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The Omaha Daily Bee TpmtJgmcL'EiTF; Is!th si eat f :npnmM- IbUMacn iett tn:thHrfV -ft toil he hoiaewcf opera rad lion . WEATHER rOSECAST. For Nebraska Local showers. For Iowa Thunder sbowers. For weather report page 3. 0' 9 VOL. XXXIX NO. 60. OMAHA, FRIDAY MORNING, AUGUST 13, 1909 TEN PAGES. SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS. X .V V I 11 n Y SAMUEL VAN SANT HEADS YETEBANS Minnesota Man Elected Commander in-Chief of Grand Army of the Republic. MRS. EERILY HEADS RELIEF CORPS Pei Moines Woman Defeati Mrs. Earrii of Kansas. BT. LOUIS COMES TO FRONT Indications that Next Encamp nu. Will Go to Mound City. ADDRESS OF COMMANDER NEVIUS Gala la Membership for th Year I Orer Twtitr Tknd and Death Roll far Year Exceeds Tea. Thousand. SALT LAKE CITT, Aug. 12. Kamuel R. Van Pant of Minnesota was elected commander-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Republic this evening. Van Kant won over William A. Ketcham of Indiana by a vote of M7 to 156. mY. Jennie L. Berry of Das Moines. Ia., won In a fight for the national presidency of the Woman's Relief corps. After three ballots she waa elected over Mrs. Belle Hsrrls of Kansas by a vote of 213 to 90. Tha Grand Army's order of business did not provide for the election of officers today, but tha Increasing departures of delegates warned the encampment that an early choice would be necessary to secure a full expression of the will of the ma jority. In addition to Commander Van Sant, tha following officers were elected: Senior Vice Commander W. M. Bostaph, Ogden. Utah. Junior Vice Commander Judge Alfred Bers. Bristol, Conn. Surgeon General W. H. Lemon, Law rence, Kan. Nominations for chaplain were made, but the vote upon this position was post poned owing to the lateness of the hour. The election of chaplain and selection of the next meeting place went over until tomorrow. A poll Indicates that tha chances of St. Louis for the forty-fourth encampment are much brighter. Atlantic City, the other aspirant, does not want the en campment In August and the veterans are loath to change the month of meeting. No business of publlo Interest except the annual address of tha retiring commander, Henry M. Nevlus, and the election of of ficers was transacted 'at today's execu tive session. - Nevtas I.anda the Suath. Commander-in-Chief Nevlus, In his ad dress to tha veterans said. In part: "1 was treated with great cordiality upon my visit In tha southern departments and In Atlanta, Ua., where tha Grand Army of tha Republic held a Joint meeting with Cle ment A:' KvaiiTOTrrmandee-ln-ehtef of the ; United Confederate Veterans, and his or ganisation. I met tha confederate veterans again In Dentaon, Tex. I met them also at Birmingham, Ala., and I am satisfied that, ware It not for those who did not participate In the great struggle, but who are still laboring to keep alive the lost cause, there would be no. difficulty In cementing the bonds of union between the north and south. "On December 31, 1907, the members In good standing of tha Grand Army of tha Republic numbered 225,157, and there were 13.49 on tha suspended list. There were remaining In good standing an December 31, 1908. 22M1S, and S.&39 remaining sus pended. The number of comrades reported as having died between December 31, 1907, end December 31. 1308, waa 10,124. Our galna during the fiscal year by muster, transfer, reinstatement and by gain from delinquent reports total 21,154. "Investigation will show that there have been many bills introduced tn the national congress called pension bills asking for relief for the veterans on different llnea, and no prospect of any of them becoming a law. The Grand Army of the Republic, standing united, has In past years secured and placed upon the atatute books such pension laws as are in force and will con tinue to ask for auch relief aa shall seem to be equitable and Just. "Tha number of aurvlvora of the civil war at hie close of the last fiscal year was JO.tte. The number of survivors on the pension rolls May SI, 1900, waa (96,411. The amount appropriated for pensions during the year waa $12,000,000. "Tha amount appropriated and apent during the year ending June 30, 1908, In the national and state bomea for the sup port of old and needy soldiers was. I1.1S7. The speaker told of difficulties en countered tn securing a round trip rata of one fare to the Salt Lake City encamp ment, saying: "You will observe, comrades, that I have labored earneatly and