SCHOOL CLOSED BY TARANTULA Poisonous Insect Escapes in Building, Students Giv en Vacation Bloomfield Neb.. (Special! — All pupils In the new high school building here were dismissed Wed nesday forenoon when it was dis covered that a live tarantula was at large in the building. The tar antula had been kept in a glass Jar, the top of which was covered with n piece of mosquito netting to keep the big insect from making his es cape. In some way, the tarantula managed to force his way through the netting and get away. Fearing that it might bite some of the pupils. Superintendent Friest dismissed school for the day and search was made for the tarantula. So far. the big bug has not been found and It has been decided to give the building a thorough fumigation with the idea that the spider will be killed by the fumes. In the meantime, the pupils had an unexpected vacation. SNOW THWARTE THIS FIRE BUG Elaborate Plan to Burn I* re mont Concern Had Provi dential Failure Fremont, Neb., * (UP)—Fail fire extinguisher frustrated what Dodge county officers called a clever plot to burn the Simonson Serum plant near Hooper. The sheriff and his deputy started Investigation of the lire. The blaze did little damage, but if arrangements lmd been successful,' the whole plant would have been destroyed, it was thought. The incendiary displayed the abil ity of an expert electrician, the sher iff said. It was found that someone trad tapped an electric light wire in tli*» hutlriincr uthirh urr then panned ed to tvo other wires and looped to an alarm clock. The clock was set for 3:15 a. m. When the alarm went off, r contact was to be made which would cause the wire to become v,t aiul Ignite a pile of rags, which In turn would set fire to a gallon can of gasoline nearby. A short distance from the small ran of gasoline . a larger one, which wrs to explode ane cause enough flame to ignite the building. Tile contrivance worked perfectly as for as it went the sheriff explained. The alarm went off and caught the rags and nail can of gasoli - i fire bin '’r #James shot up tl-ougu the roof folio .ig I he explosion, snow begun to melt over where the fire was binning. The three-gallon can never was ignited and the building was Raved with little damage. The sheriff believes that if the in cendiary had taken the snow into consideration and placed the gasoline cans closer together, . plot would haw succeeded. The persons who set Mu- fire, it was said, had even gone so far as to destroy the gasoline en gine used for pumpii._ water into the building. Officials of the serum company are unable to explain why anyone should want to set the building on fire. NIOBRARA MAN TO BE CANDIDATE AGAIN Lincoln, Neb., — Among litical filings with the sec retary ef state today were: State Senator Allen S. Stinson, of Niobrara, democrat, for renomination in the tenth district; State Senator Charles Ft. Mearham, of Dorchester, republi can. for renomination in the 18th dis trict. STATE LAND OIL RIGHTS V-JaSEII TO W YOMING CONCERN Lincoln. Neb., (UPi—Oil and mineral rights on the 330 acr ; of state land In Franklin county were granted the Ohio Oil company of Cas per, wyo., today. The land Is located ■about five miles south of Riverton. The state reserves one eighth of the oil or other mineral production. NPR1NG PLOWING IS BEGUN LN YORK COUNTY ark. Neb.. (UP >— Spring plowing was started last week in York county. Carl Scamehorn, Yo.-k farm- | er, said today. The ground was in , excellent condition, he said, and coul 1 not have been expected to work any better than it did. Recent moisture has been a great benefit to the wheat. Scamehorn . id. ami added that it did not hurt cat tle feeding. HARTINGTON SCHOOL HEAD 1 GOING TO BOKTON MEETING Hartington. Neb . — A «b>w ■ of John Steen, Nebraska Weal#van student who has been re iwrted missing since February 0. re •cited a box of randy firm him or i Valentine's day, postmarked Los An irk* Hn wc,d was received from the mlaatfu’ youth, but with fears for his safety allayed hta father. Dr C O. Ween, who h*s brrn to lJncolr and Omaha sent word that tie would iiturn home Saturday. No further •ratrh for the youth atll be made. P was indicated. RETAILERS NOT AGREED ON THE TRADING STAMP Omaha. Neb., —A fight over whether the legislature should pass a law’ at the coming ses sion legalizing use of trading stamps with merchandise was expected to break out in the resolution commit tee