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i 1 it. i t i ! i I , I , The W eatHsB wr .7... Wrisnovr east portion; to change in temperature; strong east, to southeast gales. Tuesday--Max. 47; min..38;.river, 14.6, falling; .rainfall, .36, atmosphere; cloudy; -wind, iiorth west." ; 3 " Advertising brings to, your home news of ccr: forts 'and "conveniences of proven worth ria your faith on advertised goods " v SBVENTY-K)URTH YEAR SALEM, OREGON, WEDNESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY! 11', 1925 PRICE-FIVE CENT3 i s r I If v . ! I ; v' HQUSERUSIIES MOPPilii! bill iieuei Warfare Oli Governor Pierce Is Continued; Slate Public Servfcs Commission -'Pro-YidedFcfr7 , :iv MEASURETO ACOLlSHr V , COUNTS JUDGE' LOSES Bill to Resnlil Ofjffw D feated;ByU of to C v 25 itii ilomsei'iV; Continuing Its warfare upon Governor Pierce,-"the house Tues day Introduced and 'passfed llB KO. 419, carrying an. appropriation oi 1100,000 for 'the payment of sal aries and expenses of the public Bervieeleomniissioav, ". f - Goyerttor, Pierce la? Ms message to the legislature urged the abol ishment of this commission and' it was to glre the governor: and, the legislature an, opportunity to set tle differences as to how the. mon ey should be "raised that- the bill was rushed. The commission ask ed 1140,000 in the budget, which was denied. The $40,000 reduc tlon in the-request met with the approval of. the joint ways and means committee and the appro priation is 25;000 under thafal- lowed by the session of ,1923. Two lXattles Waged , Two battles were. waged' In the house yesterday. resulting, in. the killing of at measure designed to abolish the office of county judge by a rote of 31 to .25 and the passing of a roads and highway measure. The measure put to sleep may be reconsidered later In the ses sion and sought to transfer the duties of the county judge to the circuit court. The measure, HB No. 25., provided that county com missioners would, act aa business agents for the county and permit the county clerks signing all but . the final papers- i The , measure was held applicable only to coun ties with resident -circuit judges ahd would retard the probate work in all others. A motion to place the bill on the table until after the probate code had been considered was lost as was the measure Itself when It came up for final pasage. Highway Bill Opposed Consolidation of HB Nos. 19 and 59 as HB No. 413 and intro duced by the committee on roads and highways was bitterly opposed by Representative Bennett, of Multnomah county, upon the (Contlnaad as pax S) TUESDAY IN WASHINGTON The house passed the postal pay and rate Increase bill. The senate ratified the German commercial treaty with reserva tions. . A break developed In the house ranks of the La Follette Insur gents. Robert Levy resigned as United States marshal at Chicago and Palmer L. Anderson was named for the place. f Hearings were held before the senate and house agricultural committees on farm relief legis lation. Senator Smith of South Carolina urged repudiation of recommen dations for retention of Pullman surcharges. -i- - President Coolidge is opposed to abandonment of the flexible-, pro? vision of the tariff act. -i President Coolidge accepted an Invitation to speak at the Norse American celebration at St. Paul and Minneapolis, June 8. A resolution declaring naval of ficers did not appear before it un der restraint was adopted by the house naval committee. . The recent typhoid outbreak in several large cities was Bald by ihe public health service to. have been caused by Shell oysters dis tributed by a single producer. The house passed the Strong bill to facilitate rediscount of cooper ative marketing ; paper and ' the Purnell bill extending federal; aid to agrlcuulture experiment sta tions. . - - Supreme Court Opinion ,-..,,....