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VOLUME XXV
NINETEEN MEMBERS
OF CONGRESS MOVE
TO REPEAL DRV LAW
Pledge Their Support to Or
ganization Formed in New
York City With More Than
1,000 Present
SEN. WADSWORTH
SENDS MESSAGE
Indicate That Movement Will
Have His Support-—Will
Try to Get Supporters In
All States.
(By the AnoclaM Press)
New, York, Feb. 3.—Nineteen demo
cratic members ot Congress from New
York have pledged their support to an or
ganization formed last night to seek the
repeal of the Volstead Act.
More than 1.000 men and women at
tended the dinner, at which the organiza
tion was formed. Resolutions for affilia
tion of the organization with the associa
tion against the prohibition amendment
were unanimously adopted.
United States Senator James W. Wads-!
worth sent to the organizers a letter . tn
which he said:
"Judging from your description of the
purposes, of the dinner, I think I cad say
I am in general sympathy with them.”
The movement is considered by its or
ganizers as the most determined step yet
taken toward the repeal/of the Volstead
act.
Leaders of the organization planned to
begin without delay the formation of
units in ever}’ Congresional district of the
country.
THE COTTON MARKET
Opened Firm at Advance of • to 14
Points on Continuation of Monday’s
Buying Movement.
(By the Associated Press)
New Y<yk, Feb. 3.—The cotton mar
ket opened firm today at an advance of 6
to 14 points on a continuation of yes
terday's buying movement, which found
encouragement in reiterated drought com
plaints from the southwest, firm Liver
pool cables and reports of a firmer cotton
goods situation.
May contracts sold up to @4.72 aud
- -iipiifiaiiii's tfLssa a,
fW positions. At these prices the miir
ket showed recoveries of 125 to 135 points
from the low level of last week, and thert
was apparently a disposition to take
profits as July approached the 25 cent
level. As a result, there were reactions
of several points from the best, but of
ferings were by continued cov
ering and trade and commission house
buying.
Opening prices were: March 24.30;
May 24.07: July 24.04; October 24.07;
December 24.73. /
Carson to Be Campaign Chairbuui of
Queens College Endowment Campaign.
Charlotte, Feb. 3.—McAlister Carson,
of Charlotte, will be the general cam
paign chairman of the Queens College
endowment campaign for $300,000, it is
announced by Dr. A. A. McGeachy,
chairman of the board of trustees.
Mr. Carson is one of the leaders among
the young business men of Charlotte,
taking an active part in public, educa
tional and religious work. He is a dea
con of the First Presbyterian Church of
Charlotte, the immediate past-president
of the Kiwanhi Club and a director of
the club and vice president of the Chris
tian’s Men Club of Charlotte. Mr. Car
son is manager of the insurance depart
ment of the Independence Trust Com
pany, of Charlotte.
Working with Mr. Carson will be
, Mrs; C. C. Hook as chairman of the wom
an’s division, Mrs. John Shaw as chair
man of the alumnae, and Mra. J. B.
Shull as vice chairman of the alumnae.
The chairmen of the Charlotte, large
gifts and' student committees will be an
nounced later. The $300,0b has been
divided among these organizations as
follows: $50,000 from the large gifts
committee, $75,000 from the citizens of
Charlotte, $50,000 from the woman’s or
ganization), SIOO,OOO from the territory
outside of Charlotte!, $25,000 from the
alumnae.
With Our Advertisers.
Call Miss Jones or Miss Lewis for an
appointment at - Efird’s Beauty Shoppe.
Thone 802.
Why not prepare now for your old
age by starting a savings account?- See
ad. of Citizens Rank and Trust Co..
Solid ear load of Cole planters and dis
tributors just in at the Yorke A Wads
worth Co.
Boys’ suits with a punch and two
pairs of knickers, only $5.90 at the J.
C. Penny Co.’z. '
Wilkinson’s Funeral Home is open day
and night. Phone No. 9.
