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WOMEN URGE the
PASSAGE OF THE
FISHER BILL

Washington. Jan. 3i.-Four hun
dvcd women from every section Of
the country led by Mrs. Clara Colby.
OF Portland. Oregon. appeared before
tho house committee on presidential
and congressional elections to appeal
for the passage OF the Ferris bill TO
give the women the righ to voc for
representatives In congress. Head
ing the petitioners was the Rev.
Olympia brown OF Racine. Wis,
president OF tn. federated womens
cuuality league of the United States
aud with them were "A dozen mem.
bcrs Of congress including rcprcsen-
tatiycs from each OF the nine equal
suffrage states.
The hearing was held in the larg
est OF the committee rooms which
was almost filled TO its capacity be-
fore the stenOgraphcrs In the build
ing began to report their officers
and join In the demonstration. Wo-
men of all ages, some waving plum
cs, silks, satins and furs. stood
throughout he hearing. n few had
chairs and others campcd on the
floor surrounded by their wraps. hats
and paras0ls.
Mrs. Colby pleaded for cOnstitu-
,ionol amendment prohibiting states
from disfranchising citizens on ac-
count of sex. Declaring that the
constitution says the representatives
shall be chosen by the people Of the
several states" she asked are wo-
men people," she added that Amer
lean women would continue their
earnest and dignificd efforts to gain
political freedom" as long as might
be necessary to gain their purpose.
Representatives. Mondcl of Wyom.
Ing: Hayden of Arizona, Rakcr OF
California; Laferty OF Oregon and
others told the committee of the sue
cess Of equal suffrage in their states,
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ALLEGED SHIP TRUST
MEMBER 1ESTIFIES

Washington. Jan. 3l.-iIiHh rates
for irans-OccaniG ir..shtcrs are
caused By supply and demand rather
than by conference agreements
among steamship lines" ". G.
Sickel OF the Hamburg American II
Steamship company today told tn"
house shipping trust committee.
The doubling IN freight rates.
III the past two or three years. hc
said. lis the result OF "A vast increase
IN shipping which now exceeds the
amount OF tonuag" available to ear
~ II. We ar. forced to maintain
reasonable rates by the fear OF com
petition from regular lines outside
OF the conference OF from trainps.
"" naturally try to get ns much out
OF III. business as possible. M TO the
danger Doin, %! killing III. business
Or driving III. business 10 tramp
sh!ps.
These tramp steamers that YOU
say control rates. are practically all
owned by the conference lines. said
E.prcscniativ. iiumphr-r.
- don't admit that
But | make the statement. said
Mr. Humphrey. "A ma iority OF these
trnmps are owned or controlled by
the conference lines. Tn. conf"r.uc"
lines use them to handle their sur.
plus freight"
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BOUND BY THIEVES;
CLOTHING ON FIRE,
ESCAPES IN TINE

