The i IMAHA SUNDAY JbEE
I -re. oink or swim for himself.—Janies A.
[ CITY EDITION VCL.54—NO. 35. \ ~ “ OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING. FEBRUARY 8. 1025. * XX F1VF CENTS 2~ Z^L -
Omaha Train
HitsFremhl;
o ;j
6 Are Dead
Missouri Pacific Passenger in
Collision at Nearman, Kan.;
Falls City Man
Killed.
Soldier Among Victims
By International Now* Serrlre.
Kansas City. Kan., Kelt. 7.—Six
persons were killed, including ilia
engine crews of ttoih trains, early to
night when the fast Missouri Pacific
passenger train No. 104, Omaha to
Kansas City, crashed head-on into a
ft eight train at Nearman, a few
miles north of here.
The known dead:
('. W. Waddell, engineer.
Ralph Jones, engineer.
W. K. Gardner, fireman.
The names of the second fireman
and of two soldiers, the latter riding
the "blinds" of the passenger train,
have not yet been definitely estab
lished by railroad officials.
Meager details received here to
ut., ht from the scene of the collision
said no passengers were seriously
hurt, although more than a dozen
were receiving first aid treatment
from a half dozen doctors rushed to
Nr; i man by automobiles.
Rarly reports carried* no informa
t o; as to the cause of the wre-k.
.' dozer freight cars, both engines
nnd tw\> baggage cars were virtually
destroyed.
Three passenger coaches left the
rrlis.
S'Trlrtl Itl«|istrli to The Omaha Bye.
Kails City, Neb., Feb. 7.—Ralph H.
.1 uies, 30, of Falls City, who was
killed when his freight train struck
u passenger train Saturday at Near
nr n, Kan., was one of the youngest
engineers on the Missouri Pacific
division. lie received his promotion
mv months ago. afUr serving eight
)P' iv as fireman.
a^B Ills wife, whom Je married on his
Mi inn from France following the
v. r. started by automobile for Kan
► ; » City upon learning of her bus
b ml's ilpath.
"• <■< Is the won of Mr. and Mrs.
G. K. .Ifii.es. His father Is a !•' ht
conductor.'
■l addition to his parenls and
v I’lnv, the dead engineer is eiirvi.ed
by a brother, H. H. Jones, of St. sO
ec< ill.
mnes began his railroad career as
» yard clerk. He was one of the first
men to enlist from Falls City when
the United States entered the war,
serving overseas with an engineering
unit composed largely of Missouri Pa.
rifle men.
Upon his return from the war he
married Corinna McHenry of Kails
City.
SERGEANT O’LEARY
HELD ON CHARGE
Buffalo, N. V., Feb. 7.—Michael
O’Leary of Fort. Krie, the famous
Sergeant O'Leary of the Irish guards,
who won*.the Victoria cross for cap
turing a German position single-hand
ed. was arraigned here today on a
charge of smuggling aliens from
Canada.
lie was released on bail. He claims
his arrest W'aj due to mistaken
identity.
LAST VICTIM OF
‘MR. SQUEERS’ DIES
^ London. Feb. 7.—The death is an
bounced of Kdmund Plummer, 93. last
survivor of the boys under the tyran
nical schoolmaster "Mr. Sqeers” at
Potheboya hall, as pictured In Dick
ens’ Nicholas Nlckleby.
Today is tlie 113th anniversary of
Ph kens' birth.
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Summary of
the Day in
Washington
The conference report on the TTn
rtei wood Muscle Shoals bill »•«« pt«
sented to the house and senate.
In\estlsatlon of the office of the
t'nlted States marshal at Chicago
was Instituted by the Department of
Justice.
Representative Sherwood, Ohio, the
Oldest, member of the house, entertain
ed that body with remtnlecencee of
5o years a so.
Return of alien property was pro
posed in a bill Introduced by Chair
man Borah of the senatt foreign re
lations committee.
