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THE SUNDAY OREGONTAN, FORTLANB, JULY 21, 1918. THELMA PAYNE NEW DIVING CHAMPION th hospital Into operation seam nar realization. Those active in promoting this plan are Dr. H. C. Jeffords, Dr. A. R Nichola and Dr. David Bruere. Thsy havt the co-operation of the so ciety s membership and of other tnal- viduala cf meana and influence. There ia a possibility that Government aid may be obtained for completion of the Institution. If the Government extends financial assistance Liberty Hospital will be made an Institution for the care of Women's National Title Is Won Wid.0of eEurorPelurned 'rom the From Connie Meyer in Thrilling Events. TILLAMOOK PIONEER DIES William Smith Hays, Who Came 'West in 18 75, Is Called. EXECUTION IS PERFECT Jlelen Hicks Is Awarded Honors Tryonts for M. A. A C. Team for Victoria Meet 1 Prove Exciting. TILLAMOOK. Or.. Jul 20. fSDeelal. William Smith Hays, pioneer farmer and dairyman of Tillamook County, died at his home here on Friday morninff. Spfnn.l Ho was born at Glade Mills, Washing ion i-ouniy, rennsyivania, rovemoer 29, 1831. In 1876 he came to Oregon locating In Milwaukie. Clackamas County, where he lived for several months before going to Collinsville, Cal., where he spent about five years. Returning to Oregon In 1881 he en gaged in business in East Portland for four years on East Fourth street, cora- The largest crowd of ewimmmt fans ing to Tillamook in 1885, that ever jammed into the Multnomah! Mr. Hays was married to Angellne Amateur Athletic Club tank saw the Rosa whom he survived a number of i-rimon' VaUnnM a A TT Imlnnr Alv- years. Their only child. Robert Ross .ih hZ. in.. p,.,. mook until his death, awarded the title. Miss Helen Hicks Mr Hays is survived by the follow- am-n r.nnri nia snH Tifi-a rn ing grandchildren: R. B. Hays, of Tilla Meyer, winner of the championship last mook; Mrs. David Burns, of Portland; vear. camp in third. Mrs. R. I. Thompson, of Heppner, and The ma Pavne was in the srreatest I - ays, wno is in tne orricers' form of her diving career and held the training camp at Camp Fremont, Cali hundreds of swimming fans spellbound fornia; also Robert and Elisabeth Burns with her perfect execution of the most 1 ana iooert siaine and Elizabeth Hays, difficult dives. Her improvement over great-grandchildren. her last competitive diving was notable and her efforts werft crrfted with round after round of applause. Miss Helen VVAR VETERAN WILL SPEAK three ludees. Frank Harmer. Harrv Fischer and T. Morris Dunne, also per- Ben Scovell to Tell Experiences at lormed far above her rormer standard I . , . and won manv nlaudits. I -51- c A. Breakfast. Laurels Well Merited. Connie Meyer dived as ever, but was! Ben ScovelL one of the stars of the outclassed by Miss Payne, who succeeds social service staff of the Y. M. C. A. her as women's National diving cham- will be the breakfast speaker today at pion, and Miss Helen Hicks, who placed tn Y "Hut" at Sixth and Taylor streets. eecond. Last year Miss Payne crave Con-I veteran actor, newspaperman, trav stance Meyer a hard run and achieved eler, scion of an eminent clergyman, Jier greatest success last night after I hi? life story sounds like fiction, but is 13 months of hard work and constant I authenticated with scars and medals practice. I and a fund of Information gathered in Some excitine races developed In the tne thickest or tne conflict of two wars tryouts to determine the six men that I or nis native land. will represent Multnomah Club at the In his work overseas ha has enter P. N. A. championship swimming meetltalned men engaged In front line de at Victoria, B. C, on August 24. I tacaments In "Y" huts, shell holes and The best contest of the evening was dugouts along the line for 170 miles. the 200-yard dash, which was won by I He was cut by shrapnel, gassed and his O. J. Hosford after a neck-and-neck I vivid word pictures of scenes in France tussle with Myron Wilsey. Al Buck- are an inspiration to the soldier boys land came In a close third. Hosford I of the cantonments. He held the closest and Wilsey got off at the start to-1 interest of the men last night with re gether and were not separated by more I citals of what he observed in hia over- than inches at any time. Hosford came I seas service. Jn about three inches ahead of Wilsey RWimmtn? t h A 20ft TflrHjl In 2 mtnutAH and 43 2-5 seconds. FIRE LOSS ABOUT 000 Hoatord Easy winner, Hosford also won the 500-yard swim Damize to Western Cnnnprarn Plant Willi J l ' " S uuiuIBi ucauu5 vai "'6 , I the only other entry, by several feet. Hosford is the 500-yard champion of the state and upheld his title with honor when he covered the