to 7w ,ib--Piv PORTLAND, OREGON, TUESDAY. MARCH 5, 1912. PRICE FIVE CENTS. VOL. LII NO. Ij.OOO. EGG WAR WILL BE WAGED IN SPOKANE "AFFINITY PARTY" L DELEGATES TO GET NO SPECIAL RATES FLEE T. 0. IS Hi TANGLE PROPOSAL ANGERS CRUEL TREATMENT I OLD RO OF HUSBAND SAYS VIl'K WAXTEH RFJPVIiMCAXS AND PEMOCIIATS MVST PAY 2 CKXTS MILE. ASSOCIATION" FORMS TO COM BAT EASTERN' PRODUCT. KKEEOOM AMONG GrESTS. REN DESCRIBE AMERICANS GALIFOBNIA WOMEN RALLY ROUND TUFT I EXPLANATIONS Candidacy and Willing ness Held Different "REAL DEMAND" IS CITED Report He Indorsed Taft Now Repudiated. Is INSINUATIONS ARE VAGUE Ilonterrlt Insist- That Ambition to Vrrl Presidential Nomination I nim Taft 1 of Kifu-dl to iolalhm Kun. lV.-'TKIl HAY. Mari-li . Colonel Ko.rr I mIiI today It waa perfectly lrn that he had ..lid he WOUld Tl't l a lamlldato In I?'-'- had made that atatement to nmnv persons he said ut hart not declare I that he would not rrnt t ho nomination If It wre ten dered to him. He drew distinction brtotrn becoming candidate and be ln willing I" accept the nomination. The i'olon.1 it udc It I'Ulli tlmt he suwr not mnc In Cic letter to Managing Kdl lor of t ie phl'adelphla North American Van VaUn-nMiric. In which he said he would not b a candidate In I?!-, lo onfllot with hi iwrnt llnnl that he wouM be omc the nominee if the party If I I. party asked II. 4 If.ael Imnm IBl.wr.l. I'oi.mri Itoo.evelt stand In the. mat ter I. t f'.rth In tli statement ha cave out today explaining the rlrcum .tan.es tltat Induced Mm to w rite to Mr. Van Valkrnburr. This In the state-m-nt: "At th.it tlaie. pernisti nt efforts had been mart from Washington to con t in- the 'progressives' that I Was real ly supporting Tuft. On thin particular ck. anion the ntjinnrnl was made w ith t .. greatest rpllcltne-s. I promptly uemeo. the ataf-m, 1.1 ---.J assured on the other hand that It h ! hn in spired from tha White House and as sured on the other that It had not been, t.ut on tha contrary wan mailt- purely on the Initiative, of the A.oi laird Press. Ullrr la Helerresl Ta. "The Associated Press people assured me that they were not responsible lor tie false statement, ami. as It will b seen by reference to the Utter Itself. .Mr. Noves was quoted as having Kot the tnformutln from Independent sourcea. 1 do not know w ho save nut this letter, but 1 am certain that It was not Mr. Van Y al kenhur. for I know him to be an honorable man. "To all who were at thai time writ Ine; to me to be a raiulblate. I an. ewrred that 1 would nut be. To all who anked whether I would accept If i.omlnatril. I answered e.." If I knew iliem aufflcleatly well to be ure mat i:ey would understand me; otherwise I sail simply that I would iro.i that irb! when 1 came to It. and In most rases, if the man was at all a close per sonal friend I told Mill that I counted on M ih'lnc everything possible to pr.ver.t any movement lookinc to my nomination. Ilrmliil vt I . M I re 4. "If was n-t uut.l IMe last three or four montha th.t I was ftna'ly obliaeil lo come to n luslon that there was a real tlem.in I mnnnc the people a whole for niv inn-Inatlon. w libit ili.l not coma in anv wa from any per sonal friends of linn, .in.l was nrlther ,n.-pired nor enstne.-r..! them. "When I became cnnvinie.l that this popular demand was r. a: arid w a c on-.ul-Ti'ti. and whea t!i- i;o-rtors of -evrn nates. In reased b tins time to t--n. I mav mention ln-l!'ii t j' . aked nie wnether ! would acecft If norninat- -1. I answered es. UK Prtwuirlea I UrO. l a.blc! an eprrsslou of mi wish lat wherever possible open pref-ren-ti.il rrestdentlal rrlmarlea n-.ln t be held, so as t find O' 1 whom t e 1,'e. pt.bl.ian voters wished to have r.o-i i- tia Ee.f. "I' tl-e people do not W tsll ine t- serve, n st certainly 1 do not wish to re. If they do desire n.e to umbT t.ike In t .eir Interest a treat tusk. I ill so an.! snail periorm n wnn r .o ir.ue and ability I pnases. t .ere will be aii-h an epres- sion of re popular will I tannot say. a. wl .-re t!..