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TITE MORNING OREGONIAN. SATURDAY, AlRHi 24, 1915. It TWO BEAVERS LET go and IE ADDED Rieger Gets Unconditional Re leass and Murphy Goes to Spokane Indians. PITCHER KEEFE SIGNED Another Tivlrler or Two Scheduled to Be Dropped as Soon as Xew Man, I.ate of ltocliester In ternationals, Arrives. Walter McCredie is making good his threat of a house-cleaning in the ranks of the Portland Coast champions. The Portland manager yesterday lopped oft two of his aspiring athletes. Pitcher KImor Rieger and Infielder Her bert Murphy, and added a pitcher, Bobbie Keefe, late of Rochester, of the International League. With Infielder Rod Murphy, of New Orleans, and Outfielder Hillyard. of Cleveland, already on the way West, and another Infielder in prospect, this gives evidence of beins a thorough tlinUeup. To Rieger was handed an uncon ditional release, while Murphy will go to Spokane to fill a gap at shortstop on the .Spokane Indians. XaiiKhton Kails to Suit. Portland sent Naughton up there a week ago. but evidently Naughton failed to suit Manager Wicker, because Wicker slipped the halter on him in ttanter. Rieger came to Portland in mid eeason last year from St. Paul. His home is in Los Angeles. Murphy is a Philadelphia Nationals protege. Portland secured him as one of the two men accruing from the sale of Dave Bancroft to the Phillies. Reed, the other, hopped to the Brook lyn Feds, and, while he has now been enjoined from playing with the out laws, Mack doesn't think he will fool with any more Phillie castoffs. Keefe Known Ten Yearn Ace The new pitcher, Keefe, is well known In these parts, for it was Rob ert and Orvie Overall who pitched the old Tacoma Tigers to a Coast League V. pennant more than ten years ago. Keefe went up to the big league and has drifted around, mostly in the In ternational League, since then. He is a right-hander and won 17 games as against 10 losses for Rochester, a third place club, last season. 3IEET WITH AGGIES CALLED OFF Multnomah Team Broken Cp by Loss of Distance Men. Because his team is all shot to pieces Manager Hawkins, of the Multnomah Club track and field athletics, had to call off his scheduled meet with the Oregon Agricultural Collese at Cor vallis this afternoon. Manager Haw kins yesterday by long distance in formed Dr. K. J. Stewart of his failure to secure any distance men. Barndollar pulled a tendon In one of his legs. Demmon had to leave the city and McClure was unable to get away from his work, so Manager Hawkins felt that with the lack of his star dis tancers there was little need of him making the trip. Without the services of these athletes no Winged "M" en tries would be in the mile, half and 440-yard dash, making it almost impos sible for the Portland clubmen to win the meet should It be close in the other events. Whether or not It will be held later in the season has not been decided. College Baseball. At South Bothlehem, Pa. Lehigh 5, Villanova 4. At Princeton, N. J. University of North Carolina 4, Princeton 8. At Hartford, Conn. Trinity 1, Bow. coin 0 (13 innings). MILWAUKIE COUPLE WED Miss Bcutricc " Webster Becomes Bride of Charles Counsell. MILWAUKIE, Or., April 23. (Spe cial.) Charles Counsell. son of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Counsell, and Miss Beatrice Webster, the only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur A. Webster, all of Mil waukie, Or., were married at the home of the bride's parents In Milwaukie yesterday. Rev. John D. Rice, rector of the Sellwood Episcopal Church, offi ciating. Mrs. J. Murray, of Tacoma, "Wash., played Mendelssohn's wedding march. Mr. Counsell is serving his second term as Councilman-at-Large and is engaged with his father in the general contract ing business. Mr. and Mrs. Counsel! have lived most of their lives in Mil waukio, and will make their home in their new residence, in Streib's Addi tion, Milwaukie. They will ha at home to their friend3 after May 1. CYCLIST IS HURT IN CRASH Two on Machine, Said to Hare Been Speeding, Escape. Nelson Montgomery, of 578 East Ninth street, is reported to be In a seri ous condition as the result of Internal Injuries received when the motorcycle which he was riding collided with a machine ridden by John and Ross Hors man at the corner of Knott and Eighth streets Wednesday night. Montgomery was riding east on Knott street while the other machine was go ing north on Eighth street. John and Ross Horsman are employed by the Co lumbia Digger Company. The machine on which they were riding was said to have been going at a high rate of speed. WATER SUPPLY HELD SAFE Mr. Daly Declares That Reports of. Shortage Are Groundless. Reports to the effect that Portland faces a