sealoualy with the great railroad corporations in tha Interest of the Grand Army of tha Republic, for a reasonable rate to and from our en campment, for the men who from 'SI to '6 bore the brunt of battle and aaved the union one and indivisible and that the great railroad corporations which girdle It with their tracks have no feeling of patriotism and make no oonoaaalon to tha comrades of the Grand Army of the Re public." GRANT TO YOUNG VETERANS lewaa en teeth Daketaa Officers of PhlUpplae Aaeoelatteau PITTSBURG, Aug. 12 The proceedings of the Philippine Veterans' convention to day were made interesting by the presence of General Frederick Dent Grant, who aroused great enthusiasm In a speech on tha valor of the men who fought the country's battle In foreign lands. The following officers were elected: Commander Colonel C. L. Jewett. New Albany, Ind. Junior Commander Major Charlea A. Howard, South Dakota. Judge Advouate General Captain W. H Keating. Iowa. Chaplain Samuel J. Smith, Nineteenth Vnlted Wtates infantry. ' viAY0U SARA WANTS TAFT Tewa Made Psatsst by lavltatlua Fremont Aaka the Presi dent to Stop. NEW ORLEANS. La., Aug. 11 Bayou Sara, the town that attracted conalderabit attention by the wording of the Invitation to Captain Fremont of the battleship Mis slaaippl: "Bayou Kara is a hall of a place to entertain ln-but e will do the beet we can." has sent word through Its mayor to President Tft urging him to spend a few Lour a In that town. Hoosier Draws First Claim to Flathead Land Joseph Furay of Warsaw it Number One in Lottery W. P. Spulman Among- Lucky Ones. COUEB D'ALENE. Idaho,; Aug. 12. Two thousand namea were drawn today for lands In the Flathead Indian reservation, j and Joseph Furay of Warsaw, Ind., was) the winner of lucky No. 1. I ""ie 81,363 applications, each In a buff Ia... UA V. .... . I 1 ... .1 . . ,U. I . and Judge Wltten announced that ' would be drawn today, 2, (XX) toinorrow 'li ha rest on Saturday. The first en i was picked up by little Miss Dol&n o'clock and the announcement of te of the winner waa greeted with Thereafter the drawing became V . ry. ie name of N. D. McPhee of C ' ' ne was announced as winner of " oung woman In the crowd gave -i shout and made a wild dash carry tha news to father." N a to The first woman to win was Eleanor Mc Lean of Missoula, Mont., who stated In her application that she was 70 years old. Among the first fifty nami s in the Flat head drawing today are: No. 1 Joseph Furay, Warsaw, Ind. No. 10 C. T. Urotvnell, DeSinet, B. D. No. 19 Ralph R. Tower, Steseton, S. D. No. 28 J. R. Smeck, Shenandoah, In. No. 29 E. T. Ellis, Altoona, la. No. 44 Elizabeth I'felffer, Muscatine, la. No. 48 J. D. Van Llew, Weldon, la. , Nebraskans who drew today Edgar MoConnell, Fall bury. Joseph L. Roscow, Lincoln. Charles A. Berlew, Hemingford. William M. Flnnlgan, Arlington. Helen 8. Ingersoll, Chambers. W. P. riptllman, Omaha, Mercury Climbs ! to Ninety-Eight Thermometer Shows Season's Record at 2:30 P. M. Thursday, Beating May Mark Three Degrees. Ninety-eight! The thermometer at 2:30 p. m. yesterday showed the highest mark of the season, beating by S degrees the May record, the highest until Thursday. According to Official Forecaster Welsh tha present siege of torrid zone climate is not so bad. Without cracking a smile he asserts that on the 2th day of July, In the year 1894. A. D., the mercury slipped up to 106, which, he asserts with due complaisance, is the hottest day on record In Omaha. That was a day of calamity to the crops of Nebraska. But the Oldest Inhabitant and the Care ful Observer agree that even this Is no ex tenuation for Mr. Welsh's present conduct. LINCOLN, "Neb., Aug. 12-Thls was the hottest day of the year In Lincoln, the maximum being 98 degrees, where the mercury remained for nearly three hours. Maurice Laughlln, a lineman, dropped dead while engaged In repairing a trolley line this afternoon, and his death is thought to have been Indirectly due to the heat. It was first believed he had come In contact with a live wire, but It was later stated that the wire was dead. Reports from cen tral and western Nebraska say corn is parched and rain Is badly needed. Dahlman Out for Governor Home Rule is to . Be the Campaign Slogan of the Omaha Mayor. ' (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, Aug. 12. (Special Telegram.) Mayor Dahlman was the principal speaker at the Modern Woodmen of America picnic at Bennet this afternoon. From Lincoln the Burlington ran a special train. The mayor