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16 pages J VOL. XXXVII. PRICE: 50 CENTS BY CARRIER M.Miir.it an l. ivA\^j2i. ov VjiZiix 10 rsx month FOOTBALL RUINS BEST IN YOUTH, STATES JORDAN Stanford President Says Future Will Condemn Educators for Not Ending Game COMPARES IT TO PUGILISM National Educational Association Hears Address by Commis sioner of Education Brown [Associated Proas] BOSTON, July B. —Denouncing col lege foootball as a combination of bru tality and pugilism that appealed to the love of the sordid, David Starr Jor dan, president of Leland Stanford uni versity, led in the discussion that fol lowed a report made today by the committee on moral education In pub lic schools to the national council of education of tha National Educational association In convention here. Ho added: "Some day the college presidents and school heads of tha country will per haps be called cowardly and brutal bo cause they did not put a stop to the dangers of football, a sport that de stroys the best there Is In many a youth." Tha game, he continued, aroused the same love of the sordid that focused the interest of the country in a "ring away out In Nevada when a black man and a white man wore pounding each other yesterday. NO INTELLIGENCE liM|l IllKlt "No intelligence is required In the game of football," he asserted. Black smiths and boilormakers can play the game as well us mon of the finer Intel lects; In fact, they are considered the best raw material for the game." President Jordan favored the substi tution of the English game. In most of the eighteen departmental meetings of the convention today there was at least one advocate of the intro duction of the industrial training and agriculture In the secondary schools. At the second meeting of the general sessions of the association tonight President James Y. Joiner delivered his annual address. He was followed by Commissioner of Education Brown. EXTOLS LEGACY "It was an extraordinary legacy that was left to the bureau of education by Commissioner William Terrey Harris," declared Dr. Brown. "The present ad ministration of that office has no finer nor higher responsibility than that of maintaining: at Its best the spirit and the tradition which constitute that legacy." Dr. Brown referred to the Institution of a new division for the promotion of methods of school administration and ul > of the use of specialists for Im proving the work of the land-grant col leges as additions that had been made to the activities of the service under him. He pictured the education al work being carried on In Alaska aa the most extensive experiment of that kind In the world. "Such a practice school presents the white man's burden In its most con crete form, wlt'.i all of the difficulties and 8.11 of the Inspiring opportunities presented by this world education movement of our time," he added. "There In Alaska the school physician and the school nurse are now going up and down, helping the people in their sickness and teaching them how to live clean and wholesome lives. The girls are learning to cook and to sew and to make good homes. I.K.VHN TO BAN MONEY "The boys are learning to earn an honest livelihood under their new con ditions by new Industrial pursuits, by the raising of reindeer, by Improved Jtishing, gardening and the use of com mon tools. They are learning some thing of the white man's wisdom and the white man's better Minis of life, which shall help them In their new relations with the white man as their neighbor and fellow laborer." To extend the Influence of the bureau and to strengthen It, Dr. Brown said close co-operation had been arranged with the library of congress and with the bureau of the census. The latter bureau, he said, is endeavoring to ob tain more clearly uniform and com parable statistics concerning state and city systems of education. "Wa have now more reason than ever before to hope that the reproach which has lain against our school re ports, that they do not tell an Intel ligible tale, is soon to be a thing of the past," declared Dr. Brown. Speaking of the functions of his bureau, Dr. Brown continued: CONDITIONS Ml i:ss\itv "The improvement of school atten dance must go hand In hand with the abatement of child labor and numer ous other undertakings for the gen eral walfare of childhood. It is the business of a central office to call re peated attention to three relationships, and to help those who are at work in neighboring fields to work together for their common ends. "We need