Spray courier. (Spray, Or.) 1???-19??, 1915-05-06
WORLDS DO|NGS
OF CURRENT WEEK
Brief Resume Of General News
From All Around the Earth.


hail storm.
Editor Blethen, Of the Seattle Times,
is reported seriously Ill.
The English house of''commons votes
to double the tax on spirits.
A Mcdford, Oregon, woman, aged
"a, is cutting Il new set OF teeth.
A German air craft dropped several
bombs on Ipswich, England, setting a
fire which burned three dwellings.
Witnesses for John X. Lawson tes-
tify that deputy sheriffs started the
battle of Ludlow in the Colorado strike
trouble.
A Gold Hill, Oregon, couple motors
to near Medford, overtakes a minister
and are married beneath large tree
by the roadside.
Colonel Roosevelt Ia still making
explanations Of his political affiliations
in the suit for $50, 900 libel, for which
he is defendant.
Grand jury Of Portland indicts three
election board officials for altering l26
ballots at recent election. They are
all In jail in default Of cash bail.
Women in session at The Hague de-
mand that people have voice in foreign
policies. and oppose cession of terri
tory without consent of the inhab-
itants.
An infuriated divorcee fires several
shots at her ex-husband in the Port
land municipal court room. One shot
strikes the stenographer, while the
rest go wild.
An immense bridge in Vancouver, B.
c., is burned and public sentiment ac-
cuses foes Of Great Britain as the in
cendiary; the authorities, however,
place no blame.
A German life bouy marked Kolberg
has been found on the Scotch coast,
and is thought to confirm the report of
the sinking Of the cruiser Kolberg in
the naval battle Of January "a.
The millions Of crickets in the army
which invaded Grant county, Washing
ton, early this week, has split into
four divisions. The crickets eating in
the wheat fields cover strip four
miles long and IL feet wide.
Twenty-day-old twins in Marion
county, Oregon, are the largest bene-
ficiaries Of the state compensation law,
being posthumous heirs. The mother,
who is 20 years old, if she lives to be
az, the age of expectancy, will receive
total of $l5,l20.
Captain l.. d. Hockersmith, so years
old, who is reputed to have dug his
way out of the Columbus, o., peni-
tentiary during the war between the
states and to have liberated his COM
mander, the Confederate general, John
II. Morgan, with number of his men,
died at his home in Madisonville, KY,
Friday. Morgan and remnant of his
command was captured near Pomeroy,
o., in July, 1868, on raid through
Kentucky, Ohio and Indiana.
Germany is purchasing foodstuffs for
siege of four years duration.
David Warfield has appeared in the
play "The Auctioneer" for the 1400th
time.
Twenty-one jitney bus drivers in
Seattle are arrested for doing business
without having bonds.
Ex-president Taft is scheduled to
make several speeches in Oregon and
Washington early in the fall.
A plague of crickets is reported in
Grant county Washington, and much
damage to crops is the result.
One of Villas major generals has
resigned, at the request of his mother,
and joined the British forces.
A holdup man in Spokane, Wash,
kicks his victim on the leg and breaks
it; secures So in cash and fees.
The commerce investigation in Chi
cago protests an increase of freight
rates on meats, which is proposed by
the railroads.
Theodore Roosevelt, who is being
sued for libel, admits on the stand that
he was on easy terms with New York's
political bosses.
All records for April heat are being
broken in the Eastern states, and in
some localities the thermometer regis
ters 81 degrees.
Governor Johnson, of California,
signed the Meek convict labor bill,
permitting prisoners of the state peni-
tentiaries to build state highways. A
statement was issued by the governor
in which he said that apprehension
that free labor will be affected is
groundless.