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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 7, 1311 7 FlilER OF CULT HELD FOR DUPING DOTING CHILDREN Evelyn Arthur See, Preaching . "Absolute Life," Deludes " Young "Priestesses"; Moth V ers Consent to Abomination. , ' Cnltd Press tel Wire.) Chicago, Jan. 7. Interrupted by the .police, Evelyn Arthur See, leader of the Absolute Life cult, from which, accord ing to his professed purpose, he sought "to provide the mothers of the coming race," answered In court today charges of Improper relations with girls. Trie latter were his pupils and were being educated as "priestesses" of the cult Mona Reel and Mildred Bridges each 16 years of age, -confirmed See's ad mission that the relations between them had been stronger than religious association.- . . v . Mrs. Fellcls Rees and Mrs. Stephen; Bridges, mothers of the girls, declared j their daughters were lmng in see's "school," with their full -permission. "We have absolute life and cannot sin,", the mothers explained. The girls' contention was similar to that of their mothers. "Nobody In the absolute life can sin," they explained. "We believe such things as Mr. See believes. We cannot under stand why the law should Interfere." Mildred's father has. not been won over by these arguments and was. angry when he learned where his - daughter was and threatened to kill the leader of the cult He alleges that See has hypnotised "his wife and daughter,- - See 19 separated from his wife. In his -school, which he called the "Junior Commonwealth," he bad a score of boys and girls ranging in age from to 25 ' years. He Is teaching them the princi ples of the absolute life, which he says was shown him In a revelation. ' The children, he says, are being puri fied and eventually will be beyond the power of sin. 'Mona Rees Is well known In Portland, having attended the Holladay school here, and afterwards having been for six months a copy clerk in the local office of the Western Union, This was six years ago. Miss Rees was then U, so that she would be 21 years old now. MIbs Rees had a large following of ad mirers. She was noted as being a beau tiful Irl. She is a niece of Major Rees, formerly paymaster in the government service at Vancouver barracks fqrmany years. (Continued from Page One.) state association which he Is to repre sent The executive committee will elect the secretary-treasurer. a number of papers were to have been read today, but owing to the lateness of the hour It was decided to dispense with their reading and Instead have them printed with all the proceedings of the convention and placed In the hands of the members. Dr. J. M. Wilson was prevailed., upon at the morning session to deliver his address this afternoon. " Omaha Zs Probable Winner. , The selection of a place for the next convention will be made this afternoon, and it is now practically certain that Omaha will have, the honor, although Boise, Idaho; Denver, Colo., and Phoe nix, AH., were actively In the race un til this morning. It has been decided to make Denver the ptrmanent place of holding future conventions of the asso ciation, ' that being regarded the most centrally, .located, and Omaha has there fore beet) putting up a strong fight for the meeting next year. The Oregon del egation, th strongest In attendance, will go solid for Omaha. . The report of the resolution commit tee la being discussed this afternoon. Its most essential features are: Indorsement of Schedule K. Urging cessation of tariff agitation till tariff commission reports Its find ings. ' Recommending appointment of com mittee by president of association to represent association In matters per taining to tariff legislation, and to pre sent data to tariff board, with a view of demonstrating that the wool Indus try Is in need of protection. Indorsement of closer cooperation with the forest service. Protest against enactment of Parson bill, which provides that congress shall surrender to the president of the United States the power which congress alone now has of creating additional forest reserves. Indorsing speed limit law, proposed for enactment Recommending Investigation of exist ing freight tariffs on wool and sheep shipments. Urging the establishment by the gov ernment of a botanical experiment sta tion. Indorsing the American sheep and wool fair to be held , in Chicago next August. Convention Ends Tonight. Strong arguments in behalf of these resolutions were advanced this morning by various speakers in behalf of the various nominees for offices. C. B. Stewart, particularly, called attention to tho need of a better understanding be tween the forest service and the sheep and wool men, saying that hundreds of thousands of acres are now lying Idle, wasted desert, whereas they should sup. port thousands of head of sheep and thus be made wealth producing. The convention will close this even- From 132 to 180 lbs. Wonderfully Ban Up at Small Cost FRANK R GOODING MADE PRESIDENT OF WOOL GROWERS 4, The number of cases of general de blllty In which Hood's garsaparllla, , . j. ha proved Just tbs medicine that was needed Is very great. Mr. E. 8. Fry, Ivanhoev Va writes: ?l was all run ,, down, and weighed only 182 pounds. I took Hood's Barsaparllla, and before ...