Evening star., 1912-07-20
EPiteme OF Eventa EnainE Jaly
-, 1o12.

William F. McCombs was named by
Woodrow Wilson. democratic presidential
nominee. as chairman OF the democratic
national committee. Gov. Wilson also
named the democratic campaign commit
tee. The impeachment case against
Judge Robert W. Archibald was called IN
the Senate, and he was ordered to an
swer the charges July p. The House
elections committee voted to declare
lille gal the election OF Representative Cat
lin of Missouri and seat Patrick r. GIL
the contestant. The rivers and harbors
appropriation bill. carrying $s3.OONo. as
reported from conference. passed the
Senate. Luther Conant, jr., Of New YORK
was nominated by President Taft TO be
Herbert Knox Smith. who resigned be-
cause OF loyalty to the political cause OF
Roosevelt. Carmi 4. Thompson OF ONO
was made secretary to the President, and
assumed his post. William Loflmer OF
Illinois was ousted from his seat III tne
United States Senate by vote or his col
lee glies. Graft in granting pardons ana
BY other means. charged against Gov.
Cole L. Blease OF South Carolina, was
| under investigation by the state icg,s-
lature. Fort McHenry. whose nag ny
| ing during the war of 1872 inspired the
patriotic anthem. THE Star Spangled
| banner was abandoned as an army
post. John Armstrong Chaloner OF
Richmond made public that he had deed.
ed his estate to charitable and educational
purposes. The murder of Herman
Rosenthal, gambler in New YORK city,
| ascr.5ed TO his revelations regarding q
! pact between gamblers and police, re-
| suited In several arrests. directed sus-
| picion at police officials, and Is expected
| to bring about exposure OF pohce
methods. Nathan Schwartz. confessed
murderer of Julia Connors, nine year
old New York girl. committed suicide oy
| In a storm near Jacobs Creek. Pa. Thir-
| teen were killed and about twenty hurt
in wreck on the Chicago. Burlington
and Quincy railroad near Chicago.
Foreign.
The United States led all ne etions in the
number Of points scored for victories IN
the Olympic games In Stockholm. Sweden.
The Turkish government reported the re-
pulse of eight Italian torpedo boats In an
attack on the Dardanellcs: lac, OF con-
firmaticn of the story induced the theory
that the porte created the incident in an ef-
fort 10 suppress a possible revolt of the
troops; the Turkish cabinet resigned. Tne
Chinese national assembly vetoed the
cabinet appointments OF Premier Yuan
Shi Ka!. 4 pact establishing O. defensive
completed for signatures. Gen. PEDRO
Ivonet. the negro rebel leader In Cuba.
was killed. Suffragettes In Dubiic at
tackled Premier Asauith. throwing an ak
into his carriage that struck John Red
mond. a strike for universal suffrage
menaced Belgium. The governments
candidate for President OF Panama with
drew. and DR.. Belisar:o Porras had a
walkover ct the national elections John
J.. Griffiths. United States consul general
in London was elected president of the
Association of Foreign Consuis. Hubert
Latham, AngfO-Frcnoh aviator. was
killed by wild buffalo while on a hunt
in Africa. Lieut.. Preusser. German mil
itary aviator. was killed by a fall At
Leipzig. Among those who died during
the week was Jules Henri Poincare,
French mathematician.
District Of Columbia.
Seven million is the toll Of slain flies so
far this month. For improvement of the
Potomac and Anacostia rivers, an appro-
priation Of $4,000 was carried by the
rivers and harbors bill, passed by Con-
gress. The project for the erection OF a
George Washington memorial building on
the old Pennsylvania Railroad station site
in the Mall received the approval Of the
House committee on public buildings and
grounds. Sherman r. Allen of Washing
ton vas appointed assistant secretary OF
| the Treasury, succeeding A. Piatt An
drew. resigned. Clifford Pinchot. formerly
chief forester of the United States. volun-
tarily notified the government of the District
Of Columbia that the assessors had under
valued his property, and offered to pay
300 a year In additional taxes. Charges
Of conspiracy to defraud the United
States government by shutting of compe-
tition in bids for the laundry work in the
departments were the subject of indict-
ments returned against five officials Of
laundry concerns In the National Capital;
the men indicted were Louis Levy, Fred
erick W. Mackenzie, Clarence f. Sewers,
Thomas Hill Marshall and Leon 8. Tyn-
dali. Thomas l.. Hume, stock broker.
was indicted on the charge Of enhezzlins
stock valued at $500. the property of
Mrs NJ. d. Cutler. Walter J. Alleger was
killed by trolley cah near Pierce Mill
road on Wisconsin avenue. Miss Nathalie
Barney Of Washington was hurt In an
auto wreck In France. Among those who
died during the week were, William II.
Burnett forty-nine years a War Depart
ment clerk, and a well known singer;
W. C. Keegin. lawyer. and William F..