The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1915-02-12
NEWS NOTES OF
CURRENT WEEK
Resume Of Worlds Important
Events Told in Brief.

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I prominent thoroughfare.
A Catholic priest and his house
t keeper are found murdered in theil
home in New Britain, Conn.
Music by an orchestra in New York
was heard over a long distance tele
phone by Mayor Rolph, in San Fran
cisco.
French artillerymen succeed ir
bringing down a German aeroplane
the machine, however, fell in thesGer.
man lines.
Lease of lakes Summer and Ebert,
in Oregon, containing valuable salt
deposits, was ratified by the house Of
representatives.
Large orders for barrel slaves from
the Armours Packing company, Chi
cago, are received by Aberdueen,
WASH, sawmills.
| Notes to England and Germany con-
cerning the "war zone" and the use Of
the Stars and Stripes by belligerent
countries, is ready for transmission by
the United States.
A deputy sheriff at Chehalis, WASH,
shoots 15-year-old boy, who was flee
ing from the training school. The boy
is not seriously injured and the deputy
claims the shot was accidental.
Ex-President Taft writes a letter to
a professor in Harvard university that
the ban put on munitions of war by
the United States may sometime react
to the detriment of this country.
Twenty-one miners lose their lives
in British Columbia mine when a
shot is fired that penetrates an old
abandoned mine filled with water. The
entire crew was trapped and downed.
The first girl born in Avezzano,
Italy, since the earthquake arrived in
the village Wednesday. She was bap-
tized and given the name of Eleana
Amata Regina Italia, which means
Helena, beloved Queen of Italy.
Outside Of these questions of inter-
national law, the chief interest lies in
the fighting in the Eastern zone, the
operations in the West having lapsed
into period of calm, with only few
small engagements on narrow fronts,
which can have little effect on the
campaign as whole.
Lists were distributed among the
Berlin households for reporting to the
municipal authorities of the members
of families. The lists will be used as
a basis in the distribution of bread
tickets, beginning February IL. About
1000, ZOO tickets will be issued
weekly. A great rush of housewives
to buy potatoes has been observed lin
the markets for several days.
The American steamer Wilhelmina,
with grain aboard for Hamburg, has
arrived at Falmouth 1t was thought
possible that she had been ordered
there by one Of the British patrol
ships, as the British government had
announced its intention of preventing
her from proceeding to Germany and
of submitting the question of her
cargo to prize court. A dispatch
from Falmouth, however, says that the
captain of the Wilhelmina declared he
had proceeded to that port of his own
free will.
Germans declare blockade of Eng
lish Channel.
The worst snow storm in many years
is visiting Nebraska.
President Wilson's veto of the liter
acy test law is sustained by the house.
Austria gives up valuable territory
in Galicia to the Russians.
A Eugene, Or, girl opens boil
with pin and dies of blood poisoning.
The British completely repulse an
attack on the Suez canal by the Turks.
The Germans are reported to have
captured mile of trenches from the
Belgians.
The English parliament has taken
action to control the prices of wheat,
flour and coal.
A Portland girl of 20 is ARRESTED on
charge Of polygamy. She pleads
ignorance of the law.
1t is announced officially that 1165
British officers have been commits
stoned from the ranks since the out
break Of the war.
Centralia, Wash, citizens deport is
|. w. Ws. by loading them on north
bound freight train, after they had
spent night in jail.
Lieutenant Sharpe, of the Canadian
contingent of the Royal Flying Corps.
was killed while flying at Shoreham,
England. He was returning from a
trip when his biplane suddenly dived
to the earth. The machine was
smashed and Lieutenant Sharpe died
within few minutes.
Emperor Nicholas left Tsarskoe-Selo
for the front. He was accompanied as
far as the railway station by the EN-
press Alexandra and his daughters.
The Japanese cruiser Asama is
wrecked on the rocks off the coast of |
Lower California. and will be a total
loss. A U. s. war vessel Is ordered to
give all possible aid.
While shaking hands with friend
William Rose, mattress-maker, 4s
years old, of Portland. Or. dislocated
his shoulder SO severely that he was
taken to the police emergency hospital
for treatment.
The Southern Pacific will spend $780,
600, 900 to build ship and rail ter