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The Washington herald., 1906-12-16
-Four Thousand Newses Combined to Keep the
Christmas Spirit Alive All the Year Around
BY LEIGH MITCHELL HODGES.

words that meant absolutely nothing
to her at the moment.
You'll get it. I'll telephone
Gunckel.
He went away. Five minutes
later he came back and sent a clerk
with her to little Office around in
a side street. There at a desk sat
a man whose face of itself is enough
TO cheer one. He asked the woman
to describe her purse. She did.
He opened drawer and handed it
to her. She opened it, and clutched
at its contents. Her every penny
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-06-29
The Alumni Association.

The annual meeting of the Alumni
Association was held at 8 o'clock this
morning in the alumni room. The Of
ficers of last year were all reelected,
as follows:
President. Franklin Conant Payson.
Portland: vice president Charles Tay-
lor Halves. Bangor; secretary and
treasurer, DR.. George T. Little, Bruns-
wick.
The election to fill vacancies on the
board of board of overseers resulted
in the choice of George Patten Daven-
port, A. NJ, of Bath chosen by the
Alumni Association while Addison
Emery Herrick Of Bethel was chosen
by the committee of the boards.
The committee to have charge of the
award of the Pray prize for 1907 was
chosen as follows: Augustus r. Moul-
ton, '73: Albert w. Tolman, 'SS: CLAIR
encc w. Peabody, '93.
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Cd DISTRICT DEMOCRATS
Nominate Hon. Edward J. Lawrence of
Fairfield for Congress.

Fairfield, Me-, June oS.-(SreciaD.-
The meeting of the Democrats of the
Third Congressional district was held
at the Fairfield Opera house Thursday.
for the purpose of nominating cam
didate for Congress, the convention be-
ing called to order promptly at IL
O'Clock, by G. ID. Stuart of ELLSWORTH
who appointed Hon. f. w. Plaisted of
Augusta temporary chairman. c. NJ
Giveen of Waterville was appointed
temporary secretary. also G.. NJ Tracy
of Hartland. Peter Hanscom of
Thorndike, and Charles II. Leland If
Ellis worth.
The district committee was made Il
committee on credentials and they re-
ported the following delegates from
the different counties: Hancock. ",
Waldo. "a, Kennebec g. and Somersce
1872. making a total of 161. Mrs. Rams
dell moved that the temporary crgani-
cation be made permanent.
On motion of G. F. johnson Of Wat
ervile, it was moved that a committee
of five be appointed by the Chair to
draw up resolutions, and the following
were appointed: G. F. Johns III OF Wat
erville G.. G. Homer OF BuckspOrt, John
r. Dunton of Belfast and DR.. W. j.
Hunnewell of Pittsfield.
Mr.. Plaisted then introduced Hon. S.
s, Brown of Waterville, who at some
length, spoke.
The resolutions were as follows:
Resolved that we, the representa-
tiveS of the Democratic party of the
Third Congressional district of the
State of Maine renew our allegiance to
the National Democratic party, and eX-
press our faith in it's principals. We
| heartily endorse the platform adopted
| by the Democrats of Maine at its re-
cent State convention at Bangor, and
we pledge to Hon. Cyrus w. Davis, our
candidate for Governor, and the nomi-
nee of the convention, our heartiest
support.
Mr.. c. F. Johnson then presented
the name of Hon. E. ]. Lawrence as
the nominee of the party for Congress.
Mr. Johnson spoke a few deserved
words of praise for Mr.. Lawrence and
Mr.. Lawrence responded in q candid
| way. Speeches were made by number
of prominent Democrats both before
| and after Mr.. Lawrence's nomination.
The following district committee was
appointed with power to fill all vacan-
cies: Z. F. Fairbrother, Skowhegan;
| George d. Stuart, Ellsworth; T. j.
| Lynch, Augusta; Franklin a. Greer.
| This committee was given power to fill
all vacancies.
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The Alumni Dinner.

