Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-18
THE WEEK
Epitsne Of Events Fading March
40, 1911.
The Supreme Court Of the United State

The Supreme Court Of the United states
handed down . deciaion uDhelding the
corporation tax feature Of tho Aldrich-
Payne tariff law. Theodore Roosevelt re-
viewed tho troops at San Antonio. Tex.
and made an address on the campus of
the University Of Texas. at Austin. Gov.
Tess will begin an investigation OF the
business management Of the various de-
partments. commissions and public insti-
tutions Of Massachusetts,. The charge OF
contempt against 4eorge b. Cox. republi-
can leader Of Cincinnati WIS dismissed.
Ell Paso reports conditions bordering on
panic throughout northern Mexico. The
naval patrol Of the Mexican coast has
been abandoned at the request OF the
Diax government United States officials
vent shipments Of arms from the United
States into Mexico. At Savannah George
Harvey doomed Woodrow Wilson for the
presidency Jacob Baschang. a Cfncin-
cry. being the first conviction in the anti
graft campaign.
Foreign Affairs.
An under secretary Of the admiralty in
the British house Of commons said that
the size of England's navy was governed
by that of Germany's. William +. Field
ing, Canadian minister Of finance, in re-
ply to a question, said in parliament at
Ottawa that the United States commits
sioners had made no proposals Of general
free trade during the reciprocity negotia-
lions. Sir Edward Grey's Endorsement of
ton was seconded by Arthur ]. Balfonr.
leader of the opposition In the British
house Of commons. Lord Chancellor
Loreburn. presiding at the international
Arbitration League meeting in London.
declared that President Tafts utter
ances have raised the hopes Of all man
kind. Russia's uitimatum to China makes
the Russo-Chinese situation ominous.
France will increase her military force
in the Chaani region Of Morocco. A body,
English aviator, who has been missing
since December %. was found in the
harbor Of Ostend. The funeral Of Anibal
Cruz, the former Chilean minister, who
tiago. The Mexican governments revo-
cation OF sundry constitutional rights has
been approved by the Mexican congress.
A jury to try the thirty-six Camorrists
indicted for murder was obtained at
Viterbo, Italy.
In the District.
ington base ball club. The District Com
IulS6lOuSfS nave OIOcIeQ Ol3 6uultIOHdl
lamps for the city's streets. Superin-
tendent of Weights and Measures Has
kell has started a crusade against short
weight dealers. Walter L. Fisher of Chi
cago took the oath Of office OF Secretary
of the Interior. The Interstate commerce
commission has reduced the fare between
Washington and various stations on the
Washington. Alexandria and Mount Yer
non railway. ]. A. d. McCurdy flew an
aeroplane over Potomac Park. A plea
for the Identification of the front and
back yards Of Washington was made be-
fore the Chamber Of Commerce by Da-
vid Fairchild, president of the Peoples
Gardens Association. Bids for the erec-
ton Of a public manual training school
and other schools were opened Former
Street Cleaning Superintendent James NJ.
Wood is suing the District for $4,000
damages for an injury alleged to have
been received by him while in the employ
of the District. A lone robber held up
the night clerk. of the Grand Hotel. Har-
ry f. Hay, a clerk in the Treasury De-
partment. ATTEMPTED to kill his six-year
old son and attempted suicide.