to press home such Infor mation as will lead to the Improve ment of school buildings. In a coun try which is spending 1 $73,000,000 a year for the construction, equipment and repair of its buildings for school pur poses, such Information as would lead to the saving of only one par cent on this expenditure would cause an ag gregate unnual saving of $730,001* and the saving of the health of pupils which can be accomplished through more hygienic construction is an in comparably greater concern. "In a thousand ways the Improve ment of health through education is now under way. An agency which, through the gentle force of clear in formation can bring these'ways into unison and prevent the waste of mis directed efforts will prove Itself a na tional benefit. QUESTIONS RAISKI) "Industrial education, in its throe main forms of trade schools, schools of housekeeping- and schools for rural lire, is every day raising more ques tion! than anyone yet can answer. It is the business of such an office as the bureau of education to overlook this (Continued on Pace Two) ] LOS ANGELES HERALD INDEX OF HERALD'S NEWS TODAY • FORECAST For 1.01 Angeles and vicinity: Fair Wed nesday i moderately light, north * winds. Minimum temperature yesterday, 87 de grees) minimum temperature, 37 degreea. LOS ANGELES French noblemen are enchanted with Los Angeles. • I PAGE 9 Fred P. Qrefrson, traffics manager for Job bers, estimates value of package freight shipped dally at 1240,000. PAGE) 9 Playground commission asks 125,000 appro priation from county for Improvements In Agricultural park. PAGE) 9 May* 1 Alexander sends message to council asking changes In ordinance regarding phone rates. PAGE! 9 White squadron leaves tonight for Elks' convention at Detroit. PAGE) 9 Miss May Button acknowledged queen of lawn tennis. PAGE) 10 City officials move to prevent exhibition In v Los Angeles of motion picture* of Jeffries- Johnson fight. • PAGE! 11 Convention league to campaign for 10.000 boosters, In evening clothes. PAGES IS Dick Ferris announces candidacy for lieu tenant governor. PAGEI3 Sensations expected at Captain Dlxon's trial today. PAGE) 18 Wilmington chamber of commerce submits resolution to supervisor* on delay In harbor boulevard. PAGE! If County assessor submit* assessment roll to supervisors. . PAGE) It Kansas City women to charter steamer to supply town they will build. PAGB 11 Committee appointed to assist city In sale of bonds to keep aqueduct work going. • _ PAGE 1 Wealthy Can Diego youth weds* former nurse. PAGE 1 One man fatally Injured and another hurt while trying to stoipj a run away on Alameda street. PAGE) 4 City assessment (how* total of $331. --965,675. PAGE) 4 Report Locknrdf, missing bookkeeper seen In Kansas City. PAGE) 4 Spiritualists In summer camp will give entire month -" to talking with and about spooks. PAGE 5 Woman charges fraud and asks receiver be named for Los Angeles-Coailnga syndicate. PAGE) 8 Man who sues mine 1* found to be owner. PAGE) t Court is In dilemma as charges against prisoner become twisted. PAGE) 8 Fire Commissioner Hawley announces ... Intention to begin war to a finish on loan sharks. PAGE) < Police headquarter* to hold annual bar gain day. . PAGE 8 Patrolman accused of criticising Cfilef Galloway on force after 19-day sus pension. — PAGE! 8 Editorial and Letter Box. PAGE) 12 Society and clubs. PAGE! 5 Marriage licenses, births, deaths. PAGE) 14 New* of the court*. PAGE) 8 Municipal affairs. PAGB 8 Mining and oil field*. ' PAGB t Market* and financial. PAGB • 7 Theaters. « . PAGB - 5 Sport*. | ... PAGES 10-11 City brevities. PAOB 13 .Classified advertising. . PAGES 14-15 Building permit*. - PAGE f Personals. PAGE It Politic*. • . / PAGB 13 Citrus fruit report. / PAGE 7 Shipping. PAGE) « SOUTH CALIFORNIA High tide* at Long Beach menace struc tures and Imperil lives. PAGB 9 Alleged spite fence causes neighbor hood war between two Pasadena capi talists. . PAUB 13 Noise of firecracker Is stilled for good In Pasadena. PAQB 14 San Berdardlno orchard owners begin suit to restrain lime company from permitting dust to escape. PAGE 14 Mayor Alexander responds to address of welcome at Long Beach banquet. PAGE 14 COAST ~~ United State* circuit court upholds the constitutionality of the reclamation act . PAGE 2 Launoh party from Kedondo adrift In channel rescued and towed to White's Landing, Catallna. PAGE 8 Anson Thomas of Pomona accidentally •hot. PAGE 14 Committee named to organize Bell clubs In Orange county. PAGE! 14 EASTERN Secretary