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The Omaha morning bee., 1925-02-09
SLEUTHS TO SEEK
HOUSE OF SLAYER

Los Angeles. Feb. s.--Systematio
search for the house or shack In
which authorities now believe May
and Nina Martin were held captive
before they were murdered and flung
into shallow grave on Angeles
Mesa in tho suburbs. was set IN mo.
ton by the sheriff's office today.
Discovery ~ some distance from
the grave Of shoes missing from the
feet of the little girls when their
bodies we're found last week con
vinced investigators that the sisters
were dead when they were taken TO
tho mesa months ago; that the shoes
dropped from inert feet while the
bodies we're being dragged or car
ried 10 the spot.
<. C. Stone. former private watch.
man in the residence district from
which the girls. aged IL and 6, dis
appeared last August as was still
held in the county Jail tonight IN con.
nection with the case. lie told
deputy shcriffs who arrested him Fri
day night that hc had no criminal
knowledge Of the girls abduction or
death. and 10 this denial he has clung
through repeated questionings
The Omaha morning bee., 1925-02-09
WOMEN TO CONFER
UPON u. S. DEFENSE

Washington, Feb. s.-Sixtcen WON.
ems national patriotic organizations
have been asked by the American lie.
gion auxiliary 10 send representatives
to Washington for a women's confer
ence. February 22 10 rs. on national
defense as peace insurance.
The call for the meeting, announc-
cd today by Mrs. o. ID. Oliphant. OF
Trenton. N. j., national president of
the American legion auxiliary, pro.
poses discussion OF the operations OF
the national defense act and OF pend.
ing legislation for universal military
draft In wartime. Organizations in
vited include the Daughters OF the
American Revolution. ladies' OF the
Grand Army Of the Repubtr. Ma
tional War Mothers and Woman's
Relief corps of the Grand Army Of
this Republic
The Omaha morning bee., 1925-02-09
UNFAIR METHODS
IN SUGAR TRADE

Washington, Feb. S.--Charges OF
unfair methods IN competition are
made by the federal trade commits
sion against the Larrowe Milling
company of Detroit and II manufac-
turers Of beet sugar. in a complaint
made public today by the commission.
The complaint charges that the re.
spondents are engaged in a wrongful
combination and conspiracy 10 sup
press competition in the marketing of
bee, pulp a by-producs OF beet sugar
manufacturing.
The manufacturers named in The
complaint are; American Beet Sugar
company, Oxnard. Cal; Garden City
Sugar and Land company, Garden
City, Kan: Columbia Sugar company
Bay city. Mich: Continental Sugar
company. Detroit, Mich; Great West.
ern Sugar company. Denver, Colo.
Holland-St. Louis Sugar company
Holland. Mich: owosso Sugar com
pany, Owosso. Mich: Toledo Sugar
company, Toledo. o.: Minnesota Sugar
company, Owosso. Mich; Toledo Sugar
company, Toledo. o.; Minnesota Sugar
company. Minneapolis. MINI: Miehi
gan Sugar company. Saginaw. Mich;
NORTHERN Sugar corporation, Mason
city. Ia; Ohio Sugar company. OF
tawa. o.: Menominee River Sugar
company. Menominee. Mich: Spreekles
Sugar company. Spreckles, cal
Santa Ana Sugar company. Santa
Ana, Cal. rtah- Idaho Sugar company.
Salt Lake city. Utah; Iowa Sugar
company. Waverly. Ia; Iowa Valley
Sugar company. Belmont. Ia.
The Omaha morning bee., 1925-02-09
FIoyd Collins Still Lives. Radio
Experts Say After Elaborate Test
Hundreds knee in Prayer, Thousands Cheer as Message
Spreads Like Wildfire-Even Soda Pop Vendors Hush
for Moment Awed by Soemnity of Occasion.

