Spray courier. (Spray, Or.) 1???-19??, 1915-10-28
Brief Resume Of General News
From All Around the Earth.
UNIVERSAL HAPPENINGS N A MuTSHB'
Live News Items Of All Nations and
Pacific Northwest Condensed
for Our Busy Readers.

The king OF Bulgaria 10 In active
service with his troops.
All railways entering New York
City territory report business boom
ing.
Every eligible Englishman In to re.
oeive u personal letter urging him to
enlist.
Three American troopers and at
least five Mexicans were killed In a
border fight
The Portland Chamber OF Commerce
In endeavoring TO got II big steamer
lines TO make that city regular port.
Governor Major, OF Missouri. made
an ascension In the balloon st. Louis.
which won the recent race at Wichita.
Kan,
European powers withhold recogni-
tion OF Carranza until the status OF
their claims against Mexico 10 estab-
lished.
The French military authorities.
says La Liberte, have discovered an
organization of physicians and others
for supplying fraudulent certificates
OF physical unfitness for active serv-
ice.
All previous records for prices
brought by government furs we're bro
ken and tho prices OF the last govern.
ment sales were exceeded by from 60
TO III per cent at O government auc-
tion held In st. Louis.
Mrs. Finley J. Shepard. formerly
Miss Helen Gould. and her husband.
have legally adopted q 5-year-old or
phan boy. The penniless orphan thus
becomes in n twinkling. immensely
rich and legal heir to millions.
Sir John A. Simon, the home secre-
tary, replying to question In the
house OF commons as to whether II
would not be possible to warn London.
ers Of Zeppelin raids, asserted that
nine times out of ten the German air
ships were driven off before they even
reached the coast.
Chauncey Redding. OF Melrose. and
Philip Bulman, OF Maiden. Mass, were
killed by the fall Of biplane in which
they were making an experimental
flight. Redding. who was manager OF
the saugus Aviation school. was the
operator OF the machine and Bulman
was his mechanician.
An amount estimated by attorneys
at 100000 has been bequeathed to the
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra by the
will of Miss Cora Dow, prominent re-
tail druggist. who died here last Sun
day. Besides this Miss Dow remem-
bered every one OF her hundreds Of
employees In her will.
According to a statement issued by
the Finance Department, Canada In
addition to meeting the ordinary and
capital expenditures has advanced
mere than $20.000,0 900 during the past
six weeks to the imperial treasury to
finance temporarily the heavy expen-
diture of the shell committee in the
Dominion.
Because the British fleet has been
German trawlers In the North
Sea, especially on Dogger Bank, the
Germans have withdrawn their fish
ing fleet from the North Sea, accord
ing to dispatch from Copenhagen to
the Exchange Telegraph company. AS
the result, the message adds, the price
of fish in Germany is going UP. and
the price OF fish in Sweden is rising
In sympathy.
The state Of Washington In competi-
tion with all the world won 10-11ths
of the blue ribbons given for Ayreshire
cattle at the San Francisco exposition.
A uJflIaxuxyr hard Awnad hv !"
elise, made practically q clean sweep
in this breed, taking every champion.
ship, every grand championship, every
reserve championship and every herd
prize, including the highest awards
for production and every first prize
In individuals except two on this
years calves.
At banquet given in honor Of
Thomas A. Edison in San Francisco,
the guest of honor, at his own urgent
request, was served only glass Of
milk and a piece Of hot apple pie.
Thomas A. Edison and Henry Ford,
the noted automobile maker, inspected
exhibits at the Panama-Pacific expo
sition together and became SO intent
upon their work that they forgot to
keep lunch appointment with their
wives.
A new order in council has been
gazetted In London prohibiting the
expectation of any cotton product
whatever, with the exception of cotton
lace and cotton waste. Allied coun- |
tries in Europe, Spain and Portugal
are made exceptions.