The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1911-02-14
NEWS FORECAST
COMING WEEK
Some Of The Thing That Are
Booked 10 Take Place

Washington, Feb. 13.-The proceed
ings OF congress, what 1t does or fails
to do during the coming week, will
naturally attract much public atten-
ton. The session ends three weeks
from last Saturday. Apparently Presi-.
dent Taft's program is little nearer
enactment than II was on the first
Monday in December, when the ses-
sion began. II anything is to be done
in regard to the great questions de-
handing attention, II Is obvious that
1t must be done quickly.
President Taft has accepted an in
vitation to attend the annual dinner
OF the Gridiron club at the New Will
lard hotel Saturday evening. Justice
Hughes will go to New York on the
same date be the guest of honor at
the annual dinner of the New York
County Lawyers association. Secre-
tary Nagel. OF the department of COM
merce and labor, has several engage
ments TO speak during the week-in
Boston, Akron and New York City.
Brig. Gen. George B. Davis, who has
been judge advocate general Of the
|army for the past ten years, will be
lplaced on the retired list Tuesday on
account Of age. His retirement will
strike from the active list one of the
few surviving officers OF the Civil war
He will be succeeded as Judge advo-
Icate general by Col. Enoch H. Crowd
Ter. the next senior officer of the corps
Col. Crowder is native OF Missouri
and was graduated from West Point
in 1881.
| The torpedo boat Monaghan will be
Launched at Newport News Saturday
Miss Ellen Monaghan. Of Spokane
Wash, will christen the vessel. She
is a sister of the late Ensign John
r. Monaghan, in whose honor the new
vessel will be named. Ensign Mona,
CHAN was killed in the Samoan
. TROUBLES Of 1899.
i Branches of the National American
. Woman Suffrage association through
out the country viii join wednesda,
in paying honor to the memory O
. their famous leader. Susan B. An
. ebony, on the anniversary Of he
birth. In connection with the cele
bration an endeavor will be made /,
. raise memorial fund Of $4,000 Il
. carry on the fight for equal suffrage
j The proceedings of the British par
; lament promise to furnish the mos
interesting news from abroad. Will
) nearer at home will be the progress
! OF events in connection with the IN
surrection in Mexico and also tn,
troubles in Honduras.
The Hague cour, OF arbitration |,
! to assemble Tuesday for the consider
J alton Of a case that differs consider
ably from any other that has beer
J brought before the international tri
/ bunal. This Il the case OF Savarkar
the Indian student. whom the courts
J In Bombay have Just sentenced Il
! Transportation for life on a charge O.
sedition. Sayarkar was arrested II
] London year ago and was extra
dited 10 India for trial. At Mar
settles he effected his escape, but wal
, captured by a French gendarme ant
turned over TO the British authorities
under the belief that he was a com
mon thief When the true facts cam,
70 light an international question
. arose as TO the legality OF the sur
render OF the fugitive. L is thii
Question that the Hague court Is calles
upon TO settle. In the meantime th'
sentence Of sayarkar is held In abey
. ance.
A Pan-American commercial con
ference, more practical and eompre
hensiye than any trade gathering eyei
assembled In the national capital. vii
meet In Washington Monday. undel
! the auspices OF the Pan-Americar
union. formerly known as the bureau
OF American republics. The purpos,
Is TO arouse interest in South ant
, Central Ame-ic trade possibilities
, with especial reference 70 the open
ing of the Panama canal President
Taft will deliver the opening address
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