Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-23
At THE WHITE HOUSE
Negro Exhibits at the James.
town Exposition. A.
CREDiTABuE TO THE RACE
Decided to Arrange Them All by
States.
MR.. KNOBS UNRULY AUTO
Would Not Go Because the Water
Had Frozen, and He Went to
Capitol In q Street Car.
cREDiTABUE TO the RACE
MR.. KNOBS uNRULY AUTO

President Roosevelt was told today that
the negro exhibits In the negro building at
jamestown will be both creditabie to the
race and the nation. The progress that has
been made by the Negro Development Com
pany In preparing for the exhibition that
will be made by the race was laid before
the President by the oficials OF the COM
pany, consisting of Giles b. Jackson Of Vir-
ginia, director general: Mrs. A. NJ Curtis
Of this city, Thomas ]. Galloway, Tennes-
see: Andrew F. Hfllyer. Arthur l.. Mac
beth. Robert Kelser, c. N johnson, J. NJ.
May, william Hope, c. II. Williamson. ID.
E. N. Campbell, Arnold Hill. Miss Meta
Warrick, F. ID. Lee.
Mr.. Knox's Unruly Automobile.
Senator Knox had to stay at the White
House today longer than he wanted. His
big automobile. at the rear of which Is
a snug and tightly closed compartment,
suitable to the cold weather of today. took
him to the White House from his home.
and he Intended going from the executive
offices direct to the Senate. The President
was so we'll pleased with the visit that he
kept the senator much longer than ex-
pected, and when he finally took a seat In
the vehicle and gave orders where he
wanted to go there was nothing doing
bulge and did not even do any chugglng.
The driver FASTENED to make an examina-
ton and found that the water had frozen
The senator decided to wait while think
ing that the vehicle would be gotten In
shape. All the time newspaper men were
plying him with questions about the length
Of his stay. his opinions or automoo,les
and nearly anything and everything that
did not bear on politics or the Browns
Vile affair. Two hours later the vehicle
was still in the White House grounds ana
the Pennsylvania senator reached the 'ap'-
wi u Railroads Are Not Helping.
The following is an extract from letter
to the President from a western college
president:
As a trustee of the National Educational
Asaociation l have recently been having
some interesting experiences with the
trunk Hne passenger committee In refer
ence to railroad rates for TINS year me-,
ing of the National Educational AssocIa
ton. It Is astonishing to ma now deaa se.
ali the railroad officials are to make the
new railroad rate law unpopular "i'h a'
many organizations as possible; 81.
'.They tried to make us bei,eve t Una. ' mo
Oh thew had heretofore done was que 10
the railway rate law, and when we showed
them that the railway rate law mac III ~ mu
clause or phrase which anecteo OUT 80"
in the least, and that the Interstate CON"
merce commission had so pronounced: t
a-as amusing to see their confusion ana TO
Iisten to their rather futile explanations.
The campaign that you are enSa e Thass
neonlA have infinite resources, and time 10
on their side, 90 far. at least. as your WI
personality Ks concerned. = That we sha!
win in the end. however, l am pefiee''
CERTAIN One Nomination Today.
b. The President sent to the Senate today
the following nomination.:
surveyor of customs for the port Of Chat
..ora Tam Thomas Il. Stapp.
II has been decided to arrange all exhioilS
IN the negro building at the jamestown ek
nosition by states. This CONCLUSION W.
reached today after a con5erenne M
In the work of collecting exhibits. Inc ue-
mand on the part of the agents was UNI,
versal that such exhibits be grouPeu W
states. so that the citizens S or ea tha,r ex
h;h;ts and receive the credit for what they
II developed in the meeting which was
called for this city by the eAecu Ga,,owav
chairman: Andrew F. Hilyer. secretary
treasurer. and Giles B. Jackson, director
General: that the states OF Mississippi,
South Carolina :, and no51ec 2S EXHIBITS ndn
NJ Nav. representing Mississippi re-
rorted that he had already collected more
exhibits than could be placed In tne spaS i
ejlntted to his state, and that his peopie
were very anxious to get any space ina.
other states might not use. This was Also
The demand which came from South Caro-
lima and Ohio represented by A. l.. Mac ts,,i
of Charleston and c. N. Johnson OF VIII
berforce. respectively. A.. ..
One OF the most unique exhibits that ~
being arranged for the Negro building 10
q series of Inventions patented by negroes
which will be In operation by electric mo
tors ldurang the hours of the expositou.
prof Kelley Miller of Howard University
has been engaged to prepare a chart as
NAV showing the educational and ihdustriai
progress Of the American negroes.