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” The Omaha Sunday LIee U Wm M| .hower.; cooler. M. ■ m -m. -*■ W - * W 1 Many receive advice, only the WtM _____ ____3=«=s»«===ts»==r=_— I'rollt W It.—Publius Syrus. CITY EDITION VOL. 54_NO. 15. OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 21, 1924. • X X FIVE CENTS-* Navy Will Start Big Ship Test Coolidge Asks Survey Into Relative Merits of Cruisers and Planes in Sea Warfare. Wilbur to Be in Charge Washington, Sept. 20.—At the dl rectlon of President Coolldge, Secre tary of the Navy Wilbur today in augurated a survey to determine the relative effectiveness of battleships and airplanes In national defense. This was the upshot of Wilbur’s hurried return to Washington from the Pacific coast, whence the presi dent summoned him. Orders for the inquiry were given this morning in an hour’s conference at the White House, where the prob lem of maintaining and developing the navy was discussed in exhaustive detail. So anxious Is the president to get an authoritative opinion on the air plane battleship controversy that he called Wilbur back to duty so that the Inquiry might be completed with out delay and recommendations for appropriations If such be deemed nec essary, incorporated next month in the supplemental naval budget. World Fliers Watched. The sudden determination of the administration to push the develop ment of aircraft was the outcome of the successful circumnavigation of ll " globe by army fliers, now wlng Imt iheir way to the Pacific. President Coolldge believes the world flight Indicates clearly that 'Irrraft will be the chief arm of na tional defense in the future. As the first step In his Inquiry, AVIlhur has received from his aide. I ■ 11it Walter it. Gerard, who was In charge) of aviation during the last fleet maneuvers, a report on the co evdination of aircraft and battle hiny. Gerard recommended that the l itfleships he kept in first class con d'tion and that aviation be given the nc""« try appropriations to carry on supplerr.erttal work. Weeks Thanks Navy. .Secretary AA'llbur's belief In the need for surface craft was strength ened by a letter fie received from Secretary of War Weeks, thanking the navy for the assistance rendered the American round-the-world fliers, especially in crossing the north At lantic. The flight was only made possible. Weeks said, “by the combined efforts of all those who were asked for their aid.” in addition to studying ttie air plane-battleship problem, Wilbur will make a survey of the whole naval establishment to determine whether I he navy is being maintained at the standard set by the Washington naval treaty, that is, at a strength equal to that of the British navy. AVIlhur has declared that the Amer ican navy has dropped helow this standard. Discussing his speeches on the Pacific coast, which have been the subject of considerable comment, since he was orderrd home, AVIlhur denied any reference to America and , Japan as "antagonistic civilizations” and declared that it was his opinion that peace on the Pacific had been assured for many years by the four power treaty. He also denied that he had questioned the constitutionality of. the national prohibition act, ex plaining that he pointed to this law In a speech at Catalina as one which ndght be harmfully enforced if the powers of the I’nitod States supreme court were to he curbed. 1 Wilbur in Conferences. After a conference with the presi dent, Secretary Wilbur went to his office at the Navy department where he busied himself for the remainder of the day In conferences with his associates there on naval questions. Including that of the budget which had brought disagreement with the Imdget bureau. Captain Oh era rdi's memorandum to the secretary said: “Aviation advance dues not justify us in allowlhg our 1 h battleships or any of them to de teriorate, using money thus saved to build up aviation.” . ' "Three types of aircraft," he said, "should he developed: (A) flying boats for long range scouting ami bombing; t!