The Coos Bay times. (Marshfield, Or.) 1906-1957, January 06, 1916, EVENING EDITION, Image 1

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ANTS FORCE OF IWCflEASE IN WAGES
MILLION MEN
1.... nf Wnv Snvs the
County's Existence May
-- OunU Antinn
Depenci on ouui
Ul IS SET FORTH
louse Committee on Military
Affairs Hoars ueians or
Garrison's Policy
INCREASE IS $600,000,000
I. i if..- iimmi-fmniif. nut irci
Annum Mm "! r.
Would Ho Tho lluiidrrtl Minion
JliiHt Mnko CJjmmI On Promis
es to Uphold ItepilbllCH
(Dr AaaotUtaJ rrrn lo Coot nr Tlmta.
WASHINGTON, 1). tt, .Inn. G.
Secretary aarrlaon laid boforo tlio
Jlouso mllllnry affnlrn conunltlco to
day a formal argument In bohalf of
tl.o ailtnliilBlrntlon'fl uriiiy tilnn de
signed to slvo tho country u doflnlto
military policy.
Wants Million Men
It proposes tlio crontlon of a mo-
bllo fcdornl forco of more than u mll
llen men In six yearn, tlio nccumuln
tlon of a lingo TCHorvo of nmniunl
tlon, and an elaborate extension or
the coast defenses. '
"Tlio Integrity of tlio nation and Ito
very oxlstcnco" said tho Hocrotnry,
"May dojiond on what Ih dono at this
Umo."
Incmiso Expsuxo
Tlio wholo project would involvo
an Increased oxikjiiho of $0,00,000,000
end an animal budget therenftor of
worn than $200,000,000 mi compared
with tho average of $100,000,000 of
tlio last few yoars. Referring to far
tprcad of tho military responsibility
: of tho nation, ranching into tlio Insiij
1st possessions and China, Alaska and
tlio canal zone, Secretary Garrison
tald.
" Wo havo determined , and an
nounced that tho sovereignty of oth
er ropulillcs of this homlsphoro shall
remain Inviolnblo, and therefore
must stand ready at nil times to nutlco
cood our position. Thoro Is no dis
position on tho part of sonio to as
sumo that wo aro forcing n crisis.
Tho only way to moot an emergency
li by adopting omorgoncy Jiicasures."
IS
ainxicux gexkral releaser
IIV TEXAS ILVXGEHS
Showed Consideration to Americans
Who Were In UN Power nntl
Who Appealed to Him
EL PASO, Toxns, Jan. 0. His.
kindness to two Americans, bold pris
oners In Westorn Chihuahua by tho
Villa forcos for soveral days, and
whom ho escorted to tho border, was
rcclprocatod by bis late captlvos Inst
night, whon Qonoral Isnao ArroyaB
was released by Texas rangers nt
Yslota Toxas on tho representation or
tlio men ho Uefrlonded.
CALL TO XATIOXAL
RANKS IS ISSUED
(Djr AaaoclateJ Tret to cooa ry Tlmw.J
WASIIINGTIN, D, C Jan.
C -Tho comptroller of cur
rancy today Issued a, call to
all national banks requiring
thorn to report tholr condi
tion at tho close of business,
Dec. 31.
In today's call tho comptroller
. mrmer than at any previous
umo to learn If money is being loan-
by national banks in violation of
Mate usury laws. Among other In
formation asked la whether the banks
ffqulro depositors to carry deposits
loii loans aro granted. .
WKB IX THE EAST
T T n0MsoburB Ilov,(w says: "Jas.
countv 'ft a resident of this
yesterdnv ' fUJ? l).ast 27 yeara. l,od
in-law JMat ihS llome ot h,8 Blster
Denton ml1' ,Sarah Buchanan, nt
year, IU,no18- " was about 08
had i,- a-?: Mr' Buchanan, who
about ,.Us or osebure, loft here
raildiv fcm pumatlsra. Ho failed
1 mii' however, after golig East.
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Established 1H7H
Ah Tho Const Mull
UNITED STATES STEEL CO HI 'ft.
KATION TAKES ACTION
Tlio Advnnco Which AViim Decided
UlKin Ih About Ton
Percent
tnr Ataoclatfe rrM to Coo Hit Timet
NEW YOItlC. Jan. C Tlio United
States Stool Corporation todny do
cldod to IncronHo tho wngos of vir
tually nil Us unskilled employes
about 10 porcont.
