Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-27
CONFERENCE WITH METCALF
Latter's Mission to San Francisco Dis
cussed.
RESPITE GRANTED MURDERERS
Announcement of Mr.. Cooley's APP
Observation-Disclosures Shonts
Makes a Brief Call.

President Roosevelt had a day of hard
work on the forty-eghth anniversary of
his birthday. He arrived at his office at
the usual hour, spent some time with Sec
rotary Loeb and then began to receive visi-
tors His callers included a number of peo-
pie who had no other business than to con-
graduate him on the recurrence Of his
birthday, among them being Senator Proc
tor of Vermont, Corporal Tanner. register
of wills of the District, and the members
of the Hungarian Club of New York. This
club always sends a delegation to Washing
ton to congratulate the President on his
birthday.
Col. Cromwell, superintendent of public
| buildings and grounds. sent to the President
, handsome floral souvenir, and there were
a number of just such membranes OF the
cay, besides a number of messages from
different parts of the country.
President Roosevelt had as guests at
! luncheon today Senior Jose Ives Limantour,
| secretary Of the treasury of Mexico: Sec
| retaries Root and Metcaf and Prof. Hugo
| Muensterberg of the faculty of Harvard.
! Senior Limantour is one of the great men
| of Mexico. 1t has been understood for
many years that he will be the man
picked by the best class of Mexcans to
| succeed President Diaz, so soon as the lat
| ter desires to retire.
| President and Secretary Metcalf to dis
| cuss fully the special mission Of the latter
| to San Francisco respecting the anti
| Japanese sentiment in that city and the
| exclusion from the schools of japanese
children. Secretary Metcalf will go to
San Francisco as the personal representa-
tive of the President, and he has been
given wide latitude to his actions.
Secretary Metcalf expects to reach Oak
land next Wednesday evening and will
take up the work of his mission in San
Francisco Thursday. How long he may
remain there will depend upon the deve1
scarcely be able to return to Washington
under three weeks.
Respite for Murderers.
President Roosevelt has granted a respite
to December 10 to the two negroes, Arthur
and Robert Sawyer, now in jail at Will
mington, N. c., and sentenced to be hang
ed November / for murder and mutiny.
These two men. with Henry Scott, another
negro, who was hanged several months
ago, were convicted of numbering the cap
tain. first mate, steward and cook on the
schooner Henry A Berwind while on her
way from southern port to Philadelphia.
Strong efforts have been made to secure a
Communication of sentence to life impriSon-
ment for the two men on the ground that
Scott, in a dying confession, had partially
exonerated them from completely in the
crime. The President and the Attorney
General however, believed the men guilty
and the former several weeks ago formally
declined to commute their sentences. Since
then several reverend gentlemen have ex-
erted themselves in behalf Of the condemn
ed men with the result that the President
has granted them a respite until the mid
die of December.
New Assistant Attorney General.
The White House has announced the ap-
pointment of Alfred w. Cooley. as assist
| - ~ -
Justice in place of Charles H. Robb, pro-
NOTED to the Court Of Appeals Of the Dis
trict of Columbia Mr.. Cooley is one OF
the members of the civil service commits
sion at this time, having been appointed
from New York. The President has Sc
lected member Of the commission to
take the place of Mr.. Cooley, but is not
yet ready to make an announcement. Mr.
| Cooley is a graduate of Harvard of the
| class of 1885, and took special course
in law in Columbia University Law School.
| Before coming to Washington as civil
| service commissioner he had been an in
| spector of public schools In New York,
| and later a clerk in the surrogates court
of Westchester county. New York.
Other Callers.
Col A. E. Randle of this city today pre-
| sented to the President a prominent Dutch
man from South Africa. He was ]. P.
Smit, attorney at Dondrecht. Cape Col
ony. The President spoke Dutch to his Wis
| itor and they had most pleasant chat
Mr.. Smt said that the people Of South
Africa regarded the President as the great
est man in the world
DIR. Henry Waldo Coe of Portland, Ore,
talked with the President for short time
this morning about the proposed Seattle,
Wash, exposition of 1909 He presented
| long dispatch from the officers of the expo
sition company and urged favorable con-
sideration and support by the executive in
| the direction of any assistance which might
| be asked of the national government. The
President expressed his hope that the affair
| will be success.
| commission. who is going to Panama early
next week with Secretary Bishop, had a
| brief talk with the President He will
| make arrangements at Panama for the
| visit of the President two weeks later