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The Omaha '.Daily Bee WEATHER FORECAST. For Nebraska Fair and warmer. For Iowa Fair and warmer. For weather pyt. i mm .. 3. Only M Shopping Days TiSI Christmas VOL. XXXIX NO. 133. OMAHA, THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 0, 1909 TWELVE PAGES. SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS. BANK 15ES0UKCES OP UNITED STATES Middle Atlantic Section Takes Lead, with $450.19 Per Capita of Population. WESTERN STATES ARE FIFTH Per Capita Resourcei of Banks of Nebraska is $214.92. i DEPOSITS FOURTEEN BILLIONS Resources of Banks and Trust Com panies Twenty-One Billions. COMMISSION COMPILES DATA ntry) For First Time In History of Con Statistics of National, Stnte and Private Ranks Are Avail able for Same Dale. WASHINGTON, Dee. 8 With total re sources of 8450.10 por capita population, the banking, Institutions of the eastern or rnlddln Atlantic states lead the country. The Now England states come next with $433.60 per capita; the Pacific state are third with !i47.7.; the middle western fourth with J100.64; the far western fifth with $1Gi.!6; the southern sixth with $71.19, and the Inland possessions tall off with t!i.22 pet capita. The United States as a whole shows banking resources per capita of $237.24; with the Island possessions Included the rate la lowered to $213.37. These comparisons form a feature of a rerriarkable report Issued today by tho National Monetary commission, giving the results of an Inquiry, which not only covers substantially every Incorporated bank of any character In the United States, but for the first time In the history of American banking, presenta a tabulation of statements showing the condition of all classes of banks national, state and sav Irga and loan and trust companlea tl.roughout the country at a given hour; namely, the close of business on April 28, 3909. The comptroller of the currency gets such reports periodically from the national banks, the various state bank commis sioners and superintendents get them from the state-banks never before have the factB been taken simultaneously from all the banks of the country. Statistic by States. MaKaachuneetta loads the New Bngland r.tatea . with total banking resources per capital of $517.25; In order following come Rl.ode Island, $467.12; 'Connecticut, $100. 48; New Hampshire, $288.30; Vermont, $283.14; Maine, $268.60. .'ew York, with 8C7S.07, leada the so called eastern slates, followed In order by 1'ennsylvenla, with $303.(6; District of Co lumbia, with $2fl.M; Maryland, $244.84; New Jersey, $232.79; Delaware, $204.48. Went. Virginia.. heads, the southern list, with' a per capita' of $112.60; 'Louisiana fol lows, with $S6.1; then In order come Texas, $80.07;' Virginia, $88.81; Kentucky,' $8il.M; Florida, $86.64; Tennessee, $71.46; Georgia, $C4.23; South Carolina, $63.84; North Caro lina and Alabama, .each $46.41; Mississippi, $15.33; Arkansas, 341.14. The middle western group ranka thus: Illinois, $248.39; Missouri.' $215.60; , Iowa, $214.78; Ohio, $208.66; Minnesota, $1G0.S6; Michigan, $153.26; Wisconsin, $129.53; Indi ana, $126.98. Colorado, with $200.66. leads the western states list; Nebraska has $214.92; Mon'ana, $207.71; Wyoming. . $207.25; South Dakota, $182.75; 1 North Dakota, $153.32; Kansas, $137.50; New Mexico, $100.03; Oklahoma, $94.26. The Pacific group la led by Nevada, with a per capita of $512.73; then follow Cali fornia,, with 848G.70; Washington, $290.23; Oregon; $225.62; Utah, $187.76; Idaho, $178.82; Arizona. $136.29:v Alaska. $100.07. Hawaii shows a per' capita of $71.99; Porto Rico, $11.24; the Philippines, $2.70. Twenty-one Billions Resources. The institutions reporting to the commis sion Include 8,893 national, 11,319 state, 1,703 mutual and stock savings, and 1,497 private bank and 1,079 loan and truat companies. The total resources of all of these estab lishments reach the stupendous total of $11. 100.000,000. A cursory analysis of the resources and liabilities show loans of $11. 878.000,000 Investments In bonds, etc., 84, 614,000.000; due from banks, $2,662,000,000; cash on hand (including $MX),G00,000 in gold oln and certificates), $1,432,000,000; other resources. $1,094,000,000; capital, $1,800,000,000; surplus and profits, $1,836,000,000; due to banks, $2,44,000,000; deposits including dov ernmcnt deposits, $14,106,000,000; , other lia bilities. . 80,000,000. Of the deposits $6,956,000,000 are subject to check; $,946,000. 