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MIIIION TO
6E CONSIDERED
ill at This Session
UOIigiBM ""' ." nflninnh!
Take up Hinwi'
Which Are Proposed.
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Next December.
POSTPONE JNTHONY BILL
rrnKlcl in I'm Off Hie Prohibition
" ' ... . i ..... lt..lVl',. .Ilia
Mwiirw "H """ '"
jlflnry CoiuiiiIU.h' When It
Ciiino lo Tic Vote
B, AwrUlftl TrM lo Coo liar TlmM.!
....ntuvi-rnv n. P.. Fob. Hi.
rtaiii.u'"" -
rrolubltloii amendments to tlio con
itlmtlon but not tlio woman suffrugo
inondmenH ft III bo conslilorod lit
tlili lesslon of congress. Tlio Ju-
.. . iiIa (mint twiuf itminil
ulciary comiuiiivu unnv ,....,
(lie consideration of tlio Susan II. An
thony amendment uptll noxt Decom
ler. Proposals lo postpone prohlbl
t,on cro lost on n tie vote.
f p
roxflitrss to look into uov
i:iix.mi:.t owxhusiiii1
U I'refoired In I'luii of (inv'iM-iitiieiil
llrgtilntloii mill ('o'Miol of Pub
lic Willies
Br AuMlit rrna to Cooa nj Tlmra.)
WASHINGTON', I). ('., Fob. 15. -Ily
a vote of 39 to 2.1, tlio somite
today wont on record favoring con
gressional Inquiry Into tlio advlsabll
lljr of Kovcrnmoiit ownership of pub
lic utllltes ns against government
WsuUtloii and control.
It adopted such an lunomlinont pro
i'd by SenuiK. v.uli to Xowlanil
resolution to direct Inquiry Into tlio
tlie Interstate cominorco coiiimlsiilon.
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RKVi:m: lUIITIIQI'AKK l.Nlif.
Will) AT GIIORGKTOWX.
nvriiiiient Indicates Tlml It Is !
About 5()( Miles Away From
Washington, I). V.
It; Auwliit) rrM, to Co, j TmM,j
WASIIINOTON, 1). C, Fob. If,.
A severe earthquake was recorded
JU morning on tlio slosmogrnph of
Georgetown University 0ro. It
'"ted moro tun nn hour. i .
PPittlmateljr ir.00 ...Ilea from!
"nington.
IS BIFIHflT
m?lW Xial 1HJMVKHH
WI.U'11 KHOM TIIIIOXK
Ki;sJ,,m!,,'1k,,,k l'Mm (,'B "
""' "burets of S Army
"1 Xiuy
n"Auu,,rreH,oCoojnayTiinMj
2iirs,?na ,5ra,of,,, enn-
01 wc l,l'ond worthily."
Ml'i.s ci.osi:,7o",)AY,
bf Tl
" Hone or, Will Ho
S1,''. U Ii. sa,,.
Cnylr,' f th C- A- Smith
Mined Q B 0t lo8- H "as bul-
"ild tart"," tod ""
tsa". 8uLr , tomorrw woriiliiB
l tha tZ rm,0,U S,oro Paid
-" further .il.,0UB,,t thero wo",,l
t0ii' Tha ., l0gs 0Ver tl10 rall
,,h,e'. beinJ ,7 enS"les' whlc" ro
r ;''reBix sat ti,at t,iQ i
" toula bo ., , as Boon as the
1UUoolttU,,,,1,eU'WvlUb0
" ""Mho l?m,U,0,ls ro norm
8t0""s and floods.
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Established 1H7H
As I'Iio fount Mull
IS
STORM GODS IIAlr RAILROAD OP
KRATIOXS XOIITII OK ItAV
ItuilH i:pofeI Into Hoedspoil l'roni
Mouth by Thursday lluilil Fast
In 'Mils Weather
Tlio combined offorlH of Old Bor
ons and Jupt. 1'IuvIiih are enough to
thwart even tlio hardiest of railroad
biillderB. Tlio rcHiilt of tlio work
doiio by tlioso two calamity exports
hiiH boon lo dolny construction on tbu
Wlllamotto Pacific railroad.
Italia lmvo not yot reached Reeds
port from Cooh Hay. Tlio Htool lino
Is within approximately a nillo or
tlio town. By Tlnirsiliiy It ih cx
p:tod tho first working train will
whlatlo at tho Hoiithorn bank of til"
Uniiiii(i mid at tho .approach of tho
long stool bridge now building there.