> amphibians and single pontoon lanes for spotting and for close pro eel ion of the fleet against submarine .o destroyer attacks; (C) twin pontoon planes for torpedo planes but these should 1 * considered as secondary to the first two.” NorriH Homecoming. Grand Island, Neb , Kept. it).—The heal committee in charge of the homecoming meeting of Kena'oy George Norris, at which lie will de liver the opening address of Ills regu 1,1- campaign, is providing the largest hall available. Chairman <>. A ,it> hoti, Jr., of the local republican com mill ', will preside. Ni iharl SlnrtR 'Tour. f \ i, N» h.. 8f*pt. 20. John f». NMhttrl, port nf Nebr.<«ka, hnrt Ihmti MtM'iirrr] ©v Hi© Genova Winiipn * t Ini) to kIv© a rending from Mm works th© f wnlnjf of Ortober 1ft. A# jh>. N©lhf»rt will start on a tour of tli© went nt that lime, Riving hi© first Inogrurri at Uen©\ a Two Sisters Are C*l\ us Girls, Third Enters Convent; Praise Mother for Letting Them Plan Own Careers S?* V if ■« (7ti rM) 50&BY % BETTY" CONDOUSIS New Tnrb, Pepf. 20 — It's a wl. ’ mother that knows her own daughter these days. But Mrs. Lillian Con dourls of Brooklyn has three daugh ters—and knows them well. There is Kthena, 24, eldest of the Condouris girls. Kthena has always been of a quiet, deeply religious na ture, Indifferent to worldly pleasures. And for the last year she has been In a convent, And then there are Betty, IS, and "Bobby,” 16. They heard over the radio that a famous theatrical pro ducer wanted 108 new- faces In this season's "Vanities.” Why, they askc 1 each other, should their plea“lng per sonalities not suit Carroll's purposes:’ "What with her eldest wishing to re nounce the vanities of the world and her youngest desirous of embracing those same vanities. Mrs. Condom Is must have had some sleepless nighls. For years since her husband s death, she has supported her family a..d carefully brought up her daughter*— five altogether. Here were two ex treme types of careers before them, when you remember that she would have liked the girls to lead moi* usual lives. But, then, Mrs. Condon rls remembered that this is the day of self-determining daughters—and she gave In. Kthena should go sway, un dis turbed, and the youngsters should dance for a living. Taught Self-reliance. "Mother is so good about every thing,” Betty said today. "She hated to see Kthena go off forever, hut she want* each one of u* to do what we like If it will make us happy. "Mother ha* brought u* up to think about doing something and looking out for ourselves—Hint's all entry about stage life being dangerous. So she made no fuss, really when we told her we wanted to at ply to Mr. Carroll for places In the ‘Vanities.’ She often went to rehearsals with us, and we loved to have her along.” No, they hadn't any good plrtuie of rlster Kthena, who went to the quiet of a cloistered world of prayer and devotion. She had never eared about having pictures taken. But "Bobby" and Betty are bubbling over with gaj ety. Betty does most of the talklog. Her hob Is bushier and mere rarclvka than the sleek one of "Bobby" her self. who is demure and has n lisp. "I'm going to take singing le;sons when the show starts, to try to tie come a leading lady In musical com edy. 'Bobby' wants to be a great dancer. She took lessons at the Metropolitan opera house bul'ct school. “But no matter how far we get on Hie New York stage, we will hop tin'-;: to Brooklyn every night. I'm crurv about It here. Jfs as exciting as ,i foreign country to me," siys Betty. Hays "Bobby:” "It's home here; that's why we In tend to stay. New York Is too Inis! riessllke to rest In," Betty nt first admitted and them de nted that she wants to lie “a .Sophie Tucker, ,1r.,” a duplicate of a singer she greatly admires. Al least site ti.,s |sp enough to emulate her Idol. "'Bobby' and I won't he near eai h other In the show. She Is taller thin 1 am. Yes, we have bushels of ad mtrers, lHi, no, I am Just fooling' Unly a few. "I shall never marry.” "I Intend to,” the demure 'Hobby” piped up. ".Inst to he different.'' "Bobby” and Betty will go to the convent at reekskill to