marie available for domestic con sumption. It was estimated that probably J230.00O.OOO was tied up in "frozen loans" on sugar stocks and it was re garded as probable that the banks would locate sugar slocks held for speculative purposes and force their distribution. ST. LOUIS. .May 22. There is no cause fot fliianuiiil alarm in the pres ent nation-wkJr price-.shtsh in :r move ment, according to a statement today by Richard . Hawes of this city, president of the American Bankers' association. Mr. Hawe.s referred to persons who professed to foresee hard times in the tightening of the credit system as "calamjty howlers." Altltoush bankers arc discouraging non-essential investments and wild j speculation. .Mr. Hawes asserted that no bank would refuse credit to carry on essential production. NEW YORK. May 22. Herbert Hoover "will testify here Monday on general economic conditions, with spe cial reference to the sugar situation, before the joint legislative committee investigating profiteering, it was an nounced today by Leputy Attorney General Berber. SAN "FRANCISCO. May 22. Reduc tion of half a cent a pound in the wholesale price of heavy beef steers, dressed and other classes of beef was announced by the Western Meat company here today. The reduction brought the price to 16 cents a pound. Decreased consumption was given as a reason for the reduction. 34 GRADUATES IN CLASS Commencement Kxercises Held at First Congregational Church. Commencement exercises for the class of 1920 of the Pacific Chiroprac tic college were held Thursday at the First Congregational church, the graduating- class being composed of 31 members. Dr. O. W. Elliott, presi dent of the collejta, conferred the de grees. The valedictory address was delivered by AV. P. Kvans, while Rev. J. William Byrd spoke the invocation. Also on the programme were George K. Malett. Mrs. Charles W. Burtt. Miss Nina rressel and Dorothy Winkle. Graduates this year are: Prank F. "Winzenried, Hazel B. I.augh- lin, Kobert A. t:rawtord. John O. Huiler, Julia Rhode Winkler, William Winkler, Mila r. Warren. Myrtle M. Ftldbausen Aibert F. I.utea, Harvey p. Coleman. Ber tha Bays White, Klla Wall Wight, P. P. uyDeaRL, c-naries c josui, w. r . livans Theresa L. Koote, Anna Karvonen, H. K Spencer, Kathryn Baker. L.ucy K. Hum phreys. I. H. X, Jameson. Albert H Pinnry, K. B. Ansell.'O. J. Norri. Charles K. Rigdon. Herman H. Peters, John W. Peck, Ernest U. icsc. Mm in H. Ioust Calvin V. Guerrettaz. Howard I. Pooi-e, V,lton . Jones. Maurice L.. Uchman, Lillian Deal Wllkins. Hart Schaffner V SMarx 7 ALL clothes are high-priced, whether they are good or bad, so there's just one . way to make your clothes cost less Get good ones; the kind that wear the longest; that lowers your clothes cost per day. You spend less by the yean That's the kind of a service we can give you; more wear and a lower cost. Hart Schaffner & Marx make the clothes; all wool and stylish; if you aren't satisfied that you get your money's worth,- you'll get your money back. . SamT Rosenblatt & Co. The Home of Hart Schaffner & Marx Clothes - Fifth at Alder Gasco Building EX-PRESIDENT TEACHERS ASKS BREAD PRICE GOING UP Wholesale Cost Will Be 10 Cents Instead of 9. Housewives not yet calloused to i creases in food prices will find their pocketbooks suffering another serious jolt after tomorrow, when the pnn cipal bakers of the city will add one cent to the charge for bread, making It 10 cents wholesale instead of cents. Kising: costs of flour, sugar and labor are held responsible for this Increase. Among the bakers who could be reached yesterday and who admitted they were expecting to put in effect the new schedule were J. A. Wright of the Log Cabin Baking company, H. H Haynes of the Haynes-Poster and E F. Davidson of the Davidson Baking company. The BaKe-Klte also is plan ning for the increase later in the week. Convicted I. W. W. Is Insane. ABERDEEN, Wash.. May 22. (Spe cial.) Anti Kol. a Russian and on of the 11 I. W. W. criminal syndlcal ists convicted in February, today was committed by Judge Abel to the west rn Washington hospital for the in sane. Koi. who has been in jail here since his arrest last November, was sentenced to pay a fine of $300 and costs, and being without funds he has been serving the fine in jail. OF , PAKEXT- DIVORCE. struct a riilroad track over Pittsburg street, in the city of St. Helens, Co lumbia county. Hearing of the ap rlicaion has - been set for early in June.