Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-21
THE WEEK
Epitome Of Events Ending June
n, 1913.

n, 1913.
Carter Glass. chairman of the House
committee on banking and currency, is
sued formal statement explaining the
salient features of the administration cur
rency reform BILL which will be introduce
ed into Congress next week. Many
changes were made in the tariff bill as
| reported out of the Senate finance COM
mittee. Deficiency appropriations aggre-
eating $S,O00,OOO for running the govern
ment were asked Of Congress. Presi-
Dental appointments sent to the Senate
include: Thomas Nelson Page. for am
bassador to Italy: Meredith Nicholson,
for minister to Portugal; Pleasant "A
Stovall, for minister to Switzerland. The
President appointed Walker W. Wick col
lector of customs for the Dominican Re
public. John A. Dix was recommended
by Senator O'Gorman of New York for
governor general Of the Philippines. The
Supreme Court generally upheld the
validity of state rate laws, except where
| confscatory. A writ of error in the con-
tempt cases against Samuel Gompers and
other labor leaders was granted by the
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court OF the
United States. Senator MARITIME of New
Jersey and Quinn Morton, manager for
the coal operators association, had hot
words before the Senate investigating
committee. sitting at Charleston. w. Va
| Harvard defeated Yale in the varsity
eight-oared shell race and in two minor
struggles at the annual regatta on the
| Thames river. DR.. Lauro Muller. Brazil
ian foreign minister, on visit to the
United States. was given the degree OF
doctor of laws by Harvard University.
Archdeacon Hudson Stuck. Episcopal mis-
sionary for Alaska, and several com
| panions scaled Mount Mckinley. Alaska,
| the highest peak on the American con-
tinent. DR.. &. F. Aked. a native or Eng
land, and pastor of Los Angeles, al
Baptist church announced he wouid De
come naturalized American because OF
his hatred for kings. DIR. r. r. Frleo-
mann. discoverer of the tubercuIos.s
serum returned to Germany. Victor Oim.
stead, chief statistician. Department OF
Agriculture. was suspended pending IN
vestigation of his Office. Fourteen were
killed in a trolley crash near Vallejo:
Cal. Ensign W. B. Billingsley was killed
and Lieut.. ]. H. Towers injured by iaii
from navy hydrO-aerop!ane near An
napolis. Among those who died during
the week were: Frank Hartley, surgeon
and Della. Fox, former actress.
Foreign.
More fanatics were driven from the
last strong hold at Mount Baghak. Island
of Jolo Philippine Islands. by American
troops under Cen Pershing: fourteen
Americans lost their lives. Sir Rufus
Isaacs and Lloyd George of the British
ministry. confessed indiscretion in trans
actions IN American Marconi stocks:
parliament closed the matter by vote
generating them of wrong intent. A
fanatic threw himself under the hoo1S
was injured. Mrs Emmeline Pankhurst.
suffragette leader. subjected to forced
feeding in London jail. was reported TO
be in precarious condition. Germany
celebrated the silver jubilee or emperor
William. Dr.. Vilhjalmar Stefansson,s
scientific exploration expedition. sail
ed for the Arctic. The 5O,OOo-ton
Hamburg American liner lmperator,
the largest ship afloat, made de-. her ne
A severe battle was fought between
Italian troops and Tripolitan Arabs at
Ettangi: the Arabs were routed. Bull
garia accepted. the Servian and Greek
proposals to submit to the Car OF Rus
war I'm the Balkan situation. Many
were killed in earthquake shocks in Bull
garia Cholera caused many deaths
among Bulgarian troops In Macedonia.
Several deaths from bubonic plague were
reported from Haiti. Russian villagers.
enraged at eighty girls imported as cheap
dabor on a sugar estate. locked the girls
in a barn and set it on fire, none es-
Gaping.
In the District.
President Wilson was again a visitor
at the Capitol. Oliver P. Newman was
reported to be one Of two members Of the
board Of Commissioners said to have
been definitely selected by the President.
In advocacy of the campaign for the i'm
provement of alleys. w. j. Bryan spoke
at the home of A. J. Parsons. The esti-
mates for the District of Columbia, it was
announced. may include an item for
creek. The Supreme Court of the United
States declined to review the cause of
Mrs. Laura Cramer. who has been ad-
judged by court in debt to the estate of
F. ]. Hurd to the extent of $4,000 for
which judgment was granted the heirs.
Merger of the college Of political science
with Columbian College, both of George
Washington University: was announced
Walcott and Wicliffe Rose received de-
grees from Harvard University as doctors
of letters and science and master of arts,
respectively. A movement for the erec-
ton of a memorial to the late ". r.
Smith. superintendent of the National
Botanic Gardens, was stated. w. 0.
Roome. jr.. "a health Office employe. re-
Gently ordained. resigned to accept the
rectorship of Emmanuel p. E. Church.
Anacostia. DIR. Donald c. Macleod. pas
tor of First Presbyterian Church. accept
ed call to Springfield. Ill. Andrew Con
zales, wife murderer. had his sentence to
death by hanging committed by the
President to life Imprisonment. ]. L.
Murphy. deputy marshal in the United
States Commerce Court, had his foot
mashed, necessitating amputation. when
caught between moving cars Frederick
Benner. canal boat captain. was drowned
In the Chesapeake and Ohio canal. Miss
Edna L. Turnburke. public school teach,
er. respondent from overstudy. leaped
from Chain bridge into the Potomac river
and was drowned. James Wright was
killed by a shot fired by Mrs. Katharine
Bauer from pistol she did not know
was loaded. A. J. Sackett separated
from his wife. shot her dead and then
committed suicide. among those who
died during the week were: William \.
Tucker, fish and oyster wharf manager:
Mrs. A. K. McCardle, widow of Con-
federate army officer: =. T. Jones of the
Southern railway: Or. Abran p. Pardon,
physician: l.. n. Lockwood. publisher: J.
F. Harvey, former superintendent of city
post Office station b.
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