y'slt their Bister, Ethena, who has already Rivet, up the worlds vanities, as soon as they can arranpe to Ret away between "Vanities" rehearsals. "I don't think mother wanted her to ro, but she wouldn't say a word to stop her." Hetty said thoURhtfully. “Not a word all the last year since Ethena made up her mind. Weir, each onn of 11s Rets her own way. and we should appreciate mi - w >ni!»t (til mother,( don't you think so"' Whether or not the daughter w.ta will live away from the world or those who remain among Its pleasures will finally he happier cannot he decided at the beginning of their widely di vergent paths. Mrs. t’ondouris real izes that most young people now do niand the right to do as they wUk, no matter If It he toward or away from vanltle.s that they turn. | Methodists Cut Mission Funds, Ministers Told Appropriations for ^ «*ar Cut 23 to 30 Per Cent; Foreign Workers “Carry on’ l mler Hardships. Clarinda, Ta., Sept. 20.—"The 'foun tain of benevolences’ of the Meth odist church is drying up." declared Hr. n. K. Diffendorf, In announcing a cut of 25 to 30 per cent in the ap proprlation^ for the world service program at the Des Moines confer ence session here today. “Christians in the orient are deny ing themselves the necessities of life in order that the major part of our program may go forward," he assert ed. “We have sent men and women to the front line trenches, and we must stand behind them." The conference elected the follow ing to the world service council of the church: Bishop F. T. Keeney, H. M. Evans, C. D. Crissman, E. A. Moore, S. Grant Lewis, F. N. Willis, E. M. Edmundsnn, Frank McDonald, T. H. Watts, Herbert Wilkinson, F. c. Okey, f\ S. Buchtell, Frank Bonn. It. H. Beall, <1. W. Bhnlmer. .1. S. Ellis, W. J\ Wortman, A. F. Smith. D. .F. Bhenton, John Hahn, II. It. Wright, Mrs. G. Ft. Melllrk. Mrs. II II. Hoi lingsworth, E. I*. Samson, John L. Hillman and Z. c\ Thornburg. A group insurance plan will be pre sented by district superintendents at the next quarterly conference. J. E. Humrnmers of Hancock was retired by ih« conference. I rin Sin- Father for Sum I liry Invcsti’d in HcmiIciup Columbus, Neb., Sept. 20. Hannah, Elmer and Catherine Lemmertnan of Creston have filed stilt in county court a git i list their father, William Lenunerman, for $009. They maintain that they advanced mme titan $1,000 toward the purchase price and paying taxes and improvements on a resi dence property in Creston, and that their father agreed that when they should cease to occupy It as their | home he would sell the place ant! re imburse them for the money ad vanced. They say he has refused to make the agreed Accounting. 3.3.000 ’Inn* of Sugar. lirunil Inland. N>h , Hr|it. I!i An output of 55,000 ton* of sugar Is * v peeled for the 1021 < ampnlgn In the Grand Island factory of the Anierb.tn H#et Huger Co, »• -cording to man ^ u«er Drumsn. Harvesting began Hep tern her 22, Crippled Man. K), Injured bv Auto Driven bv Vi onian Fall From Porch Year Ago Gout Piplit Log; Car Accident May Cost Ollier. MiikIi AHiwtnn, BO, 111? North Srv enfeenth, who has had only one leg *inr#* art accident a year ago, may loss hi* remaining limb ns a result of an automobile accident Saturday. Atherton was struck Saturday af ternoon by a car driven hy Mrs. P. W. Moore, 28’8 Hurdette street, as lie was crossing the street at Six teenth and Nicholas streets. His left leg and arm were fractured, and phy sicians at St. Joseph's hospital fear that they may have to amputate his leg, A year ago Atherton fell from a porch at Ids home, and fractured his right leg. Infection set In. and the leg was amputated, lie was released from the hospital only a few months ago. Mrs. Moore was arrested on a reck less driving charge DAVIS TALKS TO HOOSIERS South Hcnd, Kept. 20. -John W. J*a vis tarried his democratic presl dentin I campaign here today where he began the scond day of his Indiana offensive, ife delivered a luncheon address before business men front all of northern Indiana. A rousing welcome greeted the I * vis special and cheers resounded at intervals during the parade to the hot**!, in a rear platform address nt l«aporte en route from Chicago, Mr. I hi vis again challenged the repub lican record of the last four \enrs. Straw Note al Fair Give* Cooliilf[<* Clear Majority Kali bury, Kept. 18.