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Medfoed Mail Tribune The Weather Prediction Haln Maximum yctitenlujr 44 Minimum uxlny 42 Weather .Year Ago Minimum Minimum ..46 Dtlly RtDtnUi Tew. yH. FtftrtMwl V.t MEDFORD. OKKflOX, TUKSDAY. FKIlk'UAk'Y 10. 102.1 NO. 274 PORT ENTOMBED'. MAN TILL A FIE UVE TEST INDICATES siiiyopt Newspaper Reporter Gives the First Detailed Account of Attempts to Rescue Floyd Collins Rumors of Fake Ridiculed Work of Rescuers Hazardous Rival Factions Jealous. CAVE CITY, Ky., Feb. 10. (By Hie Associated Iress) Another amplifier test today con vluccd experimenters ilmt Ild Collin still breathed In his sand cavo prison. Hcsplnitlon Im iibont 14 or 15 times a minute. It mis Indicated. ' CAVE CITY, Ky., Feb. 10. (Py tho Associated Press) Willlum B. Miller, reporter for the Louisville Courier-Journal wns the first wit ness, summoned before the military court of Inquiry today. "Kkeets" Miller was one of the lend ing rescuers and made repeated trips Into Sand Cave in the efforts to free Floyd Collins before the cave pas Bugeway was blocked by slides and a rising of the floor. "1 arrived in Cave City about nine o'clock on the morning of February 3," said .Miller in opening his story. "1 met Homer and Marshall Collins, brothers of the entombed man, Floyd Collins. They came up out of the cavo entrance and Homer said he had seen his brother. "I went down In the hole with Co lumbus lJo.vel, who directed the way. He stopped at n narrow passage where it was too bard for him to get through and I proceeded farther by worming niy way down on my stomach. "1 went down through the passage head first until, without realizing it I was light on lop of Floyd. I had begun calling when about ten feet from him and receiving only a grunt for an answer. Slips on Pinioned .Man.. "Before I realized it, I had slipped down the chute. All 1 could see was Floydls head covered w(:h un oil cloth, which was wet." Miller was asked whether at this time he had received any informa tion from persons who had already been in to see Collins. He said he had been told that Collins had been fed Saturday evening and also that John Oeialil had been digging around the prisoner. "Oh, you and the stone nre hurt ing me" were the first words Miller heard from Collins, he ."aid. This came when he slipped down the chute onto the prisoner. He lifted tho cover from Collins' face and Collins asked him to put It back to protect him from the fall of dripping water. At this point Miller was asked to describe In detail conditions at the point where Collins was found. "There nre," said Miller, "no pools of water but n constant seepage. I was unable to see his feet. I could see as far down as his chest, hut could not tell how much of his body was covered below that point. A large stone arches over his breast with only about two Inches clearance. I Just got my hand under the stone and over his chest. I carried n flashlight, but was unable to see beneath this stone. Floyd said he was cold. I believe It In colder Inside the cave than out side. In addition the seeping water wets anyone who goes In, . causing them to feel cold. Thought It Hopeless. "On this, my first trip, I remained near Collins about half an hour. I believed the case to he hopeless from what I saw and returned to the sur face. "My next trip was made about 5:30 o'clock thot afternoon. Homer Col lins, a brother of Floyd, went in first. I was second and Lieutenant ftobert Iiurdon, Louisville fire department. (Continued on Patre Eiirht) 1 00 PERSONS WOUNDED WHE MEETING IS ATTACKED BY FRENCH REDS MARSEILLES. France. Feb. 10. (By the Associated Press.) Nearly 100 persons were wounded or bruised during attempts by communists to break up a meeting of the newly or ganized Catholic party, presided over by General deCastelnnu here Inst night. The list of casualties, nt first esti mated at idlghly more than a score, wag Increased today by reports from hospitals and police stations where Says Great Northern Considers Seriously Building to Klamath KLAMATH FALLS, Ore., Feb. 10. No action wns taken by the. Klamath Falls city council last 4 night relative to the requested franchise of the Strahorn railway. Charles H. Carey, attorney for the 11111 lines, urged the members not to grunt exclusive fran- ehises on city streets as a protoe- tlon to their own Interests. The Mill lines, he said, "are soriously considering" entry to tills section and would not want to complete plans If they felt that the city had