The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1915-03-19
NEWS NOTES OF
CURRENT WEEK
Resume Of Worlds Important
Events Told in Brief.
Wife of Ex-Governor Moody of Ore
gon, dies suddenly at Salem.

Wife of Ex-Governor Moody Of Ore
gon, dies suddenly at Salem.
Great Britain is agian accused of
using the Stars and Stripes to avoid
attacks by German submarines.
United States government will send
a sharp protest to England and her
allies for the commercial blockade
against Germany.
The French government is reported
as having $4,000, 900 shells together
with 1000, 900 men at the front await
ing orders to advance on the Germans.
The first visit Of the James J. Hill
big steamer Great Northern, to ply be-
tween San Francisco and Astoria, ar
rived amid the cheers Of 10000 spec
tators.
The once pugilist champion of the
world, Robert Fitzsimmons, will take
his fourth wife, who resides in Port
land, Ore. He is Sc years old and
the bride to be is 28.
In a long statement, Provisional
President Rogue Gonzales CARA, of
Mexico, promises protection of the
Popli0 M meA,eo o.sy .;oa ~ 1s hss,o
houses' ai'er 20 uay' suep0''' n"'
openeu'
Frank Sites, Los Angeles aviator,
aged 80, fell 300 feet in an "air we'll"
at motion picture city near here late
Wednesday, jumped from the aero
plane NV, wnen oo iee. 9. i!oaa VI. .nl.i', sUan as
anu u.su - A'' ' ~ ''s '
eer"aru'
Sinking Of the cruiser Dresden by
British is claimed to be unfair by the
German officers, inasmuch as the YES
sci was at anchor in neutral waters.
1t is also claimed that shell from the
British warship killed woman and
cniiu on shore'
The largest superdreadnaught in the
world was launched at Newport News
by Uncle Sam. She will carry twelve
14-inch guns and has displacement
of 1000 tons more than England's s
largest warship. The cost to build her
is $4,000, 900.
Tho cerman saa raider Prinz Eitel
Frederick. at Newport News for re-
nairs. honored America by having the
hand play the Star-Spangled Banner
as the Presidents Yacht passed on its
wav to the launching of the super.
dreadnaupht Pennsylvania.
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Germany mas suliicieh' s ioou ~ mes
ngr neeus ior WV years aIs ~ Cn!s -
W. y Doyce' euI.oi ~ 'ne III ,.as, ),
Ledger, ana norace nerL suol ~ =,
tne lnoianapo'is tlmss, wno Law !u0'
,e.urneu rum . ~ RS:a so .sa4 Gay
~ oos 80, noy III, ssh,,,esnc1 oho,,t = fooi
shortage.
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Living VI ~ "eh :" w" ss.I
Ier. a 19-year-old shop-girl, told leg
islative committee investigating the
minimum wage problem. If one wants
ns.sa.'. ..os' xS 80 1oos food o,d ;f roor.
0y sssS = S.taJ " 80 I sL;nsn ~ tha olo+be,
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Fergus faiis, mlnn.-rrolessor .
". "A. LARSON Oh .ae arh iesion ",
letter recently that went down will
the Empress of Ireland. The mucilag'
was gone from the envelope, but tn
letter was in good state Of preserva
tion and easily read. 1t was rescue'
from the wreck by divers. Mr.. Larsol
was Rhodes scholar at Oxford, Eng.
at the time the vessel sank, and tn
,uos forwor rded to Enoland and then +
th;s .;tu ~
The last Of Newfoundland,s contin
gent OF l00O men mas reaches Engian
to enter the ranks OF the BRUSH Iorces
sn;es are hecominp 90 active /
France that stringent measures are b
inc taken AGAINST all foreign residents
comnleted between Russia and &c,
manv for the exchange of 200. 600 wa
nrisoners The exchange. it is rs
norted will be made by way of Stocl
holm harbor, beginning IN April.
p. .-.u. ra,ado. SOW that N
nepvf = Mn 80 e r,aaIer ~ da;I,
lu,k,sn a,s.y III ,as. som sor.h.rdnant hu II
allied warships badly damaged n u
forts at Chanak kaiesi. Two d
cruisers spent the night IN tne strai'
protecting the vessels engaged IN m'f
sweeping.
n;.n...hes from Rome Indicate tn,
.ha German amhassador Prince Va