—A straw vote was taken Wednesday at the county fair on educational day with a large percentage of the attendance farm ers. which resulted In a vote of 1,180 for Foolldge; 567 for Ihivis and 420 t«»r I .a Kollette. The total vote. 2.17? The labor vote seems to be divided Man Fhlutr for Probate. < JfUtcvn, Neb , Kept 20 A petition has been filed in county court for lhe probate of the estate of Charles Man, 80-year old pitmen of this route tv. recently deceased. The estate In clude* pttsonil property valued a* f 17»'»,000 am| a half fed Ion of la ml. Indiana Cop! Not Omaha Jean La Rue Abandoned Bride's Trip to Fort Wayne Turns Ont to Be Wild Goose Chase. Police N o w Puzzled SprHal Dispatch to The Omaha flee. Fort Wayne, Ind., Pent. 20.—"No sir, lie’s not the man 1 married." With these words spoken in no un certain terms in city court here to day by pretty Mrs. Dorothy Miller La Rue, abandoned wife of a few hours, who came here from Omaha in an effort to’ identify Clifford Sterl ing. erstwhile city police officer, ns the man who took her for his third wife without the formality of divorc ing two previous women. Arriving in this city Friday Mrs. La Rue was immediately taken in charge bv Policewoman Florence Madden, who went with the Omaha girl and Sterling’s second wife, for merly Miss Melinda Bender of this • *ity, to a local hotel where the two supposed wives of the former police man compared notes throughout the evening. It was apparent from the very out set, according to police, that the Omaha woman had come to the end <*f a wild goose chase in the search for her erring spouse as she said that the man whom she married on j short acquaintance hud been a the atrical "buck and wing ’ dancer whereas Sterling* was a former rail roader and far removed from this type. Sterling’s release from the fugitive charge against him in Omaha, howr ever, was not to prove the end of the ma7.o of red tn%e in which he is bound and a warrant charging him with child neglect, filed by the for mer Miss Bender, was served upon him immediately the court had given his decision, the charge having been filed in superior court he-* while federal offi *rs, present at the trial, intimated that they were in pos«es 1 sion of a warrant charging viola tions of the Mann act which Sterling is alleged to have violated through the marriage to the Bender girl un der the name of Jean La Rue in Waukegan. 111. Should Sterling escape from the charge just filed they indicated that the federal charge might he brought against him. Police detectives who have been working on tlie case and Detective Fred Palm tag of Omaha, were puzzled today by the fact that while Sterling was pronounced not to he the man sought there, it was known that he was in that section of the country at the time of the alleged marriage while the coincl den»e of the names used in the mar riage to the Bender girl and the Omaha girl were admittedly "pe culiar.’’ WHEELER SPEAKS HERE SATURDAY Senator Burton K. Wheeler, Mon tana, will apeak at the Omaha audi torium Saturday. September 27. ar •'online to a telegram received from him Saturday. Senator Wheeler am! member* of hi* party will arrive in Omaha at 8:40 a. m. anil will remain here until 4:40 j» m. No speeches other than that at the auditorium have been arranged for him. Senator Wheeler will *iw*Hk in Lin coln next Saturday evening and will leave the same night (nr Denver, f*o|o. IOWAN DIES FROM GUNSHOT WOUND Denison, la., Sept. 20. — Mott Mc Henry well known citizen of !>en bon. died this morning from a wound received In the accidental discharge of a shotgun which lie was About I to place in a milk house. The trigger caught on the aide of door. He re ceived the charg.» In the hack of the head. He I* the son of Mnrrta Mc Henry, one of the oldest settlers. He N survived hv a wife and four child ten. r \ Christian II orker Says Lena Lapiiius to Have ( 'hom e to Sliti/ie Carver v___j New York, Sept. 70.