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13 PORTLAND Y.IVIG.A. FOUR MN AFFECTED BY CHANGES ON Y. M. C. A. EXECUTIVE OREGON TROOPERS THINKING OF HOME STAFF. TO EXPAND IN 1917 With Era of Increased Pros perity Here, Activities . Will Be Broadened. Men Settling Down to Grind With Feeling That End Is Likely to Be Soon. NEW DEPARTMENT FORMED MEXICANS STOP SMILING I V; v - . . -, ---- - i --v t V I - - " - 6 i P ' stSM ml Sar Clay Acheson, Former Pastor of Presbyterian Church at Ray mond, to Head- Service and Efficiency Bureau." ' . Prosperity of the Pacific Northwest, through high prices and the develop msnt of shipbuilding-, has reached the Portland Y. M. C. A., after a period in -yhich its activities were ' contracted, due to the financial depression and the departure of a large number of its members for the East. AVith this prosperity, the Y. M. C. A. has mapped out a programme of ex pansion for the year 1917. All of Its departments are planning greater ac tivities than have been possible for the last three years. The association con siders itself in better condition now than it has ever been to provide im proved service for Portland and the Pacific Northwest. Service Deportments Added. As a step in this direction a depart ment of service and efficiency has been provided. This department will be headed by Barclay Acheson, who until recently was pastor of the Presbyterian Church at Raymond, Wash. He was brought to Portland by Ben Selling to assist in the Oregon campaign for the relief of the Armenian and Syrian war sufferers and his work in that connec tion was brought to the attention of W. Stone, general secretary of the Y. M. C. A. Mr. Acheson has long been anxious to enlist in Y. M. C. A. work, and is considered a valuable addition to the association's force. Stanley Baker, who for the past seven years has been in charge of the em ployment bureau of the Y. M. C. A., will leave for Los Angeles to take a similar position there. He resigns his Port land post because of his own health and that of his wife. Kmployinent Experts Trained. Tie has made the employment bureau of the Portland association one of the foremost in the country and while here has trained employment experts who are now in charge ot the work in some of the biggest institutions in .the coun try. Including Kansas City, San Fran cisco, Detroit, Pittsburg and Chicago. In the seven years he has received from business houses of Portland and its territory calls for 13,993 men and has sent 1,863 to fill these positions. In that time he has interviewed, classi fied and catalogued 107,182 men. The Y. M. A. bureau provides work for office men, mostly, handling few of the calls that' come for unskilled labor. It has worked In conjunction with the Federal and municipal bureau, turning all of its applications for ordi nary labor over to that service. He has filled places that carry salaries of several thousand dollars and entail large responsibilities. Troops on Border Entertained- ... James W. Palmtr, who-has been oh' the Portland association's force In various capacities for the last seven years, has been assigned to the employ ment bureau. He has been head of the boys' division, religious work director, service secretary and office secretary during his connection with the associa tion work. Frank McElroy, who for two years was an attache of the educational de partment and has recently been attend ing the University of Oregon, has been made an- office secretary. Mr. Bakr recently returned from the Mexican border where he assisted th Army and Navy Y. M, C. A. in the entertainment of the troops. He spoke, sang and played saxophone solos be- fone 60,000 men. He also participated in programmes arranged by- the Y. M. C. A. while the Third Oregon was at Camp "Withycombe. VICTIM OF FIRE SUCCUMBS Arrangements Xot Made for Funeral of Mrs. V. J. Jonc. Definite arrangements for the fu neral of Mrs.. V. J. Jones, who was fa tally -burned in her home, 16 East Twelfth street, Friday -afternoon, had not been completed yesterday, acording to the undertaker, P. L. Lerch. Mrs. Jones, who' was the wife of the Janitor of the Buckman School, was resting eq a couch in her home when the couch and her clothing caught fire from an overheated stove. She was rescued by Motorcycle Patrolman Er vin, who .turned in the alarm, Mrs. Jones was removed to Good Samaritan Hospital, where she died shortly before midnight Friday. CHILD IS BILIOUS Look, Mothers! See if tongue is coat ed, breath hot or stomach soar. "California Syrup of Figs" can't harm tender stomach, liver, bowels. Every mother realizes, after giving her children "California Syrup of Figs." that this is their ideal laxative, because they love its pleasant taste and It thor oughly cleanses the tender little stom ach, liver and bowels without griping. When