water shortage because of lack of snow in the mountains near Bull Run Lake are denied by City Commis sioner Daly and officials of the City Water Bureau. It is declared that the prospects are good for as much water next Summer as in years past. Commissioner Daly says that snow Is not depended upon for the water supply, but the rains, which he says have been as heavy as usual. CURRENCY LAW ASSAILED Senator Works Says Vast and Use less Expense Is Entailed. LOS ANGELES. April National currency act :3. That the establishing regional banks will prove a failure so far as it affects California was the opinion expressed by United States Senator Works, in an address last night before the Los Angeles branch of the Institute of Bankers. The Senator also characterized the Federal Trade Com mission as a "vicious piece of legisla tion." The establishment of the 12 regional banks, the Senator told the members of the institute, had imposed a vast and useless expense on the country. It might be good for certain parts of the country, but not for California, he said. The system's benefit, he declared, would xbe experienced only in time of panic and. in that event, he said, a central bank or the United States Treasury could perform the same serv ice at little expense. The Kederal Trade Commission, the Senator asserted, would throttle com petition, and indicated .a tendency toward bureaucracy on the part of the Government. "CHICK" EVANS BEATEN WESTERN AMATEUR CHAMPION DOWNED BY CAL1KORXIAS. Harry and DstIr, Formerly of Portland, Chandler Ekid Will Meet Today In Semi-finals. SAN FRANCISCO, April 23. (Spe cial.) Charles ("Chick") Evans, Jr., of Chicago, Western amateur golf cham pion, was defeated by Heinrich Schmidt, of the Claremont Club, by 4 and 3 In the Panama-Pacific Exposition amateur golf tournament today in one of the most sensational matches ever played on the Pacific Coast. Schmidt gained his lead when Evans drove two balls out of bounds from the 18th tee. The match ended unex pectedly on the 15th green of the after noon play. The San Francisco man undoubtedly would have scored 68 or better for the afternoon round, if he had finished his last three holes. K. H. .Bankhard, representing the Midlothian Club, of Chicago, defeated Ervin Armstrong three up and one to play, with the latter rapidly drawing up on the winner. Neither played the game he is capable of putting up. Harry Davis, formerly of Portland, defeated A. H. Vincent, of the Ingle side Club. They were even up to the 16th green, but the match went to Davis 3 up and 2 to play. H. Chandler Egan, in a match that presented no sensational features, de feated Harold Lamb, the Southern Cali fornia expert, 5 up and 4 to play. Tomorrow the semi-finals will be played before a large gallery which in creases as the tourney narrows down to the flnal effort. Schmidt is to be pitted against Bankhard and Davis will play Egan. 2 ACCUSED OF 25 THEFTS Bert Jackson and Fred Colip Are Thought Joyride Thieves. In the arrest Thursday night of Bert Jackson, aged 21, and Fred Colip, aged 20, the Portland police believe they have the young men responsible for the thefts of more than 25 automobiles dur ing the past six weeks. The machines have been used for Joy-riding, princi pally between this city and Hillsboro, declare Detectives Price and Mallett and Patrolman Ben Hunt, who made the arrests. With Jean Gale, aged 20, and May rownsend, aged 22, the men were caught Thursday night, when a dog belonging to Mrs. W. J. Hall, and stolen with the Ball automobile Saturday night, was found in Hillsboro. Both of the young men are chauf feurs. Colip is said by the detectives to have confessed to the thefts, in which auto licenee numbers had been juggled and cars left stranded with burned-out cylinders. Police say Colip was sen tenced to jail May 14, 1914, for a year for stealing Dr. A. C. Smith's automo bile. The sentence was commuted at the end of six months. Jackson served six months in jail for the robbery of the postotlice at Anlauf, Or., according to the record held by the detectives. BOY LOSES $30,000 SUIT Sealed Verdict Tor IV. L. Thompson rteturned at Pendleton. PENDLETON. Or., April 23. (Spe cial.) A verdict in favor of the de fendant, reached shortly after midnight and delivered scaled, was opened this morning in Circuit Court in the J30.000 damage action against W. L. Thompson, president of the American National Rank, and secretary of the Oregon Com mission of the Panama-Pacific Interna tional Exposition. Mr. Thompson was sued by L. E. Twitchell, whose 9-year-old son, Sharon, while riding a bicycle, collided with the banker's automobile, and was alleged to be crippled for life. The verdict was signed by 10 of the 12 jurors, the other two