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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-
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