In addition to quality, the Starnes-Mil
ler-Parker Co. offer you unusually low
prices.
Dixie Gem is the cusslesa coal. Phone
K. L. Craven A Sons today.
Watch this paper for ana announce
ment of great interest from the W. C.
Correll Jewelry Vo., to appear Boon.
Rubbers are cheaper than doctor's bills.
All the best makes are carried in stock
by the Shoe Co.
WMtam V. Sprinkle Indicted.
(By the Associated Press)
Norfolk, Va., Feb. 3.—William V.
Sprinkle, former president-manager of the
Sprinkle Piano Company* Inc., which has
stores here and in Richmond and Greens
boro and Winston-Salem, N. C., when it
went into bankruptcy, was indicted by
the grand jury in corporation court here
today on sixteen counts of embezaling
funds of the concern.
The Concord Daily Tribune
BUS LEGISUTiIS
GIVEN ATTENTION IN
I SENATE DURING DAT
■ Senate of State Assembly
/ Also Gets Bill Calling for
\ $20,000,000 For she State
Highway Work.
MRS. CATT tIEARD >
I AT JOINT SESSION
I House Kills the Bill Which
l Would Have Allowed Di
i vorce After Separation of
Two Tears by Couple.
Raleigh, Fab. 3 (By the Associated
■ Press). —Introduction of a bill in the
r Senate by Sams, Os Forsyth, to provide
for a bond issue of $20,000,000 for high
' way improvements, the overwhelming de
feat by the House of the bill designed
• to out the period of separation neeC-waty
for divorce in North Carolina from five
to two years; consideration of the bus
bil. h.v the Senate; ahd an address be
fore the general amembly in joint session
by Mrs.. Carrie Chapman Catt featured
. the morning at the capital. Under the
dissolution' of the joint session which
begap at noon, the Senate reqoostituiea
itself in its chamber and continued its
consideration of the fcyss bill while the
House considered a eouple of local hills.
The vote on the divorce bill was 86 to
17. It nev#r appeared to have a chance
to pass.
Mrs. Catt’s appearance before the joint
session was attended by the usual formal
ities marking a joint session. She spoke
for about 20 minutes, the burden of her
message being a plea in favor of world
peace. She said that there are 75 organ
isations in the United States working for
world peace, and predicted the entrance
of this country into the league of na
tions. She urged that Congress be “put
into hot wnter” until it passed the meas
ure providing for entrance into the
world court. This, she intimated, would
be an initial step toward seeking member
ship in the league of nations, and it was
inferred that she attributed to this fact
the delay which she said was marking
Congressional decision in relation to the
world court.
The addresa of Mrs. Catt followed the
crushing defeat of the divorce bill in the
vote and her appetirnnee was comparative
ly brief.
The bill was opposed" by many speakers,
including Miss Julia Alexander, repre
sentative from Mecklenburg,’ who declar
ed that even with present laws many peo
ple ‘‘do not stay married long enough to
pay off their building and loan and buy
their furniture.”
NEW FEDERAL DISTRICT
CREATED IN THE STATE
Bill Creating Third District Passed by
Senalte—Time for Court Terms An
nounced.
(By the Associated Press)
Washington, Feb. 3. —A new federal
district for North Carolina will be cre
ated under a bill passed today by the
Senate on motion of Senator Overman,
Democrat, of North Carolina.
Terms of the middle district will be
held at Laurinburg pn the first Mondays
in April and October; at Durham on the
first Mondays in March and September;
at Salisbury on the third Mondays in
April and October; at Winston-Salem on
the first Mondays in May and November;
at Greensboro on the first Mondays in
June and December; and at Wilkesboro
on the third Mondays in May and No
vember.
Stale Home Economics.
(By the Associated Press)
Winston-Salem Feb. 3 —Word has been
received here from Miss Maude Wnllaee,
President of the State Home Economies
Association, and Miss Katherine Moran,
Secretary, that the association will meet
in this city March 6 and 7.
