Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-14
THE WEEK
Epitome Of Events Ending June
IL 1913,

H 10lS.
The President nominated Cornelius
Ford of New Jersey to be public
printer. Mrs. j. Borden Hartman. it
was announced. probably would be
named on the Industrial commission.
The Senate inquiry into charges OF
peonage In the West Virginia coal
fields opened at Charleston, w. Va. A
resolution proposing an amendment to
the federal Constitution providing
woman suffrage was Endorsed by the
Senate suffrage committee. President
Wilson's methods Of dealing with pro-
posed tariff legislation were criticised
by Senator Gallinger before the Senate
lobby investigators. The President
denied that he had any part in holding
bill Dissolution of the kodak COM
panies, as combination In restraint
OF trade, was asked in the suit filed by
the government under the antitrust
rights of states to fix railroad rates in
intrastate traffic, declared the news
paper publicity law valid and upheld
the criminal features Of the Sherman
antitrust law. Nineteen officials Of
the mine workers organisation were
the antitrust law, at the federal
court in Charleston, w. Va. John NJ.
Cage, inventor. and five other men re-
manned in q submerged Cage sub
record. The Associated Advertising
Clubs Of America held their annual
convention in Baltimore. Rear Admiral
Hugo Osterhaus, ranking next to Ad-
mira1 Dewey in the navy, NRs retired
for age Six were killed in a railroad
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railroad at Stamford, Conn. Among
those who died during the week was
Rev. DR.. Charles Augustus Briggs,
theologian.
Foreign.
DR.. Lauro Muller, Brazilian minister
of foreign affairs, became the guest OF
the United States, returning the visit of
the then Secretary of State, Elihu Root,
In 1905; he was entertained In Washing
ton and Annapolis. Japan officials
seized the American yacht Columbia,
which put into the closed port Of Wa
of the United States ordered Porter
Charlton delivered to the Italian authori-
ties for deportation and trial on the
charge of numbering his wife at Lake
Como in 1910 Ex-President Taft de-
clared the Filipino is not ready for In
dependence, speaking before the Phil
ippines Society In New York; Delegate
Manuel Queen, on the same occasion.
pleaded for the liberty of his people.
]. T. Dubois. minister to Colombia. re-
service Great Britain's crack polo team
was defeated by the American team at
Meadow Brook. Shefket Pasha, Grand
Vizier Of Turkey, was assassinated in
the streets Of Constantinople. Bulgaria
agreed to Russia's proposition for arbi-
tration of the dispute with servia and
Greece over the spoils OF the Balkan
war. The bill to provide home rule for
Ireland was passed to third reading
before the British house Of commons:
G. Brindejonc des Moulinais. French
aviator, made a 1IO6-mile flight from
Paris to Warsaw, during daylight. trav-
cling at an average speed OF ITO miles an
hour. Six American soldiers were killed
and twelve wounded in a fierce battle
with Moros, under the Sultan or Jolo
whose stronghold was captured
In the District.
The President and his family expect to
leave here June % for the summer
white House. in New Hampshire. The
President will return after July to re-
main as long as Congress stays in ses-
sion. Mrs Wilson was hostess to the
committee of fifty on housing and alley
conditions. The Secretary of State, w.
J. Bryan, announced that he would carry
his lunch to the State Department every
day Former President Taft spent sew
eral days here, coming for meeting with
other commissioners of the Lincoln Me-
mortal Oliver p. Newman, newspaper
man, and w. ". Cox, banker. were re-
ported to be prominent In the President 8
mind for Commissioners OF the District
of Columbia. Commissioner ]. A. john
ston left Washington for the Thousand
Islands, thereby practically closing his
services as a member Of the board. Maj.
Richard Sylvester was again chosen pres
ident Of the International Association OF
Chiefs of Police, at the annual session
held in Washington. A bill to provide
for the segregation of white and colored
employees of the government in their Of
flee work was introduced by Represen-
tative Answell Of Louisiana. Confeder-
ate veterans observed their memorial day
Sunday, strewing flowers over the graves
Of dead soldiers Of the gray In Arlington
and elsewhere. Plans for the conversion
Of the former home of the late Mrs. A.
l.. Barber into a public park were dis
cussed at public and committee meetings.
Lincoln memorial plans were approved
by the commission. The Supreme Court
Of the District Of Columbia held the loan
shark law to be unconstitutional. Mrs
Laura A. Halsey was held up, bound
gagged and robbed by two men In her
grocery store. Police Inspector Cross was
exonerated Of the charge. of having failed
to arrest handbook makers. Rev. w. I.
Campbell was installed as pastor Of the
Sherwood Presbyterian Church. Miss
Ethel Stevens. tired of life. attempted
suicide by taking bichloride Of mercury.
William Sabens, convicted of numbering
Ada Haynes, was granted new trial. A
further respite of thirty days was grant
ed to Tony Milano, condemned to hang
for the murder of a boy. Nathaniel
Green, convicted of criminal assault was
hanged. Among those who died during
the week were: Henry c. Caruth. BROTH
er of the former minister to Portugal;
Carl E. Burgdorf. stable manager.
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