The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-09-27
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The biggest and ripest watermelon
ever seen in Waterloo, Iowa, will be
cut for President Taft when he stops
there tomorrow for the annual OBJ
servance of Watermelon Day
. Lewis Waller, the English actor,
sailed today for his first visit to Am
erica. Mr.. Waller has been engaged
to play the leading role in Robert
Hichens's "Garden of Allah" on it's
production in New York next month.
Many eminent clergy and laymen
of the Roman Catholic Church have
arrived in Cincinnati to take part
in the National Eucharistic Congress,
which is to meet tomorrow for ses-
sion of four days. Archbishop Ire
land of st. Paul, will preach the OPP
ening sermon tomorrow morning.
Bishop Macs of Covington will pre-
side over the sessions of the congress.
Upon the arrival of his special
train at Council Bluffs early tomor-
row morning President Taft will be
met by Governor Carroll, Senator
Kenyon and several of the members
of the Iowa congressional delegation.
The entire party will accompany the
president on his Iowa tour, which
will occupy two entire days and in
clude stops in half dozen or more of
the leading cities Of the state.
Another pure food crusade, to be
conducted on broader plans than any
of the similar movements of the past,
is soon to be launched by the Ma
tional Civic Federation. At meet
ing held today at the New York
Board of Trade and Transportation
the new Pure Food and Drug De-
partment of the Federation was form
ally organized and preliminary plans
discussed for the proposed campaign
alleged food and drug adul-
terators, misbranders and short
weighers. Seth Low, president of the
Federation, presided at the meeting.
To adjust certain differences that
have arisen between the two great
divisions of the Baptist church in
America, a joint conference who be-
gun today at Old Point Comfort, Va,
by representatives of the Northern
Baptist Convention and representa-
tives Of the Southern Baptist Conven-
ton. Difficulties growing out of re-
cent New Mexico organizations form
the principal matter in dispute. Some
New Mexico gregations withdrew
from the Northern Baptist Conven-
ton. and joined the Southern, with,
it is claimed, the cooperation Of some
Southern leaders,. The action has
produced considerable friction, which
it is hoped will be removed by the
present conference
When President TAFT arrived this
morning in Topeka, the first import
ant stop on his days schedule, he
found the city profusely dressed in
patriotic attire and an enormous
crowd on hand to do him honor. A
party of distinguished representatives
of the State Of Kansas accompanied
the president from Hutchinson, while
another party of State and city Off
Gals and leading citizens of Topeka
was in waiting at the station to greet
him when he stepped from his special
train. After the welcome formalities
had been concluded the president was
taken in charge by the reception COM
mittee and escorted by a parade
through the gayly decorated streets
of the downtown district. At the con-
clusion of the parade the president
delivered a brief address at the lay
ing of the corner stone for the State
Soldiers Memorial Hall to be erected
in this city. At the conclusion of the
program the presidential train left
for Atchison and Leavenworth:.