000 are savings deposits; $1,212,000,000 are on Urns and $025,000,000 consist of demand cer tifies tt a. following the special reports from the banks, a supplementary Inquiry was ni'de, severing 18,245 lnstitutloni, relating to the aharacler of deposits, depositors. In toi est paid, ,tc. The total deposits In these banka on or about June 30 were $13, 5j6.0o0.0j0 credited to over 25,000.000 depositors or deposit accounts, ranging from $1 up wards. . Nearly 15,000,000 depositors bad savings or time acoounta and over 8,600,000 of these were depositors in savings bank. Data on Savings Aecoants. The evtjagtt rats of interest paid on av lngs accounts Is $.16 per cent, and on other li.tsrtBt-bsarlng accounts, 3.10 per com. Over 40 per cmt of the banks pay no inter est on ordinary deposits; mors than 5.000 banks pay interest on deposits of $2S cr lens, and about 1.200 on sums ranging from t up to $500. Ths report shows most interesting geo graphical comparisons. The total bank re touices for the entire country average 8317 24 per capita. The stale of New York leads with $676.07 per capita; Massachusetts Cornea second with $il7.25; Nevada, third. $..12 72; California, fourth, $46.70; Rhode . ltland. fifth, $41.7.11. New York leads In amount Invested In banking capital, nlth over 82j3.OlO.uO0: Pennsylvania conies second with Ji2J.0OO.0uO; Illinois, third. $122.000,0u0; Ohio, fourth, $101,000,000. Other Banks Lead National. Bunks, other than national, have over U per sent of the agregale resources of all reporting over 65 per cent of Individual di posits and over 66 per cent of the, aggre gate loatia. Of the surplus and profits, 51 per cent la credited to this class of banks, while lh' f have only about 48 per cent f the cpl. and Jts far cent of the i-asii huldu.gs. , The number of tsrks haa mora than doubled since 1900 and the commission's report wcludes 1,146, more than reported to the comptroller of the currency in 1908. (Continued on Second Page.). May Have Used Chloroform to Kill Mrs. Sncad Believed Woman Was First Dragged and Then Browned in Bathtub. NEW YORK. Dec. 8. The queation of whether or not chloroform had been used en usc-u eTTjuse In making away with Mrs. Ocey Pnead, found dead In an East Orange more than a week ago, was today brought to the fore through a story told by a Har lem druggist. He said a woman resembling one of the relatives of Mrs. Snead sought to buy a bottle of chloroform from him a day or two before the body of Mrs. Snead was found in the East Orange house. He re fused to sell the drug without' a preecrlp tlon. It had been the theory of Chief of Police Bell of East Orange that Mrs. Snead was first chloroformed and then drowned. Another complication In ths case devel oped today . with the disappearance from the furnished room house on West Twenty second street, where she had been stop ping, of Mrs. Martha Wardlaw, the grand mother of the victim. Mrs. Wardlaw was placed In a taxlcab by two men who drove off wl""'er down town. Tt clrct frlen Mis. tlm, I. .j n who died under euch strange c ' ?s was burled today. Not a 'a.tlve attended the funeral. 2. . la Wardlaw, aunt of the vlc ' eked up In the Essex county vith the murder of her niece. Jail, cl Do H Wages i -"n and of Men President Brown Says Raise is Due to Men and Also Rail roads. NEW YORK, Dec. . Demands for in creases In wages formulated for petition to the railroads will call In some cases a rise of 100 per cent. Vice President James Murdock of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen declared today. The demands would not be presented, however, he stated, until after January 1, and only then If ratified by vote of the employes. Mr. Murdock denied that he was here for a conference with officials of other orga nisations of railroad men. . "There Is no thought of a strike In con nectlon with demands to be presented," said Mr. Murdock. W. C. Brown, president of the New York Central railroad, said this afternoon: "If It Is true that there has been an In crease tn the cost of living since the In creases in railroad wages In the latter part of 1906 and early In tt07, then the men are justified In asking for some further In crease, at this time. "But any Increase in wages is Impossible without a commensurate increase In rail road rates. There is not a railroad In the country that can afford to pay Its em ployes more now without getting better rates." ' Cut in Estimates Eighty Millions Clerks in House and Senate Make Comparisons with Last Year. WASHINGTON, Deo. 8. -Thomas P. Cleaves