Chicago. Jan. 3l.-For four
hours early today. Michael Roser. 90
years old. lay bound and gagged on
the floor in a north side department
store. where he had been left by
safe blowers and watched smoke
curling up from smouldcrinE blank
cts used to beaded the sound OF an
explosion.
Fearful that he would be burned
to death without being ablo to give
an alarm, Roscr made a supcrhuman
effort to free himself when he saw
the blankets start to blaze. and sue
CecGed. He was successful in los
ing Il tic which held his arms and
the removal OF the gag from his
mouth and the ropes abou his legs
was a matter of a few moments. He
telcphoncd an alarm first to the Urc
department aud then to the police.
When the former arrived the inter
ior of the building, which was of
two stories, was in flamse and the
structure and contents were Destroy
cd with a loss OF $4,000.
The safe blowers, four In number,
broke into the store shortly after
midnigh and according to 1toser.
were only few moments blowing
up the safe and escaping with ST.
zoo. Roser was employed in the
store as night watchmhD.
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q Attorney Earl Cooley. counsel for
Green was ready for trial. Three
Aury men were sitting In the box.
bhc defendant was not iu court.
Dthcr matters were taken up b! the
eourt while deputy sherifis and At
3orncy Cooley cndcxvorcd to locate
Grecn. Finally Sheriff Grisham was
called mp TO the bar OF the court aud
sQuSstioncj by JudRs McHcndric as
Ito the absence OF the defendant. The
.shcriff stated that capias had been
served but that he had not taken
Green Into custody or prepared Il
! bond for appearance. The cour;
called attention to the .hcriffs duty
In the matter. 1T was negligence
lon my part admitted Grisham. The
court informed the sheriff tina, nc
had disobcycd the statutory require
mcn,s and called attention to u
statutory penalty for such neglect
Before declaring recess until
! 80 this afternoon. tho court in-
sirucicd the district attorney to in-
vcstiEatc thoroughly the matter of
toe non temperance OF Ell Green. to
fix tho responsibility und take the
proper steps to prosecute the oncs
responsible. The court called ut
tentiOn to tho fact that there WAS
% rcsSoosibility resaiuG on the dis
/ ttlct- -cit0eney.a Office ~ ilAa- ecsaAsea
for defense.
Not only did Sheriff Grisham ncx-
lcct to obey the statutory require
Mcnis In tho case Of ELL Green. but
IN other cases rs we'll. W. !. Me
CURE who was AIS, TO be- tried to-
day for gambling was no, present
and the rnniOr is that he las also
skipped. The trial OF kiudcll and
i Lamb was then called. Defendants
wcrc In court. but IA recess was
taken until 1890 to allow the de-
!oniants time 10 get their witnesses
in.
Never has a more serious condi-
ion become apparent In the district
court OF this county. The efforts OF
he district attorneys office to pros
ccu,c vIolators Of the law have
Come to nsught by what Is frankly
termed the "glarlng stupidity" Of
he sheriff. District Attorney Hen
drick was deeply chagrincd. and he
declared that he would take iminc-
siia'c steps to Investigate the matter
to the bottom.
ELI Green is an old offender. In
Years past he has paid fines and
hcrvc1 terms in the county Jail for
Eccping gambling rooms In Dpcgm-
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, bcr he paid u line OF $50 and costs
assessed by Judge Robert u. Ross In
the county court In the January
term OF the district court eight in-
formations were filed and 30 rccen,
WAS said to be the violations that
under instructions OF the district at
torncy. Sheriff Grisham with Jack
McQuarric and Zckc Martin raidcd
his Joint on Tuesday and conflsca.-
cdd all paraphcrnaiia. The confis-
Gated gambling material viii he
burned by order OF the court.
Last May ELI Green entered u
plea OF guilty on two charges Of
gambling before Judge Hunter. lie
was never sentenced aud the eases
were continued on the docket u cou-
III. OF terms. Finally Green was
permitted to withdraw his plea Of
guilty. when tho eight inforuna-
lions were filed this term Green APP
pcarcd In person and with counsel
aud entered a plea OF not guilty. II
is believed he planned his flight
from the city some days ago. lie was
last seen In Trinidad about i:3O yes
icrday afternoon. The sheriff well
knowing that cigh. cascs were pend
Ing IN the court, made no effort to
uVlu tuU telcuuuV
Never before In the history Of
Lnx AniniSa coUsey has q sheriff bcci,
IN such a position that Grisham
fnds himself In today as the result
Of his alleged neglect. The statute
provide a penalty for conviction for
neglect Of duty In this regard of II
stiff fine or imprisonment.
Sheriff Grisiiam announced later
in the day that he would personally
offer n reward Of $3.50 or the arrest
OF the fugitive Ell Green.
This afternoon In pursuance OF In
siruciions from the court. District
Attorney Iicndrick declared that he
would be willing to gran, the sheriff
u reasonable length OF time to pro.
ducc the body OF ELI Green in court
and that If the person Of the mis,i *
defendant was not thus produced he
would proceed under tho Colorado
statute which provides that II an Of
ficer. sheriff or other. through ncIli-
:cnce or other reason, permits a
criminal to escape or get away. may.
II convicted be fined 1000 and
serve six months In tho county jail.
II Is under this statute that the sher-
III may be. prosecuted II he cannot
clear himself for his alleged ncgli-
gcnce in failing to have Green On
court for trial.
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n. N. SoloNS WORK
ON SALARIES BILL

