Spray courier. (Spray, Or.) 1???-19??, 1915-03-11
NEWS NOTES OF
CURRENT WEEK
Resume Of Worlds Important
Events Told in Brief.

snow storm.
Austria IL said to have refused ait
to Turkey In her present engagement
with the allies' fleet.
M. +. Berry, originator Of the pres
ent system Of express and posta
money orders, is dead.
The Minnesota legislature has re-
fused TO submit woman suffrage
amendment TO the people.
The British now claim that the war
will be short, and that their artillery,
once weak, now dominates.
Bombardment OF Turkey by the al
lied fleets continues and the probable
results are that ConBtantinople will
fall.
Having "abstained" during all of
February, the moon will be full twice
during March. This is the first occur
ence since 1876.
A prominent st. Paul clubwoman
drops dead in the statehouse of that
state just after appealing TO the legis-
lature for prison reforms.
The officials of the city Of Portland
have figured that the earnings Of the
jitney busses total $2.57 per day.
There are 337 cars in use.
Operation Of the New York State
alien law was Suspended by the Su-
preme court. II was contended the
building of the subway would be de-
layed by the law.
The German submarine U-8 has been
sunk by destroyers belonging to the
Dover flotilla, according to announce
ment by the minister Of marine. The
crew were taken prisoners.
Four fires broke out almost stimuli
taneously in horse and mule barn at
Kansas City in which were 800 horses
belonging TO the British government.
The horses were saved only by opening
all the gates of the barn and driving
the animals loose into the streets.
After two years of almost continu-
GUS session the 63d congress, which re-
vised the tariff and the currency sys-
tenn Of the nation, supplemented the
trust laws, created an income tax and
experienced the first popular election
Of United States senator's, ended at
noon March 4.
"Unless neutral nations are pre-
pared to assist in throwing the Ger
mans out Of Belgium, no suggestions
from them in the matter of preventing
the further devastation of that country
are wanted" said Sir Edward Grey,
the foreign secretary, in the British
house of commons.
William Willett's daylight saving
bill, which was discussed in the British
parliament in the spring of 1909, pro-
vided for the earlier use Of daylight
by putting forward the clock 20 min
utes on four successive Sundays in
April and reversing the process on four
Sundays in September. This proceed
ure, it was argued, would bring more
time at the end of the day for recrea-
tion while the sun was still up. The
measure never became law in England.
The author of the bill has just died.
Further relief to Belgians from. the
United States is not guaranteed by the
German government.
An English trawler was sunk in the
English channel by a German mine.
The crew of II men were saved.
Congress has re-convened and it is
predicted that the session will hold I'M
til the gavel falls at noon March a.
Many Americans travelling as "horse
tenders" on vessels bound for England
and France, with promise of good pay
and return ticket, are stranded in
those countries, and are appealing to
the American consuls for assistance.
The exchange of manned prisoners
through Geneva began Wednesday
with the arrival of 1900 Frenchmen
and 800 Germans. The transfer was
made under the auspices of the Swiss
Red Cross society. The soldiers trav-
eled in special coaches, which were
guarded by the military. Approx
mately ton of gifts were there await
Ing the unfortunates, who probably
will number from 1000 to 5000 men
from each country.
The bill charging manslaughter
against provincial police officer and
three Candadian soldiers who last fall
fired on two American duck hunters,
Walter Smith and Charles Dorsch,
killing Smith and wounding his COM
panion, was dismissed by the Welland
county grand jury. The shooting,
which resulted in diplomatic corre-
spondence between the United States
and Great Britain, occurred on the Nj
agara River. After a protest had
been made by Washington the Domin-
ion government paid to Smiths rela-
lives $40, 900 and a lesser sum was [