and James C. Courb, clerks, re spectively, of the senate and house com mittees on appropriations, have Issued their annual comparison of estimates of appropriations. The figures are given by bills snd show a total estimate for the next fiscal year, beginning July 1, of $987,126,760, as compared with a total ap propriation in the last session of $1,022, 832,001, and total estimates of that session for $1,058,37,608. The estimate Is mora than $80,000,000 less than that of the previous session and $5,000,000 less than the actual appropriations of that session. , ICE BATH AND PAINTED RED Girl llaied at Normal School Be cause She Rooted for Wresg Foot Ball Team, CHARLESTON, W. Va., Dec. 8. Ths State Board of Regents started an Investi gation today into the hazing of Miss Mattle Taylor, a student of the Fairmont State Normal school at Fairmont, W. Vs., who was given an tee bath and painted red, it Is alleged, because she rooted for the wrong foot ball team recently. Miss Taylor la a daughter of an attorney of Elkina, W. Va. HENEY SAYS HE FILED SUIT San Frasetwo Prosecutor Confirms Report of S 850,000 Libel Action Against Crocker. LOS ANGELES, Dec. 8. Francis J. Heney, who is In this city on his way to Arlsona, confirmed today the report that he had riled suit In New York against Wil liam 11. Crocker, of San Francisco, for $260,000 for alleged libel, Heney said that the papers in the sctlon were served upon Crocker In New York yesterday. Assayist Would Goose to Professor A. W. S. Rothermel of Mil waukee, who has done considerable work for different people In Omaha who sre In terested In mines, .has written to Tom Jeff Davis, of ths street commissioner's staff, relative to the gold the latter re cently found In a goose glszard h was cleaning. The Bee story of Davis- discov ery Is referred 'to by ths Milwaukee as sayist, who offers to come on and help Mr. Davis to locate the land from which ths goose picked up ths gold particles. "I can locate ths gold vein or placer," writes Prof. Rothermel, "In a very short time, without much trouble, while It wlU take you years to do It. Writs ma what kind of a proposition you can offer, and, if right, 1 will join . you aa4 locals the mine. If there Is one," 1 COLD WEATHER ISGENERAL Low Temperature and Storm Extends from Mountains to Ohio Valley. SUFFERING IN SOUTHWEST Weather Man Sees No Relief in Sight for This Section. NATURAL OAS SUPPLY SHORT Topeka Stores Close and Kansas City People Are Using Coal. TWO MEN FROZEN TO DEATH Stage Driver and Passenger Found Dead on Road Near Ilanna, Wyo. Cold Breaks Wires la Illinois and Indiana. KANSAS CITY, Deor 8. After two days of temperature ranging as low as sera and ' no higher than 10 degrees above, the south- nest has no promise of relief from the government forecaster tonight. Official records show this December1 to be the coldest on record throughout Kan sas, Oklahoma and western Missouri. Locally there is much' suffering on ao- count of the failure of the gas supp'y. Scores of people are ' removing their gas fixtures and returning to the use of soft coal furnaces. Plumbers are working into the night to relieve the suffering. Governor Stubbs of Kansas, today ordered Xttorney General Jackson to begin injunction proceedings against ths Kansas Natural Gas company, to prevent It from piping gas into St. Joseph, Mo., and Kan' sas City, if he deemed such action neces sary to protect Kansas ' towns. Many stores are closed In Topeka on account of the cold. George King, a negro, was frozen to death near Bonner Springs, Kan., today, Cattle are now suffering as snow Is falling. An uverage of four Inches of snow covers the ground. This portion of the southwest expert enced still colder weather today, tem peratures being generally ! degrees lower than yesterday "and ranging from zero at Kansas City to 8 degrees below at Con cordia, Kan. Other temperatures reported to the local weather bureau this morning. Oklahoma City, 10 degrees above; Fort Smith, Ark., 14 above; Amarlllo, Tex., It above, and Ablllne, Tex., 24 above. Kansas Wants to Keep Gas. TOPEKA. Deo. 8. Governor Btuohs to day instructed Attorney General Jackson to make an Investigation of the natural gas situation with a, view of commencing h Junction proceedings against the Kansaa Natural Gas company to prevent the oom pany from supplying Kansas City and St Joseph. Mo., with gas. Thq attorney gen eral proposes to ask for . an Injunction -on the ground that the Missouri towns are supplied with sufficient gas, while