Flood irf Oregon
Results in Loss
of About $250,000
v Irrigation Dam Gives Way
Near \ ale, Imt No Loss
of Life Reported: Much
Stork Is Killed.
Hy A.MH'InI Cl) I'i-i-sh.
Vale. Ore. Keli. 5.—Loss estimated
at about 9250,000 was caused by a
■ flood at Vale and surrounding coun
try In the Malheur river valley Aid
nlijtiig Bully creek early today. No
loffji of life was reported though there
w jit some narrow escapes.
[About three hours sfter the Bully
deck Irrigation dam, 19 miles west
ol!-Vale gave way with about 10,000
adfe feet of water tmpoyjided. It was
'•timated that nearly 9,000 sheep,
rifl0 head of cattle, a. number of
horses and dogs were drowned. Sev
eral small dairy herds wetw wiped
out entirely, and more than 20 miles
of fence was washed »vvay.
[The water came down Bully creek
nupl It ran into Malheur river, at
l he junction six miles west of Vale,
flt^e the rush of water spread out
aoros* the valley, taking everything
before it.
One hand of sheep containing 1.200
head was caught on the feed ground
within two miles of Vale and drown
ed. The herd record rattle were he-'
Ing held at his place above Vale and
400 were killed.
("arcasses of ratye, horaes. shppp
and hogs are strewn all along the
state highway from here to the head
of the valley, and the marks of (he
high watsr show that the water w'as
over the road to a depth of five feet
in places.
The Oregon Short Line’s Vale
Burns branch was cut hy ths wash
Ing out of a hrtdge. The railroad
will use automobiles and trucks to
transfer passengers and express over
o Say of four miles until repair* are
made.
UNWED MOTHER
FREED BY JURY
(Continued from r*»« One),
teach aid, loft it lying naked, when
lees than an hour n|d, nn the side
walk at the rear nf the apartment.
The baby died some hours later from
exposure and for days the unwed
mother was in s precarious condition
at a Council Bluffs hospital.
Father Not Named.
The father of the child was not
named. At the inquest Blanche 0*1
'in admitted that shs was the moth
er of another child, n«w in an or
phanag* in Illinois.
l-'Jider the criminal coda of low* a
»"i»an who cannot prove a blameless
feiford may nrtt prosecute the father
of an Illegitimate child. Because of
this Miss Galvin did not nams the
man In the rasa at all.
Wfforp the trial opened, attorneys
tor the defense declared that the name
would lie published In rourt. Judge
Peters hcatd nf this and forbade
' anyone mentioning the name. He
directed his remark* to the prosecu
licit as well as to the defense.
The hours of the trial yesterday
we tie devoted to taking of testimony
frntp the few defense witnesses and
from the defendant and with the pleas
of t.he attorney* to the jury.
TJnley was brief in his pies. Hr
took but 40 minutes to say all that
h* had to say to the Jury and re
lir»(J ^lls one plea was tljat ths Jury
remember that they were not trying
the defendant for her sin.
"There Is No Crime."
"She sinned and admitted It. She
has paid for this sin in suffering, a
hundredfold more now than she can
eves he made to pay hy any action nf
ymgfs.V he said.
‘A« for h"r crime, there |n no crime
Sbf.-did not deliberately kill the child.
She' wanted it to live and was In
search of aid" when she faintpd and
cradled awa.V, leaving the babe on
the sidewalk. She did not want to
kill it. she wanted aid to help keep it
alive.'1
Th» county attorney scored the
girl,! pointed nut that she must have
wat|Jed to dispose nf Ihe babe and de
married tbe full penalty of the law.
Tfee jury listened to the heart touch
Inc words of the defense rather than
to t,he harsher language of the prose
cut ton.
Drops Dead \&liilc orking.
