Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-07
NEW CAMPAIGN IDEA BOOSTS COL. JUDSO|
Interstate Shipping of Money Representative Brleson Cal
Aimed at by CIapp. on President Taft.
SENATOR INTRODUCES BILL URGES IMPORTANT POS
Would Funds by Desires That Be Civ
Wealthy Communities Best Assignment Possible
IT GOES TO SUBCOMMITTEE BERGER LAUDS EXECUTIy
to Form Bas He
ure to Be Passed bv Senate Socialist, Pardon Is
a+ This Session to
Representative BurIeson Calls
on President Taft.
URGES IMPORTANT POST
Desires That Commissioner Be Given
Best Assignment Possible.
BERGER LAUDS EXECUTIVE
He Is a Big-Hearted Man." Says
Socialist, When Pardon Is
Granted to Soldier. y

Representative Burleson. chairman OF
the subcommittee on the District Of No-
lumbia of the appropriations committAe
of the House. conferred for more than
half an hour this morning with President
Taft over the contempla ted nomination az
two District Commissioners and the trans
fer of Col. Judson to the Panama canal.
to be succeeded by Col. Spencer Cosby.
Mr. BurleSon did not care to discuss
the recommendations and suggestions he
made TO the President, but il is under
stood that he advised that Col Judson
he given the very best assignment pos
sible i'm the army and if sent to Panama
one OF the highest posts there. He con-
SiderS Col. Judson an able man. Coz.
Judson, it has been asserted. was the
principal adviser OF Mr. Burleson in DIS
trict matters in the last session OF Con
gress, and did much to shape the course
followed by Mr.. Burelson in the ap2ro-
priations that We're passed. Col. Judson
was repeatedly in conference with Mr..
Burleson. while the District bill was be-
ing made up. and gave his views freely
to the subcommittee
Goes to War Department.
From the White House Mr.. Burleson
Went to the War Department. where the
question of the transfer of Col. Judson
and the assignment of Col. Cosby or
some other engineer officer is under con-
sideration by the Secretary of War.
The President is beginning to hear a
great deal about District commissioner
ship timber and he would probably have
had number of District callers today
but for his canceling all engagements
after l. O'Clock that he might write the
speech made before the governors in the
east room this afternoon.
Senator Gallinger and Representative
Johnson are to talk with the President
on District subjects in a few days.
There were many congressional visitors
at the White House ip the morning hour
These included Senators Oliver. Bacon.
Perkins. Smoot. Thornton, Curtis and
Owen. Representatives Madden Levy.
Rodenberg, Sterling. Doremus. Dwight.
Riley. Cows. Carroll and Eberhardt also
| called.
Berger Gets Soldier Freed.
Representative Berger of Milwaukee.
the lone socialist member OF Congress-.
! worked hard today for the pardon of a
| soldier as a Christmas present to the i'm
prisoned man. and he succeeded. He took
UP with the President the case of Harold
A Ohde. formerly OF Milwaukee,. who
was private in the 136th Company OF
Coast Artillery.
'Ohde got drunk and was sentenced to
| one year for that" Berger told the Pres
ident. Then he told a small lie a harm
less one, in connection with the drunk,
and got another year for that. He has
served nine months, outrage.
Give the man his freedom for Christ
mas present, Mr.. President?' asked Ber-
ger.
I'm do it, Berger said the President
Go to the War Department and tell
Stimson to have a report made to me on
the case"
President Big Hearted.
The President is a big-hearted man"
declared Berger as he left the White
House. 81 wish the American people
knew him as some of us who deal with
him know him..
Thomas S. Hopkins. who is governor
general OF the Society of the MayfioWer,
invited the President to attend the annual
dinner of the society December Il.
The President found he had an engage
ment for that night to attend the dinner
of the CarabaS Society. but he decided
that he would drop In on both gatherings
during the evening.
Peelle's Retirement.
Justice Peelle OF the Court OF Claims
had an appointment with the President to-
day. but will call next week. The in
formation Is that Justice Peelle will re-
tire from the court in January, when he
will be eligible for retirement. The Pres
ident will nominate to fill the vacancy
Henry s. Boutell. now minister to Switz-
erland, and formerly q member OF the
House of Representatives from Illinois.
There is doubt whether the Senate Will
confirm the nomination OF q republican
to this position. owing to the democratio
attitude on nominations.
Dined With jackson.
President Taft had q lettar q few daya
ago from Edmund Berkeley Of HaymaS.
ket. Va. eighty-nine years old. who dina
with President jackson in the White
House seventy-five years ago. MI. Berke-
ley is the only man living he states. who
dined in the White House that many
years ago. Mr.. Berkeley u so active hs
states that he does not use glasses %
read or write. and only a few days ago
killed a number Of partr1dges on the wing.