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Bible Class
Strikes at
Liquor Talk
Teachers Reply to Unexpect
ed Attack on 18th Ainf'hd
ment Delivered at'Aiinual
Banquet.
Point Out Evils of Rum
X. H. Loomis, attorney and teacher
of the Walter Head Bible class of the
First Presbyterian church, struck
<*haok at critics of prohibition and the
attitude of the church towards it. dur
ing the Sunday morning session of
the class.
His talk was an answer to one
made by Frank S. Howell, attorney,
at the annual banquet of the class
Tuesday evening in the church. How
ell surprised his targe audience in the
church by vigorously assailing the
Kth amendment, charging that some
of those listening to him violated it,
declaring that methods of enforcing it
were contrary to the spirit of Christ
■arid responsible for the lack of tran
quillity in domestic affairs of the na
tion.
Neither Mr. Loomis nor A. B. Allen
intefnal revenue collector and presi
dent of the Bible class, mentioned the j
name of Mr. Howell, hut both admit
ted after the meeting Sunday morn
ing that it was Howell's speech which
led to a discussion of prohibition.
I’oint Out Evils of Drink.
...Air. Loomis quoted the Biblical ai
Jt'Sion to wine being a mocker, strong
ch ink raging and those deceived by it
unwise. He harked back to 1T4S. a
period when distilled liquors became
so cheap in Knglarid that the common
people were able to indulge in them
and drunkenness became so prevalent
that the first steps to guard against
its evil effects were taken.
He then discussed the present na
tional amendment. Churches alone,
he said, could not. have brought about
national prohibition. The 18th amend
ment was made possible by co-opera
tion of the churches, big business,
which was seeking greater efficiency',
and science, which uncovered the evil
effects of liquor on health, morals
anti life, he averred.
Air. Howell had declared efforts of
the national governments to exercise
control over purely domestic affairs
of the government is folly.
Fight Against Enforcement.
Mr. i.oomls held that the police
^^^^nower of the national government Is
charge! with protection of life,
health and morals of citizens.
' There can be no doubt that the
liquor habit destroys life, health and
litorals." he said. “Hence it would
seem that the government is carry
ing out its duty in seeking to abolish
JlntKT traffic.
‘ There now seems to be an organ
ized fl-r! t gainst enforcement of pro
hibition.'’ bo continued. “It is only
: matter of time, however, until the
roun'ry will realise* that th« prohibi
tion law must he enf ireed. The mem
cry of older m«n enables them to j
realize that conditions have materially1
improved. And when this realization
become* general everybody, including
those who have beep, or are still
a.viUnst rigid enforcement of the pro
hibition law. will be pleased to see the :
law enforced in spirit and in fact."
Mr. Allui, in s few remarks prior |
is Mr. I.ooiiiis' talk, emphasized the
I bought that there is frequently an
''Onest difference of opinions in all
great is?uee.
Reply to Attorney Howell,
"It was our thought that inasmuch
as a speaker had so recently ex
pressed his views on the matter, it
might lie well for one of us to set
forth the attitude of our church on
th» subject.” Air. Allen explained.
When asked concerning Howell's
charge that even some of his audi
tors violated the 18th amendment. Mr.
Allen replied: “There was a large
'crowd present at that meeting, and T
didn't know everybody that was
there. But It is probable that Howell
S' as talking through his hat.”
Both Mr. Alien and Mr. Loomis,
when interviewed, declined to com
themselves regarding alleged
rough methods of enforcing prohibi
tion, which are said to prevail In this
vicinity and which received criticism
from Air. Howell.
» "We are not in a position to go
Aito tiioi," they said.
BOY SLEEPS IN
FURNACE, DEAD
Louisville, Ky., Feh. 8.—Asleep In
a blast furnace of the National Forge
company when the negro janitor
started the fire yesterday, Albert Lee
Greaver. 12, was so seriously burned
that he died several - hours later.
Neither the janitor. John Jones, BO,
nor tile hoy's mother. Airs. William
TO. Greaver, could explain how the boy
happened to be in the furnace.
We Have
With Us
Today
W. T. Shepard.
A lee President Lincoln National life
Insurance Company,
Fort Wayne, Ind.
W. T. Shepard, vice president of the
Lincoln National Life Insurance com
pajiy, came to Omaha to<|»e present at
• sectional meeting for agents of his
company, to Vie held Monday, Tues
day snd AVednesday.
Mr. Shepard was accompanied bjf
J.' .1. Ollngenberger, auditor; <\ J
Hale, agency director; A. L. TJern,
auperfntendent of agencies, and Ber44n
Harold, assistant to Mr. Hern.
Fifty insurance agents from points
Ilf Nebraska and neighboring 'states
i wilt be pretent at the meeting.