—lama l-np bins, pretty young Omaha gill who was found sleeping in a Broadway temple, hungry and penniless, I* going to get her chance to do what she wants with her life, according; to Mrs. Helm Bradley, head work er of St. Barnabas’ house, where Lena was ghen refuge. "Lena U a perfectly normal girl and has lots of brains," said Mis. Bradley today. "If she has talent for the stage she will go on the stage. If she wants to go to col lege. St. Barnabas will secure tier a scholarship. sin* is not going back to Omaha " Mrs. Bradley said the storks that I ena went abroad been use she was in love with her dramatic teacher, who was in I ngl.imt. had excited Lena very much. she said her charge was going to rest quietly until she was read> to decide her l own future. Death Rides With Auto Racer This racing car, driven by Joe Boyer, carried death as a passenger in recent race at Altoona, I’a. Boyer was killed in smashnp. Youth Nabbed by Hooper Posse to Trial on Monday Uehling Robber Pleads Guilty —Gets 3-Ycar Term; Two Others Are Sen tenced. Special Dispatch to The Omaha Bee. Fremont, Xeh.. Sept. 20.—Max Ross, charged with the robbery of I.arson Brothers store at Fehling w;tH sentenced to spend from one to •*iee years at the penitentiary today by District Judge F. "W. Button upon Ross’ plea of guilty. Leroy Densely and Frank Keller pleaded guilty to the theft of an automobile owned by Dr. F. H. Berhemke, Fremont. Both were ordered to spend from 12 to H months at the state penitentiary. Ross with three other men who are now serving terms admitted carrying away a large quantity of merchan dise from the Fehling store last win ter. A portion of the plunder was re covered. Heasely and Keller abandon ed their stolen car at Ames where they were errrs'rd shortly after wards. One criminal case remains on the September docket, that of George Buckley. Fremont, Is charged with attempting, to rob a bank at Hooper last spring. Buckley Is alleged to have tied up the assistant cashier of the Isink but while he was about to gather up his loot, the victim escap ed and spread the alarm. Buckley fled and was ptidsued by a poose that brought him to hay on the edge of town after a charge of buckshot had forred him to halt. Buckley will go on trial Monday morning. BRYAN SPEAKS TO FARM BODY Hr AMOrUtril Pr«r. Aurora. .Neb., Sept. SO—Without naming parties or candidates. Gover nor Charles W. Bryan, democratic vi< e presidential nominee, ran the gamut of outstanding questions of the campaign in an extemporaneous address here today before a large farmer audience. He addressed « Nonpartisan meeting of the Hamil ton County Farmers' union, which held its ninth annual picnic at the county fair grounds, and spoke as a man who never had lime to discuss theories,'* but as one w ho was ' in terested in applying business prin ciples to government." Governor Bryan dwelt primarily on agriculture but took occasion to pay tribute to the women voters of the . uinty. ^ laud the work of the Farmers unions in wiping out the middle men, to attack the building up of party machines, both state and national, for patronage purposes and to call up<m the people to demand of each candidate that appeared before them to outline specifically his views on progressive'' Issues. Three Sentenced al Alma for Robbery of Store, Home Alma, Neb., 8cpt. 20.—Judge Wil liam A. Dil worth sentenced Harry Knight to nerve a term of from one lo five yearn In the state penitentiary for the robbing of the James Mr (lenchin More at Orleans. Knight's companion. who entered a plea of vtilHx at his preliminary hearing in «minty court. received r sentence of from one to three years. Klluhn Terry, \x ho entered a plea | of guilty to the charge of house | breaking: and larceny at the home of William Jackson, was given a sen tence of one year In the state re formatory at Kearne>. I'.M iipcd l rusty Returned to Redford From St. Joseph Bedford, la.. Sept. IS.