Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, December 09, 1908, Image 1
The Omaha Daily Bee Only 14 DAYS For Christmas Shopping Only 14 DAYS For Christmas Shopping VOL. XXXVIII NO. 14I. OMAIIA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, pECEMBER 9, 1 90S TWELVE PAGES. SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS. HONEY PAID IN PARIS DAVIS CASE SEARS CLOSE SUMMARY OF THE BEE Solicitor General Hoyt Talks of Pan ama Canal Deal. CASH GOES TO LIQUIDATION Payment is Made Through Bank of Prance. official APPonrriV- fouRT Money Was Distributed ' ' tion of Tribuna. ' ' ' ISSUE OF VERACITY V nrec- tt York Kewspaper tno4e moay of W llllaan Stloi Cromwell la Reply Prealdeafs Loiter. WASHINGTON, Dee. B.-fXrtlcltor Ge teraj Hoyt, In commenting today on the presl l.nt's letter to Mr. Foulke. regarding the payment for the Panama eanal. Bald: 'I furnished to the president the facte concerning- the m-thod of payment of the money fur the Panama canal to the French people. The president's atatemente are absolutely true. The money wu paid at the Bank of France to the liquidator. M. Gwitron, appointed under the decree of the civil tribunal of the Peine and the amount wn apportioned between the new and old companies In the exact propjrtlon decided In thta decree of the ciri! tribunal of the Seine. The artlon of thle clrll tribunal was the action of the French government, Just aa any decision of the courts here la ttie action of the govern ment. ' Any pretenre to the contrary Is a mora quibble over names." CAHAL DEAL. ISSIES JOINED New York HfViMMr Real tea to Let- 4er of Prealdeat Roosevelt. NEW TORK( Dec. .-The New Tork World, to which Delaran Bmlth. editor of the Indianapolis News, referred In his re ply to President Roosevelt's attack upon him. as the authority for the article on the Panama canal which appeared In his papers and railed forth tbe president's letter, says today: '"In rlew of President Rooeevelt'a delib erate misstatement or fact In hia scand alous personal attack upon Mr. Delavan Smith, editor of tha Indianapolis News, the World calls upon the congress of the Vnlted States to make Immediately a full and Impartial Investigation of the entire Panama canal scandaL The Investigation of 190S by the senate committee of the tnter-oceanlc canals was blocked by tha refusal of William Nelson Cromwell to answer the moat pertinent u '' ns of . mator gan f Jibama. Slnre that time nothing has been done because after Senator Morgan a death thers was no successor to carry o bis great work of revealing the truth about Panama corruption. . . . .... , Hmrrr Tkrnt Broaajht Oat letter. "Tha Indianapolis News said tn tha edi torial for which Mr. Roosevelt assails Mr. Smith: - 'II has been Charged that the Vnlted States bought from Anerican cKisens for 1-W.000.ao property that cost those citizens only IliOOO.OOO. There Is no doubt that the government paid $4O,W0,0 tor the prop erty. But who got the money r "President Roosevelt's reply to this most proper question Is for the most part a stirring of abusive and defamatory epithets. But he also makes the following statements aa truthful Information to tbe American people: " The United States did not pay a cent of the 140.000.000 to any American citizen. The government paid the 4O,OX,O0O direct to the French government, getting the re ceipt of the liquidator appointed by the French government to receive tho same. " "The Vnlted Btates government baa not the slightest knowledge as to the particular Individuals among whom the French gov ernment distributed the same.' "So far as I know there was no syndi cate; there certainly was no syndicate In the Vnlted States that to my knowledge had any dealings with the government di rectly or Indirectly." World Ketaraa Compliment. "To the best of the World's knowledge and belief each and all of these statements made by Mr. Roosevelt and quoted above are untrue and Mr. Roosevelt must have known they were when he made them. "As to the detailed distribution of the Panama loot only one man knows It alL And that man la William Nelson Cromwell. Tatf two men who wtre most In Mr. Crom well s confidence are Theodore Roosevelt, president of the Vnlted Ststes, and Ellhu Itoot, former secretary of war and now secretary of state. It waa they who aided Mr. Cromwell In