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WEATHER FORECAST ^ l^f I "TW i i \ M A T T A "\ / 4 til 1VTT1VT k tT 1-T I'HOLOHT FOR THE HAA 1 Hb " 'MAHA lY.i'KiYllYL* JLt/ .. change In temperature. 0f j( every day, and at last wc cannot ~~~ _ _ break It.— Horace .Mann. CITY EDITION - • ' ;" — _VOL. 54-NO. 209. OMAHA. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 13. 1925. *_TWO CFNTS Sff*«h*c«0nt? E°««h«?. »-/ Control of Campaigns Suggested Senate Group Urges Probe of Collection of Funds in One State for Use in •» Another. Corrupt Practice Laws Washington. Feb. 12.—Congress should give serious consideration to Ihe practice of political organization* in collecting large sums of money In certain states for us In Influencing "lections In other states, the special senate campaign investigating com mittee says in n report filed today by Chairman Borah, Besides this recommendation the comlttee proposes enactment of the corrupt practices act recently ap * proved by the senate, 79 lo 8, ns a rider to the postal pay ami rate in crease bill which now is pending as a part of the postal bill recommended by the senate postofflee comlttee as a substitute for the house measure. Moreover, the campaign committee suggests that in perfecting the cor rupt practice laws an effort be made to accomodate the limit of expendi ‘ lures by candidates for federal offices to the size and the population of the state. It says It is neither wise nor Just to flx the same amount for a candidate in a state with a papulation of 1,000,000 as in a state with a popu lation of 7,000,000 or more. Total Expenditures. Besides these recomendations for legislation, the report contains de tailed accounts of receipts, expendi tures and contributions as given by the national committees of the three major political parties for the last campaign. The report says the In vestigation conducted by the commit tee in Washington and Chicago in tlie closing days of the 1924 campaign show that: Tlte republican national committee collected $4,360,478 and expended $4,270,409. The democratic national committee collected $S21,037 and expended $303,908. The progressive or independent na tional committee collected $221,837 and expended $221,977. While making no reference to the T.a Follette charges of the collection of a huge republican "slush, fund" to control the election, the report says that, although some inaccuracies may be found in the figure* present ed. "It believes th« report give* the \M Toilette < harfee. The beginning of the committee’s Inquiry followed the publication of the l„a F’ollette chargee, and much of ita attention ya* devoted to them. One of the allegations by Senator l.i Fullette waS the republican or ganization was collecting large sums in eastern statei for use In the north western states tn an effort to control the election there. The testimony was The republican committee obtained the bulk of contributions In New York Pennsylvania’ ftrid 'Illinois’ and that the democratic organization got most of its funds from New York snd one or two other states. With respect t* the practice of us ing funds from one state in another, the report, says: "This, may well become the subject of abuse and lead to evil and corrupt . practices and results. The commit tee calls this feature of campaign collections snd expenditures partiru larlv to the consideration of congress and belle*es that In the matter of fu ture legislation It should have serious consideration." I.lmits Proposed. The corrupt practice act recom mended by the committee Is that pro posed by Senator Walsh, democrat, Massachusetts. It would require all political committees, national, state, congressional or others functioning in a general election, to make periodical I We Have I With Us lToday H. H. Klworthy and IV. M. Stuart, Representatives of the Canadian Pa-1 rifle Railway, Chicago. III. Mr. Ells worthy is a representative of the steamship passenger depart merit of the Canadian Pacific railway, snd Mr. Stuart I* the Chicago press representative of the road. They were In Omaha Thursday talk ing over business matters with sub agents In Omaha handling steamship transportation. Their representatives in Omaha, ar“ Val J. Peter, William IJock and Jack Sharp. The two men are of tiie opinion that Ihe greatest aid to the railroads of tlie country today lieu hi amitlgn matlon. 1 reports of receipts and expenditures during and after a campaign. There would be no limit to the amount of expenditures by a national committee in a presidential campaign, but In the case of congressional cam palgns, candidates for the house of representatives would be limited to $2,500 and candidates for the United States senate to $10,000. There is a proviso, however, under w hich in place of this limitation, such candidates could expend an amount equal to 3 cents for each vote cast In the preceding general election, hut,In no event could this sum exceed $25, 000 In the case of a senatorial candl date, and $5,000 In the case of a can didate for the house of representa tives. Former Wardens * at Atlanta Will Launch Defense First ^ itnesses for Men Sharped With Accepting Bribes W ill Tak« Stand at Trial Today. By Avwrlilnl Press. Atlanta. Cla., Feb. 12.