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Newspaper Page TextMews-Review WEATHER Highest Yesterday 48 Lowest Last Night 45 Generally fair tonight and Saturday. Let business just run along and you let it run down DOUGLAS (pOUNTY )a An Independent Newspaper, Published for ths Best Interest of the People. Consolidation of The Evening Newt and The Roteburg Review. VOL. XXVII NO. 76 OF ROSEBURG RF ROSEBURG NEWS-REVIEW FRIDiAY. FEBRUARY 13, 1925. VOL. XII. NO. 287 OF THE EVENING NEWS Ross HEAR COLLxBREATHE AND COUGH v ViGTIRI REMAINS T TRAP AND D LOCATE TUNNEL TO CAVERN Were Jubilant Early This Morning When Passageway Was Found at End of Shaft but Later Reports - Show That Tunnel Did Not Lead td Collins. (Associated Press Leased Wire.) CAVE CITY, Ky., Feb. 3 Andy Bysib, of Louisville, said he heard Floyd Collins cough twice at 4:30 o'clock this morning. Bysig told this afternoon of going into the main pas sageway to Sand Cave with several other men and said that while in there he heard faint coughing. He called to Collins several times, he said, but received no answer. SAND CAVE, Ky., Feb. 13. An official announcement made at 3 o'clock this afternoon by Brigadier General H. H. Denhardt was that Floyd Collins had been heard breathing at 9:45 o'clock this morning. The announcement was made after ri w . . . . , td Brenner, Cincinnati and A. the military court of inquiry at ..... into the record. Brenner, a miner and Blevins had been into the cavern e j- c . i , , ... . tor soandmgs from the rescue shaft. They also had eone in five hours before with Andv Bvsisr who had reported hearing Collin, cough twice. Brenner and Blevins reported nenetratin? the natural na. sage to the slide which last week me entombed cave explorer. they told the court inquiry th'is "I head Collins give one said Brenner. "It was not like 1 1 w . I Brenner and Blevins tapped on the wall of the cavern and j - , . - , ..... workers in the shaft tapped on the well wall, it was estimated , by those in the cavern and those between them was ten feet. The cavc-side session of the military court inquiry was an executive one, held in a tent around which a soldier guard was kept. No one but the member, of the court heard the testimony ! V".. rd"'. ot Brenner and Blevins. When the court adjourned General ,00t '"' Denhardt .ummoned U,e newspaper men and had the court I Sound test's stenographer read to them the testimony of the two men. The!failed for ,irst time t0 record court then left for Cavt Cltv tn t j noises believed to have been Col- w CAVE CITY, Ky.. Feb. 13. H. ! 10 c,ork hegan exploration of T. Carmlrhael. In charge of opera- ' tne tunnel discovered early today lions, and other officials who went ;in ,ne pide of the .Sand Cave res down into the shaft being dug to-.cue "haft. All speclators and wards Sand Cave, where Klovd newapaper men were ordered away Collins has been Imprisoned for.from the mouth of the shaft to two weeks, came out of the shaft tne tOD of the hill, a hundred feet at 1 o'clock this afternoon and an- or more distant, nounced that the hope of rescuing 1 Hompr Collins, younger brother Collins through a tunnel discover- of thfi imprisoned man, came out ed In the shaft 50 feet down would of the recue shaft at 9:45 a. m., have to be abandoned. The tunnel and sa: exploration failed to disclose apas- ! nave Kt hopes." At that time sageway. Digging was resumed In the bot tom of the shaft itself and Mr. Carmichael said that it probably would take two or three days to rench the 70 foot level, where they plan to bfgin lateral tunnels in an effort to strikn Sand Cave. ' Hoves of the rescue of Collins bv noon today through the n-w tunnel attracted hundreds of per sons to the cave. For a time the crorwd. Including newspaper men were kept away from the open ings hut when the crevice failed to develop Into anything passable all were allowed to again approach the shaft. . ,llft;ol tunnpl The failure of the high Tailed by finding of this noticeably discouraged the of ficials of the rescue party, but "digging fls usual' began again at once, in the hope of finding a more- i premising cavern. The drill hole In the center of the shaft has gone i 7ft fet without penetrating the t limpMone roof; but another pene trable cavern may be discovered in the side wall as was the one found this morning. Tbe honrn of explontion