- -.... t . . . . , , , ... . - - : .) I on Loganberry Growers Loganberry growers are' reliev ed of all liability for failure to deliver upon contracts. .in a de cision handed down by the so preme court Tuesday which re verses ; the- Marion- county court in its "decision upon the suit of The Phea company, and also mod 4 ines the . decree aa concerns the Salem Fruit? Union. , The growers are entirely relieved in connection with.. The Phez; company, while the fruit. union Is liable to a pen alty of 10 cents per crate for each crate, which it failed to deliver to The Phei. company. The Salem Fruit Union acted as an agent. ! The decision i holds that the third contract between the North-? west;corapany? who succeeded the prigiaal Phe. company, and grow ers connected' with - the Salem Fruit-tfnjoa was not made for the benefit of the plaintiff. "Although., a new contract was recared - and the subject of ne gotiations Between the Northwest COatpany.andithe union for nearly a year, it was' never completed or executed," the 'decision points out4 Controversy overr the contracts. begun eight "years ago", is now defl-t BILL PAS Kelly Measure to Increase Pay of Post Office Work ers Passes House WASHINGTON. Feb. 10. Without a record vote the house today passed the Kelly postal pay and rate 1 increase bill and sent it to the senate which already has passed on a somewhat similar measure only to have it turned back by the house as. Infringing on its " exclusive prerogative to originate revenue producing "legis lation. "I . ' : - Brought" up under a special rule which limited debate to' less than two hours, barred amendment from the floor, andTTequlred two thirds majority for passage, the measure was approved in,, about two hours witheet' a record vote. It would raise $61,000,000 ip rev enue, about twice as much" as the senate bill and faU.8hOTtby.ooly $7,000,000 of the. sum estimated to be required to meet postal em ployes' salary raises which it would make available from January lt 1925 ' " ." :'- ; Representative 1 Moore.- republi can, Ohio who reported the bill, emphasized thai the right of free distribution; for newspaper and publications in, the counties in which they are printed and pub lished is not disturbed by this bill. ? Elisha Hanson, Washington rep resentative of the American news paper publishers association In a statement : tonight . reiterated the contention that there was "no sound reaeeBv-for the present pay- ing users of the raalla to be railed ppon te pay the increased postage provided In the bill which-, passed the- house i today un left it- be the f CoBtinnd oar pxe 2) CllsPIL'IS Senior at Willamette Takes First Plane .fnr. RarjmiV.s Leland. T. Chapin by winnfng- the tryout held in the Willamette chapel last night, won. the right Jo represent WJllametfeuniVersity at ' the state old line oratorical tontest to be1 held : some time . thls4 pprJnj.jThe titli of.M Cbapln's oration was "The Greater Jus tice." ,1-' Ward R. .South worth won sec-- ond place fn the tryout witlr his oration "Front; Failings Hands, and Ponciano Tuanio, with his oration "WrlUng on the Wall," won third place. The decision was rendered on points won, Mr. Chapin having 92, Mr. South worth 90 and Mr. Tuan io 80. The. judges of the tryout were Professor - Sherman," Profes sor Riddel, and Attorney Ray Ii. Smith;' w'. .. .This is the second consecutive year that Mr. Chapin has won out over Mr. Southworth by a, very- small margin. Last year 3Tf, Cha pin not only won ' the Willamette tryout but "the state contest as we!I.v Mr. Chapin Is 6f Btniorfn' Willamette, and a member of the FOSTilL RATE I ... -i- - vie fj OW MEET KapjaGaaciA'Kl.j- fraternity. nitely settled and litigation for the last six years completed. The first trial was held in 1919 when the f rnit union refused to deliver and suit Instituted; by The Phes company. . ,j ;" On appeal; The Phes company won out and the lower court was directed to take-on accounting of berries grown and not delivered; and to assess damages in favor of the plaintiff for the difference between- the contract, price and the market value of the berries. In the seebnd trial, covering the situation, Judgment 'was- held against each defendant aa directed. These judgments totaled 1130, 000 and varied from $100 to ap proximately $9,000. .; From! this judgment the case went back; on appeal to the supreme court. , Thai opinion was written, by Justice Bean. .with Justices Brown and Burnett concurring. Justice McBride, in- a dissenting opinion, holds to the1 opinion ! he t wrote when the case first came before the supreme court. Three other? minor opinions were handed down Tuesday. GERSira Commercial Treaty Favored By Senate; Reservations Written In WASHINGTON, Feb. 10.