WILL OPERATE
ON BIG SCALE
Costly Machinery Being
Installed in Gravel Pit
t Near Coleridge, Neb.
Hartington, Neb. — (Special) —
Work is being pushed on getting the
machinery set up for operation of
the big gravel pit on the John
Brockman farm near Coleridge. Ac
cording to estimates of railroad and
state engineers there are 23 000,000
cubic yards of gravel In this pit.
Omaha contractors have contracted
with Mr. Brockman to remove the
gravel and $40,000 worth of ma
chinery will be installed.
The Omaha railroad has built a
spur to the pit and constructed a
mile of side track at Laurel to care
for the extra cars that will be used
in shipping the gravel. The railroad
itsell has contracted for 32 000 cubic
yards of the gravel to be used for
ballast.
The Interstate Power company
will build a high tension line to the
pit and erect a sub station to fur
nish electricity for operating the
machinery.
HARTINGTON MAN WINS
COMPENSATION CLAIM
' Lincoln, Neb. —(Special)— Hold
ing that the Southern Surety com
pany had filled to sustain Its claim,
the supreme court has ordered that
company to continue compensation
payments to John Parmely, and
further ordered that it pay $100 at
torney's fees for Parmely. The court
says there Is no limit to the num
ber of applications the company
may make for relief from payments.
Parmely, former night watchman
at Hartington, was injured when he
attempted to arrest a drunken man
In April, 1920. He was awarded com
pensation for permanent disability
In the sum of S15 a week for 300
weeks and $11.25 a week thereafter
until his death.
After paying $3,500, the company
claimed Parmely had fully recovered
and was able to work, medical ex
perts testifying that they could find
no evidence of the original Injuries.
The company charged him with an
attempt to become a life pensioner,
saying the diabetes from which he
now suffers is in no way connected
with the injury. Attorneys for Par
mely contend that the injury re
sulted in other conditions and that
It is impossible for him to resume
work.
HALT DRILLING IN
HOLDREDGE OIL TEST
Holdredge, Neb.—(UP)—Bottomed
at approximately 4,600 feet—said to
be the deepest test ever made In
Nebraska—the Trees oil test well
northwest of here has been aban
doned temporarily by drillers.
Though not discouraged with the
Holclrege test, officials of the Trees
company have explained that the
appropriation for drilling the bore
has been used up. Thus far the
drilling lias gone on without cost of
landowners of Phelps county. Con
tinuation of the test will be pos
sible only on the decision of Phelps
county land owners to finance the
drilling further. Nearly $2,000 has
been subscribed to continue the test
by Phelps county people.
Approximately $70,000 was spent
by the Trees company in making
the test bore northwest of here, of
ficials of the company estimate. Of
ficials of the company have agreed
that if the local residents are will
ing to advance the outlay for a new
cable, pay drilling expenses—ap
proximately $120 per day—and fur
ther finance the drilling, that the
company's rigs will be left here. A
block of leases also will be turned
over to local people if the agreement
Is made.
OLD PIPE SMOKER
WAS RESOURCEFUL
Norfolk, Neb,—(Special) — Mike
Halpln, 88 years old, of Norfolk has
been smoking a pipe for 70 years,
long enough to have almost formed
the habit. When he visited relatives
on a farm near Pierce recently and
lost his trusty pipe he was, to say
the least, considerably inconven
ienced.
Not b(*ng able to purchase one
immediately he met the situation by
manufacturing a pipe by hollowing
out a potato and using a straw for
a stem.
•'It worked all right,” he told a
local cigar store proprietor, "until
the potato began to boil.”
Mr. Halpln bought a brand new
pipe in Norfolk, Monday.
TUSH LIQUOR C ASKS
THROUGH U. S. COURT
Omaha, Neb. — (UP) — Federal
Judge J. W. Woodrough's new
scheme for expediting jury trials cf
bootleggers Is exceeding nil expecta
tions here. Four and five jury casts
a day are being disposed of and 50
bootleggers have been freed or con
victed since the plan was put into
operation 11 days ago.
Before the dotket was begun Judge
Woodrough summoned all attorneys
having case in this term of court.