- -. Obituary. Mrs. I. X. Hyndman Alleges nos band Caused Friends to Avoid Her Home. Yow-yowing" is a new divorce rea son cited in a suit ior epi'""' in the circuit court yesterday by fcva A. Hyndman. ex-president of the local parent-teacher association, against Ira N. Hyndman. wnom sue November 27. 189o. Mrs. Hyndman declares mat nci husband "made her existence a miser able thins by his Jealous and narrow heckling and yow-yowing. rouchy and would nag unm evei nerve was on lire. also offensive to her lrienas to ouun a degree that thev "avoided her home they would a pestilence. Mr. Hyndman was parsimonious. says his wire, - unm ner iiei.c. whipped to hysteria anu b.ic obliged to leave him ior me sane vi her health and peace of mind." Fred Julian discovered on January ?2 1919. that she had been leit -iuu by the death of her husband in a local shipyard, ana on apru .. persuaded her to marry him. asserts Mrs. Ast-cnia Julian. Mrs. Julian says that shortlv after marriage ner nus- Via nil i-saiixf-ri her to Duy a nome lur 2000 at 1798 Belmont street and took th riri in his name. On February 20, 192U. Mrs. juuan was taken to a logging camp at Oak Point. Wash., to live. She declares her husband abused her child by for mer marriage and she told him: "You fight my child, youvfight with me. I am tired of being beat up and I will have to leave you." "Go to blazes" was her husband s only reply, as he handed her J1.50. says Mrs. Julian. The fare to Portland was 1.10. leaving 40 cents to live on. "How about my 2000T' she asked her husband, and he proceeded, she declares, to "beat her up." A collec tion was taken up at the logging camp and J9.50 raised to send her to Port land, it was asserted. Since marriage to her, Ethel D. Nelson declares, Arthur Nelson mar ried a woman named Dorothy in Santa Ana. CaL, ' and lived there with her until the superior court of California annulled the ceremony. Mrs. Nelson asks a divorce on grounds of cruelty and desertion. Other divorce suits filed with Coun ty Clerk Beveridge yesterday were: Elma Marie Thurber against Ernest P. Thurber Eva Holcomb 'against S. A. Holcomb. Dorothy Raynolds against Fritz Raynolds and Veta Holton against Warren Holton. RIDGEFIELD, Wash., May 22. (Special.) Alfre Alonzo Knox, one of the oldest residents of this commu nity, died May 19, and was buried yesterday from the Community church. Rev. George V. McClure offi ciating. He was 83 years old. ,-He was born- in New . Hampshire and moved to the Pacific coast In 1862, first locating in Portland. From there. tie moved to Ridgefield in 1876 and engaged in the cattle business. He leaves nine nieces and nephews: Mrs. Gage Hazelton, Mrs. M. H. Schmeer, J. A. Hazelton, H. A. Hazel ton, W. C Hazelton. Florance M. Stackpole. all of Portland: Mrs. D. W. C. Durgin of New Hampshire and N. H. Knox of Ridgefield. He owned considerable real estate in fortiand and Vancouver. tie never married. i COTTAGE GROVE, Or., May 22. (Special.) S. K.- Lewis and E. K. Turpin died yesterday. Mr. Lewis was born in Polk county and was 61 years of age last month. He was in the merchandise business at Yoncalla, but had been a resident here for a number1 of years,' having a ranch east of the-oity.. He s survived by the widow, three brothers and a sister.-, E. K. Turpin was born in Missouri, December 27. 