-re are no preferential pri maries it tmf'Tt unatclv si-ems too often to be ti e ease II at t"-e effort of the poiltba: .e!ers i. not to Klve expres- si.'O to t: . p-.pular will, but to thwart it In every wnv possible. V VllklMlllM. LETT Kit H T Washington star Print Koo-vclt's DrclaralHin lie Wouldn't Itun. w ASHINCTi N". March 4. The Wash ington Star toiiay prtr-ts under a New York date w'-at purports to b the full tet of I'-e letter written by Theodore Koo.evelt. Miltijr he would not he a rar.cllda'.e fcr t' e ITesldentlal nomina tion In lli Tr letter, addressed to Managing Kdilor Ynn Yalkenburg. if the Phlladelplila Nort: American, f-a-l. a r.dlow.; ' Jir.e r?. I?M Mv Ivjr Vsn Y'sikrr. ,.i,rs I am r:lj .l.;ici.l lo on. Now. will nil nt cle Mr Mcr'atc1 v front (Cu t.4' d ww i a.. Flij-Hrlan An.wm Statement in Pl- Action That He Holds '-IjiiC-I'iManrp Spree Kccord." K" Y'U'.K. March 4. Special. A wife'a declaration that her husband " . . ... ji.i r r,f l:"1.!. "affinity party." at which there waa to be unrestrained freedom amontr Kuests, were the principal featurew today In a -J:;:: ;Zrr.M. ander Abrama and In his counter-suit axalnat her for an absolute divorce. ilenolt Wasserman. a wealthy clar importer of this) city, and Henry M. Wolff, a han Kranclsco merchant, ara named as co-respondenta by Pr. Abrama. It waa Wolff to whom Mrs. Abrama proi-osed the "affinl'y rrt'i aci-ordlnif to It. Abrams. "We will show you that Mrs. Abrama became so fond of the co-respondont, Wolff, that she had a private letter box Installed in her home, ao that Wolff'a letters mlsht not fall into the hands of others by any chance," said counsel for Ahrams. KLAMATH HAS BIG MERGER S50.000.000 lunicril lo (onlrol ! rn r. Hotel. .Springs. Land KUA.MATU IAIJ.S. Or.. .Marell I. (Spelal ) The Klamath I evclopment t'ompany. in which the chief ownera are W. I'. Johnson, tv O. Johnson. J. X. Wendllnit. lierlx-rt Klelshhacker and .Mortimer Klelsli hacker, has been In i orporaled to an-.alKamato several in trrests heretofore not Included in 1t The corporation now controls Interests said to aitrfreitate $.'.i).000.00l. The amaiKHtnation Includes the old Klamath 1 iv elopmenl t'ompanv. the Hot Springs t'ompany. the I'loneer Press I'ubllsbinic t'ompany. the White Pelican Mineral Sprlnirs t'ompany, the Klamath Investment t'ompany. the S. O. Johnson t'ompany and the White Pelican Hotel Company. PASSENGER WRECK FATAL Fl mini n Killed. Train men Hurt. Ocouimnt of Pullmuiis Aid. SALIDA. Colo.. March t. fenver A illo Cranue westbound passemrer train No. J. known as the Continental I.I ml t- vd. was ueralled near here early toiiay causlns; the death of 5. 11. Klliott. of I'ueblo. Colo fireman, w ho was crushed beneath his enulne. James Stewart and A. Outtshall. cnKlneera. and Wib liam Sudm'th. fireman, all or l-ueoio. were injured. Uuttshall was ao badly scalded that ne prooaniy win uie. Accordins; to a statement by the railroad oiriciais none ui ine vasseuKem was hurt. They were asleep when the accident occurred and the occupants of the Pullniuns ran out in tneir niKm clothes, desmte the bitter cold, to assist the Injured trainmen. TRIXIE FRIGANZA TO WED Aolr-p-. ta .ive Her toinpuny Ilig IXmipr in Honor of K.ont. N K W Y UK. l arc h 4. tSpi-ciaL) Trixie Krl-ranaui announroi that on next Kimrlav ftfT?loin nil I K"il-w to bo marrlfd -Thar.-. 4i-tttlT. hr per- -on-4l r'rcfi.tmivt for nvral year. Thr c.li!int: w 111 b prrtorim d by Father WIHUm (.Hnlncr, of Brooklyn. at mv liom- ' in H-n?onhur?t. I-onu Intan.l." f-ui.l Mif- Kru.nra. ' n!y a fw frifMil-i will thr'." Mik, Fritzanza is j-tarrtnic in "Th S rrift iiirl in IariM. Sh Ih Kolnwr f. civ- ir comiwny bits dinner at Atlantic Mty In honor f the wciitliiij;. FREE SUGAR HELD MENACE I mlemiMHl Bill, if l'u-sed. Would Hurt Vclrrn Trade Is Said. SALT LAKE CITY. M ircl: 4. J. Ross Clark, vice-president and general mnn- aa.r of the lais Alamltos Susar Com- nanv. In speaking here tod ly of the Underwood bill, providluc for free trv of sugar, said: Tie passaae of this bill would mean M.asier to beet suitar Industry of the West as well as the cane sugar Industry c-f ti e Kast." HONOR SYSTEM PLANNED la' Work Will Cut Two la Off rtzona Felons' Senlem-. I'llnKMX. Aria.. March 4. Governor Hurt announce, 1 today that plans were heme made to leae a farm for ronvlcti where the honor sytem would prevail The farm will be expected to supply nearly all the meats and vegetables ued at t!. Florence Penitentiary, thua effecting a large saving to the state every yeiir. For every dav's work each convict wll cut tw-o days off his sentence. SALT LAKE LINE TO BUILD Koatt Authorize 1 nuance of $70, 000.000 PhiuU for Kxtrnlon. SALT laAKK '!TV. Man h 4 Stock holder of th Sun Pedro, ln Angeles 1 Sail Lake Kjl'.wny. at a meeting- bere today. ut'Mrl-erd the retirement of the exifttng $u.'i'V0to bo.id Wmie nd tin ijUJtn e In Km rt ir) of 470.tfoft.00tf boiida n f trt mrt -;. It in iiiiderM'Mxt thit thl tt tion an tk-n to 0,'II ft:nd hi. 