Evening star., 1911-08-19
THE WEEK
EpftOme of Events Ending
August 10, 1911.

| EpftOme of Events Ending
| August 10, 1911.
| The Arizona and New Mexico statehood
bill, because of objection to the constitu-
tional provision for the recall Of judges,
and the wool bill and the free list hill on
the ground that revision of the tariff sched-
| ules should :-wait the report of the tariff
| board, were vetoed by PRESIDENT Taft
the Senate is revising the statehood bill in
accordance with the views Of the Presi-
dent: attempt by the House of Repre-
SentatNes to pass the wool bill and the
free list bill over the Presidents vetoeS
failed. Admiral Togo has practically re-
covered from his indisposition from in
digestion and resumed his journey west
| ward. DR.. Harvey w. Wiley told the
congressional committee Investigating the
charges against him that he was over
ruled on the food inspection board and
| that many prosecutions We're dropped by
his colleagues on the board The divorce
suit brought by Capt. p. c. Hams, now
in Sing Sing for killing William E. Annis,
against Claudia Hains, was heard in
Brooklyn. Mrs Hams making no de-
tense The marriage of E. II. Sothern
and Julia Marlowe is announced by cable
| from London. Col John Jacob Astor and
his tiancee, Miss Force, accompanied by
her parents, are on an ocean cruise in the
Astor yacht. Oscar A. Brinsley set new
altitude mark of 1000 feet at the Chi
cago aviation meet. Lack of gasoline
halted near Swanyille. Pa. the fight of
Aviator Atwood from Cleveland, Ohio, to
Erie Pa. William Badger and st. Croix
Johnstone, contesting aviators at the Chi
cago meet, lost their lives when their
aeroplanes fell from the sky. negro
who killed policeman was burned to
death by mob at Coatesville, Pa, num-
!
rested as mob leaders. More than fifty
persons were injured in the wreck near
Columbus. Ohio, of the Big Four train
running from Cincinnati to New York.
Foreign.
Half the number of employees on English
and Welsh railways are on strike: train
service is at a standstill: many lines of
industry have been paralyZed, and food
supplies in many sections have been cut
off with menace to juvenile life: troops
and special police have been called out
to preserve order. There has been serious
rioting in Liverpool and elsewhere. King
George has given assent by royal COM
mission to the parliamentary bill limiting
the Legislative powers of the house of
lords Russia has placed orders for tllrea
battleships, al a cost of nearly $1o,GU,OD
each. The Pope is reported to be able to
take nourishment, and. with normal tenn
perdture. recovering from his serious ill
ness. The assassination of the eX-shah
is rumored in Teheran Gen. Cincinnatus
IecCnte took the oath President of
Haiti before congress assembled at
Port au Prince; the United States has rec
ognized the new administration. Miguel
Gomez, son of the President of Cuba,
has confessed attempting the life of Ar
mando Andres, an editor. The house of
commons has voted 81 ,260, 600 for salaries
for members. Forest fires. the cons equence
OF drought, are reported IN many parts
of France. Sir Samuel Walker, Lord
Chancellor of ireland, died in Dublin.
Edmond Rostand, the French pcet-dram-
atist. hurt in an auto accident. is i'm
serious condition. Five hundred lives were
lost by tidal wave in Japan Revolution
in Ecuador has overthrown the Alfaro
government. The reciprocity campaign.
begun by Sir Wilfrd Laurier, with a
speech at Smcoe. Ontario, is opposed by
the conservatives, with the declaration
that reciprocity means eventual annex
alton to the United States.
District of Columbia.
Attorney General Wickersham. eA-
Speaker Cannon. Minority Leader
Mann and Representatives Mckinley,
Moore, Olmsted, Kinds, DaIzell, Nc
Call. Madden, Copely and Hill
We're passengers on an Old Dominion
-,
killed caught in trestle The Ma
tional Guard of the District of Columbia
IS IN summer camp at Camp Ordway,
near Frederick. Md; the officers of the
National Guard broke camp at Fort
Myer. where they have been undergoing
instruction in the science Of warfare
Representative Rucl1er and Boohcr both
ff Missouri exchanged blows on the floor
Sf the House of Representatives.. \ tenn
porary injunction issued at the demand of
fnI l..v fI,a
holding of special electiou for The
choice of a councilman for the town of
Glen Echo. The wheel tax law was
upheld by Judge Pugh in Police Court.
Investigations undertaken by the health
department and tho Office of weights
and measures disclosed that a number
of dealers giving short weights to
customers and are also selling food unfit
for consumption. Police Court prosecutions
have been directed. The plans for the
addition to Mckinley Manual Training
School, drawn by the municipal architect,
ON report that they would make the build
ing unsafe if adhered to, have excited
the opposition of the board of educa-
ton District Commissioner Rudolph has
returned from Europe. Robert \. Robey
supposedly because of quarrel with his
young sweetheart, committed suicide by
drinking muriatic acid James Eads How,
the .millionaire'' hobo. in Washington
to arrange for the convention here of the
unemployed. says that 5000 men will
assemble to petition Congress for labor
legislation. \ crusade to prevent hand
bookmakins on horse races in the gov
ernment printing Office has resulted i'm the
dismissal of Il negro employe and his
arrest. That Bethany Chapel and others
are squatters without right on govern
ment property in the District of Columbia
is the declaration made by Col. Cosby
superintendent of public buildings and
grounds.