The entire jury panel .hen was
asked questions by the attorneys,
who were thus able to determine
whether they would consider them
fair to sit when their cases came
to trial.
Opening and closing arguments
were cut radically by agreement of
attorneys. The Innovation was bad
ly needed. Judge Woodrough said,
but his court had become cluttered
up with several hundred liquor
cases.
FOREIGN WAR VETS
u TO MEET AT NORFOLK
ITorfolk, Neb.—Many details of
the program for the annua! depart
ment convention cf the Veterans of
Foreign Wars and its auxiliary, to
re held here June 7, 8 and 9, have
been1 arranged.
Lester H Anderson, of Fremont,
department adjutant, and Mrs. An
derson, department president of the
auxiliary, were here for a committee
meeting to work out plans of depart
ment officials In conjunction with
committees.
WHOLE COMML’NTTV
DOE— TREE PLANTING
Tilden, Neb. — It Is estimated
that 12,000 trees have been planted
on the Rowell lake reserve, north of
Tilden In the last two weeks. The
state furnished the trees, a large
number of which were 4-year-old
Scotch and yellow pine.
The Tilden high school and the
Bunker Hill and Sunny View schools
planted four acres. The following
organizations helped in the tree
planting project. Catholic church,
two acres; Baptist church, one acre;
Methodist church, one acre; Fried -
ens Evangelical church, one acre;
auxiliary, one acre; S. D. A. Oak
dale, one acre; Lutheran church,
one acre; Morning Star, one acre;
I. O. O. F., one ncre; Women’s club,
one acre; American Legion one acre;
Izaak Walton league, one acre;
Lion's club, one acre and the Boy
Scouts of Neligh, one acre.
ARM MANGLED
BY GUN SHOT
Young Woman at Neligh.
Neb., Being Treated in
Norfolk Hospital
Neligh, Neb.—Miss Sidone Hall
Was seriously Injured at her home
here when she attempted to load a
shotgun with a shell. The weapon
discharged the shot shattering her
upper right arm and shoulder.
Miss Hall was alone at the time
of the accident, but called Dr. Bur
tis In whose oflce she had been em
ployed, and also telephoned to her
mother.
The girl was taken to Norfolk for
an operation and it is thought that
her arm may be saved, although
parts of the bones were removed.
She Is a graduate of Neligh high
school, class of 1930.
PASSES FEWER
NEW MEASURES
Nebraska Legislature to Fall
Far Short of Usual
Grind
Lincoln. Neb. — (Special) — _
the records stood when the legisla
ture met again this morning, it has
produced exactly 129 new laws, one
of which, however, was vetoed. This
tried to force the supreme court to
write an opinion in every case. The
governor said that was interfering
with the rights of a separate branch
of government.
The governor has signed 111 bills
of which 71 originated in the house
and 40 in the senate. He allowed five
to become laws without his signature
and has not yet run. There are sev
en bills in conference.
The average number of bills that
have become laws in recent years
has been a little over two hundred.
There is no likelihood that this
number will be reached this year.
The house passed 219 bills, of which
58 had previously been passed by
the senate, killed 250 of its own
bills and 24 that had come to it from
the senate, and now has In commit
tees 62 house and 22 senate bills.
SAYS BEAUTY PARLOR
BROKE UP HIS HOME
Lincoln, Neb. — (Special) —John
W. Goodwin, retired business man
of Allen, has filed a brief with the
supreme court in which he asks
that the order of the Dixon county
district court awarding his wife, Iva
Goodwin, $1,000 as permanent ali
mony be affirmed. She has appealed.
He says that he has been paying
her $50 a month support since she
left him, when she contributed
nothing toward the accumulations
which he possesses.
Goodwin says that when they
were married a few years ago he was
54 years old and she 52. both having
been (harried before. He has grown
children. He said that chief cause
of their breakup was the appearance
in Allen of the 18-year-old daugh
ter of his wife, who, without ask
ing his consent, started a beauty
parlor in his home. He says that
the home soon took on the air and
atmosphere of a beauty parlor, with
late comings and goings, and the
result was to destroy the peace and
qiet of his home. He charges that
the wife and daughter conspired to
get possession of his home and
turn him out, the former demand
ing a deed and finally leaving aft
er he had persistently refused.
