Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-25
ARMY Of TEACHERS
CALL ON PRESIDENT
Nearly a Thousand, Together
With School and College
Pupils, Greet Wilson.

WIFI SCIlUOi anu O0Iege
Pupils, Greet Wilson.
BY tens. fiftes and hundreds
a thousand all told-school teachers,
school pupils and college students de-
scended upon the White House this after
noon. 1t was an army almost as ex-
clusiyeiy feminine as suffragette parade.
but with no greater mission than to see
and be seen.
Canada and many states were repre-
scented. The men and boys were In a
small minority.
Four hundred school teachers, under
the leadership of Miss Hughes, from
Toronto, Canada, was the foreign legion
and also the largest unit in this great
educational force that passed in review
before the President in the east room.
They constituted the Toronto Teachers
Association, and provided an excellent
exhibit of the beauty. charm and intelli-
gence Of the neighboring north land.
Senator Gallinger Is Guardian.
Keene. N. H., contributed a phalanx of
100 high school children, under the
guardianship of Senator Gallinger. There
pupils from Bradford. Pa. The senior
class of Warren. Pa.) High School was
thirty-ive strong, with Miss Petheran as
captain.
Thirty school teachers. with Prof. John
Partridge as chaperon. was only part Of
the Maine contingent. There were also
thirty members of the graduating class
of the high school of Auburn, with Prof
Moulton in charge.
Fifteen students came from Rochester,
n. Y, in charge of Mrs. Rabasz; from
Westport. N. Y, Lewis w. Craig guided
group from Fall River Mass, which John
w. Ferguson had In charge: Charles ii.
Russell presented the twenty representa-
tive students Of Mechanicsyille. n. Y. and
there were just fifteen "uhdergrads' OF
Syracuse University, who we're engineered
by Mrs Mary Selby. And there were a
hundred or SO more not registered.
Mitchell Not Seeking Place.
John Purroy Mitchell. president of the
board of aldermen of New York, and
mentioned for collector of the port OF
New York. said today at the White House
where he had called to talk with the
President about city government reform
that he was not a candidate for collector
and did not intend to be.
u have never sought public office
nation, state or city-and l do not pro-
asserted that the matter of the coiiec-
torship had not been preached to the
President Il do not know how this talk
originated"
that he would decline the offer If
made to him, although he is not ex-
pecting it to be made. Mr. Mitchell Is
not candidate for the democratic
but the gossip inside democratic cir
cles there. especially in Tammany, is
that the young president of the board
of alderman will be the democratic
nominee. The tip from New York is
mayoralty fight. He has not been
follower of Tammany, but has main
tanned an Independent attitude He Is
supported by independent democratic
elements. and yet is apparently not as
Objectionable to Tammany as many
other men who have been mentioned.
1t is said he probably would have the
support of William r. Hearst. whose
influence In New York city has always
been thorn in the side Of Tammany
and organization democrats
sague May Be Collector.
Three other men have been prominently
talked of for the collectorship since the
elimination of Dudley Field Malone. the
young son In law of Senator OGorman.
These are John K. Sague. former mayor
commissioner of street cleaning in New
York, and George Foster Peabody. treas
urer of the democratic national commit
tee. Mr. Peabody is connected with
large New ork business house having an
esta blishment in Boston. and Is not con-
sidered a New York man. Furthermore.
he is averse. to taking the collectorship, 1t
it Is known
This would leave two men in the field
for the collectorship who stand a chance
of winning the place. They are Sague
and Edwards. The inside dope ranks
Sague as the favorite in the betting, and
1t is believed he will be nominated.
President Wilson told friends today that
while he deeply regrets that number of
able men who have been offered ambas-
Scholarships by him have declined the Of
fers he is hopeful that these destinations
will impress upon the country the wis
dom of providing for the diplomats Of the
United States in a way that will make
foreign posts attractive to able men who
are without wealth.
President Wilson. having definitely de-
this country shall not be one of dollars
over all other obligations, is still con-
fronted with the deploraole general propo-
sition that a diplomatic personnel without
dollars, and plenty of them. Is In bad
way: that men Of desirable type, bounti-
fully supplied with brains. but not over
burdened with money, are unable to serve
their country because of conditions that
have long existed.
Meager Salaries Bar.
Olney. Eliot. McCombs and Mott have
declined high position in the diplomatic
service and in two certain instances the
reasons for declination were that the men
| were not declination able to maintain
| themselves on the meagre salaries paid by
| this country. wealth being an essential to
ambassadorship. )
1t begins to look as If another close
{ friend Of the President. Henry B. Fine.
dean of the department. of science at
! Princeton. will be unable to accept the
! offer of the ambassadorship to Germany,
| almost wholly because he Is not rich
enough to uphold the demand Of the place
from a money point OF view.
Prof Fine is highly regarded by the
President. He is known to have been
offered the German embassy. The long
silence presages declination of the posi-
ton, according to well informed officials
White House hints as to other candi-
dates being considered by the President
for diplomatic posts are to be few for
some time. it is understood, as the decli-
nations are coming too thick and fast.
Hereafter the White House and State De-
partment will get the acceptance of Of
fers before the information becomes