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A . A A-.- ' &mmtiiCWf,ym ! ! J A A. a v.A A Aa.AAA ' PORTLAND, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1909. PRICE FIVE CENTS. VOL. XLIX.-XO. 15,238. BOY ADMITS HE WILSON TO LEAVE TACT- M rrnrnAi CCDUIPC Inl ' ILL E JUDGE M'CREDIE GUARANTEED BANK IN SORE STRAITS WHITNEY CREDITS BOTH EXPLORERS BURNED HOUSES r LULnAL OLnVIUL WEST E THROUGH ICY I IDAHO LAD, 13 YEARS OLD, COMMISSIONER TAKES CHARGE OF OKLAHOMA INSTITUTION. SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURr FIRED BUILDINGS. TO RETIRE IN JANUARY. NRG dunces NORTH LIS FOR M T CHOIC Cook Fights Arctic Cold . on Polar March.- WEARS RINGLETS OF ICICLES Every Hair Carries Frozen Load on Face and Head. CRAWL SLEEPING TO BED Coot Describes Laborious but Plcas ing Process of Going to Bed in Igloo Teeth Grind Hard Frozen Pemmlcan. THE CONQUEST OP THE POLE. EIGHTH INSTALLMENT. BT DR. FREDERlCJv A. COOK. Copyright. 190. by tlx New York Herald Company, Registered tn Canada In accord ance with the copyright act. Copyright In Mexico under the laws of the Republle of Mexico. All rights reserved. Trie ice about was much disturbed, and numerous black lines of water opened on every side, from which oozed Jets of frosty steam. The great difference be tween the temperature of the sea and that of the air made a contrast of "6 de grees, and the open spots of Ice water appeared to be boiling". Anxious to move away from the trou bled angle of Ice. the usual breakfast was simplified. Melting soma snow, we poured down the Icy liquid as an eye-opener, and then began- at the half-pound boulder of pemmlcan. but "with cold fingers, blue lips and no possible shelter, the stuff was unusually hard. To warm up. the sleds were prepared, and under the lash the dops jumped Into harness with a bound. The pemmlcan. somewhat reduced with the ax, was ground under the molars as we went along. The teeth were thus kept from chattering and the stomach was fired with durable fuel. As we advanced, the ice Improved te some extent, and with a little search a safe crossing waa found over all the new crevasses, though a strong westerly wind carried a piercing cold. Good progress was made, but we were not allowed to forget at anr time that we were Invading the forsldden do mains of Polar environment. All Kinds of Arctic Torment. In starting before the end of the Win ter night and camping on the open ice fields In the long northward march, we bad first accustomed our eyes to & frigid darkness and then to a perpetual glitter . with shivers. This proved to be the coldest season of the year. We should have been hardened to all kinds of Arc tic torment, but man only gains that 'advantage when the pulse ceases to beat. Far from land, far from other life, there was nothing to arouse a warming spirit. Along the land there had been calms and galea and. an Inspiring con trast, even In the dark days and nights, but here the frigid world was felt at Its worst. The wind, which came per sistently from the west now strong, now feeble, but always sharp-Mnflicted a pain to which we never became, accustomed. The kind of torture most felt in this wind and humid air of an Arctic pack was a picturesque mask of ice about the face. Every bit of exhaled moisture con densed and froze, either to the facial hair or to the line of foxtails about the hood. It made a comical caricature of us. Icicles Adorn long Whisker. The frequent turns In this course brought both sides to the wind and ar ranged a line of Icicles about every hair offering a convenient nucleus. These lines of crystal offered a pleasing dash of light and color aa we looked at each other, but they did not afford much amusement to the Individual exhibiting them. Such hairs as had not been pulled from the Hps and chin were first weighted, and then the wind carried the breath to the long hair, with which we protected our heads, and left a mass of dangling frost. Accumulated moisture from the eyes coated the eyelashes and brows. -The hu midity escaping about the forehead left .a crescent of snow above, while that es caping from under the chin, combined with falling breath, made a semi-circle of Ice. The most uncomfortable Icicles, howeyer. were those that had formed on the coarse hair within the nostrils. It Is to free the face of this kind of indura tions that the Eskimos puli the facial hair out by the, roots, hence the real poverty of moustaches and beards. Pleasures of Sleeplng-Bag. . During