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Newspaper Page TextWEATHER Let business just EVI Highest Yeeterday 46 Lowest Liet Night r . 39 Rain tonight and Wednesday. run along and you let it run down DOUGLAS COUNTY An Independent Newspaper, Published for the Beet Interests of the People. Consolidation of Th Evening Ntwi and The Roteburg Review. EW aH-H-r -lpU'ILfc .!'' vol. xxvii. no. 73 of ro -view ROSEBURG NEWS-REVIEW ENTOIINT f?fc$ IN church must for- IWILLIAMS APT m mi fi mi I KENTUCKY CAVE BEING PROBED ftiwMBj AS RESCUE WORK IS CONTINUED "Skeets" Miller, Young Reporter, Who Was First Enter Cave and Talk With Imprisoned Man Tells Straightforward Story Positive Man Is Held by Rock (AntocUttd Pri LiftJ wire.) CAVE CITY, Ky., Feb. 10. Another amplifier test convinced experimenters that Floyd Collins still breathed in his Sand Cave prison, ltespiration Is about 14 or 15 times a minute, it wag in dicated. The shaft directed to the na tural tomb of Floyd Collins in Sand Cave had reached a depth of 40J feet shortly before 2 p. m. today. Thirty nine feet of that distance has been timbered on all four sides. Drilling has reached the 7C foot level without indications thnt blasting will be necessary. (AMOclfttat Pre LeuM Wirt.) CAVE CITY, Ky., Feb. 10. The Military Court of Inquiry In vestigating circumstances sur rounding the imprisonment and rescue work of Floyd -Collins in Sand Cave adjourned Bhortly af ter noon till 3 p. m., after hear ing two witnesses. More testl monew was in prospect when the session was resumed. CAVE CITY, Ky., Feb. 9. William B. Miller, reporter for the Louisville Courier-Journal was the first witness summoned befori the military court of in quiry today. "Skeets" Miller was one of the leading rescuers and mado repeated trips into Sand Cave in the efforts to free Floyd Collins before the cave passage way was blocked by slides and a rising of the floor. No announcement had been Siade as to who would be called as witnesses in the military in- :r,.L'KTn, 'j" .c""rc.'ea rue efforts at' Sand ' Cave"' Brig! dier-tieneral H. II. Dennhardt. commander of the national guardsmen, was In charge of the court I , . ; I arrived in Cave City, about 9 t oclock on the morning of 1 - ebru - ary 3, said Miller In opening his story. "I met Homer and Marsh- all Collins, brothers of the en tombed man, Floyd Collins. They came up out of the cave entrance and Homer said he had seen his brother. "I went down In the hole with Columbus Doyel, who directed the way. He stopped at a narrow pas sace where it was too hard for him to get through and I proceed ed farther .worming my way down on ray stomach. "I went down through the pns Sflge headfirst until, without real izing It I was risht on top of Floyd. I had becun calling when about ten feet from him and re- celvlng only a grunt for an ans - wer. "Defore I realized It I had slln- ped down the chute. All I could see was Floyd s bean covered witn WOuld go away and leave him." ! proposes rate advances estimated man of the farmers-toconsumers SAN 1'F.HMO. Feb. 10 A total of oil cloth, which was wet." Miller then described conditions I to yield $61,000,000 as against an league, who said it would protect 592 observers, including 61 news- Miller was asked whether at ; inslde the cave where rocks were expected Increase outgo of $68,- (those now actively depriving the papermen and three news reel this time he had received any In- ! continuously falling front the ceil- 000,000 in salaries. .farmers "of their Just dues." photographers, will be permitted to formation from persons who had j jne down into the passage. It is a substitute for the meas- I "The measure would so strenglh- accompany the I'nlted Slates bat- already been In to see Collins. He i Miner was asked whether on his "re passed recently by the senate en the oppressive powers." con- tie fleet on its forthcoming suin sl.l he ha been told that Collins j Iast trip into tie cave Floyd Col- wJirh ,ne house declined to con- : trolling farm prices, that the farm mer cruise, it was announced naa Dcen hatnrciay evening ami hi- so thst John c.erald had beep dig- ting around the prisoner. "Oh you nnd the stone are hurt-1 Ing me." were the first words Mil- I er heard from Coll'ns. he said. This came when he slipped down the chute onto