1852, crossed the plains with his family when a little child and settled in-California. He settled in 1864 in the Coast fork valley here, where he married Miss Emma Lacky, who survives. One son, Wlnnifred M., lives at home and another son. Lester H., lives in California. Funeral services Tor Thomas D. Richardson, aged 60. of 525 Columbia street, who died at the Good Samaritan hospital Friday., will be held today at 2 P. M. from the chapel of J. P. Finley & Son. Services will be under the di rection of the Knights of Pythias of which order the deceased was a prom-' inent member. Prior to his death Mr. Richardson was employed at the Co lumbia Ship company in the capacity of watchman. He was a native of Ore gon and is survived by his sister, Mrs. A. M. Mattlngly of Portland. Inter ment will be in the Mount Scott cre-mtorium. OREGON CITY. Or.. May 22. (Spe cial. Bernard Moynaugh, son of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Moynaugh of this city died ' at Salem, yesterday. The body will be .brought here for burial. Fu neral arrangements await word from his sisters, one of whom lives at Cot tonwood, Idaho, and another in Mon tana. Moynaugh was 24 years of ape. PLANE FALLS 150 FEET Welfare Conference to Be Held. Representatives of the Parent Teacher associations of the city will confer with public welfare bureau of ficials at 3 o'clock next Thursday afternoon for the purpose of en deavoring to provide training and employment for handicapped people and clothing for depencnt families. A study of fani'ly problems during the past winter revealed these two needs. Contrlbntions to Isom Fund ASked. Contributions for the fund to erect a memorial to Mary Frances Isom. city librarian, it'jo died a short time ago, are to be solicited by the direc tors of the library association. Boxes and envelopes to be used in collecting money will be placed in all branches, or it may be sent through the mail with the nam and addresa of the donor. but X. B. Evans, Pilot, Bruised, Able to Make Trip. N. B. Evans, pilot for the Iforth- west Aircraft corporation, received bruises yesterday afternoon, when an airplane which he was driving took a header 150 feet to the ground at the municipal flying field. W. E. Kobson, police lieutenant, who was riding in the machine at the time, was unhurt. The airplane was broken when it struck a fence in landing. The pilot's injuries were noj se rious enough to prevent his leaving on a trip for Bejid in another air plane shortly afterwards. Track Wanted Across Street. SALEM. Or., May 22. (Special.) The Milton Creek Logging company today filed with the Oregon public service commission application to con- PORTLAND BUSINESS MEN It's Up To. You You have been fighting for "Truth in Adver tising." You established a BETTER BUSI NESS BUREAU for the express purpose of protecting the purchasing public against the dishonest merchants. In June Portland will be host to thousands from all over the United States. Stand by the BETTER BUSINESS -BUREAU in its efforts to protect these men and women from extortion or misrepresentation of any sort. . " . - -i Notify this BUREAU of any attempt on the part of stores or itinerant merchants to im pose on strangers. Such information will be held confidential, but will enable the BUREAU to take action through the proper authorities. BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU, Portland Ad Club, 308 Oregon Bldg. Broadway 2605 I I TODAY AND- UNTIL' TtLsbAY I ' ' m E2ia amir ; -Yvtt ' : . : v x!n' .i H .... 111 S. l - ' -4 f i v iii i i ,. w m i t vv i l i iii innirrmiiffii- V - 1 -.t..-, .. - , rn-Tll tin r rrnsf I JINGLE JINGLE I I 1 HE A WESTERNER, FULL OP PEP; I II SHE AN EASTERNER WHO COULD STEP. I it SHE HAD MONEY, HE HAD NONE, I ! 1 SO THEY MARRIED ON THE RUN. I LATER ON AS TIME WENT BY, . 1; SHE FLEW A LITTLE BIT TOO HIGH, I I AND WHAT HE BID IS PLAINLY SEEN j J j I - INSIDE TODAY UPON OUR SCREEN. PHILIP PELZ AND PEOPLES SYiNIINIQUE ORCHESTRA ... ... - - n (; JMl3aMMirirWlirilf1llIiMIMllIMMaMMIMMHtlll i I The Oregonian's Convention Reports Will Excel SPECIAL ARTICLES BY INI ARK SULLIVAN, premier authority on national politics. JAMES J. MONTAGUE, formerly of The Oregonian staff, who will: cover both' conventions for this paper.