- The German commercial treaty was ratified today, by the senate with reservations., understood -to be not acceptable to. the state department The principal reservation would reserve to congress" the sole au thority toTput'intoiforce prelerenf ial tariff Sdaties in favor of 'Amer ican, shipping at aay time witMn one year after exchange of ratifications.- i.X.. Vs t ; S Another would reserve to both rations tb right to control immi gration and was made necessary because of the enactment of the Immigration restriction law after the - treaty was. negotiated' in.-De ctmber, 1923., . ' Ratification - was without a. rec ord "vote and wafe preeeded bjr only brief s discussion, the reservations hairing removed objections', i i The' reservation, relating to jpro- ferential-tariffs was; a substitute zor the one suggested, by Secre tary Hughes and appVovedby tbje foreign relations conkmittee. Un der Its provisions, ; Vie president alone could - have abrogated those sections of the Hreaty preventing discrimination by either nation in favor of its shipping through ;tarif I duties. f . j ' i Leaders State Agriculture Hehet. Bills May Require Extra Session WASHINGTON, Feb. 10) Al though the house moved swiftly today to carry out at leasteome of the recommendations of the president's agricultural commis sion,, senate 'leaders still were doubtful that JQuch, If any, of this legislation could be enacted at this session.. . 1 , - ? r- - -. With? practleally no discussion and without record votes the house put through the Strong bill designed primarily to aid cattle raisers and the' Purnell t measure granting federal aid to agrlcultu- ralteTperimentai stations. ' ISM'M FARM . MEASURES SLOW ' ' At" the same time Chairman Haugen of the house agriculture committee conferred with com mitteemen and members of the president's commission with refer ence to the drafting of a bill em bodying Its recommendations of government aid in the cooperative marketing movement. In advance of these 'develop ments, the house committee con tinued and the senate, committee inaugurated hearings on the "com mission's recommendations. B. F: Yoakum, chairman of the Farmer-to-Consumer leage, as sairede'recbmriendatlons before the hbusei committee whne Wil liam M. Jardinev. a member, of the commission, explained to? the senate committee the principle un derlyfng. them.; , ' . i ' " llr Jardlhe ws .EUhjected to (Contiansa ea psgt S) GE1 CIMMSE I GERuil inaugural to . Be Unpreten VT tious; Economy, Is Key note in Plans of President; Money Returned PRECEDENT TO BE SET ! IN SIMPLE SERVICES Over $100,000 in Pledges Are Released; Address - Will i Be Short WASHINGTON. Feb. 10. Cal vin ; Coolidge's ideas on economy were made applicable today to the ceremonies- of his - Inaugural- aa president of. the United. States. : Having found Mr. . Coolidge un relenting- in' his jdesire for v sim ple' and inexpensive inaugural, the Washington inaugural committee composed ' of 1 business men of " the capital at a meeting today res cinded virtually all of the appro priation made tor the unofficial part of the ceremonies and 'voted to release from payment subscrip tion pledges amounting to? $100, 000. Contrasted with Inaugurals of a decade or more ago when the un official i part of : the ceremonies represented' sums running into sev eral hundreds of thousands of dol Jarsf . the- Coolidge induction . into office promises to involve a local cost of probably less-than $500. - Erection- of - stands- at- the capi- tol -where official ceremonies will be held, will cost about $35,000 but that will be provided for by congress. Plans abandoned today included preparations f or con struction of 'a court of honor along Pennsylvania avenue in front of the White House; 'the erection of stands elsewhere along the same avenue and an evening display of llreworkfe on the Mall, Mr; Coolidgef . ..... .