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Presidents Probable Action.

tion of their intention in announcing the re-
ceipt of the kilograms. There is no ques-
tion that the President gave considera ton
TO the kilograms at the cabinet meeting and
asked the opinion of his advisers AS to his
probable action there is much doubt 1t Is
noticeable that the appeal of the opera tors
proposes nothing definite. They do not ask
for the appointment of commission having
arbitrary power and do not commit them
selves In any way to abide the result of
decision to be reached by the commission
In fact, they do not ask for a decision
They merely ask the appointment of a COM
MISSION TO take testimony, gather the facts
and report to the President. What good
such commission could do nobody who
has studied the question seems to- know
As the communications of both the opera
tors and miners open the opportunity to
the President, there is a somewhat wide,
spread Idea that he will write answers sllp-
gesting that he stands ready to appoint a
commission that will pass upon the Questions
al, issue and the decision of which must he
accepted as final by both sides If the
operators and miners would accept prom
osition of this kind the difficulties of the
strike ought to be settled In a short time
1T Is also pointed out that the President can
easily make such a proposition at this
time without causing criticism, in view of
the kilograms sent to him.
Mecklenburg Celebration.
mayor o. hcNlNch OF charlotte, N. c.
accompanied by Walter G. Coleman of the
Seaboard Air Line railroad, discussed with
the President today the celebration of the
Mecklenburg declaration of independence to
be held at Charlotte on May 2I. % and %
next. They told the President that the cele-
bration had been an annual affair at Char
lotte for many years and that the Mecklen-
burg declaration antedated the declaration
of the 4th of July, I778, by several weeks.
They asked the President that official rec
ognition of the celebration, which Is to be
made particularly notable this year be
given by the national government The
President promised to direct the proper au-
thorities TO send to Charlotte on the occa-
sion of the celebration Troop of the 18th
Cavalry one of the crack drill organiza-
tions of the army; company OF marines
and the Marine Band from Washington, and
two companies OF infantry from Fort Nc
Pherson at Atlanta, Ga. In addition to the
United States forces, state troops from
North Carolina and other southern states
will participate In the celebration A fea-
ture of the event will be a prize drill be-
tween Confederate veterans and members
of the G. A. r., under the tactics prevailing
during the civil war.
A Feline Event
A feline event OF unusual Importance at
the White House has been the birth OF
seven kittens to Slippers the favorite cat
OF the White House. Slippers" has six
toes on each foot and is q curiosity The
Roosevelt children are as fond of her as
they were of Jack" their favorite dog,
which disappeared five days ago and has
not been recovered, despite the fact that
the valuable advertising and news columns
Of The Star have been used to aid in the
search. The President conhdeNially told
some of his callers yesterday afternoon that
his two youngest boys had rushed in to
him during the day and had breathleSsly in
formed him OF the advent OF the latest ac-
quisitions to feline society. The President
promised one of the kittens to Representa-
tive Bede of Duluth, who called to invite
the President to hunt bears In that region
of the northwest
Officer Seaman of the White House squad
discovered an old man dressed In the INIT
form of sailor Of the navy holding to the
White House fence near the executive Of
fees this morning. The officer found that
the man was sick. too sick to tell his name
or anything about himself A search of his
pockets showed that his name was w ii.
Graves and that he had been in the navy
great many years. An ambulance was rent
for and the sick man removed to hos
pital.