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Show 1 Myle Recommended as Lane's Successor WASHINGTON, Dec. 30. James H. Moylo of Utah, now assistant secretary secre-tary of tho treasury, today was recommended recom-mended to the president by Senator W. H. King for appointment as secretary secre-tary of tho interior to succeed Secretary Secre-tary Lane, who desires to retire. Senator Sen-ator King filed a considerable number of endorsements from other -western senators and representatives. Mr. Moylo's most formidable competitor com-petitor for tho appointment is Assistant Assist-ant Secretary of the Interior Vogelsang of California, who is thought to be highly consiOorcd as a successor to Secretary Lane because he is already familiar with the work of the interior department, and would bo in position readily to tako up tho task where Secretary Sec-retary Lane left off, and he is probably tho stronger because of the fact that tho now appointee will havo little more than a year to serve in any event oo |