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Balto, Canine Hero
of Serum Dash
Is Dead
fly Antedated Pmi.
Fairbanks, Alaska. Feb. S.—Balto,
leader of Gunnar Kasson’s team of
Siberian wolves and canine liero in a
recent relay race from Xanana to
Nome, with 1300,000 units of diphther
ia anti toxin, is dead, according to
a report received today from Nome.
The report added that Balto an*l
the majority of Kassnn's prize team
had died from frozen lungs as the re
sult of struggling fin miles from Bluff
to Nome for seven and one-half
hours in a blinding blizzard that sent
the thermometer down to 31 degrees
below zero.
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Weeks Will
Next Bombshell
in Aircraft Row
Secretary of ^ ar to Reply
Soon to Statements of
General Miteliell—Raps
“Supercilious Criticism.”
Washington, Feb. 8.—The source or
fuel for the aircraft controversy ap
peared today to have shifted temper
arlK- from the capitol to the War de
parment, where the reply of Briga
dier General Mitchell, assistant chief
of the army air service, to Secretary
Weeks’ demand for substantiation of
testimony before congressional com
mittees, is before officials for consid
oration.
The house aircraft committee,
which lost week made public tlm
general's letter before It had reached
the secretary, is In recess until
Thursday. Secretary Weeks an
nounced lie would issue a statement
on the matter as soon as he had time
to examine the reply, which reiterat
ed some of the statements objected
to a>< having ''seriously reflctced" on
the department.
Appointment Withheld.
In a statement made public yester
day, Secretary Weeks declared those
charged with the drafting of army
policies. Including General Pershing,
and who differed with the Mitchell
air program, had been subjected to
“supercilious criticism," hut he made
no direct reference to the assistant
air chief's letter, and another idjjsi
ment dealing with this Is expected.
The question of General Mitchell's
reappointment to his present assign
ment which expires next month, Is
being held up. pending the outcome
of the present controversy. If Mitch
ell Is not reappointed he will auto
matically revert to the rank, of cole,
nel.
t pon resumption of !t» inquiry
Thursday, It was announced by Bep
resentative Perkinn, republican. New
Jersey, aircraft committee examiner,
several "fliers ’ with world war exper
ience, hut not now in governmental
service, will he called for testimony.
.Johnson Tells Story.
The committee yesterday examined
f'apt. A. W. Johnson, assistant elite!
r*£ the naV.ol nil* service, who assert
ed that General Mitchell had disobey
ed orders in the 18C1 bombing tests
off the Virginhi. caffes, and declared
that lie would have eourt-martiale-1
'-'-n if he had possessed the author
ity.
taptain Johnson, whom General
Mitchell referred to in testimony be
for the committee as the "junior'
naval officer in charge of the bomb
ing tests, also declared that the gen
eral had cas; "slurs" at the naval air
service and denied that General Mit
chell was qualified "to speak with
accuracy about naval matters. ’
IOWA MAN GUEST
•UPON MAYFLOWER
Washington, Feb. 8-—Guest* of
President Coolldge on an afternoon
and overnight cruise down the Poto
mac today Included Representative
Dickinson, Towa, a leader of the
house farm bloc who has been prom
inent among the critics of the recom
mendations of the pre«ldent's agricul
tural commission.
Representative Dickinson, In a re
cent address In the house, charged
attempts were being made "to Hoov
erizo" the department of agriculture,
referring to reports that the presi
dent intended to consult Kecretary
Hoover In the selection of the new
secretary of agriculture anil criticiz
ing actlviyes of Uic department of
commerce touching on agricultural
matters. The president yesterday
had a lengthy conference with Hoov
er. but whether a connection existed
between this conference and Repre
sentative Dickinson's Inclusion hi the
AJavflower party was not disclosed.
Other members of the Mayflower
party, in addition to Mrs. Coolldge
and Mr*. Dickinson, were Ray Benja
min, one of the leaders of the I'ool
idge pre-convention campaign In Cal
ifornia: Senator Butler of Massachu
sett*, and Mrs. Butler, and Mr and
Mr*. Frank IV. Stearns,
WOMEN TO CONFER
UPON U. S. DEFENSE
Washington, Feb. 8.—Sixteen wom
en's national patriotic organizations
have been asked by the American le
gion auxiliary to send representatives
to Washington for a women's confer
ence, February 22 to 28, on national
defense as peace Insurance.
The call for the meeting, announc
ed today by Mrs. O. D. Oltphant, of
Trenton. N. J., national president of
the American legion auxiliary, pro
poses discussion of the operations n(
the national defense act and of peml
ing legislation for universal military
draft In wartime. Organization* In
vlted Include the Daughter* of the
American Revolution, Istdle* of the
Grand Army of the Jlepub|jr, Na
tional AVar Mothers and Woman’!
