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*m * , _ . . -m . NEB STATE M1ST0M =” The Omaha M.orning Dee VOL. 53—NO. 90. SSSTWarOT Wft! OMAHA, SATURDAY, September 29, 1923.*- two cents " ^c’.* Millionaire Not Guilty of Murder .Walter S. Ward, Son of Bread King, Is Given Finest Birth day Present of Life—At torney Faints. Family Is Reunited By Universal Service. White Plains, N. Y„ Sept. 28.— “Not guilty!” The climax in the Ward drama came thus at 4:30 this afternoon in the courthouse here. The jury presented Walter S. Ward, son of the bread king, who was accused of killing (Clarence Peters, a poor sailor, in cold blood, following an alleged plot to blackmail Ward, with his freedom. It was the finest present the young millionaire ever received on any of his birthdays. He was 32 today. The 13th day of the trial was in deed lucky. Two loving wifely arms around his neck and a kiss, along with plenty of 1 glad tears, made another present^ Spectators Cheer. So did the cheers of the crowds of spec’otors who had watched the drama unfold from day to day in court. So, too, did the handshakes and kisses from members of the Ward family circle and congratula tions from the Ward counsel. And now Walter W'ard and his pretty wife are off to Atlantic City. There will be other birthday pres ents there—chubby embraces and cries of “father." For Walter Ward is going to see his two babies—a sturdy lad of 3 and a winsome lassie of 5. "I am too happy to speak. I have no plans other than to reunite my family,” said the man when he learned of his freedom. Mrs. Ward, who has stood by her husband throughout the days of the trial, although she was called to the stand to testify against him, could say nothing. She was choked with tears. The end came after the Jury had been out three and a half hours. The silence was intense, as the wealthy young Westchester man rose and stepped over to the jury box to hear the verdict. Then the words "not guilty” were *V>ronounced. Woman Screams; Lawyer Faints. The stillness was pierced by a woman’s scream. Suppressed cheers waved softly over the crowded room. A man fainted—it was the heavy-set Allen H. Campbell of the defense lawyers. All was confusion. Ward literally fought his way to an anterootp where members of the family were waiting to greet him. They had been informed of the ver dict. Mrs. Ward, the frail, lovely girl, around whom much of the human interest of the trial had centered, smiled joyously through wet lashes. She dashed into her husband’s arms and buried her face in his coat. Rela tives clustered around. It was like the return of one from the verge of the grave. When Ward, with his arm around bis wife and the same confident smile on his lips that had distinguished him throughout those 16 wearisome months preceding the trial, rushed out of the massive court building, he was followed by the cheers of hun dreds of men and women crowding the streets. Back to Cell. Then -Jie went back to the cell he had occupied for nearly two months, gathered up his few belongings and motorsd away with Beryl Ward and his brother and sister-in-law u> New York. * Meanwhile the father, (Jeorge S. ”^Vard, In Newark, heard over the tele phone that his son was free. He had kept out of the state for fear he would be forced to testify against hi» son. And In Haverhill, Mass., Elbrlck Peters, the victim's father, was back at his carpentry, and Mrs. Inez Peters was about her dally household tasks, f They had not waited 1n White Plains for the verdict. When Ward and his party drove away from the courthouse, the last chapter was written in one of the most noted and sensational criminal cases In the history of the state. Elements of Drama. All the elements of drama were there—the rich clubman; the beautiful wife; the poor sailor, whom Ward confessed killing; wild parties on the great White Way; evil companions; mistakes; secrets, and the detection of scandal by a blackmail gang. Then back to country roads In West chester, a gun fight with the gang, the killing of l’etcrs and the absolute protection of that scandal, that skele ton In the family closet. x Throughout the trial that followed, that confident smile pf Ward's and his air of sheer decency had telling ef fect. They gave his life back to Walter Ward. A Juror afterwards admitted it. Quakes in Persia Teheran, Persia. Sept. 28.