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- ---—‘-—> zr-rr. The ( >maha C orning Dee temperature. faithfully and cheerfully a* we can.— Van Dyke. CITY EDITION ■ » 1 'T-' 1 "T"" — --' VOL. 54—NO. 202. Release of Pinned Man JsBlocked Section of Wall and Roof Falls in Cave, Sealing Floyd Collins in His Natural Prison. Rescuers Are Desperate By AtiwIiM rress. Cave City, Ky., Feb. 4.—Without a rumble to forecast. Its coming, a sec tion of the sidewall and roof of Sand Cave fell today and sealed Floyd Col lins, 35 years old cavern explorer, in his underground prison, just as rescu ers felt they were about to effect his release. Tonight Collins lies in exactly the same place where a boulder left him whejh it caught his leg at 10 Friday morning as he was crawling toward Hie entrance. But volunteer workers are pecking away from the other side and hope to reach him within a few hours with a chisel and an acetylene torch. The torch .will be used to heat the rock which holds his legs, if the legs still are fast. Collins, himself, was unable to say definitely whether he was foot free or not, having told cave men first that he could move both legs and later that he could move neither. After the heat has dried the rock, tlie smallest member of the party will I free enough to permit Collins to withdraw his foot, or others to with draw It for him, has been made. Only one man can approach the cave pris oner at a time. Whatever work he dees must l>e limited to what force he puts behind short strokes, as the passageway will not permit freedom of arm movement.) Timbering Essential. If this slow, preinitive method is successful and Collins' feet are freed, it probably will be necessary to place the leather harness about his waist again and drag him from the point of imprisonment. Collins 'is so enfeebled that his own efforts in all likelihood will be fruitless under most favorable circumstance*. All member* of the party screed, however, that further timbering was essential before they should venture in to Collins. The debris of the slide has been somewhat cleared and small stones and sand which caved In dur ing the afternoon while several men were working in the channel, also had bc"ti cleared. The afternoon cave-in was a minor affair, It was said. Small , rock fell behind one of the rescuers, , but he squirmed out safely. For three hours this afternoon all work was devoted to bracing the cell ing with short props. Timber around the cave was cut and men with saws dotted the bills turning out short logs. ‘ Two white tents near the cave en trance have taken on an aspect of permanence. Hot coffee and fgood are served from here to men who emerge weakened and cold from Sand cave. It Is a strenuous task to reach Col lins anil return, regardless of whether .any other work is done en route. One way passage requires 20 minutes to half an hour and several men have collapsed when reaching the surface. Surgeon Takes Plane. A group of national guardsmen, some from Rowling Green and some from Smith’s Grovp, have roped off the entrance to the cavern ad on lookers are kept at a distance. Or. William Hazlett arrived today from Chicago, where Mrs. Emmons Blaine commissioned him with funds and necessary equipment to perform an amputation operation, If necessary to liberate Collins. The Collins family, however, will agree to amputation only as a last resort. Considerable doubt lias been expressed as to wheth er a n^an of Or. Hazlett'* size could proceed far enough in the narrow passage to reach the prisoner. SECRETARY FOR JUNIOR C. OF C. The junior division of the Chamber nf Commerce Is to have a paid secre . tary to take care of its affairs. This * was decided at a meeting of the board of directors and the executive committee of the Chamber of Com merce Tuesday noon. Jx'o one has been selected yet for the position, according to Clarke G. Powell, commissioner of the Chamber. Mp said the Chamber Is looking for a high-grade executive. Court Measure Passed. Washington, Feb. 4.—The bill alter ing the jurisdiction of the higher fed i ral courts with a view to decreasing the number of cases which reach the pupreme court was sent to the presi dent, the house accepting senate amendments. ' /■ We Have With Us Today Winslow Russell. Vice President and Agency Manager, Phoenix Mutual Ufe Insurance Co., Hartford, Conn. Mr. Russell Is one of the best known Ilfs Insurance executives in the United titates. He lisa been In the business for 25 years, and for the last 20 years be lias held hie present position of vice president snd general agency / manager for the phoenix Mutual l.lfe Insurance company, lie Is known particularly among life Insurance men for Ills part In the development of agency work. Mr. Riisjell will he the principal speaker at n dinner ahlch has been srranged In hie honor by the Insur ance division of the Chamber of Com irierce, at the chamber Thursday •vetting. — Three Escape Hurts When Horse Is Hung Special Dispatch to The Omaha Bee. Beatrice, Neb., Feb. ♦.