failed to protect them so far as gaining access into tho city is concerned. Cars Can Go Through to North, But Roads Are Still in Bad . Condition Oregon Short Line Trains Are Completely Stalled. ROKEni'UG, Ore, Feb. lO.The Pacific highway is again open between 'Dllltml and Myrtle Creek and cars are experiencing little difficulty in getting -.by the slides which ha N't? been of fre quent occurrence during the past few days. Passageways wide enough to accommodate the big passenger busses and freight trucks have been opened, so that there are no hindrances to traffic. It will urobahly require sev eral more las to remove the dirt from the pavement, but a larger crew (of men will be maintained by the state 'until the slides have been removed. . HALFWAY. Ore., Feb. 10. Due to rain and melting snow causing mud iyliden on the Oregon Short Line rail road between Huntington and .Kobin- jette, this territory has had no mail since Wednesday. One train is tied tup at Uohinette unable to get back to Huntington. There are ten differ ent slides on the line and traffict may .not be resumed before Friday. J Local roads nre in bad condition and there is little travel. Kain caused a tremendous snow slide at Cornuco- j pta, but no damage was done. i YALE, Ore., Feb. 10. No one Is ; suffering from lack of food or shel ter in the flooded district surrounding Vale, as neighbors of the flood suf ferers have given assistance, it was (reported hero when a meeting of city (and Chamber of Commerce officials 'was held late yesterday. ( Representatives of Ontario were 'present and said they would send their mayor, W. H. Doolittle, to assist farm- iers of Vale and the 'district west of 'here to obtain state relief. The county court has ordered that carcasses of all dead animals be bur led and purchased twenty-five barrels of lime to be used in preserving sani- Inn- r..n.liilnn Thld IllllOlint of llniC Imnv not be sufficient. I Some Jagged edges of concrete is all that remains of the Hrognn dam which was washed out, causing the flood, the center of the dam being washed down to bedrock, according to Percy Pur vis, on his return from the site of the 126 foot structure. Death Toll of the Automobile CHESTER, Pa., Feb. 10. Four men and two women were killed and another woman seriously injured to day when a shifting locomotive on the 1'ennsylvanla railroad struck a motor truck and motor car at a grade crossing In Marcus Hook, near here. Change Deportation I.ns WASHINGTON, Feb. 10. By a vote of 213 to 39. the house late today passed and sent to the sennto a bill making sweeping changes In tho de portation laws. - many of the victims presented them selves. Senator FlalssCres. the socialist mayor of Marseilles, has forbidden all public meetings for nn Indefinite pe riod. Tha tinnutntlnn nf Marseilles Is nt a high state of feeling, especially the Catholics who resent tne inierierence with their meeting ond nllege that the police failed to afford proper protection. HIGHWAY SLIDE CLEARED; RAINS I UP IRIS N CATHOLIC MULTNOMAH WOULD TAKE IN BIG AfiEA Bill Introduced in State Senate Would Put Most of Clacka mas County in Portland Dis trictMutual Saving Bank Measure Passes in House. STATE HOUSE, SALEM, Feb. 10 Nearly nil of Clackamas county, Sucker creek, Including the towns of Mllwnukle, Oswego, Boering and others, would be taken Into Multnomah county by a bill Introduced today by Senator Staples. Tho argument Is made that a largo part of the popu lation In the area Involved does busi ness in Portland, many of the resi dents being Portland business men. STATE HOUSE, SALEM, Feb. 10. The revised banking code bill, S. B. 54, was passed by the senate today, coming up as a special order ut 11 o'clock. The debate was brief. Senate bill No. 163. designed to re lieve dry farmers on the North Unit project, passed the senate today. A bill introduced by Upton by re quest, providing for a state board or therapy examiners and for regulation of cosmetic therapy, passed the senate today. House bill 252, abolishing the office of county judge, was killed by the house. STATE HOUSE, SALEM,. Feb. IO.t The Gordon mutual savings bank bill was passed by the house this morning without opposition. Representative Gordon explained the measure, point ing out that It was copied niter the New York law under which a tre mendous bunking business is being done. Representative German sup plemented Gordon's speech, declaring it would be stimulative to state de velopment. , Senator Klepper and Representative