—Severe earthquake shocks again have been felt at Kerman, where much damage has been done. Trepiors also have * been experienced at Bujnurd, Rafsen Jan, Rain and Anar. ~ Girl Released From Detention Home Passes Food to Inmates; Held Helen lane of Kansas City Is In the matron's ward at Central station Friday because she was caught Thursday night passing fruits and other delicacies to In mates of the city detention hos pital. She was arrsted some time ago and sent to the detention hospital for examination. Later she was re leased. Before leaving the hospital, she promised to supply several ac quaintances with choice foods at 10 each night, by means of a string lowered from the window. She told Matron Gibbons this morning that Thursday night was to have been her last trip to the hospital. She planned to return to tlie home of her sister, Mrs. L. C. Scofield, at Kansas City today. She will be permitted to return. Transfer Day Made Success by TeamWork Co-Operation of Farmers Put Across Arbor Lodge Cere mony, Business Men Declare. The Transfer day pageant at Ne braska City, marking the gift of Ar bor Lodge to the state, was probably the best ever staged In any of the smaller cities of Nebraska. Ques tioned as to how It was staged on such an elaborate scale, business men were unanimous In stating, "Co-op eration.” Their explanation of the co-operation was that farmers were largely responsible for its success, and had they not worked diligently In constructing floats and furnishing horses for the floats and outriders the parade would have failed to reach Its high mark. King Tut, a Duroc-Jersey hog that won first prize in the pig club con tests at the Nebraska State fair, was a center of attraction in the parade. The animal was raised by Marien Hallowed. Mike Bauer, the oldest fire chief in the state, occupied an honor posi tion at the head of his department In the parade. Neighboring towns did their part In making Transfer day a success. Cleverly designed and artistically decorated floats were entered from Talmadge. I.orton, Peru; Hamburg. Ia.r and Cook and Dunbar. State Senator John Hasty of Falls City, and Representative George W. Williams of Fairmont were among the members of the legislature who attended the ceremonies. Voice amplifiers, similar to those used to make late I’resldent Hard ing's last Armistice day address audi ble to thousands of persons beyond the range of his voice, were employed during the ceremonies. These amplifiers, a Western Elec tric and American Telegraph and Telephone company patent, were In stalled and operated by two western electric engineers, H. Erickson and O. C. Danielson. The crowd was estimated at 6,000 persons, and those two blocks from the speaker, as a result of the instal lation of the amplifiers, were en abled to hear as well as those at the edge of the platform. Colorado Feeder Cattle Are Sold at Atlantic, la. Atlantic, la.. Sept, 28.—Fifty pro* pective cattle purchasers were pre cipitated into a scrambling heap at the stockyards here when a shed col lapsed under the weight of humanity perched atop it. No one was in jured. Approximately 1,500 head of Here ford feeder cattle front Colorado wore sold by the Kraschel Auction com pany. The snle here marks a new departure in the marketing of feeder stock and co-operative selling. Fifty Colorado cattlemen and mem bers of the Rotary club were guests at a banquet In the evening. Street Car Ad Inventor at Old Home in Pawnee City Pawnee City. Neb., Sept. 28.—Pearl Colony, inventor of outside electric lighted street car advertising and a former Pawnee City hoy, visited in this city recently. Mr. Colony has had his invention established In many of the larger cities of the west coast and is on his way east, where this new method of advertising will be established. Platte County W. C. T. U. • Elects New Officers Columbus, Neb., Sept. 28—Mrs. M. Brugger of Columbus was elected president of the Platte county W. C. T. U. at the annual convention. Mrs. Peters of Creston Is the new vice president, Mrs. W. H. Smith, corre sponding secretary; Mrs. Clarence, Watts. Okay, recording secretary, and Mrs. Lucy Hill, Monroe, treasurer. Elks Fair at Beatrice. Beatrice, Neb.. Rept. 28.