—After listen ing since Monday to testimony relat ing to the alleged sale of ‘‘soft jobs" at the Atlanta federal penitentiary, at torneys for A. E. Sartain and E. J. Fletcher, formerly warden and depu ty, respectively, of the penitentiary, and Eaurence Riehl, Columbus, O., charged with conspiracy and bribery, tomorrow will call the first of their witnesses. District Attorney Clint Hager late today rested for the government. His announcement followed the second ap pearance on the stand of Father Thomas P. Hayden, former prison chaplain, who hat, admitted his par ticipation In an alleged conspiracy to accept $10,500 for special privileges at the institution front seven men con victed in the Savannah "rum ring” exposure In 1923. Testimony Altered. Hayden changed portions of his pre vious testimony regarding a visit which he said he and Riehl had made to Savannah early In 1924, when they collected the $10,500 from Willie Haar, one of the convicted men. Hayden first testified he had been met at the station by Ernest Haar, brother of Willie, who took his to breakfast. To day he said the meeting did not take place. Ernest. Haar. earlier in the day, had been on the stand and had contra dicted the statement, hut the former chaplain declared this had no relation to his decision to correct hi* previous testimony. Hayden was asked on crossexam Ination If he still was certain that Mr. and Mrs. Walter McKenrie, a Savan nah couple, had called at the Haar home on the night he and Riehl were ther* to collect the $10,000. He re plied In the affirmative. Willie Haar, in his testimony, said the couple did not call. Four Hhared Bribe. Sartain, Fletcher. Riehl and Hayden shared in the bribe money collected on this occasion, according to the lat ter's testimony. The defense already has stated it proposes lo prove that Hayden accepted all the bribe money and that the defendants received none. No announcement of an in diriment afainst Hayden haa been made. Immediately after the state rested, (he defense introduced it no the files a letter from the records on the parole of Graham Baughn. Savannah attorney, who was fined approxi mately $29,00(1 and sentenced to a year In the Atlanta penitentiary. The letter was front Assistant Attorney General Donovan and was addressed on December 27, 1924. to District At tortyy Hager, after the former had returned to Washington from Atlanta, where he participated In the prison Investigation. The leUer stated that just after the assstant attorney general returned to Washington he obtained the parole papers of Graluym Baughn and "put them through.” so that lie would he with hla family in Savannah Christ mas. Parole Rernniinenileil. A resolution of the federal grand jury which If.dicted Sartain, Fletcher nnd Riehl. recommending the parole. wn« put Into the records yesterday by tho prosecution after Baughn had testified that after swearing out the warrant against the warden, the parole, which he previously had been denied, was granted him. Testimony designed to support Its contention that Sartain, Fletcher. Riehl and ^jlavden receiver bribe tndney and gave the Savannah men "easy" assignments nnd other priv I leges, was submitted by the prosecu tion during the day. Ernest Haar testified he was pres ent at his Savannah home on the night hla brother Willie gave Riehl and Hayden the $10,500. lie said he saw the money cotinted, hut did not see It delivered. l.nler, the witness continued, he gave Fletcher $3,500. as a loan from Ids brother, Willie. California Is Swept by Hard Storm One Train Wrecked, Many Buildings Razed. traffic Paralyzed by Floods , and Wires Broken. Tremendous Landslides San Francisco, Feb. 12.—Northern and central California were recover ing tonight from the preliminary buf fets of a storm that were severe enough to rip numerous buildings from tlietr foundations, cause at least one tran wreck, wash out railroads and highways, prostrate light and power wires and even change the contour of the landscape in places 1 iy causing tremendous landslides. The storm Is not. over, according to the United States weather bureau here, but It Is generally believed that the "peak'’ lias passed and that there will be a quick subsidence of the ele mental joust that thus far has caused man ythousands of dollars damage and. Indirectly, taken one life. John Watson, a former marine and former resident of Aberdeen, Wash., was killed In a cellar cave in near St. Helena, north of Napa. Two fel low workers, R. S. White and C. D. Clark, were injured, W'hite seriously. The cellar had been undermined by flood waters,., / Flood Recedes. The flood waters were receding gradually, but the railroads and high ways of the storm region, particular ly In the coast counties, presented series of miniature lakes, washouts and land slides. The Northwestern Pacific railroad, virtually bereft of all service since early' yesterday morning, hoped to get tw'o stalled passenger trains flora Eureka to night. Tills railroad ran stub trains be tween local points where the storm lakes and landslides along the right of-way permitted. It was on this line that the wreck occurred, the loco motive and two coaches of a south bound passenger train sinking into a rain-formed slough st Novato. 