CHURCH WOMEN MEET APRIL 30 Two Day District Meeting of Foreign Missionary Society At Winside Winside. Neb., Ap.-ll -* ^Special) —The district meeting for the Topeka branch of the Norfolk district of Woman’s Foreign Missionary so ciety will be held In Winside, April >0 and May 1. The following out of town speakera will be present: Miss RutH Copely, a missionary from the Philippine le landa; Mrs. Gene Hopper, Stanton, Neb., who spent several years In India; Dr. E. D. Hull of Norfolk. Neb.; Mm. Lydia K. Andrews of Guide Rock,. Neb., and Mrs. Celia M. Gates of West Point, Neb. Young people of the Wayne Mis sionary society will present a playlet “Unto the Heary Laden.’’ ROBBERS LOOT GROCERY STORE Take 10,000 CigareU From Wholesale Warehouse At Columbus Columbus, Nsb., April ' <—Mors than 10,000 clgarets were stolen by thieves who drilled holes near the bolts In the doors of the H. W. Abts Wholesale Grocery company's ware house here during the night. Police clues Indicate the work was done by some one familiar with the place, since the holes wsre drilled outside at the exact location of the inside bolts. THOMPSON BEGINS DUTIES AS MEMBER OP SUPREME COURT Lincoln, Neb., April H. Thompson Is now a full fledged menu her of the supreme court. He came to Lincoln Tuesday and took the oath of office. He will not begin active work until next Monday, when the court holds Its regular semi monthly sitting. He Is a member of the capitol commission, and will en deavor to arrange his duties so that he may continue, as the work of that body Is now wefl along. Judge Thompson takes tha place made va cant by the death of Judge Aldrich. He sv&s the high man In the Fifth district primary. VETERAN ADVENTIST BEC0ME8 PRESIDENT OP UNION COLLEGE Lincoln, Neb., April P* -Rev. W. W. Prescott has boon elected presi dent of Union college, located at Col lege View, a Lincoln suburb. It la a Seventh Day Adventiat Institution. Doctor Prescott has been a minister of that denomination for 49 years. He succeeds Prof. O. M. John, who goes to Rerrien Springs, Mich., to take charge of an Adventist college there. Doctor Prescott has spent the greater part of the last two years us head of a similar college in Australia. He has been an extensive traveler In the interest of his denomination. ORCHARD DEVELOPMENT IS 80URCE OF GOOD REVENUE Oakland, Neb., April —Alfred J. Peterson has sold more than $209 worth of apples In each of the last two years from bis farm orchard of About three-fourths of an acre, he told E. H; Hoppert, state extension agent In horticulture, who recently visited the county to conduct prun ing demonstrations scheduled by County Extension Agent Fouts. This profit comes as an addition to thl benefits of all home grown fruit that the family can use. No fancy price was obtained either year* most of the apples being sold for $1 & bushel, Mr. Peterson said. He has about 40 trees which are 20 years old, In his orchard. TWO MEN PAY NEARLY |460 FOR VIOLATING BOOZE LAW Humphrey. Neb., April Etnil Kohn, soft drink dealer here paid flee and costs of $342.10 In Platte county court at Columbus following his arrest by State Agent Cal Broady. Hugo Krenz, Humphrey harnea shop owner whose shop was also raided, was fined $10o when state agents found liquor In his possession, while In Koljh’s case Illegal sale was the charge which brought conviction. TRAVELING MAN BUYS WATCH STOLEN FROM “HELLO GIRL” Columbus, Neb., April ““--Mary McCabe, local telephone operator, didn't known her watch had been stolen from the dresser In her bed room until today when she received word from B. D. Daniels, Central City traveling man who purchased the timepiece from a hungry tramp along the Lincoln highway. Arriving home Daniel's found Miss McCabe’s name In the watch case. It was the first Information Miss McCabe had that the watch was stolen and search at home revealed that It was missing from the usual place on her dresser, which stood near her bedroom win dow. ALLEGED AUTO THEIVES ARRESTED IN WISCONSIN Columbus. Neb., April ** -James Spencer and “Tod" Resce are being held In Wc.ukesha, Wls., under arrest for stealing an automobile from tn front of a Columbus theater nearly a year ago. according to word re ceived by the sheriff here. Spencer Is said