consummating the Panama revolution, arranged the terms of the pur chase of the Panama canal. made the agreement to pay 140,000,000 on the canal properties and an additional JIO.000,000 for a manufactured Panama republic, every penny of both of which sums was paid by check oft the Vnlted States treasury to J. P. Morgan Co. not to the French gov ernment, aa Mr. Roosevelt ssys, but to J. P. Morgan Co." The World tiien goes extensively into evidence brought out at the senate investi gation by Senator Morgan In 1 and says: "Mr. Cromwell applied to the canal situa tion the methods of American high finance by which a syndicate takes over the prop erty of a bankrupt concern, then createa a holding company and a recapitalization, keeping the majority control tn a syndicate trusteeship." It then continues: "Following that, to quote from Mr. Crom well's testimony, 'In May. 1H. I. repre senting the new Panama canal, and Judges Day and Russell, representing Attorney General Knox, consummated the transfer six! sale to the Vnlted Stit.a Testimony of Cromwell. "Mr. Roosevelt ssys the government paid this I40.0u0.0u0 direct to the French government. "Mr. Cromwell testified that tbe Vnlted States paid the money to J. P. Morgan at Co. "Mr. Rcwaevelt eays the French gov ernment distributed the sum. "Mr. Cromwell testified aa to how he distributed It. "Mr. Roosevelt talks of 'getting tha re ceipt af tha liquidator appointed by tbe French government to receive the same.' Mr. Cromwell testified: "Of the ). (tW thus paid by the Vnlted States gov ernment. fcS.OMM was paid to the liqui dator of the old Panama Canal company under and In pursuance of aa agreement entered Into betweeu the liquidator and (Continued ob Third Pag ) MXlMdtr, Drrrmhrr 9, lOS. 190S rDzcarnm 1908 jsrx: my nz. uta tfl' t?j st I 2 3 4o5 6 r Z 8 9 10 11 12 IS U 15 16 1Z 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 2Z 28 29 SO SI FOR OMAHA. COUNCIL BLVFFS AND VICNITY-Falr and slightly warmer on Wedn-ariay. FOR NKL'RASKA Fair and warmer Wednesday. FOR IOWA Fair Wednesday. 1mf' ature t Omaha yesterday: Hour. Dag. .... 24 .... '.3 .... C .... n 6 a. m.... a. m 7 a. m.... S a. m 5 a. m.... 10 a. m 11 a. m.... 12 m 1 p. m.... 2 p. m.... a p. m.... 4 p. m.... 6 p. m.... tt p. m.... 7 p. m I p. m.... p. m.... .... n .... Hi .... w .... u . . .. s .... ; .... .... 3' .... SX .... 7 .... S .... a? .... 38 BvsEXSTZO. It Is reported that Chancellor Strong of Kansaa university may be selected to follow Chancellor Andrewa. Yags 1 President Roosevelt's last message to congress was resd yesterday to the house and senate. 'age 4 Tbe New York World made an attack upon President Rooeevelt for his letter on the Panama canal deal, maintaining he has perverted the facta of the case. rag 1 Francis D. Hlrschberg of St Louis was mysteriously shot yesterday at his home. rage a Former Secretary of the Treasury Leslie M. Shaw was loser to the extent t't 10. 000 In the failure of the Fidelity Funding company. rage I Charles P. Taft declares that attack of the World la but an effort to discredit President Roosevelt and President-elect Taft, and Is without foundation, rag a Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Bryan have reached Galveston, where Mr. Bryan has gone duck hunting. Fage.l Postal savings bank bill favorably re ported to the senate and Monday set for Its consideration. Fags 1 Fight between religious fanatics and police in Kansaa City resulted in death of one officer, fatal Injury of four per sons and aerlous injury of two. Fags a STXBKA.SKA. State convention of supervisors consid ering the question of recommending to the legislature the return to the system of electing precinct assessors. Fags 3 T -t t9 K. 