two days of chilly bluster, the sleds were forced along with encouraging results, and on the evening of March 26. with a pedometer and other methods of dead reckoning for position, we were placed at latitude M degrees, 24 minutes; longitude 96 degrees, S3 minutes. The western horizon remained persistently un disturbed. A brisk storm. It seemed, was gathering, but It was a long time In com ing eastward. On the evening of the 26th we prepared for the blast and built the Igloo stronger than usual, hoping that the horizon would be cleared by a good blow on the morrow and afford us a day of rest. The long. steadymarches. with out time for recuperation, had begun to check otir enthusiasm. In the dally tnonotony of hardship we had learned to appreciate more and more the Joy of the sleeping bag. It was the only animal comfort which afforded a relief to our life of frigidity, and with It we tried to (Concluded on Pace 3.) Says All Depositors-Will Be Paid In '"Full, but Admits Situation Is Del icate Cause Unknown., , l OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla.r Sept. 28. (Special.) Following a secret session of the Oklahoma Banking Board, which lasted until 6 o'clock this liiornlugr, and Included several Informal conferences today. Bank Commissioner A. H. Young tonight announced that the Columbia Bank & Trust Company, with a capital stock of $200,000. was in his hands. This bank holds $50.000 ' of the $400,000 state bank guaarnty fund. It also holds $165,000 of the general 'funds of the state. Bank Commissioner Young admitted tonight that the situation was very delicate. "Should the bank close its doors to morrow, however." be ( said, "the de positors will lose nothing. The bank guaranty fund deposit and the assets on hand will protect depositors to. the fullest extent." Mr. Young declined to give any hint whatever of why the bank finds itself In an embarrassed condition. It Is be lieved some light on this feature will be forthcoming tomorrcT. JEROME SCORES GAYNOR District Attorney Attacks Judge In Race for Mayor. NEW YORK, Sept'. 25. District Attor ney Jerome who Is making an Independ ent fight for re-election at the approach ing municipal election and who filed, fils petition today. Issued a statement to night attacking Justice William Gaynor, a candidate for the Mayorallty. ' whose friends believe he will be the Tammany nominee. Mr. Jerome describes Justice Gaynor aa a "political charlatan," and aa "tjiat most abhorrent product, a ' political Judge, whose so-called personal liberty decisions have served as a protection to "law breakers. "In the' face of the clear opposition of all the decent elements of tin Demo cratic party," continues Mr. Jerome, throe who control the nominating ma chinery of the party are about to force the nomination of a man who has been shown utterry destitute of political courage and whose erratic ability is tinged with a morbidness almost akin to mental unsoundness. 1 cannot stomach William J. Gay nor, and I cannot see sejnsn ana desperate men force him upon the party. What I can do to deeat him shall do." ' TEMPLE CHURCH IN HOLE Only Saved From Losing Other Pas- vtor by Quick Intervention. LOS ANGELES. Cal., Sept, 28. (Spe cial.) Ouly through the strenuous In tervention of D. K. Edwards, second vice-president of the Baptist Home Missionary Society, has permission been granted to) Rev. Edwin Brown, assistant pastor of Temple Baptist Church, to remain with his congrega tion Jwo months longer. Mr. Brown received instructions that he must start October 1 for Mexico City, where he la to engage in work under the auspices of the .Home 'Mis sionary Society, but Mr. Edwards, who recently 'returned from a trip through Mexico, reported. In view of the fact That Temple Church is still without a regular pastor, that Mr. Brown Is needed here. , It Is expected that Rev'. P. S. Hensen, of Boston, who arrived last week, "will be engaged as temporary pastor for Temple Church. WIRELESS .RENDERS AID Boat's Message Brings Help When Propeller Is Lost. SEATTLE. Sept. 28. Word was re ceived here tonight that the steamer Cottage City, which sailed from Seattle for Skagway Sunday morning, lost her propeller In Fltzhugh Sound. 