—The Elks lodge of this city is planning to stage a fair at its new home October SO to November, Inclusive. The building will be decorated and booths will be Installed In the lodge rooms. Articles of various kinds will bo offered for sale and a dance will be staged each evening. 50 Killed in ”Q Wreck in Wyoming Train Plunges Through Bridge Weakened by Rain-Swol len Creek—Roar Heard Three Miles. Storm Delays Rescuers By Associated Press. Casper, Wyo., Se>pt. 28.—Rain and snow continued to fall lntermittenly this afternoon as workers at the scene of last night's wreck of Burlington train No. 30 strove to find ways and means of reaching victims known to be Imprisoned In watery graves. Roads in the vicinity of the wreck were impassable. Out in the Sandy loam county near Lockett, Wyo., 15 miles east of Cas per, where creeks generally are but a little larger than Irrigation ditches, a furious, lashing current tonight is sweeping over the wrecked remains of what at the same hour last night was the crack Casper-Denver Bur lington railrod train No. 30. The train, composed of a locomo tive, baggage, mail and express cars, and two day coaches and two Pull mans, plunged through a bridge across Coal creek shortly after leav ing here at 8:35 last night. ' All of the train except the rear Pullman dropped into the torrent. It is be liever that about 40 persons lost their lives. No rescue work was attempted tonight because of darkness, high wa ters and the extreme Isolation of the scene of the wreck.” As the day wore on. newspaper re porters noticed that the submerged cars slowly were setting in the flood waters. No additional bodies were recov ered from, the wreck this afternoon and the known dead consist of Nich olas Schmetz of Douglas. Wyo., and D. E. Schultz of Casper, a baggage man, and an unknown man who was beating his way on the trucks of the baggage cars. It is impossible to accurately esti mate the total toll of lives taken by the wreck. Generally, a conservative estimate of dead la believed to be 40. Some persons maintain many others lost their .lives, while railroad authorities say fewer persons were lost. • The death figure probably will not be known for many days. Out of ap proximately 80 persons believed to have been passengers on the train, about 40 have been accounted for in the list of dead and survivors. The estimate is based on statements made by passengers who passed through the da ycoaches prior to the wreck. These coaches still are submerged. Hundreds of people visited the scene of the wreck. They gazed at the wrecked express car and saw the legs of a man clad in faded blue overalls, the feet dangling In the water. In the vestibule of the same car, the body of a man, hanging face downward, could be seen. And while they stood helpless, unable to reach the victims, the angry current roared over the sides of the car. To at tempt to reach the Imprisoned bodies meant death In the swollen stream. The figure of an aged man, stand ing with bowed head, staring Into the water began to attract attention. The cold rain and occasional snow l>eat down on his face, mingling with his tears. He was the father of Orrie Mallon, fireman of the ill-fated train. There was not a trace of his boy's engine to be seen. 1.1st of Missing. A partial lint of missing, compiled st .1:80 this afternoon, follows: Charles A Guenther, Douglas, Wyo.; M I>. Mont gomery, Denver. O. K N'elll, Denver; O. r.. Hanks. Denver; H. Watkins, negro porter. Casper; .1 W. Goff, conductor, Casper; h* .1 Spangler, engineer. Casper; W. K. Henrlcks. railway mall clerk. Casper ;Oille Mallon, fireman. Casper; K J. Kllve. brakeman. Casper; Guy Gris wold. Center street, Casper; Mrs, Minnie Owens, Casper; W. Martin, Casper, it. 1. Glerhart, Denver. Known survivors: L. Krews, brakeman. Cheyenne: John Downs, Littleton. Colo.; J. M. Shipley. Customs building. Denver; Krneat IV Kipp, 1415 Waaee atreet. Den ver; Mrs, Don Sullivan. Casper. Wyo : Genevieve May. Halida. Colo.: Henry Wyatt. Casper. Wyn : A I). Lewis, Den ver accountant; J. J. Glblln. Denver: Dan .1 McGuire. Denver. I* Davla. 