-.JtJie.JlrstjiQitte improve, uni inw i uau ia&;n six . .bottles was wonderfully, built up and a. weighed pounds." ' ' ' Oet It today In usual lljuld form or chocolated, tablets . called Barsatabs. C till I 0 : DOBBIN. ORB. CTt cnt WOOk big and tonight a large number of the delegates will leave for Clatsop Beach to spend Sunday. ' S. A. LOWELL GIVES I Judge Stephen A. Lowell, of Pendle ton, was unable to attend the National Woolgrowers' convention, owing to Ill ness of his motherland the able paper prepared by him on the "Forests and Flookmasters" was read yesterday after noon before the convention by 8. Wi McClure, of the Bureau of Animal In dustry, with headquarters at Pendleton. In part Judge Lowell's paper read: I hold no retainer from any Interests or any Individual, and for the views which I here express neither your or ganization nor any othor Is responsible. speak as n advocate of all, reason able preservation of both -state and na tional resources, and my Interest In the questions here discussed Is that of a citizen only. The brief which I hold is for the public, for this generation and the next, and for those to follow. Conservation, however, as the nation now Interprets it, must be regarded as a manifestation of- the natural protest of society against long con tinued -lawlessness.' ThatKeslre on the part of the people to terminate the dominion of malefactors in the pub lic lands has-caused the pendulum of publlo sentiment to swing so far the other way that honesty la obscured and retardation triumphant. "The movement has resulted; accord ing to the figures of the general land office. In closing to homeseekers nearly 800,000,000 acres of the national do main, an area more than twice as great as is comprised in the German empire, or nearly four times as large as the whole expanse of Great Britain. It Is true that all this territory is not In cluded within the national forests, but it Is included within reserves of vari ous kinds, and the forests themselves cover approximately one-half of the to tal acreage. ' Country Will Ntd Bv.ry Acre. "Such a situation menaces the de velopment of the western states and withholds from settlement lands which are needed to assure a symmetrical growth of the country. We are now a nation of -more than 90,000,000 of peo ple, and if the increase of population shall continue relatively, another gen eration will witness upon American soil 150,000,000 of people, and if we escape the curse of the unnatural and danger ous growth of the cities, every available acre of publlo lands must be open to the home builder. It is urged, of course, that there are vast tracts withdrawn which are Incapable of settlement and cultivation, but exoept In the case of high mountains, river brakes and un watered deserts it Is safe to predict that It will be ultimately .found that substantially all the lands now with held from settlement will yield crops in greater variety and abundanoe than the hill farms of New England produced In their palmiest days. ' "The patriotic and unselfish senti ment of the western country, as well as that of the east, is behind the conserv ation Idea so far as it is reasonable. We desire to see the coal, oil and gas lands withheld from exploitation, ' and the scenic splendors of nature preserved In the national parks. We shall wel come the time when the selfish grasp of great corporations upon the national resources shall he broken, and when the unearned land grante of tho trans portation companies shall be returned to the general government We believe implicitly In the Idea that the remain ing water power upon the publlo do main should be retained for the people and, if necessary, developed by the government for the people's benefit, and we favor the maintenance of the national forests, not for the purposes for which they have apparently been created, or because we accept all the theories which caused, their creation, but rather that the timber areaa may not pass Into the hands of monopolis tic Interests, but may be used by the common people and may be preserved for coming