Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-04
AT THE WHITE HOUSE
Many Letters About Proposed
Appointment of Ohio Negro.
THE JAPANESE CONFERENCE.
Onicials Of San Francisco School Board
Expected Friday.
THE STANDARD OIL CASES
District Attorney Sims Of Chicsro,
Called In Regard to Their Com.
mencement March 4
THE STANDARD OIL CASES

The President II getting a lot OF u,,,
every day about his proposed appointment
VI negro TO some prominent federal posi.
uon In Ohio. most probably at Cincinnati.
II II keeps up he will have little time TO ds.
vote to anything else. and he will be conf.
PEELED to give Secretary Loeb some add.
tional clerical assistance. He has reached
no conclusion as to what he will do about
filling good Ohio Office with a colorcd
man. Such strong influence has been
brought to bear against naming a negro
as collector of the port at Cincinnati that
the President may look over the other fed.
erai Jobs In the state for a place for tho
man he has in view. The position OF an
praiser OF merchandise at Cincinnati win
shortly be vacant by the expiration OF the
iour-year term of George X. Kolker At
fore a long time These are the collector
ships OF customs and Internal revenue while
at Toledo the term OF the collector of inter-
nal revenue will expire in a few months
The Japanese Conference.
Representatives Kahn and Hayes Of Cali.
fornia saw the President today 10 arrange
for conference about Friday Of this week
between the President and the offlcials Of
the school board of San Francisco, accom-.
panied by Mayor Schmitz. This conference
will be full of important possibilities aa
the President will outline to the school
board the serious objection Japan has to
discrimination In the public schools OF San
francisco against Japanese children. The
President will point out the seriousness OF
making an enemy OF Japan and will urge
the school board to change its regulations
SO far as Japanese children are concerned
The California representatives see no rea-
son, they say, for all the war talk that has
been INDUCED in. While they hope that the
matter can be settled with satisfaction,
they have no idea Japan is spelling for "A
Tight no matter how the question is settled.
The Standard Oil Cases.
District Attorney Sims Of Chicago called
on the President today. He is here to con-
fer with the Attorney General as to tire
Standard OIL cases to begin at Chicago
March 4. These are the prosecutions OF the
expects to prepare himself carefully before
entering upon them. BY comforting with
the President. Attorney General Bonapartr.
Commissioner Garfield of the corporations
self with the story of the Standards meth
DDS and acquire material for bringing out
his case.
Collection Of Presidential China.
Another valuable addition has just
been made to the White House collection
Of presidential china Through the et.
forts Of Mrs. Abby @. 'BakaY. who is In
charge of the collection. Miss Mary r. VII.
cox Of this city. whose mother. the late
Mrs Mary Emily Dopelson;Wilc Heck, was the
great-gTandniece OF Mrs. Andrew Jack
son and ;whox wasr borg IN, tiis White
douse during President JacksUn's admin
istration, has presented to the White
House seven pieces of the Jackson ware.
These consist Of two quaint old pieces OF
silver. a small spoon and a butter
knife; one pair of gold and white china
fruit dishes. a white Opaque glass finger
bowl. one small Dresden china flower pot
and white and red Bohemian glass
Col Bromwelr has just put In. a new
cabinet to accommodate the growing COL
lection. 1t has been placed to the west
of the four cabinets already Installed I'm
the corridor of the ground floor OF tho
mansion. and as far as possible the china
and plate is being arranged I'm the cab
inets according to the chronological or
der OF the various presidential adminis-
trations.