The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1910-03-03
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Snow Buries Thirty-Philadelphia
TroubIes-British Cabinet Totter-
ing-Welcome Teddy-After Or.
Pearsons-Trust Heads Indicted.

Pearsons-Trust Heads Indicted.
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SNOW BURIED THIRTY;-A trem-
endous snow slide which poured down
the sides of the mountains In Idaho
last Saturday wiped out OF existence
two towns, in the Couer d'Alene dis
trict. Thirty persons were killed in
their beds. and something like forty
Injured. The gang are at work dig
ging out the bodies, but have found
no one alive.
PHILADELPHIA TROUBLES: -
There has been a little less rioting
in Philadelphia, where the street car
men are striking, since the state po-
lice were called in, but still not
day passes without its tale OF VOL
ence. Seeing that the fighting was
not succeeding, the unions have de-
cided a desperate move, and on Sat
urday 1926, 900 union men all there
are in the city, will go out on a sym
pathetic strike, and refuse TO work
till the street car men get what they
are after.
CABINET TOTTERING:-The cris-
Is in the British government has not
passed, and there is nothing clear
yet as to what will happen. The Irish
are continually threatening the Ii
berals, and the latter are at their
wits end II their old opponents, the
Unlonists. do not come TO their aid,
there will be a very serious danger
TO the country from the lack OF any
appropriations TO run the government
with next year.
WELCOMING TEDDY;-Roosevelt
has finished his great hunt, and is
now on his way down the Nile to
civilization. Europe is ringing with
plans TO honor him. and every nation
is bidding for a chance 10 express
It's respect and appreciation OF his
great qualities. The foreign ambass-
adors who worked here and knew him
have been called home 10 arrange
for the great reception and every
thing possible is being done.
AFTER PEARSONS: - Berea's
friends will be interested in the ar
rest In Chicago last week of a young
criminal. on whom was found EVIL
dence that he intended to try TO
scare DR.. ID. X. Pearsons into giving
him $4,000. lie had a letter all
oh ha Int laH 20 huu
Mr. Pearsons, in which he said that
II the money was not given over
at once they would both die Forum
ately he was caught at something
else first. and so didn't try IL.
LESLIE SHAW SCARED:-Ex-Sec
rotary Leslie NJ. Shaw I'm a speech in
Philadelphia last week showed that
he is gravely alarmed about the de-
tense OF this country against a foreign
enemy. He said that while he did not
believe there was a war with Japan
coming soon, still, II one did come,
We would be unable TO meet the
Japs on anything like equal terms
for some months, or to defend either
our island possessions or our sea-
coasts against them.
TRUST HEADS INDICTED: - A
real indictment with a Jail sentence
behind 1t, has been found against
the great heads of the meat trust.
Five companies. and nearly twenty
men. who include all that are the
most important in the business, have
been indicted in New Jersey, and
viii. have to go there and stand trial.
Meanwhile, a Federal grand jury in
Chicago has been hard at work. and
It Is expected that something will
happen there too.
WHAT LIQUOR COSTS: - In
Springfield a woman was left a wild
ow, because her husband drank him.
self to death. Now she has brought
suit for damage against the liquor
dealers, and there seems a fair chanel
that she will get it too.