Ifalllnger goes to Beverly to ■" confer with President Taft on reor ganization of reclamation service. PAGE 1 Dr. C. B. Hyde, convicted poisoner of Millionaire Swope, sentenced to life Imprisonment. PAGE 1 Roosevelt goes squarely on record as against Balllnger and Indorses Poin dexter for senate from Washington against secretary's friend Piles. PAGE! 1 President Jordan of Stanford university before National Educational associa tion declares football destroys best in youth. PAGE 1 Wreck on Big ' Four at Middletown, Ohio, which cost 21 lives la. blamed to blunder of train dispatcher: PAGE 3 Toughs dare Johnson to get out of train at Ogden and fight. PAGE 11 lowan wins 5000 cash prize In I Mis- , sissippi Power Boat association re gatta. PAGE 11 MINING AND OIL ' Oil well operators speculate as to whether Lake View territory Is a huge pool sim ilar to the Spindle Top of Texas. PAGE 8 Big Interests may buy and develop Mo- Crackon mine in Arizona. PAGE 6 Los Angeles men negotiate for purchase of .ulnura de Panuco In Slnaloa. PAGE 6 PRINCE MARRIES DOROTHY DEACON DESPITE PROTEST Mother of Austrian Nobleman Op posed to the Union LONDON, July 6.—Miss Dorothy Deacon, daughter of the late Edward Parker Deacon, and Prince Atterne Albert Radziwlll were married today In St. Mary's church, Cadogan square. The ceremony was quiet, without bridesmaids, and only a few relatives and friends attending. Lord Grey de Ruthyd gave away the bride. Prince Radzlwill married against the determined opposition of his mother, who is supposed to be in Austria to uttend the weddding of a younger -son. This London ceremony was postponed a few dayl HO because necessary doc uments wanted by English law had not arrived, and it was then reported in society that the objection* of the prince's mother had prevailed. WEDNESDAY MORNING, JULY 6, 1910. BALLINGER WITH PRESIDENT, TALKS ON RECLAMATION Reorganization of Service Dis cussed with Taft on Visit to Beverly SECRETARY WILL NOT RESIGN Tells About the $1,000,000 Pro vided to Protect the Im perial Valley [Associated Press] BEVERLY, July 6.—The reorganiza tion of the reclamation service was dis cussed today at a three-hours confer ence between President Taft and Sec retary Ballinger.' Although no official Information could be obtained, It was reported that the future plans for recla mation *do not Include retention of Frederick K. Newell as the director of that service. Mr. Ballinger would not discuss this phase In any way. It is known, however, that the secretary has long regarded Mr. Newell as inimical to his plans for the reclamation ser vice. Mr. Newell has openly opposed Mr. Balllnger, and Mr. Balllnger in turn has publicly stated that he did not regard Mr. Newell as the man for the place. .-* Just when and how Mr. Newell Is going could not be learned. - Secretary Balllnger left for Washing ton tonight. He will, remain there a few days and then start on a long trip through the west, during which he will visit a number of Indian reserves and probably look over some of the recla mation projects now under way. I His trip, Including a brief rest at his home in Seattle, will occupy from six weeks to two months. RESIGNATION RUMORS . When Secretary Ballinger jj alighted from the train here this morning he was met by the usual crop of resigna tion rumors. "I am not a quitter," he said, "and never have been. I did not bring a resignation with me and will not leave one." After he had lunched and conferred with the president-Mr. Ballinger was told of a later rumor that he would re sign after the special congressional in vestigating committee . had ■ made its report. The ■ only suggestion of resig nation that came In reply was the sec retary's smile. . - • '•'-■■' "I am in this hgflt and I am going to see it through," he said.. ■.. The recent withdrawal of water pow er sites, phosphate and petroleum lands by the president, covering more than 87,000,000 acres in various states and the two territories, were discussed with the president by Secretary Balllnger. , CONSERVATION POLICY "Dealing with these lands," said the secretary, "we will ■ continue the con servation policy in every detail. At the same time the president proposes that an opportunity for development shall be given. The first work before us ls> the proper classification of . the lands. This will have to be done by the geological survey, and the undertaking Is a big one. Once the classification is completed we will te confronted by the task of getting special legislation through congress