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CBVEirTY-FOURTniTIIAIl
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SUCCESSOR TO
CEO. CLEAVER
Former Baker District Attor
ney Chosen State Prohibi
tion Commissioner By
Governor Pierce
CLEAVER RESIGNATION
ACCEPTED; TO VACATE
Commissioner Is Lauded in
Speech at Joint Senate
House Assembly
Appointment of WllHams S.
Levens, of Baiter, to succeed
George L. Cleaver ,aa state pro
hibition commissioner, r whose
resignation has . been accepted,
was announced Monday by Gov
ernor Pierce In a special message
to the 33rd session of the legisla
ture. Mr. Levens is, 45 years old,
Is a democrat and until the last
election, was district attorney for
eight years. ,
Speaking of 'Mr. Cleaver, the
Governors said:
"George L. 4 Cleaver has been
ctate prohibition commissioner
for almost ' two years. ' He has
been honest, fearless and impar
tial in the discharge of his duties.
Like any! leader of a great cause,
he has been-severely and unjustly
attacked from all sides'. His mis
takes have' been vastly exaggerat
ed. In large measure his good in
tentions ; and . iteming qualities
have been i overlooked. . IJowever,
the enforcement of law fig far
more important; than any individ
ual or party. 1 have today accept
ed his resignation as state prohi
bition commissioner, and have ap
pointed William. S. Levens of
Baker, Oregon, h ; ; ,
Wants Fine Money
"I ask you to 4 make available
for this ' dcpaTtffieatrrne-half of
all fines collected for violation of
the prohibition laws. I know that
the prohibition lawa arV far better
enforced, today In the -state of
Oregon than they were two-years
ago. I know that In a large meas
ure the prohibition . department
has brought about this condition.
It Is my ' earnest-desire to make
the closing; years of mv admlnis-
ii a Liu a uotttuie - ip ittw eaiorce-
x i m A
this purpose to any s. marked de
gree will be possible caly by hav
ing sufficient, . funds. Hearty,
earnest co-operation will be given
to every sheriff and every district
attorney who .desires to enforce
the law in this state, and I will
move unsparingly against officials
who are derelict in their riutv."
, Anti-Saloon League Hit
Following an; "accurate " and
forceful report upon the findings
of the j&int house arid senate in
vestigating" committee. , which
spent weeks looking over, the rec
ords of Mr. Cleaver's, Representa
tive Lonergan plead for the ac
ceptance of , recommendations Bet
forth , by, four, members of. the
bouse and one -member of the
senate. Activities of thq iantl
saloon league regarding enforce
ment ef the prohibition- law in the
state, were severely criticized.
. "George L. Cleaver was the
goaf and tool of both, Governor
Pierce and W. J. Herwig, super-
intendent of - the anti-ealoon
league." he declared. "There has
been no need, as far as I can see,
of such a league in the state for
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TWOWIMEIilS
Highway, and game . Com-
missioners Are Reap- ;
pointed By Pierce
" ' Two important appointments in
'addition' to that of state-prohibition
commissioner, were announc
ed Monday by Governor Pierce.
These' were of L HC-Flelschner,
reappointed as a member ...of .the
state game commission,' and Judge
Dby. i of Baker, reappointed a
member of the state highway com
mission. Mr. Flelschner is chair
man of the commission and his
term of office expires February
25. -'Judge Duby's term of office
would 'have expired March 31.
Other members of the two com
missions are: James W. Maloney,
Tendleton ; Richard W. Price,
Portland; Harold Clifford Prairie
City, and Ben Dorris, Eugene, all
members of the game commission.
and H. "B. Van 'Durer, Portland, l
ast the' other two members of the
etate highway coaraission,'
Gauntlet
Thrown
Solons hy
Bills
' A challenge was given to sena
tors and representatives at tnint
session Monday noon by Governor
-ierce that If the legislators failed
to provide the necessarv revenue
for appropriations, all bills offered
covering . this ground would be
vetoed. ; : j 1 , ' . .;?- : : " s- . :
"I will not be a party to In
creasing the tax burden upon the
owners of homes and farm oron-
erty In this state when It Is within
your power to raise the necessary
revenue from sources so easily
available," Governor Pierce said.
