Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-12-30
Several New Year MESSAGES
in Ahead of Time.
TAFT TO BIDE HIS TIME
Kaiser's Good Wishes Come First
and More Follow.
FEW WHITE HOUSE CALLERS
c. P. Taft and Longworth Join
President in Discussion of Ohio
Affairs-Cabinet Meeting.

Several of the best known kings now
reigning cabled New Year greetings 10
President Taft today.
When Rudolph Forster assistant soc
retary 10 the President. gave out this
news item of International Importance
this morning he did not accompany it
with an explanation OF why any king pre-
tending to reign according to modern
methods should beat Father Time to the
wire two whole days
Emperor Williams message WAS the
first royal salutation TO arrive this morn
ing Others came in during the fore
noon. President Taft will reply OF
schedule time.
Few Callers Received.
Outside of the cabinet meeting th,re
was little of interest around the White
House today. There were few calIers
and they all talked freely after seeing
cas,. tne President. indicating either that their
calls were purely social or that their
business was highly unimportant.
Dr: Ira Remsen OF Baltimore. president
| or Johns Hopkins University, saw the
referee" or "benzoate OF soda" board.
caused by the death OF DR.. Herter Tho
President told DR.. Remsen, who 10 peenSs
dent of this board. to select some ona 10
3
| President Taft congratulated DR.. Ran
sen on the completion only yesterday %
| the million n-dollar fund for Johns Hop
kins.
tariff board. saw Mr. Taft for a few
minutes this morning and talked about
the permanent tariff commission propu.
sition. He thinks this is the biggest
question now before Congress and the
! country. and commented today as he
LETT the executive offices upon the great
change In public sentiment during the
| last Few years with respect to this sub
| ject.
The advocates of the permanent tarifr
commission idea and OF the piecemeal
revision of the tariff were called vision
aries not so long ago. said Mr.. Sanders.
Now it Is realized that they are work.
ing along the right line
c. p. Taft Here for Ball.
Charles i. Taft of Cincinnati. the
Presidents brother. came to town this
morning with his wife and daughter %
! attend the White House ball tonight in
( honor Of Miss Helen Taft Before the
cabinet met the President chatted with
his brother about Ohio politics in general
and several Cincinnati appointments In
particular
Representative Nicholas Longworth OF
ONO arrived while they were together
! He was invited in and there was a three
cornered conference about these matters
and also something of discussion of NJ
LOngworth's bill. now all ready TO intro
duce on the day Congress convenes for
the creation of a permanent tariff COM
| mission.
The bill Mr. Longworth said on Leaving
! the White House. proposed to create a
commission OF flve members TO serve six
years each. dt an annual salary of s1JU
| After the initial short term appointments
| had expired. the members of the commits
/ ffrl1 Siy
each, would change one member each
| year.
The cabinet at its regular meeting
today took up a number of matters OF
administration detail and touched on
the tariff board proposition and on the
admittedly big question Of the fortifi-
cation Of the Panama canal. The Pres
ident and all the members of his official
family realize that if the recommends
tion of the fortification board-that the
heaviest and most modern methods OF
defense be erected on the isthmus-are
to be met by Congress with appropri-
alton OF the necessary millions good
deal of missionary work in both houses
of Congress viii! be necessary.
Fertilization Idea Secuted.
Some of the most prominent MEM
bers of the House and. Senate are con-
vinced either that the proposition to
protect the canal by fortiiications Is
faulty from military standpoint or
that existing treaty provisions render
il impossible OF accomplishment with
out International complications of
grave sort.
No official statement was given out
, at the conclusion OF the cabinet meet
ing with respect to the attitude as
sumed toward these phases of the mat
ter by the President and his advisers.
Among the Presidents callers today
were four high officers of the new
ly reorganized lighthouse service.
Commissioner G. r. Putnam. Deputy
Commissioner A. V. Conover, Chief
Constructing Engineer J. S. Conway
and Superintendent of Naval Construc-
ton George Warrington called to Day