The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-12-30
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The council Of ministers at st.
Petersburg has decided not to allow
the Salvation Army to carry on its
work in Russia. -1s~=.@
Whitelaw Reid, United States
ambassador at London, sailed today
for New York on board the Lusitania
to take holiday in America. \ 49,
Freight rate reduction ranging
from 10 to 20 per cent on fir lum-
Der from the Pacific coast to points
in Nebraska went into effect. today.
James Grant, according to evil
dence found at Benton, Ark, killed
his entire family, consisting of his
wife and six children, and took his
own life.
Miss Violet Edmunds, Brook
line, Mass, heiress, who was en-
gagged to marry Rev. C. V. T. Richie
son, has left her home to become a
settlement worker in New York.
A $1O,OOO,0OO bridge will be con-
structed across the Mississippi River
at Memphis by company working
in connection with the Chicago,
Rock Island and Pacific Railway.
Twenty-four lashes on the bare
back and twelve years each in the
penitentiary compriser the sentences
given trhee Italians at Winnipeg
convicted on the charge of robbery
with intent to kill.
The United States Steel Corpora
ton has made it's annual disthibu-
ton to employees under its bonus
plan, which has been in force nine
years. The amount distributed for
this year is $1,450,000.
The eighteen cotton mills of the
B. B. and r. Knight Company at
Providence, R. l., will run on full
time schedule beginning next Tues
day. The mills have been running
4s hours a week for 20 weeks.
DR.. Charles Horace Mayo of
Rochester, Mimi, is continuing to
improve after his operation for gall
stones, which followed an operation
for appendicitis in New York
hospital.
Alleging that he was entirely sue
cessful in his attempt to locate
beneath the River Wye receptacle
containing proofs that Bacon wrote
the plays credited to Shakespeare,
DR.. Orville w. Owen of Detroit,
Mich. is back from England.
Justice Davis in the New York
Supreme Court has ordered retrail
of the divorce suit brought by Upton
Sinclair against his wife, Meta
Fuller Sinclair. The justice ap-
pointed Marshall S. Marden as
referee to hear the testimony.
With more than one-half of the
municipalities of OOntario already
"dry," the prohibition forces are
hopeful of a considerable increase to
the list as the result of the elections
to be held next Monday. Of the PA
municipalities where local option
campaigns were possible this year
contests have been brought in about
one-third. Port Arthur, Fort Will
liam and Chatham are the most i'm
portant places in whicha vote will
be taken on the license question.
The program for the customary
observance of New Years day by the
| president and the official circles OF
the capital in general indicates that
traditions will be closely adhered to
next Monday, when the new year
will be officially ushered in. The
president and Mrs. Taft will hold
their reception in the forenoon, be-
ginning with the reception of the
members of the cabinet. These will
be followed by the members of the
diplomatic corps. After the diplo'
matte reception will follow recep-
lions to the members of the Justices
of the Supreme Court, the District
Judiciary, Congress, Army and Ma
w and various district officials. Many
members of the Cabinet will keep
open house.
Owing to the recent shake-ups in
the Chicago police department and
the strong sentiment among the
better classes against the scenes Of
rowdyism which in former years
constituted so disgraceful a feature
in the popular observance Of New
Years eve, Chief of Police Nc.
Weeny has announced his determi.
nation to suppress as much as posi-:
hlez- all excesses in Chicago Oj