The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-02-09
TODAY'S EVENTS !

Festival Of St. Apollonia, the pat
roness against toothache. 49,
Twentieth anniversary Of the great
fire, which laid = large part q PAT
| erson, N. j. in ruins. ,.'5$E
T Student teams Of Whitman college
and the University Of Washington
are to meet for. their annual debate
this evening. S.,
Hundreds Of lovers of winter sports
are expected at Hanover, NJ H.. today
for the opening Of the annual mid
winter carnival at Dartmouth college.
The President and Mrs. Harding
have issued invitations for recep-
ton at the White House this evening
in compliment to the members Of
both houses of congress-, ,,-EJG (
A delegation of women will wait
upon the prime minister of Quebec
today to plead for legislation giving
them the right to vote in the provin-
cial election. 80 - - = :@-
At Port Huron tonight Senator
Charles E. Townsend of Michigan is
to begin a speech-making campaign
for denomination and reelection to
| Vic OuICcU 0LdLeS SeHdLc.
The meeting of the foreign minis.
tiers of France, Great Britain and
Italy to discuss Near Eastern ques-
tons has been tentatively fixed for
! Paris today. II
With a speech before the Ohio
Anti-Saloon league convention at Co.
lumbus today Judge. Florence e. AL
Fen, of Cleveland, is expected to
launch her candidacy for a place on
The Ohio supreme bench. J;
| The first annual convention of the
Bankers Association for Foreign
Trade, meeting in Cleveland today,
will give its attention to plans by
which INLAND banks with foreign de-
partments can work together to ia
cilitate foreign trade.
| Conventions Today.
Toronto-Dominion Fruit Growers
association. J1,...'-.,
Toronto--Ontario Horticultural as
ISOLATION
Columbus, o.-ohio Anti-saloon
league. " .... -
Bismarck, N D.-North Dakota
Association of Engineers, -.
| Calendar of Sports. ." :
Racing-Meeting Of Business Mems
Racing association, at New Orleans.
Meeting of Cuba-American Jockey
club, at Havana.
| Meeting Of Lower California Jock
ey club, at Tia Juana. l.
! BowlinH-First worlds classic
championship tournament opens in
Chicago.
Skating-Lake Placid Diamond
gtophy championship, Lake Pacid,
IN. " 'zs-'*5.
Golf--Annual St. Valentines tour
nament for women, at Pinehurst.
South Florida championship tour
nament, at Palm Beach. :: =
In The Days News. r..
! Sir Anthony Hope, who today en-.
tiers upon his Goth year, has long
ranked among the most brilliant and
successful Eughshmen of letters. His
real name is Anthony Hope Tawkins,
Anthony Hope" being his pen-name.
After completing his studies at Ok
ford the future novelist took up Law
and for some years engaged in the
practice of that profession. But al.
most at the very first he had long.
ing to enter the profession Of liter.
allure. In this ambition he. was not,
however, Immediately successful. Far
from it. &c had written and publish.
ed many stories before "The Prison.
er of Zenda" brought his fame. This
novel he published in. 1894 and its
success was marked and instante-
neous that the author immediately
gave up his legal practice to devote
himself wholly to literature. Since
that tnine: Sit Anthony has written
many successful novels; and has also
attained fame as q dramatist,
One Year Ago Today
Congress in joint session confirm.
ed the vote of the Electoral college
and declared Harding and Coolidge
president and vice-president. n :
+ s,z, Today's Birthdays.
Mrs. Patrick Campbell, . celebrated
actress Of the English stage, born ia
London, 81 years ago today. {!
George AIDE, noted humorist and
playwright, born at Kentland, Ind,
Sc years ago today. H. I.
|. George n. Moses, United States
senator from New Hampshire, horn q
tLubec, Maine, So years ago today.
Joseph j. Mansfield, representative
lin congress OF the Ninth Texas dis
trict, born sat Wayne, W. Va, sol
years ago today. GtWt y
| Amy Lowell, noted as author and
poet, born at Brookline, Mass, AZ
years ago today. #s
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