Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-30
ne OF Events Ending
September 30, 1911.

Declaring it time to halt warfare on
prosperity. explaining his tariff vetoes
and discussing other national problems
in week Of speechmaking, President
Taft completed his trip through Iowa.
Viscount Uchida retiring Japanese am
bassador. before sailing from Seattle de-
clared that the friendship of Japan and
the United States would not be broken.
The government filed suit in the federal
court at Denver against the so-called
lumber trusts. Attorney General Wicker
sham heard complaints of independent
dealers against the tobacco trust. The
Conservation Congress opened its sessions
in Kansas City, DIR. Harvey W. Wiley.
chief chemist. addressing it. Eugene n.
Foss, Governor of Massachusetts, was
renominated to succeed himself by
large majority at the primaries Post
master General Hitchcock, acting as mail
carrier, took a trip I'm an aeroplane di-
rected by an army officer. c. P. Rodgers
reached Kent, Ohio in his long trans
continental aeroplane flight; up in air 81
minutes % 2-5 seconds. Mile. Dutrieu
made a new American record for woman
aviators. Shopmen of the Hartman rail-
road lines. numbering $4,000. went on
strike because of refusal to recognize the
federated trades. Thirteen We're killed and
eight dangerously hurt when a train hit
Neenah, Wis. Capt. Peter c. Hams, con-
fined in Sing Sing for the murder Of w.
E.. Annis, Is to be pardoned, Gov. Dix OF
New York announced. DR.. James A. Pet
in Lovingston. Va. by Benjamin Hub
bard because of an old grudge. Among
those who died during the week were Sc
nora Julia M. Creel, sister-in-law of the
Mexican statesman. and one Of the rich
est women in Mexico, at her California
home and Samuel c. Lawrence Mason
and financier, at his home in Medford.
Mass.
Foreign.
The first acts Of war following Italy's
rejection Of Turkeys reply to her ulti-
matum demanding the right to occupy
Tripor were reported: Turkish destroy
er was sunk in the Adriatic, and Italian
troops were landed in Tripoli, Turkish
ing invaders. Chinese rebels suffered Sc
verely in battle with troops near Cheng-
tn. About 40 were killed and 1oo in
jured Of the crew of the French battleship
Liberte, destroyed by explosion in the
harbor of Toulon. Socialist gains were
shown at the first election in Sweden
under universal suffrage and proportional
representation. The Bank of Egypt fail
ties. s7.50O.OU0. Four dead and fifteen
hurt was the toll of an explosion Of fire.
works for a Madero celebration in the
church at Guadalajara, Mexico. Refusal
to reinstate strikers in their old places
prevented a settlement of the strike on
Irish railways. Sir Edmund Lacon was
killed in an automobile accident in Brit
ish Columbia. Capt. Englehardt. pioneer
at Johannesthal and was killed. Dimitry
Bogrof, assassin of Premier Stolypin.
was hanged at kiev.
Instruct of Colu,,h;o
George w. Reik resigned as private
secretary to Postmaster General Hitch
cock ~ take up work as court re-
porter and stenographer. Jasper Wilson,
son of the Secretary Of Agriculture re-
signed as private secretary to his father.
to accept a business position in the west.
Vice Admiral Conf of Chile visited Wash
ington, paying his respects to the State
and Navy Departments. The annual con-
vention of the Supreme Council of the
Mystic Order of the Yelled Prophets of
the Enchanted Realm was held. For SELL
ing ice, surplus of the plant of the Treas
ury Department. w. +. Ayers, coiored
laborer. was recommended for dismissal.
J. ]. Fahey. a Georgetown sophomore,
Of laboratory explosion. Pauline Oliver,
returning home after clipping to Rock
Vile. where she was married to II. l..
Meyers, found her mother, Mrs. Margaret
Oliver. dead Whether legal authority to
execute prisoners condemned to the death
penalty in the District OF Columbia is
vested in any official was a question
raised under the law combining work
house and Jail, which abolished the Office
Of warden Voluntary supervision over
banking institutions in the District Of
Columbia was agreed to by the Bankers
Association of Washington.