refusing to sign. Judge A. S. Ben nett, of The Dalles, chief counsel for the plaintiff, asked for 30 days in which to file a motion for a new trial, and an additional 30 days to prepare a tran script for appeal should the motion for another trial be denied. POUND MATTER DEFERRED Submission to Voters of Transfer to Humane Society, Xot Acted On. Although it is expected the majority of the members of the City Council will favor submission to the voters of the question of empowering the City Council to turn the operation of the dog pound over to the Oregon Hu mane Society, action on the question was deferred yesterday until next week. A resolution submitting the ques tion to the voters was before the Council. It was held up by Commis sioner Brewster, who asked time to investigate. Robert Tucker, of the Oregon Humane Society, appeared be fore the Council and urged the sub mission of the question. He says he believes the society can operate the pound at less expense than the city and that the work can be done more humanely. He says the society pro poses to bring a trained man here from the East to handle the 'pound. Roseburg Man Goes After Auto. ROSE BURG, Or., April 23. (Special.) C. F. Smith, one of the Roseburg merchants recently victimized by W. L. Frazier, a transient painter, left for Chico, Cal., today, where he will make an effort to secure possession of the automobile driven by Frazier and George Gordon, his traveling compan ion at the time they left Roseburg last Saturday night Gordon is in jail at Chico. Frazier abandoned the ma chine about nine miles from Chico, ac cording to the officers, and. has not yet been apprehended. Later estimates place Frazier's debts here at $600. Native of Denmark Dies. JUNCTION CITY, Or., April 23. (Special.) Julius Petersen, aged 52, was stricken with heart failure while working on a building three miles south of town, yesterday. Mr. Peter sen is a native of Denmark. He is sur vived by a wife and three children, be sides relatives in Denmark. ,. DR. HEGELE ON TRIAU SAYS HE IS VIGThvl Defense Asserts Conspiracy and Intimates Mrs. Bald . win Is Prime Mover. GIRLS TELL OF INTERVIEW Applicant for Position Relates Un dergoing Massage While Nude and of Warning to Keep Visit Secret Tom Word Witness. The defense of Dr. Herbert W. Hegele, who came to trial in Municipal Court yesterday on the charge of making im proper overtures to young women who applied for positions in his office, is not alone that there was nothing immoral in the physician's relations with the girls to whom he offered to teach mas sage methods, but also that the action against him is a conspiracy concocted, presumably. In the offices of Mrs. Lola G. Baldwin, superintendent of the Bu reau of Public Safety for Women. "Someone sent this girl to Dr. Hegele's office," alleged L. H. McCarthy, who, with Earl C. Bronaugh, represents the physician. The inference was that the girl, who was the chief witness for the prosecution, had been the pawn of an interested person In obtaining evidence against Dr. Hegele. The assertion of Mr. McCarthy was made In answer to the demand of Dep uty District Attorney Richard Deich that a reason be given for asking the witness questions that apparently had no connection with the case. "Why hound the girl, because she must work for a living?" asked Mr. Deich. Conspiracy I Asserted. "I merely wish to bring out the facts upon which our defense is based, not that there was no immoral conduct, but that there is a conspiracy," replied Mr. McCarthy. The girl stoutly maintained in her testimony that she had not been in duced by any consideration other than one of duty to complain to Mrs. Bald win of her treatment at the hands of Dr. Hegele. She had been in the em ployment of the late Miss A. L. Dlm ick, for whom Dr. Margaret Quigley had been physician. The girl, whose name is withheld at the request of the Bureau of Public Safety for Women, testified that her own resolve to go to Dr. Hegele had been strengthened by the advice of Dr. Quigley to do so. Taking of testimony of witnesses for the defense was not completed yester day and the case was adjourned until Tuesday at 2 o'clock. Secrecy Creed. Says Witness. The witnesses for the state were two girls, one of whom testified that she refused to be entertained as an applicant for the position of assistant that Dr. Hegele offered when she found that she xwould have to submit to a nude treatment, or massage, at his hands. The other asserted that she had submitted to a massage in an en deavor to learn what was required, as she was in need of work. "During part of the operation there was no covering over me whatever." said the young woman. "When I was about to leave. Dr. Hegele said to me: -Don't tell anyone where you have been. It is nobody's business, anyhow.'" To testify to Dr. Hegele's reputation and to his courteous and respectful treatment of patients, Tom Word. Mrs. Ida M. Taswell and Attorney George W. Hazen were called to the stand. Tom Word testified that Dr. Hegele had been his family physician for five ye&rs. Questioned regarding Mrs. Baldwin's attitude toward Dr. Hegele in an in terview Mr. Word had had with her, Mr. Word replied: . Old Grudjte Recalled. 