the prisoner. He . lifleri the cover from Collins face and Collins asked him to put It j back to protect him from the fall of dripping water. At this po-nt. Miner was rskcu to describe in detail conditions at : the point where Collins was found. ' "There are. said Miller, "no , pools cf water but a constant seep age I was unable to see his feet, i I i ould see as far down as his net but could not tell how much ! of his body was covered below , that pol .it. A large stone arches i over his breast with only about two Inches clearance, i just gni , j ao not ihink the man my band under the stone and over , moved." his chest. I carried a flashlight I . no ynu ,hnk ,horP wn, anoth but was unable to see beneath this fr wav out .rom tnil p0nl or ,),( stone. Floyd said he was cold. I ithP prisoner had been away?" believer ll Is colder Inside the cave than ou's'ile. In addition the seep ing water wets anyone who goes In. musing them to feel cold. "On this, my first trip. I re- mnlneil nenr Collins about half an , hour. I believed the case to be hopeless from whst I saw and re turned to the surface. "My next trip was made shout 5:30 o'clork thst rftemoon. Hom er Co!linr a brother of Floyd, went In f!rst. I was second and Lieutenant Robert Bunion. Louis ville fire department' was third. Th"re were others birk of Itt:r- don but l ao not know now many j to or who they were. "Homer had two sandwiches and I believe some coffee. Homer went down and I heard him talk ing with Floyd. Floyd called him by name and I could hear Floyd eat the sandwiches. Floyd's nerves were badly shot and when Homer tried to put on him a harn ess be had taken to try to pull him out. Floyd begged his brother not to make such an effort for fear his leg might be pulled off. "Floyd's head was pointing to ward the entrance and he seemed to be In a seml-reclinlng position, apparently on his left side. "The entombed man told me his ti-iL wi was l-uiikui unu m vitriuuM times that his toes and left heel were held fast. At one time I man aged to get as far down as his knee cap. "When I placed tho electric light near him I was able to get a view of the conditions of rock behind him but could not see any opening. "Collins told me be went there before and found a cavern that was very beautiful and eight feet:"8-" ORK. Feb. If. Heavy fog .deep," Miller said. "I tried to get him to tell me about the possibility of another en - trance but several of the times I talked to him he told me there was no other entrance except the one he came In and that he had tried to find some way out of the cavern and was forced to come out through the place where . he i Bt tatuBi.u "Monday night he seemed to be In a stupor and wanted to be left alone. Tuesday he said 'I am at Imyselt and feel better.' ' ,' requested to describe Passage from the en trance to Collins He said, that the d rectlon Kp"'-ally to right and down but after he entered the cave and subsequently he lost his sense of direction and he was unable to tl, which wav ,nfi rave ied ABkp(1 lf he ha1 nm,,e a ,rip , ,h ... -Hlh r.ernhl Miller i testified that C.erald led one crowd of rescue workers and he led the other and that they had been in the cave at the same time. He was asked If there had been any rock loosened In the cave and answered that workmen attempted to enlarge the squeeze and had re moved portions of rock and dirt. Miller described the first cave In as being four foot toward the entrance from Collins and the last oave-ln twelve feet from nim. "My last trip and talk with Col lins was Wednesday morning. l.nld the witness. "I calif d to him iBm he told me he was hungry and ; tnat ni9 foot was free, I Unwnver thlo tlirf not sntiml like lthe truth, that Is that he was free, because I believe he was afraid we j;n9 was there, he answered "yes.