TITE MORNING OREG ONI AN. TIITJIISDAY JULY 18, 1918.
LANG SYNE FROLIC
RECALLS OLD DAYS
SOME OF THE BOYS AS THEY FRATERNIZED YESTERDAY AT THE ANNUAL OUTING OF THE LANG
SYNE SOCIETY.
Girsiy9s TwemilLy
Members of Society Gather at
Oaks and Swap Reminis
. . cences of Long Ago.
lUDGE CAREY GIVES TALK
rrojramrae Includes Addresses.
Luncheon and Many Informal
Entertainment ' Features.
Japanese Film Pleases.
BY BEX HUR LAMPMAN.
The pages of Portland history vera
thumbed backward yesterday after
noon when the Lang Syne Society met
for its annual outing- at the Oaks while
its members spoke of the city as they
knew it in the '80s. For to attain
membership in the society one must
have been Identified with Portland's
business or professional life prior to
1890.
For five years the Lang- Syne So
ciety has existed, strengthening: its
bonds and drawing new membership to
it, and for an equal number of times
its roster has been assembled at an
annual revel. Of all these, so said those
who attended yesterday, the last ses
sion was the most enjoyable, as well as
marking: high tide in attendance.
Folk whose claim to membership Is
based upon a local residence of more
than a score of years, while not in the
same category as pioneers, may find a
wealth of reminiscence when they meet
for the renewal of old friendships, and
so it was with the Lang Syne as they
chatted of the days that are gone.
Judge Charles H. Carey, who delivered
the annual address, dwelt upon the sig
nificance of their association.
Lang Syne Is Renewed.
"The name of our society, Lang Syne,
Is in itself suggestive of the purpose,"
said Judge Carey. "It appeals to the
tenderest of human emotions and calls
to mind the friendships of long ago
and nothing is dearer to our hearts
than these.
"Critics may say. In speaking of the
noble song from which our society de
rives its name, that the spelling is
faulty, the rhythm ragged and the gen
eral construction uncouth. So they
have said of other songs that were deep
in the hearts' of the people. It may be
so. But it is not the poetic feature
alone that carries appeal to us. Rather
Is it the sympathetic associations which
are recalled, the chords that are
touched in memory, that win and hold
our love for the old words and the old
tunes.
"We are not pioneers, many of us. I
am not a pioneer, even in the degree
that most of you are. For I came here
In 18S3. when the golden spike had
been driven for the completion of the
Northern Pacific and when the bunting
of that epochal celebration was still
hanging over the streets. Yet I am in
touch with the era of the pioneers, as
are you, which was then drawing to
its close. .
Early Days Are Recalled.
"It comes to my mind how the city
looked then, at the time I came, and
7 fa nnnt hut notA the rfima.rka.Mfl de
velopment of those comparatively few
years that lie between. Think of the
simple, accepted, indispensable con
veniences of everyday affairs that we
have now and that were unknown then.
There were no electric streetcars, no
electric lights, no typewriters, and the
telephone was still In the experimental
stage, so much so that in all Portland
there were only a few. A score of
other marvelous commonplaces will in
stantly suggest themselves to you.
They tell of the progress we have
made.
"I spoke of the pioneer, and I can
not neglect this tribute. I have the
profoundest respect for those who
crossed the plains to open the West.
It took resolution, perseverance, self
reliance and the highest of courage.
For they came to this far country to
put up with hardships and makeshifts
that we cannot even imagine.
"Just think of the women of that
period, and of the grit and heart It
took to establish homes in that wil
derness they found. We of the new
generation are not entitled to such
credit. But the organization of the
Lang Syne Society will serve to link
the present to that past, even as the
actual pioneers have succeeded in re
calling an earlier era through their
splendid organization.
Judge Carey Stlra Crowd.
"The arrows are falling all about
us," said Judge Carey in conclusion,
"but while we have the opportunity to
come together let us embrace it, that
the old friendships and the old mem
ories, the pleasantest part of life, may
endure."
F. E. Beach, president of the society,
called the brief programme session to
A Lively Interest
is shown these days in the mat
ter of conservation and effi
ciency, and the people ar be
coming: more and more enlight
ened. For Instance, a few years ago
glasses were worn only by old
people for reading and working.
It's different today
Where there is eye strain,
either in youth, manhood or age,
properly fitted glasses are win
ning staunch friends, and their
use is continually bringing them
more forcibly to the attention
. of people where greater ease
and comfort of vision is desired.
