The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1912-03-01
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Bovey. Mach IA straw vote TAX
en- here yesterday showed that Taft
sentiment is strong in this vicinity.
The opinion seemed to be that Taft
has made good and should be allowed
to continue his policies.
Two Harbors, March An cpl
demic Of typhoid fever here has led
to the calling of three experts to as
sist in the city's fight. The men are
DR.. Cheseley, DR.. H. A. Whitaker, and
| lanes Childs. state health engineer.
| Minneapolis, March AT a meet
ing of the board of regents of the
University yesterday it was decided
to purchase the Greysolon farm site
near Duluth and final terms are to
be negotiated between the Nniversi-
ty and the Duluth Commercial club
on March IA.
st. Paul, March John j. O'Con-
nor, chief of the St. Paul police for
many years, and Assistant Chief
John Clark yesterday resigned from
| the force 1t is said that the move is
purely political being made in order
| to disorganize the department before
the spring elections.
! OHvet, Mich, March 4 .-Today the
! the hotels in Olivet are crowded with
! college students who arrived early
to attend the annual contest of the
Michigan intercollegiate oratorical
association Additional interest is
given the contest this year by the
participation of Miss Sui Wars, a
Chinese student selected to represent
! Albion College in the competition.
Athens. Ala, March with a
preparatory service this afternoon,
the twenty second annual convention
of the Alabama Christian Endeavor
Union was opened under conditions
| that give promise of one of the best
meetings in the history Of the or
ganiza ton. The proceedings will
| continue over Sunday and will in
! clude addresses by a number of re-
| ligious workers Of wide prominence
! Spokane, WASH, March 1.~-Seven
women deputy assessors, believed to
be the first Of their sex to be- so en-
| plOyed in any part Of the country,
! started upo1f~their, official duties in
Spokane today Chief Assessor G. R.
| Creighton engaged the women in the
| belief that they are better fitted than
men to get a proper valuation Of dia-
monds, jewelry and the artistic and
expensive furnishings of wealthy
| households.
Washin etOn, d. c.. March 1.-Nev-
er has an athletic meet in the capital
brought together such classy perform
Convention Hall tomorrow night at
the annual indoor carnival of the
Georgetown University athletic as
ISOLATION. While every one Of the
events on the program will bring out
big fields of the best in their respec-
tive classes, it is in the relay races
that most popular interest is mani
fested In these events the contest
ants will include the crack teams Of
Cornell, Yale, Harvard, Princeton,
Carlisle, Virginia, Pennsylvania and
other of the big Eastern colleges.
Austin, Texas, March 1.--Politi-
cal interest in Texas is centered in
q conference which is to be held at
Waco tomorrow by friends of Wood
| lOW " llSOIl, WIN CApCCI az the'I I1AiS
to lay the foundation for an aggres-
sive fight to elect forty delegates to
! the Democratic national convention
who will be in favor Of the nominal
ton of the New Jersey governor for
President. The Wilson partizans in
the Lone Star state appear confident
of capturing the entire delegation,
but feel they should wage as aggres-
sive fight as if they regarded the
result in doubt. AS the result of the
Waco meeting it is expected that a
vigorous campaign for a Wilson del
egation to Baltimore will be main
tanned up to the time of the holding
! Of the state convention or the state
primaries, if the last named system
of selecting delegates is adopted by
the state executive committee. There
appears to be a popular demand for
the holding of a presidential prefer
ence primary and in connection with
the Waco conference tomorrow there
will be a separate meeting of Demo-
cratic leaders from various parts of
the state to consider the matter.
Discussing the political situation
in Texas, with respect to the chances