60 miles north of Vancouver Island, last night. The reamer Humboldt, which sailed from Seattle for Skagway an hour ahead of the Cottage City, was com municated with by wireless, and came to the aid of the disabled steamer. The 29 passengers on board the Cottage City, among whom were Walter E. Ciark, the new Governor of Alaska, and Bishop P. T. Rowe, of the Episcopal diocese of Alaska, were transferred to the Humboldt and taken to Skagway. The Humboldt towed the Cottage City north to Bella Bella, where she an chored, awaiting a tug to tow her back to Seattle. ENLISTED MAN DROWNED Coal Passer on Pennsylvania Loses Life in HawaiL ' HONOLULU, Sept. 28. While swim ming with two companions at Walkiki' Beach, a coalpasser named Dlckard. of the cruiser Pennsylvania, was drowned, despite the efforts of others to save him. They got too far out and when rescued were at the poinuof exhaustion. SHIP BLOWS UP AT SEA British Steamer Clan Mackintosh Goes Down With Crew. RANGOON, Burma. Sept. 28. The Brit ish steamer Clan Mackintosh, belonging to the Madras Steam Navigation Com pany, is reported to have been blown up at sea. i ' Every man on board, with one excep tion, is said to have perished. Says' Cook arid Peary Found Pole. STORES ONLY TRANSFERRED Doctor's Supplies Placed ' in New House, Used First. INSTRUMENTS LEFT BEHIND Commander Refuses to Bring Rival's Property Back on His Steamer Roosevelt Rich Hunter Ignorant on Strife. .. ST. JOHNS. Jf. F.,'' Sept. 28. Harry Whitney believes both Dr. Cook and Commander Peary found the North Pole. In expressing this bellej today, Mr.- Whitney said he knows no reasqn for doubting Cook more than Peary. "Dr. Cook's story," he said, "seems to be truthful and probable. Nothing else explains his 12 months' . absence." The schooner Jeanle arrived here to day with :Mr. Whitney aboard. He went north, he said, merely on a hunt ing trip, and now finds himself In the storm center of a Polar controversy. Speaking of Dr. Cook's detailed ac count of his trip, Mr. . Whitney said Cook showed him how the Western drift of the Ice had landed him In a region far remote from" were he had expected to go. Speaks as a Novice. He could not speak with authority as to whether Dr. . Cook and his two Eskimos could, carry oh their three sledges enough food for their Journey ;to the Pole, as he himself Is a novice in Arctic traveling. - . He declared he knew nothing of the controversy beyond vague details. . The first he heard of It was at Indian Har bor, when he received messages from several' American papers asking for. a statement. These he answered briefly. Mr. Whitney denied that Commander Peary had removed Dr. Cook's stores from Annatook to. Etah. What Peary really did was to transfer a few things and rebuild the house at Annatook. Whitney added many details Bhowing Commander Peary', suspicions and hos tile attitude towards Dr. Cook. He also corroborated Dr. Cook's statements as to the Instruments and equipments he brought back from the Pole and the doctor's reasons for Intrusting the Instru ments to Whitney. Cook Said He Reached Pole. air. Whitney ' was questioned regarding the statements made to him by Dr. Cook In Greenland. He said Cook arrived at Annotook In April of this year and de clared that he had reached the North Pole a year before. He pledged Whitney, however,' not to tell Commander Peary, who was to be informed only that Cook had gone farther north than Peary's previous record, 87 degrees, 6 minutes. Murphy, Peary's boatswain, who was in charge of the stores, was absent from (Concluded on Pace T SOME "GOOD Successor Not Named Ends- Reo - ord Service as Member of Cab inets Since 189". OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington, Sept. 28. James Wilson, who has been Secretary of Agriculture since March 4, 1897, a longer period of service than any Cabinet officer In his tory, Js expected to step out .about January 1 next. Whom the President will name In -his place is not known, even if Mr. Taft has made1 a selection. ReportB have been frequent hitherto that Mr. Wilson was about to-go. He and Secretary of the Navy Meyer wer? the only holdovers from the Roosevelt Administration. Mr. Wilson's greatest claim to retention was the popularity of his department with the farmers. The1 bare suggestion of retirement was sufficient to bring a protest from' the West, but It Is now understood thaat hs portfolio will pass to other hands. CRITICISES GENERAL GRANT l A Object to His Appearance In Uniform in Temperance Pasiade. f HIPARO Sent. 28. Protest against' the. appearance of General iYeaerick jj. rimnt In the uniform ofliis rank in the United States . Army in the temperance parade in this city last Saturday was sent today to Secretary