Bailey introduced a bill today provid ins fur adoption of a state flag. E CHECKED AT LAST NOME, Alaska, Feb. 10. (By the Associated Press) No new diphtheria cases have been reported in four days and epidemic conditions have im proved greatly, the board of health disclosed following a survey made yes. lerdhy. The. board sent word to the Fair banks Airplane corporation that an attempt to fly from Fnlibank to Nome with 020,000 units of antl-lo.xin was not necessary at present as a ship ment of 4X0,000 units of serum now being relayed from Nenann was due to arrive Friday. The board said the second consignment would relieve any situation that may arise, it was pointed out that all diphtheria pa tients were Improving. Oregon Supreme Court Decisions SALEM. Ore., Feb. 10. The fol lowing opinions were handed down todny by the supreme court: The phcz company, a corporation, vs. Salem Fruit union, et ul, appel lants: appeal from Marion county: suit involving delivery of loganberries. Opinion by Justice Bean. Decree of Judge (ieorge l. Bingham modified as to Salem Fruit union und reversed as to other defendants. Curry county, nppellant, vs. Clara O. Landrith; appeal from Coos county; appeal' dismissed in opinion by Chief Justice McBride. State of Oregon vs. James Lewis, appellant; appeal from Multnomah county: former opinion of supreme court adhered to in opinion by Chief Justice McBride. Petition for re-hearing denied in Hills vs. state board of control. Casualties of the Air Service RAN ANTONIO. Texas. Feb. 10. Major Lee O. Wright of Lyons, Ind.. and Lieutenant Arthur ! Foster, whose parents live nt Weir, Texas, were killed and their llorties burned In nn -airplane ct-ash near Brooks flcl dtoday. Alexa Siirling Found a Husbana When She Lost Women's Golf Title Alexa Stirling, several times national women's golf champion, will marry Dr. Wilfred G. Fraser of Ottawa, Out., in her home town of Atlanta, Ga., in the sforing. She met him in Ottawa three years ago at the time she lost the championship title. Or Fraser plays golf, but admits he is a "dob" at the game. - PINCHOT STARTS DRIVE 10 DRY UP HIS STATE HATirUSIU'IK;. Pa.. Feb. IO.-t Philadelphia is the principul center in tin I'niterl Suites for the manufac ture of ilU-tfal drink from denatured ulrohol und IMttMlturg h a contor for illCKul beer. Governor l'inchot told the Keneni, nsvi'inbly todny, In a men sage asking enactment of a hill for regulation of distilleries and brewer ies. If the bill is parsed the Rovernor said, the Hource.s of illegal drink In IVnnaylvnniu ran and will be dried up. Jf It in defeated, hit predicted, flajfi'nnl violutionH of thi law will continue and the law breakers will, by Its defeat, bo encouraged lo Ki''ler laWll'SSIlCHB.' "Tho enemies of law enforcement will try to malio U appear that to do ff nt this bill will bririR nearer the day of Mriht wine and boor," he said "Kven If such a day could ever come it would do nothing nf the K(irt. If modification of the Volstead act in ever to be possiWe this much in clear: 11 can never even be consider ed until the law if fully enforced. This Is not a question of light wine and beer. It Js not a question of unadulterated liquor of any sort. It in a question of stopping the flood of poison drink poured out over the stfite and a flood of crime, misfortune, dis ease and death which rulna and kill our own peonle by the thousands, and flows In. an evil stream from Penn sylvania Into other states as well." Explaining that poison bootleg liquor is made out of denatured uteo hol, either completely or specifically denatured, the governor snld that in the two years ending Juno 30, 1 i 2 3 . tho amount of specinlly denatured alcohol produced In Philadelphia in creased from less than 800,000 gal lons to more than fi, 000, 000 gallon. Daily Report on the Crime Wave CHICAOO, Feb. 10. Fifteen armed men In five automobiles early today raided a Chicago, Milwaukee and Ht. Paul railroad company warehouse hero and escaped with 40 barrels of port wine after they forced Dan Kel leher, warehouse engineer to nsstst them. The wine wns valued nt $12,000 and was the property of the Itulian Vine yard company. ST. LOl.'IS, Feb. 10. Joseph Wil liams, 50. negro messenger for the State Bank of Wellston, n suburb, wns held up nn a street car here to day, beaten nml robbed of (7000. The three robbers escaped. T liOHRlU'RC, Ore., Feb. 10. The Boseliurg land office today conducted a sale of approximately twelve mil lion feet of timber, which