2727 West Thirty-fourth street. Denver: Mrs. C. A. Mullock, Thermopollst M* Morwlt*. ad dress unknown: George Kvenson Casper. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Heck. Douglas. Du hols, Wyo.: Mr. anti Mrs, W. J‘\ McGuire. California; 1) J Danker. nrooklloe. Maas : Mrs. C. Tweed. 1,antler. Wyo.; Tod Howell, 2801 Washington street, Han Francisco. Mrs Kalelgh Brown and two rhlldren. formerly of Casperu. cn route lo Ogden. Utah J, W. Melain. Denver: Mrs Nicholas Hthmeli. Douglas. Wyo; Gen" Carson address unknown: H. M. Gallagher. Denver W Tl. Douglas. Den ver Visa Kvn Iloyer. Glenrock. or Doug las Wvn . John Hpurgln. Halt ''reek. W vo ; Gus G Phillips. Hurber. Okl : John Christie Parkertnn. Wyo.: W. A Robin son. Halida. Colo. Former Horse Trailer Here Dies in Auto Crash on Coast News was received a.t I ho offices of the stockyards of the death of Edward W. Anspach, formerly an ex tensive horse trader lit South Omaha. Mr. Anspach was killed Thursday In an automobile accident In Call fornla. Since leaving Omaha Ire hnd made his home In Sacrnmento. The body will l*i taken to his old home in Iowa for burial. Lyman Stewart Dies. X <os Angeles. Hept. 28.—Lyman Htewart, dean of southern"California oil operators, founder of tho Union Oil company and chairman of Its hoard of directors, died of acute bronchitis and complications at about 12:40 o'clock this morning. Ashland Pioneer Lived in Nebraska 64 Years Ashland, Neb., Sept. 28.—The story of Elijah Allen, 89, who died here this week, is a story of the days when Nebraska was yet a wilderness. He came to this state from Ypsllanti, Mich., in a covered wagon 64 years ago, with his wife, his father-in-law, Chester Goss, and an only child, M. L. Allen, at whose home he died. The last stage of their journey was made by ferry boat across the Missouri river. They landed in Omaha and settled there. At that time Omaha was merely a "country town.” Most of Mr. Allen's first six years of residence in Ne braska was spent on farms near Omaha. At one time he owned a 40 acre tract of land where the South Omaha stockyards now stand. In 1866 he purchased a home ia Omaha and lived there for four years with his family. Not long after they moved to Ashland. His wife died in 1919. Besides his son he is survived by a grandson, I.eonard H. Allen, of Ash land, and a sister, Mrs. Sarah B. Deamud, of Santa Anna. Cal. General Store at Loretto, Neb., Is Burned to Grqund Several Thousand Dollar Loss —Alhion Chemical Engine Assists in Fighting Big Blaze. Albion. Neb., Sept. 28—The general merchandise store of J. O. Bush at Boretto. six miles north of Albion, was destroyed by fire at 1 o'clock a. ro. The fire was well under way when discovered and the building, of frame construction, burned so rapidly that very little of the contents could be removed. A small frame building standing next to the store waa also consumed. The Loretto State bank building nearby was considerably scorched and the roof damaged. The only means of fighting the flames was a bucket brigade, which prevented the spread of the fire until the arrival of the Albion fire company, which an swered the call for help by sending a chemical engine, which probably saved the destruction of set jtral other buildings. The loss on buildings was $4,600, with $3,900 Insurance. The stock of goods was valued at $7,000 and was partially covered by insurance. The origin of the fire is unknown, but apparently started between the two buildings. Over Inch Rain Falls in Omaha Hail Storm Hits Some Sections —Lights Go on Blink —Colder Today. September 27. 