wr tense ones for the m'ners srjd spectators anil when hope' fided pgiin the dunce of extricating Collins alive were admittedly greatly reduced. Th 7 frt Wei if not promising crevices are en cotintepMl on the wav d tm, will nor be readied until Tuesday, Carmichael a!d. because of in creasing difficulties being en rountfred. Th dpth of tb shaft from the low side was fifty feet at 1 o'dork. Carmirh-el admitted he still r!nm to tie hope that a cavern or .were received, mere was a siemiy tunnel 111 he enronntered avsln ; pttprttnage of th six miles to the In the s'de walls beore the 7ft foot . farm of Bee Doyle, where Sand Ii vel I reached by the diggers. iC'ave Is located. 1 The military guard was doubled tAwrliM Prm l.-t Wir. , ! around the shaft to keep spects CAVE CITY. Kv.. Feb. U. If. 'tors and newspsper men 100 feet T. Carmichael and two miners at for more away. Brlsut aunay IN DEATh 1 i Blevins had given a statement at the cave side, which was put and John Schickle of Lmiisvillt ' blocked the way just ahead of They heard Collins breathing, afternoon. long deep gasp, like a groan," a man gives in a hospital, not in the shaft that the distance ibsumc US Billing mi Here. "u U,1W n"u ocn in me newiy uis- covered tunnel. Additional timber was taken in to the shaft after the newspaper j men and 200 spctators were herd ed together at the top of the hill. Pr. William Hazlett nf Chicago, tin charge of the medical prepara tions for attending Floyd Collins. If he is found with ven a faint, pjmrK oi me, at ju o ciock had com- 1 pletrd everv possible preparation. 'Dr. Hazlett Is to be sent down in Ito the tunnel as soon aa Collins Is ! located, to determine whether he .Is dead or alive, before any at- tempt is made to remove him. A report spread to the crowd as 'the timber was being taken down jthat a lateral tunnel was being ',. . ... was given out. The military board of inquiry at Cave City adjourned until 2 o' clock and the members went to cave. IlKgadler General H. H. Denhardt, In command of the situ ation, said the court adjourned because several witnesses called for this morning were actively on duty at the cave. The last barometer readings In Sand Cave at the lowest possible i point, the expert could pnetratA last Friday showed a depth of 35 feet. From descriptions of those who had reached Collins before the tunnel caved In. ft was esti matel he was 25 fet lower, a tatal of fio feet below the surface, but engineers now conclude the esti mate may be too hleh and that he likely not so far down. Cave City was deserted at 11:30 o'clock when reports that Collin mlcht be located at sny minute CHRONOLOGICAL HISTORY OF THE CAVE CASE (AMoeiattd Pme iucd Vm. SAND CAVE Ky, Feb. 13. The chronological history of the r-sroic efforts to save Floyd Collins from his underground prison follows: Friday, January 30, Collins, ex ploring Sand Cave, discovers mar velous subterranean coliseum eighty feet high about 300 feet from the entrance of Sand Cave. Climbing out, a rock shifts, pins his left foot. January 31. Collins' plight Is dis covered by Jewell Estes, son of the tenant on the farm into which Sand Cuve burrows. Sunday, February 1, Torches us ed to heat stone so it can be chl ped easily fails to achieve much progress and Collira begs to be pulled out at cost of foot. February 2., Air icompressor and drill - arrive, from Louisville but Sandy nature of cavern dis courage tlvelr use. Collins harnes sed, but rescuers fail to pull him loose. February 3. Appeal for troops to preserve order and electric lights taken in, one being hung around Collins' neck. February A? Collins reports his I foot free, but slide cuts off rescue tooi tree, DUt 81,00 CUIS OTT I workers. State troops arrive. Hall!t.t' ' chlca9' ,i"d ' possible to amputate Collins' so he can be taken out leg February 5. Floor of cavern rlsee i and wans close in a tew reet aneao lot Collins. Last time hi. voice w8 heard. UTZZ 50 fTeM-m&cYve i entrance aimed to strike the orig. j'"...?. alive. February 7. Rescue shaft pro greased 25 feet of the estimated sixty feet to reach Collins. ' February 8. Fumes . of banana oil, strong but harmless, forced in- to cave, but fall to emerge any- l"d'cati0n " other entrance to cavern. Februarys. Military court or- dered to 8e,,le mmm.s ,nat s'"r' was a hoax, that Collins had been murdered by neglect, and that re lief