to have confessed the two stole their first car in Waukesha and one here, going to California, where they sold it and returned to Wis consin. Whether they will be tried there for theft or brought to answer charges here has not been determined. DUGOUT HOME OF WOMAN, 93 State Inspector Finds Dis tressing Case—Son to Be Prosecuted Lincoln, Neb., April -Mrs. J. C Morrow, inspector for tna bureau of public welfare. Is back from Sidney, where ahe investigated several cases. She found a woman, Mrs. Mary Sucha, 93 years old, living In a dug out under distressing conditions, al though she had a son who was well able to take care of her. The son Is to be prosecuted for falling to take care of his mother. Despite the urgency of the Innpect or, the old woman refused to leave her dugout, saying It was all she owned and all her own. Bedding and some clothing were provided for her. COOLIDGE’S CAMPAIGN IN NEBRASKA COST $9,565.29 Lincoln, Neb., April .Special)— Frank P. Corrlck reports that the Coolldge campaign In Nebraska cost $9,666.29, al lbut $1,400 of which was contributed by the national head quarters in Chicago. The $1,400 came from the delegates on the Coolldge "'late. The two principal Items of expenses were $6,563.36 for printing, Advertising, circularization and post age and $1,543 for management and clerk hire. The postage expense was largely Increased by the ruling of the attorney general that the Coolldge delegates could not be grouped, but that all names must be rotated on the ballot. The committee printed thou sands of slips on which the names of the Coolldge delegates were printed and distributed In person at the polls and by malls. CLAIM LAWS NOT ENFORCED IN DEUEL COUNTY Lincoln, Neb., April *" (Special)— A delegation of Deuel county citizens called on the governor Wednesday to complain about the Indifferent en forcement of the law In that county, and also preferred a charge against Deputy Sheriff William K. Geer that he had sold game ltcenses. RECORD RAILROAD SHIPMENT ESTABLISHED AT COLUMBUS Columbus. Neb., April 17.—The first full train load of cattle to be shipped from Columbus to the Chicago mar kets In a full train for a period of several years, was sent out of here last night when 28 car loads with approximately $44 head of fat cattle were taken.. to Chicago by Charles Carrig, John Dodds, J. F. Donahue, J. J. Burke and Jack Smagaos. Dur ing the night 10$ cars of stock, the rest of them for the Omaha markets, were handled out of the local yarde. making a total shipment for one night of 8,488 head of cattle. BRYAN NOT YET OUT OF WOODS, PROGRESSIVES SAY Lincoln, Neb., April *-Governor Bryan Is In receipt of a .etter from Edward Sughroue, middle of the road progressive, who has contested with the governor for the progres sive party nomination, congratulating him on his success. He says the governor made a fair and clean can vass, and that the verdict of the pro gressive voters was for fusion, which he accepts. Progreeslves say that the governor Is not yet out of the woods. W. J. Taylor, one of the party leaders, has In mind the culling of u mass meeting at which he proposes the vacancy be filled. Taylor contends that as Bryan is not a progressive he cannot com ply with the requirement that all nominees shall affiliate with ths party whose banner they carry. BEEMER MAN TO BE HEAD OF WYNOT PUBLIC SCHOOLS Wynot, Neb., April (Special)— E. R. Oettlng of Bearner nas been se lected as superintendent of the Wy not public schools for next year. 8TATE BANKING DEPARTMENT QUE8TION3 COURT’S RIGHTS Lincoln, Neb.. April '.~The state tanking department has filed with Ihe district court here a demurrer letting up that It has no Jurisdiction to say what it shall do In the matter Of Issuing licenses to Installment In vestment companies. Tho Investors' Syndicate of Minneapolis has asked for an order requiring approval of Its application to do business In the state. It contends that the secretary has acted arbitrarily and unreason ably. The position of the state Is that the Issuance of licenses to do busi ness Is discretionary, und that Its discretion cannot be controlled by a court order. The company says the action of the state has Jeopardized $6,000,000 of contracts It lias out standing. ITATE