Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-09
|EDH|L[ CALLED HOME TAFT HARD Al WORK
sp Ambassador to Germany Or Cleans Up Many Matters Prior
dered to Washington to Southern Trip.
URY TO DISCUSS POTASH CASE WILL START LATE TODAY
Anything Discusses Mexican
Do With Mexican uation With President
eHr CAPT. BUTT TO BE PROMOTED
Cleans Up Many Matters Prior
to Southern Trip.
WILL START LATE TODAY
Ambassador Discusses Mexican Sit
uation With President.
CAPT. BUTT TO BE PROMOTED
Will Shortly Become Major.
Judge Knapp to Be Erdman
Act Mediator.

That he might have a chance to clean
up some pressing work before leaving for
the south, President Taft today aban-
doned the executive offices and remained
in his rooms in the private apartments of
the White House. Even there, however.
he did not get opportunity to finish the
work he had in mind. He was compelled
to see a few visitors on important bust
ness.
Senor de la Barra, the Mexican amhas-
sador, asked for conference with the
President in regard to the Mexican sit
uation, and to present information he
had received from President Diaz of
Mexico. He remained with the Presi6s1t
some time.
Associate Justice Hughes of "a SIT
preme Court and Secretary N:Ca, cJIi-
ferred with the President as t. Il + ger
sonnel of the postal rate commission that
is to pass on the question of second-cldss
mail matter and the rate Of postage it
should pay.
President Taft has Invited Lawrence
Maxwell Of Cincinnati, former solicitor
In the last Cleveland administration, to
become member of the commission
Mr.. Maxwell has accepted.
Sees Ballinger and Fisher.
Two other prominent visitors were Sec
retary Ballinger. about to retire as head
Of the Interior Department. and Walter
l.. Fisher, who Is to succeed him in the
position.
Mr.. Fisher will take the oath of office
Monday and assume his duties immedi-
ately a1terward.
The arrangement for the change In
the Interior Department were made at
the conference, which lasted some.
time.
II do hope there will be no occa-
sion for the United States to interfere
in Mexico said Representative Crum-
packer of Indiana, at the White House
today. IF we do there will imme-
the country for the annexation Of
Mexico and all the small countries
clear through to the Panama canal. 1t
would be unfortunate for such a thing
to start"
Capt. a. w Butt personal aid to
President Taft, soon Will become a major
He has passed all the examinations
necessary for promotion. and President
Taft will shortly sign his commission.
Capt Butt today received the cofigratu-
lations of everybody around the White
House. AS major, the promoted officer
will remain at the White House as per-
soral aid to President Taft. He held the
same position with President Roosevelt;
other duties failed under both administra-
tons.
Aldrich at White House.
Ex-senator Aldrich spent nearly two
hours late yesterday afternoon talking
with President Taft over political and
other conditions The former leader of
the Senate was looking in fine health
after his trip to the south The Presi-
dent heard some good fishing stories from
him. Mr.. Aldrich returned to take up
the work of the monetary commission.
He said he found that he was already
being forgotten in the precincts of the
Senate.
Yesterday he got in the private ele-
vator OF senators, and the conductor
didn't know him. asking II he were
senator. Mr.. Aldrich had to confess
that he no longer claimed that honor.
but said he had once served In the SEN
ate. Under those circumstances he was
allowed to ride to the floor he was
seeking.
President Taft will leave Washington
this AFTERNOON at 415 o'clock for the
south. to be absent until the Goth of
this month. Tomorrow he will be in
Atlanta, where he will speak before
the Southern Commercial Congress. To-
morrow night he will go to Augusta to
and stay outdoors in Augusta. return
ing to Washington to take up the work
preliminary to the extra session of
Congress. Mr.. Taft will be accom-
panied south by Secretary Norton and
Capt. A. w. Butt. his personal aid
Mrs. Taft will join him in Augusta in
few days.
The President and his party will travel
in a brand-new Pullman car the IDEAL.
built especially for his purposes and to
be. put at his disposal in the future.
Judge Martin A. Knapp. presiding Judge
OF the commerce court, has been named
by President Taft as one Of the mediators
OF the Erdman act, in accordance with an
amendment attached by the last Congress
to the sundry civil bill.
Attorney General Wickersham today
sent to the White House his recommended
tions in the petitions of Charles w.
Morse, the New York ice king. and John
r. Walsh, the former millionaire banker
Of Chicago. for pardon. the former being
now In the Atlanta federal prison and
the latter in the Leavenworth peniten-
tiary. Neither Of the men has served long
enough to take advantage of the parole
law. Mr.. Wickersham is said to be in
clined to suggest clemency in either or
both cases, as the President sees ft.