'I have the highest regard for Mrs. Baldwin, but I thought she was vin dictive and" did not know about tho case. I cannot repeat what Mrs. Bald win said. It was too horrible, unless she knew what she said to be true." He testified further that he knew, of old, that Mrs. Baldwin had a "grudge" again; t Dr. Hegele. Mrs. Taswell and Mr. Hazen both said that they were patients of Dr. Hegele and had found no complaint, what ever, with his treatment. H. A. Brown, a hydropath in the Stevens building: Dr. J. O. Jurva, a naturopath, of 178 East Sixtieth street, and Richard M. Allsberg, a masseur, of the Medical building, were the other witnesses cross-examined. Dr. Jurva had taught few apprentices. Mr. Brown said that in the institution in which he was employed women were treated on separate days with women attendants. "I treat women only in local work, and never in the nude," testified Mr. Allsberg, a witness for the defense. "When a nude treatment is required my wife or sister goes to the patient's home. In teaching an apprentice I never begin with the practical, but al ways with theoretical work." Thomas J. Dowd and William A. Mau were the regular jurors summoned, ant the special venire, was made up of S. P. Lockwood, Charles K. Sawyer, I. F. Compton and George Lawrence. Mu nicipal'Judge Stevenson presided. AUTO CAPSIZES NONE HURT Five Persons in Car Which Rolls Over Twice at La Grande. LA GRANDE, Or., April 23. (Spe cial.) To turn completely over twice in a big eight-passenger car and escape injury was the thrilling experience of five persons last night. Phillip Conley, millionaire rancher of Cove, owned the car and was - driving. The machine struck the railing of a small bridge near La Grande and was shunted to the grade, over which it rolled twice. The big machine was speeding at a lively clip at the time. The car was righted and ran up the grade on its power. CANYON BOYS RIDE AWAY Sheriff and Many Others Seek Two Who Leave With Fathers' Steeds. BAKER. Or.. April 23. (Special.) The Sheriff and many of the citizens of Canyon City are searching for 14-year-old Willie Viegas and lo-year-old John Benson, who have been missing since Friday night. Each of the boys bridled his father's saddle horse and drove away. No trace has been seen of them since. Their anxious parents appealed to the Sheriff of Grant County Saturday and he and his men have been making a search. Slayer Is Taken to Prison. ASOTIN. Wash., April 23. (Special.) John B. Moran, who was convicted of manslaughter at the last term of court, was taken to the Penitentiary at Walla Walla, Wednesday. His sentence is from three to 20 years. VII Northern Pacific Sails Sunday, April 25 and April 29, May 3, 7, 11, 15- For SAN FRANCISCO Steamer train leaves Portland 9 A. M.; arrives Flavel 12:30 luncheon on ship. SS. arrives San Francisco 3:30 P. M. next day. One-Way Fares ..$20, $15 and $8 Round Trip, thirty days $30 INCLUDING MEALS AND BERTHS North Bank Ticket . Office Fifth and Stark Streets San Francisco 665 Market Street. All Agents Great Northern, Northern Pacific, Burlington Koute, or Tourist Agencies. CITY HOSTS NAMED Chamber Committee to Enter tain Governor of New Jersey. FLAX INVESTIGATION SET Other Matters Also Ordered Attend ed To Pending Complete Organ ization Members to Adver tise Commercial Body. Special committees were appointed yesterday by the consolidation commit tee of the new Chamber of Commerce to handle certain things that are of immediate importance and are deemed necessary for action while the reor ganisation of the Chamber is in progress. The first of these committees will arrange for the entertainment of the Governor of New Jersey, who will visit Portland with a delegation of Eastern business men on May 30. Members of this committee are: S. D. ' Vincent, Mayor Albee, O. M. Clark, Edgar B. Piper. C. S. Jackson. J. Fred Larson and W. J. Hofmann. Another specially appointed commit tee was ordered to investigate the pos sibility and advantages of establishing the flax industry in Oregon. Dr. E. A. Pierce, William McMurray and Nathan Strauss are on this committee. The consolidation committee adopted a resolution asking the City of Phila delphia to permit the old Liberty Bell to be returned from the San Francisco Exposition by