distance in 8 minutes, 26 3-5 seconds. The 100-yard swim was a thriller. Myron Wilsey nosing out Albert Ene- grene at the finish, winning the event. Less Than First Reported. Damage done to the -plant of the Western Cooperage Company, located at St. Johns, on the night of July 12 was less extensive than reported at the time. Officials of the company declare DOCTORS HEAR TALK Major Franklin Martin Urges Physicians to Enlist. LONG WAR IS PREDICTED Speaker Says 5000 Medical Men Have Been Provided For Service in Last Three Months Ace Limit Fixed at 55 Years. IbU. Major Martin explained, for the Advisory Commission within 48 hours to reach every county committeeman and to receive a reptT from that com. mitteeman within a week. Major Martin spoke of the Importance of the work of reconstruction following the war and suggested the advisability of taking steps towards establishing In the vicinity of Portland one or more hoslptals where the returned maimed and wounded soldiers could be eared for. Referring to the activities at Wash ington, where-"everybody is working to help win the war," Major Martin said at least 17.000 dollar-a-year men and women were today actively enrolled in the service of the Government. Falling Timber I Fatal. v Dick Baker. 42, S14 Yale street, who arrived in this country front Holland several years sgo, was killed yesterday morning when he was struck by a fall ing timber at the Peninsula shipyards. Mr. Baker was knocked unconscious and died before he could be removed to a hospital. His body was taken to the county morgue. Mr. Baker bad no rela ttves in this country. - YOUNG FUGITIVE BACK ALLEGED AUTO TRTETES RETCH? IJf CtTSTODY TO CITY, Merle Ran aa4 J Mayer Hera Face Charges af Stealing Aatosf Hn Killed In California. Merle Hare and Jo Mayer, each 1 years old. confessed members of a gang of youths responsible for many auto thefts in Portland, arrived In Portland yesterday from San Francisco in cus tody of Inspectors Pat Malonsy and B. B. iasaue. Tom Moore, who had gone with the boys to California, was killed at Daly City. Cal., a few days ago, when- the constable attempted to arrest the trio. The constable shot Moore twice as the latter attempted to escape. Moore lived in Oregon City and the other two boys live in Portland. Moore - supposed to have been leader of the gang. His body is being taken to Oregon City four burial. Confessions of Louis Dundas. and Cliff Emerson some time ago impli cated the other three boys. Police were busy yesterday locating several of the autos that had been stolen by the gang. Most of the ma chines were recovered long ago. Sev eral big ears were among those taken. OAKS ENTERTAINS BOYS John Cordray Gives "Veterans" Time of Their Lives. Forty-three boys of the Columbia Park Military -Veterans." went to the Oaks Friday, where they were enter tained by John Cordray. manager of the amusement park. The boys call themselves "veterans' because they come to Columbia Park every day for military instruction under their leader W. P. Richardson. The boys, who are between the ages of 7 and 14. took a hike out to the Oaks, arriving there before noon: had lunch as a guest of the management; saw all the shows: went in swimming; rode on the chutes and the figure eight, and had dinner at the park. Every one of them declared he had had the time of his life and thanked Mr. Cordray for a wonderful day at his amusement park. FREIGHT CAR IS DAMAGED Several Tons of Hay Destroyed Blaze at Lents Junction. A carload of hay was partially de stroyed at Lents Junction yesterday afternoon when sparks from the trolley wire set fire to the roof of the box car. The car was in a Portland Railway, Light & Power train en route to Port land, and as soon as the flames were noticed by the train crew, a race was made for Lents Junction, where the car switched out. Engine 31 responded to the call and had the flames under control before the car was entirely consumed by the blazr. Stempel came In third. Wilseya time I that not only did they lose none of was 1 minute, 18 1-5 seconds. itneir macnmery nut that they succeed The 50-yard dash was another classy I ed in effecting repairs in time to re- race and was won by Ed Hart, of the I sume operations the past week. Signal Corps, "Vancouver Barracks. Al-1 All equipment is now In place and bert Enegrene finished a close second, I the plant is operating at full capacity. rune Myron wiLsey imisnea tnira. 1 according to heads of the company. Hart's time was 28 2-5 seconds. Following is the complete programme of events and the winners: 60-yard dash Hart. Sigma! Corps, first; Enegrene, second; Wilsey, third. Time, 3 2-5 seconds. Plunge for distance Ewine. first; Eos- ford, second : Reld. Signal Corps, third. 