BDYS STEAL BRASS
OVER .$1,001) WORTH TAKEN
FROM COOS 1IAV STEAMERS
Tlio Powcrti, Liberty ami Gas Rout
Pacific Aro Lohci-h Some- Partn
Found at Foundries
DrnBfl and cnglno equipment
nmoiintlng to $1,000 in value have
Lean stripped front tho gnsolluo
speed bout Pacific nnd tho stenmers
Powers nnd Liberty within tho Inst
four or flvo days. A. H. Powers do
clarcs that ho will upend another
$1,000, If necessary, to bring tno
guilty parties Into tho courts. Part
of the loot lias bcon recovered from
tho North Bond Iron Works, tho Coos
Hay Iron Works and tho Adams See
cud I land store, on north Front
street. Tho proprietors claim It
was sold them by boys who declared
thoy had tnkon It from tho old Santa
Clara.
Xumo Stamped on TooIh
TlihTiuornlnir Mr. Powers wont to
tho Hocoud hand store nnd recovered
sonio $ir worth of tooln. "Thoy
iCOiild hardly havo boon taken from
tho Santa Clara," ho said. "Evory
ouo of thorn wns iiiitrkcd with the
nnino Powers, stanfped on them, In
lettors half an Inch high."
Tho boyo urroated on New Year'n
Day aro Implicated In tho tho steal
ing. Ono of them coufcsflcd that
thoy had tnkon brasaos off tho Pa
cific and sold thorn to O. Groen, on
north Front stroot, for about flvo
nnd six conts a pound.
I Men Aro Implicated
Mr. Pownrs declares that thoro aro
more than boys Implicated In the
thievery. "To got Into Borne parts
of tho engines, bracos and Irons
weighing ovor 000 or 700 pounds
bud to bo llftod," bo snld this mor
ning. "No boys could have dono
this."
With axes part of thn work wan
deno. About tho machinery of the
Powers hnd boon built sort of
wooden structiiro and tho miscreants
chnppod their way through and dis
connected tho engines. Everything
mado of brass was stolon.
, . WIiC'lH Sold for Soujj
At tho Adams storo Mr. Powci
found two fly whools tliat bo said';
bad cost him about $3G n plcco and
which had boon purchased from tho
boys for $1 a piece.
Jinlgo AVntson To Act
Lator In tho day Jtidgo James Wat
son, of tho juvonllo court, telephon
ed to Chief Curler thnt ho will como
ovor to Mnrshflold to bear tho case in
which tho four boys aro Implicated.
This will como up aftor tho return of
Chief Cartor from Portland whoro ho
(s callod as a witness In tho Shook
CU80,
Mr (IBIP f ABBS
NAVV MAY HAVE TO fllVE UI
MARE ISiaXD
Admiral Stanford Says luadoqtiato
Clin lintel Might For'0 Abandon-
ineiit of Station
(I! AnoclileJ Preu to Cooi llajf Tlim.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Jan. G.
Tho possibility of tho navy yard bo-
Ing forced by an lnadoquuto channel
to ubandpu ,Maro Islund navy yard,
for tlio iiso of big ships at least, was
advanced by Admiral Stanford, hoad
of tho bureau of yards and docks, be
foro tho houso naval committee
Probably it may bo moved to anotti
or point on tho bay.
MANY HOGS SOLD
EUQENE, Oro., Jan. C Lano
couuty hog rnlsorB havQ netted np
proxlmatnly $9,000 by tho sale of 800
hogs through tho co-operative system
or marketing by tho markot commit
tee of the Pomona grange since tho
first of November, according to C, J.
Hnrd. who has had charKC of the
charge
shipments,
MARSHFIELD, OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 6, 191 6 EVENING EDITION.
LI IS UPHELD
IN WASHINGTON
Federal Court Refuses to
Grant Injunction to Seattle
Brewing Company
TO aiPlr BEE!
Forty Thousand Barrels Are
to be Removed From State
By January 11th '
LIQUOR LAW ATTACKED
Attempt .Made to Show that It Ih Xot
Constitutional -Thifo J mines
Sit In Case ami .Much In-
IciVNl Ih Shown
COURT UPHOLDS THE
PROIIIHITIOX LAW
injr AuofUtfd Prm in com rij Tlrnm.
TACOMA, WiiHh., .Inn. IS.
Tho federal court hero to
day refused to grnnt tho Se
attle Hrowlng and Malting
C ompniiy nu Injunction to
prevent Attorney General
Tannnr from destroying boor
In the company's iiosscsslou
if not exported by Jan. 11.
lllr AMorUlrJ Vnut lo Cooa liar Timet.
