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UOTVERSITY MISSOUIUAN.
VOLU3IE I.
COLUMBIA, MISSOURI, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1908.
NUMBER 20
FLURRY IN WHEAT
FROM WAR SCARE
Price Up Cent a Bushel,
Causing Excitement !
in Chicago Pit.
BOYS ENLISTING IN. ARMIES
Europe Thinks Conflict Is
Inevitable; Fleets
In Readiness.
i ,Utt Pre'.
iICA.. Oct. !.- Tin- Balkan War
au-ed a llmry ill tin- wheat-pit
tod.iv. Tin- price of wheat began
.... Kg wln-ii Hi.' market opened ami
. ii i.imI a cent a hii-hcl.
e wilde-t uproar accompanied the
I. . inn- i" the pit. Local brokcr
'. ji.t million- of lm-hels of wheat
,. W .ill -trect hoti-c- al-o bought
, . il The lluriy la-ted two hour-.
the
l lie
evmt of war. it is expected
price of wheat will li-c rap-
i.l
SERVIAN BOYS ENLISTING;
NOBLEMEN OFFER JEWELS
r.l.t.llADK. Oct. '.. I.arge nuniber-
. ien and lxy- are enlisting in Scr-
i i. ie.it cnthu-i.i-m accompanies the
. .-uncut of the -oldier-. Mother are
r ring their children to the recruiters.
Noblemen and other wealthy per.-on-
it ft i.i aie offering their jewel for
li wai che-t. The whole country i-
M'ii,.iiiv for war again-t Au-tria. ami
i laratiou i- expected soon.
I Clown Prince ha- announced lie
mi lead the amiy into Bo-nia. Montc
ii' ro i- icadv to join against Austria.
wis to th" prc-cncc of Au-tria" licet
in "ic D.uuiIh'. The capital of Servia is
Im-ih.: K-uioved to Xi-h. the -eeond lar
i - cilx.
AUSTRIAN FLEET IS READY
TO BOMBARD BELGRADE
I'.t ii tnl Irp-. -
IiT)OX. Oct. !i. The Kuropean war
! ;i.l grow- blacker than ever. It i
i.vtcd that Servia will declare war
m Ai'-tiia Hungary, because of Au--'ih'
annexation of Ho-ni.i and llerze
uoimi.i. r-i. An-iiian fleet is in the Danube !
ica-l to bombard Belgrade at a mo
mult- notice. It i- believed that the
oiiTfouic of the war will lie Au-trias
iiiti-v.nicni of Servia. Bulgaria will
-ei. Macedonia in event of the war
an Kiiglaud i- preparing to annex
I pt.
I ngl.iud l.a- ju-t s,.Mt her licet to
I I miia-. indicating that it will -upport
I'urkev : -he evidently intend- to play
an iiiiport.int part in the coming trou
'! It i- believed thi- light will involve
tIh Ahcde I'.iikans.
BULGARIAN VESSEL FIRES ON
TURKISH FLEET IS REPORT I
II'XXA. Oct. !. It i- reported that
In lurki-h licet at Constantinople wa-
hi. , on b a ve el can ing tl
I'ui'ii'iaii liag.
new-j
"CO-EDS" ENJOYING
OPEN SEASON FOR
STARS OF GRIDIRON
Grf..r Weather Is in Store for Game
with Rolla, Reeder
Promises.
i- I- one oi mo-e iMilliant allium-
',.A" "'" lm' "iiiiK'i- tare- ion n in
we-i ot the canva-baok. the co-ed
-..iK- in. 1....10.U1 -iar. ami me ..ante,
i t-i.- hi-torie Hink-on alluie ms.phyte-
in ti. Fraternity of Spooncr-.