Relief corps of the Grand Army o(
the Republic
Six Hurt in
TrainCrash;
Fog Is Cause
Passenger ami Freight Trains
Collide Headon INear Albert
Lea. Minn.—Five Men.
One ^ oman, \ ietims.
Doctors and Nurses Sent
Albert Lea, Minn., Feb. S.—Six per
sons were seriously injured early this
mprning when a passenger and a
freight train, each obscured by a
heavy fog. crashed head on six miles
south of here.
The colliding trains were Minneapo
lis & St. Louis passenger train No.
4, which left Albert I>ea at 3:15 t>
m., and Chicago, Rock Island A Pa
cific freight train No. 313. The
passenger train was detouring as the
result ot a freight wreck near Forest.
City, la.
The injured:
George Trusty. Fort Dodge, la., en
gineer on passenger train; leg broken
and badly crushed.
H. E. Nason, Marshalltown, la.,
conductor; badly bruised. /
Mrs. Mvlen Rusch. Minneapolis,
passenger; bruised and one leg 1 adiy
hurt.
Robert Murphy, Manly, la., brake
mnn t n freight, inkle badly sprained.
Dave Roy, Manly, la., engineer on
freight, neck and back hurt.
R. s. Reed, pilot on passenger,
Marshalltown. Ia.. head and chest In
jured.
Five Iowa Persons.
Less than a half hour after the
wreck, a special u'uin bearing doctors
and nurses under the direction of
Dr. if. D P.urns. left Albert Lea.
After receiving first aid, the Injured
were brought to a hospital here.
Passenger Detoured.
On account of the fog, the engineers
of the two trains did not see each
other until they were a few rods
apart, it was said. The passenger
train, l*n-ause of the wreck at Forest
City, was detouring via Mason City,
la., over the Rock Island.
Through a misunderstanding of or
ders. it is said, the freight train. In
charge of i 'onductor Mahoney and En
gineer Dave Roy, started for Albert
Lea,
The freight crew jumped in lime to
save their lives. The engine plowed
half wet through the passenger en
gine. Engineer Trusty was pinned
underneath.
The mall car and baggage car, ot
wood construction, telescoped, Impi'lv
onlng Conductor Nason in one end of
the baggage car. ft whs nearly an
hour before he was freed.
Several loaded coal cars were de
stroyed
MERCURY CLIMBS
TO 65 IN CHICAGO
lly I idvernal Imlrr.
Chicago, Feb. 8.—Spring, away
heart nf schedule, landed in Clii
cage today
The mercury climbed tn 63. Orer
coat* went over arm* and fur coats
of the ladle* tvere thrown far back
over the shoulder* or discarded a I
toge* her.
The oldest Inhabitant scratched his
head but couldn’t recollect anotliet
February day just IIkc it.
The most teitiaTkable w'enther con
ditions In SO years or more extended
generally over the middle west.
Icebound rivets and lakes sent melt
Ing ice floating away. It was what
river men call a ’’genuine spring
breakup.’’
Three small boys, Johnny Zell
Clarence Smith nnd Charles Millet,
were carried away on a floe of Ice
on Lake Michigan. They were res
cued by the coast guard before their
Ice raft melted.
Rivers throughout the country
were reported at flood stage due to
water front melting snow. Country
toads were converted to mud holes
and even city streets were an Inch
tie op with ooze.
LINCOLN MAN DIES
OF POISON LIQUOR
^ppriul INapitch to The Om*l>» Hor.
Cedar Rapids, la.. Feb. 8—♦he l«'dj
of Fred ti. Plummer, 34. traveling
man, who was found dead in a lintel
room here Saturday night, was
shipped to his old home at Lincoln,
Neb., this afternoon for burial, for
oner It. A. Vorphat, In making fur
ther Investigation today of Plummer a
death, found a bottle partly filled with
redistilled denatured alcohol, an etnp
ty bed tie that had oontalned alcohol
ami two other bottles that bore gin
get-ale labels.
The coroner said poison liquor bad
caused death.
years ago Plummer w t/* » noted
buck and wing dancer with tbr
Thatcher, Primrose and West ntln
atrels. After leaving the stage lu
became a ball player with a Pennsyl
vanla team In the Eastern league
Plummer vv-ns to have been mat tied
In two or three weeks to a De*
Moines girl, a friend here said.
Suu-Yat-Sen Holding Own.
Hr Associated Press.
PekJn, Feb. 8. The condition e!
Hr. Hun Tat Nan. HoUth China leader,
who was operated upon for cancer re
(ently, remained unchanged today,
lie has been critically 111 sine# Jan
uary 26.
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Senate (llcrk Diea.
