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VOL. XXVII. NO. 69 OF ROSEBURQ REVIEW
ROSEBURG NEWS-REVIEW THURSDAY. FEBRUARY .5. 1925.
VOL. XII. NO. 280 OF THE EVENING NEWS
Rose
GIRLS' 80QIEr
REVEAL GRIME
OF DEGENERATE
Los Angeles Officers Seek
Suspect After Gruesome
Find Near the City.
MISSING SIX MONTHS
While Investigation Goes
On. 7-Year-Qld Child
Insists Killing
Story True.
LOS ANGKLES, Feb. 5. The
murder of two little girls revealed
yesterday, months after their dis
appearance, and the murders
which another little girl insists
she haB committed in the past
two years, were occupying the at
tention of city and county author
ities here today.
Search for May and Nina Mar
tin, sisters, aged 12 and 8, who
wandered away from home Au
gust 23 last with 65 cents taken
from a baby sisters bank, ended
yesterday when their bodies were
found in a field scarcely a mile
from the sunny front yard in
which they last had played with
their dolls.
The sisters lay huddled toge
ther in a shallow ditch under a
eoverihg of brush and weeds
which apparently had concealed
them from the view of hundreds
of volunteer searchers who some
months aep aided police and de
puty sheriffs in, a supposedly min
ute inspection of the vicinity.
Though their bodies were draped,
their torn clothing indicated a
struggle proceeded death, and the
findings of a county autopsy sur
geon were to the effect that the
girls had been attacked and slain,
probably by strangulation.
legoncrnto (Suspected.
Tangible clews to the identity
of the slayer were lacking, but
a dragnet was spread last night
for a degenerate who last sum
mer annoyed women and girls in
that neighborhood. He is believ
ed to be the same man who is
sought for several recent attacks
on small girls in other sections of
tho city. This suspect is known
to have enticed his victims into
a small coupe, and one of the
most definite clews on which the
police worked when the Martin
girls first were reported missing
was given to them by a neighbor
who said she had seen the sisters
leaving a school playground in a
coupe.
While the grandmother of the
girls, Mrs. Carrie Lovelace, was ! fected tholr escape with a pair of bottle of strychnine.
being taken to the spot where wire cutters making a hole In aj How or when the poison got
their bodies lay, to identify them
by their clothing, another little
girl, younger than cither of the
slain, faced Superior Jude Gates
In another part of the city and
i reported a sensational story in-
volving her tn the alleged mur
der of two Infants and an adult
and attempts to murder several
other persons.
She was seven years old Alsa
Thompson, brought before the
judge for investigation as to her
sanity as the result of her "con
fession" to police last Monday
that she had fed ground glass to
her twin sisters in Dauphin, Ma
nitoba,, two vears ago; poisoned
a woman with anti-pate here last
year, and had attempted in recent
weeks to poison memberiV'V rhe
family with which she boarded by
putting sulphuric acid from a ra
dio battery in their coffee.
Stand Ity CmifeNsioii.
Besides Judge Gates, represen
( Continued on page six)
World Enders Await Chariots 'of
Heaven Tomorrow for Joy Ride to
Gambol With Brides of the Lamb
K-I.IH it t-ma wirM I
YOHK. Feb. S Praying. I
NEW
fn-tln.. an, I ,l !,... I
Seventh Uay Adventipts of Long
Island todav are awaiting tho end
of the "world, which they think is
coming tomorrow.
They are lrd hy Robert Beldt.
who calls hiiusi'lf the "Apostle of
Doom."
The party Includes men. women
and chililrnn an(t a family of four
Trews. Most of them have roIU
their worldly good--, evn part of
their clothing, and are spending the
lust few days subsisting on
car-
ret and water.
They will Vo to a Mil top near
Fapt Patohotttie tomorrow whence
they expect to be takea In a cloud
chiriot to Wood, near San Difeo.
("a! . wh'Te they say 14.000
"brides of the lnmb" will be gath
ered, all o'her pfople will perish,
according to their prediction.