cross. irritable, . feverish or breath Is bad, stomach sour, look at the tongue, mother! If coated, give a tea spoonful of this harmless "fruit laxa tive." and in a few hours all the foul, constipated waste, sour bile and undi gested food passes out of the bowels, and you have a well, playful child 'again. When its little system is full ot cold, throat sore, has stomach-ache, diarrhoea, indigestion, colic remem ber, a good "inside cleansing" should always be the first treatment given. Millions of mothers keep "California Syrup of Figs" handy; they know a tea spoonful today saves a sick child to morrow. Ask your druggist for a 50 cent bottle of "California Syrup of Figs," which has directions for babies, children of all ages and grown-ups printed on the bottle. Beware of coun terfeits sold here, so don't be - fooled. CJet the genuine, made by "California Fls tevrun Company."-Ad v CROSS FEVERISH CONSTIPATED ' ' s m - A ' i I SOLDIER HOI AGAIN Freeman Armstrong; Wound ed, Is With'. Family. BAYONET IS USED OFTEN Groat German . Shell Nearly Buries Him and Piece of Metal Still Is in Wound In Skull Ijong Ijlnes of " Dead Seen. A record of narrow escapes and thrilling experiences in vhich he was twice wounded is - that of Freeman Armstrong, of East Eighty-third street and Tenth avenue. Lents, who has Just returned home after two years spent in the trenches of Belgium and France with the Sixteenth Canadian Scottish. Mr. Armstrong's right arm is still In a weakened- condition as the result of the explosion of a large shell ..in the second battle of Ypres, which rendered him unconscious for 48 hours and put him In the hospital for many days. Shell Nearly Buries. Shortly after the beginning of hos tilities in Europe, Mr. Armstrong, who had previously served four years in the United States Navy, went to Van couver. B. C, where he enlisted with the Canadian troops. He went to the frtfnt with that contingent and soon saw active fighting-at Ypres and on the Somme. It was at the second battle of the Ypres that he sustained his first Injury. One of the German shells' exploded so near him that he was entirely covered with debris with the exception of his head and one arm. The explosion shat tered bis right hand and. for the time being paralyzed his entire arm. As a memento- of this occasion he carries in his pocket a piece of ragged steel more than an inch In length and about the thickness of a ten-penny nail which was taken from his head at the hospital.. A small piece is de clared by physicians Etill to be. em bedded in his skull. Bayonet FlghtM Frequent. Mr. Armstrong was in three bayonet engagements in Belgium, and after his transier iu ine ouuiiiiv, ocpicmuoi o, 1916, he spent two days, September 4 and 5. in fierce hand-to-hand fighting with bayonets there. ' "The terrible butchery which Is going on in Europe beggars description," said Mr. Armstrong. He saiti that he had seen the dead piled up like cord wood for long dis- t fl- f- Referring to the system of trenches which have been worked out on the firing line, he said that what is known as "contributing trencnes eneno rrom seven to eight miles back rrom the firing line. These, he said, are filled with soldiers who are called upon to take the places of those killed in bat tle on the first line. Mr. Armstrong has lived with his parents in Lents since he was 14 years of age. He was .fire-class fireman aboard the battleship Nebraska when the fleet made the trip around the world In 1908-1909, and received an honorable dlscharga from the Navy in 1911. DENTAL TEACHER ON TRIP Dr. Everett M. Hurd Will Attend Institute and Visit Laboratories. Dr. Everett ' M. Hurd, professor of prosthetic dentistry at North Pacific College, left Tuesday on an extended Eastern trip, where he will attend the meetings of the National Instittue of Dental Teachers, to be held in Phila delphia January 23-27. He will also devote several days to the Thomas W, 1 . Evans Dental Institute School of Den tistry of the University of Pennsyl vania and will visit the factories of the S. S. White Dental Manufacturing Company. Dr. Hurd plans to spend two or three weeks in practical work in research laboratories in New York City and will visitthe New York schools of dentistry. From there he will go to the Univer sity of Michigan, visit the -colleges in Chicago and spend several days at the University of Minnesota. NATIONAL B(NK IS PLANNED S. M. Mann & Co., at Scappoose, to Be 'Reorganized and" Converted. SCAPPOOSE, Or.. Jan. 13 (Special.) At the annual stockholders' meeting of S. M. Mann & Co., bankers, held Thursday, it was unanimously voted to convert the present organization to the National system. The old board of di rectors and officers will continue to hold the same positions In the new or ganization. ' J. S. Mann, the vice-president. Is tak ing the active management