1923. tried hard to enual the record held by the same date 41 years ago for a rgcord rainstorm. At that time the rainfall was 5.2* inches, according to Meterolnglst M. V. Robins. The gage at 7 p. m showed 1.49 Inches precipitation. "If this keeps up." said Mr Robins, "we're liable to see one of the record rains in Nebraska for September.” Hail fell last night In various parts of the city and lights were low In many places. Renson was in flark ness for several hours. The temperature probably will drop considerably today, according to the weather bureau. A heavy wind blew In the north part of the city. Total of 1.78 Inches of * Rainfall at Columbus Special Dispatch to The Omaha B». Columbus. Neb.. Sept. 2S.—Observa tions made by C. C. Sheldon, locnl weather observer, show the rainfall has totaled 1.7* Inches since 6 p. m. yesterday. Wind and electrical storms of un precedented severity are sweeping this section. The Columbus office of the Northwestern Hell Telephone company reports many of its toll lines out of commission The Cedar river is rlslnsr rapidly this afternoon amj the I,oup shows a nlncrense In water volume. Louisville Homes Are Washed Away by Flood I.oul*vllle. Neb.. Sept. !S.—Mill creek ha* risen from four to six feet and overflowed it* bank* as the result of heavy rain*. Ttuslnrs* house* and re*ldence* are standing In flva feet of wnter. Sev eral residence* have been washed away. Call* for help have been coming. In steadily. It I* not known yet If unv are dead. There are thousands of dollars of In** In property, according to a re port. Woolen clothe* examined under the microscope can be tested not only for their quality, but also to show whether the wool wn» grown on a healthy animal. Fighting King George for the Right to Our Own Judges and Courts in 1776 ^ -VV —— -I —■ And resigning in favor of King Kleagle of the Invisible Empire in 1923 Tornado Wrecks 4 Freight Cars Near Smeed, Wyo. Farm Buildings Blown Down —Torrential Rains Wash Out Trark—No One Is Injured. Cheyenne. Wyo.. Sept. 28.—Appre hension regarding the situation at Pine Bluffs, 42 miles east, wire com munication with which was cut off by a storm late Thursday afternoon, was relieved when telephone com munication was restored this morn ing. A tornado swept about seven miles east of Pine Bluffs yesterday afternoon, but the storm was merely a torrential rain at Pine Bluffs. Near Smeed, seven miles east of Pine BIufTs, tha tornado struck a westbound Union Pacific freight train of fi" cars and wrecked 47 cars in the center of the train, leaving 14 cars on tha rails at either end. The wrecked ears were lifted from their trucks and scattered along the double track. None of the train crew was Injured. North of Smeed the wind W'rerked a number of residences and other farm buildings, but injured no one. Fragmentary reports reaching here tell of torrential rains In eastern, southern and central Wyoming. Both the Burlington and Chicago A North weatern tracks were washed out east of Bonneville, where disastrous floods occurred last June. Pipe Line Construction Extends Beyond Kearney Kearney, Neb.. Sept. 28—Construc tion of the Sinclair OH company pipe line, between thi^ Teapot Borne coun try In Wyoming, and Kansas city. Mo, has extended well beyond this isilnt. Permission has been given the company to crosa the Platte river with Its line on the bridge south of this city. The big pumping elation at Alfalfa Center will be enclosed and .ready for operation before winter. Krectlon of storage tanks Is to be started Immediately. Beatrice National Guard Opens Drive for Members Beatrice, Neb., Sept. 28 -Company C, Nebraska National guard, hns started a drive for recruits and four have been ndded to' the roster the Inst few days. An effort Is being made to reach a total of RO. Price of Wheat Goes Up to $1.01 a Bushel at Beatrice Beatrice, Nch.. Sept. 28.—Wheat has jumped to $1.01 on the locnl mar ket. Because of the price a consider able amount of grain 1ms been mar keted here by Gage county farmers. Human Nature Is Blamed for War _ General Weigel Sees No Per manent Peace With Human ity Greedy and Selfish. There will be wars aa long as hu man nature remains as it Is. in the opinion of MaJ. Gen. William Weigel, former commander of the Eighty eighth division, who spoke on na tional defense at the Chamber of Commerce Friday noon. "Greed, selfishness and commercial ism caused the last war," said Gen eral Weigel, "and as long .ns greed and selfishness are so strong in hu man