Plsacree meat from the head
quarters of the Seventh !ay Ad
renlisU organirjtJon in Washing-
Million a Day
'ys '
Mm. Scott Durand, real "did
farmer," and rich Chicago society
leader, Is now "Wheat Queen," hav
lng made $1,000,000 In one day In
the unprecedented rise In the Columbus police today planned to
price of wheat In which she was a question Ohio university students
bull. She and her husband own wno ast weck WOrked in the
an immense tarm at Lake Bluff, pharmacy dispensary from which
and a mansion In Chicago. She de- capsules, gome of which contain
clared she believed the price ol;ed poison, were used to fill pre-
wheat weuld go even higher.
(Attrtciatpd Pren lted Wlrf.)
SAN FRANCISCO Feb. 5.
Swift death in the on instance
and speedy rocapture in the other
have come as a climax to two at
tempts by suspected rum smug
glers and pirates to escape from
the law in the San Francisco bay
region within the last ten days.
One climax came today when John
O'Hagen, skipper, and John Mitch-
am and James Baldes, members of
the crew of the suspected rum
runner Giulia, old time pleasure
craft of Spanlnh royalty, were
found early today by guards at
the immigration station at Angel
Island, huddled in a cove on the
Island, wet and numb with cold,
after they had broken out of the
detention headquarters at the sta
tion last night.
The first escape attempt a week
ago yesterday in tne euerai
Building here resulted in the kill-
ing of Ariel Eggers, suspected
Canadian rum pirate, and a suc
cessful daBh for freedom on the
part of his brother and supposed
fellow pirate, Milo Eggers.
O'Hagen and his accomplices ef-
thick screen in the rear of their
quarters large enougn to squirm
through. When found they were
nearly up to their waists in the
ooze in one of the shoals on the
Hee side of the island, a half mile
from the point of escape.
They were completing a rough
raft of lumber flotsam and ladders
with a sand loaded ash can at
each corner to give the crazy craft
the necessary ballast.
KxtemMraiieous Contest Todays
An assembly will be held' at
the high school this afternoon at
3 o'clock, at which an extempor
aneous contest will be ,held be
tween the four classes. The Jud
ge! will be Mm. Hell. Dr. II. C,
Church and J. E. McClintock. Re
presenting the Seniors will be
1'atil Geddes, the Juniors, Carne
lia Martin, the Sophomores, Myr
tle Weatherford, and from the
Freshman class" John Zimrick will
speak.
tn that tomorrow Is the decreed
j,. ... ,..,.. t
lt IlliliraiUlU I1H mil HI-
fected the preparations of the Mule
hand. Mrs. Margaret W. Rowen.
leader of those who have fixed the
date for tomorrow was denounced A train scheduled to leave Se
hv the church leaders. It is the ward yesterday for Fairbanks, was
contention of the Adventlst organl- held over to meet the consignment
sallon that the date fixed by htrof serum. Train crews said they
is extremely premature. lntended to cut the scheduled run-
The seven plagues including nlng time of 4S hours to 14 hours,
the great battle of Armageddon ,Thls would enable Roy 9. Darling,
must come before the world's former navy flyer and agent of
dtK"i. It is maintained by the main
group or Advent. sta.
But Reidt has made his predlc-
lions In detnll. The period of
structfoh. starting tomorrow mid-
nlirht, will last for sev.n dnvs. he
sav, with flrpt. disease hai'fone
and pTtilence striking the earth at
one time.
It-ldt Is htmrelf
no Inn per
member of the Advntist church,
He has sold his furniture to a sec preparations for the 900 mile
ond hand dealer on condition that riight along the Vnlted Htales slg
he may buy It back. Jnal corps telegraph route to Nome.
I INVESTIGATORS :
I HUNTFnRCI IIFRl
. . 1 4
UN POISON CASE!
i
i :
Strychnine Discovered By
Dean in Dispensary of,
Ohio University.
