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THE SUNDAY OREGOMAX. PORTLAND, 3IAY 28, 1916. i ; JAMES. J. HILL If CRITICAL CONDITION Grave Operation, Dangerous Account of Patient's Ex treme Age, Is Performed. 'EMPIRE BUILDER' RALLIES lOmincnt Surgeons, Nurses and Members of .Family Keep Vigil. Specialists Hurry in Special Train to Operating-Room. ST. PAUU Minn.. May 2" James J. Hill, railroad builder and capitalist pioneer, lay in a serious condition at his home tonight, after having under gone a critical operation late this aft ernoon. Kminent surgeons, nurses, members of the Hill family and a lew close friends kept vigil through :ne night. Archbishop John Ireland, long time friend of the "empire builder." whs amons, those who visited the sick room. Anxious friends of Mr. Hill tonight sained some slight encouragement from the following bulletin issued by Dr. .Tames Giltilian: "Mr. Hill rallied quickly and favor ably from the operation. There was no alarming fever and his tempera lure was very good. We are only fearful because of the patient's ex treme age. The criti: al point in nta condition will not be reached for a few days, but T expect favoraK? re sults. Mi. Hill is suffering witi a carbuncje on the posterior of his Ihifrh mission announces open competitive examinations as follows: June 7, 8 and 9 Assistant examiner for both men and women in the Patent Office. Washington, U. C, entrance sal ary JlaOO a year. June 20 Salvage superintendent, for men only in the Navy-yard, Norfolk, Va. Salary from 14 to $6 per diem. June 21. Master mechanic, for men or.lv, in the forge shop, naval gun factory. Navy-yard. Washington, D. C, salary $7.44 per diem. Telephone en gineer, tor men only, in the Forest Service, to fill vacancies at Denver, Colo., Portland, Or., and vacancies as they may occur at Albuquerque, N. M., Ogden, Utah, and at San Francisco, Cal.. salary $1S00 j year. Apprentice drafts man and photographer, for men only, in the Bureau of Mines, Pittsburg, Pa salary from $600 to $900 a year. As sistant physicist. qualified in spec troscopy, for men only. In the Bureau of Standards, Department of Commerce, Washington, D. C. salary $1400 to $1800 a yea... Assistant biologist, for men only, '.n the Bureau of Biological Sur vey, Department of Agriculture, Wash ington. D. C. salary $1600 per year. June 27 Clinical director, for men only, in the Government Hospital for the Insane. Washington, D. C, salary $2000 a year. Further particulars may be secured from M. K. Wigton, Postoffice building, Portland, Or. HUGH ES' STRENGTH IS GAINING DAILY Band Wagon Delegates Take Note That Favorite Sons Make Little Headway. DEATH DUE TO ACCIDENT NFKCTIO FOLLOWS (TT WITH AX Sl'STAIXED Br F. "W. POWER. Late Secretary of -Orenro Nnniery Was (Graduated From Albany College and Admitted to Bar. ORBNCO, Or, May 27. (Special.) Frank W. Power, of this place, who ied Monday at a hospital in Salem, as the victim of an accident six weeks has resulted from bowe-1 whlcii trouble."' Although Mr. .Hill has remained in retirement at his residence for 10 days, it was only two or three vlays ago that the puiblic became aware that ii-j wa.i seriously ill. Yesterday, however, Louis Hill, president of the Great Northern Railway, made a hurried trip to Koch ester. Minn., aboard a special train to bring to St. Paul Dr. William James Mayo. Dr. Mayo arrived late yester day afternoon, held a consultation with Dr. Oilfillan and returned to Roches ter last night. At that time some attaches of the Hill household said that no operation woulo be performed. Today, however. Dr. Mayo, accom panied by his brother. Dr. Charles H. Mayo, and two assistants, made a sec ond fast trip from Rochester to St. Paul by special train and were jdriven to the Hill residence. Within a short time it was an nounced that an operation had been performed upon Mr. Hill. The infec tion in the patient's thigh had been openej and drained. COLLEGE YEAR CLOSING PACIFIC 1MVF.RSITY PRKP.iRKS Kxrrcises Will Begin June 1 and Con clude June 7- Sfason Now 1 !n -' Ins; I Successful One. PACIFIC UNIVERSITY, Forest Brove, May 27. (Special.) The caleh ar of commencement events at Pacific iJniversity closes another successful year of one of the pioneer standard i-olleges of the Pacific Northwest. The exercises, beginning the