of the federation -f Nebraska re tailers meeting here. A trading stamp law passed at the last session was voted by Governor McMullen at the insistence of the or ganization. Many members of the federation are said to be in favor of the stamps but a large majority op pose them. FOUR INJURED IN EXPLOSION Kerosene Poured on Fire Sends Mother and Chil dren to Hospital Lincoln. Neb., — An ap peal has been taken to the district court by Bessie A. Woods of Bene dict, from the decision of the county court, which disallowed her claim of $10,000 against the estate of Jesse M. Benedict, who ended his life April 11, 1927. and thereby was alleged to have broken his promise to marry the plaintiff. Mrs. Woods set forth that she and Johnson promised and agreed to marry each other in the spring of 1927 or not later than the first day of September of that year. The pe HHnn „ fV. . V. n t T«■. V, > n fused to marry her about April 1, 1927. in violation of their agreement and without valid excuse. Under thc» terms of his will. John son's estate, valued at approximately $29 000, was bequeathed to two nieces. Jennie M. Sidwell and Addle M. Hardin, who filed objections with the court to the claim of Mrs. Woods. BELIEVES MISSING BOY IS IN CHICAGO Lincoln, Neb., ' (UP)—Belief was expressed today by Dr. C. G. Steen of Scottsbluff, Neb., that his 17-year-old r , John, who disap peared from Wesleyan r vedsity on February 6, is in Chicago. Dr. Steen had no direct clue to the whereabouts of his son, but was fol lowing a tip received today, and hoped to find the boy within a day or two. INVEST NEBRASKA SCHOOL MONEY IN BONDS Lincoln, Neb., ' (UP)—State trust funds to the extent of $345, 857.54 will be invested in bonds of fered by Omaha brokers, it was an nounced today by the state beard of educational lands and funds. This will be the first time for many ;,ears that the state has brought "■'uriticc to > net the stats less than for and one half per cent, interest. The Omaha securities were brought on a basis of 4.10 to 4.15 per cent. Some netted 4.25 and one 4.35 per cent. The old rule r * the board that no bonds shall be bought ' cm "lidile men was abrogated when the board determined it would be unnhlp to hitv direct from issuing boards. There Is no one on the board, it was explained whose business it is to seek out bonds and negotiate for purchase direct fiom officials who issue them. ROSALIE IS GIVEN SCARE BY CASES OK SCARLET FEVER Rosalie, Neb.. (Special' — Public schools here w'ere closed one day to fumigate the buildings, fol lowing discovery of two cases of scar let fever. Two children of John Nel son were ill. Next day school was re sumed. but a trained nurse examines all the pupils each morning, for any evideuce of the malady. SPEED MADE IN CASE OF OMAHA NEGRO ROBBERS Omaha. Net. (UP)—Henry Jefferson, negro, captured after a running gun battle with police, plead ed guilty to robbery late yesterday and was rrnteneed to 10 years in prison. Hr received his sentence a few hours after hfs capture. He will be in the p-nitentlary less than 24 hours after the crime was committed, set ting a new recent record for speed in criminal roses in this county. Jefferson received a cnarge from a shotgun in hi* skull during the gun fight but did not know he had been shot until two hours afterward. His wounds are not serious. OMAHA MAN TEMPLED TO BREAK LONG FAST Omaha, Neb, an with his fast. Three Nations to Join ■ In “Olive Branch ” Pact aacm. . >4ST.- 'iSSSSR Fir Austen Chamberlain (left), Aristides Briand (right), end Benito Mussolini (center), may come together in peace session that will have important bearing on European political affairs. (International Keweittl) Premier Mussolini has accepted tlie olive branch. The symbol, tendered by Aristides Briand, foreign minister of France, will lead to a meeting between the two statesmen that will clear up the somewhat strained Fran^o-Italian situation. What’s more, Sir Austen Chamberlain, England’s foreign minister, will probably be a third party to this Important conference. The Dure Is In favor of the session. He lias informed the Italian Chamber that all points of friction should be wiped away. Favorable Business Outlook. From Bulletin of National Bank of Commerce, New York. Notwithstanding the prevalence of rather dull conditions during the closing weeks of 1927. there should be a gradual acceleration of business as spring approaches. Interest