FIRST IN 30 YEARS
Motive Unknown for Giv
ing Lethal Powder to
Four Students, Caus
ing Death to Two.
f AimcliitMl Prww Loued Win.)
COLUMUU3, Ohio, Feb. 6.
serlptions written by the Univers
ity student health service and
which caused the death of at least
one student and serious illness of
several others. With every sup
ply of the poison on the campus
accounted for, the task the invest--,
Igators faced was a three-fold
one: To discover who gave out
the capsules containing the poi
son instead of ones containing the
quinine, which closely resembles
the poison: to find out, tf poss
ible, the motive, if any, under
lying the act; and, to uncover the
source 6f supply of the poison.
liellef that the poison was in
tentionally placed In the capsules
was strengthened yesterday by
the finding of definite traces of
the drug in the stomach of David
I. Pusken, Canton, Ohio, who died
Sunday. ;
The only traces of the poison
discovered were in a capsula in
the possession of Timothy J. Mc
Carthy, and evidence ot the poi
son in contents In the stomach of
George Thompson. McCarthy and
Thompson are two of the three
students taken most violently 111,
and who have survived.
A new bottle of strychnine, the
presence of which was unknown.
:was discovered late last night by
(Dean Clair A. Dye In a recheck of
tne dispensary stock. The bottle
contained perhaps 75 grains of
the polRon. 1
Dr. Dye, unable to sleep be-
'rause of the worrv occasioned bv
the death of two students. onrof
whom is known to have died of
strychnine poisoning, returned to
the dispensary shortly after mld
i night and rechecked the entire
istock. In a shelf out of sight in
fl corner he found the hnlf fm,l
there, Dr. Dye does not konw.
He has been connected with the
college of pharmacy for more than
30 years and he says that he has
no recollection of ever having
seen anv such bottle of strych-
nine before.
RELAYED TO NOME
ANCHORAOE. Alaska. Feb. 5.
Extensive preparations have been
imade to rush 1.100,000 units of
diphtheria anti-toxin scheduled to
arrive In, Seward today on the
steamship Alameda from Seattle
to Nome where six deaths have
been reported since the start of a
diphtheria epidemic.
I Five children have died from
diphtheria. The cause of the
I death yesterdav of Mrs. R. C. Me
IDowell, wife of a Nome newspaper
man. was not ascertained. Six
persons were reported by Dr. Cur--
Ms welch of Nome, yesterday to
have recovered and were awaiting
release from quarantine.
the department of Justice at Fair- !
Panks. ana his mechanician, Ralph
T- Mockfe, to leave Nenana Satur-
df-lay th fi0,000 units of the ser-
the train crew pointed out.
The remain'ng flDfl.OOO units of ser-
m Is to be sent to Nome by mail
dor teqms.
Darling and fackle were to hop
off fiom Fairbanks today for Nen- ;
nna. where they are to-make final
SPKXrtS 10c CARFARE
TO 1'AV lc l.MUMK TAX.
(A-notatnl Pro Uued win.)
L03 ANGKLE8, Feb. B.
Marie O. Tulles, clerk in a
cake shop here, spent 10
cents in carfare to go to the
collector of internal reve
nue's office to pay her in
come tax which amounts to
roughly one cent. "Itang
up your lantern, Diogenes."
said the deputy collector who
took the money. "Here is
an honest taxpayer.'
OF VALE
Torrent 3 Feet Deep Sweeps
Out Small Buildings and
Railroad Bridge.
NO LIVES ARE LOST
Stores and Homes Carpeted
With Silt Cattle and
Sheep Drowned in
the Valley.
(Awoctatrd m Lm,T Wr.l
VALE. Ore., Feb. 5. Flood wa
ters which were reported to have
washed out the,blg Irrigation dam
on Bully Creek, 19 miles west of
here, swept over Vale this morn
ing at 6 o'clock with a roar and
within an hour th& enllre town
was under three feet of runulng
water.