-1 lncsisienco lau the Inaugural parade be held to units of ' the army and navy sta tioned, in toe-vicinity of Washing- Ida and to such governors' cf states as desire to come with their staffs i numbering- not to exceed 100, led' to the abandonment of local plans." . Mr; Coolidge "has started work on his Inaugural, address and his present plan Is. to make it brief. He ha chosen as bis model In that rtspectfthe ffrst inaugural address of 'President Cleveland, which re quired about 15 minutes for de livery. Sutvey oL the field to be covered, however, may lead to the inclusion of so many subjects as io make it much longer than he desires it to be, T Question of Limiting Enroll ment or Increasing Fac ulty Discussed One of the outstanding ques tions considered at the meeting of the board of trustees of Willam ette university at their meeting in Portland yesterday was the lim iting the student body or add to the class room and laboratory fa cilities. - This is one of the recommenda tions before the trustees accord ing to the report of Dean George Alderi, acting president in lieu of President, Carl Gregg Doney, who Is on leave, of absence for a year. The enrollment for : the past year waa.'f &05 with a " freshman class of. 208, according to Dean Alden, and there is every indica tion of a still greater increase in coming years. ? With the present facilities at Willamette university the teaching load was too great upon the faculty; and the class rooms were all overcrowded. Conditions - can be remedied somewhat as soon as the pledges to the endowment campaign are paid, but lt is understood that the increased enrollment continues to increase with an increasing pro portion It was pointed out in the report that 'the growth of the stu- det. body, wis exceeding the expec tations of two years ago, and a limitation of the student body may be necessary. Conflicting reports are made concerning the return of Dr. Carl Gregg Doney. One made to the trustees yesterday stated that the president is expected to resume his duties, because of his improv- UDEN BODY MAY BE REDUCED (CoBtiaasA ta psgs S) lOSiGEUT GROUP ill EST D AH - f - - j- .1 . !- 1 ' I Hi Question of Readinq La Fbl iette Bloc Out of Republi car) Party to Be Decided? at Caucus SINCLAIR WILU ATTEND ! . ! MEET UNTIL VOTED OUT Radical Bloc May Enter GOP Lines By Renouncing FoUette Aa Head La WAS IINGTON, Feb. 10.. The question of reading the La Fol- Iette insurgents out of the repubji - can- ranks, promises to - come souarel-i Wnr th. U;. f 1 1 r iwse , rppttoacana caiiea ror ep Thls was clearly ; Indicated to-i day when Representative Sinclair of North Dakota, one of the dozen insurgents not Invited tothe ciu- cu8, announced that he proposed to attend -the session and -remain; until "voted out." rue Sinclair ; statement , gave rise to. speculation as to the possjU bility of! a break In the ranks of the houSe Insurgents, and was ac companied by rumors that Repre sentative Lampert of - Wisconsin and others might, follow his ex ample, -1 -. . : j ' Will Not IaTe Party ! Mr. : Lampert declined to cont inent on I the reports-, 'but Mr, Siq Clair declared ihe' had; been elected a a republican and intended to oonsider himself a member of that- party until otherwise notified. Republican leaders have Indl- cated if the Insurgents desire to get back into the organization's frtM it whi rratii.flii(- -iivw.- sary for ithem to renounce the La slty students by Strychnine j pois Foiletf e (leadership- and agree to- oning;, announced, that Flsb, was bind themselves to the , decisions of republican' caucuses. 