Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-26
THE WEEK.
EpitOme OF Events Ending July
e, 1913

Mrs. Wilson, wife of the President. en-
tertained the women of the vicinity at
the summer home at Cornish, \. IL
Miss Margaret Wilson. daughter of the
President, aided in fighting fire among
cottages at Eagiesmere, Pa, where she
was domiciled Secretary Bryan of the
State Department lectured in Indiana.
Suit was filed by the Department of Jus
tice against the American Telephone and
Telegraph Company, operating on the
Pacific coast, a trust In restraint OF
competition. The managers and en-
ployes of eastern railroads failed to reach
a basis of negotiation in the arbitration
proceedings pending before the federal
board of mediation. Democratic senators
supported the administration tariff meas
dertook to conciliate opposition In Con-
gress to the pending currency legislation:
Postmaster General Burleson defended
his modification of parcel post regulatlon
as a right given him under the law. M.
NJ Mulhall continued his testimony be-
fore the Senate lobby Investigating COM
mittee. David Lamar. threatened with
arrest on indictment by the grand jury OF
New York city, on charge of falsely I'M
personating government officials, re-
IfldlIleu III " oUl "a sho JNAAo
diction of the court. c. s. Hamlin was
nominated to be assistant secretary OF
the Treasury in charge OF customs. L. "A.
Pinkham was nominated to be Governor
of Hawaii. A. c. Hart, democrat sup
ported by President Wilson, was elected
representative from the sixth district or
New Jersey. Four watchmen at the
Wake Forest coal mines, West virginia
were killed by striking miners. Troops
were ordered out by the state to protect
against disturbances Oy
striking copper miners. Fifty women ana
girls were burned to death IN the hre
which destroyed a factory at Bingnam-
ton. N Y Among those who died during
ruff, u s A., retired, civil war veteran
and holder of a medal OF honor TOT gar
Iantry in the field.
Foreign.
Mediation in Mexican affairs, to bring
about the establishment Of a govern
ment by constitutional election. was
among the plans considered by the United
States administration to bring about
peace and prosperity in the republics
| Ambassador Wilson arrived in Washing
ton from Mexico City to confer with the
President: Mexico paid signal honors 10
the arriving minister from Japan to dem
onstrate its friendlinesS. secretary Bryan
of the State Department proposed the ex-
tension to Nicaragua of the protectorate
plan applied to Cuba, in connection with
negotiations for the acquisition by the
United States of rights to construct a
Nicaragua transoceanic canal. SOUTH
ern provinces of China severed relations
with the new Chinese republic. establish
ing a separate government; Shanenal was
attacked by armed forces of the new re-
public Bulgaria submitted her diner
ences with her allies in the Balkan war
to Russia, asking for peace; turkish
forces recaptured Adrianople; the pow
ers intimated to Turkey that the terms OF
the agreement must be maintained. and
that Turkey could not hold recovered
territory The Swiss guard at the Vat
lean revolted and was dismissed from
the papal service for mutiny. Cadets
from the American training ship Ranger
were received by the Pope Miss hey
drag Premier Asquith of England from
the coach in which he was riding: Mrs
Emmeline Pankhurst, arrested despite
mob efforts to rescue her, was committed
and again released from prison IN a a
were felt in Porto Rico and Germany.
In the District.
Business men of Washington planned
| a monster reception to the new board of
Commissioners. Retiring Commissioner
Cuno H. Rudolph announced his intention
| to undertake banking as vice president
of the National Metropolitan Bank. w.
p Richards. assessor, was drilled as a
| witness before the House committee on
| affairs in the District of Columbia. on the
question Of tax assessments. German
residents Of Washington announced de-
termination to fight the new excise law.
Business men of Washington united with
Baltimore interests to fight bcfore the
| interstate commerce commission the with
| drawal o. free store-door delivery of
| freight in the two cities, as planned by
the Pennsylvania and Baltimore and Ohio
railroads Assistant Secretary of State
Adee returned from a trip to Europe.
Secretary Garrison of the War Depart
| ment announced that clerks failing to
| dismissal Police Capt Henry Schnei-
der of the seventh precinct was sum-
| moned to appear before a police trial
board on charges preferred by Rev. H.
nounced sane by a Jury. The mas
| querade of men as girls, supposed to be
members of the Chicago Boomer nine,
provoked a riot at ball park. Rev. DIR.
J. NJ Schick, pastor of the church at
l.tended by former President Roosevelt,
died as the result of injuries received in
an automobile accident. A woman. at
tempting to leap from the steamer to the
wharf at River View, and falling into the
water was rescued Carl Simms, a
twelve-year-old colored boy, was Drown
ed in the Eastern branch; DR.. Clapharn
King, dived into the river in an effort
to save him. j. 7. Sothoron, a lawyer,
committed suicide Frank Savage, nine
teen years old, was drowned from an
overturned canoe in the Potomac river
E. NJ. Elwood, whose neck was broken
by dive into shallow water at Colonial
Beach, died. Among others who died
during the week were: Capt H. A. Her
rell, veteran of the civil war; Dr. Thorn
as c. Smith, c. c. Thompson, foreman