Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-18
THE WEEK
Epitome Of Events Ending No
vember IS, 1911.

President Taft addressed the Associated
Boards of Trade Of Maryland at FREEZER
ick: antitrust legislation was the supJect
of conference between the President ana
Attorney General WIckersham; federai
Incorporation law to aid In Solving the
trust problem will be recommended In the
Presidents message, which will also deal
with the tariff, 1t was announced Inc
long and short haul clause OF the inter-
state commerce law was held constitu-
tional by the Commerce Court. The de-
cision of court dissolving the tobacco
trust terminated a monopoly in the opln-
ion of the Attorney General. and the gov
ernment Is satisfied. Almost one-third
the food and drug samples examined py
the government were reported 10 ne
adulterated or misbranded. the -Amerl-
can Harvester Company was ousted from
Missouri and fined $4,000 by the state su-
preme court. Trustees OF the postal say
ings banks announced that they Woulo
purchase postal savings BONDS al par.
The Secretary of the Interior asked Tor
100000 to investigate mineral waste. es-
timating that $fOO. 100000 was lost annu-
ally by American miners. Regulation VI
prices by national commission was pro
posed by President Charles r. Van Hfse
of Wisconsin University. in a speech at
Harvard. Archbishops FalconiO and Far
ley, cardinals elect, sailed for Rome e
p. Rodgers, transcOntinental aviator, was
reported recovering from injuries. re-
ceived from his fall. and will resume his
flight in a week. Gov Mann refused to
interfere in the case Of Henry c. Beattie,
jr., and the last hope of the young wife
murderer is gone. Mrs. Booth Tarking-
ton, wife of the author. was granted
decree of absolute divorce. Eight were
killed and many injured by a cyclone
which swept Rock county, Wisconsin. with
loss of $1.OOO.OO0; Bedford. Ind. suffered
,typ1{1
score Of lives and a dozen or more
sailing vessels were lost IN a storm off
the north Atlantic coast. Among those
who died during the week were Bishop
tant Episcopal diocese OF Pennsylvania
and Nehemiah D. Sperry. former repre-
sentative from Connecticut, who financed
building the Monitor during the civil war
Foreign.
Yuan Shi kai, accepting the premiership,
named a cabinet for China, in which all
members are Chinese, but several Rave
declined to serve; the murder of two mis-
sionaries in Szechuen was reported: the
United States practically decided to send
one regiment of troops from Manila to
guard the railway between Tientsin and
Picking. Repulsed at Derna and TObruk,
Turks and Arabs have reunited to OPP Sc
the Italian advance: delegation of
Dung turks was sent 10 FORT SalQ 10
seek an interview with King Edward and
sue for British intervention IN the war 18th
Italy Russia ordered troops to Persia.
as Financial Agent Shuster, American
employee of the Persian government, has
refused to recede from his stand in the
taxation dispute: Russia threatens to &C.
cupy two of the northern ports of Persia.
Switzerland and southern Germany rocket
with earthquake, Stuttgart and Frank
fort EXPERIENCING the severest shocks.
Representatives Of Germany and Spain
conferred regarding the cession 10 Ger
many of Spanish Guinea. England pro-
posed to strengthen her Notifications in
Jamaica: Premier Asquith was besieged
by suffragettes on the streets of London.
Lieut. Charles White, watch officer on the
cruiser Niobe when she grounded, was
dismissed from his ship and severely rep
| rimanded by court-martial. The twelfth
Canadian parliament was opened by the
Duke of Connaught. Negotiations were
reported under way for the withdrawal
of Belgium from the kongo and its
partition between Great Britain, France
and Germany, Belgium to be recompensed
with the acquisition of the Grand Duchy
of Luxembourg and territory along the
| Scheldt. E. w. Mix, american aviator.
| committed suicide at C,lais, France. The
Norwegian sailing ship Antigua went
down with twelve of her crew in the St.
Lawrence river.