- nnd said he made seven trips into 1 ihe. cave and that Collins was there each time, General Denhnrdt asked Miller: ea there any doubt In your mind itnat there is a man In the cave?" "There Is a man there who ans- er9 t0 tm, nam0 0f Floyd.' "y0u have heard rumors that there is no one there. Do you think there is any foundation for such renort?" -j nave npar(j such rumors Indi- rectly, but the man in the cave is not the type of person to my mind who Is an actor. On all my trips I found the position of the body I unchanged. The action of the I prisoner was such as would indi cate he was suffering from ner vous strain and from some pain.' Was there anything to Indicate a frame up for any reason?' "No.1 Asked concerning the origin of thes.e rumors. Miller said they were mostly from persons he be lieved not closely In touch with tnP situation. Miller was aske whether he had seen anything to Justify an Associated Press report of rumors that there waa no pris oner in the rave. j Miller answered that h" was fi- , mil ar with the report only as he i had seen it published In his paper. He said that there were factions apparently verv eager to get the prisoner out and that there was IContlnuea on peg ' (A wUted Tnm Lrued Win.) ST. LOl'IS, Feb. 10. The mod ern church must "break through the accumulated theological debris and the creedal entanglements and paraphernalia of the centuries and move in to a larger and richer field of Christian service," Dr. M. P. Durns, of Philadelphia, correspond ing secretary of the board of home ! missions and church extension of the Methodist Kpiscopal church declared in an address prepared for delivery today at the council of cities. "Illiteracy in any neighborhood is a finger of disgrace pointing direct ly at the church," Dr.' Burns said. T (AMOcUttd Vnm Lrued Wlr..) PES MOINES, Iowa, Feb. 10. An unidentified negro was shot to death when he and three other men attempted to hold up4he bank at Bonneville, Iowa, today, accord ing to Information received here. Two of his companions were .,,k. ,.,1,11- .1.- .t . , ought-while the oilier escaped which yesrerday caused a series of eievateu railroad accidents result - 1"""" ' V " ,. l"J"Z .t'V.. fT"',? V. 1 iiiv t,uj 1 itiinu vn muu , rum riiiL'u, uwiitpt'u me. rerun. - alid sea was delayed. mondatlonB were- based qii views Three boats from Fait IUver, widely held by farmers and fol Masa., and Providence, It. I., with lowed testimony of authorities on several hundred passengers reach ed their berlha nearly '24 hours late. Thousands of commuters delayed. Servirt on some lines was discontinued. were., ferry KELLY POSTAL PAY (AMOclattd Pr Wire.) WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 The Kelly poBtal pay and rate increase bill was passed today by the houi-e and sent to the senate. The bill was approved after less than two hours debate under rules requiring a two-thirds vote for passage and barring amend- iments from the floor. Final action was without a roll call, Speaker Oillett holding that on the viva voce vote more than two thirds of the house members present supported the bill. Carrying the same pay increase as provided in the bill vetoed by i-resineni oomige. me measure proposes rate advances estimated !""" - '""n mi n in- ,.rmge u. nouses s exclusive , right to initiate revenue legists- i lion. 1 fci r lli 1-WP coyuMy-. sand ' , 1 1 i BILL IS ASSAILED BI ITS OPPONENTS Senator McNary Says Ore gon Prune Growers Assn. Is on Rocks. CITED AS ONE CASE Chairman of the Farmer-to-Consumer League De . livers Vigorous Onslaught. (AMOclftted Pre Lrd Wire.) vVASHINCSTOV, Feb. 10. While methods of carrying its re commendations into effect were being assailed today before a house committee, members of President Coolldge's agricultural conference, appeared before the senate committee to explain their suggestions. 11. F. Yoakum, chairman of the farmer-to-consumer league occu pied the stand before the bouse agricultural committee and' he delivered a vigorous onslaught against the Williams bill, deslgn- ed to carry out recommendations of the conference, at the Dime time urging the Gurtis-ARwell measure for a system of co-opera- itlve marketing agencies. ' ',. 8enl"e ?omm"'- W' .M' Jnru"lp' ,a "ember of the agriculture. 