(NEWSPAPER MAN TAKES
OVER DEFUNCT FUR FARM
Madison, Nsb., — (Special) — The
Nebraska Fur Farm No. 1, now the
property of Anton Oavarka, Jr„
newspaper publisher of Clarkson,
Neb., was opened to the public
April 23 and wtl be open after this
on Sundays and holidays. Qdvarka
bought the farm after it went into
u receivership.
The restocking of animals and
various improvements are net com
pleted. At press nt the farm has Vir
ginia deer. European fitch, silver
top badgers, raccoons, black and
gray squirrels, ring tall cats, black
spider monkeys, snookum bears,
armadillos, pack rots, muskrats, coy
otes. fox, rabbi's, parrots, green
parakeets, homed owls, bob whites
and others.
HARTINGTON GUARDS
MAKE GOOD SHOWING
Hartington, Neb.— (Special)—The
ciuiual inspection of the Hartington
National Guard unit attracted a
large crowd and the boys made an
excellent impression. The inspector,
Capt. H H. Elarth, again awarded
the pennent, "Very Satisfactory,”
highest award. This is the second
time in succession that the com
pany has been awarded the pen
naht.
TOWN EMPLOYS BAND MAN
Hartington. Neb.— (Special)—'The
City council has voted to employ a
bar«dmastcr at ilOC per month. _
OFFICERS HAD
RUDE GREETING
Dcdge County Deputie?
Tell of Being Fired on by
Holt County Men
Fremont, Neb. —(Special)-- Tag
Fremont deputy sheriffs, C. O Ber
tram and John Kacscbaum. had r
rough experience, they report, at
O'Neill, where they had a tire ol
their automobile punctured by a
Aiiotgun discharge and were seized
and relieved of their guns and
badges by plain clothes, unbadged,
Holt county deputies. Buckshot
they said, penetrated other por
tions of their automobile, which is
the property of Sheriff John Gal
lagher of Dodge county.
Bertram and Kassebaum were
bringing Grant Stiber and E. A
Read from Rushville to Fremont tc
lace charges of obtaining propertj
while falsely representing they were
detectives. Tilt- prisoners rode with
Bertram in a car belonging to Sti
her, while the w.ves of the prison
ers and Stiber's baby rode with
Kassebaum in the car owned b>
the Dodge county sheriff.
The party was about to stop at
O'Neill for supper, Kassebaum said,
when without warning the car he
drove was fired upon and he was
seized by the O’Neill men. Bertram
and the sheriff’s car, also, were i
seized and the prisoners and their
w*ves were left alone in the auto
mobiles, while the Fremont officers
were held.
After much delay, they managed
to convince the O’Neill men of
their identity and were released.
They arrived in Fremont Sunday.
Gallagher said that he would en
deavor to secure recompense for
damage to his automobile from Holt
county.
NEBRASKA MAY
REGAIN TITLE
National Spelling Cham
pionship Sought by an
Omaha Girl
Omaha, Neb.—<UP>— Chances o!
Nebraska regaining possession of
the national spelling champion
ships seemed bright Monday fol
lowing the victory late Saturday of
13-year-old Margaret Morrow in the
state tournament, who downed
Agnes Bowers. 14 years old, Greeley,
last year’s state champion, after
what experts said was the hardest
tussle in the history of these or
thography tests, either state or na
tional. For 23 minutes after the
other 53 contestants had been elim
inated, Margaret and Agnes bat
tled on, the former finally winning
on the word “feliclfic.”
High school and jun'or college
spelling books were used up during
the contests and the judges finally
began picking the hardest words
they could think of from the dic
tionary. Both girls admitted after
ward that they never before had
heard of the wcrd on which Mar
garet won the title.
Miss Morrow Is a student at St.
Johns’ Parochial school here. This
school has furnished two of tire
three Nebraska champions to be
sent to Washington for the nation
al tournaments. Two years ago Vir
ginia Hogan of St. Johns’ won the
national title. Last year Helen Jen
sen of Council Bluffs nosed out
Agnes Bowers, Nebraska champion,
at Washington.
According to Sister Carmelita,
Margs rot’s teacher, the girl is every
bit as good a speller as was Vir
ginia Hogan when she won the ti
tle.