Boards, brush.
siubii umiumgs
ana retuse were carried away
through the streets and open
spaces on the crest of the flood.
Store buildings and olher houses
Invaded by silt, lnden waters to a
depth of from a few Inches to two
feet.
Reports received here indicated
that melting snow and rains up
the valley filled the irrigation dam
on Bully Creek to overflowing,
and that the clam went out under
the strain. The entire backed up
water poured In a tremendous rush
down the valley. ,
The railroad bridge on the Vale -
Burns branch of the Oregon Short
Line two miles west of Vale went
out. and the approaches of the
highway bridge which parallels It
across Bully Creek, were washed
awav. but the main span was still
standing this morning.
No report of fatalities had been
received here this morning but the
property damage will be large. A
great manv sheep and cattle were
reported drowned In the valley
west of Vale.
ONTARIO, Ore.. Feb. 5: The
town of Vale, county seat of Mal
heur county. Oregon, was flooded
today, two bridges were washed
out. buildings were lifted from
their foundations, and olher dam
age done as the result of the
breaking of an Irrigation dam on
Bully Creek, according to reports
telephoned here today from Vale
Possible loss of life In the flooded
district near Vale was Indicated
but not confirmed In first reports.
The Information from Vale
came In a telephone call from W.
Brown of the Malheur Enterprise
who said he was sluing on his
desk completely surrounded by
water. A stream a foot deep was
running through the streets of
!
TOWN
FLOODED
WHEN
1
If
Vale, he said. The Oregon Short and highways today reported ad
Llne bridge and a wagon bridge ! versely on house bill 12.1, which
near Vale were reported washed I would prevent stock from running
(Conllnued on page s (Continued on page 6 )
Suneriority Complex of Male
Students Peeves Co-Eds; Colored
Students Riot Over Spooning Ban
GREELEY, Col., Feb. B. The
State teachers college co-eds are
aroused today over the prospects
of "dateless" evenings through
the formation by most of the pro-
mlnent males of the campus today
of the misogynist fraternity.
ine otijects of the association
are a complete curtailment ot 'da
tes' among Its members.
every candidate for admission
required to swear that he believes
'association with women is weuk-
lening; that women are merely
wolves In sheep's clothing: they
use foul play In snaring men ; and
;that there Is little under the cos-
jmetics." The novice also Is re-
jfjufred to swear that he believes
.only In love of the Platonic kind,
Negro HtudenU "llmigli-lfnii'M"
the Ompus; Five In Jull.
NASHVILLE, Tenn., Feb. 6.
Five students of Ffske Pnlverslty.
negro Institution, were held in jail (
STONE CONFIRMED
Washington, Feb. 5.
The senate late today con
firmed the nomination of
Attorney General Stone to
be justice of the supreme
:ourt
WORK FOR HEADSMAN
HANOVER, Germauy. Feb. 5.
The court of appeals has rejected
the appeal of Hans Grans, accom
plice of Friedrlch Haarman,
known as the "human vampire,'
onvicted of the murder of 26 per
sons, mostly young men. Both men
wilt be beheaded shortly.
BATCH OF BILLS
HOUSE
'S
Protection Off Beaver in
Douglas Fisher's Stock
Bill Signed.
TAX DATES CHANGED
Pierce Assured of Enough
Votes to Sustain Veto
Soldiers Home to
Get $83,000.
STATE HOUSE, Salem, Ore.
Feb. B. In two hours of steady
grinding this morning the house
passed a long grist of its own
bills. '
' House bill 200 authorizing dls-
'trint Irrigation boards of dlreclors
to ,.ntPr mt0 contract with the
federal government for the con
struction of works delivery and
distribution of waters, passed. The
measure, if It becomes a law ,wlll
apply particularly to the Baker,
Vale and Owyhee projects, accord
ing to Oakes. It will also make It
possible for other districts In tho
future to take advantage of gov
ernment co-operation.