—Frank* Spurgeon, who escaped from the lm-nl officers last April while serving a year's sentence on a liquor charge was brought l>a<-k from Si. Joseph, Mo, today, lie was captured by police of St. Joseph. He was a trusty at the Jail last spring and made his escape while taking care of the law c \dded to Milk Fund. Two additional contributions have coins In to the Fice Milk, and lc«* Fund sines it closed recently. This makes the total as follows Altrsdy *« knnwlodfsd ft 44ft *.«» M's 1 > Mors* . . . ...... I 00 >Vnn»*n s I v.ttrrovsmsnt t bib, VMisntltl* N*b 0 Ob 4\also mf«) xkgkq b«ki|J h«kq1 h|k<| 1 Total... 11,44* «• Globe Girdlers Reach El Paso as Darkness Falls Airmen Conquer 'Second At tack by Texas Wind: Pho tographic Plane Forced Down. t El Paso. Tex . Sept. 20.—Conquer ing a second attack by Texas winds, the three globegirdling fliers arrived here at 6:40 p. m. (mountain time), tonight, completing their arduous hop from Dallas of 550 miles in nine hours and 10 minutes flying time. El Paso, Tex.. Sept. 20.—A scout plane of the T'nited States army piloted by Eleut. M. C. Wright, was forced to descend at Barstow, Tex., the world fliers continuing on to Ei Paso, according to a message re ceived here from Kent. Tex., ap proximately 150 miles from El Taso. The scout plane, which had been sent along to take photographs of the flight was not damaged in the de scent. the report said. The world fliers passed Kent at S:17, central standard time, and con tinued toward Sierra Blanca so miles from here, where they are to he met by six planes from Fort Bliss Chicago Slaver Given Reprieve Governor Delays Execution on Heels of Leopold. Locb Decision. -- I Chicago Sept. !0.—Bernard Grant j ***** given a reprieve by Governor Len Small today. Grant was under sentence to hang October IT. The reprieve is good for 90 days. Before it expiree, the governor will have acted on Grant’s application for a full pardon. The governor. Jn reprieving Grant, indicated he would entertain an appli cation for a commutation of sentence of Walter Krauser if the supreme court affirms the decision of the trial court which found him guilty of mur der and sentence*! him to hang. Krauser and Grant were convicted of killing Kalph Souders, a police of ficer. during the robbery of a tea store. The movement to save Grant and Krauser was started after Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb, slayers of Robert Franks, escaped the death penalty. Grant was overjoyed tonight when told of the governor's action. “You don't know how good that massage sounds. ’ he said w hen the governor s message was mid to him.” Grant has maintains*! his Inno cence since the hour of his arrest. When he saw the gallows drawing nearer and nearer, with no chance to save himself, he grew' frantic. He could scarcely eat or sleep. SIOUX CITY MAN DROWNS IN RIVER Madison. Wis. Sept. — Handd RHsworth. !*•>. of Sioux City, la., and K Christ offer»nn. 30, were drowned In the Vacant river here today when the automobile in which they were tiding plunge*! off a bridge Klls* worth, authorities here said. Icaw-* a widow and 10 children at Sioux City. POLICE SEEKING RED-HAIRED BOY South Omaha pottos wero naked Sntimlny ,o look for Frank \ .n-ek, N ,r’. "ho h.i* been mtnaiuc from hi* home. 4314 South Thirty-third utrvet. since Sept cmb, - IS, lie la anlii to have the red.leat hair of any hot In South Omaha. I The Weather f*»r S4 Junta rtniin* T t* »«> S?»»t If II 4 Kt.atu* >iUinMiiv. « n» , J*4 noon. Tf t j3 *m ;* 1'rev tfitaUixn. in, t «>» *n.t hundre-nl » Total T. 1i-t»| ,in.o Jjtw,!, .'In. «l<*fwlen« > . \ t.1 Knurl* r« fc • i»» i 4 v in ,,, „ » f s in . * « m • • tt \ • • in It • in *3 ao-n ... I l' •* . Clergyman In sists He Is Innocent _ 4 Care Against Minister Rests on Chemist’s Analysis of Stomach of Miner; No Motive Established. Raps ‘Wagging Tongues’ By HARSY F. REt TLIXGER, International News service Staff f orrespondent. Mount Vernon, III., .=ept. 20.