A resolution to bring the Kelly
postal pay' and rate lorreaee ldll to
a vote next Tuesday was rep- t ted by
the house rules committee.
Recommendations of President
Coolldge's agricultural commission
drew fire from Secretary Mellon and
^ the Interstate commerce commission.
The senate Judiciary committee ap
proved the t'ramton hill to coneen
tr.ila p. .'iilbltlon enforcement In a
separate treasury department unit.
Secretary Weeks Issued his first
S'ntement In the aircraft row. dei 'ar
tr» omtonsiR-S of tl;e policies of Mrlg
idler ftsnerJl kllt.-yell Includ >d Ren
. »i rfershtra and riuo y o'hev '•iv2ei«
», h. Jtntsrii an -var »,t.iy
New I. C. C. Chairman
Comes Fr rr Oregon
I
\ ,.. i . e..uiriuu.i *«j.
conmier. * (•oninji^f1’. Clyde H. Aif
chiton, is a westerner. Hill home is
in Portlands; Ore.
Man Sells W ife’s
$400 Diamond
for 15 Cents; Error
jHoni’ft Customer Finds Jewel
in Meat; Returns It; Sur
prised Couple Fail to
Ask His Name.
Alfred Jncintro, a rl»rk in the
Nagle meat market - 1S17 T.eaven
worth street, wrapped up a t4()0 dia
mond ring with a pound of hambur
ger steak Saturday morning, and sold
it to a customer for 15 cents.
Mrs. ^.'agle had stopped in the
store early Saturday on her way down
town to have her hair marcelled. She
: >ok off the rlr? and laid It on a
sheet of paper ntlle she washed her
hands.
Alfred didn't *.■» the ring, and
tossed the steak on *nn of it,
wrapped it up. and handed the steak
to a young driver for the ftllinsky
Fruit company.
.V ». Nagle lound the ring missing
..." i she re.urned. and she and Al
lied “i raAri all the sawdust off the
[floor frying to find it. While they
were searching, the young truck
driver returned to give hack the
ring. Mrs. Nagle was so excited at
finding an honest man that she
didn't ask his name, but she says lie
was good looking, If that's any satis
faction to hipi
Bandit Convicted
on Death Charge
B a ii k Bobber Is Found i
(Jtiil'v of First Degree
Murder by I lab Jury.
Bountiful, ill. IVli. T- Itobert
IT. Mcl’oy, bank bandit, was found
guilty of first degree murder here to
day ju connection with the slaving
last December of A Roy Heath. Salt
Lake business m i,, who was shot and
killed by McC.iy, who with another
bandit was tleeing from the bank of
Bountiful which they held up on De
cember ii last. McCoy's companion
was not tried on the murder charge
and is serving an Indeterminate term
in the state prison. The jury recom
mended life imprisonment for McCoy
and sentence will lie passed Febru
ary 14.
McCoy was unsuccessful In a sui
cide attempt following his arrest by h
posse the night of the holdup and
murder.
‘STRANGLER’ LEWIS
HAS HARD TIME
Chicago, Feb. "—Ed (Strangler)
f.nwi*, who hIIII claim* (lie world
heavyweight wrestling championship,
wa* In a hospital today for the sec
00(1 lime within a month a* a reaull
of being to'oted out of the ring.
Lewi* received a alx inch gaah In
hi* hack when he wa* thrown out of
the ring Inal night by Joe JCIckman.
craahlng down Into the seat*. He
went to a hospital to have the wound
tewed up, but wa* aide to leave for
hie home In Knna.i* City tonight.
The "Strangler" «penc three day*
In a hna.dtal after hi* fnatrh with
Wayne (Big) Munn in Kansae City
early la*! month when Munn threw
him out of the ring.