now centers in the extent of the prospec tive gains, whether they will be grad ual and largely seasonal in character, or whether they will be greater than this, with the possibility, perhaps, of new high records in some lines of in dustry and trade. There is an extraordinary combina tion of favorable factors. Among the more important are: Prospect lor stable money at mod erate rates. Indications that building and con struction will continue in large vol ume. Removal from the automobile in dustry of the handicap of uncertainty as to the Ford plans and indications that increase of output will be gen eral after the turn of the year. Larger purchasing power on the part of farmers as a result of better conditions in staple agricultural lines. Adjustment of manufacturing out put to demand during the latter part of 1927. and consequent avoidance of accumulation of stocks of goods. Likelihood of fuller employment and larger payrolls ahead. While this is of course dependent on the foregoing factors, it constitutes in itself a favorable influence, because it is the basis of increasing purchas ing power in industrial districts. Constant technical progress de signed to lower costs and widen mar kets. Steady betterment in conditions abroad, as evidenced by return of several countries to some form of gold or gold exchange standard dur ing 1927. with fairly stable currency and exchange in some others where the gold standard is yet to be estab lished. The presence of so many influences for better business has led to the apparent belief in some quarters that the increase in industrial and com mercial activity which is imminent mav assume boom proportions. Some such condition might develop in 1928, but it seems unlikely at present. ♦ ♦ — No Mistakes Say Ford. From the Santa Barbara News. In the course of an interview pub lished in Forbes Magazine Henry Ford is quoted as saying: "I never made a mistake in my life. Neither did you. Neither did any one else. What are you here for anyway? For mini puipvfoc- uu v uu jwu are living on earth? . . . I'll tell you what you’re here for and what every living person is here for and that Is to get experience. That’s all we get out of life." Possibly the possession of some hundreds of millions of dollars makes Mr. Ford so much of an optimist that he can see good in everything that happens. When things go wrong, he does not call them mistakes. He merely feels that he has had a new experience out of which he learns something. He extends this philosophy to the rest of mankind which has no millions for backstop purposes. It would be fortunate for our own peace of mind if we could always take the cheerful view of Ford. But is his philosophy sound? Has not the man of many millions not been guilty ot the common error of making false definitions? Has not he narrowed too closelv the meaning of the word "mistake?" A man who is in a position to dis cuss calmly and apparently without regret the loss of $100.000.00( is hardly in the same position of the man whose blunders might cost him the loss of employment and home. To purchase experience at the price of blunders is not uncommon. Pos sibly it would be well If we could all accept the theory of Mr. Ford that these experiences are worth while. It would be unfortunate if the world at large should accept the too narrow definition of mistakes given bv Ford and refuse to admit blund MH* He Hear ( lolhrv From the Popular Science Monthly How come people to wear clothes? Was it because ot modesty? Or im modesty. to make the body more mys terious and alluring.’ Or lor adorn ment. or for protection front the ele ments? Rach of these thrones has been advanced Now Dr Knight Dunlap professor of psychology in Johns Hopkins university. Offers a new explanation Primitive men and women first took to clothe* hr *av», to ward u*f flies uitd similar peats "Crawling and flying pr*u are with primitive man abundantly and very intimately.'' lie tayt "The moat ef ftrienv jnotecHo# is aifotded by ers. The wise man is the one tha’ recognizes that he has made a mis take and profits by it. Alien Property Problems. From the Baltimore Sun. Opposition to the Alien Property Bill, passed by the house by a vot* of 233 to 26. centered on the fact thal it does not provide for the immediati return of all the German propertier held in trust by the alien propertj custodian. Twenty per cent, of the value ol these holdings, as well as half of th* arbitrated value of the German ships patents and radio stations seques trated during the war, will be re tained temporarily, and paid off a.