Show I BATTLESHIP OHIO IS ISNOW NOW NOVY fREE Of S SMALLPOX LEWES Del Jan 15 The The United States battleship Ohio which has been boon at tho the D Delaware laware breakwater sin sEno Christmas Christmas Christmas Christ Christ- mas da day undergoing fumigation for tOT smallpox while members of ot tho the crew have been boen under observation at the quarantine station near here Is la being prepared for tor or sailing railing The Tho men are aro beIng be being be- be ing sent lent back at the rate of or two divisions di divisions dl- dl visions a n. day The first division was taken aboard yesterday esterday and tho the entire crow crew ow will be aboard on Sunday Sunda w when wien It Is la expected the vessel will team steam up tIle the Delaware river to Philadelphia where a a. broken propeller will be re ro ro- paired S Three cases of smallpox which developed devel devel- oiled among members of ot tho the crow crew since tho the vessel vesel reached here hero are convalescing convalescing- Tho The last case developed on the 2nd orthe of or the month Tho The disease first appeared on tho the Ohio the day after Thanksgiving day when the tho vessel was at Marseilles Before arriving here one victim was burled at sea twenty cases seven suspects and attendants were transferred to the tho detention detention de- de de do- camp at Guantanamo Cuba and tour four cases to tho tIm quarantine I at Charleston S S. S C. C Two of ot tho the cases transferred at Charleston are reported to have died three deaths are said to have occurred at Guantanamo bay d detention detention de de- camp Marines 9 and sailors here here point to the breaking of or tho big snips ships hell hen at Marseilles Marseilles Mar Mar- Jar Jar- seilles as the be beginning of or their run of 01 hard haid luck has resulted In six deaths from smallpox and the spending or of the Christmas furlough h of the re remaining re- re members of or the crew In tine According to an old supe amon among sailors the breaking of or a hell ben isa Is a t sure harbinger er of lii III luck While a ada da dance nee was aS In progress D. D at t Marseilles on Thanks Thanksgiving day a the bell weighing al ai almost almost al- al most mORt OO pounds fell ell to the tho forecastle deck with a crash The next da day a case of ot smallpox developed |