nature there will be war.” General Weigel asserted that al though the United States has won all of Its wars, the winning of them was not always-to its credit, es pecially from a military standpoint. "We won only one fight on land during the war of 1 SI2he said. "We won several naval engagements of minor importance, glorious victor ies, of course, but when the war closed our entire coast was block aded. Had Great Britain not been engaged In several other conflicts at the same time we might n6t have won it. As It was, the English troops, though greatly outnumbered, burned our capital. "A small amount of preparedness enabled us to win the war with Mex ico, I firmly believe that had Pres ident I.lncoln had a force of trained fighting men at hia command the civil war would have been of very short duration and much less costly," Referring to the Spanish-American war as a combat with a "nation on Its last legs." General Weigel turned his attention to the lust war. declar ing that If we had not had strong al lies to stand between us and the enemy our coast cities would have been invaded. General Weigel praised the na thmel defense act of 1920 and asked that congressmen he urged to see that appropriations be made suffi ciently large to carry out provisions of the act. Kirill Omaha Prisoner* Taken to Penitentiary S|>*p-tnl OUpatrh to Tho Omaha Bp*. Lincoln, Sept. 28.—Dougina county prisoners transferred to the state penitentiary today were: John \V Glbaon, robbery, three and one half years; Jesse Shield, grand larceny, five years; John Milk red. breaking and entering, two to five years; Ira Smith, assault to enter, three years; John A. Tenosnr, break ing and entering, eight to 10 years; Hurnett Franklin, assault to Injure, two years; Alexandria Koto, statutory charge, 15 years; Carl Fisher, stab hlng to wound, seven years, Doctor Denies Medical Trust Exists in U. S. Tells Club of 600,000 Cases of Illness Per Year Are Preventable—Work Re quires Long Study. Dr. Deimer L. Davie, speaking to members of the Continental club yes tsrday noon at Hotel Kontenelle, re ferred to the medical profession as rendering a service to mankind—a service of disease prevention w hich surpasses the ordinary conception of the physician's work. He stated that there are 800.000 cases of preventable diseases in this country each year, and he added that the medical profession and associated agencies are struggling for the con servation of human energy and hu man life. "The profession is striving to check the death rate.” the doctor said. "Dur ing the Spanish American war there was one death in action to 13 deaths of disease, of those In the service, and 23.000 deaths were of typhoid fever. We know that during the world war typhoid fever and smallpox cases werp rare, dvie to the advance in medical science. "During the civil war there were 42.000 deaths in action and 138,000 deaths of diseases. It is generally ac cepted that the Panama canal would not have been built if the medical profession had not succeeded in de feating the yellow fever problem." l>r. Davis stated that his profession is endeavoring to reduce some of its prohlems to an economic hasis "There is no medical trust." the speaker add ed. “We don't know what a trust is. "We have our societies and organixa tlons and we have our differences of opinion." Dr. Davis asserted that the young man who aspires to he a physician should anticipate seven years of prep aratory work after high school before he can go forth and minister to the sick. The Weather For 14 hour* ending ? n. m : Temperature. Higheat. 7*: Inn eat, 44; normal. 7!. Total e*ee** ainc# January 1. 104. Relative Humidity, Percent*##. 7 a m . 99 Noon, 74 7 r m . 9< rr#rlpllat^n, Imhea and 11 u ml ret h*. Total. 1 49 Total slnr# January 1. IS 91. deficiency, l 14 Hourly Temperature#. I a m. *7 * a m.........if 7 a m . 4 k * a m . $1 * a ro. *m 1 A a m ...... *? It a »U. Ct I 11 noon 7 4 1 tv m....»..74 5 tv m.*4 4 tv ra...77 4 T' ITT. 7? 4 v ro...7 & * p ITT. 77 T p. in .......... 14 I > l> TTT.