generations. East's Conservation Idea. "The west differs from the east upon this momentous question only upon the problem presented by administration, towit: the west would invite home bulldere; the east diwnaods a protected wilderness,, The west; would encourage immediate use and occupation of all these reservations so far as they can he used and occupied; the east would enclose them In a fence of unconscion able regulations and discourage both use and settlement. "The sentiment of the older portions of the country seems to bo based upon a belief that the population of the western Btates Is composed largely of land grabbers and timber thieves, and the idea there obtaining seems to be to withhold the public lands until some vague, uncertain, tenuous time In the dfstant future when all men become honest. - - "The man of the west , who have been brought In contact with the actual con ditions know better than anyone else can know that abundant fraud has col ored publlo land affairs for a genera tion. It is a misfortune for the western country, especially as touching the prom- Jse of Its future, that the statute of lim itations has thrown Its. protective arm over men who 'ought to be in the peni tentiary, and that, the doctrine of inno cent purchasers guarantees to present owners title to illegal land entries, but such Is the law, and the past is a closed book. The Jaw abiding men of the west the east for a cleaner future and for Just conservation of every resource, but in doing this we have a right to asit that our brethren shall not be blind de votees of a system which locks the I VICt PUSH 1 'nA out son is ERN IDEA Or CONSERVA doors of progress 8iid assures that kind of honesty only which is represented by the time lock;,- : ' - 1 . "The west accepts the scheme of con servation, indeed welcomes, it, but It demands, and has a right to demand, suotr conservation ; as sfiall encourage and not retard the development of the country; that there shall be the .fullest possible use of public lands, of forests, of mines and water power, Immediate and actual, and such legislation as will give the people such rights without un due restrictions and without the cease less unwinding of red tape. "In the administration of the forest areas we, demand the' most use, not the least,;- . .. - . "The old Idea that forests are neces sary to assure rainfall has been ex ploded by more thorough .investigation. I have to confess to a change of view myself. "A complete and jscientlflo examina tion of all the publlo lands ought to be made by practical men under the joint direction of state and nation, and the data made avalllable to homestead tntrymen. Mow to Administer Reserves. "In my Judgment a first reaulrement Is that there shall b! placed in -each publlo land state a federal superinten dent who shall have charge of the na tional resources therein and of the use thereof, and that he shall be clothed with full authority to bind tbs govern ment, and who shall act, and act prompt ly, upon every application for power. mining, timber, grazing and homestead privileges, without the delay and theo retical technicalities Incident to refer ence to the department at Washington; and to avoid errors or favoritism, upon nua. part there should be created an appellate tribunal of citixens of the state who. In case of dissatisfaction with any decision of such superinten dent either by Interested parties or the general pubttcrshall have authority to go upon the ground, take evidence, and determine the issue finally and promptly." .1 ON WOOL ISSUES IS Seoretary-Treasurer George 8. Walker, in presenting his annual- report to the National- Wool Growers' - association yesterday afternoon, made a number of highly Important recommendations to be followed In shaping the future policy of the association. Principal among these Is an educational campaign to set be fore the public the true facts asso ciated with the wool industry It has been found that the general pub Mo knows little concerning the lot of the woolgrower. "The situation last year Is the situa tion now, except that there is a louder cry for free wool than ever before," raid Secretary Walker. "I recommend that this association organize a tariff commission of Its own, together with a tariff publicity bureau, and in pro viding for this commission, I would suggest that Its members be selected with a view to their special fitness for the work. In hand. There are promi nent members of this association who have made a study of the wool tariff, and' some of them should serve on this woolgrowers' association tariff board. Then glvo to the board authority to employ publicity writers. In miro tho same manner as