Evening star., 1912-11-09
Foreign.

With the Balkan allies reported forcing
the defenses Of the Turkish capital at
Tchatalja, COns.antinople was regarded
as certain to fall into the hands of the
conquering armies within a few days;
Adrianople was said to have fallen into
the hands of the allies; the Greek forces
occupied Saloniki on the retirement Of
the Turkish garrison. after infiicting the
horrors of massacre upon the Christian
population: MonaStir was taken by the
Servian troops; Turkey appealed to the
powers for mediation to bring about
peace. offering to accept the terms that
might be arranged, but the Balkan al
lies indicated their purpose to deal direct
with the enemy, while some of the pow
ers block an entente. Naby Bey was sent
to Rome as Turkish ambassador follow
Italy and Turkey. Gen. Mario Menocai.
president-elect of Cuba, announced his
intention to visit the United States before
his inauguration in May. Rebels in Santo
Domingo were reported repulsed in efforts
to capture Azua, and the movement to
have fizzled out. Gen. Jose Maria Valla-
dares. fomen.er of many revolutions in
Honduras, died The Chilean garrison of
Punta Arenas. on the Straits of Magellan,
the southernmost city in the world, mu-
President Of Nicaragua. Zapatistas and
Mexican federal troops engaged in SAN
culinary battle south Of Cuernavaca: the
Mexican government reported the paci-
fication of the country proceeding. The
uprising in Liberia was reported by the
American legation to be of small sig-
nificance. A diamond weighing 1.649 car
ats, the largest in the world, but no. of
great purity, was discovered in South
Africa. The Canadian steamship Royal
George was driven In the fog. on the
rocks in the st. Lawrence river
President Taft and members of his
cabinet returned to Washington from
their homes. where they went to cast
their ballots. Henry E. Davis. Charles
a. Douglas, e. Southard Parker. James
F. Oyster and w. v. Cox were among
the names mentioned for chairman of the
inauguration committee of 1913. which
will arrange the ceremonies in Washing
ton for the assumption of the presidency
by Woodrow Wilson. Consent to
change of name Of the Mary. "a nd Virginia
Railway Company to the Washington
Utilities Company. with an authorized
capital of $JO,OOO,OOO, was granted by the
Virginia corporation commission. a step
In the proposed consolidation of local
public utilities. Through car service to
5th and F streets from Drummond, on
the Georgetown and Tenleytown, and the
washington and Rockville lines, over the
lines of the Washington Railway and Elec-
trio Company was announced to be in
augurated November 25. DIR. w. Bruce
Evans was dism4 ssed as principal Of the
Armstrong Manua. Training School as
lacking in the necessary academic.
pedagogic and administrative qualities"
Rev. John Carpenter Palmer of New
York has accepted a call to be pastor of
the Washington Heights Presbyterian
Church. Paul c. Marmion and Leroy B.
Stephe nson, WASHINGTON boys, were rec
commended by the Secretary of the Navy
for second lieutenant commissions in the
Marine Corps. Denying responsibility for
delay in the litigation 70 lowing the con-
test of the will of Sti.son Hutchins, the
executors replied to the petition of the
widow. a question: Of domicile, raised in
the divorce case Of Charles N. Thompson,
principal of the Jefferson Public School,
and his wife, was argued before the Su-
preme Court William ONeil, formerly
employed as a newspaper artist in Wash
ington. committed suicide in Philadelphia.
Otto Auth died from burns resulting from
the explosion of an oil lamp in his room.
Among those who died during the week
were: Rev. Simon A. Holt, clergyman,
lawyer, physician and lecturer; Maj. Gen.
Robert NJ. O'Rei.ly, physician and close
friend Of the late Preside mt Grover Cleve-
land; DIR. Robert Fletcher, assistant IL
brarian in the library of the surgeon
general Of the War Department, and
Capt John c. Fry. expert meteorologist
in he ther bureau