for the disposition of the lands on a fair basis. This legis lation will require a lot of thought and study. -The problem Is intricate."" Secretary Ballinger said ton!ght that he had prepared the instructions for the board of engineers appointed by the president to pass on the Irrigation projects that are to be completel under the $20,000,000 issue of certificates of indebtedness. WILL NOT WAIT It will not be necessary for hint to wait In Washington for the five engi neer officers to assemble there, as As sistant Secretary Pierce will go over the work with the engineers. Mr. Ballinger made it plain that while the army engineers will have the say as to what projects shall be com pleted, the actual work !of construc tion will be done by the field force of the reclamation service under the su pervision of the director. General William T. Marshall, the engineer officer appointed last week as consulting engineer to the reclamation service, will of course be an important factor in the work. IMPERIAL VALLEY As to the exependlture of the $1,000, --000 fund placed at the disposal of the president to protect the Imperial valley in Southern California from the Colo rado river, Secretary Ballinger said that all immediate danger seemed to have passsed and engineers would be sent to report on the situation before any work was ordered. An effort will be made to devise permanent protec tion of the banks of the Colorado and the Laguna dam. In addition to Secretary Ballinger the president had as callers this after noon Paymaster General Whlpple of the army. Assistant Secretary of the Navy Beekman Winthrop and Repre sentative John Dv/ight of New York, the Republican "whip" of the house. . Mr. Winthrop had a number of de tails of the navy department ,to take up with the president. Representative and Mrs. Dwlght are on a long motor tour and the representative merely paid a social call. ■ / SEAMAN AND MINER SAYS HE FOUND COOK'S RECORD Says He Found Proof of Climb on Mt. McKinley COLORADO SPRINGS, July 5—P. J. Carrlgan, an able-bodied seaman and placer miner, who arrived In Colorado Springs a few days ago, made the as sertion today that he had climbed Mt. McKinley and found there the copper tube and records left by Dr. Cook to establish the latter's claim of huvlng first aseendpd the mountain. Carrlgan'g story is retarded by John K. Bradley, Dr. Cook's former backer, as sufficient ly plausible to warrant careful inves tigation. BOARD IS NAMED TO AID SALE OF AQUEDUCT BONDS Bankers to Assist City in Keeping Work Going at Top Speed TO TRY TO FINANCE PROBLEM Anxious to Reach Agreement with Syndicate Which Molds Option on Issue An early solution of the financial problems which have arlajtn in connec tion with the building of the aqueduct ia expected as the result of the ap pointment yesterday of an advisory committee to work with the finance committee of the council and the aque duct commission in planning a way to get the money needed to carry on the work on an extensive scale. The advisory committed consits of W. B. Mathews, counsel for the aqueduct; Major Henry T. Leo of the Los Angeles water commission; Stoddard Jess, vica president of the First National bank; J. ES. Fishburn, president of the Nation al bank of California, and J. O. Koep lll a business man. SYNDICATE'S REFUSAL The problems which this committee, working with the city council and the aqueduct board, will try to solve, are those growing out of the attitude of the bond syndicates which hold an option on the aqueduct bond issue. Under the terms of their contract with the city they should make a bi-month ly payment accou..t of their bond pur chase on July 31, amounting to $816, --000. This they have indicated they will not do, claiming that they have taken more than $2,000,00U worth of aqueduct bonds already in excess of the re quired purchase at contract periods. Recently the city council, on the ad vice of City Attorney Hewitt, notified the syndicates to make the contract payment of J816.000 due July 31. The city's contention is that the purchases in excess of those at contract periods were made by the syndicates of their own volition and cannot now be charged against the sum due under the contract on July 31. OTHER SALES An effort will be made by the ad visory committee and the city's rep resentatives to made such advantageous llnancial arrangements elsewhere a* will offset the financial loss due to the attitude of the bond buyers, or, by negotiating with them direct, effect some amicable adjustment of