A. W. DEVEREAUX
GETS PROMOTION
A. \V. Devtreaux of Omaha has
been promoted to be superintendent
of plain s of the Nebraska division of
Ihe Northwestern Bell Tfbphonsj
compHny. fjfor the Inst three venra he
has been superintendent of out b*!
plant* In the general office of tbe|
company, with headijuai if r* in
Om s Ha
Mr |»e • rrsnx su«reeds W. .!
Brunei I. who v II go to Aberdeen, S
D jo become geneiHl manager of the,
- <!:, Dakota Central Telephone coin
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Woodrow Wilson Had
Tenderness of Heart
Little KnoAvn to Man
Pathetic Picture of Late War President. Broken in Body,
Mentally Alert, Hy One W ho Was His Confidential
Secretary During Hectic Eight Years in
White House.
Entered High Office Robust and Healthy
By (HIRI.ES L. SWUM,
<iinrt(lpntlul 1 ■crftor) um! sten«ign»|lllcl
tn Woodrow P i'son during 111* right years
in tlir White House.
(Copyright. iS-'.i. Keprortun Ion In any
form prohibitedI.
CHAPTER I.
t first met Woodrow Wilson in the
“ally p it of I'll2. 1 hod cone to his
home In Princeton. X. T.. to do some
stemigni| hie work for him in connec
tlon with his pr.-convention campaign
for the presidential nomination. At
the completion of my work in nis
study, with chatacteristic courtesy,
lie insisted that I remain for luncheon
with the family. Over that simple
meal of chicken, hot rice and pota
toes in the skins, of all of which he
w ' very fond, he accepted the self
imp sed duty of entertaining with
mall talk and storv this shorthand
reporter -vhotn he had hired to re
11 nt a cri.ipaign speech.
Wilson as Candidate.
After that occasion, before I came
in close contact with him, 1 saw him
a second time at Sea Gilt, just af'"r
his nomination as democratic can
didate.
There one the front porch of the
governor's home, in between inter
views and running fire conversations
with newspaper men and politicians
he stopped long enough to shake itc
hy the hand and ask with unaffected
concern how I fared in my recent
shorthand contest and to discuss the
possibility of m.v joining his campaign
staff.
The presidency at that time was
a practical certainty, and he was in
high humor over the prospect of the
campaign. He appeared then, under
the stimulating Influence of the mo
ment. much younger than he actually
was, quietly healthv and robust, good
for se\'-ral strenuous campaigns.
End of the Road.
Eight years later J called on him
in his study at the --*'hlte House to
say good-by. He was sitting silenGy.
Senate Firm on
Postal Increase
Arrepts Challenge of House
in Returning Bill; to Op
pose New Measure.
Washington. Feb. 7 —The sennte
today accepted the chiillenae of the
house over Increased postal rates.
With indications pointing to nc
ceptance by the house early next
week cf the higher rates approved by
its postal committee, opponents of
the measure in the senate announced
they would propose sharp slashes
when the bill comes over to the upper
chamber for consideration.
House Kates Higher.
The original senate postal rate and
salary bill was refused bv the house
which brought out a measure of its
own, greatly increasing rates. The
added revenue in the house bill over
the senate was estimated at $30,000,
000. The boosts in sales were added
to absorb salary' advances to work
ers.
One of the heaviest Increases In
the house measure was in second
class rates, newspapers and mag
azines. Publishers said the house
rate would produce ley revenue than
the lower senate proposals by driv
ing publications out of the mails.
Second-Class Kales At lacked.
The senate's chief attack will be
directed at second class rates. Sen
ator riddle, republican, of Nevada,
j announced he would continue 4he
fight in second-class rates for 2 cents
a |x>und for the first two zones, 3
cents for the third, 4 cents for the
fourth, fifth and sixth zones, and X
c ents for the seventh, elsfhth and nlnlh
zones. The hours committee estab
lished but three zones, making the
|rates 3, ft and ft cents, respectively.