Wahlilngton, Fell. 8. - Hat t y II
Gllfry, parliamentary clerk of I hr
senate for 42 years, died at hla limn'
here today, aged 81 years, lie was
a fui'Uui} resident ol Oregon
AMERICAN SHIP
SEND S. 0. S. CALL
H,v Aw eil r-v v
' -A>> c. \
London, 'Knal
from tb v\t t O.A- 'ent
Ha- " 0°, ^ mb
sh , in the
Aegf*,^' ^ uispatch re
ce1 a \ v*c Athens.
K* V . the steamer was
givv * ode 33.55 north, long!
tude oast, which is in the Medi
terrak/flh sea between the Greek ar
chipelago and the coast of noith
Africa.
The President Harrison left Alex
andria last Thursday for New York.
>few York, Feb. 8.—The steamer
President Harrison, reported from
Greece today as being In distress in
the Mediterranean sea. is a Fulled
.States shipping board vessel of 10,555
tons. The steamer sailed from New
York on November 15 for Alexandria
by way of San Francisco and oilier
Pacific ports.__
Serum Saves Manv
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Lives in Epidemic,
Halted for 2 Days
.No New Cases of Diphtheria
Reported in Nome in 48
Honrs—All Patients Ex
pected to Recover.
it> k, k. m Limit..
I niver.nl Service Special t'orre, pood ent.
Nome. Feb. 8.—Nome is quiet today
with no new rases of diphtheria re
ported in 48 hours. Many of the
patients who were so seriously ill that
it. was not I relieved they would live
until the supply of strum arrived,
are now convalescing.
A landing field for Lieutenant liar
ling, who is flying here with addi
tional medical supplies, is being pre
pared by' tlm American Legion under
the direction of the ltoard of health.
It is believed with the arrival of the
additional serum which Darling is
bringing Non.c will return to nor
malcy.
The sourdoughs are interested in
the airplane (light to the rescue of
the stricken city, but the chances of
another dog relay* ordered by* Gov
ernor Scott Ftoue from Nenana shows
a new effort to speed relief. ,It Is be
lieved that a good effort will be made
to beat the former relay time.
The progress made by Nome's one
doctor and nurse since the receipt of
the first quantity of antitoxin shows
the futility of lighting diphtheria
without Die serum. .Several of those
who were at death's door ere now
sure to recover, and none of those
who are now ill are expe-ted to die
miles* the* suffer a relapse from be
ing m some muy careless.
UNFAIR METHODS
IN SUGAR TRADE
Washington. Feb. 8.—Charges of
unfair methods in competition are
made 1»y the* federal trade commis
sion against the I-arrowe Milling
companj of Detroit and 17 manufac
turers of beet sugar, in a complaint
made public today by the commission.
The complaint charges that the re
ppnndenta are engaged 1n a wrongful
combination and conspiracy to sup
press competition in the marketing of
beet pulp :» by-product of beet sugar
innnufa* till ing.
The manufacturers ruined In the
'omplalnt are: American Beet. Sugar
company, Oxnard, Cal.; Garden City
Sugar and Land company, Garden
city, Kan.; Columbia Sugar company,
Hay city, Mich.; Continental Sugar
company. Detroit, Mich.; Great West
pin Sugar company, Denver, Colo.;
Holland St. Louis Sugar company,
Holland. Mich.; Owosso Sugar com
pany, Owosso, Mich.; Toledo Sugar
company, Toledo, O.; Minnesota Sugar
company, Owosso, Mich.; Toledo Sugar
company, Toledo. O.; .Minnesota Sugar
company, Minneapolis. Minn.; Michi
gan Sugar company, Saginaw, Mich.:
N'oi%hern Sugar corporation. Mason
city, la.; Ohio Sugar company, Ot
tawa. O.; Menominee River Hug.ir
company. Menominee, Mich.; Spreeklea
Sugar company, Hpreckles, Cal;
Santa Ana Sugar comimny, Santa
\na, Cnl ; Utah Idaho Sugar company.
Salt Lake City, Utah; Iowa Sugar
• ompfttiy, Wnverly, la.; Towa Valley
Sugar cdmpanj'. Belmont, la.
SLEUTHS TO SEEK
HOUSE OF SLAYER
Los Angeles. Feb. V Systematic
search for the house or shack In
Which authorities now believe May
rind Nina Martin were held captive
before they were murdered and flung
into • shallow grave on Angeles
Mesa in the suburbs, was set In mo
Hon l»y the sheriff's office today.
Discovery at some distance from
the grave of shoes missing from the
feet of the little girls when their
l»odles were found last week « <*n
vinoed investigators that the slstei
were dead when the' were taken to
Die mesa months ago; that Dip shoos
dropped front Inei t f**ct while Die
bodies w«M*e h«dng dragged or cm
iled to Die pot.
