Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-20
THE WEEK
EPifome Of Events Ending May
20. 1911.

The dissolution of the Standard Oil
Company. as a combination in restraint
OF trade. has been ordered by the United
States Supreme Court. President Taft.
in speech before the brotherhood of
Railroad Trainmen in Harrisburg, Pa,
declared his opinion that government
clerks. privileged class. have not the
same right to strike as those in private
employment Another Senate investiga-
ton OF the Lorimer election case, urged
by the Helm committee of Illinois, is
possible. The committee of nine men,
bers of the House OF Representatives to
investigate the sugar trust has been
named Popular subscription to a
fifty million dollar issue of bonds for the
Panama canal has been invited by the
Treasury Department. The barkpntine
Kingdom. belonging to the Holy Ghost
South Africa. Andrew Carnegie will re-
imburse all depositors of the Carnegie
Trust Company. defunct. A. V Hardie
an amateur aviator, was killed in flight
at Nogales. Cal Forty-seven new post
al savings repositories have been desig-
mated by the Postma cter General.
Foreign.
The American draft of a treaty of ar
bitration. intended as a model for all
such treaties between the United States
and other powers, has been laid before
the ambassadors of England and France
by the State Department President Diaz
of Mexico has declared his intention to
resign before June /: terms have been
arranged between the government and
revolutionists under Madero, and an
armistice has been declared: prospects
for permanent peace seem bright, al
though armed activities are still reported
from many parts of the republic. The
German emperor and empress were the
guests OF King Edward at the first state
ball OF the reign of the British monarch
Granting q railroad concession to Amer
leans, the porte demands in return the re-
nunciatfon OF the American treaty right
TO try criminal cases in consular courts.
Dominica de Cana has been appointed
AMBASSADOR OF Brazil to the United States.
Inc new potash agreement, arranged at
ham burg. raises the price of raw salts,
and American interests are benefited by
rebates Moroccan tribesmen We're re-
pulsed by French troops at Debdou. Gus
tav Mailer, composer and conductor, died
at Vienna The Finnish diet has been
ordered dissolved by imperial edict of the
car. The Victoria Memorial was I'M
yelled In London with big ceremony. Sal
airy for members Of the house of COM
mons. 5000 each, is Incorporated in the
British budget.
In the District.
Philip Bayard, son of the late Thomas
r. Bayard. former Secretary of State
and Ambassador to England, died from
injuries received by falling or jumping
from the third story of Garfield Hos
pital. The Lumber Exchange of the Dis
trict of Columbia is involved in the
suit brought by the United States gov
eminent against ten lumber trade or
Cvpy tv1f 5nv,c
organized in restraint of trade. Lawyer
Cuttings, In open court during the trial
of the Sully-Hammond case. threatened
assault on Lawyer Walker, in a dispute
as slsn to veracity sairy Camp, a big hip
has arrived at the Washington Zoo from
Africa, via Germany. The tender of
ice cream to all census bureau employees
by Mrs. John Hays Hammond was re-
ceived with Indignation by the indie
pendent self-supporting woman clerks.
District measures have been under con-
sideration by the Senate committee on
the District of Columbia: the snrw bill
and the Sunday observance bill will be
reported favorably. Company D. Nc
kinley Training School, won the Allison
Nailor diamond medal and prize flag in
the annual competitive cadet drill.
There was no perfect score recorded in
the Four-Leaf Glover automobile run
Mrs. Matthew Trimble, jr., was fatally
injured in an automobile accident. and
died at York, Pa F. c. Roberts has
been reelected president of the Column
bia Typographical Union. The safe
and sane fourth Of July committee an
nounces an elaborate program for the
celebration of Independence day. The
Chamber of Commerce started on a
three-day excursion by boat to the city
of New York and return. A resolution
for change of the day for the Inaugural
ton of President from March 4 to the
last Thursday in April was introduced
~a1y NJ
Adell w. Wade, convicted of forgery in
the Criminal Court, was paroled by the
court Mrs Annie Silsby, patient at
the Government Hospital for the In
sane, leaving note that she was
bound for a summer resort, escaped by
the window, but was recaptured after
a day at liberty. George R. Cove has
been appointed private secretary to the
Secretary of the Interior.