The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1913-11-20
UNITED STATES NEWS
Tennesseean Appointed Chief War

Tennesseean Appointed Chief War
den.
/ Col. J. H. Acklen, of Tennessee.
lwho is president of the National As
Isociation of Game Commissioners,
land formerly game warden of Ten
nessee, was appointed chief warden
Of the United States, under the re-
Gently enacted Federal Migratory
Bird Law.
State Life Insurance.
Wisconsin passed laws in 1911
permitting state lite insurance. Two
hundred policies were issued Oct. q
\ in accordance with this law. Seven
different forms of policies are is
sued. The purpose of the state life
fund is to give the people of the
State the benefit of the best insur-
ance on a mutual plan at low cost,
and save the policy holder the
agents commission and overhead
charges.
Condemnation of Army and Navy
Football.
SurgeOn-General Stokes. of the
United States Navy and Col Clar-
ence p. TOwnsley, Superintendent
of the United States Military Aca-
deny, have been conducting a cru
SADIE against football. IS per cent
of all the injured treated by the sur
geon in season at West Point are
due to football casualties, and comes
from about fifty cadets, while the
remaining 25 per cent come from
over six hundred cadets.
Pellagra in South Carolina.
Spartanburg, s. c., has suffered
tmore deaths from Pellagra during
the past year than from any other
disease, according to the report OF
the State Board of Health With the
approach of cold weather, the dis
ease is decreasing. Formerly, tu-
berculosis, was the most deadly
malady.
No "Boozers" for Census.
Director Harris, of the United
States Census Bureau, announced
that his branch of the government
was to be as dry as the Sahara des-
ert. Those whose breaths are bur-
dened with the odor of spurious or
vinous or malt liquors, will be sep
arated from their jobs, as it is very
disagreeable for the young women
of the bureau to have to sit thruOut
the day with liquOrous odor con-
stantly around them.
Amendment to Abolish Liquor Traf-
fc.
At the convention of the Anti-Sa-
loon League in Columbus, o., il was
quor traffic within the confines of
this country be put squarely up to
Congress at once. Nation wide Pro-
hibition can be best accomplished
thru the means of an amendment TO
the Federal Constitution. Efforts to
secure that end will be started at
once.
256 Lives and IS Ships Lost in Storm.
1 The storm that swept the Great
Lakes week ago cost 256 lives and
thirteen ships. Lighthouse Ship,
No. ~, on Lake Michigan cannot be
found and it is feared that this ship
too was destroyed by the storm.
President Will Read Message to Con-
gress
President Wilson thus far has
read three brief addresses-on tar
i'll, currency and the Mexican affairs,
to Congress. He will also read in
person, his first annual message tn
Congress. y II will not be long, but
will deal briefly with the chief sub
jects upon which he believes Con-
gress should act al the coming reg
ular session.
Prisoners Whipped in Delaware.
Delaware believes in corporal
punishment. Prisoners are tied to
post and whipped as in "ye olden
days The whipping is always
done on Saturdays and is usually
done in public. An effort is being
made by Representative Evans Of
Montana to have the whipping stop
ped. The Representative from Del
aware defends it as il is productive
of good results and is a deterrent
from a certain class of OiIenses.
Fatal Wreck in Alabama.
Twenty-Five persons We're killed
in a wreck near Clayton, Ala, Nov.
i3. on the Central Railroad of Geor-
gia. The officials stated this 10 be
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