'lwsy co-n.?TSion la. r held the request of the South Omaha Live Stock Yards company (or higher witching charges. Fage 3 romxiQY. Venezuela la preparing to resist any attempt on the part of tha Dutch to show force. Rebellion against Caxtro Is also In the air. Fags X COMXXBCXAX AJTO ZHSTBTfUAJL. Live stock markets. Fags Oraln markets. Fags Stocks and bonds. Fage 9 KOTZKXaTTS OF OCXAJT STXAMlatXFS. Port. ArrlTtd. Salioa, NEW TORK .Ocd! JBaoola. NEW TOHK.. Caledonia NEW TOKK Chleaaa .ii,' -. GENOA -Csaoplc HHBMEN FT. dw OrtMl.... ANTWtHf Kroaalaad CHEKBOl RO fellaaelphla. OLASUOW Kumlalu CHURCH COUNCIL ADJOURNS Reaolatlaaa Cwadesaa Iaereaaed Ar Baasaeats and Caatatead Ia flaeaee af the Press PHILADELPHIA. Pa.. Dec S. The first federal council of the churches of Christ In America organized to further the move ment of unity of action among the Protes tant denominations In the ' Interest of spreading the Gospel, adjourned today to meet In December 1912 at a place to be selected by the executive council of the organization. Strong resolutions were ad opted at the final session In opposition to Increased armament by the nations of the earth. A feature of tha session was an address by Prof. Henry Wade Rogers, of Yale uni versity, who said the time waa at hand for obligatory arbitration of disputes be tween the nations. He deprecated the un christian attitude of the Vnlted States and Its "mad rivalry" with tbe nations of Europe in building the largest, swiftest and deadliest battleships. Resolutions were also adopted condem ning the divorce evil and commending or ganizations that have taken up the subject of better divorce lsws. The council also passed a resolution calling upon school au thorities to give children mora time dur ing the week for religious Instruction in their homes and churches. The council paid Its compliments to the press of the country In the adoption of the following: The federal council recognize the great value of the city and country presa. the last as well as the first, reaching and serving vast religious as well aa civic fields and cordially invites all the brother, hood of the press, both secular and religi ous to co-operate with the council aa allies In warfare against civic corruption, com mercial dishonor, immorality, vice and crime. HASKELL DISMISSES CHARGES Oklahaata Edltar Caatea Oat Free fraaa t'rltlelaaa af ftate's Gaveraer. OKLAHOMA CITY, Okl., Dec t-Omer K. Benedict, manager of the Oklahoma City Times received word this afternoon from County Attorney Hepburn at Gu'rt rie, that two charges of criminal libel, pending against bint haA been dismissed. Mr. Benedict was arrested August 17 and IS, last, on complaint of Governor Haskell, who objected to aa editorial that appeared In the Times. The dismissal of ths sulu t oday following a conference between Gov ernor Haskell and Mr. Benedict last Sat urday. kastsas crrr warn urns. ty-flva lead tag at eat Vera ef tha City Ooaaaaarataa alas will ar rive la Ok aha trad ass-lay saarmlxvtf, she day tha Vattoaal Oora expeemea epeaa. They have wired scatstary McYaaa of the Omaha rata caohaags af that aaauiag aad a zed alia te saaae betel r rvstteas, whlah he has soae. Arguments of Lawyers Will End Late This Afternoon. STATE ATTACKS MRS. ALLEN Evident of Woman "eld oa Saw Abble Rlc Moral- of Mif der Dlspoted ay Other - Witnesses. When Judge Sears adjourned court at I SO yesterday afternoon two of the at torneys. Alfred O. Elllck. for the state, and J. W. Woodrnugh, for the defense, hsd concluded their arguments to the Jury In the Davis murder trtsl. This morning W. F. Gurley, senior counsel for Davis, will make his plea to the Jury, occupying prob ably the whole morning session. In the sfternoon County Attorney English will close for the state, probably taking the rest of the day. At the close of his ad dress Judge Sears will read the instruc tions, which will require a half hour, and then the fa'e of Charles E. Davis will be put Into the hands of the twelve -Jurors. . J. W. Woodrough. Dsvis' Junior counsel. scted out before the Jury In a dramatic manner one theory of the way Dr. Rustin might have come to his death. Taking a seat In front of he Jurors with the re volver which served as an exhibit In the case In his hand, Mr. Woodrough went through the motions of shooting himself In the abdomen, at the same time graph ically describing to the'Jurors the way Dr. Rustin probably sat tn the steamer chair on his front porch that fatal morning and thought over hia misdeeds. Weedreigk Exploits Satelde Theory. After declaring the defense did not hava to work out any theory of how Dr. Rustin was shot, the attorney pointed out alleged weak spots In Mrs. Rice's alibi and de clared no reasoning man could aay that Charles E. Davis and not Mrs. Rice shot Dr. Rustin. He deprecated the theory that Dr. Rustin waa thinking about his Insur ance and his family bees use he had let S35.OQ0 