latter part f th'.s veek, will be concluded on Wednesday of next week. J ne past year at Pacific has wit nessed the enro'lment of one of the strongest freUmen classes in the his tory of the institution, and the inaug uration of several new and interesting siuaeni customs. President Bushnell reports prospects for a largely in creased attendance next year fronvhigh scnoois. Dotn in southwestern Washing ton and in Oregon. The programme for the commence ment week is as follows: Thursday, June 1 8 P. M., conservator' recital. Marsh Hall. Friday. June 2 8 P. M., conservatory rc cilal. Marsh Hall. feunday, June 4 11 A. M., baccalaureate eermon. subject: "Christianity am Prepar edness in America," President C. J. Bush- iieu. t-n. u.. uonsregational Church; 8 P. M., addj-ess before the Christian Associations, subject. "The Winds of the Soul," Rev. O. noimes. congregational Church. Monday, June o 2 P. M., senior class day KAcrcines, couege campus; 8 p. M., com mencement play, Shakespeare's "As You .L.iKe it. college campus. luesaay. June 6 3 P. M., receptions by literary societies: p. M., commencement concert. Aiarsn flail. Wednesday. June 7 10 A. M.. annual meeting ooa.ro or trustees, president's office M., commencement exercises, address. couege Lire and Today's Needs." Rev. .tienry Marcotte, D. D., of Portland Marsh Hall: C P. M., alumni meeting. Herrick Hall parlors; 6 P. M., president's reception and couege amnfr, congregational Church. TO GET HALF REST OF CLOSSET ESTATE INCOME TO GO TO CHILDREN. Woman Aalca Dower Rights Instead of . Equal Share as Provided for In Husband's Will. A one-half Interest In the revenue from her husband's estate, which is valued . at nearly $300,000. has been awarded Mrs. Emilie Closset, widow of tne late Joseph Closset, by Circuit Judge Gantenbein. The decision was in the suit brought by Mrs. Closset against the other heirs and herself as executrix or tne will, to secure her dower risrhts The will of Mr. Closset provided that his wife should have a year in which to elect whether she would accent th provisions of the will, or take a dowe interest in the estate. Tn snhi,t.n.. the will provided that the estate should no held in trust for 25 years, during wrm.ii penoa Mrs. iosset and the chil aren, of whom there are three, should snare equally in the net income. At th end of the 25 years the estate was to De equally divided. The dower interest, which Is a life interest in one-half of the property left, was chosen by Mrs. Closset lust before the expiration of the year. Judge Gantenbein did not choose to make a division of the property, but ruled that the income would be divided. Alfred Adolph Closset and Eugeni wnmiat, two of the children of Mr. (Jiosset, petitioned to have Mrs. Closse removed as executrix of the estate when she rued suit on the ground that sne was Inconsistent in appearin as both plaintiff and defendant. FEDERAL PLACES OFFERED Examination for Portland Job Is to Be Held Jnne 21. Th United States Civil Service Com OREGON VOTE SWAYS MANY Professional Politicians Continue, to Try to Name Some Other Than - Justice, but Those in Ranks Keel Xew Torkcr Can. Win. CContinued From First-Page. Frank V. Power, Whose Death at Salem Recently Was Result of Accident. go while splitting wood. lie was'hold- ng the stick on a block with his left and and the ax handle caught, caus- ng him to cut his hand just back of the thumb, severing the artery. Blood poisoning set in, causing his death. Mr. Power was born in KasBon, Minn., anuary 10.. 1869. While quite small his parents moved to California, and rom there to Albany, Or., where he was graduated from Albany College in 887, being one of a class of four. After graduating from Albany Col- ege, Mr. Power studied law at Wil amette University and was admitted to the bar. but never practiced. In 1898 he was married to Asenath Ba.ker, at Tacoma, Wash., removing from there to Salem, where he was secretary for the Salem Water Com- Lpany. in ne Degan wotk iot tne Ore gon Nursery Company, then at Salem ater having charge of the Chico Nur sery at Chico, Cal. tleturning to Ore gon, he engaged for a while in the real estate business In Portland. In 1912 he again became connected with the Oregon Nursery Company, at Orenco, and at the time of his death was sec retary of the company. In 1907 