Spurred by the White House an
nouncement that President Coolldge
1 favors the house hill over the sen
nte’s, Senator Sterling, republican, of
flout h Dakota, predicted the upper
chamoer would accept the house Hil»
51 ANNAPOLIS
MEN “FLUNK OUT"
Annapolis, Md., T*>h. 7 Kfftyone
midshipmen were found so far behind
in their scholastic work ns n result
I of averages ns determined bv the
tnidseniester tests that they ill b»
compelled to resign from the Vv.nl
academy', Rear Admiral llenrv It WII
son. superintendent of toe InvJtutlon,
announced today.
„ —. —. —„
Nf\vnf>a|M*r» (loiifcolidat*.
flacrumento, ('Ml., Feu. 7 The
.lamea McC'hitchy company, owners of
I he flm i nmeiito flee and I he Fresno
, 'al ) l;er, announced today the pm
t * ;*se of the S«ct nuient o Star amt Its
cons* h 'ton wlthmthe fl-<r in ent*>
Ieffective Monday, February ft
i 1
moodily at his desk, his left side par
alyzed, his hair white where it had
hern but pepper and salt, and a
starlness about his eyes that was
sometimes terrifying—always pa
thetic. I helped him with his letters,
placing them before him one by one,
while he signed them with a jerky
scrawl, and 1 wrote from his husky,
sometimes broken, dictation.
Downstairs was a great commotion,
<>' getting out the effects of the out
going president and preparing the
house for his successor. I reminded
him that I was leaving In the aft
ernoon, and in hailing fashion told
him whit I considered the privilege
of association .with him had meant
to me.
He listened and took my hand.
There w-as no life, no grip, in his
clasp, lie said that we had a happy
time together am! he wished it could
continue. I could not help but won
der if hr meant it. so matter of fart,
so lifeless, was his tone, hut as he
started upon another sentence his
(Turn tn Twice Three, Column One t
Tots Are Eagerly
Waiting for Shoes
Cc
to Keej) Out Cold
Sympathizers Living Outside
Gina') Send Contributions
1« Aid Few of
Needy.
!•»•**% i«»u%l v orknowlrilird ....... I'J’SLil
I l»niinton. N>l> . rt.ott
No Nhiiip. Siiltifv. In -■• .... -HO
\ I *lll»*rtotl. Noli ... 1V<M»
If. Orrntt. Council muff* i-g*M
No Nmmio • . • I
\. r n. i-««
No NiitUf
Mmide y«*ll*HKrr. Ilnvld fit'- >«•!*. I.ttu
( . Mttri»h> -
Total . •
Contributors from outside of Omaha
swelled the Free Shoe fund today and
made it possible to buy shoes for half
a dozen or more eager little hoys and
girls In poverty-ridden hovels In vari
ous parts of the city.
Thpy are as eagerly awaiting those
shoes as s more fortunate person
might look forward to a new automo
hlle.
For shops mean very much to
people to whom even a nickel Is quite
a sum of money.
Two dozen more hoys and girls are
on the waiting list and many cold
days are still ahead on the winter
calendar.
So, if you possibly ran help, don't
withhold front these unfortunate In
nocents the shoes (hey so much need.
Send what you can afford to the Free
Shoe Fund, care of The Omaha Bee. !
Acknowledgement will he mnde and
your money will do a remarkably tine
work.
MANY IMPERILLED
BY BREAKING DAM!
Spokane, 'Wash , Feb. 7—Moses
lako dam burst shortly before noon
today it was reported at Kphrata and
.".ft fam'des In t'rab creek valley were
report-•" In danger from the flood
waters,
V lining of the weakening of the
dam had been sent out by motorists
and hor.enien to residents of the ills
trii-t form Othello.
t’hlcago, Milwaukee and Ht. Paul
railroad official* ln-re said train
No '-’15, running between Warden
and Neppel bad bee. ordered to pick
up all available grain and cement
sacks along the roiile and rush them
to the dam In an effort to halt the
flood.