'i wi! be ut( irt in bMi Id Ins; bruml) l!rw-i md kins ImpVovrmrnts on tic r . L. 5 Cents Weekly Is Paid for Drinking Water. LAWRENCE MOTHERS BEATEN I H.. Airj,.,-, I ' i" Boys and Girls Say They Were Hurled About Like Rags. USE OF BAYONETS TOLD OF YVorklnj: londilioiw in I.a rence .Mills 1 ii-M-alallo. Accord Ins to Tc-tiiiiiiiy of llamls of f I and 13 Yfiirs of Age. WASHINGTON, Maivh 4. UlrU and buyr M anl lu yars old, Mrlkiii mill worker from Iaawrrn-e, .Miu.i., tcstl fitMl t'Htay tWnre the I Ioiij' oontiiiittie un rulf, whU-lt In citn.sMt-rlnK a reso lution to lnveofffHtn riot that followed attempts to tako children from the h trike-ril1en ilty. t'hililren told of workinn lon liotirH for low waKfft; how they had to pay the American Woolen Company & renin a wovk for drlrikintr water, whlfh tliey ilencrlbed as canal water.' Soino of t hem told of nee inn; w umen beate-n by police and eh I Idren knocked down and hurled into wajtoii "like bundlR of ratfH. a week hkd Saturday. I'erxoHalltlea Are llarred. KeprMentattve Tterjrr mid Samuel (rumrtr, president of the A me r trail Federation of 1-ahor, were aiuin before the committee. Uoth inude ttatements about th rival union conditions at I -aw rence, and both were taut ioncd fifalnat porsonalltf es. After testimony of seven or eljjht i hiMreo had been taken. Max Hf:.itin. valeMiiiun of P'liladolphia, one of the Socialist commfttee which went to leftwrenre to accompuny strikers chil dren to hoiuetf In Philadelphia, was iKtion-d rtffarUinff the chargefl of (Unorder and brutality at the Lawrence depot. He said a soldier tried to kep him tn the h tat Ion by K'ia"Hn-r the door with a bayonet. hlldrea ll-ked I p by l.ra. 'I saw the soldiers pick the children up by the leics, like they were rans, he said, "and 1 saw one woman choked by a soldier. I was beaten by one of the policemen, and still have wounds on my back where they beat me." Miss Jane Bock, also of the Philadel phia committee, corroborated much of Itogatln's testimony. 'I was punned against a car and held there so I could not move, she said, in describing the scene at the Lawrence depot. "The children were screaming and many were dragged to a watton and literally thrown In." Samuel Ooldman. 16 years old. testi fied he received 11.64 for three days work, and nver made more than 15.10 In a week. He said children paid & rents a week for drinking water. whether they drank or not, and were docked an hour's pay If they were lata Torn hid d on I'sc 2. THERE'S ritf , p fill Political Conventions Xo Induce ment to Kailronds to llcduco l-'nrcs clov Minimum. CHICAGO. March 4. (Special.) There will bo no special railroad rates this year either to the Republican or Democratic National conventions. This information was obtained today Irom passenger traffic officials in close touch with the situation and an official announcement to that effect is expect ed within a comparatively short tlmo. The regular convention fare of 2 cents a mile in each direction and Sum mer tourist fares, when are the stand ard feature of Summer travel, wll bo the only offerinss made to delegates KoinK either to Baltimore or Chicago, it la said. Some time aco a Ke-nernl policy was adopted by thn roads affiliated with both tho Central and Western Passen- Bor Associations to the effect that no rales under - cents a mile in each di rection should be granted for conven tions of any kind. HARVARD HAS TAFT CLUB .students Organize to Iloom llenom inatloii of I'roltlciil- CA.MI3I.inGi:. Mass., .March 4. (Spe ckil. ) A William Howard Taft Club st Harvard, was organized tonight with a membership of 100. Thoso who were interested In the return of President Taft to the Presidential chair gathered In the trophy room ami effected an or ganiiation. Kvans Hughes. Jr.. of Washington, son of ( Met JiiHttc Hughes. wis chosen president. Other officers elected were: Horace J. Smith, vice-president, of Denver, Colo., and Samuel Mayo Kinaker. secretary-treasurer, of Beat rice, Neb. JAB OF COB PIPE FATAL su-ni Stablwd I nto l ace in Ouarrvl Icuds lo .Murder Charge. Cr.KVICI.ANI. March 4. A corncob pipe, a weapon of offense to the nowtril only, as a rule, proved deadly when used by one of the disputants in a card game last Thursday night. Tony Pitchon and lonato Lomhardo were the disputants. Lomhardo, who is now unr'T arrest, tabbed Pitchon in Mie c.'