Cup of Five Miles
From tlio nni thorn oiul (hero Ir
still n gnp of about five and one
half mllea that must bo filled with
rails, Of this distance some thrco
miles 1b Already Inltl with n nar
row gauge railroad. It Is expected
that tho shifting ovor of ono rail,
thus widening the gunge, Is practic
ally all that will bo necessary.
Thero Is still somo piling to ho
done on F.vo .Mile, lake, In the build
ing north of Unipqun. with this
doiio tho lino swiirgs out to one of
the creeks tributary to Smith river
and tlienco down tho Utupiiia.
Ilecnuiio or tho delay duo to
weather conditions It does not seem
possible to have a regular motor car
uorvlco Into Hce:Iaport by March 1.
That 1s, tho permanent lino will not
bavo boon built that far by this date,
though It will bo posslblo to run
work trains over tlio cntlro dlstanro
from Coos Hay.
As yet tho city council Is awaiting
tho completion by tlio Southern Pa
cific of Its various itgroonionta bo
foro allowing a change In the local
motor car franchise for n period or
flvo years. Tho worlc of tho railroad
In this connection Is necessarily Blow
bocauso of tho fact that much cor
respondence hnB to take placo with
tho Now York offlcon of the company.
W IKE inn
I. H. WANTS TO KNOW SOMK ITU.
THICK DKTAII.S
Will Ask lluw Hiiliiiiur-lifrN Are to
Know Wlicllier Mei'chaiitiui'ii urn
Ai'ineil or Xot
tllr A if en UIM rn' to Cu Ilr Tlmn.)
WASIIINOTON, I). C, Koli. 15.
Tho United States, in tlio near future,
may mako somo liuiuirles of (ior
many nnd Austria as to how they In
tend to determine wlmthor merchant
men nro tinned boforo sinking them
without warning, In accordlnco with
tho now orders going to their two
murine commanders.
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TIIHKH lirXIMtKD OFF fltl'ISICII !
AKKTIIFSA AHIC SAFK
Piulwibly Seventeen Men Who Were
In Stokeholil I'eilsheil When Ves
sel St i uck .Muo
njr Auoclatej Tim to Coo. nr Tlmn.J
CHATHAM, Knglancl. Feb. 15.
About aoo Mirvivora of tho Urltiah
crulsor Arothusa which wns sunk ns
a result of striking a mluo, arrived
boro Saturday night. It Is supposed
nbout 17 men who woro in tho stoke
hold nt tho time- tlio vessel struck the
mine woio killed,
Wlhh KXKOItCI? LAW. '
Pollco Seeing That School Hoys Co
Homo lli uly.
Tho pollco bavo notified pool
hllllA mid nMmr nlnrnu rnL'nrillllir
tho ordinance rogulnting school
boysf frenuout.ng such places. Min
ors have no business nt all in tho
pool and billiard halls, according
tn 'rhn n ril I n ii urn. All linvfl nttotld-
Ing school are supposed to leave
tno bowling alley and such places
by 0 ji. m. In fact parents ro
supposod to koep their children at
homo after that hour. Tho pollco
say that In many cases parents aro
not as caroful as tlioy should bo
about seeing that thoir children get
homo by 9 o'clock.
I.Iblij' Coal, $5.00 toll. Phono 72.
Dr. II. K. Kelly, Dentist, 201 Coko
Hide, l'hoiio 112-Jt
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MARSHFIELD, OREGON,
FIRE IN II .
FATAL TO MEN
Twenty-One Workmen Be
lieved to Have Perished at
Anaconda Copper Works.
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Nine Bodies Have Been
Brought to Surface and
Twelve Are Missing.
FIRE IS STILL BURNING
Volunteer I'orces and KIrst AM
Siii:uls Protected With (!as Hel
mets Itntlllng U'l'b I'lnnies
Caiiso Xol Delei'iiiP'eil
Illr Aiwlalr,l l'rni In mm nT TIrim.
miTTK, Mont, Keb. 15. Twenty
one men are believed to have per
Ihl.od, ncrordlng to rescue woikeru
at the Pennsylvania Mine of Ana
conda Copper M lulug Co., when a fire
broke out In ono of the luvels of
that property while TiO minora wore
at work last night. .
Nino IioiI.oh wero raised from the
mine this morning ami 12 aro still un
accounted for.