TACOMA, Wash., Jan. C Uoforo
three- United States Judges, and with
every Kint In tho court room filled,
an attack on the constitutionality of
the state prohibition lnw wua mado
In tho fedoral court hero today.
The applicant was tho Seattlo
Hrowlng nnd Malting Company tor
uu Injunction to provent Attorney
Gonornl Tunnor from destroying
4 0,000 barrels of boor In tho com
pany's pnBsosfllon unless exported by
Jan. 11th. It was takon undor con
sideration by tho court nnd lator tho
decision was given.
Among othor things tho company
arguod that tho lnltlatlvo nnd refer
endum had not been adopted lognl-
ly nnd that tho prohibition law
therefore was Illegal, and that ton
days was not sufficient Umo In
which to export tho boor aftor tho
law took effect.
Court destroyed sonio of hopo of
tho plnntiff when Justice Gilbert
asked If tho broworjjdjd not consid
er tho tlmo slnco UiejlRWiwns passed
aufflclont to got rfdfitho bear.
JURtlKUHEES
Up For Rootlegglnj; t Myrtle Point
TmIi Iji.st Pull To
Try Again
(Special to Tho Times)
COQUILLE, Jan. C Tho Jury boa
dlsagreod In tho caso of the stato ver
sus James McCutchoon, of Beaver
Hill, on a charge or bootlogglng.
Tho caso was hard fought. It wa3
contended by tho state that McCut
cbeon, who has beou In tho saloon
business at Ueuvor Hill, took, liquor
In bottlos to tho Myrtle Point fair last
fall and cold it thoro,
This wns denied by McCutcheon.
Soveral wltnossos woro called for
both sldos. It Is not bollovod that
tho caso will como up again at this
term of tho circuit court, or If It
docs, not until aftor sovoral othor
case havo boon disposed of.
HERE'S SUGGESTION TO
HEALTH 0FFICER SHAW
New York Seekn to Stop Gilppe
Epidemic by Wanilng Print
ed h. HJiymo.
NEW YORK, Jan. C. Rhyme aa
a moans of educating the public
In tho prevention of grip, now epi
demic In somo parts or tho city,
was used by tho health department
by thousands or cards which it dis
tributed throughout the city. Tlio
couplet or preventive advico is:
Cover up each cough nnd sneeze;
H you don't you'll spread disease.
Dr. Charles P. Uoulan, or tho
bureau or health eaucaiion, said
thero Is no spociric for grip, and
prevention Is tho only means of
checking Us spread.
Tho rhymed warning will be pla
carded in public placea and dis
tributed through tho schools aud
by guards on elevated and subway
trains: ., o ':
PREACHER IS LOST
REV. HOMER It. SALISRURV WAS
OX THE PERSIA
Mound for India Ah Missionary For
Seventh Day Adventlst. Church
'.Rciut Coiiiom
lllr AuoclaleJ Vm to Coog liar Ttmn.l
WASHINGTON, D. C. Jan. C
Rov. Homer It. Sallsburg, of this cl
tj, Sovontb Day Adventlot mission
ary superintendent for India, who
sailed on tho Persia for Marseilles,
In given up for lost n a report which
tho Peninsular and Oriental Lino
transmitted to tho American embas
sy nt London. Tho report wbb
tuinsmlttcd today to tho stato de
partment. VESSEL II DERELICT
THE THESSAIX)XIKI STILL
APLOAT AND A MEXACE
Crew nnd .Mull Ih Rescued by Anoth
er Steamer PnsscngerH
All Saved
lllr Anorltlvd rreu to Coot Dr TIidm.j
NEW YORK, Jnn. C Tho dls
obled Greek steamer Thessulonlkl,
abandoned at sea by tho paseongors
nnd erow, Is ntlll afloat and Ih a
mennco to navigation, according to a
wireless today from tho Btunmer Per
ugia. Tlio Perugia rescued 90 of
the crow and all tho mull. Tho pns-
Bongern and tho remaludor of tho
crow aro on tho stcamor Patrls.
TWELVE LIVES LOST
DEATH CAUSED IIY SIXKIXO OP
A STEAMER
The Simmer Knnmvn Strikes Pier nt
Purkerahurg-, W. Va. and
(,'oes To Roftoni
llr Anooiilathl Treu to Cooa liar Tlrara.t
PARKERSDURG, W. Vn., Jan. 0.
