Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-07-27
THE WEEK
EpitOme Of Events Ending July
-, 1919.

President Taft began the preparation
Of his speech accepting the repuohca"
nomination for the presidency. FORMER
Senator A. ]. Beveridge was elec'eo
temporary chairman OF the third party
convention to be held in Chicago. FRO
gressive republicans of Maryland IN state
convention Endorsed Roosevelt Tor fres
ident: at Des Moines. Iowa. the third par
ty was organized with a state conNeh-
ton: New Jersey progressive repuniicahs
named a third-party state ticket IN
quiry into the beef trust was directed oy
the House committee on judiciary Inc
La Toilette wool bill was passed By the
Senate Senate and House OF Representa-
tives were at odds over the provision TOT
two battleships in the naval Appropriation
bill. Clandestine courtsiip by means U,
correspondence addressed to the genera
delivery was banned by order of the fost
Office Department. Federal Judge Cor
ne.iuS II. Hanford, under investlgatioi .!
the House. resigned under hre. virginia
and West Virginia militia went to camp
at Mount Gretna. Pa Flood caused
much damage in the vicinity or iNe!sct'
wv. Va. William Lor!mer. deposed seha-
tor from Illinois, WAS hurt in an auto
mobile accident at Claysville, Pa MISS
Dorcas Iiams Snodgrass of West Nir-
ginia, living with relatives in New YORK
city. and engaged to wed. disappearsu
and left no trace. Midshipinan W. l..
Bullock was killed in fall from the r.s-
ging OF the Hartford, at Annapolis
Among those who died during the week
was j. {. Langhorne of Virginia.
Foreign.
Matsohito. Emperor of Japan. lowered
between life and death for many days.
and was reported in imminent danger:
hope WAS slender. Italians disiodged
Turks from the Misterata oasis. Tripoh.
Dissolution of the Turkish parliament was
demanded by tine military league. under
threat of bloodshed:. the parliament was
defiant: Ghazi Moukistar Pasha was mace
grand vizier of the Turkish CABINET.
Ferid Pasha declined the portfolio of
minister of the interior. Mexican rebels
destroyed an American mining plant at
Dolores, Mexico, and robbed the safe or
stse. 900; Orozco denied that ne had auth
orized a demand upon the Northern rail-
way of Mexico under threat of destruc-
ton of the road property; Emilio Vas.
quez Gomez. candidate for provisional
president of Mexico, was arrested by
United States authorities at San Antonio.
Tex, charged with violating neutrality
laws. Twenty new battleships for Eng
land were provided for in the demands of
the British cabinet for naval expansion.
A German spy was sentenced to prison
at Edinburgh, Scotland. The Prince OF
Wales was the guest OF President Fall
Heres Of France in Paris. The German
government took over Zeppelin dii..gfble
air craft. regarded the fastest in the
world. Lightning struck the castle or
Ciergnon. in southern Belgium. six times.
imperilng the Belgian royal family. Four
hundred were reported to have persisted
by flood in Japan. Seven girls We're kill
ed and five fatally injured in London
fire. Among those who died during the
week was Andrew Lang, English author.
District of Columbia.
President Taft attended the wedding OF
Miss Sally Darlington. daughter of Brig.
Gen. Darlington. and Lieut.. IL. d. Cham
berlin, In st. Johns Church. Thomas w.
Brahany. !. Washington newspaper man.
was appointed assistant Secretary to the
President. The fly war was vigorous
ly prosecuted that there reported a
large falling Off in the number or slain,
due to scarcity of flies. Inquiry into the
ice business of Washington was begun
by the Department of Justice. The new
water rate was the subject of litigation
to test its validity in an action for tenn
porary injunction to prevent the cutting
off of water from premises for failure
to pay the tax. John Mitchell. vice pres
ident of the American Federation of La
Dor. was sentenced for contempt Of court
to nine months in Jail by Justice Wright:
Mitchell was not in court and his coun-
sci noted appeal. The Naval Battalion re-
turned from a practice cruise and target
practice on the L. :. monitor Ozark after
"A two-week tour of duty. The three
day shoot Of the National Guard Of the
District of Columbia was held the
rife range on Congress Heights. Mrs.
Florence Massey survived a fall from the
seventh story of the New Berne apart
ment house. shattering her leg and hip
bones Edison +. Gallaudet of Washing
ton was injured by fall in his airship
a, Hampstead. l.. L. Miles Renick,
patient, committed suicide by cutting his
throat wrists and body with broken
glass i'm his cot in George Washington
Univ erSity Hospital