Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-31
Schools of Nebraska, Iowa and Mime
sofa are Represented.
NAVAL SIGNALS ARE REVISED
Action Follows Inquiry Into Collis-
sion of Nebraska and Georgia.
DEAD LETTER OFFICE AUCTION
Bidding for UndeIivered Parcels IL
Brisk-UncIe Sans Cash II
Counted and Found to be
All Intact.

WASHINGTON. Dec. 30-Professors Of
forestry, representing practically all the
forestry schools in the United States, met
here today with clifford Pinchot for
a discussion Of plans to further education
along the forestry line. The conference
will continue tomorrow, Secretary Wilson
welcomed the conferees on behalf Of the
Department Of Agriculture and he was
followed by Mr. Pinchot
The principal speakers at todays ses-
sion were Prof. Henry 5. Graves of Yale,
DR.. Fnibert Roth Of the University Of
Michigan, DR.. Richard 7. Fisher Of Har-
ward and Dr. Bernard f. Fernow of the
University OF Toronto.
In addition to the institutions named
there are represented at the conference
the universities of Columbia Lehigh, Maine,
Minnesota, Nebraska New Brunswick and
Washington, Iowa and Pennsylvania state
colleges and the Maryland Agricultural
college.
Naval Signals Changed.
Approval was today given by navy off
cials Of the Navy department to the report
Of the board of inquiry into the collision of
the battleships Georgia and Nebraska off
the Virginia capes, during the recent drill
! which recommended that disciplinary
measure be taken a result Of the &C
oident. The board held that the signal
| given to the battleships was subject rea-
sonably to two interpretations, and as this
happened none of the officers were to
blame for an error of judgment.
One of the results of the collision has
been a modification Of the regulations so
| as to prevent another misnterpretation of
this particular signal
| Unable to fix the responsibility for the
propeller to the collier Vestal cutting a cash
in the side Of the battleship Georgia. while
recently in Hampton Roads, board Of in
quiry has recommended that no further
/ action be taken. This recommendation
has been approved.
II was shown in the testimony that the
Georgia csreened just before being struck,
and that the injury was received below
the armor line.
Auction at Dead Letter office.
Lottery luck has so stimulated the de-
mand for other peoples property lost or
strayed in the mails, that the Postoffice
department in it's recent annual sale of
undelivered articles accumulated at the
dead letter office averaged 8 cents more
for each parcel than the year before
A report today showed the recent sale
brought aggregate receipts Of $1O,g73,
averaging S1.35 for each of the 1883
derelict parcels
The speculative demand for the pack
ages whose contents were only sparingly
made known and their value left an un-
known factor. was reflected in the over
crowding and the calling of police TO
quell a possible riot and avert personal
injury to the bidders.
Many Of the parcels sold in the gov
ernment-conducted game Of chance con-
tanned prizes; others were virtually
worthless.
To count the coins and securities in the
United States treasury il has taken a
committee of four persons supervising
from thirty TO forty counting experts
almost two months Upon the retirement
of Charles H. Treat as treasurer 1t be-
came necessary for a counting Of the con-
tents of the vaults TO he made for the
incoming treasurer, Lee McClung, TO give
a receipt.
Next Monday Mr.. McClung will give
Mr.. Treat receipt for Sl.25s, ,OO1, 756.S72a
the exact contents of the treasury. Not
cent was found TO be missing from
Uncle Sans pocketbook
1t was the quickest count ever made in
z the treasury and was absolutely neces
] sary before Mr.. Treat could be relieved OF
the responsibilities of the office. The
count included l56.521,317 silver dollar
pieces.