Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-06
WEEK ENDING AUGUST 6, 1910.

President Taft made it plain to summer
visitors to his home at Beverly, Mass,
that his speeches In the future would be
infrequent. President TAFT approved the
opinion of Attorney General W'ickersham
tina. there can be no lawful objection to
the statue of Gen. Robert E. Lee. in Con-
federatc uniform, in statuary Hall. Vice
President Sherman, Senator Curtis Of
Kansas and Representative Mcclure OF
Oklahoma were mentioned by Senator
Gore at Muskogee in the investigation Of
his statement that he had been improper
ly approached in connection with leg1sla-
ton affecting Indian land contracts; all
denied that they had any connection with
the affair Secretary Ballinger said he
would not resign his office as long as
Roosevelt, accompanied by party
in an automobile, spent day
investigating social conditions in the
Pennsylvania coal mining region in
Wilkesbarre. President Taft approved
the finding of a court-martial dismissing
Capt r. II. Peck. L. S. A., from the serv-
ice. 1nsurgent republicans won notable
victories in the Kansas congressional
primaries. Insurgents, led by Senators
Iowa republican state convention. The
President accepted an invitation to adj
dress the conservation congress at st.
Paul September ). Plans were made for
the reception of President Mont Of Chile
by the President at Beverly.
Foreign Affairs.
DR.. Crippen and his companion. MISS
Leneve. wanted in London for the murder
of .the formers wife. were arrested on the
steamship Montrose in the st. Lawrence
river: they confessed their Identity. and
said they would not fight extradition to
England. The Vatican expressed itself as
greatly offended by the methods adopted
by Spain. The Spanish premier. in a pub
lie statement, put the blame for the rup-
ture between Spain and Rome on the Vat
lean; preparations on an extensive scale
were made to prevent clerical demonstra-
lions Sunday: an insurrectionary out
break occurred in the Basque region:
King Alfonso and Queen Victoria left San
Sebastian on their trip to England. Sir
w. S. Robson announced that II The
Hague tribunal upheld the American law
regarding Newfoundland bays Great Bril-
tain would withdraw Its recognition of
the Delaware and Chesapeake estuaries
ais territorial. The ybiplane Of Mile. Franks
overturned and fell into q crowd Of spec
tators at Switzerland. Eng. killing boy !;
the aeronaut was dangerously injured; ap-
other record for height, $50 feet. was
made at Brussels. Advices from Wiliem-
stad said that, owing to the discovery of
a plot against President Gomez, many
prominent Venezuelans had been impris-
oned or had fed. WI Ting-fang, former
Chinese minister to America. was APP
pointed councillor to the Chinese foreign
Office. Documents representing the cases
of America and Chile regarding the Alsop
claim were presented to the foreign Office
in London for submission to King George
as arbitrator. Parliament adjourned UNI
til November Is. The Chinese Self-gov.
eminent Society at Canton issued an Or
der boycOtting American goods.
In the District
November 16 was chosen as the date for
the unveiling Of the statue of Baron Won
Steuben. Citizens Of Kepilworth at a
mass meeting protested against the es-
tablishing of a poolroom in that vicinity.
About twenty members of the Naval Bat
talon Of the National Guard deserted
from the training ship Ozark, complaining
that the food was bad and that they had
to drink salt water. Typhofd fever in
creased in the District, thirty-one cages
being reported during the week. William
]. Thorpe, former resident of Manas-
sas, Va, committed suicide by hanging.
Howard G. Rookie, forty-four years old, of
Lynchburg. Va. committed suicide by
poison and gas. Company B. headed by
Capt. William Sweeny.. won the first prize
in the annual competitive drill OF the Ma
tional Training School for. Boys Among
those who died were Horace A. Taylor
and Julius Ulke.