The Bat DISCOVERY OF J The Daily Beit KINGSTON, ONTARIO. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, semana EXPLORER'S BODY MADE UNEXPECTEDLY ingineers Did Not Think the Cavern Would be Reached 50 Soon Not Yet Known How Long Collins fod Been Dead--- Was Held Prisoner Seventeen Days. ' Cave Oty, Ky, Feb. 17. The long struggle is ended. Mother Earth, after clinging grimly, in life and in death, to Floyd Collins for more than 17 days, finally surrendered at 2.45 o'clock yesterday after- noon, and, without warning, opened a tiny hole between a rescue shaft and the natural tomb of the cave explorer. Peer- ing down this tiny fissure into Sand Cave, the brave workers who had waged an unequal combat with the natural forces of the earth, ¥ saw that what they had fought so hard Yor had been lost. Collins was dead. But they will reclaim his body, only to restore it again to the rugged hills he roamed as a youth and explored as a man. "Thank God, they've found him," was Lee Collins' single an exceptionally small man, wiry and able to withstand the hardships he was expected to face. Donning a rubber coat to protest himself against the water still drip ping into the shaft and tunnel, Mar. shall climbed into the basket in the shaft and was lowered. He waved cheerily as he went down the shaft. When he reached the tunnel opéning he waited until a small chisel and a hammer were low- ered to him. Began To Chip Stone. Then he began hig crawl through the tapering, dangerous opening. Even at this stage it was hazardous work and it 'was only thé increasing number of "lips" of boulders and earth that had prompted the lead- ers to drop down to one man instead of the full force in the rescue work. Proceeding slowly, Marshall got to the limestone ledge. Flat on his stomach he began to chip the stone. Meanwhile a chosen detail of men i tle To Save Collins SHAFT TO COLLINS' TOMB 1923 "Whip THURS, FRL, SAT. "THE THIEF OF BAGDAD" Adda a 4 ---- LAST EDITION commis COLLINS BODY Is Impossibi. And Pronounces Explorer Burial Service at Mouth of the Shaft. Cave City, Ky., Feb, . 17.-- The body of Floyd Collins will be left in his natural tomb and his funeral services will be held this afternoon at the mouth of the shaft which was dug to rescue him but in vain. His aged father, Lee Collins consented to. the arrangement after Dr.. William Hazlett of Chicago, had himself examined Collins and pronounced kim dead. Cave City, Ky., Feb. NUST REMAIN hh ks Netural Tomb--Removal DOCTOR SEES REMAINS Dead 17.--Re- vealed but not recovered, the body of Floyd Collins to-day still was ly- Has Bronchitis: RC Satisfactory London, Feb, 17.--A bdulle- tin jssued at Buckingham Pal- ace this afternoon on the com- dition of King George, who was announced yesterday to be suf- fering from a feverish cold, said his majesty had an attack of bronchitis, due to influenza. Despite a restless night, the bulletin added, his condition was satisfactory, The bulletin was signed by Lord Dawson, physician ex- traordinary to the King, Sir Milsom Rees and Sir Frederick Stanley Hewitt. The fact that they visited the palace this morning raised fears that the king's illness was worse than had been thought. It was pointed out, however, that these physicians invar- iably have a consultation when the king's condition ie anything bit normal, and the issuance of the bulletin allayed uneasi- ness, Wealthy Man Kills His Wife and Then Suicides St. Paul, Minn, Feb. 17.-- Thomas L. Wanu, Sr, capitalist and prominent socially, shot and killed his wife and then committed sui- cide in their apartment here early Ends In Failure NEARLY SEVEN - MILLION LESS Federal For the Preseat Year Than Last. ECONOMY 1S OBSERVED Estimates Represeat a Cumule- tive Decrease of $104,967. 151 in Past Three Years. Ottawa, Feb. 17.----~Canada's ex- penditure for the fiscal year ending March 31, 1926, will be $342,036.- 597.16, according to the main estim- ates tabled in the House of Com- mons last evening by Hon, James A. Robb, acting minister of finance. They show a decrease of $6,933. 279.38 from those of the main es- timates for the fiscal year ending . March 31, next, and the cumulative decrease in the main estimates for the three fiscal years beginning wita 1923-24 is $104,967,151.13. A teature of this year's estimates is the fact that the reduc- tion is almost 'esually divided be. tween uncontrollable expenditures, the net decrease in the former being main Xa Hal - statement after his son had ing in the natural tomb which had | to-day. $3,839,672 and the decrease in the been found. Cave City, Ky, Feb. 17.