Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 9, 1909, Page 1

Only 14 Shopping Days Till Christmas THE OMAHA DAILY BEE OL. XXXIX-—NO. 133. OMAHA, THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 9, BANK RESOURCE OF UNITED STATES Middle Atlantic Section Takes Lead, with $450.19 Per Capita of Population. WESTERN STATES ARE FIFTH Per Capita Resources of Banks of | Nebraska is $214.92. in DEPOSITS FOURTEEN BILLIONS | to relatives of Mrs. Snead sought to buy a him a day or Snead was und in the East Orange house. He re- sed to sell the drug without'a presorip- Resources of Banks and Trust Com- panies Twenty-One Billions, | fo |t COMMISSION COMPILES DATA| For First Time in History of rn....m} Statintics of Natlos , State and Private Banks Are Avall- able for Same Date. WASHINGTON, Dec. 8.~With total re sources of $450.10 per capita population, thé banking, institutions of the eastern or middle Atlantic states lead the country. The New England states come next with $433.60 per capita; the Pacific state are third with $M7.78; the middle western fourth with $190.64; the far western fifth with $161.95; the southern sixth with $71.19, and /3 the island possessions tail off with $.22 per capita. The United States as a whole shows banking resources per capita ot $207.24; with the lsland possessions included the rate is lowered to $213.37. These comparisons form a featurs of a remiarkable report issued today by the National Monetary commission, glving 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, presénts a tabulati>n of statements showing the condition of all classes of banks—national, state and sav- irgs and loan and trust companies- tLrovghout the country at a given hour; namely, the close of business on April 28 1%0. The comptroller of the currency gets #uch reports perlodically from the national banks, the varfous state bank commis- sioners and superintendents get them from the state: banks—never before have “the facts been taken simultaneously from all the banks of the country. Statistics by States. Massachussetts leads the New England states with total banking resources per capital of $617.25; in order following come Riode Island, $467,12; 'Connecticut, $100.45; New Hampshire, $288.30; Vermont, $253.14; Maine, $268.60. New York, with $676.01, leads the so- called eastern states, followed In order by Lennsylvenia, with $308.65; District of Co- lumbia, with §69.96; Maryland, $244.84; New Jergey, $252.79; Delaware, $204.49. "West, Virginja.heads, the southern list, with’ @ per oapita’ ot $112.66;* Louisiana fol- fows, with $96.61; then In order come Texas, $90.07; " Virginia, $8.61; Kentucky, $80.6; Florids, $66.64; Tennessee, §71.46; Georgla, $04.23; Bouth Carollna, $2.84; North Caro- lina and Alabama, each $45.41; Mississippt, $46.29; Arkansas, $41.14. The middle western group ranks thus: Tilinols, $240.99; Missouri, $215.50; , Iowa, $214.76; Ohlo, $200.65; Minnesota, $160.56; Michigan, $163.26; Wisconsin, $120.53; Inai- ana, §126.98. Colorado, with $260.65, leads the western states llst; Nebraska has $214.92; Montana, $20.71; Wyoming, - $207.25; South Dakot $182.76; ' North Dakota, $153.32; Kansas, $13760; New Mexico, $100.03; Oklahoma, $94.26. The Pacitic group Is led by Nevada, with a per capita of $512.73; then follow Cali- | fornia, with $486.70; Washington, $206.23; | Oregon, $226.62; Utah, $157.76; Idaho, $178.82; | ka, $100.07. | Hawall shows a per'capita of $71.99; Porto Rico, $11.24; the Philippines, §2.70. Twenty-one Billions Resources, | The institutions reporting to the commi slon Include 6,808 national, 11,319 spate, 1,103 | mutual and stock savings, and 1497 private banks and 1,079 loan and trust companies The total resources of all of these estab- lishments reach the stupendous total of | $2,100,000,000. A cursory analysis of the | resources and liabilities show loans of 31 13,000,000 Investments In bonds, ete., #, 614,000,000; due from banks, $2,662,000,000 cash on hand (including $503,000,000 In gold | ool apd certificates), $1,432,000,000; other resources, §1,004,000,000; eapital, $1.800,000,000; serpius and profits, $1,8%5,000,00; due to banks, $2,4,000,000; deposits including doy- ernment deposits, $14,106,000,000; other lia- bilitles, §570,00000. Of the deposits $6,966,000,000 are subject to check; 4,926,600, 000 are savings deposits; $1,212,000,000 are on time and 25,0000 consist of demand cer- titloates, Following the speclal reports from banks, & supplementary inquiry was made, eovering 15,245 institutions, relating to the eharacter of deposits, depositors, in- torest . paid, etc. The total deposits in thiese banks on or about June 30 were $13,- 696,000,000 credited to over 25,000,00 depositors or deposit accounts, ranging from $i up- wards, | Nearly 15,000,000 depositors had savings or time aceounts apd over 8,600,000 of these were depositors in savings banke i of! to i M a i mi is the A The average rate of interest paid on cav- ings accounts is 3.66 per cent, and on other iuterest-bearing accounts, 310 per cent. Over # per cent of the banks pay no inter- est on ordinary deposits; more than 5000 © May Have Used Believed Woman Was First Drugged NEW YORK, Dec. 8.