BANK CLEARINGS
UP $4,500,000
P-tnk > *.ncs for Omaha for thr
wrrk ending Haturdny noon wrre mnrf
thi»n f4,R«H)/‘A0 r.inr* thin thr clrm*
In (ft of the puffptHnir work, nrcording
to the Omaha Clear! rg Houer nnsotia.
tlon.
The i for the nrrk ending j
Rifurdaj ar»r# $4! 044,414 For the
preceding k jr»7.'h*\MU*
The rlea.tuK* for tin* v n-k ending
Hat it rd.'? y wet* * * 000.ntM’r th.'iii
<!ie Mmltar wci *\ »r m • At that
time the rfrarii.r , totaled - r!4.047.so7.
STRAY LIVESTOCK
! EXTENSION SOUGHT
WashingIon, 1* •.
Ml 1 leremher • ! • I • . . * ;
In * I * * h Aii i I mi it I . | f
Mrn... *d nman thr l*)ih*t I I A v
ho, tv uhli h niav h* *> hr.*n i
into Mrxl. o ft*! ft.-IMh hr. ,! .*•♦» ‘ *
• Irniith In thr •• a* fin bini |
■Mate*. nnv b*. '-etuiii*? «.■ ihe Initial!
.*4trtfr« duly fr««e t« prn\i t* 1 n .» ‘
epohill »ti whlru }••' ••1 tlit* h'*uir ♦«* 1
lay. Thr !>».ohn. o wnn »"***»enl! ij
I Uy Cong i enritmn (inner of Texas j
•
Ladies of Nobility Who Carry Dinner Pails
UNI HARJORiE
LRVMPLE
I _'
MRQUESA DE CASA MAURY^
London.—The dinner pall draws no
social line today. Scores of promi
nent women of aristocratic birth arc
being forced to earn their living in
Rqglan<J. The Russian and the Aus
trian nobility aren’t the only ones
itlun were forced into poverty by th*
war.
Lady Constance Stewart Richard
'inn does classical dam e.« in public
draped in the scanty costume of the
golden age of Greece, a professional
dancer. Her cousin operates one of
the most enchanting tea shop* in
town.
Lady Rachel Ltyng. the earl of Staf
ford’s daughter, has her own hat
shop, and the widow of a former Brit
ish ambassador to Rome. Olga, l^d*
Kdgerton. is in a highly successful
dressmaking business, camouflaged
^dTnCSS LXOV *T0RRIN6T0N
D lRLANCiEP ▼ OF WlSTWORELAMD
untl r the tru -* name or Paul Caret.
Mr*. Rupert Uecket. mho knows so
much about old furniture, is working
in connection with th* rena'sMme
tradet * in L .nil street. W dv Marjorie
J>alrvniple. th® earl of Stair’s s'Mter,
sell* suede . h her in a n *at little
Lady rila na XT ^rtrfe'® h"*' tv*en An
the stage for quite a while. She has
just concluded a lone engagement In
America in ‘The Miracle." !/«dy Tor
rington i« going to appe.it In a play
on Broadv y. Xew York.
liaroneea d’Krltn*?er, widow of the
late peter Cooper Hewitt, has opened
a dressmaking establishment and sev
era! yo* ncer member* of a: rs.o< icy
are working a* mannequins for her.
One of thes* Is the 1‘Tnitr Mice Paula
Belli brand, now the Mncqu^sa de Casa
Muur>.
The du«-Jiesp of Newcastle is in a
posit'em to mrke a ver* comfortable
income out of her kennels. She breeds
some of the best terriers in the world.
The e»rl of Alltemarle's sitter. Lady
Susan Townley, runs a stock and
poultry fdrm. The Hon. Gabrielis
54oi thwbk started a gaeege and tfcen
added to it a motor driving school to
the west end. Lidy Clonmell runs a
laundry—and very efficiently, too.