—Beatrice al most went back to ancient history for an accident thrill which would not implicate in any way the automobile. Elmer Hennings and two residents of Liberty were on their way home, riding in Hennings' buggy, drawn by a team oC horses. In some manner the team slipped from the road and crashed into the ditch. One horse was killed, the other hung by his neck to a post, the buggy was wrecked and the three men escaped injury. 2 Students Dead. 5 Critically 111, in Poisoning Plot Strychnine Found in Stom achs of University Boys; Believe Put in Cold Remedy Capsules. By Ainclittd Pr«M. Columbus, O., Feb. 4.—Definite trace of strychnine, found late today in the stomach df David I. Pusken of Canton, O., Ohio State university stu dent, who} died suddenly Sunday, strengthened the belief of university officials that the sudden death of Pus ken and another student in the last four days and the violent illness of other students, was due to poison, probably Intentionally placed In medi cine prescribed on the campus. As a result, university officials this afternoon turned the official investi gation of the situation over to Colum bus police authorities. University officials placed every fa cility of the Institution at the disposal of the pollice and pledged heartiest co-opera tlon. President W. O. Thompson, after Issuing a statement Insisting that there was no cause for alarm or for parents withdrawing their children from the university, did these things 1— Directed that a complete chdhv leal analysis of all remaining medi cine of the ktnd leaned to ths stu dents affected should be made. 2— Ordered that all further Issuance of such medicine remaining in the college phsrmarey dispensary where it was mads up should ceass. Columbus police officials tonight questioned Dean E. F. MeCampbell of the college of medicine, George D. Thompson, also of Canton, the last student taken violently ill, and ar ranged tomorrow to question all e'u dents In the college of pharmacy who have been on duty in the dispensary i nthe last two weeks. Discovery of definite traces of strychnine in the stomach of Pusken made it certain that the poison was involved in al least three of the five or six more serious cases which have developed since last Thursday. But chemical tests of nearly two-thirds of the capsules Issued for treatment of colds failed to reveal any trace of the poison, except in one capsule. This capsule, one of a number issued to Timothy J. McCarthy of Fremont. O., varsity football player, last week, was said to contain nothing hut poison. It lg believed to have been a similar rapsule which caused Mc Carthy to become violently ill last Thursday. Poison m capsule*. Poison also waa found In the con tent* of the ahtomach of Thompson, who was taken suddenly ill yesterday under circumstances similar to those in the other case*. Rut other cap sules in Thompson's possession were found to be free from poison. Exact cause of the death of Charles H. Hula of l.ogar, ft. who died last Saturday In convulsions, snd of the violent Illness of Harold E. (illllR of Tiffin, O.. a sophomore, has not been determined. capsule* of the kind given the other three students named were prescribed for these students. Hills' death was St firs'? ascribed to tetanus. That of Pusken, after a post mortem, waa laid to meningitis of a virulent type. Dean McCampbell today explained apparent conflict by saying that the symptoms In all three diseases are similar and any one of the three might be mistaken for the other, unless all the facts In each case were definitely known. Plot. Mays President. How or why the poison was Includ ed In the medklne so fnr Is a mys tery upon which the Investigators have been able to shed no light. Stu dents who are treated at the univer sity health service office are only given prescription* there. The pre Bcrtption* then are filled at the col lege of pharmacy dispensary. Mgdl cine compounded at this dispensary Is always made up under the direct supervision of faculty nteml-ers In 1h* college of pharmacv. all of whom are registered pharmacists, officials point ed out. - A number nf supplies of the poison were found this afternoon to ■’# 1t> the possession of various deportments of the university. Rut In ««''h In stance. It vv*s learned, that faculty member* personally keep It at nil time" under lock and key and could account for practically all that had been In their possession for some months, A* If to strengthen the probability of deliberate Intent In the admixture of poison, Dr. Clair A'■ Dye. desn of the college of pharmacy, who 1* In direct charge of the dispensary, point ed out that If the poison had been added by mistake It would have beet, mixed In all the capsule* He further demonstrated this afternoon that the poison, being heavier than the qul nine, which It closely resemble* In appearance, could tint have been made up Into an ordinary cap«ule by ml* take. THK tnrs’1.1. TOC If >our br*k»* ursrv' unrklna r!