1'i.it ideal weather i- in -tore for the
. .. 1 1 .i .- .... . ...
to-.jl.all game i- foretold by Forecaster ,
I.C.-.I,-, a- lollovv-
lear tonight
saturdav."
ami Saturday: cooler
,.c umpeiaiuie wa- .m uegrees ai
. .. .... au.i ..:. at p. m. i tie iro-t
In- nioining wa- "killing.' but did no
gieat dama;
-aid.
:e in I'oone eouiitv. it i-
President Hill to Kansas City.
lr A. llo Hill, pre-ident of the Uni
vci'iiv of Mi ouri. departed thi- after
noon for Kau-a- City, wheie he will
adilre the Kan-a- City teacher- to
iin".v afternoon.
Service for Men Sunday.
i - Y. M. C. A. will not hold it-
i cellar meeting Sunday afternoon, but
the lnemlM-i- will attend the -ervice
lor nun at the Chri-tian church at :i
p i'i The meeting will Ik- conducted '
'v 'he llev. Dr. II. O. P.reedell.
ORGANIZED
CAT
RELIEVES 200 POOR
Most of Applicants White,
According to Columbia
Society's Report.
WORK PUT ON A FIRMER BASIS
Corps of "Friendly Visitors"
Formed and Night School
Supported.
The Charity Organization Society ot J
Columbia, aceoiding to the proof sheets
of the -eventh annual report of Dr.
C. A. Kllwood. the .-eeretary. gave re
lief during the la-t year to more than
200 poor per-on-. comprised in seventv
J familie-. Most of the applicant for
aid were white.
In one family, after the mother died
leaving six .-mall children, the society
hired a hou-ekeeper for .-everal month
oil the .-lipulatiou that the older chil
dren bo kept in school, while work was
provided for the father and one of the
"friendly i-iting" corp- of the society
called on the family and miui-tered
ti their needs.
Deficit of $20. '
The vcar was successful in all wav-
except financially. The report of the j
treasurer shows that the society clo-e- j
the year with a delicit of more than $20
in the administrative fund. To meet j
tin- ilclicit it ha- been ncccs-ary
tern- I
porarily to draw on the emergency fund.
which is intended primarily for purpo-e-
of relief. '
III other re-peel- the work of the I
-oeiety ha- been put on a firmer ba-i- '
than ever before. A corp- of friendly
vi-itor- ha- been oiganied and live
conference- were held during the win- .
ter. The society supported a night '
school conducted bv Mi-s Todd for -ev- i
jeiai weeks in the Mi-ion School in
.the eastern part of Columbia. It aided i
' in starting playgrounds for children by ;
a generous subscription. Jt al-o co- ;
operated a- usual with the churches and :
other societies in Columbia for di-trib-
!linf gift 1 loor children
The experience of the -oeictv ha
demon-trated the need of an emergency
fund, without which certain kind- of
service are impo iblc. The bulk of the
material lelief came from the Conlev
1,,M" l''"l. administered by a committc.
of the City Council of which S. II. Levy
i- chairman. i
U. R. Hei tig's Report.
I. It. Hertig is the inve-tigating agent
for the society. In hi- report he -ay-.
in jiart: "The elTort- to obtain chari
table aid by underserving pcr-ons have
materially le ened thi- la-t ear. lue
to the critical examination ami clo-e
analv-i- of each case nrc-ented.
"Through the cliorts f the pre-ident
o.i .r..,. .. ,i.: ,lf I
ohm v i v tit s c iiiiiniiiL; iP- in
1 'Friemlly Vi-itor- has been organized
I ami some good work done by them.
I 1'oor children have been eiiuipped with
elothing ami books and induced to at-
tend -choid. I'ainilie- have been vi
ited and -ympathy and good coun-el.
together with material as-i-tanee. gen-
terou - ly etendeil. The public should be
made to realize in tin- fulle-t sen-e the
' higher object- of organized charity and
the good work being done by the Char-
it Organization Society of Columbia."
The ollicei- of the -oeictv are: l're-i
I dent, the Itev. II. P. llorton: vice-
I pro-ident . Dr. I-idor l.oeb; -eeretary.
