Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-22
THE WEEK
EpitOme OF Events Ending July
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World peace to follow the signing of
arbitration pacts with Great Britain and
France in ten days and other nations
later was the prospect announced by
President Taft speaking at the jubilee
celebration of the battle of Bull Run, at
Manassas, Va. Ex-senator Aldrich be-
fore the Lorimer Investigating committee
of the Senate. denied Hines statement re-
garding the Presidents attitude toward
Lorimers election. y. e. Beattie, IT,, of
Manchester. Va. was held by the cor
oner after an inquest the body of his
wife, who was shot and killed while
automobiing with him: Paul Beattie. his
cousin. WAS also held. Masked robbers
got 500 from passengers of the North
Coast Limited train. on the Northern Pa
cific railroad. holding it up near Buffalo,
y. -. inspection CT cholera suspects
among immigrants arriving from Italy at
ports of the United States has SO far ap-
apparently been effective in barring the
disease from entry. Four women were
killed when Delaware and Hudson rail
road train hit the automobile in which they
We're riding at grade crossing near
Racevilie. \. Y. Twenty-one miners We're
killed in an explosion in the shaft ~ The
Cascade Coal and Coke Companys mine
tories at the post Offices in Chicago. New
York. Boston and st. Louis were des.s-
mated by the Postmaster General. y !.
Roberts, an English aviator, who start I'd
from the roof of theater in New FORK
to fly to Philadelphia. fell in the surf near
Asbnry Park. y. j.. and was r; ,.lcl I'D
on the beach unconscious
Foreign.
Revolutionists ill Haiti were reported
to be sweeping everything before them,
assuring the end of the Simon regime:
all important towns except the capital
fell into the hands of the opponents of
the government. The house of lords of
Great Britain was notified by Premier
Asquth that he possesses the guarantee
of the king for any exercise of the royal
prerogative to compel the passage of the
veto bill. an intimation that 800 new
peers will be created IL necessary. Rup-
ture between the Madero leaders and
President de la Barra was indicated in
criticisms of the president by Gustavo
Madero. who blamed him for the Pueblo
disturbances: a plot to assassinate de la
Barra was runored.. Eighty-five deaths
from cholera in Italy, from July II to
Ii. We're reported officially Russia was
reported to be behind the operat tons Of
the ex-shah against Persia. The prov
inces Of the United States of Colombia
were reported to be on the point of
ceding and setting up Independent
government The Schwaben l, Il new
Zeppelin dirigibie balloon, made a sue
cessful fight to Switzerland. Spain apol-
ogiZed to France for the arrest of the
French consular agent at Alcazar, MOroc-
co. George Rakhmetieff, formerly Rus
sian minister to Toxic, was officially an
naunced to succeed Baron Rosen as am
bassador to the United States. King
George and Queen Mary went to Scotland
for their first royal visit
District of Col,,rnhia
The Star enlisted the children of
Washington in the determination of
flies. offering prizes for the greatest
champions in the crusade, Lieut.. Ar
mold made a record altitude flight of
the army corps at College Park, rising
to a height of 4.167 feet. DR.. Harvey
Wiley. head of the bureau of chemistry,
Agricultural Department. answered the
charges brought against him of con-
Quoting his duties in an illegal manner.
The hearing the petition of Mrs.
Stilson Hutchns for an Increase of al
lOwance from her husbands estate
came to a close before Auditor Dent.
Samuel Gompers. John Mitchell and
Frank Morrison denied the jurisdiction
of the Supreme Court of the District
Of Columbia to rule them in contempt,
but the plea was rejected by Justice
Wright. DR.. Gustavus r. Brown, suf
leFlnS from NERVOUSNESS, SllOt anu
killed himself. Frank -. Heflin OF
Midland, Va blaming rum sellers for
his plight, killed himself in a Wash
ington lodging house. Charlie Moy, "a
Chinaman, shot his. partner. Song kee,
claiming lf-defense. Tristan B.
Johnson. solicitor OF the Navy Depart
ment. was killed by lightning on the
golf links at Chevy Chase club. Ar
thur Parks, seaman on the L. s. :.
MayfloWer. and Joseph Harper. Wash
ington boy. were drowned in the Po-