'It Is time for the farmers to vet behind some nlan and ston fighting each other," he declared-, I adding that "the recommenda tions will relieve agriculture and will make a start toward perma nent farm relief." Senator McNary, republican. Oregon, challenged the statement of the witness that the Oregon Prune throwers Association was an examplo of successful co-oper-I ative marketing, he asserted he i was one of the largest prune I growers InMho west and head of I one of the biggest co-operative ! organizations, and ns a matter of ! fact, the Oregon Prune (Jrowers Association is now on the rocks. because they tried to spread out too far. Senator Harrison, democrat, Mississippi, questioned the wit ness on the source of the Inform ation thnt led to such drastic re commendations for the revision of the protective tariff. He declared he was prepared to fight any expansion of the tariff. WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 The Williams bill designed to carrv out the recommendations of th' president's agricultural comrni slon was assailed today before tne house agricultural rommls- slon before D. F. Yoakum, chair ' man of the farmers-toconsiiniers era would be left the choice of iing their farms through fore closure or riesi-ritn ih v, (Continued on pnee 3.)' Kentucky Cave Disaster U i lift. ft 9t t 1 TCESDAY, FEBRUARY 0, 1925. 1 WEMTHY BREWER WOUNDED BY GI (Aaorktnl Prm Lnri WU.l NFAV YORK, Feb. 10. C hris (1. llnpfel, sou of John C. (5. lltipfel. miltiiinuirn brewer today was re covering from two bullet wounds In the head Inflicted by a woman ,io shot him down last night. Mrs. Kossara Spanaljowitch, whom police iil. ril if i. i as n sis ter to Dr. Millisoff, Serbian ambas sador to France, and who was ar rested, is being held. She denied that she had fired the shots and ;Mupfel.told police at the hospital jthat he could not identity bis as sailunt. CIUCAtiO, Feb. 10. Wheat prices plunged down nearly tl cents a bushel today within hard ly more thun an hour. The May delivery went as low ns $1.85 lt-8 as compared with $1.90 ii-8 to $1.91 at yesterday's finish. Selling was active and general, and tho market was without any adequate support. (AarvUled prm Lo1 Wire.) CHESTER. Pa., Feb. 10. Four men nnd two women were killed and another woman seriously in jured today, when a locomotive on the Pennsylvania railroad struck a motor truck and motor car at a grade crossing in Marcus Hook, near here. , ii si (Aiwvtatnf I'rrM Wire.) T A CO. MA, Wash., Feb. lfl.Hwo men arrested in Seattle early this morning are in the Taeomu city Jail bHiig 1m M for InveMttmitinn in connection with the holdup of Na tional Hank of Taconia employes Saturday and the slaying of Harry H. Schmidt, agency manager. The arrest of a third man companion of the two already held, was ex pected momentarily. The two men now In custody are Charley Kinney, 21, and (iuy Kuth erford, 23. Police refuse to divulge their ev idence against the men. TO FOLLOW FLEET aboard the Tlagshlp California last night. Five hundred enlisted men of iu .,.i ,, ni i i.c...i In this total. X. 5C.W If ,,, I ' it m SUFFERING AT VALE SAY.S REPORTS TODAY Neighbors Giving -Assistance to Flood-Stricken City Danger Past. CARCASSES BURNED Will Prevent Pestilence by Precautionary Measures in Disposing of Dead Animals. (AMocUtcd Vrtm Uawd Win.) , VALE. Ore., Feb. 10. No one is suffering from lack of food or L shelter in the flooded district sur rounding Vale, as neighbors of the flood sufferers havo given as sistance. It was reported here, when a meeting of city and cham ber of commerce officinln was held late yesterday. Representa tives of Ontario were present and said they would send their mayor, W. H. Doollttle. to iirfslst farmers !of Vale and the dffTrlct west of here to obtain state relief. The county court has ordered that carcasses of all dead animals ho burled, and purchased twenty five barrels of llmo to he lined In preserving snnltary conditions. This amount of lime mny not be sufficient. County Judge Noo said, as the carcasses west of Vale are spread over a distance of four or five miles. Only some jagged edges of con crete in all that remain- of tho ttrngirh dam. whloli watt wnsled out. causing tho flood: the center of the dam being washed down to bedrock, according to Percy Purvis, on his return from tho slto of the 12fi foot structure. He reported that thV Warm springs ranch, five mUes down I from liullv Creek, was gone. All I the buildings, even the stone house, were washed level to tho ! ground. All tho ditches were ,so I filled wtlh mud nnd debris thnt Inn trace could he found of tho former ranch. The rnilrond bridge two miles went of Vale Is expected to l,n ' ready for trains tomorrow. About two miles of the track washed I out has been repaired. What the Legislature Is Doing l'.IIKV HILL HKi.NLK. (AMnrLtrri