—The question of whether or not chloroform had been u making away with Mrs. Ocey !K.? Enead, found dead in an East Orange house more than a week ago, was today brought lem druggls He sald a woman resembling one of the bottle of chloroform from two before the body of Mrs. tion. It had been the theory of Chiet of Police Bell of East Orange that Mrs. Snead was tirst chloroformed and Another complication in the case devel- oped today . with the furnished room house on West Twenty- second street, ping, mother of the TH i % eiret fri Mis, tim, 1 Z Doi G President Brown Says Raise is Due NEW YORK, Dec. 8.—~Demands for in- creases In wages formulated for petition Trainmen declared today. however, he stated, until after January 1, and only then if ratified by vote of the employes. nection with demands to be presented,” sald Mr. Murdock. Centrdl railroad, said this afternoon: creaso in the cost of living since the in- creases in railroad wages in the latter part of 1506 and early in 1307, then the men are Justified in asking for some further in- crease at this time, without @ commensurate increass in rafl- road rates.. There is not a raliroad in the country that can afford to pay its em- ployes more now without getting better rates." Cut in Estimates Clerks in House and Senate Make Cleaves and Jam spectively, of the senate and house com- thelr annual comparison of estimates of appropriations. | bllls and show a total estimate for the next fiscal | $087.125,760, as compared with a total ap- | propriation 832,001, and total estimates of that session | for §1,068,387,508. |than that of the previous session and 6,000,000 less than the actual appropriations of that session. ICE BATH AND PAINTED RED| Girl Haszed nat CHARLESTON, State Board of Regents started an investi- lgution today into the hazing of Miss Mattle Taylor, was given an ice bath and painted red, it foot ball team recently. daughter of an attorney of Elkins, W. Va. San Francisco Prosecutor Confirms | Heney, who is In this city on his way to he had filed sult In New York against Wil- lam 260,000 for alleged libel. the papers In the action were served upon Chloroform to Kilt Mrs. Snead and Then Browned in Bathtub, the fore through e story told by a Har- then drowned. the disappearance from where she had been stop- Martha Wardlaw, the grand- vietim. Mrs. Wardlaw was Aced In a taxicab by two men who drove t withZ%r down town. £ \n who died under such strange | “%s was burled today. Not o % %lative attended the funeral. | % % Ua Wardlaw, aunt of the vie- | %cked up in the Essex county | = Vith the murder of her niece, _1 Wages % 9and of Men of Mrs. ten, 1), ek i to Men and Also Rail- roads. the railroads will call in some cases a se of 100 per cent, Vice President James urdock of the Brotherhood of Rallroad The demands would not be presented, Mr. Murdock denied that he was here for conference with officials of other orga- izations of raliroad men. “There {8 no thought of a strike in con- W. C. Brown, president of the New York If it is true that there has been an in- ut any increase in wages ls fmpossible Eighty Millions Comparisons with Last Year, WASHINGTON, Deoc. 8.—Thomas C. Courb, clerks, P, re- ittees on appropriations, have Issued The tigures are glven by year, beginning July 1, of in the last sessfon of $1,022- The estimate is more than $50,000,000 less Normal School cause She Rooted for Wrong Foot Ball Team. Be- W. Va, Dec. 8.~The a student of the Falrmont Stats ormal school at Fairmont, W. Va, who alleged, because she rooted for the wrong Miss Taylor s a ENEY SAYS HE FILED SUIT Report of $250,000 Libel Action Against Crocker. LOS ANGELES, Dec. S—Francls J rizona, confirmed today the report that H. Crocker, of San Francisco, for Heney sald that 0o higher than 10 degrees above, the south- (0LD WEATHER IS GENERAL Low Temperature and Storm Extends from Mountains to Ohio Valley. SUFFERING IN SOUTHWEST Weather Man Sees No Relief in Sight for This Section. NATURAL GAS SUPPLY SHORT Topeka Stores Close and Kansas Clity People Are Using Coal. TWO0 MEN FROZEN TO DEATH Stage Driver and Passenger Found Dead on Road Near Hanna, Wy —Cold Breaks Wires 1 Ilinots and Indiana. KANSAS CITY, Deor S.