Evening star., 1914-12-26
THE WEEK
Epitome Of Events EnEfng De.
cember %, 1914
War in Europe.

War in Europe.
Roumania restored to Bulgaria land
| acquired In the second Balkan war. I'm
exchange for assurances of freedom from,
interference in determining a course in
| the war situation. The kings Of Sweden.
Norway and Denmark met in conference.
supposedly to devise joint action for nell
tral1ty maintenance and protection of
| rights rumor suggested consideration of
| a political union. instigated by the kaiser
with view to the establishment of a
Big Baltic empire. Prince Eitel Fred
| erick, second son of the kaiser was re-
ported as the candidate of the kaiser
.; tor tne throne of Hungary. In anticipa-
1ion OF It's independence as result of the
war. The kaiser. defiant Of his physical
cond1tion and physicians orders. went IN
the front The German provisional gov
| ernment at Brussels withdrew demand for
Sn.yIu;ooo,ooo war contribution from the
Belg1ans Belligerents did not respond
IaHorably to efforts of the Pope TO ar
| range exchange of prisoners Cant
fourie, rebel leader in the South African
IeVoit against British rule, was shot as a
traitor France appropriated 81. 76o. .0oo
WV LUZ SIX months war expenses.
Military Operations
| German forces crossing the Bzura
and Pilica rivers in Poland, Petrograd
| reports. were repulsed. The allies were
reported to have taken the offensive on
a large scale in the western arena of
war, but no material change In the
alignment in France and Belgium re-
suited A Turkish army was reported
marching on the Suez canal from
Damascus. A French cruiser was
| a frny
austrian submarine in the Gulf of
Otranto. bomb was dropped from q
! German aeroplane into Dover.
In the United States.
| Violation of American neutrality by
| vessels passing through the Panama
Canal Zone was reported to Gov.
Goethals, who laid the matter before
the administration in Wash .ngton.
National.
| Asserting in the right of the Senate
| to reject nominations, President Will
son declared that there is no patron
age dissension between him and Con-
gress: he, however, failed to withdraw
nominations rejected by the Senate. By
| a vote of 1877 for and 1S9 against the
proposed nation wide prohibition
amendment the tHc
House failed to give the necessary two
| thirds support tor a reference to the
electorate. Harry X Thaw was or
aered turned over to the New YORK
authorities as properly extraditable
from New Hampshire. by decision OF
| the Supreme Court of the United States
which seems to lose him his long tight
for liberty. John d. Rockefeller. op-
posing tax assessments by Cuyahoga
! county. Ohio, oenied that he is citi-
zen of that state, claiming residence in
| New YORK. Announcement was made
that feueral troops will be withdrawn
| from the Colorado strike district next
week. The Supreme Court again re-
ceived the case of Leo NJ. Frank, con-
uemned as murderer of a young girl in
Atlanta, Ga, on habeas corpus pro-
ceeuings in efforts to save him from
execution. Five were burned to death
in a New York tenement house fire
Among those who died during the week
were: John Muir, noted naturalist; Eu-
gene Zimmerman, millionaire capital
ist and father of the Duchess OF Man
chester: Lee McClung, former United
states treasurer; Capt. f. c. Rutland
of the lighthouse service: w. S. West,
former senator from Georgia; Alfred
Henry Lewis, journalist ana author.
Foreign.
With plans for selebration of a hum
dred years peace between En- .ish-
speak ng peoples upset by the Faro
pean war, the peacc Centenary coIu4.4it-
tees of Great Britain and the United
States observed the anniversary OF the
treaty of Ghent with nanifeStoes of
regret at the postponement frovl-
sional President Gutierrez of Mexico
was in con erence with Francisco
Villa, leader of the northern in-u- rec
tory forces, apparently in harmonious
purpose to advance the re-esta dish
ment of civil government; Brig. Gen.
Hugh L. Scott, U. S. A. discussed with
Benjamin Hill, Carranza. leader of the
forces defending Naco. Sonora, the pro-
posed truce with the Villa besiegers
under Maytorena. The worsn.p of
heaven, neglected s.nce the passing OF
the imperial house, was revlsS. by
President Yuan Shi Kai, who assumed
the dignities exercised by the emperors
of China as Sons of Heaven in ofticiat-
ing at the ceremony of the winter
solstice. Nearly 1000 Austrian soldiers
were reported killed or injured in col
lisio n of two troop trains at kalisZ,
Russian Poland. Announcement was
made that the London Stock Exchange
will open January 4.
District of Columbia.
President Wilson spent Christmas at
the White House. entertaining his fa-
vorite niece, little Anne Cothran. for
whom there was i Christmas tree. The
festival of the community Christmas
tree, in the open on q white Christmas
was observed with a big attendance.
Consideration of the District of Colum-
bia appropriation bill was discontinued
by Senate subcommittee until after
the holidays Unfavorable report upon
the nomination of Frederick l.. Sid
dons to be associate justice of the Dis
trict of Columbia Supreme Court was
submitted by a subcommittee of the
Senate judiciary committee. Efforts to
force vote on the pending bill to
make the District of Columbia dry"
was promised by prohibition forces in
Congress. w. j. Dante, trustee for the
Hutchins estate, continued to testify
in the contest to break the will of
Stilson Hutchins. Among those who
died during the week were: Charles
Block. prominent Mason, and a mem
ber of the Association OF Oldest Innab-
itants; w. S. Parker, formerly White
House usher: Brig. Gen. Charles Nor
ton. U. S. A, retired, medal OF
honor hero of the civil war; James h.
Fitch, prominent as business man,
as philanthropist and in civic life.
Saving Grace. s