Repeal of the quarter-mill road
tax and the $30,000 appropriation
for the . battleship Oregon, a law
for the collection of the unpaid
portions of Income taxes, ' amount
ing to approximately $1,000,000 a
tax upon cigarettes and moving
pictures, a ;. tax upon . a-ross earn.
ings of ; utilities, ' a severance tax
Representatives Get to Busi
ness !-0n Last Lap;
Throttle Tied Down
Getting down to business, the
house yesterday passed a vast
number of bills and took action
upon much important legislation.
Thirty-three bills were passed,
two rejected and five introduced
before the session adjourned at 6
o'clock, with only eight bills re
maining upon the calendar. Ac
tion upon all senate measures was
deferred until after, the house had
managed to catch up with its
work. The session .will convene at
10 o'clock, this morning.
Creation of a state board of for
estry, to, serve without compensa
tion, empowering, the governor to J
declare a'closed season for hunt-i
ing and regulating the activities
In the forests in the Interests of
conservation was approved in HD
No. 209. 1 The board will consist
of the governor, the acting head
of the school of forestry at OAC
and five j members ' appointed by
the governor 'npoh recommenda
tions of the Oregon state grange,
the Oregon forest fire association.
the West Coast lumberman's asso
ciation, the United States forest
service and the Oregon woolgrow-
ers' association. : Owners of land
upon which a forest fire starts
will be held liable for damage
done. ; Lu.,.. ,.. A ....
-Following a plan worked ut
by the - American Bar association
and approved by the. estate and
Multnomah county bar associa
tions, HB No. 328, providing for
an uniform system of transferring
shares of - stock in corporations,
was passed.
Infected and ; Infested ' orchards
and packing houses will receive
inspection and action after notice
for treatment, has been .given, un
der HB No. 411. Authority to ac-r
quire scenic sites along highways
is given the state highway - com
mission by HB No. 323.
Other bills passed Included HB
No. 3 8 4, (providing for the filing
of affidavits with the county clerk
(by Uhose , publishing, circulating
and distributing election tickets
and ' providing that the names of
those back of the ticket be known.
In addition 'the consent of those
named on the ticket must first be
obtained j In writing. Teeth - are
put in the real estate code by HB
No. 138.' defining a real estate
broker. Several amendments were
made before the bill was finally
offered to the house.
Annual ' county teachers' Instl-
-(ColiUnnad on pazo T)
KEC1V0ST
DMGIiirll FUmAL
All Pioneers of That-Section
Gathered at Woodburn !
to Pay Tribute
All the pioneers ot that district
gathered at the Methodist church
of Woodburn Sunday afternoon to
attend the funeral of the late J. H.
Baughman, the "grand old man'
of ,that-ectlon,' who died Thurs
day evening last. .
It was one of the largest fune-
rals-and most impressive f aneral
services ever held in that part of
Oregon. ; - r"
The Statesman will, when Its
columns are not so crowded, with
In a few days, contain' further
oplffiy
reference Jo this fu&eral,
to
Governor;
to be Vetoed
and an increased collection on
gross insurance premiums was
urged. - : 1 ; . ;
Governor Pierce charged the
solons with wasting time - by
wrangling over minor affairs
when measures of great import
ance have not yet been acted upon.
If it Is found Impossible to obtain
$100,000 for the boys training
school site at Woodburn and $50,
000 for remodeling the present
buildings. Governor Pierce re
quested that $25,000 be made
available for a reform school for
the larger and more incorrigible
boys. . ,
In closing Governor Pierce said:
"Should you fail to provide the
necessary revenue for the appro
priations made, do not expect me
to approve the bills, for I shall be
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Senator Hare States Cleaver
Was Hindered By Her
wig and Governor
Ironic shafts of sarcasm and ee
vere criticism were j directed
against Governor Pierce yesterday
by Senator Hare of Washington
county, member of the committee
Investigating the record of State
Commissioner Cleaver, whose res
ignation was accepted Monday, in
speaking before. a crowded house
or the SalemI Chamber of Com
merce. ' , . ;
Hare stated that Cleaver came
to the office, fettered and bound
by the policy that was outlined
by Governor pierce; that the ac
complishments of this office were
outstandingconsiderin the heavy
burden that was placed upon him
by Herwig and Governor Pierce.
