Spray courier. (Spray, Or.) 1???-19??, 1915-08-05
Brief Resume of General News
From All Around the Earth.
UNIVERSAL HAPPENINGS IN A NUTSH1'
Live News Items of All Nations and
Pacific Northwest Condensed
for Our Busy Readers.

Use Of shells In the European wal
exceeds all records.
London has reports Of u decided vic
tory over the Turks in Asia.
Two Federal inquiries have begun IN
the steamer Eastland case in Chicago.
A Belgian steamer and q Swedish
brig were torpedoed by submarines
Friday.
The French chamber Of deputies has
increased the limit Of the French de-
fense bonds to $1,400, ,000,00
American imports from Germany
have decreased within the past year
from sl4, ,994, 5s5 to 81, 1853, ,257'
A spot six times as large as the
earth has appeared on the sun, and
will be visible until August 10.
The majority of Spaniards are de-
clared TO favor the allies, but to be de-
termined to keep out Of the war.
British authorities have arrested a
German for landing in England with a
cleverly forged American passport.
English soldiers have uncovered an
tique Greek relics of great value while
digging trenches at the Dardanelles.
A Portland Chinese was arrested by
customs officials with 20 pounds Of
crude opium concealed in a basket Of
vegetables.
Another fine Of 81 900, 900 has been
imposed upon the city of Brussels by
the Germans, as a reprisal for the de-
struction of Zeppelin by allied air..
men.
One hundred deaf mutes saw the
scenic beauties Of Portland while at
tending their national convention, and
heard" everything explained by deaf
mute ''spielers.
A shortage of between $2500 and
$4,000 in the treasurer's office in Spo-
kane has been discovered, and two en-
ployes have been suspended pending
further investigation.
Michael Damphoffer, Jr., aged, 10,
of Vancouver, Wash, is dead, and is
survived by his father, aged 100 last
January. Both were Grand Army
veterans and fought shoulder to shoul-
der in the First Oregon Volunteers.
Charles F. Becker, former police
lieutenant of New York City, was
electrocuted Friday morning for the
murder of Herman Rosenthal, gam
bier, on July 16, 1912. He protested
and declared his innocence to the last. |
Vacating his own court order made
earlier in the day, Judge McAllister,
of the Superior court of Arizona,
granted an appeal to the State Su-
preme court in the case Of four Mexi- |
cans sentenced to be hanged at Flor
ence penitentiary.
The evacuation Of all of Poland by
the Russian forces is considered cer-
tain, and the Kaiser with his queen
plans to enter Warsaw in state. The
empress is already in Russia on visit
to the headquarters of Field Marshal
Won Hindenberg's army.
Eight miners are killed in a mine
explosion at Christopher, Ill.
Reports say that the Russians have
checked the advance of the
Germans on Warsaw.
Fishing smacks are seriously him
dered in the war zone because of the
German submarine warfare.
About dozen bombs were dropped
in Verona, Italy, by an Austrian aero
plane. There were no victims of the
air attack and the damage done to
was insignificant.
Evidence offered before the coroner's
jury in the case of the overturning of
the excursion steamer in Chicago river,
shows the boat was overloaded, and
the water ballast pumped out to keep
The vessel from scraping the bottom.
Officials of the Navy and Army de-
partments have begun series of con-
ferences which will have to do with
the betterment of National defense.
Findings of the conferences will be
to President Wilson.
The temperature rose to 80 degrees
in the shade at Seward, Alaska, and it
was 103 at Kenai Lake. There have
been only four rainy days in two
Several fires are burning in
the Sugah forest east of Anchorage.