Misses Wallace and Mot-an are now
engaged in mapping out the program for
the meeting and announce that they have
invited some of the foremost authorities
on home economies to be present. There
wfll be at least six speakers from out
sqiqe the stute, they say.-
Child Labor Amendment Rejected By
Deleware.
Dover, Del. Feb. 2.—The state seuate
today unanimously voted against rati
fication of the federal child labor amend
ment. Seventeen negative votes, the en
tire membership, were cast against
ratification. The lower, house of the
general assembly voted against ratifi
cation of the amendment last week.
Three Cities in State in Line For Build
ings.
Washington, Feb. 2.—ln a report to
Congress some time ago Secretary Mellon
recommended appropriations for public
buildings at Asheville, Greensboro and
Wilson. If the $150,000,000 bill that
passed the house today is enacted, these
cities are in line for early consideration.
House Committee Favors World Court
Plan.
(By the Associated Press)
Washington, Feb. 3.—A resolution to
put tbe House on record as favoring Am
erican adherence to the world court was
Approved today by the House foreign af
fairs committee.
Sehoen New Warden at Atlanta.
(By tbe Associated Press)
Washington, Feb. 3.—-Apointment of
Julian A. Sehoen of this city, as deputy
warden of the Atlanta federal prison was
announced today by the Department of
Justice. |
CONCORD, N. C., TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1925
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officlala - a he pets ”NI C " and feeds him.
THINKS THE DRY LAW
WOULD BE REPEALED
If Booze Were Cut Off From Congress
men for Just One Week.
New York, Feb. 2.—''lf members of
Congress were compelled to absrnm from
iutoxicants for one week the eighteenth
amendment would be repealed at the
week’s end, William H. Staytou, head of
the Association Against the Prohibition
Amendment, Ine., said tonight at an eu
lightenment dinner at thg Hotel Astor
"A group of wealthy men recently
calledy upon President Coolidge, aii
t’o.iifed him as a total abstainer and in
vited all other government officials to I
come forward and take the pledge,” said
Mr. Stayton.
"The polls are still open, but not one
single vote has been cast. Representa
tive Upshaw has repeated his earnest
call that members of Congress come to
the mourners’ bench but no one has
bulged.
“These gentlemen who went to see the
President unite with reformers of the
United States in crying for enforcement.
So far the authorities have failed to give
enforcement. Perhaps it is impossible
to enforce the law in the whole United
States. I suggest that they try a more
limited task."
“I recommend that they try to enforce
the prohibition law as it concerns mem
bers of Congress. That gives them about
530 individuals upon whom -to try en
forcement. It ought to be practicable
to have a set of watchers to make sure
that these 530 obey this law for one
week.' At the end of the week the law
would be repealed.”
Veterans’ Claims to Be More Promptly
I Adjusted.
Washington, Feb. 2.—That the order
of Director Frank T. Hines, of the vet
erans' bureau, providing that periuaneut
nud total d'sability ratings may be made
by the bureau’s regional offices, will mean
an average saving of 60 days to the vet
eran in having his claim adjusted, was
the opinion expressed at a meeting to
day of members of the national rehabili
tation committee of the American Leg
ion.
The legion Held that cure of the dis
abled veteran should continuf to be the
first aim of those concerned with his wel
fare, rather than compensation.
Mistrial hi Edwards Case.
(By the Associated Press)
Bessemer, Ala., Feb. 3.—A mistrial to
day was declared in the case of Dr. Geo.
T. Edwards, charged with wife murder.
The jury which retired at noon Saturday
reported to Judge .1. C. B. Gwyn, that it
was hopelessly deadlocked and a reqaest
to be discharged was granted.
Utah Rejects Child Labor. Amendment.
