Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937, August 13, 1918, Image 8

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Newspaper Page Text8 THE MORNING OEEGONIAN, TUESDAY, AUGUST 13, 1918, CIVIL WAR WILL BE USES HIED Reception Planned Will Be Stellar Event of National G. A. R. Encampment. GIG DELEGATIONS COMING At Least 20,000 Visitors Expected t Opening of Great Reunion Jfext Week; Commander-in-Chief Due "Wednesday. The very first arosstp of the Grand Army encampment, which opens In Portland next Monday, concerns the devoirs that the veterans may be ex pected to pay to the Civil War nurses of whom two score or more will bs In attendance. It has always been so, at every Grand Army encampment of the past. The lads who fought at Shlloh or Gettys burg, who felt the slash of saber or smash of mlnle-ball. have affectionate memories of the lassies who cared for them In the field hospitals of the old days. Therefore, it is to be expected, ay the gossips, that many a grray halred cavalier will hold the Civil War Kurses reception to be distinctly the tellar event of the encampment. B1T Delegations Coming. . Of the Grand Army there will " be present 700 accredited delegates from the various posts of America, accord ing to Information received at head quarters. Approximately 1000 delegates will sit in the councils of the Women's Belief Corps, which assemble during encampment week. Fifty members of the Civil War Kurses will be In at tendance, with headquarters at the Hotel Nortonla. Orlando A. Somers, commander-in-chief, with Robert W. McBride, Adjutant-General, and their respective staffs, will arrive on Wednesday night, and plunge at once Into the detail of prep aration. A telegram from General Somers requests that General Beebe end W. J. Hofmann, of the general committee, meet with him at once upon his arrival and discuss arrangements for the parade, so that orders may be issued to the Grand Army veterans. On Friday morning General Somers will open headquarters on the meiza nine floor of the Multnomah Hotel, and wiu assume direction of the encamo merit. Issuing general orders covering - all events and official sessions. On Sunday morning the Grand Army executive, committee will meet at head quarters. Though the encampment does not open officially until the following aay, in nrst entertainment event will be presented on Sunday afternoon. when the first arrivals will be guests at a oana concert in Laurelburet Park. Estimates of the attendance still varv. but it appears certain, from telegrams aireaay received, that at least 20,000 visitors will be In Portland for the opening of the encampment. All esti mates Include the members of the women a Relief Corps and other tin lliary organixatlona who are expected to attend. Grani Reception Planned. On Monday night will be held grand reception and eeml-buslness meeting at the Auditorium. On Tues day will occur the parade. In which none eave veterans may take part, with tne annual campflr In the evenlnsr. On Wednesday and Thursday business sessions will be held. Four receptions win do neia on Wednesday night. Friday the accreditetd deleeatea will visit the Columbia Highway and picnic i oonneviiie. -art of the number will voyage thither on the Lurllne and the Georglana. while others will take the auto trip. Returning that evening the mod of travel will be reversed for the two parties. That evening will witness the close of the encampment, though many win linger lor a day or so. Retail stores will be enlisted In window-trimming contest for encamp ment week, under direction of the com mlttee on decorations. Cash prises ot i ana 110 will be awarded by committee consisting of S. M. Moses, m. nrnn ana v. j. oollehur. The displays must be patriotio In nature with the Grand Army as a motif. -awards will be made on point percent gea, SO per cent for originality, 25 per cent for workmanship and 2$ per oi tor coior scneme. IHB BY CE RTR CDE SUSHI -'iiimmmmmii sly. J P. COR13ETT 1 1 1 r r i fOCIETT'S ehlef Interest nowadays Is In patriotic work. The women who are Interested In the salvage bureau are giving their time and the use of au tomobile to carry bundles to the bu reau at Third and Oak streets. Those who have donated the use of machines recently have been Mrs. A. F. Foley, Mrs. Bert C Ball. Mrs. George H. Nlco- lal. Mrs. James H. Dunlap, Mrs. Allis ton, Mrs. A. M. Webster, Mrs. Philo Jones, Miss Bailey, of the East Side Library. Mrs. Josephine Sharp, Mrs. W. Dennison Clark, Mrs. H. T Mac Kenzie, Mrs. F. E. Hart and Miss Annie Darowtsch. Those who do the collect ing find difficulty In handling the small articles and l.ose papers and odds and ends and ask that donors tie the papers in bundles and put the small donations In