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LOUISIANA TOWNS.
DECLARE FOR CHURCH UNION
ranch of Northern Presbyterians
Favor Union of Bodies Louisi
ana Territory Under
Water.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Mobile, Ala. HlgolctB and Dunbar,
La., villages on a narrow strip of land
botween Lako Borgno and Lako Pont
chartraln, northwest of New Orleans,
havo been wiped out with largo loss
of llfo by tho tropical hurricane, ac
cording to a statement by ofllclalu of
the Loulsvlllo & Nnshvlllo railroad.
The announcement said that train hot
vlco over tho road Into Now Orleans
would bo ImpoHslblo for weeks, the
tracks from Pass Christian to Day St.
Louis having been completely de
stroyed. "Illgolcts and Dunbar havo been
wiped out," said tho announcement.
"Many havo been drowned. Wo havo
no way of knowing Just now how
many. Wo aro Just beginning to re
celvo first details of tho disaster. It
will bo weeks boforo a trnln Is op
orated Into or out of Now Orleans."
Under Fifteen Feet of Water.
Now Orleans, La. Reports from
scattered sections of tho hurrlcauo
area In Louisiana nnd tho Mississippi
gulf coast glvo 149 known dond, 100
dreds of porsons along tho Mississippi
and Interior points nro marooned in
flooded sections. South of Now Or
leans for sixty miles, tho torrltory on
both sides of tho Mississippi river, Is
under from four to fifteen feet of
water, and hundreds of persons aro
reported marooned In trocs and wreck
age. reportod dead and 105 missing. Hun
CHURCH UNION DECLARED FOR I
ranch of Northern Preibyterlans
Favors Uniting.
Hot Springs, Ark. A definite state
ment of readiness for organic union
with tho other Presbyterian bodies of
this country, and a strong statement of
the desirability of such union, was
adopted unanimously by tho southern
district church efficiency convention of
tho Presbyterian church in tho United
States (northern). In session hero. The
declaration was niado In tho report of
the resolutions commlttco.
Says the People Must Decide.
Pekln. President Yunn Shi Knl has
replied to tho recent sugestlon of parli
ament that thero should bo Immediate
action to determlno whether the people
want a monarchy or a republlo bv
stating that tho decision must await,
the voto of tho citizens' convention.
"Tho responsibility for passing the
constitution develops upon tho citizens'
convention," said President Yuan. "As
tho solution of tho question concerns
tho nation's foundation, it is impera
tive that wo proceed carefully. Wo
already havo fixed November 20 for
tho final elections. When these aro
completed tho convention will be in
augurated and then wo Bhall ascertain
tho pcoplo's opinion."
Looking Into the Appropriations.
Washington. Prosldont WIlBon has
begun examining tho annual appropria
tion estimates prepared by cabinet
members for presentation to congross
In Docambor. Tho president has in
structed that tho estimates b kept as
low as possible, nnd that strict econ
omy bo observed. War and navy de
partment estimates, which will provldo
increased appropriations for tho na
tional defenso, bavo not been finally
submitted to tho president.
Haltlen Rebels Accept Terms.
Capo Haltlen. Tho Haltlon rebels
who havo been resisting the American
troops, resulting In several fatal on
countors recently, havo agreed to lay
down their arms. A confereuco was
held between tho prlntclpal rebel lead
ers and American officers. The rebels
accepted tho conditions offered by tho
Americans and promised to cease
armod resistance.
Former Nebraskan Dies In Missouri.
Lincoln, Nob. Walt M. Seely, for
years a leader in tho republican party
of Nebraska, died Thursday at his
homo near Cabool, Mo., according to a
message received here. Although tho
cause was not given, it Is presumed
that death was due to Brlght's disease
Dies From Football Injury.
Austin, Tex. Floyd Reynolds, aged
11, Is dead as a result of an injury re
ceived In a football scrlmmago, A
blood vessol In his head burst
Mexicans Fire on American Patrol.
Brownsville, Tex. Threo shots were
flrod nt a patrol of twenty American
cavalrymen near LaFotla pumping
plant, about twenty-five miles up tho
Bio Grande. Two Hbots cr.mo from tho
Mexican sldo of tho river and tho other
from somcono hidden in tho brush on
the Amorlcan sldo. Tho troopors saw
no ono, but flrod about sixty shots in
an offort to beat up tho brush in the
direction of tho concealed "snipers,"
:ln an unsuccessful effort to soo
whether Mexicans were gathering tor
an attack.
