Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-13
THE WEEK.
Epat0me Of Events Eading Sep.
her IS, 1913.

Il
her Is, 1913.
John A. Peters. republican. carried the
third Maine congressional district by
plurality OF 553, and vote Of Is. 106; w.
A. Pattangan, democrat obtain 1853
votes and Lawrence. progressive. 6,4S7.
The tariff bill passed the Senate by the
vote Of a to 81. Senators La Toilette. re-
publican, and Poindexter, progressive.
voting for II. and Senators Ransdell and
Thornton, democrats, against 1t; In con-
ference the House representatives yield
on most of the Senate amendments In
the chemical, earthenware, glass tobacco
and wood schedules. Representative
Anderson of Minnesota, republican.
charging force and fraud In caucus ma
nipulation Of legislation, resigned as a
member Of the ways and means COM
mittee. David Lamar. indicted In New
York for inpersonating congressman
in efforts to manipulate legislation. was
arrested in Washington Prince Albert
United States. Secretary of State Bryan
lectured at Salisbury. Nd, following the
entertainment by Alpine yodlers. Sam
uel Gompers, president Of the American
conditions as worse in America than In
Europe. saying that an employer would
think more Of horse than the man
who works for him. The United States
team won the Palma trophy In the
hustled out of Canada by immigration
authorities, was free three hours in
New Hampshire when caught by New
Hampshire sheriff. Representative Tim
othy d. Sullivan, broken in health. dis
appeared from the sanitarium where he
was confined. An express package con-
tanning $71,9O0 was stolen from the safe
on an Atlantic Coast Line train on the
way to Savannah. Two Of the crew Of
plosion Of the boiler. Thirty five persons
were injured in the derailment Of the
Pennsylvania fiier from New York to St
Louis at Wylees Station. Ohio Franklin
!: Lane. Secretary Of the Interior. was
]. Gaynor. mayor Of New York, was
stricken dead on the Inter Baltic on his
way to Europe. Among those who died
during the week were James Farley,
leader Of strike-breakers; Representative
Foreign.
Manuel NJ de Zamacona Incian. for
States. reputed to be In the United
reached Washington and left the city
without divulging his purpose: admins
tration officials admitted that negotiations
for mediation in the Mexican situation
had failed. President Menocal Of Cuba
applied to the United States for authority
to borrow 5.OO0. 600 for public purposes.
Revolution broke out in Santo Domingo,
the government gunboat Smelling Puerto !
Plata, the rebel stronghold: the United |
States threatened to land marines to pro-
tect the town. Chinese troops In Marking
assaulted messenger Of the japanese
consul and trampled the national flag: !
crowds gathered In Toxic and demanded |
a Japanese invasion Of China; Japan sent !
an ultimatum to China, demanding apollo
gies and reparation. Senior Don Juan
Riano Cayangos, present minister OF
Spain, was reported to be slated for the |
dignity Of ambassador when the rank OF
the present legation shall be raised. Sir
Oliver Lodge. president Of the British As
ISOLATION for the Advancement Of Science.
declared his opinion that science may
yet establish the continuity Of individual
ity persisting after death. Sir Thomas
Upton announced his acceptance Of the
terms Of the New York Yacht
Club for the America cup races.
A German naval dirigible. sunk at sea In
a storm, carrying her crew to death. Four
onlookers were decapitated by military
aeroplane not under control at Buechen-
beuren. Prussia. One Of the assassins of
Director Abe OF the japanese foreign Of
flee. committed suicide by hara-lkiri at
Toxic.
In the District.
President Wilson left Washington for
his summer home at Cornish. n. H., for
a weekend visit to his family. The
President directed the Department Of
Justice to take part in the defense Of
District Commissioner Newman in the
legal efforts to declare him ineligible to
office. The excise commission toured the
city. inspecting the establishments of APP
plicants for liquor licenses. The Commits
sioners filed plea in abatement, asking
the court to abate the mandamns pro-
missed tax assessor. Roger Williams,
chief clerk Of the former excise board,
and Waldo c. Hibbs, secretary to three
former Commissioners. received appoint
ments. respectively. to be clerk In the
dlsbursing office, and as an excise in
spector. The booster excursion of the
Retail Merchants Association and the
chamber OF Commerce to down-rNer
points was success. Former Repre-
sentative George Curry OF New Mexico. |
afterWard chief of police of Manila. and
before that a captain In Roosevelt
Rough Riders, eloped to Rockville, Nd,
with Miss NJ. c. Cans of Pennsylvania, |
G. o. Robinson to Sibley Hospital was
announced. Commercial Club moved into
Its new home at 1884 I street
Members Of the Corda Fratres, an in |
ternational congress of students, visited |
in the course OF q tour of
eastern United States. DR.. Frederick A. |
Cook. visiting Washington. again assert
ed his claim to having reached the north
pole. Parents of two Washington chill
dren treated for tuberculosis with the
turtle serum OF DR.. F. Friedman, de-
clared that good results have followed
TWO youths held uD at tho point Of their
guns the cashier of a local cafe. robbing |
the till OF so. Linwood Lewis fell off
the rocks and was carried to death over
Great Falls. r. r. Mothershead drowned
himself III the Potomac river in sight Of
many persons. John A. Murphy, insane.
hanged himself with his bedsheet in the
Government Hospital for the Insane.
New England's Roads.