--A soll- tary miner, patiently chipping away --_ were sent down to posts along the tunnel back of Marshall. They were John Stevens, Simon Johns and Abe Blevins and Ed. Brennan. They with been his for more than seventeen days, while jaded miners, spurred on by the realization that at least they have found the cave explorer, pecked away at the limestone roof PROHIBITION PEOPLE latter being $3,093,607 Increase in Pensions. As to thejuncontroliable outlays, Marshall were the pick of the miners ~ and their function was to pass back to the shaft the limestone as Marsh- a | all cut it away. Piece by piece the miner hacked a way into the stone. It Was slow work and time and again he had to suspend his all-important task while he pushed the accumulated debris back to Brennan immediately behind '| him. The stone, seqmingly so hard in the cursory tests given it, proved 'was passed from man to man that things were going better than an- ticipated. When Mr. Carmichael, the engi neur, whose caloulations were vin- dicated to a fraction of an Inch, { heard of the remarkable progress being made, he asked ' Brigadier General H. H, Denbardt, in com- mand at the cave, to take steps to prevent any excitement should the chisel in the hands of Marshall break through earlier than schedul- ed y of the sand cave. Collins' feet prob- ably will remain for ever in the spot they were pinioned by the fall- ing boulder eighteen days ago. H. T. Carmichael, in charge of the rescue work is unwillipg further to risk the lives of the Miners in re- moving the boulder. ' Surgeons went inte the pit early to-day to attempt to amputate Col- line' feet but were unable to reach him. The is 'almost covered With the consent of Collfns' fam- ily, the physicians will amputate one or both feet, when the hole has been made large eénodigh for them to en- : ter, ! " It was announced late last night - Be that Governor W. J. Fields had or- dered that an autopsy be held on the body by three physicians "to de- termine the cause of death, to lo- cate any possible injuries, and to find If there was any trace of poison." ' Meantime, tentative arrange- ments for the body to le in state in there is an increase of $1,010,000 on account of European war pen- sions as a result of the adoptiom of the Ralston conrfhission, and there is an increase of $286,600 on ac count of superannuation, following the rush last fall on the part of the Civil Service to take advantage of' the Calder Act provisions. There is, too, an increase of $187,500 on ace count of subsidies to provinces be- cause of a larger payment to Sask- grown. . Decreases, it ig estimated, hive been made Yu .umcout 'expenses. 'There is a 8 or $2, 875,196 in interest on the public debt, resulting from advantageous refunding loans during the past six eight months. Then, there are de- eases in the following other items of uncontrollable outlays: Soldiers' land settlement, $1,600,000; sold- fers' civil re-establishment, $1,210, 000; adjustment of war claims, $136,000; Imperial War Graves Commission, $98,780; contribution to the League of Nations, $4,696. ARE READY 10 FIGHT Against Stronger Beer--To Urge Legisiature Members to Oppose It. "Toronto, Feb. 17.--The iptegrity of the Ontario Temperance Act and governmental sincerity in the -em- forcement of the same are questions uppermost in the minds of two 'thousand delegates gathered here this moriing for the convention of the Prohibition Union. Reg istratiofis are from all pasts of the province. The preliminary local meetings last week and the "strong- ar beer" amendment proposed by the Ontario Government have given stimulus to the convention opening to-day, and it is expected that the gathering will be one of the most important in the temperance his- tory of the province. Undoubtedly the discussions will centre consider ably on the announcement in the Speech from the Throne of the in- tention of submitting to the legisla- Ia Upper picture shows where shaft was sunk to cave "tomb" of Floyd Collins at Sand Cave, Kentucky. Lower picture shows electrical plant at mouth of cave, which gave warmth to Collins over a light circuit. Over this circuit radio tests were taken to determine whether Collins was living. cs ma taaR fein, dvd nd, cure fambes seyeutoen GAFe: . -- A detail of the 149th Kentucky through solid limestone yesterday afternoon broke into the cavern 'where Floyd Collins bad been held & prisoner for seventden days, and found him dead. He had been dead for &t least twenty-four 'hours. The chisel in the ' hand of the miner Jumped forward into emptiness sig- nalling the end of the fevered and exhaustive rescue efforts at 1.30 o'clock, byt it was not until an hour and a half later that the finding of, - the body was made public. The still form of Collins had not actually been reached last might for ical certification of his death, t the physicians at the shaft head sald that this was merely a form ality. Descriptions of Collins' feat- 'ures, his rigidity and coldness, sup- piled by the only miner small en- ough to work through the tiny hole leading to the victim, prompted the doctors to declare that he had not survived his terrible ordeal. It may be some hours before the body of Collins is brought to the gur- fa0e as hours must elapse before the aperture is widened and made safe enough tc. permit it to be moved out | of the natural prison cell. When that is dong an inquest will be launched at the'shaft head, and the exact time 'that he has been lying dead, while the rescuers worked to save him, will be determined. Infactry was hustled out with fixed bayonels. Their movement to posts fringing the shaft head occasioned inquiry, but the officials, made cautious by their many defeats in the treacherous