« the adjudicated American claim.* against Germany for war damage? are finally compensated. The only opposition, in other words came from a small group who felt' that there should be no compromise whatsoever with the principle that Erivate property in time of war mus1 e held immune from enemy con fiscation. Their position, however, is in this case somewhat quixotic. The only * reason why the present bill does not provide for complete and immediate compensation to the German owners is that the equally valid claims ol Americans against Germany can best be settled by grouping the two classes together. The compromise Is one which the interest^ groups in both this country and Germany have ap proved. In the last session of congress a similar bill passed the House easily but was killed by the Senate fili buster at the close of the session. The administration has served no tice that it will seek to have the pres ent measure passed by the Senate and made law before the end of January. .— ♦♦ — Not So Funny Now. From the Tulsa Tribune. A St. Louis member of the lower house of the Missouri legislature a few years ago introduced a bill call ing for installation of stop lights on street cars. Members of the senate derided the measure. One offered an amendment providing that conduc tor?;. while awaiting for the traffic lights to change, should leave their own cars and run back a block and flag all approaching cars. Another proposed that the stop light be used only during full eclipse of the sun upon tha moon. The newspapers joined in heaping ridicule upon the representative. INOW tilt? iauie> navt* uccu luiucu. One car ran into another on a St. Louis street the other day, and a motorman was killed. The street rail way company vows that it shall not happen again. Voluntarily. It will equip everv car with stop lights. And the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reminds the rest of the scoffers that this is the very thing that seemed so funny to all of them when a member of the legislature suggested it. It is the legislator's turn now. prov ing that he who laughs last laughs best, and that there is at least one lawmaker In the world who has had a practical thought. ♦ ♦ ■ —— Too Much Spud. Prom the Wall Street Journal. A negro preacher was preaching a rousing sermon for the purpose of getting a big collection. In his re marks he cried: “Bruddern, dis church am got to walk." “Let'er walk, brudder; let'er walk." came in unctuous tones from the ' amen corner. Wanned by this encouragement the preacher yelled: “Dis church am got to run.” “Let'er run. let’er run." was the en thusiastic ascent from the front seat. “Dis church am got to fly. brud drrs: dis church am got to fly." This eloquence brought from the seat of honor the hilarious response: “Let'er fly." "And." continued the preacher, "it ain gwine ter take money to make thia church fly. Then from the amen corner nine the low, mournful words: "Jest let cr walk, brudder; jest let’er walk." hanging strings, leaves animals' tails, and similar articles that flap with the movements of the wearer. The fly protections used on domestic animals are exactly of the types of primitive tmmiu clothing which have baffled the anthropologists. “Clothing Itself Is neither modest nor immodest " he added, “Any de gree of clothing, as well as nudity, la perfectly modest when we become Used to It," • • q Did Oerirude Atherton attend the public schools? M C P A Mrs Atherton was educated in private schoois and under private tear hers LAWYER LOSES SLIT AGAINST NEWSPAPER Lincoln, Neb. (UP)—F. W Fitch, Omaha lawyer, lost out in su preme court in his $50,000 libel suit against the Omaha Daily News pub lishing company, a decision handed down today revealed. Fitch brought suit on the grounds that 'tie had been brought into ridicule and disgrace by reason of the manner in which the newspaper “played up” charges made by his wife in divorce pro ceedings. District Judge Paine, who wrote the court opinion, said headlines, to which Fitch made particular objec tion. are the paper's advertisement of the news it carried and if they are true, do not constitute libel. PERSHING WILL NOT DISAPPROVE Says Proposal Embarrasses Him But Patriotic Idea Is All Right Omaha, (UP)—Plans of