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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (May 22, 1930)
TAKE TEST FOR EDISON HONORS Eight Northeast Nebraska Students to Try for Covet' ed Scholarship Lincoln, Neb. —(Special)— Eight high school students from north eastern Nebraska are listed among the 26 who were chosen by super intendents to take the examination here June 5 before a state commit tee in competition for the right to go to West Orange. N. J., to take ihe final tests for an Edison schol- i arship. Tne state committee to se lect the representative for Nebras ka is composed of State Superin tendent Taylor Dr. Charles Fordyce and Prof. Herbert Brownell, of the University of Nebraska, and C. A Fulmer, director of vocational edu cation. The list to take the exam ination here includes: Isadore Mar golis, Leon Lichtenberg and William Hanison of Norfolk; Curtis May nard and Edwin Lindstrom of Blair; James Urban of Tckaham; William Evan Seggren of Wayne, and James Gramlich of Walthill. LINCOLN HORSE SHOW SET FOR MAY 16-17 Lincoln, Neb.—(UP)—Horsemen Horn all parts of the midwest will Rather here May 16 and 17 for the .second annual Lincoln horse show, which will bring the finest pleasure and draft horses In the nation to Ihe state fair grounds Coliseum. OMAHA LAYS PLANS FOR MUNI’ UNIVERSITY Omaha, Neb.—(UP)—The city will formally take over Omaha univer sity and conduct It as a municipal institution before opening of the fall term In September, board of education decided following the ac tion of voters in Tuesday’s election in approving a 1-mill levy for the university. At the regular board meeting, May 19, a board of nine regents is to be chosen, to have charge of the uni versity. Following the appoint ments the board of education will step out of the picture. The regents will then be made trustees lor the university property which win be donated to the city. Physical valuation of the school Is placed in the neighborhood of $200,. 000. STILL COLLECT TORNADO FUNDS Red Cross Workers Re« double Efforts in Behrlf of Nebraska Sufferers Omaha, Neb.—(UP)—Red Cro\s workers redoubled their efforts to collect funds for victims of Nebras ka windstorms, following Thursday night's disastrous, storm at Hastings and other parts of central Nebraska, Collections began the day follow ing the tornado at Tekamah last week. Nebraska's quota for Teka mah sufferers was set at $40,000, of which Omaha was asked to give $20,000. Almost as large an amount could be used very handily In the central part of the state. Red Cross officials say. Collections here were expected to pass the $15,000 mark Saturday Another appeal for funds will be made at all local churches Sunday. With Tekamah almost restored to normalcy, local workers expressed the belief that most of any addi tional sums collected should be spent at Hastings. WANT GERMAN TAUGHT IN SCHOOLS AT WAYNE Wayne. Neb—(Special)—A peti tion has been filed with the board of education asking that the teaching of German be restored to the cur riculum of the Wayne high school. The study was discontinued during the war and has never been re sumed. POIJCE POST AT OMAHA BONE OF CONTENTION Omaha. Neb.—(UP)—Roy N.Towl, newly elected city commissioner, Is ] willing to accept the post of police commissioner, provided his fellow commissioners permit him to reap point “Raiding Bob" Samardick 1 Lead of the morals squad, he an nounces. Towl was the only member of a “reform" slate to be elected last Tuesday. He displaced Police Com missioner Henry W. Dunn. Samardick’s appointment by Dunn shortly before the primary was gen erally blamed for the poor showing made by Dunn in the nominating election. Upon the insistence ol other members of the city hall ma chine, who feared activities of the raider might result in a general cleaning out of the city hall, Dunn discharged Samardick and Inspector of Detectives Danbaum shortly be fo:e election. It was not thought likely that other commssioners will agree to Towl’s program and it is believed Commissioners Dean Noyes, John Hopkins or Arthur Westergaard will be drafted from machine ranks tc head the police department. SAYS RAILROADS GAMBLE IN BUILDING NEW DEPOTS Omaha, Neb. —iUP)— Railroads are gambling v.hen they spend large sums of mcney for new passenger stations, P. E. Williamson, presi dent of the Burlington railroad said here while inspecting the new Un ion and Burlington stations now in course of erection. “Steadily declining passenger rev enues make siren expenditures very discouraging," Williamson said 'Several roads have reported de- . creases as high as 30 per cent in passenger revenue lor the first quar ter ef 1930." FISH RANCHING IS NEW INDUSTRY IN NEBRASKA O'Neill, Net). — Fish ranching sounds like a phrase from the lips of a spinner of exaggerated