For convenience, efficiency,
comfort and economy wear my
perfect-fitting glasses.
DR. WHEAT
Eyesight Specialist.
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1 (Left to Right) F. V. Holman. Colonel David M. Done, Judge Charles H. Carey, J. P. Shaw, Jinn M. Davis, firm
eral Bccbe, R. F. Hall. - Colonel David M. Dunne, Vice-President of the Lane Syne Society. 3 K. E. Bench, Pres
ident of the Society.
order, employing a gavel that is itself
unique in historical interest, and which
was presented to the Lang Syne Society
by George H. Himes, secretary and
curator of the Oregon Historical So
ciety. It is fashioned of three differ
ent woods the handle being of a frag
ment from the timbers of the old
Panama railway, brought to Oregon
more than half a century ago, while
the mallet Is of wood from the first
cherry tree brought to Oregon across
the plains and from the Oregon grape.
Other brief addresses followed by
Captain W. H. Hardy, General Beebe
and F. V. Holman. The latter won a
round of applause when he opined that
the assembled picnickers would rather
unpack the lunch baskets than listen to
continued addresses which informal
motion prevailed.
Japanese Film Pleases.
Though one need have but 28 years
of residence in the city to claim a place
in the Lang Syne Society, the fact that
its members are in touch with the stor
ied past is evidenced by their recollec
tions of the very vicinity in which the
annual outing was held.
For George H. Himes recalled that
the site of the amusement park was
once a favorite camping ground of the
Indian, wjiile Colonel 'Holman testified
that the slough which rests opposite
the park was famous not so long ago
as a duck resort; known as Lake Wap
ato, where he brought down his first
green-head mallard.
So they yarned away after this fash
ion, and they demolished a few hun
dredweight of excellent luncheon, and
when evening drew on they repaired to
the auditorium, where Captain Hardy
presented the motion picture film which
he brought back from Japan, and which
has never before been publicly - ex
hibited.
At the close of the afternoon pro
gramme the chairman called for three
cheers for Frank Dayton, founder and
secretary of the society, who perfected
all arrangements for the successful
outing. They were given with a will.
GRASS DIET FOR 20 DAYS
Greek Refugee Tells of Suffering
Under Allied Blockade.
SEATTLE, Wash.. July 17. Grass
was virtually the sole diet for 20 days
many residents of the- Ionian Is
lands during the allied blockade, ac
cording to Danis N. Vasilatos, a natur
alized Greek and former Port Angeles
resident, who, with his' wife and seven
children, has just returned from
Greece. .
One hundred thousand persons dead
of starvation was the total reached by
the time vessels from America and the
Indies were again reaching the port of
Athens, according to Vasilatos. The
little milk available on the islands was
fed to the children, he said, while the
older people lived on grass and weeds
like cattle. Vasilatos says his own
weight was reduced during this period
from 176 to 110 pounds.
Shortly before leaving Greece, ac
cording to Vasilatos. a 196-pound sack
of flour cost tlOO; meat sold for 80
cents to II a pound and eggs were 25
cents apiece. No Greeks under 46
years of age, he said, were allowed to
leave Greece.
SHIPYARD TIE-UP STOPPED
Machinists at Xewark, . J., on
Strike for Higher Wages.
OAKLAND. CaL. July 17. Work on
over 233,000 tons of ship construction
in shipyards of this city, which was
tied uo for the two oays past ty a
strike of 3500 boilermakers, was today
resumed , when the men returned to
their places on. the promise that their
grievances will be given a full hearing.
It is said another strike may be
called unless satisfactory results are
forthcoming by August 7.
NEWARK, N. J., July 17. Between
seven and eight thousand skilled ma
chinists, toolmakers and their appren
tices, mostly employed in Government
work, walked out in various manulac
turlng plants In this district today, on
strike lor higher wages.
Cholera Rages In Russia.
LONDON, July 17. Some 500 persons
die of cholera daily in Petrograd, ac
cording to ths Exchange Telegraph
Company. At Saratov . thousands of
persona are suffering from the disease,
The malady has spread to Finland.
TRADE LOSS FEARED
Pan-German Dream of Com
plete Independence Shaken.
SOCIALISTIC WAR DEPLORED
Phllipp Helneken, Director of North
ern German-Lloyd Steamship
Company, TJrgcs World-Wide
Economic Relations.