santa F., \. NJ. Jan 3i.-Only
tie legislative senate ih In session
this afternoon. the hous4. having ad-
IourncL until Monday IN order Ia
give the joint committees on finnnc.
time to work ON the county salaries
bill. This measure Will affect every
county officer in the state ana has
resulted In u prolonged session OF
the senate and house committees on
finance which will probnbiy last un-
III saturday night. The county Off
ciais in New Mexico hn,c been with
out pay since their election. Cover
ror Mcdonald having vetoed the
salary bill which passed by the first
legislature.
The counties have been divided
into five cIassificatIons for this
session according TO asscsscd salua-
tion. They are as follows: Four
millions. Bcrnullillo. Chavcs. Colfax.
DonnNnn. Grant and San Miguel: over
two millions Eddy. Lune. Otcro and
Union: over = nlLlen Apd three
Quarters nnd less Than Two million,
Curruy. Guadalupe. Lincoln. Nora,
Quay. Rio Ricbcrn. Roosevelt. San
Juan and Valencia: over ono million.
Mckinney. Sierra and Torrance: un-
der one million. San Bodal and Taos
counties. The committees have
reached tentative agreements on all
but III. las, counties but the salaries.
II is believed. viii not as yc, meet
with the approval OF the house and
= new bill may be drafted before
Monday. County officials from all
over til. state are here.
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CRUDE OIL TAKES
ANOTHER JUMP

Pittsburg, Pa. Jan. 3l.-Thc rap
Id advance In the price OF principal
grades of crude oil was continued to-
day when at the opening OF the mar
kct another seven cents were tackled
to price making Pennsylvania crude.
tn. basis OF oil values, $40: other
prices announced were Mercer Black
>l...": New Castle. $l..3: Corning.
sl.ai and Cabcll 81. Somerset and
Ragland were unchanged.
Reports from the principal pipe
line companies show that during the
month the funds from wells ioca ted
In the eastern fields. including Ohio
and Indiana. have averaged "a little
more than $4,000 barrels n day,
while during the same period ship
mcnts have averaged "a little more
than IiS.VOO barrels Il day. an ex-
cess OF consumption over products ion
OF about 100000 barrels during jan
uary. So prosperous have some of
the oil companies become that on.
Pittsburg company declared a one
hundred per cent dividend
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Denver. Colo. Jan. 3l.--AmonE
the numerous bills introduced in the
prcscn legislature are number that
contemplate almost restrictionary
changes in the revenue system OF
Colorado.
The provisions in these bills in
clude the gradual introduction OF n
single tax system, a system OF income
taxes assessment OF property at Its
full cash value and tho reduction Of
the mill levy.
The Colorado senate today adopt
cd Il resolutions. already adopted in
the house. inviting other states ia
join Colorado in appointing Il com
nittcc to formulate laws for n con-
stitutional amendment TO suppress
effectively the practice of polygamy
in the United States.
The senate adopted "A resolution
asking the supreme court for an
opinion as to whether or not there
is at present an eight hour law In
Colorado.
1t is claimed by some that the two
miners eight hour bills enacted by
the people ut the November election
repeal each other
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Denver Mint Supt.
Object of Charges

Denver. Colo. Jan. 3l.--Vlolatiou
Of the civil service rules and political
favoritism are among charges made
against Frank N. Downer, superin-
tcndent of the Denver mint. in a com
paint filed with the United States
mint bureau at Washington, accord
ing to announcement made today
The complaint Is signed by George
w. Lind and Albert McElroy. former
employees at the mint. 1t is based
on the charge that In the last two
years the superintendent has Jug.
slcd lists OF civil service employees
aud failed to rcinstate men in the or
der in which they had been fur.
lougtied.
The charges also were filed with
the United States civil service com.
mission in Denver.
The chronicle=news., 1913-01-31