he was elected secretary of the State Horticultural Society, serv ing in that capacity for six years. Always a progressive In policy, he had a prominent part in the organlza tion of the Land Products Show at Portland. At the time of his death he was chairman of the Orenco School Board and one of the trustees of the Orenco Presbyterian Church. He is survived by nis widow, son. Kenneth, aged 14: daughter, Florence. aged 8; his mother, aged 84, and three brothers, E. L... of Pendleton; Alexan der, of Lebanon, and Charles E of Portland. ALASKA LIN IS RUNNING Completed Section Being Operated to Accommodate Farmers. SEWARD, Alaska. May 27: An offi cial report of the progress on the United States Railroad, Anchorage sec tion, shows the track completed 33 miles out from Anchorage and trains running 25 to 30 miles an hour. Six hundred and seventy men are at work on the branch line to the Matanuska coal fields. Two two-story frame bunk houses are being built at Anchorage. These, together with the bunkhouses already constructed, - will shelter 241 local employes. Two trains a week are being run for the accommodation of homesteaders. K. D. Snodgrass, Government experi mental farmer, has planted Alaska ripened grain on the homestead of Bud Whitney to test the grain-raising pos sibilities of the Matanuska Valley. Discovery of lime on Kenai penin sula is welcomed by homesteaders, as tests show that two tons of lime to the acre are needed to sweeten the acid soil. The present price of lime landed at Anchorage is $50 a ton. making its use by farmers out of the question. Lime from the newly discovered de posit, seven miles from Seward, will be available at a much lower price as soon as a road is completed. Stevenson. Man Burled. STEVENSON, Wash. May 27. (Spe cial.) Walter M. Fraine, who died at Stevenson Hospital Saturday, May 21, of apoplexy, was interred in the Odd fellows' Cemetery Monday, Rev. Charles H. Nellor officiating. The funeral was attended by the Woodmen of the World lodge of this place. Miss Martha Blaine, a niece, of Portland, was present. Dayton Bays Will Be June 16-17. DAYTON, Wash., May 27. (Special.) June 16 and 17 have been officially announced as the dates for- Dayton days, the annual June event here. The programme is not fully arranged. There will be afternoons of events at the race track and the riding of bucking horses will be no small feature. According to a French scientist, dleestlon proceeds more swiftly w-hen persons are re cumbent than when erect because In the process of evolution the stomach has not advanced aa rabidly a oth&r "T not carry" his own following with him into the Root camp. He could take some, but not all. And the Root boom ers are claiming only 180 delegates for their favorite. Roosevelt's strength, as far as it can be computed, added to ISO, .would not give Root a majority by 250. For a time the old guard pushed ex-Vice-Presldent Faimanks to the front, but Fairbanks did not seem to appeal particularly either to the unin- structed delegations or to delegates who will be required, on the first bal- ot, to vote for some other favorite son. Burton has never Deen consid ered seriously by the old guard as a compromise, largely because of the general feeling that he could not make strong run. Cummins' Chances Fade. Weeks was abandoned as a possi.le compromise candidate long ago, and Sherman has never been taken serious ly save by a few of the delegates from Illinois. As for Cummins, the old guard would as soon accept Hujhea or Roosevelt, and since the Oregon primary Cummins has commanded not even passing notice. There is one other trouble about "combination to beat Hughes, ' and that is the fear that Roosevelt would not go into such a combination if. in entering, he had to dicker with some of t:.i leaders he has fought so bitterly in times past. If it be true, as has been estimated by some Republicans who have tried to keep a finger on the pulse of dele gates to the Chicago convention, that about 450 delegates entertain a real preference for Hughes, though some of them are bound at the outset to support other candidates, the combina tion of most any one of the favorite sons with the Hughes strength would make up the necessary majority. The talk is strong that Cummins, realizing that he is out of it, will withdraw in