Spray courier. (Spray, Or.) 1???-19??, 1915-06-24

UNIVERSAL HAPPENINGS m A NUTSHELL
Live News Items Of All Nations and
Pacific Northwest Condensed
for Our Busy Readers.

Woman suffrage WAS discussed In tn,
legislatures of % states the past year
Germany practically comedies tina,
Greece will enter the war with the
allies.
William Howard Taft has been made
president of a league Of nations to pro.
mote world peace.
After surrcndering to German sub.
marine, British vessel makes her e.
cape and safely reaches port.
Many taxicab meters in Portland
have been found faulty by the city
sealer Of weights and measures.
1t is now reported Great Britain will
begin an offensive campaign and tre-
mendous attack on German lines is
planned.
Formal notice has been given the
State department that mail pouches
destined for Sweden have been opened
In England.
The u. s. battleship Colorado Is
despatched from San Diego, CAL, to
Mexican ports to quell rioting Of Yaqui
Indians, who are destroying American
property.
A wealthy stockman Of Baker, Ore
gon, has "cornered" the wool market
and has shipped his immense purchase
to Portland, where he will hold 1t for
advanced prices.
The worlds grand prix in art has
been awarded to Frank Duveneck, of
Kentucky, by the award jury, Of the
Panama-P Pacific Exposition. Mr.. Du-
veneck, who Ia portraitist, was the
unanimous choice Of the jury Of 45
men.
The Canadian aviator who was first
to destroy Zeppelin, falls to his
death, together with Henry Beach
Needham, the American newspaper
writer, when they were making q
flight in search of material for news
paper article.
Governor Hunt, Of Arizona, will de-
termine whether the dreadnaught Ari-
zona, to be launched at the New York
navy yard, will be christened with
wine or water, or both. Secretary
Daniels said he had referred the ques-
tion and personally had nothing to do
with it.
II is officially announced that the
Italian submarine Medusa has been
torpedoed and sunk by an Austrian
submarine. The Medusa was a vessel
of 241 tons and was built in 1911. She
had speed of 13 knots above water
and eight knots submerged. Her or
dinary complement was ID men.
Mabel Harmon, aged 26, declared
to be the heaviest woman in Kansas,
died in Harlan, Kan, as the result of
a stomach ailment. She weighed 800
pounds. When she attended the local
school in her girlhood days, it was
necessary to enlarge the door of the
school house. She has a younger sister
who weighs $50 and is said to be still
growing. The parents are average
size.
The will of the late Mrs. Frank Les
lie, bequeaths 81, 500, 900 to the cause
of woman suffrage.
England is making full compensa-
tion to American shippers Of cotton
confiscated by that government.
Recovery of King Constantine, of
Greece, who is suffering from pneu-
monia, is now thought probable.
: The O.-W. R. e. N. railroad COM
pany is planning extensive extensions
to its lines in many parts of Oregon.
Losses in the British navy up to May
81, total 1851, of this number 8245
were killed, the rest wounded or miss
ing.
Warning factions in Mexico have de-
cided on Manuel Vasquez .Tagle, min
lister of justice in the cabinet of Mad
ero, as the probable new president of
Mexico. General Carranza has not yet |
Joined the coalition movement.
German Socialists at meeting in |
Munich are reported to have denounced
King Ludwig, of Bavaria, because of
the speech recently made by him con-
cerning the annexation of Belgium. |
According to dispatches the Socialists
are reported to have said that Belgium
must be independent again no matter
how the war results.