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WIRELESS TELEPHONE TEST
FIFTEEN NEBRASKA VETERANS
AGAIN REVIEWED BY
PRESIDENT.
Talk by Radio from Ocean to Ocean
Tropical Storm Causes Great
Damage on Gulf
Coast
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Washington. Seventy Nebraska vet
erans added their quota to tho thou
sands marching beforo tho president
Wednosday, and nono fultcred until
tho tramp was over. A placo of honor
was given to F. Mcrryman of Kearney,
who uctcd as ald-do-camp to Com-mander-ln-Chlct
Palmer. Fifteen of
tho veterans In tho Nebraska delega
tion wcro ropcatlng a march mudo
llfty years ago when President John
son rovlowod tho victorious members
of tho O. A. R. Tho names of tho fif
teen are as follows: John Lett, Lin
coln, Seventieth Iowa infantry; A. M.
Trlmblo, Nlnoty-thlrd Illinois Infantry,
Lincoln; J. L. Walter, Twenty-eighth
Pennsylvania Infantry, Lincoln; O. L.
Smith, Seventh Iowa Infantry, Ulysses;
Prank Ferrer, Third Now Hampshire;
E. Casscl, Twentieth Illinois Infantry,
Republican City; F. Merryman, Ono
Hundred and Socond Illinois infantry,
Koarnoy; J. P. Heine, Ono Hundred
and Ninety-eighth Pennsylvania in
fautry, Hooper; V. B. Morgan, Eighth
Illinois cavalry, Greeley; Alf Brown,
Fifty-third Ohio Infantry, Palmer; T.
II. Rood, Thirty-seventh Wisconsin
infantry, North Loup; George P.
Ityan, Sixtieth Now Jersey, Grand
Lsland; Alex Young, Ono Hundrod
and Twenty-second Ohio, Poolo; H. W.
Fulton, Eighth Pennsylvania, Sargent.
Tropical Storm Caused Much Damage.
Mobile. Ala. Tho West Indian hur
ricane, which Thursday night spont
Its forco agnlnst New Orleans, took a
toll of at least two scoro lives ami did
extensive property damago na smaller
cities and resorts along the central
gulf coast, according to advices com
ing In slowly ovor crippled lines. Most
of tho loss of llfo reported was In Pre
nler and Maushac, La. Tho railroad
agent at tho formor town telegraphed
that eight whlto persons and sevontecn
negroes had been drowned and many
injured when tho wind drovo tho
waters of Lako Pontchartraln Into tho
streets. Low districts of n number of
other cities and villages along the
coast aro flooded.
TEST OF WIRELESS TELEPHONE
Talk by Radio from Ocean to'
Ocean,
Washington. Wireless telopbono
communication across tho continent
was accomplished for tho first tlmo
when experiments extending over sev
eral months culminated In successful
transmissions of tho human volco by
radio from tho great naval plant at
Arlington, Va to tho station at Maro
Island, Cal., 2,600 mllos away.
Tho experiments wcro conductod
undor direction of Captain Dullard,
chief of the navy's radio service, in
co-operation with tho Amorlcan Tele
phono and Tclograph company and tho
Western Electric company. Secretary
Dantols, in announcing tho result, pre
dicted that further development of
wireless telephony would make great
changos in long distance communica
tion both for mlUtary and naval sor
vlco and In commercial usage.
Ships With Gold Seized.
Genoa. Tho Spanish pneket Luis
Vivos, whoso port of registry Is Va
lencia, has been seized by tho police,
who discovered aboard her 100,000 Uro
($2$,000) In gold, which, It it charged,
was dostlued for Germany.
First Rural Deliveries In Nebrsa,ka.
Lincoln, Nob. Many Nobraslcans
may not know It, but tho first rural
free dollvory routes established In tho
Unltod States wero lntsalled at tho Tu
cumseh postolllco. The man who su
pervised tho experiment was hero last
week visiting old friends and inaklug
now ones. Emanuol Spolch is his
immo, and although ho Is u roul estate
mun at Washington at tho present
tlmo, then ho was In the political game
up to his collar button. The first ap
propriation for this work was twenty
years ago, and it totaled $10,009.
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TERMS OF BIG LOAN AT LAST
DECIDED UPON.
President Welcomes Members of G.
A. R. to National Capital Savage
Storm on Gulf
Coast
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Now York. Tho agreement between
tho Anglo'rench llnnnclal commis
sion and tho American bankers with
whom thoy havo been conferring over
tho proposed credit loan to Groat Brit
nln and Franco has resulted in, tho
formation of a dcllnlto plan for tho es
tablishment of a $500,000,000 loan, is
sued on flve-yeur C per cent Joint Brit
ish nnd French bonds, payable jointly
and sovorally by tho two nations, upon
which tho big loan will bo a first lien.