favor of Hughes after the first ballot, and perhaps before the result of the first ballot is announced. Some of Senator Cummins' closest friends at Washington predict that he will make an early Jump to the Hughes band wagon. Cummins May Start Stampede. Jf Cummins does this he likely will start a stampede, for in the Chicago convention will be a host of Southern delegates who, at- heart, have no par ticular preference, and who are of the "band-wagon" type. The band-wagon delegate keeps his ear close to the round, and when he detects a particu larly ominous rumble he is quick to jump in the direction from which the sound comes. The Southern delegate gets nothing out of supporting a losing candidate, and the quicker he Jumps the greater is his hope of reward providing he jumps on the winning band-wagon. The result of the Oregon primary has caused much speculation among Republicans, and the" result of the over whelming Hughes victory has not been overlooked by uninstructed delegates who have no particular preference, but who want, above all else, to be on the winning side. Until Oregon voted there was much speculation as to whether the Hughes talk was the out put of a few enthusiastic admirers, or whether it really indicated a substan tial sentiment. Oregon Clears I'p Donbt Oregon cleared up all doubt on that score, and the Oregon vote, coupled with the vote of Vermont, one reflect ing sentiment on the far Pacific, and the other on the Atlantic coast, dem onstrated to a certainty that where the people had a chance to register their opinion of Hughes, they took full advantage of their opportunity. 'As a result of the Oregon vote, de cided changes of view have been no ticed on the part of delegates from several important states. In Pennsyl vania, where all but 21 delegates are uninstructed, and are nominally listed as "Penrose delegates," there is a marked sentiment In favor of Hughes, and the uninstructed Pennsylvania delegates are not of a type taking them as a whole to follow Penrose wherever he may lead. Until Oregon voted it was believed the Minnesota delegation would turn up in the Roosevelt camp, after Cum niins had been eliminated. Now, it appears, no less than 16 of the Minne sota delegates are inclined to. swing into line for Hughes, with only eight for Roosevelt, and these eight would be doubtful if Cummins should spec tacularly withdraw in favor of the New York jurist. Missouri MovlnaT Toward Hushes. Missouri, prior to May 19, was set down as for anybody but Roosevelt, but with no ' noticeable preference. Since Oregon showed its preference there has been much Hughes talk among the 36 Missouri delegates, with the prospect that many of them will go to Hughes at the outset- Some others will probably go to Fairbanks for the first ballot. Up in New York state, where .the Root leaders have been claiming 45 delegates, but where there has been a strong undercurrent of Hughes sen timent from the beginning, the Oregon vote has been studied carefully, and it seems probable that, after the first and complimentary ballot, many of the Root delegates will swing into line for Hughes. The striking thing about the New York situation seems to be that Roosevelt is losing, rather, than gaining ground. Only recently the announcement was made at Albany that Governor Whit man would make the speech at Chicago placing Hughes in nomination. If this report proves true, it will have its effect on the New York delegates, for Whitman is a big factor in the state and has a tremendous following of his own. More than "that, if the New York delegates are early convinced that the nomination of Root ! out of the ques tion, while it may be possible to noml nate another New l orker, they are not likely to give many votes to deleJ- gates from other states. Mary landers Hunt Band-Wagon. Over in Maryland there was some Weeks sentiment for a time, due to the fact that State Senator Weller, the Weeks manager, is one of Mary land s big four, and was Republican nominee for Governor in the last ca paign, and, therefore, a power. But the Maryland Republicans at Chicago will be band-wagon delegates; like their brothers from further South, thev . wil want to be on the winning side, and if it is demonstrated early in the balloting that Weeks is out of the run ning, the Maryland delegates