<4 Fraud Is Charged in Oil Firm Eight Counts Found Against Omaha Refining Company Officers and Salesmen in U. S. Court. Promoter Is in List Officers and stock salesmen of the Omaha Refining company.,capitalized at $1,400,000, were indicted by the special federal grand jury yesterday. They were charged with using the mails to defraud. Eight counts were voted in each indictment. Those indicted were: L. V. Fox, president: C. E. Heaney, secretary; Job Key Jones, director; James T. Bertweli, financial supervisor; D. Vf. Lennox, director, superintendent of construction: Porter Askew, officer and stock promoter; M. Rosenblat, H. E. Close, L. L. Clark. Frank Dent. H. H. Randolph and P. R. Holt, stock salesmen; Guy H. Williams, financial agent. Of those indicted. Porter Askew in the best known. He was one of the main promoters of the Skinner Pack ing- company, Sprague Tire and Rub ber company and several others. He was reputed wtth making a fortune in stock promotion. His name is not listed in either the telephone book or city directory. Lived at Hotel*. The Askews resided at the Fon teneile and Blackstone hotels while the stock sales were carried on. He drove an automobile of an expensive make. Guy H. Williams, listed in the city directory as president of the Corn States Serum company, and secretary and treasurer of the E. S. Redick company, 245 Omaha National bank building, handled the notes obtained by the sale of the stock, according to Special Prosecutor Dorsey for the government. Williams is listed in the telephone book as an attorney. L. V. Fox, president, is not listed in either the telephone book or the city directory. Others listed are from other cities and an attempt is now be ing made to locate them. Charges In Counts. The eight counts in the indlctmen* charge that: The mails were used In the distribu ti >n of literature of the Oraaha Re fining company. I>arge stock dividends were prom ised three who bought stock. Stockholders were promised that ths stock would be bought back from if they desired to return it at any time. An increase in price of the stock was promised. Stockholders were told that the company had on hand a large earned sjrplus. The claim was made that the as sets were far ahead of their liabilities. Company I* Bankrupt. Stockholders were told that the stock was earning 8 per cent and would earn more. The Omaha Refining company i» now In the hands of a receiver. Recently many sensational charges of fraud were made against the of ficers of the company. J. C. Kinsler. district attorney, pre sented the evidence of the govern ment to the grand Jury, which waa called specifically to hear the evidence in this case. Boone County V. C. T. V. Has Convention at Albion Albion. Xeb.. Sept. 28 —The Boone county W C. T C. held Its eonven tion at the Methodist Episcopal church here. Memorial services were held and officers were elected for the coming year. Mrs. Mary Casper of Albion was elected president, and Mrs. Anna C. Nelson of Salem, vice president. The correspondiryr secretary Is Mrs. Stil linger of Albion: recording recretarv, Mrs. Fitch of St. Edward, and the treasurer, Mrs. Ollie Meyers of Al bion. Speakers were Mrs Hohhs. the local president, and Mrs. Thurber of Nor folk. Rev. C. N. Pawson rtf Albion made the address of welcome. The organisation has III active members and 41 honorary* member?. Fine Yearling Steers Are Brought in From Plainview A shipment of 52 head of choice yerling steer* ayeraging 859 pounds was brought to the Omaha market by W L. Johnson of Plainview and sold for I9.S5 a hundred. According to Mr. Johnson corn will *he heavy in that section and most of it has matured so far that it is out of danger of fn»#t. He said there had not been a large number of feeder cattle put In the lots In his neighbor hood so far this season. Haiglor (Neb.) Girl. 18. Disappears From Home Haiglor, Neb.. Sept. IS.—Latum Freehllng, IS. daughter of Mrs. Mary Freehling, disappeared from her# Monday night. She is 5 feet 4 inches in height. weighs 1!0 pounds, of a fair complex ion, light hair and blue eyes, and i* dint (tied on the chin and cheeks When last seen, she was wearing a brown wrap and black oxfbrda. Omaha Bee “Want”7Ads Taken Until 9 o’Clock Tonight—Phone AT. 1000 1 * L