Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1913-01-01
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Washington
Although the Pribilof islands fur Neal
herd has decreased from $500, 900 IN
1857 to $4,000 in 1912, Prof. David
Starr Jordan and George a. Clark
who were commissioned to report to
tho department Of commerce and la,
Dor on the subject, recommend the re-
peal Of tho act which suspends, land
killing for I'VE years. SIS
President Taft has concluded his lin.
spection Of the Panama canal and II
on his way home aboard the battle
ship Arkansas. He expressed great
pleasure over his visit. !: +. .=..:
The United States signal corps has
announced that aeroplanes can be used
to discover the whereabouts and move
ments Of submarines It ID believed
this discovery may advance the plan
OF having aeroplanes as part Of the
navy's. equipment. :....s- g ., . .&ss
Ernest Baumann, secretary of the
Swiss legation in Paris, has been
transferred to Washington. Henri
Martin, who holds the post at Wash
tngton, has been transferred to Mon
Itreal as consul general. ::.'.>:>
President Taft will Issue an order
In January abolishing many customs
houses for the sake Of economy. -
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The United States Steel corporation,
pursuant to it's profit sharing plan,
adopted in 1903, will offer to it's en-
ployes in January the privilege OF sub.
:scribing to preferred and common
shares on the basis of 500 for the pre-.
ferred and $66 for the common. A
year ago the subscription prices were
$40 and SOS respectively. -
Tho annual meeting Of the Ameri-
can Association for Labor Legislation
opened In Boston, the topic for discus
sion the first day being factory in
spe >tion. 81
Governor Clark of Alaska in his an.
nual report urged the speedy enact.
ment of legislation permitting the
i working Of the Alaskan lands. The
population Of the territory is decreas.
Ing rapidly. owing to the falling oil
Of placer mining and the inadequate
Land laws. s .= s.. 5 >,.... :5.s.
The Kellogg Toasted Corn lake
company is alleged to be violating the
Sherman law, in petition in equity
filed in the United States district
court in Detroit, Mich, by order of At
: torney General Wickersham to settle
for all time the extent to which q
manufacturer may control retail
prices.
Stories of perilous adventures in the
jungles of Brazil, which included 8
night escape from cannibals nine
days after they had begun to fatten
him for tribal feast, were told by
Guy de Villepion, newspaper CORE
spondent and explorer, who arrived in
San. Francisco on the Pacific mail
steamer City Of Sydney.
Because three cases of bubonie
plague exist at Hilo orders from
Washington are that all vessels from
Hawaiian islands must be fumigated
on arrival at San Francisco.
Physicians are astounded at the case
Of Miss Ida Schooler of Washington
who lived ten months with a fractured
skull, but who finally succumbed t
her injuries. .: IT,. 49, =
Blazing with illuminations and gu
perb with floral decorations, the execu
tive mansion at Springfield, ILL.,, pre-
sented gorgeous setting for the to,
and dancing party which marked tn,
debut of Miss Dorothy Deneen, daugh
ter Of Gov: Charles s.. Deneen.
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! Postmaster .Doores Of Bowlinl
Green, KY, received letter from or
lahoma City, Okla, signed by 'Willian
H. Gardner" who says he was kid
mapped In Bowling Green sc years az,
by a miner named Alexander Huskey
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! AS Clara LeMay, aged fourteen, wa
entering the Cords cotton mill IN Mil
bury. Mass, she was shot and kille,
by Charles Adams. fifteen. The DO,
then shot himself. tnf1icting injurle
from which he died later. The polio
:: ray the shooting was due to Jealousy
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Clad In the garb Of a 1aborer. Coun
Max Won Buelow, a descendant of th
famous General Won Buelow Of Prua
z D1a and scion OF one Of the oldos
families OF NurODe was struck BY