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When you put off
advertising you
put off growing
Highest Yesterday .
Lowest Last Night .
Unsettled with rain tonight
and Sunday.
DOUGLAS COU NT V ABind.P.nd.n.
Consolidation ol Th Evening Newt and The Roseburg Review.
Newepaper, Published far the Bert Interests of the People.
VOL. XXVII. NO. 71 OF ROSEBUnG REVIEW ,
ROSEBURG NEWS-REVIEW SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1925.
VOL. XIL NO. 282 OF THE EVENING NEWS
WEATHER
P
BIG SLIDE Oh
HIGHWAY NEAR
300 Yards of Highway Cov
ered as Bluff Sweeps
Across Pavement
TRAFFIC IS HELD UP
Few. Cars Make Trip Over
Roberts Mountain Road
Which Is Very
Dangerous.
A mammoth slide of rock and dirt
Is covering the Pacific hlKhway for
a distance of 300 yards today one
mile north of Myrtle Creek and traf
fic north and south has been rout
ed over the old Itoberts Mountain
road. The slide occurred yesterday
evening shortly after one of the
large northbound stage had passed
the point, which is at the curve in
Ihe road where the massive rock
bluff looms nearly a hundred feet in
(eighth. The rock and dirt swept
Across the pavement with a terrific
roar and luckily no cars were pass
ing at the time or they would have
been crushed to bits.
Further slides along the highway
near that point are expected as the
heavy rains of the past few das
have loosened the dirt and endang
ered traffic.
The Pickwick stage, northbound,
was forced to remain in Myrtle
Creek last night and other passen
ger cars, anxious to make the trip
to this city, journeyed over the Rob
erts' mountain road, which Is ex-
Iremely dangerous at this time of
MYRTLE
CREEK
,e.. nie rorni over me moun-( the day was George A. Mansfield,
tain is very muddy and slippery and former president of the organlia
wlthout chains, a driver Is taking tlon In this state. Mr. Mansfield
big chances of going over the bluffs. , poke at one o'clock, following a
No stages arrived this morning big basket dinner
from the south but arrangements; "Agriculture, the basic Industry:
were made by the stage company to 1 Jt8 m8 and the remedy," was the
transfer passengers around the topic of Mr. Mansfield's address,
slide and In this manner traffic; Mr. Mansfield declared at the
was resumed .meeting that the farmer of today
Ihe resident engineer sent word can never become prosperous . so
to this city slating that every ef- iong as he remains unorganiied. He
tort would be made to clear away glated that the farmer can only
the IfhHa htf nlhrfal1 hut ihnaa'L.i. ... " vmj
.iVi. .r," i
.i i j i ... . .iT V . '
Dnu- ""Lie iuki mis win we hi-
most impossible.
wuier smaii suites nave been re-.
ported along the highway but they
ri. nRM f .Wa.y J,ulck"r
and are no hindrance to traffic.
Late this afternoon a report was
SlWl "
rod along the highway.
but the
cation was not given: There is a
largo crew of men
oTZJllXZlt'l1" or p"rish 88 an intelligent Kad
'tl ?.8lll''lan' Mr t'lDre-'influential factor in our national
scene
ported to the Chamber of Com
merce that every effort is being
made to clear. the rock away by to
night. HIGHWAY NORTH CLEAR
SALEM. Ore., Feb. 7. Reports
received by the state ' highway
commission from its field enr'n
cers indicate that the crest of the
flood has passed in the Willamet- '
t t-!U..v nn,1 in nn , l.
Pacific hlii.wav 1b ih . n..r
the pavement and travel may now i
pass without delay or danger. f
The Coos Bay, Newport ind !
Tillamook highways to the coast
have been kept open throughout
the period of very heavy rainfall,
with but few minor slides.
I "If the farmers of Oregon were
J. A. Klnser, who spent Friday ln all so organized so as to capitalize
this city transacting business mat-'their Influence and take advantage
ters, left this morning for the of existing laws, they could remedy
north. He is a resilient of Junction all the evils of which they com
cly. . (Continued on page 3.)