! I)l- l'- -' KIIwoimI: trea-urer. W. K.
'itayle : inve-tigating agent. V. R.
, Hertig: l!oard of Directors. V. K. P.ay-
,.,,. t, i;lv, c. yL ISM.iip. ,-,. I
M.i
i)(.f,.. th0 rov. v. W
Klvvang. Prof.
c A- Kllvvood. the 1
lev. M. A. Hart.
; 1Vof 5 F nollman. the llev. II. P. Hor-
, ,,rof r. u,. V. P. Miller. Mr-.
V. McX. Miller, the llev. Father Pleus.
!,.. T. .,. ,.iI(bV- (; ,. ,.nin jr,. ,;. K
i;nin,. d. A. Ilobnett. Mr-. A. II
Shep-
ard. Prof. X. M. Trenholme, the llev.
I M. I.. Thomas. C. V. Trimble.
v-.oii:..;,.. v c r,i;..i-...oi.,u Mn,nr. !
K. I'lltVll'l -. V- nil rv v ni -", . f VTI f
Simon H. Levy. T. C. Scruggs. L. M.i
i)t.f(M.. Members of th
Conley Fund j
C,,,,,,,:,,,,,. i i it
enrv. county clerk
' Statistics of the Year.
Mr. Hertig's report give- the following
'statistics for the vear:
iCa-e- dealt with during the year
! Individual- in the-e familie- at
1 the time of application
XV'iv ease- dealt with
Ca-e- to which some definite -ervice
wa- rendered by the So
ciety in the way of relief or
advice '
SI !
217
-in
Total expenditure- for all juir
1 po-es excluding inve-tinents He
payments nf luan- S0OO
j Monev -p 'lit in relief ti7"
Xiimber of familie
for whom thi-
relief wa- u-ed
HERE'S WABASH TRAIN
ON COLUMBIA BRANCH
E
X!IN'K N'o. :I2. which labor- along
senger train-, i- an eanile of a 1 v pc of locomotive now almo-t ob-olete.
It i- older than the average iianigcr who rides on it.
The coach and "smoker." -hown herewith, an- of the llim-ie-t and cheape-t
con-truction. supplied with oil lamp-, heated with -tove-. and equipped with
mu-cle-rackiii" -eat-.
'FRATS" SACRIFICE
DANCES TO STUDY
j Pan-Hellenic Balls to Take
the Place of Separate
Formal Affairs.
The frateinitie- of the I'niver-ity of
Mi ouri hale divided to curtail the
number of "frat" dance- thi- year by
uniting in giving three formal "l'an
Ilellenic" dance-, probably at the L'lii-ver-itv
gymuasiiini. Tlie-e will take
the place in Creek-letter cilcle- of the
formal dance- which each fratemitv
! ha- given -eparately heretofore. The
I number of informal dance- at the chap-
ter hou-e- al-o will be smaller.
A ileci-iou to thi- cirect wa- reached
i:it a recent meeting of the I'an-llellenic
j council of the frateruitie-. It wa- le
jciilcd to give the foimal danci - in the
gymiia-iimi if the ii-- of it can be ob-
,i,!m',1 for t,liU l"' f'"' ''' l'
vvr-ity authoritie-.
j
Faculty Co-operation Sought.
, The "gym" lloor i- the only one in
'town that would accommodate a dance
of the -ie planned. The "frat" men
'will a-k the faculty of the Univer.-it
'to co-operate with them in gettiii" the
' u-e of the gymnasium in view of the
fact that the plan will materialy cut
down the number of formal dance.- that
rc-ult in the "cutting" of das-es the
'next day.
The action of tin- frateruitie- followed
: conference which 1'rofe or 15. F. Holl'-
nian. chairman of the committee on -tu- j
dent affair-, called la-t Sunday morn
ing with the Pan-Hellenic Council. Prof.
