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SALEM, OREGON, WEDNESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY! 11', 1925
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bill iieuei
Warfare Oli Governor Pierce
Is Continued; Slate Public
Servfcs Commission -'Pro-YidedFcfr7
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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
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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
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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.-
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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
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lOSiGEUT
GROUP ill
EST D AH
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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.
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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
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