netted slightly in excess of f32.OO0. Tills Falo was the first In recent years In which there has been competition, ns in former sales the timber has been taken at (he government's minimum valuation. In this sale, however, sev eral tracts containing Port Orford cedar were offered, atid bidding was brisk on these. Ane tract appraised by the government nt $700, sold for $1,100, and three bidders raised the price on another forty from $11100 to l r.7 r.. The land fold lies entirely In Cons and Lane counties and Is a part of the old OrcgVii and California railroad grant lands, or the Cons Bay wagon road grunt. The purchasers were: Omer L. Iloughlaling, Bridge, Ad acres In Coos county, $"625. 24. Timothy J. Hulltvan, Myrtle Point, 40 acres in Coos county $tri",0. W. .1. and A. K. Addlesperger. Marshfield, 40 acres In Coos county, $1300. K. L. Culbcrtson. Myrtle Point, 40 acres in Coos county $1570. Dennis McCarthy, Marshfield, R0 acres, wagon road grant lands In Coos county. $16,350. Dexter Lumber company, Kugene, OS acres. Ijtne county. $4I0K.1!. Carl E. Fisher. Kugene, 4 0 acres In Lane county $4507.87. NEW YORK, Feb. 10. Chris O. Ilupfel. son of John C. O. Hupfel, mil lionaire brewer, today was recovering from two bullet wounds in the head Inflicted by n woman who shot him down last night. Mrs. Kossara Spanaljowltch. whom police Identified as a sister to Dr. Mlll Isoff, Herblan amharsador to France, and w-ho was arrested, is being held. She denied that she had fired the shots nnd Ilupfel tidd police at the hospital that he could not Identify his assailant. New PremliT for I'mnslu, BERLIN. Feb. 10. (By the Asso ciated Press) The Prussian dlel to- .1 .. niniiJ IVItlmlni Murr fiil-mor chanceHor of the fobh, as premier) of Pruwdn. Dr. Alarx received 223 j votes against 162 for Hcrr Rlchter of the people's party. The new premier will try to form n government from the parties of the it-It. Now England Is Being Attacked By Bootleggers' Fleet LONDON. Feb. 10. England has a bootlegging problem, says the Westminster Gazette, which, although small as enmpured with America's, threatens to grow. The trouble arises from tho fact that tho price of spirits in France Is only about half that In Ktigland. This encourages Binug- glcrs to run contraband spirit cargoes across the channel. These ventures are substuti- tlally financed and bring big profits, according to the paper. SHAFT SLOWLY NEWS TOP OF Rescuers Working Night and Day Reach 76 Foot Level With Drill While Shaft Is Down Over 40 Feet Shaft Is Timbered. CAVR CITY. Ky., Pel. 10. (By Associated Press.) The shaft direct ed to the natural tomb of Floyd Col lins In Sand Cavo had reached a depth of 40Vi feet shortly before 2 p. m tmbty. Thirty-nine feet of that dis tance has been timbered on all four sides. Drilling hn reached the 7 loot level without indications that blasting will be necessary. CAVH CITY, Ky., Feb. 10. (By Associated Press.) The heroes of fhe Collins rescue, tho volunteers who are driving thn shaft toward IiIh under ground prison today were more than 'i'i feet down, after five days of cease loss labor. The work was progressing slightly faster, as much of the water hud been removed. The task of miners and their volunteer helpers is an engi neering feat of ovmslderabln skill and gruelling struggle, a nice against timo with few tools at hand, In half hour shifts of three, tho work goes on every minute, except for the necessary Interruptions while sections of casing are lowered into place to brace the crumbling walls against cavn-in. Tho bottom of tho six foot square shaft Is now constantly stitu rated with water hut more boulders nre be ing encountered ho that tho dlgg'TH do not sink very deeply Into the muck. The first timbers for the shaft were hewed logs felled near tho shaft by men who knew little about mining but were used to axe. Men more ex pert In timbering shafts soon came, and around tho 25 foot level a lime stone ledge was encountered which was seized upon as support for tho heavy limbering solving one trouble some problem. KxMcl Faster Work Some t hue tomorrow officials ex pect to strike the limestone strata then they hope for rapid progress with little timbering necessary to pro tect the diggers from the same fate as Collins'. The construction of the homo-mado boom crane Is another engineering feat. The metal flttlngH were ham mered out af the blacksmith shop of the cave camp and carefully selected trees were felled and hewn into shape A gasoline engine