As far as have been advised
there Is no ground for the statement
that Senator Barela is assured of re-
taining his seat. I left Denver at
eight O'Clock last night. The contest
Is set for trial on next Wednesday.
Attorney f. W. Clark. who has
been conducting the contest of DR.. y.
n. Wycoff for the seat held by Sena-
tor Barela iu the upper house of the
general assembly. returned from Den
vcr this morning and declared there
was nothing to the statements APP
pcaring In u despatch from Denver
published in the morning newspaper.
when Clark left Denver the under
standing was that the contest would
be heard next Wednesday. that date
having been set by the senate com
mittcc. Charles Goodfricnd, srgcant-
alarms OF the senate. is in the city
today with subpocnacs for witnesses.
Clark has been in Denver for some
time. He has been associated with
Judge Nortlicutt, Judge II. A. Hicks
and Attorney Roach Of Denver In be-
half OF the cOutcstor, Dr. Wycoff. Mr..
Clark declared that there Is nothing
to the statements relative to failure
to introduce bill for bond. Two
weeks ago Senator Barela introduceu
motion tQ have both contestor ana
contestce put up u bond Of $1,000 tt
guarantee expense Of contest and III,
motion was lost In the senate by an
|, overwhelming majority. Clark has
wired his colleague. Judge Hicks. tt
advise him II there are any late de
relopmcnts In the contest. NO sucn
bill was filed previous to the Be
shoar-Barela contest four years ago
according to u statement by Beshoa
i today.
DR.. WycOff also returned to th'
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BRITISH SuFFS ARE
USING SluNCSHOTS

London. Jan. 3l.--Thc sufiragct-
ties today adopted the slingshot as .
weapon in their campaign. With IL
they hurl heavy leadcn discs stamp
cd votes for women" Because of
the weapons ncwn.ss their aim is
not good and the damage thus Tar
caused has not been great, but the
discs are said by doctors to be cap
uble of killing n man.
An actress n0med ''Jucky" Mel
ford was charged at the police court
with bombarding shop windows with
one of these catapults from the top
OF an omnibus. She was fined SO
or months imprisonment. Her
father paid the fine.
Several thousand letters were dis
troyed today in fires set by the wo-
men TO the contents OF mall boxes.
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LIVELY DEBATE
OVER SINGLE
Term BILL

Washington. Jan. 3l.--"I did not
bcliev. any on" would insis, that this
legislation was aimed ut Colonel
Roosevelt" declared Senator Cum
Minis today. in advocating the Works
single slS-year term amendment In
til. senate: but /, has been very
buEily urged throughout til, United
States lately ". are l.gislating 10
make Roosevelt ineligible. Their" II
no truth Ia such statements and
know they must b. abhorr.ni iu
Colonel Roosevelt
Til. debate conferred about tn"
declaration by senator Williams.
Democrat. that unless such amend
mcnts were adopted as to max"
Roosevelt. Taft and Wilson .lisibl.
tor another term. the friends oi
Kooscyci, and Others might oppose
ratification OF III" constitutions
n amendment by tn. states.
e. hGtcv.r might be- III" motives
Of thos. who oppose the amendment
Senator Williams said. they would
b. able to say 10 the p'opl.
"'rhcy are after one mans scalp:
ne received more than :.ooo."o1
votes OF the American people, and
now they are trying TO make him In
eligible.
II think II Is u low plan To put this
debate ON. To Intimate that tn" r.So.
luton ls being opposed because IT
nigh, bar Colonel Roosevelt. said
senator ro!ndnNt"r. Progressive. 1T
L. highly unpleasant to him and 10
his friends 10 haS. this dcba'. reflect
thus upon the ambitions Of III.
friends or the opponents OF senators
who voted ou this resolution
Republican and Democratic sena'
tors. who voted Roosevelt. Taft and
Wilson all be made cIIEibi. Tor unl
more elective term. met the opposi-
tlon OF the Progrcssiycs aud OF some
OF their own party members. The
Progressive senators objected To i
constitutional amendment that limit
ed the right Of voters to select their
president: while they insisted that
II any provision were made IL should
apply TO all men equally.
The amendments by Senator H'ten
cock to make the proposed restriction
apply only to persons who have
hold the office by election nNa
March 4. 1917. or discharged II. du
- -
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b0WORY FLOYD
MADE DIST.
CLERK

