Spray courier. (Spray, Or.) 1???-19??, 1915-03-25
NEWS NOTES OF
CURRENT WEEK
Resume Of Worlds Important
Events Told in Brief.

give transfers to the municipal stree
cars.
Germany is reported TO be building
two railways to the frontier Of Alsace
Lorraine.
II is reported that the Russians hav,
pillaged and destroyed so, 600 homes II
East Prussia
The German reichstag has adopted
without debate the war estimates, anC
also passed the foreign estimates.
One of Washington's largest shingle
mills. located at Centralia, has re-
opened since shutting down the first Of
the year.
Numerous plaques and diseases prev.
alent in Serbia are reported to be dew
astating a large percentage Of the
population.
II Ia estimated by Alice Clement and
Mary Riley, policewomen Of Chicago,
that one woman In each twenty In that
city smoke cigarettes.
Governor Spry, Of Utah, vetoes pro-
hibition bill passed by the legislature,
declaring that the saloon is simply
transferred to the drug store.
City Of Portland has just completed
II municipal barn of the most modern
type. The horses will have sanitary
stalls, washroom and hospital.
Protesting against the action of the
board Of regents Of the University of
Utah. in dismissing four teachers. ID
other professors have resigned.
Washington government considers
that the recent notes from the allies
do not give the proper answers, which,
our government deems, should be in
detail.
Austria is reported to be continuing
work on the Notifications all along the
Italian frontier, and the garrisons have
been reinforced by artillery and in
fantry.
The French chamber Of deputies has
unanimously passed bill authorizing
the government to raise the limit for
the issue of treasury bonds for defense
from s700, 900, 900 to 5000, ,o00,0
Another British steamer, the Glen
artney, from Bangkok for London
loaded with rice. has been torpedoed
by German submarine Off Beachy
Head in the English Channel. Only
one of the crew was drowned.
Testifying before the American
land" investigation, an owner of 49,
900 acres in Texas, admitted that ten
ants with large families were desira-
BILE because the children could be
pressed into work, especially during
the rush season.
Mine-laying drills by the troops at
Fort Stevens, Oregon, were COM
menced this week under the direction
of the officers on board the steamer
Major Ringgold. The drills are being
held in the night, short distance be-
low the government wharf. The prac-
tice will be continued until the open
ing of the fishing season on May /.
Wife of Ex-Governor Moody of Ore
gon, dies suddenly at Salem.
United States government will send
a sharp protest to England and her
allies for the commercial blockade
against. Germany.
Sinking of the cruiser Dresden by
British is claimed to be unfair by the
German officers, inasmuch as the ves
sci was at anchor in neutral waters.
1t is also claimed that shell from the
British warship killed woman and
child on shore.
The largest superdreadnaught in the
world was launched at Newport News
by Uncle Sam. She will carry twelve
14-inch guns and has displacement
of 1000 tons more than England's
largest warship. The cost to build her
is $14, ,000,0
The German sea raider, Prinz Eitel
Frederick, at Newport News for re-
pairs, honored America by having the
band play the Star-Spangled Banner
as the Presidents yacht passed on its
way to the launching of the super
dreadnaught Pennsylvania.
Germany has sufficient food to meet
her needs for two years, according TO
W. d. Boyce, editor of the Chicago
Ledger, and Horace Herr, editor of
the Indianapolis Times, who have just
returned from a trip through Germany.
Messrs. Boyce and Herr said that Ger
many was only "bluffing" about food
shortage.
Living on Sc a week in New York is
a simple problem, Miss Dorothy Mil
Ter, a 19-year-old shop-girl, told leg
islative committee investigating the
minimum wage problem. If one wants
more clothes, she explained, it is only
necessary to eat less food and if more
food is wanted, skimp on the clothes
allowance.