of War Dickin son by W. R. Mlchalis, of the executive board of the United States Societies for Local Self-government. Tvnchniu asks if there is any rule of the War Department governing such an appearance and requests that the reply be in the form of an open letter. TAFT TO SEE NEWLYWEDS President to Be Host of Honeymoon Couple. i CHICAGO. Sept. 28. President Taft in his tour of California next month is to-be the host of a honeymoon couple. Congressman Joseph R- Knowland, of Alameda,' Cal., representing the Third California district, who was married here tonight to Miss Emily West, of Craddock, Va., will, with his bride, be the President's guest.' The Congressman and his wife, ac companied by Governor Gillett, of Cal ifornia, will Join the Presidential party October 6. BRYAN TO MEET BAILEY Texan' Formally 'Accepts Invitation for Tariff Debate. 4TT.ANTA fin.. Sent. 58. A Joint de bate on the tariff by William J. Bryanl and Senator Joseph W. Bailey, of Texas, at Atlanta is assured for some time next month. Today Senator Bailey wired his accept ance of the formal Invitation extended by the Young Men's Democratic . League of Atlanta for." the debate. CURES SLEEPING SICKNESS French Doctor Finds Remedy for Dread Disease. PARIS, Sept. 28. Dr. Laveran, of this city, has announced to the Academy of Science a new cure for the-sleeping sick ness. , It consists of sub-cutaneous Injections of an aniline emetic. REPUBLICANS" WHO OPPOSE AN To Ask Bond Issue to Aid Irrigation. UPHOLDS HIS LIEUTENANTS Ballinger and Pinchbt Come In . for Praise. SPEAKS ON CONSERVATION Says Ha Favors Roosevelt Policy, but . Must Ask Congress for Right to Enforce It Possibili ties in Dry Land. SPOKANE, Sept. 28. President Taft delivered here today his long anticipated speech on the conservation 'of natural resources and outlined the policy of his Administration on this subject of supreme importance to all the West. Mr. Taft broadly took the stand that while the present Administration Is pledged to follow out tie policies of Mr. Roosevelt, such a pledge does not involve him in any obligation to carry out these policies without Congressional authoriza tion. The President added, however", that he would take every step and exert every Influence upon Congress to enact' legislation which shall best subserve tho purposes and requirements of the situa tion. . - -To Recommend Bond Issue. President Taft created a great deal of enthusiasm when he announced that he would urge upon Congress the necessity of authorizing the Secretary of the In terior to Issue $10,000,000 of bonds for the completion of Irrigation projects In the West upon which work has been sus pended because of lack of funds and the discovery that the projectors, in their enthusiasm, did not closely observe the limitation of the reclamation act. 'Hardships have been worked upon many settlers through the suspension of work, and Senator Borah, of Idaho, and other Western Senators and Representa tives have1 urged upon the President that a bond Issue was the only way by which Justice could be done. Quick Relief Necessary. Mr. Taft declared today that Con gress did not Intend that the Government should undertake projects wikoh could not be currently paid for out of ther pro ceeds of the sales of public lands, but added that he has been Impressed during his visit to the West 'ot, the necessity for immediate relief. Credit to Both Officials. President Taft today gave credit Doth to Mr. Plnchot and to Mr. Ballinger. He referred to the wonderful work of Mr. Plnchot and said that while that work had brought denunciation at first it was now generally realized that the reforms Mnaugurated by Mr. Plnchot were not only necessary-but should have been be gun ten years ago. The President defended the reopening of (Concluded on Page 8.) ASSEMBLY. , ' 1 - ,:i Confronted by Evidence He Con- t fesses, Then Boasts of His Work as Pyromariiac. MOSCOW, Idaho. Sept. 2S. Special Mystery surrounding the burning of Viola's two schoolhouses. Christian Church, barns and hay of J. B. Stoeker and Maccabee Hall, eight miles north of this place, was solved today by ex-Deputy Sheriff Grant Robbins, with the assistance of Prosecuting Attorney G. W. Suppiger, and ex-Sheriff James J. Keane, who wound around Albert Stoeker, 13-year-old son of J. B. Stoeker, such strong circum stantial evidence as to cause him to con fess the crime. When ex-Deputy Sheriff Robbins con fronted Albert Stoeker .with evidence the lad finally