The Washington herald., 1913-09-11
wilson Names
j. 5. CONSULS
President Sends to Senate List
of Nominations for For
eign Service.
DISTRICT MEN CHOSEN
]. E. Jones Goes to Genoa, Italy, and
A. A. williamson to Tansui
Formosa.

President Wilson yesterday demonstrate
ed that he intends to continue the merit
rule in the Jnsular service by sending
to the Senate tine nominations OF thirty
ccnsuls geneI. and consuls, all of whom
are already in the service.
Except for five other scattering ap-
pointments, these are the first President
Wilson has made in the consular service.
Only one OF the Consuis general and
seven of the consuls named in this list
are from Southern States. which is cited
ly officials as evidence of how the ad
ministration intends to make promotions
pl rely Oh the basis Of merit and etfi-
cheney, as shown by records OF the men
in the State Department.
The list Is very similar to that which
was sent to the Senate by President Taft
in the closing days of his admins stratlon,
hut it has been carefully gone over by
- yretary Of State Bryan, by President
Wise, and finally. by Third Assistant
secretary Of State Malone. II has been
decided to give to Mr.. Malone super
visory direction Of the consular service
Wilbur J. Carr has been for many years,
and now is, director OF the consular
service
1t has been intimatcd to the President
and Secretary Bryan that there are
number OF inefficient men in the con-
sular service. Such men, II is declared
will be weeded out as rapidly as their
deficiencies are noted, and other men
can be foRd to I'll their places. En-
trance to the service will continue 10 be
by examination.
List OF nominations.
President Wilson yesterday sent to the
Senate the following nominations:
To be CoEsuls General Leo Allen
Bergholz, of New York, at Dresden, Ger
many; Joseph ]. Britain, Of Ohio, Co
burg, Germany; William Coffin, OF Ken
lucky, Budapest. Hungary; Frank Dill
lngham, of California Winnipeg, Mani
toba, Canada; T. 81. John Gassney, OF
New York. at Munich, Bavaria; Fred
eriCk w. GodiLg, Of Illinois, At Guaya-
quill, Eau Ecuador. John Edward Jones,
Of District of Columbia. at Genoa, Italy.
Robert Z. Mansfield, Of Indiana, Van
couver, British Columbia; James A.
Smith. Vermont at Calcutta, India:
Alexander NJ. Thackard, Of Pennsyl-
vania, at Paris; David p. WIlber, Of New
York, at Zurich. Switzerland.
The following to be Consuls:
Homer Britt, Of Mississippi, at Teneris-
see, Canary Islands: Ralph c. Busser, OF
Pennsylvania, Trieste, Austria; Homer
NJ. Ryington, OF Connecticut. at Leeds.
England; Benjamin +. Chase. of Penn
sylvauia, at L%EhoTn, Italy.
Frank Deedmeyer. of Alabama, at
Prague. Austria: Stuart J. Fuller, Of
Wisconsin, at Durham, Natal; James IL
Goodier. of New York, at Tahiti, So
Ciety Islands: Graham II. Kemper. of
kentucky, at Erfurt. Germany: Andres
J. McConnico, OF Mississippi, at Trini-
dad. West Indies; LuCian MemmInger,
OF South Carolina, at ROuen. France;
Edwin i. Neville. of Ohio. at Antung,
China; Thomas Willing Peters, Of Dis
trict of Columbia. at Kingston. ia
maica; Samuel e. Reat, Of Illinois. at
Calgary, Alberta. Canada: Walter II.
Schulz, OF Oklahoma, at Nantes.
France; Felix Willoughby Smith, of
New York. al Alden, Arabia; Henry :.
Starrett, Of Florida. at Csrtagena, Co
lumbia: Ralph J. Potter, Of Tennessee.
at Mon'evideo, Uruguay; Roger Culver
TredweU. of Indiana, at Bristol Eng
land: Adolph \. Williamson, of District
Of Columbia, at Tansui, Formosa.
DIR. Van Dyke sees President.
Henry Nn Dyke, formerly a profess
sor of literature at Princeton Univer-
sity, and recently appointed Minister
to the Netherlands, called on President
Wilson yesterday. He received instruc-
tlons to promote the peace prOPa aganda,
which Centers at The Hague. He will
sail from New York September Is.
Henry Morgenthau, OF New York, re-
Gently appointed Ambassador to Tur
key, paid his respects TO President
Wilson yesterday. He will hold a con-
ference in New York with w. W. Rock
hill. whom he succeeds at CONSTANT
nople, early next week, and expects to
leave for the Orient directly after.