The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1915-05-07
WORLDS DO|NGS
OF CURRENT WEEK
Brief Resume Of General News
From All Around The Earth.


reported serious.
A German aeroplane sinks British |
submarine in the North Sea.
w. J. Bryan's brother, G. W., has
been elected mayor of Lincoln, Neb.
Associate Justice Hughes denies
being candidate for the presidency.
Allies are reported making gains in
Turkey, and Smyrna is ready to sur
render.
A German submarine is reported
having killed four Of a Scotland fishing
crew and sinking the boat.
Many thousands greet the fleet Of
boats passing through the Cello canal
at the formal opening May s.
The cost Of war to Great Britain is
increasing and it is estimated that
more than SIS, 500, 100000 will be
needed to continue through thel fiscal
year.
o. H. Ehrck, an orchardist of the
Odell district, near Hood River, Or,
is suffering from badly torn face land
bruises, both sustained when he ran
into clothesline while chasing his hat.
A special dispatch from Washington
to the New York World says that if
the published reports regarding the
American steamer Gulfight, which
was torpedoed or hit mine in the
North Sea, are proved true, President
Wilson will send to the German gov
ernment the severest letter sent to a
foreign power in years by the United
States government.
A friendly suit to determine the le-
gality of the 81, $50, 900 bond issue for
hard-surfacing 70 miles Of highway in
Multnomah county, Oregon, may have
to be brought and carried to the Su-
preme court before the bonds can be
sold.
A bill proposing $4,000, 900 bond
issue to complete the construction Of
the state highway system and main
tain laterals passes the house of repre-
sentatives of California with only
slight opposition, the vote being A
to a.
Military preparations are being mad
for the defense of Pekin. According
to Chinese officials, whose statement
have been corroborated in other cir
cles, the government is making n
preparations elsewhere than at tn
capital for defense, considering tina
the Chinese will be unable to oppos
the Japanese should they make an at
tack.
Two resolutions, one memorializin
congress to seize the nations food sur
ply for the purpose Of preventing it
exportatoin to the belligerent cour
tries, and the other a request tina
President Wilson use his influence
end the war, were adopted in the lowe
house of representatives of California
The resolutions were Of SocialiS
origin.
Five met instant death and one prol
ably was fatally injured when an aut'
mobile driven by Gwin Hicks, e,
commissioner from the state Of Wasl
ington to the San Diego exposition
skidded into a rapidly moving SAM
Ana car on the Pacific Electric tract
at Linwood station, just south Of L
Angeles. The dead are: Mrs. Hick
wife of the commissioner, and her tv
small children; Mrs. James A. Atki
son, of Lacy, WASH, and Mrs. Luth
Brown, of Pomona, Cal. Mr.. Hic
was badly hurt and may die.
Portland experiences heavy rain a
hail storm.
Editor Blethen, of the Seattle Time
is reported seriously ill.
The English house Of commons vol
to double the tax on spirits.
A Medford, Oregon, woman, ag
IA, is cutting new set OF teeth.
A German air craft dropped seve
bombs on Ipswich, England, setting
fire which burned three dwellings.
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to near Medford, overtakes minis
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