26 miles north of here, and overturning. One passenger on one of the stalled Eurkea trains was Dr. C. A. Shenck, chief forester of the republic of Ger many, w ho had just completed a sur vey of some df the redwood stands In the Eureka region, about 260 miles north of San Francisco. The trains were caught between washouts and land slides' in the vicinity of Island mountain, about 10 Omilee aouth of Eureka. Play Ground of (oast. The area that the storm struck hardest Is known »s one of the chief play grotinds of California. It begins with the timber stands of north Hum boldt county, with some of the trees older than the period of time covered in the New Testament, and at Its other terminus Is the Marin penin sula. northern extremity of the Golden Gate. In between are the Russian river resorts of Monte Rio, Camp Meeker and a score of others, with the river now out of it hanks and cluttering the river#Ids mio-u of these towns with the flotsam of wrecked bridges, arks and cabins. Be tween the resort towns and the bay stands Mount Tamalpais, higher peak in the north roaat counties, and one of last night's storm renters. Floods In F-aal. Boston, Feb. 12.—Falling tempera turss tonight held promise of relief from the Good situation brought about by five days of record breaking warmth followed by heavy rains and the sudden melting of the winter snows. New England rivers were still rising tonight hut a predicted heavy freeze would check the freshets, It was hoped. The greatest damage was In north ern New Hampshire, where the Con necticut river and Its tributaries re celved the melting of a heavy winter snowfall within a few day a. Cole brook, N. H. bad tunny nnxluns hours when two Ice jams on the Mohawk liver, a tributary of the Connecticut, dammed the water back until several streets were flooded. Considerable damage to railroad tracks were reported from points farther down the Connecticut river. Damage from flooded rellars was reported from many places In New Hampshire and Vermont. Dynamite was need to break up Ice jam* on the Winooski* and other rivers. Reports from many parts of north ern New England Indicated the high iva.fa were almost Impassable. Omaha Boo Farrier* \ro Kntertaiiieil al Hastings Carrier boy* f"i 'Hie Omaha F>«'| In Itafttlng* were fftie'll* of F\ U. Touney, manager of ihe Strand, Klftpre.-tfl nnd Palm the''ter* In Unat |ing‘, nt a allowing of Dorothy Dalton In “A Moral Sinner.” Mr. Touney |tr«*ntefJ the liny* to n full program |and they enjoyed It lmmen*el,\. SENATE EXTENDS RADIO SERVICE Washington, Feb. 12.—The senate passed a joint resolution extending for two years from next .Tune 30 the authorization for transmittal by naval radio stations of certain news and other messages. The service applies particularly to the Pacific coast and the extension ha* been recommended by the De partment of Commerce. Continua tion of this service by the navv Is necessary. Senator Jones, republican, Washington, said, because private agencies have been unable so far to complete construction of facilities to handle the messages. Mitchell Denies He Disobeyed in Naval Bomb Tests Assistant Army Air Chief De clares He ^ ill Continue Fight to l.nify All Avi ation Services. Washington, Feb. 12.—Brigadier General Mitchell, assistant army air chief, appealing to'day before the house aircraft committee for the third time, flatly contradicted testimony that he had dsobeyed order,* In the 1A21 bombing tests off the Virginia capes, and emphatically announced he would continue his fight for unifica tion of all governmental air services, whch s opposed by both the War and Navy departments. < Questoned abo'ut charges made be fore the rommittee by Capt. A. W. Johnson, assistant naval air chief, that army fliers had left land bases In the tests liefore ori^rg were given and had continued to bomb the Ger man battleship* Ustfi lesland after the stop signal had been displaced, Gen eral Mitchell said he had examined the orders governing the tests and could find no disobedience by the squadron under liis command. The Johnson charges fere reiterated to' the committee today by Com mander Kenneth Whiting also