effect upon the breathing and heart
beat Of Collins and that this varia-
ton can be registered across the
wires upon an amplif1er. The un-
certain contacts OF the globe in its
socket will show fluctuations. The
theorists contend that will be COM
mensurste with the heart and
breath fluctuations of the man.
il. 81. Lane and c. W. Williams,
electrical engineers. arranged and
carried out the tests. The expert
meuts We're repeated a dozen times
and several positive results were
registered.
The results were reported TO the
zoo workmen who are toiling in
hourly reliefs to get down a So
foot shaft. by means Of which prob.
ably before the end OF the week,
the eartk-entombed man will be
brought forth dead or alive.
Boys. they were told by II. T.
Carmichael, in charge of the evacu-
alton. Floyd is breathing down
below us and We may get TO him in
tune"
And the rhythm of the swinging
picks moved faster.
The Omaha morning bee., 1925-02-09
Ry SAM BLAIR.
Universal Service staff Correspondent.


cave City. Ky. Feb. s.-Floyd
Collins still lives.
a powerful radio emplifier dem
onstrated this fact 10 the satisfac-
tion of radio and electrical engi-
neers this afternoon. when series
of instrument tests were made
within the subterranean cavern, at
the bottom of which. more than 60
feet below the surface. Collins
was entrapped nine days ago.
The experiments were Of an order
with one conducted several days
ago. They are based upon the as
sumption that a sound impulse can
be received across the lighting
wires that connect the outside with
a bulb that rescue workers placed
under the cave captiye's shirt early
Wednesday, Just before the huckling
walls of the passageway we're cut
off.
The amp. e5-watt. carbon fla
ment type, fits loosely Ia its socket.
The theory is that when the light
current Is switched OF the sudden
sureease OF It's beat viii have an
The Omaha morning bee., 1925-02-09
COURT ADVANCES
SCHUERMANN CASE.

Lincoln, Feb. s. The supreme
court has entered an order sustain
Ing the motion OF attorneys for Ed
ward Schuermann. Saline county
farmer TO advance the habeas corpus
case he instituted In the district
court against superintendent Griffin,
OF the state hospital FOR the insane.
Ills bearing was set for the court ses'
sion beginning April G.
Schuermann killed George Hhcin'
miller, whom he accused 20 alternating
tho affections Of his wife. lie was
tried at Beatrice. and tho jury &C
quilted him on Tho ground that he
WAS insane NJ the time OF the killing,
but recommended that he be com
mitted to tho asylum. The oonten'
tlon Of schuermanns attorneys Is
that he had since become sane. The
lower court ruled against this oonten'
ton.
The Omaha morning bee., 1925-02-09
Serum Saves Many
Lives in Epidemic,
Halted for 2 Days
No New Cases of Diphthcria
Reported in Nome in AZ
Hours-All Patients Ex-
pected to Recover.
Nv T., X UyI,DAUI..

Universal service Special Correspondent
Nome, Feb. S.-Nome is quiet today
with no new cases of diphtheria re
ported in As hours. Many of the
patients who were so seriously i'll that
it was not believed they would live
until the supply Of serum arrived
are now conyalescinG.
A landing field for Lieutenant Oar.
ling, who Is flying here with add.
tional medical supplies, is being pre-
pared by the American Legion under
the direction of the board of health
1t is believed with the arrival OF the
additional serum which Darling II
bringing Nome will return TO nor
malcy.
The sourdouehs are interested In
the airplane flight to the rescue oi
the stricken city. but the chances oil
another dog relay ordered by Coy
ernor Scott Bone from Nenana shows
new effort to speed relief. 1T is be
lieved that good effort will be made
to beat the former relay time.
The progress made by Nome's one
doctor and nurse since the receipt OF
the first quantity of antitoxin shows
the futilitv of fighting diphtheria
without the serum. Several OF those
who were at deaths door are now
sure fe recover, and none OF those
who are nov III are expected 10 die
unless they suffer a relapse from be
ing in some way careless
The Omaha morning bee., 1925-02-09
10000 Curiosity Seekers Crowd
About Entrance to collins Cave"
Four Extra Coaches Required TO Handle Rush to Ken
lucky Cavern-Tourists From Six States Line Road
Leading Rescue Drama.

