Morning Oregonian., June 24, 1908, Page 6, Image 6

THE MORNIXG OREGOXIAX. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24, 1903.
ANNUAL MEETING
OREGON ALUMNI
NEWLY ELECTED OFFICERS UNIVERSITY OF OREGON
ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
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Enthusiastic Gathering at Eu
gene of State Univer
sity Graduates.
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SUPPORT PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Association. Pledges Aid for Im
provements Two Hundred En-
joy Banquet on Campus.
Officers Elected.
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, Eugene.
Or.. June 23. (Special.) Alumni and
former students of the University held
an enthusiastic meeting: on the campus
today, the exercises being attended by
a record-breaking1 crowd. Passage of
the University appropriation bill has
filled the alumni with enthusiasm and
they entered Into the spirit of the day
with a vim that has never character
lzed previous meetings.
About 200 graduates were on hand to
pay tribute to their alma mater and to
renew old acquaintances. They repre
sented nearly every class from 1878 to
1907, besides the incoming; class of 1908
numbering 58 members.
.Officers or Hie AInninl.
At the annual business meeting this
morning, the following officers were
elected for the coming year: Lewis R.
Alderman. '98, president; Allen H.
Eaton. '02, first vice-president; Dr.
Frederick J. Zeigler, '02, second vice
president; Albert R. Tiffany. '05, secre
tary treasurer. Members of the ath-,
lettc council: L. T. Harris, '93. C. N.
McArthur, '01. George W. Hug. '07.
Mr. Alderman and the members of the
athletic council were re-elected.
Mr. Alderman, who has been re-elected
president of the alumni, is superin
tendent of the Eugene public schools;
Mr. Eaton, first vice-president. Is a
Eugene business man and is serving
his second term as member of the
lower house of the Oregon Legislature
from Lane County; Dr. Zeigler, second
vice-president, is city physician of
Portland; Mr. Tiffany, secretary treas
urer, is registrar of the University of
Oregon. Of the athletic council, L. T.
Harris Is Judge of the second judicial
district; C. N. McArthur Is a Portland
attorney and Joint-representative for
Multnomah and Clackamas Counties;
George W. Hug is principal of the Eu
cne high school.
Pledge Support lo Public Schools.
The association transacted a large
amount of routine business and took
a number of steps to organize the
alumni Into a more effective body. A
resolution was passed pledging the sup
port of the alumni to measures that
will improve the condition of the pub
lic schools of the state and also favor
ing the establishment of union high
schools. The alumni campaign com
mittee who conducted the successful
campaign for the university appropria
tion bill was discharged with a rousing
vote of thanks. '
A resolution "tanking the newspa
pers, commercial clubs and other or
ganizations that supported the appro
priation bill was passed by a unani
mous vote. A communication from
Judge Robert Eakin, president of the
Alumni Association of Willamette Uni
versity, congratulating the University
of Oregon on the foutcomo of the vote
on the appropriation was read and gen
erously applauded.
Annual Alumni Banquet.
The annual alumni banquet was held
this afternoon In the large open tent
on the campus just east of Deady Hall.
The weather was delightful and the
banquet was one of the most enjoyable
events in the history of the associa
tion. President Lewis R. Alderman,
'98. acted as toastmaster and responses
were made by President P. L. Campbell,
Regent S. H. Friendly, Professor Luella
May Carson, Mrs. L. T. Harris, Regent
M. A. Miller. C. N. McArthur. '01, and
Dr. .Homan, president of Willamette
University.
Unveil Johnson Portrait.
At the conclusion of the graduating
exercises tomorrow, the alumni asso
ciation '.. ill present tne university with
a handsome painting of the late presi
dent, John W. Johnson.
' SECURES FAILING PRIZE
Bert Prescolt First, Miss Miriam
Van Waters Second, in Oratory.
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, Eugene,
Or., June 23. (Special.) Bert W. Pres
cott, of Baker City, and Miss Miriam
Van Waters, of Pontland, won the Fail
ing and Beekman prizes, respectively,
at the annual commencement oratorical
contest in Villard Hall tonight. Mr.