admitted, saying he was- hired to do it, but would not tell by whom. He implicated Grover Thomas, another 13- year-old boy, from Palouse. His own father and mother, whose cow shed and hay he. had burned, protested their son's innocence, notwithstanding he 'told them tonight he did it. The officials are in doubt as to Grover Thomas being guilty. Albert Stoeker tonisrht said: "I fixed everything ready and t set fire to one school . building with Grover Thomas. Then we ran to the Maccabees Hall and set that on fire and went ijme. The following Sunday night I slipped out of our house while the other folks were sleeping and rode a pony two miles and set the Christian Church on fire and then rode back home and went to bed with out any one knowing it. I fired, father's barn and hay to throw suspicion off from me. When I fired the buggy shed last night the folks were playing on the phonograph and I slipped out, lit the -fire and ran back before they knew it." Other arrests wili be made. WEST' VIRGINIA DISABLED Armored Cruiser Unable to Sail to Far East With Squadron. HONOLULU, Sept. 28. In official circles it Is now said that the armored cruiser West Virginia will not be able to sail with the rest of the squadron. which is preparing to start for Manila, as machinery repairs are being made that will tax the ship's resdurces and those of the machine shops ashore. A broken piston must be replaced. and the probability now Is that the cruiser will not be in shape for the voyage to the Philippines, which was scheduled to take place Immediately after coaling. Tha original Itinerary provided for the division of the fleet into squadrons October 1, when they would depart for Chinese and Japanese ports. JOY RIDE .DRIVER INDICTED Chauffeur in Whose Car Four Were Killed Must Stand Trial. ' SEATTLE, Sept. 28. Henry Hlser, chauffeur of a Joy ride automobile, which was. wrecked last Thursday, killing four of the oocupants. was formally charged with manslaughter today. The proprietors and bartenders of three saloons where the joy party took liquor will be arrested for selling to minors. Survivors testified that all eight of the people in the automobile were stupid from drink. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS 1 The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 73.0 degrees; minimum, 54.9. TODAY'S Occasional rain; south to west winds. Polar Controversy. Cook describes battle with bitter cold on northward march. Pase 1. Peary completes statement disputing Cook's claims. Page 3. f Whltnev tells whole story of Cook's arrival at Etah and Peary's treatment of mm. Fane 1. , National. Taft speaks at Spokane on conservation and praises both Ballinger and Plnchot. Pane 1. Secretary Wilson to resign January i. Page 1. Domestic. Chicago trainwreck causes death of six persons. Pago 2. Speakers at Mining Congress revive silver asitatlon. Page 2. Depository of Oklahoma bank guaranty fund on verge of failure. Page 1. 'Flute Indian murderer closely pursued by posse. Page 4. ? Eight sailors drowned by sinking of collier on Atlantic Coast. Page 4. Sports. Coast League scores: Portland 2. Oakland 1; Sacramento 2, San Francisco 0; Los Angeles-Vernon, no game. Pajro (. Northwestern League scores: Spokane 6. Portland 4: Vancouver 1. Aberdeen 1 (called 7th inning account darkness); Seattle 7. Tacoma O. Paga 7. - Pacific Northwest. Ashton forces rapidly gaining votes at Olym- pla. Page 1. Northern Pacllic will cut grain rate to , Puget Sound points Page 0. Vice-President Williamson, of Oregon Trunk, announces road will be built to Burns. Page 0. Yamhill school fair attracts crowd to Mc Mlnnvllle. Pago 6. Idaho lad 13 years old. confesses to firing ' publlo buildings in town. Page 1. Judge McCredle Is given majority vote In caucus for Congressional nomination at Olympla. Page 1. Portland and Vicinity. Mayor proposes that minimum water rate be established. Pago IS. Oregon 'funeral directors want state board of examiners formed. Page 10 Itinerary Is announced for O. R. & N. dem onstration train. Fage 11. Formal appeal is made for holiday Satur day to give all opportunity to see Taft. Page 11. Mrs. Horace G. McKinley tells of her for geries in old land frauds. Page 16. William Harrison, alleged to be planning to rob Oregon City -bank, caught by police. Page 18. ' Two thugs identified by victims of four re cent hold-ups. Page 12. J. Addison Smith, of Salem, strangely miss ing since Thursday. Page 16. Helmuth Klpp. 12 years old, killed by streetcar. Page 10. Bar Association has tilt with Justice Olson. Page 4. Harney County ranch is sold for $300,000. Page 4. I Confirmation I recejved . of deal for United Railways. Page 3. i Caucus Names Him for Congress. 