University Asks m Budget Increase of Legislature No Salary Increases Planned — New Buildings Are Found to Be Advisable. Lincoln, Dec. 6.—(Special Telegram. 1 —University regents today presented their budget of biennial expenditures to Governor McKelvie .aul requested that he urge the legislature t<» ap propriate a total of $7,221,225.66 for the coming biennium. The legislature two year* ago ap propriated $6,106,926.06 to the uni versity. This is a request for an increase i'2.98 would be raised by taxation. The remainder will be derived from rash receipt" and federal funds. The federal government will appropriate $367,241 96 in the biennium, and as it 'comes through the state treasury, it I must be included in the appropriation ■ requests as must the money derived ■ from university cafeteria, dormitories, 1 sale of hog cholera serum and all rev i enue derived by experimental work and laboratory tests. Defunct American Bank \\ ill Be Reopened I uesdav Doors of the defunct American State hank will be thrown i pen not later than next Tuesday to permit de positors to enter and have their 1 claims verified, so they can obtain their money. Receiver I'red K. Bodie, announced yesterday. "We are bringing accounts up to date ns rapidly as possible," said Mr. Bodie. “and claim blanks arc being primed." Mr Bodie suiii he had heard noth ing definite regarding the progress be itg made toward the purchase of the bank. Option Canceled Because of Tight Money Market The option of purchase held by th° < ’oiitinfcntal (las and Klcvtrio company of Omaha on the electric and gas properties of the Union Power and Light company h is been canceled, according f*» announcement yesterday. It is believed the tight money condi i tionn and slow bond market which have prevailed for the past fiO days ire responsible for the cancellation of , I the deal, a stockholder of the company stated. Corn Pickers Seeking Jobs. IP n Short it" i he free employment bureau maintained bv the city in the city hall stated yesterday that ho is anxious to hear from farmers in need ot corn pickers A few weeks ago he had more < .ills fc r corn pickers than he could supply; now conditions mo reversed. Potato Exhibit and Convention Held in Alliance More Ilian 150 Growers En ter Spuds in Contest — Prominent Experts Di euss Industry. Alliance, Neb.. Deo. il.—Tiie s.xth annual convention of the Nebraska Potato Improvement association open ed here with expert potato men from several states and scores of potato growers from western Nebraska counties in attendance. More thun 150 private exhibits in one-bushel lots are open for Inspection and are at tracting favorable comment from the experts attending the convention. Western Nebraska counties repre sented in the exhibits and the county agents in attendance are: Sheridan county. Clem Evoboda: Dawes county. Fred Taylor: Kimball county, O. J. Grace: Soottsbluff county, Phil shel don; Morrill county. G. A. Heliro',1. Prominent Men to Talk. The three-day program includes a number of addresses bv prominent no tato men from various parts of the country, among whom are the fol lowing: J. Pedrett. Kimball, president of the T< brasloi Potato Improvement tisso ■ it i t, n it Miller. Held represents tlve United States bureau of agvi . ii11ui ■ l tcoti 'inica. il. P. Melnhurt. Chicago, supervisor refrigerator ser vice for the Chicago, Burlington A Quincy railroad company; USnrge Neuswanger, Allianme; .1. M. Tollman, Marslnnd: A. G. Tolnss. chief seed potato expert. Minnesota state depart mint of agriculture: J, K. Cooper, do pai til lent of horticulture. University of Arkansas: E. II. Eden, Bushnell, W. i'. Edmondson, superintendent Greeley (Colo.) potato experiment sta tion; if. O. Werner, Lincoln; W H. Burr, lice director, Nebraska agri cultural experiment station. A. W. Haling. Children: Leo Stuh", secretary •fate department of agriculture; O. J. Gro e. KImbuU. Prize Silver Cup first prize tor the i xliibits will Lie a laree Silver loving cup. which ill be the permanent properly of the county vanning tlrst prize two con secutive years. Ribbon prizes will be iiwardfd to each county vanning one ,.f the first four places In the exhibit, ami Severn) of the counties have of feted premiums of $2.