RECEIVES 18 BIDS ON NEW HIGHWAY PROJECTS Lincoln. Neb., April —The state department of public woi-ks received bids yesterday on 18 new road pro jects. Bids are now being tabulated and awards will be'made within a few days. The projects are located In Lancaster, Otoe. Sheridan, Har lan, Saunders, Seward, Johnson and Thayer counties. CONTRACTS FOR ROAD WORK AT LOWER PRICES Lincoln, Neb., April (Special) — Anolher big batch of road contracts were let Wednesday by the state de partment of public works to about a dozen different contractors, most of them doing their first work for the state. Many of the contracts were for graveling roads, the price ranging from 26 cents for three Inch gravel to 30 cents for four inch deposits. Earthwork contracts are bringing around 2 cents, which is less than last vear. CONTRACT FOR INTERIOR WORE Nebraska’s Capitol Commis sion Takes Another Step In Construction Lincoln, Neb., April 19.—Sever* Important contract* for work on tht Interior of Nebraska’* new capltol were announced Friday. The Lahr Hardware company of Lincoln se cured the contract for the hardware In the governor’* suite and the »u preme court rooms with a bid of 96,100. There wa* such a wide range of bid* for the Interior wood work that no action wan taken on thi* contract. The Caldwell com pany of New York, with a bid of 915,000, eecured the contract for the Installation of the light fixtures in the supreme court rooms, the statu library and the governor’s suite. District Oratorical Contest At Wayne Wayne, Neb., April. 19. (Special)— The district oratorical contest held at the auditorium cf the state normal school, Friday afternoon and evening resulted aa follows; Numerous—Dorotry James, Fender, first; Iola Purcell, O’Neill, second; Margftret Promeroy, South Sioux City and Mlelenz Stanton, tied for third. Oratorical—Howard Jaoboson, Hartington, first; Alfred Ludken, Nellgh, second; Charles Taylor, Winnebago, and Eugene Thomas, Pender, tied for third. Dramatic—Ethel Oliverlus, Albion, first; Mary Lampson, South Sioux City, seoond; Elmer Maehler, Pender, and Margaret McQulstran, Wake field, tied for third. The winners here will luter go to the university, at Lincoln to take part In the state contest. UNABLE TO GIVE BOND ON GIRL’S COMPLAINT Fremont, Neb., April 19. (Special)— Verne Opperman, Fremont autom obile dealer, has been unable to furnish bond of $5,000 following his preliminary hearing on a charge pre ferred by Iola Hays, 13 years old, who related before a packed court room, the details of an automobile Joyride and the break down of the auto mobile, necessitating the occupants —four young FYemont couples—to take refuge for the night in a de serted farm house. Members of the party, she said, produced a bottle of whisky and a l’. participated in drink ing it “to keep from freezing.” Opperman has a wife and young child. COLLEGE STUDENTS BEAT THE POSTAL LAWS Columbus, Neb., April 19. (Special/ —In order to halt sending of written messages with parcel poet packages, a custom which Postmaster Fred Scofield finds In general prevalence among university and college stu dents who send laundry and other materials home, postal authorities here are making systematic searches of the packages. In cases where a written message Is found the person who gets the package must, pay the first class letter rate on the parcel. In one Instance a parcel that would ordinarily have cost only eight cents cost the recipient $1.58. CAPTURES EIGHT CUB WOLVES NEAR WESTFIELD. Westfield, Iowa, April, 19. (Spe cial)—Amos Rosa, of Hancock township, dug out a wolf’s den and captured eight young ones this week. This Is an old den where many finds have been made In years past but not often so many cubs at a time. MAY CALL GRAND JURY TO INVESTIGATE BANKERS Sioux Falls. S. D., April 19.— that the affairs of Insolvent state banks In Sioux Falls will be made the sub ject of a grand Jury Investigation at an early date Is practically a cer tainty. The grand Jury will probably be called to convene at the May term of curcult court which opens In Sioux Falls, May 12. The possibility of grand Jury ac tion, which may Involve criminal complaints being brought, has been suggested from time to time by de positors and it Is expected that a grand Jury Investigation will clarify matters and either place responsibil ity where It belongs, or relieve mis directed suspicion. STRUCK BY LIGHTNING DURING SNOW 8TORM Oakton, S. D., April 19.