Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-29
THE WEEK
EpitOme Of Events Ending March
., 1913.

! The President, appalled, by the extent
| of the flood disaster. ordered Secretary
| of War Garrison to the scene, and con-
| templated himself going later If circum-
| stances required. Surgeon General Ru-
pert Blue and Assistant Surgeon General
Rucker of the public health service were
sent to give help by the Secretary of the
| Treasury. Food. supplies, medicines,
| tents and blankets were provided for
| sufferers and the homeless by the War
Department. The Red Cross asked con-
| tributions of money and supplies, and ac-
| lively engaged in work of rescue and sue
| cor. Hundreds of lives lost, many thou
sand homeless and millions in property
destroyed was the harvest Of cyclone and
flood which swept over Nebraska. Iowa,
Ohio, Indiana, Pennsylvania, Missouri
and other states; Dayton and Columbus,
| Ohio. and Omaha. Neb., which was struck
| by tornado, were the worst sufferers.
James Hamilton Lewis. democrat, was
elected senator for the long term by the
Illinois legislature. and Lawrence Y.
| Sherman. republican. was chosen for the
short term. Commander Victor Blue was
| designated head of the bureau of naviga-
| ton by the Secretary of the Navy. The
| widow of Rear Admiral Joseph Eaton
! was arraigned, charged with numbering
him by administering poison in his tea
| abled at sea in heavy gale, We're safely
| transferred to thesteamer c. F. Tietgen
and conveyed to port. Justice Henry
Bishoff of the New York supreme court
| stepped into an elevator shaft in attempt
| ing to board the elevator shooting up
| ward. Floyd and Claude Allen, father
and son, convicted of murder in connect
| ton with the Hillsville, Va. courthouse
| tragedy, Were electrocuted at Richmond
| jail.
| Foreign.
| Adrianople and Tchatalja fell into the
hands of the Balkan allies after fierce
assaults on the Turkish positions A
Turkish army of 1900 surrendered to
| Servian forces in Albania. Montenegro
| needing the ultimatum of Austria, per-
| m1tted the evacuation of Scutari by the
civilian population. Enrique Zepeda. gov
ernor of the federal district Of Mexico, d
| nephew of President Huerta, was put
under arrest after directing the shooting
! of a political prisoner, Gabriel Herman
| DEE, in. the Jail at Belem. The mining
| town of Cananea was attacked by troops
of the state Of Chihuahua. Great Britain
| extended overtures to Germany for the
| suspension of navy building for one year
| inviting all nations to participate. The
! Pope, weakened by illness, suspended
audiences. Among those who died during
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| marshal of Great Britain.
| In the District.
| President Wilson submitted to yaccina-
| ton, as a precaution against smallpox.
| The President visited the HOUSE of Rep
resentatives to see the new benches which
| have been installed in the legislative hall
The Star subscribed $1,000 to the flood
sufferers relief fund; many subscrip-
tons were received from Washington
| sympathizers. Announcement was made
| that the Potomac river will not be sub
| jected to flood conditions. James +. Oys-
| ter resigned as president of the board of
! education. April 14-19 was set aside AS
city cleaning week in d proclamation by
the board of Commissioners. A plan foT
| making Washington model city was
| submitted to the President by John Pur-
roy Mitchell of New York and members of
| the New York municipal research bu-
| reau. The interstate commerce commits
sion conducted a hearing into the ques-
| ton of free delivery of freight by rail-
| roads to consumers. Rev. w. g. Daven-
| port, pastor of Emmanuel Episcopal
! Church, resigned. Among those who died
during the week were: Brig. Gen. A. j.
Perry, civil war veteran; Charles Lyman,
| former president of the civil service
| board. and Comte Raoul de Saint Phalle,
| chancellor of the French embassy In
Washington.