—After two days of temperature ranging as low as zero and west has no promise of relief from the government forgeaster tonight. Officlal records show this December to be the coldest on record ‘throughout Kan- sas, Oklahoma and western Missouri. Locally’ there is much suffering on ac- count of the fallure of the gas supply Sccres 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 Attorney General Jackson to begin injunction proceedings against the 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 aceount ot the cold. George King, a negro, was frozen to death near Bonner Springs, Kan., today. Cattle are now suffering as snow I8 falling. An uverage of four inches of snow covers the ground. This portior of the southwest experi- enced still colder weather today, tem- poratures being generally 2 degrees lower than yesterday ‘and ranging from zero at Kansas City to 6 degrees below at Con- cordia, Kan. Other temperatures reported to the local weather bureau this morning. Oklahoma City, 10 degrees above; Smith, Ark., M above; Amariilo, and Ablline, Tex., 34 above. Kansas Wants to Keep Gan, TOPEKA, Dec. 8.—Governor Stuohs to- day Instructed Attorney General Jackson to make an Investigation of the natural gas situation With & view of commencing in- Junction proceedings against the Kansas Natural Gas company to prevent the com- (pany from supplying Kansas City and St Jdoseph, Mo, with gas. The #ttorney gen- eral proposes to ask for an injunction-on the ground that the Misdour towns are supplied with suffitlent gas, while Kunsas towns are suffering from a shortage. The Topeka situation grew more serious this afterncon. ' Hospitals are without fuel gas aand clerks in stores are belng dis- missed because the stores cannot be heated. Farmer Frosen to Dea HANNA, Wyo., Dec. 8.~The driver of a stage between Hanna and Leo, and his only passenger were found frozsen to death on the road yesterday. They left Hanna for Leo 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 zero, at Deadwood it was 17 below zero and at Lander, Wyo., it was 20 below. SIOUX CITY, Ia., 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 Motnes this morning, easily the coldest of the year. Many Wires Broken. CHICAGO, Dec. &—With the tempera- ture near the zero point over practically all of the middle west, telegraph companies here today found thems: severely handicapped in transmitting messages. The Intense old following the snow storm con- tracted the wires and snapped them at many points. The breaks are not confined to any cre direction, but have disturbed every line out of Chicago. Telegraph officlals declared that the present conditions are as bad as at any time In years. INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 8.—~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 raliroads were Impeded by heavy drifts of snow In the northern part of the slate. Fort Tex., 18 es 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 assistanco from poor people during this cold snap,” rocker in New York yesterday. (Continued on Second Page.) banks pay interest on deposits of §%5 cr less, and &bout 120 on sums ranging from $5 up to 600, The report shows most interesting geo- graphical comparisons. The total bank re tources for the entire country average $351.04 per capita. The state of New York leads with 676,07 per capita; Massachusetts comes second with §17.25; Nevada, third, $1272; Calitornia, fourth, $486.70; Rhode .1sland, fifth, WST1% New York leads in amount invested in banking capital, with over $333,000,000; Pennsylvania comes second wilh $429.000,000; Illinols, third, $122,000,600; Oilo, fourth, 101,000,000, Other Banks Lead Nat Banks, other than national, have over & reportings over & per cent of indlvidual dcposite, and over 5 per cent of the aggre- gate loaus. Of the surph while the the cap! holdings. 3 The numbler of banks has more than have ohly about 45 per o and % per cent of the vash th doubled. since 1900 and the commiasion's | \ure’ vou years to do it, Write me what kind of & proposition you report Wecludes LIS, more than reported to the compiroller of the currency in 108 e (Continued On Second Page.). for different people in Omaha Who are in- terested Jett Davis, stafr, per oent of the agregate resources of all | cently found in a goose gizzard he was cleaning. The *u story of Davis' discov- ery is referred 'to by the Milwaukee as- and profits, & | sayist, per cent ig credited to this class of banks, | Mr. Davis to locate the land trom which t cf | the goose picked up the gold particles. ‘writes Prof. Rothermel, mine, if there ls one.