(By the Associated Press)
Salt Lake City, Feb. 3. —Both houses
of the Utah Legislature yesterday re
jettgd the proposed child labor amend
ment to the Federal constitution.
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MORRISON VISIT SEEN BY
FRIENDS AS FUTILE TRIP
All See Injustice Resulting From New
System—One Year Revenue Lost.
Raleigh, Feb. 2.—Former Governor
Morrison’s scheduled visit to tbe eapitol
is considered by hie friends a futile mis
sion. ■
They agree with him that an unfair
reflection on his administration has been
mad# for the sake of a sew method of
calculating finances. Hj* political ene-
Jfifc JU-e ip übjgl, u bjgl, gjqxjr; but an ex-gov
efnpr hasn t much chance-.
The , legislative finance committee,
whicli he will ask to close up the books
of his administration under the system
on which it operated, did not prepare
the “deficit” report, and they are not in
clined to dig it up again.
The $9,500,000 "deficit” will stand
with the, Morrison administration the
sacrifice, getting credit' for only three
years of major revenues while being
charged with four full years of expendi
tures. The budget commission, under
took to explain it by showing the seven
months lost for revenues which followed
the shift from the advalorem to the in
come tax. But there was missing any
explanation that had the books been
closed December 31, 1924, and the ad
ministration credited with taxes applic
able to the period prior to that date, the
deficit would have been small.
The former governor desires the com
mittees to close up the books of his ad
ministration under the system on which
it operated. After that, he has suggest
ed, the new system of eontroling finances
eoulld be established for the McLean ad
ministration.
He will not get it. Interest here now
is the new and not the old administra
tion ; and the ex-chief will not be hailed.
IGNITION OF NAPTHA WELL
CAUSED DEATH TO MANY
Well at Baker Killed 25 and 15 Others
Were Injured.—Trying to Restrict the
Zone of Fire.
Baku. Azermaijan, Feb. 3 (By the As
sociated Press). —Twenty-five persons
were suffocated and fifteen others injured
by the ignition of the largest naptha well
here.
The whole City is aglow from the gi
gantic flame issuing from the well. The
authorities are attempting to restrict the
zone of the fire, but there is great dan
ger of its spreading.
A tunnel haR been bored 40 fCet deep to
divert the flow of naptha to other chan
nels. The origin of the fire is unknown.
BUI to Annul Marriage If no Children hi
Three Years. .
Lincoln, Neb. Feb. 2.—A bill propos
ing that marriages may be annulled if
there are no children after three years,
provided both husband and wife are not
impotent, was introduced 'in the house
today by Representative Hines, Demo
crat. The bill is sponsired by Dr. A. S.
Pinto, health department head of j
Omaha.
BEGIN EFFORTS TO
SECURE PEACE FOR
WILLIAMSON COUNTY
A Committee of Five, Men
Named at Marion Court
House to Act for the Good
of the Entire County.
TROOPS NEEDED
SHERIFF THINKS
Reported That His Agent Has
Taken Request to Governor
Small—All Quiet During
the Day. ,
(By the Associated I'reu)
Herrin, 111., Feb. 3.—Peace in William
son county will be the object of a com
mittee of five men which today began ef
forts to restore quiet to the turbulent
region with the aid of martial law.
Meanwhile a representative of the sheriff
was believed to be in Springfield with a
request that Governor I-en Small put the
military in command here.
The corainmittee was named yesterday
at a meeting in the Marion court house,
where in another, room a'grand jury con
tinued to work on the case involving the .
death of a man said ■to be Joseph Phil
lips, a miner, who was killed in a pistol
fight last Saturday night.
The.five men were named by the eonn
| ty board of supervisors ar those best fit
ted for the work through having taken
no part in the violence.
Herrin Officials Agree to Co-operate for
Peace.