Kansaa towns are suffering from a shortage. The Topeka situation grew more serious this afternoon. ' Hospitals are without fuel gas aand clerks tn stores sre being dis missed because the stores cannot be heated, Farmer Frouen to Death. HANNA. Wyo., Dec. 8. The driver of stage betw een Hanna and Leo, and his only passenger were found frozsen to death on the road yesterday. Tjiey left Hanna tor i,eo and were lost on the prairie In one of the worst storms ever experienced in that section. Hanna Is seventy-six miles west of Laramie. Thirteen Below at Norfolk. NORFOLK, Neb., Dec. 8. North Ne braska, southern and western South Da kota and northern Wyoming today suffered from the coldest weather of the winter. The temperature In Norfolk dropped to 12 below sero, at Deadwood It was 17 below zero and at Lander, Wyo., It was 20 below. SIOUX CITY, la., Dec. 8. The cold wave continues in this section today. It was 8 below at' 7 o'clock this morning. DES MOINES. Ia., Dec. 8. The govern ment thermomenter registered 8 below zero In Des Moines this morning, easily the coldest of the year. Many Wires Broken. CHICAGO, Dec. 8. With the tempera ture near the sero point over practically all of the middle west, telegraph companies here today found themselves severely handicapped In transmitting messages. Ihe intense oold following the snow storm con tracted the wires and snapped them at many points. The breaks are not confined to any ere direction, but have disturbed every line out of Chicago. Telegraph officials declared that ths present conditions are as bad as at any time in years. INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. $.-Today the tem perature nearly all over the state made a long drop to zero. Telegraph and tele phone wires snapped and high winds threw down poles In many directions. Inter urban railroads were Impeded by heavy drifts of snow In the northern part of the stats. At 9 o'clock last night the temperature at Omaha was 3 degrees below zero and still dropping. Yesterday morning It reached 4 degrees below zero. The weather prediction for today is rising temperature. "We are having many calls for ass:stanco I from poor people during this cold snap," (Continued on Second Page.) Track Golden Hoard Mr. Davis Insists that himself and friends have practically located and secured an option on the land from which they believe the gold-bearing goose came. Ed Dee, of Sarpy county, but formerly , of Omaha, has been working on the location of the farm, and will promote the local company to be organised. If his expects, tlons pan out. "We cannot do much prospecting untU spring," says Mr. Dee, "but if Davis has the knowledge of ironing that he la glvsn credit for ws may yet bs digging gold la this section In psytng quantities. The state geologist has said, as I recall It, that Indications of gold-bearing gravel are not wanting in Nebraska, If a roaming do mestic goose can pick up particles of gold surely men of Intelligence ought to be able to find Us IweatUMk" I 1 l s i v""i ii ii i'ii " 1',rll''f'"' o. if, ' m I , f.BXDWM ',. ! UTC? i$ E3rrJ sl'f. . pork i J'p'tvi? c'twtfA ytspit wpsswxto? . , ijqu-ii xy. f ,,rfi n HIS LAMENT 1 9 "' ' From the Washington Evening Star. ,1 . . . f COLLEGE MERGER A SURPRISE .-- . Union of Belleme and Hastings Shock to Many Concerned. - HOW THE ACTION CAME ABOUT Dr. -Davidson Relates tho Details Two Collesre Themselves Prop-osed the Union and Took Breath, of Conferees. - The ' proposed merger' of Bellerue and Hastings colleges will, not occur If ths aynodleal suggestion ls.VYvtad. nntU after the close of the present ,Jtohool year.. . i ne presentation and adoption of the resolution favoring the merger at Kearney. 'Tuesday came like a clap of thunder from smiling sky. It was entirely unexpected,-and may be regarded as the first step toward a so lution of a puzzling problem. " An; Superintendent Davidson of the Omaha schools, who was a member of the educa tlonal commission appointed by the Mlnden meeting of the Nebraska synod tS consider the situation and suggest plans to strengthen the two colleges, returned home Wednesday morning. . He had an interest ing story to tell. "The educational commission had worked with a good dsal of diligence,'' be said, "and we had prepared a report that was quite voluminous. It went Into" details as to property, debt, prospects, student body, , faculty and all matters that in any way affected the general problem. Tnese were presented In a comparative form. From this presentation certaln deductions were drawn and certain recommendations made. Slow Coming to Point. "When the report was presented to the synod at Kearney a motion was made to take up the report et seratum, but before action was had thereon it was desired -by the synod that those present from the two colleges be heard. They were slow in tak ing advantage of the invitation, and then tt was suggested that they confer during a recess- and come in with their ideas ready for presentation. The fifteen-minute recess extended to an hour and fifteen minutes. Then the two groups represent ing the colleges, which had been conferring separately, met jointly for another half hour. 