Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-09-05
EpitOme of Events Ending Sep
TENDER 5, 1914.
European War.

| lutte.
| The German army pressed forward tc
within thirty miles of Paris, slowly fore
! ing back the allies, who maintained a
strong resistance in good order, while !,
was supposed that the victorS were grad.
ually exhausting themselves with exces-
sive losses and continued fighting. Russia
claimed a tremendous victory over Aus
TRANS in Galicia and continued progress
! OF her army upon Lemberg, and to have
held her own in East Prussia, despite
| heavy German achievements OF the
enemy. Servians claimed victory over
Austrians at Jedar, and announced a
| forward movement to wrest Serviar
provinces from Austrian rule. German
| successes in France put into her hands
Amiens, the fortress of La Fere and
Malines. British warships obtained the
surrender of the German possessions al
Samoa. Japan landed troops at Lung
| kow, threatening beleaguered kaochow
German airships dropped bombs into the
| city Of Paris, which Is preparing to with
stand a possible siege. Germans claim
victory over the Russians at Allenstein
! and to have advanced as far as Lodz
/ in Russian Poland.
/ Situation in United States.
President Wilson. in an address to
I Congress, appealed for an emergency
war risk tax levy to raise $100,OO0,0O
annual revenue. Congress passed the
war risk insurance bill and the wal
risk bureau was opened by the gov
eminent. The steamer Hamburg was
chartered by the American Red Cross
as the relief ship to carry Red Cross
aid to all belligerents. American mer-
chantmen were advised by the Brit
ish cruiser squadron to be more
prompt in showing colors on demand.
Agreement was reached as to censor
ship of the German wireless station.
| A Belgian commission set out for the
United States to protest against al
legged German atrocities, including the
The British naval reserve ship
Adriatic was allowed to clear from an
American port despite German pro-
test against her departure as armored
for war purposes.
| National.
| Vice President Marshall predicted that
President Wilson would be the demo-
cratic standard bearer in 1916. J. c. Nc
| Reynolds was sworn in as associate JUS
tice of the Supreme Court of the United
States. and T. W. Gregory as Attorney
General. Brig. Gen. Henry P. Mccain as
stunned the duties of adjutant general Of
the army. Senator N. p Bryan of Florida
was urged for appointment as judge of
the United States circuit court of ap-
peals at Atlanta. The Clayton antitrust
conference. Representative Henry. chair
man of the rules committee, declared in
opposition to national prohibition and
equal suffrage. The joint congressional
committee recommended legislation to
advance pay of railway mail clerks,
| Senator Gallinger was the unopposed
choice of the New Hampshire primaries
| to succeed himself: Representative Hay
was renominated for Congress from the
seventh Virg MIA. district. For violation
OF the naval regulations three midship-
men were dropped from the roster of
! the Annapolis Academy Warehouse re-
ceipts for naval stores were announced
by Secretary McAdoo of the Treasury
Department as acceptable security for
emergency currency. The annual G.. A.
II. encampment opened in Detroit. the an
nual meeting of the Spanish War Vet
Grams was held in Louisville. KY. Ma
tional div sion rifle matches, division A.
began at Seagirt, N. ]. Appeal was made
to the President to send federal troops
70 Butte. Mont, to suppress mine strike
riots. Col. w. de H. Washington. de-
scendant of brother Of President
| washington, died in New York.
| Foreign.
| Cardinal Giacomo Della Chiesa was
elected Pope. taking the name of Bene.
| dict XIV. The Panama treaty, by which
control of certain waters and islands is
given by that republic to the United
States in exchange for large land area
| was signed. General elections in Mexi. O
for the choice of constitutional presi-
dent, were called for November: Gov
Maytorena was recognized as civil head
Of the Sonora government. in arrange.
ment o. the insurrect:on led by him
against Carranzista officials: Paul Fuller
personal representative of President VIII
ho1 tx-{t, ~
garding future relations Of the two gov.
| ernments. Prince William of Weld aban.
doned his new KINGDOM of Albania sail
ing for Venice. Nelson O'Shaughnessy
former American charge d'affaires al
Mexico City, has been designated to a
special secretaryship at the Vienna en-
bassy. The revenue cutter Bear six days
In the vicinity, was prevented by storm
from rescuing the Stefansson exploration
expedition marooned on Wrangell Island
in Boring sea.
District of Columbia.
The President returned to the White
mer home in New Hampshire. Oliver P.
Newman filed his appeal to the District
Court Of Appeals from the judgment of
the District Supreme Court BUSTING him
from Office as a member of the board of
COMMISSIONERS "a 1S6
err, to be appointed by the President, to
represent the District of Columbia in
Congress was proposed by Senator Ham
ilton Lewis of Illinois. Complaint against
the street car service to Anacostia was
heard by the public utilities commission.
Hugh T. Taggart resigned as a member
Of the board Of children's guardians. Col.
Archibald Hopkins resigned as CLERK OF
the Court Of Claims Rev. G. Freeland
Peter assistant rector of the Church of
the Epiphany. accepted call to St Mat
thew's p. E. Church, at Wheeling, w. Va.
Applications for 400 bar licenses and 113
wholesale licenses were submitted to the
excise board; applications from prohibit
ed areas indicated the purpose of Liquor
men to test the law Mrs. ]. A. flanagan
ditions to the ranks of policewomen. he
hunting season opened: Carmelo Cicala.
while cunning in the Benning marshes.
was accidentally shot by another hunter.
Mrs. Ida NJ. Halstead. bride of two
months, homesick, committed suicide,
taking poison. Among those who ed
during the week were: DR.. D. E. Salmon,
former chief of the bureau of animal in
dustry, Department of Agriculture; G. W.
E.sterley, former deputy auditor for the
state and other departments; Miss Bette
Coyle, for forty years an employe of the
bureau of engraving and printing.
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