Superior, Keb. 5.—William Ebff*
lint dt. fil, reeldent of thi* plan* for
th»» pa*t 20 year*, died auddenly,
while at hi# chorea in thp backyard
of ill* homp Tuesday afterno<fn. Ho
harj bean In hla uaual Rood health
during thp day, and dpath la at
tribtyted to heart failure by local
phyaldan*. Up had operated a truck
garden in the edge of town for many
Aeara. and sold large quantitlea of
/ vegetable* In aeaaon. He leave* hi§
widow and one eon.
osteopathy'
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Two Lions Roaming Pastures of
Nebraska for 10 Days, Are Caught
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IMapiitrH to The Oinnhn Be*.
South Bend. Neb.. Feb. I.—Two lions
have been roaming loose in' the pas
tores near South Rend for the past 10
days, and life for Jibe citizens bss
been just one .lump after another.
They were captured yesterday and
the entire neighborhood gave one
\ a at sigh of relief.
The lio**i belonged t<r» Kd Ferguson,
a wild animal trainer employed on
W. 1>. Halls wild animal farm at
Lancaster, Mo. Ferguson was return
Ing with the animals from St. Paul,
where they had appeared with an in
door circus, and the train stopped on
a siding near here.
Two lions in the car began fighting
and Ferguson opened the door. Two
other lioris ln the car escaped.
Ferguson attempted to recapture
the animal* before the train left. He
Coal Mine Opened
on Farm Near Rulo
Loss 'I ban .”>0 Fort of Tun
neling Develops 21-lnrb
^ rin—100 Tons Removed.
Falls City, Xrh., Feb. 5.—What is
believed to he thr first rarlnad of coal
ever mined in Nebraska is now heing
filled at the Willard Lpw-is mine three
miles southwest of Rulo. Filling it
slowly at the rate of about eight tons
a day It is expected that the car will
be loaded in time for its slated arrl
val here over the Burlington railroad
Sunday.
Aeoordtng to the belief of Mr, Lew
is. there are inn.nnn tons of soft rosl
on his half-section on the Nemaha
river bottom, promising the most val
uahie errop of fertile Richardson
county.
Nearly in years ngo a mine was
opened a half mil* from the Ibcation
of the present mine and several tons
were taken out, but the venture died
In Its birth through lark of capital.
Picking a spot at the foot of a hill
which rises abruptly about in to 40
feet from the Nemaha bottoms and
forms the .boundary line of Ihe hot
tom land on the north, Lewis began
the sinking of his shaft last fall.
Eighteen feet from the surface he
began digging through coal. Hfe
pushed on through 18 Inehee of coal
at this spot, hut hit dtrt again, so
he decided to follow the vein of roal
down the hill. Throughout the win
ter months, when weather permitted,
he patiently dug away, keeping the
discovery to himself.
Today the desolate farm near Rulo
has hpen converted Into s busy little
mining ramp wdth six experienced
miners, four of them Imported from
Kansas, working the mine. Thus far
s total of mn tons, which he i* sell
ing at 17 a ton at the mine, have
been removed. Rt-aclng ihe main tun
nel with timber, Ihe miners have con
structed 150 feet of "kiddie ear"
trackage underground to bring the
roal down the shaftway to the eleva
(or shaft.
Less than 50 feet of tunneling has
brought the miners Into s vein of 74
Inch roai. causing Mr. Lewis to dig
tip Nebraska statutes showing that
s bounty of $4,000 will he given by
the state to any Nebraska landowner
on whrse land Is found inch coal
This bounty has never hern awarded
to anyone, hut Mr. Lewis Is confident
that he will be able to claim that
reward before spring.
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Man Tramplrtl by Hop*
Is Taken to Hospital
Bridgeport, Feb. 15.—I’nconscloua
for more than 10 days, and then suf
ferlng terrible pains, supposedly from
Internal Injuries caused In an acci
dent two weeks ago near MiiNen,
Elmer Burr has gone to the hospital
at Alliance to ascertain the extent
of his Injuries, lie was hauling a load
of hogs to the market about, two
weeks sgo, when the wagon struck a
rut and overtvirned with him uhder
neath. The frightened hogs trampled
him about the face and body.
