Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-05-21
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE
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taries Hughes and Hoover are SINH
larry adorned.
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Karl Heinrich Won. Wiegand, the
American newspaper man, who won
fame in 1914 and 1915 by interviewing
the kaiser, the German crown prince.
Tirpitz, Zeppelin. Hindenburg and the
other Prussian war gods. now lives
the life of q nabob in Berlin. A COM
munication to this observer from
inter den Linden says: "Wiegand
has become a parsonage; has two
automobiles, Russian chauffeur,
royal villa on Lake Starnberger,
near Munich, and orders the foreign
office TO buy tickets and make reser-
vations for him when he, his wife, or
his maid wants to go anywhere" In
1906 Wiesand ran a little bookshop
in San Francisco till the earthquake
put him out of business.
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Japanese public interest in foreign
affairs, and in the affairs of the
United States, increases from day to
day. A second group of important
Nipponese newspapers, the Asahis of
TOXIC and Osaka, has now sent a per-
manent representative to this coun-
try. He is Mr.. /. Fukuda, who was
in Washington this week. Fukuda
never was in an English speaking
country before, but commands our
language, merely from study in the
Japanese schools. with entire fiuency.
He deplores the over rapid Amerl-
CaniZation of the Japanese in the
United States, at least. as he has per-
sonally observed ii from a brief ex-
perience. Fukuda took lodgings in
the Japan Club I'm West 93d street,
New York city. The first night he
came down for dinner he was clad in
the native costume of Japanese gen
tleman-a kimono. Forthwith an at
tendant. also a Japanese. reminded
him that he was in America now and
only American attire was permitted
at the Japan Club.
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The week witnessed a formidable
gathering of the McAdoo clans in
Washington, incidental to the former
Secretary of the ,'reasury's arrival
for the Hamilton statue dedication.
Among those who foregathered with
him were Jouett Shouse of Kansas,
Senator King of Utah, Josephus Dan
icls and Angus Mclean of North
Carolina. and Daniel c. Roper and
Robert w. Woolley of Washington.
Mr.. McAdoo says he did net come to
lHe Capital W Tain pul oiils
on behalf Of his big California client.
the Bank of Italy. Some of the Nc
Adoo boosters claim a count of con-
Nention noses for 1924 reveals the
hysical imposs Utility of a two
thirds vote for their favorite. Others
say that the country's dry sentiment
ard the growing wave of ultra
rrogressivism make McAdoo undoubt-
cdly the strongest card in the demo
cratic pack.
Huston Thompson, federal trade
commissioner. who was Woodro"
Wilson's unsuccessful candidate for
the senatorial vacancy in Colorado
probably was combated by rival ele-
Tents mainly on the ground of his
nun-residence in the state. AS a
matter of fact, Thompson tor a quar-
ter of century has beer intimately
Identified with Colorado. lie began
law practice there in 1879, married
a Colorado woman, IS the father OF
a Colorado child, maintains his
voting domicile within tn. common
wealth and is Colorado property
owner. He has been a professor al
law In the state university and was
twice assistant att rn"y general at
Denver. In college days at Prince
ton in the late nineties Thompson
was a famous varsity foot ball star
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