Evening star., 1915-01-09
THE WEEK
Epitome Of Events Endine Janu-
aFy 8, 1915.
WAR IN EUROPE.


France lifted the moratorium, an
nouncing resumption Of payments or
demand of deposits and current &C.
| counts. Parliamentary Secretary Mac.
Namara Of the British admiralty sug-
gested the approach OF conscription fol
the army at the front. Revolution in
Albania was reported spreading, To-
mented by Austrians and Turks with
view to involve Italy. War spirit In
Italy famed high, melted by the death
on the battlefield Of two grandsons OF
the Italian liberator, Garibaldi, fighting
for France.
Military Operations.
A crushing blow to the Turkish forces
at Sari-Kamysh, in the Caucasus, was
reported from Petrograd to have been
delivered by Russian forces, with cap
ture of an entire army corps. The
French arms claimed advantages in the
advance movement in Alsace. reported
to have reached within thirty miles OF
the River Rhine. Invasion Of hungary
by Russian troops was reported IN Lon
don. Turkish troops claimed TO nave
occupied Urumfah, in Russian Fefsian
Armenia The Turkish cruiser, former,
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seriously injured by Russian mines near
the Bosporus. Dar-Es-Salaam, capitai
Of German East Africa, was bombafdeo
by British warships.
Situation in United States.
Swiss press indorsed the attitude OF
the United States in the note to Great
Britain concerning tho rights OF neu-
trail commerce, regarding 1t as an act
in the interest of all neutrals;
Great Britain sumbitted its reply
to the American note; it was re-
ported to be conciliatory. The united
States Treasury Department ADVISED
shippers to provide complete and ac-
curate manifests of imports, and pro-
vided federal means for certincatlon
of cargo. A number of arrests were
made by American officials OF individ-
uals alleged to be concerned In con-
spiracy to provide ,1i1 commerce. passe The
State Department announced that While
charges of the sale Of dumdum bullets
would not be investigated, the Unlted
States would like proof that forolooen
war materials were being shipped by
American firms to belligerents. Ameri-
can women inaugurated movement TO
send supply kits to soldiers of France
in memory of Gen. Lafayette.
NATIONAL.
President Wilson spoke at Indian
apolis on administration policies. The
President gave what was regarded as
a hint that failure Of passage Of the
shipping bill would result in an extra
session Of Congress. One hundred
democratic women pleaded with the
President for Endorsement of the pro-
posed suffrage amendment; the President
fo1 hi Ia state
question. George Fort was nominated
for assistant treasurer of the United
States. Frank K. Green took oath OF
office as marshal of the United states
Baltimore were heard in protest OF the
selection of Richmond as the reserve
city Of the fifth federal reserve dis
trict before the federal reserve board,
of the board, as members of the Or
ganization committee, be not allowed
to consider the protest. Secretary NC
Adoo of the Treasury Department vls-
ited the San Francisco exposition
grounds on his western trip. The fed.
eral court declared unconstitutional the
Arizona anti-alien employment act. T.
c. Sweet was elected speaker of the
New York assembly. Thirteen heroes OF
Vera Cruz were decorated with medals
of honor by the Secretary Of the Navy.
Two children of Mrs. Ida Rogers, to
whom she administered poison in an
ticipation of desertion by their father,
are dead; Mrs. Rogers. who also took
poison, was in a dangerous condition.
One woman died of suffocation and a
hundred people were injured in panic
in the New York city subway. More than
a million dollar loss was caused by two
Philadelphia fires. Among those who
died during the week were Brig. Gen.
Henry R. Miner, U. S. A, retired; Capt.
w. F. Halleck, commandant of the
guard of those charged with conspira-
cy for the assassination of President
Lincoln; r. NJ. Shurtleff, artist; N. P.
Shortridge, oldest director of the
Greene Of Alabama, widely known as
criminal jurist.