§hi A« *n •'■therl* < n.yhe.tos Service StsUo" "* P*.s .Stas »od rsdaa jours ■ Jf* -harass nsltshls Tlrs Bspatr V.O., «tt*| a jitb si.—Ad > srUssmsaU Trolley Bill J Necessary, Senate ToF1 —- > o’ e a/. Oinalians Plead for ’ ^ Measure; Both o%'V' Tram Comp. Represented. Fight on Annexation By P. C. POWEIX. Staff Correspondent Th* Omaha Be*. Lincoln, Feb. 5,—Interest in to 1 day's legislative session centered around committee hearings on three bills. The Omaha tramway franchise measure before the senate Judiciary committee, tlie Sarpy county annexa tion bill before the house committee on privileges and elections, the mani curist bill before the house medical society committee. < Ymtlnunnce of hearings were granted on all three measures. •F. A. Brogan and Harley More head. representing "Omaha business interests": A. V. Shotwell, represent ing the city of Omaha and It. A. Leussler, representing Omaha and Council Bluffs Street Railway com pany appeared In behalf of the tram way company. The entire delegation asserted passage of the bill was ab solutely necessary In order to Insure a proper tramway franchise election In Omaha. "Isn't it true that the city of Oma ha, In Introducing this bill through Mayor Dahlman. is merely pulling the tramway’s chestnuts out of the fire?" Senator John W. Cooper, chair man of the Judiciary committee, ask ed Shotwell. Wood I >eads County Fight. "Not necessarily,” Shotwell replied. “The bill was prepared by TV. C. Tiambert. corporation council for the city, who is now ill, becgase he be lieved its passage necessary for the well-lielng of the city of Omaha." Representative Dick Wood, of Oma ha. did the fighting for the Sarpy county annexation Mil. Wood stated he would gladly consent to an amend ment which would make the annexa tion election occur at the holding of the next regular election in order to cut th# expense of a special election. "I want to ask those opposing th# bill to answer one question," Wood said. "Why are they opposed to per mitting residents of both counties to express their desires on annexation at the polls?" None of the Sarpy county oppo nents answered the question. Wood promised to present petitions Indicat ing numerous parpy county residents demanded annexation and desired to settle the drawnout fight by an elec tion. Manicurists Appear. Fully 100 manicurist* for »nd against the manicuring bill filled the committee room when their bill came up for hearing. A number of male liarbers. fearful something waa being "(dipped over" on them were, present. Fplly T5 per cent of the women present ore residential operators who understood the bill Intended to drive them out of business. When It was explained that tha bill merely for bade practicing any of the beauty arts In rooms used for eleeplng and eating opposition of residential op erators disappeared. Kelso Morgan, Omaha attorney, represented the manicurists; William Randall, another Omaha attorney, ap peared In opposition to the bill. Ran dal! stated that at present he pr» ferred not to make public who had retained him to kill the bill. He asked for another hearing to be held two weeks from today and his request waa granted., Irene Gray, owner of three beauty parlors In Omaha, was present tn behalf of Omaha backers of the bill. The house Judiciary committee vot ed, 65 to 5, to place a favorable rec ommendation on the Pollock bill to abolish the "blue sky” law, which calls for dlsoontinusnoe of the state bureau of securities Reed Bill Killed. Committee members voting sgalnst a favorable recommendation were Densmore, McMaatera, Byrum, Au rand, Johnson of Douglas. Ryrum, author of the bill *0 In crease taxation of Intangible proper ty to 75 per cent of the tax on tan gibles. requested that the house refer hlg hill to the revenue and taxation Committee. Dee of Adams county, au thor of the bill to cut auto license fees in half, asked that hla bill he re ferred to the name committee. Both bills had originally been referred to the Judiciary committee, « hlc|v had reported them oul with a favorable recommendation. The authors ex plained that numerous other hills on tile same subject it ere In the revenue and taxation committee and they be lieved this committee should make a decision on how to handle these two propositions. The senate Judiciary committee killed the Reed hill today, whlrh provided that six months shall elapse after a divorce petition Is filed until It is hoard In court. Chambers of Omaha moved to kill the hill. Western ell Appointed. I,ate lids afternoon. Governor Me Mullen nnnounced the appointment of !