in incontestlble Insurance lapse a few weeks before his death. After calling attention to the dissolute life led by Dr. Rustin after his attentions to Abble Rica bexsji, Mr. Woodrough continued: "As he sat there In that steamer chair what thoughts must have come to his mind, thoughts that life was not worth living. He, perhaps, took the gun out of his pocket and looked at it. He held It in hia hands propped up on his knees pointed toward his abdomen. He pulled the trig ger and the deed was done. Then Is when he began to think of his wife and chil dren. It la then he thinks of his Insur ance. Then In that moment when his wife finds him propped up In that chair wounded she hss him to herself. If she says. They'll get nothing out of me what man could blame her. "If one of ua were found wounded on the front porch of his home by his wife, in iri ml vuu-j le crj tt ttaaif.r. i4ry murder" would have sounded down the street. If be said 'A man shot me.' there were reasons, good reasons why -that cry did not ring out that night." Mr. Woodrough declared a heavy man like Davis could not hava left tha front porch of Dr. Rustin without extracting tbe attention of Martin Meyer, whe waa In the room of the next house. Only a light, nimble woman, be aaid, could have gotten away without attracting attention if any one could. Wltaesa Dlsaatea Mrs. Allea. The chief witness In rebuttal of Mrs. Allen, who testified she saw Mrs. Abble Rice, the state's witness at Sixteenth and Farnam streets at 4 o'clock, waa Mrs. Mar garet Anderson, to whom Mrs. Allen swore she told the incident of seeing Mrs. Rice. Mra Anderson declared Mrs. Allen had never told her about the Incident and had only , told her she knew Dr. Rustin. Other evidence was offered to show that Mra. Allen had worked In a bouse of assig nation on Tenth street. Four verdicts are possible In the ease. The Jury may find for the defendant or may find him guilty of either first degree or second degree murder or manslaughter. County Attorney English had evidently Improved the opportunity overnight of working up hia case In rebuttal, for he had a number of witnesses on hand before court opened. Mrs. Etta L. Allen, the sensational wit ness tor the defense, was first called to me cnair ror further cross-examination by the county attorney. Mra. Allen admitted she had done some work for Mra Lovett and that Mrs. Lovett's principal business waa making dresses for women of bad cnaracter. Dut she denied making any salea for Mra, Lovett to such women. She also admitted she had worked for Bertha Huscn in a rooming house on Tenth street. one denied knowing it was a house of as signation and said Miss Busch had told her "a thousand times" It was a straight place. It was brought out that Stella Jones, another wltneas In the case and a maid at Clara Gleuaon's resort, waa work ing at the Busch place. Mrs. Allen became indignant when Mr. English asked her if she did not formerly run a "place" over the Hde bouse tn Lin coln, and he changed tha objectionable word to "rooming house," She aald ahe ran one over the Booth Packing company store. "Didn't Officer Bentley of Lincoln order you to leave town?" "He never did at any time," she an swered indignantly. Maaraey Cea trad lets Her. George A. Magney, deputy county attor ney, was the first witness in rebuttal He said Mrs. Allen had told him about seeing a woman at Sixteenth and Farnam streets on the morning of the murder and ahe said after learning of the developments of the ! murder that It must be Mrs. Rica He de- ; clared she did not tell hlra she knew the woman waa Mrs. Rice or that she had I ever seen the woman before. Mrs. Allen's testimony also brought Mra. Abble Rice hack to the witness stand. 8 he denied being on Farnam street at the time Mra. Allen aald she saw her or of buying 1 a paper there. Mrs. Allen described her ' wear-In m ( tit with I hanging down behind it. Mra. Rice said tbe did not wear a bat with any drapery on. She also denied Frank Salyarda' testi mony that he had aeen her standing at Fortieth and Farnam streets at 1:10 that morning. 