of conver sion, and hopes to carry onit the neces sary details in securing the charter by the first -ot March. This bank will have the distinction of being the first and only National bank In Columbia County. THREE RESCUED FROM FIRE Home Destroyed but Xelghbor Helps to Save Children. Three children, the eldest 7 years old, were rescued from serious burns. Freeman Armstrong:, Lenta Man, Who Has Returned After Active Service for the A lite. If not death, by the act jot Mrs. Caro line Glevinske, when she rushed into the blazing home of her neighbor, Mrs. Frederich Secorske, yesterday morning. Mrs. Secorske had arisen and kindled a fire in the kitchen stove. Still sleepy, she returned to bed, choosing to wait until the room warmed. She woke again with the little home filled with smoke and fire. . Mrs. Glevinske, in the meantime, smashed a window, and the falling glass cut her face, but sheielped the distracted mother bear the three chil dren "to safety.- The house was de stroyed. 'i - ' 7Ti "Virginian Dies at Cottage Grove. COTTAGE GROVE, Or., Jan. 13. (Special.) Frederiok Benjamin Watts, a native of Virginia, died at his home in this- city January 4. He had been in poor health for three years. He was 66 years old. -He is survived by his "wid ow and six children Miss Grace, Gor don, Carl, Adrian and W. H. Watts, of this city, and Mrs. George Morris, of PerUi Xndr- - cAjtmcr- 2v fttrz. Steffi ; f " jmHm, 4.:::V, 'w-J t ti - , - x if - 1 1 - - r 4 4 l it Order Against Wearing of Citizens' Clothing in Mexico Resented. - Fugitive and Injured Wife Separated by Border. BY WILL G. MAC RAE. WITH THE OREGON TROOPS ON THE BORDER, Camp John H. Beacom, Calexlco, Cal, Jan. 9. Thearmy field day wound up the holiday week, and now everybody is settling down to the grind, feeling "deep down the endi is in sight. Since the wanton shooting of Trooper Scott Redfleld, soldiers no longer wander around Calexlco In sin gles. Now they travel In squads of threes or more. It is noticeable that the frowning browed Mexicans who be. fore the shooting passed men in uni form, registering hate and were un willing to give even haf the right of wa no longer give the direct stare, but keep their eyes on tte' pavement. Mexlcaifl Feel Insulted. - Since the general order, prohibiting the wearing of citizens clothing any where in he valley and especially when visiting Mexican, an order which the Mexicans of Mexlcall took as a per sonal Insult, there have been fewer smiling Mexicans, although Mexican soldiers and Mexican gamblers con tinue to visit the shops and patronize the moving-picture houses of Calexlco. Just the same, on the other side of the Irrigation ditch which marks the boundary) between the United States and Mexico, is the safe haven for both American and Mexican renegates. It is the refuge for most of Uncle Sam's de serters. Most of the soldiers who went "over the hump" from the battery pund a haven In the Mexican cotton fields. There are times, however, when this haven become a most uncomfortable barrier. This Fred Dato, Governor Este ban Cantu's brother-in-law, discovered. Since he has been dodging an Indict ment In connection with the smuggling of arms into Mexico he has found a safe retreat in Mexican and on his cot ton, plantation, about eight miles east of Calexlco on the Mexican side. Boundary Separates Family. While Dato was whopping things up in Mexican and Mrs. Dato, who is'soon to become a mother, was fighting a fire at home, she was overcome by the heat and fell from a ladder. She was injured so sesiously by the fall that she was unable to escape the flames, and- in addition to being injured was frightfully burned. A nurse and phy sician were summoned from Calexico. The doctor found) Mrs. Dato's injuries so serious that he ordered her sent to Los Angeles. Dato was called from Mexican and last night Mrs. Dato was brought to Calexlco, placed aboard the evening train and taken to Los Angeles. Just before the automobile with Fred Dato and his Injured wife crossed the line the car was halted and he said to his wife: "Good-by, perhaps I'll never see you again." - ? Everything down here is "watchful waiting." Now since the dispatcnes announced that Consul Slmpich has been transferred from Nogales to Calexico there is added interest to this watchful waiting. One rumor la that Governor Cantu will meet with Consul Slmpich and that the cotton situation will be settled. Yet I have it from a border acquaintance, who has it frofti a Mexican friend, who has it from an American close to Cantu, that Cantu will not recognize Consul Slmpich. Meantime. American cotton growers in Mexico continue to pay exorbitant tri bute to Cantu, both coming and going. Since Troop A came to the border many of the troopers have had oppor tunity to pick up a few stray dollars. Several of the men had chances to work In the local stores during the holidays and some have obtained leave and have been doing contracting "on the side." Just now four are away on 30-day leave of absence. They are Privates John Schroeder, Roland R. Knight. Percy E. Penman and Robert H- Little field. Troop A has four In the hos pital. ' They are Trooper Scott Redfleld. M. J. Fischer, Wilbur Henderson and Van Jorgensen. COBALT MINES EXPAND DOBIK SAYS LARGER MILLS Am; TO BE INSTALLED. 