’Collins Must Hold
, Life Till Sunday
I to Gain Freedom
A1 inera Drill Deaperatdy to
Sink Shaft but Strike
Solid Rock Before
k Long.
(rnntlnneil from fw On«).
;j't;he faint staccato ticking of a mlcro
',’Jphonc.
ill!' It was the message made possible
#*!>>- the miracle of the age—radio—and
; rekindled the spark of hope and
fRith which, aa the dawn of the
i seventh day of futile rescue effort
broke over these cavernous hills, was
dwindling to the vanishing point,
noyd Collins lives.
The word spread like wildfirs
Tthmugh this little town.
u was the morning greeting of the
jijjirim-faced men wjio walk about Ita
leVeel*. Kven the put-put of gaaoline
engine*, sounding strangely foreign
as they tolled among virgin rock
about the floor of the cave pit, seemed
to be shouting the news.
"He lives He lives He live*
New Shaft Progresses.
lb.'And the furious digging which,
{•fli rough the night, had put the “dead
’Wr allvf" shaft down a total of ap
i JM-nximately 15 feet, took a new aspect
| cff grim determination.
It was W. H. Riley of Bowlin*
Green and Morton Weldy of Olaagow,
who brought about the revival of
hope.
They arrived here late last night
'■with a double radio amplifier—really
ilti microphone in the etrict eenae of
jlJJe word—a phone attachment which
'jjreatly magnifies all sound coming
i$Bto it.
! “This they attached to sn electric
Bght socket plug which for a pre
liminary test they screwed into a
pocket in a farmhouse near the cave.
. The phones gsvs out no sound,
'•then the light bulb wee loosened and
jnoved ever an slightly hack and
jtbrth. And from the phones came
Jjpj: sort of ticking, liks a muted tele
graph sounder.
R The apparatus then was moved to
The cave and was cut into the circuit
'Which goes down into the rave be
yond the point where humans are
(now ahls to penetrate—two copper
.iWrands forming the only link between
. Cplllns and the. world from which for
,-peven days he has been separated by
Took and sand as hs lay Imprisoned
ijn a narrow crevice by a seven-ton
(boulder.
Circuit Into Cave.
jjt.i'Thle electric light circuit Into the
||Uave was Installed during tha early
najiya of the rescue efforts. The line
•({bermlusted at a point Just above Col
nine' head—near enough so that by
t'Klslng himself ever so slightly hs
ijjjannot help but touch the protruding
jSijlb.
" y Utile group of men stood by
„n*(ir a flickering camp flr# as Riley
'attached the phones. He listened a
j*bpnment and announced the eav# gave
.(forth no sounds.
'.'Then as he listened the plant In
'•rolled on the crest of the cliff to pro
Wilde power for the line, was suddenly
>'tit off.
|(J.,tThe pit cavern wss plunged Into
•■irk ness.
nilcy "t the phones raised hlshsnds
(for quiet. A sharp staccato order was
given.
Movement In the cave cessed and
.pt illness vibrant with the tenseness
,yf waiting humanity settled over
-$and cave.
|>' into the phones came one sharp
‘pnnp, followed by a silence and then
p series of grating sounds rrrrrrr
jljItT rrrr r—r r r r r r—Floyd Collins
Was taking in unmistakable language
tlrom the depths of the earth.
l ights Flashed on.
Rights flashed on again—and they
•brought silence to the phones.
The experiment wa* tried again, and
,qgaln rama the grating In the phon*a
'»» darkness settled down on the cave,
libitt this time, alter a moment or two
IJrtl cessed,
'cl'A third repetition of the test
brought only a combination of the si
lence.
Then Rllev Interpreted the language
©f the phones.
The light socket above point
Mier# Collin* lies Is known to be |
jtxjse. It was found Impossible, be
cause of the nature of working condi
gn* and the cave roof, to place It
lUrmlv. Thus, Riley said. It duplicated
;Nhi* conditions of the loosened light
ifci/lb at the farm houee.
JijllWhen the lights were first turned
iff, Riley believes, the shock of stid
£e.n darkness frightened Colllna and
Jti Involuntarily Jumped aa much a*
(jjila pinioned pnaltlon would permit.
•<ft waa enough he thinks to send th*
dDst sharp snap Into the phones,
i Then, *s darkness continued, Riley
jifellevea Collins decided something
tfcfcd gone wrong with th* fixture and
iSttempted h.v fumbling against it to
Ifiijutt It. This waa the first rumbling
'•Hat th* phonea gave forth.
>l>< When the lights ram* on again,
jltiley thinks. Collins believed hla *f
iShrts had been successful, and. fesr
■big to again extinguish th* light, lay
llUlusually still.
icJjAnd th* phones told of this.
They remained mute.