8he aald ahe had no wrap or coat, as he had testified, but ahe had an umbrella, some books and some pictures of Dr. Rustin she wanted because of the associations. salyard A gala Hit. Frank Sklyard'a testimony tor tbe de fense waa also hit by Chief Savage ot the detective force. Chief Bavag denied that Balyard had ever told hlra about Bering a woman at Fortieth and Farnam streets as Sal yard testified that bs had. Benjamin A. Peasa also denied Sklyard's tCoaUnuad an Second Paa From the Philadelphia North American. POSTAL SAYINGS BILL IN Favorably Reported to Senate and Monday Set for Consideration. FAVORED BY SENATOR BROWN Frieada af Senator Gamble Ot Soatk Ova a wtfretmlar Heooanlaed la List af Apaolatsaents Seat ta the "eaate. fFrora a StaJf fT;rrepTmdnt.) . -WASHrNOTON. -v, . (Special Tele gram.) Senator Carter's postal savings bill haa been favorably reported to the senate. placed upon the calendar and a special order adopted that It shall be taken up for consideration on Monday next Senator Brown is deeply interested tn this measure and believes It will ultimately be come a law In aplte of some protests which are being received from Nebraska and other states. e This bill should pass," said Senator Brown today. "It will, afford the repub licans tht-lr llrst opportunity to redeem one of the important pledges embodied in their national platform upon which Jmlge Taft was elected. The republicans cannot afford to break faith with the people upon this or any other question, and I am sanguine they will not and that a postal savings bank bill In some form wl!l be speedily enacted into law." Jaatlea to Telegraphers. That the men who composed the military telegraph corps of the army djrlng the civil war shujld have the aame lights as to pensions and homesteads Is the desire of nearly JuO rt-eldents of Albion, who have ssked Senator Brown to secure such rigl ts to the survivors of this corps. He pre sented large petitions today at the second meeting of the senate. Senator Brown haa Introduced a bill to Increase the pension of William H. Bettln- ger of Kearney to 140 per month. Inqalry A boat Primary Law. In reply to a Utter from John E. B nton, secretary of the New Hampshire Direct Primary association of Keene, N. H., ask ing his observations if the workings of the direct primary law tn Nebraska Senator (Continued on Second Page.) BE A BOOSTER Boosting is showing your apprecia tion of life and things. The reception for the directors and officers of the National Corn exposition will be held the evening of the opening day Wednesday. These are the men who have made the exposition possible, to gether with the officers ot the National Corn association and the contributors to the large premium Ust a list which , In the -opinion of exposition men and exhibitors exceeds any similar premi ums offered for an agricultural or live slock exposition. It was the business men of Omaha who subscribed taO.OOO to promote the National Corn exposition when the op portunity waa presented to Omaha to hold the exposition in this city. Then the manufacturers of farm ma chinery and Implements subscribed M.OuO In premiums; the Vnlted States government contributed to tbe success of the big exposition, while the agri cultural colleges took It up at once and put all their Influence behind It and all their resources in the way of knowl edge and iratertals Into It, besides twenty-eight states have been lnter eated and contributed their exhibits and given tho exposition, which opens in Omaha tomorrow, their support. All these Interests are represented In the guests of honor. at the reception Wednesday evening. To show the appreciation ' which la due, every citizen ot Omaha and all from Nebraska who are within Its gates should attend the reception Wednesday evening, and thus show those who have given of their means, thought and tune that tha National Corn exposition will be a success In every wsy this year and la waited by Ocnahans In Omaha on Nebraska soil every year In the future. ?Rt5CKlPTI0NS I . - 1 m ?f MIXING THE LAST DOSE. ST. LOUIS MAN SHOT DEAD Mystery A boat the Death of Francis 11. lliracstfcwr Sairlde or Deed of Bargrlar. ST. LOV1S, Dec. a Francis D. Hlrsch berg, prominent in the Roman Catholic church and a personal friend of Archbishop Glennon, also well known In club and busi ness circles and as a director of the Louis iana Purchase exposition, was shot and killed at his home, 3S1B Llndell boulevard, early today. Whether bis death was the result of murder or suicide has not been determined. ' Members