Evening star., 1914-07-18
THE WEEK.
Epitome Of Events Ending July
1S, 1914.

The House consenting to the twenty
cent mileage proposition. Congress passed
the legislative. executive and judicial ap-
preparation bill, carrying $36.O0OOO0. To
prevent vote in open Senate adverse to
confirmation OF Thomas D. Jones as a
member Of the federal reserve board, adj
ministration forces obtained postpone
ment of action. Attorney General Nc
Reynolds. Speaker Clark. Secretary Lane
Of the Interior Department and other
distinguished lawyers were proposed as
Justice H. H. Lurton of the Supreme
Court Of the United States. Suffragists
demanded a special meeting Of the House
rules committee to hear arguments for a
suffrage amendment to the Constitution;
w. ]. Bryan, in an editorial in his Ne
braska paper, advocated woman suffrage.
Communication Of sentence to payment of
fine, waving prison sentence, was the
executive clemency extended to DR..
Thomas ]. Kemp, son-in-law Of Senator
Fletcher Of Florida, convicted Of inn
proper use Of the mails. The ten days
clause" in base ball players contracts
was declared null and void by the appel
late court in Chicago, a victory for the
Federal League. The threatened strike
of 5000 enginemen employed on rail-
roads west of Chicago was averted by
agreement to arbitrate. The former man
agement of the New York, New Haven
and Hartford railroad was declared to
have been criminally negligent and ex-
travagant, and glaring instances Of mall
administration Of the company's business
was alleged in report Of the interstate
commerce commission; filing of suit un-
der the antitrust laws by the Department
of Justice against the system was ex-
pected. A dissolution decree against the
thread trust was issued by the United
States court for the district of New Jer-
sey. The grand jury heard testimony re-
gardins the killing Of Mrs. Louise Bal
ley. and Mrs Florence Carman, wife Of
the physician in whose Office the tragedy
occurred. was indicted for manslaughter,
but released on bail. Horace Horton
Lurton, associate justice Of the Supreme
Court of the United States, died sud
denly of heart disease at Atlantic City,
N. J.
Foreign.
Victoriano Huerta resigned as Presi-
dent Of Mexico. proceeding to Puerto
Mexico to take passage, presumably. for
Europe; Francisco Carbajal. minister of
foreign affairs. succeeded as provisional
president; a special committee was sent
by this new administration to treat with
, the Carranzistas for the future of the
| republic; Carranza. chief of the constitu-
tionalists. announced that surrender of
the authority of government would alone
bring an end to civil strife until Mexico
City is occupied; preparations were made
| by the constitutionalists for an attack
on Mexico City; federal garrisons sur
rendered number of Pacific coast ports.
fraternizing with the rebels. Secretary
OF State Bryan. defending apology to
Colombia for the Panama incident. urged
| that generosity was necessary. no matter
what the blame. Haitian federals won a
victory over rebellious forces between
Cape Haitien and Milot; orders we're
given for the concentration of United
States marines at Guantanamo, Cuba,
with Haiti and Santo Domingo as their
battle Of the Boyne was celebrated in
Ulster without conflict between the union
lists and nationalists; the English house
OF lords voted to pass the home rule bill.
United States midshipmen on their an
nual cruise aboard the battleships Mis-
souri, and Illinois. anchored in the Thames
river. The British cup challenger. Lip
tons cutter Shamrock ", sailed for the
United States. Gregory Rasputin. mystic
lay monk, who is confidant of the CZar
woman who tried to assassinate him by
stabbing. Paris celebrated the anniver-
sary of the fall of the Bastile with a
great demonstration. Heinrich Oelrich.
German aviator, established a new alti-
tude record. rising nearly four and three
quarter miles in the air. Sentences of Jail
and fine were suspended in the cases of
| two English journalists and two German
agents OF an armament concern, convict
ed Of completely in the Japanese naval
scandals.
| District of Columbia.