'At th Jn H tt Ihnt tfm thnv fam Infn meeting and surprised everybody by offer-j lng the resolution which was set out In The Bee this morning. After the members of the commission had caught their breath, the resolution was adopted with out a dissenting, vote. The' presentation of the resolution really created a sensation for a few moments, because of Its utter un expectedness." After the adoption of the resolution, the (Continued on Second Page.) Corn Exposition visitors will find The Bee advertis ing pages a handy guide for theirshop ping while in the city. Do not overlook the adver tisements on the want ad pages under the classification of f Christmas Hints". Our Omaha merchants are offer ing many suggestions to help you with the problem of what to buy. You will always find something worth while if you read the want ad pages of The Bee. Have you rad ttt want, ads, yet, todajt ...ciiL VxH T . aAt Phoenix Head is Indicted by New York Jury George P. Sheldon Formally Accused of Larceny of Million Dollars of , Company's Funds. NEW YORK, Dec. 8. George P. Sheldon, recently deposed as president of the Phoe nix Insurance company- of Brooklyn,- who is critically 111 at his home In Greenwich, Conn.,, was,, Indicted .by the grand Jury tooHy for grand larceny .In oonnectton with the ' alleged, looting of the fire Insurance company's treasury to the extent of $1,000, 000 or more. As there has been no arrest In the eass, the court records do not show the amount alleged to have been stolen from the company. From official sources It was learned the indictment against the former president charged specifically the misap propriation of $16,000 In a particular in stance. Clarkson Common Laborer No Longer Former Omahan Who Disappeared Last Summer Gives Up Job in Factory, CHICAGO, Dec. 8. (Special Telegram.) The. dream of former Judge Joseph R. Clarkson of Ksnosha, Wis., formerly of I.Omaha, is finding happiness as common worker In factory Is at end. The Judge who went to work in a Kenosha factory after his unusual diuappearance and dis covery last July has resigned his posi tion on account of his health. He Is now in Chicago and has made no announce ment of his plans for the future. Judge Clarkson disappeared from Kenosha arly in July and after country wide search was found working as butter maker in a small factory in Iowa. It was announced he had suffered from lapse of ' memory. ALEXANDER HAS GOOD LEAD Entire Good Government Ticket in Los Angeles Except One Councilman. LOS ANGELES, Dec. 8. Returns from 182 precincts out of 207 give George Alex ander, Incumbent, a lead of 1,637 votes over George A. Smith for the mayoralty. The missing precincts are In the residence district, and are expected to Increase the lead of Alexander. Returns from these precincts Indicate the election of the entire Good Government League ticket with the possible exception of one place In the city council. The vote for mayor, as counted thus far stands: Alexander, 16.642; Smith. 15,006. Tr,,.' X WflW Cook's North Polar Records Held Under Heavy Guard COPENHAGEN, Dec. 8. The north polar observations of Dr. Frederick A. Cook reached here today on board the steamer United States. Extraordinary precautions were taken to make sure that the long heralded data were delivered safely to the university authorities. As soon as tba United States was tied up at its pier an Iron box containing Dr. Cook's report ana the diaries In which his original entries were made were brought ashore The box was closely followed by Walter Lonsdale, Dr. Cook's secretary, who had stood guard over Its contents since they left ths bands of the explorer. Ou the pier Lonsdalo and two detectives bundled the Iron box Into a motor ear and, lumping In themselves, were driven hastily to ths University of Copenhagen. Their car was followed by a second automobile. J! 