Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-29
THE WEEK
ERatOme OF Events Fading June
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lHE WEEK
ERatome OF Events EnAinG June
-, 1919.
President Taft and Vice President Sher-
man were renominated as the standard
bearers Of the republican party at the
national convention in Chicago; former
President Roosevelt, at a mass meeting
OF delegates and contesting delegates I'M
seated In the convention, pledged to him,
was nominated for President as the can
Udate OF the new national progressive
party. and with the expectation that
convention would be held later in the
summer. when a platform and slate
would be regularly adopted. Thomas
Fortune Ryan. August Belmont and ]. P.
Morgan were read out OF the democratic
party by 4 resolution introduced by w. J.
Bryan. which pledged the democratic ma
tional convention not to nominate a can
dictate for President or Vice President
on the tenth ballot Clark had the great
est number OF votes for President, with
Wilson second. New York having gone
over to the Speaker. and condition Of
held big parade in Baltimore in the in
terest OF suffrage plank in the demo-
cratic platform. Frederick w. Lehman
resigned as solicitor general Of the De-
partment of Justice. Twenty-Five thou
sand employees OF the Pennsylvania rail-
| road on lines east of Pittsburgh voted in
| favor Of striking to obtain their demands
Dr.. Algernon s. Crapsey was arrested at
Dunkfrk, N. Y, as a vagrant and will
bring suit against the police involved A
German printer was arrested for the
theft or more than. $4,000 Of unsigned
bank notes OF Brazil from the New York
concern which made them and for which
he worked. A man and his wife were
killed when their automobile was wrecked
In collision with a train at Utica, " Y
A negro woman who had murdered her
mistress was lynched at Pinehurst, Ga
seventeen bodies were recovered from the
Niagara river as the result Of the col
lapse OF Grand Island dock; eleven were
reported missing. Among those who died
during the week was Anthony Higgins
nfst republican senator from New Jersey
Foreign.
Gen. Estenoz, leader Of the Cuban revo-
ltitionists, was shot to death in battle
| near Songo by federal troops; rebels in
the vicinity Of Guantanamo bay raised
| flag OF truce. Gen. Orozco, commanding
the insurrectionists in Mexico. applied to
President Madero for terms of surren-
der; the government declined to reply,
although amnesty may be extended to all
rebellfous troops under the rank Of cap
tain II the city Of Chihuahua is captured:
| a federal force Of $500 men was reported
marching upon Juarez. China was re-
ported adverse to accepting the conditions
OF supervision conditional upon the three
hundred million -dolar loan proposition:
serious trouble. demonstration against
| the loan. broke out. Reginald McKenna,
home secretary, was attacked by suf-
| fragette at Cardiff, South Wales. The
German kaiser conferred the Order Of the
Red Eagle on Allison v. Armour Of the
New York Yacht Club Col Jose Rami-
rezs former Nicaraguan cabinet min
lister. was assassinated at Juan del Sur
Three sailors dead and three officers anu
twenty sailors injured was the casualty
| toll following the explosion Of gun on
the French armored cruiser Jules Mich
| elet. Sixteen deaths from bubonic plague
were reported from Porto Rico: army
surgeons have been ordered there to
check the spread OF the disease. The Yep
pelin dirigfble. Schwaben l.. broke from
moorings at Dusseldorf during q storm,
exploded and was burned up. More than
q million dollars damage was done by
forest fires east Of Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Fire ct Chicoutimi. Quebec. caused loss
Of ~ soc. 900. Baron vincenzo Palermo was
sentenced in Rome to life imprisonment
for the murder OF his former mistress.
Principessa Giulia Trtgona di SAINT Ella,
lady in waiting to Queen Elena. Among
those who died during the week was Sir
shall and q distinguished soldier.
District Of Columbia.
The war on flies In tho District Of Co.
lumbia was carried into the breeding
places OF the pests, and destroying prep
arations spread broadcast Fear that en-
ployes OF the government would be drop
ped from the pay rolls because OF the
failure OF Congress to pass the appro-
priation Bills providing for their pay
was removed as the result Of assurance
given following conference between
the President, department officials and
members Of the congressional commit
tees; q resolution providing for the con-
tinuance OF the appropriations for sala-
rtes. 1t was promised, Will be passed
Monday. Samuel Gonpers, president of
the A. F. L.. was sentenced to one year
and John Mitchell will be later sentenced
by Justice Wright OF the Supreme Court
Of the District Of Columbia, following
second conviction OF contempt OF court;
appeal was noted by Gompers and Morti-
SON. Capt. Julian L. Schley, U. s. A.,
was ordered to duty a. assistant Engineer
Commissioner Of the District of Column
bia, superseding Maj. E. NJ. Markham,
transferred to Memphis, Tenn. Carl Il.
Hamilton, amateur aviator, was injured
by the fall Of the aeroplane he was driv-
Ing over College Park. Three Washington
boys, Frank Wrenn, William Wrenn and
Clifton Brown. floating down the Potomac
on a raft were rescued by the police
boat. A youth. who has not been identi-
fed, was shot to death in the tent
where he had sought shelter, near High
way bridge, by Andrew Flaherty. a boy
tenter, who explains that he was playing
with q pistol when 1t accidentally went
of with the fatal result. Ernest Sauer
of this city committed suicide in Balti-
more by shooting himself through the
head. Guy Hurdle. a thirteen-year-old
boy, scolded at home, committed suicide
by hanging himself from high limb OF
a tree in Hangman's Hollow. The auto
mobile driven by Capt. H Q. Williams,
q. s. A., ran over and killed a man at
Sth and K streets: the coroners jury ex-
onerated the army officer. Five men
were burned by q thirty-foot flame &C
cidentaly ignited at a gas main under
going repairs near the government print
INK ONCE w. M. Sabens. q young soldier,
on trial for the murder Of Ada Haynes,
in the red light district. was found guilty.
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