boxes and packages. see Dr. George Norman Pease left Sun day night for New York City, having received orders to report for active service at the Neurological Hospital. He received a commission as First Lieu tenant In the medical division. - Mrs. E. M. Runyon. of 697 Main street. entertained recently for Miss Bessie Owen, who Is home for the Summer. Miss Ella Lockwood shared In the hon ors. Miss Lockwood Is visiting here. The many friends of Miss Harriet Griffith will be glad to know that she Is steadily Improving after her Tecent operation. Miss Griffith Is at St. Vin cent's Hospital. e Eugene Ehrhardt, whose marriage to Miss Susie Boone Paige will be sol- mnized tomorrow noon, entertained last night at a theater party at the Heillg to witness the production of Polly With a Past." The rueste ln- luded members of the bridal party who are house guests of the Paige family. A supper in the Arcadian gardens followed. Mrs. A. W. Larson, formerly of this city, now of Lewlston, Idaho. Is a visit or in Portland. Mr. Larson, who Is as sistant cashier In one of the larger banks, will arrive In a few days.' . Mrs. W. Carse, sister of Mrs. Larson, will entertain for the visitors at her coun try home at Carleton. ter, born August 10. Mrs. Jones will be remembered as Miss Ethel Page, a former popular Portland school teacher. Mrs. S. G. Hirsch and her sister, Miss Helene Goldman, are among the recent arrivals at Seaside and will remain here the remainder of the season. Invitations are out for the marriage of Miss Elizabeth Frances Smith and Dale Alfred Perry. The ceremony will take place Saturday, August 24, at the Mount Tabor Methodist Church. Later there will be a reception at 24 East Sixty-first street. Miss Smith is a for mer student at Oregon Agricultural College and is a popular member of Chi Omega sorority. A number of the girls who also are members will come from out of town to attend the wedding and the sorority sisters will all sit together. Miss Smiths parents both passed away several years ago, but she has relatives here and many friends, who are showering her with good wishes. She came from New Tork City, where she has property Interests, to take one of the special courses at O. A. C. Dur ing her residence at Corvallls she en deared herself to student and faculty and was active in college affairs. Mr. Perry was a student at the same col lege, popular in fraternity circles and Is now In one of the shipbuilding plants. e a Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Bade and Miss Dorothy Bade, who has as her house guest Miss Helen Cattron, have opened their cottage at Newport for the sea son. ' They recently returned irom a tour of Eastern and Central Oregon. Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Grey, of this city. are in Los Angeles, where they are registered at the Hotel Clark. Arthur J. Moulton Is another Port' land man who was registered at the Hotel Clark, in Los Angeles, during the past week. HIOUSEWIVE ? O You Can Have Fine Results With Substitutes V You Can Save Money, Too The first thing to do is to make your war dough thinner because war flours absorb more moisture; and since baking powder is largely used as a leavener, use CRESCENT it has 20 more leavening power com bined with a steady, even raise which holds tne dough in suspension until perfectly baked. Follow the above' directions and you will be proud of the re sults and enjpy making really good things with substitutes. - The abnormal quantity of baking powder called for in most war flour recipes is entirely unnecessary if CRESCENT is used Experiments conducted by Mrs. J. R. Toller especially for ua have determined the correct quantity of baking powder required and the proper proportions of different substitutes for whit flours (the two recipes below give excellent examples) : i POISON FATAL TO WOMAN Sir. S. Balaco, Despondent, Takes . Mercury Tablets. Mrs. Splro Balaco, aged 19. 645H "vwmams avenue, died yesterday at Good Samaritan Hospital following the effects of taking bichloride of mercury caoiets. one took tne poison a week ago, a short time after she arrived In .Portland from Castle Rock, Wash, where her mother resides. Her hus band la a private stationed at Camp . xiewis. Despondency over the enforced ten ration from her husband caused her to take her life. In the belief of Deputy coroner uoeucn. wno investigated the case. Dunning McEntes have charge of cne zunerai which probably will be neia today. WASCO GIVES 12 NURSES His Katherine Anderson Named as Registrar for Campaign. ASTORIA, Or- Aug. IX. (Special.) Wasco Couny's quota of nurses to en list for the training reserve was more than filled at the close of the drive Sunday. The quota was 10, and 12 en listed. Miss Katharine