work of outsiders had been ob structed by persons living near the cave. February 10. Court martial op- flint . respiration. Banana oil fumes enter shaft from small crev. ' ices In bottom of sr.ft. I February 12. Mining drill j strikes for f.rst time at depth of 48 feet; limestone thought to form top of Collins' prison. Downward j draft felt for first time In shaft and accepted indicative of large crevice near shaft. weather, considerably warmer .al so helped to swell the crowd gath ering at the shaft. General Denhardt arrived at the shaft at 11:30 and approved pre parations for tjie exploration of the new tunnel. He said that the order for keeping newspapermen at a distance along with the, spec tators, was for safety's Rake, as too many could not bo permitted close to the shaft, because extra weight on the ground might cause an accident hindering the work of (Continued on page eight) Shaft Dug RtfCUE XKStWXTtS AT SAMjP VOW OF MTI.K Ulil, WAS FROZKX. (Aanclatrd ITr I-wrd Wire.) FREMONT. Neb.. Feb. 1.1. Six weeks ago while on a trip to South, Dukolar where sbe was culled to testify against the men who had murdered her grandfather, and wounded her father, one of the feet of titllo Emma Jessup, 12, Fremont school pupil, was frozen, but her plight was not discovered un til yesterday, when she be gun crying in the class room and her teacher. Miss Lita Martin, questioned her. During the six weeks the girl had gone without medi- cal attention, never uttering a word or showing a sign of pain. A serious rondition has de- veloped from lark of atten- tion, but with the proper care, physicians said, the foot can lie saved. T Mil (Associated ITvm Leased Win.) SEATTLE. Wash., Feb. 13. Fol lowing the removal of a walnut kernel from her lung last night. pr j physicians of a private hospital lmljhere were hopeful today of saving me me 01 uernice wenni, aged 19 months of Tort Angeles, Wah- An X-ray examination revealed the . nut kernel in the right bron chus of the child, a short distance below the right and left intersec tion, declared physicians. Inflam mation was said to be present and pneumonia had set in. In removing the obstruction hy sirluns said they inserted a steel tube with a small electric light at the lower end. IJy passing deli cate instruments through the special tube the doctors- asserted they were able to remove ihfl "rnm aim iiih surronnuing in nam- I WILSON. TAKES WITNESS LOS ANGELES, Feb. 13. Hirh- en wnson, ex-ciernynmn, nmi uatiuii nuu Jiiuiuerei hum ihtuH''u the witness chair as testimony was ; resumed today in th federal court I trial of the Wilson brothers, Herb ert and Frank, and two other al leged members of the so-called Wilson gang, on robbery charges growing out ot a mail truck holdup here March 3, 1921. Wilson's direct testimony was OV completed late yesterday and funse counsel was expected to sub ject him to a searching examina tion today, for it is upon the for mer ministers word that the gov ernment's case largely depends. Guarded by the wVistling weap ons of nearly a score of arm d deputies this man who once lived preachers salary told Jurors tale uf the inner conferences of a nationwide ring of criminal New York by a Tom Tliley In Chi whose "jobs" Involved millions of cago by a Mike Sullivan and "Chi dollars. rago'hltey" and In Iteno by a Ills testimony was richly inter- friend of Klerlck's who could ills landed with estimates of loot rang- pose of securities through Nevada Ing from a few thousand dollars to : banks. to Save Cave-Imprisoned Man CAVE .V o-ef KCIMEg CJ,Mxn FINAL REPORT! OF IS y Moral Condition of Boys and Girls Deplored and Parents Warned. JAIL IS CONDEMNED Recommend Electric Stove at County Home Spe cial Tax Levy for -Court' House. In concluding its work, the Febru ary grand Jury submitted a lengthy ort, covering its findings atmle from the Indictments presented. i The grand jury made a thorough Investigation of county affairs and following the lead of preceding grand juries, submitted Die usuul recommendations condemning the county court house and county Jail. A very serious condition pertaining to the morals of the younger gener ation Is reported, and parents warned to give more serious thoughts to the safety and control of their children. The. report In detail, is as fol lows: Hon. J. W. Hamilton, Circuit Judge. We, your grand Jury duly Impan elled and sworn as such at the No veiiibr. 