Hoffman estimated that each fratemitv
igave during the -chool year one formal
and eight informal dance-. He asked
that the "frat" men cut down the iiutn
Iht in the intere-t of study.
Money spent for administrative
cpen-c- anil -upervi-iou
Call- maile by the Inve-tigating
Agent, to or in bihalf of ea-e-
Call- made by applicants
22.-
.151
24li
'Xumlier of volunteers who have
given active -ervice a- fnendlv
vi,itirs
Separate colored ea-e- treated..
Separate white cases treat cd...
Sickne
Old age
Shift les-nes-
Desertion
I-ick of male support
Drink habit
Accident
Lack of employment
i Impri-onniciit of bread winner. .
1 "I he society will meet Monday at
i p. m.. in the chapel of the Presbyterian
-hnrch.
"Frat" Gives Hayride.
The Theta Xu Ep-ilon fraternity gave
a moonlight hay-ride to it- new niem-Iht-
la-t night.
&x&imi3frpimi&vwtrvun2MMw
the Columbia branch with the pas
THEODORE SHONTS
FAVORS WATERWAY
j Railroad Magnate on Record
i
for the Lakes-to-Gulf
Project.
i
I'y I'liltinl Pre.
CHICAOO. Oct. n.-TheoiIore Shout-.
railway magnate, and .fohn A. Ocker-
-on. St. l.oui- memln'r of the Mi i ip-
pi IJiver Commission, spoke before the
Deep "Aatcrwav- Convention here this
morning. Mr Ocker-on de-erihed a tour
of the Kiiiopeau waterway-, which
have been developed to a jMiint of great
commercial inijiortancc. The Mi i -
ippi Kiver. he .-aid. i- much superior to
the river- of Europe from thi- stand
point, the Mi i-sippi oilers the greate-t
po ibilitie- of aiding commerce.
Mr. Shout-, in his speech, warmly
supported the Lake--to-tlic-GiiIf water
way, and said that all railroad- favored
improved waterway.-, because the vol
ume of freight has incrca-ed until the
railroad- are unable to handle it. Al
though the propo-ed waterway would
parallel the Chicago and Alton, which
i- a Shout- load, he declared that the
waterway should be pushed to comple
tion. 'VARSITY HALFBACK
PRESIDENT LAW CLASS
A. G. Alexander Chosen Leader of First
Year "Mules."
A. C. Alexander, .-tar halfback on the
Tiger football team, was elected prei
dent of the Freshman class of the law
department, at a meeting held this
morning.
The other ollicers elected are as fol
lows: Orville Zimmerman, vice-president
: V. V. McKlvain. secretary:
Thoma- Powell, treasurer, and II. Kv-er-ole.
sergeant-at-arms.
LAWYERS ELECT OFFICERS
R.
A. Smith is Chosen Head
Department Organization.
of
II. A. Smith, of Iowa, memlier of the
Junior class, and president of the stu
dents' Taft-IIadley Club, was elected
president of the Law- Department or
ganization at a meeting yesterday.
The other officer.- are: W. F. Wood
ruff, vice-president; If. C. Hunt, secre
tary, and llerliert Smith, -ergeant-at-iirin-.
Mass Meeting Tonight. '
A mass meeting will 1m- held in the I
Univer-ity auditorium tonight at 7:""i '
i
o'clock to arou-c eiithu-ia-m for the !
football team in tomorrow'- game. The
yell leader will be there ami yell- will j
lie practiced. j
OUTSIDE STUDENTS
MUST PAY TUITION
Decision of Board of Curators
of University at Rolla
Meeting.
CHARGE WILL BE $20 A -YEAr!
New Rule Applies to All I
Except Residents of I
the State.
Tuition will he charged at the I'niver-ity
of Mi ouri for -tudent- not
residing in this State. Thi- deci-ions
was reached at the meeting of the Hoard
of Curators of the University e-terday
afternoon at Holla.
