Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-08-03
THE WEEK
Epltome Of Events EndinE August
8. 1912.

! EpltOme Of Events Ending August
| 3, 1912. |
| President Taft was notified formally of
his nomination for President by the re-
publican national convention: in his speech
of acceptance he sounded the campaign
keynote. defended the republican princi-
pies and his administration and de-
nOunced the opposing parties Warning
foreign nations from encroachins on the
American continents to obtain naval OF
military bases. the Senate passed the
Lodge resolution: a resolution appro-
priating 100000 to transport fugitive
/ Americans from Mexico to FL Paso 10
their homes was adopted by the Senate.
The negro policy of the third party was
set forth by Theodore Roosevelt in ie--
ter to Julian Harris. John NJ Parker or
New Orleans was proposed as chairman
of the third party convention to be held
| at Chicago l.. =. Dillon, republican
nominee for Governor of Ohio. declined to
accept. Gov. Colquitt was renomnated
| in the Texas primaries. Judge Archibald
OF the Commerce Court MADE formal an
| swer in the Senate to thirteen charges
made against him by the House of Rep
resentatives. Sugar frauds at Philadel-
phia were settled by payment of nearly
a quarter Of a million dollars to the gov
! eminent. Sworn statements tending TO
show that annual graft collected by high
1 police officials in New York city amounts
! to s.. 4N, 600 were made to District Attor-
| ney Whitman. Police Lieut.. Becker
charged with murder in the first degree
| in the ROSenthal case, Was arrested IN
New York. The balloon Uncle Sam. start
/, ing from S.: Louis, landed at Manassas.
| Va, winning the right 10 contest AS Stuff
CART, Germany. Mrs. Daisy Ope Grace
charge of shooting her husband. The
body Of woman found drowned in a
creek near Catskill, n. Y, was Identified
as that of the missing Dorcas lJams
| Snodgrass: it was believed she commit
! ted suicide.
] Among those who died during the week
We're former Senator William D. Wash
| burn Of Minnesota. Col. William IL. COT
| fin of the Coast Artillery.
Foreign.
The Emperor of Japan died III TOXIC;
| Yoshihito, crown prince, succeeded to the
throne Turkey has indicated Willingness
to negotiate with Italy for peace if her
honor and dignity can be conserved. The
recognition of the Chinese republic. 1t
was announced at the State Department.
will not be accorded until the new gov
ernment has demonstrated ability TO
maintain itself. Mexican rebels were de-
feated in battle ut Ojitos: United States
again warned Mexico and Orozco that
lives and property of Americans must be
respected: Indians in the state of OaNaca,
Mexico renewed their revolt: Emilio Vas
uuez Gomez. arrested on charge of VIC
lation of the neutrality laws, was re-
leased on bonds at San Antonio. TEX
Cen Luis Mena. minister of war in Mic
aragua. was dismissed from office by
President Diaz: sons and partisans OF
Gen. Mena inauSurated u revolution
which is gaining ground Capt. EJnar
Mikkcisen and Engineer 1verson, rescued
from Greenland after a year or more of
| exploration perils, were gwen gold mea-
ais by the King of Denmark. Great Brit
ain announced that Ambassador Bryce
would remain in Washington. The report
that the Pope had repealed the Nc Te-
mere decree was denied from Rome.
Hundreds were hurled into the sea with
the collapse of the landing stage at RinZ,
Germany; twenty-one bodies We're Tecov-
cred. Ten men were killed and thirty
five wounded by the collapse Of a power
station at Nurenlburg, Bavaria.
District of Columbia.
Layton Burdette, champion fly killer,
with a record Of 3, 81. 400 flies killed dur
ing the month Of July. received The
Stars first prize of SD: there were H.
1870 flies killed by contestants during
the past month. Capt. James F. Oyster
was reelected president of the board of
education. Washington democrats paid a
visit to Woodrow Wilson, nominee for
President Of the democratic party, at Sea-
girt. n J. Sidney Bieber relinquished
title to the government Ofs lands on the
Anacostia river 3. II. Warner was host
at reception to members of Congress AZ
his home in Kensington. attended by 1000
or more politicians. business men and
others. ..obert r. Small of Washington
was made superintendent of the southern
branch of the Associated Press. with
headquarters at Atlanta, Ga. Impeach-
luent of Associate Justice u. T. Wright
of the .,upreme Court of the District Of
Columbia was demanded for his conduct
of the labor contempt cases. John Ed
ward HUMPHREYS. accused of forging
notes to an aggregate value of nearly
Sn5,NW while in the service of the Ma
tional CITY Bank. was placed under $500
bond. The books and records of the
American Ice Company, demanded by the
government agents conducting inquiry
into the methods of the concern in Wash
ington. were submitted to the grand jury.
John Brown. a porter. was indicted for
murder in the second degree. following
the death of Andreas Viessmann. his en-
ployer. three days less than year after
the assault; Brown is at large, where
abouts unknown to the police. Among
those who died during the week was Lo-
renzo Shaw, pioneer amusement man.