The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1912-01-27
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Samuel Gompers, president of the.
American Federation of Labor, is 81
years old today.
Representative of the Socialist
party in Indiana gathered in Indian
apolis today for a two days conven-.
tion to complete plans for an active
campaign this year. Nominations
for State ticket will be made by
the convention and submitted to a,
referendum vote. ...., =.
Kansans in Washington are to cell;
citrate Monday the anniversary of
the admission of their State into the
Union. Plans for the observance of
the day by the Kansas Association of
Washington include a banquet and
exercises, with address,
es by members of the Kansas delega-
ton in Congress. -. ~ ri
Governor Woodrow Wilson, who is
coming to Providence tomorrow for
the purpose of comforting with the
Democratic leaders Of the State upon
the coming presidential campaign
and the general situation in Rhode
Island. During his stay here the
New Jersey executive will be the
guest of former Governor James H.
Higgins.
Emperor William celebrated his
53rd birthday anniversary at Berlin
today The usual court festivities
were attended by royal and princely
persons from all parts of the empire.
Berlin observed the day as a general
holiday, the festivities being in the:
nature of a continuation of the Fred
erick the Great bicentenary celebra-
ton which has occupied the greater
part of the week. -. z<s4
The Chicago, Rock Island and Pa
cific and the Chicago, Burlington and
Quincy railroads have arranged to
resume through sleeping car service
tomorrow to Los Angeles and San
Francisco in connection with the
Denver and Rio Grande and South
ern Pacific and Western Pacific lines.
This service was discontinued last
September, owing to a controversy
between the lines east and west of
Ogden. 49,. IS : sas = rs t. ~
= Boston Catholics, with the Coop
GRAFTON of members Of the denomi-
nation throughout New England, to-
day completed the elaborate prepara-
tons for the welcome of Cardinal
O'Connell upon his return home from
Rome. The new Cardinal and his
suite are passengers on the White
Star liner Canopic, which is due to
arrive at Boston Monday. The cere-
monies of welcome will be continued
an entire week. 81 5s*5
Boston's annual motor boat show,
the place where the boat builders.
the engine makers, and the manufac-
turers of nautical things for power
craft disclose to the public their lat
est product for the coming season,
opens in Mechanics Building tonight
and will continue for one week. Ev-
cry available foot of space in the big
exhibition hall is filled with exhib-
it's. 300 manufacturers having been
assigned places. ---..
Stockholders of the Virginia Rail-
way, at their annual meeting in Nor
folk today, voted to increase the cap
ital stock from $36,OO0,OO to $685.
100000. The added capital, it is UNI
derstood, is to be. employed in extern
sive improvements, with possible
extension to the Great Lakes through
new lines or purchase of existing
lines. The road was built by the
late H. H. Rogers and is still con-
trolled by his estate.
The revenue cutters Miami and
Unalga, the first Government vessels
turned out by private ship yard. un-
der the eighty-hour law, were sue
cessfully launched today at the yards
of the Newport News Shipbuilding
company. The two vessels, with a
displacement of 100 tons each, will
cost $25O,000 apiece. The Unalga is
specially fitted to do police duty iii
the North Pacific, while the Miami
is designed for service on the Florida
coast. - 80
Albert w. Wolter, whose murder of
15-year-old Ruth Wheeler Mortified
New York two years ago, is to pay
the peanlty of his crime in the death
chair in Sing Sing prison early in
the coming week. Though convicted
on circumstantial evidence, the YER
dict was affirmed by the Court of
Appeals and the murdered must die
in the electric chair. Ruth Wheeler,
who had lust finished a cOnrce in
stenography in business college,