•:. 15. Western ell, Scott»bltiff news papetman, to the ntete board of con trol. The appointment Is for six years. The governor waited until the last legal day before making the an nounrenient. Tomorow the senate muat either confirm or rejert the ap polntment. John HI. Dead. Geneva, I*>h. 4 Jaaeph Davis, HI died Monday at his home tn Geneva. ||a wss the father of former Ftepie sentetlve John P. Davla. other chll dren surviving are p. ,1. and Harrv I, and Mias Mary Davla. Mra John <in v erv of Geneva and Mra 4 fi GrllTltb ) and iC. J. Urlffltli of Salem. Ora Stokes Defense Fails to Quash Charges Upon Mere Technicality C Court Refuses to Split Hairs Over Term, “('liar Used in Indictment; Aged Millionaire Says <\ . Prove Sensational Charges \gainst ^ ife. ■O Cj e. _ V y \ .<> A. J. IiORENZ, > .nl Her< l< e Staff Correspondent. 4* dcago, Feb. 4.—Just what is character?” The court tc refused to stand on strictly ct. tgical and philo sophical grounds in deciding it. Courts are no longer sticklers for grammatical accuracy. They have become popularised as evinced by Judge William M. Gemmlll's de cision today to refuse to accede to the plea of attorneys for W. E. D. stokes to quash the conspiracy charges because of an etymological error in the indictments. The indictments charge the mil lionaire New York hotel man, his attorney, Dan Nugent of New York, and two negroea with conspiracy to defame the "character” of Mrs. Stokes. Attorney John J. Healy, repre senting Mr. Stokes, sprung the grammatical surprise move when the trial opened today. Court Overrules Move, ."It is impossible to injure a person's character. Just as It is im possible to harm a person's soul,” stated Heaiy by way of premise. "A man or woman's character is what he or she is. It cannot be harmed by any outside agency.” Completing his syllogism, much in the manner of a debate in logics, the attorney argued: "Therefore, W. E. D. Stokes could not have engaged in a con spiracy to harm his wife's 'charac ter,’ although It might be possible to injure her reputation.” It was court procedure of the old school, one rarely meets in these Irrigation Bill Is Making Progress Efforts Made to Get Measure Submitted to Present Legislature. Washington, Feb. 4.—With one hearing on the tricounty euhsofl Ir rigation project finished before the senate committee on Irrigation and another scheduled for the near fu ture. favorable progress Is being made on the bill Introduced In tjie senate by Senator Norris end In the house by Congressman Shallenberger, which will reclaim 600,000 acres of semlarld Nebraska lend. Congressman Shallenberger expects to have a hearing on the project be fore the house committee on frriga tlon and reclamation this week. Just now tha hearing is being held up tin til a report can be had from tha In terior department. Elwood Mead, commissioner of rec lamatlon, has been over the project In Nebraska and has submitted n re port to the secretary of the'interior. Because of the necessity oPthe sup plementary legislation which will have to he passed on by the Nebraska legislature, and which Is provided for in the bill now pending In the house and senate, the committee here, repre senting the project, is desirous of final action on the bill st this session, which will permit the Nebraska legis laturs to take necessary action at its prssent session. Otherwise the bill will have to wait for the next meet ing of the ^ate legislature. Senator Norris has been interested in the project from the first, having lived Jn the vicinity of the project for .16 years, and In his talk hefora the senate committee on Irrigation he told whst the project will do when completed toward reclaiming send arid lands and in assuring annual crops in that portion of Nebraska, which now affords but one crop in five years, Rile* to Be Held Today for Former Beatrice Mayor Reatrice, Feb. 4.