Omaha war mothers to use his sta tue as the central figure in a war memorial to be placed on the court house lawn, does not meet with the “disapproval” of General John J. Pershing, he said in a letter to John L. Webster, chairman of the Omaha War Memorial committee. General Pershing said he under stood the spirit of the war mothers and while the proposal embarrassed him somewhat, he w’ould not oppose the movement because it “is to com memorate the services of the gallant men who constituted our armies dur ing the World war.” The proposed memorial w’ould have an equestrian statue of Pershing surrounded by a guard of soldiers, sailors and marines. ANOTHER DEATH CHARGED TO ILLEGAL OPERATION Omaha. Neb., —The second death from an alleged crim inal operation resulted here today when Mrs. Grace Weis, 19 years old, South Omaha, died at county hospi tal. She leaves her husband and a 7-months old child. She told a nurse at the hospital that she had been treated by a woman at Fort Crook to whom she paid $15. She refused to give the woman’s name, hospital authorities, said. Peritonitis was the cause of death, an autopsy disclosed Coroner Steinwender is investigating the case. OMAHA DRUGGIST HAS FASTED TWENTY DAYS Omaha. Neb.. (.UP)— Richard F. Kucharo. oruggist, today successfully passed his 20th day with out food. Kucharo. suffering partial paralysis is abstaining from food _ln hopes his infirmities may be cured OMAHA WILL INVESTIGATE CORN STALK POSSIBILITIES Omaha. Neb., (UP)—A delegation of 30 or 40 Omaha busi ness men will go to Ames, la., soon to investigate possibilities of estab lishing a factory here to utilize corn stalk* and other waste materials on the farm. Glen R. Eastburn, chief of the in dustrial bureau of the Chamber oi Commerce, who returned from a trip through Prof. O. R. Sweeney's mode1 factory at Iowa Agricultural college today was enthusiastic over possi bilities of a large factory here. East burn brought back many samples ol , work turned out by Profes. or Sweeney The factory. if started here, would devote its energies to the manufac ture of wall board and insulation foi houses, bosters said. More than 250 useful articles can be made successfully and cheaply from cornstalks, Professor aweeney contends. Flour made out of corn cobs is of great value in treatment of diabetes. '"Silk” stockings can be made from waste corn material and Professor Sweeney sees the eventual downfall of the silkworm. Corn stalks contain 35 per cent, bulk cellulose, compared to 55 per cent, in wood and 85 to 90 per cent in cotton. ALLEN LAYING PLANS FOR cqmmunity BAND Allen. Neb.. (Special)—If present plans mature. Allen will have a community band this summer. Arrangements have already been made with James Mellacher, director of the Monahan Post band at Sioux Cjty. to instruct the organization here if sufficient funds are raised. The town board has set aside about $200 for this fund and the balance need ed will be raised by popular subscrip tion. At the present time 30 persons have signified their willingness to belong to the organization. Of these, some are more experienced musi cians who formerly played in the Al len band which was organized sev eral years ago. and the balance are high school students who hve been playing in the school band and or chestra for a couple years. EFFORT BEING MADE TO COMMERCIALIZE SCOUTS? Omaha. Neb.. (UP)—Cer tain organizations are trying to com mercialize Boy Scouts. George Board man. field executive of that organi zation. warned in a speech here last \ night. Boardman said the organiza tion gad gained considerable head way in Denver and other cities and was planning on starting operations here. OMAHA MAM TRIES FASTING AS CURE FOR PARALYSIS Omaha. Neb. tUP'-Ftor the first time rlnce he began his | fast 21 days ago, R F Kucharo. Oma ha druggist was to be examined by a physician this afternoon, Kucharo. who suffered partial paralysis a Year ago had despaired of recovery through medicine and began ab staining firm all food* He believe* this heroic method will cure him eventually. He Mid hr felt much better but D not sure that his paralysis is being helped. BODY IS FOUND IN SMALL LAKE Disappearance of Valley, Neb., Man Lost November Caused Death of Wife Valley, Neb., : (UP)—The body of Samuel Rice, 62 years old, Valley liveryman for whom a search has been made underway since his disappearance last November, was found floating in McCann