The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1914-01-29
Federal Prison Reforms.

Attorney General McReynolds has
made Investigations in The Federal
prisons during the past few months
and has worked out plans for the
radical changes in the method Of
operating them and in the handling
Of prisoners. He contemplates the
abolition Of the convict system in
making articles for the market. He
is known TO be opposed TO the idea
Of convict labor.
Speaker Clark Busy.
Speaker Clark declined an invita-
ton TO attend the Democratic din
ner last week. He explained that he
had declined all dinners and social
functions except those he must at
tend in his official capacity. He has
no time for banquets and does not
want TO dig his grave with his own
teeth as most Of the public men and
army and navy officers did.
Alaska Bill Passed
The Senate passed the bill for a
government CONSTRUCTED and owned
railroad in Alaska, 1000 miles long.
The building of this railroad will
open up the great coal fields. The
people of Oregon, Washington and
Alaska are overjoyed over the pass
ing of the bill.
Fund for Red Cross American Aca-
DENY.
The Rockefeller Foundation, an
nounced the appropriation Of &c.,
600 year for ten years for the sup
port Of the American Academy of
Arts in Rome, and of $4,000 for the
relief thru the American Red Cross
Of suffering i'm Bulgaria due to the
Balkan War.
Standard Of Admission to United
States.
Congress has been advised that
the problem of Asiatic immigration
could be solved by raising the STAN
dard of admission so as to include
i'm the list Of excluded aliens those
persons not able TO pass the physi-
cal tests required of recruits for the
United States Army.
To rortify Hawaiian Islands.
A bill TO provide an extensive sys-
tenn Of land Notifications for tiIeI
Hawaiian Islands is proposed in the
annual Notifications bill, reported
to the House Jan. 23rd. The bill
provides 1857 900 to build fortiflca-
tions as a part of the War Depart
ments plan to establish a strong
military post supplemental to the
Hawaiian naval base.
The Hawaiian Islands are the
center of the Pacific trade routes,
and whoever holds them will exer-
else very great influence, if not con-
troll in time of war.
More Firms Adopt Ford Plan.
The Stambaugh- Thompson Co.,
wholesale hardware dealers. of
Youngstown, o., have adopted a prof
it-sharing system similar to that
put in effect by the Ford Motor Car
Company of Detroit. Half of last
years profits will be divided among
the employees, each receiving an
amount equal to three months ex-
ira pay. This is the first Ohio firm
"A fnllnur Tho Ford ,,lan
The Danbury Silk Mills of Web
ster, Mass, has raised the wages
of its employees ten per cent, and
a plan is being perfected by which
the employees will share in the
company's profits.
School Turnout the Year.
The practice of closing the pub
lie schools during the summer
months is primitive and preposter-
Gus and the most important prob
lem of today is to keep the city boys
from three months of loafing in the
streets" These are the words of p.
y. ClaxtOn, Commissioner of the
United States Bureau of Education.
He is in favor of plan for cOntinu-
Gus school turnout the summer, SO
that two million children may be
trained in vocational work.
Storm Sweeping the Pacific Coast.
The worst storm that Southern
California has experienced in many
years, is sweeping that region since
Jan. 23rd. Telegraph wires are
down and the electric traffic around
Los Angeles has been badly Grip
Piled.
oraxil's white Coal"
Brazil is the richest country today In