The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1914-03-05
UNITED STATES NEWS
Highly Colored Hair

Orange, blue, purple and green
hair is now worn by fashionable
women in the cities. Some women
dye their hair but most Of them
wear wigs to suit their fancy, and
wear costumes to match the hair.
The new fad gives fad hunters an
opportunity to spend their money
foolishly.
Worst Storm Since 1888
The blizzard that has swept over
the east is the worst storm of its
= nd since 1888. Large cities were
;. Jwbound, many ~ their without
wires. Eight-hundred people slept
Sunday night in Pullman cars in
( New York, unable TO get out because
If the storm. At Scranton, Pa, 1900
persons spent the night IN Billy
sunday tabernacle. Wireless aer-
ials were blown down and commun-
ication with ships at sea was i'm
possible. The severe weather
caused much suffering among thu
poor in the cities.
Porto Rico Home Rule Bill
Senator Shafroth has introduced
a bill in the Senate which would
provide a new system OF civil gov
eminent for Porto Rico.
II would extend TO the citizens Of
Porto Rico the provisions of the bill
of rights and provide that Porto
Rican might become a citizen Of
the United States by merely declar-
ing his allegiance.
The present council appointed by
the President would be displaced
by Senate and House to be elected
by the people for terms Of four
years. Absolute veto power would
be vested in the Governor, who
would be the only check by the
United States on Porto Rican leg
islation. A Cabinet, a system Of
island courts, and a United States
court are proposed.
South the Land Of Promise
Chancellor Kirkland of Vanderbilt
University gave an address at the
University of Pennsylvania on
Southern Education and Southern
Thought" He reviewed the ad-
vancement OF education since the
Civil War, and said that the South
is growing more rapidly than the
country as a whole and that it Of
fers better opportunities than al
most any other section for con-
structive work of far-reaching
character. With an Improvement
in education has come a general ad-
vance in the social life of the South.
The newspapers are growing in in
fluence and Importance.
Urges Common Law Practice Bill
A delegation of lawyers headed
by former President Taft are in
Washington in conference with the
House Judiciary Committee over
the passage of a pending bill which
would empower the Supreme Court
Of the United States to lay down
rules for the conduct of common
law practice in Federal District
Courts, as il has already done in
equity procedure.
Speaking as president Of the
American Bar Association, Mr.. Taft
said that lawyers of the United
States were practically a unit in
believing that simple rules of prac-
tice should govern in all courts,
Federal and State, strongly urging
the passage of the Clayton Bill.
U. s. Coal for Panama
Congressman from Pennsylvania
Virginia, West Virginia and Ken
lucky are urging the House Appro-
prations Committee TO have sundry
civil bills provide that only Ameri-
can coal shall be used at the Pana-
ma Canal.
Western States Plan War on Rail-
4 roads
While the railroads are request
ing a raise in freight rates, six wes-
tern states held a conference and
have prepared reports of several
months investigation for the con-
sideratiOn of the Interstate Com
merce Commission, showing that
the higher rates are not justified.
The railroads claim that the in
creased cost of labor and supplies
has caused a gradual decline in
their net revenues during recent
years. But the evidence TO be sub
mitted by the western states dis
proves the railroads claim.
The net revenues of American
railroads for the year 1913 were
S11 ,0OO. 900 greater than for the wear