Pr.l InNl' WlrM STATKIIOt'SR, Salem. Oregon, I.Vh ID Cnvnnm. VVnller l Pierce has signed Senator F.ddy l.lll nnnirilni lli.it children mav he excused from school up to 12 u minutes a week to attend ,ay ...1.....1. ..r ,..n,.i. i.mmrfinn and Senator Dunn's hill authorls- i i.,.,.r.i. i n,ro.ia of t;itnl educational Institutions to accept (lunations. The covernnr late yenlerdny v- toed liouH.. bill 111 Inlrndin-ed by o T l,nl.llt (f wh too keeping In that It pro- vlded for tuberculoni.1 innpertlnn of all Block In Lltiti and not Mm- iply pure bred and valley dairy 'aninuiN. The governor expretei Mho opinion thnt there wan no ! tiereHHity In the law npplvlng to 1 beef raitle ranging In the fluKcadn i mountains, thereby working an 'unnecessary handlrap on stock men. !!mie bill 217, Introduced by the committee on education plac ing the Ktiine requirements upon teacher from ot her states who am certificated In Orejron ns are placed in Oregon, passed the senate yesterday. With Senator Hare, who led the. fight Tor the minority report, nd Senator Hanks who led the fight for the majority report, mrreelng that tho consolblat Ion lnuo la "bunk", the majority report re lative to the appoint meiit of a ctolh!atlnn ronimltotlon which will report to the next sen-Ion of the legislature was adopted by the fenato yesterday, the house yes lerlay afternoon killed house hill !! providing fir an ef feci ive state wide dog Iberialng law, l ight On H. -filing fli ft. STATKUOI'SK Salem, onnn, Vfh. 12.Chnrgcs, direct and Indi rect, that the alopathlc school of doctor was atteuiplfng to stran gle other groups engaged In tho bfrillne arts were voiced by the nat uropat lis. osioopat hs. chiro practors, gymnastic director nnd others in a meeting before the ho uce revision of laws committee lnt night on lion- hill 3M. Th opponents of the bill do- (Contlnued on p.ig( -Isht) VOL. XII. NO. FLIERS IRE KILLED SAN' ANTONIO, Tex.. Feb. 10 Major I.eo Wright of Lyons, lnd., and Lieutenant Arthur L. Foste-, whose parents live at Weler, Tex., were killed and their bodies burn ed in an airplane crash near Urooks field today. .(HwrUtM Pirn IraMd WirO ST. LOIS, Feb. 10. Joseph Williams. B0. negro messenger for the State Hank of Wellston. n BUb- urb, was held up on a street car here today, beaten anil robbed of $7,600. Tho three robbers escap ed. COL MERCER TO lAancUtH Prm Lund Win.) STATU HOUSE, Salem, Ore., Colonel W. O. 1. Mercer, chaplain of the state senate will address a joint meeting of the senate and house in the hall of representa tives on Lincoln's' birthday, Thursday. Feb. 21. In 1861 when President Lincoln sat on a lounge In the White House throughout ihe night talking to soldiers and representative men of tho nation, Coolnel Mercer was present on that occasion nnd will describe the quaint humor nnd other char acteristics displayed by Lincoln at that time. E Dr. Ceorge K Hourk. chairman of the educntlon cnmmlttee of the Iloseburg Klwanls Club, had charge of the program today or trie organi-1 trM alBO of Margnfiei,, competed nation. He gave a very Interesting for 40.aPre tract ot ralroad land talk to the members concerning a ,n Co0H roantY containing consld-. graph showing Hint business com I-, praMp port Orford cedar. This tract tlons of, the country progress lnWRS t-lnnlly purchased by the Adlo cycles. lr. llouck had a chart pre-1 8,PrKnr, for $1,300. pared for each member of the club . ,i vm.i- - which clearly outlined the theme , Jh jrJh l' h . a i ie,i,-uiin. .n,i 40-acre tract of Waeon road grant his ,'k I,wa";-7y'n",7l ?:in Coos county which finally sold from It one gleaned that the next ' r.ihortin two years. 1!2D and 1926. would be'" vC,nR,ntf tbS irtoa ' prosperous one. If past statistics j M5rrlle Polnt- ,or ,67S- could be counted upon. "Hrlt" Ilrlt- The biggest sale was made to ton. county I!oy Scout leader. gave;iennis mcuanny or Aiarsnneitr. a short talk about the hlwanls srout camp on the banks of the South Pmnnua, a short distance from Roseburg. Ho said the site was Ideal for a scout camp and. commended the club for securing It. Stewart O'lHl spoke In behalf of tho Snlvatloji Army, urging Ihe Ki wanlnns to support It financially. Ho said the army would be apt to lannmion ... " " "'"7" . I support was given. The ministerial ; "... .... I""1 pcoi.ie or rue '"hemlock 50 cents per thousand, red work of the organization so that ... . .. . ., fu"'ls rn be more easily obtained. President Harding presented the. i mailer of the Klwanls Club reserv-j i1" "'"'If '" Hoseburg public, liiirarv ror noons to ne uonaien Dy w. a. iveiace, or Keeuspori, the Kiwan'ens. At Ihe next meet-! was in the cltv todRy. Mr. Love Ing each KiwRtilan will bring ajlnce is a merchant at Reedsport y"'"n,,I from pr,V.".T "braiJ '7 ' ' ' . ... 