way of Portland and to allow it to be exhibited here. A committee appointed to investigate the feasibility of inviting the National Conservation Congress to hold its an nual meeting in Portland reported that it is not deemed advisable to give the invitation at this time, the city not being In a position to do justice to the entertainment of that body. The Chamber has ordered a number of electrotype plates, reading "Member of the Portland Chamber of Commerce," to be distributed among the members for use in their letter-heads, and it will be urged that every member, in having his letter-heads printed, use this plate. FLORIDA SEEKS OCR BERRIES Letter to Chamber Asks How to Se cure Hood River Plants. Growing of Hood Eivor strawberries in Florida will be undertaken by J. W. Heiss, of Plant City, Fla. Relative to his preference for the Hood River vari ety, Mr. Heiss has written to the Port land Chamber of Commerce as follows: "Will you kindly inform me where and how I can obtain some of the Hood River strawberry plants? When I was in Portland some 10 or 15 years ago I saw in the markets there some of those Hood Rivr berries, and I think they are the most beautiful and the best berries I ever saw or tasted and I want to try some of them and see if they will do well in Florida, as they will surely sell in any market. I do not believe that an artist could plant a more beautiful berry than a natural ripe Hood River berry.' ALASKAX TRADE IX PROSPECT Cliamber Receiving Requests for Bids on Various Supplies. Preparations for the construction of the new railway in Alaska are brought home to Portland business men by the requests that are beginning to come to the Portland Chamber of Commerce for bids on materials and equipment to be used in the construction work by the Alaska Engineering Commission. Yesterday morning a circular was re ceived by the Chamber asking Portland shipbuilding firms to bid on a 66-foot sternwheel launch, 15-foot beam, 75 horsepower. A circular was received by the Cham ber of Commerce from the Quarter master's department at Seattle, asking for bids on a quantity of supplies for delivery at military posts in Alaska. J. I. Cahill Is Guest of Cliamber. J. I. Cab-ill. or Leith, was in Portland Wednesday on his way home from the exposition and was entertained at the Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Cahill is a prominent member of the Farmers' Equity Company, in Dakota, an organ ization which has succeeded in build ing up and maintaining a profitable market for the crops produced by its members. He has been in the habit of purchasing Washington fruits in car load lots, but now has made arrange ments to handle Oregon apples and other fruits and considerable quanti ties of Oregon lumber. Mr. Brewer Aids Sherwood Club. John W. Brewer, of the land depart ment of the Chamber of Commerce, as sisted the business men of Sherwood to organize a Commercial Club there Thursday night. Mr. Brewer was the guest of the members of the Commer cial Club at Cornelius Wednesday, and discussed with them plans for the up building of the organization. ELKS' .HOME IS FINISHED La Grande Lodge to Dedicate $60, 000 Building In May. LA GRANDE, Or.. April 23. (Spe cial.) Architects today pronounced the new 160.000 Elks' home In this city fin ished. The furnishings are partially In place, having been purchased by a com mittee of local Elks sent to New York to make the selections. Dedication day has been set for mid-June, the same week that the annual motorcycle' races and the Eastern Oregon blue rook shoot is held here. The building is equipped with every lodge facility, a large natatorium and gymnasium. When completely fur nished, the whole site and building will be worth 1100.000, it is said. Inmate of Soldiers' Home Passes. ROSEBURG. Or.. April 23. (Special.) William Phafer, aired 73 years, died at the Soldiers' Home here today. He was admitted to the Home from Gold Hill. Mr. Shafer served as a private In Company A, 34th Indiana Infantry, and fought during: the greater part of the Civil War. He is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Getty, of Fort Wayne, Indiana. Maryland ranks tenth among the states in taxes paid on Individual Incomes. jnLave CUSHION RUBBER HEELS Are worn regularly today by thousands of people who have tried other lands first. Get a pair yourself then your shoes will be more comfortable they will wear longer, and you will walk with a new buoyancy and lightness. For only half a dollar you can have your shoes shod Paw Heels, and make your step as easy as the Cat's own. to track 105 Federal Street, 1X1 Boston, Mass. Originators mnJ fiUnUi 0 tks tester Friction Plug: which frtvtnts tlifftng. We Use Catspaw Heels Armishaw Bros. Shoe