S. C. Stone, former private watch
man tn the residence district from
which the girl*, aged 1*2 and 8. dis
appeared last August 23. was III
held In the county Jail tonight In con
nectlon with th* rase lie told
deputy sheriffs who arrested him Fri
day night that lie bad no criminal
knowledge of the girls' abduction or
death, and to this denial tic has clung
through repented queutbnlng*
Bluffs Man IP-lil
on I .iquor < iliargt
Ben Darnell. 32. 732 First avenue.
Saturday waived hearing in Council
Bluff* police court on charges of
maintaining a Honor nuisance and
was imuiml over to ih# grand Jury.
Bond wmm act at DiOO.
France Has
Churchill
Debt Note
British' Chancellor Outlines
Term* for Payment of
French Obligation to
IN a lion He Represents.
Fixed Annual Payments
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Bj Asuui’latrd I’m,,
London, Feb. 8.—Great Britain’s
note in France explaining the Bald
win go\ eminent'* viewpoint on the
question of Ihp repayment of France’s
debt 10 Great Britain proves to be a
much shorter document than had orig
inally been expected. It lays down
succinctly »< he principles on which
Great Britain hopes France will
agree to meet her obligations without
going into details or figures. The
idea is advanced that details may lie
threshed out in conference here
should Premier Herrtot or Finance
Minister Clenjentel, or both, come to
London for this purpose.
Apparently when Hie British draft
note was under consideration in the
British rabinet it was found difficult
In arrive at an agreement on many
dftails, and hence it was decided to
confine the note to broad principles.
The main points of the note are:
First, that Great Britain declines to
agree that France's payments should
be .dependent upon Germany's full
payment of the Dawes plan annui
ties.
\rccpt Fixed Payments.
Second, that, with a view tn facili
tating repayments. Gnat Britain Is
willing to accept fixed annual pa\
rnents, irrespective of the Dawes pro
ceeds, with a further annual c harge
on the French share In those pro
ceeds. and, third, that Great Britain
Will devote any surplus beyond re
quirements for her American indebt
edness to diminish the burdens upon
Great Britain's allies.
The note was published Just In
time to'he discussed by parliament
which will reassemble next Tuesday
for the first real legislative session
of Piemler Baldwin s second admin
istration—the short session before
Christmas having been a mere pre
lude to swear In members elect and
to bear the king’s speech.
The session beginning next Tues
day which will open without any
special ceremonies, should prove of
absorbing Interest, both In the home
and the foreign field. I p to Faster
tide, however, the center of the stage
wt!l ha held by the conservative
party's newest recruit. Winston Spen
cer Churchill, chancellor of the n
chequer; for during this period lhe>e
will lie little lime to debate anything
except the nations finance* Includ
ing the question of the French debt.
Debate Expected.
There is little doubt the opposition
will provide debate oh Churchill's
note to SI. Clemente! and It is not un
likely that the chief point of the at
tack will he that.'under the stipula
lion that the French repayments can
not lie dependent upon a full yield of
the Dawes plan, France would. In the
event of a German default, find her
self tn tit* position of paying repur.'t
ttons to Great Britain.
The attitude hitherto has iieen that
France can only pay cither Great
Britain or the United State* if she
gets reparations from German.' and
tills Attitude probably will find a
deal of support among the liberal and
labor members of the house of com
mons.
Should t lie hoped-for conference in
London materialize, it probably will
be found that. Chancellor Churchill
advisedly omitted details from bis
note to France in order to give an
open Belli for negotiations. A* chan
cellor of the exchequer. Churchill is
(Turn to 1*ucr TlirM f oluron Four.I
SOCIAL WORKER
GOES TO EUROPE
S. erlnl IH.imt.il In The I tip a hit Itee.
Hartlngton, Neli.. Feb. 8. Miss
Mildred Scnville, "ho for several
year* ha* been active In Bed ,'l'ws
nnd social servin' work, has Koiie
over «e«,s in (he Inti rent of the font
linonwealth fund of which she Is
executive osslstant. She will spend
dx or elxlu weeks In Austrian cities,
Vienna. iIr.Uf. and Swlzhurg. pinking
a survey In mental bygone.
The fniiiniunwonltli fund Is slnillni
to die Ttorki feller foundation, estab
llslied by a millionaire philanthropist
rained Harness, nnd Miss fkovllles
study of the children in these ride
will determine whether or not work
In mental hygiene "ill he taken up In
Austria by the organization. Mi"
Soovllle will travel In Italy and Swit
zerland Hfier completing her mission
in Austria. She has a sister. Bernice
I Soovllle, a student In New York, and
I liar mother resides here.