of the naval air service who at one time shared the stand with General Mitchell. Orders Confusing. Attempting to get to the hottom of the disobedience controversy. Chair man Bampert of Wisconsin, Repre sentative Perkins, republican, New Jersey, the comndjtee examiner nn£ other members fired one question after another at the two' officers, both of whom had copies* of the orders. Commander Whiting, however. main tained that the army had failed^ **to play ball," and Genead Mitchell stuck to the same words Shout ths navy. I.leut. Clayton Bissell of the army air service, commander of one of the army sir squadrons In the tests, then was called and, sealed between the other two officers, declared the army filers had ceased bombing a* soon as the slop signal was given, and also asserted that orders Issued by naval officers at the time of the tests were confusing. General Mitchell told the committee "we carried out all orders to thq let ter and If we did anything that the navy disapproved. It was sinking the ship." and he added that he was "In clined to think" one naval officer "was taken to task for permitting us to sink the ship." Me also quoted a naval officer ss saying that. If the Ostfrlesland had not been sunk "no body would have ever known that it was possible to etnk a ship from the air." Filer* In \reord Perkin*, -explaining that the enm mtt'ee was attempting to get to the hottom of the bombing dispute to sec If the army and navy air services could operate In harmony, asked Commander Whiting If there was any controversy as to whether aircraft could Vink battleship*, and the offi cer replied there was not If the ves sel were not defended from the sir. Referring to a statement by Cap tain Johnson that "F.ngland. Japan and Mitchell” were the only forces seeking to reduce the size of the American navv. General Mitchell de clared: "Our navy Is organized for defeat In the Atlantic " and could not cross the Pacific and "successfully" wage war. Back of nlr power, he said, was one of the greatest faults In live naval organization. The committee earlier In the day heard s number of fllei* with world war experience who are not now In governmental service, all of whom e\ icept one favored unification of the air services 23 Ouartcr Sections i * Solti in Fhcvcnne Cnmitv J * I Sidney. Feb. 12 T\\eut> throe u mirier flections of «'he\enne county land hay* been sold within the last rvvo months. The prlrea rang* from 140 nn acre f«*r unimproved Innd to $70 fur Improved Innd. Mi st of It was sold to loon! Investors There wrre n»> forced sales * *»i sale * und» i for-#* closure. Death Asked by Jury for ■ Aan Ainn oos 3lyxs eLaw h Found Guilty of Slat ing Salesman. Breaks Down at Verdict Hustings, Neb., Feb. 12.—Twelve jurors today, after 20 hours of delib eration, asked the death sentence for a boy of 19, found guilty of slaying Carl TV. Moore, automobile salesman. Smiling and apparently confident of acquittal the lad, Donald Ringer, sat beside Ills attorney, ,T. 13. Wlllets. as the clerk of the court stepped for ward to read the verdict of the Jury. As the clerk droned on his face blanched, Ids shoulders sagged, and when the death penalty was demand ed, he slumped forward in his chair and would have fallen to the floor of the courtroom had not TT illets caught him. "'*■ Mother Break* Down. A moment later his mother knelt beside him, her arms about hint, tears streaming down her face. His tears mingled with hers as the clerk polled the jury and he was half carried from the room after the twelfth juror had announced himself for conviction and death. Wlllets at once offered objection to the verdict, claiming a technical error In that the Jury had been brought Into the oourtroonfi to give Its answer on a holiday. The court at once over ruled the objection and announced that sentence would be passed tomor row. Three Await Death. Should Ringer go to the death house of Nebraska’s penitentiary he will be the first sent there since two negroes were sentenced to death In Douglas county. The only white man awaiting death in the electric chair at 'this time Is Walter Simmons whose exe cution ha* been halted pending deci sion of the United State# #upreme court. The arrest of young Ringer follow ed a nationwide search which was concluded In the south. While being returned to Hasting* he confessed that he killed Moore and the intro duction of the confession was bitterly fought at the trial. It was finally allowed In evidence. The body of Moore was not found for some days after he met his death. Friends offered large rewards for In formation leading to hts ’■flWcovery, dead or alive, and the body wae at last found. The arrest cf Ringer followed and the state moved rapidly to today's dramatic conclusion. Father-Daughter Banquet Held at Churrh in Geneva ftene\a, Feb. 12. The father and daughter banquet of the Methodlat church was attended by 150, and other member* of the church who <ame to the program afterward* mad# an at tendance of more than 200. Rev. D. T. Morton, pastor, acted aa toastma*ter. Charles H. Sloan re sponded rf> "My Daughter and T,” John K. Waring to "The Htrl and th# Church,” Mls« latra Rolton to "My Dad and!." Mls< F'-ancea Flegenbaum to "Why T Bobbed My Hair.” Miss Vera Ptttard to "Why I Did Not Bob My Hair” and T,en .1. Da\ie to My Daughter and 1—If I Had One.” Th# diner* aang appropriate songs between addresses. The choir also sang a selection rontalnlng lilts aim ed at some of the ’participants in th# social affair. Norfolk Sunday School Lead* in Mission Heading Norfolk, Feb. 12.