The Lamar register., 1911-04-19
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- NoAsS' DoiShcotciS mass.
President Taft has received his an
nual pass emitting him to admission
TO games played anywhere on the
American league circuit during the
1911 season.
After a brief conference between
President Taft and Secretary of State
Knox. the resignation Of DR.. David
Jayne Hill. as ambassador to Ger
many, was announced.
The House of Representatives, by a
vote of 296 to 16, passed the Rucker
resolution proposing a constitutional
amendment for the direct election Of
United States senators.
A terrific wind. hail and thunder
storm accompanied by a heavy down
pour of rain. swept over St. Louis.
causing many thousands of dollars
damage and indirectly three deaths.
The great double deck grandstand
and the right field bleachers at the
National league baseball park, In New
York. were destroyed by fire. causing
loss estimated at from $4,000 to
100000.
The anniversary of the birth of
Thomas jefferson was marked by the
passage of a bill in the Senate pro-
viding for the erection in Washington
OF statue to the Sage of Month
cello" at cost of 100000.
Official reports from forty-two build
ing centers throughout the United
States as compiled by the American
Contractor. Chicago. show a falling
off for April of fifteen per cent as
compared with April, 1910.
The city ordinance recently enacted
prohibiting the sale of theater tickets
on the sidewalks in New York by spec
ulators. was sustained in every par
ticular in a decision of the appellate
division of the Supreme Court.
The State Department has notified
the Mexican government that there
must be no fighting on American soil
and that the recent shooting of
Americans from across the boundary
at Douglas. Ariz.. must not be re-
peated.
F. S. Holbrooke. inspector for the
national bureau of standards, will In
spect weights and measures used by
merchants in Colorado. New Mexico.
Wyoming, Utah. Idaho. Montana and
Nevada to ascertain II they conform
to the standards established by the ma
tional government.
The alleged murderers of George
w. Crithfield. the American recently
killed at his ranch near Tuxpan. Mex,
are under arrest and are being Wig
orously prosecuted by the Mexican
courts. declares American Consul
Miller at Tampico in a telegram to
the State Department. o.
Seeking particularly as to whether
Attorney General wickersham has any
outside employment" which would
disqualify him from his Cabinet posi-
ton. Representative Rainey OF ILL
nois introduced a resolution designed
to open way for thorough investiga.
ton OF the Department of Justice.
Andres Zorn. the Swedish painter.
who is now doing a portrait of Vice
President Sherman. will begin soon
portrait OF President Taft. Several
portraits of the President have been
Baihtth nio assuming oAhNts bot
none has been hung in the corridors
OF the white house by the side OF
those OF former chief executives.
kilograms by the hundreds have
been received by members Of the Sen
ate and House from constituents in
Montana, Idaho. Wyoming. Utah and
Colorado. asking them to oppose all
efforts to revise the tariff on wool prior
to the receipt and full consideration
Of the expected report on the cost OF
wool growing from the national tariff:
board.
Claiming that the answer made by
Edward b. Mclean and his wife. Eve
Ign Walsh Mclean. daughter OF the
late Thomas +. Walsh. to the suit to
recover $4,000. the selling price of
the Hope diamond. are insufficient in
law to constitute a defense to their
action. the firm of Cartier, New York
jewelers., filed in the District SUI
preme Court a motion for judgment