1924, term of the above en titled court, beg to report that we have Inquired Into all crimes com mitted or. triable In Douglas county, Oregon, and have presented to this court by indictment in all cases when all the evidence before us tak en together waa such aH, In our i juogrneni, woum, ir unexplained or uucontramcteu, warrant a couvlc Continued on page S.I ' EX - I STAfHD AI.3 TELLS DF BANDIT $1.000,00(T, arcordin to the 'size 7)t lho always carefully plotted crime. His gang, he said, took weeks to work out the details of the 1921 robbery In Los An Re It s in which approximately a half mil lion in cash, gems and securities was seized. He touched also on a $300,001) jewel robbery in New York, a con- templated $100,000 department store safe blowing here, which was frustmted, and a number or "smaller jobs," such as a $10,000 gambling resort holdup In ah An geles. Disposal of stocks, bonds and other securities taken in the 1921 mail robberle was a taHk sup- intended by Jack Klerlck, a co-defendant of WIUou. the latter testi fied alUging that Klerlck arranged to huvo the bonds "floated In - A?7yi - JCHTYT 6EffViU GRAND JO SUBMITTED e .KOII PAKKKOSK HANK (AanrUtrd Tnm Lwd Win.) PORTLANH, Ore., Feb. 1.1. The Parkrosa State Hunk, located In a business com- niunily on the outskirts or Portland was roiiDeu ot about $1700 today by two unmasked men who held up Charles P. Cruni, . cashier, while he was alone in the bank shortly before the noon hour. The robbers escaped. While one of the men who entered first askiid cashier ('rum if be could, cash a check, the other drew a re- volver, forcing the cashier to hold up his humlm The first man leaped over a counter gathered up about $150 and the pair then forced the cashier to open a compart- ment In the vuult from which moro was taken. The rob- bers walked some distance from the bank and entered an automobile In which they disappeared. L Secretary Tenders Resigna tion .to Board of' Directors. HAS OTHER PLANS ExDresses Interest in Work ' Here and Promises Sup port for Umpqua Valley. Will K. Holbein, secretary of 'tho HoRehiirR Chamber ot Com merce, today tendered his resig nation to become effective Imme diately. Ills future plans, he states, makes It Imperative for him to sever his connections with lhe Chamber of Commerce, a fact which he regrets because of the Interest which he has had In his work. "I shall always retain a warm snot In mv heart for the I'mpiiua Valley." Mr. Holbein says, Bml hope that wherever I may In the future find for myself, there will HoM'bnrK and Hondas County find a friend and adviser." Mr. Holbein will remain Ions enough to complete the work which ho now has uncompleted, hut desires to be releuwd as soon as pomllile In order that he may take up his other plans. Tho board of directors mot this Bfternoon and nccepted the resig nation and wrote letters to sever al persons In order to secure some person to taW the place mado vacant by Mr. Holbein's departure. . Mr. Holbein during tho time that he has been employed as sec retary of the local chamber of commerce, has placed the organi zation on a firm and sound bate, and has accomplished a groat dual In the wav of actual development. He has been a tireless worker, an excellent onfanlrcr, and a good publicity man. Through his ef forts nianv nccomnllHhments have been llited. He has glvn much time and enerrv to building up a county chamber of commerce, which Is now a reality, and In niatr' other wfiys Unn done much for the benefit of Hoseburg and Douglas county. Although he has been employed bv the cheniher onlv a compara tively short lime, vet be hn mnde great host of friends all over the rouniv. who will greatly re xret his departure. McUtM Prw. LjM Wlr.l RA1.EM. Ore.. Feb. IS. Confir mation of Itrlgadlcr fieneral fleo. A. White, by tile foiled Stales sena'e. marks the final action In estubllxhlng hcailuu .irters of the elKhty-r.ocund Infantry brfpade In Oretnn, according to advice re ceived today from Rerretirv nf War Weeks at national cuard headquarters here. fietleral White's apTi'linKvTt OS a brigade rommandrr if the IImc ; of the army, with as-lvneient to command of the national guard In fantry troop and attached units I in Oregon and Idaho wss sent to t the senate following a recess sp- poltitment bv President Coolldse. I The general has