the dif ficulty. The aqueduct commission, the city council and the advisory committee, alike, are anxious to reach a compro mise with the bond buyers. The ap pointment of an advisory committee including several' of the most promi nent financiers in the city is expected to greatly facilitate negotiations with the eastern financiers. , If an agreement can be reached the Work of building the aqueduct will be rushed. Every effort to achieve this result will bo made. The advisory com mittee, which was appointed by the adoption of a resolution offered by c .ncilman Washburn, will get to work at once. In offering the resolution with the approval of the finance committee, Mr. Wushburn said: WHAT WASHBURN SAYS "According to the contentions of the bond syndicate no money is due the city until December 1 of this year, at which time $510,000 is to be paid. They contend that the money which they have been furnishing the city are ad vance payments on this year's option. Upon the advice of the city attorney the council forwarded them a notice a short time since to the effect that the funds which had been paid to ac celerate the work were considered vol untary advances made for that pur pose and did not affect the payments due under the contract. The notice called upon them to take the bonds named ia the contract as being due July 31. On February 1, the syndi cate will be called upon to decide whether or not they will exercise the Option for $4,896,000 for next year. Statements made by them during the recent conference in New York would indicate that their action will be de termined by the state of the bond market at that time, as they distinctly stated that they feel under no legal or moral obligations to take the bonds unless it is profitable. BAD OUTLOOK "Negotiations with the syndicate are still going forward, but the, prospect of making arrangements satisfactory to the city are not very encouraging. The situation therelore is a very em barrassing one and the outcome proD lemntic. It is undoubtedly in our ad vantage to continue relations with the .syndicate if we can do so on terms that will be fair and just to the city. If we cannot, then it becomes incum bent upon us as soon as this contract is terminated to have negotiations with other parties sufficiently advanced to cause us minimum embarrassment in the construction of the aqueduct. "T.e responsibility in matters of this kind is by the charter imposed upon the city council. The crisis Is too great and the effect upon the city in case of any mismanagement Is of such a serious nature that we must spare no effort or expense to accomplish the best results. As prudent and experi enced advisors are very much needed the finance committee requests the council to call upon the following named gentlemen to aid its committee in every way possible: Stoddard Jess, vice president First National bank; J. E. Fishburn, president National Bank of California; Henry T. Lee of the water committlon; W. I). Mathewa of the aqueduct board, and J. O. Koepfli." COMMISSIONERS TO CONFER COLtTMIHIS, July s.—Members of the Ohio railroad commission will go to Indianapolis Thursday to confer with/ the railroad commtailoni of Tn diana, Illinois and Michigan regarding the movement of the railroad com panies for an Increase In classified rates on August if Aqueduct Advisory Board Appointed Yesterday by Action of City Council I iff ' ■■'■■'"m« 'iJJL/f JBkL&'< ■>'J ' - '' ' ■ ■■ J ■U r% . /. J~,tL,±L. , I A -#x-jjtfflß HHkhk y^^^^^^C^ \jßße v^ ■ ■* >i g» w-' DR. CUPID CURES HOSPITAL INMATE Wealthy San Diego Youth Recov ers from Illness and Marries Nurse George Allen Doyle, said to be worth more than half a million dollars, and owner of some of the choicest real es tate in San Diego, ran away and was married ihere yesterday to Miss Ethel Florence Bisselle, a nurse in the Agnew sanitarium training school in San Di ego. Following the ceremony they took apartments at the Hollenbeck and refused to. see anyone or to discuss their elopement. The couple came to this city yester day morning, after Miss Bisselle had excused herself from the sanitaiium by saying that she had company coming to see her. Sooa after their arrival they went to the county clerk's office, and, securing a license, were married at once. In the license Doyle gave his age as 22 years, but telegraphic advices from San Diego state that he is only 19 years old. His bride is 18. The young bridegroom is an orphan. He was taken ill recently, and while in the Agnew sanitarium met