I„-;dy Honywood learned during the
vc. r how to run big households, and
t-urned her kn**w ledge to account
fterward in the field of hotel enter
prise?—she ha* several tpdiy. and ia
a very busy woman.
These at£ only a few
Does it : ti in that England is going
to have a new society? Everybody
over b*rt is \v»r ’erlng. I
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Farmers' Needs
Will Be Studied
Farm Loan Board Official Be
gins Inquiry Into Pres
ent Conditions.
Washington, Feb. 7. — A first-hand
investigation into tlie hanking need*
of livestock and other agricultural
interest* was undertaken today by
Commissioner Cooper, executive of
ficer of the farm loan board, as a
result of re ei.t ret ommendatluns by
the agricultural commission.
Leaving Washington in company
with A. <\ Williams of the loan
hoard staff. Dr. Cooper will make an
extended trip through the country
to see what can i>e done to re!ie\p
the credit situation.
In a letter advising President Coni
idge of the step, Secretary Mellon
said he was not entirely clear as to
the Ideas of the agricultural com
mission, which suggested that the
farm loan hoard "take some aggres
sive steps which would open up to
cooperative marketing associations
the proper line of credits," the
secretary declared the hoard always
had been ready to meet the lcglil
mate demands of co-operative or
gnnlxntlon*. but was willing to look
over the situation again and take
whatever further steps aie possible.
The secretary suggested that there
must have been 'some misunder
standing" with reaps t to this phase
of the agrictilturs commission 's re
port
"The tntermedlat credit hanks.'*
he sail!. ' h.iva Ins •<! over $44,000,
ooo to the cooperate * marketing as
sociations. ns again! t $18 000.000 re
discount. and have s all times been
ready to meet any legitimate de
manda f the po-ope**ative marketing
nsenci't t Ions During the last year
the War Finance corporation was
\ iliable for this same purpose, hut
\ us tint • ailed upon to any extent."
GAS MASKS FOR
POLICE ARRIVF
On.aha police are now equipped
with -nis masks and "tear bonds,"
with which to lav siege to the strong
odds of ohstiepeMr* criminals.
A “hlpim nt of iumnI * and l and
«• ob*s oid.r»v. n month ago w o
cd Ft do \ ud tl« era st t he
u!»'««! - m ion \v, ip g I \ ep I list Mic
• ‘ tie ’ *e of the new \n i polls
Tlie a • .on* s and teat gas L mbs
Were old- cd following he > loot mg
f Hen iMnbsuni, • ajusin of deie<
'i cs Frank Myler .a nrxn s'l>
' »» t*;in leaded In s h-niie at Tm ni^
eighth and Douglas itiHH
CREIGHTON L.EADS
DAKOTA AGGIES
('reigl)f on university’* hn.l.ef hall
Phiii mix leading the North Ilakota
'Buie*. !i In 9. »i til* end nl Hie
first lia»f «f then game al t'reifhtnn
1 gymnasium Saturday nicli’.
| Nl a honey and Tnntnvn played tlie
best Bailie fni file Blue jay s durillB
; the initial period.
COURT DROPS SUIT
FOR MALPRACTICE
Missouri Valley. 1h , Feb. 7.- -a.o
tion to dismiss the $12,000 damage
hull by Uuby Nelson against i>t‘
Walsh and Dr. Sandell of Woodbine.
charged with malpractice xxri* sus
tained b> Judge Dew* II in district
t'ourt Friday.
The two doctors. 8*ndell a dentist
inil Walsh a phyaician. were sued
Jointly and separately by the plain
tiff. alleging negligence, Mbs Nel
son had called on Dr. Walsh for re
lief from a bad wisdom tooth, lie
took her to Sandel. and administered
the anaesthetic while the tooth whs
extracted The suit against Welsh
was dismissed on the grounds that
he was not liable for the subsequent
infection anti malformation Dr San
dell has moved to Ties Moines and
was held not liable in this juriedtc
t Ion.