lake near here this afternoon. His coat and ether belongings were found on a spring board at the lake following his disappearance. Grieving over his disappearance, Rice's wife died two weeks ago. Authorities today expressed the be lief that ill health had caused Rice to take his life. TO PLANT 2,000 TREES IN PARK AT FREMONT Lincoln, Neb., "* (UP)—Two thousand trees, recently purchased by the state department of agricul ture, will be planted in the state park at Fremont, State Game Warden O’Connell said today. More than 25,000 trees will also be planted on state land in Cherry coun ty, in co-operation with state and na tional forest organizations. FILE MURDER CHARGE AGAINST OMAHA NURSE Omaha, Neb., ~ (UP)—Al though a coroners’ Jury failed to un animously request such action, Assist ant County Attorney Ross L. Shot well today filed charges of commit ting murder through an illegal opera Ei/vr. TT„I_ TT_a__ _ *"'-'** v ASblVii S1UUCIUS1, U liUKK > The woman is charged with having performed an operation cr Mrs. Heler Nelson Volkmeier, 19 years old. NOT DECIDED ON MOVE IN ILLEGAL OLLKATION CASE Omaha, Neb., (UP)—Assist ant County Attorney Shotwell decid ed today that any inquest into the death of Mrs. Grace Weis, who died at county hospital here yesterday from effects of a criminal operation must be held in Sarpy county. Mrs. Weis on her deathbed said a Sarpy county nurse had performed the op eration but refused to give her name. County Attorney William P. Nolan is expected to announce shortly whether or not sufficient evidence has been gathered to warrant prose cuting the nurse. -.. — ■■ l LAST OF ORIGINAL VIGILANTES IS DEAD O'Neill, Neb., • -Hugh O' Neill, one of the original organizers of the Holt county’s first Vigilance committee in 1882. died at his anch on the Niobrara river, north of here last week. The committee, known as “An Organization for Law and Or der.” was formed to put down horse stealing, cattle rustling and “general cussedness,” the three leading indus tries at that time along the breaks of the Niobrara river, and as a result of its operations “Doc” Middleton was captured and ceased his operations in this section of the state, and the no torious “Kid" Wade and other bad men passed on or out. The “Kid" died suspended from the arms of a railroad crossing post near Bassett, where he was being taken for safekeeping. •t»i i)i„ __ "' 1 ',ijff, BEATRICE AGITATES FOR VOTE ON ANOTHER FIELD Beatrice. Neb.. ~ (UP)—Peti tions were being circulated in Beatrice asking the city commissioners to put a proposal on the ballot at the next general election for issuing $10,000 in bonds to buy an aviation field. Workers for the project reported t!he petition was being signed readily. They pointed out that the city could save several hundred dollars by vot ing on the bonds at the genera! elec tion rather than calling a special election. a iavoraDie vote would not mean that the field would be built on the site indicated by the committee it was explained: the committee previously selected 40 acres on the Black farm, east of Beatrice, as the most logical place for a field. FARMER HAS EXCITING EXPERIENCE WITH RAT Decatur. Neb . " < Special*— Wallie Deman. farmer near Decatur had an exciting experience with a rat when it ran up his trousers leg and out through the collar of his shirt. Seeing the rat in an empty grain bin he tried to kill it stamping it with his foot, but he missed and the rat took refuge up his trousers leg. COMMUNITY CLUB PUTS ON MEMBERSHIP DRIVE Bloomfield. Neb., f Special! —The Bloomfield Community club has launched a membership drive. Members have been divided into two sides with E. L. Durbin and William T *n" i”. onntains and an active campaign is now under way. The drive will close February 29 and the lo«inc side will furnish the winners with a banquet. Pender. Neb., fSpecial'— The 90th birthday of Miss Jane M. Cook was celebrated here by rela tives A huge pyramid birthday cake decorated with 90 new dimes was the feature of the big dinner. Mr*. W. A. Love of Carroll Neb, a sister, was unable to be present, FARMERS ARK Pt E \SEI> W ITH RECENT SNOWSTORM Bloom, field. Special'— Incal farmers are enihu.‘la»tic over Die heavy snow that fell here last week Last fall the ground froze up with little moisture In It and the snow will overcome this deficiency to a ereat e*tent. A drlrrlin* ram which preceded the mow look a lot of the f»n»t ©oi and me'