I'lre Still Hums
Tho fire at a 1200 foot levol o
the shaft Is still burning but with vol
unteer foices of in 1 1. era .m1 Crst
alii squads working with gas pro
tector holmets, it Is believed tho flio
will soon bo extinguished.
Most of the dead and missing woro
at work on the 500 level. Offi
cers of the company have ghon out
a statement saying tlioy have no
means jot to determine the cause of
tho fire.
(ns Funics Fatal
Within a few minutes after the
flro wis discovered In tho timber of
Iho 1200 foot level, gas fumes be
gan filling tho higher workings.
Within a few momonta tho cago was
hoisting minors to the surface. Sig
nals to tho engineer enmo fiom half
a dozou levels at once. Insistent
calls for tho cage camo from tho 500
foot lovel.
Men l)i hen Hack
Ono cago full of men was takon
from thero hut when it again wns
lowered to this level thoro wero no
men at tho lauding. The gas had be
come so strong tlioy wero compolled
to flco back Into tho workings.
Heroes Mevt Heath
William O. Mltcholl, assistant foro
mau, and Jack Ilrouuau, a miner,
who voliinteored, wero then quick
ly loworcd to tho 500 foot level.
They started for the missing men.
Doth of them wero overcome and
thoir bodies woro found a few min
utes later hy another roseuo crew.
lniiLOWSIUP flil'H WAXTS Mil.
WITIIVrOMHK COMIC I 'Oil VISIT
Point Out Fact That State Official
Has Xot Heou 1 1 tiro Vet Uef.
Inlto Unto Later
Govomor Wltliycombo hna beon in
vited to visit Coos Hay as tho guest
of tho Fellowship Club. No definite
ditto has as yot beon selected, but
ho will bo asked to cpmo horo for
ono of tho banquets to bo hold very
shortly.
Hen Flshor, president of tho Clut),
this morning said that Inasmuch an
tho govomor has not been hero alnco
taking office, thero nro n great many
people down horo who want to moot
him faco to faco and that this is u
good chanco to got him horo. Mr.
Fisher bolloved tho governor would
assent to tho trials of n trip In here
ovor tho stage roiito.
On Thursday a mooting of tho ex
ecutive commltto of the Club will be
hold for the purposo or oiit.llnlng the
banquets for this spring and also to
talk ovor tho charity work being done
by tho organization.
OUT OF HOSPITAL.
Will Krlckson, who has beon in
tho hospital for wdckB past, is able
to bo out today for tho first time.
Ho submitted to a surgical opera
tion for tho rollof of appendicitis
and afterward Buffered somo com
plications but Is now on tho road
to rocovory after a long solgo.
RESGU
STARTED
1TE
CO OR
MKMHKH OK TIIIO ASSOCIATKD IMIKSS
TUESDAY, FEBUARY 15,
f. S. MKMiKX NOT Vl IX HltAX
DFIS CASK
Foulil Xot Clvu Facts to Substanti
ate Cliurgo Appolnteo Wrecked
the Xew llaen
ttly AMoclalM Pre to Conn njr TlmM,
WASIIINOTON, I). C, Fob. 15.
Charles S. Mellcn, former prcsldout
of tho New Haven railroad today no
tified tho senate sub committee In
vestigating tho nomination or Louis
I). Hrnndcts for tho supremo court
bench that ho had no facts to sub
stantiate tho chnrgo by C. W. Har
ton, of Boston, that Hrandcls "Helped
wreck tho Now llavon road."
After some discussion tolay the
coniniJttco decldod to leave opon tno
iiucstton aB to whether Mellon should
bo subpoenaed.
Has Xo Pnpiirs
Senator Walsh read this telegram
from Mellon: "I have no Information
of any character that would bo of any
value to tho sti: committee on the
llrniidels nomination. I lmvo nn pa
pers Hint bavo any hearing on tho
cane. Under theso clrcunistnnces
may I not ho excused from attend
ing." Answers Inquiry
In tlio absenco of Chalrnan Chil
ton, Walsh telegraphed Mellon: 'JMr.
Ilnrron, testifying Thursday, assorted
you could testify to fncts establish
ing the chargo that lir.uule s was em
ployed to wreck the Now Haven road.
Having In ,mlnd your tolograni of
today plraso wlro whether you ran
glvo tho commlttoe nny Information
that will shed light on tlio truth or
fnlslty of chargo."
To that Mellon roltoratod ho had
no Information whatovor.
Alleged Framing Plan.
