The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1912-06-13
Ia the House Of its friends and Of
its acknowledged foes.
PROMISES PARCEL POST

Ia the House OF its friends and Of
its acknowledged foes.
PROMISES PARCEL POST
Postmaster General Hitchcock is
very sanguine of the passage of Par
GELS Post Legislation by the present
Congress before the expiration of
this session. A bill embracing regula
tons for the Parcels Post as desir-
ed by the Postal Department was re-
Gently introduced by Senator Bourne.
I. provides for the service both
on rural routes and city routes, and
the weight limit is to be eleven
pounds. Rates are to vary owing to
the variation of distance, from fifty
to two thousand miles or more.
WIRELESS COMMUNICATION
WITH BRITAIN
The Marconi Wireless Telegraphy
Company proposes to build twin
stations on the New Jersey and Eng
lish coasts, within the year, OF such
power as TO be able TO communicate
with each other without relaying,
though the distance is three thous-
and one hundred miles. Communica-
ton was established several years
ago between New Foundland and the
Irish Coast. The distance is much
less there.
JAMES BOOSTED FOR CHAIRMAN
1t is reported from Washington
that the Clark forces are boosting
Senator elect Ollie James for chair
man OF the Democratic National
Convention. But others are mention
ed prominently, among whom are
Senator o. German. Senator Kern
and Congressman Henry of Texas.
POSSIBILITIES OF THE GOAT IN
DUSTRY
Hundreds of inquiries regarding
the possibilities in the United States
OF a great goat industry are nov
reaching the Department Of COM
merce and Labor. These inquiries
are the result of a recent statement
by the Bureau OF Statistics of that
Department, that $50 million dollars
had been sent out of the country in
the last decade to purchase goat
skins for use in this country, and
that the commercial value of the 500
million goats which these skins rep
resented would. had they been grown
in the United States. have approx
mated a billion dollars. These sugges-
lions coupled with the further fact
that goats of the class supplying the
skins in question could be grown
upon semi-arid and semi-mountainoGs
land in the United States, now practi-
cally unutilized, have added to the in
terest indicated by the inquiries now
being made.
THE PRESIDENTS YACHT IN
DANGER
The yacht ""Mayflower" carrying
the President and Mrs. Taft with a
humber of distinguished guests, was
almost in collision with the steamer
Northland near Point Lookout, Sun
day. The Presidential party was not
notified of the danger In fact It was
over SO soon that there was no ne
cessity OF disturbing them, they be-
ing asleep at the time.
ALASKAN VOLCANO
A ship sailing in the Alaskan wat
ers reports an eruption of the vol
cano Katmai which could be seen
at a great distance. 1t is reported
To have passed through showers Of
ashes. the passengers being almost
suffocated by the sulphuric gases
In the air. Seismographs in certain
Universities In the west and also
Washington, ID. c., have reported
earthquake shocks during the last
few days. and these have been con-
nected with the volcanic disturbances
In Alaska. IL is feared that much
damage has been done, a number ot
small fishing villages being near the