'jl,iThe second period of darknees
lojsught a repetition of the movement,
-feds lengthy than before because the
ijfirisoner waa growing tired.
JWJWhen th* lights came on ©gain,
-jthrough no effort, of hie, Riley he
Jjeves, Colllna concluded some sort
Jra;a.n an experiment was being made
Mid, therefore, refrained from further
©Itempts to move th* light. Thus the
,)|(honea were silent.
Ipibolllns had delivered his message.
jji By International bew* Service.
™Wava City. Ky.. Feb. t.—A little
^ray haired woman, rlad In the black
cajlco of the/tiousewif# of this vi
cinity, leaned over th* guard rail
of a shaft helng drilled Into her na
live Kentucky hills today—looked at
.{Die yawning pit which busy work
men and modern tool* are digging
©yrr deeper and deeper—awayed as
jjigjrs dimmed her eyes and collapsed
jtfjsm e the spot where Floyd Colllna
lt)s In a living tomb.
'^h# ws* Mrs. Jennie Collins, step
mother of Floyd. It was her.first
visit to the csv* where Floyd has
h*»n Imprisoned seven day*. •
Mr*. Collins was rarrled from the
ca<• by a physician and aoldleis and
Here’s Floyd Collins and Diagram of Death Trap
Floyd Collin*. • photo of the entrance to the enve, anil a sketch allowing how a falling rock pinned him in a
narrow paaiutg#.
Today W^as to Have Been Wedding Day for Cavern
Captive; Girl With Whom He Planned to Elope Weeps
Silently at Shaft Entrance Where Rescue Crew Works
Louisville, Kv., Feb. *5.—“A soli
tsry figure stood in the glow of a
hilltop camp fire last night watihing
silently the shaft being sunk inch by
inch to Floyd Collins. The light's re
flection revealed, after a minute, two
streams of tears on the watcher's
face, hut they were never brushed
sway,” says a copyright story of the
Courier-Journal from Cave City today.
“This silent observer was Alma
Clark, 22, living eight miles from
Cave City, com© to mourn on what
was to hav© been her wedding day
and for him who was to have been
her husband. Alone she stood as
scores of workmen exerted them
selves to force a wav through rock
and earth into the cavern.
“Around her many were talking,
calling to one another, and some were
laughing. They didn’t know, they
didn't even see this figure, nor did
she see them. She held her eyes on
the new made shaft. She turned, fi
nally, and in a moment was lost in
the darkness.
“Her tear*, her expression and her
Walk told plainly that her hopes are
no more, that she feels the rave
which Floyd Collins set out to explore
will not release its grip until he dies.
It has held him seven day*. It has
held out hope to him time and again,
but It shattered them beyond recall
when it closed the one avenue to the
world onl side.
“Floyd Collin* and Miss Alma Clark
were to have eloped today, but only
a few of their friends knew the secret
One of them, a man. saw the girl at
the shaft tonight and saw the sad
dened fare. He saw and knew: he
pnderstopd. and he turned his eye*
a* she passed him.
“Others, of course, know of the
friendship, and some might hav-*
known that the wedding day was set
for March 2. But very few knew
that Floyd Collins and Miss Clark
had decided definitely to steal quietly
away today and return as man and
wife.
“It was said that objections to tfie
marriage had been made and that the
elopement was planned aa a means of
overcoming It.
“And this may he whv Floyd Col
llns wouldn’t give up hlH tight for
life w'hen he knew the fight seemed
lost. It may explain why Collins kept
courage when resruera and friends
were downcast. It may reveal how
Collina endured torture with a smile
at times through six day* In the grip
of a alone In the rave and It may
show: tha power that kept alive that
spark of faith he cherished.”
revived In a Red Cross lent erected
near the scene.
Phe had completely recovered with
in a half hour and standing on the
hillside overlooking the pit. the soft
Kentucky breeze warmed hv a aunt
mer-llke sun fanning wisps of faded,
graying hairs shout a furrowed, dare
worn fare, she told the story of Floyd
Collin*, of hi* life, of hla work and
of her own hopp* and her fcare.
Phe believes Floyd I* dead She ha*
no faith In these modern ‘doodads’
which strange men are bringing Into
her country to try to rescue her hoy.
The** thing* are new to her and
people of these parts take unkindly
to strangers and new ways.
Her nnlv Interest now lie* In bring
ing out Floyd's body so "we rsn put
him sway right." Tt seem* to tak»
precedence over the question of life
snd death, and for some reason a*
*he talk.* one gather* that this I* one
of life* most Important thing*—to
"put away right."
"We'd all feel so much hetter," she
said. "If we enttld Just know that
Floyd ha* been put away with
a preacher talkin'- Just to thlok
of him lyin' down there for
ages and ages—don't you think that
would he lovely If w# could only do
that?"