yarns, but it soon may be in common usage if reports of an inquiry from the east regarding the suitability of Eagle creek for raising trout for the trade are true. In other places, notably eastern Nebraska, and in Kansas, commer cial fish culture has been made to pay dividends for years. However, few concerns have specialized in trout. Water reaching a tempera ture above 60 degrees is said to be unsuited to the needs of trout. Eagle creek, in northern Holt county, remains cold through the summer. It is nursed by springs that flow from hills. Brook trout have been plentiful in the creek for 30 years. HIS BOOTS ARE HIS ONLY BANK Ida Bill Pierson, Noted as Capturer of Wild Animals Displays Big Roll Norfolk, Neb.—(Special)—Idaho ' Bill Pierson doesn’t believe in banks. This Nebraska man, who ropes wild animals, carries his money in his boots—and he carries a lot of it—in big denominations. Two $10,000 bills and a few $1,000 bills cover Idaho Bill’s roll—but gunmen, beware, Idaho Bill has never lost a penny to robbers. During Idaho Bill's visit to Nor folk during the state Lions club convention he showed his friends his roll. He pulled it from his boot, but he also pulled with It a six-shooter whldh he knows how to use. Idaho Bill drives his own car, but in that ear he usually has a lion or two—wild ones. The kind he ropes with his own hands. The lion he brought to Norfolk to ex hibit to the Lion club delegates was a ferocious beast. Bill roped it In southern Mexico. It attracted a lot of attention. But Bill, with his goatee and sombrero and cowboy boots, attracted almost as much no tice. While here Idaho mu visuea wun Dr. Richard Tanner. “Diamond Dick.” The two friends had dinner together when Idaho Bill pulled off his boots and displayed his roll. “My gosh, why don’t you put it in a bank?” he was asked. “Never do that, I never lost a cent yet.” On a previous visit to Norfolk Idaho Bill displayed his roll to a party of friends among whom was Congressman Edgar Howard of the Third Nebraska district. “I never saw so much money in one roll in the hands of one indi vidual in all my life; Just let me feel it for the historical value,” Howard said to Idaho Bill. And for a few minutes bills of $5, 000 and $10,000 were passed around for inspection. Idaho Bill is a good roper in the circus arena, but Diamond Dick and his other friends declare that he is the be: wild animal rop*»r in the world. MANY WILD PLANTS IN NEBRASKA FOUND USEFUL Peru, Neb. —(UP)— Mother Na ture has seen to it that many of the wild flowers and plants of Nebraska are good for something other than to decorate the landscape, according to Mary F. Meserve, a member of the faculty of the Peru State Teach ers college. Housewives will welcome the sug gestions made by the Peru botanist in a paper dealing with the ecology of Nebraska's wild flowers and their economic Importance. Miss Meserve has experimented with over 200 spe cies of Nebraska flowers in their natural habitat. The core or the Jacic-in-tne-pui pit may be cooked and eaten, says the botanist The ro«s o( the lowly cat tail contains a starchy core that may be made into a pal atable meal, while the young shoots are as choice a delicacy as aspara gus. And the "down" makes good stuffing for pillows. Cliff dwellers Indians and Mexi cans long ago knew the value of the Yucac plant. It has long been used by the Indian and the Mexican for making soap and the pods may be roasted and made into pies or preserves. The early cliff dwellers found that the leaves yielded a tough fiber. This plant, known as the soap weed, is found throughout the western and central part of the state. Many of the wild plants can be used very effectively in ornamental vedure about the home. The bot anist points out that the wild plants may be taken from their na tive home and made to grow in tlie front yard. ATWATER KENT CONTEST HELD AT WAYNE Wayne. Neb.—(Special)—Miss Ar dath Conn of this city, was appoint ed director of the Atwater Kent music contest by Mr. Kieney. direc tor of WOW at Omaha, for this district, which is comprised of Wayne. Cedar, Knox and Dixon counties. The elimination contest was held in the auditorium of the State Teachers college. Six girls and eight boys took part. Miss Martha Markytan, of the State Normal, won first place among the girls and Frederick S. Berry took first among the boys. The winers will go to Omaha some time in September for the state contest. SEEK ADDITIONAL $60,000 Omaha. Neb.—(UP)—The Red Cross today set about to collect an additional $60,000 for relief of tor nado sufferers in Nebraska. The or iginal quota of $40,000, set after a twister had badly damago^ Teka mah. was raised to_$ 100.000 follow ing a scries of bad storms in cen tral Nebraska. Added to the 50 homes destroyed or damaged in Tekamah are 75 de stroyed and 144 badly damaged in Ha&titigs and Adam* county. Five persons were killed m the series of storms ami property dam»g» ex ceeds «1,006,000. GOVERNOR HAS HAND IN CASE Orders Release of Agent Sentenced to Jail in Booze Case Nebraska City, Neb.