'at fiold Production Is Go lute and More Veina Are Found In Properties That Pay Well. The famous Cobalt gold mines of Ontario, the scene of intense activity during the past few months, are de scribed by S. J. Dobie, who has recently returned to Portland after many years spent .In this district. The most prodigious gold discoveries of the world have been made in the Cobalt district, according to Mr. Dobie. Prospectors are still talking of the dome of gold, which is now the famous "Dome" mine, and the "sidewalk of golld," In which a puro streak of the yellow metal was revealed Jfjr chance to prospectors. "There- are at least six paying prop erties in this district," said Mr. Dobie. "There la the Dome, the Hollinger, the Mclntyre, the Porcupine, the Crown and the Schumacher, all of which are making large returns. "The Hollinger mine has gone 1200 feet deep and its holdings are rated at f 80.000. Its stockholders receive 3 per cent dividend every' four weeks. The mine has a reserve of 11.000,000, besides payincr the war tax. "The Dome property is down 600 feet. They are working 80 stamps and are arranging to double the capacity of the mill. There is nothing but free mill ing ore taken from this district. "There is one vein in the Cobalt. dis trict 70 feet long, two feet wide and 22 feet high. They have taken out from 3000 to EOOO ounces to the ton. They were down at the third level, a depth of 300 feet. They went down 60 feet on a crosscut and found the same vein." . Mr. Dobie Is at the Hotel Oregon. BATHING SUIT BIDS ASKEDf City Wants 12 00 for Summer Pa trons of Swimming Pools. Preparatory to the opening up of Spring activities in the parks and play grounds of the city bids are to be in vited for various supplies. An ordinance- will b-preented-to-the Coun- Now on Display in Our Fifth -Street Window This Herati Wilton Rug Exact Reproduction of a Famous Old Oriental in Chinese Renaissance Design MADE IN AMERICA FIRST RUG OF ITS KIND EVER PRODUCED ON A POWER LOOM Every part of the pattern is distinct and totally different from all the rest of the design. Beginning Tuesday this Chinese Renaissance Rug the most important rug weaving achievement in years will be on exhibition in our Rug Sec tion, Seventh Floor. ' ell Wednesday by Commissioner Laker authorizing bids. Contractu will be let for painting and alterations in the Peninsula Park com munity house and comfort stations, for furnishing 1200 bathing suits, 15.000 pounds of - grass seed, two gasoline lawn mowers and for grading of North east Mount Tabor playground and ten nis courts. GRESHAM FAIR ELECTS Senato r Lewis Is Made President, but Seenetary Is- Not Named. GRBSHAM. Or., Jan. 13. (Special.) The 1916 board of directors of the Multnomah County Fair Association met Thursday, finished up the busi ness of the past year's fai and adV journed sine die. Immediately after the adjournment of the old board the new members were sworn in by K. A. Miller. Senator H. -A. Lewis was elected president for another term, and A. J. Krueger. the newest member of the board, was elected vice-president. The election of the secretary did not take place and this otilce -will be filled at a later date.' II. A: Lewis was again made manager of the fair. David Mc Keown was elected to fill the director ship left vacant by J. J. Johnson, who declined to serve. Mr. McKeown ' was a director on the fair board of last year. Klamath Pioneer Dies. KLAMATH FALLS. Or., Jan. 13. (Special.) Frank Lighttoot. a. pioneer of Klamath County, died last evening nttmplireys Seventy-seven For Grip. Influenza. 8 Keep-Well Rules. Keep out of crowds as much as pos sible. "Sleep in a room with the windows wide. open. ' "See that your office or shop is well ventilated. -"Walk a mile in the open air twice a day. "Cover up each cough and sneeze with your pocket handkerchief for the protection of others. Don't spit on the sidewalk, and help enforce the ordinance against it. "Don't overeat." Dally Papers If these precautions fall you. don't wait until your bones begin to ache. take "Seventy-seven" at the first chill .U I.... hraatr n V. r-rvl 4 At Drurgists, 23 cents' or mailed. Humphreys Homes. Medicine Co., 1&6 WUllam Street. Xcvr York. EjulUuj - war .Trie- Quality" Store of- Portland at Bonanza, 25 miles east of this city. Llghtfoot had been in poor health for some time. He wae 66 years of age and came to Klamath County