50-yard dash, for novices Smith, first; Cole, second. Time. 86 3-D seconds. Exhibition fancy diving for men Bal- bach, first; Kuehn, second: Mills, third. 500-yard swim Hosford, first; Ewing, second. Time, 8:26 8-5. 200-yard relay Cole, Balbach, Enegrene and Hart. 60-yard Junior handicap John Bernard, first; Lloyd Byerley. second; Bol itnlght, third. Time, 46 seconds. 200-yard swim Hosford, first; Wilsey, pncond; Buckland. 437 A. S. E. C, third. Time. 2:43 2-5. 100-yard awlm Wilsey, first; Enegrene. second; Stempel, third. Time. 1:13 1-S. Women's National Indoor diving cham pionships Thelma - Payne. first: Helen Hicks. -Nsecond; Constance Meyers, third. Officials Starter, Frank E. Watklns; Judges. Frank Harmer, Harry Fischer, T. Iorris Dunne; timers. Earl Dickinson, George Phllbrooke; referee, A. r. Wake man; clerk of the course. Harry Eddas; an nouncer, George K. Holman. First reports of the fire indicated that it would be some weeks before the damage could be repaired and work resumed. Financial loss has been found to total less than $4000, a figure lower than estimates originally given. An audience, composed chiefly ' of medical men, at the Lincoln High School last night was told by Major Franklin Martin, member of the ad visory commission of the National Council of Defense, that the services of every physician and surgeon, under 55 years of age, who was not physically unfit or absolutely required as teacher in a medical school or as an employe In some of the emergency war-time industries, would be required in either the Army or Navy branches of the Gov ernment before the war ends. The meeting was held under the auspices of the State Council of Defense. "In the last three months. 6000 med ical men have been provided for active service with the Government and an other 2000 are desired before January 1." said Major Martin. "There are to day 21,000 medical men In uniform, or more than 20 per cent of the medical profession. If the male population of the country were enrolled In the same proportion we would have an army of 8,000,000. Many Physicians Xeeded. "It is now proposed to increase to 40,000 the number of medical men in the United States service. This will mean that every physician and surgeon under 55 years of age. whose services are not absolutely indispensable, either as Instructor or as employe In some war-time Industry, roust enroll for service. This enrollment will be made under two classifications, namely, the Medical Reserve Corps, which will in clude men In khaki ready for active military service, and the Volunteer Service Corps, whose members will wear the insignia Indicating a willingness- to serve. Thts plan will serve to single out the slacker. Every medi cal man must be enrolled In one of the two classifications in order to escape suspicion of being a slacker." Major Martin reminded his medical friends in the audience that not a phy sician or surgeon had been graduated in France since the war began four years ago. In England, he said, the number of doctors that had been grad uated did not equal 10 per cent of the usual number. Docf era TJraed to Art, "Consequently," he deducted, "it de volves upon the medical fraternity of the United States not only to perform the work It Is called upon to perform but to double the output of the medical schools at the same time. For this war Is not going to be over in a week month or a year. In Washington, you never hear any one speak of the 'end of the war.' On the other hand, con tracts In nearly every Instance in con nection with war needs are entered into for periods of at least two years. A detailed explanation was given by Major Martin of the plan upon which the medical profession of the country was organized. With the medical board of the National Council of Defense as the official head, there are three sur geon-generals, heading respectively the Army, the Navy and the public health. The organization is under the direction of 85 of the leading physicians of the country. The central board brings about the co-ordination of the work of civilian doctors and meets and consults with the members of the President's cabinet. This committee has in every state committee associated with the State Southern California produces 87 per cent of all the lima beans grown upon the face of the earth. The only other place where Iimas are extensively Council of Defense with a committee of grown is on the island of Madagascar. f Ive members in each county. It Is pos LIBERTY HOSPITAL BORN HOMEOPATHIC SOCIETY BTJlXDUro TO BE COMPLETED. Flans Now Being Made to Finish Work Started Years Ago on a More ( Ambitious Scale. 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