Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-20
important Appointments Go to
Senate Today.
SENT TO FRANCE
District Man Will Represent Us at
Persian Capital.
HIT MINISTER TO PANAMA
Well Known Here, Where His
Father Was Representative
From Illinois for Years.

President Taft sent his selections for a
number of important diplomatic posts to
the Senate for confirmation today.
The important nominations are:
Robert Bacon of New York, to be am
bassador to France.
Richard c. Kerens of Missouri, to be
ambassador to oAustria-Hungary.
Henry Lane Wilson of Washington, to
be ambassador to Mexico.
Charles Page Bryan of Illinois, to be
minister to Belgium.
William James Calhoun of Illinois, to be
minister to China
Henry P. Fletcher of Pennsylvania, to
be minister to Chile.
Henry T. Gage of California to be min
lister to Portugal.
r. S. Reynolds Hit of Illinois, to be
minister to Panama.
John B. Jackson of New Jersey, to be
minister to Cuba.
Fenton r. McCreery of Michigan, to be
minister to Honduras.
Edwin v. Morgan of New York, to be
minister to Paraguay.
Charles w. Russell of the District of
Columbia, to be minister to Persia.
Lauritz S. Swenson of Minnesota, to be
minister to Switzerland.
Horace G. Knowles, to be resident min
lister and consul general to the Dominican
Republic.
Other nominations in the Department OF
State are:
Secretaries to Embassies.
To be secretaries of enthusiastically
M. Brown at Mexico; Henry L. James of
of T,prl
Irwin B. Laughlin of Pennsylvania, at
Berlin, Germany; Hoffman Philip Of
New York, at Rio de Janeiro. Brazil; !;
at Toxic, Japan; George Post Wheeler
of Washington, at st. Petersburg, Rus
sia.
To be agent and consul general of
the United States at Cairo. Egypt
Peter Augustus Jay of Rhode Island
To be second secretary of the en-
bassy at Rio de Janeiro. Brazil-M
Marshall Langhorne Of Virginia.
To be secretaries of legations-Lewis
Einstein of New York, at Peking, China
erlands and Luxembourg; Charles Dun.
ming White of New Jersey, at Christi
ana, Norway; Balkan Scheyer of Penn
sylvania. at Bogota, Colombia.
Baker Not Nominated.
len CnlteC states attorneys are uOfnI-
mated in the list sent to the Senate from
the White House, but there is no nomi-
nation made for the United states attor-
neyship for the District. despite the fact
that the term of Mr.. Baker has expired.
Gustavus B. Timanus is nominated for
postmaster in Laurel, Md, and Alfred
w. Thompson for Ridgely, Md. There
are a couple score of other postmaster
nominations.
Two appointments of ministers are of
particular interest to Washington-the
appointment of Charles w. Russell of the
District of Columbia. as minister to
Persia. and the appointment of r. s. Rey-
nOlds Hit as minister to Panama
Russell Goes to Persia.
Charles w. Russell is now assistant at
torney general of the United States. He
has for the past twenty years been con-
nected with the Department of Justice.
Mr.. Russell was Mr.. Knox's assistant
when Mr.. Knox was Attorney General at
the time of the examination Of the title
Of the Panama canal.
r. 8. Reynolds Hit. who is promoted
to be minister to Panama, Is appointed
from Illinois. but he lived for many
years In Washington, where his father
was a member of the House. His mother,
Mrs. Hit. and his brother, w. F. HIT
are living here now. and Mrs. Hit has
just built handsome house on Dupont
Circle. Mr.. Hit is a graduate of the
Yale and Of the Harvard law schools
He was appointed third secretary of en-
bassy at Paris in 1901, second secretary
at Berlin in 1902, secretary at Rome in
1905 and secretary at Berlin in 1905.
Bacon Harvard Man.
Robert Bacon of New York, named as
ambassador to France. is a graduate of
Harvard University. He was formerly a
member of the firm of J. z. Morgan &.
Co. He was appointed assistant secre-
tary of state September s. 1908. and was
Secretary of State from January 81 to
March 6, 1909
William James Calhoun of Illinois. ap-
pointed minister to China, is a lawyer
who has had considerable diplomatic ex-
perience in Cuba and Venezuela, and
served also for two years as a member
of the interstate commerce commission.
Richard G. kerens. named as ami assa-
dor to Austria Hungary, is a native of
IRELAND. where he was born in 1872. He
came to the United States in infancy.
He served in the Union army from 1861
to 1858, and after the war went to Ar
kansas and still later to San Diego, Cal.
where he was a railway contractor. He
removed To st. Louis in 1876. and has
since resided there
Henry Lane wilson. transferred from
the mission to Belgium 10 be ambassador
to Mexico, was first appointed in the
diplomatic service in June, 1897. as minis
ter to Chile. He was made minister to
Belgium March s. 1905. Mr.. Wilson was
born in Indiana in 1857. At the time of
his appointment in the diplomatic serv-
Ice he had been a resident Of Spokane,
Wash, for fifteen years.
Bryan's Former Appointments.
Charles Page Bryan of Illinois, trans
ferred from Portugal TO Belgium, is fifty
three years of age. His diplomatic ap-
pointments have been as minister to
China, November 10. 1897; minister to Bra
I'll, January 10. 1898; minister 10 Switzer
land. September %. 1902. and minister to
Portugal, January Z, 1902
Lauritz s. Swanson of Minneapolis.
Mimi. who is appointed minister to Swift
xerland. was born in 1896, OF Norwegian
parents. He was engaged in educational
work for a number of years and has been
a regent of the State University of Min
nesota. He was United States minister to
Denmark from 1897 to 1905.
Henry p. Fletcher of Chambersburg
Pa, who Is appointed minister to Chile
l. thirty-six years Of age and is a lawyer