The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1912-01-23
. OUTSIDE NEWS CONDENSED. :

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Liquor interests yesterday won a
far-reaching victory in the supreme
court by decision that railroads
must carry beer when offered for
transportation into "dry" counties OF
another state.
DR.. Harry E. Webster must spend
the remainder of his life in the
penitentiary for having murdered
his wife, Bessie Kent Webster in
Illinois last October. He was SEN
fenced yesterday.
j. e. Rogers, 43 years old, prop
rietor of the Rogers hotel, Unique
Theatre, several cafes, saloons and
other Minneapolis business enter
prises died in that city yesterday
following an operation, the eighth in
as many years. --G.,
A bronze tablet to the memory of
the late Herbert Moninger, who Or
iginated the system of scientific
training for Sunday school teachers,
was unveiled with appropriate cere-
monies today in the Northside Pres
byterian church Of Cincinnati
The appeal in the case Of Rodney
j. Diegel, former sergeant-at-arms in
the Ohio house of representatives,
came up for eharing in the State SUI
preme court at Columbus today. Die
gel is under sentence of imprison-
ment for completely in legislative
bribery.
Aviator Rutherford Page, "a years
old, Yale graduate and flying for
the first time as a licensed aviator,
fell 100 feet to his death at the Los
Angeles aviation meet yesterday af-
ternoon. He is the first aeroplane
man to meet death this year and the
114th due to aviation.
Declaring he favored the recall of
the judiciary, but with restrictions
and reservations with which he
would not surround the recall of Leg
islators or executives, Senator La
Toilette last night addressed so large
a meeting in New York city that he
had to deliver another address in the
street to an overflow audience.
- : The BelleYiue Club Of Chicago. at
it's second annual dinner to be given
at the Hotel Ia Sale in Chicago to-
morrow night, will have as it's guest
of honor and principal speaker the
Right Honorable Sir Mackenzie Bow
ell, K. c. M. G., former premier of
Canada. The club is composed of
Belleville men who formerly lived in
Belleville, Ontario.
The Sunday School Council of the
United States and Canada, compris-
ing the secretaries, editors, publish
ers and representatives of boards of
the Sunday school organizations of
the two countries, began it's second
annual meeting in Toronto today.
The sessions will last three days and
will be devoted to the consideration
of a number Of important questions
affecting Sunday school work. Rev.
E. NJ. Ferguson of Philadelphia,
Rev. A. L. Phillips Of Richmond, Va.,
and a number of other well known
leaders are among the participants.
A meeting of the board of trustees
of Washington and Lee University
will be held at Lexington, Va, to-
morrow to consider the question Of
successor to DR.. George H. Denny,
who resigned his position as head of
the university some time ago to ac-
cept the presidency of the University
of Alabama. Among the we'll known
men who are mentioned for the place
are Senator Owen of Oklahoma, for
mer Governor Haywood Of South Car
olina, Professor William P. Vance of
Yale, Professor G. A. WauchOpe OF
the University of South Carolina and
Congressman John w. Davis of West
Virginia.
A convention of the head camp of
the Modern Woodmen of America,
composed of about 500 delegates rep
resenting the 100000 members of
the order throughout the country,
met in Chicago today to consider and
act upon the question of raising the
insurance rates of the organization,
The higher rates are proposed in or
der to conform with the so-called Mo-
bile law, measure agreed upon by
convention of fraternal organiza-
tions held at Mobile year ago
which decided upon uniform rate
in order to meet the requirements OF
the insurance laws of many of the
states. Many Of the local camps OF
the Woodmen have protested against
the proposed increase and the oppQ-
sitiOn has gone so far as to threaten
secession from the parent organiza-