standing outside the barbed wire
enclosure which protects workmen
from unwarranted intrusion num-
bered 5000 and was constantly
changing. The first hands arrived
early In the morning, almost with
the dawn. 4 religious service was
held. The group participating
moved TO a hilltop northwest OF
the cave entrance and began their
worship. with prayers for Collins.
Additional lunch stands made
their appearance in order to ac-
comlnodate the large crowd. There
were several thousand, however,
who brought their food with them.
The louisville & Nashville rail-
road added four coaches to the
morning train from Louisville and
estimated about $500 extra tickets
had been sold. The railroad COM
pany's estimate of the total num-
Der of visitors today was 10000,
most Of whom came by automobile.
The Omaha morning bee., 1925-02-09

At the es-foOt level the shaft
which Is being put down suddenly
opened into a subferranean cham
Der this afternoon. Sounding proved
the cave chamber or flssure t. be
eight feet deeper than the shaft
bottom. Dynamite was exploded
aud preparations made TO lower a
man TO explore &.
Floyd is alive.
The message was carried out OF
the hiilbound decliwty on which
the workers conr~erated 10 the
number OF 10000 and more men
and women. Who we're rnassed about
the brink. These who had come
as spectators for thrill cot It with
the news And those who had come
te offer up prayers in behalf II
Collins promptly fell upon their
knees.
Several hundred voices lifted in
the chanting OF the doxoiogy. Other
voices about the hilltop rim shrilled
The Omaha morning bee., 1925-02-09
SOCIAL. WORKER
GOES TO EUROPE

special Dtspatfn tn iht ''ei'''" 80
Harrington. Neb. Feb. S-Miss
Mildred seoville. who for several
years has been active In Red Cross
and social service work, has gone
oyer seas in the interest of the Com
monwealth fund of which she Is
executive assistant She VIII spend
six OF eight weeks In Austrian cities,
Vienna. Gradz and Salzhurg, making
a survey I'm mental hygiene.
The Commonwealth fund Is similar
to the Rockefeller foundation. estab-
llshed by a millionaire philanthropist
ramed Harness. and Miss scoville's
study Of the children in these cities
viii determine whether or not work
Ia mental hygiene viii be taken up in
Austria by the organization. Miss
Scoville will travel IN Italy and Swift.
zerland after completing her mission
in Austria. She has sister. Bernice
Scovile. a student In New York. and
har mother resides here.
The Omaha morning bee., 1925-02-09
u, Associated Press.

Cave City. KY, Feb. s.-Gigantic
holiday crowds came TO Cave City
today and made the six=mile trip
TO Sand Cave. where Floyd Collins
passed the ninth day of his en-
tombment.
Long before moor a continuous
stream of automobiles wound over
the rough road 10 the rescue camp.
At j. a. IN. there was two solid
lines. one going and one returning.
Farm yards and open fields we're
turned into temporary parking
places for hundreds Of machines.
The field between the road and the
scene of operations was crowded
with cars bearing license tags Of
various states. People motored
from Ohio, Illinois. Indiana, West
Virginia and Tennessee TO witness
the scene.
During the morning the crowd
The Omaha morning bee., 1925-02-09
BALTIC, Canine Hero
of Serum Dash
Is Dead

Fairbanks. Alaska, Feb. S.-Balto,
leader of Gunnar kasson's team or
Siberian wolves and canine hero in a
recent relay race from Nanana to
Nome. with 100000 units of diphther-
ia anti-toxin. is dead, according to
a report received today from Nome.
The report added that Balto ane
the majority of Kasson's prize team
had died from frozen lungs as the re-
suit of struggling 60 miles from Bluff
10 Nome for seven and one.half
hours in a binding blizzard that sent
the thermometer down to 80 degrees
below zero.
The Omaha morning bee., 1925-02-09
BOY SLEEPS IN
FURNACE, DEAD

Louisville, Ky. Feb. s.-Asleep In
blast furnace Of the National Forge
company when the negro janitor
started the fire yesterday, Albert Lee
.Greaver, IL. was SO seriously burned
that he died several, hours later
Neither the janitor. John Jones. so
nor the boys mother, Mrs. William
u. Greaver, could explain how the boy
happened to be in the furnace.
The Omaha morning bee., 1925-02-09
Express Doubt.
By Associated Press

