Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-18
THE WEEK
EPit0me of Events Endinx May
IS, 1912.

II Epitome Of Events Endiag May
IS, 1912.
| President Taft and Ex-President
Roosevelt continued their Opposing
campaigns through Ohio preliminary
to the primaries, speaking in many
places. Manager Mckinley. for Presi-
| dent Taft, claims 543 delegates 70 the
| national convention pledged to his
| nomination. Manager Dixon, for
Roosevelt. claims more than enough
| votes In the convention to assure
Roosevelt's nomination. Congress pass
ed the joint resolution submitting to
the states an amendment to the Con-
| stitution providing for election of sena-
tors by direct vote. Investigation of
the alleged money trust was begun. by
the committee on banking and currency
| of the House of Representatives To
guard ocean liners from dangers of ice
| in the transatlantic lanes. a patrol
| service was started by the Navy De-
partment, with the scout cruiser Biz
| mingham sent to southwark of the
| Grand Banks to notify steamers by
| wireless of the location of icebergs.
| Rev. Mark A. Matthews. D. D.. of
| general assembly Of the Presbyterian
Church In the United States Dean
Alexander Meiklejohn of Brown Uni
versity was elected president of Am
narrowly missed death when hydro
aeroplane. directed by Witmar. fell
with them into the waters Of New York
bay. A fffty-ton mass of terra Gotta
fell from the roof of a New York city
| hotel. crashed through a trolley car.
killing one woman and wounding five
| other passengers. Two masked ban
dts held up the New Orleans-New York
limited near Hattiesburg, Miss, and
robbed the express safe of from So. Ooo
died during the week were Louis
Henry Ayme consul general at Lis
bon. and Brig. Gen. Joseph W. Dun
| can, L. S. A.
Foreign.
Denmark. in succession to King Fred
erick VIII. who dropped dead in the
streets Of Hamburg. Germany. his body,
unrecognized, lying for several hours in
the hospital where it was taken. The
Turkish garrison of Rhodes surrendered
to the Italians with the honors of war
after a vigorous fight. The garrison
and civil authorities of the Turkish Is
land of Lipso were taken prisoners by
an Italian destroyer. The German navy
increase bill was passed by the reich
stag. The British cabinet announced
it's purpose to submit to parliament a
many's plans for naval expansion.
| Paraguayan rebels were defeated and
500 taken prisoners near Asuncion. The
six powers arranged a loan of $4,000
| 900 for China, which accepted foreign
supervision Of it's expenditure. NJ.
Georges Louis. ambassador of France
to st. Petersburg, 1T was announced at
Paris, will retire later in the year; re-
| ~ in1n tio Viz 1otvu fpn
| two nations are current The Buford.
| taking on ninety Americans at Salina
| Cruz, made up total of 1922 refugees
from Mexico aboard. Federal troops
miles the rebel army of Orozco in. a
series Of battles: the rebels later gained
a victory at Pedricena. fianking
movement which endangered Durango.
left unguarded by the federal forces.
Victor l.. Mason. formerly secretary to
Secretaries Of War Alger and Root. and
E. v. Fisher. aviator. were killed by the
fall of their aeroplane at Brocklands.
| England Octave GARNER, leader of the
automobile bandits of Paris, besieged
| with woman and a man companion in
a country villa, which was dynamited
| by the police, took his own life when
were killed by bullets from the bandits.
District of Columbia.
The slaughter Of flies by boys and girls
In the anti-fiy crusade continued; anti-fy
essays by public school children were sub
| mitted in The Stars contest. The inves-
tigation Of gas corporations was begun
| before the House District committee. De-
mand for the removal by the President of
the Engineer Commissioner, Maj. Will
liam V. Judson was made by the North
east Washington Citizens Association
charging him with trying to dominate the
board of Commissioners, and with caus-
ing friction. The Henry A. Willard me-
mortal building was dedicated and trans
ferred to the authority of Garfield Me-
mortal Hospital with elaborate exercises
Dtsmantling of the Arlington Hotel has
begun, previous to demolition, which will
start June /: plans for the new structure
are ready. Southwest Washington shows
| q loss Of 10 per cent In population in the
last three years. according to the police
| census. Granville NJ Hunt, superintend-
ent OF the registry division OF the Wash
ington post Office, resigned to accept a
| more remunerative offer from a New
York business house. The Mount Vernon
Ladies Association held its annual meet
ing at Mount Vernon, announced the ac-
colonial relics, and will direct repairs to
the buildings on the Washington estate
Among those who died during the week
were: Col. Clifford Stephens Walton.
diplomat, lawyer. author. soldier; John B.
Sleman, veteran of the civil war and for
forty years departmental employee