The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1912-01-16
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Jules Vedrines, French aviator,
beat the worlds speed record at Pau,
France, by covering distance of SS
1-3 miles in one hour.
At Tacoma recall charges against
Mayor w. w. Seymour were filed. 1t
is alleged the executive has placed
the city under the old spoils system.
Governor Woodrow Wilson will
leave Trenton tomorrow for short
trip west and will speak at Detroit,
Ann Arbor and Grand Rapids, Mich.
London coal dealers here are reap
ing a rich harvest as a consequence
of the ballot of the coal miners in
favor of a nationwide strike for a
fixed minimum wage.
Rupert Devereaux and a score of
families who have remained true to
the teachings of the late John Alex
ander Dowie will establish new
Zion City north of Mobile, Alabama.
The Seventh Infantry, which has
just completed two years and six
months service in the Philippines,
will arrive at Leavenworth, Kan, on
Sunday. The regiment has been de-
pleted to less than one-half of it's au-
thorized strength.
After more than 3S years. service,
Col. Charles G. Woodward, of the
Coast Artillery Corps, was trans
ferred to the retired list of the army
today on his own application. Col.
Woodward is from Maryland and was
graduated from the West Point aca-
DENY in 1877.
A bronze tablet to the memory of
the late Major General Henry G. Cor
bin, S. A., was unveiled in Corbin
Hall, Governors Island, New York
City today. The memorial was pro-
vided through subscription by about
fifty representative men of the coun-
try. including senators, army officers,
financiers and others.
The inau uguration of Earl M. Brew
er of Clarksdale as governor of the
State of Mississippi today was at
tended by the usual ceremonies at
Jackson, conducted in the preence
of members of the legislature and
many other spectators. Following
the installation of Governor Brewer
the oath of Office was administered
to Theodore G.. Bilbo, the new lieu
tenant-governor.
A meeting to arouse interest for
the restoration of the army canteen
was held in New York at the WAL
f-Astoria today under the auspices
of the National League for the civic
education of women. A number of
prominent army men delivered ad-
dresses strongly favoring the resto-
ration of the canteen. Many army
men and their wives were present
and acted as patrons of the gather
ing.
Representative shoe manufactur-
ers and tanners from various parts
of the country appeared before the
tariff board in Washington, D. c., to-
day to give their views as to the
best methods of conducting the in
vestigation of the board into the
leather schedule. In addition to con-
sulting with the shoe men and tan
ners the board will send it's own
agents into the field to study the
industry and gather statistics upon
which to base it's conclusions.
The case of William DeGraff, ac-
cused of murder on the high seas,
was called for trial today in the
United States District Court in Bos-
ton. The victim of the alleged muir
der was Captain Charles D. Wyman,
who was killed while he lay asleep
in his bunk on the barge Glendower,
while the boat was on it's way to
Boston from Philadelphia last June.
The victims head was beaten in with
hammer or some other blunt in
strument and the statements of the
crew are said to have indicated that
DeGraff, who was cook on the barge,
had committed the crime.
John Moore Butler, of Ocean
Grove, N. j., Familiarity known as
"Uncle John," celebrated his 1929
birthday anniversary today at the