Spray courier. (Spray, Or.) 1???-19??, 1915-04-15
NEWS NOTES OF
CURRENT WEEK
Resume Of Worlds Important
Events Told in Brief.

Both French and BelgianB report
gains against the Germans.
Italy has prevented the Germans
from penetrating into Abyssinia.
Russia continues to report successes
In the Carpathian mountain passes.
Special reports Of bank examiners
show a nationwide business revival.
The British collier Lena 10 anchored
outside the three-mile limit of San
Diego harbor, Cal.
The knee Joint of mammoth esti-
mated to be $50. 900 years old was un-
earthed in Southern California.
French troops from Africa are rest
Ing at Alexandria, Egypt, ready to
proceed to help the British expedition
ary forces against Turkey.
The we'll known American wish for
docks In Chinese ports is believed to
be one OF the main reasons for the de-
mands being made upon China by
japan.
A thief cut the hair from the tails
Of 100 horses which we're awaiting
shipment in Spokane. He got about
80 pounds Of hair, which brings 8
cents pound.
A prisoner who had recently escaped
from the chain gang In Los Angeles
hired an auto truck and proceeded to
Presbyterian church in that city and
stole baby grand piano.
Persistent rumors that Germany is
about TO invade Holland are current In
London. II Is we'll known that Hol-
land 10 ready TO repel any such in
vasion to the best Of her ability.
Two men and woman have been
arrested near Baker Or. charged with
the holdup Of stage recently In which
$1,000 worth Of gold bullion was stolen.
The bullion was found concealed in
badger hole.
Both the Villa and Carranza factions
In Mexico are preparing to use aero
planes In their warfare against each
other. American aviators will man
the machines, and steel darts as well
as bombs will be used.
It 10 estimated that It will cost
5000, 900 to repair the turbine engine
of the Coast liner Great Northern, and
It will be at least 80 days before she
can resume her run between San
Francisco and Portland.
An diplomatic report from Rome de-
clares that Austria is seeking separ-
ate peace from Germany. and the ru-
NOR stirs Italy greatly, as such a
move would preclude any possibility of
her gaining territorial accessions from
Austria.
Under treaty between the United
States and Prussia, made in 1928.
Germany has announced that she will
pay In full for the sinking Of the
American ship William P. Frye by the
German auxiliary cruiser Prinz Eitel
Friedrich.
Railroads Of the Middle West have
called upon employment agents for
10, 900 laborers, to be put to work by
the end of April. The roads are pre-
pairing to put their roadbeds in the
best of condition to care for the heavy |
tourist travel which is expected to the
Coast during the summer.
"Drys" succeed in voting out 100
saloons in Illinois at the recent cleo
tion.
Butte, Mont, Gusts its entire So
cialist set of officers and elects Demo
Gratis.
Twenty-seven Terre Haute, Ind,
officials are convicted Of election
frauds.
Chicago elects an entire Republican
ticket, including mayor, the first in
many years.
The steam schooner Speedwell is
stranded on the spit off the Oregon
coast near Bandon.
An Italian senator declares that un-
less all nations disarm anarchy will
prevail universally.
An Austro- German force capture
1900 Russians of mountain line on
the Hungarian border.
A Zeppelin balloon appeared over
Dunkirk Wednesday night, coming
from the direction of the sea. The
dirigible apparently intended to bonn
bard the shipping in the harbor, but
being sighted by the torpedo boats
to the German lines.
The arrival at San Reno of the
American ambassador, Thomas Nelson
Page, occasioned the rumor that he
had gone to Italy to meet foreign
diplomats for the discussion of peace
The ambassador, how
ever, denied that his presence was in
any way connected with the interna-
tional situation. He explained that he