—Rev. Lawrence Hight, Ina, 111., pastor for mally charged by a coroner’s Jury with the murder of hi* wife, Anna, by poisoning, and suspected in connec tion with the death five weeks aco of Wilfred D. Sweetin, Ina miner, un der similar circumstances, withstood a withering cross-examination late today in the Jail hero where he Is a prisoner. Question after question hurled at the minister by Sheriff Grant Hol comb, Coroner Keese and State a Attorney Thompson, failed to shake his protestations of innocence and h» declared the man who poisoned his wife and Sweetin should hang. Rev. Hight steadfastly maintained that he is a friend to Mrs. Sweetin, but not in any greater degree than to any other member of his flock. It is generally conceded here that the case against the minister depends on the finding of the Chicago chemist examining the vital organs taken from Sweetin's body. If poison is found, the admitted friendship be tween the minister and Sweetin's widow will be held up by State’s At torney Thompson as making the evi dence more than circumstantial. Now, the authorities admit, they have noth ing tangible against the pastor and no motive has been established for the crime which with which he is charged. “Broken-Hearted But Happy." “I am broken-hearted, but happy." said Rev. Hight after the examination. Why should I be otherwise? The I-ord i* with ire the whole world oar. he against me. That Would matter little." Rev. Hight has taiked freely since his arrest. He willingly posed for a picture for newspaper men. He wears clerical black with a black string tie. Slightly bald w.th gray ing hair, of medium build and height, he looks the typical country* parson. Call me Hight." he requested of a reporter as he repeated the story of hi* trouble. "My trouble shun* the trials of liv ing in a small town where gossip rules." he said. "For 13 years I have served God before all. I know not of what they speak.*’ He repeated the story of his con version a* he followed the plow 11 years ago. "The call came and I answered It." he declared. "Now I’m Just a typical circuit rider, ministering to my littH flock, scattered far and wide. I scr's six little towns here as best I can." Blaines “Wagging Tongues,” Sweetin became a member of Rev Mr. Hight * church the Sunday right before he died on August IS. Ten days before his death he and hu wife went to Fentor There thev at* - me ice cream that made both of j them sick. Mrs. Sweetin has been sick since that time. Ptomaine poieon ing was given as the cause of Sweet in's death, but since the death of Mrs. Might, and because the minister had visited him during his illness, the body was exhumed to be tested for poison. Mr*. Bertha Bumpu* Sweetin'* sla ter. is earing for the widow. "Wagging tongues caused the whole thing." she declared "Never In their whole married life did I know them to have a cross word. I don't take any stock in all the talk going around here.*' t\ C. Sweetin. father of *WIlford, says he suspects no one tn connection with his son's death. Members of the district conference of the Methodist Episcopal church to which Rev. Mr. Right belongs, are j suspending Judgment until he is leaped or u\ ted. "We fed that be w ,* arrested main j ly on rumor. * said P-strict Snperin tendont G. f Hall, after talking w-.th the accused minister tn hi* cell. The conference Is to meet next Wednes day at t'arhondsle but unless some thing definite is learned in the mean time. the organisation is expected to take no actiop In the case Burlington Vnnounee* 1 inroln-St. Louis Change TV* uillllh. Ntb , Septs 2® —Th« Bur lington haa announce! a chan** in train t*rvso# on this, ltn%, rfftvtiv** Soptrnihrr At that tins the proAont Uncoln to St Lout* pa* jirnvvp train*. Nos and will b# taken off paawngrr train* will h* run bftwwn Lincoln and TaW* ' Rock in thrlr atoad. VliolMunrut of County Vs't's>or Office to Polls HtocMtiftold Neb, Sept :o INKpi# I of Knox county will voN* on the prop* o&ition of abolUhmg tho offio* of vaunty aiWMor tn thia county, jus j tion takrn by th* 1hv.ird of aupervi#* ! ora bring f*\oi*V,o to th# » I of th* uuoMion at th* oomlwg *!«•*> lion Thfrt \» muoh of>v*omr;on «o*tlp j rtiRdov inriu a rouito