— (UP)— Frank Higgs, evidence agent for the state law enforcement department, ar rested here last week on a charge of giving liquor away and sentenced to 36 days in jail Monday was granted a respite by Gov. Arthur Weaver. Biggs was released from the coun ty jail here pending the action on his case by the state pardon board which will meet in Lincoln Tues day. The state agent was arrested af ter he had purchased alleged liquor from Roy Bryant here and had secured Bryant's arrest. Bryant charged that Biggs had given him a drink after purchasing the liquor and charges were placed against the agent. Following his conviction on the charge, Biggs appealed to State Sheriff W. C. Condit. Monday coun ty authorities reaeived a letter from the governor asking that Biggs be released until the pardon board can pass on his case. THIS ATTORNEY FEE GRABBER Told Man Pardoned by Coolidge He Must Get Action from Hoover Too Omaha, Neb.—(UP)—Pardons is sued by President Coolidge hold good under the Hoover administration. United States District Attorney C. E. Sandall reassured an anxious out state man, who had received execu tive clemency from Mr. Coolidge in 1924. According to the story told by the man he had been approached by an apparently unethical attorney who convinced him that he was likely to be sent back to Leaven worth prison unless Mr. Hoover also extended clemency. Name of the at torney was not divulged. The man had been sentenced to four years and fined $20,000 on charges of operating a still in 1922. This penalty was held too severe by Mr. Coolidge and he was released after serving less than two years. WOULD KEEP BANKS OUT OF POLITICAL CAMPAIGN Omaha, Neb.—(UP)—Expressing the fear that discussion of the tangled Nebraska banking situation by politicians in the forthcoming political campaign will serve only to disturb the confidence of the pub lic in state banking institutions, William Ritehie, Jr., who has taken an active part in settlement of the bank guaranty question, issued a statement suggesting that discus sipn and debate be limited to four vital points. These points are: Should the proposed $8,000,000 constitutional amendment be adopted, and will it bring any re lief? Should the legislature pass an act assuming responsibility for the fraud and mismanagement of state officials in operating or liquidating insolvent banks and appropriate moneys to pay such claims as may be allowed by the courts on account of such acts of such officials? Should liquidation of failed banks be left in the hands of the secre tary of the department of trade and commerce and handled through his agents or should local courts take control under rules to insure effi ciency? Should the legislature pass a law prohibiting preferences given in contemplation of insolvency? Ritchie, who is being urged by friends to file for the democratic nomination for governor said it would be unfair to going state banks which have weathered the fi nancial storm to make a political football out of the issues. RUN OVER BY TRACTOR, FARM HAND DIES Plainview, Neb.—Lamont Benson, 18 years old, is dead as a result of injuries sustained when a tractor he was operating; ran over and muti lated his leg. He got off the tractor to make some repair, had to back it to do this, and made the shift with out climbing into the seat. Benson was knocked down and the wheel with heavy lugs, passed over his leg. Benson crawled for some distance to summon aid. His em ployer. Clinton Christianson, brought him to a hospital here, where he died. WINSIDE SCHOOLS TO GRADUATE CLASS OF 19 Winside, Neb. — (Special)—The baccalaureate services for the grad uating class were held last Sunday evening, at the Methodist Episcopal church. Rev. Carl Critchett gave the address. The senior class of 1930, is one of the two largest ever gradu ating from the Winside school, equaling the largest previous class with 19 members. CHARTER MEMBER OF LODGE THAT IS 57 YEARS OLD West Point, Neb.—When the I. O O. F. lodge No. 2 celebrated the 57th year of its organization in West Point recently, there was one chait.r member present, Ferdinand Koch. 84 years old, of West Point He w'as presented with a silver en grave i cane. Mr. Koch walked from Omaha to West Point in 1868 to obtain work in a saw mill operated by Bruner and Nellgh, the founders of West Point, and a year later he hcrr.e aietced on rium creek. i FALL FROM HAY RACK CAUSES HIS DEATH Lincoln. Neb. — (UP) — J. F. Chandler. 