will turn up in the camp of the candidate who seems most likely to win. The Massachusetts situation is in teresting and involved. That state, in reality, has two favorite sons. Senator Weeks and Governor McCall. but it did not instruct its delegates for either. Senator Lodge, of Massachusetts, is a Hughes man. and is not favorable to the nomination of either Weeks or Mc Call. At the present time there is a fair prospect that McCall will get more support from Massachusetts than will Weeks, though he has never been an active candidate for the nomination. McCall's friends have been disposed to hold him in reserve, and bring him out only in the event of a deadlock, which seems to call for a dark horse. Burton Mar Not Hold Ohio. A -week ago it looked as though the Ohio delegation would stand by 'Burton until the last horn blows. That situa tion was entirely changed by the Ore gon primary, which demonstrated that out through the country Burton has been unable to inspire the voters. It had been expected by his managers that he wou!dpoll a good, if not a winning, vote in Oregon because of his past sup port of rivers and harbors appropria tions for the Pacific Coast. But that fact weighed lightly, and the Burton showing, where he had to oppose Hughes, was such as to take him out of the running. The Ohio delegation, as it seems now, will not stand back of Burton long: Where it will go nobody can s"afely predict. The recent flurry of talk about Sen ator Harding has caused some to be lieve the Ohio delegates will early de sert Burton and cast their votes for Harding in the hope of putting him in the running, but as to this much will depend upon the prospects of getting support for Harding from other states. Senator Harding, chosen for tem porary chairman of the convention, by the way. has been pushed to the front quite a little by the old guard in the hope that he may command strength as a compromise candidate. Old Ouard Only for Harding. When it was suggested that Senator Harding be made permanent as well ss temporary chairman there was a mighty protest from the progressive Repub lican camp, and it is not now certain that the attempt will be made. There is serious objection to giving any man the opportunity of making two keynote speeches in the same convention, espe ecially when there is a possibility that he may be thrust forward as a com promise candidate in the event of a deadlock. As the situation is now viewed in prospect, one of the great elements of uncertainty, and an important element, is the Progressive party convention. What that convention will do. or what its managers will attempt to do. no one makes so hold as to predict. While there is a. general feeling that the con vention will organize, but make no nomination until after the Republican ticket has been chosen, there Is no cer tainty that this is the plan. A Pro gressive convention is in a class by itself. But this Progressive convention is. and will remain, a club in the hands of Colonel Roosevelt. It will stand in the background, perhaps. awaiting Laction by the Republicans, but with the certainty that ir tne jttepuoucans nom inate a Presidential - candidate whom the Progressives cannot or will not sup port, that it will name its own ticket that is, a Roosevelt ticket and re peat the political performance of 1912; make certain the election of Wilson. ovvy Style want wear our Clothes it you don't. V XT i w ill Nv , v' - Jv i - N " - ; . . 1 p. v - ' p' V - 0 t 1 v .' xY QotllGS atoui if you to, hut Platform Certain to Be Progressive. Only by nominating a candidate ac ceptable to Roosevelt, and adopting a platform which the Colonel can sup port, can the Republican convention avert an open rupture in the party. That is known to the old guard, and that accounts for the overtures made to the Colonel in the hope of winning him over to some Republican other than Hughes. As for the platform. It is cer tain to be of progressive tone. Sena tor Borah, of Idaho, will have a big hand in the drafting of the party dec laration, and, furthermore, the old line Republicans virtually have agreed that the platform shall be of progressive tone. They want such a platform as an aid in holding the party together. Whether the candidate nominated by the Republicans will be acceptable to the