AMSTERDAM. July 17. Those Pan
Germans who dream of a complete eco
nomic independence as the result of the
projected middle Europe league, are
rudely awakened by Phillpp Helneken,
director of the North German Lloyd
Steamship Company, who In the peri
odical Deutsche Stimman publishes an
article which has attracted a good deal
of attention.
It Is Bremen, Hamburg and the other
seaports where the entente strangle
hold will be the most severely felt, the
director says, and the practical views
of business men there are apt to clash
with those of political schemers in Ber
lin, Director Helneken, who expressly
disclaims judging the question from a
too narrow shipowner's- point of view,
warns against exaggerated expectations
from the "blessed word" Mlttel Europe
as a cureall for the economic ills to
which the central powers are heirs.
It is a popular fallacy, he declares,
to imagine that Mitt la Europe will
make up for lost markets abroad. He
prefers the principle adopted in Vienna
in a resolution of the Federated Austro
German Commercial Unions last June,
which was the resumption of economic
relations with all nations.
Director Helneken cites a series -of
figures taken from the CiermaiKpre-war
imports list and continues by saying
that a glance shows it will te impos
sible in the future to cover all these
needs from domestic sources.
Austria-Hungary, which has no col
onies, he says. Is especially dependent
on overseas supplies. It Is of prime im
portance, Helneken thinks, that the cen
tral powers rid themselves as soon as
possible after the war of the shackles
of what he terms a stats socialistic
war administration and return to Indi
vidual enterprise.
Middle Europe, he concludes, must be
made a means to that end but must
never be regarded as a political achieve
ment for its own saks.
KNIGHTHOOD JSCONFERRED
Britain. . Gives Honorary Distinction
to Pershing and Bliss.
LONDON, July 17. General John J.
Pershinghas been awarded ths Grand
Cross of the Order of The Bath. Gen
eral Tasker H. Bliss, American repre
sentative at the Supreme War Council,
has been given the Grand Cross of the
Order of Michael and St. George.
The elevation of Generals Pershing
arid Bliss to the knighthood of England
is concrete evidence of the recognition
given their services in the great war
by the British government.
The most honorable order of . the.
Bath is one of the oldest of the knight
ly organixations in Great Britain. It
consists of 65 military and 27 civil
members, exolusiva of ths sovereign.
princes of the blood royal and distln
gulshed foreigners who may be noml
nated to the honorary distinction.
UMATILLA MAID IS FOALED
Daughter Born to Governor Withy-
combe's Famous Loretta.
SALEM, Or.. July 17. (Special.)
"Umatilla Maid" Is the latest addition
to Governor Withycombe's family,
"Umatilla Maid" Is ths daughter of
"Loretta," famous saddle horse that
has carried Governor Wlthycombe on
I so many parades in Oregon during the
past three years. Ths Governor says
she is probably the first pure-bred
American saddle horse foaled in Ore
gon.
"I think It Is the patriotic duty of
everyone who can do so to raise a good
hnr, asserted the Governor today.
Following the war there will he
great demand for horses. Draft horses
are now bringing $700 and 11000 a team
In the East and more in Europe. In
Europe there will be an immense mar
ket, as the stock is very nearly de
pleted.-
FIRE FIGHTERS ORGANIZE
Heppner Takes First Steps In form
lng Efficient Department.
SALEM. Or.. July 17. (Special.)
Deputy Fire Marshal Stokes returned
today from Heppner, where he has been
assisting that town in organizing a fire
protection system following two dls
astrous fires. He declares that Hepp
ner will soon have one of the best
small fire departments on the Coast.
A volunteer department of 70 men
has been formed, with the Home Guard
as a nucleus. A paid chief, Mike Cur-
ran, formerly chief at The Dalles, has
oeen hlrea. an electrical inspector will
be installed, old shacks will be con
demned and Friday the citizens have
agreed to clean up all rubbish and
waste which constitute a hazard.
LABOR TICKET ORDERED
Minnesota Federation Kxpected to
Unite With Non-Partisans'.
VIRGINIA. Minn., July 17. The Min
nesota Federation of Labor, at its an
nual session here today, passed a reso
lution ordering the call of a caucus in
St. Paul August 24 next for the organ
ization of a separate labor party and
ths nomination of a complete state
ticket. Both -Governor-J. A. A. Burn-
qulst and Fred Wheaton. Democratic
Gubernatorial candidate, were declared
Inimical" to the cause of labor.
