The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1912-01-22
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ion labor on the ground the courts
would have no power to enforce the
union labor clause. ,.- --ss..ss
The breaking Of an ice gorge in
the Little Kenawha River at Park
ersburg, w. Va, carried 100000
worth of river craft into the Ohio
river. The more valuable craft were
rescued by towboats before they were
damaged -..1:
1t will take at least month for
the eight gangs Of men at work on
| the ruins of the New York city Eq-
uitable Building to tunnel to the
vaults of the Mercantile Safe Depos-
it company, which contain millions
in valuables belonging to depositors
The Alberta legislative assembly
convened today at Edmonton and was
opened with the customary formali-
ties. The session promises to be one
of more than ordinary interest and
importance. Railway development
occupies foremost place on the gov
ernment program.
Everything is in readiness for the
special election at GAINESVILLE, Wis,
tomorrow to decide whether or not
GAINESVILLE shall adopt the commits
sion form of government Advocates
of the plan have waged a vigorous
campaign and are hopeful that the
proposal will be adopted.
Henry Davis. believed by the po-
lice to be the ringleader of gang
of counterfeiters that have flooded
the country with counterfeit $40
notes on the Cr0cker National Bank
of San Francisco, was. arrested in
San Francisco. He had $3.50 worth
OF the counterfeit bills in his pocket.
The fourth annual exhibition of
the Montana Poultry association,
which opened in the Auditorium in
Butte, Mont, today, is the biggest
affair of its kind ever staged in this
state. The exhibits number more
than 1000 and embrace a wide var
ietyssof high-bred fowls The show
| will last the entire week.
A big three-day celebration was
ushered in at Key West, Fla, today
in honor Of the arrival of the first
! train over the 127-mile oversee ex-
! tension of the Florida East Coast
| railway, giving Key West it's first
direct connection with the main
land. Many distinguished visitors
are there for the celebration.
Today was the seventh anniver-
| sary of "Red Sunday" when Father
Capon led demonstration Of the
people before the Winter Palace in
st. Petersburg, Russia, and many
were killed by the troops Owing
probably to the extra precautions
taken by the, police the anniversary
passed without any disorderly DEM
onstrations.
A special election will be held in
Detroit, Mich, tomorrow to settle
the street railway controversy, which
has been a burning issue ever since
the late Hazen S. Pingree, during his
term as mayor, inaugurated a cam
paign for. three-cent fares some fif-
teen years ago. At tomorrow's elec-
tion the voters will decide the fate
of the Thompson-Hally three-cent
fare plan, which provides for an ex-
tension of the present street railway
franchises until 1924 with eight
tickets for quarter in the day time,
six at night, and universal trans
fers. At the same time the voters
will pass upon proposal for out
and-out municipal ownership of the
street railway. 1t is generally be-
lieved that the three-cent fare plan
will be carried and the proposal for
municipal ownership defeated.
Mrs. Emma L. Rumball was ar
raigned in court at Oroville, CAL, to-
day to stand trial for the alleged
murder of her 13-year-old stepdaugh-
ter Helen Rumball. The little girl
was found dead, in the attic of her
home there last June In the morn
ing of the day of her death, her
stepmother had whipped her and
bound her to the studding of the at
tic because, according to the STEP
mother. the little girl had misbehav-
ed. 1t was one of the hottest days
OF the year and the consequent heat
in the attic was increased by an in.
cubator in operation. The supposi.
tiOn is that the girl tainted from
the heat and in falling to the fiool
was strangled by the rope with which