Evening star., 1914-01-31
THE WEEK.
EpitOme Of Events Ending JanQ-
AIRY II. 1914.

| President Wilson indicated to members
of the Senate foreign relations commit
| tee he inclined to the vicw that toll en-
| emption To american ships on the Pan
anna canal was in violation of the Hay
| Paunccfote treaty with Great Britain.
! Forty-one lives were lost when the
| steamer Monroe sank off Hog Island. Va,
after being in collision with the steamer
Nantucket. Col. George ". Gocthals
was named governor of the Pan
anna Canal Zone to put the canal
| into operation and has accepted.
| Henry NJ. PindeH confirmed
as ambassador to Russia and W. I. Den
nison az a member of the Philippine COM
mission Capt. W. J. Maxwell, L. S. n,
| was assigned as governor of Guam by
| the Secretary of the Navy. The inter-
| state commerce commission reported to
| Congress tine insolvency of the ST. Louis
and San Francisco railroad as due to ac
| quisition of competing lines through
| financial operations that nettsd exces-
| sive profit to syndicates The Missouri,
| Kansas and Texas railway sued the
! t1uited States for Sta,Hlo.thU damages for
| failure to keep a land agreement fostcred
| by the government to facilitate railroad
! building into oklahoma. Mr. and Mrs
/ Francis Il. Sayre. Son-in-law and daugh-
/ ter of the President. returned from their
honeymoon trip abroad. Secretary Bryan
of the State Department. III an address.
declared that the presidential primary
would end the dictation of Wall street as
to the selection of the national executive
Speaker Clark of the Fousr of Renre-
sentatives predicted that senator Borah
would he the next republican candidate
for President. The adm nistration rural
credit bill was introduced in the Senate
by Senator Fletcher of Florida SecretarY
Wilson of the department of Labor asked
Congress for appropriation OF %,h'n@
1" pay salaries of his proposed board for
compulsory arbitration of strikes. The
Yacht Warrior. belonging TO f. ". Van
colombia: passengers and crew were res
cused Ivy the steamer Almirante- Among
those who died during the week were:
Shelby Moore CulIom. former senator
from Illinois: Lyman f, Casey. former
senator from North Dakota
Foreign.
President Wilson and Kaiser William
of Germany exchanged greetings b.
radogram. as the first officiai aero
grams between the two nations. Proini-
nent MeXicans were arrested charges
of conspiracy To overthrow President
Huerta. Haitian rebels seized Port au
Prince after q hard battle; President
oreste found refuge d German cruiser
in harhor; American and German marines
We're landed to keep order. Denmark
and the United States reached agreement
for treaty Of arbitration involving
the settlement of all questions Of inter
national dispute. including questions of
national honor Ex-President Taft in an
address. warned Canada against condi-
tons offering opportunity to the de-
velopment of plutocracy of wealth as
in the United States Investigation Of
the Argentine beef packers methods un-
undertaken by the state Department
Italy and Greece We're reported at odds
over the occupation of Albania by Grecian
troops. The Portuguese cabinet. headed
by Alfonso Costa. resigned result of
8 parliamentary deadlock. Cuba's census
established a population of 2.:}Si 900. The
Central American conference at Tegu-
cigalpa ended after agreement to refer
a number of propositions for ratification.
Theodore Roosevelt was reported on a
tive-day hunting trip along the Paraguay
river. Fire DESTROYED the greater part
OF the buildings for the Philippines expo
sition- Suffrage miitants appealed to
the Archbishop of Canterbury to halt
torture of women prisoners under force
fu1 feeding. Argentina was visited by
earthquake. Panic in moving picture
show at Batavia Dutch East India
caused the death of seventy-five. Among
those who died during the week we're
Viscount knutsford prominent conserva-
tive British politician. and William 6.
Irwin. big Hawaiian sugar planter.
District of Columbia.
President Wilson entertained the fed
eral judiciary at public reception in
the White House. The Kenyon rcd
light bill passed Congress. eliminating
the vice districts in the District of CO.
lumbia. The board of Commissioners ap-
pealed to Congress for municipal owner
ship of gas plants Representative F.. A. |
Hayes OF California. in an address in
the House, answered recent attacks on
the half-and-half system of appropria-
tons and showed the equity of the or
sanic act r. p Andrews. president of
the Retail Merchants Association re-
ported great trade activity during the
past year in Washington The Chamber
of Commerce adopted resolutions favor
ing the advancement of the National
Guard 81 the District of Columbia The
Arlington Hotel tract sold al public
auction, was bought in by d syndicate
of Richmond capitalists for $4,000; the
trustees Cancelled the sale because cash
deposit not made within a specified
time \ dinner to President Gompers
of the American Federation of Labor on
the occasion of his birthday was attend
ed by Secretaries Wilson and Daniels.
Orient Commandery. Knights Templar.
held its annual church attendance in
Trinity ". f. Church: Lebanon Lodee.
F. A A. NJ. was host at dinner to the
ladies of the members. Washington
Lodge of EIks entertained a project for
merger with the lodges of Maryland and
Delaware. Among those who died dur
ing the week were: DR.. G. Lloyd Ma
sruder. former dean of Georgetown I-ni-
veIsity Medical School, and a prominent
surgeon: ". NJ. Butler of the United
States forestry bureau. 4. S. Wilson,
mining engineer. II. l.. Heiskell OF the
weather bureau.
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