While no official announcement was
made. It was considered certain that
this political movement meant a union
with the Non-Partisan League.
FIRST SHIPMENTS MADE
Linn County Farmers Form Co-op
erative Marketing Association.
ALBANY. Or.. Julv 17. (Sn.rl1 1
The recently formed Linn County Co
operative Livestock Marketing Associa
tion made its first shipments today. A
carload of hogs was shipped from Tan
gent and a car of cattle and a mixed
car of cattle and hogs from- Albany to
me Portland market.
The executive committee of the asso
ciation will meet in Albany Saturday
to choose a manager. Pending this. H.
. .atman,' of Albany, and M. L.
Forster, of Tangent, are acting. E. R.
Allen, of Tangent, has been named
chairman of the executive committee.
Wlijr accept an in
ferior Army Shoe
when you can get
the standard article
at the same price or
less? Ask for the
BuckhechT Army
Shoe and get what
you ask for.
Then you're sure
to be satisfied 1
Look for th nam
BuCXHECHT
'stamped on the sole
of every Shoe for our
mutual pcoteOion.
BUCKH.
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The Buckhecht Army Shoe la Sold la
Portland by C. H. Baker.
In Other Towns by Principal Dealer.
It's the clothes selling policy that should make a .
mighty appeal to every man who would conserv e his
money that he may have more to invest in Bonds, War
Stamps or give the Red Cross.
When I say to you that Gray's Twenties are as
good as other stores' $25.00 and $30.00 Suits and that
Gray's Thirties are as good as other stores' $35.00 and
$40.00 Suits you can bet it's so.
How can we do this? We are willing to, split our
profit with you, fifty-fifty, that we may get volume. We
have increased our Clothing business' the last ten
months, through this new selling policy, three times
without increased expense.
COMPARE GRAY'S
$20 S
With Suits Sold by
for $25 and
OUR
ROOMS TO BE LISTED
Ad Club Will Make Canvass
Among Own Members.
G. A. R. MEETING IN VIEW
Executive Secretary of Associated
Advertising Clubs of 'World, on
Way Home, Speaks at
Portland Luncheon.
The Portland Ad Club will register
all members of the club whose homes
will be thrown open to entertain vis
itors to the Grand Army encampment
next month. The list will be completed
and reported to the meeting next
Wednesday. Members have already an
nounced they will provide accommoda
tions for .visitors to the capacity of
tneir homes, and to aid the accommo
dations committee of the Chamber of
Commerce and make available the
greatest possible number of rooms this
special canvass will be made.
President Frank McCrlllla told the
members yesterday that it is estimated
25,000 visitors will come to Portland
on the special rates made for the occa
sion by Director-Ceneral McAdoo.
Reports from members of the San
Francisco delegation were heard at the
Ad Club luncheon yesterday. All
agreed that the convention was fruitful
in advancing the larger Interests of
publicity worTt. C. W. English, director
of the better business bureau of the
Portland club, reported upon the pro
vision made for prosecuting that phase
of activities, which was given an ap
propriation of 125.000 for the coming
year. W. A. Williams, of the voca
tional farm help bureau, spoke in ap
preciation of the help the clubmen
have given to that work. Sidney B.
Vincent epitomised the new work of
the Chamber of Commerce under his
direction aa "Honestly Advertising
Portland."
P. S. Florea was the principal speak
er. As executive secretary of the As
sociated Advertising Clubs of the
World. Mr. Florea is the general mana
ger of an enterprise that has grown
to large proportions and occupies the
time and energy of a staff of about
80 people at the Indianapolis head
quarters. It Is maintained at an an
nual cost of about $100,000. of -which
only a small percentage comes from
the dues paid by the various clubs.
Mr. Florea outllred the essentials of
ECHJ
Built sturdy and
serviceable for
Office Men
Attorneys
Physician
Hikers
Farmers
Orchard is ts
Motormen
Conductors
Hunters
and others' in
every walk of life
MSWS
R0 Mo Gray
uits
$30 Suits
Other Stores
$30
With Suits Sold by Other Stores
for $35 and $40
VALUES WILL
a good, well-rounded advertising club,
and declared that he found the Port
land club well up to all the standards.
Ho complimented the efficiency of the
Better Business Bureau. Unqualified
indorsement of the "big brother" move
ment, for the ncouraKement of the
formation of advertising clubs In
smaller towns of the territory tribu
tary to Portland, was given by him.