Itollls II. llalloy, lloston attor
ney, alleged thaX Urandols fratnod
the plan for carrying on tho paper
maniirncturlng business of tlio Into
flnmuql 1). Warren, Sr., which
placed Samuel 1). Warren, Jr., In iv
position antagonistic to tho lattor's
position ns trustee
Claims Illegal Act.
Thnt Hrandels was guilty of Im
proper conduct toward tho United
Shoo Mnchlnory company wnB
charged by S. W. Wlnslow, presi
dent of tho eompnny. Ho alleged
Hrandels attacked us Illegal the acts
and methods of tho company In
Which ho had participated and as
sisted to create
rLflNlipEEi
MAXV fOMMl'MTIKK PHFPAHH
1'Olt OHSFHVAXCH
Mirny letters Are Itocelved l'miu
Dlirmeiit Plates by Department
of Libor
(Special to Tho Times)
WASHINGTON, I). C, Fob. 15.
Therfc nro 1727 conimuiiHIos consid
ering aomo preparation for Ilaby
Weok, according to tho Inquiries re
ceived hy tho Children's Bureau of
tho U. S. Department of Labor. This
number does not Include tlioso of
whoso Interest In tho campaign word
has como to tho Bureau Indirectly.
Tho lottora nbout Baby Weok are
still coming in from every stnto in tho
Union and from ovory typo of com
munity, sucli as a Colorado settle
ment forty iiilloa from a railroad, a
club of women on ono of tho gov
ernment reclamation projects, a Mon
tana coal mining town witli a large
foreign papulation, n southern mill
village, and a club of farm women In
u middle western stnto,
Toxas has Its own Bnby AVcok slo
gan, "Baby Health Is Toxas Wealth"
and Mississippi has started a compe
tition to secure a slogan for that
stnto. North Dakota reports plans
for a statowldo essay contest 1n the
public schools,
In Its suggestion for Bnby Week
observance tho Chllilrnn'o Bureau lays
especial emphasis on tho opportunity
It affords for extending permanent
work for Infant wolfurc., such as spec
ial nursing und lustruot o:j for pros
pective mothers, city Inspection of
milk, special work lor the preven
tion of blindness, and little mothers'
classes aipl homo nursing Instruc
tion for school girls lu tho upper
grades.
FOU SALW 1 acres, fi mlloH from
Marshfleld; houso, barn, chicken
hoiiso, orchard; $2000, $1200
down. No commission, Owner.
Address P. O. box 405, North
Hnnd.
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1916 EVENING EDITION
PUN II SYSTEWI
Joint Committee of Congress
Reports Favorably on the
Administration Bill.
t
Would Put the control in the
Hands of a Farm Loan
Bureau.
FEDERAL BOARD AT HEAD
Lat'cr Would Consist, of SecreluS-j
of tho Treasurer Together Willi
Four Other Members Who
Would Ho Political Appointors
(nr AivuirlatM I'ivm lo Cum Il.ljr TlnlM.J
WASHINGTON, I). C, Feb. 15.
Tho admluistrntlon's bill to estab
llnb a system of laud banks drafted
by the Joint congressional committee
wns favorably reported today to tho
Honnto, but with radical alterations,
by tho banking and currency com
mittee. Tho proposal for a board of flvo
commissioners to control thu system
wns discarded by tho commlttoe lit fa
vor of control by tho treasury do-
itmeiit bureau to be known as the
fcdoral farm loan bureau under sit
pervlslon of the federal loan board,
the latter consisting of tho secretary
of treasury nnd four pollUr.il ap
pointees. v
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mai.v iii:vi:i: hiifaks hki.ow
XATCIIFS, .MISS.
fnrgfl Area of Farming luiud
Along tho Waterway Will Ho
Inundated
Ily AMrlate.l I'ivm lo Cooa IUjr Tlmr.)
MI0M1MIIS, Tenn., Fob. 15. A
long distance telephone messago
from Natchcs, Miss,, says tho main
litvee, !I5 miles below the city, broke
this morning. Water from this break
will flood n largo area of rich farm
ing laud along tho Mississippi.
I NARROW ESCAPE
OVF.Il'ITItNIJD IX MIIiLHACF
WHILH CAXOKIXfl.
Ifl Itc.sciicd After Tlnllllng Kpori.
cucc, Hut Cuiiim Xenr Losing
Her Life.
Miss Myrtlo Cowan of this city
waa principal in a thrilling oxporl
onco In which she came very near
being drowned, Tho following Is
the story na told In u press tele
gram from ICiigeue:
Details of a nonr-lragcdy, which
almost resulted in tlio drowning cf
MIfb Myrtlo J. Cowan, a freshmnn
at tho University of Oregon, last
Tuesday In tho mlllraco, waa mado
public today. .
