The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-08-31
TAFT NAMES
NEW OFFICIALS
Recently Created Posi-
tons Filled.
REVIEWS LEASE AT BEVERLY
President Retains Village =
Summer Capital
After Coafere.ce win Secretary xnsA
Executive Announces Appoint-
nent Of D7plo.st. a.A Of
Trade Investigator.



Taft disposed OF important state De-
partment matters today with secrs-
tary Knox and closed an exceptionally
that he had decided 10 make Beverly
the summer capital again next year.
Mr.. Taft has taken another seAson'e
lease on the cottage at Woodberrv
Point and the town 10 reJoicing ter
night.
Among the announcements made to-
dav was the selection OF Henry Hoyt
former Solicitor General, ~ Counsellor
Of the State Department.. This n .
newly created once. aud Secretary
Knox expressed himself as delighted
today that he was able to secure the
,, services OF Mr.. Hoyt to give the new
once proper dignity from the very
hrst The counsellor Of the depavyment
win deal with all large legal questions
and viii have especial supervision over
the negotiations of treaties.
The important Japanese treaty ii to
be entered into within the next two
years. and Mr.. Hoyt win devote himself
largely to the framing o. the measure
and preparing the preliminary founda-
tion for the negotiations. 1nternatiou-
al law will be the field or the coun-
sellor, and Secretary Knox feels that
long existing want In the department.
has been happily fiisd.
Form Far Eastern Burenu.
| Secretary Knox also took mp with the
Far Mastern Bureau OF the state De-
partment, and announced new APP
pointment to that service. It was stated
| several days ago that Edward y. Will
liams. United States Consul at Tien
Tsin, China, had been selected for work
nounced that Ransford Stevens MilfeF.
Jr., Japanese Secretary ana intsrpref~~
| OF the American Legation At Toxic.
would return to the United Statea ~
enter the new department. white NJ
head OF the bureau has been decided
upon. II Is said the honor win fail
/ either to Mr.. Williams or Co Mr. Miller.
i The Ear Eastern Bureau. newly cre-
| ated, will have for It's purpose. the
fostering Of American trade relations In
the Orient
Secretary Knox made the fnFfhsr
announcement today that Charles ".
Pepper ana N. II. Davis, special agents
OF the Department Of Commerce and
4 Labor, have been transferred to the
1 new bureau OF trade relations on the
4 tariff in the state department. This
| bureau Is in no way connected with the
new tariff commission authorized In
the Payne bill, but will have special
functions OF its own in investigating
trade relations between various Foreign
countries and advising the department.
ON commercial questions arising out u
foreign intercourse. Mr.. Pepper and
vestigatora Mr.. Pepper has travelled
1 the whole world over. Mr.. Davis has
just returned from bleached flour in-
vestigating expedition abroad.
BaHiinGeF Ccminm.
| Secretary of the Interior Ballinger.
who Is now on his way 70 Washington
from Seattle Is coming to Beverly
within the next ten days to see the
President. Mr.. Baliinger notified the
President by telegraph today that he
was en- route to Washington to attend
| to some important matters of business.
As soon as conditions in washington
| permit, Mr.. Ballinger will hurry on
| to Beverly to see the President before
the latter starts for the west on
| September Is.
The President absolutely refrains
| from talking Of or in any way taking
cognizance of the controversy between
Chief Forester Pinchot and Secretary
Ballinger over the conservation plans
| OF the present administration.
President Taft announced today that
| a successor to Ormsby McHarg, Assfs-
tant Secretary Of Commerce and Labor.
has been chosen. but no announcement
| will be made until IL is learned what
man the President has In mind Will be
| able to accept the office.
Mr.. McHarg's resignation was res
ceived Informally by the President
yesterday afternoon through Secretary
NagG OF the Department Of Commerce
and Labor and was Informally accept
ed. Mr.. McHarg announced that he
could not remain more than four
weeks longer In the service.
In announcing today his decision to
return to Beverly next summer, Presi-
dent Taft took occasion TO pay q high
| compliment to his summer neighbors
and fellow citizens. He declared that
they had made his stay In Beverly
exceedingly agreeable and had been az
| considerate as possible in every wsf
and that he and Mrs. Taft could not
express too strongly their apprecie~
ton of these facts.