Cleaver came to the 'office with
out experience In this line of work
except as an executive.? His rec
ord was full of blunders and 'the
office inefficient, bnt the real re
sponsibility should be placed upon
the shoulders of Governor pierce,
was the contention of the speaker.
When the charges came up that
the sheriffs and district attorneys
of the ; state were " failing to co
operate with the office, j Hare
stated, Governor Pierce nearly
wrecked the entire force of i the
prohibition office. The sheriffs
of the state are a pretty good
bunch of men, stated the speaker,
and two or, three ,ot them have
turned In more convictions; and
money from fines than the entire
state prohibition force.
Governor Pierce and Herwig,
with th aid of the antHsaloon
league, were charged with being
responsible in stirring up the dis
trust, which in turn demonstrated
the methods of Herwig, It was
stated. . '.-: ." ; . f
Hare said that no indication of
graft was made in the charges
brought against Cleaver, but they
did find, however, that $1500
(Oontlnnod oa pago 7)
SE
eooFeoyu
Bill Providing . for Textbook
Contract and Fixing Prior
Mortgages Considered
The house overrode the veto of
finrernor Pierce on house bill 91.
which permitted the state board of
education, to enter Into contract
with - textbook .publishers at the
best . tiossible contract for certain
text .books, .which, the ' publishers
decline to -enter' into, at the oio
price. ' New contracts ( would be
orovided. The governor declared
that the measure was in favor o
the publishers, ; : Kepresentatives
Woodward and Shrock expiamea
that the state was protected m
that the publishers could not
charge more than the other states
were nay in p. " ' .
"Senate bill 223 was passed by
the house yesterday, an amend
ment to the law ; passed ' by the
legislature nrovidine $1.500;00
for the relief of eastern Oregon
farmers ; whose wheat was frozen
out durinar the cold spell - of the
nast winter. The amendment pro
vides that real estate mortgages
not due nrlor to'October I. 1923.
shall not' be deemed as prior Hens
on ' croDs covered 'by state 'mort
gage' in connection -with loans for
seed wheat purchases,
Dfiy OFFICE IS
HELD FAILURE
OVERRIDES
SALEM, OREGON, TUESDAY. MORNING, FEBRUARY, 17, 1925
IHFTIIL
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House Committee Instructs
Secretaries ;Weeks and
Wilbur to Send Represen
tatives to Meet
WAR AND NAVY SERVICE
SHOW DEFENSE POWER
May Investigate Adequacy of
All National Denfense
Departments
WASHINGTON, . Feb. 16.
Aroused by testimony from offic
ers on both the active and reserve
lists of the army and navy that
the United States is deficient In
air power; the house aircraft com
mittee today; called' upon Secre
taries Weeks and Wilbur to send
representatives before it to show
hew the war and navy depart
ments could adequately defend
the nation against an attack from
the air. s ; ' !
This decision was unanimously
reached in executive session and
the secretaries representatives
were requested to appear at 2 p.m.
tomorrow for : questioning behind
closed doors. . i i
Although committee members
were not willing to discuss the
matter it is understood the, motion
to call upon s the departments for
confidential Information as to the
nation's air defense "was presented
by Representative Perkins, repubi
lican. New Jersey, the committee
examiner. It -was intimated also
that, unless the -war and navy de
partments are able to alleviate the
fears of some ; members that : the
nation's air power is Inadequate,
the committee might take up the
advisability of going more exten
sively. into the question or recom
mending to the house that the
adequacy of the national defense
in, all Its phases be investigated, f
Some members were of the
opinion, however, that the departr
meets would completely satisfy
the committee with respect to airt
craft defense and. that the possi
bility of extending the present in
quiry or recommending another
inquiry into national defense
would be set at rest after the
executive session tomorrow.
