Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-06-22
AT THE WHITE HOUSE
Considering the Prosecution of
the Standard Oil.
JOURNEY TO OYSTER BAY
Pleasure Over the Panama Canal
Decision.
DIRT TO FLY VERY SOON
President Not at All Certain That
He VIII Be Able to Take a Trip
to the West
DIRT TO FLY VERY SOON


subject of judicial proceedings that are
to begin in a few days by the Department
Of Justice against the Standard OIL trust
After session OF three hours, beginning
at IL o'clock and ending at 2, Attorney
General Moody said that he would pre-
pare statement that he would give to the
public In the course of the afternoon.
That the decision has been reached to be-
gin proceedings against the oil srust Is gen.
orally understood. but the form the proceed
ings will take is known only to the Presl-
dent and the cabinet. is an unusual thing
that the cabinet generally is called into
consultation on any question. Ordinarily
each cabinet officer transacts with the Pres
ident the business of his own department
and goes back to his department 1t Is not
once a year that the entire cabinet is
called into consultation. and the matter
must be an important one when this Is done.
The department has been securing evi-
dence against the Standard combine for
some time and is supposed to be we'll pre-
pared for the hot fight that Is sure to fol-
low. 1t Is believed the first proceedings will
be under the Elkins act, which inhibits re-
bates. and that the Sherman law will be
used later.
There was the greatest reticence around
the White House during the day about the
prospective action against giant combine.
President and Oyster Bay.
President Roosevelt and staff hope to
get away from Washington for Oyster
Bay within a day or two after Congress
adjourns. Practically all preparations have
been made to that end. 1t is not known
at the White House, OF course when Con-
gress will wind up it's business. If it should
do so by next Thursday. some hope, the
President will probably leave for his Oys-
ter Bay home the Saturday following. If
Congress does not get away until the end
of the week the President may not be able
to leave before Tuesday or Wednesday of
the following week
Besides the usual staff of stenographers
there will be nine secret service officers at
Oyster Bay. They will be in charge Of
James Sloan and Stephen Connell the
White House men who are detailed regular
ly to look after the President. Chief Wilkie
has already selected the men who will go
there. and they know personally nearly all
people likely to call at Sycamore Hill Or
dinarily nobody is permitted to approach
the Presidents nome unless he may have
an engagement with the President, made
through Secretary Loeb.
Such a regulation is necessary that the
President may not be overrun with callers
whose business is not of sufficient impor-
| lance to demand his personal attention. 1t
occasionally happens that friends of the
President, whom he may desire to see call
at Sycamore Hill without previously hav-
ing made a definite engagement. In such
Instances Sloan and ConneH exercise their
discretion about admitting them. They
| make no mistakes They are not there to
make mistakes.
to reach the President at night during
his sojourn at Sycamore Hill unless he
shall have made an engagement No dis
cretionary authority is lodged with the
officers duty at night.
The duties performed by the secret Serv-
ice at Oyster Bay are exacting, but not
onerous on the individual officers. TIE
men are on duty in tricks and have ample
time for rest and recreation
The President always has been just a
little restless under the constant guard by
| which he is surrounded, but his friends and
advisers will not consent to its removal
and he submits as gracefully as possible.
Many times, however, in the course of the
summer he goes far away from Saganiore
Hill entirely unguarded. He takes long
walks through the woods. or goes for boat
riGes on the sound, or rides on horseback
many miles from his home. On these ex-
cursions he is unaccompanied by secret
service officers. The thought of personal
danger never occurs to him.
To Hustle Work on the Canal.
Dirt will fly on the canal zone as soon as
the Panama canal legislation Is completed
by Congress. Orders will be issued Jy Presi-
dent Roosevelt within forty-eight hours
after the legislation is accomplished to
press the work of canal construction to the
! utmost limit.
The President was greatly pleased with
the vote by which the Senate yesterday
approved of the lock type of canal He
was confident, even prior to the taking of
| the vote, that the Senate would follow the
| lead of the House in support of the lock
| type of canal, Notwithstanding the report
| of the majority Of the inter oceanic
canals committee in favor of a sea-level
! waterway. Through his friends in the
| Senate he had made a canvass of the body
| and was certain of the result of the vote,
always provided that the senators would
| stay put
| He was treated to only one surprise and
| that was the vote of Senator Burrows of
| Michigan. The President had expected the
| Michigan senator to vote for lock canal.
but he finally cast his lot with the advo-
| Gates of the sea-level waterway.
Already, in anticipation of the completion
\ of the legislation, Secretary Taft and Chair
| man Shonts of the isthmian canal commits
| sion. have taken steps to press the work of
| construction. The canal commission, 1t has
been determined. will start. a body for
| the Isthmus of Panama. next Thursday on
! the steamer Panama, the first vessel that
| will sail for the isthmus after the action
| taken by the Congress.
The commission will make a thorough In
vestigation of the work so far accomplished
| and go over the plans of Chief Engineer
| Stevens for the continuance of the work.
Meantime, orders will have been issued
| by the President that the work shall be
| carried on with the utmost possible speed.
| He has the Congress and the people at
| his back, and he proposes now to '.get re-
| suits and get them at the earliest posi-
BILE time.
No Extensive Trip West.
Representative Curtis of Kansas asked
| the President today to stop at Washburn
| College. Topeka, Kan, when he goes west
next summer to attend the commencement
| exercises OF several colleges. The President
| said that he was not yet certain that he
| would make the trip, but If he did so he
would not be able to accept the invitation.
! as he would confine his trip to the invita-
| tons already accepted. There have been
| suggestions that the President would prob
ably make an extensive and important jour-
| ney at that time. but his statement to Mr..
Curtis does not Indicate that this is his in
| tention.
Presidential Nominations.
The President today sent to the Senate
| the following nominations:
Pension agent at Augusta, Maine-Seid en-
Connor.
| Registers of land ofiices-George w. VIII
sen. at williston. N. D.: Clarence c. Schuy-.
ler at Fargo. N. D..
Receivers of public moneys-Victor Chat
| fee. at WiIliston, N. D.; Judson J. Jordan,
at Fargo. N. d.