"Miss Cowan waa carrlod nearly
1200 foot In tho Bwirt, high wator
of tho raco, clinging to an over
turned cauoo. while hor escort,
Charlea Crandnll, of Vale, Or., ran
nearly this entire tflstauco on tho
shore,, attempting to ovortako her,
that ho might swim to hor assist
ance. "Miss Cowan nnd Crandall woro
canoolng. Tlio canoo upset. When
Crandall came to tho snrfaco, Miss
Cowan and tho canoo woro somo
distance down stream, Hcallzlug 1t
would be Impossible for him to
overtake Miss Cowan bj BWlmmlng
bo Immediately swam to shore and
started to run down stream, with
tho Intention of overtaking her
and BWlmmlng to hor assistance.
Duo to the Irregular shore lino, ho
was a bio to gain but little distance.
"Attondnuta at tho boathnuso,
opposlto tho university, rescued
Miss Cowan as tho canoo passod
that point."
FKKH LFSSOXS hi all kinds of
CrocheHug dally from 1:!! to l:i)0
nt Tho l-'alr.
I'm good service, see Jay Dojle.
rnlloi-ing and Cleaning. Phone 250.
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i Consolldntlmi of Times, Const Mnll n -If A
mill Coos Hay AdveitlmT. ""' ' ' "
IS
AIHSIIIPS 1MIOP IIOMIIH OX TOWX
OF SCIIIO
Slv Persons Aro Killed unit Olhcrs
Aro Woiiudeil In the
Attack
tnr Amoelalcil I'rnn o Coo liny TlmM.
LONDON, Fob. 15. Iteutor'B cor-
icspondont nt Vlcenzn, Italy, says that
hostile aeroplanes bombarded Schlo,
15 miles from Vlconza yesterday kill
ing six persons. and wounding others.
E
FIIFXCll SAV TIIKV HFCAPTl'Hi:
LOST THFXCHFS
Ceiinan Ktateiiibnt Says Hr'tlsh Po
sitions Aro Taken Oxer NOO
Yard I'Vont
FHKXCII UlCCAPTintF v
TltFXCHFS FHO.M'OFHMAXS
m Ax'srlalM Prm Id Com Hr Tlmri,
PAWS, Feb. 15. -In Cham-
ngue, the French troops ro-
captured a portion of tho nil- 4
vanced trenches occupied by
4 tho Germans February 13,
according to tho wnr ofHco
this nrtoruoon. a
(llr AorUtil rrnu lu Cnua llay TlmM,
HHItLIN, Fob. 15. Hrttlsb posi
tions over a front of SOU yards near
Yprcs, Ilolglum, have been captured
by tho GermniiB, the wnr offlco an
nounced today.
CITY IS
LOFTV IIOUSKS AT HKLFOIfU,
FUAXCK, AHH DKSTKOVKD.
When Foil res w Is Shelled Many of
Inhabitants Flco to Switzer
land for Saftcy.
Illy AuotlMnl Trru to Coo P7 TlniM,
HHULIN, Feb, 15. (Hy wireless
to Bayvlllo) Advices from Swiss
sourceii say tho shelling of a
French fortresa of Holfort recontly
by heavy gnus did great damage.
Fifty houses wero destroyed and
tho entire strootB damaged. Well-to-do
Inhabitants fled to Switzer
land. KKPHKSF.XTATIVK TO Hl'SSI
Sl'FFFHS FHOM HAHD W'OKK
Cienrgo T. Mnri Who Holds Place,
Is Hepoiteil Tn He In Poor
Health
llr AuorUte.1 Pirn lo Coua Hr Tlnira.
WASIIINOTON, I). 0., Fob. 15.
Georgo T. Marye, American uiitbnB
sailor to Kussia, Is understood to be
In poor health as a result of bard
work and probably will retire. Ills
secretary, Hay Jmkor, saw Secretary
Lansing today. I.iuslug later said
Maryo will not resign.
ALLIES TO CONFER
UFPHKSKXTATIVKS AUK TO .MKKT
IX PAULS SOOX
Will Discuss All Political mill Strat
egical Aspects of tho Hlg
War
(II; AMocUted rr lo f-iKi. uj Tim..