Members, recalled that many
confHctingi .-statements had been
made to the committee about th-i
country' air power and that sorao
witnesses had asserted that the
fJnited States was far behind other
nations in this branch of pre
paredness.
10 MEASURES
FAIL 1 HOUSE
Majority Vote Is Not Ob
tained on Probate Code
Procedure Bill
Two measures fell by the way-t
side Monday when the majority
members of i the house failed to
give their approval. "
A proposed change in the pro
bate code procedure, the bill tak
ing 74 printed pages, said to revo
lutionize the present law, was
voted down after considerable dis
cussion. " -
An effort to enable counties to
remit taxes and penalties if their
financial condition warranted and
providing the cause was good was
characterized as "dangerous legis
lation" and also failed to pass.
in M SHERIFF
Still Raided in East Part of
City Last Night;: Opera-?
- tor Jailed ' .
Sheriff Oscar Bower last night
raided a. place in the east part of
the city and captured a still on
south Eighteenth street. The raid
was made In conjunction with the
local - police and without ? the aid
of state agents. One man was
taken in the raid and locked up in
the county jail. ;
Sheriff iJJower was called out
of deep slumber vto verify t;h
report that a still had' been cap
tured. 7 The name of the man was
In the office and he did hot re
member what It was. The still
owner was ' a. stranger to him.
TO HE OBI
CHILD LABOR
IS JDLTED Br
SI
Both' Resolution Calling for
Ratification and Bill to
Place it Before People
Are Downed
STATES HAVE POWER
FOR OWN REGULATIONS
Parents Held Deprived of
Support TVhen Needed;
Law Held Too Sweeping
The child labor amendment met
decisive defeat
in the senate yes-
terday when -the two
measures
proposed were voted down by a
good majority.! :
House bill No. 426,
Introduced
by the committee on . resolutions
as a substitute for . house i Joint
resolution No. 1,! was defeated iby
a vote of 18 to 12, while Us com
panion bill, senate joint resolu
tion No. 3 lost with 20 senators
casting negative votes.
Senator Eddy led
the fight
against submitting the measure to
the people, with Senators Butler
and Tooze lined up on! the other
side of 'the matter. I The two
measures came up under special
order of business at 2 6'clockyes-
terday afternoon.
"It would be foolish to vote for
the bill,; Senator Eddy declared.
It stands absolutely no chance
of. passing, as far as the nation
wide vote . Is concerned, and It
would be futDe to submit the Issue!
to the people ' of Oregon when
practically all other states have!
defeated it. t ; j i
. "Another thing-that pauses me
to vote againstj the bill! is that If
Is too, wide arid .sweeping. The
statement - made by adherents to;
the' "amendment ? -that congress
would make no attempt to enforce
the more rigid parts of the bill, is
the strongest argument against its
passage. . If -congress will not en-
force the law, jwhy In ) the name
of "common settsei should the -law
be enacted?" j " I : . j
Senator Hare spoke on ; the
measure, and made a classification
of the' senate with regard to' the
amendment. There were four dls-f
tlnct ' groups, he jstated Senator
Hare was strongly opposed to the
measure but wasfin favior of sub-
mlttlng it to the people for a votej
rrnis is one pavucuiar om mm
should be voted on," Senator Hare
said, i'' ' I j I ' 1
A strone Dlea against passage
was made by Stenator j Garland,'
who stated that too : much power
had been given -to congress al
ready. "We have giveni the govs
ernment more power than an auto
crat," Senator ; Garland statedi
Today the president' of the United
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HELD HUT
Council Learns Sewage Is
Emptied in Mill Creek and
Runs Through City
"Unsanitary conditions existing
at the Oregon . state penitentiary
wen, aired before the city council
at their regular meeting last
niehtJ The reDort of the commit
tee, ho made the inspection, dis
close that the sewerage ot part or
tb orison drains directly into tne
mill race, which runs through the
city.v,'. -:l;V--- .. i ' . - :-
Htate ni-ison' has no charts
or maps of the sewers that have
been Installed during the history
nf thA . Institntlon. according to
the report made, by the committee
headed by W. W. Koseoraugn,
alderman. I
After a full report has been
made by the city to the Oregon
ciatn hraTth head. Dr F. Stryker.
action will be istarted to remedy
the situation. IT ;
Watrri .Whp.fi! Swallowed
j By Silverton Youngster
SILVERTONi. Ore..
