Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-27
THE WEEK
-Epitome Of Events Ending April
- n, 1913

President Taft in speeches made in
| Massachusetts replied to criticisms OF
him by Theodore Roosevelt. declaring
| that his predecessor in office had not
given him square deal" Ex-President
| Roosevelt, answering the President,
| charged him with "feebleness." with be-
| ing under the domination of evil inter-
ests and with giving him the crooked
est kind of a crooked deal" Confidential
correspondence between Theodore Roose-
welt as President in 1907 and then Attor-
ney General Bonaparte, in which the
President asked that the harvester trust
prosecution be delayed, was forwarded to
the Senate. The United States transport
Buford was ordered to Mexican Pacific
ports to rescue Americans endangered by
| hostilities. Evidence that one or more
steamers in the vicinity Of the Titanic
at the time OF her mishap sped away, un-
willing to come to her aid, was presented
before the investigating committee OF
the United States Senate; Guglielmo Mar
conf, head Of the wireless system, ad-
mitted that the operators were given
permission to sell the story Of the dis
aster; testimony was also given that Of
ffcers and men in charge Of many life
boats made no attempt to rescue those
| thrown in the water when the Titanic
sank; that the lookout was .unprovided
with binoculars, which might have en-
abled him to see the iceberg in time to
avert the collision; that j.: Bruce Ismay
was sworn at by ship officer for inter-
fering with the lifeboats; several hun
dred bodies, some not to be identified,
victims of the catastrophe. were picked
up out of the sea, and most OF them are
being brought to Halifax: the bodies of
John Jacob Astor. Isador Straus and
Charles NJ. Hays are among them. The
cruiser Maryland was hit by torpedo
| off the Pacific coast and one compart-
ment was flooded The Mallory liner Den
collision off Galveston, both suffering
damage. Three masked hold-up men
went through sleeper on the west
bound Golden State limited at Sheffield
ILL.,. and robbed nine passengers Of money
and yaluables.
Foreign.
Desperate fighting was reported at Te-
pic, on the west coast of Mexico, followed
by footing and acts of rapine: nearly one
thousand Americans along the west coast
were reported in danger; the Mexican
congress passed a bill increasing the
army to 10000 men. Twenty-Five French
soldiers were killed while putting down a
riot at Fee, Morocco. The Turkish Island
of Stampalia about $50 miles from the
entrance of the Dardanelles, was seized
by Italy for a naval base. A treaty of
friendship, commerce and navigation be-
tween Cuba and Peru was signed at Lima.
The White Star liner Olympic abandoned
her midweek departure from Southampton
owing to strike of her seamen; the
strikers objected to non-union firemen
hired, and were arrested for mutiny. AS
sistant Supt. Jouin of the Paris detective
department was killed and Chief In
spector Colmar seriously wounded while
trying to arrest Bonnet, one Of the gang
of bandit anarchists near Paris. DR..
Eliot. president emeritus of Harvard Uni
versity, was entertained at Picking by the
japanese legation. Among those who
died during the week was Justin McCar-
thy, Irish home rule advocate, statesman
and author.
District Of Columbia.
The ''clean city" crusade ended. with
great results accomplished for the better
ment of sanitary conditions of Washing
ton. The program for the coming Hague
conference was the topic of discussion for
the meeting of the American Society OF
International Law. Maj. Thomas l.
RhoadS was named to be personal mill
tary aid to the President. succeeding
Maj. Archibald Butt, drowned i'm the
Titanic disaster. Col. Archibald Oracle
one of the survivors of the Titanic horror
returned to his home in Washington
medicines was advocated by the health
officer, DR.. w. c. Woodward before the
House committee on interstate and for
e.gn commerce. The widow and sons OF
Stilson Hutchins will divide the estate
of Stilson Hutchins in differing proper
tons under his will filed for probate. The
second annual bench show closed a sue
cessful exhibition of a great number OF
fine entries Of dogs and was well attended
by the public. j. c. Bryan, an amateur
aviator, making landing after flight
at College Park, fouled his machine and
was thrown out, damaging the aeroplane
and giving himself a slight shaking up.
Missing from her home in Richmond, Va,
Florence A. Page, seventeen years old,
was arrested on the streets of Washing
ton, and became so violent that her
sanity was suspected: she had been mar
ried to j. E. Edwards in Richmond since
her disappearance from home. Among
those who died during the week were
Cazenove Lee, lawyer, a member of the
Lee family of Virginia; Judge Emory f.
Best, formerly assistant attorney general
for the Interior Department and former
assistant land commissioner; Stilson
Hutchins, politician, journalist and fl
nanoier; William G. Pond, prominent as
| a Mason.