Progressives, however, remains to be seen. More than ever before there is evi dence of a desire on the part of Re publicans to nominate a ticket at Chi cago that can win; there is 'none of the spirit so predominant in 1912; none of the old bull-headed determination on the part of the old leaders to have their own way, even though having it means certain defeat. Those of the old lead ers who favor Root believe he can be elected, as do the supporters of other conspicuous Republicans. But even so, there is a more general desire to get a winning ticket than to force the nom ination of any one man. Hughes' Strength Admitted. It is this predominant desire that has today made Hughes such a great factor. Those who are for him feel sure he can win: those who oppose him and who do not want him admit that he can poll a tremendous vote. The opposition to Hughes comes from men who want to be "close to the throne" if the Republicans are vic torious in November. Penrose, Barnes and men of that type fear they will not be in that enviable position - if Hughes becomes President, hence their preference for some other man. But among the delegates who want an end to Democratic rule and whose chief de sire is to nominate and elect a man who, they feel, will fill the office reditably, there is far more sentiment for Hughes than for any other. The Hughes sentiment is found in the ranks of the delegates; it Is not found among the professional politicians. The men who have been powers in past Re publican administrations hope to have equal or greater power in the next Re publican administration; their motives are seirisn. witn tnose who are not BAD HEALTH IS TO BE DEPLORED BAD TEETH IS ALMOST A CRIME FT! rrp I ym? -; DK. tS.t-WKKiHT Bad teeth lead to almost all the ills to which the body is afflicted. It is inexcusable when scientific dental work at small cost is at your disposal. I will give you prompt scientific work at very moderate prices. . Painless Extraction of Teeth. DR. B. E. WRIGHT Northwest Corner Sixth and WashinBton, Northwest Huildlng. Phones Main 3119, A 2110. Office Hours. 8 A. M. to 0 P. M. Consultation Free. otom and Bisliion for metis Guaranteed dyes $2(M35 Drowsr Haf s $3 11. enoemn Morrison at RwrtJi1 2 o aspiring to leadership and who are not keen about having entre at the White House at all times and at all hours, there is not this selfish desire, but rather a desire for victory. Kiistern Clackamas Man Wins. ESTACADA, Or.. May 27. (Special.) H. S. Stephens, of George, was the only Eastern Clackamas County candi date elected at the recent primaries. Mr. Stephens being one of the Repub lican nominees for the Legislature from the Sixteenth District. J. W. Reed, of Estacada, and Harvey Gibson, of Barton, were defeated for the Re publican nomination as Commissioner and E. W. Bartlett. of Estacada, lost the Republican nomination for District Attorney. Eg na n n n n EQ3 TODAY Starting at 1 P. M., Continuous to 11 P. M. ALSO MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY NEWS HOW WE'RE PROUD OF Portland Theatergoers Have Shown Ample Recognition and Appre ciation of the Fact That the Strand Gives You "More Than Your Artists That Have Played in America's Finest Vaudeville Theaters. RVRicvr Stark. GbttipMa Chango of Program Every Sunday S-Thursday MUCH APPENDICITIS . IN PORTLAND There are many cases of appendici tis In Portland hospitals. Much of this can be prevented with simple buck thorn bark, glycerine, etc., as mixed in Adler-i-ka. This eimple remedy acts on BOTH lower and upper bowel, re moving such surprising foul matter that OXE SPOONFUL, relieves almost ANT CASE constipation, sour stomach or gas. A short treatment helps chronic stomach trouble. Adler-i-ka has easiest and most thorough action of anything we have ever sold. The Skidmore Drug Company. 271 Alder, between Third and Fourth. Li -J EVERY ACT A HEADLINER The Celebrated French Dancer VERNA MERSEREAU And a Company of Talented Artists in an Elaborate Dramatic Dancing Pantomime "A ROSIANCE OF OLD EGYPT" HAWLEY & HAWLEY Up-to-Date Skedaddle BEACH & LYNN In a Clever Comedy Sketch . HENRY GUNSON The Singing Fisherman An All-Star "Bluebird" Cast Support RUPERT JULIAN In a Charming Heart-Interest Story of the Constancy of True Love. Suggested by Lord Tennyson's Poem, MAUD. ECP - "NAKED HEARTS" HD 107.2