Feb.
16.
rRnorial to Th Statesman). -Lit
tte , three-year: old ; , Alma Marie
Beutell swollowed a watch wheel
about tha size of a dime Saturday
afternoon while at play.- JShe :?M
rauhr tn the . hosilUl at puce
where an X-ray ras taken show
ing the location of the wneei, ,, n
was etrlckly; amoved' by i the aid
of a bronchoscope. No ill effects
were 'suffered,. . J
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Penniless Miner Is
Now
Worth Millions;
Disappointments Told
SAN FRANCISCO, Ieb. 16.-4-
(By the; Associated Press) H
Thrust by the chance: of the law
from the life of; what ho himself
calls a "desert rat" intoja position
where he' may soon command mi
lions, George Campbell , Carson:.
58, itinerant miner an);,for lk
years the; guest pt a sailer lodging
nouse in San Francisco because, hp
could not afford no better, I was
tonight prospecting all of thfc
twists and tfyrns , , that havfe
brought on his Stunning? good forl
tune. j li ii i i
Today by decree of: the' United
States circuit &urt of; appeald.
Carson, Inventoiijof twefjgrea iml
provemehts in popper fck-e smelt?
ing, was virtually put n posses
sion of the fruliji of tH jlnvehtlv
genius after 19 years of 'strife and
struggle. I The hcourti tield that
Gales and . Snowstorms of
Extraordinary Ctraracter
Do
Heavy Damage
LONDON, Feb. 16.- t By the AL
the pait 36 hours a large
section of 'Europe, lncuidlng the
whole of Italy, the Bav&rlan Alps
and in a lesser degree, portions of
Austria, France, Switzerland, Port-
tugal, Spain and Morocco, hare
been visited byl snoWsfofms 1 an4
gales of an extraordinafy characp
ter, approaching torlnldo forcej.
These have been - responsible tof
. ! ! j j j.JLi!i!
erty , and crops and pnusually
heavy delays in the reception of
telegraphic , dispatches1, especially
from Itay and! the i consequent
breakdown of teJiegranhU jknd tefe
ephonic communications 1 r ;
Gales- accompanied byl torrential
rains an4 hail, $tb reported front
the whqle . Mirseilles! I district
where the riverj Rhon is rising
with alarming rapidity, f : 'ro-m i Apf
penzell canton la Switzerland and
from thej Salzkfrnuner freglon ot
Austria, where a train ojj the Salzr
burg Ischjl line f as blown: over an
embankment, many persons being
injured.' ,A11 of these Oitncts sui
fered much damage, - aijd similar
gales have occurred In tie eastern
zone of Moroocoi A stanier wa
wrecKea at tai yvnsn , wuu m
Inoa nf lif i. 1 ' I 1 M
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Marker to Be Placed On
. Historic ISpot Near Citi
: I Mi J
Thu aiti nt thft Wlllai&ette nosi
of the John. jacob Astoiibarty of
1812 has! been Identified on the
ease oi jsuieiu, ikwiwuk i.
i1tH hem f torn the! Musenml
association of Oregon. : lans arej
. ln,9 : Ttr nrh).ti laH trirtf wilt
be designated bj a markier. j
The Museum asociatIh of Ore-
rnn ;i MtahUnhed , to ekcouragd
and develope thei study af jethnol-l
t.i.l.L. wL aAtnUr nni(
Ugjr, uiMiVfiJ, uyvu.j,
nthpr sHenceB. ! The ! oreanizers
are to promote fhe establishment
of local museums mrougnoui iue
state of Oregon. 1 In addition thej
association will ict as clearing
house fforj Inforifiationtpertainin
.- - i . . : : . .
to museums
;euihs.;! j J 11
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House
s Provide
or Road Buildms
. in He
igjifor Couiity .-:
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P61k cbunty in the future will
be 860 acres -less in area than it
has beenjlf jlL B. No.,? 16, passed
by the hdusej li approved by thie
senate; j The melasure provides for
the annexation of this portion ot
Polk county by L!nc61n ecause of
a road from ; iletz ttj Norton
which passed! through this section
ot the cbuntry.1 The fhange has
met wltjh (the approval of both
coantlesj It Is ald. I I ;
In order to! enable1 ! a county
court to j grant i franchise for con
structlnfc toll (roads. II. B. No.