73 years old, died Thurs day afternoon as the result of a fall from a hayrack. The accident oc curred at the home of a neighbor, E. Bicd, with whom he had been working SHOW RESULTS AFRICAN HUNT Breede Collection to Be Placed in Nebraska Uni versity Museum Lincoln, Neb. — (UP)—Prepara tions are being completed at the Morrill hall museum of the Univer sity of Nebraska for the placing ol the Adam Breede collection of Afri can animals, now in a taxidermist's studio in New York where the ex hibits are being tanned and mount ed. The collection was gathered in South Africa by the former publish er of the Hastings Tribune, now de ceased. It consists of two elephants, a large rhinoceros and one of the largest male giraffes ever shot in Africa. Other animals included are a group of water buffalo, Grevy’s and Grants zebra, an oryx, laugh ing and common hyena, two stein bok hides, four gaxella hides and three impala skins. Dr. E. H. Barbour, head of the ge ology department of the university described the collection as one of the finest of its kind ever as sembled. EASTERN STAR APPOINTIVE OFFICERS ARE NAMED Hastings, Neb. — (UP)—Appoin tive officers of the Nebraska grand chapter, order of Eastern Star, were named and installed Thursday af ternoon, just prior to the adjourn ment of the 1930 convention. Elec tive officers had been selected and installed earlier in the day. Those taking grand offices by appointment are: Mrs. J. Rowe, of Mullen, chaplain; Mrs. Laura Ni cholson, of Wisner, grand lecturer; E. D. Lundak, of Pierce, grand mar shal; Mrs. Vera Tomek, of Butte, grand organist; Mrs. Allie Wegner, of Fremont, grand Adah; Mrs. Marguerite Patton, of Omaha, grand Esther; Mrs. Minnie Horn, of Hay Springs, grand Martha; Miss Grace Beaman, of Ceresco, grand Electa; Clara B. Bathen, of Lincoln, grand warden; William B. Wanner, of Falls City, grand sentinel. Grand trustees elected are: Dr. G. S. Dunlap, of Lincoln; John S. Jones, of Wymore; Mrs. Emma Mc Clellan^, of Beaver City. CHARGE ASSAULT MADE ON MAYOR OF HOMER Homer, Neb. -r (Special)—Tilden Goodsell, is defendant in a crim inal action brought by the state of Nebraska upon an assault and bat tery charge, the assault being upon the mayor of Hcmer, G. C. Davis. The trouble arose when Davis, in his capacity of health officer, was inspecting property of L. J. Good sell. It is alleged that Mr. Davis was seriously injured by Goodsell. Davis was taken to a Sioux City hospital for X-ray examination and it is feared that he is suffering from a fracture of the skull. Tire extent of his injuries has not yet been fully determined. Goodsell is known In northeast Nebraska as a star baseball player. Goodsell was taken to Dakota City where he was released on bond pending trial at Dakota City, May 20. ATTORNEY FEE CASE TO SUPREME COURT Lincoln, Neb.—(Special)—An ap peal has been filed in the supreme court by Samuel G. Dean and Ellen Dean from a decision of the Madi son county district court in regard to attorneys’ fees in the case where they contested the will of Susan F. Klerstead, an aunt. Mrs. Kierstead left an estate of $60,000 when she died in Madison county in June, 1927. and when the case was sattled $6,127 was paid in to the court for the benefit of the Deans. After court expenses were paid. $1,233 was granted Webb Rice, Norfolk attorney, by the court as his fee although he iost faith in the case and gave it up after the first trial. It was found that two Lin coln attorneys did not have a con tract but the court allowed them $1. 878 for having brought about a set tlement. Attorney Deutsch was not allowed a fee. It was claimed by the heirs that they had neve*- hired any other attorney than Webb Rice to try their case. WINDMILL WORKMAN INSTANTLY KILLED Endicott. Neb. — (UP)—Knocked to the ground from the top of a windmill tower when the windmill head, which he was repairing, fell against him. John c. Wilson, of Steele City was instantly killed. Wilson, for 40 years in the wind mill business at Steele City, was attempting to adjust the head when the accident occurred. His widow and six children survive. OMAHA LEGION POST NO LONGER LARGEST ONE Omaha, Neb.— (UP)—Omaha post no longer can lay claim to th* ti tle of world's largest American Le gion local organization. The pest, w'hich has held the title with excep tion of last year since organization cf the Legion following the war was forced into third place this year. Final figures in a drive by Memphis, Louisville and Omaha for first nlace give Memphis 4,461 members, Louisville, last year’s winner, 3,717 *nd Omaha. 3 507. In 1025 Omaha per! 