At the close of the exercises in the
church the procession was formed
again and proceeded up Main street
under the eIms and in through the
class of rs. gates to Memorial haii
where the Commencement dinner was
served. There We're over 600 Bowdoln
graduates in the line by classes. anu
their cheering and singing drowned
the music of the band most of the time
during the march across the campus.
Once in upper Memorial hall they We're
seated at the six long tables where the
excellent dinner was enjoyed. On the
stage We're President Hyde, the guests
of the occasion and leading members
of the governing boards. When the
president called the great gathering TO
order after the dinner was over he was
greeted with a great and long con-
tinued outburst of enthusiasm. the
alumni young and old leaped to their
seats and cheered again and again IN
token of their love, esteem and conn.,
dence for the great educator for over
20 years at the head of old Bowdon
He spoke briefly in review of the year
mentioning especially the $125,OOo re-
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II. Stacy, &c, the Seniors delivered the
class parts. Among the addresses de-
liveredt was one on 1.-The Supreme
Ideal" by Luther I. Bonney of Turner
Center" who said in part:
ITO this life of ours sweetness is
precious, joy is indispensable, love is as
penacea; yet the element in this
world that Is our greatest blessing is
the hard and difficult things, the things
that start the sweat and bring the
tears. This may seem hard but it is
true. What were sweetness without
strength but an Ophelia-like flower that
is gone at the touch of the worlds cold
hand? What were unceasing joy but
empty hilarity? What were love that
had no chance to selp? What use in
the world could be this mould of clay,
no matter how carefully formed or deli
catcly traced, were it not for the fire
1t would be a useless thing of the dust,
no more.
Nothing that is high, noble, strong,
is born of Incidence or ease. Does
the athlete train for his run by
being carried round the track in an
automobile? Does the scientist make
his discoveries by proxy? Does man
learn virtue in his sleep? Inactivity
and relaxation have no positive values
in world of progress. 1t had been
easier for plant life to stay in it's origi-
nal paradise at the surface of the
ocean than to adapt itself to the less
favorable conditions of the land. But
which are the higher, more beautiful
more useful forms, the grasses, flowers
and trees of the,land or the single cells
of the sea? 1t had been easier to re-
main a beast and rend lesser brute
for n bellyful than to be man, torn
by the battle of the aspirations with
the body. But what man would not
lift his eyes to the stars and thank the
mighty maker of them all that he was
not born with tusks and claws? The
Continued on Page Two.)
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COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES
Bates and Bowdon Colleges With Usual Speaking Awarding
Prizes, Honorary Degrees EBates Coners B. IS and
Bowdoin on 6S (iraduaes=--T1e Commencement Dinners

ceived In gifts during the year and an
nouncing a new gift of $4,000 from the
class of 81 to establish a scholarship.
He then announced that the beautiful
big bronze and gold loving cup given
by David w. Snow, '73, as a reunion
trophy to be given to the class having
the largest percentage of it's members
back at Commencement had been won
by the class of rs. This class which
graduated 80 years ago had % MEM
| bers back out of 80 living, giving it a
percentage Of .5S $40. The class rank
ing next was given honorable mention.
1t was the class of 80 which had 81
men back out of 46 living. giving it a
percentage Of SIS 7S10. There was
great applause and cheering over the
announcement, the two classes between
which the competition was so close
cheering each other over and over.
Many classes had over so per cent. of
| their men back and several of the later
classes had actually more men than
&c or SO, though n less. proportion.
The speakers of the afternoon We're
Congressman Littlefield who had been
made Il Doctor of Laws at the morning
exercises; President Fellows of the
University of Maine whose special
| farming train stopped at the station
| to allow him to be present; General
Hubbard, 81, who paid a splendid tri-
| butte to his classmate General Francis
Fessenden who died in Portland last
year; Hon. c. F. Libby. ga, of Port
| land who spoke for the overseerS; Prof
H. l.. Chapman, CO. who was given
- 81 H. ~,
| of the day by the hundreds of alumni
| who love him 50 well and whose
| speech was a gem of wit and elo-
| quence; Tascus Atwood. 20, of Auburn
| who spoke for the class which wor
| the reunion trophy; Judge F. A. Fisher
| 81, of Lowell, Mass, who spoke for the
| class of q quarter of a century ago;
| w. V. Wentworth, sc, of Great Works
who spoke for the class of 20 years
| ago; and Hon. c. A. Knight, 90. mayor
| of Gardiner, who spoke for the class o.
/ 10 years ago which came within two.
tenths of one per cent, of winning the
| trophy. The speeches were of Il higf
| order and each speaker was warmly
received and applauded. 1t was abou
3 when the speaking was over and thu
| eco happy sons of old Bowdoin Wen
out of the hall to the beautiful campu!
| and another most successful Com
| mencement was at an end. Most of tn,
| big crowd of graduates left Brunswick
on the afternoon and evening trains
| while the newly graduated class wen
to CascO Castle in the evening for thei
farewell meeting and banquet. Frida.
and Saturday will be days of packing
| up and departure.
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ROCKINGHAM PARK.