several of the nurses employed there. Among these was Miss Bisselle, and their ac quaintance ripened into love, which resulted in yesterday's elopement. Al though he would say nothing In regard to the affair last evening, young Doyle admitted that he ran away to get mar ried, and gave as a reason for not talk- Ing that "He would get his hair pulled as it was, and he didn't want to make it any worse." When given to understand that it was reported he was still under age, Doyle was visibly startled, but again affirmed the statement that he was 22 years old. Doyle recently Inherited the south west corner of Fifth and D streets, which is said to be one of the most valuable corners In San Diego, from his grandmother, Mrs. A. J. Jose. He has other property besides this, and Is well connected in the southern city, be ing the nephew of Jarvis Doyle of the Doyle-lSiirnes wholesale company. He is also related to Col. Kdward Fletcher, owner of Grossmont acres, a suburban property near San Diego. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D. S. Bisselle, who live at Twen ty-third and J streets, San Diego. They did not know of the elopement until It occurred, It is understood they are not disposed to icold their daughter. The bridegroom's relatives, however, are li-ss Inclined to accept the situation pleasantly- SIX( iI j I'] ( 'OITF^ • DAILY *c. ON TRAINS Be. oxi> u»-LxLj VjUI Ui,"s. S|;> ,, AVS OS. OK TRAINS lOr. HYDE SENTENCED FOR LIFE TERM Swope Poisoner Convicted of the Slaying of Millionaire to Die Behind Prison Walls [Associated Press] KANSAS CITy, Mo., July s.—Dr. B. C. Hyde, convicted of having poisoned Col. Thomas H. Swope, the millionaire philanthropist, was sentenced to life imprisonment at hard labor this morn ing by Judge Ralph S. Latshaw in the criminal court. An appeal to the state supreme court was filed by Hyde's attorneys, and until it is taken up by the higher court tho prisoner will remain in the county jail hero. Tne case was called by Judge Lat shaw as soon as court opened today. The doctor and his wifo, who had stood by him so faithfully, sat side by side and held each other's hand as Judge Latshaw promptly overruled the mo tion for arrest of judgment and com mandod Dr. Hyde to stand up. Before passing sentence he asked the prisoner if he had anything to say. Dr. Hyde, smiling and very calm, re plied: "I did not understand you, judge." "Have you anything to say why sen tence should not be passed upon you?" repeated the judge. "My attorneys will talk for me," said Dr. Hyde simply. At this point Attorney Lucas, for the defense, arose and told the court that he had nothing to say. Then, as Dr. Hyde remained standing, Judge Lat shaw continued: "The Judgment of the court, Dr. Hyde, Is that you be con fined in the state penitentiary .it Jef ferson City at hard labor for and dur ing the period of your natural life." A moment later Dr. Hyde bad re sumed his seat by his wife at the at torney's table. His attorney asked the court to grant bail. This Judge Lat shaw said he could not do, a-id then Mr. Lucas presented an affidavit for an appeal to the state supreme court. This was accepted by Judge Latshaw, and Hyde was remanded to the county jail. The court said the prisoner would be kept there until the supreme court had passed finally upon his case. As the court does not meet until the first week In September, and It has a heavy docket, it is the belief of the attorneys that the case cannot be reached for at least six months. During the day's proceedings In court Dr. Hyde maintained the same deliberate demeanor that marked his conduct throughout the long trial. He did today what attorneys said was an unusual thlngr. After having been sen tenced, and before he signed the af fidavit for appeal, the doctor calmly read through the long document, word by word, giving no sign of emotion. Finally, having completed the perusal, he affixed his signature, turned toward his wife and engaged her In conversa tion. I BIG STICK SWINGS IN THE FIGHT TO CRUSH BALLINGER Roosevelt Is Backing Poindexter for Senate as an Avowed Enemy of Secretary GOES SQUARELY ON RECORD Dips Into Washington Politics to Defeat Supporter of Taft Cabinet Member [Associated Press] OYSTER BAY, July s.