— According: to In foimatlon given out by Ml** Lorena 1 ,ewl*. who hi* charge of the "world service'* plan of mlaslonsry educ* tlon. the Sunday school of the F.m Congregational churrh of Norfolk, Its* won fl\e aenl* during the last year, 82 having read *i least two nvlaalon books and 13 haying read one book each. Four rla**r* were rated 100 per oent in reading and on one Sun day early In 1925. .28 block* N\ere dl* trihuted and theie wa* a demand for more. Thf* Sunday echool ha* given 9548 to mission* and it l* believed thla I* the l>est record in Nebraska. k idna|>in|c Charge Dropped. F’oater. I eh. 15.—Charles Punge. living northeast of here, who wa* ar*. rested on a complaint which charged him with Kidnaping nnd hitrbortng hi* aiater In-lAW', Mary Cow ling. 15. wa* acquitted in Pierce county court. Laurel Teacher* Re-Llected. laauiel. Feb. 12. All tmebe s In the I^iurel public school* were re elected «f the regular meeting of the Ixt.ird of . dm .HIon. M. M Linn 1* completing hla fourth year a* super In tend* lit “Collins of Kansas” May Be Prosecuted New spaperman ^ ho Bought Signed Statement lhrcatens Charge of Obtaining Money l nder False Pre tenses; Mayor May Act. \ __ *p«-lal Dlftpati'h lo The Omaha llee. Haddam, Kan., Feb. 12.—Threats of prosecution rained down tonight upon the head of the young stranger who sauntered into the office of Mayor E. W. Shearburn late yesterday afternoon and cooly announced himself as Floyd Collins. U. S. Stands Ready to Promote ^ orld Peace. Savs Hughes America Avoids Foreign hn-| tangiements So as Not to Hamper Freedom of Ac tion. He Declares. New York, Feb. 12.—Secretary of State Charles K. Hughes told men: hers of the National Republican club tonight that the United States de sired to avoid ‘‘commitments and en tanglements" throughout the world In order that It might be free to "fol low the dictates of reason and con science.” “If we have a missionMr. Hughes said, in addressing the guests at the club's annual Rincoln day din ner at the Waldorf Astoria, "it can be prospered only in the spirit of reasonableness. We are constantly seeking to promote peace in this hemisphere, hut this can he d ine only as we convince the people of our slster republics that we respect them, that we do not threaten their inde pendence and that we are ready with wise, friendly and impartial counsel. Must He Free to Act. “We are solicitous throughout the world to avoid commitments and en tanglements so that whatever con tingencies arise we may he free, not to exercise an arbitrary choice, but to follow the dictates of reason and conscience, to take the action ap proved by an enlightened people. This freedom and our detachment from agelong racial and national ronflicts makes our Influence the greater. Rut we can never i-e just to ourselves and refuse tlte co-operation in the interest of pea-e and mutual helpfulness which is made possible by our inde pendence *od does not forfeit It. “We are now at peace wth the world and the oppo'rtur.iti** of friend ship are open on every hand. If the turbulent spirits among us whose aim seems to l*o to foment illwill, to turn friend* into enemies, to erect between well-disposed peoples the harriers of lying imputations of motive and action, could only he quieted, if those who an* loudest in vaunting their patriotism would do less hum to their country; if some ..f out adxisersi would be as astute in finding ways out of trouble ns they are In getting us Into trouble; if xre ould sound the note, not of an ignoble pacificism or o fa truculent « hauxinism but of a noble reasonableness, xve should he thrice armed snd be secure in a just influence to which no one could set bounds.” 