Evening star., 1911-07-29
THE WEEK
EpitOme of Events Ending July
%. 1911.

The Canadian reciprocity pact, passed
by Congress. became law with the Pres-
dents signature. The La Toilette COM
promise wool bill was passed by the Sem
ate through a coalition of democratic
and insurgent senator's. and a cotton re-
vision measure was reported. The Ne
braska republican convention. at Lincoln,
Endorsed the Taft administration, and re-
jected a proposition to express sentiment
in favor of La Toilette. Ex-President
Roosevelt announced his intention to de-
liver no speeches in the course of this
summer Bobby" Leach, a Canadian,
made a successful trip in a barrel over
Horseshoe falls at Niagara, sustaining
only superficial injuries Anti-prohibi-
tionists won in the Texas elections. A
national investigation of express rates
was undertaken by a committee of rail-
| road commissioners. Golden Gate Park,
San Francisco, was selected as the site
of the Panama-Pacific international ex-
position. ST Croix Johnstone broke the
American aviation endurance record by
remaining in air four hours. one minute
and fraction. Robert Simonton Young,
the missing ensign of the United States
| torpedo boat destroyer Perkins, was found
in dazed condition in New York city and
taken to sanatOrium. Forest fires swept
the mountain ranges near San Bernardino,
Cal. In head-On collision between a
negro excursion and a freight train at
Hamlet Yards, n. c., eight were killed
and seventy-eight injured. Four Chicago
policemen were injured in riots the re-
suit of the peddlers' war. Four passengers
in an automobile were killed when the
machine was hit by a Pennsylvania train
at Pittsburg railroad crossing. Light
ming struck a large boarding house at
Monticello, N. Y. and injured twenty in
mates. Edward NJ. Shepard, New YORK
lawyer and politician, died
Foreign.
Great Britain issued warning to Ger
many in the Moroccan situation, and it
was expected that France and Germany
would adjust their difficulties without
friction or involving other nations Hal
tlan troops defeated the revolutionists at
Les Cages: the revolutionists still sur
rounded the capital; five American war
ships were in Haitian waters. No fric-
ton between himself and Madero exists,
declared President de la Barra in speech
at Mexico City. Prime Minister Asquth
was hooted In the house of commons by
un1onists when he attempted to explain
his position regarding the passage of the
bill to reform the house Of lords. Queen
Wilhelmina of Holland visited King AL
bert of Belgium at Brussels. supposedly
with view to arranging for joint ac-
ton when their neutrality may be threat
ened. An area two miles square at Stam-
boul was devastated by fire that de-
stroyed 5000 houses. Earthquake shocks
were reported from Guatemala City and
Curacao. EX-king Manuel at the head Of
10,0OO men was said to be personally di
recting campaign for his restoration to
the throne of Portugal Martial law was
proclaimed at Teheran, and the Persian
national council accused the new premier,
Siphardar, of d,sloyalty and demanded his
resignation. Nauom Pasha. Turkish am
t,s,- aGay- -.fn '-.1r 6rnYa 1nd dao i,,
Par.s club. Forest fires destroyed 1,GOO
acres Of woodland at Fontainebeau,
France. The fifty-thousand-dolla prize
for the circuit Of Great Britain aviation
race was won by Andre Beaumont. Mau-
rice Fournier was killed in an accident
during the automobile race at LIE Mans
for the Grand Prix de Paris. won by
Hemery.
district of Columbia.
Three thousand Washington children
engaged in The Stars swat the fly"
crusade to exterminate the house pest
from the community. The fine arts COM
mission designated the Potomac river site
as its recommendation for the location
of the proposed Lincoln memorial The
Mexican ambassador. Senior Crespo. pre-
sented his credentials to the President.
Glen Echo, in the throes Of a water FAM
inc. sought the use of the Washington
water system through the water depart
ment; the row between Mayor Witkowski
and the town council and the manage
ment of the amusement park continued.
Several recent fires at Luna Park were
ascribed to incendiary work. Fire caused
$4,000 damages to the wall paper estab
ishment Of D. F. Croft & Co., 91S-2O 9th
street. The removal Of Aqueduct bridge
and the erection of an entirely new
structure was advocated by Col. Langfitt,
engineer officer in charge of Potomac riv-
er improvements. Rev. Augustus Duarte
became vice president of Georgetown Uni
versity. l. o. Williams, a dangerous in
sane patient, escaped from st. Elizabeth
Asylum. Twenty Washington autoists
were arrested on the charge OF exceed
ing speed regulations near Chevy Chase,
Nd. Among those who died was Charles
Echnaider