announced his candi dacy lor governor, his platform being home rule. He promised that candidates would be forced to take a stand on the liquor question. The mayor, was well received. FELTON HEAD GREAT WESTERN President of Alton Road to Become Head of Reorganised Company. j ST. PAUL, Minn., Aug. 12. It was of ficlally announced today that Samuel M. Felton, president of the Chicago at Alton railway, will formally be chosen president of the Chicago Great Western railway when the reorganisation is completed. Re celver Horace G. Burt announces that ha will retire from all connection with the road. Census Supervisors to Be Appointed Today BEVERLY, Mass., Aug. 12. Two cabinet officers are coming to Beverly tomorrow. Secretary Nagel of the Department of Commerce and Labor is coming to take up with the president the matter of the ap pointment of more than 300 census super visors. Postmaster General Hitchcock will be here at tha same time and he will prob ably have an Important part in the division of the census plums. Cecil Lyon, republican national commlt toen.an from Texas, also Is expected in Beverly tomorrow. The president announced several days ago that in Texas, as well as In eight other states of tha so-called "solid south," he would divide the census appoint ments equally between the republicans and democrats, the laadera of tha two parties to arrange the division on a satisfactory basis. E. Dana Durand, director of the census. Will also be at the Tart cottage tomorrow. The president haa turned over the recom mendations for census places to the depart ment beada bavins the matter In charge, with general instructions that the men to THAW GOES BACK TO MATTEAWAN Justice Mills Decides that Slayer of Stanford White is Still Insane. FREEDOM MENACE TO SOCIETY Court Finds that Be Still Has Exag gerated Delusions. NO COMFORT FOR PRISONER All Contentions of His Attorney! Are Rejected. WILL CONTINUE THE STRUGGLE Thaw Saya Mte Next More Will Be to Get Another Cnae Which la Pending; Before Conrt of A pneala. WHITE PLAINS, N. T., Aug. 12. -Harry K. Thaw's latest atten pt to gain his liberty met with defeat today when Supreme Court Justice Isaac N. Mills dismissed the writ of habeas corpus and declared that the release of the petitioner would be "danger ous to public peace and safety." The sign ing of an order sending Thaw back to Matteawan, a formality. Is scheduled to take place tomorrow morr.lng In Justice Mills' chambers at Mt. Verron. There Is no crumb of comfort for Thaw In the several thousand word opinion handed down by Justice Mills today. All the contentions of his old adversary, Dis trict Attorney Jerome, are supported and it Is declared that Thaw Is still insane, still suffering from persistent delusions and still as much a paranoiac as on the day he shot Stanford White. ' The order for Thaw's recommitment will be presented to Justice Mills tomorrow morning by Deputy Attorney General Ezra Prestlss and Attorney Morschauser wilt then have a chance to oppose it or strive for a modification. Such action will, how ever, It Is believed, be purely formal in view of the decisive nature of the opinion handed down today. Thaw, waiting In the White Plains Jail, at the rear of the court houpe, where the decision was filed, re celved the news with an outward calmness which appeared, however, more forced than real. Farther Apnea! to Conrt. The members of his family and his at torney seemed stunned by the thorough ness of their defeat. Thaw declined to give out any extended statement, content lng himself with the assertion that he was not disheartened and would at once con tlnue his fight for liberty. "My next efforts," he said, "will be centered upon the court of appeals, through which I expect to secure a hearing before a Jury In my efforts to have my commltt spent to Matteawan set aside.", ' . """ The case before the court of appeals, to which Thaw referred, is one which has been under consideration for some time. It came before Justice Mills last October when Thaw applied for an order setting aside his committment on the ground that the court which had committed him was without power to issue such an order. Inasmuch as Thaw at the time was not on trial on a question of sanity. At the same time ha asked to have the question of his mental condition submitted to a Jury. When Jus tlce Mills promptly denied this application. the case was carried to the appellate di vision, which sustained Justice Mills. Thaw's attorney has already made a second appeal and It Is upon this appeal that Thaw says his efforts will now be based. Conclusions of the Court. Justice Mills, In his opinion today, reaches three formal conclusions: 1. That Thaw was Insane when he killed White, S. That he haa not yet recovered. 