.t-ei... will: '.i:..- ut.u. o." iitrt pip: ' The Injury did not seein serious at llrst, but last night Pitchon died. Lomhardo is held un a charge of murder. 3 DIE IN TENEMENT FIRE Seventy Others Escape From l'lum lii Building I" Itoston. no.STO.V. March 4. Three persons lost their lives at a fire in a tenement house in Hanover street today. Nearly 7t others escaped in safety. Carmelio SCermella, 115 years of age. was killed when he leaped from a win dow; Ouiseppe Crusafell, 38 years old, and Mrs. Marie Alesra, 50 years old, were suffocated. .Si let i Settler Gets Patent. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash. Inrton. March 4. The White House to day Informed Representative Hawley that in compliance with a Joint request made by himself and Ralph "Williams, National committeeman, the Interior Department has issued a patent to one Siletz settler, under the provisions of the Hauler act, and that other patents are to follow. NOTHING DOING WITH THE OLD Many Are "Bottled Up" in Disorderly Zone. TRAIN SERVICE IS PROMISED Rebel Commander Says He'll Transport Refugees. ALARM IN UNDERCURRENT General Exodus of United States CilUcns From BiR Lumbering Town Below Border Sliovvs Tuffs Advice Heeded. KLi PASO, Tex.. March 4. One hun- dr. '1 and fifty Americans from the big American lumber town of Madera, Mex. reached Pearson, Mex.. this afternoon. An attempt will be made tomorrow to make up a train on the Mexican North western to brine; them to El Paso. K. S. Plum and two companions, who left the City of Chihuahua at 6 o'clock last niRht by automobile, brought word that tlie purport of President Taffs proclamation requestinfr Americans in disturbed sections of Mexico to leave the country had been received there and that a considerable exodus was in prospect. Citizens Fear l.ootlnK. Accordins to Plum, the skirmish yes terday between Pascual Orozco's force of rebels, which held he city of Chi huahua, and Colonel Pancho Villa's federals supplied impressive emphasis to the Presidential warning. Citizens stand in fear of looting and other dis orders. The Americana arc in a predicament. They are as safe at home aa in travel ing south and the only present means of moving north is by horse or auto mobile and the supply of both is scant. There Is no r nnic hut tho undercurrent of alarm is said lo be very keen. Orxco Promises safety. Orozco is doing his best to reassure all residents of their safety, natives and foreigners alike. The fighting here be gan In the forenoon and lasted about an hour in desultory fashion. Oroico lost one man killed and one wounded, Villa's loss was not learned. General Salazar, rebel commander in Juarez, said tonight that he would start running passenger trains on the Mexican Central between Juarez and Chihuahua within a few days to remove from the disaffected districts such for eigners as w'islied to leave, and would continue service Independent of Na tional lines of which the Central is a part, Salazar te Join Canpft The track is complete between the two cities. He added that he expected to Join Campa tomorrow. A report was received over the rail road telegraph line tonight that a por tion of Villa's force deserted to Orozco last night- Agents of Madero who are here as sert that a detachment of 1160 ftderals (Concluded on Page 2.) BASS DRUM. Charge. Made That Dealers Don't AVant Guaranteed Commodity to Gain Hold on Market. SPOKANE, Wash., March 4. (Spe cial.) A central depot for the dlstri button of egga will be established with In a week by tha Inland Empire Pet Stock and Poultry Association, to com bat the discrimination alleged to have been practiced against them by the dealers. Each 300 members will contribute 20 dozen eggs, on the average, to the cen tral depot each week, it was learned from A. Melrose, secretary of the asso elation. "If tho plans of the committee recom mend It, we will enter