Euwdry Floyd was today appoint
ed to the position of clerk of The
district court by Judg. \. W, Nc
Hcndric. to ~ the vacancy caused
by the death of Joseph {. iloenis,
which occurred on Wednesday, Mr..
Floyd will begin his new dulles to-
morrow. IN. making this appointment
Judge Mchcndrie carefully cons,d-
cred the qualifications of numerous
applicants.
Bowdry Floyd is on. of the best
known and popular Of the younger
\ residents of the counts. He IL u sun
OF the late Clay Il. Floyd, 4 pioneer
resident and brother OF Elmor.
Floyd. former district clerk. He was
born and raised in Las Animas coun-
ty, Educated in th" Trinidad schoola.
lie Is in every way qualified to N'i
tho important position to which be
bss been appointed.
After completing IA business course
in Denver Mr.. Floyd entered the en-
ploy of Judge j. G. Northcutt on
February Is. 1906. He has remained
in the service of Judge Northcutt MP
to tho time that partnership was
formed with A. w. Mctiendric ana
until the partnership was dissolved.
following the election of the latter to
the district bench.
During the campaign prior to the
November election Mr.. Floyd was
one OF the most active and tndeta-
tiguable workers for the Progressive
party. He is a Mason, past master
of Trinidad Lodge No, SO. and his ap-
pointment to the office formerly heIu
by the late Joseph Hoenig is mat
ter of considerable satisfaction to
his many friends. 49,.
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Was Fixed

That ELI Green. conducting u
rambling Joint In the basement u
tn" torinado hotel. operated n
crooked" faro table was establish
I'D bv the .vidcnc. OF Special Officer
Jack McQuarric aud by the exhibit
oI gambling paraphurnalia In tn.
district court this afternoon. Tho
device was Ia tn. form OF II box at
a.hmcnt which fitted into the faro
table aud covered over with green
cloth TO conceal IL from the eyes OF
the piaycr. BY means OF II lever
which could he manipulated By the
knee or hand the cards In the box
could be regulated to come up to suit
the desire OF til. dealer 20 that the
"houhc could win. After hearing
the evidence Of McQuarric. the cour,
ordered that the confiscatcd nppar-
aius be taken from tn. court and
destroyed and that some atinchcc OF
tn" district attorneys offic. look
after the destruction.
McQulrrIs told Of making u raid
On the Green gambling house on
january . and coniiscuting the
tables. iayOuts. cards, checks and
other material exhibited. On jan
vary :.'h h. testified that he had
visited the place aud observed open
gambling. The furniture In court
WIS Identified Az having been taken
from the pace aud as having been
used In the operation Of gambling.
The case against liddcll and Lamb
charxc,i with Keeping gambling
room WAS nollcd by order of the dis
trict attorney.
Information charging PasJuallc
i.oifarc'li WAS filed and X. r. Yea
man entered appearance. Case was
continued for the term bs agreement
OF counsel aud district attorney.
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HOME RULE PARTY
wins Big VICTORY

Londonderry ireland. Jan. 81
The Irish home rule party won Il
notable victory over the unionists in
the election of a member of parlia-
ment for this city.
The poll. which was as usual AS
very close one. resulted as follows:
David G.. llOgg. Nationalist 2.i99.
Colonel II. A. Hakenham, Unionist
2.6i2.
Mabcrly 72.
Tho victory OF tho home rulers
gives them majority of members of
parliamcnt from the provipce Of Ul-
ster in the House of Commons.
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CASTRO AT LIBERTY

New York. Jan. 3i.-Ciprihno
Castro, former president of Vcnc-
zucla, walked the streets OF New
York this AFTERNOON, temporarily trce
under writ of haDeas corpus issued
by Judge Holt In the federal court.
Argument on the question of making
the writ permanent will be heard on
Friday next.
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Gross Negligence on Part
of Sheriff Permits Eli Green
to Escape; Not Under Bond
Crsham Did Not Arrest Request Bond of Alleged Law oaor
Against Whom Eight Informahons We're File and
Whose Property Had to be Con6scated
THE ShA"IFF LIABLE Under THE STATE LAWS
THE ShA"IFF

