The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1915-08-20
WORLDS DOINGS
OF CURRENT WEEK
Brief Resume Of General News
From All Around The Earth.
UNIVERSAL HAPPENINGS IN A NUTSHH'
Live News Items of All Nations and
Pacific Northwest Condensed
for Our Busy Readers.
UNIVERSAL HAPPENINGS IN A NUTSHH'

Carranza is said to be preparing a
reply refusing peace proposals.
Yuan Shi Kai is considering the ad-
visibility Of proclaiming himself en-
peror Of China.
Application has been made for the
appointment of receiver for the Mis-
souri, Pacific railroad.
A Georgia mob took Leo M. Frank,
serving life sentence for the murder
of Mary Phagan, from jail and hanged
him.
A terrific Gulf storm wrecked many
vessels and did much other damage
along the Gulf coast, and particularly
at Galveston.
A German submarine torpedoed the
British transport Royal Edward in the
Aegean sea, off the Turkish coast, and
about 1000 lives were lost.
British agents in San Francisco
charged with recruiting in violation Of
neutrality laws, raised technical points
and gained much time by the delay.
The executive committee Of the Ger
man National Liberal party declares
permanent peace can only be had by a
wide extension of German frontier in
all directions.
French find on German prisoners
copies Of military order saying 1--WE
shall take, we must take, Verdun.
Then the war will be finished by De-
cember at the latest"
A German submarine shelled three
towns on the Cumberland coast of Eng
land. Several fires were started by
shells from the underwater boat and
the railroad was damaged, but there
were no casualties.
Nancy Hanks, 2:04, champion trot-
ter from 1892 to 1894, died at Ham
burg Place, the estate Of ]. e. Mad.
den, who purchased the horse several
years ago to pension her until hel
death. Nancy Hanks was foaled il
1886.
A Spokane woman, while down town
with her 10-months-old babe in hel
arms, recognized man who had burg
larized her home a few days before
and chased him seven blocks, finally
stopping him and holding him until he
was taken by an officer.
A cablegram from Paris announces
the death of Jacques Neyvatte, mem
ber Of the French aviation corps. Ney-
waite was formerly a newspaper man
of Phoenix, Ariz. He was licensed by
the Aero Club of France in 1905, and
appeared in aerial exhibitions in this
country. He served in the Boer war
as balloonist.
Representatives of the Italian gov.
ernment have begun the purchase Of
$4,000 more horses for war purposes
in East st. Louis. These are to be
selected within 80 days. Thus fal
more than 100000 horses have beer
sold to the belligerent nations through
dealers at that place. A dealer sale
the Allies had spent s27,000,000 fol
horses in East st. Louis.
Russians report infiicting heavy Loss
on Turks in Caucasus campaign.
British minister of war munitions
declares he has control Of 345 plants
A recent German military decree il
said to have declared that peace is GER
tain by October.
Petrograd joyfully announces the re
pulse of German naval force from
the Gulf Of Riga.
After extensive inspection, the Ore
gon hop crop for 1915 is estimated a
less than 100. 900 bales.
Baron Kikujio Ishii, new Japanes
minister Of foreign affairs, is said to b
a firm friend of United States.
Mail order liquor houses Of Horn
brook, CAL, just across the Orego
line, are said to be preparing for bi
business, in anticipation of the goin
into effect of the prohibition law i
Oregon and Washington Jan. l, 1916
Sweeping reductions in the anthrs
:. cite freight rates Of railroads handlin
so per cent of the country's anthracit
production were ordered by the Intel
state Commerce commission in decis
ion which held the carriers guilty Q
giving illegal preferential treatmer
to allied coal companies. -.
William Barnes, Jr., speaking b.
fore the New York state constitutions
convention, likened Roosevelt to BIZ
marck.
General economy and thrift is bein
urged as regular study In the publ
schools by the National Education'
association.
Forest fires in Lyttle Creek canyol
near San Bernardino, CAL, have leaps
the fire brakes and are on their wa
into the spruce timber. The fam'
have already destroyed timber ar
watershed brush covering 1000 acre
Forty additional men have been sen