The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-09-26
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Whether Atlanta, Ca, shall adopt
the commission form of municipal
government or continue to be gov
erned under the existing plan will be
decided by the voters at a special
! election tomorrow. -
Distinguished military surgeons
from many parts Of the United States
and from several foreign countries as
we'll, have assembled in Milwaukee to
| discuss the general subject of SOL
diers and sailors ills and wounds.
A Democratic convention of the
Third Nebraska district assembled
this afternoon to nominate a candi-
date for the seat made vacant by the
death of Congressman James P. Lat
ia. Judge w. l.. Rose of Fullerton.
D. Y. Stephens of Fremont and sew
| eral others are contesting for the
nomination.
Topeka will be President Taft's
first stop after he leaves Hutchinson
tomorrow morning. His visit here
will be in connection with the big
celebration now on of the semi-cen-
tennial of Kansas as a State. While
here he will lay the corner stone of
the State Soldiers Memorial Hall.
which the State of Kansas is to erect
at cost of $350,OOO in memory of
the Kansas soldiers who fought for
the Union.
| Sank Center today is teeming with
women from all over the state, who
are there to participate in the seven
teenth annual convention of the Min
nesOta Federation of Women's Clubs.
| The proceedings began this morning
with meetings Of the executive board
and council, followed in the after
noon by the formal opening of the
gathering in the Congregational
church. The program extends over
three days and is one of the most
attractive ever prepared for a meet
ing of the federation. The election
of officers will take place Thursday.
st. Louis is entertaining this week
distinguished gathering Of women
visitors from all over the country,
who are there to attend the nation
al convention of the P. E. o. clubs.
The organization, which was first
formed in 1869 at Iowa Wesleyan
University, is the largest womans
secret society in the world. No one
except members know what the let
tiers P. E. O.. mean. The initial ses-
sion of the convention this afternoon
was devoted to the exchange of greet
ings and the work of organization.
Mrs. Winona E. Reeves of Keokuk,
Iowa, the national president, occu-
pied the chair.
A great national reunion of civil
war survivors is to be held in Men,
phis tomorrow in connection with the
annual fall festival. 1t is to be re-
union of the blue and the gray and
| from as far south as Texas and as
far north as the New England States
the old warriors have journeyed to
Memphis to mingle together in
peace On all fthe principal
and extend fraternal greetings to
streets masses of bright-colored bunt-
ing and great clusters of waving
United States and Confederate flags
can be seen. By agreement of the
local members of the Confederate
Veterans and the Grand Army the
Stars and Stripes and the Stars and
! Bars are everywhere entwined and
equal prominence given to both.
Hutchinson. Kansas, lent itself to-
day to the reception of President Taft
| who arrived in the city this morning
| for visit of more than "A hours.
In honor of the occasion there was a
general closing of all business houses
and along the route of the procession
from the center of the city to the
state fair grounds, where the presl-
dent reviewed the procession and de-
livered an address, residences and
stores were covered with decorations
in the national colors. The president
and several visiting governors, with
a large military escort, headed the
procession, which was nearly ten
miles in length and comprised many
elaborate floats illustrating the his
tory of progress of Kansas since her
admission to Statehood SO years ago.
The international aviation meet at
Long Island was marred yesterday by
the tragic fall of DR.. ]. c. Clarke
of New York, an amateur, in his
Queen Bleriot ,monoplane. sustaining
such injuries that he died last night
in the Nassau hospital.
Between $50 and 400 were killed
and the French battleship Liberte to-
tally destroyed when the magazines
OF the vessel exploded yesterday. The
battleship Republique was dana ed
badly and the battleships Democratic
and Verite also suffered severely from
masses of twisted iron and armor
plate that were hurled upon their
docks. The disaster is the great