of the family aver that he was tha victim of a bnrglsr. The polke investi gators, take the other view, declaring that there was no evidence of the presence of the Intruder at the home. A trail of blood stains on the snow white stairway leading from the reception hall on the first floor indicate that Mr. Hlrsch berg was shot at the foot of these stairs and then turned over and walked back to his bedroom on the second floor. - From there he crossed a hallway and passed through his wife's room to the bath room. As he returned, stacgering into his wife's room, Mrs. Hlrschberg awoke Just In time to see hlra sink to the floor unconscious. according to statements made to the police. Mrs. Hlrschberg had her husband carried to his bedroom, where he died. He made no statement aa to how he waa shot. So far as the police could learn no member of the household wa on the lower floor. It was explained that deafness of long stand ing prevented Mrs. Hlrschberg from hear ing the report of the revolver. Mr. Hlrschberg waa a prominent Roman Catholic layman, and It waa largely through hia Instrumentality that the site" for the arch episcopal residence adjoining the Hlrschberg home on the west side was pur chased. He was Archbishop Glennon's closest personal friend among the laity. As a descendant of the. Chauvin. Papln and Choteau families and having for wife daughter of the late General D. M. Frost, ... r. ' " - - ....... " Mmu lut uiuh who had ambitions to be "correct." He was 64 years old and for many years had been a leader In Die Insurance business. Mr. Hlrschberg was chairman of the en tertainment committee of the World s Fair directors. That committee had chars-e 01 the entertainment of all distinguished guests, diplomats, nobility and eminent for eigners who came to St. Louis on account of the fair. His social position and per sonality fitted hlra for that office. He was a son of Mme. Lucile Hlrschberg. who be fore her marriage was Miss Luella Chauvin. a member of one of the oldest and most exclusive families In the city. Mrs. Hlrsch berg Is a sister of Lady Noblesworth. wife of an English nobleman... There are no chil dren. BRYANS ARE AT GALVESTON Gaeats of Celeael W. L. Maody Mr. Bryan Goes ta Hast Darks. GALVESTON. Tex.. Dec. S.-Wllliam Jennings Bryan 'and Mrs. Bryan who have : been spending several weeks In southwest j Texas and Mexico, reached Galveston to ! day and became the guests of Colonel W. j L. Moody. The party left during the day j for the hunting lodge at Lake Surprise, of the canvas back duck preservea. Mr. j Bryan will speak here Thursday afternoon ! and night, after which he and his wife will return to Nebraska. STRONG TO FOLLOW ANDREWS Possibility Ckaaeellor of Kaaaas taU veralty May (out to Nebraska Iastltatlea. LINCOLN. Dec. 1 Chancellor Strong of the Vnlverslty of Kansas Is. It is sili. being considered aa a possible successor i to Chancellor Andrews of ths Nebraska i university. - LAWRENCE, Kan.. Dec. S -Chancel'or i Strong today declined to discuss what he would do tf be should be chosen chancellor ! of Nebraska university. lasts re to Haas Mates. TOPEKA. Kan.. Dec. S A substantial I Increase tn freight rates will shortly be announced by several of the western rail- roads. Tiie- Atchison. Topeka Santa Fe j general freight offices In Topeka have ' been working on the new schedule for sev eral weeks with the expectation (f having them completed about January L STAND FOR ONE MILL LEVY University Regents Do Not Like Plan of Specific Appropriation. MEET AGAIN IN OMAHA FRIDAY Mar Possibly "elect a SsereHsr to Chaarellor Aidrrwi at that Time -More Reports of State InstltatloaB. 'From a"etaff Correspondent.) LINCOLN. Dec. a (SroiaL) At a meeting of the members of the Board of Regents of the State university arid the members of the Slate Board of Education last night, the matter of finances for the schools was one of the questions discussed. After a talk by State Treasurer Brian on the matter of school tax, the regents finally agreed to ask the next legislature for the usual 1-mlll levy, but specify that when 95 per cent of the tax levied should be collected that would be the limit of ths appropriation. The regents, figuring on past experience, estimate that 95 per cent of the tax Is col lected. On a valuation of $."31,000,000 in