the association con ducted a publicity bureau agslnst thi land leasing movement a few years ago. Actual Grower Gets little. "You all know that the minds of tha peoplo have become prejudiced that a majority believe that the owner of a flock of sheep Is a baron of some sort, who Is especially favored by the gov ernment It believes too, that the hlh price of clothing Is due to the tariff on wool, when we know that the wool in tho average, suit of clothes does not represent more than 60 cents to the producer of "that wool. We all know, too. that the entire cost of tho cloth in the average all wool suit of clothes, In cluding the cost of growing the wool, with a small profit to the grower, the expense of shearing, freight to the east ern market, expense of scouring, card ing, combing, spinning Into yarn and weaving into cloth, does not exceed $4.60, and never more than $6, and in nine cases out of ton, this price will In clude the linings, buttons, thread, eto. This sum also includes the profits to the transportation comprny, the scour ing plant, the carder, the oomber, tho spinner, and the weaver. By giving these facts alone to the publlo, thi effect would, be wonderful. The neel for this publicity is most urgent at this time. Will Affect Meat Production. "Then there Is the Inevitable cur tailment of the meat food supply through the annihilation of the sheeo and wool business, and the people should be Informed as to the probable effects In this direction. They are now clamoring for cheaper meat, and yet they are also clamoring for free wool, which If granted them would, as you and I know, Increase the price of me.it through the destruction of our business. Our publicity bureau could go into thjse matters and enlighten the public "it is all right for us to meet in annual convention and pass strong res olutions protesting against any change In the duties on wool, but our work does not end there. Our enemies have greatly misrepresented us In the news papers and magazines, and the general publlo has erroneous ideas regarding the cost of growing wool and its manu facture, and the necessity for and the application of the tariff. It Is a duty we owe not only to ourselves, but to the general public, to clear away these misunderstandings and erronoeus ideas and give the people the facts. There is only one way to do it and that is through publicity methods. "I believe the time has arrived when this association should have a strong committee on transportation, this com mittee to have charge of the work of securing lower rates on sheep and wool, better transportation service, lower minimum weights, eta For several years this association has been cooper ating with the American Humane so clety and ' live stock organisations, in an effort to secure a federal law to compel the railroads to transport live stock at an average minimum speed of Id miles per hour. A bill Is now pend ing in congress which, has been agreed upon by all concerned and a deter mined effort should be made to secure PILES CURED AT HOME BY NEW ABSORPTION METHOD If you suffer from bleeding, itching, blind or protruding Piles, send me your address, and I will tell you how to CUTS VOlirsplf n.i linmn W tha k sorption treatment; and, will also sendH -.riiw-TTr - Tnra-Tinrno TTesrmpriT rreB Tor trial, with references from your own locality if requested. Immediate relief and permanent euro assured. Send no ??n.ey ut tel1 others of this offer: rite today to Mrsi K. Bummers, Box PUBLICITY CAMPAIGN ADV BY WALKER Snow rollers at Dr. E. C. Lane's Sanitarium, at TCvAnstnn' foot fence. In one Bectlon the women deport themselves while the other Bide Is for the use of the" men. After rolling In the Bnow for ten mjnutes thejr are given a snow rub down. The patients say 1 that, after the first experience, they do not mind, the cold, and Borne of them Insist on burying them- -selves complete. TJiere has, been some protest against this practice, but Dr. Lane, who Is an Austrian, defends his treatment as being strictly eclenUOc. .. He -said it Is recognized by the best European med ical authorities as highly effective In treating stomach and nervous troubles. . :t th nuirtmiifift flf'thla snAjiA minimum bill Into law, at an early date." SMYTHE SAYS SHEEP REALLY DO NOT EAT BIG FIRS OF FOREST That sheep do no harm to the grow ing trees in a forest was the contention of Can P. Smythe In his address before the national woolgrowers' convention yesterday afternoon. On the other hand, he explained, sheep flocks are of great value in tha forests, In that-by devour ing the grass and underbrush they re move the food for devastating forest fires. 