BANK HOLDUPS
GET $3,400 CASH
Tacoma. Wash Feh, 7 Three men
today held up two employes of the
Nations! hank of Tacoma seriously
wouhded one of them and escaped
with s satchel containing $.1 in
cash.
Harry Achmldt. manager of an
agency hank, and Rav West, a hank
messenger, were taking the cash from
i he main hank to the agency. Achmldt
was shot In the back without warning.
YOUTH DIES FROM
FURNACE BURNS
1 oulsvUle K v Kel- 7.— Albei t T.e#
Hrenvfn IV xx** ao severely burned
hi a blast furnace of the National
Forge compnn\ <oda\ that he died a
lew hours a ft at x- aid
Ills nacents e .d a negro Dnltor at
I*he id » a>e time le to rxj lain how
lie hepi # ird tr, bp . ■ dc thi* furnace,
xxhlch i* is« d for m -Miiig Iron
I >r> Hill I nJoi - il.
>\ r*s t Mgton Fetx V Fax oralde re
poit of »he Fraudm bill concentrating
' *1! prohibition h Imltxist bMlon in a
■ *epu > at e unit in ihe 'hf min depart
nient xxas oidered hwDx h> the *« ix
I At* J< liltuu.x cuiumiUrt
C9th Division Men |
to Organize Here
$ooirt\ to Perpetuate l nit s
\\ orlt! XX ar
Reeord.
ht»*I pi-mu'nt member* of tho I
*Jih illvWinn will moot Wedne*<1;iv|
evening at the « it\ hall in organic**,
a loci I branch of the War society.1
st'th division
T ie nitH‘« t ..f the proposed organ;
ration will 1h* to perpetuate the
numor\ of the old s*.*th of world war
time and to aid in the formulation j
o! plana for the MUh division reunion. |
which the national society will hold
In Omaha in October. 192». during
the Amerf^nn Legion national con-j
x entlon.
<> .bets ind en’istiH* men. who
serx'el with t’e division during the.
war, are eligible to t*eeome active
nieniliers of the so* letx. while of
ficers and enlisted tnen. who now are
attached to the division, are eligible
to‘become associate members
\ three reel fiim "f the S’lth .n
tlon in Ft in* e xviil lie shown at the.
meeting \V«'■’•nemimx exening.
HOLDUPS NET
BANDITS $263
Txv*» Ivindits held up and robbed
L* r Aiufetson Vshlnnd. Neb . of i
F’37 Friday night, he re|xorted to
police Anderson told police he was
w'.king across the Twenty-fourth
stteet viadtu t when the two bandits,
both colored. stepped from the
shadows and robbed him.
Two men in . light .-oupe held up
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Oh ' street*. Frida\ nigh* and robbed!
jhit 126. an annual pas* on the|
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Seeks New
Entrance to
Death Trap
Hnnirr Collins Crawls Into
Second Tunnel in Hill Be
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Miners Warn Against Trip
Int-malion-l News Serx Ire -daff
Cave f'ity, Ky.. Feb. 7.—Another
member of the Collin.- family was
given Into the keeping of his native *
Kentucky hills late today, when
Homer, brother of Floyd, xvlio for
nights anil days has lain hunched
into a narrow' rocky coffin 55 feet
below the outer level of Sand caxe.
s ineezed his way into another yawn
ing tunnel into the black cliff in n
last desperate etfort to find a m w
route to thp prison chamber.
Accompanied by two miners from
southern Kentucky, Homer inspected
the en'rance which op“n« 1 ardly 20"
yards from the tunn»l through which
Floyd entered and which now stair1*
de-erted as re-cuers eoncentrate their
effort* on adding inches to the depth
of the shaft which engineers hold is
certain to bring Fioyd out dead or
alive A consultation was held.
Homer entered and returned. The
miners advi«ed against the attempt.