COURT ADVANCES
SCHUERMANN CASE
T. incoln, Feh. R. The supreme j
|court ha* entered nn order sustsln
lug t lie motion of attorney* for l-«i
ward Sohuermann, Saline county
farmer to advance the habeas corpus
i hmc he Instituted In the district
court again lit Superintendent Hrlffin,
of the st;>te hospital for the Insane.
HIb bearing was *et for the court *e»
Finn beginning April 0.
St huernmnn killed Oeorge Rhein
miller, whom be /housed to alien itlng
the of hi* wife. He wn*
I fled at Beatrice, and the jury sc
• {UittfMl him on tT»e ground tlmt Tie
was Insane at the time of the killing,
hut recommended tlmt Tie he com
milled to the Asylum, The conten
• Ion of Rchuermann's attorneys i*
that he Tiad since Tie come sane. Tha
lower court ruled against this conten
t Ion.
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20.000 Curiosity Seekers Crowd
About Entrance to "Collins Cave
Four Lxlra Coaches Required to Handle Rush to Ken
tucky Cavern—Tourists From Si\ States Line Road
Leading to Rescue Drama.
It> .\ft»nHnteil Press.
cave City. Ky., Feb. 8.—Gigantic
holiday crowds came to Cave City
today and made the six-mile trip
to Sand Cave, where Floyd Collins
passed iho ninth day of his en
tombment.
Fong before* noor a continuous
ytreum of -automobiles wound over
the rough road to the rescue camp.
At Jl a. in. there was two solid
line® one going and oik* returning.
Farm yards and open fields were
turned into temporary parking
places for hundreds of machines.
The field between the road and the
scene of operations was crow tied
with cars hearing license tags of
various states. People motored
from Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, West
Virginia and Tennessee to witness
the scene.
During the morning the crowd
^ __
standing outside the barbed wire
enclosure which protect* workmen
from unwarranted Intrusion num
bered 5.000 and was constantly
changing- The first hands arrived
early in thejnomlng. almost with
the dawn. A religious service was
held. Tim group participating
moved to a hilltop northwest of
the cave entrance and began their
worship, welt prayers for Colitns.
Additional luneh stands made
their appearance In order to ac
commodate the large crowd. There
v. ere several thousand, however,
who brought their food with them.
Tile I.ouiNVille & Nashville rail
road added four coaches to the
morning train from I.,ouisville and
estimated about 2,.'>00 extra tickets
Jiad been sold. The railroad com
jinny's estimate of the total num
ber of visitors today was 20,000,
most of whom came by automobile.
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Flovtl Collins Still Lives. Radio
Experts Sav After Elaborate Test
Hundreds Kneel in Prayer. Thousands Cheer as Message
Spreads Like Wildfire—Even Soda Pop Vendors Husli
for Moment. Awed by Solemnity of Occasion.
tty SAM Itl.AIR,
1 nlifrul Ma*f (’orrp'pwidfnt,
< aye city. Ky\. Feb. 8.—Floyd
Collins still lives.
A powerful radio rmplifier dem
onstrated this fact to the satisfac
tion of radio and electrical engi
neers tills afternoon, when a series
of instrument teals were made
within the subterranean cavern, at
the bottom of which, more than GO
feet below the stnface, Collins
was entrapped nine days ago.
The experiments yvere of an order
with one (-inducted several days
ago. They are twsed upon tlie as
sumption that a sound Impulse can
be received across the lighting
yvires that contlC't the outside with
a bulb that rescue workers placed
under the cave captive'.- shirt earl'
Wednesday . Just lief ore the buckling
wails of the passageway were cut
ofT.
The .amp. a "5-watt, carbon fila
ment type, fits looselv in it* socket.
Tim theory is that when the light
current Is switched off the sudden
surcease of its heat will have an
effect upon the breathing and heart
beat of Collin.' and that this varia
tion can be registered across the
| wire* upon an amplifier. The un
oerbJ i contacts of the globe In Its
*c- et will allow fluctuations. The
ill-' ists contend tliat will he com
mensurate with the heArt and
breath fluctuations of the man.
it. <1. l.«ne and C. TV. Williams,
electrical engineers, arranged and
carried out ‘he tests. The experi
ment.- were repeated a dozen times
and several positive results were
registered.
The results were reported to the
"(in workmen who are toiling in
houtly reliefs to get down a 60
foot shaft, by means of which prob
ably before the end of the week,
the car: I.-entombed man will be
brought forth dead or alive.
“Boys,” they were told by H. T.
Carmichael, in charge of the evacu
ation. Floy-1 is breathing down
Inflow us and we may get to him In
time.”
Ami the ihythm of the swinging
picks moved faster.