1 in ne nao neeatne victim, qi un r.The' republican committee on Uprtunate fcircumst,ancef j oommitteies left the matter of in- congress 1 In the - hands of repre- sentativef Wood of Indiana, chair- man of ithe reoublkan conieres - sional committee and he did not send invitations to a dozen mem-' oers oh the ground that, although they were elected as republicans, they, opposed the republican presl- dential ticket- in the recent camr- paign and! also sought! the election of 'independent congressional can - didatea, oyer the republican aom- inees. I I i :vpoa is - jsiiQert3ti Representative Lohgworth ox Ohio, , the i republican i leader has endorsed, Mr. Wood'a, action; on the floor bf the house and. if the! insurgenta carry the -fight to thei caucus it was. declared,. the mat ter might develop into a question of a r vote of confidence for- jar, Longworth. and Mr. Wood. . Several republicans have j at tacked the position of Mr, Wood lnj speeches in. the house and it has . been indicated that a heated fight might develop in the caucus if the matter, should be brought un. . : . -! ' - . iMr,, Sinclair today ,! denied he had endorsed independent con gressional jcandidates in the elec tion and asserted he had received 1 5,000 more -votes In his district than Coolidge and 10,000 more than the gubernatorial nominee. . I . ! . - I. LEGISLATORS F S Vast Amount of Work- Re mains With Only tigM uays nernainms With a vast amount' of legisla tion yet to be offered-the SSrd session, Indications - are that ? tne . a! i ji ....ifl4 K 1w will lit7 JlrLi" - .aar4 .mount of lousiness and the aession will r.i Havs. nossiblv I . , i v I Including today, there are but! ACE ES 0 eight regular working days re- , cfi tou, w i.. maining until the session termtn- been s surveying the property and ates a week from Friday.' Satur- it is expected that keen competl day sessions Vill probaibly be re Kern- will be j3hown,when,the prpp- sorted to In a eriort io ciear w desk of legislative affairs and' prospects of several night sessions loom before members. ; '.' ' With , expenses amounting - to several thousands of dollars a day the legislators, are- expected to Hose the bu&iness of ithe session as quickly, as, j?OBsibler - 7 Brutality in Prison Detailed; Man Forced C to Dig ; AUSTIN, Texas. Feb. lO Mrs, . E. King, chairman of the state prison advisory board, today ; told the legislative committee investi gating, ; prison conditions of the three-year fight she . had waged against alleged brutality and graft in. Texas, penal institutions. She toid an amazing story of prison deaths, neglect of sick prisoners, harsh- and cruel treatment by guards and doctors, and general irtl S of annce. . native of Chile, said to have been shot to death by guards on one of the -prison farms, as described by Mrs. King, set . the committee members aghast. It was charged Chance bad been compelled to dig his' own!, grave. Mrs; King de clared the man was . murderad ir col4 bloOd and that she had tried In tain to obtain the discharge jof one; of the guards, who was! charg- J ed with fcompllcity in the case. J Mrs; King said I she received! a Ietter fr4m Chance, askingj her jto ?orae 10 Dr,s,n ua W J because pae feared ; he , wa to be kied. iA.ccordinfei to the Iett4r; the guards had taken Chance out Louis Fish Is Declared Not Implicated in Mysterious Poisoning ji COLUMBPS. Ohio, Feb. I 10.4- (By The Associated ' Press. the; i release late this : after- 4ju?a van.-uu, ymv, smaeni . ubj "i-versuy. v,uy rroswuior. J 0011 J- ester, investigating toe mysterious deaths of two univet-. j not mpipareq. lm ine. aiiair ajio ! Fish admitted to authorltlep I lasthight that he had entered thb university! : dispensary, ' without authority and obtained capsule, 1 supposedly1,, containing quinine f or bis friend.! Davl4 Puskln, in an efr I fort to save him a, few cents by not gfittinfc then through tbei reg ular: chantelsi PUskin died from I strychnine: poisoning. i Authorities .. are satisfied iFisb I obtained ihe capsules fromj the 1 bottle supposed to: contain noth-i ing but i quinine aud that, he j had nothing to' do with the strychnine i i capsuies wnicn , are, peiievea to; I have been put in the quinine bot- tie. ... M h Mi,, , I : ill How the strychnine capsules came jtojbej in the quinine bottle is gtii a mystery. Old Washington i Building to im i a I t Be nacea on iviarKei in Mear Future !! Ml- t-.r' To sell r or not to sell, Is the proposition i ! before j; the school Old Washing i i and grounds. i. . ... board regarding the: ton school ullding Active? steps; have been taken by various interests towards . buying the property. Following the ap pearance : of i a prospective bidder, who; estimated ihe old " building Worth" abbut and J grounds ' tof bei $10,000, action was taken to place the premises1! Upon " the open market. 