Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-12
DUDLEY MALONE
AS AID TO BRYAN
New Yorker Nominated for
Third Assistant Secretary
of State.
OTHER APPOINTMENTS
FORWARDED TO SENATE
District Man for Army Commission.
Colored 0Aiceholder Displaced.
Alleged Trust Discussed.

Among the nominations sent to the
| Senate today by President Wilson were:
TO be third assistant secretary of state,
Dudley Field Malone of New York
| To be counselor for the State Depart
ment, John Basset Moore of New York
| To be collectors of customs for the dis
trict OF Saluria, Tex, Andrew H. Evans;
for the district of Beaufort S. c., Frank
| lin P. Colcock
| To be United States judge for the south
| ern district of Florida, Rhydon NJ. Call.
To be United States attorney, western
! district of Texas, ]. l.. Camp.
To be United States marshal. northern
| district of Texas. William ]. McDonal Id
| western district of Texas. John Rogers
In connection with the nomna ton OF
| Dudley Field Malone to be third assist
ant secretary Of state, President Wilson
! let it be known that he was much
pleased that Mr.. Malone had. at his So
| l1citat1on and that of Secretary Bryan,
| agreed to accept the post
President Wilson today told Miss Mabel
1. Boardman he would accept the presi-
dency of the American National Red
| Cross, to succeed former President Taft,
| who relinquished the office upon his re-
| tirement to private life.
Judicial Appointments Discussed.
| Attorney General McReynolds was with
President Wilson three-quarters of an
| hour today. In that time he discussed a
| number of judicial nominations with the
President, and also the matter Of a pro-
! posed suit against the alleged fruit trust.
1t is thought. That a suit against the
United Fruit Companies is in contem-
| plation is considered certain. Mr.. Nc
Reynolds refused to discuss his intentions
in this direction and declined to admit
the right of his newspaper friends to in
terrogate him as to whether he had
| talked over this matter with the Presi-
dent.
Mr.. McReynoids sal dthat he has not
given any attention to the filling of the
Juvenile judgeship in the District.
Il haven't the remotest idea yet who
will be judge Of the Juvenile Court he
declared.
His statement disposes of various ru-
mors as to different men having been Sc
lected for this judicial post, so long in
the limelight in the District. Mr.. Mickey
nolds. 1t is understood. is not ready to
take up the applications or enter into con-
sideration of this appointment He has
some larger judicial problems to thrash
out for the President
Cabinet Kept Busy.
All the members of the cabinet are de-
cidedly busy working on office dlling
tasks for the President. There are nearly
200 postmasters to be named soon, and
Postmaster General Burleson has had
several interviews with the President
about them. Later on there will be thou
sands of vacancies to fill, as terms of
postmasters expire. but In the cases now
being considered the vacancies actually
exist and should be filled Immediately.
Representative Raker of California
after conference with President Wilson
today, said the people of that state were
grateful to President Wilson for the posi-
tion he too. on the proposed anti-Japa
nese legislation before the California
legislature.
President Wilson today sent tele-
gram to Col. 4. d. LandOn, comma nding
the cadets Of the Bordentown, N ]. mill
tary institute, congratulating the rifle
team of that institution on winning the
military school rifle shooting champion
ship of the United States.
Anticipated Nominations.
Most of the nominations that went to
the Senate today had become known in
advance. Some of those not heretofore
printed are of interest. Charles d. DAILY,
nominated to be first lieutenant in the
army, was West Point foot ball hero
He left the service eighteen months ago
to become fire marshal of Boston.
He didn't like the work and sought
to get back in the army. He did not
get much encouragement from officers
of the army or officials of the War De-
partment. Massachusetts members of
Congress took his case up, and induced
the President to nominate him for his
old place.
Raymond Morris of the District of
Columbia was nominated to be second
lieutenant of cavalry.
Capt. Bill Mcdonald, the Texas ranger.
who guarded Wilson between his
nomination and election. was nominated
of Texas.
Colored Man Displaced.
Robert Small, colored, long collector
of customs at Beaufort, s. c.. a unique
figure at many republican national con-
yentions, lost his place when the Presi-
dent today nominated Franklin p. Col
cock, a white man, to be collector OF that
port
Robert W. Jennings Of Juneau is to
for Alaska, and G.. l.. Reames of Med
ford, Ore. has been selected for United
States attorney for the district of Oregon.
Thomas f. VIII. president OF the Dis
trict Suffrage League, called at the White
House today and left for President Will
son volume of memorials and petitions
| in behalf of suffrage here and
against the "un-American form of gov
ernment'' for the District. The league has
| indorsed no candidate for District Com
missioner. and will confine its efforts to
suffrage alone. Mr.. Will has requested an
| appointment for a committee to call on
the President and lay the subject before