Use of vegetable fats In the man
ufacture of condensed milk would
be prohibited under house bill 361
which was. passed.
Killing and trapping of beaver
1 In counties east of the Cascade
imountalns and the most of those
,ln Western Oregon would be pre-
vented In house bill 337 passed.
In certain sections of DouglaB
county killing would be permitted,
also In Clatsop and Columbia coun
ties. The exceptions are made in
those sections where the , animals
destroy dikes.
Property owner or renters
would be permitted to trap or kill
the animals whenever they dam
age property.
The Coqullle river will be closed
tn seining If house bill 114 passed
by the house becomes a law.
The senate passed senate bill
16 changing from Anrll 5 to May
5 and from October fi to November
5 the dates on which taxps are
due.
Senate Mil 34 passed by the sen
ate would give the secretary of
isthte authority to employ all the
I""1" the slate traffic depart-
ment instead of dividing that au
hority with the slate highway de
partment. The bill fixes the num
ber of officers at not to exceed 25.
The governor today signed three
bills Including house bill S3, Fish
er, relating to livestock running
iat large In Douglas county.
The house committee on roads
today on charges of Inciting to
riot with Dr. K. A. McKenile, pre-
sldent of the university, named as
prosecutor, following a demon-
stratlon hy 100 students against
the president last night. Others
taking part In the demonstration
were given an opportunity to sign
paper condemning the disorder.
or to leave chool and get out of
Nashville today.
The disorder was said to have
been the result of Dr. McKenzl's
insistence In an address that the
PASSES
GRIND
rule prohibiting male and female
students from walking together
on the campus or streets mut
Ije strlctlv observed.
The students Tegan firing pis-
tols from the windows of Llvlnit-
ton Hail last night. Later they
went out on the campus and. Ur.
McKenzle said, engaged in various
kind of disorder, until the police
appeared.
STUDENT
BODY
TAKES
Expresses Preference for
Site for Proposed New
School Building.
WILL DONATE $1,360
Want Location That Will
"Admit of Greater Ex
pansion in Future for
. Better Schools.
Evidence of th Interest shown
by the local Student Body associa
tion of the high school of this city
Is the fact that at a meeting held
this morning resolutions were
adopted to the eTfect that the
treasury of this association will be
emptied to the extent of $1,360 to
be used by the school board for the
nurpose of improving the West
Roseburg site, known as the Bel
lows tract, should the voters at the
election to be held next Saturday
afternoon approve the west side
school site. The association, com
nosed of high school students, feel
that the foregoing property will
give the school district the privi
lege of building for the future-, and
with this view In mind are anxious
to lend all assistance possible in a
financial way to Accomplish what
they think is the best move In the
direction for better school facilities
for Roseburg. .
Following are the resolutions al
most unanimously adopted at their
meeting this morning:
Whereas. We, the younger gener
ation, are the ones most vitally af
fected in the selection of a school
site, since; first, manv of us will
attend the school, and, second, It
will eventually devolve upon us to
pay a larpe part of the cost, we, the
student bodv association of the
Roseburg high school feel that H Is
appropriate at thiH time to exnress
our opinion relative to the choice
of a school site. Therefore, be H
"Resolved. That the student bodv
association of the Roseburg high
school po on record as strongly In
fnvor of the Bellows tract for the
school site not simnly because R Is
better situated for ethletlc pur
noses but because the Bellows tract
srlves opportunities for future ex
pansion, making the ultimate cost
lower and also because R affords
rreatr ef'lclencv bv the elimina
tion of nolsn now almost onstnt
from the ndlacent rnllrond yards.
And. therefore, be R further
"Resolved. That In nort our
stand, we. the student bodv assocln-
tlon of the Roseburg h(rh school,
In the event of the selection of the
Bellows tract for the school site,
aerep to turn over to the school
bonrd one fbouserd three hundred
and sixty dollars, the sum .of our
original Lauretwood fund, to be
used In th establishment of the
school as the school board may see
fit."
