New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-04-30
AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
TFrom The Tribune Bureau.

Washington. April 29.-Tho Pres'deh' DC
gan his reciprocity conference TINS morn
ing, talking to Senators owen oaiuhser'
Cullom and Smith. Of Michigan. SENATOR
owen promised the President that ne "ouiu
vote for the resolution, but Senator "a''
linger would give no assurances.
W. ". Cobb. of San Francisco, Al inc
instance of the Secretary OF tho interior
will be appointed to succeed Oscar LAWYER
as Assistant Attorney General for the IN
terror Department. This announcement was
made following the vls, or secretary
Fisher, who also introduced Samuel ADAMS
of Chicago the new First Assistant sec
rotary Of the Interior.
Senator Smith Of South Carolina TAXED
TO the President to-day about the appoint
ment of a district Judge in his state. Inc
list of candidates numbers FIVE. including
Ex-Governor Ansel.
The President has appointed Earl Dodge
of New York secretary OF the special EN-
bassy to the coronation OF King George "
President Taft accepted the invitation OF
ex-senator Burrows, presented last week
to attend a fete in Mr.. Tafts honor In
Kalamazoo. Mich, In september. on his
way DaCk ITOiu NiiSoo''
and Representative Doremus asked the
President to visit Detroit In September ana
attend the Michigan State Fair. Mr.. Tart
will decide later.
The invitation presented by the Prison
Association asking the President TO attend
it's convention at Omaha In September was
declined Mr.. Taft referring his callers 10
the Attorney General
Representative Carter filed at the White
House letters and kilograms from the Choc-
taw Indians protesting against the action
OF V. NJ. Locke, tribal chief in displacing
Hampton Tucker. mining trustee OF the
tribe and T. c. lie Flore, town site COM
missioner.
Among the White House callers were
Chief Justice White and Judge George
GRAY. of Delaware. who introduced Sir
Charles Fitzpatrick Chief Justice OF Can
ada: the Secretary Of the Navy, tho Az
torney General, ex-senator Carter. Repre-
sentatives Harris, Crumpacker. Cameron
Hamilton, Mcclure Houston, Clark, Reilly,
Mckinney, Taylor. Carter and Madden
Father Ketcham, Of Washington, who IN
PRODUCED Archbishop J. p. Pi,aval, OF santa
Fe. n NJ, who is on his way TO Rome;
Archbishop ireland. accompanied by Bisnop
Scanned, and three small actresses. Leonie
FIugarth, ten years old and Marion ana
Madeline Fairbanks. each aged nine.
Before going TO the theatre tonight the
President delivered an address at the din
ner of the American Society OF lnterna-
ttonaI Law at the New Willard.
The President and Mrs. Taft occupied
their tox at the Belasco Theatre tonight
for the performance OF 1.-THE Piper the
Stratford prize play. by Mrs. Josephine
Preston Peabody (Mrs. Lionel Marks. Ac-
companying the President and Mrs. TAFT
were the Secretary OF the Treasury and
Mrs. MacVeagh, the Mayor Of Charleston
and Mrs Rhett and Brlgadier General
Crozier After the play they attended the
musical given by the Minister from the
Netherlands and Nine, LoCdon.
This afternoon Miss Kittie Cheatham,
Macdonald. appeared in a song recital at
the White House before the President and
Mrs Taft and the faculties and graduate
bodies OF the girls seminaries Of Washing
ton and the vicinity.
Cards went out from the White House
Yesterday for Friday afternoon, May ),
from TO I o'clock. for the first In the an
nual series of garden parties which Mrs.
Taft makes one of the attractive features
Of the spring social season in Washington.