—Funeral services for William F. Norcroas, former mayor of Beatrice and extensive land owner In Gage county, who died at a hospjtn] here, will he held Thursday afternoon at 2:jn at the First Christian church. The sermon will be read by Rev. M. Lee fiorey of Ballna, Kan , formerly pastor here, and burial tylll be In Evergreen Home cemetery. Gering Pool Planning RxplorHlion* for Oil Bridgeport. Feb. 4 VVlt-h *,500 ai reglurnler leaw, for oil de\elopmenl pmpoaea, the timing till pool will make an effort to raise the holding* to 10.000. required to secure n aye temnllc exploitation of the territory eouth and east of the river for oil dlerovery purpose*. Danbury Pioneer Die*. Danbury, Fab. 4 Joel H Dolph, pioneer hnineaf endai* of Danbury, Idled At tha home of hi* daughter. Mr*. «XV. Dewey, of McCook. February I. [at the age of 85. He cania to Dan bury In 1875 and made lit* home on hla homeatend near Danbury until re cently. Ill* living children are Mra. C W. DfWfy of McCook, Mra .1. N WIckA of Roultltr, Colo : Haiti Dolph of Denver, and Burnett Dolph of Dnn bury. HIa tvlfe and one ton had pro ceded him In death FTor*c* Firing Gootl Price*. Beatrice Feb. 4 \t the t'Mf<rlefc >Florh farm neai XX y more horaea aold on an aval n*e of $136 and mule* ill*, a head. Thirty-four head of milch Iron* brought from $44 to $77 a head and feeder* aieraged $4J m heed Mi noch aod famllv a ill loon locata ut \v i mot • I days. But Judge (iaimnlJl dismissed tlie technicalities by saying; “I overrule your motion. The record will show yor argment." A moment later began the selec tion of the jry to try the aged New York millionaire, who twice has at tempted to divorce the wife he mar ried 1 in a winter and summer ro mance—when he was 5$ and she was 21. The state made it apparent that married men would be sought on the jury which, it was agreed, would be locked up during the course of the trial. New Evidence Promised. Tile cintest. which affords the spectacle of » husband seeking to prove bis (barges that his pretty wife and mother of his children had once been a habitue of the gay night life of Chicago's levee district, is expected to spring sensation after sensation. The aged million lire declared that he had new evi dence to prove his churges. State's Attorney Smith, in out lining tile case, declared that the state had found new proof that photographs which were introduced In the two divorce trials of Stokes against his wife, had been misrep resented. * One of the photographs showing Mrs. Stokes as a young girl in pajamas, which Stokes is declared to have maintained was taken in the notorious Everleigh club, was in reality taken in the home of Airs. Stokes’ mother in Denver. Smith declared. Mrs. Stokes is expected to he in Chicago to take the stand Jfonday. having been notified today that the trial had gotten under way in earn est. Ice Car Prisoner ! Succumbs to Cold Body of Man Found Two Days After Death; Knuckles Bruised. The knuckles were bruised and torn and bleeding from knocking on the side of a refrigerator oar in his efforts to be released. The effort was in vain. The body, dead for one or two days, was found In the ice bunker of a Chicago & Northwestern refrigerator car on Wednesday at 1 30 by George Mitch ell. a laborer, whose work la the air ing out of the cars. Pai>ers In the pockets indicated that it is the body of Ixniis Bobrman. .14, Marshfield. Wls , Route 6 It was turned over to Bralley A I'torrance and officials are trying to communi cate with the relatives. "The sides of the h-e bunker are smooth and. with the trapdoor in the roof closed it would tie practical!} impossible for a man to get out." aaid Carey Ford, Investigator for County Coroner Stelnwender. "The man evidently died from cold and exposure after long, ineffectual efforts to attract attention to his sit nation, as shown by the bloody knuckles. A large piece of bologna in s pocket showed that he did not die of starvation." TRAIN RACES WITH STORK TO VICTORY Milford. T'tah, Feb 4. —The stork and a Cnion Pacific passenger train raced for Milford with the latter w In ^ nlng. so the son of Mr. and Mr*. Harry Kdward of Hollywood. Cal., en tered the world with the aid of a local ph}sli'lan anti was clothed with garments presented by Milford resi dents until his own clothing could be brought from the train. The parents had been with the con cern which litis been filming "Ren Hur” at Rome until called back by the turmoil In the Mussolini regime. Serond Twins Arrive at Shenandoah Homo Shenandoah. la.. Keb. 4 —With the addition of second twins to the family of Mr. and Mr*. Olaf Christianson, the Shenandoah population at the Chris tlanaon home ha* been Increased In 11. The other twins are 5. There Is also a 3 year old child. Mr. Christian son run* a car repair ahop. Reward for Mushers. Birmingham. All., I>h. 4 Blr ntlnghnm reached out toward Alaska to reward the heroism of the mush ers who rushed diphtheria antitoxin Into Nome when a Birmingham new a paper begun acknowledging subscrip tion* to will’ll * r*ni|»algn. Married in < iouucil (Huffs. T'h#» fuMnwln* parson* obtained m*r IUon««*a n ('nunrll Bluff* ti**t*r • In > Ifn.yard Kne.tgo Mnd>«on. Nab ... 