Cave City. Ky, Feb. s.-sfany 1T
the cave country folk. long accus-
| toned 10 the cave obsession Of Floyd
Collins. were more pronounced today
IN asserting their doubts that Col
Inns really Is trapped IN sand Cave.
The other tunnel discovered Satur.
day by Homer Collins, his brother.
leading in the general direction OF the
huge cavern Floyd Collins has de-
scribed TO rescue parties. incIines
many OF those xho know Floyd Col
Inns well. 10 the belief that there
may be exits known only to Floyd
hidden somewhere.
But the few outside rescuers who
actually reached Collins are firmly
convinced that his leg IS caught 50 he
can not release himself.
The near neighbors of the Collins
family are outspoken in their charac-
terization of Floyd Collins as shift
less fellow. supported by his father,
although he was ss years old. who
spent all his time crawling around the
numerous tunnels and caverns OF the
region. His principal achievement,
they say, I'm earning a living was the
discovery IN 1917 OF Crystal cave on
his fathers farm. and its CONNER
cisl exploitation as a show place for
tourists. - !.
Family Quarrelled. - I
| II is this cave. Crystal. about which
the neighhors say a dissension sprung
up In the Collins family. Eqeal owner
with his father in Crystal cave. the
natives tel OF differences over ci-
vision Of the guide fees from tour
lists which caused Floyd 10 stay away
from homs for long periods. When
his exploration Of Sand Cave led 10
his Imprisonment. he was staying Al
the home Of the tenant On whose
farm sand cave IS situated. FleSd :
father last summer had agreed to
lease Crystal cave to one or the more
enterprising natives. who might make
more out Of il instead of spending hls
time in search Of other osverns-
Cum TO Page Thre~. ceiuma nsei
The Omaha morning bee., 1925-02-09
Mysteries Sweep Crowd; Many Women Faint

has been here before, and seldom
any place has such a hysterical
and noisy scene been enacted as
that AZ sand cave today.
Women aud mon. overwhelmed
with fanaiical zeal. tainted and
we're carried 10 the hospital tents,
given restorativss and then moved
on 10 make WY for other patients.
Reyivansts. mounted on stumps and
soap hoSes, harangued all who
would listen.
The Omaha morning bee., 1925-02-09
Six Hurt in
|TrainCrash;
ogIsCause
Passenger and Freight Trains
Collide Headon Near Albert
Lea. Minn.-Five Men,
One Woman, Victims.
Doctors and Nurses Sent

Albert Lea. Mimi, Feb. Six per
sons were seriously injured early this
morning when a passenger and a
freight train, each obscured by a
heavy fog. crashed head On six miles
south of here.
The colliding trains were Minneapo'
lis & st. Louis passenger train No.
1. which left Albert Lea at 315 o.
M, and Chicago. Rock Island & Pa
clfic freight train No. 91s. The
passenger train was detouring as the
result of a freight wreck near Forest
City, Ia.
The injured:
S George Trusty, Fort Dodge. Ia, en-
gineer on passenger train; leg broken
and badly crushed.
II. T.. Mason. Marshalltown, Ia.
conductor; badly bruised.
Mrs. Mylen Busch. Minneapolis.
passenger; bruised and one leg badly
hurt.
Robert Murphy, Manly, Ia. brake
man en- freight, ankle badly sprained.
Dave Roy, Manly, Ia. engineer on
freight. neck and back hurt.
Il. s. Feed pilot on passenger
Marshalltown, Ia, head and chest IN
jursI.
Five Iowa Persons.
Less than a half hour after the
wreck, 81 special train bearing doctors
and nurses under the direction OF
DR.. H. j. Burns. left Albert Lea.
After receiving first aid. the injured
were brought to a hospital here.
Passenger Detoured.
On account of the fog. the engineers
of the two trains did not see each
other until they were few rods
apart. it was said. The passenger
train. because of the wreck at Forest
City. was detouring via. Mason City,
Ia, over the Rock Island.
Through a misunderstanding of or
ders, it Is said. the freight train. In
charge of Conductor Mahoney and En-
gineer Dave Roy, started for Albert
Lea.
The freight crew jumped in time to
save their lives. The engine plowed
half way through the passenger en-
eine. Engineer Trusly was pinned
The mail car and baggage car. OF
wood construction, telescoped, imprisg
oniny Conductor Mason in one end of
the bagSsge car. II WAS nearly an
hour before he was freed.
Several loaded coal cars were de
stroyed.
The Omaha morning bee., 1925-02-09
PONCA CONSIDERS
MUNICIPAL POOL

