Spray courier. (Spray, Or.) 1???-19??, 1915-02-25
NEWS NOTES OF
CURRENT WEEK
Resume Of Worlds important
Events Told in Brief.

Another Los Angeles Times dyna
mite suspect has been taken In Seattle
Hotels and restaurants In New Yorl
give daily lunches TO thousands Of un
employed.
The French government has sue
ceeded In restoring train service which
was materially impaired by the war.
Government records show that 12s
ships have been transferred 10 the
American flag under the new registry
law.
Solons Of West Virginia have been
vaccinated for prevention Of smallpox.
The governor, who 10 a physician,
helped do the job.
Germany loses two war balloons In
North Sea; one by an explosion and
the other was sunk by weight Of snow
on the envelope.
A hundred and fifty prosperous Chi
cagoans. who were once newsboys, sold
papers one day to raise funds for the
aid Of the destitute.
The funds Of Sarah Bernhardt are
said TO be low, and on the eve Of an
operation upon an injured knee. her
friends are fiocking to her assistance.
The "bank" Of Monte Carlo is said
to be In "full bloom" again after four
and half months inactivity. Ivory
checks. however, have taken the place
Of shining gold and silver.
The U. s. War department asks con-
gress for bigger coast defense guns,
claiming the present artillery is out
ranged. Sixteen-inch calibre Is adj
vised and the expense 10 estimated at
$40, 900. 900.
Germany decides TO run the British
gauntlet in the established war zone"
and will insist on a blockade Of all
neutral ships. Hunger, 1t IL said, will
be made an ally by both countries as
far as possible.
Asserting that polygamy still exists
In some parts Of the United States, a
joint resolution memorializing the ma
tional congress to enact laws to pre-
vent polygamy was adopted by the In
diana Legislature.
Seven million dollars for the devel-
opment ef the two salt lakes In South
eastern Oregon, is ready. The state
leased the lakes to an Eastern firm,
who will Immediately employ 5000
men and lay $4,000. 900 pipe line to
the Columbia river.
The Swiss authorities are studying
the organization Of the male citizens
over 4S years old for military pur-
poses. The army counts 5000 men
Of the landwehr and landsturm, but
there are numerous old soldiers still fit
for territorial and convoy service and
patrolling, who in case Of an invasion
would be ready to defend their mother
land.
Rheims continues to be bombarded
daily by the Germans and hundreds of
persons have taken refuge in the i'm
mense cellars Of the large champagne
companies. The cellars also are being
used as schools for the children. Night
and day classes are being held. The
authorities have notified parents that
they cannot be responsible for acci-
dents to their children.
Nebraska legislature passes an anti
tipping law.
Forty airmen raid four towns in
Belgium held by the Germans.
Germany notifies United States that
relations with that country are
strained.
After six weeks deadlock the Illinois
has elected an avowed
"wet" speaker.
The embargo put on potash by Ger
many Is seriously effecting American
fertilizer manufacturers.
Pawn shops and loan sharks are to be
regulated if bill passed by the Ore
gon legislature, becomes law.
German government increases prices s
of potatoes in order to conserve the I
food supply, which is admittedly grow l
ing short. IL
British steamer is blown up and
sunk off the coast of Cape Antifer, by {
two internal explosions. Large num-
Der of the crew lost their lives. :
The relations between Greece and
Turkey apparently are becoming more
strained. Although Turkey has offered
reparation for the insult to the Greek I
military attache at Constantinople, it q
Is reported that the Greek minister has t
left the legation in charge of secre- C
tary, being dissatisfied with Turkeys ]
The Turkish minister has b
also left Athens. This is believed in
some quarters to be the first step in t
The rupture of diplomatic relations be- d
sween Greece and Turkey, which are
,aid also to have been affected by the
Albanian invasion of Serbia.