Commonplace Ensemble of City
Becomes Elysium in Two Pairs
cf Eyes Seeing for First Time
DENVER, Col.. Feb. 7. The shouted. "Bricks why."1 knew
commonplace things of life yes- the shape of them: I knew how
terday became a source of won- a brick felt but look at the co
der to two children recently ' lor look at the color of them."
operaien on in an eiton to re- i
store their sight, when, for the
first time In their lives, Peter
Morrison and Viola Emonr, gazed
about them and saw saw the
blue of the sky, the wonders of
the city park zto and even wen'
Into rapture over the warm co
lors of bricks.
The children, two of the eleven
rrom tne Colorado home for blind!
and deaf at Colorado Springs, , "Lovely, lovely bricks the color
who underwent optical operations, , of them."
were driven about the city able Lakes, trees, street'rars. peo
for the first time to stand the pie. houses, grass and shrubs, all
strong light of ffly on their newly came in for their share of the
awak-ncd and sensitive eyes. delighted attention. It was a
"Would you mind If I s.k a great day for two children snri
Frrai ninny questions; loia
asked. "Everything Is so strange
eo ,o so beautiful.
"Bricks, bricks", the boy once
-
v ti mrsiiKR
STIt.VViLKB
x"l'KK HOPES.
I
'4. -
Ck. ?f 7. Ed
'Strang. Q C j, former
world's h. .ght wrestl-
Ing rhampli. . defeated re-
cently by Wayne "llig" Mun.
was thrown over the ropes
In a rough match here last
night by Joe Zickmund. Lewis
was awarded the match on a
foul after 35 minutes and
40 seconds of wrestling.
Lewis hack was badly lacer
ated and it was feared his
ribs were cracked.
MEETING' WAS
WELL ATTENDED
George Mansfield Makes
Fine Address on Farm
Problems of Day.
GIVES A SOLUTION
Opposed Loaning Money
by State to Farmers as
Unsound -Says Co
Operation Need.
Farmers from all parts of Doug
las county were In attendance today
at the Farm Bureau meeting at the
M. E. Church in this city. A fine
nnwrnm had Kuan -...I .k
meeting and the main speaker of
a"? n,mselr D organizing.
ln an organized
world, the
farmer vet nmalna
unorganized,"
I said Mr. Mansfield. "He has yet to
iMttrn tnat an orirani,1.1i0, ..., h
,7M
intelligent leadership and that it
muat harmonloU8lv 'act throUKh"lt"
iD,ira i- ..
oistHes , rh,gh,y:
lo-iih", ; rzr"":z--7"i'".A'"z
l7Mil an1 nnmnalUl..n 1
r..7.Z .1,";: u - f""" 'rr
visaii-
life. He has had every opportunity
to put himself on an equality with
business in this respect. The farm
human In lha kjk . . .
organization and If all the farmers
would loin, oav their ilnea nrim.or.
inte with the county agent and oth-1
er extension workers, and attend
meetings In order to deal with the
problems of farming as the busi
ness man deals with his problems,
he would be the most influential
1 Iactor ln our na'
hit-.
"The 'armer must
turn a deaf
ear to those who propose to make
him prosperous or even greatly
benefit him by legislation. He
must organize and demand for him
self a square deal, which is all that
anyone Is entitled to. He must
work out his own salvation along
business like and economic lines.
As the automobile In which
they were driven about rounded
the first corner, Viola burled her
head In her arms. Then she
raised her head. "It's all right
I cn't aee, because my eyes are
so full of tears. They're not cry
tears they're happy tears, and
I'll never cry again.
l.ovely houses, mostly of
bricks", the boy kept murmuring.
grown persons, blase city folk, fell
under the spell and saw beauty
growing In the city streets, where
It never had been seen before.
em
WORLD
ENDES
HOLLYWOOD
BAR.THE PUBLIC
Strictly Secluded During
Night, Refuse to See
Reporters Today.