FUCTI
T
J
MsawvUtl Prea Wl )
PFKINO. Feb. B. China's uni
fication conference by which It
wss hoped that Internal factional
strife In the empire would end, to
day was headed toward the babel
of misunderstanding, before It had
formallv organized.
The basis of misunderstanding
was repealed today when the ad
herents of Dr. Run Yet-Sen, tiad
of the government of South China.
Issued a manifesto In the name of
the people's party, declining to
participate In the conference be
cause It had not taken Dr. Sun's
nlnn for a people's conference as a
basis for the reorganization of
the Chinese government.
Dr. Sun, who has her-n critical
ly 111 here since he was operated
unon about ten davs ano, propos
ed, according to his adherents,
that the people" conference
should be held after a preliminary
meeting had been held by Chlnene
leaders gathered In Peking. This
plan, the manifesto savs, had re
ceived assurances of support
throughout the co"ntry, whereas
the same sources have not ex
pressed a like faith In the confer
enee which was called by the pro
visional government and attempt
ed an organization meeting on last
Sunday. No meetings have been
ACTION
SCHOOL SITE
No Wedding Bells
MRff JEAX KA?h
The expected wedding ot Mrs.
Jean Nash, "best dressed woman In
Europe," to Mohammed Sabet Bey,
of Cairo, Egypt, was called off at
the last moment In the EfTPtlaa
capital. Mrs. Nash, a New York
City woman, bad been married
three times before and had de
clared the would never marry
again. She baa been In confer-
c w
Irig a
with hia attorneys and may
bring a suit against Mohammed, al
leglog he jilted her.
SEES BENEFITS
AISCOIERENCE
(AaMvUtM PrM wA Wtr-.)
TOKIO, Feb. R. Presumably
replying to the recent crltlchm
heard at home and abroad con
cerning .Trip fin's foreign policies
and relations, Baron, Shidehara,
minister of foreign affairs, uns
wered his opponents todav on tho
third anniversary of the Washing
ton arms conference.
'The Washington arms confer
ence Baron Shidehara said, 'put.
an end to competition between na
tions in the building of capital
ships. Had the building of these
ships continued unchecked until
now, a disagreeable international
situation would have developed.
"The conference also has re
moved the unfounded susnlclor'S,
nt one time current, regarding tho
Intentions of Japan in China and
elsewhere and her sincerity has
been made manifest to the most
captious critic.
"In the Pacific, the cloud of
unrest which had gathered at one
time, have given way to an at
mosphere of peace, friendship and
mutual co-operation. The nlnj
power treaty relating to China,
through force of circumstances,
has failed of ratification thus far
by some signatories, but the basic
principles hav been actually ac
cepted and followed by .Japan and
doubtless by other nations Inter
ested.' Baron Shidehara said the Wash
ington conference will always
hold a hlth place in the annalri
of the world; tho new spirit was
born there.
"We have only to go forward
In the same sensible frame of
mind to obtain still greater ad
vantages In International rela
tions," the baron concluded.
Mr. fl'nd Mrs. George Reynolds
spent the day here todoy attend
ing to biiHlncHR matters and visit
ing with friends. Thev reside nt.
Cleveland and returned homo this
evening.
Cleaver Names "Unsympathetic"
County Officers to Senator Eddy;
Indictment Against Him Quashed
(kwncmt4 pre. Lw! wirt. (Grant; Low of Klamath: former
TTATK 1IOHSK, Halem, Ore., j Sheriff Wilson of Clackamss, and
Feb. u. The Inst shred of evi- . Bower of Marion. District St
dence and tcstlmonv was gather- j torneys named as not being en-
ed up bv Iho prohibition depart
ment Investigating committer yes-
Iterdav. when Georce L, Cleaver,
prohibition commissioner, wns
again on the stand. He submitted
In writing a statement In refuta
tion of all previous testimony
damaging to his ense.
The committer will now betcin to
formulate Its conclusions. The
first session will he held Iste to
day. Newspaper men will be ex
cluded.
