Spray courier. (Spray, Or.) 1???-19??, 1915-10-21
Brief Resume Of General News
from All Around the Earth.
UNIVERSAL HAPPENINGS IN A NUTSHH'
Live News Items of All Nations and
Pacific Northwest Condensed
for Our Busy Readers.

The keel of new electrically-driven
battleship has been laid in New York.
The mind of Emperor Franz Joseph,
of Austria, is said to be failing rap
idy.
English people cry loudly for repris-
ais against the Germans for recent
Zeppelin raids.
Anthrax has been cured by San
Francisco physicians by the local ap-
plication Of antiseptics.
Four American submarines Of the X
type successfully made the voyage
from San Francisco to Honolulu.
Greece has entered vigorous pro-
test against the occupation Of IL
islands in the Mediterranean by Italy.
Private advices received in Paris are
to the effect that Bulgarian division
was almost annihilated in fierce bat
tie near Kraguyvats, Serbia.
Zeppelin airships raided London on
two successive nights, the first time
killing eight and wounding about 35.
The second raid resulted in the killing
of 90 persons and starting many fires.
It is believed the United States will
soon supplant Russia in supplying
crude oil and it's products to the Scan
dinavian countries, and steamers are
being chartered in this country for the
trade.
Directors and shareholders Of the
Pacific Mail Steamship company have
voted to reduce the capital stock from
$40, 600, 900 to $1,000, 900 on account
of the withdrawal of the company
from the Pacific trade.
Revolution has broken out in Guate-
mala and fighting 10 in progress in the
states of San Marcos, Huehuetenango
and Peten, according to advices re-
ceived in New Orleans by the Guate-
malan junta Of the Revolutionary
committee"
Harry Hooper, the Boston right
fielder whose home run at Philadelphia
won the world series for Boston, lives
in Capitola, near Santa Cruz, Cal.
The citizens of Santa Cruz and Capt. |
tola are preparing great reception
for him when he comes home.
Without, a dissenting voice, the
Washington State Retail Merchants
association voted to reorganize and re-
incorporate as the Washington Retail
Grocers' and Merchants association.
President Kinsey urged the need of
the grocers getting into politics.
The Berlin Riechsasnzeiger an
nounces the engagement of Prince
Joachim, youngest son of Emperor
William, and Princess Marie Angus
tine, daughter of Prince Edward of
Anhalt. The princess was II years
old last June. Prince Joachim is 25.
The trial of the directors and former
directors of the New York, New
Haven & Hartford railroad, which will
test the ability Of the government to
obtain the conviction of the directors
of an alleged monopolistic corporation
under the so-called criminal clause of
the Sherman antitrust law, was begun
in the Federal court.
Wilson and Secretary of War Dan
iels have agreed on policy of practi-
cally doubling the U. 8. navy in five
years. The first years program con-
templates the expenditure of $248,000,-
900.
The following announcement of the
dismissal Of the Bulgarian minister to
Great Britain was issued in London:
"His Majesty's government announce
that the Bulgarian. minister has been
handed his passports and that diplo-
matte relations between Great Britain
and Bulgaria have been broken off,"
The hazing system has been abolish
ed at the Annapolis naval academy by
the voluntary action Of the midship-
men of the three upper classes. AL
though no formal resolution was pass
ed, 1t was said on authority that there
was practical unanimity of opinion
that the time had come when hazing
should cease.
Admission that German losses have
been heavy in the past few days on
the western front is made by the cor
respondent of the German Tageblatt,
who declares French attacks were car [
ried out with unprecedented vigor
and courage" He estimates that with {
in brief period the French have fired
more than 100000 shells against the
German lines. u