OTHERS HAVE ALIBI
Court Battles in Wake of
Nocturnal Vigil New
York Group Has a
Rough House.
OXK HAD AXI
MK)D KFFIXT.
NEW YORK, Feb. 7.
Fear of the end of the world
was given as the cause of
two entries on the police
blotters today.
Walter Michkowskl, of
Brooklyn, hanged himself
with a leather strap. To the
suicide record, the police ad-
ded:
Afraid ot the end of the
world."
Benjamin Lomoncelll, want
ed for forgery, gave himself
up because he said he thought
w ne would be safer In jail.
f44eeet4TtVte
HOLLYWOOD, Cal.. Feb. 7.
If last midnight marked the be
ginning ot the end of the world,
as predicted by Mrs. Margaret W.
Rowen, Hollywood prophetess of
doom, the event was as strictly
censored in the home town of the
forecaster as was any world war
lUle or silting of the peace con
ference. What Mrs. Rowen and her dis
ciples saw and heard at the stroke
of twelve they saw and heard in
private, and If they drew any
'conclusions from what they saw
and heard, or what they failed to
see and hear, they kept them
strictly to themselves.
Even the whereabouts of the
seeress and most of her followers
were veiled In mystery through
.the night, though It was announc-
ed earlier that they probably
would watch and wait ln the pri
vacy of tlielr homes, individually
rather than In groups.
At the crucial hour a reporter
approached the home of the pro
phetess, were the lights were
burning and rang the door bell.
Instantly the lights went out.
And that was the only pheno
menon that uninitiated observers
were able to report in connection
with the alleged hour of fulfill
ment. Drizzling mist veiled the hills
of HollVWOnd rilirtnf )hn walHnfr
"our8- but shortly after midnight
the moon was shining through
d"11"1 clouds. Whether any of
Jthese clouds was the "little black
cloud" of prophetic description,
(Continued on page Xi
Gets Year-to-Life
For Auto Killing.
Joseph Kyle, wealthy real estate
dealer of Chicago, has been found
guilty of manslaughter and ea
tenced by a Chicago Judge to serve
an Indeterminate s.tenoe of from
one year to life Imprisonment to I
etone for the death of an aged man
B
killed by Kyle's automobile. Wit
nesses swore that Kyle wee speed
ing end was drunk at tne time ol
the accldeD
SALEM WI;H HF.ATS v
ASHLAND OXK 1"01XT.
e)
(AsnrUtrd MM LeuH Win.)
MEl'FOUD.'Ore.. Feb. 7.
In a close and exciting game
at Ashland last night. Salem
high school defeated the Ash-
land high school basketball
team 21 to 20. Ashland was
hundlcapped by the absence
of Its star forward. Marske.
who is out of the game with
the mumps.
The sunie teams play to-
night.
DIPHTHERIA SEEMS
CHECKED IN NOME
(Aj-tttUtr4 Prco Wire.) ' '
NOME, Alaska. Feb. 7. With'
650.000 units of diphtheria anti
toxin expected here next week by
dog team and airplane and with
1.480,000 units more to follow by
regular mushing relays of the
I'nited States Mail. Mayor George
S. Maynard of Nome expressed
hope today lhat safety was In
sight.
Thirty persons ill with diph
theria in an epidemic that appear
ed late In January and took six
lives were mostly showing im
provement, reports last night In
formed the Nome board of health.
At the close of the regular night
ly meeting ofjhe board, no new
cases of diphtheria Ijad been re
ported since Tuesday.
REWARD. Alaska. Feb. 7 One
million, one hundred thousand
units of anti-toxin to fight the
diphtheria epidemic in Nome 1000
miles from here on the Bering
Sea, left Seward today post-baste
on the Alaska railroad.
SUNDAY LAST DAY
REVIVAL MEETINGS
Sunday. February 28, will be the
last day of the Methodist revival.
