Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-11
THE WEEK
EpltOme Of Events Ending Feb
ruary IL, 1911.

| President Taft. in conversation with
Senators, insisted on the adoption OF the
Canadian reciprocity agreement, and init
mated that if it failed of action at the
| present session he would call Congress to-
gether again Immediately after March 4;
the President left Washington for Co.
| lumbus. Ohio, where he spoke in support
Of reciprocity with Canada. making a
direct appeal to the farmers. Postmaster
General Hitchcock reports that postal saw
ings banks are a complete success and
calls upon Congress FOR 100000 for the
extension of the system. The Senate
| passed the army appropriation bill. the
bill :or eodification of the laws relating
to the judiciary system, and bills designed
| to protect the uniform OF soldiers and
| sailors from discrimination at public re-
sorts and for reorganization Of the con-
| sular service were passed. Mr.. Root,
speaking against direct election Of sena-
| tors, attacked the franchise laws of the
south. and was answered by several
southern senator's. The House passed the
following bills: a bill providing for the
purchase or erection of embassy buildings
abroad. reapportionment bill making the
number OF representatives 4:3 after March
3. 1918. and the Hobson bill for the pun
lshment OF foreign spies Newspaper
publishers had a hearing before the House
the adoption. without change. of the paper
and pulp provisions Of the reciprocity
agreement. The United States circuit
court OF appeals at st. Louis declared
constitutional Oklahoma's lin crow"
law. Thomas 3. Riley. special investiga-
tor of the interstate commerce commits
sion, charged with the theft of the Wick
ersham letter, was tried and convicted in
New York. Erwin J. Wider convicted Of
the larceny of securities from the Russo
japanese Bank of New York, was SEN
fenced to fourteen years imprisonment
The grand jury in Danville H., reviewing
the political corruption probe, returned
PIG true bills.
Foreign.
King George formally opened parlia-
ment; unionists confirmed the report that
King George had given guarantees for
the creation of peers, but expressed the
belief that the lords would force q con-
ference between the houses. Lord Lans-
downe and A. ]. Balfour denounced the
reciprocity agreement between Canada
and the United States as menace to i'm
perial trade; the house of commons prac-
ucaIly went on record as favOring the
reciprocity agreement between the United
States and Canada by rejecting Austen
Chamberlains amendment to the address
in reply to the speech from the throne by
a vote of :'2i to 80. Great Britain and
Extraordinarily signed convention
providing that differences relating to ex-
listing treaties be referred to the arbitra-
ton court at The Hague. Admiral Lord
Charles Beresford retired from the active
list Of the British navy. Emperor William
of Germany was confined to his rooms by
cold. reichstag committee amended
the constitution proposed for Alsace-Lor-
raine, which. IL enacted. will make that
territory full-1edged state Of the German
empire. The French senate passed the
measure changing the legal time in
France. all clocks to be set forward nine
minutes and twenty-one seconds. Avia-
tors Noe! and Delatorre were killed at
Douai. France. The plague attacked the
Russian troops at Hardin; physicians
were dishearteded by the failure Of Chi
nese officials to cooperate in sanitary
measures. An armistice was signed by
both Davila and Bonilla in Honduras.
President Para Of Paraguay dissolved
congress and proclaimed dictatorship.
Gen. Orozco was relieved OF the COM
mand Of the insurrecto forces IN the state
Of Chihuahua, Mexico.
District.