—Theodore Roosevelt made it clear today, not by direct statement but by implication so strong that it admits of no misinter pretation, that he will support Repre sentative Miles Poindexter in his light for a seat in the United States senate from the state of Washington. They had luncheon together and a conference at Sagamore Hill today, and Mr. Poindexter departed jubilant. In indorsing Poindexter for the sen ate, Col. Roosevelt places himself squarely In opposition to Richard A. Ballinger, secretary of the interior, whom president Taft has so warmly defended. It Is the only stand he has taken bearing directly or indirectly on the Ballinger-Pinchot controversy. Mr. Poindexter is opposed to Secre tary Ballinger from first to last, and hopes to unseat Senator Piles of Wash ington, who has been identified witli the Ballinger wing of the Republican party in that state. The secretary and Mr. Poindexter are from the same Seattle district. Leaving Oyster Bay after the con ference Mr. Poindexter said: "I round Col. Roosevelt. He and I have worked together always, and he assured we that we always will work together. I am delighted with the re sult of the visit." OPENLY AGAINST BAI.IJMiHR Col. Roosevelt looked happy when he received the intervivewers a little later. He was dressed in the crash riding suit which he wears most of the time he is at home. Seated in his library he spoke of his talk with Mr. Poindexter in a manner that showed plainly the pleas ure the meeting had given him. This is what he said: "Representative Poindexter and I went over the political situation in the northwest. He assured me he was in hearty sympathy with my conserva tion policy. "Mr. Poindexter is a candidate for the United States senate and is politi cally opposed to that wing of the party headed by Mr. Ballinger, secretary of the interior." That was all the colonel wanted to have put in quotation marks. What he said otherwise made it rather clear he ha 1 given assurance to Mr. Poindex ter that he would support him in his attempt to succeed Senator Piles. Coincidentally Secretary Ballinger President Taft held a conference at Beverly today in which they dis cussed the reclamation service. There, Mr. Ballinger denied with emphasis the rumor that he was to resign. "I am not a quitter and never have been," he said. FOINDEXTEB 18 INSURGENT Miles Poindexter is an out and out insurgent elected by the people of Washington on a radical platform. He has been a firm supporter of Roose velt policies, especially as they relate to conservation. They were the basis of his platform when he ran for con gress. He arrived at Oyster Bay on the noon train and was recognized at once as an insurgent. But he had tho same pleased smile that shone on the faces of Senator Bristow and Repre sentatives Murdock, and Madison of Kansas when they camq here last Saturday. The insurgents arrived smiling but excited. Presently they returned from Sagamore hill with the smile still there, but with the excitement replaced by placid confidence. It was so with the Washington man. At lunch they dis cussed the Ballinger-Pinchot occur rence in detail in the course of their talk on the political status of the northwest. While the general opinion here is that Col. Roosevelt is still "feeling his way" as regards his ultimate attitude toward the Taft administration, his stand today is considered the most striking indication of his political frame of mind. And that he will still fight hard for tUe conservation move ment he made plain to interviewers whin Mr. Poindexter had gone. MORE INSURGENTS COMING There have been two important In suigents' conferences at Sagamore Hill sgince the colonel's return; but more are coming. One of the most potential of these is arranged for Thursday next. On that day five of the best known and weight iest of the insurgents are coming to have a talk with the ex-president, but Mr. Roosevelt declined to give out thoir names. Governor Hughes had been expected tomorrow but he telegraphed he would attend the funeral of Chief Justice Fuller at Bar Harbor. He will como to Oyster bay Th rsday or Friday. Hobert Bacon, ambassador to Franco, and Gllscm Gardner, a magazine writ er, were the other guests at luncheon at Sa .amore Hill today. The colonel and the ambassador fought it out today on the tennis court at Sagamore Hill as they used to do on the White TT-use court. The colonel is going to his editorial offices In New York in the morning and will return to his home lr. 5 In the day. FOINDEXTER TO FIGHT BALLINGER FOR SENATE Senator Piles Announces That He Will Retire SEATTLE, July 6. —Secretary of the Interior R. A. Balllnger and rtepri tative Miles Poindexter, the insurgent candidate for the senate to succeed Senator Piles, are not residents of the (Continued on rage Four)