Tho bonds will bo issued to tho public
at 98, this yielding approximately 6
por cent to tho investor and to tho
natlon-wldo syndlcato of bankers,
which will subscribe to tho loan nt
96. Formation of tho syndlcato has
been left to J. P. Morgan & Co. nnd a
"largo group of American bankers and
financlul houses." Tho bonds will bo
Issuod in denominations as low as
$100 and subscribers thcroto may pay
for them by Installments.
Bad Storm on Gulf Coast.
Mobile, Aln. New Orleans and tlio
Mississippi gulf coast Wednesday
night wero swept by a tropical hurri
cane that demoralized communication
and led to fears of heavy loss of llfo
and property. Tho Mississippi levees
below New Orleans havo broken,
houses havo boon washed away and
several lives havo been lost In that
section, according to wireless message
from tho Morgan lino Crcolo, upward
bound for Now Orleans. Tho business
section of Utloxl, Miss., 1b under six
feet of water, and train snrvlco has
been abandoned becnuso of washouts
throughout a large section about Bay
St. Louis. Iast reports coming from
New Orleans beforo nil means of com
munication wcro lost said tho city was
In darkness becnuso of tho Hooding of
electric light plants.
PRESIDENT TO THE VETERANS.
Welcome to Capital of Men Who
Fought for Purpose.
Washington. Veterans of the civil
war hero for tho annual encampment
of the Gram! Army of tho Republic
wero formally welcomed to tho cap
ital by President Wilson, who told
thorn their battles fifty years ago were
fought that tho greatest Instrumental
ity for tho uplift of mankind tho world
has ovor seen might not be Impaired.
Tho president spoko amid scones of
patriotic forvor In tho crowded con
vention hall, Into which tho old census
building had been convorted. Col.
David J. Palmer, commander-in-chief
of the G. A. K., Introduced him amid
thundorouB cheering, and Informed
him. that tho vetoranB stood solidly be
hind tho administration's conduct of
tho present day foreign problems, and
that tholr sons would support him In
any stops he might take.
Washington. Tho advisability of re
taining tho present tariff on sugar Is
being seriously considered by Presi
dent Wilson,
London. An official communication
just mado public doallng with tho op
erations In Prance Tuesday says that
In tho heavy fighting around Looa the
British havo takon exceptionally
strong Gorman lines of trenches and
bombproof sholters soveral hundred
yards In oxtent. Having taken tho
German socond line, the statement
says tho British aro now after tho
third lino of trenches. In all moro
than 3,000 prisoners have been taken
and twonty-ono guns and forty ma
chine guns bnvo boon captured and
others destroyed.
Washington. Ono of tho events of
the G. A. It. mooting hero wns n re
unlou of former prisoners of war,
where sovornl hundred survivors of
I.lbby prison assembled. Tho voter
nns canvassed tholr nres and struck
nn nverngo of soventy-two years. Now
Hnglaiul, Oregon, Cnllfornin, Texas
and nearly ovory mlddlo northern
stato was roprosonted, Whllo tho re
union of tho prlsonors was In prog
ress a man entered tho campflro room
who woro no union of blue, but had
in the lapel of his coat the emblem ot
tho confederacy.
HUE J! SATISFY
LATEST GERMAN NOTE IS UN.
SATISFACTORY.
fURKISH CRUELTY EVIDENT
Documentary Evidence of Turkish
Atrocities Is Being Produced
Earthquake Shakes Pacific
Coast States.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Washington. Germany has failed to
satisfy tho request of tho United
States that tho sinking of tho Arabic,
with a. loss of American lives, bo dis
avowed and liability for tho act bo
assumed by tho Imperial government.
This became known nftcr a confer
ence between President Wilson and
Secretary Lansing, when tho latter
submitted a nolo given him In Now
York by Count von Bcmstorff, tho
German ambassador.
No announcement was mado after
tho Whlto houso conference. Secre
tary Lansing snld merely thnt It was
inadvisable to comment on tho situa
tion whllo tho negotiations wero still
confidential. Ho declined to say what
tho next stop would be, but It was'
learned Inter tho German ambassador
would bo asked to como to Washing
ton soon to leurn tho view which tho
American government takes or tho
last Gorman note. Count von Bcms
torff Is fully authorized by his gov
ernment to conduct tho eubmarlno
negotiations.