Gretchen Henrich, Arapahoe,
Furnas county champion, finished
third Saturday, Barbara Luff, Cen
tre 1 City, Merrick county, fourth
and Mary Louise Moran, Blair,
fifth.
GIVEN 10-YEAR TERM
ON THIRD CONVICTION
Reel Cloud, Neb.- —Sidney
A. Trobough, three times convicted
ot slaying his wife in 1928. was
sentenced Monday to 10 years at
hard labir in the state peniten
tiary. After the first two convec
tions Trobough secured new trials
through order of the Nebraska su
preme court.
District Judge J. W. James over
ruled a motion for a new trial, but
granted a IC-day suspended sen
tence in order that Trobough's coun
sel may perfect an appeal to the
supreme court. The defendant’s
last conviction was returned two
weeks ago.
MORE MANUFACTURING
BEING DONE IN NEBRASKA
Washington — (UP) — Value of
products manufactured in Nebraska
Increases 15.2 per cent over the two
year period between 1927 and 1929,
and the number of wage earners in
the manufacturing pursuits in
creases 8.1 per cent.
The bureau of census statistics
for Nebraska compiled frem data
collected in the 1930 census re
vealed the two major strides in
the development of manufacturing
industries in this state.
land sales show
BIG PRICE RANGE
Lincoln, Neb.—(Special)—Recent
land sales in Nebraska reveal a
high price of $196.25 an acre paid
for an 80-acre tract in Gage coun
ty and a low price of $47 an acre
for 320 acres in Cheyenne county.
Included in the sales were 160 acres
southwest of Howells in Colfax
county, F. J. Everts to Joseph Rid
der at $170 an acre; Frank Vacha,
Jr., to Anton Klima, 80 acres south
of Howells at $147 an acre; John
Lrakenhoff to Herman W Osten,
120 acres northwest of Creston in
Platte county at $183 an ac™
i r..»n u.13 numu i.nuscs
GRIEF IN FREMONT
Fremont. Neb.—(Special)—H. A.
Smiser, an employe of R J. Ke
win’s jowelry store, was severely in
jured when he exploded a small
tear gas bomb in the jewery store
Tuesday. His hand was torn open
by the explosion and the store was
filled with gas fumes for an hour.
Kewin, the proprietor, has been
keeping the bomb on his desk, as an
emergency weapon in case of a
ho’duo. It is constructed to look
like a fountain pen. He usually
kept the device on his desk where
he could conveniently seize it. He
had not informed employes of Its
use. Smisor thought it was a
fountain pen and picked it up in
tending to examine it.
FORMER CHIEF
JUSTICE SICK
Ear Infection Suffered by
Nebraska Jurist Puzzles
Physicians
Omaha, Neb.—(UP)—Andrew M.
Morrissey, former chief justice of
Nebraska supreme court, is at Bt.
Joseph's hospital here, suffering
from a congestion of the car. The
ailment, which is somewhat puz
zling to Judge Morrissey’s physi
cians, has a tendency to make him
dizzy and is believed to be the after
effect of an operation performed
last September and of sinus trou
ble with which he has been a suf
ferer in recent months, his associ
ates said. His condition is not re
garded as serious, Arthur F. Mul
len. Jr., said.
Since leaving the bench Morris
sey has teen associated with Mullen
and his father, democratic nation
al committeeman, in law practice
here.
COMPENSATION AWARD TO
CEDAR COUNTY MAN
Lincoln, Neb, —(Special)—W. M.
Jordan, Cedar county resident, has
been awarded additional compensa
tion of $15 a week for a period of
43 weeks, according to an announce
ment made by the state compensa
tion commissioner. William F. Pin
ney of Madison was given $13.85 a
week for three weeks and hospital
and doctor’s bills in the sum of
$113.20.
ANCIENT INDIAN RELICS
FOUND NEAR LOUP RIVER
Fullerton, Neb. —(UP)— Excava
tions which have been in progress
here for over a week under the
guidance of Dr. Duncan Strong on
the Loup river have revealed hith
erto unrevealed facts concerning
early Pawnee Indian history.
Excavators found complete earth
en pots in houses dug out of the
earth. The houses had been buried
when the sod roofs had caved in.