Mrs. Collins has had no hope that
Floyd would he rescued since the
first day ah* knew he had been
trapped.
"The man walked up to our door
and told me Floyd was a caught,”
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Get Dr.EdwardB’Olive Tablets
That la thr toyful cry of thoueanda
ainre Dr. Kdwarda produeed Otlv*
Tahlata, tha an hat It ul a fnr oslnmal.
Dr. Kdtvarda, a practicing physician
for 17 year* and calomel'* old-lime
enemy, dlamvera the formula for Olive
Tahleta while treating patients for
chronic constipation »ntl torpid liver*.
1>r. Kdwarda' Oliva Tablet* da not
contain ralnmol, but a healing, sooth
log vegetable laxative.
No griping 1* the ''keynote''of these
llttl. auger mated, ollvg colored tab
lata. They cause the bowel* and llvet
to act normally. Thev never force
them lo unnatural action.
If vc'i have a "dark hrown mouth"
- had hreath a dull, tired feeling
alck headache torpid liver rnnatlpa
tlon. you'll find quirk. Hire and plea*
ant rr*ult* from one or two of Dr. fid
ward*' Olive Tablet* at bedtime
Thousand* take them every night
lust to keep right. Tri them. 14r
and JOc.
ah* will i*ll nueatinner*.
•'Y»a, and I my." ah* gnea on,
"they’ll never gel him out.”
Floyd had a premonition of the ac
cident. ahe aaid — had dreamed of being
caught In a cave with people "a
clewin' ” at him.
Thia wae Juat the day before he aef
out from home to go into the cave
which may become hla tomb.
"lie come down in the mornln',"
said Air*. Colllna, "and aaid to me:
I,or', ma. I got three day*' more
work In that cave, amt I.or', how I
wish It wa* over. I been a diearnin'
of heln’ aught In some rock* and
aome men a-claivln' at me'.
"And I any* to him: 'You afay borne
her* today. We ain't got no wood
chopped and we need you here'.
"Well. auh. that boy lie went down
behind Ih* houae and chopped up a
whole pile of wood—why we Juat need
the laat of it today. ■"
"But h* wa* **t on a going', and
along ahoul I a o’clock he went away.
"That night he didn't mm* hark,
hut we didn't think nothin' of that,
lie* been away that long load* of
time*, hut the next day w* began to
pet worried and hi* brother* **t out
to look for him.
"I wa* at th* door when Floyd'*
brother name hark 'long 'bout du*k.
He *ay«, ‘well, Ma, Floyd'* got
a caught.’
" 'Ye*,' I any*, 'and they'll never
git him out.’ '*
Mr*. Collin* planned to remain at
the eaveg until nightfall ami *he
"alma" to he there when they reach
Floyd "If I can find any way to
work It."
If Floyd I* dead, Mr*. Collin* *ald,
th funeral will he held at Mammoth
Cave church ami burial will he In
Mammoth Cave cemetery where hi*
brother, Jim, I* hurled.
"That'* what Floyd would have
liked," *h* explained. "He loved the
rave* and be d Ilka heat to put away
among them."
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By THORNTON W. BIRGK88.
Blent I* he who may depend
On prompt *m»l*t«n<4e from a friend.
—Happy Jack Squirrel.
Peter Proves a True Friend.
It in dreadful to feel nafe, and then
suddenly find that you are not nafe at
all. That la how It waa with Happy
.Jack .Squirrel. When he hail run up
that small tree and no encaped from
Reddy Fox he had felt perfectly aafe.
Hut when he discovered that he waa
a prisoner In th/jJ little tree he
hadn’t felt no safe. Now, an the Black
Shadows came creeping through the
Green Forent he didn't feel safe at all.
So he w*an very much relieved when
he paw Reddy Fox ntretch, yawn and
trot away without once looking hack.
“He has given up at lant,” thought
Happy Jack. “He knows I won’t
come down while he in around, lie
has gone to hunt for some one else.
My, I wish those Black Shadows
wouldn’t come so fast! They make
me creepy. I don’t like being out af
ter dark. I never did. I’ll wait a
few minutes longer. By that time I
guess it will be aafe enough for me
to start for home.”
Junt then he heard a sound that
sent little shiver* chasing each other
up* and down hia backbone and all
over him. It was the fierce-sounding
hunting call of Hooty the Great
Horned Owl. It wan nome distance
away in the Green Forest, but It
' I
•Til jll't day hi ouiiil a ,, liile,"
thought Peter.
mednt that Hooty hart begun his
nightly hunting and there wsa no
knowing when he might happen over
that way. Again he heard It. and his
teeth chattered. If Hooty should
come over there, there would he no
hiding from those wonderful eves of
hla.
"I want to go home." sobbed Happy
■lack. "I want to go home." Then
he started down that tree, He had
made up his mind that he would go
home.