'ltd a membership of 6.280. FIRES BACK AT FEDERAL BOARD Nebraska “U” Regent As serts Farm Marketing Act Wretched Subterfuge Archer, Neb. —(UP)— The policy of the Federal Farm board in ad vocating reduction of wheat acre ages w;as attacked Thursday by Fred A. Marsh, in his answer to S. R. McKelvie, federal farm board member, who had criticised Marsh for attacking the co-operative mar keting movement. In advertisements that were pub lished in several Nebraska news papers over the signatures of Marsh, the question of whether American farm machinery was not sold cheap er abroad than at home was asked McKelvie declared that the same price was obtained abroad as at home for machinery and added that reduction of wheat acreage to sub stantially a domestic basis would aid the farmer. “You defend, as I knew’ you would, our practice of selling ma chinery freely abroad by proposing reduced acreage and the erection of a tariff wall to keep out the wheat which this machinery will produce,” Marsh answered McKelvie. “Aftei all, will not much of this machin ery, if it is settled for at all, have to be paid for in wheat? You should know that a plan of limiting acre age is utterly impracticable. I muifc turn aside here to say that it wa* your talk about this plan and my reprehension for it that lad me to endorse that advertisement. “Such a plan can never be en forced except by legislation of the most drastic sort. Certainly not by mere persuasion. To many it sounds almost like a childish scheme which you men have concocted to make the people think that you are really earning, or trying to earn, yout salaries. “I regard the recently enacted Marketing act as a wretched sub terfuge designed to mollify the farmer without stirring up folks who live in the great food consum ing centers of our country,” Marsh declared. “My acquaintance among farm ers is large. During all of the time this bill was pending in congress and since its enactment, I have never heard one farmer say that he approved it or that he thought it eculd materially help our condi tion. I believe that the immediate repeal of this law would save mil lions to our taxpayers without cor responding loss to those whom it is supposed to benefit.” Marsh said he regretted very much that his title as regent of the Uni versity of Nebraska was used in the advertisement attacking the farm board but he claimed it was used without his authority or knowledge He said also that while he did not actually write the advertisement, it was inspired by his editorial work SAYS HEALTH SHOULD NOT DEPEND ON POLITICIANS Lincoln, Neb. — (UP) — “State medicine” wTas vigorously attacked last night by Dr. K. S. J. Hohlen of Lincoln, president of the Nebraska State Medical association, in an address before the annual session of the organization. England. Germany, Austria and Russia have .state medicine, or gov ernment control of medicine as a public utility, Hohlen said, “In America we cannot afford to retard the progress of medical knowledge by government control,” the doctor said, while expressing belief “we are faced with this dan ger.” “We dare not undermine the morale of the forces fighting against disease by placing the control of the sick in the hands of politicians. Public health must not be used as a pawn in the political game.” AGED CANDIDATE FOR U. S. SENATE REAL WET Lincoln, Neb.—t UP)—Where vet erans in politics tread lightly on the issues of Senator Norris and prohibition, Aaron C. Read, bewhis kered candidate for the United States Senate, will rush in without fear. To the United Press the 84-year old lawyer-farmer told the issues on which he will mage his campaign to wrest from Senator George W. Nor ris of McCook, the republican sen atorial nomination. Senator Norris he sums up in the words “the great objector.” As for prohibition. Read believes it never w'ill work and that to have it re pealed would take only a tithe of the sum that the Anti-Saloon league spent to have the 18th amendment adopted. “The trouble with Senator Nor ris,” the aged candidate analyzed “is that he is laying his claims to re-election mostly on things which he tried to do but never accom plished, and I believe that when a man uses a party label to get into office, he should be loyal to that party. •So long as apples, peaches and other fruits, grapes and berries, sugar cane and beets grow, and the sun shines and dandelions bloom, the people of this country will con tinue to manufacture and consume alcoholic beverages, and no law or constitutional amendment ever will stop them,” is his prediction. YOUTH CAUGHT TRYING TO ENTER rOSTOFFICE Gibbon, Neb.—(UP)— Suspicious that attempts had been made tc enter the postoffiae here for some time. Postmaster Al- Wright laid a trap in the building Tuesday night and Gerald Winslow. Gibbon youth, was captured when he tried to en ter through a window. Wright or an assistant has spent the night in the building each day for several weeks. Winslow is held at Kearney by county officers pend ing filing of a ccmplalnt. BACCALAUREATE SERVICES AT PENDER SUNDAY Pender, Neb.