about 20 yearn ago. He leaves no relatives here. He was a Government mu.il contractor on the Lanell Valley route at the timo of his death. DISTRICT HAS TAX RECORD to Addition Income Returns tlrcat in Xortliwcst. er The best record of any of the di visions In the United States Revenue Service has been achieved during the past year by the division comprising Oregon, Washington and Alaska. ' Under the supervision of L. W. Elli ott. Internal revenue agent, this" dis trict stands first among the 31 in the country for the amount of additional Income taxes reported by agents over and above the voluntary taxes. The agents of the district added during the past yejr 15 per cent of the voluntary Income taxes as the harvest of their endeavors. The record is based on the report for the fiscal year ending Juno SO. 1916, and was compiled January 1. It shows-a total voluntary tax for this district of J936.272. The tax that the agents added to this is $143,015. iF BACKACHY OR Eat Less Meat Also Take Glass of Salts Before Eating; " Breakfast. Uric acid in meat excites the kid neys, they become overworked, get sluggish, ache and feel like lumps of lead. The urine becomes oudy, the bladder Is irritated and you may be obliged to seek relief two or , three times during the night. When the kid neys clog you must help them flush off the body's urinous waste or you'll be a real sick person shortly. At first you feel a dull misery In the kidney re gion, you suffer from backache, sick headache, dlsziness, stomach gets sour, tongue coated and you feel rheumatic twinges when the weather is bad. Eat less meat, d.lnk lots of water; also get from any pharmacist four ounces of Jad Salts; take a tableoon ful In a glass of water before break fast for a few days and your kidneys will then act fine. This famous salts Is made from the acid of grapes and lemon Juice, combined with llthia, and has been used for generations to clean clogged kidneys and stimulate them to normal activity, also to neutralize the acids In urine, so it no longer Is a source of irritation thus ending blad der weakness. Jad Salts Is inexpensive, cannot In jure,' makes a delightful effervescent lithla-water drink, which everyone should take now and then to keep the kidneys clean and active. Druggists here say they sell lots of Jad Salts to folks who believe in overcoming kidney trouble while it Is only trouble Adv. KIDNEYS BOTHER Hopes. Women Will Adopt This Habit As Vell As Men i I Glass of hot water each morn' Ing helps us look and feel clean, sweet, fresh. i and nat- . Happy, bright, alert vigoroua vivacious a good clar skin; a ural, rosy complexion and freedom from illness are assured -only by clean, healthy blood. If only every woman and likewise every man could realize the wonders of the morning inside bath, what a gratifying change would take place. Instead of the thousands of sickly, anaemic - looking men, women and girls with pasty or muddy complex ions; instead of the multitudes of "nerve wrecks," "rundowns," "brain fags" and pessimists we should see a virile. optimistic throng of rosy cheeked people everywhere. An insldu bath is had by drinking, each morning before breakfast, a glass of real hot water with a teaspoonful of limestone phosphate in it to wash from the stomach, liver, kidneys and ten yards of bowels tlee previous day's indigestible waste, sour fermentations and 'poisons, thus cleansing, sweeten ing and freshening the entire alimen tary canal before putting more food into the stomach. Those subject to sick headache, bil iousness, nasty breath, rheumatism, colds; and particularly those whb have a pallid, sa.low complexion and who are constipated very often, are urged to obtain a quarter pound of limestone phosphate at the drug store which will "cost but a trifle but Is sufficient to demonstrate the quick and remark able change in both health and ap pearance awaiting those who practice internal sanitation. ,We must remem ber that inside cleanliness is more im portant than outside, becau.se the skin does not absorb Impurities to con taminate the blood, while the pores in the thirty feet of bowels do. Adv. Cured His RUPTURE I mi badly ruptured wh!l UiUn m trunk MveraJ years ago. Doctors sald my oaly hop ot cure was an operation. Trusses Old m no food. Finally I got hold of somethlns; that quickly and completely cured . me. Years' have passed and the ruptura has nevar re turned, although I am doing hard work, as a carpnter. There was no operation, no lost time, no trouble. 1 hav nothing;' to sell, but will give fu!t Information about how you may find a fumplwte cure without operation. If you write to me. Eugene M. l'uilen. carpenter, 2U1C Mare 1 1 us Avenus Manasquan. N. J. Better out out this nolle and show It to any others ho are rup tured you may save a life or at least atop I danger of an operation.