Prcs:ott's oration was entitled "'The
Reign of Law, a Guarantee of Equal
Rights." Miss Van Waters spoke on
"The Reign of Law, Persistence and
Vnriation."
The other orators and their subjects
were: R. D. 'McCarly, of Pendleton,
"The Reign of Law"; Miss Cora Cam
eron, of White Salmon. Wash., "A Part
of Earth's Creative Majesty"; Miss Emily
Muhr, of Eugene, "Social Poise and So
cial Progress"; Wesley M. Wire, of
Eugene, "Am I My Brother's Keeper?"
The orations were all of a high order
and the contest was a close one. The
programme was interspersed with a num
ber of excellent musical numbers. The
judges of the contest were Dr. Fletcher
Homan, president of Willamette Univer
sity; Rev. Herbert S. Johnson, of Bos
ton, Mass., and Judge Lawrence T. Har
ris, of Kugenc.
Villard Hall was crowded to suffocation
tonight. The ceremonies were attended
by 1SC0 people and it is estimated that
500 were turned away because of the lim
ited seating capacity.
Prior to the oratorical contest the
women of the university and the women
graduates marched in the annual fern
arid flower procession. The march lasted
three quarters of an hour and extended
over the campus lawns. Three hundred
women, each carrying a wreath of ferns
or flowers, were in the procession, which
was witnessed by a crowd of 3000 peo
ple. The fern and flower procession Is
regarded as the most beautiful feature
of commencement week.
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have extreme difficulty In coping with the
situation.
FIGHT FOR A CONSTITUTION
Shah Joins Reactionaries After Two
Tears' Slaughter.
WASHINGTON, June 23. For two
years, ever since a constitutional govern
ment was proclaimed by the Shah of
Persia, that country has been In the
throes of a revolution which has been
general in character and included within
its scope the inhabitants of larger and
smaller cities. The Shah rather reluc
tantly proclaimed the constitution and
has cast his lot with the reactionaries.
who are opposed to It because they hold
It Is contrary to their best interests. The
other party, the Constitutionalists,, have.
been fighting to maintain the rights guar
anteed to them by the constitution.
It is stated that during the two years
of warfare between 80,000 and 40.000 lives
have been sacrificed.
Remind Prince of His Promise.
LONDON. June 24. A special to the
Times from St. Petersburg says that the
Russian and British representatives at
Teheran have been instructed to remind
Prince Zilles Sultan of hla promise of
loyalty toward the present sovereign and
to acquaint him of the determination of
the two powers to keep him to his prom
ise. With the exclusion of this possible
danger of civil war, it Is hoped the situ
ation will soon clear.
BABY LEFT ON DOORSTEP
Only a Few Hours Old, la Placed In
Entrance to Eanun Building;.
The discovery was made about 2 o'clock
this morning that a baby born only a
few hours before had been deserted by
Its mother and left in the Kamm build
ing. First and Pine streets.
Frank Neumeister, member of a local
theater orchestra, was returning to his
room in this building when he stumbled
over a basket suitcase in the doorway,
and on picking It up found that it con
tained a baby. He Immediately notified
the police station and Officer Barzee was
sent out. He returned to the station
SHERMAN
IS ILL
BUT IS IMPROVING
(Continued From First Paire.)
and the doctors this afternoon advised
me that I can probably go home In three
or four days. I thank you ever so much,
Indeed, for your cordial telegram. I ex
pect to see you In Washington on
Wednesday of next week."
The telegram from Mr. Taft, to which
this was a reply, read:
"Am greatly distressed to hear of your
Illness. Hope Governor Herrick will keep
me advised of your restoration to health,
which I constantly pray may be rapid."
Fever Continues High.
The unfavorable symptom In the case Is
the continued high temperature. In the 9
o'clock bulletin tonight It was given at
102s, with pulse normal. At that hour
Mr. Sherman was restless.
The extreme heat of the day, running
Into the 90s, did not add to the comfort
of the patient. The U P. M. bulletin said:
"Mr. Sherman is resting more comfort
ably now. Temperature 102, pulse 92."
Mr. Herrick called up Mrs. Sherman by
long-distance telephone this morning end
informed her of her husband's illness. She
immediately came here from Utlca, N.