Bee Want Ads produce results.
FLORSHEIM
SHOES
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styles »now
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was unsuccessful, so he left word with
a farmer that the lions were at 'lib
erty and asked him to put out some
taw meat so that the animals would
not go hungry and stray aw'ay.
The news spread quickly that the
lions were at liberty and the whole
neighborhood was in a nervous panic.
Farmers would not let their children
out of the house and did not go out
doors themselves any more than was
absolutely necessary.
The farmer put out the meat as
Ferguson had requested and the lions
found it. Two days ago Ferguson
found that the lions had taken the
meat into a e to eat it. He man
aged to roll a stone In front of the
month of th*4 cave and trapped the
animals. Ferguson came Wednesday
and put the lions in a cage.
No livestock was injured by the
lions.
Doane College
Seeks New Home
President Dean Anuounees
He Favors Removal of In
stitution to Beatrice.
Beatrice, Feb. 5. — In addressing the
Beatrice Chamber of Commerce at its
annual meeting and banquet on the
subject of "A Greater Doane,’’ Edwin
Dean, president cf Doane college.
Crete, Xeb., stated that be favored
moving the institution to Beatrice,
a Fid said that the city would he given
two years to determine whether it
wished to take the responsibility of
being the home city of a college. A
committee was appointed to raise a
fund, no specific, amount being named.
Doane college, one of the oldest in
the state, has about 500 students, and
is sufficiently endowed to maintain
the high standards which have been
traditional with that school.
The meeting ami banquet were held
in 1 he Paddock hotel and were at
tended by about 200 business and pro
fessional men. Dr. H. M. Mepperlen
was toastmaster.
Others who spoke, besides President
Dean, were Rev. Ross McCown, Su
perintendent Morton of the Beatrice
schools, John W. Delehant and H. H.
Waite.
President C A. Miller reported the
following elected as directors ss a re
sult of the ballot: C. L. Aller, Andy
Thomsen. S. D. Ruth. H. H. Waite,
B. H. Conlee, F. A. Miller, G. W.
Spiegel, H. C. Arnold. W. A. Rush.
Farmer Seeks $100 Damages
for Horse Injured on Bridge
Pawnee City, Feb. f».— For Injury
sustained by one of his horses. Elmer
llermle of Mission Creek precinct
has filed a claim with the commis
sioners for $100. Hermle Js a farmer
of the southwest part of the county.
As he was driving his team across
a bridge one of the horses broke its
leg in a hols in the planking. The
animal had to be killed.
Discovery of Shoe
Gives Impetus to
Probe of Slaying
—
Sleuths Redouble Lfforts to
Track Persons Responsible J
for Brutal Deaths of
Los Angeles Girls.
J,os Angeles. Feb. 5.—Finding of
the shoe lost from the foot of little
Nina Martin, eight, whose body with
that of her slater. May, 12, was dis
covered slain in a grave on an An
gelos M“sa yesterday, lent new im
petus tonight to the tracking of the
person of )>ersnna responsible for the
kidnaping, maltreating and killing of
the sisters.
That the girls who disappeared
from their home last August were
held prisoners for some time, while
a country wide search was In prog
ress and then later murdered and
burled was a theory that was gain
ing ground with officers working on
the case.
Stocking* Miming.
It was pointed out that searching
parties last summer hart traversed
several times the territory where the
bodies were uncovered. This, officers
declared, would indicate that the
bodies were not there at that time,
but hart been carried there later. The
fact that the shoe missing from
Nina's foot was discovered today 40
feet away from the grave pointed to
its having been thrown there by the
person or persons who buried the
little girls, or else indicated that it
had dropped from the little inert foot
as Nina's body was borne to the shai
low sepulchre.
Further search is being made for
May's stockings, which were not on
her body when It was uncovered.