'Mr, Smythe Is secretary treasurer of the Oregon Woolgrowers' association, and lives at Pendleton. "Thank God for the enlightenment given the people by a few years of ex perience," exclaimed Mr. Smythe. "They now qo" not believe our sheep eat and devour tho giants of the forest, but they do claim any ordinary pine sapling less than five feet high becomes the prey of an ordinary band of sheep; first, by eating the young pines, and second, by trampling and cutting thorn out with their feet in passing over the forest area. "It's a poor rule that won't work both was, therefore, If It can be' shown that grazing does not materially damage the growing timber, but on the "other hand is a potent factor in aiding and protect ing our forests from destruction by fire, why should not the sheep and cattle men not only be permitted, but be en couraged, to graze the national forests to tho maximum capacity where stock can fairly exist? "I understand the definition of Ihe term 'national forost protection' to apply simply to the trees being preserved for posterity, nut to the grass and under brush, the life history of which covers a vory short period. From the data 1 .have been able . to gather, I make the emphatic assertion that livestock graz ing during the summer months on our western forests does not do material damage, but is tho best protection and is a safeguard thrown around the trees against tho ravages of destructive and terrific forest fires, and that in order these western forests . may surely be kept for posterity, sheep grazing should be encouraged to Its full capacity." WOOL GROWERS HEAR "GIRLS" AND LAUGH It was a large, appreciative audlenoe Of woolgrowers that witnessed the Baker Stock company's production of Clyde Fitch's comedy "Girls." The house was given over entirely, to the sheepmen and their families as the guests of the Portland Commercial club. Laughter and applause were frequent during the play especially when any of the actors made a reference to the wool growers. Just before the last aot C. C. Chapman, publicity manager of the Commercial club, appeared before the curtain and announced the excursion that will take place today to Oearhart It was apparently a well satisfied au dience that filed out of the theatre. CARNEGIE TRUST COMPANY CLOSED; CONDITION SHAKY (Continued From Page One.) ness of the Carnegie Trust company," said Cheney, "after an examination of the affairs of the company which caused the superintendent to conclude that it was not In a sound condition to trans act business and that It was unsafe for It to continue. As the examination is not yet completed, no further state ment will bo Issued at this time." Over J 11, 000,000 was Involved In the closing of the bank. The last report, made November 10, showed assets of 11,170,000. City Funds Involved. A statement in which he accused City Chamberlain Hyde of showing favorit ism, toward the Carnegie company was Issued by Comptroller William pender gast. Pendergost charged . that Hyde kept a large deposit in the Institution In spite of the1 fact that he knew of the unfavorable stories in, circulation con cerning the company.. ? , Pendergast declared that last July ho warned Deputy Chamberlain, Walsh sthat the city's deposit of a million dollars in the institution was too large for that bank. A few withdrawals were made, he sal a, out tnese ceaMd when the de posit had been decreased to $800,000. . Career of Institution's rounder. The principal organizer of the Car negie Trust company 'was Charles O. Dickinson, whose mysterious death, from gas poisoning," which occurred May 24, at Scranton. Pa., has never been fully explained. . . The bank opened first In 1907. A few months later Dickinson resigned the presidency, to which he was elected, in favor of Leslla M. 8haw, former sec retary of the , treasury. Dickinson be came vice president and retained the virtual management of the concern. After a few months Shaw resigned. It 1 reported that he quit because of politics. Dickinson at that 'time charged that Shaw was "besot with a bee to become president of the United States." , The bank grew rapidly under Dick inson's management. Eventually the management was criticised for unse cured loans to George P. Sheldon of ihe. Phoenix Insurance company, who dt6d while under indictment. It was author-natrveiy-tatocT-TliarthrSlieldon.'Ioans were Insignificant , and that the hanii pocketed the - loss. Before, Dickinson's death the Louis KleyboHe- company obtained a court order for the exam Inatlon of Dickinson, his brother and CURE NERVOUS ILLS BY ROLLING IN SNOWBANKS Secretary Robert Morihcad of the trust oompany. rerardlnr a loan of n onn.noo to P. J. Keiran, president of the Fidelity junaing company, .which had been put partly In the hami of, the' Kleybolte company In order to avoid having such a large loan booked under Kelran's name. Dickinson's Btrange Penis. Dickinson died before the examine tlon was made. . His death. It was Stated VDI An nn,imA,ifn anA Yrl A , -" y ii vuiii wiiti. .m.m, ney disease, complicated by the Inhs . 