the market pre pared to cut prices to force a way for a home market," declared Mr. Melrose. "Spokane dealers don't want our la beled product to get a hold in the Spo kane market. They refuse to accept our eggs in cartons bearing the label for more than 30 cents, but they will accept the same eggs in bulk at 35 cents. They can make more with East ern and stock eggs. "We will accept orders at our central station for the delivery by our wagon of guaranteed and labeled eggs in all parts of the city. We may be com pelled to lower the price 3 cents a dozen at tha outset, but we expect the re ceipt of a price higher than the mar ket when the superiority of our product is firmly established." BUT 3 NATIONS PREDICTED llurson Maxim, Famous Inventor, Declares Time Is Xol Far Distant. BOSTON", Mass.. March 4. Hudson Maxim, the inventor, declares that in a short time there will be only three countries in the world. 'Some timo ago, in talking with Lord Wolseley, he told me that at some future time there would be only two countries in the world, and those would be China and the United States," says Maxim in an Interview published here today. "Now, I want to say something stronger than that. In a very short time there will be only three countries in the world, and they will be the United States of Asia (including Eu rope), the United States of Africa and the United States of America. "Look at the world's progress in the last 50 years. See wha: Japan has done in 50 years. Then imagine what is the future of the new Chinese republic, with -its 400,000.000 people." PORTLAND FORGING AHEAD Postal Savings Receipts Put Seattle Far in Background. Portland's gain in postal receipts last month over February. 1911, was 12.51 per cent, and Seattle's gain for the same period was 6.94 per cent, ac cording to the returns submitted to Postmaster Merrick. Portland's . re ceipts nlso were more than J60U0 above Seattle's last month. The re ceipts here were JS8.892.12 last month. and J79.009.06 in February,- 1911. This is a gain of $9883.06. Seattle's receipts last month were only $82,440.30, and the receipts of that city for February. 1911, were $77,116.04. The gain was $5324.26. KING GEORGE HOLDS LEVEE French Ambassador Presents Vnited States Citizens to Royalty. LONDON", March 4. King Georjre held his first levee of the season to day at St. James' palace. In the absence of Whitelaw Reid, the United States Ambassador, who i.s confined to his home with a cold, Paul Cambon, the French Ambassador, presented, the United States citizens. These included th6 secretary and at taches of the Embassy in London, and also George Post "Wheeler, who is on his way to take up his position as sec retary of the American Kmbassy at Rome, and R. Newton Crane, former president of the American society in London. 3 INJURED BY EXPLOSION Viiexpeoted Blast Causes Panic in San Francisco Hall of Justice. SAN FRANCISCO, March A. Three men were injured and -00 persons thrown into a panic today by an ex plosion in the boiler-room at the new Hall of Justice. P. H. Herlihy, chief en gineer, was painfully burned about the face and hands and was stunned by the force of the explosion. Edward F. Ben nett and Henry E. Biner, who were in the engine-room, were knocked dowo and bruised. The explosion, which was due to an ac cumulation of gases, occurred when the corridors were thronged with court at taches, witnesses and other's. STEAMSHIPS BUY UP COAL Available Supply on Atlantic Coa.U Taken for Bound Trips. NEW YORK. March 4. The strike in the British coal Melds has caused heavy purchases of soft coal here, virtually all the available supply in the coal ports in and near New York and at Philadelphia and Baltimore having been acquired to meet the needs of the foreign steamship companies using the Atlantic seaboard. Local coal market pricea for immediate and prompt deliv eries have risen sharply In consequence. It is planned to load steamships with a double quantity of coal here so that round-trip voyages from this side may be completed with American coal. Political Organization Unique in History. PflRS. ABBSE E. KREBS LEADS Gentler Sex From Every Walk of Life Represented. CHAIRMAN REAL DIPLOMAT Meeting Dignified Yet Vih-niiu With Enthusiasm President Sends Message of Appreciation. Platform Solid and Sound. SAX