1 ,,r,h KIR",Hn vJn I mh year to jnneir. city library, present one. the Klwanla 1 ii wir ITATlRISIlIMIfi. Tn.. Feb. 10. Philadelphia Is the principal city In the T'nitrd Htnt.n for Iho manu- facture vf illegal drink from de- natured nhohol nnd I'llOhurg is a center for illegal beer. (Jovernor TMtirliot toM the v neral nKsenildy today In a mexsate nnking enact ment of a bill for regulation of dlsl llb ries and biewerlen. If the bill in pi'ssed, the gover nor said, the sources of Illegal drink In Pennsylvania ran and will be dried tip. I" It Is defeate, he preilictd. flagrant violations of tne law will connnue, and tne law breaker will, bv lis defeat bo en-oMriiire-1 to still greater law lessness "Tlin eneml's of law enforce ment will trv t make It uppear that to d '-ft j.t this Mil will hrlrrg neref the d.tv of light wine and beer." he naid. "Kven If such a j day could -vcr come. It could do 284 OF THE EVENING NEWS L OFFICE SELLS Over Twelve Million Feet of Timber in Coos and Lane Disposed Of. SALE NETS $32,000 Considerable Competition Shown in Bids for Sec tions Containing . Stands of Cedar. The Hoseburg land office today conducted a sale of approximately twelve million feet of timber, which netted slightly in excess of 132,000. Tfcls sale attracted the most inter est of any small sale In recent years and there was considerable competitive Diuiling, a ractor wnicn has been lacking in all of the sales conducted In the office recently. Competition arose in the sale of the tracts containing Port Orford cedar and these tracts brought a great deal more than the appraised valu ation as fixed by the , government. One tract waa raised from $760 to 11,300 and another from 11,300 to S1.575. A11 of the timber offered Ilea In Cans and Lane counties, and Is made up from O. and C. and Wagon grant lands. Several tracts offered for sale were left unsold as no bid ders were present who desired the property. Omer . Houghtallng, of Bridge, bought 40 aeres of O. and C. grant timber in Coos county, paying S2,. 825.24. Mr. Hoiightallng' and Tlni'6thjf"john Sullivan of Myrtle Point, where competitive bidders for 40 acres of O. and C. timber In Coos, county, which Mr. Sullivan finally procured for $1,550. W. J. and A. R. Addlesnerger of Mafwjpll anj mn, R. 0rh(, who bought 80 acres of Wagon road grant lands, for $16,350. Tho Dexter Lumber company bought 68 acres of O. and 0. grant land In Lane county for $1,108.19. Carl E. Fisher, of Eugene pro cured 40 acres In Lane county for $1,567.87. The government prices on timber, or the minimum bid whieh the ! mvsrntiiral would accept was red , . , .,.,.i ROSEBURG AND TIBER TRACTS thei"r " 75 2 60 n,,r 'housand. port Orford Cedar $7 per thousand. cedar $2 per thousand, white fir 50 cents per thousand. w. A. Lovelace In City I anf ";tfled beforo the grand jnrr i regarding tho robbery of hid More. Wm. and" Charlea Foster awi under arrest and are being held In Jail charged with thin crime. ,s, E nothing of th sort. If modlflca- tlon of the Volstead Act, si ever tf bo possible, this much Is clear: It never even bo considered until tho law Is fully enforced, This Is not a question of light winn and beer. It In not a quest- (ion of unadulterated liquor of any sort. It Is a question of stop :plng tho flood of poison drink I noured out over the state and a I flood of crime, misfortune, disease and death which ruins and kills lour own people by the thousands nnd flow In an evil stream from Pennsylvania Into other states as iwit' ( Wntslnlns' ht nnl-nn K,i. Donor (s made out of denatured nlcohol. either completely or npe- iciricniiv natured. the xorernor ssld thnt In the two yearn ending .lime 30. l!23. the amount of srwclflcally denatured alcohol nro- diieed In Philadelphia Increased from less than SOO.000 gallon to more than 6,000,000 gallons.