Spray courier. (Spray, Or.) 1???-19??, 1915-06-10
Brief Resume of General News
From All Around the Earth.
UNIVERSAL HAPPENINGS IN A NUTSHELL
Live News Items Of All Nations and
Pacific Northwest Condensed
for Our Busy Readers.

The Italian premier declares that
Austria In 1913 decided to provoke a
war.
German submarines sink two Welsh
trawlers In English channel, but first
rescue the crews.
More than 400 men will compete In
tho civil service examinations for the
position Of policemen In Portland.
David Lloyd George tells England u
better supply of war munitions must
be maintained, or defeat may result.
The Austro- German army has re-
taken Przemysl from the Russians in
one Of the bloodiest battles Of history.
Rear Admiral Fiske, of the u. s.
navy, draws gloomy picture of the
efficiency Of the institution in case Of
war.
United States government injunction
suit against the Steel corporation is
lost and the court declares the corpora
tion is not monopoly.
DR.. David Starr Jordan, the noted
educator, speaking before the General
Federation Of Women's Clubs, scouts
the war idea which Is prevalent in this
country.
According to Berlin telegram the
l6-year-old Countess Helene Dardey
has been sentenced to three months
Imprisonment for publicly insulting a
German officer.
The headquarters Of the German
Crown Prince were bombarded early
Friday by French aviators. Twenty
nine machines dropped l78 shells and
several thousand darts. Many Of the
shells are said to have reached the
mark.
President Wilson drafts a note, brief
and pointed, to be sent to Germany,
asking definite question whether
the imperial government intends to be
guided in the future by the humane
principles embodied In international
law for the conduct of maritime war
fare. .
A British submarine operating In
the Sea of Marmora torpedoed and
sunk large German transport in Pan
derma Bay Friday. This announce
ment was given out officially in Lon
don as having been received from the
vice admiral in command at the Dar-
danelles. 1t Is said also this submarine
was one of several operating in these
waters. g4 .f
Iliamna volcano, on the west shore
of Cook Inlet, Alaska, continues in
eruption. It's activities are plainly
visible to passengers of the steamships
80 miles distant from the troubled
mountain. The snow has been melted
from the upper portion of the peak.
Smoke and flames burst from the
crater at two-minute intervals, but
no explosions are heard. NV
An Oregon couple were married in
the dome of the state capitol. '
The General Federation of Women's
clubs is in session at Portland.
Lone robber holds up Spokane bank
at noon and gets away with $500 in
cash. ".s
Early entry into the war Of Rou-
mania and Bulgaria is counted on by
Italy. Ns'&r =, .e
A Portland traffic survey shows 445
jitneys in use and material increase
from March to June l.
Newport, Ore, lifesaving crew res
cues 5-year-old boy who was drifting
in boat two miles from shore. II
Two women and two men were
drowned in the. Willamette river at
Portland by the overturning of a
launch at 8 a. m. Tuesday. A fifth
person, a woman, clinging to plank,
was saved by fisherman.
The Atlantic feet, as originally
scheduled, will not pass through the
Panama canal at the formal opening,
owing to the probability of land slides
occurring while in, Pacific waters, there
by hindering a prompt return to the
Eastern seaboard. in case of necessity.
The little republic of San Marino, %
miles in area, and surrounded by Ital-
ian territory, is considered a war
power because of it's elevated location
and an ideal base for aeroplanes. Its
government is debating the advisable
ity of entering the cause of the allies.