Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1911-08-23
APPOINTED CONSUL
DIR. Charles M. Hathaway Naval
Academy Instructor Named
By President Taft
FOR DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
A Scholarly Man Whose Good Work
AS Instructor Has Been Felt Here
Among The Midshipmen

The Associated Press dispatches on
Thursday announced that President
Taft had appointed Dr. Charles M.
| Hathaway, Jr., as consul of the Uni
ted States at Puerto Plata in the
Dominican Republic on the island of
Hayti, and the second city in the
country in population and in foreign
commerce.
The Dominican Republic Tor Santo
Domingo as il is often called was
originally Spanish colony, like most
of the other West India Islands. and
Spanish is still the language of the
Dominican people. 1t was in the city
of Santo Domingo, the capital. that
the bones of Columbus were buried.
and it was Columbus who struck bv
the beauty of the fertile interior plain
of the island called it vega real (royal
plain.)
1t is a district famous for it's fertil-
ity to this day. 1t finds the outlet of
its products by railroad to Puerto
Plata. The Island of Hayti is sepa-
rated only by a strait from Porto
Rico, now possession of the United
States, and DR.. Hathaway, though
stationed in foreign land, will not
have far to go far to see the stars and
stripes again.
The appointment of DIR. Hathaway
meets with general approval. DR..
Hathaway received his early education
in the public schools of Blakely, Pa.
Then he attended the School of Lacka-
wana in Scranton. From there he
went to Yale University, where he
graduated in 1899. He then took
three years of postgraduate study,
receiving the degree of Doctor of
Philosophy in 1902.
Since then he has taught English in
Adelphi College, Brooklyn, N. Y, one
year; in Columbia University, New
York city, two years, and in the Uni
ted States Naval Academy, six years.
He has also, since the death of his
father in 1906. been a member of the
insurance firm of c. M. Hathaway &
Co.
DIR. Hathaway has published, be-
sides various articles of a scholarly
nature, book, Ben Johnson's Alche-
mist, edited with introduction, notes.
and glossary New York, Henry Holt
& Company, 1902. The book was
printed at the Clarendon Press, Eng
land, and is an excellent example of
the fine printing of that famous print
cry.
DIR. Hathaway was married Septem-
ber !, 1904, to Miss Frances Warner,
daughter of Gen. A. ]. Warner, of
Ohio, who served several terms in
Congress. They have for several
weeks been visiting his mother, Mrs.
Eliza G. Hathaway, at the family
home on Lincoln avenue, Olyphant,
Pa.
DR.. Hathaway retains his citizen
ship in the Second ward of Blakeley,
where he cast his first vote in 1895,
though of course the nature of his oc-
cupation has kept him away from
home most of the time for some years
past. He has not yet received his in
structions from the Secretary of State,
but expects to be ordered to Washing
ton soon to spend a month in the State
Department before going to his post.
DIR. Hathaway has many friends in
Annapolis, who regret to see him
leave here. He has been a most sue
cessful instructor to the midshipmen
the past six years. His successor at
the Naval Academy has not been ap-
pointed, as no official information to
that effect has been received at the
Superintendent S office here.