1 - . . . . anvil - ui yviwuuui gases m mo lab oratory of F. W. Lange at Soranton. It was renortad thai ntniiinun nA oth ers were watching an experiment In a non-corrosive metai, ana that an acci dent occurred, Dickinson Inhaling gases from the crucible used In the experi ment. , Another story, told was that Langs alleged he could make gold and silver, and that Dickinson -mam st 11 A In n - ' .M ,v watch the experiment It was. reported mat iange sougni me oacking of the banker In the establishment of a "gold manufacturing concern. According to reports, he was successful, but the In haled gases caused Dickinson's death. Lange denied that any accident oc curred and that DlrlHnsnn'a Haith caused by a visit to his laboratory. neporxs mat juiomnson ended his life were denied bv his fri Andfl find rata. .lives. The . mystery was never com- pieioiy soivea. A short time before this Dickinson had been thrown from a horse itf Cen tral Park and his skull fractured. Buffalo, N. Jan. 7. The news of the closing of the Carnegie Trust com pany at New York caused a run on the Ninth Ward bank here today. It Is an affiliated concern. New Tork, Jan. 7. The closing of the Carnegie Trust company was reflected ut the opening of the stock market to ilay. Fractional losses occurred, which, however, were quickly recovered. At the end of the first 15 minutes some "Stocks showed galus. The market reoelved strong backing as soon las tha closing of the Carnegie Trust company be came generally knpwn and supporting orders, quickly distributed, stopped the docjlne. Reading gained V as did Con solidated Gas. United Railroads and Investment company gained 4 points and Canadian Pacific declined Union Pa cific lost 1. The market closed strong. Bonds were firm. REYNOLDS AND M'KINNEY RETIRE FORM CONTEST (Continued from Page One.) ally quit the field, but In view of the developments of the past 24 hours he will probably work for Rusk, who is Your Health Should Be Guarded If you are fortunate enough to possess good health guard it carefully for it is a priceless treasure and hard to regain, once it is lost. In the majority of cases the first step towards poor health is a weak stomach, and if you will only use the friendly aid of Hosteller's Stomach Bitters at the first sign of distress this weakness can be quickly overcome and your health preserved. Get a bottle of HOSXETTER'S STOMACH BITTERS this -very day and be on the safe side. .You cannot tell at what moment some member of the family may need it, so it is a wise plan to keep it handy for such emergencies. You will find it the safest and best remedy you ever bought for op- ' ' dmary family ills, and it is the one always preferred by, the thousands who have'' kTHE KEYSTONEi TO HEALTH IS HOSTETTER'S STOMACH' BITTERS his' first choice after he hu eliminated himself. . , Buchanan Still in Xaoe, J.1 A. Buchanan, of Douglas, who still remains In the race, has the backing of George Neuner and James Huntington, Jr., of his own delegation. Should he retire, he would likely try to throw sup port to either Thompson or Eaton. .Wh!le-4he situation remains decided ly uncertain. Rusk and Eaton appear to have the strongest support, with Thomp son perhaps not far behind. Rusk last night clinched -10 votes of the Multno mah delegation at a meeting held by the members... "W.H. Chat ten had de clared "that If Rusk could obtain nine votes ha would give the tenth, and he Is said to have given his pledge. This would leave but two votes, for Eaton, W. J. Clemens and James Cols. Rush light would likely be an Eaton man, but he will not qualify. It was supposed that with-.the retire ment f Reynolds, Eaton might obtain the support of the solid Marlon delega tion and he Is now claiming the five Votes. At least two members, however, resent the assertion that Reynolds could deliver their votes to anybody and there is a decided Rusk sentiment in the del egation. Supporters of the latter are claiming four VQt for him in this group. - - Busk Is Optimistic Rusk declares that he has 19 votes. There are 0 in the house ordinarily, but since Rushlight will not qualify, the Rusk managers say they, lack only one less than the majority. Eaton says he has more votes pledged than any other candidate, Thompson is working earnestly, stimulated by the retirement of McKlnney. Just how many votes the