Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 May 1909 — STRAUS GOES TO TURKEY [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

STRAUS GOES TO TURKEY

Rockhill Leaves Peking to Represent America In St. Petersburg. Washington, May 4. —Oscar Straus has been offered and he has accepted the offer of the Turkish ambassador-

ship. He telegraphed from New York his acceptance of the mission to Secretary Knox. It is not known at the state department when he will take up his diplomatic duties. William W. Rockhill, now the Chinese ambassador, will go to St. Petersburg.

OSCAR STRAUS.