™ Goose to Professor A. W. S. Rothermel of M- aukee, who has done’considerable work in mines, has written to Tom of the street commissioner's relative to the gold the latter re-| who offers to come on and help “I can locate the gold veln or placer,” “in & very short me, without much trouble, while it will offer, and, Assayist Would 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 organized, if his expecta- tions pan out. “We cannot do much prospecting until spring,” says Mr. Dee, “but If Davis has the knowledge of mining that he is given credit for we may yet be digging gold in this section in paying 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, right, 1 will join youw g st che surely men of intelligence ought to be able to find s location.” 1909—TWELVE PAGES WEATHER FORECAST. For Nebraska—Fair and warmer, For lowa——Fair and warmer. For weather | SINGL Wi |BARREL LT |y i A ) From the Washington Evening Star. i i e 1 M HIS LAME | | COLLEGE MERGER A SURPRISE Union of Bellevue and Hastings Shock to Many Concerned. HOW THE ACTION CAME ABOUT ‘| Dr. Davideon Relntes the Detatls— Two Colleges Themaelves Froposed the Uniom and Took Breath @t Conterees. The proposed merger’ of Bellevue and Hastings colleges will not. oecur If the synodieal sugmestion lo7l Zpyted, until after the close of the presemi, year. . The tavoring the merger at Kearney:Tuesday came like a clap of thunder from a smiling sky. It was entirely unexpected; and may be regarded as the first step toward @ so- lution of & puzsling problem. Superintendent Davidson of 'the Omeha #chools, who was.a member of the educa- tional commission appointed by the Minden mesting of the Nebraska synod té consider the situation and suggest plans to strengthen the two colleges, returned home Wednesday ‘morning. He had an interest- ing story to tell. “Phe educational commission had worked with a good deal of diligence;” he said, ‘and we had prepared a report that was quite voluminous. It went into- detalls ‘as to property, debt, prospects, student body, faculty and all matters that Iu any way affected the general problem. Tiess were presented In a comparative form. From this presentation certain| deductions. were drawn and certain recommendations made. Slow Coming to Point. “When the report was presented to the synod at Kearney & 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 it was suggested that they confer during a recess- and come in with thelr ideas ready for presentation. The fifteen-minute recess extended to an hour and fifteen minutes. Then the two Eroups represent- ing the colleges, which had been conferring eparately, met jointly for another half hour. “At the end of that time they came Into meeting and surprised everybody by offer: ing the resolution which was set out 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 tho resolution really created a sensation for & tew 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 fortheirshop- ping while in. the city. Do not overlook the adver- tisements on the want ad pages under the classification of ‘/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 read the want. ads, yet, today? presentation and adoption .of the wwesolution Phoenix Head is Indicted by New York Jury George P. Sheldon Formally Accused of Larceny of Million Dollars of Company’s Funds, NEW YORK, De¢. 8.—George P. Sheldon, recently deposed as president of the Phoe- nix Insurance company of Brooklyn,” who is eritically 111 at his home In Greenwich, Conn,,, was,.indicted .by the grand jury t6aRY for grand larceny in connection with the ' alleged. looting of the fire insuranocs company's treasury to the extent of $1,000,~ 000 or more. As there hés been no arrest In the case, the court records do not show the amount alleged to have been stolen from the company. From official sources it wds learned the indictment against the former. president charged specifically the misap- propriation of $15,00 in ‘a particular in- stance. Clarkson Common Laborer No Longer Former Omahan Who Disappeared Last Summer Gives Up Job in Factory. CHICAGO, Dec. 5.—(Special Telegram.)— The. dream of former Judge Joseph R. Clarkson of Konosha, Wis., formerly of \Omaha, is finding happiness as worker in factory 15 at end. The judge who went to work in & Kenosha factory after his unusual disappearance and dis- covery last July has resigned his posi- tion on account of his heaith. He is now in Chicago and has made no announce- ment of his plans for the future. Judge Clarkson disappeared from Kenosha early in July and after country wide search was found working as butter maker in a small factory in Iowa. It was announced he had utfered from lapse of‘memory. ALEXANDER HAS GOOD LEAD Entire Good Government Ticket im Los Angeles Except One Councilman, LOS ANGELES, Dec. 8.