Anderson, who enlisted as soon as the call came and expects to be called to Camp Lewis for active training, was appointed regis trar by Mrs. Lulu D. Crandall. chair man of the Woman's Council of De fense of Wasco County, and has been active in securing registrants. Miss Anderson is a daughter of J. E. Anderson, candidate tor Governor in the primary election. Liquor Barred Off Trains. - WASHINGTON. Aug. 18. Sale of liq uor In railroad stations or on railroad trains was forbidden by Director-General McAdoo today In an order effect ive Immediately and applying to all lines under Government control. Read The Orrrontsn classified ads. flioihoOO cheese fits In on that auto trip! Mrs. Charles Webber entertained at a houseboat party Sunday for Miss Laura Rogers and a few congenial friends. Mrs. William Wentworth, of Chicago, arrived In this city yesterday to be the guest of her sister, Mrs. James M. Reeves. 1599 East GUsan street. see Mr. and Mrs. Everett Babcock are among those who are giving their serv ices toward making the Oriental fete Thursday night a success. Mrs. Bab cock is preparing many of the draper ies and Mr. Babcock will plan the stage decoration. The fete will be at the H. C. Wortman home on Vista avenue and will open at 8:30 o'clock. The hostess and her assistants will wear Oriental costumes and those who take part In the programme will be attired in rich Oriental gowns and robes. Every dollar will be tor the Red Cross. Mrs. Frank E. Watklns entertained at a luncheon at the Automobile Club house Thursday afternoon for Mrs. James F. Twohy, who leaves Portland shortly to make her residence in Seat tle, and Mrs. Marlon B. James, who will make her home in Stockton, Cal. Guests at the luncheon were Mrs. Twohy, Mrs. James, Mrs. Rex H. Conant and her sister. Mrs. Jewett, from Piedmont. Cal.; Mrs. S. B. Archer, Mrs. Paul De Haus, Mrs. Ben Trenkman and Mrs. Herbert Newland. e Mr. -and Mrs. G. Win gate, of Astoria, are guests of Mrs. Willis Dunlway at her homo In Willamette Heights. e Miss Ruby Murray, of this city, was Included among the guests registered at the Lankershim Hotel. Los Angeles, last week. see Among the guests registered at the Hotel Clark, Los Angeles, the past week were Included Dr. H. C. Buckley and wife, Mrs. W. R. McKenzle and Mrs. F. Lee and daughter. C C Bradley, of this city, was In San Francisco last week, at the Bellevue Hotel. It. F. Burton and R. Modjeska were among the guests registered the past week from this city at the U. S. Grant Hotel, San Dlfgo. Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Jones, of S90 Dover street, are receiving congratula tions on the arrival of a baby daugh- I Mrs. Otto Mattern left Sunday for Tacoma, where she will attend the wed ding of Miss Mignon Fleetwood and Captain Orral, which will take place Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Mattern re cently returned from a two weeks mo tor trip. v e A lovely bride of Thursday afternoon was Miss Mary Mlnthorn, whose wed ding to William S. Strench took place at the parish house of the Presbyterian Church at Newport. The ring cere mony was used and the Impressive service was spoken by Rev. George Pratt, with only the immediate friends of the bride present. The bride was attractive in a simply made white georgette' gown, enhanced with real lace, which has been in the Mlnthorn family for many years. Dur ing the ceremony Mrs. George Pratt played Mendelssohn's "Spring Song." Immediately after the ceremony the bridal couple drove to Albany, where they took a train to Portland. The honeymoon will be passed in Seattle, after which they will be at home at Ketchikan, Alaska. Mrs. Strench Is the daughter of Dr. H. J. Mlnthorn and Is a very popular and talented young woman, having ob tained a master's degree at Columbia University, New Tork. Mr. Strench Is the head of the emi gration department at Ketchikan, Alas ka, where he has a wide circle of friends. WePAnaoncSERvrcE By Edith Knight Holmes GLENCOE district weighed and meas ured 128 babies. So far that Is the record. What district will do better? Mrs. W. H. Buxton, who was chair man of the test, had the assistance of an excellent committee. Several young girls, viz.: Janet Fenstermacher, Grace Cobb, Virginia Hill. June Reid, Frances Marshall, Aileen Kennedy and Marga ret Palsrow, went from house to house. Inviting the mothers to take their babes to the school on test day. Three Glencoe nurses. Genevieve Kidd, A. L. Buckland and Isabella Hill, assisted in examining the babies. Several promi nent doctors and Mrs. A. Bayley, of the Parents' Educational Bureau, .officiated. Auxiliary to Company C, 162d Infan try, will meet Wednesday at 8 P. M. at Central Library. Auxiliary of Company D will meet at the Central Library this afternoon at 3 o'clock. Obtain Our Table for Correctly Proportioning Substitutes We have published these proportions and recipes in handy form on a eard for hanging up in your kitchen. . You will find this table a wonderful help in war flour baking. If your grocer cannot supply you with one of these cards, send us lc stamp' for mailing free copy. Remember, there is real saving in CRESCENT and if you are not using It, give it a trial in your very next baking. One Pound J 5c at Al IT RAISES THE D Crescent Manufacturing Seattle, Waal , rry -..