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_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
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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 |
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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