1 A motion'! was passed' for bids on, the bultiing tolbe adrertised In' the iSalem papersi The school board is to have the privilege; of accepting ori rejecting the' bids; as they,see fit. j JUtion jM. to be; taken at tiie jntiregular I meeting, 4n the bids to beopenedat that Ume. - Although the plans-are not per-- fected.) bids j will 5 be-Zrecelyed I on property as a whole, . on the bniMinw alrn. or.'frtr the eronnd wn,ca tne ongoing locaweo upou. evf? uvjf". ..' ,-.- i - i" f i ' : i alie.v;law 'changed WASHINGTON. Feb. 10-- By a vote of 213 : to 39, the house late today passed; and sent, to the sen ate a bill-miking sweeping chang es ia tie deportation law. - - 1 1 BIOS EOR SCHOOL j i - i'1 iii-ii I ; ! ' His Own Grave In a field where they made him dig a. hole ' which they inferred was to be-his grave. ' 'T'hey asked me how tall I was," said Chance's letter," which Mrs King read. "When I told' them six . feet, they ordered me" to dig a hole six feet long, as that was to be my grave." 1 Mrs.' King," visited the prison farm as soon as she could but was delayed several days. ' "When I arrived Chance was dead," continued the witness, "He had been . shot- to- death- by - the guards. - His" ; death was a cold- blooded, brutal murder. The guards . explained they had shot him because he had threatened to kill a 'dog and they- thought It their duty to protect state1 prop erty by killing the prisoner. I demanded that : the guards be prosecuted for murder and re quested the grand Jury to take the matter up. The only result-was that one of them was discharged; The other is still retained." : .Mrs. King said she found pris oners, at the Clemens farm were (Continued on pat S) Sawmill - Operations Can Be Suspended On Order; Many Bills Are Passed Under provisions of HB No. 347 passed Tuesday, the state forester is authorized to suspend sawmill operations ' in timeaj of drought and when the atmosphere is such as to constitute a menace to stand ing and young-tforests. The meas ure was endorsed by the Spaulding Logging company and other sirni-lar-concerns. . ' Two measures approved yester day raise filing fees and were in troduced upon the request of the county clerks' associatlonj. of the state. HB. No. 34 S raises tne zee (Oontlnned Ml ptfi S) Blidi MEAS passes iii se Revised Banking- Code! Bjll i Said to Work to interest - of Depositors' Declaring that the revised bank ing code bill, passed by-the senate yesterday, will work for the inter est of the depositors. Senator But ler, chairman of the banking com mittee summed up j his explana tion with'" the statement" that-the bankers' of the state are agreeable to the measure, which places -con siderable more power in the hands cf the state bank superintendent. The bill came np at 11- o'clock, under special order of business. and was debated A. brieflyi , in speaking against , the . measure. Senator- Joseph stated that he was not infavo'r of placing so- much power In the hands of the super intendent. He especially objected to the clause1 providing that the directors and" cashiers may be re moved; at1 the discretion of the bank department. According to provisions In the bill, the bank superintendent , is held responsible for every bank failure. Senator-Hare stated that the only time officers of - hanking institutions could be removed was when it was found that they were Handling affairs Jn a reckless man ner, or ' were Incompetent: or dis honest. ' " . . -' ::iy - - Those voting-against the meas ure were- Senators ,Brown Joseph, LaFollette, Taylor, and Zimmer man. - . Wheat Market Is Swamped ' CHICAGO,- Febr 10 In a storm of selling