Y., accompanied by her son, and arrived
at the hospital at 6:20 P. M. Mrs. Sher
man herself is 111 and had to be carried
to her husband's bedside In a chair. The
excitement attending their arrival caused
the patient's temperature to rise to 101.5,
and his pulse to 92.
Taken 111. on Train.
Speaking of Mr.. Sherman's illness, Mr.
Herrick said today:
"Mr. Sherman first was taken ill on the
train Sunday morning on the way from
Cincinnati here. While In the sleeper the
pains cameon, and he at once realized
what it probably meant. Upon arrival at
my home Dr. Edward P. Carter and Dr.
Dudley P. Allen were called. This morn
ing the physicians ordered that he be
taken to a hospital, where he could be
"If you would do yaurself full
justice, dress well." That is the
advice of a well-known specialist
in mental and nervous diseases.
"A good suit of clothes," he
says, "acts as a splendid tonic
upon most of us."
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dential ticket that might occur between
the date of the nominating convention
and the election. A hasty study of the
precedents shows that no emergency has
arisen in the history of the Republic such
as would arise by the death or retire
ment of one of the" candidates before
election day.
Of course there can be no statutory
law on the subject, because, after all,
not only the National committees but
the conventions that create them have
no standing In law. Therefore there Is
nothing to prevent a committee from fill
ing a vacancy on a ticket that Is. no law
of prohibition but of course that com
mittee would be answerable to the party
which it represented. It has been sug
gested In the past that the committee
be authorized to fill a vacancy In the
event that one of the persons named as
a candidate on the ticket should decline
the honor, but that after all would be
a clear case of delegated power.
It has been a common practice In the
nomination of candidates for state offices
to authorize the state committees to fill
vacancies in such an Instance. When,
there Is a large number of cancuaat.es
some nominee frequently drops out of
the race, becomes 111 or dies.
As the convention which nominated
Taft and Sherman adjourned without day,
its existence Is at an end. so that It
Is said by men who are familiar with
the practices of the parties, if it becomes
necessary to fill Mr. Sherman's place, the
National committee would have to go
through the same procedure In promul
gating rules for the election of delegates
and every other detail that was gone
through In creating the convention that
has recently adjourned. All questions of
contesting delegations would come up
again and would have to be decided
without regard to anything that was done
In the recent convention.
Another point of view is taken by Rep
resentative James T. Lloyd, of Missouri,
chairman of the Democratic Congressional
committee, ' who stated today that he
had no doubt that the National commit
tee of both political parties have inher
ent power to fill a vacancy ln.the nom
ination of either President or Vice-President
that may occur between the ad
journment of the convention making the
nominations and the election. While no
precedent has ever been established, be
cause there has been no emergency to
call for a decision of this kind, he was
fully convinced that. If the question had
been brought up, the power of tbe com
mittee to take such action, would be
sustained. The committee, he stated, had
power to do anything In behalf of the
party it represented that may be neces
sary. That Mr. Sherman Is suffering from
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estate of Amid El Doules being entirely
looted and partially destroyed.
Twenty-five Nationalist leaders are
prisoners in the hands of the Cossacks.
The destruction of the great mosque has
horrified the people and the Shah will
with the basket, where a cursory Investi
gation failed to reveal any mark of Iden
tification. The city ambulance was called
and the child sent to St. Vincent's hos
pital. At the hospital it was found that the
child was a little, girl only a few hours
old. but there were no marks on the
clothing to indicate who Its parents
might be.
HEARST'S GAIN IS SMALL
McClellan's Majority of 3834 Re
duced by "03 to Date.
NEW YORK, June 23. The recount
ing of votes today In the Hearst-Mc-Clcllan
Mayoralty controversy gave
Hearst & net gain of 115, his largest
for any one day. McClellan's plurality
of 3S34 has so far been reduced to
3131.
Rejuvln aids digestion. At all fountains.
better attended In the event of an opera
tion. "At the hospital Mr. Sherman was given
every attention. While his condition Is
such that it may become critical at any
moment, yet I do not consider that he is
In any danger at present. Since 5 o'clock
this morning he has been resting easily
and has suffered very little pain. Only
one opiate has been administered. I have
no reason to doubt that he will be well
again in a day or two."
