Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-03-26
Conflict With Canada Has
Been Averted.
KNOX MAKES A STATEMENT
President Expected to Issue His
Proclamation March 30.
CROWD AT WHITE HOUSE
Seven Hundred Callers Shake
Hands With Mr.. Taft-Smoot
Is Hopeful.

Secretary of State Knox after an hour:
conference at the White House today OF
the Canadian tariff situation, gave out the
! following statement:
THE negotiations between the Presi-
! dent and the Canadian representatives,
I which were begun at Albany some
days ago, were resumed at Washing
/ ton today, and were concluded. They
/ nave taken form which gives assur-
| ance that a friendly underst tanding
/ will be come to Immediately. 1t is
! expected that the official announce
ments will be made simultaneously at
t Washington and at Ottawa on We'd
| nesday, the Both instant
Mr.. Knox would add nothing to the
| statement by way of explanation.
Presidents Dinner Guests.
| The President went into conference
shortly after noon with w S. Fielding
minister of finance OF Canada; George r
| Graham, minister Of railways of the Do
mnion; Secretaries Knox and MacVeagn
/ and Charles NJ. Pepper, tariff expert ot
/ The two Canadian ministers arrived in
| Washington yesterday afternoon and
/ were invited to the White House, with
| members of their families, for dinner
/ with the President. They accepted the
| informal and courteous invitation, spend
ing an enjoyable evening with the chief
executive. Tariff matters were not dis
cussed at that time.
The White House conference lasted for
an hour. The participants said that no
statements could be made except that By
Mr.. Knox, an agreement having been en-
tered into that there should be no dis
cussion pending an official settlement. 1t
was admitted that there were many DIFF
ficuties in the way of the much-deSired
agreement satisfactory to both countries.
and todays conference was to straighten
out some of the kinks that bothered both
sides.
1t was necessary that some agreement
should be reached before the end OF this
month. The Payne law makes 1t incum-
bent on the President to apply the maxi
mum or minimum rates by that time.
President Taft will go to New York city
Monday to attend the annual dinner OF
the Yale class of '7S, his own class, at the
University Club. He will be back in
Washington Tuesday morning and can
promulgate the minimum rate for Canada
Wednesday.
This afternoon the two Canadian cabinet
| officers with the ladies of their party
| were the guests of the President on a
/ trip to Washington's home at -Iount Yer
| non. Va, on the Presidents yacht May
Y
when the Canadians will return to Otta-
| wa.
Handshakes With Hundreds.
| President Taft broke recent handshaking
records at the White House today, giving
warm greeting TO 700 people, mostly ex-
cursionists in the city. Among these
were 30a members of the Eastern Com
| mercia, Teachers Association, 125 school
girls of the Brooklyn high schools. 125
| from the Saratoga county, New York,
high schools. and several other delega-
| tions The President gets through with
| bodies Of visitors like this at the rate Os
| 100 every four minutes. Sometimes he
breaks this record, handling 100 in three
/ minutes.
The city is crowded with eastern excur-
sion parties from all parts of the country.
| and the White House grounds are
/ thronged with strangers at all hours.
| Senator Bradley and ex-senator Deboe
of Kentucky had a long conference TINS
| several contested kentucky appointments
! Gen. Daniel Sickles was visitor TO the
White House today.
/ Senator Elllins talked with the Presi-
! DEBIT about the bill amending the inter
state commerce laws. assuring Mr.. Iaf'
that the bill would go through Congress
lin shape perfectly satisfactory to the
/ White House and the country.
Conservation Bills to Psss.
Senator Smoot. who is chairman of the
subcommittee of the Senate committee or
/ public lands, which is working over Pres
ident Tafts conservation bills. had a Ions
talk with the President today on the
| prospects for the passage of conservation
/ legislation. The senator told the Fresi
i dent that Monday he will report the ad
mlnstration bill dealing with the with
draWal of water-power sites on the public
lands This bill gives the President
through the Secretary of the Interior
| power to withdraw from entry sucf
water-power sites on rivers in the fedora
domain as he may think necessary, il
order to project tnem from nonopoilza
| tion :.
"I think the conservation bills Will
go through with very little opposition
Said Senator Smoot as he left the White
! House. I'VE have already reported the
general withdrawal bill. and it is or
vii Will be reported Monday. We still
nave the general classification bill IL
committee, and will dispose OF that a:
| soon as possible. When the water.
mower site bill is reported the genera
withdrawal bill will be altered to con.
these measures is very good. know
Of no dangerous opposition to them
| The President has decided to nominate
/ Jaraes w. Lamb as postmaster
Marion. KY, the home town or Iorme
Senator De Mr.. De Voc had re
| auested this nomination, DuS theIe wa'
opposition to 1t from number OF hen
tuckians, who wished the present POST
master. George NJ. Crider, retained io
another term.