Coast States Shaken by Quake.
San Francisco. Sharp earthquake
Bhocks wcro felt Sunday night at
points In Utah, Idaho, Nevada and
California. Throughout tho northern
part of California two distinct
tremblers occurred In rapid succes
sion, the period of vibration being
from ten to fifteen seconds. No shocks,
however, wero experienced in San
Francisco. Buildings were swayed In
Sacramonto and tholr occupnnts
rushed Into tho streets. In Fresno
also tho shocks were strong. In Reno,
Nov., two slight shocks were felt Sun
day afternoon. Victoria, B. C, also
reported a slight shock lato In tho day.
So far as known but little damago was
causod.
EVIDENCE OF TURKISH CRUELTY
Turkish Atrocities on Armenians Be
ing Brought to Light.
Now York. Documentary evidence
of tho atrocities Indicted by tho Turks
upon tho Armeninns has been mado
public by tho commlttco formed by
Charles R. Crano, Cleveland II. Dodgo
and others to Investigate the acts of
tho Armenian massacres, and which
also Is taking stops to aid sufferers.
Tho committee Btates that tho evi
dence was collected from sources that
are unquestioned ns to tho voracity
and nuthortty of tho writers, but for
obvious reasons their names cannot
bo given, and in most cases names of
towns and cities must bo concealed.
Bessey Memorial October 7.
Lincoln, Neb. Tho announcement
of tho memorial exercises for Dean
Charles Edwin Bessey, to bo held Oc
tober 7, wbb mado almost coincident
with tho letting of tho contract for tho
building to bo named in his honor.
Dean Albert Woods of tho Minnesota
agricultural college, a former pupil ol
Dean Bessoy; Prof. Grovo E. Barber
of tho university faculty, and Regent
E. P. Brown will deliver addresses.
This will bo tho first opportunity glvon
tho university to do honor to its fore
most teacher, whoso death last spring
enmo as a shock to tho sclentifla
world.
Peace Jubilee Tablet Unveiled.
Manassas, Va. A bronzo tnblet
commemorating tho peaco jubilco held
here July 21, 1911, when union and
confedernto soldiers Joined in the cele
bration, was unveiled hero Friday In
tho prcsenco of several thousand peo
ple. Iowa Clear of The Plague.
Des Moines, la. Iowa has been pro.
nounced entirely clear of the foot and
mouth disease and Dr. D. C. Hanawalt,
the last of tho corps of federal officials
sent here to stamp out tho plaguo, left
for Chicago to Join in fighting tho dls
cast in Illinois.
To Put Embargo on Mescal Bean.
Sioux Falls, S. D. An investigation
conducted by United States Attorney
Stewart, who has just returned to
Sioux Falls, disclosed that many of tho
Sioux Indians on the Pine Ridge res
ervation aro becoming demoralized
through tho uso ot what Is known as
the mescal bean or button, which some
times 1b roferrcd to as "dry whisky."
The government, ns a result, will do
everything possible to stamp out tho
habit and doclaro an embargo on tho
sale to theso Indians of the beans.
American Machinists Go to Europe.
Now York. American machinists on
gagod In nil parts of tho country aro
leaying New York each week to work
In tho munitions plants of tho Euro
pean belligerents, according to infor
mation obtained at tho offices of the
International Association ot Machin
ists here. Tho competition of Groat
Britain and Russia in employing Amor
lean machinists Is said to have driven
the wages of such mechanics to th
highest point yot known. English
works, It was stated, are paying from
$25 to $35 a week to mechanics.
APPLES TURNED INTO CIDER
Hailstorm Ruins 4,000 Barrels of
Fruit Near Falls City
Palls City. A heavy ruin, accom
panied by lightning and hall Injured
corn and did considerable damage to
the Towle orchard where 4,000 bar
rels of the best grade of cold storage
apples on tho trees wero turned Into
elder stock. The lenveB were stripped
off and the apples punctured, Tho
hall covered a considerable scope of
country, but llttlo damage resulted
except along the center of the storm.
Waifs Find Homes.
Beatrice Fourteen waifs from New
York City found homes among the
residents of tho vlclnjty of Wymoro
and Blue Springs, when a party of
seventeen of tho homeless children
wero brought to Bluo Springs In
charge of Miss Allco A. Bogardus of
Lincoln, stato agent for tho Cblldrcns'
Aid society of Now York. Tho llttlo
fellows ranged from seven to twelve
years of ago. "Miss. Bogardus, who
haB been In tho work for tho past twenty-four
years, said 400 children have
been given homes In Nebraska from
Now York nlono, nnd that all of thorn
arc reported as doing nicely.