—(Special) —During the snowstorm,- Tuesday, which was accompanied by an elec tric storm, Edward Speck, who lives four miles west of Okaton, was struck . by lightning. He was rounding up his stock for the night when the ac cident occurred. Both he and his horss were thrown to the ground In a dazed condition. When consciousness was restored, Mr. Speck started toward home leaving his horse, as he thought, dead. He was found still dazed sometime afterwards by te Llnqulst boys and taken home. WOMEN OF HARROLD ELECTED TO CITY OFFICES Harrold, S. D., April 19. (Special) —This town is the only one In the state as far ns can be learned where the women were almost completely successful in the municipal election of Tuesday. The women had o tick et all of their own and elected all of their candidates with th r ex ception of one town trustee a id the assessor. The clerk, treasures, jua fee and two trustees were all ca rted off by the women, who wa^ed a spirited campaign THE WIRES Whenever I go out to walk With Daddy, we Just talk and talk. I ask him questions, too, although He often anewers, “I don’t know.” And so I asked the other day About the wires along our way. They stretched above us, high and tight. From pole to pole, clear out of sight. Hs told me that those wires wsre meant To carry messages we sent By telephone and telegraph All round the world. I had to laugh. I seemed to see them creeping past. Up on the wires, all going fast; And some had legs, and some had wings— Those messages were funny thingsl Now when I’m left alone at night. Tucked In my bed without a light, I think about those wires out there And all the messages they bear. I do not look for I might see A message never meant for me, 'lut as I lie awake and hark, hear them singing In the dark. -Laura Lee Randall, In St. Nicholas Soft on the Grafters. From the New Republic. The most shocking aspect of the whole shocking business Is the atti tude displayed toward the revela tions by a large part of the press. All their Indignation is saved for the mistakes and frailties of ths Investi gators; they have none to waste on dishonest officials and their boot legging, drug-smuggling, bribing al lies. If you were to read only the editorial pages of most of the great conservative dallies In our larger cities (with a few honorable excep tions such as the Boston Transcript) you would get an impression that the members of the Senate committees were hysterical fools and that the | persons they are investigating have { done nothing which ought not to be condoned, with a wink, a^-ft&rmless peccadilloes by men of the world. Such an attitude on the part of al leged leaders of public opinion might well cause the henest citizen to de spair. A PURIFYING POWER Whatsoever things are pure.—Phil, 4:8. Where good men are in busb»ess, lying and cheating and gambling should be more difficult, truth and candor and fair dealings should be easier and more popular, Just beer.'fse of tihelr presence. Where good men are in soclrty, grossness of thought and speech ought to stand rebuked, high ideals and courtliness and chivalrous ac tions and "the desire of fame and all that makes a man,” ought to seem at once more desirable and more at tainable to every one who comes into contact with them. There have been men of this qual ity In the world. It Is recorded of Bernardino of Siena that when ihe came Into the room, his gentleness and purity were so evident that all that was base and •illy In the talk of his companions was abashed and fell Into silence. Artists like Tra Angelica hare made their pictures like prayers. Warriors like the Chevalier Bay ard and Sir Philip Sidney and Henry Havelock and Chinese Gordon have dwelt amid camps and conflicts as Knights of the Holy Ghost. Philosophers like John Locke and George Berkeley, men of science like Newton and Herschel, poets like Wadsworth and Tennyson and Browning, have taught virtue by their lives as well as wisdom by their works. Humanitarians like Howard and Wilberforce and Ralkes and Charles Brace have given themselves to nob