Rev. Knotts and Rev. O'Dell are
highly pleased with the success of
ine evangelistic campaign, wnirn
has been conducted by Dr. L. J. Mil
ler, of Nashville, Tennessee. Great
three weeks, and deep interest has
been manifest. During this time
about 150 people have been con-
!!ri "r..:tdm.el' .Bn.d. A0" !
iiaiut-B unw uwu iwtvru mr infill-
bership. Last night Evangelist Mil-
ler brought an introductory me.
sage on "The Unpardonable Sin."
The altar was filled, and a number
were converted. Sunday Is expected
to be a great day. At 10:45 Dr. Mil
ler preaches on "The Call of Ab
solm."' a challenge to life service.
The boy scout organization will at
tend this service in a body.
Several other churches in The
city plan to dismiss their Sunday
-.i;r. auu juiu m sitm .
mass meeting at 7:30 p. m. Profes
sor and Mrs. Ledford will conduct
a big sing. The theme for the
evening service will be "The Un
pardonable Sin."
Dr. Miller leaves Monilay for
Medford, where he will open and
conduct a campaign In the First
Methodist Episcopal church, both
cnurcnes uniting tor a tnree weeks
campaign.
Voters were gathering around
the high school building an
hour before the polls opened
today and by the time the
ballots were passed out. near-
ly two hundred were In the
hallways of the building. It
Is predicted that today's voting
will surpass all previous school
elections. Supporters of both
the Dellows and Central sites
for a new high school were
very active and It will be late
tonight before Ihe vote will be
counted. Two election boards
are operating and there Is very
little delay. The polls will re-
main open until 7 o'clock
to- 4
night. Any legal voter of the
district can cast a ballot on
the site question anfl those
who have not yet voted should
not delay to visit the polls be-
fore closing time tonight.
MM TO VOTE
Oil SCHOOL SITE
55-Year-Old Father of Jack Hoxie,
Motion Picture Star, Suspected of
Murder of
LOS ANGELES. Feb. 7 S r
Stone. B5, father of Jack Hoxie.
film actor, employed as ntuht
watchman In the residential 'dis
trict from which Mav and Nlnn
Mnrtln disappeared last August.
was being held In the emintv lull
todav for further questioning con
cerning the kidnaping and death
or tne it t In girls whoso bodies
were discovered In a shallow
grave not far from their home
hern last Wednesday.
.none was arrested hr nnntv
lonlnr l.y officers he h,i..-.i ...
last nient. rnder ouest-
'nsatA.ll. II... - i .
ne Knew nothing of
now the Martin sisters met death
and also maintained that he was
innocent of a statutory charge
brought against him last October
IF
T
SAYS PIERCE
SALEM, Ore., Feb. 7. An
nouncement that Brigadier
General George A. White, ad
jutant general of the Oregon
National Guard, will be asked
to resign if charges made by
Major Charles E. Gjedsted,
who resigned from the position
of White's first assistant last
Monday, concerning misappro
priation of national guard funds
are proven true, was made this
morning by Governor Pierce.
The announcement came
during the course of a confer
ence between the governor,
General White, Major Gjedsted
and members of the general
ttaff to examine evidence upon
which Major Gjedsted bases
his charges. Summoned before
the general staff last night, the
major refused to reveal hi evi
dence until he had been given
assurance by the governor that
the records upon which he is
basing his case would be with
drawn from the adjutant's of
fice and placed in safe keeping
until the case hat been deter
mined. This assurance was giv
en this morning during the con
ference, Governor Pierce an
nouncing :
"I am going to take this evi
dence and lock it up in my
private vault. I will be too busy
during the next two weeks to
: RO into the matter, but Major
Gjedsted must prove his case,
Jf he does prove it I will have to
Hk you (he was addressing
, . ... .
general White) to resign; if he
does not he will have to suffer
(he consequences."
KILLED LOVER TO
Ef
(Afwoclated Prta IarJ Wirt.)
rARIS. Feb. 7. MIIp. Rtanls-
lawa Uminska, beautiful
nd tal
ented young Polish actrpfis, was
unanimously acquitted this after
noon of the charge of murder in
killing her fiance, Jean Zysnow
kl. writer and war veteran, lant
July. Her defense wns that she
utin, I. ' ... n -n,l.,nBa 1,1.., kid
sufferings from an Incurable mal-
atly. The Jury was out only three
minutes. r.H
fA-l.tH Pr. Xmrtt wire.)