3. That public peace and safety would be endangered by setting him at large. He upholds District Attorney Jerome's contentions that Thaw still cherishes delu sions regarding the practices of Stanford White and his associates. He characterizes Evelyn Thaw's tale of the Madison Square tower room and similar stories about White told at the sanity hearing as "wild and grossly Improbable; evidently, to any nor mal mind, grossly exaggerated." He ex presses belief in the testimony of Susan Merrill regarding Thaw's alleged pervert practices, and points out the contrast be tween Thaw's chivalrous attitude as a pro tector of young American womanhood and his own private life. Justice Mills expressed deep sympathy for tha prisoner's mother and her exposi tion of the "horrors of Matteawan," on the stand, evidently prompted his recom mendation that Thaw be allowed greater privileges at that Institution. At the same time he gently chlded Mrs. Thaw for her censure of District Attorney Jerome, of whom he said: "I find no evi dence of any heartless or undue teal on his part." Not the least significant sentence in (Continued on Second Page.) ' be selected shall bo of unquestioned ability and fltnens for tha Important offices they are to fill. President Taft will not be able to go to Panama next year aa he had Intended. The president expressed the hope that he would be able to visit the isthmus every year. With a long session of congress on his hands all of next winter and spring, however, he thinks the chance of getting to Panama at a seasonable time of the year la remote. Mr. Taft haa decided to take two private cars on his western trip. He personally will occupy the Mayflower and will have the Haxelmere for the remainder of his party. The president will be accompanied by Dr. J. J. Richardson of Wasnlngton. who was with him throughout his campaign trip last fall. Secretary of the Interior Balllnger, Secre tary of War Dickinson, Secretary Nagel of the Department of Commerce and Labor will be members of the party at certain stages of the trip. He expects to meet Senator Cummins In Des Moines and possibly Senator Dolliver. NOW From the Philadelphia Record. SCALE FOR CHICAGO CARMEN Officials of Railroads and Unions Reach Agreement. CONTRACT IS FOR FOUR YEARS Mesf Are to Rerelre Thirty Cents an Hoar After Ananat 1, 1011 Statna of Consolidated Em ployee Yet la Qaeatlon. CHICAGO. Aug. 12. The crucial point, In the wage dispute between the officials of the street railway lines of Chicago and their 10,000 employes was passed today. By the offer of a maximum scale of 30 cants an hour to be paid ' by August 1, 1911,, which was ' majie' , by ( President John M. Roach of the NoAh and. West Side lines, and the prompt acceptance of the same by President William Qulnlan of the North and West Side street car men's anion, probability of a strike appears to be over. President T. E. Mitten of the South Side lines has allowed I. to be understood that he would follow Mr. Roach In any agree ment Mr. Roach might make with the union men. The details of the compromise made by the railway officials and accepted by the union officials are as followsi Contract to run until January 31, 1913. An Increase from 27 to 28 cents an hour from August 1, this year, to August 1, 1910, to August 1, 1911. The maximum scale of 30 cents to go Into effect from then until the expiration of the ontract. The union men regard this offer aa a great victory. It Is substantially what they have contended for and they declare now that they have been willing all along to give the railway men two years to comply with their 30-cent demands. Terms for New Men. In the matter of new employes, however, the gain Is not so great for the union. The new men are to begin at 24 cents an hour and advance' 1 cent an hour each year for three years, when they are to get tha maximum. Tha only probable hitch in the way of an Immediate settlement comes in the condition of the Consolidated Traction com pany, which Is In the hands of a receiver and is being operated by the Chicago Rail ways company. There are 500 men em ployed on this line, and President Qulnlan of the union said that any agreement must Include them Mr. Roach declared that he could not say what wages should be given the men. It Is possible