33 Will* I" MrllhM*. Urov». Nnb.14 • iso r*e l.mr (*f#*r#»lt. I* ....... R.inntntiell \l Vslllst. Naol*. I*...... 16 ltam*'d rh'-'.VR |.4>B*n. I* ....... *1 MttltK « IN mlcison f.ogan. I*. ....... Jl Wnlffr K m*lpv t'lmKi Neb. ...... hVm \\»>*tim»ii. ('lark*. Nab. .. 16 II l» Pilling*!*, Hhalbv. 1*. . ... 26 (Harris#* .1 kaam. kbalbv. 1*. ... *• .1 Haim I.r*cn4k piRtUmnulh Nab ;i Wcllth K Vslb-k. rimtfsmuuth. *Nab. i# l*Mwin fi»rl dibit* IlOffkn, In. 21 VHU fairttll* Melnloin. 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Mrs. Anderson, sister of Blanche Galvin, 2", unwed mother, on trial for the death of her unnamed baba last October, had been called by the state to testify against her sister. The testimony was, to an extent, disappointing. There was nothing brought out which had not been told before, at the Inquest or during the investigation which followed the find ing of the babe, abandoned on a side walk at the rear of the Anderson home. Mrs. Anderson told how she had had a telegram for her sister saying that Blanche would come to Council Bluffs from Atlantic that day. Blanche had arrived and, with her mother and her sister, had spent the afternoon In Omaha shopping. Tell of Finding Child. That evening Blanche assisted her sister in preparing supper, but when the family suggested going for a motor ride after supper Blanche pleaded illness and was left at home. Nothing had been said of Miss Gal vin expecting the arrival of a cliild at that time and Mrs. Anderson had no anxiety of leaving her alone. When she returned home. Mrs. An derson said, Blanche was very ill and was lying on a davenport. Mrs. An derson went out the back door and noticed a group of neighbors on the sidewalk. She heard one man say that he would "get a club and put it out of its misery." Cpon her return to the house her slated admitted that the baby had been born and that she had left it outside She house. When the police arrived she met them at the door with the information that the baby was her sister s. Case Moves Kapidlv. As she finished testifying Mrs. An derson turned to the attorney for the defense and aiked that she might stay in the courtroom to comfort h»r sister. The attorney refered tics re quest to the Judge who overruled ths motion gnd ordered Mrs. Anderson to wait outside w-ttb the other witnesses. Clarence Anderson, was then called and gave testimony which supported the story of his wife. The Ander eons moved front Council Bluffs aTter (Turn tn I'vir Three. ( oiemn Itnr.l POISON CAPSULES COST TWO LIVES Columbu*. < Feb. 4.—The startling1 di*oo\ cry l hut poison unknowingly taken and no? spotted f«*v#r fc*»rpbp> spinal meningitis) caused the deaths of two <>hl«> State university students. Charles !?. Hulft and David F’unken. a dn.\s ago and the near death la.*r night of George IF. Thompson, also of Canton, O.. seemed apparent here today. Information In the hand* of medical authorities t«wiay indicated, it was stated, that Huls. Pusken and Thomp son and three other students, all studying in the college of commerce and journalism, obtained capsuled medicine at the unher*itv pharmaceu tical laboratory a* treatment for colds an»1 that some of the capsules con talncd strychnine hous£ has new POSTOFFICE BILL * Washington. Fob. 4—A postal pay and rats Increase 1,111. differing in some particular* from the measure passed by the senate and returned to that body by the house, was reported todav In- the house poatofflce com mittee. The salary Increase provision Is similar to that in the senate bill and to the measure vetoed bv President Coolhlge. but rate provisions depart frbni toe Increase* proposed in the senate hill. They would produce, in the opinion of committee members, neough revenue to cover pay ad vances. Rural Mail (.nrripr in Service 21 Yrarsi Pawnee City. Neb., Feb. 4 -Tvv.t I tv one years ns a rural mail carrier in I ni-le Sants service is the record of B. W. Rohst. .