Herrin, 111., Feb. 2.—Nothing but sin
cere co-operation between all officials in
Williamson county can prevent more
•‘butchery" in Herrin, Sheriff George
Galligan. . Stntes's Attorney Arlie Bos
well. and the county board of supervis
ors agreed at a meeting today and they
decided to “go down the line together’’ in
one more attempt to restore order in the
county. ,
Attorney Boswell, elected with the en
dorsement of the klan, stated that mar
tial law is the only thing that will pre
vent more shooting unless decisive and in
telligent cauttion is taken by all fac
tions.
Sheriff Galligan declared “the county
is bigger than I am” and offered to arbi
trate differences between the board aud
himself as to the personnel of his staff of
-
cry thing in its power to influence the
justice of the peace not to issue any
more permits to carry arms."
CHARGED WITH MURDER
FOR SHEARER’S DEATH
Ramsey Patterson and Ralph Anderson
Are Being Held for the Death of Aged
Man.
(By the Associated Press)
Prescott, Ariz., Feb. 3. —Charges of
murder were filed against Ramsey Pat
terson, noted lion hunter, and Ralph An
derson, young rancher, yesterday, and
they were held for bail as the result of
the death of James Shearer, 73.
Shearer was shot Saturday. The two
claim that they tracked Shearer forty
miles after he had stolen a mule and that
Anderson fired when the aged man tried
to get a rifle from his pack.
In a- dying statement, officers said.
Shearer alleged Patterson and he were
partners in lnoonshiulng. and that after
disagreement he lottdcd ten gallons of
moonshine whiskey on a pack mule aud
left, and that the men had trailed him
and shot him down without warning.
WOULD INVESTIGATE
\ GENERAL ELECTRIC CO.
To Determine to What Extent It Con
trols the Electric Power Industry.
(By the Associated Press)
Washington, Feb. 3.—The Federal
Trade Commission would be directed to
investigate the extent to which the gen
eral Electric Company controls the elec
tric power industry under a resolution
reported today by the Senate Interstate
Commerce Committee.
The resolutions comprises a modifica
tion of one introduced by Senator Nor
ris, Republican, of Nebraska. Under it (
the treasury department would be di
rected to give the commission access to
whatever reports and records are deemed ,
pertinent to the inquiry. ,
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All Pupils Attend School a Full Day.
Gastonia, N. C., Feb. 3.—Every one
of the 4,300 pupils enrolled in the pub
lic schools of the Oit.v of Gastonia are
now nttending the schools both morning
and afternoon.—a, full time basis, ac
cording to a statement made public here
todoy. This is the first year such a sat
isfactory condition has prevailed since
the 1014-15 session, 'it is said.
“The real reason that we are having 1
I all-day sessions for all students is be- i
cause the seventh graders from Central i
school arc attending school nt the high
school and the sixth and seventli grad
ers from West Gastonia arc, now in
Arlington school” said Professor Will
P. Griee, superintendent of the local sy
stem. 1
i , It is pointed out the report that the
1 number of teachers as well as the num-
I ber of pupils, increases each wear. In
, 1011 only thirty teachers were employ
ed, today the number is placd at 120,
and it is announced that. the next ses
sion, will require at least 135.
i Roark Gets Ufa Sentence.
I (By the Associated Press)
1 Atlanta, Ga., February 3.—-Claude A.
Roark, who several weeks ago shot and
killed Miss Vena Moore as she was nt
work in a local Western , Union ’ office,
was sentenced to life imprisonment nf
j ter a consent verdict had been takent in
Fnlton Superior Court. ’. \
Burglar Proof
-"M ■
sum
Eecause many of the offering boxes
tn Catholic churches of Chicago
have been robbed recently, specially
Invented burglar proof safes are bp;
ins M99ft>
AUTOMOBILE SHOW
Radio Will Reveal the Auto at the Show
Beginning in Charlotte February ».