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore., Feb.
7- Arguments to the Jury were In
progress this afternoon In the
'rial of John O'Shea, wealthy
Klamalh sheep man. charged with
being an accomplice In the slaving
f Oscar Erickson in a gambling
house robbery here last monih.
The case is expected to reach the
iurors by about 4 o'clock here
last monlh. The case Is expected
to reach the Jurors by about 4 o'
clock this afternoon. O'Shes's de
fense wss built around an alibi of
tits movements on the night of the
crime
Little Martin Sisters!
Involving another young girl. He
was heM to answer on the latter
charge, but the case did not come
to trial.
Investigators announced, how
ever, that they hnd found wit
nesses rendy to testify thnt they
had seen Stone talking with the
Martin rlrls shortly before their
disappearonce. Thev added that
the s'tiret'H automobile had been
searched and "susnlrlotis clews"
revealed. Whnt the clews were
they did not divulge.
Stone told his nnestloners that
he formerly lived 4n Lund. I'sah.
where he married the mother of
ITnxle. They separated later, he
aid. A' the time of his arrest
he occupied batrhelon quarters.
WHITE GOES
CHARGES
RUE
I HIS ILLNESS;
JUHYACQUITS HER
UOVt-RVOK NOXK
rxwsTt wiF.n iy.
Ht.VME'.S IXIMPLAIXT.
(AaorUtnl ITM Uurd Win.)
Jl'NEAlT, Alaska, Feb. 7.
Governor Scott C. Hone comment
ed toduy in this city, the capital
of Alaska, on a complaint filed in
the White House at Washington,
1). C, yesterday by John W.
Frame, of Ketchikan, Alaska, ask
ing that Bona be removed from
the office of governor of the ter
ritory. "Thl Is one of the vicious po
litical outbreaks thut has charac
terized the presence of certain
elements in Alaskan affairs for
many years," said the governor.
Hone added that he did not
take the affair seriously but was
reudy to furnish any information
asked by Secretary of the Interior
Work to whom the complaint was
referred.
EDDY'S
BILL TO
Puts Limit on Privilege to
Pupils of Selecting
Study Courses.
ARGUMENT SUPPORTS
Says Fundamentals Give
Way to Isms Fostered
by Half Baked
Teachers.
(Anoclttd Ptmj ietMd Win.)
STATE HOUSE, Salem, Ore.
Feb. 7. By a vole of 24 to 6,
1 aA-.M v.t..t lmi . , ... .
f!J1t "'?"' J??
ViS, .'i ' ,"i -... .1
the senate yesterday afternoon.
The senators who voted against
the measure were Clark, Corbett
Hall, Klepper, Strayer and Upton.
Senator Eddy finished his argu
ment In behalf of the bill Just be
fore the noon recess and spoke
very briefly In rebuttal after oth
er senators had spoken in the af
ternoon. Senator Clark, chair
man of Ihe committee on educa
tion, waB Ihe only member speak
ing against the bill In the debate,
though some of those who voted
against It explalnrd their votes.
Clarke charged Eddy with being
unkind In his atlitude toward the
teachers of the state and erron
eous In his comparison of Amerl-
tnu yuuui Willi r.iiKiinil HIIU Ul
an youths In knowledge of the
fundamentals of education. He
forcefully defended the course of
study In Oregon high schools.
Eddy's Argument
"The greatest calamity which
iha happened to education In
the
last 60 years was when Dr. Eliot
lof Harvard Introduced the elective
system," Eddy declared, quoting
an eminent authority In the educa
tional world.
The elective system, Eddy point
ed out, now hss spread throughout
the high school system to such an
extent as seriously to encumber
Ihe system and crowd out funda
mental subjects, at the same time
(Continued on page II.'