Senator Kddv questioned Cleav-
er at length about his political ac- 1 tlon dropped.
tlvlty. In the main he denied po- I Judge Hean, before entering the
lltlcal activity in the counties jorder of dismissal inquired upon
thonrh he admitted that he hsd (what grounds the department of
urired tht some one be golten in Justice reached It decision not to
the field flgnlnnt Denton G. Bur- l prosecute the esse. And Mr. By
dick. non said It was because Mr. Cleav-
Aiked to name sheriffs In Ore-,er acted In good faith.
gon who do not enforce the pro- The Indictment charged Cleaver
hibltlon lw. Cleaver named for-j with violation nf the treaty with
mer Sheriff Zoeth Ilouser of Urn- i Great Britain regarding liquor traf
atllla county; Cy Bingham of j fie
CAVE VICTIM
ENTOMBED BY
RISING FLOOR
No Further Hope of Rescue
by Natural Passage, Now
Completely Sealed. -
NEW PLAN DEVISED,
Machinery Is Being Hastily
Assembled to Tunnel
Down Distance of
Fifty Feet.
(Awoclttml Prtm Lested Win.)
CAVE CITY, Ky., Feb. 5. Floyd
Collins has been completely en
tombed in hia sand cave priBon
150 feet underground by a rise In
the floor of the cave, and all hope
of escape through any natural paa
suke has been abandoned.
Four trips into the cave have
convinced a geologist, coal miners
and military authorities In charge
ot the work that -their only chance
to reach Collins Is by sinking a
shaft from the top of the hill and'
endeavoring, to tunnel to the Im
prisoned man.
Any attempt to mine Into the
cave probably would be fatal to
Collins, it was agreed, but th
plan was adopted as a last resort
and Major W. II. Cherry( the gov
ernor s agent, has been dispatch
ed in an automobile with instruc
tions to get mine machinery
wherever any could be found.
The slow rising of the floor
within the cavern began shortly
after midnight.
A rescue crew which entered at
one a .m. found that the floor ap
parently had swelled from below
at the innermost "squeeze" only a ,
n-w idhi i ruin VsUiiuia.
Returning to the surface, the
miners who composed the detail
made their report to Brigadier
Oeneral H. H. Denhardt, In charge
of the work, and Denhardt sum
moned W. D. Funkhouser, head of
tho geological department of tha
University of Kentucky, who ar
rived yesterday.
After a conference it was agreed
that the miners should re-enter
the cave for a second observation
with a view of determining
whether the movement of rock .
could be stopped. Meanwhile,
hose In charge of' the work with
held knowledge of what had oc
curred. An hour later the miners reap
peared at the surface and hurried
to Oeneral Denhardt and his con
ferees In one of the tents near 1h
entrance. The floor had continu
ed to rise during the hour, they re
ported. Passage Becomes Tomb
A third trip revealed that the
slow rising had continued and
when the miners emerged
after
their fourth underground
visit
they told (leneral IVnhardt
that
the passageway had been
com-
pletely sealed.
There had been no more
rock
falls or cave-Ins, It was stated.
The swelling apparently had lifted
solid rock from the floor to the
roof of the cavern. This action
closed the passugeway for a long
distance and may have crushed
Collins If It extended that far.
Inasmuch as a considerable por
tion of the cave leading from the
entrance townrd the prisoner still
remains undisturbed, however, be
lief was expressed that Collins
mlpht still be alive.
The movement took place Just
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forcers of the law were Truesdale
of Grant and Moore of Jackson.
Charges Are Dropped
PORTLAND, Feb. 5. The fed
eral Indictment against George L.
Cleaver, state prohibition commis
sioner In connection with his raid
In December on the Rrltlsh steam
er London Merchant, was dismis
sed today by Federal Judge C. E.
IVan. on motion of Assistant Unit
ed States Attorney Allan O. Iiy
non. who said the department of
Justice had dropped the prosecu-