The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-11-13
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. OUTSIDE NEWS CONDENSED. .


Fred A.. Briggs was convicted of
robbery in the first degree in eonnec-
Ition with the operations in Minneapo-
lis of Jerry McCarty, the dead con-
| vict.
/ Abraham Waller, 80 years old,
started yesterday to walk from Los
Angeles to the Mississippi Valley, go.
/ ing over the same route he travelled
IS years ago. q am just as good as
Weston," he said, discussing his plan.
! Council Bluffs, Iowa will hold a
Especial election tomorrow to decide
on the commission plan OF municipal
government. Advocates of the COM
mission plan have waged vigorous
campaign and express confidence to-
day that it will be adopted by a SUBJ
stantial majority of votes
/ Delegates representing a member
ship of $4,000 assembled in New
York today for the annual conventions
! of the New York State Federation of
Women's Clubs The sessions are to
be held at the Hotel Astor and will
continue through the greater part of
the week.
| Que thousand delegates are in
Kansas City to attend the annual
meeting of the Trans Mississippi
Commercial Congress, which will be-
gin its sessions in Convention Hall
there tomorrow Among the partici-
pants will be the governors Of several
states, mayors of cities, prominent
railroad officials and others.
With President Samuel Gompers in
the chair, the annual convention of
the American Federation of Labor be-
gan in Atlanta today with an attend
ance of prominent labor leaders from
every section of the United States, to-
gether with fraternal delegates from
/ the labor bodies Of Canada and Great
Britain. The sessions will last about
two weeks and will be followed by
the annual convention of the Build
ing Trades Section of the Federation.
The case Of Thomas F. Dolan,
charged with the murder of Patrick
Mooney, was called for trial at Lex
/ ington, KY, today. The killing of
Mooney occurred last spring and is
alleged to have resulted from a quar-
1 hatWnnn hn fICn nN3 81,
an employe of E. B. Bradley, the
turfman, and is well known among
horsemen. Mooney, the victim of the
/ tragedy, was one of the proprietors
Of the Leland Hotel and member of
the board of aldermen. This is the
second trial of the case, the first trial
having resulted in "a jury disagree
ment
The handsome granite monument
erected to the memory of the Massa-
chusetts soldiers who fought and fell
on the historic Crater battlefield, at
Petersburg, Va, was dedicated today
with impressive ceremonies in the
nent men from the Bay State. Vet
Grams of the Blue and the Gray had
| an equal share in the ceremonies.
Governor Mann Of Virginia welcomed
the visitors and Governor Foss of
Massachusetts delivered the address
of acceptance. Alfred S. Roe was the
orator of the day and the unwilling
ceremony was performed by Miss Ote-
liza Malone McGill, a granddaughter
of the late General William Malone
The ceremonies closed with a bene-
diction by Father O'Farrell, chaplain
Of A. P. Hill Camp of the United
Confederate Veterans. --..
The people of Nelson County, Vir-
ginia. are looking forward with much
interest to the trial of Ben Hubbard,
who is to be arraigned at Lovingston,
tomorrow, On the charge of having
murdered DR.. James C. Petit. Hub
bard belongs to an old and promi-
> nent family of that section, while his
victim was one of the most promi-
: nent physicians of the county and a
member of Governor Mann's staff.
The murder Of DR.. Petit occurred on
7 the afternoon of September 25, last
in front of the Virginia Hotel, in full
view of hundreds of country folk, it
being court day. DR.. Petit was set
? Ting an account with client, when
t Hubbard approached from behind and
shot him in the head Hubbard then
walked UP to his victim and fired five
+ more shots from an automatic gun
Five OF the six shots took effect liz
the head. Any. one of them would
have produced DEATH For a time
there appeared to be danger of mot
violence, and Hubbard was rushed tt
' the Jail: Later he was taken tt
. Lynchburg for safekeeping. Hubbard
has declined to make any statement
concerning the tragedy beyond ad
1 hitting the killing and declaring tina
q he was justified. AS to the motive fol
the shooting. about all that has beer
> definitely learned is that Dr. Petit
was called in last spring to attend
q Hubbard's wife who was in delicat,
:, condition. Hubbard had arranged
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