The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1915-05-14
UNIVERSAL HAPPENINGS IN A NUTSHELL
Live News Items From All Nations,
Pacific Northwest and Our Own
Commonwealth Condensed for
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of the peace officers.
Thomas A. Edison, the inventor, and
the wizard Of electricity" is to pay
Portland visit in July.
1t is declared that Turkey lost 49,
900 men in killed and wounded, in the
battle on the peninsula of Gallipoli.
It is reported that Clarence Fisher,
an American ranch foreman in Mex
leo, was brutally murdered by Mexican
bandits.
President Wilson's draft of note to
Germany on the sinking of the Lusi-
tania is unanimously approved by the
cabinet.
General Nelson A. Miles, retired,
asserts that the sinking of the Lusi-
tania is only one of many disasters
while the European war lasts.
The body of Alfred w. Vanderbilt,
the millionaire, who was victim Of
the Lusitania, is reported as having
been picked up on the Irish coast.
The Navy League of the United
States passes resolution to congress
asking $500, 100000 appropriation
which is "needed to provide this coun-
try with adequate means Of naval de-
fense."
Colonel Roosevelt declares that
Prussian treaty with the United
States, which permits free traverse of
Americans in waters where nations are
at war, was treated as "mere piece
Of paper"
An official communication issued
from Petrograd says: "On the 10th
our Black Sea fleet, after bombarding
the forts Of the Bosphorus, exchanged
fire with the cruiser Goeben, which,
being struck by many projectiles,
made off rapidly"
A Turkish official communication,
coming by way of Berlin and Amster-
dam, says the Australian submarine
AE-2 has been sunk by Turkish war
ships while trying to enter the Sea of
Marmora and that the crew of three
officers and 20 men were taken prison.
ers.
A deputation of prominent German
residents and business men called on
the Lord Mayor of Bradford, England,
and handed him written protest
against the "inhuman methods en-
ployed by the German government in
waging war against non-combatants,
including women and children, which
have eliminated in the sinking of the
Lusitania.
The sailing from London of the Gu
nard line steamer Mauretania, sister
ship of the Lusitania, advertised for
May 29, has been cancelled. The
steamship Mauretania recently had
been doing duty as an auxiliary cruiser
in the British navy. 1t had been the
intention of the Cunard line to have
the vessel renew her regular passenger
service between New York and Liver
pool at the end of the present month.
Ex-president Taft commends Presi-
dent Wilson's policy of strict neutral
ity.
A Pennsylvania labor leader says he
advised his followers to learn to shoot,
to resist constabulary.
Portland makes arrangements for
the usual Rose Show to be held during
the coming Rose Festival.
Bryan issues statement reiterating
this country's intention to adhere to
the open-door policy in China.
Germans report driving allies from
the ALLY forest, with heavy losses in
killed, wounded and prisoners.
Fighting in the Dardanelles is being
pressed by the allies with satisfactory
results, reports the British commander. |
Germans prepare to attack the Rus
sian ports of Libau and Riga and
threaten communications with Petro-
grad.
Abbas Hilmi Pasha, deposed as khe-
dive of Egypt when Turkey entered |
the European war, believes he will re-
gain the throne.
Vienna dispatches declare the Rus
sian army in the Carpathians Is in |
trap from which it cannot escape, and
is doomed to capture or annihilation.
The locks around the falls Of the |
Willamette at Oregon City were
turned over to the government and
dedicated to the free use of the people.
The left front wheel of Portland
jitney bus came off and the machine
overturned on the streetcar tracks,
killing one of its passengers Instantly.
The driver was injured but the three
other occupants of the car escaped
with a slight shaking up.
Japan insists that her national dig
nifty" is of more Importance than the
observance of her treaties with other
nations regarding the independence of
China.
Portland will votel at the coming
June election on the question of in
stalling water meters for all consum-
ers, the project involving an outlay of |
about 81, 900, 900.
Upon receipt of a dispatch from
Berlin, the German school in Rome |
Was closed and the faachara with a