The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1914-05-14
STATES news
First Aid TO Babies

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The Kansas City Board Of Health
has organized corps of nurses TO
visit every new mother in the city
as soon as possible after her baby
arrives and instruct her in the care
Of the child. Especial attention will
be given to the care Of the baby's
eyes.
Railroad Blamed for Lynching
Mrs. Alice Rogers has brought
suit against the vicksburg, Shreve-
port and Pacific Railroad, asking
for $4,000 damages because her
husband was lynched by mob at
Tallulah, La, after the mob had
been carried TO that place from
Monroe, La, on special train
which was chartered especially for
that purpose.
She claims that the railroad COM
pany, knowing that lynching was
intended by the men who occupied
the train, was partly responsible for
the lynching.
Vera Cruz Heroes Buried in N. Y.
New York City suspended bust
ness and m0urned with the nation
over the death Of the nineteen ma
rines and bluejackets, who were the
victims of Mexican snipers in Vera
Cruz.
II was the most impressive fun
eral since the Spanish-American
war. In the line Of mourners that
followed the artillery caissons bear
ing the dead. were President Will
son, chief of state and city govern
ment. and distinguished men of ev-
cry calling.
There was absolute silence over
the thousands Of people, while
President Wilson delivered an i'm
pressive speech over the caissons.
Fourteenth White House Wedding
Miss Eleanor Wilson, the youngest
daughter of President Wilson, was
united in marriage 10 William
Gibbs McAdoo. Secretary of the
Treasury in the Wilson Cabinet,
May 7th.
Miss Wilson is the fourteenth
bride Of the White House, and the
first daughter of President to be
united to a cabinet officer.
Supreme Court Sets Aside Labor
Sentences
The Supreme Court set aside SEN
fences imposed by the District Of
Columbia Supreme Court upon Sam
uel Gompers, John Mitchell and
Frank Morrison for contempt of
court in alleged violation of in
functions issued in 1907 and 1908
against boycotting the Bucks Stove
and Range Company. The Court dis
posed of the cases by holding prose-
cution was barred by the statute OF
limitations, the proceedings having
been started more than three years
after the alleged Offenses.
This ends seven years of bitter
legal warfare.
Charles w. Post, Suicides
Charles w. Post, millionaire man
ufacturer of cereal foods, killed him
self at his winter home in Santa
Barbara, Cal. He had been i'll for
some time, having undergone an OPP
GRAFTON a few weeks ago.
He evaded his nurse, went to his
apartment, placed the muzzle of a
rifle in his mouth and pulled the
trigger with toe.
L. & N. Fined
Fines amounting To 81 300 have
been imposed against the Louisville
and Nashville railroad, in thirteen
cases for violation of the law pro-
hibiting confinement of live stock
for twenty-eight hours without I'M
loading for feed. water and rest.
This has been announced by the
Department of Agriculture.
Mothers Day
sunday, May 10th, was Mothers
day throughout the nation. Presi-
dent Wilson had issued a prOcla-
nation commanding that all flags
be displayed in observance of the
occasion.
Assistant Secretary of the Treas
ury Byron Newton sent kilograms
to custodians of all public buildings
throughout the country directing
them to dispay the American flag
on federal buildings.
Missouri Plants Fruit Trees
Missouri has adopted the German
plan of setting out fruit trees along
the public highways and selling the
fruit for the benefit of the road
fund. This plan works in Germany
and Missouri hopes to succeed also.
Spiders Webs.
II spiders in spinning their webs
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