Wants Democratic Convention.
Omaha. Omaha wants tho demo
cratic national convention In 1916 and
is going after It strong. Party lines
nro to bo burled, and democrats, re
publicans, bull moosers, prohibition
ists, all business men of nny party or
faction, aro to aid in boosting for
Omaha. At a meeting of business
men nt the Jacksonlan club, It wns
decided that an nttempt would bo
mado to ralso $150,000 as a present
to the democratic national committee
to obtain tho big meeting for Omaha.
E. P. Smith started tho ball with u
speech In which ho declared that tho
.west Is entitled to tho next democratic
convention nnd that Omaha Is the city
of tho west best suited for the con
vention. Sugar Beet Harvest Started
Gerlng. Tho sugnr beet harvest hns
started, orders having been Issued to
begin pulling nnd delivering beets to
tho various dumps. Not all growers
havo received tho first order, cogniz
ance being taken of tho condition of
tho fields. Thero are moro than 30,000
acres ot beets planted, and it is now
expected the yield will bo as good or
better than normal.
Fred Shepherd Acting Postmaster.
Lincoln. Tho namo of Fred Shep
herd, an active lawyer here for many
years, as acting postmaster to fill the
vacancy caused by the death of Act
ing Postmaster A. E. Tibbctts, has
been sent to tho postofflco authorities
by tho bonding compnny furnishing
the postmaster's security.
I. O. O. F. at Omaha
Omaha. For tho first tlmo In years,
tho Grand Encampment of tho I. O. O.
F. will be held In Omaha this fall. Tho
dates are October IS to 21 and tho
Fontcnclle Hotel headquarters.
Nebraska Landowner Dies in Italy
Beatrice. According to word reach
ing horo John A. Bookwalter, who
owned thousands of ncrcs of land In
Nebraska, died last Sunday In Italy.
FROM ALL OVER NEBRASKA
A two-Inch rain at Beatrlco flooded
tho streets and lowlands.
Hnlgler and Staplcton aro now In
ternational money order olflces.
Work on tho new Masonic temple
at Ansolmo is progressing rapidly.
Kearney has prospects of having a
big department store open up there
shortly.
Tho Kansas "Aggies" will meet tho
Cornhuskcr football team at Lincoln
October 9.
Twenty cases of nasal dlpfcthcrla
have been located In tho South Om
aha schools.
Emll A. Boostroom, a well known
Nobraska educator, is dead at his homo
at Stromsburg.
Julius Snider, near Johnson, haB his
shoulder bono broken whllo wrestling
with n companion.
Archlo Paska, in his haste to board
a train at Fort Calhoun, fell under tho
wheels and lost an arm.
Over a thousand delegates from over
the stato attended tho "dry" conven
tion at Lincoln last week.
S, K. Spauldlng, .prominent Omaha
physician, died at Washington, D. C,
following an attack ot apoplexy.
MIds Etta Sutherland of Elmwood,
was seriously injured when some rub
bish she was burning set fire to her
clothing.
Tho eleven months old daughter ot
Ben Atwood, near Humboldt, ate strlch
nine tablets, death resulting In a few
hours.
An effort is being made to secure
the democratic national convention for
Omaha. Tho Jcffersonlan club ot that
city Is backing the movo.
O. W. Dorsoy, a farmer living near
Newport, fell from a load of hay, re
ceiving injuries that resulted in a com
plete paralysis of his body.
A valuablo team of mules owned by
August Mommens near Tecumseh
wero Btruck by lightning during a re
cent storm, and instantly killed.
Ono of tho big features of tho South
Plntto exposition at Hastings will bo
an agricultural parade.
D. F. Davis, editor of tho Silver
Creek Sand, Is dead of puoumonta,
aftor a brlof Illness ot a wook,
A county Jail break was frustrated
nt Lincoln through tho vlgllnnco of tho
sborlff, who had been "tipped off" to
tho schemo by a prlsonor.
Tho Falrbury Journal thtnkB It may
bo of lntorost to know that tho big
pot of coffeo mado at the city park
thero on Labor day contained 500 gal
lons of water and 250 pounds ot coffee.
TO PROVIDE FARM
DEMONSTRATORS
BANK OFFICERS CONFER WITH
UNIVERSITY OFFICIALS
NEWS OF THE STATE HOUSE
Items of General Interest Gathered
From Reliable Sources at
State House.