—Returns from 182 precincts out of M7 give George Alex- ander, incumbent, a lead of 1637 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 @ood 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, 15,005 common | TAFT FAVORS WATERWAYS National Navigation Congre: OPPOSITION TO BONDS APPEARS ef Executive Advises Workers First to Get Endorsement of Con- gress to Scheme and Then Ask for Bonds. WASHINGTON, Dec. 8.—Beginning its sos- #lon with a warm reception to President Taft, who delivered an address in favor of waterways fmprovement, the sixth conven- tion of ‘the National Rivers and Harbors congress assembled In this city today. When President Joseph B. Ranadell intro- ducved President Taft, there was an out- burst of applause and this was redoubled when John 1. 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 tesy of the value of the movement,” said’ Mr. Taft, “is going to be seen when you get off that platform and begin to (tavor a project instead of a pollcy.” 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 |ratiroad rates, as well as its value in ac- tual trapsportation of that kind of freight that the rivers were especlally adapted to handle. Speaking of the plan that had been en- dorsed by President Roosevelt ‘and him- 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 sald, congress would be obliged to provide bonds unless the the country should be ample for the work. Count J. H. Von Bernstort, German am- bassadof, dddféised the convention today. ARMY CHAUFFEUR IS PAID Comptroller Allows Clalm on G a it is Justiffed for Transports- tion of Army. | 1 \ WASHINGTON, Dec. 8—Two items of army expense, ¢fie of them being the pay- ment of a salary,to an automoblle chauf- feur for use of the 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 Departient of Lakes, which re- cently wero dikallowed by the auditor of the War department, have been allowed by the comptrglier of the treasury. The lattey was informed by the secre- tary of waf “‘that necessary means for the transportation of the army and Its sup- plies,” justitied both of the questioned items of expease. Held Unde COPENHAGEN, Dec. §—The north polar observations of Dr. Frederick A. Cook reached here today on board the steamer United States. Extraordiniry precautions were taken to make sure that the long- heralded data were dclivered safely to the university authorities. As soon as the United States was tied vp at its pler an fron box contalning Dr. original entries were made were brought ashore,, Lonsdale, Dr. Cook's secretary, who had stood guard over its eontents since they left the hands of the explorer. Ou the pler Lonsdalo and two detectives bundled the fron box into & motor ecar and, jumping in themselves, were driven hastily to the University of Copenbagen. Their car was followed by a second automobile. - ’ Cook's report ana the dlaries in which his | The box was closely followed by Walter | Cook’s North Polar Records r Heavy Guard At the univérsity the papers were form- ally turned bover to the authorities and placed in & strong room, where they wiil rematn untll the committee appointed to examine them is feady to begin its labors The exanfinktioh will be made probably at Copenhagen observatory. None but the duly chossh commission representing the University of Copenhagen will be permitted to be present. United Sta Minister Figan was to have attended the commit- teo meetings, but be will not be able to do 50, because of the delay In the arrival of the records. Mr. Egan leaves tomorrow for the United States. The coming of Dr. Cook's papers is ac- companied by signs of a revival of the Cook-Peary controversy. The Politiken as- serts this morning that the suppori Commander Peary are trying to enlist the services of ‘Groeenland explorers in organs | 1sing a0 ant-Cook press campaign. President Gives Cordial Reception to | revenuss of | of | E COPY TWO CENTS. KING CORN NODS 0 JAMES J, HILL |Great Northern Railroad Builder to Be Lsposition Guest During the Day. COMES TO OMAHA IN SPECIAL Due at 11 O'clock, Making Daylight Run from Sioux City HAS MESSAGE FOR THE FARMER Will Deliver Address in Afternoon and Attend Banquet in Evening. AMERICAN BREEDERS IN SESSION Willet M. of Agriew Stock Hays, Assistant Secretary re, in City to He Growers W Big Schemen. LIVE §TOOK DAY. Thursday, Decomber 8—N, C. A. Hall, 10:30 p. m. - “Clovers,” Prof. Thomas Shaw, editor of the Dakota Farmer. “Relation of the Native Grasses to the ‘West and Live Stock Show at Denver.” 1130 p. m.