Charlotte,- Feb. 3.—Radio will rival
the atito in the competition for public
attention at the fifth annual Carolinas
auto show, which opens here February
oth and continues through the week. In
addition to the exhibits of radio equip
ment, to which the second floor of the
exposition building will be devoted, the
music programs of each afternoon and
evening will be broadcast, if arrange
ments now being made are successfully
oncluded.
Negotiations are in progress between
the auto show management and broad
casting station WBT at Charlotte. The
aufo show officials announced they ex
pected no hitch in their plans to broad
cast the music programs.
This year for the first time the de
mand for space at the auto show exceed
ed that available. The entire first floor
of the Carolinaa exposition building will
be given over to exhibits of motor cars,
requiring 30,000 square feet of floor
space on the second floor, on-which also
is the auditorium where 2.500 persons
may be seated.
The eight committees from the mem
bership of the Charlotte automotive trade
association, to which were assigned the
various tasks incident to preparing for
the show, have completed their work and :
the building is ready for the arrival of ,
the exhibits. The derooators have ad
ded elaborate supplmenotary decorations ;
to those permanently in place at the ex- 1
position building.
The music programs of the approach- |
ing event will be the most expensive ever ,
offered by the auto show. Zez Confrey's i
famous orchestra and Miss Frances j
I’aperte, mezzo-soprano, of the Chicago ]
opera company, are the "headliner” at- ]
tractions engaged by the show manage- |
ment.
WILL FROZEN ANTITOXIN
STOP DIPHTHERIA EPIDEMIC? \
Serum Thawed Out and Administered,
but Results Are Not Yet Known.
Nome. Alaska. Feb. 3 (By the Asso
ciated Press). —Whether an ally would '
turn the ijcales in their favor in their 1
battle against an epidemic of diphtheria. E
whether freezing lias destroyed the value 1
of the 300.000 units of antitoxin rushed 1
here in a spectacular record breaking ■
dog race, was the question confronting '
Nome’s one doctor and one nurse today,
ns they awaited results from the first
injection of the serum.
The entire lot was frozen solid upon ,
arival yesterday, but a portion was ;
thawed out and quickly administered. ]
Extreme precautions have been taken to j
prevent freezing of the 100,000 units of
antitoxin en route from Seattle. 1
Catawba Courthouse Formally Dedi
cated.
Newton. Feb. 2.—Catawba county’s
new courthouse was officially accepted
and dedicated today at exercises held in 1
the courtroom proper, beginning nt 2
p. m„ at which there was gathered an 1
audience of distinguished people from 1
this section of North. Caro'ina. there 1
being present to witness the exercise 1
more than a 1000 persons from all j
w-aiks of life.
The hew courthouse is one of the '
finest in North Carolina, was designed
by J. J. Rogers, of Charlotte, and built
by J. J. Stroud, of Southern Pines.
The members of the board of county *
commissioners who had the forethought 1
to start this building for Catawba and '
take care of the needs of the county <
were J. D. Elliott, chairman; J. F. *
Howard, W, R. Fry, C. A. Little and R. 1
L. AsUebranner. The building is pro- 1
nounced byall who have seen it as being .
the last word in court buildings and is
a wonderful structure inside and out.
It. is built in the square in Newton
and its appearance assures one that the
citizens of this state are firm and ardent
believers in the rights and liberties of
the people..
Baptists to Discuss Disposition of Funds.
(By the Associated Press)
Memphis, Tenn., Feb, 3.—Disposition
of funds raised during the past five years
in the $20,000,000 campaign of the Bap
tist Church, and set aside for edeucational
purposes will be discussed and probably
settled nt the annual meeting of the
Southern Baptist Educational Associa
tion, which will convene herf.tpnlght with,
approximately ninety members present.
* TODAY’S i
» NEWS i
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NO. 29
IPPIUMT
r -iriFREEDBUTALL
HOPE IS HOT GOIE
Man Who Has Been Held In
Small Hole by Boulder
Grows Weaker and Weak
er Each Day.