437. of interest to Tillamook coun
ty in particular, was passed. The
propbsaj is . to ,'build . a: road from
thd Tillamook beaches to Forest
Grpve, shortehing the distance
from Portland ;hy h early 40 miles.
; a i - v v J : -
I ft) ads " 4vailblie for uch a road,
I and ' It jLa expected that the road
I will b$ -constructed by private
money,' the toll receipts to go for
tfce copstructlifa C99tS. , .
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EUROPE S'IPT
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iPriftSfk ; Meakiire to
there had been an actual. InfringJ
ment on the patents by the Ameri
can Smelting & Refining" company,
and that an accounting was due,
which, according to counsel for
Carson, would bring him at least
$5,000,000. According to Car
son's legal advisers, virtually de
termines thoso other suits al3-.
A total - accounting would bring
him $20,000,00 at least, from the
companies that have used his pat
ents, he contends.
After the flctory today, Carson
recited incidents of his years of
straggle, pointing, to notes in his
extensive diary that fold of nights
spent out on the Montana sage
wastes , with j only the iky . for a
covering and" long hikes over' the
prickly deser growths beyond the
(Contlnned on pag 2)
IICESIIS
AGA1KST BILL
Opening of ,1IunicipaI Owned
Water -System in Valley
; Opposed Last' Night
Protesting against the passage
of SB No". 102 and 103, providing
for the creation and incorporation
of municipalities for the develop
ment5 of water for domestic ; and
hydro-electric , purposes, and the
appropriation of water, represent
atives from nearly all the cities in
the' Willamette valley appeared be
fore the Senate Judiciary commit
tee last night, " Whlle'the question
at hand Is that of tapping Clear
Lake for a water supply for the
entire valley,! the bill itself -opens
the matter to the whole state. Pro
ponents of the measure had their
Inning a few nights ago. Waldo
Anderson, of Albany, and Capt.
Edmundson; janv engineer, -were"
the only onea speaking in favor of
the project. '
According to . those Bpeaking, it
Is apparent that none of the cities
are Interested to any great extent
and that the estimated cost of 9,-
400,000 for a steel, pipe line to
serve 60,000 people was too great
to be considered. This means an
Initial per capita cost of $12.50.
it was pointed out, for the first
year alone.
Eugene is not committed to the
policy of public -ownership, 1u E.
Bean, former speaker of the. house
declared, j F.; E. Callister, '" of Al
bany, said that three granges in
Marlon and. Benton county were
against the bill as well as Sclo;
C. Eflngles, of Cbrvallis, said that
the estimated cost did not Include
Bide lines, booster pumps and res
ervoirs, and that as far as his
city was- concerned, they had plen
ty of pure mountain . water suf
ficient for four times the present
population. . T. M. Hicks, of Salem
speaking for the Chamber of Com
merce,. said that ' Salem was not
interested and refused to contrib
ute its quota ..toward investigating
the feasibility, of the project.
. Other . speakers against the
measure were. A. 'it. McMahon, of
Albany, former representative
George McLeod; E. J. Robinson,
of Aurora; C. E. Wells, of Hills
boro; R. J. Moore, of Newberg,
and former governor, Oswalds
of Portland. Representatives were
present from Brownsville,' June
in tv: Dallas. Lebanon and
Harrisburg, all aginst he bill.
ERS OET
liOflllilflEIlT CHECK
Slip for $1320 Presented at
Lesion Meeting Last
Night; Debt Cleared
On behalf - of the "American
Legion,-Biddy Bishop last night
presented JMrs. John A. Carson
president of the Salem War Moth
ers, with a check for 11320, the
proceeds of the dance staged by
Capitol Post No. 9, Saturday night,
which will complete the Indebted
ness oh the memorial erected on.
the court; house lawn ia memory
of Marion .county's soldier dead.
