Evening star., 1912-09-07
THE WEEK
EpitOme Of Events Ending Sep
tember Z, 1912.

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sprained ankle. came to Washington
Congress Of Applied Chemistry: he re-
turned to Beverly, stopping off at New
London to address the Atlantic Deeper
state election resulted in a greatly re-
duced vote for the republican candidate
for governor. the democratic and progress
sive vote. together. exceeding it and
throwing the choice of governor to the
state legislature. Ohio, voting on forty
two amendments to the state constitution,
defeaed the proposition for woman suf-
frage. Ex-President Roosevelt began a
long tour through the west Oscar S.
Straus, former ambassador to Turkey.
was nominated for Governor of New York
state as the candidate Of the progressive
party. The progressives of Ohio named a
full state ticket at Columbus. DR.. F. L.
drug board. Roland G. Garros. at Houl-
gate. France. ascended to 1920 feet
above earth in his aeroplane, making a
new altitude record. Mrs. Sarah Harris,
an incurable paralytic in the Audubon
Sanitarium, New York. publicly urged
that her useless and suffering life be
ended by legal euthanasia. A lone bandit
roobed passengers on a Missouri Pacific
train near Usage City, Kan. Love for a
married woman was the explanation given
the
murder Of his own wife and of the hus-
band of Mrs. c. c. Bailey. MANY lives
were lost by destructive transforms in
Ohio. pennsylvania and West Virginia
among those who died during the week
were Hamilton King, United States minis
ter to Siam: Lieut.. Cen Arthur MacAr-
tnur, I. 5. A, retired a veteran of the
civil and Spanish wars: w MCGEE. sci
enlist. who willed his body and brain to
science; Gardiner Hubbard Bell, son of
c. ]. Bell. financier; Col. E. S. Pierce. as
slstant sergeant-at-arms of the House of
Representatives.
Foreign.
Report that Great Britain would de-
mand that the Panama tolls question be
submitted to arbitration was denied as
premature Mexican rebels and United
states troops exchanged shots in a brush
on the boundary near Huachuca n NJ
Ambassador Wilson. by direction of the
state Department, demanded that Presi-
dent Madero afford more adequate pro-
lection to American interests in north
ern Mexico: additional troops were sent
to the border by the War Department.
DR.. l.. l. Arriaga. ex-minister to the
United States and a naturalized Ameri-
can, was murderously assaulted in Hon.
duras A blockade of Nicaraguan ports
was established by United States naval
vessels to prevent the entry of filibuster
parties to aid Gen. Mena, the insurrec-
ton chief. Negotiations for peace be-
tween representatives of Italy and
Turkey. conducted in Switzerland, made
slow progress. Italy will keep Trip
oil. The German kaiser ended a visit to
Switzerland. where he reviewed army
maneuvers. A silver wreath. memorial
from the diplomatic corps. was laid upon
the bier Of the dead emperor of Japan.
Street car employees and electric light
workers in Lima. Peru. went on strike.
Prof. E. A. Schaefer of Edinburgh Uni
versity expressed conviction that produc-
tion Of life by chemical action. without
the aid of parent life. is possible, ad-
dressing the British Association for the
Advancement Of Science.
District of Columbia.
Labor day was extensively celebrat-
ed by government and other workers.
exercises being held in many localities in
nnd about Washington. Congressional
delay in voting appropriations was blamed
for the prospect Of non-completion OF
schoolhouse repairs, in time for the
opening of the fall term. by Municipal
Architect Snowden Ashford. The Dis
trict Of Columbia rifle team. contesting at
Seagirt for the Dryden trophy. finished
in second place. Aaron Bradshaw, jr..
was appointed by the President mill
tary cadet at West Point Academy. Dele
gates to the International Congress of
Applied Chemistry assembled in Wash
ington to call upon President Taft. and
to tour the city and visit Mount Vernon.
Miss Annice Dorothy Nixon, vainly at
tempting to rescue Frank w. Wissman
from death by drowning. also lost her life
in the Potomac river, near Colonial
Beach. Jerome Morris was drowned in
the Potomac, falling overheard out of a
canoe. Stephen Aron. hunting had his
eyes shot out by accident. Ethel Reed.
sixteen years old. arrested as runaway
from home, declared that she had no
difficulty in obtaining alcoholic drink in
Washington cafes. Matthew Trimble, ir.
j. H. Nolan. R. E. Wilcox. H. NJ. Rams
dell and Bernard McCullins were injured
when the automobile in which they were
upset.