The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1914-12-25
NEWS NOTES OF
CURRENT WEEK
Resume Of Worlds Important
Events Told in Brief.

Business in Paris is said to be better
now than at any time since the war
began.
n Berlin goes wild over victory Of
army against Russia in Poland, and
enthhsiasm runs riot.
Repairs of the damage done to the
English coast towns by the German
feet are rapidly being made.
Rear Admiral Fiske admits there is
one foreign navy that leads in gun
merry, but refuses to name the country.
A British shipbuilding concern built
a modern battleship in ten and one-half
months, said to be the shortest time
on record.
Deputy Game Warden Hubbard, Of
Ashland, Ore, is shot by alleged game
poachers, when he attempts to search
their cabins.
It is reported from Amsterdam that
two British ships were sunk Friday off
the coast Of England, but the rumor
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y ny conurheu.
Mexican troops on the border show
no signs of needing the warning Of
President Wilson, that firing into
American territory should be stopped.
Report comes from South Shields,
England, that three ships were sunk
by mines; one is believed to be pas
senger vessel, and the other two are
unknown.
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E.. Henry Wemme, prominent Port
land citizen and good roads enthusiast,
dies suddenly in Los Angeles. He IS
reputed to have purchased the first
automobile ever brought to Portland,
likewise an areoplane.
A German diplomat in New York
upholds the attack on the English
sars uSss sow o;.hsr - sor4;sed H e nr Safandaj % I
!, wh;cbuaoes MT Conflict with the de-.
cisibn of The Hague convention of Oct.
l6, 1907.
A letter from Robert Fulton to
General William Duane, March l.,
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E,,,to, % W. ,rro+a uon ;nfont or wh;ch
requires only support and practice to
produce change in maritime affairs
of immense Importance to this country.
Expecting the enemy here, l have not
been idle. | have prepared nine tor
pedoes, with locks that strike fire by
concussion, and four with clockwork
'ocAs'
Vienna officials admit of the retak-
ing of Belgrade by the Servians.
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Pendleton, Oregon, is sending 100
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Russians were forced to retreat be-
fore the Austrians in West Galicia.
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NOV arrnaJ ,nerchantmen Oxford hoe
baar cantnred hv tha Rr;t;sh in tbe In.
d;sn 0cesr Tho cerman convertad
cruiser Cormorant mas entered the mar
Dor OF Guam, IN the Ladrone Archlpei-
ago,
The postoffice department has ad-
yised that hereafter all Oregon postal
savings funds at Offices without local
depositary bank. will be remitted to
the Portland Office. which will serve as
a clearing house for the payment of
Withdrawals.
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rreslaenI wilson was asMeu Dy : ael, ,
Gsa.loii n:, eples.n.ins sne mas1els a.iu m
amendment to the administration ship
4 purchase bill to restrict employment
Of officers of government-owned ves-
sells to America.
All tne street lamps IN raris are
being extinguised az mionignt. Inc
reason 1or TINS precaution IS SAID 70 De
the receipt ol report tnat Two 1ep-
peiin otrigiDie Daiioons mao Deen signt-
tion Of Paris
The mikado's budget for 1915,
which shows an estimated expenditure
Of 656. 600, 600 yen (s278, 900, ,000), and
decrease OF the revenues OF $4o, 6OO,-
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