Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-21

Epitome Of Events Ending Janu.
AIRY Fl, 1911.

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airy Fl, 1911.
Argument in the Standard Oil case was
closed and that in the corporation tax
begun in the United States Supreme
Court; Holmes Conrad opened the argu-
ments for Virginia in the West Virginia
debt case in the Supreme Court Reel
procity on many articles was agreed upon
between the United States and Canada.
Secretary MacVeagh sent to Congress es-
Inmates for public building appropriations
of about $14,OOOOOO Democratic members
and members-elect of the House in joint
caucus unanimously nominated Champ
Clark for Speaker and selected a ways
and means committee to begin the work
of tariff revision and to name House COM
mittees. Speeches in advocacy or ana
against the retention OF his seat by Sena-
tor Lorimer were made by Senators bur-
rows and Borah. The direct election OF
senators and the ocean mail subventloh
bill were discussed by the Senate. Demo-
Gratis and insurgents overruled Speaker
Cannon and defeated an attempt TO de-
molish the rule to recall bills from COM
mittees. The House passed the army ap-
preparation bill The House commlttee,
. to g. voted in favor of holding the rama.
ma exposition at New Orleans, instead ol
San Francisco. Two battleships, eight de-
stroyers, eight submarines and two col
liers were included in the naval program
adopted by the House committee. A Spe-
cial board was appointed to investigate
the explosion on the battleship Delaware
in which eight men were killed. Cows.
Wilson of New Jersey, Colquitt of Texas.
Tener of Pennsylvania and Blease OF
South Carolina were inaugurated. Sena-
tor II. c. Lodge of Massachusetts was
reelected. The Union of American he
brew Congregations began its twenty-sec-
ond biennial session in New York. Ely,
the aviator, flew from the aviation neid
near San Francisco to the cruiser fhila-
delphia and back, landing on and startlng
from her deck. Medals were awarded 10
twenty-siX Carnegie heroes. The dona-
ton of an additional endowment OF SIo.
100000 TO the Carnegie Institution of TINS
city was announced in New York Paui
Morton, president of the Equitable Lie
Assurance Society, died in New York.
Foreign.
John Redmond was reelected president
of the United Irish League. The London
jury which held an inquest on the two
desperadoes who persisted after killing
several policemen recommended the
adoption of more stringent measures in
dealing with criminal aliens. Advices
from London say that according to rep
resentatives of the workingmen strike
of Seamerk and wharf workers will be
soon declared, and will affect American,
German and British ports. A Kansas
City editor was mistaken for a spy at
Fort George, England, and arrested. be-
ing released after proving his identity.
Two shots were fired at NJ. BRAND, the
French premier, in the chamber of dep
uties by a mailman; NJ. Norman, director
of public relief was wounded. Louis
Breget broke the worlds monopane speed
record at Donai, France. flying with a
passenger thirty miles in "a minutes
and % seconds. The German reichstag
included the German sovereign houses in
the unearned increment tax bill. All the
German wireless interests and the Bel
gian Wireless Company of Brussels eff
fected a merger. Twenty-seven members
of the crew of the German submarine
u s. were rescued after the craft had
become fast in the mud at kiel; three
me nwho chose to remain overnight died
from suffocation. Emperor Nichola was
present at the annual ceremony of bless
ing the waters of the Neva for the first
time since 1903. The sentences of twelve
of the twenty-four Japanese anarchists
who were condemned to death In Toxic
were commuted to life imprisonment
Preparations were made at Picking to
check the plague. the legations gathering
supplies and making ready for isolation
deaths in Mukden reached 200 daily
the government insured each volunteer
physician for s20,OOo. fight lasting
sixteen hours was reported from Coyome,
in Chihuahua, between Mexican troops
and rebels. Col. lara, minister of war
in Paraguay. forced President Condra to
resign, and took charge of the affairs of
the republic. Haiti and Santo Domingo
signed a convention of peace.
District.
The Commissioners replied favorably on
the bill introduced by Representative Tai
bolt to require the Washington. Spa
Spring and Gretta Railroad Company and
/ the Washington Railway and Electric
Company to issue free transfers inter-
changeable at 18th and II streets north
east. The District appropriation bill, car
rying $11.5lS,371.5O, was reported to the
House. The adjustment of the auditors
for the different government departments
and the concentration of the auditing
work under one general head were recon-
mended by Secretary MacVeagh to the
Senate committee on appropriations.
Benjamin F. Adams was appointed a
member of the permanent board of as
sistant assessors. filling the position made
vacant by the death of Francis Nye. The
regulation of the board of education re-
curing vaccination as condition prece-
UoHJ 10 duIUlSSlOu 10 TIE puDllC SCItOOiS
of the District was sustained by Justice
Anderson of the District Supreme Court.
Percy NJ. Hughes, assistant superintend-
ent of public schools of the District, was
elected superintendent of public schools
of Syracuse, n. V, by the board of edu-
cation of that city. The forty-frst an
nual convention of the National Board
of Trade was held 1t was announced
that the center of population of the Dis
trict is located on premises 927 9TH street
northwest. The Capital Supply Company,
whose officers were arrested and its prop
erty seized last August by government
agents, effected a compromise with the
Treasury. twenty-five horses and seven
mules lost their lives in a fire in a stable
at Goth street and Benning road. Jere-
miah J. Cronin, thirty-three years of age.
committed suicide by gas. and Thomas
r. Wall by poison. Among those who
died were Francis Nye, Edmund h. Web
ster and +. l.. Chapman.