—(Special)—The bac calaureate service of the Pender high school graduating class will be held in the Presbyterian church, next Sunday evening. Rev. Thomas D. Arends, pastor of the church, will preach the sermon. M'KELVIE HAS HEATED REPLY Federal Farm Board Critic Lambasted by Former Governor of Nebraska Washington, D. C.—(UP)—S. R McKelvie of Lincoln, Neb., grain member of the Federal Farm board has answered the attack of the grain marketing program of the board that appeared April 3 in a full page advertisement in the Cen tral City, Neb., republican under the heading “The Farm Board—the Chain Store—the American Fann er—the 3-way Sword.” The authorship of the advertise ment is said to have been accepted by Fred A. Marsh of Palmer, Neb., regent of the University of Nebras ka, and McKelvie’s answer to the advertisement was contained in a letter to Marsh. "I cannot conclude without re marking upon the strange anomoly when a regent of the State univer sity of Nebraska, an institution that receives hundreds of thousands of dollars of federal funds to promote education and practice in improved methods of farming and marketing, places himself squarely in opposi tion to another agency of the gov ernment that is designed to do tire same thing,” McKelvie wrote. ”1 might better have expected that such outpourings would emanate from the United States Chamber of Commerce.” In answer to one clause in tne advertisement credited to Marsh, saying, “While the farm board, in a manner that has left but a train of more and greater depressed prices after their every idiotic ac tion, is unmanning the staple meth ods of handling our grain,” Me Kelvie replied: “Well, maybe it is idiotic to as sist the farmer to own and control his marketing system. I am willing to leave that to the farmer to an swer. True, grain prices have de clined, but that was in spite of the farm board activities instead of be cause of them. I cannot reveal all of the activities of the grain sta bilization corporation, for specula tors in the market have been all too prompt to take advantage of any information thus divulged. When all of the facts are known about that activity the American farmer and every fair-minded citizen wih realize that the country was saved from a calamity in farm commodity prices, equal only to what happened to agriculture shortly after the war. “Apropos of the assistance that the federal farm board gave to pro ducer co-operatives, you should re call that every important piece of legislation introduced in congress for the relief or benefit of agricul ture had co-operative marketing as the central feature. “Probably producer co-operation carried to effective ends will inter fere with some private interests. However, much we may regret this, it is not new, nor is it within the authority of the federal farm board to limit. The course of economic progress in this country is strewn with the remnants of systems that were outworn. When such systems were abandoned, those engaged in them found new places of useful service. It will be so in this case." WIFE FAILS IN LIFE ATTEMPT Lincoln, Neb.—(UP)— Mrs. John Burback, 18 years old, who wap found early Tuesday overcome by gas from three open gas burners of a stove in her room, is recover ing from the effects of the fumes while her husband, who is 22 years old, is held in the city jail as a result of a note left to him by his wife. Burback was paroled for two years by District Judge Frost on April 11, to Thomas S. Ingles, af ter pleading guilty to a charge of breaking into a store at Cheney. Not knowing that his wife had at tempted to end her life, nor that she was in a serious condition at a hos • pital, Burback visited Farley Young, deputy county attorney, Tuesday, to secure a divorce. He was going about town seeking "evidence” against his wife to be used in the divorce trial when he was arrested Three notes were found in the gas filled room by officers. One, ap parently written by Burback, indi cated that he was going to get a divorce. In this note, Burback is alleged to have advised his wife to “keep your mouth shut about those dresses for your own good.” In another note signed by Mrs. Burback and addressed to her hus band, Mrs. Burback told her rea sons for the act and accused her husband of asking her to "drink poison.” She also wrote “I thought you were going to get a job, but in stead got a divorce." WOULD TEACH GERMAN IN WAYNE NORMAL Lincoln, Neb. —(Special)— At a meeting of the state normal board held in the capitol President Conn of the Wayne college asked that a German department be restored at that school. A local minister is now teaching Oerman there and he rec ommended that Miss Bchmel teach Spanish and German and that a .eacher with a dottor’s degree be mployed as head of the language iepartment at a salary of (240 a nontfe.