been In command of these troops for a vesr pending ' the long routine of examining j hoards, presidential aiUKlntment and final confirmation bv the sen ate, which were preliminary to 1 the Ir.suance of a commission. HOLBEIN WIL QUIT CHAMBER LEGISLATURE STARTS ACTION DN PROHIBITION PROBE REPORT FAVORING OUSTING OF CLEAVER House Will Take Up Matter This Afternoon and Reprc sentatives Are Divided on Prohibition Enforcement Problem Outlined In the Report. (AiBKUttd Vnm LnMd Win ) STATE HOUSE. Salem, Ore., Feb. 13. The house as a special order of business at 2 p. lit. had be fore It the recommendations of the Investigation committee of the state prohibition director. The re port was read late yesterday after noon. The findings signed by all the committee members were ad opted by the hoime. The two suIb of recommenda tions promise to stir up consider able argument. That the house Is not unanimous for either set of recommendations was evidenced yesterday. There are soma who will Bland for the continuance or the depart ment as It now ejctals but with n. other man In Cleaver's place. Others believe In a reorganiza tion of a flying sauadron tn nmve about the state assisting sheriffs ami district attorneys in enforcing lhe law with the main burden placed on the shoulders ot the county officers. Two bills affecting the prohibi tion department have been Intro duced by the senate, committee on alcoholic traffic. One of these provides that the moneys derived from fines under the prohibition act shall be divided equally be tween the counties and the state, whereby the prohibition depart ment will have 50 percent Instead of 2(i percent for enforcement ot the law. The other half Is di vided botween the sheriffs nnd tho district attorneys, 75 and 25 por- icein respectively. I The other bill would repeal the present law whereby the govern or Is allowed to take money from the prohibition fund for enforce- iment of the narcotic drugs law. me governor said today that he has not made up his mind as to what he will do about removing (leorge I,. Cleaver as prohibition commissioner. The Investigators urged Cleavers removal or resig nation. Have County Committees STATE HOUSE, Sttlem, Feb. 13. A committee of five persons In each county where state funds are to be loaned farmers for re-seedlng their crops under the $1,600,000 relief act will assist the state board of control In making the loans, nccording to rules promul gated by the board of control. Tho rules Include the following points: A county committee of five per sons appointed by the board of control to as: 1st In the loaning of state funds to farmers for re-seed-Ing purposes must pass upon and recommend applications for loans before finally approved by the board. lilank applications for loans, printed forms of notes nnd crop mortgages, waivers of liens, etc.. will be furnished by the board of icontrnl to the county committee for the use of applicunls for n- seedlng loans. All applications for limns must be sworn to before a nolary public. Where the land to be re-seeded lis held under lease or contract of purchase, the certificates forming a part of the application must be signed by (he leaser or vendor. The certificate of committee rec ommending loan must be signed by at least a majority of the mem bers, but the hoard of control de sireB that the entire committee psss upon the eligibility and 're sponsibility of the applicant. Each application for a loan must be accompanied by the certificate of a responsible abstractor or at torney at. law. Holders of prior liens upon the crops to be mortgaged to the stale must execute proper waives there of in favor of lhe state before any ! application for loan is finally sih proved by the board. This rule, however, does not apply to lessees no land held In trim thy the l'nlted States government for Ha wards. Proper waivers must be executed jby holders of mortgages, Judg ment or other Incumbrances iiM,n the land proposed to be re-seedfd. I In all cases where the lnnd-i pro j posed lo be re-seeded an held un der lease or contract of punhns-i ' providing for crop paymcnN to the vendot, the lessor or vendor must 'Jo(n in the execution of the crop mor,,-..ge to the state, i Ili'fote anv loan c:m he a;.piuved b He bnurd satisfacur prrot mint re frunlshed hv the cot. t'M Iteo t!:at the crop motfjcmid to the siste are or wl'l