Pawnee houses were found to be
constructed in circular form, their
roofs supported by circles of cedar
posts set deep In the ground. At
the village sites along the Loup,
houses were found to have door
ways facing in every direction, dis
pelling the popular theory that they
faced directly west.
BELIEVE APPLES NOT
DAMAGED BY FIRE
Lincoln, Neb.—(UP)—Apples in
Nebraska were not seriously injured
by the recent low temperatures and
frost, according to the results of a
special survey made by the division
of agricultural statistics announced
Tuesday. Other fruits were injured,
but have fair prospects still, the
report said.
Although being somewhat early
for a deinite report on the amount
of damage done to the apple crop,
the state and federal statisticians
estimate the damage Will not exceed
two per cent. With the exception of
one of two early varieties, the ap
ple trees were not in bloom at the
time low temperatures hit last
week.
Effects of the cold wet weather
were more damaging than frosts,
fruit growers of the southeastern
section of the state have reported.
Recent clear weather has aided pol
lination, they say. A second survey
is now under way for a more def
inite check of damages.
Apricots, peaches and plums were
reported to be more seriously dam
aged since these fruits were in
bloom at the time of the frost. The
damage as reported by fruit growers
placed the damage to apricots at 31
per cent; 36 per cent for peaches,
and 25 per cent for plums. Some
growers believe the frost damage
will not reduce production greatly
due to the fact that bloom was very
heavy on these crops. Cold, wet
weather was thought to have great
ly hindered poiination.
Injury to pears was estimated In
the report at 18 per cent. Pears
w;cre generally in bloom before and
after the frost periods, but are
more frost resistant than peaches
and apricots. The injury to the
cherry crop was estimated at 12 per
cent, grapes two per cent and
strawberries four per cent. Black
berries and raspberries were
thought to have been damaged by
six per cent and 10 per cent respec
tively.
SENATOR GEORGE W. NORRIS
BACK IN HOME STATE
McCook, Neb. — (United States
Senator George W. Norris, accom
panied by Mrs. Norris, arrived here
Monday night, after more than a
week spent enroute home frcm
Washington by automobile. The
senior Nebraska solon said he was
"giad to be back home” and that he
was in the best of health.
"SQUEALER" FEARS HE
WILL BE "PUT ON SPOT”
Omaha. Neb.—(UP)—Pearing he
would be "put on the spot” because
he “squealed,” Joe Lewis, 25 years
old. confessed bandit, made a des
perate attempt to escape from De
tectives English and Gannon here
Tuesday. On a subterfuge Lewis
induced the detectives to take him
from his ceil to an apartment house
to obtain more evidence. He dived
through a coal hole "id was at lib
erty for an hour before again being
rounded up. Two men whom he
had implicated in robberies had
threatened him while in Jail, he said.
TREE PLANTING
ON BIG SCALE
National Forest Service
Man Says Nebraska Leads
in Middle West
Lincoln, Neb. — (UP) — Nebras
ka is ahead of the entire country
in many respects in its farm for
estry program, Pied R. Johnson of
the regional office of the United
States forest service in Denver has
told extension foresters.
In number of trees sent out for
planting, this state ranks ahead of
practically every midwestern state,
Johnson said. A few states in the
j Allegheny mountain section of the
east lead Nebraska in the number
of trees distributed, but the system
of getting trees to planters is dif
ferent in those states, the forester
explains.
According to figures compiled by
Clayton W. Watkins, Nebraska, ex
tension forester, about 975.000 seed
lings were sent to Nebraska farm
ers during the recent two or three
week period.
During his visit to this state,
Johnson, worked in the North
Platte valley near Scottsbluff on
two demonstration plantings. One
of these was an ordinary farm
windbreak cn the farm of Con
gressman Robert Simmons. The
other planting was on government
land around Lake Minatare which
has been developed as a recreation
spot for western Nebraska.
HIS ESTATE GOES TO
THREE COLLEGES
Lincoln, Neb. — — The
University of Michigan, Amherst
college, and the University of Ne
braska were named as eventual
beneficiaries in the will of Dr.
