The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1914-01-01
UNITED STATES NEWS
Calumet's Calamity.

Of forty-four children were carried
thru the streets Of Calumet, down
the country highway and buried in
a snow covered cemetery at Calu-
met. Thousands Of miners follow
ed in the procession. Such were the
sad results Of the panic started by
false alarm Of fire in a place Of
amusement.
Investigate the Copper Mines.
The Chicago Federation of Labor
has applied to Congress TO investi-
gate conditions in the copper coun-
try of Michigan. The resolutions
charged that Houghton county is
governed by gunner who are I'M
der orders of mine owners. The la
Dor forces proposed TO enter on a
strike.
Student Volunteer Convention.
Kansas City, Missouri, embraces
about 5000 college students from
800 Universities and Colleges this
week, to attend the Great Volunteer
Convention. In addition, delegates
will be present from fifteen foreign
nations. There will be $50 Chinese
students. William Jennings Bryan,
Secretary of State, is one of the
speakers. The president of the Stu
dent Volunteers Movement is DR..
John r. Mott, who recently declined
President Wilson's offer to make
him Minister to China.
He Flies Upside Down.
At Frenso, California, Beachy, the
aviator, flew his machine upside
down for an eighth Of mile, besides
looping the loop several times.
Birthday of the President.
President Wilson was 81 years old
on the 28th day Of December. He
received congratulations, letters and
kilograms from all parts of the cOun-
try. He is having a splendid rest
and the effect upon his health is
marked. He has won new honors
for himself as a flre-flghter. While
passing on the road with his auto
mobile, he discovered flames issu-
ing from the roof of a nearby house.
Stopping his machine, he notified the
people of the danger they were in
and set the men who were with him
at the task of extinguishing the fire
which had not gained great head
way.
Mrs. Young Again Superintendent.
As a result of the indignant pro-
test of the women, Mrs. Ella Flagg
Young is again Superintendent of
the schools in Chicago, she has been
reinstated and is again at her desk.
Men favorable to her ideas have been
appointed to fiji vacancies on the
Board of Education occupied by
the ones who were opposed to her
efforts to keep her schools out of
politics.
Cheap Beef From the South
George Rumold, chief of the Ma
tional. Convention of the Manufac-
turers, declares that the South can
raise beef at less than five cents Il
pound. There is no doubt, he be-
lieves, that the supply of beef from
the South will greatly reduce prices
in the near future.
Severe Gale on New Jersey Coast.
A tremendous gale and high tide
on the Jersey coast has caused much
damage. Many of the fishers homes
were carried away and ruined.
Several barges went astray and
many sailors were lost. Millions of
rats were driven out Of their hid
ing places along the shores of
Brooklyn. Money is being raised to
supply the needs of the suffering.
Lives Lost in Storm.
Two men drowned in the East
River and ten men, the crews of two
barges wrecked on the New Jersey
coast, lost at sea, is the cost in hui
man lives of the storm which swept
over the coast of New Jersey. The
damage done to property is esti-
mated at si,00O,OOO most of il borne
by the northern coast.
Parcel Post Success.
The first year of parcel post ends
January ist at midnight. Unofficial
estimates assert that S36,000,000 has
been made during this first year of
operation. The success of Uncle
Sans Baby express" has far ex-
ceeded the expectations of post Of
{ lee officials.
Hundreds Seek Employment.
San Francisco is facing a critical
situation due to the fact that hun
dreds of men are flocking TO the city
TO seek employment. Nearly 1000
arrived on Sunday. The city funds
for feeding the unemployed are ex-
hausted, and work can be furnished
TO only a limited number. The in
| fluX is due to a report that the city