A threatening boulder was propjied
with timbers and Homer crawled In.
passing from sight as the tunnel
twisted through a narrow point and
dropped downward.
Twilight came, the electric lamps
that have been strung over the wiki
erness of the C3vern flashed on. glow
Ing strangely pale In the dying light
of day.
Still in Cave.
Another day has ended. Twelve
houte more added ot what total of
minute* and hours and days which
have passed slowly, ex'er more slowly,
as facts and hope waxed and waned,
and the chip, chip, chip ot steel
against rock continued tolling out the
seconds of human life while a ration
watched and waited.
And atlll Homer failed to reappear.
No fear was felt for his safety. He
is familiar with the dangers of Ken
tucky raxes and his continued ah
sence was taken only to mean that
he had not vet reached the terminals
of the passage.
In the meantime, men of science
who have given of their time and
skill that Floyd may not reniain for
exer imprisoned, a victim of the cave
he loved, had torn aside the sealing
of the original passage and were
again risking their lives to recheck
the survey which established the po
sition of the "life or death” shaft.
With the drilling virtually haif nc
eomplished. it was considered ncccs
sary to make assurance doubly sure
that no error has been made. The
survey, made originally by Toy R
Anderson, formerly of Lancaster. Pa.,
and now associated with a Louisville
company, and Pr W. P. Funkhouser.
geologist of the I'niversltv of Krx
tueky. was re* hevked once beforeanii
found accurate but it was ft it that
the third check should be made w h:l
it »a« still possible to enter the ins
sage.
siirxfi (linked
1 be silt-mists, carry nt yardstick#
and aneroid larometers were able to
proceed onix 50 fe, along the narrviw
passage, hut tile d mane* mini there
to tbe -pot xx ere FI d li> - h - been
very definitely em.iblished and ; lie
readings and measuremeats were cal
culated from this No cr1 or vxa»
found and the work of killing wh»- h
now has settled to a routine of laN r.
was ordered continued.
The ni.ht crew wm sent Into the
shaft and t’'e creak of the derrick,
raising Its ' uekets of e.rth. virtually
from off the chest i.f ti e v ,i tim, ’h
talk of the rain as thev,toll, an o
irtslon.il sharp order. the slump of
heavily tsaiicd feet in muddy grot: id.
and over all. the sibilant whisper m
score* of i-er-ons almost unco’ s : .
ly awed Into keeping their tt ws
sulalued. as if the presen of de.ita
itself sounded out ot the huge* of
Sand i avf
The forces of science had reopene 1
the onslaught against nature
Hx sundown the dlsmond drill had
cut neatly 55 feet into the rvH'k beak',
the shaft, and l>r Funkhouser. stand
Ins hx to analvxe the little cyliniler
of tank I"ght up ft - m tbs l-owela
of the cave announced the little eolid
rock which would Imped* progress
had been encountered.
Won’t Make F-finute.
He whs not prepared. he said to
•wake a new estlmst* on li e length ot
line to lie ten wired to cut th* shaft
to the prisoner, nor would lie correct
of auhetsnUate the n« xx for*x-ast e-f
H T Carmichael, genet si supervisor
of operations at th* cave, who today
declare t that If >hs .*5 fool )*x*\ was
reached hv Tuesday It would lx* an
occasion for thank-giving Th* pre
vious estimate bad pla.aed th* tin*
limit at some time to* Sunday.
It ts the plan, t.•-xbxgt'ts said, to
widen out the *h* • s .<• st»«-r
tit* 55 fis't lex-el * ie-n rte-ltel,
In esse It bad fr*’*'' to til, - * I F- litas
In this wsy, F. ,»» six they would
strlk# his tut- >i, c e
Hi X mstn -.1 t'toi
t'axe Flit K- Feiv ’ v handful
of Ten- • \| 'Ml G , I't't*
hi i tx ed xt - tod*x to assist Kenluekv
National F,oar tsnien on duty at Sand
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