Slacker Bcrgdoll's Aid
Surrenders
EUGENE (STXOOESi
I Eugene (Ike) Utecker, the
; chauffer who helped Orover Cleve
j land Hftrgdoll, notorloue' mllllon
; aire Philadelphia draft dodger, as
i cape from a military guard ar'hle
mother's home In 1920, and who
accompanied Bergdoil to Oermany
has returned to Philadelphia and
surrendered himself. In default ol
110.000 ball he was (eat to the
Hoyam easing Prison.
T
PASSED
i
Mjff
MONK ItAIX XE.XT WEEK
(AUM Proa L-ued Win.) 4
' SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 7.
The weather outlook for the
week beginning February 8.
was announced here today by
the United States weather
bureau as follows: Unsettled
and mild weather with oc
casional rains ln Washing
ton, Oregon, North and Cen
tral California and possibly
ln Southern; California.
j A jA.
MOHH VKmiT.WlF, TO
IIA.K ALLIED
DEII I'M HULK.
LONDON. Feb. 7. A note out
lining the British views on the
allied debts has been wnt to Pa
ris in reply to Finance Minister
Clementel s questlonaire to Wins
ton Churchill. Chancellor of the
Exchequer, asking for an Inter
pretation of the application of the
Balfour declaration of 1922 to tho
present circumstances. '
OF
GOUNTY MEET
Officers Elected for Ensuing
Year With Oliver
Johnson, Pres.
FINE TALKS HEARD
Retiring President, A. C,
Marsters, Thanks Mem
bers for Their Sup-
port During Year .
The Roseburg and Douglas Coun
ty Merchants association held a
special meeting last evening In the
offices of tho Justice of the peace,
which proved most interesting to
all present.
Attorney Carl K. wlmberly gave
a long talk on the peddling ordi
nance, explaining In detail Just
what could be done to prevent out
side solicitors' from entering this
territory without paying a license.
After this a general discussion on
this topic was held.
Frank Clemens gave a very nice
talk on the coming convention
which Is to be held In Eugene on
the 15th. 16th and 171h of this
jmon(,
He explained the neces
sity of each and every merchant at
tending this convention and show
ed where a' great deal of benefit
could be derived. He spoke In de-
tall on the program, explaining
wnat wouiu take place on tne (li
ferent dates along the line of trade
division and urged all parties In bus
iness In any way to attend this con
vention, stating that a great deal of
benefit could be derived ln broaden
ing a person's viewpoint and com
ing In contact with people from
other towns who are confronted
with the same problems that our
merchants are. Our local associa
tion has received a great deal of
benefit In the way of new Ideas
from our new state secretary, Mr.
O. F. Tate, and the convention at
MERCHANTS
ROSEBURG
D
Eugene should be a wonderful suc-i liiyslclnns ar constantly on duty
cess under this supervision. prepared for emergency service.
Glenn Wlmberly gave a talk on Collins Dog Faithful
Ihe bulletin and complimented thni LOUISVILLE. Ky., Feb. 7
local association on the fact that, Chinee Chow, a dog of uncertain
the tullctln alone was worth a J pedigree, seems to know that Jils
good ninny limes the due now be-j master, Floyd Collins Is being do
ing paid by the members of the as- tallied In Sand Cave. All day Sun
soclnllon. He urged the extensive I day. Mon.y, Tuesday and Wed
use of this bulletin by parties ex- nesduy, Chinee Chow hung around
tending credit, and explained lhat i the cavern entrance without, a
there were 29.000 cards on file In .chance to go Into the cave. Men
the local secretary's office giving kicked him and threw sticks and
credit Information on parties who 'stones at him, because he was in
(Continued on pnge eight! I (Continued on page
Arizona Mob Deprived of Prey
When Police Killing Brothers
Are Spirited to Penitentiary
1 AsswUtH Pr 1-M Wlr.) i (hat martn th trip traveled off tho
H.OFA'IX, Ariz., Fob. 7 Will main highway to elude pOBsihlo
am! "Hnbo" Lawrnnc, alh'KH ' P""nor. , , , L
. . , . 1 The altrftfd1 Oklahoma outlaw
Mayers of Patrolman Haz Purch , wm fftkon ,B(a vwinAw VPBtPr.
