The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1915-04-02
NEWS NOTES OF
CURRENT WEEK
Resume Of Worlds Important
Events Told in Brief.
The French government is still buy
ing horses in Eastern Oregon.

ing horses in Eastern Oregon.
All efforts to raise the submarine
F-4, in the Honolulu harbor have
failed.
Salem, Ore., has a $4,000 fire
which destroys large fruit plant and
its contents.
Four persons drown at Seattle when
an automobile skids and runs into the
Duwamish river.
According to an opinion of Oregon's
attorney general any married woman
may hold property in her maiden name.
It is rumored that the Germans en-
trenched near Brussels will abandon
their lines on account of the fall of
Przemysl.
Part of the U. S. feet that will pass
through the Panama canal at its form
al dedication, will visit Portland as
well as other Pacific Coast harbors.
Portland Beavers win opening game
at Los Angeles by score Of to /.
All other games of the league were
postponed on account Of either rain or
snow.
A frightened horse runs into an
automobile in Seattle and turns COM
plete somersault over the hood Of the
machine without breaking the wind
shield.
Persistent rumors that Secretary of
War Garrison is to resign to accept
the chief justiceship Of the New Jer-
sey Supreme court, are denied in
Washington.
Streetcar operators in Seattle have
gone on strike and the city traffic is
much impaired as the result The
strikers declare the jitneys will care
for the public until their terms are
met by the car company.
Unusually cold weather for this sea-
son Of the year prevails throughout
Pennsylvania. There was snow in some
sections and in the mountain regions
the thermometer registered as low as
6 degrees above zero.
The Paris senate has adopted bill,
which already had passed the chamber
of deputies, providing for the advanc-
ing to Serbia, Belgium, Greece and
Montenegro as friends Of the allies the
sum of 1850, 100000 francs ($270,-
600, ,00O).
Governor Hunt, of Arizona, has de-
cided that he was becoming too stout
and forthwith decided on outdoor exer-
moving the lawns Of the capitol
grounds every day. The chosen hour
is noon, indicating that luncheon has
been taken off the governors schedule
of meals.
A. L. Flynn, of Cottage Grove. Ore,
is puzzle to medical science. He has
lived for months with pulse beat of
80 minute, that would mean certain
death to normal persons. During Mr..
Flynn's illness his pulse beat was as
low as is minute, remaining that
way for several days and missing
often.
At a British cabinet meeting re-
Gently there was every reason to, be-
lieve that it considered the liquor ques-
tion, and the stamping out of the evil,
which is now one of the greatest prob
lens of the nation. There still is
much talk of prohibition, but it is not
generally believed that this course will
be adopted, although it is conceded
that some step of drastic and uni
versal character will soon be taken.
The Belgian Relief commission is
preparing to extend aid to $500, 600
destitute French people.
An American submarine with crew
Of 25 men is missing in Honolulu har-
Dor, and it is feared all are lost.
A prominent Russian statesman says
the world must, in the future, seek
new methods Of preserving peace.
German and Austrian families are
leaving Italy, and one inspired"
newspaper declares the time is ripe
for decisive blow.
The Belgian towns Of Malines, Ter
monde, Louvain and Liege never will
be rebuilt on their present sites, If the
undercurrent of discussion among
prominent Belgians results in action
when peace is made. These Belgians
propose that new cities be built on
sites adjoining the ruins, which are to
be left as monuments to the suffer-
ings Of Belgium"
Raymond Biege and Mabel Pullen,
Of Medford, Ore, the l7-year-old
children who eloped more than a week
ago, after strenuous search were
found at the home of the boys grand
mother in Central Point. The children
had overlooked the formality of mar
riags license, however, SO, after con-
sulting with County Judge Touville,
they were married and left for Cali
fornia.
Peace rumors are causing lower
wheat prices in Chicago markets.
Secretary Bryan has called on Zapats
for reparation for an insult to the
American flag.
Three hundred striking 'longshore-
men, strikebreakers and sympathizert
engaged in a riot on the principal
streets Of Tacoma, WASH, about mid
night Thursday. Several shots were
fired, but no one was hit. Two mer
were cut with razors. Many wers
badly beaten. The police used theil
night sticks freely and arrested score
Of men.