The Detroit times., 1909-06-24
DR.. JAMES ". WARD
HAS EASY VICTORY
San Francisco Physician Elected
President of Institute OF
Homeopathy.

Wednesday were counted II was founI
that ne mad received l7S votes, or IL
more than was necessary Tor a choice
DR.. Jones. of Cleveland. received 90
DR.. MacLachlan, OF Detroit. 90. ant
DR.. Sawyer, OF Marion. o., IL.
There were three candidates for sec
rotary, rather coveted position, bu'
DR.. J. Richey Horner, OF Cleveland
was elected by handsome plurality
He received lS1 votes. while his near
est opponent. DR.. Joseph IL. Ball, OF
Bay City, received only rs. DR.. Henry
c. Aldrich. OF Minneapolis. received
So votes.
The cotest was so close for the Office
of registrar that none of the three
candidates received a majority and all
other election is being held The
candidates are Dr. T. e. Costain. Chi
cago; DIR. ". o. Forbes, Hot Springs,
Ark. and DR.. G. A. Huntoon. Iowa
City. la. ~sG
Other officers elected are: First
vice-president, Dr. Herbert Dana
Schenck. OF Brooklyn; second vice
president, Dr. Sarah NJ. Hobson, Chi
cago; treasurer, DR.. I. Franklin
Smith, New York; censor. DR.. J. D.
Garrison, Brooklyn.
Dr. Horner was also elected TO MI
out the unexpired term of DR.. Frank
Kraft, OF Cleveland, as secretary. Or.
Kraft died several months ago and
DR.. Horner has been acting as secre-
tary since then. The term expires
Jan. /.
The expected war over the Institute
Journal developed into perfect love
feast, Thursday morning. and result
ed In temporary victory for the Jour-
nal committee. headed by DR.. Is. e.
Bailey, Of Lincoln. Neb. II was de-
cided TO let the committee continue
publishing the Journal under It's pres
ent arrangement with the Medical
Century Co. until Sept. &c, when the
institute comes into existence as an
body. The board OF trus.
tees will then take up the Journal
question and will have full power to
dispose of 1t as they see TT. A reso-
luton introduced Thursday morning
providing that the institute at once
undertake the publication OF It's own
independent OF the Medicai
Century Co., failed TO carry
The American Institute OF Home
opathy Is a monster institution, and
the more the layman sees OF It's work
ings the more he Is impressed with
Its magnitude and Importance. 1t has
as many qualifications as the tabled
Hydra had heads, and each bureau or
society constituting these ramifications
has its own officers and It's own separ-
ate convention program. So the meet
ing now under way is not merely q
in the ordinary sense, but
a series OF conventions. No less than
four separate meetings were In prog
ress at one time In the Y NJ. G. A.
building, Thursday morning. UP In
Grace hospital big delegation OF doc
tors was attending a clinic by DR. e. q.
futile, a distinguished surgeon OF
New York city, and in the Turkish
room OF the Cadillac the eye, ear and
throat branch OF the institute was
holding its daily session.
The bureau of clinical medicine met
in the Y. NJ. G. A. auditorium during
the forenoon and listened to a number
of interesting papers. The discussion
was highly technical, though very In
teresting TO members OF the profess
sion. One OF the most important pa
rers was one by DR. II. B. Minton,
New York. on the treatment OF typhoid
fever.
Or. Ward. the new president, is an
interesting personality. He Is one OF
the really big men of the Pacific coast.
being president OF the Hahnemann
college OF the Pacific. He was presi-
dent of the San Francisco board or
health at the time Of the earthquake,
and Gen. Funston. knowing his execu-
tive ability. gave him unlimited gu
thority in dealing with sanitation
problems during the trying period toll
lowing the disaster The manner In
which he performed this task undoubt-
edly saved many lives, and Dr. Ward
proved himself q great man. and just
such personality as is needed In an
emergency.
DIR. Hills Cole. Of the New York
state department of health, featured
Wednesday nights session with an
illustrated lecture on tuberculosis.
He declared that communities that
object to the establishment OF tu-
berculosis hospital In their midst are
unduly alarmed. The careful consump-
tive is no menace to the public, he
said. and he told OF instances where
the value OF real estate had been en-
HANGED by the erection OF tuber-
culosis hospital in the immediate vi
clnity. so per cent OF all deaths from
tuberculosis are unnecessary, he de-
clared.
The Unanimous club, composed or
number of older men in the Home
opathic profession. held its annual din
ner I'm the Pontchartrain Wednesday
night. and spent several hours In re.
lating personal experiences.