'lust Hate t onfiitenre The sec -etarx ft.and that “constat t emphasis on study, -crenity and reu sonableness" were needed "as the essential nullifications for successful democracy,” and he anc«► red the "disturber* of our pear* xx in so" they desire security. liberty. o(v : (unity and justice. "After exerv allowance is made for abuses and for the regretable oondt lions which even lexer of mankind must dealt* lo remedy " said M Hughes, "it still remains true that nowhere is lal>or better circumstanced or rcxxat led. \'uwhere I* there such a high standard of living or *o many comfort* enjoyed by almost the "titire population, it still remain* true that we have on exerv hand groups study - Ing conditions, diffusing knx'w ledge, creating a better social hygiene. The only serious ther.it to labor in this country Is the threat of poll^-al in stability nn.l of the Impoverishment which would come from the destruc tion of the confidence which l- the vital breath of enterprise „ ^ | Judges Draft Stringent Htilr* to (to'crn ^ ork Jail York. Feb. 1" A set’ of stringent rules governing Jails In hi* Judicial dint riot have been drafted bv Judge* I tsiindlft and Hasting* anti nil! be pr* pent**! in the count > board at it* next i meeting for approval- The new t ulee j would make the county jaVt a prison j rather than n »ood plat e to rest SO j tUyi. Visiting will bo limited, amok Ii\k prohibited, the number of order daya lessened and prisoners pill be j required to i>e usefully employed. The Jailer nil I be responsible for violation j «»f any rule. A disillusioned Washington (Kan.) newspaper ntan. who paid the man $25 for a signed statement, from which he expected to realize a small fortune, threatens suit for obtaining tnon?v under false pretenses and an nounced that he no longer believe* tiie man's story. Mayor .Sheurburn followed bis an nouncement with one of his own, that the man would lie prosecuted by town authorities if evidence that the man’s story was tlie figment of an imagina tion flagged by a deaire for food and shelter, continues to pour in. Maintains Story. Vnder this attack the •stranger maintains his story as stoutly ns he did yesterday, when lie was so close ly questioned. He declared tonight that lie had no intention of shaking tlie dust of Haddam front his feet un til afier the arrival of a representative of Kentucky authorities who, it was said earlier In today, had started for Kansas this morning The only change in the man's de meaner within the last 24 hours is increasing taciturnity. He declares that he does not care for Hie publicity which he has received and les« for the number of persons who crowd about him when lie appears on the street to stare curiously at "Floyd Collins of Cave City.” Questioned at Washington. Kan. Haddam's marshal still trailed Col lins today when he went upon the street and he has !>een instructed not ta lose his man. Hast night he took >i)i a long vigil in the bedroom of the hotel where the man was placed and tonight lie again assumed his post after "Collins.” through protesting his connection with Cave t itv, decided it was bedtime and retired. This afternoon the man was taken to Washington, the county seat, by Haddam officials and questioned by the county attorney. The result of the investigation was not made pub lic, but it is learned that the man brouclU forward no new facts whifh would tend to substantiate his claim. Haddam authorities have persistently refused the claim of Washington that, the man be confined there and lie was returned immediately after tbe hear ing. Nation \gent at Skickley on Burlington Road Dies Bhkkley. Fsb. 12.—Will B. Ooker i„ r 49. nation igcti! for the Bur lington railway at this place, an em ploye for the last 15 years on the \\ > more division, and for 1<* j eat * previous to 1911 on the Bincoln di vision. died a’ "1* In n e here Wednes day afternoon II" had haert ill about a week. Death was caused by pneu tnonla. Ockertnan had I-eon <-oniwct#d with tlie station work of ti’e r» 11 wa y at Humboldt. Rosemont. Firth and Hoes. l,ende- several stations on the Bin In division, before being appointed to tlie Shkkley agency four years ago, lie was a son of .1 W. Ocker man. veteran agent retired one year « , from Hildreth station. He is survived by the father and mother and one brother in the news pai>er business in Sioux City, one brother In Omaha, one brother, a dls patch. for tlie Northwestern rail way at Norfolk one brother, < dis Oati-her for the Burlington at St. Joseph, and the widow and two chil dren at Bhirkiev I thloral Vitl Sought for Meridian llighwai Bridge Ket». 1- lVfh»it«r ftklttS i * * r-ompIftB* improvement of the hlah wpv leading from Fordyoe to the new .MetidLan histl way bridge a«'iw the Mia?ouri rl\er nmth of he * will be discussed at an early meeting of the tine tun* <>f toe bridle, ‘he ronunft* jdpner* of Cedar iv\int\ and the Mate engi neer. Federal aid i? nought for the proj eet and ?ome plan must l»e adopted whereby the .government will l>e a** a ured t!\at the bridge eventually will become the property of either the two mate?, Nebraska and South l>*kota. or the federal government n« federal aid will not l*e granted for the im provement of highways extended to prixately owned toll bridge?. The Weather | _—_/ Cor r < hour# m l rg 7pm r«bru »fv ! * ‘ Preetpltatu-n ,1 h*» »m! hun«!r-vdth*: Ti»tai ©.