With "A court room lit.e. will tables and ya
GATED In a raid OF the ELI Green gambling room on
uesses and court officers and atac hccs in readncs
defendant ON four OF eight char Tor keeping
business OF the court rudely Interrupted this
nounccmcnt that Ell Green could not be found. q,
sometime during last night. The fact that he u
10 the personal negligence of Sheriff j. s. Grisham
raid and who in violation OF the statute. failed to
or have executed bond for tn. ap p.nrancc OF III.
Al a result OF this Rarng neglect on III" part OF
office Grisham is liable to punishment under the sta
that persons thus served criminal charge he eth
nr v,n under bond,
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SENTIMENT IS
STRONG IN
FAVOR Of
PEACE

! London. Ian. 5I,-Thr OyUrwhcim
Ing strength OF public opinion thru
out Europe In favor OF p-,cc In the
i'aikans IL cNcrcizing u profOund iu-
ilucnce ON the pca,. delegates in
London, The European AMBASSADORS
! there viii soon b" made the mouth
| piece of this wiaosDr.uU sentiment
IN order 10 coHy.rs. som, OF the NOR"
relentless spirits auonl 'l" repre-
,UnIativcn Of the alliCs.
European diplomats tIk, THE view
that Turkey, especially after til. rev
oluiotnary movement which brought
INTO power men coistd. rcd irriron-
stable on the question OF cpnstaniin-
oplc could mol offer NOR than what
WIS contained in ycI,.pIay's repiy
tn the powers. This. ,h.y hInls. jus
titled the resumption OF ueg"; ;iaiions
between the allies and the Ottoman
representatives.
Tn. Turks with their usual shr-wL
E"-s. instead Of slmpl, GpplyIng Tor
the Holy Shfincs and of u historic
or religious character In the city of
Adrianoplc. suggested dividing the
city by the river Mar,Lum they
taking the purf situated on tn. I.f,
bank. This gives them I'll. Non's
share. although they lcat. to Bul.
rarin ihc railway station on the line
communicating with Macedonia.
sofia. bulgaria. Jun Sit 4. be
!icrcd that Bulgarian and Scrviun
troops k'csi.gimg the fortress OF
AdrianoI5lc propose TO TUX. the place
by storm regardless Of the sacrifice
Of iI!c such dn attack would entail.
Bulgarian. army headquarters to-
day announced that no foreign mill.
tury attaches or newspaper cores
pondcnts would he allowed TO follow
the troops in coming operations. and
this is taken as an indication that
such an attack Is contemplated.
Adrianopic is well supplied Wit
provisions and ammunition. accord
Ing to SOL. ~ who deserted today.
Constant,nOp. ian. ;i.-Tho Of
Ilccrs aud mcu OF ....:c Tuykish army
now on furlUueh huve -Secn Or6ered
to rcjoin their regiments within -
hourr
The military governor OF the cap
itul has Issued an emphatic denial
of the reports of the disscntions
9mong the Turkish troops on the
Tcha,aIja lines.
London. Jan. 3I.--The Turkish
government today sent orders to the
Ottoman peace plenipoLentarics, to
leave London at once for the Turkish
Capital. according to a dispatch from
Consta inoplc.
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FEAR SAILORS ARE LOST

LOhHOH. Jan. 3I.-L1eutenant
Humphrey W. Smith and nine bluci
jackcts of the cruiser Pcrseus are be-
licvcd to have been lost while watch
ing for pirates on the coast OF th
rersian gulf. They had been de.
tachcd on one Of the cruisers cut
ters. which appears to have sunk
" tn all hands during Il sudden gale
as no trace Of them has since beer
found.
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PHILOSOPHICAL

Weather Bureau Report.
Fair west portion: local snow In
east portion this afternoon and to-
night. Cooler in central aEd south
east portion. Saturday generally
fair.
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