Lumber Mill Is Kircd.
R1DQEFIELD. Wash.. July 17. (Spe
cial.) The lumber mill belonging to
the Pioneer Lumber Company, a few
n.lles east of here on the Pacific Hlgh
way. wsw set on fire Saturday night.
His Stomach
John R. Barker, Battle Creek, Mich., writes,
'I was troubled with heartburn, indigestion and
liver complaint until I began using Chamberlain's
Tablets, then my trouble was over." If you are
troubled with indigestion or constipation give them
a trial they will do you good.
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Interested asks: "I am constipated,
tongue coated, have headache, dizsy
spells and Indigestion sometime e.
Please advise?"
Answer: I advise that you begin
using three grain strlpherb tablets (not
sulphur.) These tablets are laxative,
act on the liver, kidneys and bowels
and tend to keen the blood pure, by
arousing the ellmlnattve functions. Re
lief should follow quickly.
"Manager" writes: "I have pains in
my spine and frightful headache In
back of head, fainting spells, twitching
and trembling, nervousness, sleepless
ness, loss of appetite and strength, and
in fact am a 'has been,' when it comes
to performing accustomed work and
dvtles."
Answer: In all such cases the assimi
lative functions have not kept place
with waste functions and a powerful
harmless tonic treatment is needed. I
find three grain cadomene tablets un
excelled and astonishingly beneficial in
such cases and advise them for you.
"Fat" writes: "I am seeking ome
safe method to reduce my fleaH. "While
my frame Is large I am getting real
fat, and, of course, it is embarrassing."
Answer: For many years I have
placed reliance In the formula known
ns five grain arbolone tablets packed
in sealed tubes with full direction for
home use. Some have reduced as much
as forty pounds in a few weeks.
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366 Washington
and West Park
The night- watchman reports that he
discovered the person who set the fire
and that he escaped in an automobile.
No damage was dona and another auto
r) aaed the man but could not calch
htm.
riane to Hunt Villa.
CHIHUAHUA CITT. Mex.. July S
An airplane will be used by the mili
tary at the zone headquarters for
pcouting and locating Villa and other
bandits In the plains and mountains
of the north. An airplane has hern
shipped from Mexico City for use hero
and an expert aviator also will be sent
from the capital to operate it.
Trouble Over
dvicb,
The questions answered below are
general in character, the symptoms or
diseases are given and the answers will
apply In any case of similar nature.
Those wishing further advice, free,
may address Lr. Iewis Baker, College
Bldg., Colleif-Elwood streets, Dayton.
Ohio, enclosing self-nddrevsed stamped
envelope for reply. Full name and ad
dress must be given, but only initials
or fictitious names will be used In my
answers. The prescriptions can ba filled
at any well-stocked drug store. Any
druggist can order of wholesaler.
Celia asks: "My hair Is too oily and
my scalp itches with dandruff, and of
late Is combing out too much. What Is
a good treatment?"
Answer: Obtain plain yellow mlnyol
from your druggist In 4-ox. jars and
apply as per directions. This cleans,
purifies, cools and invigorates the hair
and acalp, thus stopping the death of
the hair. Dandruff and itching are at
once relieved. Men and women all over
the country now use it regularly.
"Worried" writes: "Have been doc
toring for kidney trouble and now want
your advice. Frequent desire is fol
lowed by burning pain and am very
tender and sore over region of bladder.
Also backache affects me dreadfully.
Can hardly move when I awake in the
morning. Weakness, too, is a symp
tom. "
Answer: I think Jf you will tnjee
balmwort tablets regularly for a few
weeks your kidneys and bladder will
become normal and euch symptoms
vanish. This Is unequalled lor such
complaints in my estimation.
NOTE: For many years Dr. Baker has
been giving free advice and prescrip
tions to millions of people through the
rress columns, and doubtless has helped
n relieving illness and distress more
than any single Individual In the
world's history. Thousands have writ
ten him expressions of gratitude and
confidence similar to the following:
Dr. lyewls Maker, Dear Sir: We have
used three of the medicines you advise,
the double four, the essence mentho
laxene and the rheumatism prescrip
tions, and I want to say they all
worked like a charm. They are the
best I have ever used and I feel I could
not keep house without them. I am
very grateful and pleased to recom
mend any of these medicines prescribed.
Very truly vours.
MRS. R- 1 WHITED.
No. 8 Coleman St..
Adv. . Port Jervls, K. T,