The tuition fee will Ik- .?!( a semes
ter. .-2(1 a vcar. It will apply to non-re.-idint
students of all department- of
the University who enter the Univer
sity on or after September 1. 1!MI).
Students entering before that date will
not be required to pav tuition.
Action on "Co-op" Postponed.
Action on the recommendation of the
K.xecutive Hoard that the "Co-op" move
from the c.iuipu- wa- po-tponcd until
the December meeting. The postpone
ment was in order that member- of
the "Co-op"' loard might come to -ome
agreement among them-elve- relative to
the di-po-al of the -tore and it- prop
erty. Changes in the manner of the admin
istration of di-ciplinc were considered
and pending any final new policy.
President II ill was authorized to appoint
a di-cipline committee of three from
the Uiiiver-ity council. This committee
will act instead of the former com
mittee on student alfair-.
Inauguration Date Fixed.
The date for the formal inauguration
of Dr. Hill as president was fixed on
December 10 and 11.
The Alumni Quarterly was ordered
sent to all the accredited schools.
The loaril organized by re-electing
Cant. C. B. Fan's, of Ca rut hers ville. as
president, and J. V. C. Karnes, of Kan
sas City, a- vice-president, ('apt. Fari-.
Dr. J. C. Parrish. of Vandalia, and P.
E. Burton, of .Toplin, were appointed as
executive committee of the School of
Mines and Campliell Well-, of Platte
City, 15. If. Honfoey. of Unionville. and
Ceorge 15. Dor-ey. of Columbia, as member-
of the executive board at Colum
bia. P. K. Burton. Dr. .1. C. Parri-h. Dr.
S. 1.. Bay.-inger. Campbell Well- and
B. II. Bonfoey were appointed a com
mittee to toiisidei the future of the
medical college of the Lnier-ity. A
proposition ha- Iieen made to the cu
rators by the Univcr-ity .Medical Col
lege of Kan-as City.
WABASH MAY RUN
SPECIAL TO MOBERLY
One
Hundred Names Necessary for
Excursion to Hear Bryan.
If one hundred per-on- buy ticket-,
the Wabash will 'end a special train to
Moherly tomorrow morning to give Co
lumbians a chance to hear William .1.
Bryan speak
Bryan is on a whirlwind nip thiough
thi- .section of tin" country. Tin- train,
if run. will leave Columbia at 7 a. in.,
and will return at l:."t p. m.. making
it possible to make the trip and return
in time for (he llolla-.Mi ouri foot
ball game.
The Bn an-Cowherd Club i- trying to I
act a- many of it- member- to go a
possible. Those who wi-h to go should
leave their name- a- -oou as o ible
with the Univer-ity Mi ouriau. the
Herald or the Tribune.
'VARSITY BASEBALL MEN
WILL ELECT CAPTAIN
Sweaters Will Be Distributed Within a
Few Days.
Tin- 'Var.-ity b.i-eball men will meet
Monday evening at 7 p. in. in lloth
well gymna-ium. A captain will lie
elected for the coming year, and other
matter- will 1m- brought up at this
meeting. The "M" sweaters have Iieen
ordered, and will lie di-tribut-d among -mictions and write reports on the
the men within the ne.xt few days. ; train at night, volunteered to pay for
The men who have Iieen awarded the the illuminating gas to lie u-ed on the
baseball "M" are llider. Lhamon, j train, if the Waliash railroad would
Crave-. Cundlach, Cib-on, William-. AI-( -upply new car.-, equipped with tank
exander. Morrow, Vamlivcr and Xee. I for the gas. The car- were not forth-
i coming.
All-Seniois to Meet.
An all enior meeting will lie held in
the Univer-ity auditorium this even
ing at 7 o'clock.
COLUMBIA BRANCH
WABASH GOLD MINE
POORLY EOUIPPED
I Richest Property in System
Gets Worst Service, Its
Patrons Say Oil Lamps,
No Ice Water Supplied.