Sheriff's deputies and detectives
from bby police headquarters work
ing Ind^iendently on the mystery, In
varied the Mexican settlement of T,ns
Angeles. This district, on the east
side of the city, known as "Sonora
town” was submitted to. a careful
combing In the search for clews bo
the slaying.
Foreigner Suspected.
The sheriff's officers' descent, on
the east side was the result of Infor
mation that an unidentified man in
that region had been heard to voice
remark* which pointed to some
knowledge of* the Identity of the
killers.
Detectives from city headquarters
were sent to Sonora town following
a careful study of the case by their
bureau chief, W. I,. Chapman.
The detective chief declared hla he
lief that the crime showed every evi
dence of having been committed by
a foreigner. Decomposition prevented
a thorough examination of the
bodies, he said, but he expressed the
conviction that, the girls had been
stabbed a* well as strangled.
DEATH LOOMS FOR
ENTOMBED MAN
(<nntlnu«*ri from Put* On*),
agree that a shaft la the only solution
to their quest for the cavern's victim !
Brigadier General Renhardt savji it
will require 24 to 36 hours to sink the
mine The federal engineers, not so
optimistic, place the time at 36 to 72
hours.
Mine machinery to comhat heavy
rock has been rushed to Cave City by
rail from Nashville, Tenn., by motor
from Louisville and by wagon and
boat from Kyroe. Ky., a score of
miles away. Smaller Implements
designed to be used in the cave have
been received from various part* of
the nation. The cave, however, is
now closed, both hv military command
and hv the upheaval which cut. off
Collins from communication with his
rescuers.
Operation Impossible.
Rr. William Hazlett, who came
from Chicago to amputate Collins'
foot, found that dozens of other mem
bers of his profession had volunteered
to do the same thing if it were pos
sible to reach their man. There was
(nof room for an amputation to he per
formed. however.
Seventy-five men were in the crew
which started the shaft. The mouth
of the mine will be double or more the
size of the hole when it reaches the
50-foot level. An automatic air com
pressor and drill, brought to Cave
City Monday by Lieut. Robert
Rurdon of the Louisville fire depart
ment for use In the cave, will be
brought into play when miners hit
the expected solid rock.
Lee Collins, father of the victim,
surveyed the situation today with
sorrow. Hfs money was gone—gone
for food and overalls for the volunteer
workers who have been Into the cave
again and again since last Saturday.
An appeal for financial aid hv Ray
Turner, magistrate; A. C. Young. In
behalf of the. rescuers, and Cave City
residents. 8 R. Caldwell, president
of the People's hank, was designated
treasurer of the aid Bind.
Heat and Light Supplied.
Electricity still is being sent into
the cave through a wire which was
attached to heat pads placed around
Collins. If the prisoner lives and the
wire was ‘not severed by today’s up
lift, there .may he heat and light for
Collins. At 2:30 this morning he re
peatedly mumbled, "I am covered with
dirt." and called for bis mother, who
is dead, and his brothers. An hour
and a half later a worker reported
having heard Collins call, "Oh, God,
help me!"
No one has been able to get near
enough to hear what Collins may have
s^ld since then.
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Throng Chapel at
Gun Victim’s Rites
Flower* Banked Over Casket
and at End of Boom;
Summitt Sends
Bouquet.
i Jimmy Oiiflln's friends crowded
I Gentltman's mortuary Thursday aft
I ernoon to hear him praised as "a
i good husband, a wise father and a
loyal friend.”
In a room which ff#s scented hi
the perfume of scores of floral trlh
utes Rev. Howard Whitcomb preacher
a flattering eulogy over the body o'
the man who was fatally shot Pun
day night by Police Sergt. Joe Potach
"Jimmy would go to .any length t<
help a friend,” said the minister. "H<
never went back on a pal.”
One end of the chapel was banker
high by the floral tributes which ratal
from friends of the man who har
once been a leader of the under
world.