©; total •tnee January 1, 0>X7; deficiency ( 0 f© Tnurlv Triiii^mlurt't 5 a. m Z* \ r ni. 4 < a m. . rx • v nt. 41 7 a. m 2 ? * m......... s 7 * n Ifi ‘4 4 V tu .... ..SC • a ?•. p. mti 1* « »vt. . .57 * l', tr. M a in..3 7 7 .> m . , . . .. . S5 *v n ,.,. 4 x p. 11. Workmen in Shaft Reach Big Cavern Passage Discovered Vi hich Is Expected to Lead to Pris oner When Cleared of Mass of Debris. Medical Aid Made Ready By AftMH'iaW'd (BILLETIN.) Cave < Tty. Ky.. Feb. 12.—A cavern which the Floyd Collins rescue party hopes may lead down to the impris oned cave man was uncovered at the bottom of the rescue shaft at 7:30 p. in. Some time was required to clear It out so it could be penetrated, but the rescuers expected to reach Col* lilts very soon. Preparations to raise him to the surface on a streb her platform and give all possible medical aid were checked over carefully and made ready for instant nee. The diamond-point drill boring through the ltottom of the shaft, recorded about n foot and a half of soft, sandy dirt and two feet of lirr,» stone above the underground passage Tlje passage seemed to he of suffi cient deptli to permit a rescue party to enter. fly Awofialt-d Tress. Cave City. Ky.. Fell. 12.—Official.* in charge of tlife operations at Hand cave, where Floyd Collins has been Imprisoned for more than 13 dais late today began drilling a test hole within the shaft now being dug to ward the passageway to Hand cava. At 10 tomorrow morning Collins will have been in the cave two weeks and without food or water for eight days. The last time his voice was heard was more than a week azo and whether he was dead or alive t night was a matter of conjecture. H. T. Carmichael, in charge of t’.“ work at the shaf*. late today mad* It kpown it was his intention to un dertake to go around, rather than through, the cap rock of Hand cave, unless a natural fissure was unex pectedly disclosed. When the miners have put in an other section or two of timbering, pil ing then will be driven in and tits worker* will begin tunneling in an a tempt to reach the natural crev i--e proiiablv between Collins and tiv* “squeeze'’ which closed the passage wav last week. The workers may [have to dig straight down from the jtunnel to accomplish this. It was said Test Ifrill Moved. | The test drill, which was sunk tr I a depth of 7S feet cloae to the shaft [was moved today and work started or a hole within the shaft. This test waf expected to determine whether th« workers -were near » .ssure or over the roof-of the cave itseif. while th» first prospecting was done to aseer tain what strata would be encoun tered. Dr. W. D. Fui khouser of the I'nt vrrsity of Kentucky expre'sed t « opinion that there would be no eud den finding of Collins. He said Col lins tomb would be unsealed and tba* someone would then detemiin* whether the victim was dead or alive Official figures given out this a’.t ernoon gave the depth of the shaft a’ 47 feet on the lower side and iZ fee* on the upper side of the steep inclin* at the mouth of the shaft. Boulter Denies Hoav. IV,. V«swistsi Tree*. <'v\e < tty. K Feb. 1. -Tna i* ing between the fa->*e»rx tn the ear a rescue parti** at San Cav* -was rt vnlr.v ami r.ot jealousy, witnesses t titled today before the state nulla**-' l-oard of Inquit.". Homer Collir ' mother of Floyd Collins, said that r one was ever advised to stay out the cave except for motives of safe* The face county people. Hist*' s.viJ. felt that outsiders inexperience* in exploring cave- might e»u«* ■ t id of vied** the sandstone formation of the cn erns, but no one was ever prevent** from go.itg down until thu troops came. Homer sa d he wa- asked by s era I i*ersons if Floy-1 was really t the rave. “Of course he is. ' h* replie was down there to see him sever. -Turn to T»*e Two. Cc*umn lour.' Station Ygent Promoted. l.il e t; Feb II. — ' i v t ex. c , tion agent for ih* Burlington rs way at this place for the last < years, today was appointed to t agency at vTab!e Hock, in place e< IV. l>. Reck, de.-eased Cox ;« t veteran in the service. He prank-ail? started !t|s railway eareer veara eg* a* an operator at Table Hock, »" ■' * « —.— ■ NV heat in Good ( ondition. Heat rice. Feb. 12.