hoist nnd drum was anchored some forty feet from the shaft and another problem was solved. After the first timbers had been placed and three feet or so of the shaft dug out, the' question of deep shaft timbering arose. Albert .Marshall of Danville, Ky., and Edward Brenner, of Cincinnati, arrived ond related their experience In tho Appalachian coal fields. N. K. Kord, from the Loulsvillo Clas nnd Electric; company formed tho third member of the timbering shift, which has been working almost constantly since Friday, refusing to let others less experienced take their places. BOSTON BACK BAY BOSTOX, Feb. 10. Two men have been arrested In search for the "Lone Wolf," also known ns the "Boudoir Bandit." tbut neither is believed to have any connection with the prowler whose exploits have brought terror to women apartment house dwellers of the exclusive Back Bay district. One man wns released, a second wns held on allegations that he annoy ed aimmuna college girls. NATURAL TOMB ANTI-PIERGE inn 13 OPPOSED 13 State Senators Balk at De priving Governor of Appoin tive Power Over Fish Commission-Action On Bill De layed to Bring Pressure Medical Bill Attacked. STATE HOUSE, SALEM, Feb. 10. Unablo to muster enough votes to pass tho fish commission bill over the governor's veto the senate organiza tion yesterday postponed action on the n leu sure until Wednesday after noon when It will come up under a special order of business at 2:30 o'clock. The measure, which transfers the fish commission from tho governor to the board of control was introduced some weeks ago by Senator Ritner and last week it was made a special order of business for yesterday after noon at 2:30. When the lenders of tho senate or ganization made n canvass of the sit uation, however, they found that a group of thirteen Independent sena tors had agreed to support the gover nor's veto of the measure. Eleven is enough to sustain tho veto ami hence the senate organiza tion decided to postpone action with tho hope of bringing sufficient pres sure on the thirteen sentitorn to break their combination. Medicos Fight for Bill STATE HOUSE, SALEM, Fohi 10. Charges, direct and Indirect, that tho alopnthlc school of doctors was attempting to strangle other groups engaged In tho healing arts, were voiced by the naturopaths, osteopaths oh iro practers, gymnastic directors and others at a meeting before the houso revision of laws committee last night on It. B. 391. Tho proponents of the bill declare that the measure Is not designed to strike at any group but Is Intended to raise educational standards. Tho bill would establish a board of license consisting of ten members of whom eight would be named by the governor. The ninth member of the board would be tho state superinten dent of public instruction and the tenth, the secretary of the Oregon state hoard of health. To obtain a license, one would have to possess certain educational qualifications. B. F. .Mill key Appears "The bill makes no discrimination among the different schools of the healing art," explained Dr. Ralph Fenlon, speaking for the measure. It Is simply designed to insure the abil ity of the individual to practice the healing arts. It creates no new of fices. Under the bill a person must lie educated, regardless of what his method may be. It will abridge no Individual's right. One who feels that his rights have been abridged can ap peal to tho courts Immediately under the measure." Tho organized chiropractors were represented by B. F. Mulkey, who charged that passago of the bill would put tho chiropractors out of business. "A bill was passed by the houso to day which would raise the standards of the chiropractic group In this state 33 1-3 per cent," he declared. "We believe that the present medical prac tice code with tho existent board to bo adequate." The Daily Bank Robbery DKS MOINES, Iowa, Feb. 10. An unidentified negro was shot to death when be nnd three other men at tempted to hold up the bank a Unonevllte, Iowa, today, according to Information received here. Two of his companions were caught, whilo the other escaped. TERRORIZED BY THE Simmons college girls were confined to their qunrters nt an early hour be cause of the fear of tho robber who has -ransacked a number of apart ments In the vicinity of the college and and bound women whom he found while he recounted stories of his ad ventures. Police are Inclined to be lieve that ft number of other criminals may be at work, encouraged by the success of tho "Lone Wolf."