ROLLING STOCK IS LAUGHING
STOCK OF TOWN AND EMPLOYES
Immense Receipts Here Both
. for Freight and
Passengers.
Although the Waba-h llailro.id collect-
.1.i.ihhi a month in Columbia, ac
cording to a coii-crvntivc e-timate by a
iii. in in a position to know, it- lolling
-tock anil service on the Columbia
branch i- acknowledged to In- the poor
est of the Waba-h system.
The twenty-two miles of track from
Central';! to Columbia is -aid to Ik- the
best-paying property the Wabash ha-.
It i- the mo-t inadequately equipped.
The-e fact- were gathered by repoit
ers for th.- Univer-ity Mi ouriau in
their investigation of the charge- pub
licly made by W. 15. Xowcll. a Columbia
giocer. at the City Council meeting last
Tne-day evening, when he charged that
the Wabash treatment of Columbia
wa- an out i age. that the station here
i- d.uigerou-ly uu-anitary. and that the
officials of the road have ignored City
Attorney llothwell- lettel- regiuding
railroad ero-sing- in Machir place.
Passenger Business $6,ooo Monthly.
The average monthly freight collection-
by th" Waba-h railroad in Co
lundiiii aie estimated nt -sii.tKHJ. The
pa eager buine monthly i- etimated
at stumo.
As an example of the freight liu-ine
done bv the Waba-h in Columbia, the
-ingle item of coal u-ed by the Uni
ver-ity is intcre-tiiig. During the year
Ji'07 there were shipped to the Univer
sity over the Waba-li "iJS.V.l ton- of soft
coal and oil ton- of hard coal, at the
rate of .sl."J.j per ton. making the total
amount received by the Wabash from
thi- one item of freight. $7.t!l7.'t).
The M. K. & T. llailro.id built a spur
track to the Univer-ity in the hope ol
getting -ome of the coal bll-ine . but
owing to the fact that since that time
th" Univer-ity ha- contracted for it-i-oal
with concern- which -hip over the
Wabash, the spur built by the Katy
ha- never been u-ed for its original pur
pose. Thirty-Two Trunks on One Train.
A- an example of the liu-ine done,
the record- show that Sept. PJ. one train
brought thirty-two trunk- to Columbia.
The railroad, however, credit- all
Height shipment- to the point of mi
gin. Much of the money ninety pcr
cent. according to one estimate -collect
i-d here i- on incoming freight, anil
the Waba-h credit- thi- to the -tation
where the .shipment originated. If. for
example. ."s2no -hipmcut come- to Co
lumbia from St. l.oui-. and tin- freight
i- collected here, the railroad credit
the St. l.oui- olli.-e. Thi- i- the custo
mary method.
The pa enger trallic over the Colum
bia branch i- of -uch character and such
volume a- to warrant the be-t rolling
-lock and a i Iel -tation. Iii-tead, the
-tatiou here i- admittedly a di-crcdit
Ioth to Columbia ami to the U'ali.i-li
railioad. Mr. Xowcll'- charge that it
i- a menace to health on account of it-
! unsanitary onditioii i- uiicontradictitl.
The lolling -tock on the Columbia
branch i- the laughing -tock of the
town and of Waba-h etnplovce-. The
engine- an- what are known a- " dink-ie-.'
i'lid are surv ivals of an almost pre
historic era. The passenger coache- ale
so lightly constructed a- to constitute
a menace to safety, were they drawn
at high sM-eiI. Examination of them
will make clear why it required forty
live minute- to run twenty-two mile
fiom Columbia to Centralia.
Oil Lamps in Coaches.
Both pa enger car and "smoker" are
lighted with oil lamp-- the kind in
u-e fifty vcars ago on railroads. It
is known that WalKish employers here,
who are seriously inconvenienced by the
fact that thev cannot see to read in-
Th- aba-h doe-, not send ice to
Columbia for cooling water during the
summer, passengers on the road say.
(Continued en Thipl I'usc.)