ponca. Neh.. Feb. Sc. H. Man.
gold OF Sioux city, la. representative
of the Sanitary swimming Pool com.
pany. presented before n community
meeting here II proposition whereby
this city might become the owner Of
a municipal swimming pool
The pool would be constructed Of
reinforced concrete. 6oNiso feet In
size. would cost S,.Aoo. and would he
paid for out of a small admission
charge.
Nothing definite was decided al the
meeting. hut a general campaign OF
education to show the benefit OF such
a propeot 20 the community is TO be
carried on. and Il is hoped eventually
10 finance the proposition.
The Omaha morning bee., 1925-02-09
Weeks Will Fire
Next Bombshell
in Aircraft Row
Secretary Of War 10 Repl,
Soon TO Statements of
General Mitchell-Raps
"Supercilious Criticism"

Washington. Feb. S.--The source oi
fuel for the aircraft controversy ap
peared today to have shifted temper
arify from the capitol to the War de
parment, where the reply of Briga
dier General Mitchell. assistant chief
of the army air service, to Secretary
Weeks demand for substantiation OF
testimony before congressional com
mittees, is before officials for consid
Grafton.
The house aircraft committee
which last week made public thf
generals letter before it had reached
the secretary. Is in recess until
Thursday. Secretary Weeks an
nounced he would issue a statement
on the matter as soon as he had time
to examine the reply, which reterat-
ed some OF the statements objected
to as having seriously reflected" on
the department.
Appointment Withheld.
In statement made public yester
day, Secretary Weeks declared those
charged with the drafting of army
policies. including General Pershing
and who differed with the Mitchell
air program. had been subjected te
"supercilious criticism" but he made
no direct reference to the assistant
air chiefs letter. and another st2te
ment dealing with this Is expected.
The question Of General Mitchell.
reappointment to his present assign
ment which expires next month. Il
being held up. pending the outcome
Of the present controversy. 1f Mitch
ell Is not reappointed he will auto
matically revert, to the rank..of cote
mel.
Upon resumption of It's inquiry
Thur sday, it was announced by Rep
resentative Perkins. republican. New
Jersey, aircraft committee examiner
several filters with world war exper
ience. but not now in governments
service, will he called for testimony
johnson Tells Story.
The committee yesterday examine
Capt. A. W. Johnson. assistant chic
of the naval air service, who assert
ed that General Mitchell had disobey
Ell orders in the 1921 bombing tests
Off the Virginia Gates, and declared
that he would have court-martiale'
IN IL he had possessed the author
ity.
Captain Johnson. whom Genera
Mitchell referred TO In testimony be
for the committee a. the Junior
naval officer in charge of the bomb
ing tests. also declared that the gen
eral had cast "slurs" at the naval Al
service aud denied that General Nit
chtll was qualified ito speak Will
accuracy about naval matters.'
The Omaha morning bee., 1925-02-09
Ship Goes Ashore. But Grew
Rescued With No Life Loss

department o. the Chamber Of Com,
merce received a wireless message TO-
day from Vancouver. Y. g. saying
the Sasagc chief had gone ashore
near st. Mary's island off Vancouver.
The message said the crew had
been landed IN safety.
The Omaha morning bee., 1925-02-09
Tots Howls Mingle With Cries of Rescuers

rervent amens resounded from
almost every square yard section
Of humanity Babies and children
howled. Other youngsters. their
mouths stuffed with sandwiches or
cake. were picked mp In a swirling
maelstrom and swept away from
grip of their guardians.
LET us pray,
Souvenirs from sand Cave. Gen.
uine rocks taken from the
Repent thee, FOR the day OF
Judgment
The Omaha morning bee., 1925-02-09

''Flo-d Is alive.
The announcement reached Cave
city, which today is populated by
30 times its normal size OF SOC.
Strangers in town. unable 10 get
TO the scene or action because Of
the traffic blocked road. displayed
as much rejoicing as dill the ma.
tivcs. most Of whom have been on
caNe.exploring expeditions with
Floyd Collins.
such a concoursc % people never
The Omaha morning bee., 1925-02-09
We Have
With Us
Today