*> for the best display if potatoes giown iu the re spective counties 1 i i Ti: ii . d Rally Chios are lea,ana in t v'l.blts shown, while n n .11 Lier' of otl r varieties, Including Russet. Rural New Yorker and King ti . also on uii play. Potato culture, diseases, *, ,i prvpai alioti. storage and marketing are among the subjects to be discussed by the potato experts who ore to ap peal on the program. Crab Orchard Man Kill? Self in Jump From Tree 1;■'.atrita1. Neb. Dec. li.— ISnecial t— | L b. Penkavn. 41. of Crab Orchard, I Neb., who was brought to the Luth- 1 erun hospital here for treatment, wandered away before entering the plaaa. Parties searching for hi.n found him lying dead in the bottom of Dry creek. lJis nock was broken, and it is thought from the appearance of the body that he had jumped from a tree to the creek below. Penkava ha-i been in poor health for some time and last summer made an attempt on his life by cutting his throat. He was at one time an Inmate of the state hospital. Ho leaves two daughters. No inquest will be held. Central Nebraska Fair Plans Made for Next Year (•rand Island, Nob., Dec. tj.—(,S[>c cial.)—At the annual meeting of the stockholders of the Central Nebraska Agricultural association the same directors officiating last year were re elected. Discussion brought out the impression of the agricultural in ten sts that the city people were lack ing in support. A joint committee was ordered to he appointed to survey the conditions under which all sur rounding fairs were operated. Vlctrola performance is a certainty— not a hope VictroU No. 330 $350 VictroU No. 330, electric, $390 Mahogany Other tryin $25 to Si 500 In buying a talking-machine you either buy a Victrola or some other instrument that you hope will do as well. ^^HKMASTERS VOICE" Victrola REG. U. S. PAT. OFF Important t Look for these trade-marks. Under the lid* On the label. Victor Talking Machine Company Camden, New Jersey \\ intrv Blasts Grip Northwest hake Ueuions Swept l>\ Gales \\ ill) Mercury l mler Zero. ; Chicago. Dec. tk—(By A 1’ thill | holding the northwest in a chilling | grip of subzero temperatures, winter continued its belated advance today 'into the southland, causing marked drops in temperature as far south as j Texas and calling forth prcdicilions of | colder weather in the lake region, ttie : great central valleys and the cast 1 Gulf states. In the upper lake region, the zero and subzero weather was accom panied by a Connie wind, driving be fore it a snowstorm that practically tied up shipping. Reports indicated tn.it the cold wave still centered in North Dakota and Montana. Havre, Mont., and WU Uston. X. D., recorded the coldest temperatures in the; country last night, the mercury going past 6 below zero. Windstorm in Lake Region. While the east did not suffer from the unusual cold prevalent in the northwest, it nevertheless felt a se vere windstorm that swept over the Lake Oneida region. Temperatures in the eastern states ranged from 26 to 70 degrees above zero. Real summer weather in Dallas, Tex., early today, gave way to the first breath of winter; the thermom eter dropping several degrees. The change was general through out Texas. The cold wave still obtained in the northern portion of t lie Rocky Moun tain region, with n prediction of rain or enow and cooler weather supplant ing the mild weather that had pre vailed In the southern Rocky Moitn tain region for tin past few days, told Moving South. Xew Orleans and Louisiana today awaited the predicted arrival of the cold wave, expected to cause the titer j mometcr to capitulate front SO dc- I grees. yesterday's high mark, to 56 or 60 degrees. Georgia also was fore cast to be visited by the cold wave with a resultant drop in temperature to below freezing. Temperatures along tho I'aoiflc states early today ranged front 20 to 5S degrees, the east central states showed variations from 14 to 50 de grees above; the gulf states reported temperatures from 51 to 74 degrees and readings in the west central states ranged front 4 degrees below zero at Devil's Lake, S. D., to 26 de grees above at Dodge City. Kan, Murder Charge to Be Filed Against Three Beatrice Men Beatrice, Neb , Dee. —(Special.)