-- \\ et snow a lb-* week have given the ground a fairh good supply of moisture, which w t* aid the winter wheat. An examine tion of the plant show* that ft , alive and in a healthy condition. ' ■ 1 ■ ' ■■ ————mmmmmmmm —i———■ -, THE LOST WORLD By SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE v-— Mr. Hungerton. her father, really was the moat tactless person upon •arth, but Oladys, h<nv beautiful she was! And yet how aloof! We had been friends, quite good friends: but sever could I gel beyond the sum* comradeship which I might have established with one of my fellow re porters Upon the Gazette— perfectly ^ frank, perfectly kindly and perfectly unscxu.il. Oladys was full of every womanly quality. Some judged her to b* cold and hard, but such x thought was treason That delicately b roused • kin. almost oriental In Its coloring, that raven hair, the large liquid eye*, the full but exquisite lip* ill the •tlgroata of passion was there. But j 1 was sadly conscious that up to' \ now f had never found the secret or drawing It forth. However, come what might, 1 should have done with suspense und bring matter* to n head tonight. She could hut refuse me. and better he a repulsed lover than ftti accepted brother,. So for my thoughts had carried me, ami I was about to break the long and uneasy silence, when two critical dark e> ey looked round at me, and the proud head was shaken In smiling reproof. “I hare a presentiment that you are going to propose, Ned. I do wish you wouldn't; for things are to much nicer as they are." 1 drew my rhalr » little nearer. "Now. how did you kwow that I was going to propose?" I nrked In genuine wonder. "Don't women always know? I)o you supieiee any woman In th« world was oyer taken unu'vai es” Itul oh. Ned, our friendship ha* been so good and *o pleasant! What a pit> to spoil It! Don’t you feel bow splendid It Is that x vountf man and a young woman should be able to talk fair to hire «s we have lullied"'1 "I don't knoyv. Hladys. Veil see I run t alk hoe to far# will yyllli the station m ister " I run'l Imagine Imw that nITtrlul rams Into ttie- mallei but In ha trolled ami >el us boili laugh lint "I'hat dor* not satisfy pie to the lensl. I want m.v srms round you. and your head on my breast, and oh, Glsdys, I want She hud sprung from her rhulr. itr •he amv eljns that 1 pioi'csed to dem onetrata aoma of mj wanta. "You'va •■polled eterylhltvg. Nad." aha said. "It a till «o beautiful ind natural un til tlila kind of thing onnira In! It la aitrh a pity! Why .Hilt you toll trol vniiraelf?" "t didn't Invent It." I pleaded "It’e nature It « love." "Wall, par ho pa If both lova. I nt.iy ha dlfferatit. I hata pete fell It ",\e* lal| tiia nhittl tini--' with me "* "I'm In lute tilth aoniabotlv et-*e.‘ all Id "he. II tvna nit turn to Jump out of mj i hall 'll * nobody In partleular." alia n plahiad. laughing at tha avpreaalott of mi ftie». “onli in Ideal. I v* net ti met the kind of man 1 mean." "IVIi me about him. What do** lie look Ilk*? ' "Oh, he might look very much like you." "Ilow deni of you in say thsl] Well, what Is It that he doe* that I don l ih>" Just >ai the word teetotal, l eg n tilan. aeronaut, the.* nplilst. super mint. I II have a try at It. Hindis, tf oil will only give me an Idea what Unhid plea*' l oil." 8h* la ugh*, I at ill* ela«tl,liv of in, unaelei. "Well, hi the that |da e I don't think nn ideal would speak Ilk* that ' paid she "lie would he a harder, atertier man. not *>• ready to adapt himself to a silly girls whim, r.ut above all ha must he a man w ho , mild do. who otiuld act. who could look deat^i In lh* lac* and Itav* tic faar of him. a man of great deed* and | •tiAnge expriienoea. It 1* newer man that I ahonld loxe, hut always! the gloria he had non for lhe> j would he reflected upon me. Look ] At that >oung I renchtimn who went | up la at N%eek In « iwtlloon. It nn na blowing a c »le of wind but he- au>« he \NAa nnnounoed t-» e** be Inflated on at art lug. The wind blew him flf ■ een hundred mile* lo twenty fuw; h«m» a nnd he felt in the middle of IvuxM.t Ih.u \Nm.» the kind of lium I mean. ’think of the woman he loved, and how other Women muat hANe enxled he» ' That a w hat I should Ilka to be envied for nty nr\ n. * I d have don* It to pie-**e yon Uut )uu artouldn l do It ^laraiy iv> please me. You ehoukl do |t because you can't help yourself, because It « natural to \ou because the man 1n ' >»u U «m ug out for heroic expres shm. Now. when > ou (ItstibM the W ik in coal explosion last mofiifc. > vnil.1 y ou not have gone down and helped those people. In spite of the rhokedainp? ' ’•I did. You net ci *atd »*> There a nothing worth bucking about**’ I didn't kni w She looked at twej t>itn ravhet nvni interest "That was brs\ e of \Ovi ’’ “! had to. If vou tiunt to write OH" *ohi must Hi" w here the1 things ve W iu* .14 • v »i. .. 1 e i* »v * t» to take all the romance out of It * But, still, whatever your nyoHve, I sin glad that you went down that mine ' Site gate n>e her hand: hut with such sweetness and dignity the* l could only stoop and kiss It. dare se> 1 ar.i merely a foolish womar with a young girl's fancies And yet it t* so real with me. so entirely part of my un self that I car no help anting upon It. If 1 marrn do want to marry a famous -nan: "Why should $ on not? ' I o.i .ed. is women like you who brace met up. tiive me a rliante, and see If will take If ftecdes as pw sa' men r nght to make thet- own ,-hance> and no? wail unlit pn- are g:\e t. • ' -f i * a••.) • tint* ■* feat r»ai» Celaaaa deed