W. r. Shepard.
Vice President Lincoln National Life
Insurance Company,
Fort Wayne, Ind.
W. r. Shepard, vice president OF the
Lincoln National Life Insurance COM
pany, came to Omaha to be present at
q sectional meeting for agents OF his
company. to be held Monday, Tues
day and wednesday.
Mr.. Shepard was accompanied by
7. J. Clingenberger, auditor: G. j.
Dale, agency director; A. l.. Dern'
superintendent Of agencies. and Berlin
Harold, assistant 10 Mr.. Dem.
Fifty insurance agents from points
IN Nebra ska and neighborins states
will be present at the meeting.
The Omaha morning bee., 1925-02-09
Bluffs Man Held
on Liquor Charg,

Ben Darnell. %. 792 First avenue
Saturday waived hearing in Council
Bluffs police court on charges OF
maintaining liquor nuisance and
was bound over to the grand jury.
Dond was sci at sG0o
The Omaha morning bee., 1925-02-09
Sun.Yat.Sen Holding Own,
Nv Associated Press.

PekIn. Feb. s.-The condition of
Or. Sun Yat.sen. South China leader,
who was operated upon for cancer re-
Gently. remained unchanged today.
lie has been critically III since Jan.
uary 2e.
The Omaha morning bee., 1925-02-09

Washington. Feb. s.-liarry II.
Cilfry. parliamentary clerk of the
senate for AZ years. died at his home
here today. aged 81 years. lie was
a former resident OF Oregon
The Omaha morning bee., 1925-02-09
Lodge Members Are
Instructed i'm Ritual

Harvard. Neh., Feb. S,--Miss crab
tree. n state worlser in the Rehekah
lodge. conducted instruetional courses
in the lodges ritual work lasf night
The Omaha morning bee., 1925-02-09

.Mawa' Am.ah.ma"'
Hamburger. hot dogs. Is cents.
two fur
praise Nc -
Let us all Join In singing"
And mingling with this human
hedlam on the hilltop. came from
floor OF the working stage the con-
tiauous suois OF engines and the
shouts - the hegrimed men who
arc inch by inch driving the shaft
nearer. SLOWLY but inevitably. near
er 70 the man held in the wise OF
rocks.
The Omaha morning bee., 1925-02-09
|HintofHoax
at
Sand Cave
Father of Victim Passes Out
Advertising Circulars-Na-
lives Hint at Food Cache;
Rescue Work Goes On.
Collins Shiftless, Said

Sand Cave, Cave City, Ky,
Feb. Sis Floyd Collins
the victim of a tragic cave
trap or the perpetrator of a
publicity hoax?"
Half whispered, this ques-
ton ran through the crowd
of 10000 curiosity seekers
here today and joined the
swelling chorus of doubt that
comes wherever men gather
and discuss Sand Cave and its
rock pinned victim.
like prompters in the
wings, Collins neighbors
gave the cue when the more
credulous faltered.
'Floyd was a shiftless fell
low," they say. always
crawling around caves and
letting his old father support
him."
May Have Food Cached.
"But he may have food
cached away somewhere"
they urge when the cred
ulous stammer their belief in
Collins horrible predicament.
And weaving in and out
between pop vendors, hot dog
merchants and fanatics, with
a message to tell wherever
crowd will listen, is Lee Col
Inns, father of Floyd, offer
ing circulars advertising crys-
tai cave, subterranean cav
ern discovered several years
ago by Floyd Collins.
The Omaha morning bee., 1925-02-09

Ord. Neh.. fch. S.--ori Masonic
loSiSe is planning on the erection q
a new Masonic temple this summer.
The Omaha morning bee., 1925-02-09
Mohawk Cagers Seek Games

Mohawks, semi professional basket
hall team, want out e tenn games
can Les,es GiSss,cr. webster i1ee.
The Omaha morning bee., 1925-02-09

Al the II rvard hrsneh's regular
meeting. The local organization
which j. active in ceremonial work in
this district, received instructions IN
several new branches.