Evening star., 1911-05-27
0FFENSE BY RUSSIA
President Told Jewish Citizens
Are Unfairly Treated.
ASK THAT HE TAKE ACTION
Fraternal Organizations Want 1882
Treaty Denounced.
FLOOD OF SUMMER HOMES
Offers Continue to Pour in at the
White House-PhiHppines
Are Prosperous.

Representing a number Of fraternal or
ganizations, including the Progressive
Order OF the West. with a membership Of
more than 100000. b. Frank of st. Louis
called at the White House today. accom-
panied by Representative Dyer of Mis-
souri,. and urged the President to support
the Sulser resolution. providing for the
termination of the treaty between the
United States and Russia concluded In
1892. Mr.. Frank told Mr.. Taft that the
government OF the United States should
| not be a party to any treaty which dis
eliminates between American citizens on
the ground of race or religion.
Mr.. Frank contends that the Jewish citi-
zens Of this country have been denied the
privileges for which their passports call
when they enter Russia This state of
affairs has existed since the treaty was
concluded in 1882.
Get Lots Of Mail.
Representative Butler Ames Of Massa-
chusetts conferred with the President this
morning in an effort to have the post
Office force at Lowell. Mass. increased.
He said that the population Of that city.
being made UP mostly of working people
and aliens, necessarily produced little
| and. therefore. the post Office at Lowell
received a small appropriation for car
riers and clerks.
On the other hand. Mr.. Ames said, the
amount of mail received by the foreigners
| is enormous, and that the present force
| Is inadequate. He will confer with the
Postmaster General this afternoon.
For One-Cent Postage.
| Just before Mr.. Ames called a delega-
! ton OF business men of Cleveland, Ohio,
visited the President to interest him in
nationwide movement for one-cent
postage on first-class matter. They will
also confer with Postmaster General
Hitchcock and Associate Justice Hughes
/ OF the United States Supreme Court,
member OF the postal rate investigation
committee.
In the party were Charles William Bur-
rows and George T. Mcintosh, president
and secretary Of the National One Cent
Letter Postage Association. and Thomas
A. F'ernley. secretary OF the National AS
ISOLATION of Wrought Pipe Fittings Job
bers Of Philadelphia.
l. They hold that 1t is unjust for the
government to compel persons who use
the first-ciass mail to pay profit Of
$50, 100000 year.
Offers Of Summer Homes.
| Offers Of a summer homo for the Presi
dent are still being received at tho White
House. This morning he was invited to
Geiger. Ala, where summer home
awaits him ''in the heart OF the blacls
prairie belt OF Alabama, with view OF
flowers, sunshine, plenty and content
| ment."
Another homo will be offered to him
soon by the state OF Washington, accord
| ing to Senator Jones, who says his peo-
pie will invite the President and his fam
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| Representative Hawley OF Oregon is
| another Pacific coast man who believes
| the model summer capital could be es-
| tablished in tho Rocky mountains, where
| by. This camp is deemed ideal by Mr..
| Hawley, who says 1t Is forty miles away
from any railroad.
Criminal Action Considered.
1t became known at the Department
of Justice today that there will be no
criminal prosecution of defendants in the
governments case against the Standard
Oil Company for six months at least.
| According to reports the administra-
tion will not take any action until the
| lower court has enforced the dissolution
decree ordered by the Supreme Court
a few days ago.
President Taft and Attorney General
Wickersham will determine whether the
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sibility OF criminal prosecution
Philippines Prosperous.
That the prosperity OF the Philip
pine Islands Is increasing under the
operation of the Payne-Aldrich tariff
| act Is the statement made in q letter
to President Taft received today from
| w. Cameron Forbes. governor general
| OF the islands. An extract OF the letter
| follows:
| Material conditions here are loolsr
ing up all the time: the revenues this
year have Increased two million over
| last year. and last year two million
| over the year before. which makes an
increase OF four million In two years
over and above the revenues which we
had before the passage Of the Payne
/ bill, showing that our precautions for
| reduced revenue were more in the ma
ture OF preparing for contingencies than
against eventualities. I have allowed
them to appropriate each year a cou-
| pie OF million pesos moro than We had
| with the proviso in the law that I
could cover back any appropriation in
to the treasury in case the revenue did
not justify the expenditure and that
no public work should be undertaken
leased.
I'VE are doing about five million peso.
year public works out Of current reye-
nues. and have been able to release the
whole OF the appropriation each year and
owing to the increased revenues, have not
had to cover back anything into the
| treasury"
Marksmen Congratulated.
| The Preident this morning transmitted
letter OF congratulation to James Rae.
president Of the Iowa City High School,
| whose team won the interscholastio and
| intercollegiate rifle shooting champion
ship this year. This team OF five boys
made q score Of 952 out of a possible
LOCO, and participated in nineteen tour
neys
Representative Richard e. Connell. who
succeeded Hamilton Fish in CONGRESS-
made his first visit to the White House
! today and met the President. bringing
with him greetings from A. Lee Wager
| q classmate Of Mr.. Taft at Yale
| Secretary Fisher Of the Interior Depart-
| ment, who called at the White House this
| afternoon. said that he knew nothing OF
the runored retirement OF Fred c. Dem
| nett. commissioner Of the general land
| office. Mr.. bennett himself denied that
| he had any intention of retiring from Of
| fice or that 1t had been intimated to him
that he should withdraw from the service.
RUSSIA MORE LIBERAL.