The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1916-09-15
WORLDS DOINGS
OF CURRENT WEEK.
Brief Resume Of General News
From All Around The Earth.
UNIVERSAL HAPPENINGS M A NUTSHELL
live News Items of All Nations and
Pacific Northwest Condensed
for Our Busy Readers.

ana national ticket Monday.
| Greece is expected to enter the war
soon on the side Of the allies.
The Southern Pacific is furnishing
30 freight cars daily to relieve the car
shortage in Oregon.
Dealers in Klamath Falls Or. ship
88 fine horses to New York for the
French government.
Surface cars in many sections of
New York City, are stopped by the
strike and the situation has become
serious.
Henry Ford, the millionaire auto
manufacturer, spent a few hours in
Portland Monday, where he inspected
the local plant.
According to reports from Rudolph
M. Anderson, member of the Stefansson
exploring party, the latter has discov-
cred new land bearing copper deposits.
Resolutions requesting that all Kan
sas City high schools girls be required
to wear uniforms will be presented to
the board of education at its next
meeting.
Colorado's first snow of the season
fell at Leadville Wednesday, according
to reports to the weather bureau. The
snow began Tuesday night and amount
ed tn nearly nne inch
The Belgische Dagblad announces
that the German authorities have
seized $50, 900, 900, which had been
placed in the Golfers of the Belgian
National bank, in consequence of the
suspension Of the moratorium.
Mrs. Mary Brundage, rs years old,
widow Of the late Superior Judge Ben
Brundage, pioneer of Kern county,
California, has registered as freshman
in the Kern County High school and
will study the Spanish language.
The number of cases of infantile
paralysis reported in the New York
department of health Wednesday was
smaller than on any previous day since
June rs. The deaths were only nine,
which is the lowest since July s.
Men who have been on strike at |
Chisholm, Minn., for the past three
months, returned to the mines We'd |
nesday. Mine officials are prepared to
start full crews at all properties, and
all former strikers are quoted as de-
claring the iron ore strike is over.
Withdrawal of about 14O, 5e4 acres
of land from the Monterey National
Forest, California, to be opened for
settlement, is announced by the Inter-
ior department. The lands are in San
Benito, Monterey and Fresno counties
and are said to be valuable chiefly for
grazing, though scattered tracts have
some agricultural value.
E. P. Ripley president of the Atch-
ison, Topeka & Santa Fe railroad, an
nounces that he will bring suit to test
the constitutionality of the recently
enacted eight-hour law. He was Of |
the opinion that other Western rail-
roads would do likewise. He termed
the law confiscatory, called it class
Legislation and said it was in violation
of freedom of contract.
Hop growers and handlers are urged
by the United States department of
Agriculture to make certain that the
sulphur they use in curing is abso-
lutely free from any trace of arsenic.
The accidental presence in occasional
shipments Of American hops of minute
traces Of arsenic introduced through
use Of impure sulphur has led at times
to rejection Of shipments, especially in
cases of exports to foreign countries
with rigid hop standards.
French forces are clearing the way
for a new offensive south of the Somme.
Germany is preparing to enter most
energetically into the trade war which
she expects will follow the present
conflict.
What the police declare to have
been deliberate attempt to wreck
Santa Fe train carrying 200 passen-
gers from San Diego to Los Angeles is
alleged to have been prevented by the
discovery by track-walker of loose
rails on the San Diego river bridge.
Railroad officials say that train cross
Ing even at moderate speed would
likely have been hurled to the bed of
the river, 20 feet below.
The German emperor has sent con-
gratulatory telegram to the King of
Bulgaria on the brilliant success Of his
troops against the Roumanians.
President Wilson signs the Federal
compensation act passed re-
Gently by congress. The law provides
relief for government employees injured
1t their work.
The ports of Kilwa Kivinje and Kill
wa Kisiwani. in German East Africa,
150 and It's miles south
If Dar-Es- Salaam, have surrendered TO
he British under threat of lombard
nent.