MANY ATTEMPTS
TO MOVE ROCK
Body Has Been Dragged
Five Inches in Four Days.
—Friends Have Not Given
Up tte Fight Yet.
Cave City, Ky„ Feb. 3 (By the Asso
ciated Press). —Pallid of face, hs lips
purple, and his strength fast ebbing. Floyd
Collins early today lay in the mole hole
in Sand Save, waiting for someone, some
thing, to release his foot held down by
a huge boulder Which fell upon it When
he was exploring the Cave Friday morn
ing.
For 24 hours he was alone.
Saturday he was found and since that
time scores of men have tried in vain to
rescue him, but the ingenuity of man has
'gone for naught. In the narrow crev
ice, hardly small enough for a man to
squeeze through the boulder immovable,
has held Collins while the constant drip
ping of the wnter has created a torture
chamber such as was known only in ages
past.
For hours men have pecked away at
the boulder with cold chisels, others have
tugged at a rope fastened about the body
of the victim. He has been moved five
inches in four days.
But hope, stronger than the bodies of
the rescuers, held out today and renewed
efforts were being made to pull Collins
from his living tomb.
Apparently only the most primitive
methods will be successful if anything is
to be. A compresed air drill rushed
from Louisville was not used, because
experienced cave men said there was
grave danger that the vibrations would
loosen other rocks and cause the narrow
passage to collapse.
Why couldn’t something be done? That
was the question asked on all sides. Sure
ly there was some way whereby he could
have been rescued by this time.
A staff ’correspondent of the Louisville
■Courier-Journal asked the question early
here, the corresiwndent told of going into
the cave to the imprisoned man.
He said lie was lowered by his heels
into the entrance of the cave and de
scended to the end of an 80-foot drop
where he reached fairly level ground.
“From here on I had to squirm like a
snake," he said. "Water covers almost
every inch of the ground. Every moment
it got colder. Finally I slid down an 8-
foot drop and a moment later saw Col
lins.”
The correspondent said tlint Collins’
brothers. Marshal and Homer, had done
everything ’possible for him, sparing
themselves nothing until they collapsed,
from exhaustion. Still optimistic, but
himself facing a complete breakdown, Col
lins has entered into any scheme to ex
tract himself.
Early today it was discovered that
workmeen within the cave could bo heard
faintly from the side of the hill about
300 feet from the entrance.
A plan to bring 100 men to the spot and
begin a tunnel immediately was evolved.
The rescue work, heretofore heroic but
haphazard and unorganized, took on a
semblance of order. If a tunnel put
through the hill strikes Sand Cave more
than 150 feet from the entrance, work
men for the first time will reach Collins
from the side where the rock weighting
hitpjdown can be seen.
Skilled Stone Workers Offer Aid.
Cave City, Ky., Feb. 3.—Skilled stone
workers who came from Louisville Mon
day to asist in releasing Floyd Collins,
35, from his prison in Sand Cave where
he was pinioned by a boulder Friday
morning, planned to return this after
noon because they say their services have
been declined.
Killed in Grade Crossing Accident.
(By the Associated Press)
Tampa, Fla., Feb. 3.—C. V. Kirch,
manager of the new St. Charles Hotel,
Milwaukee. Wis., is dead, aud Mrs. V.
C. Williams is in n critical condition at
a local hospital as a result of a grade
crossing collision between the automobile
and a passenger train 20 miles southeast
of here this morning. Dr. J. I*. Kirch,
brother of the dead man, and M. R.
Ashworth, escaped uninjured.
Dr. Sen Growing Weaker.
Peking, China, Feb. 3 (By the Asso
ciated Press). —Dr. Sun Ynt Sen, one of
the outstanding figures in the political
life of China for many yearp, was calm
today when his physician informed him of
the critical condition in which an opera
tion for cancer has left him. The pa
tient continues to grow weaker.
YVHAT SM ITTY’S CAT SAKS
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