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

President Taft voted in Cincinnati on
Tuesday. election day: peace was ms
topic at Sewanee. Tenn. and he later
visited Chattanooga: he also spoke at
the dedication of the granite temple at
Lncoln's birthplace. Hodgeville. ky.
AS result of the election Maryland will
have republican governor and New York
republican assembly: New Jersey
lower house is more strongly republican:
Gov. Foss, democrat, was reelected In
Massachusetts. republican governor
and democratic legislature were chosen
in New Mexico: Kentucky chose demo-
cratic governor; socialist gans were OK
tensive. That corners in stocks violate
che antitrust laws was contended by the
government before the Supreme Court. A
board, headed by Rear Admiral Nreeland,
was appointed to examine and report on
the wreck of the Maine In Havana harbor.
Richard :. Ryan relinquished claim TO
the hfty-siX-acre tract on Controller bay,
Alaska, subject Of controversy In Con-
gress. Aviator Rodgers. transcont.nental
aviator, reached his goal at Pasadena.
Ca. y strike against the American Lo-
connective Company plants was declared
by the Boilermakers and Helpers Union.
Three Jurors were selected for the trial
of Mcnamara. at Los Angeles Henry
Clay Beattie, jr.. was removed to the VIZ
ginia state pententiary, where he is un-
der sentence to be put to death November
81 for the murder of his wife. A Merid-
ian, Miss, mob lynched negro accused
of assault. II. A. Ulrich. tried ON a
charge of assauting Booker T. Washing
ton. was acquitted in the court OF specia Ii
sessions in New York city. Among those
who died during the week were Howard
Pyle, American illustrator and author:
John Smith, for thirty years presiding pa
triarch of the Mormon Church, and Dr.
Al. ll,;f a6aIva No,
Public Ledger.
Foreign.
\ massacre Of all natives without
queues or wearing white in Marking was
accomplished by the Manchus. taking adj
vantage of the inability of the revolution
lists to attack. owing to lack OF ammuni-
ton; disruption of the Chinese empire was
indicated and many republics were pro-
claimed. Italian troops repulsed an at
tack of Turks and Arabs in Trtpoii; the
children was justified by the Italians as
a measure of reprisal for treacherous as.
sassination Of Italian soldiers: the United
States was formally asked by the porte
to intervene to halt ltaiian atrocltles
icisms of the German chancellor. was de-
nounced by the German press. The Inn.
perial government of Great britain VIII
not NEEDLE in questions involving Canada
and the United States. the British foreign
secretary indicated. A. Bonar Law was
selected to be unionist leader in the house
of commons in succession to A. }. Bal
four A manhood suffrage bill will be In
troduced in parliament, Premier Asqulth
announced. The Portuguese minister re-
signed Francesca /. Madero. jr.. was
inaugurated President Of Mexico. retiring
President de la Barra started for Italy
on his special mission. Maurice Maeter-
linck Belgian author. was awarded the
Nobel prize for literature; the Nobel prize
i'm chemistry was awarded to Nine. Curie.
Among those who died during the week
District of Columbia.
That it be given the power to order uni
versal transfers for the street car lines
by being clothed with the authority of a
utilities commission was proposed by the
board of District Commissioners. The
law forbidding bucket shops In the Dis
trict of Columbia was sustained by the
Court of Appeals of the District OF Co
l,lnbia Rev. DR.. q. &. r. Bratenahi
canon Of the Cathedral of SITS. Peter and
Paul was chosen a secretary or the mis-
sionary council of the Episcopal Church.
William j. Dante. trustee of the estate
of Stilson Hutchins, was granted MS re-
quest to he allowed to file bond for faith
full performance of his duties. thereby
acquiring the cooperation OF the court IN
administering the property. ninety-day
reprieye was granted by the President to
Matte LomaX, condemned to die for the
murder of her husband. Among those
who died were: Andrew Archer, direc-
tor of the Lincoln National Bank, and
rrof w G. Robinson, dean OF the Cath
Ollie University Law School.