rund numbers this would produce STlS.TtO for the blennlum on the 1-mill levy. So the university would ssk for this sum out of the 1-mlll levy. In his talk Treasurer Brian advocated a specific appropriation for. the university rather than the 1-mlll levy, and he as sured the regents that there waa no use apologizing for the sum necessary to con duct the university and normal schools. It was his idea that when the people knew Just how small an amount it meant to the Individual taxpayer to support these schools they would make no objections to the specific expropriation, but that at this time they did object to the uncertainty of tho amount the 1-mill levy would raise. At the present time the property owner whose property is assessed at IjuO, pays 10 cents a year for the support of the uni versity; t,V pays 30 cents a year; 10.000 pays t2 a year, and flOCi.OOO pays $J0 a year. Five hundred dollars pays 34 cents to the support of the normal schools each year. S1.000 pays 7 cents. SlO.uOO pays 70 cents and JlW.Ono jsys fl to the support of the normal school. The BOird of Regents of the State unl vers'ty will meet In Omaha next Friday. The members will gather at the Paxtjn hotel In the morning and what business there Is to attend to will bs looked after there The board then becomes the guests of the corn show. It Is probable Regen.s Whltmore and Coupland will remain In Omaha throughout the show. While It Is not probable It is barely pos sible that a chancellor of tho university will be selected at the Omaha meeting. So far. however, this matter has been dis cussed very little between the board mem ters and no committee on chancellor haa been appointed, yet circumstances may bo shape themselves that the new chancellor may be named at the Friday meeting. Per ma aeal School Fond. The permanent achotl fund at the close of tha blennlum, November 30, amounted (Continued on Third Page.) COVsTTBT ZarZ COatlftssiOaT. Tha presidsnVa Country Life som mlBBioa. which will arrive la Omaha Weanssday morning at T o'clock orar tha Surliagtoa from Xtonver, will be mat at the traia by a dslegatloa of officers of the national Cora exposi tion and escorted to tha atoms hotel, where It will make hsadqtuurtars. Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock aad again Thursday xaoralng- at tha same hoar tha oottsnlasloa will hold eonfsr sncas la tha sxpositioa building. Wedaeeaay noon Charles C. Stose water, Bhalrmaa of tha saecutive oosunlttee of the STatioaal Cora exposition, will oatertaia tha members of the commls sio a aad tha editors of farm papers at a laacheoa at tha Maaaea cars, aad Thursday afleraoo tha CoaacU Bloffa officers of tha expealttea will eater taia them. The members af the com xaiasloa are Oifford Flax hot, Kenyea IV. Satterfleld, Beary O. Wallace, Wal ter X. Page aad C C Barrett. BIG EXHIBIT READY Lett Kail Driven for National Corn Exposition at Auditorium, DOORS WILL OPEN THIS MORNING Gavel of J. L. Kennedy Will Announce Official Opening- at 10:30. STATE BOOTHS ARE COMPLETED Flour Mills, Alcohol Still and Pan cake Griddles in Place. MEMBERSHIP LIST IS GROWING am her nenlntered lnre Catalogue Was Heat Oat la Almost Two Taoa saad Mexican Delegatloa on the Way. ROOSEVELT WILL OPEN SHOW. rresldant aVocsevslt will formally open the Rational Cora espoaltloa this snornlBg at 10i30 At that hoar a massage will ha sent from tha White Mouse to President Wattles of tha exposition association, aad ths great enterprise will be aader way. It was Mr. r. X Mailer of the board of directors whe proposed this plan, whleh Is aaw te be carried out. Some time between sundown and sunup practically the last nail was driven, the last strip of bunting stretched, the last electric light connected In the state ex hibits at the National Corn exposition snd the show which has aroused International Interest In a few months, ready to open to the public, when the program starts at. 10:80 Wednesday morning. But it will he late In the night or early In the morning before the miniature mills grind their first flour, the aleohol still drops into a sealed copper tank Its first make of denatured, the farm electric light ing outfits send the unseen energy through hundreds of wires to supplement the reg ular electrical decorations, but th break fast food machines will be In operstlon