One large bouquet came from Pollci
Sergt. f'.enrge Summitt and Mrs. Sum
mitt. Others were inscribed 'Front
Johnny," "From Mike,” "Fron
Junior” and "From Friends at Flf
teentb and r'hioago Streets.”
flriffln's relative. sat in a room ad
joining the chapel. Oriffin's first am
second wives were present.
Sloan to Address Kiwanians,
Fairbury. Fab. o.—Charle* H. Sloan
ex-rongrepeman of thip dlatriH. will
ppoak before the Fairbury Kiwanh
Hub Thursday. February 12. This
datp bap been deMenated "Ladle*
Nlaht." and a banquet will be perved
CHADRON REJECTS
CITYMANAGERPLAN
(’hadron* Feb. 5.—By a fote of over
two to one Chadron electors defeated
the city manager form of city govern
ment at the special election. The vote
exceeded the total at the last April
city election nearly 300.
A petition for a charter convention
t
to reorganise a charter of »e|f govern
ment In Chadron la voted on a* the {
city election in April. Return* of the
city manager election are aaid to
point to de» >* of thi* proposal.
Woman Struck by Truck.
Beatrice. Feb. 5 Mir* Floy Hollo.
way, K.01 Bell street, waa struck l-v ^0^
a truck at Sixth and Court yeeta
and severely bruised' c.
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Spring coats display not only a
collar of fur, but often there is a
wide band of natural or gray fox
about the bottom, or at knee
height. Natural kasha, char
meen, and charmaleen are the
favored fabrics, with corded silks
for southern or for later spring
wear.
Third Floor.
_“The Best Place to Shop, After All
PRAY’S
ONE STORE SALE
Here’s the story, men-Fve sold my interest in the West Famam
Street Store and am devoting my entire time to the store at 1509
Famam (Henshaw Hotel building). Naturally, buying for two
stores, I find it necessary to dispose of surplus stocks. Now
you know the story, and knowing Pray’-s reputation for quality
merchandise, these low prices ought to bring you in bright and
early tomorrow morning. If you can’t possibly get here, phone
your wants and we’ll make a selection for you.
WeVe Cut Prices in Order to
Reduce Our Stock at Once
You get a dollar’s worth in value for every dollar you spend any day in the
year at Pray’s, but on an occasion like this you-enjoy unusual bargains. All
regulSr stocks included, and every article up to Pray’s regular merchandise
standards for you to select from.
Men’s Underwear
$2.00 Values, now.$1.45
$3.00 Values, now.$1.95
$4.00 Values, now.$2.65
$5.00 Values, now...... .$3.65
$7.50 Values, now.$6.65
Soiled Garments.i Price
Mufflers
$1.50 Value. . ,95c
$2.50 Value, $1.65
$5,001 Value. $3.35
$15 Value, $9.95
Lounging
Robes 3^
Man y of our
smartest
patterns and fabrics of
fered in this lot. Highest
* quality tailoring. A bar- I
gain at these low prices.
$7.50 Values, now..$4.75
$15.00 Values, now. .$9.95
$25.00 Values, now. $16.95
Gloves ,
$2.00 Values, now. . .$1.45
$4.00 Values, now. . $2.65
$6.00 Values, now. . .$3.95
Neckwear
75c Ties, now. 55c
,$2.00 Ties, now.$1.45
$3.50 Ties, now.$2.65
Shirts
You know the qual
ity of Earl & Wilson
Shirts. They're in
sured for a full year.
If they don't make
good — we replace
the shirt. What
stronger guarantee
could we offer?
Now note the 1 o w
prices.
$2.00 Value, now. . $1.45 ^ * 1
$5.00 Value, now. . $3.35
$7.50 Value, now.. $4.65
* $10.00 Value, now. $6.65
Men’s Sox
50c Value,... 35c
(3 for $100^
75c Value... 55c
/ S 1.25 Value . S5c
$2.00 Value, $1.45
Ladies’ Handkerchiefs
$1.00 Boxes of 3.65c
$1.50 Boxes of 3.95c
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Henshaw Hotel Bldg. 1509 Farnam