—Mexican National Band. president of the Na- tional Corn Expositon, presiding. Address, James J. Hill, chairman of the Great Worthern rallway. 8:00 p. m.—JIllastrated lecture, “Live Stock and Agriculture in Argentina,” Merbert W, Mumford, professor of animal indus- try, University of Xlinbia, 4:00 p. m.—Concert by Mexioan National band. 8100 p. m.—Concert by Mexican National band and motion plotures, “Fresident Taft at Live Stook Hxposition, Sesttle.” OTHER MEBTINGS, American Breeders’ Assoolation, Motel Rome. EDUCATIONAL DAY, | Friday, December 10—Music Hall. 10:30 & m.—A. B, Rildebrand, superin- tendent of Junlor department, presiding. ‘“Neobraska Boys' and Girls' Work,” B. ©. Bishop, Nebraska state superintendent of public instrudtion. 1:30 p. m.—Concert by Mexican National ‘band, 2100 p. m.—Musi¢ hall, W. XK. Davidson presiding, ‘Agricultural and Industrial Work ia Tlinols,” B, G. Blair, Nlinois state super- intendent. Other exercises by schools. 4:00 p. m.—Blograph Hall, Superintendent E. C. Bishop presiding. “Education of Girls for Efficlency in Anna Lois Barber, county superintendent Christian county, Illinols. «Missour! Corn £. M. Jordan. 4:00 p. m.—Masle Conoert by Mexi- can Hational v 5:00 p. m.—Concert by Mexican National hl‘ll;d'tl\'!lll'hl)tflfl.-\y 2 i Speecial Speeds Toward Omaha. James J. Hijl, with a party of high rail- rqad officials, 1s speeding toward Omaha and he will be the guest of the National Corn exposition today. He will leave Sioux | City on a special at ¢ o'clock this morning make the daylight run to Omaha over his own line via Ashland, arriving in Omaha about 11 o'clock. Iie will be taken for a short drive through the city, to the Omaha club for lunch as the guest of the Burlington officlals in Omaha, to the corn exposition in the afternoon, where he will speak in the music hall, and in |the evening he will attend a banquet at the Omaha Commercial club. Mr. Hill will tell the farmers of Ne braska and surrounaing states, as well as the 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. Hil's talk that there 18 no doubt room will be at a premium, In the evening Mr. Hilk will be the gusst of the Omaha Commercial club at a ban- quet to be given at the Commerctal club rooms, None but members of the club have been invited to this banquet, which | would accommodate but 150, and the seats 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 Cora exposition when L. W. HIll, president’ of the Great Northern and son of J. J. Hu., happened to stop at the corn show last year. Having a couplc of hours to spend In Omaha L. W. Wakcley, general passen- gen agent of the Burlington, invited Mr, Hill to visit the corn show., He was so impressed that Le immediately ordered his road to be well reptesented at the show this year. “When he returned home he In- terested his father in th show, with the result that Mr. Hill not only gave $2,600 In gold for prizes, but also promised to at- tend the exposition. Wednesday a Busy Day. With the prizes all awarded, the weather clearing up &nd (ie people coming, the National Corn ' Exposition fook on new life Wednesday. On every hand were tle sturdy sons of the counlry, who had come to Omaha to learn some of the great les- sons the corn show has' to teaeh. Wednesday was a big day tar meetings ‘were concerned. The American Breeders' assoclation met at the Hotel Rome \under the leadership of Willett M. Hays, president of the assoclation aud assistant secretary of agrieulture. ‘ihe American Soclety of Agronomy was meet- ing in one of the Corn assoolation rooms, the National Corn assgclation wiet in vne of the association rooms, and all was life and bustie, Every train now entering Omaba s bring- ing In its quota of visitors to the expos tion and the attencance is Increasirg fast, Indications now are that Omahs and the show will enjoy two full weeks of good crowds. The bureau of Information ‘s In full working order and all visitors will ke well taken cara of. Something of special intercst is on the tapls at the corn show every aftern.on and cvening, and in addition to these, the Mexican band plays three times a da The band s Just as popular as the Mexiczan band which was in Omaha during t Transmississippl exposition, ‘#nd the crowds increase at each performance. ¥ ANANIAS GET M Hooks Out for Texan Who Exhibits Certain Ear of Corm The man who I 8ponsor for & rtain ear of corn In the display Pt Texas st the Na- tional Corn exposition I certalnly a can- didate for the presidency of the Auanias club. ‘This certain gulity ear of eorn measures same two feet In length and proudly boars some 2,000 golden graims. In the words of & visiter of undoubted Lrish sncestsy this