Hundreds Chant Doxology as Experts Report
At the L'.Vfoot let cl the shaft
which 1h bring t>ut down suddenly
opened Into a subterranean chain
liet this Afternoon. Sounding proved
the cave chamber or fissure t ■ be
eight feet ileeper than ti.e -haft
bottom, f'jnnnilte was exploded
and preparation* made to lower a
man to explore !;.
"Floyd i* alive."
The message was cat tied out of
the hUlbound declivity on which
the workers congregated to the
i nuntl>er of lft.Oftft and more men
and women, who we e massed about
tiie brink. Those who had come
as apectati r* for a thrill got it with
the news. And those who had come
to offer up prayer* in behalf * f
foiling prontj h fell upon thru
knees
Several hundred voices lifted In
the chanting of the dexoiogy Other
voices about the hilltop rim shrilled
exJ't ation* to the singers. The
shouted prayers of a dozen gospel
workers eomlngled and became in
distinguishable. Volunteer soloists
vied with one another*, and pro
duced a tlabel of religious hymns.
And piping at intervals through
this i ..nslomrration of sober thanks
giving . auie trie calls of cenders of
souveni.s and the mongers of hot
dogs and soda pop.
“Floyd 1* alive.”
The assurance was passed back
from the massed throng to the
lin»* -f Sunday-dressed n-.en,
wonHid children who were plod
ding fr' i - roadway to the edge
. toe •ill! il arena. The cheer
io? n-f -- went on for se\en
i i . . in e road toward the
• ity r hero \ isttora’ automobiles
fa enL'il together so tightly
th.it l ose nio. walked wereforced
in-o ■ he field*.
Hysterics Sweep Crowd; Many Women Faint
• Floyd is alive."
The announcement rea died Fave
City, which today is populated by
3d times it a normal siz* of 500.
St rangers in town, unable to get
to the scene of action because of
the traffic blocked road, displayed
Us much rejoicing as did the pa
th r*. moat of whom *• ive been on
cave-exploring expeditions with
Floyd Follina.
Such a concourse of people ne\ r
has ’»sn o a before, and seldom
any plu e h s such a hysterical
and noisy scene been enacted as
that at sand nave today.
Women atnl men, overwhelmed
with fanatical see I. fainted and
were carped in the hospital tent*,
given restoratives and then moved
on to tnaae irny for other patients.
ReiKalifts. mounted on stump* and
v.n.p 1« »«. 'mranfued aU who
I would listen.
Tots' Howls Mingle With Cries of Rescuers
Fervent aniens 1 rs. unded from
almost every sputa* yanl section
of humanity RvbF* and i hlldrett
howled. Other youngsters iltelr
mouths stuffed with sandwiches or
cake, were picked tip In a swirling
maelstrom and swept away from
grip of thetr guardians.
“t.et ns pray!”
"Souvenirs from Sand Face. (Sett
ulnc nicks taken from the-'*
•'Kepent thee, for the day of
Judgment!'
•■M. n ..' Mi. a li ma!”
" l lai.il in si' hot dogs, IB cents.
tr. o for h-"
' Praia* be ■■■■''
••lot us ,.ll join in singing—”
And mingling with this human
bedlam on Ui' hilltop, cam* from
floor of the forking stag* th# con
tinuous *111" of engines and the
shouts ••? tin oegrtmed men who
.no inch by inch driving the shaft
nearer, olowlj but tnev itaMy, rear
i to tlie man held In the »i#e of
rock*.
PONCA CONSIDERS
MUNICIPAL POOL
Pon<«. N>li. Kelt. ' -U. II Man
cold of Sioux i'll' la., repre- >ntatlve
of the Sanliai'i Swimming Pool com
pany. presented before A community
meeting line « pro position whereby
tills city might become the owner of
a municipal swimming pool.
The pool would t>e const rutted of
reinforced concrete, *i0x)?0 feel In
size. would cost IT.l'ia. and would be
Pa lit for out of a small admission
charge.
Nothing definite Wns damned At th*
meeting, but a general campaign of
education to slmw the benefit of such
a props* t to tlie community I* to be
carried on. and tt le hoped exentuall)
to flttance the proposition.
l.otljic Mt'inltcra Vro
Inalructeil in Ritual
Harvard. Nab.. Keb X Mls« I’rab
trea, a atata worker In Ilia Rebekah
lodge, conducted Instructional course*
til the lodge * ritual work las* night
at the ii.rvBid branch'* re«u!ai
meeiin* The toon! orsanisation,
Which t- active in ceremonial work In
Uit* dim . t. i rhni instruction* In
everal lieu blanches
Ship (*iw> \ shore. But ( row
Hrx’tirvl With No lift' Loss
Sun Fraud .-.i. Feb to Th* marine
department of th# Otoamber of Com
tve.oe receive.! a tvIrebM nieees** t"
day from \ mioMi'U. t\. ravins
the S«v»kc filler had none aahore
nen: Si \l«i > ' Island off Vancouve
The loesMisr *ihi til* crew had
been landed In safety.