The presentation was made at a
joint- meeting of the legion and
the legion auxiliary. : v
In appreciation of his efforts as
chairman of the "dance committee.
Bishop was presented with argold
watch by members of the post ed
the War Mothers. "The gift was
presented by H. B. White. .
urut Ktlvep Pendletonv a
prominent Legionnaire, spoke, at
length on legion activities. The
meeting was pllQwed by dascet
Miliar MB
-PRICE JIVE .CENTS
COLLIDS DEiiQ;
RSLflSE
10 LIFE m
UnexpecterfShaft Opens nr. J
Reveals Tomb;' xp!crcr
Found to Have Perished
By Starvation
MAN BELIEVED -DEAD
OfiLY'AB0UT24.H0UnS
liole Mut Be Enlarged Xc
, fore Body Can Be Re-
mored. Report Says
CAVE CITY, Ky.. Feb. 16.-
(By The Associated Press.) -Tfca
qaest Is over. Mother Earth, after
clinging grimly in life and - death
to Floyd Collins, for. more than
17. days, finally surrendered at
2:45 o'clock this afternoon &nd
without warning, opened a tiny
hole between a rescue shaft and
the natural tomb of the cave ex
plorer.
Peering down this tiny fissure
Into Sand Cave, the brave workers
who - waked tin unequal - combat -with
: the natural forces ot the
earth, saw that what they had
fought so hard for had been lost.
Collins was dead.
But they will reclaim his body.
only to restore it ; again to the
rugged hills hei roamed -as a youth
and explored as a man.
Statement Made
"Thank God they've found him."
This was Lee Collins' single state
ment when told that his boy's
body was found.
A terse statement,-signed by tie
three -men who had led scores of
others in the long fight, told of
the result and paid tribute .to
their assistants. After describing
the break through the roof of
Sand 'CaveHind4e411ngv-of -the -in
vestigation by Albert Marshall, tha
statement said:
"His game little partner, (Ed
Brenner of Cincinnati, wbosr
work has been rery consplcuoui
and of untold value by reason ct
his , small stature and ' great
strength and iron nerve, went
down head foremost into this haz
ardous pit and with a light closelj
examined the face and position ot '
the man we. understand is .Floyd
Collins, and called up to Mr. Car-
tnichael. five-feet -above- him, that
the man was cold and apparently
dead."
The bulletin was signed by
Brigadier General H. H. Denhardt,
H. T. Carmichael and M. E. S.
Posey. 1
J3t. WTlilam Hazlett of Chicaso,
and Dr. C..E. Franci3 of Bo wiles
Green. Ky., announced later that
from the information .they had ob
tained Collins had been dead mora
than 24 hours. r
Fdur men were In ihe -shaft
(Contlsn4 a p S)
MONDAY
IN WASHINGTON
The nomination of Frank B.
Kellogg as secretary of state was
confirmed-4y. the senate,
The senate ?ubBlituted itsTost
al pay and rate increase" bill for
that passed by the house.
"Senate and house -agricultar?
committees continued to hear wit
nesses -on proposed Tana "legisla
tion. A bill to Increase salaries ot
members 6f congress to $10,600
was reported by the' senate t fi
nance committee.
Lucius B. Storra of Kew Haven,
Conn,, was named "managing di
rector" of the electric railways ia-
dustry. ..
. -
i Senate Interstate commerce com
mittee approved the nomination -of
William E. Humphreys to the fed
eral trade commission.
Senator Curtis, the republican,
leader, announced conditions w:re
such that a farm till could he ex
acted. at. this session.
Proponents of the Howell-Eja k
ley bill.to.provide means for t t
tnngtallroad labor disputes aL-a-doned
their fight to get action at
this session.
' '
Secretary, Tireeks ni re'
Wilbur were asked by the hn ?
aircraft committee to det'-
witnesses, to testify how the
ed SUtes could fca i::
?ais?i W air attack,