55THBALL0T0ECIDES CONTEST Delegates, Outside of Pierce Select Vancouver Jurist. ASHTON FORCES OUTVOTED Southwestern Combination, After Struggle Which Lasts Until 1:25 A. 51., Center Strength on New Candidate. OLTMPIA, Wash., Sept 29. (Spe cial.) W. W. McCredie, Judge or the Superior Court of Clark County, Is the choice of the majority caucus of the Republican convention, which will sit here at 11 o'clock this morning. The selection came on the Both bal lot at 1:25 this morning. In the caucus were 123 delegates to the convention, counting nine from Pacific County, whose seats are contested, and one who was named by F. L. Stewart, ot Cow litz County, to take the place of E. W. Ross, State Land Commissioner, who in effect was asked to leave the caucus tonight amid hoots and shouts of "23 for you." Caucus Expects to Control. Not counting the 10 named, the cau cus represents 113. or one less than a majority of the convention, but under any circumstances It seems that the caucus will control the later conven tion. If no delegates from Pacific County are seated In the preliminary organization the 113 caucus members will 'constitute a majority and can seat the nine contested delegates who par ticipated tonight. The caucus tonight was called for the express purpose of defeating J. M. Ash ton, of Pierce County, who had Thurston. Clallam and Mascm counties lined up with him, making a total of 99 votes. In the caucus were the entire delegations front Chehalls, Clallam. Cowlitz. Jefferson, Klickitat, Lewis, Pacific, Skamania and Wahkiakum. Judge Sillier Chairman. Judge A. L. Miller, of Clark County, who was put forth as a dark horse early today, withdrew from the race and was thosen chairman of the caucus. On the first ballot the vote stood: E. O. . Finch, of Chehalls County, 32; E. E. Beard, of Clark County. 26; F. L. Stewart, of Cowlitz. 22: U. B. Harmon, of Lewis, 22; John T. Welch, of Pacific, 9; AV. B. Presby. ot Klickitat, 12. Judge McCrecle's name was proposed more as a compliment at first than seriously. On the 30th ballot, when hs ran up to 45 votes, his candidacy war popular, and soon developed into a formal one. Jefferson and Pacific, Welch having withdrawn, supported Finch until the 64th ballot. Stewart, Beard and Harmon continued in the rpce until that time. In the last of the balloting, the contest had narrowed to Harmon. Finch and Mc Credie, with Finch and McCredie leading, and Lewis County's 22 votes holding the balance of power. Lewis delegates caucused between rollcalte and was divided, 14 for Finch and eight for Mc Credle. Clark Changes to McCredie. Attempts were made to force a unit rule In this delegation, but failed, and Harmon refused to release his men. The eiht votes would have nominated McCredie. Then Harmon took the lead and on the 64th ballot, before the result was an nounced. Harmon had secured a majority of the caucus Clark changed, over to McCredie In the nick of time, however, defeating the nomination. In the, next ballot Finch threw all his forces to McCredie and Lewis and all other counties swung Into line, making the result unan imous. If Judge McCredie becomes the conven tion choice, and no other result seems probable, there will be a vacancy on the Superior bench In the district composed of Clark, Cowlitz, Skamania and Klick itat. It is the understanding that some Cowlitz County man will be Indorsed for the appointment. Ross' Play Spectacular. E. W. Ross brought about t spectacu lar play early In the proceedings. . Al though a delegate from Cowlitz Coun ty and ostensibly for Stewart, he re fused to sign the caucus call. He en tered the caucus, however, and engaged In a controversy with the Cowlitz members as to whether or not he had resigned as a delegate. The delega tion insisted that he had, and that Stewart liad named a man to take his place. Ross asked to remain as a spec tator andwas denied permission amid the Jeets and hoots of the delegates. ' Finch to Be Chairman. . , The caucus, after hearing both sides, vgted to support the Pacific County delegation ' named by the Republican central committee. Four of this dele gation, which is on the other delega tion also, did not participate. The caucus decided upon E. C. Finch fpr (Concluded on Face 17.)