Congressman Sherman suffered a similar
attack in New Tork City twb years ago,
while serving as chairman of the Repub
lican Congressional Committee. He was
then taken seriously 111, but no operation
was performed.
COMMITTEE TO F1LI; VACANCY
No Precedent Exists, but Lloyd Says
Power Is Inherent.
WASHINGTON. June 23. So far as is
known, no power is vested in the Repub
lican National committee to fill a va
cancy on the Presidential or Vlce-Presi-
practically the same conditions that
caused some alarm In this city last
Spring is believed here. In the latter part
of March he was taken from his hotel
apartments to the Garfield hospital suf
fering from catarrah of the bileduct. It
was suspectd that an operation for gall
stones might be necessary. This, how
ever, was found unnecessary and. while
Mr. Sherman remained in the hospital
for some days, he was only seriously
ill for a few hours, suffering acute pain
during that time.
Calls New York Physician.
NEW TORK. June 23. Dr. George
W. Boskowitz, of this city, will leave
for Cleveland at 5:20 this afternoon to
attend James S. Sherman, the Repub
lican Vice-Presidential nominee, who
Is 111 In a Cleveland hospital. His
departure is in response to a telephone
message from Mr. Sherman'e son. Dr.
Boskowitz attended Mr. Sherman in a
previous illness.
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GAPTAIN CONWAY IS SICK
HAS SUFFERED MAST TEAKS
FROM LOCOMOTOR ATAXIA.
Runs Away tovSea When 14 Tears
Old Superintendent of O. R.
& X. Lines.
Captain George Conway, superinten
dent o water lines for the O. R. & N.
Co., Is very low at his home In the
Hotel Breslin. No. 422 Washington
street. Captain Conway has suffered
for several years from locomotor ataxia
and this together with complications
has caused his present serious condi
tion. Until last Thursday Captain Con
way was In regular attendance at his
office, although suffering considerable
pain.
Captain Conway Is 56 years and three
months old. He was born In Grenada,
Mississippi, March 81, 1853. When 14
years old he shipped on a sailing vessel
at New Orleans and from- that time
until he assumed the position of su
perintendent of the O. R. & N. Co., he
followed the sea. Captain Conway Is
one of the few old-time sailing masters
left on the Pacific Coast. He was a
shipmate for many years of Captain T.
J. Macgenn, of the steamship Break
water. Captain Conway made his first ap
pearance In a steam vessel as mate on
the old steamship Santa Rosa, which
was commanded by Captain Alexander
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at that time. He served Jn that capac
ity for some time and then went to the
Pacific Coast Company. Iater he was
master of the steamship Point Loma,
which was wrecked near Seaview on
the North Beach. He then took com
mand of the steamship Columbia and
in 1898 left that vessel to take charge
of the business of the O. R. & N. Co.
at Portland.
ALL CHARGES DISMISSED
Ex-City Officials of Chicago Will
Not Be Prosecuted.
CHICAGO. June 23. Charges of conspir
acy contained in indictments againet John
Collins. ex-Chief of Police; William 1
O'Connell. ex-Commissioner of Publio
Works, and Edmund H. Roche. e-City
Purchasing Agent, growing out of political
activity In behalf of ex-Mayor Dunne,
when he was a candidate for re-election,
were dismissed by Judge Chetlaln in the
Criminal Court today on a motion by
State Attorney Healey.
A charge against Collins of having de
stroyed public records was dismissed. The
action follows the acquittal of Collins
several weeks ago after a trial on a
charge of having made Improper use of
the police department In favor of the
candidacy of the ex-Mayor.
Scythe Case Results in Acquittal.
ALBANY, Or., June 23. (Special.) Da
vid F. Young, who wielded a scythe with
disastrous effect last Fall on Joshua Bal
lard, was acquitted In the Circuit Court
here this afternoon of assault with a dan
gerous weapon. The Jury decided after
an interesting trial that Young acted in
self-defense. Ballard having been equipped
with a pitchfork in the unique batte.
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