Captain Horry of tho steamor
Kanawa, which sank last night af
ter striking a plor cstlmntod this af
ternoon that tho loss of llfo totals
twolvo. River men placo tho list of
missing nt 18.
U1ETHT1E
PRESIDENT NOT HEADY
NAME SUPREME JUDGE
TO
Will CunvasH Situation Very Careful
ly Reforo IXunilng SticceHMir
to liiito Ju.stlco Lamar
(Or Auoelc'4 Vrtaa to Cooa Da; Time.)
WASHINGTON, D. Cr, Jan. C
Today President Wilson told a call
er that boforo appointing a huccoss
or to tho Into Supremo Court Justlco
Lamar ho would thoroughly canvasBJof 2,121,111 against 541,000.
tho sltuutlan. Tuft was endorsod
In ninny massages received
CASE IS HALTED
W. .1. MITCHELIv PORTLAND DE
TECTIVE, BREAKS ROTH iLKGS
Judgo Sklpworth Postpone Oih'o of
Treadgold Versus Mitchell, and
Record And Othorn
(Special to Tho Times)
COQUILLE, Jan. C. Docauso or
tho ract that W. J. Mitchell, Portland
detectlvo, Is said to havo recolved
two broken legs In an auto nccldont,
tho cubo or G. T. Troadgold versus V,
J Mitchell tho Record and other has
beou postponed until tho next term
of court. Tho caso should have
como up for trial today before Judge
Sklpworth.
Considerable Interest lias attached
tt this caao whereby G. T. Troadgold,
city attorney or Jiandoii, seeks to re
cover from the soveral defendants tho
sum or $50,000 as damages. He
charges libel and Blandor, resulting
from tho Simpson case that involv
ed Joe Coach in tho last April
term of tho circuit court.
Tlio message regarding Mitchell
canio rrom Mrs. Mitchell. L. G. Car
pentor, partnor with Mitchell in the
Coast Dotectlvo agency, fs now ut Co
qulUe. WESTLAKE POSTOPPICE
A Postorrico has bcon established
at WoBtlako, our thrifty neighbor
on the shores or tho beautiful Tsllt
epos Lake, with Mrs. Fannie Clark
us Postmistress', The mall loaves
Glonti'da three times u week, Tues
day, Thursday and Saturday, Glar--Qjicp
Ackluy, earrei"-T-Ploronce Wbat.
t
LABOR BODY IS
AGAINST BILL
Compulsory Measure is Op
posed by Labor Congress
1 by Big Majority
IT TDlGGEPT IT
Leader of Party in House of
Commons Will Not Act
on the Decision
HE SERVES NOTICE T0UAY
Saj-H Ho Will Resign His Seat and
AskH HIh Constituents Whether
or Net Ho Huh Acted Prop
erly in tho Mutter
THREE OP MINISTRY
RESIGN THEIR PLACES
Dr Aiiocltt Prn-i to Com nr Tlnin.)
LONDON, Jan. C Arthur
Hondorson, prcHldont of tho
board of education; William
Iiraco, parliamentary undor
secretary of homo affairs,
and Gcorgo II. Roberta,
Lord Commissioner of tlio
Treasury, labor leudors, ro
Blguod from tho ministry
todny.
(Ujr AasoclitoJ I'rras to Cooa liar Tlmta.)
LONDON, Jan. C. Tho Labor
Congress today wont on. record
agaliiHt tho bill Introduced In thoLyond tho positions they havo occu
Houso or Commons yesterday for
compulsory Horvlco, rcconinioiinlng
thnt tho momborri of tho Labor
party In Parliament opposo tho bill
nt all" stages.
Demand Withdrawal
By a vote or 1,098,000 against
783,000, tho Labor Congress do
cldod to support a domand for tho
withdrawal -at tho compulsory sor
vlco bill from Parliament. A roc
ommendatlon to Labor mombors
of Pnrllamont to opposo tho bill
was In tho form of an nmondmont
to tho resolution originally placed
boforo tho organization. This
ninondinont re-afflrms tho decision
ot tho Labor Congress nj: Bristol
In regard to( conscription. Tho
nmondmont carried by a vote or
1,710,000 to 934,000.
Test Resolution.
