Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-12-03
TO FILL
MARYLAND PLACES
Will Dispose of Two important
Offices Democrats Have
Been Seeking.
FIVE FROM THAT STATE
CALL AT White HOUSE
Mr.. Wilson Completes First Draft of
His Address to Congress.
Will Be Long

Maryland callers occupied much of the
/ Presidents time today. Theodore Mar
| burg, republican. former minister to Bel
| giuln under President Taft former Judge
A. e. Bond of Westminster. Represent
ative j. Fred Talbot. Representative
! David J. Lewis and Chief Justice Harry
CovinGton of the Supreme Court Of the
District of Columbia. five Maryanders,
interviewed the President. Represent
ativc Talbot talked on patronage. Rep
resentative Lewis has Il number of inn
portant western Maryland post office
vacancies to fill in Il short time chief
| Justice Covngton talked with the Prcsi-
dent about District of Columbia court
| matters.
Inc President has agreed il became
known today. to dispose of two of tine
hNe important Mar! land Offices that
democrats have been hungering for He
VIII nominate Samuel X. Dennis, for
mer private secretary to Senator Smith.
for United States attoraey and w W.
Stockham. choice of Senator Lee. for
United States marshal Mr. Wilson has
not definitely decided what he will do
about the colleCtOrship of the part at
Baltimore. the survcyorship and the
appraisership OF the same port.
The President has completed the first
draft of his address. and the final dra #
is expected to go to the government
printing office this afternoon or tonight
1t Will be distributed to press asSOcia :
fionS tomorrow, it is believed. The
address will be longer than any the
President has yet made to Congress
and will include recommendations for
legislation he believes ought to become
! law at the coming session.
Not to Speak at Convention.
President Wilson will not address
the National Rivers and Harbors Con-
gress, which gathers in Washington
December q, but he today told Senators
Ransdell and Fletcher that he has no
objection to cabinet officers taking part
in the convention and making ad-
dresses. 1t is probable that Secretaries
Bryan and Garrison will speak.
Commissioner Claxton of the bureau
of education. and Rev. S. Hall Young
of Alaska :Old the President today that
an appropriation of. $4,000 is sorely
needed for medical work among the
natives of Alaska, to be expended un
der the bureau OF education The visi-
tors told the President that the Or
ganizations now at work in Alaska are
unable to check the steady progress of
serious diseases with the funds that
are availa BILE, and that the natives are
dying off at an alarming rate.
Foreign Trade Discussed.
John II. Fahey of the Chamber Of
Commerce of the United States inter
ested President Wilson in his conten-
tions that if the foreign trade of the
United States is to be developed in
competition with the big trust COM
binations of Europe 1t will be necessary
to amend the Sherman antitrust act so
as to permit pooling arrangements
among American manufacturers and
business men doing business abroad,
especially in the matter of common
selling agencies. which would greatly
lessen the expense account of small
manufacturers seeking foreign trade.
Mr.. Fahey also recommended to the
President the appointment of a busi-
ness man, having knowledge Of for
eign trade, to membership on the in
terstate trade commission. The cham
ber of commerce had no recommenda-
tions to make as to candidates, Mr..
Fahey said. and would offer no Dames.
Representative A. Mitchell Palmer
of Pennsylvania, recently defeated by
Boies Penrose for United States sem
ator from that state, saw President
Wilson. Regarding suggestions that
the President may hold open a place
for him on the Interstate trade COM
mission, Mr.. Palmer said: There is
nothing to it. I am not n candidate
for any office and I do not want any
Office. 1 am going back to the practice
of law to make a living for myself
and family"