Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-10
THE WEEK.
Epitomc of Events Ending Janu-
airy 10. 1914.

| Warning Congress that the army has
!, too few artillery pieces to be an effective
| fighting force. Mai. Gen. Wood. chief OF
! staff. urged an appropriation Of $6.0OOOoo
! to buy field guns for the regular and
militia establishments. Howard Elliott.
chairman of the board of directors of the
F: New York, New Haven and Hartford
| railroad, was in consultation with Attor-
ney General McReynolds, looking to agree
ment for reorganiza ton of its properties
| satisfactory to the government MIR.
| Elliott also made formal application be-
! fore the interstate commerce commission
| for a license for the road to own and
operate a boat service in Long Island
sound, in conformity with the require
ments of the Panama canal act. Charles
! w. Morse. the ice king, appealed to
members Of Congress for an inquiry INTO
! the circumstances of his conviction ana
prison sentence. Lincoln Beachey. aviator
| turned seven somersaults in his aero
| plane, establishing new record. The
will of Martha Washington. said to have
been taken from the records of Fairfax
county. Va, during the civil war, was
| located in the ]. P. Morgan collection:
action looking toward its recovery as
stolen property. IS to be advocated in the
| Virginia legislature. Former Speaker
| Cannon suffered an attack of illness, but
quickly recovered. The body of Jessie
| Mccain, New York settlement worker,
was given up by the sea. solving the mys-
| terry of her disappearance some time ago.
Fire swept Paterson. N. j., causing
heavy loss. Crippled by gale, the oil
Jersey coast, carrying many of her crew
| to death; thirteen of the thirty-elght
aboard were rescued. Among those who
died during the week were: Gen. S. B.
Buckner. former Governor of Kentucky.
and a veteran of the Mexican and civil
wars; DR.. S. Weir Mitchell, physician and
! author; Judge ]. II. McLeary associate
| justice of the supreme court of Porto
Rico. and Capt. G. w. Booth of the Balti-
I more and Ohio railroad.
Foreign.
| President Huerta of Mexico, in pub
lie interview, declared his purpose to
| remain at the head of affairs as a
public duty. asserting his purpose to
| resist the attitude of the United States
| 400 American marines now at Panama
| were ordered to Join the warships in
Mexican waters. 1t was announced that
| Great Britain would transfer her min
| lister to Mexico, Sir Lionel Garden, to
Brazil. supposedly in respect to OBJ
| lection by the United States to his at
titude on the Mexican situation. Gen
Cyraique Celestin, one Of Haiti's fore.
| most citizens, and twenty political
| leaders We're executed on charges OF
treason. Rebel attack on the arsenal at
Guayaquil was frustrated by the
Ecuadorean authorities. who surprised
the plotters, killing the leader and dis
persing the others. Viscount de Ate
| Portuguese minister to Washington
resigned. A mob attacked German Off
| GERS leaving the court in Strassburg,
| where Col. Won Reuter- and others
were on trial for responsibility In the
| Zabern incident. A plot of Turks to
| proclaim Izzet Pasha King Of Albania
| conspirators. Cardinal Deacon Cagiano
Azevedeo was designated to be arch
priest of the Vatican basi1ica, succeed
| ing the late Cardinal Rampoiia. slI
| England, was raised to the peerage as
| Lord Reading. Among those who died
| during the week was Duke Alan Z. l.
de Rohan, Prince de Leon, French
royalist and soldier.
District of Columbia.
The legal responsibility of the United
States for half of the debt of the Dis
| trict of Columbia was definitely estab-
lished in a final decision. not subject to
revision, made by George E.. Downey
controller of the Treasury. Mrs. Will
liam A. Cullop was elected president
of the Woman's National Democratic
League. The Spanish American Athe-
neum of Washington elected King AL
fonso of Spain honorary president A
half million dollars for the Catholic
University Of America, the gift OF the
knights Of Columbus of America. was
presented to Cardinal Gibbons. Loss of
500, 900 was caused by fire which par
TALLY destroyed the feed store Of w. M
Gait & Co. at 1st street and Indiana
avenue. threatening other property in
the vicinity; three firemen were in
jured; investigation was begun of the
! charge made that the fire was of in
| cendiary origin. Among those who died
| during the week were Nine. Chermont
wife of the counselor of the Brazilian
| embassy; ". c. Dodge, famous inventor
of guns used during the civil war; r
B. Hamilton, veteran under Admiral
Farragut, and recipient of the personal
| praise of President Lincoln for his
bravery; Mrs. E. L. Daniel, wife of the
| principal of Mckinley High School
christopher Dickson, retired brewer
Rev. A. ]. Enstam. pastor Of a Swed-
ish Lutheran congregation, and Joseph
Burroughs, civil war veteran.