-.one 1. of DuRcls, \eb When Mr. Bobsr stalled his career ns a carrier J1 veers ago be drove a leant or rode * horse, and stMiiettines ^vent over roads that were nearly impassable IBs salary wae $Bl a month. Today he Is driving over good road* some nr them main ! talne.1 highways, and carries his mall! (n a cat " akefielil Selmol* Ken|ien. WnKrfioM. h t \fifi hiivlng lx>oti oIoimtI «f Vft« I i1«>n on mvnuM of n llor.Tifn.il fplilngl. of itlplwhr rln. (hp Wakgflchl pnlilio fohoal* h»\r opened Mictiin Willi nnlx on. ruse mm quarantined, the authorltle. hr llexe Him there It 111 Ilf danger of the epread of the dlaeaae. lariuer* Marketing W heat. Iieafrloe Fell. 4. » « nuliicmMe wheat liai been mm keted *t th»P point the pa*■ <*\\ tla>*. Hap price being $1.79 a buehel. Farmer* and Kia n ilcmln p • •ypeot the price to rraeh $? a hnahel by apring fY«e tl* »H> no corn to moving. nn**t of ti t farmei* holding the * aln with *luch lu Utd UuU flock. ^ r---~ ' Rare of Cops to Aid R ounded Man Finds Him Only Half Shot \___ J Nix detectives In an emergency car and another half doxen offi cers and doctors in the patrol wagon (lashed un to the curbing at Nixteenth street and tirand ave nue Wednesday morning, looking for the body and the murderer. A woman had railed the police station and screamed into the tele phone: "Send help to Sixteenth and t.rand, quick! There's a man shot out here. He's lying in a pool of blood, dying." The officers found* Hark Allen, 908'j North Sixteenth street, lying in a snow bank. Blood stained the ■now. “How did you get shot?” the offi cers demanded, helping Allen to his feet. "Shot?” muttered Vilen thickly." “I ain’t—hie—shot; Just—hlo—half shot.” He was taken to the police sta tion and booked on a charge of drunkenness. Ills forehead was cut when he fell on the sidewalk. Railroads Fight Plan to Decrease Rates on Freight Defend Schedule Against At tack of Livestock Raisers / Before Interstate Com merce Board. Kansas City, Mo., Feb. 4.—Rail roads opened their defense in the In terstate Commerce Commission hear ing today with an array of figures designed to show that railroad ex penses Justify existing livestock freight rates and that these rates are lower in comparison with other com modities than in 1914. Western live stock men have petitioned the com mission for a freight rate reduction. I,. E. Wattles of Chicago, who is employed by the statistical bureau of the western roads, was the first rail road witness. Railroad expenses, he said, have Increased tremendously along with the Increase in revenue. He cited taxes for example, which he mid were three times as large In 1974 as In 1911. Produces Tables. The witness produced tables to show bow the roads have increased their rattle transportation equipment in re cent years. Despite the higher level of rates prevailing in 1974 than In 1914. Wet tling represented net returns to rail ro*ds ss only slightly greeter. Hit| tables hhowed that the ret return o« western lines in 1914 was 4,17 per rent and that in 1974 it was 4.37 per cent. 'Did freight rates have anything t.. do with the deflation of the last four years in the cattle business'" asked K. F. Burgees, chief counsel foi the railroads. ’.No. they were in no way respon sible. the witness responded. Wettling s figures showed 7.*09.000 fewer beef cattle In the United States today than a year ago and that monthly form prices of cattle were about equal to prices In 1914. They Indicated an in< rease of a dollar per hundred glfnjr ds in the price of fat steers, bvtt a tie- rease of more than that amount in the Stocker and feeder class. Packer* Pay Same. Packers are paying about the same for i>eef today as they paid in 1919 IS 17. Wettling said. Dholes cuts are! drawing close to‘ peek price# he rie j dared, but demand for meats of lesser quality has fallen off proportionately , Per capita consumption meat isl greater now than 10 years ago. his figures showed. "Sheep price- are excellent." It e1 tling said. "They hate almost reached I the war peak this month. Ijtmbj prices especially are soaring. Hog prices also are going up. They erei aboty the level of 16 years ago. right ! now." Wettling is expected to resume the witness stand tomorrow. Mother Stricken in Vain Effort to Save Child'* Life Dolumtus. Feb. 4—Milton. 5-year old son of Mr. and Mrs. W. O. L-uebke, dted at the family home here follow ing an attack of eoarlet fever. His mother is Ul. having contracted the same disease in her vain effort to nurse the child back to health, rhyal ciana say she will recover. The child’s death is the firs? one from a contagious disease recorded in Co lumbus this yesr. School Head Retained and Salary Increased I Neb . Fed. 4. — A. M Ne’. son. who I* serving Itls first year as superintendent of schools here, was unanimously re elected Monday e\ e ning for a three year term at a raise of *700 a y ear. This year his salary was *3 300. He resigned at Auburn lo heal the FsJrbury system Mr*. I aura Liglitfoot Die* \fter TVo-IIours* lllur.os Blue Hill, l*'eh. 4 Mrs, Uurt l.lghtfoot died of apepleay Tuesday.I after only two hours' Illness Sits was post president and present vie* pree! dent of the American I .eg I on and a diligent worker In that organitatlon, she I* survived hy thiee sons. The Weather ^---“• J I »**■ 4 hdtiM •,«* •*« T t> m. Fahru ] |M 4 tv*>' i> tat or* t*-h»a a*<l fcuwA’Aath* Tola! e isit! * nc# .»nuar> 1 0 1*. • * r-»»a Q Oj ttnurh lewpArAtur** 4 a w sk i r it. % a. **v .