Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-03
FLICaTY WOMEN SCORCHED
Pastor Of Moody's Old Church Hands
Out Warm Criticism.
KILL HOME LIFE, RRELIGIOUs
DR.. Lambert, In Divorce suit, Goes
into Early Life Of wife and sister
a. Farm Girls--GrRduatinE
student Drowned.
From a staff Corresnnndent.N

Of the evangelists will tell YOU that they
have five men converts to one woman"
This is a statement made by A. C.. Dixon.
Moody church, Chicago. who is in Des
Moines to attend the state Sunday school
convention.
The drawing away from the home into
club life, business life and. above all. the
mad whlrl Of society. is excluding all
thoughts Of spiritual life from vomens
minds apparently" said Or. Dixon. 1T is
a grave condition In the country when its
women deteriorate to this alarming ex-
tent from religious growth. In Chicago,
DR.. Hopkins. pastor of Plymouth Congre-
gstional church, recently made the rounds
Of the restaurants in company with a de-
%tective. He found that 60 per cent more
women than men were drinking
Or. Dixon also scathingly denounced the
the present day styles in dress for women.
Lambert Tells Family History.
Mrs. Rebecca Lambert and her pretty sis
ter, Mrs. Pearl lone Choate, used to do
manual labor on their fathers farm near
Hampton, Ia, according to the testimony
of DR.. F. r. Lambert in district court to-
day, when he took the stand in his own de-
Tense in his wife's divorce suit.
The doctor said that Mrs. lambert used
to help pillow corn growing in the fields
and that he sister did washing. And he
says she used to run about without stock
ings. milk cows and drive a big herd In
every night.
Mrs. Lambert became quite indignant
when the doctor told these tales, pointing
her finger at her husband as he sat in the
witness chair and trying to express her
feelings by facial expressions.
Drowned Day Before Graduation,
Cecil w. Huggett and an unknown girl
companion were drowned by the %overturn-
ing of a canoe in the Iowa river at noon
today. Nuggets body was recovered forty
minutes e~sterward, but the physicians
could not bring him to. All efforts to find
the identity Of the grill have failed. Hug
gett was a senior in the Iowt High school
and would have graduated tomorrow. He
was IS years Of age.
To insure the melting out Of quick justice
Ercola Arabia, confessed murderer of
Charles Leach in a squabble Monday even
ing, Judge Jesse A. Miller, in the local
criminal courts today, decided to call a
special grand jury TO take up the case.
T. J.. Workman, for a year and a half
general agent In Des Moines for the Ameri-
can Express company has been promoted
to the general agency at Omaha.
Ralph Palmer Indicted.
Ralph Palmer, formerly a city passenger
and ticket agent for the Milwaukee road
here, whose mysterious disappearance in
1907 started an investigation which revealed
his shortage of 5000, has been indicted
by the Polk count grand Jury. 1t is said
the authorities have him located and will
ask his extradition. Painters defalcation
stirred Des Moines. HeNhad> been moving
in the best society. He was not given
to bad habits and what became of his
money is a mystery.
wrestling Date Changed.
The date for the final wrestling match
of Frank Gotch here against Tom Jenkins
has been changed from June IL to June II.
1t will be held in the stock pavilion at the
state fair grounds. This has a seating
capacity of 10000.
Byers Quits Private Work.
Attorney General Byers has severed his
connection with Howard ]. Clark, with
whom he has been engaged in private law
business in Des Moines. He announced
that he could not do private business and
look after the large amount OF state bust
ness which is demanded OF the attorney
generals office.
Guards for Junken Trial.
Adjutant General Logan has gone to Cen
terville to assume of the guards
there in order to prevent any demonstra-
ton after the jury returns its verdice in
the case of John Junken, on trial for the
brutal murder of Clara Rosen in ottumwa,
The Agar suit.
The Agar Packing company is gathering
up loose strings to prove its case in its
$3.50, 900 damage suit against the Rock
Island for alleged discrimination in max
ing rates. Tabulated exhibits, by agree
ment OF both sides, are being put into evil
dence showing the different towns from
which the 1000 or more cars were shipped
between 1901 and 1906.
Many Take Exams.
Sixty-eight pharmacy students, fifty-two
medical students and more than sixty law
students began state examinations today.
Laws and needles are facing a three days
siege, but the pharmacy men get through
with a shorter course.
From F~ryinEpAn to Fire.
Prison authorities have received notice
that G. W. NJ. Livingstone, one time a
prisoner at Anamosa, paroled by Governor
Shaw, is ABOUT 10 De released upon parole
from the souther Illinois penitentiary
Livingstone was known in the Iowa peni-
Tertiary as w. H. Wilbur. He has two
years to serve upon the sentence in this
state. Immediate steps will be taken fol
his return.
Changes in League.
A number of changes nave been made II
the offices of the Iowa ~Anti-saloon league
as announced by superintendent w. c
Barber. Rev. j. B. Carnes, for ten year;
state superintendent of Nebraska, win tax,
charge of the Cedar Rapids district, be
ginning July l.
M S. Odel, for two years state attorney
for the league, has been made assistan.
state superintendent. He will also continu.
in his capacity as state attorney. Colone
. Collier, formerly attorney at Sioux City
has been appointed assistant state a%ttorne!
for the league.
want Strike-Breakers.
Des Moines men are being ought TO TAX
, the places of the striking street car EN-
ployes in Philadelphia.
Sunday morning a want ad appeared II
; local newspapers advertising for men FOL
street railway work in the east" The al
said IL was strike work, but that men WoulC