Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-06-17
THE WEEK
Epitome Of Events Fading June
II, 1911.

The Underwood bill, to revise the wool
schedules, is under consideration in the
House Of Representatives The Canadian
reciprocity bill has passed to its second
reading in the Senate. Bids were opened
for the Panama canal bonds. The sugar
trust probe was continued by the House
investigating committee. Regulation Of
dividends as a remedy for corporate
abuses was advocated in a speech at
Chicago made by Judge Peter S. Grosscup.
Five thousand invitations to their silver
wedding anniversary have been issued by
the President and Mrs. Taft. The
charges against Edgar s. Cooke OF en-
bezzlement from the Big Four railroad
are under trial in the court at Cincinnati.
Joseph b. Reichman, former head OF the
Carnegie Trust Company of New York.
is on trial for wrecking that institution.
". F. D. Stokes, the New York mil
lionaire hotel man. was shot by two wom-
en- whom he visited to get letters written
by him: both women are under arrest. An
entering class Of 90 cadets has been adj
mitted to West Point Military Academy.
The Ohio courts have refused to quash
senator's
Foreign Affairs.
A great shipping strike has been declar-
ed in the ports OF Great Britain and Hol-
land; terms offered by the transatlantic
lines are being considered. Gen. Porfirio
Diaz, ex-president Of Mexico. has reach
ed Spain. The Chinese Hukuang railroad
loan has been oversubscribed in London.
the United States Cavalry riders. com
peting at the international horse show at
Olympia. are to be received in audience
by King George. The car visited Amer
W r, ha hor al az o.
Ex-President Castro of Venezuela Is re-
ported aboard a ship now lying In port at
Port au Prince, Haiti A shipment OF
arms and ammunition for Honduras has
gan Sinister, an American financier. has
been given full control Of Persian ma
tional finances and expenditures. The ag-
gressive military activities Of Spain in
Morocco have excited the resentment of
France, and Germany may protest The
l, 164-mile aviation race from Johannesthal,
Germany, was interrupted by storm.
Venezuela comments on the failure OF the
United States and Great Britain to &C
knowledge its invitation to the coming
centennial event. Johann Svendsen. the
Morse composer. is dead. Ambassador
Zamacona, who retires as Mexico's rep
resentative in Washington, has departed
on his journey to his former post as
don.
District OF Columbia.
A bill to regulate the height OF build
ings and a bill authorizing street ex-
tension were passed by the Senate. The
decisions OF the fine arts commission re-
gardng plans for three new departmental
buildings and for the Lincoln memorial
have been submitted to the President
The street railways are required by the
interstate commerce commission to sub
NIT summer schedules. The L. S. 8. Dol
naval court of inquiry for the collision
which sunk the Cuiprit Fay in the Po-
tomac river. Revs. William L. De Vries.
Richard P. Williams and G. c. F. Bra
tenahl have been chosen canons of the
Cathedral of IS. Peter and Paul. DR..
Frederick D. Powers. long pastor OF the
Vermont Avenue Christian Church, and
Owen McCabe, an old resident. are dead.
John II. Howell and Gottleib Hellman,
both i'll and respondent. committed sui
eide. Flag day was celebrated in all
the public schools, in some government
departments and by many patriotic So
victed on the charge OF embezzling
funds of the First Cooperative Building
Association. Louis J. Vondermiller was
held for the grand jury. after hearing
in the Alexandria county court, on the
charge Of killing his brother-in-law.
John Reeves. That Harry Mitchell, who
perished under his burning automobile,
wrecked In collision with an Old Domin-
ion electric car, and Fred Kitchen, a
trumpeter in the 18th Cavalry. his COM
panion. came to their deaths by I'M
avoidable accident, was the verdict Of
the coroners jury.