1 1 ih. TAFT FAVORS WATERWAYS President Gives Cordial Reception to National Navigation Congress. OPPOSITION TO BONDS APPEARS rhlef Executive Advises Workers First to Get Endorsement of Con gress to Scheme and Then Ask for Bonds. WASHINGTON. Dec. 8. Beginning Its ses sion with a warm reception to President Taft, who delivered an address In favor of waterways Improvement, the sixth convon tlon of the National Rivers and Harbors congress assembled In this city today. When President Joseph E. Ransdell Intro duced President Tart, there was an out burst of applause and this was redoubled when John I. Martin of Missouri proposed three cheers and a tiger for the president of the United States. President Taft declared he was glad to see the advocates of waterways improve ments favored a policy rather than a pro ject. "The test of the value of the movement," said' Mr. Taft, "Is going to be seen when you get off that platform and begin to ifavor a project Instead of a policy." Mr. Taft proceeded to say that he wanted It fully understood that he was heartily In favor of waterway Improvement, be cause of its Influence In the reduction of railroad rates, as well as Its value in ac tual transportation of that kind of freight that the rivers were especially adapted to haodle. Speaking of the plan that had been en dorsed by President Roosevelt and hlm eelf for the issue of bonds by the govern ment for waterway projects, Mr. Taft cau tioned the delegates to remember that there was great opposition to that plan in congress and that their wisest course would be to induce congress to make a declara tion in favor of waterway Improvement and to begin the work with an ordinary ap propriation. Once launched in the enter prise, he said, congress would be obliged to provide bonds unless the revenuss of the country should be ample for the work. Count J. H. Von Bernstorf, German am bassador, addressed the convention today. ARMY CHAUFFEUR Ts PAID Comptroller Allows Claim on Gronnd It is Justified for Transporta tion of Army. WASHINGTON, Dec. l-Two Items of army expense, ope of them being the pay ment of a salary ; to an automobile chauf feur for uss of ths commanding general in the Department of Lakes and the other the purchase of a .brougham for the use of the officers in charge at headquarters of the Department of Lakes, which re cently were disallowed by the auditor of the War department, have been allowed by the comptroller of the treasury. The latter was informed by the secre tary of war "that necessary means for the transportation f the army and Its sup plies," justified both of the questioned Items of expense. . At the university ths papers were form ally turned ,bver to the authorities and placed in a strong room, where they will remain until the committee appointed to examine them is ready to begin Its labors. Ths exarnlnatloh will ba mado probably at Copenhagen observatory. None but the duly chosen commission representing ths University of Copenhagen will be permitted to be present. United States Minister F.gan was to have attended the commit tee meetings, but bs will not be able to do so, because of the delay In the arrival of the records. Mr. Egan leaves tomorrow for the United States. Ths coming of Dr. Cook's papers Is ac companied by signs of a revival of the Cook-Peary controversy. The Polltlken ss serts this morning that the supporters of Commander Peary are trying to enlist the services of Greenland explorers In organ ising an anti-Cook press campaign. KING CORN NODS . TO JAMES J. HILL Great Northern Railroad Builder to Be Exposition Guest During; the Day. COMES TO OMAHA IN SPECIAL Due at 11 O'clock, Making Daylight Run from Sioux City. nAS MESSAGE FOR THE FARMER Will Deliver Address in Afternoon and Attend Banquet in Evening. AMERICAN BREEDERS IN SESSION Wlllet M. liars, Assistant Secretary of Asrrlrnltnre, In t'lty to Help Stock Growers ICvolve IHsr Schemes. tlVS BTOCK DAT. Thursday, December 9 X. C. A. Ball. 10:30 p. m. "Clovers," prof. Thomas Bhaw, sdltor of tbe Dakota Iarmsr. "Relation of ths Katlve Grasses to ths West and Live stock gliow at Dsnvsr." 1:30 p. m-Mexlcan National Band. 1:00 p. m. Musis hall. a. W. Wattlts, president of the IT ac tional Corn Exposlton, prssldlng. Address. James J. ELU, chairman of ths Great Northern railway. 3:00 p. m. Illustrated leotars, "Livs Stock and Agriculture In Argentina," Herbert W. Mum ford, professor of animal Indus try, University of Illinois. 