| Show I 1 reaches new york after seventeen days of travel new york july 25 baron kamur a the japanese peace plenipotentiary arrived on the train from chicago over the pennsylvania road at today at the jersey city station 0 o greet him were about forty japanese merchants there was no demonstration at jersey city but when the ferry boat reached the foot of twenty third street this city a hundred or more japanese greeted the baron and his suite with cheers while a band played the japanese national air the baron with consul general and two of his suite entered a carriage and was driven to the waldorf astoria hotel H W dennison an american who Is attached to the japanese foreign office and has been in japan tor thirty five years la with the party mr dennison says he has no official capacity with the peace delegation The party was met at philadelphia by consul general minister remained in this city mr sato who s the chief of staff said to an associated press representative that there was no program prepared for the baron and he did not know what would be done from day to day until he had met minister taka hira mr sato said it would not be necessary tor anyo the party to go to washington since the president is at oyster bay and that they would await the presidents pleasure aa to their plans the baron will rest a few days said mr sato his journey has been quite an extended one he is in good health but needs a little rest after traveling so far we hae traveled every day since we arrived in this country we have not remained longer than six hours at any place the party has been traveling for seventeen days after arriving atthe hotel mr sato said that while a desire tor peas was the sentiment of japan it was not a desire for peace at any price japan is in a very prosperous condition at present he said and the war taxes do not fall heavily upon tha people yet has already been subscribed to a new internal loan and our pros penty is further indicated in the success t our foreign loans speaking further of the plans of baron komura mr sato said the baron would accept no invitations to public functions of any tind but would the initiative of president roosevelt in the formal introduction to the peace plenipotentiaries of russia SPEAKER CANNON DENIES that he was insulted at portland fair portland july 25 joseph G cannon speaker of the united states house of representatives placed in the hands of president H W goode of the lewis and dark centennial exposition a month ago a complete denial of a story that was sent out from portland early in june to the effect hat an affront had been offered to him at the ceremony of the formal opening of the exposition A few days after the exposition had been opened th glory in question appeared in several newspapers in california and in the east and has since gone the rounds in one form or another of the newspapers of the entire country and besides haa been commented upon in several quarters briefly summarized the yarn was to the effect that at the opening exercises speaker cannon while standing on the ceremonial platform had applied ice from a water pitcher to his head and had been taken to task at tho suggestion of the presidents wife for the alleged breach of etiquette when the newspapers containing the story reached portland speaker cannon was on a steamship in alaskan waters he was communicated with by mire to giray and upon his return to seattle on june 16 a representative senta tive of the exposition met him by appointment at the washington hotel and explained to him what had been published A copy of a newspaper containing the article wag handed to mr cannon and he read it carefully remarking as he U upon a table that story la rot of the worst kind and Is absolutely lacking in truth or the semblance of truth to the request of the representative of the exposition tor a formal denial of the story speaker cannon said in all my long public career I 1 have never answered a statement concerning me which appeared in the public prints this time however in consideration of my high esteem for president and mrs goode I 1 will this attack upon them and upon their hospitality of tho city of portland in this connection permit me to say that bacic in washington it a newspaper correspondent should concoct such an infamous yarn as this all the other newspaper men would band together and drive them from the capital |
