Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-10
AT THE WHITE HOUSE
Nothing Known About PreSi-
dents Trip to Norway.
POLITICS IN THE WEST
Conference With Senator Curtis Of
Kansas.
DISCUSSING OKLAHOMA AFFAIRS
Awaiting Printed Copy of the New
Constitution-Presby arian
Missionary Presented.
POLITICS IN THE WEST
DISCUSSING OKLAHOMA AFFAIRS

I'VE know absolutely nothing of the mat
ter here said Secretary Loeb today when
his attention was called to the Chrstiania
dispatch published this morning saying
that local newspaper there had announced
that President Roosevelt, who was award
ed the Nobel peace prize last year. would
have to deliver a lecture in Christiania In
March, 1909, in order To comply with the
rules affecting the holders of the Nobel
prizes.
United States Minister PIERCE accepted
the prize from the Norwegian parliament
on behalf of President Roosevelt. and for
warded it to the United States at the time
1t was bestowed on the President.
The Presidents Western Trip.
President Roosevelt will be unable to
comply with the invitation of the gem
eral memorial committee of the Grand
Army. sent him yesterday from Indian
apolis Ind, to speak at Crown Hill
cemetery May 80.
The only address the President will
make at Indianapolis, said Secretary
Loeb today. will be at the unwilling OF
the Lawton monument on Memorial day.
Following the exercises there he will
leave the same day for Lansing. Mich.
where he is to make an address before
the Agricultural College.
Senator Curtis of Kansas had confer
ence of an hour with the President today in
which political conditions in the west and
the work on the Panama canal were talked
| over He said he had nothing to say about
the conference. further than TO repeat his
interview in The Star yesterday that
Roosevelt will receive the vote of Kansas
for the republican nomination next year if
he desires the honor.
Ex-Delegate Dennis Flynn of Oklahoma
had long talk with the President about
politics and statehood affairs President
Roosevelt has not yet received copy OF
the constitution Of the new state Although
the convention finished its work some time
ago, committees are engaged in codifying
the different portions of the constitution.
which will be printed for the information
Of the public. Until the President sees and
eide whether he will give it his approval.
This Is required before the new state can
come into the Union.
The President has informed Mr. Flynn
that he will make no appointments In the
new state until after the constitution has
been approved and the state is organized
He will have several important appoint
ments to make two of them being federal
Judges for which a fight has been in prog
ress for long time. According to the
statehood law, one of the district Judges
will be in the Oklahoma section or the
state and the other in the Indian Territory
part. All of the half dozen federal judges
now in the Indian Territory are candidates
for the single judgeship allotted to their
portion of the new state. For the other
judgeship there is tremendous fight. Chief
Justice Burford OF the Oklahoma supreme
court is claimed to be In the lead to date.
Presbyterian Missionary Presented.
Commissioner Henry B. F. mcfarland
today accompanied to the White House and
introduced to the President the Rev. DIR.
James 8. Gale, who for eighteen years has
been identified with Presbyterian mission
airy work in Asia. His headquarters are at
Seoul, Korea The President and DR.. Gale
had a pleasant chat in which the former
expressed his pleasure at meeting DR.. Gale.
Commissioner Mcfarland told the Presi-
dent that DR.. Gale is the author of the ko-
rean dictionary, the Korean grammar and
the Korean translation of the Bible.
William LETTERS. postmaster at Hacken-
sack N. j.. and VIM II. Mackay, post
master at Rutherford, N. J., were among
the White House callers.