The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-11-20
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passed over the reins of Canadian
government which he had held for
nearly fifteen years, celebrated his
10th birthday anniversary at Ottawa.
today.
Several thousand bankers, repre-
senting every state in the Union. as
sembled in New Orleans today for
the thirty-seventh annual convention
of the American Bankers Association.
The attendance is the largest in the
history of the associations annual
gatherings. &C.
Mexico today observed the first an
niversary of the beginning of the rev.
dictionary movement which resulted
in the overthrow Of the Diaz Govern
ment and the election of Francisco
l. Madero to the presidency. 1t was
on Nov. 20, 1910, that the first armed
outbreaks occurred Two, days later
Madero proclaimed himself president
of the Provisional Government
Thomas w. Kallam, an editor,
charged with the murder of H. e.
Whitaker, is to be tried at the No
vember term OF the Surry County
Court which convened at <Dobson, N.
c., today. The killing occurred on
the main street in Pilot Mountain. on
October y, last. Both men were
prominent residents Of Pilot Noun
tain Whitaker was an attorney
while Kallam- is an attorney and also
editor Of the Dobson newspaper. It is
understood that Kallam will make a
plea of self-defense, declaring that he
shot Whitaker only after the latter
had threatened him with a knife.
A suit brought by Laura Biggar,
the former actress, for an accounting
OF the estate of Henry Bennett was
called today before Vice-Chancellor
Garrison. Bennett, who was promi-
nent theatrical manager in Pitts
burgh, died several years ago leaving
an estate estimated at 100000.
His will left Miss Biggard, who claims
to be his widow, 60 per cent inter-
est in the estate The death of Ben
nett was followed by much litiga-
ton which was supposed to be ended
when the former actress settled her
claim against the estate for 500, 600.
She now declares she was under dur
ess when she made the settlement.
The select committee Of the House
Of Representatives in Washington
that is investigating the United
States Steel Corporation resumed its
sessions today. The first inquiry will
be directed toward the ore supply of
the United States, of which it is al
legged the Steel Corporation virtually
has had a monopoly, and the rates
charged for the transportation of ore
by the steel trust roads in Minneso-
ia. While the committee has not
made public its list of prospective
witnesses, it has been understood for
some time that Andrew Carnegie, J..
Pierpont Morgan and several other
of the most important men in the fin
ancia] world will be summoned to tes-
tify.
Lillian Graham and Ethel Conrad
the show girls who are charged
with attempting to murder W. E. D.
Stokes, the millionaire owner of the
Ansonia Hotel, will be placed on trial
this week in the Criminal Branch of
the Supreme Court in New York city.
The shooting of Stokes occurred on
June last in the rooms occupied by
the two young women in an uptown
shot three times and as result was
confined in the hospital for several
weeks The accused girls declared at
the time that Stokes was endeavoring
to recover a number of letters he had
written to Miss Graham. Stokes
maintained that Miss Graham and her
friend endeavored to make him the
victim of blackmail plot and that
he was deliberately shot when he
refused f0 sign A. check for S25 0nO
The wedding of Miss Miriam Gable
and Baron Major Won Hernes of Wen
| ma, will take place tomorrow evening
at the home of the brides mother,
Mrs. Herman B. Cable, in Evanston,
Ill