-'ZlsX Chocolate Cake feSr : Mi 1U eup sugar SljFt iwl J V cup molasses or syrwp ' S ounees chocolate 84'&W"r" 'V' Tt--ff H t cups barley, or SH oops oatmeal iV -!. - .f '1 M m6 teaspoons (jresceni Dumx .rowuw a ",4s3it- - fftf 4 B H teaspoon salt - -rSSSw ti-f T i Cream fat and sugar, add syrup. BCl, j-vxTijM' -c ! H beaten egg yolks and melted chocolate, f ,gTL,,.(JgA. S Tt 1 Ji Add milk alternately with mixed dry 1 .11 1 A'l ingredients. Fold In beaten egg whites. fS3?SJI 2 V $i g Pour Into greased pas and bake to a f - JCaF N ! ft moderate oven. E V'-iA 44 Grocers. I i- Wi a V 1 1 H 1 V a '! i 1 Co. WT1PmTJ Corn Flour and Barley-Muffins cup m41k egg tablespoon sugar tablespoons oil cup barley flour cup corn flour teaspoons Crescent Baking Powder teaspoon salt Confbine liquid, fat, syrup and egg. Sift dry ingredients. Combine the two mixtures, stirring lightly. Bake In moderately hot oven. MOSS PICKERS WANTED CALL IS SITED FOB WOMEN TO HELP ON SPHAG5UJI WORK. BIG AREA BURNED OVER MORE THAN ,100,000 ACRES SWEPT XX RAINIER NATIONAL FOREST. Forevt Exa laer and Associates Com plete Six-Day Inspection ef Cls pum Forest Fire, The Clspus forest fire In the Rainier National Forest burned over a larger area than at frst supposed, accordng to Forest Examiner W. B. Osborne, Jr., who returned yesterday to Portland after an inspection In the burned dis trlct. Mr. Osborne, accompanied by For est Supervisor G. F. Allen, of Ticoma. and Mineralogist T. Francis Drake, of the United States Weather Bnreau at San Francisco, made a 100-mile trip on foot, covering practically the entire dis tance around the big burn. They started from Lewis, Wash- and ended their hike at Randall, six days later. They found that the greatest length of the burned area, east and west, was SS miles. The fire was larger In ex tent than previously estimated, mora than 100,000 acres being burned over. The country over which the fire raged practically the same as that of the old Cispus burn of 1902, and on this account the chief damage was to the young stand of Douglas fir with which this section had, been restocked. Some loss was also found among the green timber. The fire Is still smouldering In places. although the weather during the past two weeks has been favorable for ef fective control. Some 140 men, about half of whom are soldiers, are at work preventing the further spread of the flames. Small fires are smouldering In many places In the green timber, and the fighters are engaged In locating these spots and putting out the fires before they gain headway. with similar labor elsewhere. Their ultimatum had been served on Federal ManaKer L. C. Oilman. For some time past the matter has been In the hands of the wage adjust ment board, and an early decision Is anticipated. GARBAGE AIDS RED CROSS Portland Housewives by Saving Can Add'l SO Dally to Chapter. It STRIKE HERE POSTPONED Employes of Freight Houses Agree to Walt for Adjustment. Postponement of their threatened strike, while points at issue are under adjustment, was consented to by em ployes of all Portland freight houses yesterday, as the resu t of a conference of representatives of the Brotherhood of Railway decks and Station Em ployes with officials of the Spokane, Portland A Seattle Railway and the O.-W. R. A N. Company. Six hundred employes are concerned In the threatened strike, and their de mands Include a uniform eight-hour Through the saving of garbage suit able for hog feed Portland housewives may make a daily gift of 50 to the local chapter of the American Kea Cross. The call' fon utilization of all kitchen waste bears the sanction of the Federal Food Administration. Recently the City Council passed an ordinance apportioning to the Red Cross profits of garbage sales as they may Increase. Information may os naa bv telephoning Main 4170. All food 'values suitable for hog feed must be carefully saved, 'Egg shells, coffee grounds, broken glass, tin cans. etc.. must be kept separate, as they would destroy the value of the food. Rags and waste papers should be tied In bundles fon collec tion every 30 days. FREIGHT OFFICE CLOSED Southern Faclflo at Forest Grove to Serve Two Railways. Freight