Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-08
WEEK ENDING JANUARY s, 10


ford Pinchot as chief forester of the
forester, and A. c. Shaw. law officer Of
the forest service. The President In a
special message to Congress advocated
federal charters for corporations. the
creation of a commerce court and more
power to regulate railways. Secretary
Knox addressed a circular note to the
powers proposing that the jurisdiction of
the International prize court authorized In
1907 by The Hague peace conference be
extended SO as to make it a court of ar
bitral justice. Secretary Knox proposed
the naturalization of all the Manchurian
railways. Secretary Wilson ordered a
sweeping inquiry into the cost OF living
tobacco trust case were begun In the
United States Supreme Court; Justic Lur-
ton took the oath of office. Resolutions
providing for an investigation of the Bal
linger-P inchot controversy were intro
duced in both branches of Congress; in
the House the resolution was amended to
deprive the Speaker of the appointing
power. Resolutions for an inquiry into
the increased cost of living were intro
duced In the Senate and in the House.
The Mann bill. providing a new form OF
government for the Panama Canal Zone,
was passed by the House Federal Treas
ury operations in December showed sur
plus for the first time in the fiscal
year. receipts exceeding disbursements by
$2,1OO.VU. The members Of the new court
of customs appeals were appointed. Supt
Bowyer started a crusade to break up
drinking among the midshipmen at the
Naval Academy. The Paper Board Asso-
alton was indicted in New York on the
charge OF being an Illegal combination.
The Wright brothers obtained temporary
Injunction in the United States court at
Buffalo against Curtiss and had papers In
an aeroplane infringement suit served Oh
Paulhan. Among those who died was
Flora Adams Darling. one of the founders
of the D. A. r.
Foreign Affairs.
Premier Asquith. Mr.. Lleyd-George and
John Burns attacked Mr.. Balfour in
speeches for his alarmist utterances
about the navy; the charge was made
that Ambassador Reid, in writing let
ter a year ago on the relative degree of
unemployment in England and the United
States had interfered in British politics.
Car Nicholas walked three miles IN a
rain and snow storm as palibearer of
Grand Duke Michael Nichlaievitch. The
German emperor consented to the be-
trothal of his cousin, Prince Friedrich
Wilhelm. and Princess Agathe Won Rath-
bon and Convey. Karl Hau. formerly
professor in George Washington Uni
versity, Washington, under a life SEN
tence for the murder of his mother-in-
law, made an unsuccessful attempt to
escape from the prison at Bruchsal,
Baden, Germany. Leon Delagrange, the
French aviator. was killed by fall with
his aeroplane at Bordeaux. Two French
soldiers confessed that they murdered
Nine Gouin, widow of a banker, and
robbed her in a railway carriage De-
cember 49, The negotiations between
China and Portugal over the Macao
boundary failed and China notified Por-
tugal to evacuate all the territory in
dispute except the city of Macao. Queen
Wilhelmina gave a dinner at The Hague
for Gen. Stewart II Woodford. president
of the Hudson-Fulton celebration COM
mission. King Alfonso returned to
Madrid.
In the District.
Cuno H Rudolph and Gen. John A
Johnston were appointed Commissioners
of the District of Columbia by President
Taft An increase In the pay of the
District Commissioners from $1,000 to
81 500 per year is provided for in a bill
introduced by Senator Gallinger. Secre-
tary MacVeagh of the Treasury gave
instructions to Herbert u. Brown, an
employee of the Treasury. to draw up a
bill, based on study completed by him,
providing for retirement of aged clerks
of the government Two thousand Japa-
nece cherry trees. the gift of the corpo-
ration Of Toxic to Mrs. Taft and the city
of Washington. arrived here from Seat
tie. Louis A. Dent was appointed audi