Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-14
THE WEEK
Enitome Of Events Endlng Janu-
ary II, 1911.

II ary II, 1911. II
President Taft sent message to Con-
gress asking for $5.COo.OO to begin the
work of terrifying the Panama canal; the
President ordered Commander w. S. Sims
reprimanded for an indiscreet speech in
London. Secretary Knox and Senior Pa
redes. finance minister of Honduras.
signed a treaty by which the United
States practically guarantees a Honduran
loan without assuming financial pro-
tectorate over that country. An agree
ment was reached by conferees in this
city by which the governments of Canada
and Newfoundland change fishery regu-
lations to make them acceptable to the
United States. The fight over the reten-
ton Of his seat by Senator Lorimer open
ed. Senator Beveridge presenting minor
lily report and Senators Owens and Craw-
ford making speeches. against Him. On
the first test vote in the Senate OH the
resolution for election of senators by
direct vote its advocates won, AZ to. II.
The Senate passed the biff appropriating
Sl3o.OOO to erect a crypt at Annapolis as
tomb for John Paul Jones. The House
passed the Sulloway general pension bill.
involving additional expenditures of S4J,-
10000 year: a ruling by Speaker Can
AoA was upHelu Dy vote OIL $50 10 ~,
the legislative executive and judicial APP
preparation bill was passed by the House.
Many lawyers criticised as weak the case
presented by Attorney General Wicker
sham against the tobacco trust Frank
B. Kellogg began the argument for the
government against the Standard Oil
Company in the United States Supreme
Court. Gov. GlasscOck of West Virginia
appointed Davis Elkins to succeed his
father as United States senator to
serve tWpntv-tWO DAYS Shit hcQun
to set aside the will of Mrs. Mary Baker
Eddy leaving her fortune to the Chris
tian Science Church. Judson S. Harmon
was inaugurated Governor of Ohio for the
second time at Columbus, Ohio. Restitu-
ton to the amount of $t,3OO.00O and sur
render of warrants aggregating S2O0,U0O
We're made at Harrisburg, Pa. by men
implicated by the state OF Pennsylvania in
the statehouse frauds. J. p Morgan went
to the rescue of the shaky banks in New
York and it was reported that depositors
would be paid in full. The trial of Mrs.
Laura Farnsworth Schenck. charged with
poisoning her husband. was begun at
Wheeling. w. Va. Five passengers were
killed. two fatally injured and a score of
others hurt In a wreck on the New York
Central railroad a. Batavia, n. Y. Mrs.
fessed to killing her five-year-old boy,
whose body was found in swamp near
Albany.
Foreign.
Winston Churchill, home secretary Of
Great Britain, determined to arm Lon
don's police with pistols. 4 dispatch
from London says the arrangements for
the coronation of King George are more
elaborate than those made for his father.
A strong movement was started in Liver
pool. England, against the Mormon activ-
ity there. A. W. Finch, agent Of Phelps,
Dodge & Co., in London, was sentenced
to one years Imprisonment for defraud-
ing the firm out of $12j,OOO; the company
recommended mercy. The French chamber
Of deputies organized by re-electing Henri
Bisson as president. Eleven persons
were killed and great damage to property
was caused by reservoir breaking in
Spain. Railroad communication in Portu-
OF employees. Twenty-nine persons who
participated I'm the Moabit district strike
riots in September were sentenced I'm
Berlin. The offices of three monarchist
newspapers In Lisbon were wrecked by
mobs. Fire in Santiago Chile, did
100000 damage. The mission Of Dr.
Mendoza of Panama. who went to Bogota
to negotiate a treaty of peace with Co.
lombfa. failed. Sixty-seven pearling yes
sells were wrecked and forty lives lost
In a hurricane of western Australia.
District.
The Commissioners asked Congress to
amend the child labor law to keep chill
dren from selling articles on the streets
after $50 pm. Following a conference
with the District Commissioners regard
ing the protest of the Mount Vernon
Ladies' Association against the plan to
locate the District reformatory at Bel
veir, Va, President Taft referred the
matter to the commission Of fine arts
for settlement. The Senate passed the
Dillingham; bill requiring residents to
clean the sidewalks in front of their
homes after a snOwstorm. A bill pro-
vfd1ng for the appointment of special
masters in equity by the Supreme Court
OF the District was introduced by Sena-
introduced a bill directing tho Attorney
General to bring suits in the District
Supreme Court to protect title of the
United States to lands and water i'm the
District in or adjacent to the Anacostia
and Potomac rivers and Rock creek or
within the limits of public parks or res
ervations in the capital. Washington's
plea for the right, to hold the official
celebration Of the completion of the Pam
anna canal was made before the House
sitions by the joint committee of the
Board of Trade and Chamber OF Com
merce. The Commissioners filed objec-
tions to the bill introduced by Repre-
sentative Clark providing for separate
accommodation on public carriers for
the white and negro races. The conven-
ton Of the National Tariff Commission
Association was held. The Chamber OF
Commerce elected officers and directors.
Bernard T. Jenney, supervising princ-
pal, was suspended for reporting as
present teachers that were absent from
the public schools. Howe Totten of this
city filed suit against the District of CO..
lumbia for $4,000. alleging that because
OF the establishment Of the workhOuse
at Occoquan he had been compelled to
abandon his home at that place. Fire
destroyed many old records in the pen
sion Office. causing $1,000 damage, and
also caused $4,000 damage to the stables
of the Arlington Brewing Company. John
Owings, an inmate Of the Soldiers Home.
was struck by train and instantly
killed. Among those who died were Rev.
F. A. Wunnenberg. George w. Allen and
Capt. Alfred Clark Hawley.