Salem. n. H., June 2S.-The opening
day at Rockingham park, the new race
track at Salem, today drew a crowd Of
between 10000 and 10000 followers OF
racing to this place. The new track.
which is one of the finest in the coun-
try, is owned by the New England
Breeders Club, of which Andrew Miller
of New York is president.
Considerable interest had been mani
Tested i'll the matter of betting at the
track. There had been a crusade on
the part of number Of New Hamp-
shire people against betting at the
track and it was announced both by
New Hampshire officials and the man.
agement of the track that betting
would not be allowed. In addition
there were posted in prominent places
throughout the enclosure notices quot
ing the New Hampshire statute for
bidding betting. Notwithstanding the
crusade or the notices, a number Of
bookmakers from the tracks about New
York We're at Rockingham park today
ana carried on their business under
what is known as the English booking
system. None of them would accept
bets from persons with whom they
were HOt acquainted.
There were six races Oh the card to
day. the principal event being the New
England handicap, valued at $1,000 OF
which 1855 went to the winner. The
stake was captured by Lotus Eater.
In the betting j. A. brakes entries,
Grapple and Yves. We're coupled ana
ruled the choice at to throughout.
with Oxford a close second choice at
to l. Lotus Eater trailed behind the
leaders until the half was reached,
when he overlook Tongorder, who had
led. increasing his lead on the straight
away and finished in a gallon. The
summary:
First, 2-year-olds. selling; So fur
longs; Alyth 81, Carroll 8 to | won:
k1ilochan, 81, Noone, even second; Sal
visa, "a, Tadlock to l third. Time
LOT. Balston Boy, Banda and Ham
cock also ran.
Second, selling, one mile: Azelina,
96, Reyes, to l won; Little Woods.
lob, Wiley to l second; Afric Jewel.
49, Garnet to ] third. Time 1.432-5.
Neptunus and Marius Caius also ran.
Third. selling. six furlongs: Incan-
tation 113 Hildebrand s to & won.
Prince Brutus 100 Carroll 8 to l sec
ond; Subtle, SO, Noone to S, third.
Time LA. Count Martial, Lawsonian.
Plantagenet. Mescal. Annie Russell and
lsadaisy also ran.
Fourth, one and One-eighth miles
New England handicap, value $4,000:
Lotus Eater 90 Walter to 1 won:
Grapple III Sporting, to S, second;
Yves, SO, Garner, 8 to 5, third. Time
1.53. Samson. oxford Palette and
TOngOrder also ran.
Fifth. selling. one mile: Rebo. 100
Garner to won: Elliott, 40 J. DAILY
to ! second; Thespian 1O3 Tadlock
to l third. Time lao 2-5. Only
three starters.
Sixth. selling, five furlongs: Per-
centage, 112, McCade, to i, won:
Dinemock. 100, Pieratt 7 to / second:
Eiinont. 100 Wiley 8 to 1. third Time
1.O1. Simon D.. The Galloper. Then
Continued on Page Eighth
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OXFORD COUNTY TICKET.
Officers Nominated at Republican Con
vention Friday.

South Paris. Me, June 2S.-Followine
is the complete ticket as nominated TO-
day at the Oxford county Republican
convention:
Senator, Henry II. Hastings, Bethe';
clerk of courts. c. F. Whitman, Nor
way: treasurer, George NJ. Atwood
South Paris; county commissioner
Adelbert Delano, Canton; sheriff. Hi
ram r. Hubbard. Paris Hill; register
Of deeds, east district. J. Hastings
Bean, South Paris: register Of deeds
west district, Eckley Ballard.
J. Hastings Bean, register of deeds
Of the eastern district, and Eckley Bal
lard, register of deeds for the western
district, were nominated by acclao1A1
ton.
Hiram r. Hubbard was nominate
sheriff over F. A. PERKINS by
OF 81 to "a.
The resolutions endorse the admins
tration Of Pres. Roosevelt, Gov. Cobb
Cong. Littlefield and the nominees OF
the convention.
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The Prizes Essay.

