Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-05
THE WEEK
Epitome of Events Ending July
;. 1913.

| PRESIDENT Wilson, on the way 10 MS
summer home In New Hampshire, stop
ped at Gettysburg and addressed the re-
union of veterans of north and south. An
! nouncement was made of the engagement
of the second daughter of the President.
/ Miss Jessie Wilson, to marry Francis
Bowes Sayre. New York lawyer. Joe
F. Johnston was named chief post once
inspector to succeed Carter b: Keene
Former President Roosevelt addressed
the three-day progressive conference at
/ Newport. r. !. Former President Taft
s.! arrived at Murray bay. Canada, to spend
the summer. Martin w. Mulhall, former
representative of the National Association
of Manufacturers, charged that associa-
/ ton with maintaining lobby before
Congress and named many prominent
members of Congress as tools of that or
! ganization. David Lamar admitted inn
| personating prominent men in converse
| tons over the telephone wire in the in
| terest of Lawyer Edward Lauterbach OF
New York. and making allegations that
the lawyer had effective influence with
/ the administration and Congress; he also
| told of many manpulations in the inter-
est of Wall street deals; congressional
committees continued Investigations in
| charges against lobbying before Congress.
/ Veterans of the north and south gath
| cred at Gettysburg to celebrate the fif-
| tieth anniversary of that battles Of the
! civil war. Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska
broke with the democratic caucus on the
! question of an amendment to the pend
| ing tariff bill proposing graduated tax
on tobacco. Nine balloons started from
| Kansas City, Mo-. in a race for the Sc
| lection of an American representative in
the Bennett trophy races in France. Clay
| ton Harrington. critic of the Attorney
General. was dismissed as investigator at
San Francisco for the Department of
Justice. Gov. Sulzer of New York was
named as defendant in a breach OF prom
ise suit He denounced the proceeding as
| a political trick. Jack Johnson. pugilist
indicted under the white slave law, sailed
| from Canada, for Havre. France, despite
| efforts of the Department Of Justice to
| bring him back for trial. Eleven boys
! were drowned at Lawrence, Mass, by the
| collapse of a wooden walk. Intense heat
deaths and prOstrations. Among those
who died during the week We're: s. g.
Sands, jr-, stepsOn of w. X. Vanderbilt,
victim of an automobile accident; Alfred
II. Love. advocate Of universal peace.
Foreign.
Without declaration Of hostilities, war
between Bulgaria and Greece and Servia
began. although all had agreed to arbi-
tration by the Car of Russia; Roumania
was reported concentrating to take part
in the conflict to compel Bulgaria to meet
her demands for territorial expansion.
Ambrosio Figueroa, leader of rebellious
bands against the Mexican government
was captured and executed by federal
soldiers. Vihljalmur StefansOh sailed
from Seattle. Wash. and the Croker
Land expedition from New York on arc
tic expeditions. Prince Albert Of England
was received with royal honors In New
Tha nIrly of snnr ".
ernor general of Canada, accepted ex-
tension of his term of office. The strain
of the political crisis over the question of
woman suffrage. it was reported. would
induce Premier Asquith to resign from
the British cabinet. King George of Eng
land was asked to pardon Mrs. Emme-
line Pankhurst, dying suffragette leader;
her daughter, Sylvia Pankhurst, led
riot In Downing street. London, against
the residences Of cabinet ministers. The
King and Queen of Italy were guests of
Kaiser William of Germany at kiel The
army increase demanded by the kaiser
was granted by the German parliament.
The American commission on agricultural
organization, cooperation and rural cred
its was received by President Poincare
of France. general military revolt
against the CONSUMPTION law was reported
organized by the socialists Slight earth
quakes shook southern Italy Nunzio
NaZi, former italian minister of public
instruction, convicted of embezZling funds
from the state treasury, was reelected
to the chamber Of deputies. Italian au-
thorities arrested two Italian fugitiyes
from the United States charged with the
murder of an American citizen. The JAP
anese cabinet was denounced at an anti
American mass meeting In Toxic; the
Japanese ambassador In Washington sub
mitted a supplementary note on the
rights of Japanese in California to hold
land The national council of Switzer-
land, besides other reforms, proposed the
an eli nf fhn TORI nf h
president of the nation. Among those who
died during the week was Henri Roche
fort. French statesman.
In the District.
The President boarded the Mayfiower
for rest cruise on the Potomac, return
ing after a three-day trip The statue Of
Zachariah Chandler, Michigans contribu-
ton to the hall of fame" at the Capitol,
was unveiled in statuary hall. With pa
rade and pageant, a safe and sane Inde-
pendence day was celebrated. Opposition
was aroused to the nominations Of o. p.
Newman to be one of the board OF Com
| missioners. and to Frank B. Lord and
John Il. Colpoys as members of the ex-
else board; the President withdrew the
nomination of Colpoys. The naval bat
TALON boarded the L. S. s. Alabama and
sailed to sea for a tour Of sea duty. The
ten-million-dollar bond issue proposed
Dy the washington Ctli1t1eS Company
as funds for directing financial operations
for fifty years to come was refused the
approval OF the District Commissioners,
sitting as a public utilities commission.
Labor Department statistics indicate that
woman workers in Washington average
long hours of labor at small pay. The
port of Georgetown, with the customs
reorganization, became a SUPPORT of the
district of Maryland, Collector Whitfield
McKinlay, colored, being legislated out
of office Employees of the navy yard ap-
peared before Secretary Daniels of the
Navy Department to ask for revision
of the wage scale The new excise law
went into effect: many arrests were made
| under the clause providing for the pun
| ishment of men found intoxicated. Among
| those who died during the week were:
| Richard A. Walker president of the Lin
| coin National Bank; Albert L. Sturtevant,
real estate dealer and former division
| chief In the Treasury Department; Louis
| f.. Patrick, secretary to Senator Stephen
| son OF Wisconsin, and -. d. Albert, civil
war veteran asd former pension Office
clerk
Ever Ready.
From, tho Cbicapo Record Herald