The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1915-11-26
Brief Resume Of General News
From All Around The Earth.
UNIVERSAL HAPPENINGS IN A NUTSHELL
Live News items Of All Nations and
Pacific Northwest Condensed
for Our Busy Readers.

Another munitions plant is blown vi
at Parry Sound, Ont.
The British empire capital wealth i
estimated at $4,000, ,oOO.O 900.
The worlds corn crop is estimate
at three and half billion bushels.
Assistant bank examiner of Califor
mia is arrested charged with embezzle
ment. NJ
Seattle experiences wind velocity o
"A miles an hour, besides fierce thun
der storm.
Olympia officials are investigating
an alleged theft of SIS, 900 from til,
state industrial insurance fund.
The keynote Of President Wilson,j
message to congress will be prepared
ness for war and coast defense.
By a surprise attack the forces oi
the allies capture the city of Tibati, in
the German colony of Kamerun, West,
ern Africa.
A tidal wave off the Oregon coast
dashes the Hotel Bar View into the
ocean and does considerable damage to
other property.
Brand Whitlock, minister to Bel
gium, accompanied by his wife, is pay
ing q flying visit to Washington, and
other cities in this country.
British capture another American
vessel, the Kankakee, at Buenos Ayres.
This steamer is listed by the British
government as suspected as to her
ownership.
Expenditures of large sums Of money
used against the neutrality of the
United States, are traced by govern
ment officials to attaches of the Ger
man embassy.
Assurances Of King Constantine of
Greece, are given the entente powers
that he has no intention Of disarming
or interning allied troops, mainly the
Serbians, who are attempting to escape
into that country. I.
Sinking Of a Turkish transport which
was carrying 600 soldiers across the
Sea of Marniora is reported in mes
sage from Zurich. The message says
the transport struck mine and nearly
all on board were drowned.
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The London war Office declares that
no commercial blockade has been es-
tablished before Grecian ports, but has
withdrawn, or threatened to withdraw,
the special privileges which Greek
commerce has enjoyed since the out
break of the war.
The Woman's Peace Party has an
nounced that every woman's club of
prominence in the country would be
appealed to this week to send tele-
grams to President Wilson, asking
him to confer with neutral nations to
urge peace in Europe.
The Masons Of Belgium have placed
5000, 900 francs ($600, ,0O0) at the dis
posal of the managers of the fund for
relief of allied prisoners of war now in
Germany. This money is to be en-
ployed without regard to the nation
ality or religious beliefs of the prison
ers.
Dispatches Of semi-official nature
received in Washington indicate that
practically state of anarchy exists in
Persia. According to the reports,
troops of various nations are doing as
the please in certain sections, the gov
ernment being powerless to curb their
action. Many government officials are
said to have fled from the areas in
which the most serious conditions pre-
vail.
AS sequel to the report that a flo
tilla of Is German torpedo boats and
a big cruiser had passed Helsingborg,
Sweden, Wednesday, proceeding into
the. Cattegat, dispatch to the Central
News from Copenhagen says that
British squadron Of cruisers and de-
stroyers has been seen entering the
Cattegat.
A Copenhagen dispatch to Reuters
Telegram company Of London says
that the copper famine in Germany is
so acute that requests equivalent to
demands are now reaching the author
ities of the churches to hand over all |
the copper in their possession as a |
good example to others. The huge
copper roofs of the great Cathedral at |
Bremen are being dismantled.
Villa is reported wounded in battle
with Carranza forces. i.
Military training in public schools |
has been approved by the American
Federation of Labor.
A Douglas fir tree which grew on |
Finney creek in Western Washington,
shows l144 annual rings.
The British army at the Dardanelles |
has resumed the offensive and captured
2S0. yards of Turkish trenches.
Austria win be told that open boats
are not considered places Of safety" |
for passengers Of captured steamships.