The following is an abstract of the
address of Philip Freeland Chapman
the winner of the Goodwin prize:
A Socialist agitator once said: So
cialsm doesn't know exactly what it
wants. but it wants it quick, and it
wants it mighty bad A first glance
at the thousand and one confusing
schemes and projects, loosely termed
socialistic. though not necessarily real
Socialism, produces about this same in
definite impression. True socialism.
however, is always recognizable by
one invaria BILE characteristic. Whether
it be the socialism of the more prevail
ent German school. or that defined by
Proudhon or Marx or Bellamy, it al
ways has one definite ultimate object
in yiew-the final suspension of the
struggle for life.
There are in reality two kinds Of
struggles in life; the first. struggle
for existence-illustrated by those
struggling against disease and starva-
ton. and the second kind. socialism
struggle-a struggle not for life itself.
| hut for more life-a, struggle for fuller
developnent-of self, of family. of COM
| munity-a struggle for more comfort.
more efficiency, more knowledge. mora
| usefulness, more kindly helpfulness.
The goal of socialism, then, is the
| enoJ suspension of these struggles. In
&c aim to wipe out. first, the struggle
CO... existence. socialism finds itself con-
| ruorted nv one of the great laws of the
.aoress Of life-the law Of natural Sc
iaot;on-that from a superabundance of
i;fa of those most fit to survive and
produce offspring. For instance, only
two or three each year OF the nundreos
Of eggs produced by the frog ever come me
IN maturity. and though tne eoonsn
discharges some 100000 OF eggs, rarely
tcontinued on Page Five.I ~.
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Washington, June 2S.-The winds
along the New>England coast and mid
die Atlantic coast will be light to fresh
and mostly southwest. The North
western low pressure in conjunction
with the relatively high pressure in
the southwest has caused a general
rise in temperature over the eastern
half Of the country and maximum tenn
peratures of 80 degrees or higher pre-
vailed east of the Rocky Mountains
except in the Lake region, New Eng
land and the middle Atlantic states.
There will be showers Friday from
the northern Pacific states eastward to
New England and showers quite gem
orally in New England Saturday.
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Conventions.
Senator Sturgis Withdraws
Name for denomination
In the Cumberland Republican
Convention at Portland.
Third District Democrats Nominate EdW. J.
Lawrence, Fairfield, for Congress.

Portland, Me, June Ex-senator
Herbert H. Sturgis of Standish, faith
er" of the liquor law enforcement bill
passed by the last Legislature, with
drew from the contest for nomination
for second term at the Republican
county convention today. J. Putnam
Stevens and Joseph b. Reed of Port
land, Barrett Potter of Brunswick and
Joseph l.. Robinson of Windham were
nominated for senators. William l.
Cobb of Portland was nominated for
Sheriff on the third ballot. His OPP
ponents were NJ. n. Trefethan and
George p. Plaisted.
j. Calvin Knapp was nominated for
register of deeds.
j. G. Meade of Bridgton was nomi-
mated for county commissioner
The Republican State platform was
endorsed.
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Henry Labouchere was in more
than usually savage mood when he
penned the following for a recent num-
Der of London Truth: Society is a
combination of men and women who
overdress themselves at the expense of
their tradesmen that they may over
eat themselves at the expense Of their
friends"
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Boston Forecast.

Boston, June 2S.-Forecast for Bos-
ton and vicinity: Partly cloudy and
continued warm weather Friday and
Saturday; light variable winds.
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SHOWERS.

Washington. June 2S.-Forecast for
Friday and Saturday: New England:
Occasional showers Friday and Satur-
day: light to fresh southwest winds.
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The exercises of the day began at
1890 A. NJ, when the the procession
began to form for the march to the
church. For a half hour before the
start the crowd began to gather about
the chapel by classes and to give their
class yells, making the lively and noisy
spectacle which Bowdoin man always
remembers.
Then came the march. There were
nearly 600 men in line and down through
the shaded path they went to the
strains of Payne's Second Regiment
Band and the Seniors in caps ana
gowns. Following these came Presi-
dent Hyde and Congressman Little
field, then Hon. Charles f. Libby.
chairman of the board of trustees ana
Kate Douglass Wiggin (Mrs. George
C. Riggs) who is one of the two hon
orary daughters of Bowdoin. Follow
ing these came, Ex-Governor AlonZo
Garcelon, SO, and the Oldest living
graduate. Following these came the
men of the 40s and down through to
the present day.
The exercises at the church con-
sisted of the addresses of the six Com
mencement speakers, chosen from the
provisional list. The speeches were
six in number and proved very inter-
esting and carefully prepared discus
sions of the various subjects treated.
Then came the comforting of degrees.
prize announcements. the prayer and
the benediction, followed by the march
to Memorial hall and the dinner. The
full program in the church was as fol-
lows:
The opening prayer was by Rev.
Frederick A. Wilson.
Philip F. Chapman. Portland. so
cialism:,' Oscar Peterson. Cornish,
THE College and the Church," James
A. Bartlett, Richmond, Emerson. the
Transcendentalist:" George c. Soule
South Freeport, Child Labor" Robie
r. Stevens, Kennebunk, THE Man OF
Letters" and Charles l.. Favinger
Frederick, Del, Thomas Hood. HUI.
manitarian."
Closing prayer by Prof. Sewall OF
Bangor Theological school.
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Two whipthong makers who went
into bankruptcy recently in South
wark, England, declared that they
had been ruined by motors, and es-
pecially motor omnibuses.
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BOWDoIN COLLEGE.