that the Consolidated may be sold to the Chicago Railways company at auction. Further conferences will be held on this matter and a way out Is ex pected to be reached. President Mitten is expected to follow Mr. Roach's lead tomor row. Evictions Stop at McKees Roeks, PITTSBURG. P., Aug. 12. The sheriff of Allegheny county late today flatly re fused to continue the work of evicting the strikers and the families from houses owned by the Pressed Steel Car company at McKees Rocks. Acting under court orders, the sheriff and his deputies early In the afternoon began the work of conveying the goods from the strikers' homes to the streets. The sheriff asked the Pressed Steel Car company to give him men to carry out (Continued on Second Page.) Please bring your Sunday Want-Ads in as early as possi ble Saturday. They are received tor Sunday aa late at 8:30 p. m. Saturday, but It la beat to get them in early to Insure proper classification. If you cannot come down town use the telephone. Call Douglas 238 and aek for the .Want-Ad Department. LET THE PROCESSION MOVE. Five Burned in Dwelling House in Michigan Town Mother Escapes, but Returns for Her Babe and Both Perish. HANCOCK. Mich., Aug. 13. Five lives were lost In a fire In a dwelling house here last night. The dead are Mrs. John Dlonne. Edward Dlonne, aged 8 years; Peter Dlonne, an In fant: Amtna Dlonne, aged 12, and a girl named Racine, The fire broke out when the family was asleep. The charred bodies of tha victims were found In the ruins today. Mr Dlonne got out of the house, but returning to rescue a child, perished. Her body was found with the infant clasped in her arms. Lone Bandit Robs Illinois Bank Twenty-Five Hundred Dollars Taken from Cashier at Franklin at Point of Gun. JACKSONVILLE, III., Aug. 12. A lone bandit today secured 32,500 In currency from the cannier of the Farmtrs' and Mer chants' bank at Franklin, 111. One sus pect has been arrested, but his Identity haa not been proven. This afternoon a man clad like a farmer appeared at the cashier's desk and asked to exchange some bills of small denominations for larger ones. The cashier went to tha vault to get the bills. When he emerged the robber was inside the railing and covered him with a revolver, demanding the bank's cash. The cashier handed over the box In his hand containing $1,600 in currency and the robber, after hurriedly rifling the money drawer of $1,000 more, escaped through an alley. The alarm was given by the cashier's brother, who was in the bank at the time of the robbery, but was powerleaa to interfere, aa he was held under threat of death by the bandit, until the moment the cashier came from the vault. A posse was organized by the sheriff at 4 o'clock and la searching the surrounding country for the criminal. The bank Is Insured against robbery. WU ORDERED BACK HOME Chinese Minister Recalled froaa Waahlaatoa for New Assign ment. WASHINGTON, Aug. 12. The Chinese minister, Wu Tlngfang, haa been recalled from Washington and ordered to Peking for further assignment. His successor will be Chang Yin Tang, formerly charge d'af faires at Madrid, and now deputy vice president of foreign affairs. Mr. Wu Is now In Peru, to which country he haa been credited along with the United States. Union Pacific on Rumor NEW YORK, Aug. 12. A lively specula tive movement In the stock market today followed the brisk upward movement at the close last night. During the first 'hour Union Pacific sold above 210, and Southern Pacific, Louisville A Nashville. United States Steel and Pennsylvania were promi nent. Prices were advanced In London as a preliminary to the opening hare. Rumors that an Increase In the Union Paclflo dividend had been determined on, that Louisville Ax Nashville waa to dis tribute a stock bonua to stockholders, and that arrangements for the placing a large atock lasue abroad had been mad aa companied the activity. Profit taking aalea were so heavy on the advance aa to stag ger the market and Induced reactions within an hour of tha opening. PLEADS GUILTY AND APPEALS Dinuzzo Admits Violating Law and Goes Over Board's Action. CASE AWAITS SUPREME COURT Fine of One Hundred Dollars la Bna- pended Pending; the Ultimate Teat of the Law's Consti tutionality. Frank Dlnuxxo pleaded guilty before Judge Button In district court to the charge of violating the daylight closing law. HI fine of $100 was suspended pending an ap peal to tho supreme court on the question of the law's constitutionality. Before Judge Troup application has been made by