Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-20
THE WEEK.
EPitOme of Events Ending Sep
TENDER 20, 1913.

SuiIcHSy Uil, DIS reported from tHe Cum
mittee. supported by the democrats of
the House, was amended to avoid repeal
of the parity provisions of the gold stand
ard law and was passed by the House.
Theodore Roosevelt was suggested as
special envoy to invite participation of
England and Germany in the Panama
Pacific exposition. Joseph w. Folk.
former Governor of Missouri. was nomi-
mated solicitor Of the State Department.
II. w. Rogers, dean of the Yale Law
School. was appointed judge of the second
circuit federal bench Gabe E. Parker.
Indian. assumed the office of register of
the Treasury. Prince Albert of Monaco,
travelling in the United States visited
Wyoming and other western states. Judge
Rufus r. Thayer. United States district
judge at Shanghai, was the subject of
charges of maifeasance in office, laid be-
fore Congress. Independent telephone in
terests asked the Department of Justice
to begin proceedings against the Ameri-
can Telephone and Telegraph Company
under the Sherman antitrust law. Tam
many Hall and fusion advocates con-
trolled the primary elections in New York
city, nominating candidates for local Of
fees. respectively. The annual encamp-
ment of the q. A r. was held at Chat
tanooga, Tenn. The high court Of i'm
parchment of New York state assembled
Ter on Impeachment charges. Counsel
for Harry K. Thaw opened the way for
federal proceedings to prevent his extra
dition from New Hampshire into New
York. A bomb was sent through the
mails to Gen. Harrison Grey Otis, owner
of the Los Angeles Times. Hans Schmidt,
priest attached to ST. Joseph's Roman
Catholic Church, N. Y, admitted the
murder of Anna Aumuller, and the dis
memberment of her body, the crimes of
nfnrf or oil
against him by the police. and DR.. T. a.
Muret. dentist. was arrested as an ac-
complete. Maury l. Diggs was sentenced
to two years and F. Drew Caminetti to
in San Francisco under the white slave
act. The wreck of the White mountain
express on the New York, New Haven
and Hartford railroad was charged
against three employees of the two trains
by the coroner's Jury. Secretary Lane
of the Department of the Interior had a
serious relapse at Berkeley. Cal. and
was placed under treatment. Among those
who died during the week was Samuel
Dibble, former representative in Congress
from South Carolina.
Foreign.
President Huerta of Mexico, in his an
nual address to congress, promised fair
elections, intmated his desire to turn
over to his successor a peaceful coun-
try, and declared that the time of for
eisn warships in Mexican waters would
be confined to the limit fixed by the
permission granted. 1t was reported
that Gen. Felix Diaz was recalled from
Europe, suggesting that he is to be the
candidate of President Huerta to succeed
him as president. In press dispatches
Gen. DiaZ is quoted as denying the re-
port. John Lind. adviser to the Amer
lean embassy in Mexico City, dined the
officers of the American fleet in Vera
Cruz harbor, with Gen. Mas, comman-
dant of. the port, as one of his guests.
Arab tribesmen killed the Italian Gen.
Torelli and thirty-three officers and men
in a battle in Trpoli. Turkish and Bull
garian peace delegates reached agree
ment on the frontier question. Bulgaria
giving up Adrainople and Kirk Kilisseh,
ceded In the original treaty ending the
Balkan war China withheld reply t.
the demand of Japan for apology for the
killing of Japanese at Marking. More
went on strike. Princess Sophia of
Sake Weimar-Eisenach, twenty-five years
of age, prevented from marrying the
son of a banker without resgning her
digpities. committed suicide. Among
those who died during the week were:
Prof. Arminius Vambery Of Hungary.
traveller orientalist and linguist, having
mastery of twenty-one tongues, and
Severe Lopez. former minister from Sal
vador to the United States.
In the District.
weekend vacation at his summer home
at Cornish, N. II. Representative c. H.
Tavenner of Illinois introduced in Con-
gress bill providing that citizens of
the District of Columbia shall determine
by official vote whether the present
form of government shall be changed
Senator Bailey. speaking at a public
meeting. declared that suffrage for the
District OF Columbia was certain. Com
missioner Newman. defending his
denied a special appeal for review of the
proceedings in the lower court Suit to
compel the dissolution of the Washing
ton Gas Light Company was instituted
in the District Supreme Court by the
board of Commissioners. The board of
Commissioners also invoked the power of
the court to compel construction of fire
escapes and other fire protection in ac-
cordance with law, by property owners.
of regulations under the new excise law
The Retail Merchants Association
named eighty Eight railroads and steam
ship lines in its complaint to the inter-
freight rates to and from Washington.
Sanitary inspectors report the sanitary
condition of foodstuffs sold in Washing
ton. Six weddings followed the arrival
OF the Cupid special" train from Rich
mond, Va. Rev. j. d. Buhrer, pastor of
the First Evangelical Church, was elect
ed first vice president of the Eastern
Synod of the Reformed Church of the
United States. The rifle team of the
District of Columbia, scoring :95 ont of
possible 400 points in the Dryden
trophy match at Seagirt. n. j., broke
the worlds record. At the sale of the
Powhatan Hotel under bankruptcy pro-
ceedings. $27O,G0O was offered by the
only bidder. The library of the late
Justice Henry B. Brown of the Supreme
Court of the United States was be-
queathed to the United States by his will.
David Lamar, lobbyist. arrested on the
charge of impersonating a congressman.
resisted extradition from Washington to
New York. John c. Fay, long a prac-
titioner before the Washington bar, was
found dead at his desk in his Office. E.
l.. Ashton, seventeen years Of age, was
killed while hunting by the accidental
discharge of the gun he was carrying.
Among those who died during the week
were: Capt Thomas Quigley. chief of
the Capitol police, and Mrs. Louise
Dresel, a prominent resident.
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