Tho tompor or tho Labor Con
bross was tested today by an
amendment to tho oHIclal resolu
tion to tho offect that tho organ
ization should support tho com
pulsion moasuro by rorclng slnglo
men to enlist. Tho nmondmont
was defentod on a cara vote by an
overwhelming majority by a voto
Leader Revises
Arthur Hondorson, loader or tho
Labor party In the Houso or Com
mons, served notl?o on tho Labor
Congress today that ir it was do-
clded lip should opposo tho govern
ment's compulsion bill, ho would
roruso to accopt such a decision.
Ho said ho would resign his seat
and ask his constltutonts wbothor
thoy endorsed his action.
TO TttEW TRIP
ROOSEVEIT GOING SOON TO THE
WEST INDIES
Wlfo Will AvroiufNiiiy Him uud Thoy
Will Not Return Until
Xot April
JUr Aaaoc latMt rreat to Cooa par Timca.J
NEW YORK, Jan. G. Announce
ment that Roosevelt will start Feb
lu on a trip to tho West Indies,
from which ho will not joturn until
April 1, was mado today. Mrs.
Roosevelt will accompany hint.
POUR CHILDREN' ARE
BURNED TO DEATH
Ur AaocUled Treta tu cc. twj Tluiea,
NEW MARTONSVILLKv
W. Vu., Jan. G. Four child
ren of John Morgan woro
burned to death In the fam
lly homo hero today. In
attempting a rescue, Mor
gan was bo badly burnqd ho
may die.
X Consolidation of Times, Const Mail
nntl Coon Hiy Atlvortlwcr.
IS
1
BULGARIA VOTES HUNDRED MIL
HON WAR CREDIT
Enthusiastically Approved by Par
liament nntl All Sections or Op
position Puvor Movo
inr Aimoclnted Treaa to Coot Dar Tlmoi.l
LONDON, Jan. C. Tho war credit
of $100,000,000 was enthusiastically
approved by tlio Dulgnrlan Parlia
ment, says n Snlonlkl dlBpntch. AH
sections of tho opposition voted
with tho government.
HAND GRENADE ATTACK ON
GERMANS NOT SUCCESSFUL
Vienna Denies That City of C.cr-
nowltz Han Been Evacuated
by tho TeiitoiiH
Dr Aaaoclated Praia to Cooa liar Tlmta,
LONDON, Jan. C. ProRs dls
pntcbes Hay that a Pronch hand
grciiado attack against tho Gorman
lines northeast ot Lcmcsmtlo wns
ropulBod, Ilcrlln roports today. Tho
ullled artlllory haB bcon unlntor
muptodly shotting Loiih.
A nowspnpor dispatch rrom Po
trograd asserts that tho RuBslnns
Vlorcod tho Teutonic positions in
tho immediately vicinity or Czor-
nowltz, compiling tho opponents
to fall back to a secondary lino,
nnd near Cznrtorysk tho Teutons
wero proBHOd back sovoral miles.
Denied at Vienna
Vicuna denies tho Russlnn state
ment thnt Czoruowltz is ovueuutod.
Vloiina furthor stutos that tho
Russians have not advanced be-
plod for months.
On tho Rlga-Dvlnsk front a Ger
man rccounoltorlng dotachment
south of Jacobfltadt wlthdrow bo
foro a auporlor Russian forco, nor
lln says,
IS
ROLLIN EDMONDS MUST GO TO
PENITENTIARY
Tho DiimnKo Suit of WojKaiidt
Against Dr. Buttle Still on Trial
Grand Jury Is Busy
tOr Aocl.itfrl rrc.a to Cooa liar Tlmn.J
(Special to Tho Times.)
COQUILLE, Ore, Jan. C. Rol
llu Edmonds must go to tho pon
ltonllary. His parolo haB boon
revoked nnd ho must servo a term
or rrom two to 20 years. Two
yoars ago ho passod a forged
chock. Ho was released on parolo
during good bohnvlor, In tho
nioautlmo his father died and ho
went' to Eastoru Orogon and was
married, Then ho enmo back to
Myrtlo Point, galnod tho confidence
of another girl and secured her
watch and $10 and skipped to
Rosoburg. Ho was arrested thoro
aud brought back. Ilia parolo was
consequently revoked. Ho Is about
22 years of ago,
Suit Xot Plulshcd
Tho dajnago suit or Woygandt
against Dr. Ira II. nartlo was still
on trial this attornoon aud may
not bo finished until tomorrow.
Grand Jury Busy
Tho grand Jury was busy today
clearing up criminal cases whero
arrostB havo been mado. indict
ments tuny bo roturnod to tho
court tomorrow. Tho grnnd Jury
will bo In session sovoral days.
