Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1912-01-18
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slams continues. Three Fidais were
hanged in Tabriz, Persia, and their
bodies displayed on the gallows.
Comptroller of the Currency Muir
ray announces in an official statement
that he is strongly urging all national
banks to elect directors who live in
the immediate vicinity OF the institu-
tions.
The United States submarine boat
F-3 was launched from Seattle ship
yard, where three other craft of the
same class are TO be constructed EX-
traordinary secrecy has been main
tanned.
The discharge OF one hundred tenn
porary employees of the census office,
Washington, and an addition of an
hour to the working day OF all OTTER
employees, was announced by Director
Durand.
During 1911 the total number of
vessels arriving at the port OF New
York. according TO the books of the
government at the barge office. was
9,719, of which 6,642 were steamers
and 3,077 sailing vessels.
We've got the money give us the
convention" is the message that will
be carried to the meeting of the DEM
ocratic national committee in Wash
ington next week by the bipartisan
convention committee of Chicago.
Papers are filed with the secretary
of state dissolving the Seaboard COM
pany, which was incorporated in New
Jersey in 1905 for the purpose of
dealing in railroad rolling stock The
company had an authorized capital of
S72, 100000
The flagship Connecticut of the At
lantic fleet hereafter will be indie
pendent of any division instead of
being a part of the first division. This
change, together with several others
in the feet organization, was made
public at the navy department.
Secretary of the Interior Fisher
authorized the reclamation service to
negotiate for the purchase Of the
privately owned Franklin canal, for
which 1920 600 is asked, TO provide
for irrigating lands in the vicinity Of
FL Paso under the Rio Grande project.
Californians are in a state Of panic
over the prospect of the appearance
on the Pacific coast of the dreaded
Mediterranean fly, an insect pest
which already has made its way from
Australia to the Hawaiian islands
and is rapidly destroying the fruit
orchards there.
The first extended biographical rec
ord ever printed by professional de.
partment of Yale has just been pub
lished by the Yale law school, in the
form of large volume Of ] 065 pages
The record gives biographies of law
students and degree graduates be-
tween the years 1924 and 1899.
Many kilograms of coincidence and
sympathy from distinguished persons,
among them President Taft. Chief Jus
tice White and al the associate JUS
tees of the United States supreme
court WIS received by Justice Will
lam r. Day at his home in Canton,
o., after the death of Mrs. Day.
Young women residing in the dor
mitory of Charles City college in
Charles City. Ia, had narrow escape
early Saturday when the building was
destroyed by fire. Practically nothing
was saved from the building, the
young women being forced to flee in
their night clothing. The loss is COW
cred by insurance.
The main building boiler house and
storage house of the Industrial Cotton
Oil company, with 10000 tons of seed
and other products, burned in Hous-
ton. Tex Tire loss is estimated to
be between 100000 and $3.50 600 The
origin OF Sic fire has not been deter
mined The pant employed $50 men.
The plant was partially insured.
Prof. frederick Starr Of the Univer-
sity of Chicago, received word that
he had been appointed commander of
the Order Of Leopold IT, by the gov
ernment of Belgium The decoration
is in recognition Of the educators
views of the condition OF affairs in the
Congo Free state published in 1908
and for the exhibit at Brussels of his
Congo anthropological collections, for
which he got the grand prize.
1t cost proprietor of a skating
rink at Prescott, Ark. Just 500 to
deny admittance to army officers in
khaki uniform last month. The attor-
nev general has informed the war de-
partment that the district attorney at
Tucson prosecuted this man and upon
his plea Of guilty the fine was inn
posed. similar case which occurred
at Tombstone, Ariz., Is about 10 be
prosecuted.
All the machinists al the Norfolk
navy yard who walked out after re-
fusing TO sign cards under which II
was charged the Taylor system WIS
being enforced az this naval station,
returned 70 work when the cards were
withdrawn.
Gov. West, of Oregon will reprieve
all condemned murderers until Dec.
Is. 1912, which VIII be after the cleo
tors Of the state determine NJ the
polls whether the majority approves
capital punishment The governor,
who opposes such penalty. vi sub
init an amendment TO the present law
at the November election and urge
that the death penalty be abolished.