offices of the Oregon Elec trie Railway at Forest Grove close to day, when the Southern Pacific office will begin joint service for the two lines. No freight business will be han dled by the Oregon Electric except car loads to and from Industries on its own lines at Forest Grove, and ship ments originating at or destined to strictly local points on the 11ns to and from Forest Grove. Tomorrow similar arrangements will become effective at Woodburn, and no tices are being sent to shippers to that effect in order to spare expense in re hauling. Both orders are at the In stance of the railway administration and are in line with the policy of economy. Draft Board's 'Work Grows. VANCOUVER, Wash., Aug. 12. (Spe cial.) So great has the work of the Clarke County draft board become that larger quarters have been found neces sary, so a store building at (05 West Eleventh street -has been secured. D. K- Webster has been appointed a board member to succeed Mrs. M. R. Haack, resigned. Order Received for 450,000 Dressings For Red Cross Italian Com- -mission. With an order In hand for 50,000 sphagnum moss dressings to be sup plied to the Red Cross Italian commis sion, the Northwest Is once more swing ing bard to work,, and a general call for help has been Issued from the Red Cross workrooms, on the eighth floor of the Lipman-Wolfe building, and on the fourth floor of the Spalding build ing, as well as from the sorting depots at the Irvington Club and in the Wor cester building. Because of the fact that what Is de scribed as yie finest sphagnum moss in the world comes from Tillamook Coun ty, where all other Red Cross activities' have been suspended that a great pick of sphagnum moss may be made, the call comes with special importance to Portland. "Scotland is now making 4,000,000 sphagnum moss pads each month and Canada, 20,000,000 annually," said Major I. Lowengart, chairman of the Red Cross military relief committee. "This Is because British surgeons have suddenly realized the tremendous importance of sphagnum in surgical cases. Sphagnum Is 20 times more ab sorbent 4han cotton. "We want now to begin to operate our workrooms to maximum capacity, and I call on Portland women once more to answer our call." - - CITY COMMISSIONER BACK and Peasant," request (Suppe) ; three new sons' hits, (a) " N Everything," (b) "The Blue Bird," (c) "Smiles" (Keralok Co.); selection, "Marltana," request (Wallace); "Forest Echoes." request (Olker), C. A. Cook, Charles ghanda. cornets; J. H. Ludwlg, French horn; C. H. Henney, euphonium: waltz. "Wedding of the Winds." request (Hall); grand military fantasia. "Remln- lscences of the Boys In Blue," request (Bol. Ilnson) ; National anthems and songs of the allies; "America," community sing. A farmer living near Caruthersvllle, Mo., went to St. Louts recently and bought a streetcar from two confidence men. paylner 100 for lt Mayor Baker Expected In City ' Thursday; Mann Due Today. After spending two weeks with his family at Seaside, City Commissioner Barbur returned to his duties yesterday. The greater portion of the time of the Commissioner's vacation was spent in fishing and catching crabs and pick ing wild blackberries. Mrs. Barbur canned 40 quarts of the lucious ber- I rles for consumption next Winter. Mayor Baker, who Is spending his vacation touring the southern pant of the state in an automobile, is expected back In the city tomorrow or Thurs day, and City Commissioner Mann will return from Coos Bay today. IBBBEIBIODBifliaiBGBlHBaiQIIBHIlElllia TELEPHONE : 5 OPERATORS : 5 WANTED s Vernon Gets Band Tonight. There will be a municipal band con cent tonight at 8 o'clock at the Vernon playground under the direction of Percy A Campbell. Thursday night there will be a concert at St. Johns at 8 o'clock. Following is the pro gramme which will-be given tonight: Anthem, "The Btar-Spangled Banner' (community sing) ; march, "National Em blem." request Bagley)'; overture, "Poet IM III SS WLMIHjl 111 till III -, UM1. JH II u. u lHim .IMJ.J hinii llHlllnM'i'll " in it 1 f - i'h-mi inr null- in itf-Sl V ' ALCOHQL-3PER CBHt. i AVcetatlelTepafaliifirAs P BIUUIUMMJ"" w. M i? ThrhvTfomotiti4DiSestti g Cheerfulness uid&stCoifflJ neither Opium, J ') s7 I 1 LotnTiif RemedyfeE una revtn '"- T nee rir SLEEr facsimile Sigftgtiirect For Infants and Children. Mothers Know That Genuine Castoria Always Bears Signati Exact Copy of Wrapper, the , t . tsi of Mf- fy! Use Ji For Over Thirty Years msjv, sjsw romu em. 1 : ! m Telephone operating offers many advantages to young women who are seeking employment at a good salary with opportunities for advancement. Good Pay . (9 per week paid beginners. Rapid and frequent increase in salaries. 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