4:00 p. m. Conosrt by Mezloan National band. 8:00 p. m Ooncsrt by Mexican National band and motion pictures, "Frssidsnt Taft at Xilve Stook Exposition, Bsattls." OTHER MEETINGS. Amsrloan Breeders Association, Xotol Somt. EDUCATIONAL SAT. I Vrlday, Daoember 10 Music Ball. 10:30 a. m. A. E. Kildsbrand, superin tendent of Junior department, presiding. "Nebraska Boys' and Girls' Work," IS. O. Bishop, Nebraska stats superintendent of publlo Instruction. 1:30 p. m. Concert by Mexican National band, 3:00 p. m. Music hall, W. H. Davidson presiding. "Agricultural and Industrial Work la Illinois," B. G. Blair, Illinois stats super intendent. Other sxerclssa by schools. 4:00 p. m. Blograph Hall, Bupsrlntendent E. O. Bishop presiding. "Xduoatlon of Girls for Ef f lolsney , In the Horns," Anna X,ols Barber, count superintendent Christian county, Illinois. ('Missouri Cora Soya," B. M. Jordan. 4:00 p. m. -Xnslo HalL Conosrt by Msxl " can national band, SiOO p. m- Cosoert by Mexican National band and travslogws Isotttrs. m Special Speeds Toward Omaha. James J. Hip, with a party ft high rall rqad official, Is speeding toward Omaha and he will be the guest of the National Corn exposition today. He will leave Sioux City on a special at 6 o'clock this morning make the daylight run to Omaha over his own line via Ashland, arriving tn Omaha about 11 o'clock. He will be taken for a short drive through the city, to the Omaha club for lunch as the guest of the Burlington officials in Omaha, to the corn exposition In the afternoon, where he will spenk in the music hall, and In the evening he will attend a banquet at the Omaha Commercial club. Mr. Hill will toll the farmers of Ne braska and surrounnlng slates, as well as tho people of Omaha, "What We Must do to be Fed" In his speech at the Auditorium at 2 o'clock. So great is the interest In Mr. Hill's talk that there Is no doubt room will be at a premium. In tho evening 11 Hill will be the guest of the Omaha Commercial club at a ban quet to be given at the Commercial club rooms. None but members of ths clul have been lnviud to this banquet, which would accommodate but VA), and the scan were all spoken for soon after the an nouncement was made of the date of Mr. Hill's talk. It was a lucky day for the National Con exposition when L. V. Hill, president' of the Great Northern and on of J. J. Hn,i happtnid to atop at the corn show last year. Having a couplo of hours to spend In Omaha L. V. Waktley, general passen geu agent of ttie Burlington, invited Mr, Hill to visit the coin show. He was so impresbod that i.e Immediately ordered lili road to be well reptescnted at tl.e show this year. When ho returned home he In terested his father In th show, with the result that Mr. Hill not only gave 82,500 In gold for prizes, but aluo promised to at tend the exposition. Wednesday a Busy Day. With the prizes all awarded, the weather clearing up and t:ie people coming, ihu national Lorn exposition took on new life Wednesday. On every hand were ti e sturdy sons of the country, who had come to Omaha to learn some of the great Wi sons the corn show has to teach. Wednesday was a big day as far ss meetings were concerned. The American Breeders' association met at ths Hotel Rome under the leadership of Wlllett M. Hays, president of the association oi:d assistant secretary of agriculture. lh American Society of Agronomy was meet ing In one of the Corn association rooms, the National Corn association met in int of the association rooms, and All was life and bust;. , Every train now entering Omaha is bring ing In its quota of visitors to the exposi tion and the attenCanoe Is Increasing fut-t. Indications now are that Omaha and ths show will enjoy two full weeks of good crowds. The bureau of Information ?s In full working order and all visitors will Is well taken care of. Something of special Interest Is on ths tapis at the corn show every afternoon and evening, and In addition to these, ths Mexican band plays three times a day. The band Is Just as popular as the Mexican band which was In Omaha during tl.e Transmlsslsslppl exposition. and ths crowds Increase at each performance. ANAMAI ll.lU'l.L GHT HIM Hooks Out for Texan Who Exhibits Ortsln Ear of Corn, The man ho is sponsor for a cu taln ear of corn tn the display f Texas si the Na tional Corn rxpnrttlon in certainly a can didate fur the pietiduncy of the Ananias club. This certain guilty ear of cora rmasurss some two feet in length and proudly boars some 1,000 golden grains. In the words of a visitor of undoubted, Irish auitesuy this)