before breakfast and pancakes may be made In the domestic science department long before the guests of the city are ready for theirs. The workers on the state exhibits made good progress Tuesday and all the booths are In a wonderful state of completeness. Striking are the exhibits of the nearby states which sent their men early and brought an abundance of grain prepared for exhibition purposes. Jailor Jadglna- I'omalele. The Judges completed thel: work by nightfall on the Junior d'.vislon, having . romple'ed Judging the senior division Mon day evening. The number of new members of the Na tional Cora Grqwers assoclstloa which. ' continue to com) .In 1r i'Xl a surprise ta the officers and ah Index to tha Interest taken In the exposition. The number reg istered since the exposition sent out Its catalogue snd premium list Is now 1.875. The president's commission to Investi gate country life In America will arrive In Omaha at 7:05 Wednesday morning from Denver, the exposition management having received word early Tuesday of tnelr de parture from Colorado .during the day. They will be among the guests at the re cerjtlon riven to directors and officers Wedenday evening, when Omahans will turn out In force to boost snd show their appreciation for the work done by busi ness men of Omaha, manufacturers of ag ricultural Implements, the agricultural col leges. Department of Agriculture and state government, which have made the exposi tion possib'i In Omaha on Nebraska soil. Mexican Delegation Coming. The Mexican delegation, headed by 7e fereno Dominguez. will also arrive tomor row snd bring with them the solid silver trophy worth $T.5"0. which Is to.be pre sented to the stud.nl Judging team scor ing the highest. Vnder Prof. M. U Bow man and Prof. A. N. Ten Eyck. these contests will take place Thursdav. Ze fereno Dominguez, the wealthy Mexican planter, who has made possible the ex liblt from the sinter tepublic. wired that he left Puebla December S and was en route to Omaha. This enterprising and progressive agriculturist has written a book and had It published since he first tcok an Jnterest In the National Com ex position snd he Is bringing to Omsha hun dreds of copies for distribution. It deals with agricultural conditions and the soils and plant life of Mexico. Indiana la represented In Omsha by scores, many coming from Indianapolis and Iafayette, the latter being the home of Purdue university. The Indiana corn growers' trophy arrived Tuesday momtng and was placed In the Indlijha exhibit in the main building. rr. H. E. Sawyer of the bureau of chem istry. Department of Agriculture, has ar rived In the city and will have direct charge of the denatured alcohol still de monstrations, which are to be made In the main exposition building. Alcohol froas Malaasea. The still is now complete and Is ready to make "pclsoned" alcohol out of any thing from the trash around the building to the tar paper on the riof. The outfit Is manufactured by the Vulcan Copper Works company of Clnclnnat. whose rep resentative In charge Is A. O. Wente. The Internal revenue department locked up the still Tuesday morning and the de monstration may now preceed. but none of the "Juice" can be removed without a representative of the revenue department opening the seals. This will not, however, inconvenlenca tha demonstrators in the least, and tha rev. enue department feels kindly toward tho Depsrtment of Agriculture and put at few lock, on the still as possible. Before the exposition Is over this still promises to be one of, the great centers of interest, as it shows a farmer so many ' ways of doing things which save money and furnish good power with the "drug ged'' alcohol. For instance, should a far mer grom sorghum cane and make up a batch of molasses which was scorched a lettle. he could make alcohol out of it. or If he lives In Montana where they grow Vt bushels of potatoes to the acre, he can make alcohol to run his automobla out of his surplus potatoes. The government still at the National Corn exposition expect to demonstrate that an automobile ran be run with potatoes for fuel and that a feed grinder may be operated with mo lasses. rent re I tlly'e Clever Idea One of the unique excursions to tha Na tional Corn exposition will bo made by a nuoiher of young woman of Contra!