Rut hardly had he taken two Jumps
toward the nearest trees when there
was a sharp thump over In the bram
bletangle. Happy Jark understood
it. It was a warning from Peter
Rabbit. It meant that there was
danger very near at hand. Happy
Jack turned and acramhled hack up
Into that little tree. He just didn't
dare do otherwise,
Peter I tab hit gave a little happy
sigh of relief as he saw Happy Jail,
once more up In that little tree. You
see, from where peter was in that
bramble-tangle he could see Reddy
Fox. He knew just what R»ddv was
hiding there for. He knew that If
Happy Jack had kept on Reddy wisttld
surely have caught him.
At the Bound of Peter's thump Red
dy looked ever to the hre ruble tangle
and, drawing hark his lips, showed all
his teeth. He made no sound, hut
Peter knew that he was snarling tin
der his hreath. Peter grinned. He
himself was safe In that bramble,
tangle. As long as he remained there
he had nothing to fear from Redd.,
Fox. He didn't feel nt all uncomfort
able. He Isn't sfrald of the dark as
la Happy .la, k. lie knew that Happy
Jack was frightened, hut he had had
no Idea how frightened Happy Jack
waa.
"I'll just stay around a white.'
thought Peteiw* "1 v« saved Happy
Jack twice, and perhaps he may need
me again. Happy .lack may he thrlfly
hut what good la thrift If It get* you
Into trouble?"
Next story: "Happy Jack'* Bad
Night."
(Popyrtpht. 1I2R >
COLUMBUS BUYS |
SEWER SYSTEMS
c us. Feb. 6.—Columbus, one
t.r Meat cities In the state, *
city •* flint class for 15 years, Is
sooii njoy the novelty of owning
it* sanitary sewer systems. More
than thirty years ago the city grant
ed three private, rompanles franchise*
to construct sanitary sewer svsterns
and throughout all the intervening
year* this has been the only elty of
consequence in Nebraska in which the
sewer systpms have hot been munici
pally owned. The people recently
voted a Jtin.nnn bond issue to buy the
sewer*. The bond* have been sold
to Omaha Until hnd the city will take
over the three sewer systems In a
few days.
Farm Sale Drawn Crowd.
Beatrice, Feb. 9.— Nearly 500 buyers
attended the Janie* llansen sale,
southeast of Rlue Springs yesterday.
Five head ‘of horses ranged from $61
to ?S1 a head, and rows went from
$47 to $77 a head. Farm machinery
sold well. _
New Officers of Haraware Men
Newly-elected officer* of Nebraska Retail Hardware association, elected
Friday at Hotel Rome. Left to rfaht: Georjcr Blsrhnf of Lincoln, second
vice-president; 4. S. Rhein of AIBanee. president; C. 4ohnson of Omaha,
first vice-president.
J. ft. Rhein of A 111* nod was elected
president of the Nebraska Retail
Hardware association at the closing
session of the annual convention In
the Hotel Rome Friday morning.
C. C. Johnson of Omaha was elected
first vice* president and George Bis
chof of Lincoln, second vice president.
D. D. D. Boyd of Columbus, Gale
Lawson of Hastings and Kd Peterson
of Mlnden were elected to the hoard
of director*.
Invitations were extended by Oma
ha and Lincoln for the next con.en
tlun but this decision will he made by
the director!.
One member of the association
pointed out the disadvantage in Lin
coln because there ‘is only one ho
tel near the auditorium where our
hardware display Is made, while in
Omaha there are a dozen hotels n- it
by."
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I . Assets Liabilities I
■f Wort cast* Loans .$1,001,183.80 Capital Stock (Fully Paid)....! 941 000.00 St
® Bonds and Warrants. 446,599.56 I-osses (Unadjusted >..•. 5 502.13 *
Sf fnsh on Hand and in Banks... 118,292.06 Re-insurance Reserve . 2S1.209.54 fa;
•8 Notes Receivable—Premiums.. 12,789.72 Tax Reserve .. 2,500 00 y
jj Due from A (rents. 19.121.92 Other Liabilities . 4.050.93
II Due from Ins. Companies. 7,817 85 If;
H Aeerned Interest . 30.110.St Surplus . 401.653 35 ■
1 Gross Admitted Assets.$1,635,915 75 Total ...9i.635.915.i5 tf
8 Surplus to Policyholders. $1,342,653. 85 , fl
■ ADMITTED ASSETS SET Sr»PMS RESERVE
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m Dee. 31. IBM ... l^Ul.BHtUI 34* 1*2.47 . I*2.2in>* 6f
■ Dee. 31, IB2I ... 1.ISV96S.9S M2.US.4f I7<i,|*».an
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flgi Doe. 31, 1423 ... 1.6»W.M:US SvsSIA.74 2*4.488.11 «
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