orders today? the wheat market - found itself swamped. Proposals to prevent big fluctu ations In price; led? to- apparently the very thing ,whicbr it was de sired to avert, and under, a deluge of selling r the " market ' suddenly sank to 1183 1-4 a. bushel May delivery, 7 3-4 cents below yester day's latest figure's." Wheat sePSt ed to ' pour into the; leading! pit continuously" throughout the day land notwithstanding- liberal bay ing which at-times developed, the close was only a fraction above the bottoo level reached,.", RESGUEnS urn: Floyd Collins. to BeRcsch:d Soon, Reports Inc.'::-!:; Few Feet of Sand Strata Is Barrier WORKERS RENEW HOPES AS SHAFT HEARS MAfJ Condition of Prisoner : Not Knon;,. Physician Stat?3 CAVE CITY, Ky.. Feb, 11. (By AP)i Rescuers early today believed they were only a "few feet, from a sand strata or-tunnel in which they, can "dig their way to Floyd Collins, the imprisoned cava iuaiv In-short- time. .. A small . cleft around the 4 0 foot rnarjc was too narrow to pur sue and digging through, the bot tom of the rescue shaft is the program. Several hours digging will be required to reach the soft strata previously Indicated between 40 and 45 feet below the surface by tne diamond drill, and along which the rescuers expect to work their way ' into Collins' cavern Fume Are Evident Strong- fumes of banana oil to night came through the bottom of the rescue shaft boring down to wardFloyd Collins' prison and of ficials in charge of the work had strong hopes of finding a tunnel or crevice through which the might-reach the-Imprisoned ma by dawn tomorrow. M. E. S. Posey, secretary of thl state highway commission and th engineering representative of Gov ernor Fields, said the banaca oi odor became apparent when th shaft; reached 37 feet- and- now was muh stronger. He said the odor was so strong that be Is con rlnced the shaft is wittfa ten feet of its goal. ' Shaft' Timbered - Another ' section of timbering was td-'be finished by. 10 o'clock tontght and then the rescuers will follow, the- banana oil scent which Comes, from a mud seam in the hope of; reaching the entombed cave explorer before dawn. - At 11 o'clock tonight consider able progress had' been made in the side of the- tunnel through the mud aeara ' through which the banana oil odor was drifting", and thbsaTln 'charge of the rescue ef fort felt that Collins would bo reached in a" few hours. - ilay Strike Tunnel - H. T. Carmichael, in charge of the shaft operations, indicated he believed that the shaft was near ing as underground drain or tun nel, which might lead to Collins' tunnel. The bottom" of the &haf t at midnight tonight had read;; 1 a sandy stratum through whicU the banana oil odor "camo stronr lyr but the direction frdia whlca It came was difficult to detem- : (Centtaaett a pag S BLIGH- AND "f.'ISTO" PhotograpbicBtudlfs- of Late Theatre Owner, and Canine Pal A re Praised; In the process of making at tl Trover Studio are. some photc graphs s that are better than at 7 . work of that sort I have ever seen. They, are pictures of the Iat i ' Thomas Gregor Bligh and his dcv , "Misto," the little Spitx- who. wi s his companion in life and by strange stroke ot Fate, his com panion "in death, "when the aut plunged over an embankment laU October, while returning-from a trip- to- the- coast: The, photographer has caus!:. fhe very twinkle in the eyes c i: . Elighv "the - smile deepening ; 'tl. j dimples; and' the loolcof j.ride ar 5, affection with- whieh- he re-jar , the" dog". posl.nl iu a wicLer eta In front of hiEu I do not understand the r alii: : of picture's for the scretnj tut 1 amrof the opinion that if c-3 these, preferably that-of "Ili.-.V lookingr? directly; at . the car--: , should be -shown at the Bli; theater, it would receive the f appreciation and ' the same t ;r of applause a3, did Dia tlclara the president-when lt was sLov, before every, performance in time. " This 4 picture of Mr. Ellh : Good 'Morales'.: to jo-i. It more than a rctnro. It froTn the oihsr fhor. .f - 1 to say, "I ara z'.il verj t' ; Jail right." mom HOPE IS IE 0