Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 August 1911 — CONSULS ARE SHIFTED [ARTICLE]

CONSULS ARE SHIFTED

George [Horton Named Consul General at Smyrna. Others From Illinois, Indiana and Neighboring States Receive Appointments. Washington, Aug. 18—President Taft to the senate a large number of diplomatic and consular nominations. Several Illinoisans are among those appointed. George Horton, formerly of Chicago, is made consul at Symrna, Turkey, Mr. Horton is an author and for many years has been in the United States consular service in Greece. Edwin D. Winslow of Illinois has been named consul general at Copenhagen. Two other Illinoisans, John F. Jewell and Milton B. Kirk, are to be consuls, the former at Vladivostok, the latter at Manzanillo, Mexico. Other appointments are: Willing Spencer of Pennsylvania, to be secretary of the embassy at Berlin. Arthur H. Frazier, Pennsylvania, tq be second secretary of the embassy at Vienna. George C. Harler, New York, to be secretary of the legation at Montevideo. Roger S. Greene, Massachusetts, to be consul general at Hankow, China. John E. Keho, Ohio, to be consul at Salonika, Turkey. William C. Magelssen, to be consul at Melbourne, Australia. George B. McGoogan, Indiana, to be consul at Georgetown, Guiana. Albert W. Pontius, Minnesota, to be consul at Dalny, Manchuria. Alexander Heingartner, Ohio, to be consul at Liege, Belgium. Adolph A. Williamson, District of Columbia, to be consul at Antung, China.