Herbert H. Waite, filed in county
court here. Dr. White, who died
here Saturday, was chairman of
the University of Nebraska depart
ment of bacteriology and patholo
gy for 15 years.
The will leaves the estate in trust,
the income to be used for the bene
fit of the four children and when
the last is deceased the estate is to
be divided equally among the three
educational institutions. The
amount of the estate was not given.
The sum left to Amherst, the
will provides, shall be given the
governing board to be used for in
vestigation and research in the
general subject of biology. The
sums for the Universities of Michi
gan and Nebraska are to be used
for the purpose of investigation
and research in bacteriology.
FORMER WIFE SUES
HIS PRESENT ONE
Lincoln, Neb. — The $25,000 dam
age suit of Clara Forburger against
Vivian Forburger and Ira and Net
tie James and Harold James, for
alienation of the affections of
Clarence W. Forburger, is on trial
here in District Judge Frost’s court.
The plaintiff is the former wife of
Clarence Forburger. The defend
ants are his present wife, formerly
Vivian Schaeffer and her parents
and brother.
Mrs. Clara Forburger whs married
to Clarence in Omaha in 1918 and
he left her in the fall of 1927, she
says, but they were reconciled the
same year. He left her again in
1928 and May 4, 1929, she divorced
him because of his conduct with
Vivian Schaeffer.
Her former husband stepped out
with his present wife around as
early as 1925, the plaintiff says, and
Vivian once came to their home,
told Mrs. Forburger she was in
love w*th her husband, and asked
Clara to divorce him so she could
marry him. Mrs. Forburger refused,
she says, and declared she wouldn’t
give Clarence up.
The James family did their part
toward breaking up the harmony of
he*- home, she charges, urging Clar
ence to leave her and marry Vivian.
Clarence at one time prevailed on
Vivian to leave them alone, the
plaintiff says, and they were recon
ciled, but this did not last. Sh? al
leges that while he was her hus
band he bought clothes for Vivian.
WOMAN COAXES ZOO
WOLF BACK INTO CAGE
Omaha, Neb. —(UP)—Mrs. Peter
Moore, wife of the caretaker at
Riverview park 2:0, has a way
about her when it comes to hand
ling wild animals.
She demonstrated this Wednes
day when ’’Rags,’’ a big Wyoming
timber wolf, with a mighty effort,
leaped over the top of his cage and
trotted off.
Caretaker Mcorc was all for get
ting a gun and ending Rags’ career
then and there. But Mrs. Moore
would have none of it. Following
the animal she called to him to
return. After a few minutes of
coaxing the wolf trotted back and
was induced to re-enter the cage,
the sides of which have been made
higher.
BUILD CITY PARK AND
PLAYGROUND AT OAKDALE
Oakdale, Neb. — (Special) — A
city perk and summer play ground
is under construction here. The
plot of ground was donated to the
town by C. H. Ray for that pur
pose. The work is under the su
pervision of the town board.
PLANS TO DESTROY
BOOTLEGGER APPARATUS
Omaha, Neb. — (UP) — L:cel
action seeking confiscation of ap
paratus alleged to be for sale to
bootleggers was begun by Assistant
United States District Attorney Ed
son Smith against the Everett T.
Devol company here Wednesday.
Last Saturday federal c gents raided
Devol’s store and seized equipment
valued at $12,080. All of it will be
destroyed if the courts uphold
Smith. Seven ounces of whisky was
found during the raid but it was j
not lor sale purposes, Devol said. I
TO IMPROVE CRAWFORD
FEDERAL FISHERIES
Crawford, Neb. —(UP)— Plan*
for making the Crawford federal
fisheries one of the largest and most
important in the Middle West have
been outlined here by Henry O’Mai
ley, commissioner of the United
States bureau of fisheries, and G. C.
Leach, chief of the division of fish
culture.
The Crawford station, only fed
eral hatchery in Nebraska, has
hatched approximately 1,000,000
brock, rainbow and Loch Leven
trout this winter, and according to
Commissioner O’Malley will soon be
enlarged to a production point where
enough bass to stock lakes of Ne
braska and adjoining states will be
produced.