Weaver & Oilier asking that the revoking of the, license by tha Board of Fire and Police Commissioners be sup erseded until the appeal from the board' decision may be tried. The legal status of the Dlnuzxo case at nresent is as follows: Dinuzzo was arrested, tried and found guilty in police court of selling liquor afte 8 o'clock, contrary to the daylight law, Two different punishments were provided by the law; be was to pay a fine of $100 and lose his license immediately upon con vlctton. An appeal was taken to the district court and the fine was suspended until the trial could be held there. A demurrer was filed by the attorneys for Dlnuxzo asking that tha trial be dismissed because the law waa unconstitutional. Thla de murrer was overruled by Judge Sutton Tuesday, and the order made for the trial to continue. Thursday morning Dinuzzo pleaded guilty before Judge Sutton, and the sentence, which waa understood to be the fine of $100 still unpaid, was suspended until the case could be fought out in the state supreme court on the question of the law's validity. License is Revoked. The other part of the saloon keeper's punishment, the revoking of the license, was taken up, and after soma deliberation the Board of Fire and Police Commission era put it Into effect and the license was . revoked Tuesday. His attorneys have filed an appeal from this action which will be tried In district 'court probably in October Tbty have applied to Judge Troup for an order superseding the board's action In the meantime. Dinuzzo's attorneys have now three ac tions pending. Before the supreme court Is tha appeal from the deolslon of Judge Sutton declaring the law constitutional. In the district court on Judge Redlck's docket Is an appeal asking that his license be given back and in the district court before Judge Troup Is a petition to have him per mitted to continue his business until the license la returned. Anneals frons Board. In the appeal from the action of the Board of Fire and Police Commissioners in revoking this Uoense Dinuzzo set forth in the petition that th license should not be revoked upon con viction in the court of an examining magistrate auch as the police Judge and the law Is declared to be unconstitutional for four reasons. The argument already offered In district court to prove It un constitutional, to the effect that It is not (Continued on Second Page.) Soars to 210 of Big Dividend Tne speculation continued with great animation and varying fortunes through out the day. Union Pacific waa lifted above 210. Reading touched 164, Southern Pacific 137S. United Statea Steel 78 and Illinois Central waa run up 4V4 points to 162 Vi The feverish character of aome of the later advances aroused suspicion and made the profvssional traders watchful for signs of reaction. There also was heavy realiz ing on the advances and the prices were forced back 1 to S points in the active Is sues late In the day. Rumors were circu lated that Union Pacific waa about to an nounce a plan for a distribution of certi ficates of participation In profits on Its investments amongst the stockholders. There were revived rumors also of an In tended Increase in dividends on the Harii maa fact flea and on Illinois Central. WARM DISCUSSION OF POWER SITES Messrs. Wilson and Faxson Defend Acts of Secretary Balling-er is Irrigation Congress. ATTACK UPON POWER C0MPAN1 Delegate Says Spokane Corporation is Ruining- Farms of Settlers. FARM OWNER ONLY THE A0EN1 Prof. Bailey Says He is Under Obli gation to Care for Soil. DIRECTOR TRUE EXPLAINS W0RI He Kara Greateat Xeed of ArU Realnn la Information Re aardlng lee of Water Supplies. 1 SPOKANF-. Wesh., Aug. U-John Wilson, foimer United States senator from Wah Ington, and John Farson, mllllonalr banker of Chicago, today came to the de fense of Secretary Balllnger before thi National Irrigation congress ind succeeded In keeping the so-called "Balllnger-Plncho feud" In the public eye. Discussion about the hotels lsot nigh. seemed to Indicate that both sides of the reclamation controversy were content to let nutters rest, notwithstanding th rumors that the Balllnger supporters In tended to make a detailed reply o tin chsrges offered by former Governor Georg C. Pardee of California. Dr. Pardee started today's oontrovcrs; by questioning a statement by a speaker. He again accused Secretary Balllnger oi permitting the opening for entry of valu able water power Kea. This brought Mr. Farson to his feet, ask lng Dr. Pardee If he meant to insinuau that the