here Thurnrlay, ami unld to he ARy hy Town Marshal McDonald
wanted at Fort Worth. Tex, ami of Tempe and Ttufz Heyefi, a Mexl
UvlnKKton. Mont., fur the killing ' ran, on Tenipw Hutte, ten miles
of peace officer, and at MiiNkoRMe, from here. Although hoth were,
Okla., for rohhery, are prlHormrfl armed, the men meekly nuhmltted
In Arizona ntate penitentiary at : to arrest.
Florence today. ' The hrothern have heen quen-
Thw men were uplrlted out of tinned concerning the fthoottng' of
the Phoenix Jnll hint nleht and 'the Phoenix policemen, hut netth
taken to the penitentiary for mife er will admit thut he fired the
keeplnir after It wait f'nred thnt ' hot that ended in the death of
the Jail here would bo Rtormed Hnrch here Thursday night,
and the prisoner-: taken nut and . "Untie' declared, nceordinjr to
lynched. An angry crowd of sev- futility Attorney Fa Iradett, hl
era! hundred men gathered around broth'T shot Ilurch, but the elder
the jail nftcr the prlsnntts were1 brother denied the charge,
brought h're yesterday afternonn. j Iturch was shot down Wednea
The prisoners were tnk n lo the day night, when he nought to ar
penitentiary last night iinrr rest the Iawrence twins for steal
heavy guard and the automobile Jog gasoline.
E
PRISONER
STILL
OEACH OF DRILL
Downward Boring Goes on
as State Troops Keep
Back Meddlers.
BROTHER IS WARNED
Estirnated 48 Hours Work
Ahead Before Shaft
Can Open Tomb
of Collins.
(AMoclttwI Ptm. Iu?4 WlrO
CAVE C1TV, Ky., Feb. 7. At
2 p. m. today the shaft being
Bunk into Sand Hill Cave where
for 8 days Floyd Collins has been
held prisoner, had reached a depth
or 23 feet.
Collins or' his body was from
45 to 60 feet beneath the sur
face, t
CAVE CITY. Ky.', Feb. 7. The
measured tread of Kentucky troops
beat a staccato today to the pick
ing by miners digging at a new
shaft to Sand Cave, where Floyd
Collins, entombed, has lain pin
ioned by a boulder for almost 200
hours.
Determined that no effort shall
Interfere In any way with the op
erations, the guardsmen lsst night
ordered Homer Collins, 'In-other of
the victim, and John Gernlds away
from the cave. Geralds led the
rescue party which early In the
week made fruitless efforts to get
to Collins through the cave cn.
trance.
Iloth men were called to nation,
al guard, headquarters, and. officers
told them the boring downward
was the last chance to reach the
cavern prisoner.
Their activity, especially Gerald's
criticism of the means being em
ployed, made their presence unde.
slrable because It slowed tho work.
If either man returns he will be
forcibly ejected. Hoth agreed not
to offer further Interference. Slow
ly the shsft was going down. Early
today It had gone below the 20-foot
level and with at least that much
more to go. It probably will be
IX hours bofore an Opening is
made.
Testing drilling was discontinu
ed after a diamond drill had
reached limestone at n depth of
41) feet. Dr. W. M. Funkhouser,
geolostst, expressed the opinion
that the drill had reached the rock
of the cave.
Homer Collins during the night
made a forbidden trip Into the cave
a few hours before he was called
to military headquarters. He said
the light near the main "squeeze"
was still burning, and by turning
out all the lights on the outside
for a few minutes said he deter
mined that the entombed man's
light still glowed.
A truck load of ammunition and
other supplies was enroute to Cave
City this morning.
Additional guardsmen arrived
last night and fourteen others wero
expected today. Large crowds are
hampering the work.
A Red Cross hospital unit has
been established on the grounds.
BEYOND