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
<f ?1,114.299.50. The requested -in
i rease includes $#60,000 for new
buildings and $254,299.60 for main
tenancc and salaries and reserve.
Need New Buildings.
Expenditures for new buildings de
sired are $500,000 for a gymnasium:
<160,000 fur purchase of additional
i-ind for college of agriculture and
5200,000 fur building a museum.
A trade school installed a year ago,
which it is hoped ti* expand, and an
estimated 10 per cent gr« wth in the
enrollment ca<*h year, necessitating, it
is alleged, new instructors and new
equipment ate the principal items on
which the requested $254,21*9.CO addi
tional maintenance and salary appro
priations are based.
None of the present instructor* *»*. ill
tccclvs salary increases.
The university at tin* erd of this bi
ennium will have an unexpended bal
ance of I396.3S0.72 in the state trea
sury, according to an estimate made
to the governor today. The balance
must be reapproprinted and is in
cluded in the $7,221,225.66.
H i lance is Increased.
The balance on hand wile'll the uni
versity went before the legislature two
years ago was $29S.770.73. Therefore,
the university increased its balance
over two years ago $97,610.99.
Out of the total requested. $4.7J7.
*>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—
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\\ 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
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Kearney Commerce Body
Thanks Omaha Chamber
Among the many letters from out- j
state towns thanking the Omaha
Chamber of Commerce for Its "Uny j
Nebraska Potatoes" , mtpaign, is one
from the Kearney Chamber of Com
merce. This message is particularly i
enthusiastic in expressing npyreeia- :
tion of the local chamber's efforts to
a,.t Nebrash-i fanners by urging ;h«
public to buy freely of their great "
tatc crop
Attorney (Jeneral Davis
W ill Return to Holdrege,
Tdncoln. l>rc. 6—(Special, h— At- 1
torney (k-tiertU t'lirence A Duvis an
nounced today that his residence for
the n* xt two veins would he Iloldregr.
It was reported several woe ft* a^o
Davis planned to move to Omaha
when his term expired. His horn**
was in Jloldrege prior to his election
to office four years ago.
Robert H. Stevenson Dies.
Twin Falls, S. H. Dee. S.--llob«rf.
H. Stevenson, who once was political
editor of the Cincinnati Kuquirer and
nn intimate associate of President
Harding, died here I.. night.
Mr. Stevenson occupied a seat *'•
tin* reporters' tables at every national
political convention for more than 20
years.
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