Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-11-30
THE WEEK
EUit0me Of EventA Endlng Ne.
yember 30. 1912.

Euit0me Of Events Endlng No.
vember 30, 1912.
President Taft declined to allow him.
self to be discussed as possible candi-
date in 1915 for the presidency. because
of efforts to rejuvenate the republican
party. President-to-be Wilson has an
nounced his purpose to confer with W. j.
Bryan and other party leaders. Inc
progressive national committee spent
s641, $50 in promoting the candidacy OF
Theodore Roosevelt William H. jack
son was appointed United States senator
from Maryland to fill out the unexpired
term of the late Senator Rayner. Award
by arbitrator settled the wage dispute
between locomotive engineers and fifty
two eastern railroads. Samuel Gompers.
president OF the A. +. of L., was reported
seriously i'll at Rochester, n. Y. ALBEIT
T. Patrick, having served twelve years
of a Communication to life sentence for the
murder of millionaire Rice. was pardon
ed: he will fight for the estate OF the
dead man, whose will made him pene-
ficiary. as a method Of vindicaton. Ettor.
of the murder of Anna Lapizzo during
the Lawrence textile strike. The jury
disagreed in the case OF B. w. GIBSON.
charged with the murder OF his client
Mrs. r. NJ. SZabo. Charles III. hyde, former
chamberlain of New York city, was found
guilty of bribery. J. F. Hickey. arrest
ed on suspicion of having been the muir
derer of a boy, confessed to three hom-
cides. Twelve lives were lost In the ex'
plosion of a starch house at Waukegan
Ill. Maryland Agricultural College suffered
the loss of two educational buildings by
fire. Seven were buried in the ruins OF
fire which swept the waterfront or VIII
liamsburg, Brooklyn, N. Y. Four were
killed and fifty hurt in a train wreck al
Glen Loeb. Pa. Among those who died
during the week were: United States
Senator Isidor Rayner Of MARYLAND and
former Senator ]. w. Gordon; Col. d. NJ.
Ransdell. sergeant-at-arm OF the United
States Senate; Dr. ]. NJ McLane, eminent
American philanthropist; F. H. Scott
president of the Century Company: Rob
ert knight, greatest owner OF cotton
mills; Prof Daniel Bonbnght. president
of Northwest University. Evanston. ILL.,,
and Anthony Walters, pioneer railway
man.
Foreign.
The Fifth Order of the Crown was con-
ferred upon Miss Mabel Boardman. secre-
tary of the American Red Cross. by the
Emperor of Japan. Col. w. c. Gorgas
was the recipient Of the Buchanan
medal for his work in the sanitary ad-
ministration of the Panama Zone. award
ed by the Royal Society Of England.
were. continued by France and England.
with the United States suggested as a
logical peacemaker. ENJOYS Of the Bal
kan allies and Of Turkey met to discuss
preliminary peace terms and arranged a
two-week armistice which may or may
not go into effect; Turkey prepared to
renew the conflict in the event of failure
of the negotiations. Servia occupied Du-
razzo, on the Albanian coast. despite the
menacing attitude of Austria regarding
Servian port in this territory. Prince Vic
tor Napoleon. cousin Of the King of
Italy. was spoken of as prospective
monarch of the new Albanian independ-
by bombs dropped from aeroplanes
Mongolian rebels were put to fight
by Chinese forces under Prince Poh-Ti.
Koreans charged with conspiring against
the life Of the Japanese governor general
of Korea retracted former evidence adj
hitting the conspiracy. declaring they
had been coerced by the police. Indian
potentates subscribed to the construction
of twelve warships for the British navy.
to be employed in guarding nearby
Of the London police. was shot and seri-
ously wounded by crank. Ex-President
Castro of Venezuela abandoned his asy
lum in the Canary Islands. sailing for an
English port Mexican troops laid waste
to rebel communities in Oaxaca; Pascual
Orozco. jr., leader of the revolution, was
located in California: Jesus Flores Ma
gon. minister of the interior in the Ma
dero cabinet. resigned. and the cabinet
was reorganized to end dissensiona Tao
by a typhoon with the loss Of 1900
lives. Fifty li'es were lost in the panic
which followed a cry of fire in a moving
picture thater in Bilbao. Spain. Fire
damp explosion in a mine at Alias.
France. cost twenty -four lives. Grahame-
.|hite. aviator announced his purpose
to attempt a flight across the Atlantic
ocean next year.
District of Columbia.
President Taft spent busy week in the
White House. preparing his annual mes
sage: he attended the Pan-American
Thanksgiving mass in ST. Patrick
Church, and got in an afternoon on the
golf links. F.. E. Clark was reappointed
a member of the interstate commerce
commission. THANKSGIVING day was cele-
brated with services in the churches.
holiday feasts for orphans and inmates
of various institutions. and the dfStribu-
ton of dinner baskets among the poor
The Brazilian ambassador Senior L on
Dominica da Cana, was married to Mrs.
f. B. Hearn. an American woman. Will
liam A. Hathaway. chief clerk of the
census. resigned to enter business in New
York city. Rev. w. A. Wade accepted a
call to thepastorate Of st. Marks Lu-
theran Church. the Rev. c. r. Russell to
be pastor of Washington Temple nom
sectarian congregation. Three Washi- =
ton boys. w. A. Borden. c. A. Hellman
and H. A. Wingate. passed successful ex
aminations for second lieutenancies in the
Coast Artillery Corps. The merger of the
Observation-Disclosures Railway Company
into the Washington Utilities Company
was formally approved by the Virginia
corporation commission: suit to prevent
merger of utilities corporations was med
in the Supreme Court Of the District of
Columbia by the board Of Commissioners
Of the District Of Columbia. Allen mar
ceron was stabbed by Albert Delay, an
Italian. who resented the attentions paid
by his victim to a countrywoman. Hugh
B. Armstrong, acting on impulse. COM
mitted suicide by cutting his throat. The
body Of a man whose identity is not
known was found ON the street. Among
those who died during the week We're
Rev. r. S. Rowe. formerly pastor of a
Washington church, and Mrs. Elizabeth
widow Of the former SUI