— Complaints charging first degree murder will be filed against Frank Stewart. C,eorgo Warren and Francis South in connection with the slaying of Charles Wolf, teamster, h re hist flock, according t«» County Attorney Vasey. Keoords show that Stewart and Warren have .served time in the Illinois penitentiary for highway I robbery and burglary. Stewart had I eight years to servo and Warren five, j when they w«-ro paroled. They came | to BeatrlCf threw years ago and have , since married. South, tlv only one of the trio who ! refused to talk concerning the case,! was horn her** and is -*> years of age. j He js married, lie is the only one of 1 the men to engage an attorney. Professor Dann Dies. Lincoln, lice. ti.—Prof. A\ illiam . Francis Darin, t;.',. chairman i f the de- ■ parlment of art, history and criticism j at the state university, tlied Imre of heart disease. Prof. Dunn entered the university as an instructor in 1S04 and j l ecanie head of his department in 1904. j Surviving him are Mrs Dann, four ; sister? and a ?an, Alb* rt W.. Dunn. Steam Cooker Explodes. Lincoln, Dec. t». A steam cooker ex ploding in tlie home of Lieutenant Dover nor Pelham A. narrows today caused several broken windows in tho premise?. Mr?. Harrows escaped in jury. She had Just left the kitclc n when the explosion, which shook the house, ocourt'd. I. S. in Straits Control Scheme Allies Plan International l5od\ to Keep Darda* nelles Open. I.ausaimc. Dec. G—(By A. PA—The i entente plan for keeping open the j straits of the Dardanelles and the, Bosphorus in time of peace and war l provides for the appointment of an ' international commission of control 1 composed of the great powers, in-' eluding tho United Mates, as well as Turkey i :id the countries hordering on tiie Blai k Sea. .V change of front by the Turkish : i'-, s was forecast while the con , ference was in session. A Turkish ! spokesman outside tiie auditorium \ said the Turkish position on th ! straits control would Vrobubly he | found nearer to the allied plan than to tlio Russian. Dol'd Curzon of Great Britain, in the name of the allies, presented the details uf this comprehensive proj | ect. Problem of Turkish Navy. I The Turks, it appeared, had sudden ly realized that tiie Russian plan for control by Turkish warships would force Turkey to build a navy. Hence doubts li.nl arisen in the minds of Turkish delegates, who seemed more disposed to negotiate a scheme for neutralization of iho straits and the Black sea with some form of inter national control. Thu allied control plan sets forth a scheme for limitation of tiie num her of warships and total tonnage to be allowed in tiie waters under con trol, and gives Turkey and the Black sea countries the right to say how long warships mSy remain In their ports. The plans suggest tiie demilitariza tion of the straits. It also gives Tur key tip- right to search neutral mer chant men during war. Delegate Barreto of Vi-ance said J the proposition represented an at tempt to solve (lie straits problem without infringing upon tho sover eignty of Turkey or that of any conn try bordering upon the Black sea. Richard Washburn Child and Joseph 0. Grew presented the views of the United Mates. Foreign minister , Tchitcherin of Russia opposed the allied proposition. Adjournment was taken until Fri day to permit tiie Turks to study the 1 proposal. Ambassador Child said tiie 1 nited States holds that the idraits and Die Black sea must lie open to ships and warships of all nations In time of pc,ice and «.f war that it opposes any Plan which would give one power ( * control. Policy of United States. In his speech Mr. Child said; "Our position is bused upon the policy of our government which stands for complete and constant free i.otn without special privilege, for our KODAKS And many othei useful articles in our stock will solve the gift problem. Christmas Greeting Cards and Seals. The Robert Dempster Co. F.astmnn Kodak Co. j 1813 Fa mam Street. Branch 308 South 15th Street. TAKE NOTICE COAL Low aa $8.59 Up Per Toil Delivered All coil is thoroughly screened before leaving our yard. J. Kahn Coal Co. 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