Co. Largest, Quickest and Neatest Shoe Repairers on Coast 367 STARK ST. 128 BROADWAY F-4 LOSS DESCRIBED Member of Sister Submarine Crew Tells of Tragedy. WIDOWS PRAY FOR RESCUE Departure of Vessel on Peaceful Mission, Failure to Hot u rn. Heroic Search and Mourning Told in Verse by Oregon City Man. OREGON CITT, Or., April 23. (Spe cial.) A graphic account of the sink ins ot the F-4, and a poem by himself on the loss of the submarine, are con tained in a letter received here by rela tives today from Bert Mellien, who was with the crew of the F-4 until two weeks before she sank, and who Is now on the F-3. In speaking of the incidents preced ing The loss of the submarine. Mr. Mel lien says: "About 11 o'clock we got uneasy. About 11:30 the speed boats went out to look for her. They came back, re porting they could not see anything: of her. About 1 o'clock the K-3 went out, diving to use our signal bell. We sig naled to her for three hours, but could not pet any response. "AH afternoon great pools of oil were seen floating on the surface of the water. This oil covered a distance of 10 miles from Diamond Head to Bar ber's Point. This oil could be distinctly made out as the oil we use for fuel. The smell was strong. "We worked hard for 72 hours trying Confidence If all the people stop buying everything, there will be no business no market for goods, crops or services. s If half the people stop buying everything, business will be cut in half and everybody suffer. - If all the people buy one-half their customary purchases, business slumps to half. If all the people postpone for thirty days buying half their needs the country's prosperity drops one-half for that length of time. Buy now the things you will need soon and you'll help speed up the wheels of industry, com merce, farming and labor. uiy-lt-Now The chat-ire from piViu) noea into tret hoea that have Cat's Paw RuVKet Herli is a great relief. The hria make walkm on cement valks a pleamire nd ten per cent eaaier on tha fee and with Cat s That Foster Friction Plug took rubber heels out of the slippery class It prevents thousands of accidents. Then again that Foster Plug resists wear, and the extra quality of rubber affords greater resiliency meaning not only comfort but economy. No holes mud and dirt They cost no more than the ordinary kind and the name is easy to remember. All dealers and repair men 50 cents attached black or tan. Do you have weak arch en? Then you need the romter Orthopedic Heel which rives that extra upport where needed. Especially valuable to policemen, mo tormcn, conductors, floor walkers and all who are on their teet a great deal. 75c attached of your dealer ar tent postpaid upon re FOSTER RUBBER COMPANY 'J cc.pi 01 ouc ana outline jour heel. to get hold of her and drag her out to shallow water, for she was too deep for any diver to go down. "The families of the men that went down were on the dock at all hours of the day and night. Some of them could be heard for blocks. The City of Hono lulu wns generous to the poor women left hehlnd. "We are still working hard to raiae her but, of course, there are none uf them alive yet. Mrs. Mahan. a poor woman who Is to become a mother about the time you get this letter, is wore off than any of them. whe, roes down the street expecting to see Mr. Mahan coming home every day. but poor Ivan does not come back. I have never seen a woman change so In so short a time." Mr. Melller's poem on the sinking of the F-4 follows: "What Is '.he news of the submarine. In she stilt beneath tha tide? Over the phono the question comes From the friends of the men inside. "Is there no messase from the depths. No pIkii nor sound of llf; Oh. whn will they hrina my darling homef Moans a districted wife. From the friends of the one and twenty men. From the sweet hearts, comrades, chums, Krer the urieent Inquiry. Ever the question comes. The hours drag on each day and night Vibrant with prayer and will. But ever the anxious questioners Are told that (he lies thiro till. Three hundred feet below the wave, Fully fifty fathoms down. On the coral slop of the peaceful tela. At the foot of a lovely town. Four tinder-water flchtlng hosts, Kaeh manned with a calisnt crew, Left Honolulu port one day For the work they had to do. It was not work of a warring kind: They carried no tlircuta of hale. But one went down at the font uf tha towa, A mile frum the harbor's gate. From friends of the one and twenty men, From sweethearts, comrades, chums. Ever the urjrent inquiry, Kver the question cornea. Bert Mellien is a former resident of Oregon City. His two brothers and two children are living here. This Is the time of all times) lor iwe I. . 9. a. is na a K e tsii strides. Let's all get busy. I