The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1915-10-29
Brief Resume Of General News
From All Around the Earth.
UNIVERSAL HAPPENINGS IN A NUTsHB'
Live News Items Of All Nations and
Pacific Northwest Condensed
for Our Busy Readers.
Rural credits plan was beaten in
California by over 14,OO0 majority.

Rural credits plan was beaten il
California by over $4,000 majority.
The wholesale price Of gasoline ha,
risen In Portland from 9b to 121k
cents within q month.
Fire Of unknown origin DESTROYED 8
garage and eight autos and several
motorcycles at Woodburn, Ore.
Greek frontier guards were attacked
by Austrians and Bulgarians, but re
pulsed the enemy with heavy losses
A British submarine on Sunday sank
the Turkish transport Carmen, laden
with munitions, in the sea of Mar
mora.
The proposed plan to make all Cali
fornia state officers strictly non-parti.
san was beaten in state election by
$4,000 majority.
Robert Fay, German spy arrested in
New York, says the diversion of car.
goes OF copper from Russian to Ger.
man ports by bribing sea captains
was part Of his plan.
According to the Tyd, Of Amster-
dam, "a additional death sentences
against persons charged with espion-
age and treason have been pronounced
by court-martial at Liege.
-Four new hydroaeroplanes have
been received at the navy aeronautic
station at Pensacola, Fla, and the first
navy dirigible will be delivered at the
station within the next three weeks.
An official announcement made in
London says: "The British transport
Marquette has been torpedoed in the
Aegean Sea. 1t is understood that
only 50 of the personnel of the vessel
are unaccounted for"
Suspension Of postal money order
exchanges between the United States
and Greece has been ordered by Post
master-General Burleson, pending the
negotiations Of a new postal conven-
tion between the two countries.
A report has reached London that
Prince Won Buelow, former German
chancellor, will shortly submit to Pres
C Woon anu Ming Aipnonoso, OF
opain' an outline OF the conditions on
Wnicn Germany might be disposed to
uiscuss Terms Oh peace.
Winter has set in in the Russian
n war .nea.er' according 10 the London
LINES aet,osrad correspondent, who
says SNOW mas peen ialIng Ior three
tho. sh anu .ne loaus are frozen SO hard
m" 70 nv iuoeloiu ior horses.
5, no oohaltlohs, the correspondent
aoa..r ouo, aio 'aus worse tnan IN tne rainy
'0eoi
Twenty-four of the 48 big 36.inch
nortont a,orant - ~ paa 1n .s
ayno.;t;on ;Ii,,,,s,.a.ie. e : ana ..aan acillc
haen sold 10 tha pwss;ax a. on Lev
and are to he sb;nned at 80 so'e - nt U,'ra
mean hattIasia,ds T. ,,,as oue ~ ~ ~
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Drastic action by officials of Kan
sas City, Kan, to prohibit illegal sale
of beer by breweries was taken Wed.
nesday when three drivers were ar
rested and sentenced to iail and the
were fined $500 each and sent tn ia;I
for six months More than 10o casas
of beer were DESTROYED
,,,,
wall street heard ON apparently |
soou autnority that preparations had
Deen almost completed for the estab-
,,sn,nent ol Frencn credit IN New
! orA OF from Slo.ooo,0OO to $l5 100000.
accoralns 70 reports current In the
liuAnciai section, the sum was to be
ased solely ror the payment OF muni-
lions shipped from this country for
IN.
,nnaa, @ tonuon .sa.u n hgwspapers pupnsn an
1ppeal rom IA. racnitcn, the SERBIAN
N Serbia's superhuman efforts To- de.
lend her existence against the Austro-
Germans and Bulgarians who have
,s re-. says, y condemned her to death.
~, ~ aass, .ne premier says, our
somnon enemies nave tried TO ami
,ur soldiers our resistance cannot he
to be maintained indefinite. '
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.rapb comnanv Of london fso,, ~
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