brunswick, Me-, June 28.-(SpeciaD.
The closing day of Bowdoin's Com
mencement passed off today under con-
ditions not less favorable than those of
the entire week. Fair weather, a big
crowd and the enthusiasm by which
Bowdoin men are known far and wide,
all contributed to make the final day
what it should be-the greatest Of the
week.
All the forenoon trains brought in
crowds of alumni-more than come on
any previous day. The graduation ex-
ercises and the dinner are of course
the big event Of the week, and 1t is
the latter that brings in the alumni
To an extent that no other event of the
week can do. The dinner and the af-
ter-dinner speakers are the old grads
occasion always, and this year proved
no exception to the rule.
Then there was the trophy contest.
This was to be decided on the atten-
dance at the alumni dinner, and added
not a little to the interests of the day.
And the rivalry proved the closest that
could be imagined the class of 1876
winning by just % of l per cent. over
the class of 1896. At the time the pro-
cession started for the church it was d
question. If 20 had just one more man
in attendance she would win by just
the above figures. and there was one
train more to come in before the noses
were counted. The man came and 1t
was q winner by the above figures. Al
the close '76 had 90 out of a possible
80 and 80 had q out of a possible 46
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Name Of Mfr. e. g. Sullivan. stamped on
"., 1904 Zoe, Cigar
3 the smokers protection and standard
u quality. Factory. Aanchesteg. NJ -
The National tribune., 1906-07-26

earthworks and a fortified line. At Five
Forks his brigade captured large
number Of prisoners and many battle
flags, and for this he was brevetted q
Major-General. After the war he re-
turned to his old employers In Phila-
delphia, the Stuart Brothers. but after
q few years his health failed. and he
had to go to the Soldiers Home. The
history OF the 118th Pa. speaks Of him
as "a gallant soldier, a handsome and
accomplished officer. and q bold and
aggressive leader. He was by nature
impulsive and sometimes revengefui,
with likes and dislikes. characteristic OF
his race. strong and exacting. These
traits won him many warm friends and
at the same time made him many Bit
ter enemies in the regiment"
Burton w. Gibson, formerly counsel
for Mrs. Alice Kinnan, who was mys-
teriOusly murdered on the night OF june
8 in the old homestead in the Bronx.
was committed to the Tombs. In default
of $4,000 bail, for her murder. The
Coroner's Jury recommended that he be
held for examination by the Grand
Jury. In his examination before the
Coroner's Jury Gibson admitted that he
had defended some suits for the pos
session Of her property. the result be-
ing that 1t passed into his hands and
was sold by him for $4,000. or this
Mrs. Stenton received only $4,000. He
produced witnesses to account for his
time from 8 to 8:45 p. m. and from
1905 to 1910 p. m. After much adif3-
Guilty Gibson succeeded In securing bail.
Countess de Kernel and Miss Eliza
beth Kearny, daughters Of the late Gen.
Phil Kearny, have begun proceedings to
set aside the will left by their mother.
who died last month. Nine. de Kermel
has been for many years estranged from
her mother and family and Elizabeth
Kearny was for some years a nun In
France, but was compelled to retire on
account Of her health. Her mother LETT
her 81, 000 In addition to what she had
received from her father, and did not
mention Nine. de Kernel In her will
The property went to Mrs. Kearny's
two granddaughters. The contestants
claim that undue influence was brought
to bear upon their mother, and her
| mind was not In . condition to make .
| will.