Vestern Newspaper Union News Service.
Having In view assistance for Ne
braska counties which wont to obtain
county furm demonstrators without
having to wait until funds are avail-P-bld
from federal and stnto sources,
the president and secrctnry ot the No
bruska Bankers association and Car
son Hlldrcth of Lincoln, chairman of
the Nebraska Agricultural Develop
ment commission, held a conferenco
at tho stato farm with Chancellor
Avery of the university nnd Dean E A.
Burnett and Prof. C. W. Pugsley' of
the agricultural school. Tho confer
ence was called at the suggestion of
fllr. Hlldrcth, who represents nn organ
ization of business men the agricul
tural development commission Inter
ested In tho promotion of agriculture
nnd tho employment of county agents.
Freight Rate Hearing Postponed
By ngreemnt of nil parties concerned
the state railway commission has In
definitely postponed a hearing sot for
October 5, at which time tho railroads
wero to have been heard on their ap
plication to cniol n 9-cent rate on
packing house products from Omaha,
to Lincoln and a rate somewhat simi
lar from LlncoUi to Fremont. The ob
ject of tho railroads is to Increase
freight rates on packing house pro
ducts. If the present rate Is cancelled
nn older rate from threo to four cents,
higher will be enforced. In the recent
western freight rate case tho railroads
were given leave to Increase packing:
house rates. This permission applies
to Interstate rates.
N. N. G. Aviation Corps
Four licensed aviators are now en
rolled In tho Nebraska national guard,,
or half as many as are in the entire
aviation corps of the United States,
regular army.
All of the four men, Messrs. Schnfer,
McMillan, Norman and Stlne, are pilots
who havo been recognized by tho na
tional blrdmen's association. Captain.
Schafer has flown in nenrly every
state of tho union nnd Lieutenant
Stlno is not far behind htm. Tho lat
ter is a mechanician and sub-pilot at
the present tlmo with DeLloyd Thomp
son, tho nlrman who performed at the
Btato fair recently. Captains McMil
lan and Norman havo also Been serv
lco on tho planeB for some tlmo.
Taxes for Stato Purposes.
State Auditor Smith has prepared a
compilation based on the 1914 assess
ment figsuro, showing tho total
amount of taxes levied in each county
of tho stnto and the amount lovlcd for
state purposes only. This Bhows that
only about ono-slxth of the total Is
collected by tho state for tho support
of Its government and institutions.
Tho romainder Is applied to county,
municipal, school, precinct or town
ship, rond district and special assess
ment purposes. One-half of all taxes
collected goes for education, Including:
support of tho Btato university, nor
mal, city, vlllago and rural schools.
To Advertise Nebraska
In response to Invitations from sov
eral Central American countries, Frank
Harrison, globo trotter, writer and lec
turor, ot Lincoln, has worked out a
plan for n trado and educational ex
cursion to those countries that ought
to arouse much local newspaper ln
torost, ns well as advertise tho re
sources of Nebraska In the Spanish
American states. Lincoln and Omaha
Commercial clubs, tho university and
tho Btnto educational department alt
endorso tho idea, nnd plan to send a
representative with pictures and ex
hlblts. Commerclnl clubs over the
state havo been asked to cooperate.
A warrant for $12,859 In favor of W.
F. Crossley, the Kearney contractor,
engaged in constructing tho new nor
mal school building nt hat place,
was held up by State Treasurer Hall
until correct signatures of the officials
of the stato normal board could be
obtained.
On October 9th tho University of
Nebraska football team meets the
KansnB Aggies, who aro this year
coached by Johnnlo Bonder, of Corn
husker fame. Nebraskans will remem
ber the last tlmo thoy met Bender
when ho was coaching the Haskell In
dians. Tho scoro was 24 to 6 against
the Cornhuskers. In nddltlon to a
crafty coach, tho Kansas Aggies will
probably present a strong lineup. The.
Cornhuskers expect to win, but are not
overconfident, ns tho Drake game
showed that they had many things U
learn
Record Attendance for University.
Tho yenr 1915-191C will bo a record
breaker In nttondanco nt tho univer
sity. Each yiar thero nro many stu
dents filing applications during tho
first two weeks of nctivo school work.
Tho figures on nttondanco so far
show a registration of 2,571, or 2G7
ovor tho snmo period a year ago.
Mon who nro working In engineering
camps and forestry stntions rotura
inter In tho year. Theso figures do not
include tho affiliated colleges of tho
university, such ns tho medical col
lego in Omaha.
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