It is also planned to produce trout
eggs for hatching here and at oth
er federal stations in the local
plant’s nursery pond on the Fort
Robinson military reservation. Pre
viously the eggs hatched here have
been shipped in. Completion and
extensive development of Grable
dam west of here for use as a nat
ural bass spawning and hatching
area is looked for in the near fu
ture.
DEPENDING ON
HER CHILDREN
Court Tells Woman Boot
legger She Is Just as Li
able as Any Man
Omaha, Neb.—(UP)—The law ap
plies just as much to a woman with
eight children as it does to a man
without kin, Federal Judge J. W.
Wcodrough told Mrs. Susie Gianola,
in refusing to allow her *0 change
her plea of guilty to liquor charges
Thursday. Mrs. Gianola was sen
tenced to six months after admit
ting sale of one gallon and posses
sion of 465 gallons of prime drink
ing whisky Wednesday.
After spending one night in jail
she decided to appeal to the court,
asserting she spoke very little Eng
lish so didn’t know what she was
pleading to. Also she brought in
her eight children and seemed to
fully understand the harsh words
spoken by the jurist in English,
•'Sentencing a woman with eight
children imposes a very heavy re
sponsibility on me,” the judge said.
‘‘However, I believe the facts war
rant the sentence.”
He ordered the woman returned
to jail until he has time to again
study her case. She may be given
another opportunity next week, ho
indicated.
WAS A SON OF
NOTED SEAMAN
World War Veteran Dies
at Lincoln, Neb.—Father
Down With Lusitania
Lincoln, Neb. — — Funeral
services will be held here Friday
afternoon for Hans F. N. Cortzen,
son of Capt. H. C. Cortzen, who
went down with his ship, the Lusi
tania, when it was sunk by a Ger
man torpedo in the World war.
Hans Cortzen died at the U. S.
Veterans bureau hospital here Tues
day. With the arrival of his friends
here Thursday, it was revealed that
he was the son of Captain Cortzen.
Hans was born at sea and fol
lowed his father's trade until ho
gained his second mate papers. Ho
was then a citizen of Denmark. Ho
came to the United States in 1910.
One brother also went down with
the Lusitania. Several years earlier
his mother was buried at sea.
In the World war Cortzen enlist
ed at Omaha in the United States
army, served over seas for 22
months and was wounded. Follow
ing the war he returned to Nebras
ka.
IIE ACQUIRES ANOTHER
GERMAN LANGUAGE PAPER
Omaha, Neb. —(UP)—Val J. Pe
ter, publisher of the Omaha Daily
Tribune, German language news
paper, announces that he has pur
chased the Toledo (Ohio) Express,
a German paper. A commecial job
printing plan also was purchased.
Peter now operates German papers
in 11 cities. Chicago, Omaha, Kan
sas City, St. Joseph, Mo., Lincoln,
Enid, Okla., Milwaukee, Baltimore,
Md.. Toledo, Fresno, Cal., and Coun
cil Bluffs, la. In addition he has in
recent years purchased subscrip
tion lists from more than a dozen
German papers near Omaha, whose
customers are supplied by the Trib
une.
FORMER INTERNAL REVENUE
AGENT HIES AT OMAHA
Omaha, Neb. - — John J.
Giilen, 52 years old, former United
States internal revenue agent in
charge of the Iowa-Nebraska dis
trict, died at his home here Thurs
day night after a week's illness. He
was in charge of the federal tax
co.lection bureau for three years,
1917-1920.
CITY SELLS FOOD
Buenos Aires—Tire municipal gov
ernment is endeavoring to reduce
living costs in the city by taking
over the selling of food. Flour,
bread, potatoes and meat are being
sold directly from ttae producer to
the consumer by the city and the
expense of middlemen is eliminat
ed. The plan has the hearty ap
proral of all city residents. ,
COURT DISMISSES SCHOOL
CASE FROM BOYD COUNTY
Lincoln, Neb. —(Special)— The
supreme court has reversed the ac
tion of the district court of Boyd
county and dismissed the case of
Henry Ratermann against Anna W.
McCartney, Boyd county superin
tendent, and school district No. 5 in
that county.
Ratermann had filed suit for a
writ of mandamus to force the
countv superintendent to transfer
his children to school district No.
25, since that school Is closer to
their farm home than the one in
district Mo. 5.
