Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-19
THE WEEK.
Epitome of Events Ending July
10. 1918.

At a conference in the White House,
presided over by President Wilson, en-
ployes and managers of eastern railroads
agreed to submit differences to arbitra-
ton. aSerting a threatened strike; the
Newlands-C Clayton bill was passed, amend
ing the Erdman act, providing for media
ton upon a plan advocated by employees
and managers: the President appointed
the board of mediation, with Judge w.
l.. Chambers as chairman. Speaker Cam
non was designated as the chief ally of
the National Association of Manufac-
turers in its lobby before Congress, in
the testimony given by NJ. NJ. Mulhall,
confessed lobbyist. before the Senate in
Vestigaung committee, he also asserted
that president Roosevelt, in the interest
or the nomination of w. Fl. Taft for
PRESIDENT, was willing to aid the trusts.
W. }. Bryan, Secretary of State, on the
Chautauqua platform. stated that he must
augment his official salary by making lee
lures 10 meet the expenses OF his office;
Senator Bristow introduced q resolution
asking the PRESIDENT to designate the
amount on which his Secretary of
state could live and remain at his office:
MT. brFan gave out statement, stating
that ne devoted to that purpose time
taken Dy other cabinet officers for vaca
tion Secretary Garrison OF the War
Department started on a tour Of army
posts. {. 5. Melen resigned as president
OF the New York, New Haven and Hart
FORD railroad; Attorney General McRey-
nolds was hopeful that this action in
dlcated Willingness on the Tart Of the
management to cooperate with the gov
eminent. The Niagara, Commodore
Perrys flagship in the battle of Lake
Erie in the war of 1872 started on its
centennial tour of lake cities The United
States torpedo boat destroyer Tanning
sprung leak at sea- and was lowed to
the New York navy yard. Storm caused
S3,ooo,p0O loss in Ohio Meddlesome boys
playing with the train whistle caused the
loss of fourteen lives and injury to 40
persons, in the wreck of two electric
trains near Los Angeles. Cal. Among
those died during the week was
macist.
Foreign.
Ambassador Wilson was called from
Mexico City for conference with Presi-
dent Wilson to throw light on the situa-
ton in Mexico: the administration policy
toward Mexico was defined as one of
waiting to determine exact conditions be-
fore adoption of any course Of action;
the diplomatic corps in Mexico City in
concert urged their governments to bring
about the recognition of President Huerta
in the interest of tranquility. Abroga-
ton OF the treaty with Russia, former
Ambassador Guild informed President
Wilson, has not disturbed business rela-
tons OF Russia and the United States
Answer to the complaint of Japan In the
alien land law controversy was given
to Japan by Secretary Bryan. Dr. Paul
S. Re.nsch Of the University of Wiscon-
sin was designated the next minister
to China After suffering defeats from
Greeks and Servians, with Roumanian
troops harassing his northern frontier
and the Turkish army crossing the south
ern border. King Ferdinand of Bulgaria
Appealed to Roumania for peace. and in
vited Russia to intercede with the
other nations arrayed against her;
Greece indicated Willingness to con-
tinue the arbitrament of war; Turkey
exhibited anxiety to recover. Adrian
ople; that mutual exhaustion would
bring the war to a close was the view
form for Armenia. to bring peace
among the religious sects, was sub
mitted to the powers by Russia. DR..
Robert Bridges was created poet lau-
bill for Ireland was before the House
of Lords of Great Britain for second
reading. bill to impeach the cabinet
was passed to the first reading in the
house of representatives of China; Chi
nese rebels prepared to announce in
dependence and establish a southern
France celebrated the an
niversary of the fall Of the Bastile,
July IA. Leon Letort. French aviator.
flew in his aeroplane from Berlin to
Paris without halt. Attempts to kill
the crown prince of Norway have
caused the queen to desire seclusion;
she denounces a bill to make Norway a
republic. in default of direct heir
to the throne. as putting a premium on
the head of her son.
District of Columbia.
President Wilson returned to the White
House from a brief vacation at his sum-
mer home at Cornish. N. II. Oliver P.
Newman and Frederick l.. Siddons were
confirmed as Commissioners Of the Dis
trict of Columbia. ]. c. Sheehy, lawyer,
was designated as a member Of the eX-
else commission in place of John B. Col
poys, whose nomination was withdrawn
by the President. A deficiency appro-
priation of $33,65O is asked of Congress
by the board of Commissioners The
Commissioners decided to rescind the
order compelling automobiles of non-resi-
dents to pay a special tax. The Retail
Merchants Associa ton decided to fight
the passage Of the elght-hour bill, affect
ing the hours of labor of women in the
District of Columbia. now pending before
Congress. Stock of the Washington Gas
Light Company took phenomenal jump
on the Washington Stock Exchange
Judge Pugh. in the Police Court, upheld
the validity of the new excise law
of the Society for the
Promotion of Technical knowledge
of Russia were sightseeing about
town, and were received at the
White House. Sonora Francesca
Madero, wife Of the slain president of
Mexico, was in Washington as the guest
of her brother. II. Perez Romero. secret
agent Of the Mexican "constitutionalists"
in Washington. The sentence to hang
imposed on Tony Milano. Italian shoe
maker. for the murder Of eleven-year-
old Harry Smith was committed by the
President to life imprisonment, on the
ground that the prisoner was not of
sound mind. Mrs E. c. Prall, fighting
for the estate Of her father-in-law, was
charged with being a paranoiac by alien
lists on the witness stand. Col. Spencer
Cosby. in charge of public buildings and
grounds. was subjected to an operation
for appendicitis. Louis Beauregard, vet
eran of the civil war, swallowed car
bolic acid. and died in the hospital
Sophie Miller Birch, six years old, was
run over and killed by an automobile in
the sight Of her parents. Among those
who died during the week were: Jackson
Tinker, a Washington newspaper CORE
spondent: Neils P. Yurgensen, master
signal electrician, u. s. A., retired; Orrin
B. Hallam, lawyer and former deputy
auditor for the Treasury Department.;
Capt. w. r. Ramsey, for forty years an
employee of the government printing Of
flee; Jesse Middleton, known as an ex-
pert fisherman.
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