The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1909-12-30
NEWS OF THE WEEK
Cook Dropped by Explorers Club
Zeiays Fiees to Europe-Ths Most
Popular song-Michigan Cleans.
House.


getting II right and left this week,
and has kept out of sight pretty well.
Following the announcement OF the
Danes that he is a fakir, has come
decision on tho part OF the Explorers
Club that he never climbed Mt Mckin-
ley and the Club has officially dropped
him from membership. So far as we
can see there Is nothing more that ca
happen. He still has friends left. how
ever, among whom Is Admiral Schley.
of Santiago fame. The Admiral de-
clares that to be fair the cases OF
Cook and Poery ought to be passed
ON by the same men, and he asks
Peary to send his proofs to Copen-
hagen. There seems little chance that
Peary will do this. however
ZELAYA FLEES:-The next most
exciting thing after Cook has been
the escape OF zelaya. He rowed out
TO a Mexican gunboat, and demanded
asylum, which under international
law could not be refused him. SO he
Is safe, and will escape 20 Europe,
there TO spend the rest OF his life
gaily on the money he has wrung from
his bleeding country, and wisely store
away against a rainy day. Meanwhile
the fighting goes on. The insurgents
won bloody battle and are march
ing on the capitol. while the new
president Is getting Il hot and heavy
from all sides lie has been warned
by the U. s. that he will be held
responsible for anything that happens,
and the insurgents have announced
that they are going to hang him as
usurper. His troops are starving,
and 1t looks pretty dark for him.
MOST POPULAR SoNG:-The
Chief Of tho Division OF Music OF the
Library OF Congress, who is supposed
10 know more abut such matters than
eny other man In this country. has
recently announced that our own
Dixie" Is the most popular patriotic
song OF America. At first sight this
would seem TO betoken a revival OF
the old feeling which one hung around
pixie" but any one who has travel
ed much over the country knows that
pixie" Is az popular north as South,
and that the reason Is because IL Is
so stirring. When the Army OF the
Potomac was disbanding. and march
ed thru Washington. one OF the bands
started to play Dixie" and an aide
suggested to Lincoln that 1t ought
to be stopped. Lincoln answered that
now that we were all one country
again. he reckoned the U. S. Army
had a right to play Dixie" and he
was glad OF IT, This popularity contest
shows once more that the country is
one again.
TWELVE BLOWN UP:-A peculiar
accident resulted in the loss of twelve
lives last Friday, when a locomotive
exploded In the round house of the
Rock Island r. r. at Shawnee, Okla.
MICHIGAN CLEANS HoUsE:-An
unusual action by the faculty of U.
OF NJ. has aroused much interest in
sporting circles. II having been found
one OF the star athletes was not leg
ally eligible to play in the football
games, the faculty has announced
this fact, apologizing TO all schools
against which he played. and offered
to forfel. those games. all OF which
m
of sportsmanlike conduct on the part
OF Michigan will go long way towar
establishing the reputation she ono
had. and ought to help a good deal
in the way of cleaning out the sport
OF this countrys colleges.
STEEL TRUST MELoN;-one of
the biggest things given away this
Christmas was a bonus of $2,OOO,OOO
paid by the Steel Trust to its en-
uloyes and officials. Part OF this big
Christmas gift was in the form of
stock of the company.
ASSASSINS BUSY:-There was a
busy day for assassination last We'd
UeSUdl. III VIC 0tAy NhO Ns@Na - fO--~-
of st. Petersburg, Russia, was blown
to pieces by bomb. the premier OF
Korea was fatally stabbed by young
conspirator, and an English Magls-
trste in India was killed by native,
for political reasons.
WARRINER GETS SIX YEARS.
Charles l.. Warmer, the defaulting
treasurer of the Big Four at Gin
cinnati, was let off with a six years
sentence for his theft of $643,000.
DRESSMAKERS SMUGGLED:-
Twenty-seven fashionable dressmakers
In New York have been indicted for
smuggling in dress goods, laces and
other mate: .als which they use in
making dresses. They were all held
in heavy bail. This is the first Off
cial action In what are known as the
Sleeper trunk frauds"