latter had is a question and there is more doubt as to how many of the eastern Oregon delegation he can oonvey to Thompson. Rusk men assert McKlnney'a retirement will bring them additional support There Is little talk of a caucus and from present Indications th firht win I go onto the floor of the house. GAMMONS' INVENTORY SHOWS $58,592 ESTATE The final inventory of the estate of the late Attorney G. G. Gammons was filed in the county court yesterday aft ernoon, tho three appraisers stating' its value at 158,582. Real estate In Multnomah county Is appraised at 49, 688; real estate in Clatsop county at H'450, and personal property to the amount of $6600. Laura M. Gammons Is administratrix, and the appraisers were B. B. 'Sea brook," C. J. Mahdhsyrand C. Ohle, Their report was accepted by the county court. Joseph has passed a dog muzzling or dinance. , .v miuw uuui good it is. : ; You will therefore make no mistake in taking Hostetter's Stomach Bitters in cases of Poor Appetite, Heartburn, Sour Stomach, Sick Headache, Cramps, Indigestion, Costiveness, Biliousness, Colds, Grippe, Malaria, Fever and Ague. It is backed by a 57 years' record, which is also positive proof of its efficacy. Insist on haviqg the genuine Hostetter's Bitters if you nt'thfrfcestTesultsrltlssoldxntirirbottleriid" has our Private Stamp over the' neck. IMACTBlii Standpatters for Young;: Four Progressives Mentioned Sentiment for Prfmary.,i (United Prcut Lcsied W!ra. v Des Moines,'Iowa, Jan. 7A struggle to select a man to succeed Senator Jon athan P. Dolllver-will begin, when the legislature meets next Monday. Politi clans already at the , capital for the nt.nlln.lnn.ii .Mw-nUk . .1 1 . . 1 . . 1 iivumumij em. ...inn yieuici. Limb . uiv a fight will, be bitter and they say they q cannot forecast the result. There ers! three camps, the Drognesslves; the DertiT. ocrats, and the standpatters." The Dem-' ocrats back Daniel Hamilton. -The standi patters are supporting . La Favetta Youngt who was appointed by the gov ernor temporarily to fill, the places : d The progressives have. not yet ehosen any definite candidate, but , will; prob ably decide to indorse W. H. Byets",A.. B. Funk, Warren Garst or W..B. Keuv yon, assistant- United States attorney general. The progressives demand t Republi can caucus, but the standpatters refuse to enter one. ' A deadlock Is predicted : Th news papers of the state are demanding a' special primary to name' a senator. , ' DIRECT VOTE ON ,i PRESIDENT MIGHT SHELVE M. TAFT I,, i (Continued from Page One.) :" gates could now be constituted bv thu administration's political machine. ' Plan Likely to Become Popular. Considerable sentiment In rinWlnnlmr jn the northern states In favor of the ' new plan and the southern states are expected to be especially favorable to i it. unaer present conditions the south em Republican delegations are almost certain to be favorable to the admin istration. The officeholders and ref erees, under a Republican president. simply go out and select the delegates at the bidding of whatever, politician may have been designated by the pree- lucui iu j-ejirenciu mm. i At this time the Taft Organlxatlonx counts od the southern delegates as assured. Tart is depending on New W 1- , , rt J i urn, juaasacnuseiis, uonnecucut, JNeW S Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Illinois, ! wuiur wmi me ouuiu. id kivb mm n. renomlhatlon. -, Tha nresldential nrefarenc nlnn tins been presented to Governor Woodrow i wiison oi rvew jersey, wno uiinKs &- f vorably of it. - ! FEDERAL"RECLAMATI0N "! PROJECT IN CALIFORNIA Bakersflald, Cat, Jan. 7. From a re- liable source it was learned today that a project to irrigate a large area on the west side of the Snn Joaquin val- 1 ley is contemplated by the government. ' Officials of the United States hydro graphic survey are here and It Is said they are gathering data. The officials ! are reticent, but from other sources It if is learned that an Irrigation system Is i' proposed. Commercial TcBt of Aeroplanes. (United Press Lefcseri Wire.) Los Angeles, Jan. 7. Carrying papers for a local newspaper, Dldler Masson. in his biplane "Pegasus" left this city at t . m. .. . " . J'Li ..... ..ill.'. uuiiUI cua i of persons watched his flight across thsf city. He was making approximately 60 1 miles an hour when he sailed out of sight The-purpose of the' flight la to show that aeroplanes can be used for commercial purposes. -Satf Bernardino, Cal., Jan. T. Dldler Masson, the aviator, who left Los Ange les at 7 o'clock this morning carrying papers for a Los Angeles newspaper fori distribution in this city, landed here safe at 12:45 p. m. today. ! yciOUlldl CAUCIlCUt-C HOW 1