The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1915-07-02
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. VI

In the DutCertat contest neld IN new
York, six cows from Oregon won
prizes. s5.s.
England has agreed that 10000 bales
of cotton monthly can be imported to
Sweden.
The Montenegrins have occupied
Scutari, but, it is said, have no inten-
tion Of holding the same.
Three additional towns in Utah have
voted dry. Minnesota also has added
three counties to the dry column.
Berlin officials are still at variance
as tosthe tone of the note answering
President Wilson's demands on the
Lusitania disaster.
All Missouri has been invited to the
wedding of Speaker Clark's daughter
to James M. Thompson, of New Or
leans, noted publisher.
Washington state wins many prizes
at the San Francisco exposition, the
most prominent among them is the
gold medal on the growing of wheat.
The special emissary from the Wash
ihgton German embassy, who arrived
in Berlin recently, declares that Ger
many and America, in the recent
crisisA have misunderstood each other.
AniAmsterdam dispatch says that
the Dutch government has decided to
issue new war loan of 100000 900
florins, 1886, 600, ,0O0) to pay the cost
Of mobilization and other war expend-
itures.
It's reported that the Mexican lead
'ers have practically agreed to discuss
|peaca measures, as requested by the
United States, and that the arrest of
lHuefta had considerable prestige in
bringing about the decision. n
!. Ii is reported that General Felix
'Diaz, of Mexican revolutionary fame,
is in Ell Paso, Texas, where General
Huerta was arrested for violating U.
s. neutrality laws, but the Federal
government scouts the report.
Customs officials at Hoquiam, Wash,
have seized the steamer Annie Larson,
which is laden with 1000 old-style
Springfield rifles and 1000, 900 rounds
Of ammunition. The vessel put to port
for want of provisions and water. 1t is
said the cargo was intended for Mex
lean ports.
The submarine H-3, en- route from
San Diego to San Francisco, was re-
ported ashore at Point Sur, Monterey
county, California, according to wire
less advices to the government radio
station. The revenue cutter Nc
Culloch has been dispatched to her as
sistance. The H-3 was in company
with the HI and H-2. The meager
adyices did not say whether the diver
was in serious danger.
Eleven hundred Indian war veterans
hold joyful convention in Portland,
President Wilson declares he sees no
signs of early peace in the European
war;
1t is reported the last Russian line
in Galicia Is broken by the Austro-
German army.
Two trains collide on high bridge
near Gettysburg, Pa, and eight per-
zons are killed.
X The American Medical association in
session in San Francisco, has chosen
DR.. Blue as its president.
England in note to United States
promises to reduce delays, of shipping
by neutral countries in war zone.
Founding of the James ]. Hill pro-
fessorship of transportation in the
Harvard Graduate School of Business
Administration, with an endowment
Of $l25, 200, was announced by Presi-
dent Lowell in his address to the Har-
ward alumni, assembled for commence
ment day.
Oklahoma is said to need from 16, 900
to $4,000 harvest hands, and Kansas
$4,000. An Oregon association has
applied for 1000 berry pickers. An
arms and ammunition plant in Con-
necticut has asked for 800 men. Zinc
and lead mines in Missouri need 1000
laborers. A Maryland steel company
has applied for 100 hands. In West
Virginia 1000 coal mine employees are
wanted.
The United States government places
big order for steel rails to be used in
construction of the Alaskan railroad.
Persistent rumors from Germany
state that the kaiser will soon make a
supreme effort to invade England, with
London as the objective goal.
Loans and discounts of the 1904 Ma
tional banks in this country reporting
to the comptroller of the currency at
the close of business May ! amounted
to $6,64S, SS7, ,951, an increase over
March 4, 1915, of $l43, 92S, S46, and
over June 80, 1914, of nearly s2l4,-
100000.
Five severe earthquakes occurred at
Calexico, Cal., again Friday. The first
was felt about S:15 and the succeeding
four at intervals until 1910 p. m.
The American steamer Neches,
bound from Rotterdam to New York,
was seized by England and ordered to
London, where her cargo will be
thrown into prize court.
A Reuter-. dispatch from Berne says
that Luxembourg, threatened with a
shortage of bread, has appealed to
Switzerland, which has agreed to sup
ply the grand duchy with flour until
the next harvest.