FRAXCISCO. March' -.. (Spe cial.) Believing that the rcnomination and subsequent election of William Howard Taft. as President of the United States, is the palladium by which the Nation's era of prosperity is to be pre served, the Republican women of Cali fornia today effected the permanent organization o the Woman's Taft Club, the medium through which the recently enfranchised electorate will align its forces for the distinguished statesman, to whom they feel California owes a great debt. Responding to a call sent out a week ago by Mrs. Abbie E. Krebs, hundreds of loyal women gathered in the hall- room of the Palace Hotel this afternoon and there formed a political organiza tion which establishes a precedent in California, is unique in the historv of" the Nation, and which will continue until May 14, the date of the Presiden tial primaries, to spread the nron.i- ganda of Mr. Taffs nomination as President for a second term. Mrs. Alihir K. Kreha President. Mrs. Abhic K. Krebs. upon the nomi nation of Mrs. Lovell White, was unani mously elected permanent president, Mrs. Belinda S. Bailey, secretary, and Mrs. Robert E. Oxnard, treasurer. All these are women who stand for the highest ideals and are representative of the best womanhood in the state. They, with 12 others, will be named later and who will be chosen from the ranks of laboring women, club work ers, women of leisure and the great phalanx obscured in the general term "housewife," will form the executive committee, which, it is planned, will carry the Taft message to the women voters in every county in California. There will be at least one woman's Taft Club in each Assembly district. Meeting Dignilled, But Vibrant. Dignified, yet vibrant with en thusiasm, the proceedure of the mass meeting was a rebuke to those who are wont to say that woman steps down from a pedestal when she enters the sphere of practical politics, livery walk of life was there. The banker's wife and the social leader, the civic worker, the club woman and the splen did type which upholds the majesty of labor mingled In the common cause, that of securing the nomination of President Taft for a second term "and a second term only,'" as the preamble of their platform resolutions dctined. The platform adopted is a concise yet comprehensive statement of the constructive, conservative, progressive and benignant policies of that wing of the Republican party which is being strengthened as the wave of radical ism steadily subsides. lain Angelea end Cireeflngs. Following the election and installa tion of the permanent officers, the reading and adoption of tho resolu tions on platform, the assemblage was addressed by Mis. Clara Strowbridgo Foltz, who came from her home in Lus Angeles to extend the greetings of Southern California and to assure tho northern women of the co-operation of tho Republican women of the South, who, she said, were organizing with an alacrity which left no doubt in her mind as to the popularity of the President south of the Tehachapi, Mrs. Krebs, as the president of the first Woman's Taft Club of California, now occupies a position of high honor, but one calling for the exercise of the rarest diplomacy, for even the most ardent feminists admit that being the leader of many thousands of women in an uncharted field is not a sinecure. Mrs. Krebs' admirers, however, are firm in their faith that no better choice of a Joan of Arc could have been made in all of California. Mm. Kreba Regal Figure. She wras a regal figure today as she took the stand to call order. She wore a costume of gray satin and mar quisette, with a small hat of coral and gray plumes, surmounting a brim of pink roses. The effect was modest, yet rich, and her attire and manner tended more firmly to convince the skeptics that there is nothing incongruous or unbecoming in the combination of women and politics. As she arose to speak, a member of the Men's Club ap proached the rostrum, and with a graceful speech, presented her with a gavel. Mrs. Krebs accepted by rapping the table with the gift, announcing that she had therewith "struck the first blow for women in electing the next President." She then continued: "To show that the enfranchisement of women is regarded as a settled po litical privilege and right, and is rec- (Jonclud?d on TagQ o.)