soil, refused to dis- close their progress. s On and on went the clinking tool in Marshall's . hands, deeper grew the hole in front of him. Sud- denly under the impact of the ham- mer the chis¢l leaped forward and Marshall nearly lost it. A hele the size of a quarter appeared in front of him, ola a current of stale alr swept his face, He knew that he had broken through, but he decided té keep the discovery to himself until having widened the opening, he could be certain. Shouted Discovery. So back he went to chipping| away the stone. Eventually the hole became wide enough for him to crawl forward and put his head through. Darkness, so thick that he could "almost feel it," loomed blankly ahead, and the eerie sound of drivping water, drop by drop, tirst on this side of him and then on that, came to him. He pulled his head back and shouted his discovery, and returned to battering ' the To one side the stone broke and|™ rock, let himself down feet first. In the darkness he moved his feet around until he touched something that. yielded. While he was hang- ing thete, his partner Brennan, even smaller than Marshall, was clamoring for a chance to go down into the pit below. Marshall yielded and Brenpan crawled head first through the hole in the rock. Oar- michael and Blevins held his feet. Flashed Light on Body. Arped @aith a new torchlight, Brennan was lowered putil he could just touch the form. He flashed the light on the face of the prone figure. He later reported that it was ghastly white ,and * "pinched-look- ing." He stretched out a hand and felt a hand thet was stretched neot ordered the men t remain 'where they were while he went to the surface, leaders of the rescue party, leading up to the time when Prof. Funk- houser, spokesman of the officials, made his dramatic announcement of the finding of Collins' body, gave no hint that the search was mearing an end, In fact, only an hour and a half before the body was discovered an official bulletin had been issued reporting that five feet of solid lime- stone had been encountered and that the progress through it. would ne- cessarily be slow. According to the estimate of Rob ert N. Lambie, chief miné& ¥nspect- or of West Virginia, who arrived here yesterday to report on the pro- gress of the work and to advise the officials on métheds, the announce- ment in the bulletin issued at noon, disclosing the limestone barrier, in- dicated that at least 15 hours would be needed, and perhaps more, to get Cave City high school for two days were announced by T. L. Gorby, a friend of the family. Four minls- ters, pastors. of churches in region, will conduct the funeral ser- vices, and the body will be taken to Mammoth Cave burial ground and laid to rest beside the bodies of his mother and sister. this ¥ ture an amendment to the O. T. A. permitting the sale of 4.4 per cent beer. Along that line Dr. Harvey Wiley, United States scientist, will address the delegates to-morrow on the subject of "What Constitutes Intoxicating Beer." In the course of the preliminaries this morning R. J. Fleming, presi- deat of the union, in his opening ad- dress laid stress on the significance of the government's announcement. The executive of the union reported #ts plans for meeting the situation. Among other things the legislature members will probably be urged, in- dividually and collectively, to vote against the dmendment, The executive committee in its re- port suggests that the convention . | express the opinion that native wines also - be prohibited. There were also resolutions presented to ask the. federal government to stop granting licenses to breweries In Ontario without the sanction of the Ontario Government, and also ask- ing the federal authorities to stop the shipment of Nguor to foreign "| countries by Ontario lakeports. returns received by the Church Un« fon Bureau of Information wp to noon to-day, 1303 Presbyterian tongregations have voted im favor of church union and 431 against. C. N. R. Net Earnings. ings of the Canadian National Ratl- ways, after paymemt of operating expenses amounted to $17,244,251 in 1934. Ces 20000000000 % 28000800000 0000 + Public Works Out Three Millions, Under the head of uncontrollable expenditures there are decreases in practically all the departments of Government, the largest cut being in miscellaneous. services, 526, and the mext capital outlays for the Department of Public Works, with & cut of $3,016,345. Trade and Commerce shows a reduction of $806,855; Public Works (income) id shows a cut of $949,316, and Immi- gration and Colonization a decrease of $708,000. With the exception of" the Repartment of Agriculture, where the decrease is $103,500, the cuts in the other departments. are all under the $100,000-mark. ~ National Railways Estimates. Another notable Yeature of this system for the fiscal year ended yoar ended March 31, 1926, is $60,000,000, an previo cof $3,473,000. issued with the estimates: stated that this se tabling Of the railway piri erly help to avoid the confusion which has arisen with respect'to expenditures on Government service co ting the general estimates, as from the outlays on account of the Cana- $3,420,