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Hint of Hoax
Spreads at
Sand Cave
Father of \ ietini Passes Out
Advertising Circulars— Na
tives Hint at Food Cache;
Rescue Work Coes On.
Collins Shiftless, Said
Sand Cave, Cave City, Ky.,
Feb. 8.—“Is Floyd Collins
the victim of .a tragic cave
trap or the perpetrator of n
publicity hoax?”
Half whispered, this ques
tion ran through the crowd
of 20,0(M> curiosity seekers
here today and joined the
swelling chorus of doubt that
comes wherevef men gather
and discuss Sand Cave and its
rock pinned victim.
Like prompters in the
wings, Collins’ neighbors
gave the cue when the more
credulous faltered.
“Floyd was a shiftless fel
low,” they say. “Always
crawling around caves and
letting his old father support
him.”
May Have Food Cached.
“But he may have food
cached away somewhere.”
they urge when the cred
ulous stammer their belief in
Collins’ horrible predicament.
And weaving in and out
between pop vendors, hot dog
merchants and fanatics, with
a message to tell wherever a
crowd will listen, is Lee Col
lins, father of Floyd, offer
ing circulars advertising crys
tal cave, a subterranean cav
ern discovered several years
ago by Floyd Collins.
Neighbor* Ftprees Doubt,
By AntorUled FrfU.
Cav* City, Ky„ Feb. t —TtTariy ef
the cave country folk, long accus
tomed to the cave obsession ef Floyd
Collins, were more pronounced today
#n asserting their douW* that Col
lins really is trapped In Sand Cave.
The other tunnel discovered Satur
day by Homer Collins, bis brother,
leading in the general direction of the
huge cavern Floyd Collins has de
scribed to rescue parties, inclines
many of those jrho know Floyd Col
lins well, to the belief that there
may be exits known only to Floyd
or that he may have a cache of food
hidden somewhere.
But the few outside rescuer* who
actually reached Collina are firmly
convinced that his leg Is caught so he
can not release himself.
The near neighbors of the Collins
family are outspoken In their charac
terization of Floyd Collins as a shift
less fellow, supported by his father,
although he was SS years old. who
spent all his time crawling around the
numerous tunnels and caverns of the
region. His principal achievement,
they say, In earning a living wa« the
discovery in 1917 of Crystal r3\e on
his fathers farm, and Its com me
rial exploitation as a show plat* fr
tourists. «*, .
Family Quarrelled. t
It Is this cave. Crystal, shout which
the neighbors say a dissension sprung
up in the Collins family. E ieal owner
with his father In Crystal cave, the
natives tell of differences over di
vision of the guide fees from tour
ists which caused Flcvd to stay away
from homo for long periods. When
his exploration of Rand Cave led to
his Imprisonment, he was staling at
the home of the tenant on whore
farm Sand cave is situated. Floyd's
father last summer had agreed to
lease Crystal cave to one of the more
enterprising natives who might make
I more out of it instead of spending bis
| time In search of other caverns.
tTnrn to Pag* Three. Colusa rival
ELEVEN JAPANESE
! SAILORS DROWNED
VAttcodver, B- t' . FeK S- T.l*'*1
railor* of ih# Japan**# evulser Id
xuma. on# Of thro# veeeele of th# Jap
an#*# naty training squadron her# rn
the last let of a ;n,(Hh) mil# totir, were
drowned In the harlwir shortly eft1*'
midnight ihi* morning when th# mo
torboat I’innae# of th# Idruma towing
a barge of Bailor*, polluted with
Canadian Pacific tug Nanooee tewing
a ear ferry,
FU* men. including a midshipman,
were mved. Two lanlira Ivave been
recovered.
tailing equipment to recover the
bodte# and apparatus to raise the
Pinnace wet# rusted lo th* were hi
the Yanoouier harbor csnnmisMenees
The Ptnnao* left the dock toning a
barge nlih t numtier of sal lots who
had at tent let! a banquet ashere. On
nearing the erutsei ldauniw the tus
Xanooae. towing a car f*
! preached the Pinnace In the mlxup
if the tug and t Pin o e. e t"<
barge* and the Pinna,-e were sunk,
i The Tug was badly damaged.
Mn*onio Temple for Oro.
<>id. Neb.. Feb 5 -Ord Mssonie
lodge is planning on the erection of 1
a pen Masonic temple this summer
Moliank Tggt'rs Sock l»amr«.
Mohawk' a*tnl balKM
hfvll W.iRt out of li'OO Jiinv*
V'lkU 1 *V. Oi fi|Vr|»t< i ^ t' MWf IT '*'