Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-27
WEEK ENDING MARCH ~, 1909.

The President issued an order restoring
marines to ships. The President an
nounced the appointment OF Lloyd
Bowers OF Chicago as solicitor general
Of the Department OF Justice. Secretary
Meyer appointed a special board to per-
feet the Newberry system in the navy
yards Attorney General Wickersham
announced the reappointmcnt Of Wade
H. Ellis of Ohio as assistant to the
Attorney General. Theodore Roosevelt
sailed on his trip to Africa. Chairman
Payne completed his elaborate explana-
Leader Clark made a vigorous attack on
certain features Of the bill and outlined
tho position OF the democratic members
on tariff legislation. The special board
of inquiry for the discharged Brownsville
soldiers was named. More than eighty
vessels and POI lives were lost in north
ern waters during the past winter. VIII
lie Whitla, the eight-year-old boy, Kid
father in Cleveland after a payment OF
| the 100000 ransom. the Cleveland police
later catching the kidnapers. Six more
indictments for alleged graft were re-
anthracite miners decided to ask Presi-
dent Taft to arbitrate their differences
and not to strike April l. F. H. H.
Richardson Of Elmira. N. Y. accused of
OiiOOAAAlHS COIuIIuttCu SuiSiOS IA
Harrisburg. Fourteen persons were
killed by tornadoes in Texas and Okla
homa. and three lost their lives in
storms In the east.
Foreign Affairs.
Premier Asquith denounced in the house
of commons the artificial agitation"
against the navy: he said there was no
friction or suspicion between Germany
and England. Lieut. Shackleton of the
| British navy reached a point within Ill
miles of the south pole. William OBrien
nationalist member of parliament for
Cork, resigned his seat. Great Britain
| accepted New Zealands offer to build
| battleship for the empire. The strike
| Of the post and telegraph employees in
Paris was practically settled. Much dis
satisfaction was expressed in France over
the American tariff bill. The French
chamber of deputies unanimously voted
to appoint commission to investigate
alleged graft in the navy before fresh
credlts were voted. Cipriano Castro SAIL
ed from France for Trinidad. The Ger
man naval department announced that
only thirteen large ships of war would be
putt up to the close of 1912, thus re-
iutlng statements made in the British
mouse OF commons. Prof Graen of Ber-
lin announced the discovery of the germ
OF trachema. Prince Hilkoff, the former
Russian minister of communications. died
| IN st. Petersburg. The Russian supreme
military court imposed sentence of death
on thirty-one persons. Russia agreed to
recognize Austrias annexation of Bos-
mia and Herzegovina. and there were
other indications that a war would be
averted. Crown Prince George Of Servia
renounced his right of succession to the
throne. King Victor Emmanuel opened
the Italian parliament. Chinese troops
were ordered out because of the activity
Of the big Knife Society against for
eigners.
In the District.
Maj. Judson. the new Engineer Com
missioner, reported for duty. Walter c.
Allen. District electrical engineer, order
ed thorough inspection Of the electric
wires in the District. The local taxicab
companies submitted to the District
Commissioners a schedule Of rates. The
excise board refused to grant licenses to
three clubs. The Bucks Stove and Range
Company Of st. Louis appealed from the
Court of Appeals modification of Justice
Gould's In junction against the officials of
the American Federation of Labor. The
trial of Thomas G. Hayes, former clerk
OF the American National Bank, charged
with Incorporating funds of the bank
was begun. The suit filed by the Dis
tr1ct to recover penalties from the gas
companies for gas alleged to have been
power during the summer of 1906 was
begun Hugo Haas, pitman in the en-
ploy OF the Washington Railway and
Electric Company. was killed by q car
Mrs. Pierre Lorillard Of 2O0O Hillyer
place committed suicide by inhaling gas
his life by swallowing carbolic acid
Among those who died were Dr. Robert
Reyburn. Rev. J. E. Gilbert. Benjamin F.
Beveridge and John E. Buckingham.