secretary waa dishonest., With Dr. Pardee's reply that he meant no such accusation the Incident was dropped. Attack on Power Company. W. W. Ferrell of Ferrell, Idaho, attacked the Washington Power company, which supplies power to Spokane. "I have been a settler In Idaho for twenty-five years," he shouted, "and there are many who have worked hard to make homes. And now, after a quarter of a cen tury, the Washington Power company, one of the many which threatens our very lives, has darned up our valley, overflowed our lands, drowned out our crops and are about to lose their means of livelihood. There are in my town men who will smash that dam with dynamite and send a wall of water down this valley, and what will hap pen to Spokane will make the Johnstown flood look like a common shedding of tears, if something is not done." Wilson Tratses Bellinger. Former Senator Wilson replied! . "There may be those who do wrong In this land," he said. "There may b water, power companies that disobey the law, but 1 want to say here that I stand for Rich ard A. Balllnger and 1 shall hear no man say he Is dishonest. "If It Is necessary, I am here to defend Balllnger's superior President TafO What they have done they have done under the law. It is for the people to support tho government and not the government the people, and for this reason I say that pri vate enterprises should reclaim these des erts." One of the Interesting addresses of the day was that by Mrs. Emmons Crocker, a delegate from the Federation of Women's Clubs. She said that women first came on a par with men when President Roosevelt Invited Mrs. Sarah Piatt Decker to attend the gathering of governors to discuss na tional conservation. Farmer Only Agent. That no man owns his farm, but only Is an agent under obligation to conserve his soil, was the doctrine promulgated at Na tional Irrigation congress this morning, by L. H. Bailey, director of New York College of Agriculture, who spoke on farm com munity. He said . it la not true that a young man must go west to take up a new farm. He asserted that the west is In danger of becoming less fertile and that the east is less liable to this danger, and quoted from tha reports of the Country Life commission to sustain this statement. Prof. Samuel Fortier of the Department of Agriculture, delivered an address on the proper use of water. H. W. Campbell and O. L. Walker of the Department of Agriculture also spoke. Scope of Experiment Worst. Dr. A. C. True, director of the office of experiment stations of the Department of Agriculture, spoke next, explaining the scope and purpose of the Irrigation Invest igation carried on by his department. The scope, he said, is the use of water In Irri gation, and Its purpose ia the largest use of our water supplies and the adoption of the best methods in their use. ' "At present the greatest need of th arid region. Judged by the calls upon ua for help, la along tha second line of work com mitted to ua by congress the uae of Irri gation watera, with especial suggestions of the best methods tor the utilization of Ir rigation watera In agriculture, "Throughout the arid region the Increase In the area under dltoh haa outrun the natural increase In population, and aa a consequence you must look to the humid region for the farmers who will give value to the ditches built and the landa eovared. These prospective farmers are uninformed as to the general conditions under Which they will have to live, and also aa to the methode of using water In the production of oropa. The dltoh promoters do much to supply the first deficiency, but the people of the east are suspicious of advertise ments and they write by hundreds to our department asking about this or that scheme, whether It Is legitimate, 'and whether the claims aa to crops grown are true. It haa been Impossible to answer theae In detail, but wa have, during tha laat year, had prepared and lsaued a Series of bulletins on Irrigation tn different states and territories, the central Idea of which Is to present the Information needed by a person who Is considering settlement on Irrigated lands anywhere In tha west. i Need of New Settlers. "These bulletins contain the Informa tion the settler needs in deciding whether he wishes to take up Irrigated landa and where he shall settle. But he la In greater need when he goea on the landa. He doea not know when nor how to apply tha water to hie soli. Much of thla be must learn by experience, but we are doing what we can to meet hie Steeda by V