«ts..Ik 1 |» m ’ A Ml » »'• M | I a. w . *• ♦ p »' a? ♦ aw 4! t» tw > l | 1A • r* j * 4 ia . <i • ,, II a.s* 41 1 v At < Bodies of 2 Lost Girls Recovered Sisters. 12 and 8, Missing From Home in Los Angeles Since August, Had Been Attacked, Police Say. No Other Clues to Fate Los Angeles, Cal., Feb. 4.—Two little girle, who wandered away from home here on August 23, last, w*!ul 65 cents taken from a baby sister's bank, were found today, dead, In * shallow brush-covered grave hi the suburbs with Indications pointing to the conclusion that they had been attacked and then slain. Their names were May Martin, aged 12, and Nina, aged S. They were the daughters of Mr*. Paul Buus of I/OB Angeles. Their father is Eddie Martin, who was sought at the time of their disappear ance and was located in Hoquiam. Wash., working In a lumber yard. Martin, when found at Hoquiam, September 15. said he was unable to throw any light on the mystery of their disappearance. He declared that he had not visited California, or bt* former wife, during the last el* months. Grandmother Identifoes Them. Today the grieg-stricken grand mother of the little girls, Mrs. Carrie Lovelace, for whose home they had set out on their last journey. Identi fied the badly decomposed bodies by their clothing. The girls dropped frorru sight short l^after they had left Rome during their mothers absence. As they walked down the street they met two playmates. Dorothy and Daisy BevllJe, and gave each a dime from their hoard of 65 cents taken from their baby sister's bank. Then they walked on. That night about tl a neighbor. Mrs. Minnie Wideman. said she heard a child's scream. Another neighbor said that she had seen two children who looked like the little Martin sis ters. leaving a school play grounds in a small automobile with two young men. There the trail stopped. Police and deputy sheriffs combed hill* and ravines in the neighborhood and failed. Reward* Were Offered. Headed by police officers, posee* t went over the ground thoroughly. Funds were raised by rublic eubscrip. tion and offered as rewards for infor mation which would lead to tracing May and Nina. But there was no re sult. Two little girls had dropped from sight in a thickly populated neighbor hood of a city In broad daylight with out leaving a trace behind. Today I-eo P. Bauique and Frank West were crossing the Clara Baldwin • state west of reposition boulevard. They saw a bU of cloth protruding from a brush pile and Investigated Underneath were the bodies. County Autopsy Surgeon Wagnet is performing a poet mortem examine tion to determine, if possible, the manner of their death. William B-lght. chief of the b«u: ride squad of the sheriff's office, ar nounoed tonight that a d-agnet had been spread for a degenerate who had been annoying women and children last summer In the neighborhood from which the Martin girls dtsap pea red. WOUNDED YOUTH GIVES STATEMENT "l did not intend to kill arty one was the first statement made to police by Guy Parker. Omaha youth who was shot in an alleged »"tempted holdup at Twenty first and Douglas streets two weeks ago. Parker was taken from Lord Ltster hospital Wed nesday afternoon to the police ent»r' gency hospital. Detective Bill tfur nett, secretary to the chief of de tectives, asked Parker if he wishes to make a statement. When Parke was confronted by the signed etgt* meet made hv George Gillespie, why had said that Parker was his pal ia a number of Omaha holdups. Parks, said. “It Is all a ’ "I did not intend to hold up ait.' man." Parker continued. ‘"I had tn> reasons which I do not care te tell " Parker will be held at tha erne ger.ry hospital. Summary of the Day in Washington A new poatal pay and rata Increase hilt vm reported to th* house Additional government agent* ap peered before the federal grand Jur' In th* Wheeler oaae Investigation of the n heat, (toy and bread Industry w a* asked b> Senator Cameron of Artgona. A delegation of women urged th* equal rights oonatttutlonal smart.'. - ment before a bouse oemmttttf. Tbe navy bill, containing a requee for a disarmament conference was aent to tb* White House Senator Jbhnaon of California. toW th* aenat* tbat for S'* per cent of spe-ulaltv* reparatiens • America had risked the good will of Europe. Republican aenat* leaders assured President Coolhlg* that earreet tr forts would be made to |'i*« iegtela tlon recommended by the agncultur al oomtoiaelon ■pi.* senate to n’ aft* a wrang* to mnittle! in open executive eeaador too orrv'n th* nomination of Attupne. at so >.» to ■■* • • prenp* wvt* uat.v* g