LONDON, Fob. 15. A gouoriu
coiiforonco of tho allies lu 1'aHs Jo
consider all political mid strategical
ai.pecta of tho war la to be held,
Premier Asqulth told tho houso of
commons today.
Ho bald the situation of the Brit
ish foices in Mesopotamia was liu
proved materially and that General
Towuseiid, whoso army la surround
ed by tho Turku nt KuUol-Aiiuua, Ih
holding his own,
HAWLHV WILL ASSIST
(Special to tho Times)
GAIUHNKH, Oro. Fob. 15. .Con
gressman Hawloy has written to this
placo complimenting tho pcoplo on
their proposed bond Issuo for tho Im
provement of tho harbor and assur
ing that ho will glvo his assistance
toward having tho gom'iiniont make
an appropriation for the work,
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Chicago Police Think Thdy
Have Unearthed Plan to
Destroy Clergy.
PAPERS TELL STORY
Appears Conspirators Would
Wreck Churches and Kill
Ministers in 12 Cities.
SEARCH FOR PRINCIPALS
DIm'Iosiiio Mailo Hy Seaich of Per-
Minitl I!fl'ects of .lolin Allegerlnl
Held us Couflilaiitn of Man
Who PolMiucd Soup,
III AmocUUJ rr lo Tom IU Tlmn
CHICAGO, Fob. 15. Senrch wan
stalled today for the principals In
what the pollco hcllovo to be a plot
to destroy buildings and kill mom
bora or tho clergy and hilly In
twelve cities or the United States.
Papers Aro Found.
Tho discovery or the alleged plot,
according to yio police, resulted
from ail examination of the 'per
sonal errects of John Allegerlnl, a
confidante or Jean Crouan, who Is
charged by the authorities with
putting poison In the soup nt a
banquet given Archbishop Miindo
lelu mid causing tho Illness of 100
guests.
Is Held In Jail.
Allegerlnl Is lu Jail. Chief of
Police Mealey nahl, after .studylni?
tho letters round In Allcgorlni'a
room, that ho regarded It un nu
established nnll-clcrlcal organiza
tion or destroyers lwhoso hoadquar-
tera nro In Homo.
After Penitentiary
An attempt to blow up the atftto
penitentiary nt Jotfot was among the
plans of. the alleged plotters, the po
lice any. Keeontly a .quantity of dy
namite oufflclont to destroy many
buildings, waa round secreted In tho ,
penitentiary.
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HATTLKSHIP OUF.GOX
UKTIUKD FHOM NAVY
nr AmwUIM rrm. u CM ynj TIiumJ
VALLKJO, Calif.. Feb. 1G.
Tho battleship Oregon, tho
"Hull dog or tho Navy," wont
on tho rotlred list today whon
Bho waa turned ovor without
formality to tho naval mill-
tin of California at Maro la-
4 laud navy yard. She calned
her fame lu n trip around
Capo Horn In time for tho hat-
tie of Santiago.
TOTAL UKOISTHATIOX
()er a Thoiismid hi County Up to
I February r
The total registration lu Cooa coun
ty to Fohruary 5 wna 1155, of whom
212 wero women und 912 wero men.
Politically thesu votes aro divided nn
IoIIowb: Republicans, 752; Demo
crats. 255; Socialists, 80; Prohibi
tionists, It; Progressive Republicans,
G; Non-partisans, 3; Progressives, -i,
Refused to state, D.
A PHOPIIKOY OF WAR'S F.XD
Tho Journal des Dobatca hua pub
lished a stinngo Btory of a prophecy
regarding tho end of thu war.
liomo plouu people wore driving up
tho steep hill to Moutniartre, where
tlioy wero going to lslt thu church,
tho story ruiiB. On tho way tlioy gave
a Iirt to an old woman, who, when
she arrived at tho church, said that
she would, In expression of her grat
itude, tell them a good pleco of news.
She asked If tlioy would Ilko to know
when tho war would end. The peo
ple replied, "With all our hearts,"
whoioupon alio told thorn o'ther In
Fohruary or March.
Tho peoplo expressed Incredulity at
tb hi statement. The old woman addoil
that as a proof alio prophesied that
tho coachman who drove thorn would
bo dead within two hours. Sho thou
turned away and disappeared.
Tho paity visited tho church, nnd
when they camo out went Into tho
cnrr.aso, but found no driver. They
thought ho was In n, cafe, but on nnfk
'ng Inquiries found that ho had Just
died In a druggist's shop.
Tho paper does not guarantee l!U
accuracy of tho Btory.