CONCURS WITH SENATOR
PALL'S RESOLUTION
AhIcb for Information Upon Which
President Recognized tho
Currnuzu Government
Ur Aiioclitad rrroa to Cooa Bar Tlmta. i
WASHINGTON, D. C, Jan. C,
Sonutor Fall's losolutlon calling
upon President Wilson for Infor
mation upon which ho based his
recognition of tlio Carranza gov
ornmont in Mexico was agreed to
unanimously today by tho Bouate.
Chairman Stono, or the foreign re
lations committee saw no objection
to Its adoption and movod that It
bo passed.
PORTLAND Steps ha,ve beou tak
en to organlzo tho Oregon Chamber
or Comuiorco to tako the placo or tho
Oregon Development League.
FRENCH
REPULSED
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No. 141
AA
CARRIES
N
Arrives in Now York Armed
and Objections Raised by
the Government
MUST BETKKEH OFF.
Vessel Cannot Leave Port
Until Disarmed, the Of
ficials Have Stated
REQUEST OTHER NATIONS
Givnt Britain and Prnnro Also Ask
ctl not to Arm Liners Coming to
Thin Country Comply With
Right to loiter Object
tllr AifocUlcJ I'rraa to Cooa Daj Tlmta,
WASHRINGTON, D. C, Jan. G.
Tho Stato Dnpartmont probably will
tnko up with tho Italian govornmont
tho question of guns being mountol
on tho liner Glusoppo Verdi, which
nrrlvod In Now York today, with a
vlow of havliii; tho plncos dismount
ed boforo tho ship, leaves Amorlcnn
water.
Others Asked Also
Tho stato department lator had tn
formal negotiations with Omit
Britain and Frunco through tholr
ambassadors hero and asked thai
any guns whatsoever bo romovod
from passenger liners coming to
American ports. Two forolgn gov
ernments, Informally nnd rosrvlng
rights to object, compiled.
AUSTRIA ASKED FOR INFORMA
TION ON PERSIA SINKING
Ambassador Penfleld Wire Thnt
Ho Hits Not Yet Received
Any Reply
11 ABioclatfrd I'rtia to Cooa liar Tlmn,
WASHINGTON, D. O., Jan. 0.
Ambassador Ponflold cabled today
that ho had presented informally to
Vlonna Forolgn OfHco tho Ameri
can government's request for In
formation on tho destruction of tho
Persia, and ul tho tlmo or riling
his dispatch ho baa recolved no
reply.
Want. Information
Ponflold was Instructed to ask
tho Austrian govornmont Informal
ly for any Information It might
havo on tho Porsla, which would
holp tho American govornmont do
clde how tho liner was dostroyod.
So far tho only actual statement
tondlng to provo that tho ship was
torpedoed, camo rrom ono or the
offlcors of tho ship, who said ho
saw what ho thought was the wako
of a torpedo, No. submurlno was
soon at any tlmo. Tho absonco
of furthor advlcos Is homing tho
situation, us far as action ny the
United Stutea is concerned, at a
standstill.
XothliiK Furthor
American Consul Garrols at
Alexandria reported Uiat affidavits
ho gathered rrom tho Persia sur
vivors gnvo no moro proofs that
a Bubmurlno torpedoed tho liner
or regarding Its nationality than
woro contained In tho first dls
patcbos. ARRIVES AT NEW YORK
Italbm Liner Armed With Two Pour-
, Inch Guns
nr AavKtatea ?ntt to ooa Vr TlBfl
NEW YORK. Jan. 0. Tho Itallau
steamor Glusoppo Verdi arrived horo
today rrom Genoa carrying two
four inch naval guna mounted on
tho storn. Pussongora said they un
derstood tho Italian govornmont was
respouslblo for mounting- tho guns,
which were intended to repel sub
marine uttneks.
ACCIDENT IS FATAL
Miss Mary Holon. Rpbortson, who
six weeks ago was Btruck by an
automobile while crossing North
Winchester street In Rosoburg. dlod
at the homo or her slstor, Mrs. Wil
liam Roberts. In North Rosoburg.
Miss Robertson was ill at tho tlmo
of U'o accldont, but tho shock de
veloped complications which had
slnco kopt her in a critical condition.
Roseburg RovJevYi ,
ALBANY Llnji .county;, budget
vas lowered a half, will wha tha
tiUdgot camo up for final paaatge on'
account of the statu tax belli; overestimated,
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