b ins'red ; s,?n'ns fire or I is . ! l'Hn the approval of a loan by the board of control, the slate treasurer will promptly remit the amount thereof to a bank In the cminty to be designated by the Commltlee and the committee I shall be resiKinstbte for tha pro per disbursement of the proceeds lot such loan. ) Upon the delivery of any mort I gaged crop Into the warehouse,- the wheat receipts therefor shall be Issued by the warehouseman In the name ot the Oregon state board of control, and the same shall be immediately transmitted to the board and thereafter to the 1 grain represented by aatd receipts may be sold by the board at such time and for such price as It shall deem for the beat interests of the state, and the proceeds of such sale less all proper deductions shall thereupou be applied on the mortgage debt Nw Water Supply STATE HOUSE, Salem. Feb. 13. Senate bill 65, providing a pure water supply for the city of liend by arranging an exchange of wa ter from Deschutes river for wa ter from Tunialo creek, passed the senate today ovpr the veto of Gov ernor Pierce. Heldlemann of Yamhill and Brown ot Marlon fought the bill. Oarland and Taylor,1 both demo crats, assisted Senator Upton In defendingjhe measure against the veto. Joseph was with the minority In opposing the bill, declaring it was fraught with litigation. Drown, Joseph, Kinney, Strayer, and Zimmerman voted to sustain the veto. New Source of Pow.r STATE HOUSE. Salem. Feb.l3. The senate today adopted house concurrent resolution No. 12 pro viding for a committee from Ore gon, Washington, Idaho and Mon tana to study and consider the de velopment of the Columbia river for agricultural and power pur poses. House Joint resolution N'o. 13, In troduced by Carkin, memorializing the interstate commerce commis sion to urge the construction of a, railroad In Southern Oregon was adopted by the senate today. Extend Five-Year Limit STATE HOUSE, Salem, Feb. 13. Extension of the five-year limit set by the 1921 leglslaeure for, the state highway commission to sell a special (7.000.000 bond Issue for state highway work was authoriz ed by the house this morning after a two hour debate. The law of 1921 stipulated that Issue. In add!-' tion to the other regular Issue, per mitted up to the 4 percent tax lim itation measure had to be sold pri or to May 29, 1926. The bill passed this morning, sets an indefinite time for the disposal of about 800.- 000 left from the $7,000,000 amount. The sum was authorised In 1921 to provide for emergency needs. The measure house bill 324 Intro duced by Senator Hall and Repre sentative Ford Is designed to clear up conflicting provisions the law of 1921, according to Its propon ents. The opposition fought tho bill vehemently maintaining that the amendment passed this morning (permitted the stste highway com-- mission to refund on the $7,000, 000 Issue and Issue new bonds. "It makes the sky the limit," de clared Representative Cowgill of Jsckson county, who with Repre sentative Carkiu, the same county, led the fight on the bill. "As soon as a million dollars Is retired an other million can be issued, Let us nay aR we go. Hamilton of llend fought for the bill. "We, can't slop highway ! building now," he declared. "In eastern Oregon and In certain 'coast counties work is hardly j started. Because the Willamette valley Is paved, there Is no reason to stop and forget eastern Ore jgon and other sections." Representative Carkin opposed I the bill, he explained on account iof the policy It carried. It's a ques- -j Hon of whether or not we shall I give "free reign to the highway commission," he averred. "I have 'every confidence In the highway (commission, but It Is like individu als In that It is likely to become too enthused In Its work. If the I hill Is passed, the commission can reissue as rapidly as refunding Is ; provided. There Is a move on to jhrlng up our valuation of property which would make available great :er Income for the commission than now exists." Among bills passed by the sen late today were: S. B. 139. Maglad I ry providing for sanitary regula jtlon nf all tourist camps under the dlnrtion ot the state board of health. S 11. Ur. Magladry For eradi cation of bovine tuberculosis and : creating office of dairy and herd inspector In Lano county. A aen ate concurrent resolution express 1 (Continued on page 1.) J.