Evening star., 1914-11-14
THE WEEK
Epitome of Events Ending Mo-
vember II, 1914.
EUROPEAN WAR.

King George of Great Britain opened
parliament, called to consider war
problems. Charles A. Lody, a German
American, was shot to death as spy
in London Tower on conviction by
ourt-martial The German crown
prince was reported in supreme COM
mand of the German and Austrian
forces in the east.
Military Operations.
The German army operating in the
west captured DiXmude in its advance
against Calais: this base was reported
retaken by the allies; French ofhcial
reports claim that the enemy has peeh
checked in further efforts to advance.
Russian troops have occupied JONAH
nisburg East Prussia, and are aeaiti
besiegine Przemysf, according to state
ments from Petrograd. Berllh reports
Turkish successes in Egypt. at FL
Artist, and against the Russians III eilS
Caucasus. Austrians ciaimeu 70 .,;a ia
routed Servian troops, but SerVia
claimed to have inflicted great losses
on the foe The German cruiser EN-
den, distinguished for many na"tl SUI
cesses, was destroyed by the AuS.ra
liam cruiser Sydney off Cocos Asia.iu,
Indian ocean; the Koenigsberg, SISTER
shin of the Emden, was bott!ed up on
the coast of East Africa by the cruiser
Chatham, sister ship of the oyoney.
The British gunpoa. gum tnsIsnd Sisnd was torpe-
doed and sunk by an adventurous "ei
man submarine.
Situation in the United States.
! A wireless station, supposed to be
/ communicating with German WarsnIPs
| in the Pacific, was discovered IN IN, I'm
senada. Lower California. Report thae
| cor for dispossessed Belgians was de-
| MED at the State Department.
NATIONAL.
President Wilson denounced warfare
but declared that war develops charac
| ter. in a speech made at Arlington ma
| tional cemetery in the unveiling OF tne
| statue of Gen. Philip Kearny- The
| President. at a White House audience
| to negro protestants against race seq
regation in the government oePara-
ments, rebuked the spokesman. w. NJ
| Trotter of Boston, for what was pro.
nounced as offensive aggressiVeness
| in presenting his cause Mrs. Daiss
| McLaurin Stevens of MISSISSIPPI was
reelected president general OF tne
| United Daughters of the Confederacy;
The federal reserve board annouhceu
the limitation of functions 1or the OPP
Grafton of the twelve federal reserve
banks. which open for business Mon
day. Among those who died during the
| week were: Col. Randolph Dickens, =.
| S. NJ c.. commandant of the detail AT
| Boston navy yard; Brig. Gen. george r.
| Dick, hero of the civil war.
FOREIGN.
| Failing acceptance by Carranza of his
!deposition as first chief of the revolu-
| tionarv government of Mexico. the
peace convention of fAguascalientes,wi with
purpose to remove him, it Is reported
| has directed hostilities against nm;
! Gen Villa, leader of the northern
forces of the revolution, has ordered an
attack on Tampico; announcement mas
! been made by the American govern
ment that Vera Cruz will be evacuated
| November 23 President Bonavides OF
| Peru has refused to accept the resiSna-
ton of his cabient. in which Dr. AuIelio
Souza is premier, Gen. Vaugues, HAITIAN
4 minister of foreign affairs under tne
new administration of President DaVl-
mar Theodore, has given assurances oi
continued good order in the repnpic.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.
| CIV Mason. A. Coulter Wells and w.
| w. Spalding were named by the fresi-
| dent as the commission on awards un-
| der the Union station plaza condem-
| nation proceedings. ]. b. Archer was
| appointed an assistant United states
| attorney for the District OF Columbia.
| The Board of Trade went on record as
| opposed to a salary to replace the pres
! ent fee system of remuneration OF the
| auditor of the Supreme Court OF the
| District of Columbia. The Chamber or
| Commerce and citizens ORGANIZATIONS
| declared opposition to the unrestricted
| sale of dangerous weapons. Ten agri-
! cultural organizations met in conven-
| ton. Mrs George Alexander Mosshart
| was chosen president of the Washing
| ton Woman's Suffrage Council ma
| tional university in Washington is op-
| posed by big educational institutions
! elsewhere in the country, according 10
| Dr. w. 0. Thompson of Ohio state
| University. Quarantine was estapllshed
against cattle hides and meats from
! Maryland, where the foot and mouth
disease prevails. Denial was given to
| the report that Maj. Richard Sylvester
| was to resign or be asked to resign as
| chief of police. The body of Lieut..
| Gen. Adna r. Chaffee, L. S. A, retired.
was buried with military honors at Ar
| lington Among those who died during
| the week were: Mrs. Elizabeth 5.
| Moves widow of Crosby S. NoyeS,
| former editor of The Star; Dr. James
| A. Hunter, prominent dentist; A. b. An
derson former newspaper man and
theatrical manager. and for many years
| a government employee; George b.
Abrams, an employe Of the general land
| office.