The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1909-02-11

on legislation winch VIII put sup
to gambling on horse races in that
state. This is about the last state
TO get in line, and when these laws
have gone thru there will be practi-
cally no place in the country where
race track gambling can be carried
on In thee old way. Kentucky allows
a certain kind of betting. but the old
fashioned, crooked methods have al
most been driven out. IL seems likely
that there will be very little horse
racing In this country in the next few
years.
GOV. HASKELL INDICTED:-The
charges against Gov Haskell, Bryan's
close friend, which were 50 vehem-
emily denied during the campaign,
evidently had some backing to them,
for Haskell has been indicted by
Federal Grand Jury for frauds In con-
nection with government lands.
BIG FLEET STARTS HoME:-The
great battleship fleet OF the United
States, which has been almost around
the world, is now on the last part
of the trip. II has left Gibraltar, at
the entrance OF the Mediterranean
Sea. and is steaming for Hampton
Roads. from which It started. II will
be home In a few days. Each ship
as she sails has a long pennant fast
ened to her mainmast. II Is the
custom, when a warship has been on
a foreign voyage, and starts home
10 have her carry at the mast head
a pennant. or flag. which is one foot
lonE for every day that the ship has
been away from home. These ships
all have such long flags. and It VIII
be most interesting to see them
come into the harbor with the long
streamers floating behind. Sometimes
the ships have such long flags that
the sallsrs fasten little balloons TO
TO the end to keep 1t out Of the water
TORNADO KILLS sCoRE;-A ser
les of small storms and cyclones swep'
the south from Tennessee TO Texas
last Friday, and resulted In the loss
of about twenty lives and hundreds Of
thousands VI dollars worth of pro
perty.
WEST INSULTING JAPANESE
The Western states seem determined
to bring on a war with japan II pos
sible. Nevada and California have
both passed laws which are not only
unjust In principle, but which are in
sulting and which, since the recent
agreement to keep Japs out of this
country, are not at all needed. There
are a good many reasons for hostility
between the races, but In the present
circumstances there Is no need for
any OF the laws suggested, and they
only embarsss the government In
trying TO keep peace in a very deli
cate situation. II is comforting TO
think that In case OF war, IL is Cali
fornia that would get the first In
yasion. and would suffer the most.
SEVENTEEN KILLED IN NINE
An explosion in a coal mine at Birm-
ingham, Ala. last week, resulted In
the deaths OF seventeen men. The
number OF such accidents has been
increasing rapidly in the last year or
two. and America now kills about
three times as many miners as any
other mining country.
DRYS WIN AGAIN:-Gov. Patter-
sons second attempt to stop the
temperance legislation In Tennessee
has resulted In his being run over
again. He vetoed the bill TO prohi-
hit the manufacture of liquor in .he
state. and has now had the mortin-
cation of seeing IL passed over his
veto.
ALL WELL AT PANAMA:-Pres-
elect Taft, who has been investigat-
ing the stories that there was some
thing wrong at Panama. has report
ed that everything is all right there,
and he is perfectly satisfied with
the progress of the work.
RUMoR ABOUT RooSEVELT:-A
report got loose this last week that
in case OF war with Japan Mr.
Roosevelt would enter Pres. Tafts
cabinet as Secretary of War. That
rumor can be taken for just what you
think IL 10 worth.
CAN PRoLoNG LIFE;-At a meet
ing of insurance men in New York
eminent doctors who were present
urged the insurance companies TO
spend money to educate people as to
how to keep we'll, and declared that
If everybody did the things which
modern science has taught life would
be increased by fifteen years. This
would not only be pleasant for the
people that lived that much longer,
but 1t would increase the average
earning capacity of people, and also
save money on insurance.