The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1916-02-11
WORLDS DO|NGS
OF CURRENT WEEK
Brief Resume Of General News
From All Around The Earth.
UNIVERSAL HAPPENINGS IN A NUTSHELL
Live News Items Of All Nations and
Pacific Northwest Condensed
for Our Busy Readers.

Canada will send 20, 600 more me
to the front in Europe.
Many looters are caught by U. S
marines in the flood-stricken distict
Of California.
The missing ks submarine is re
ported in her regular course off tn
coast Of Florida.
Many sections of the Middle Wes
are experiencing floods and much dam
age to property is reported.
President Wilson declares the U. S
navy is prepared for immediate war
but 1t is inadequate in size. :
General Ornelas, Villa follower, il
taken from train near Chihuahua ant
shot. He was federal turncoat.
Pheasants driven by hunger arr
swarming Portland Heights and are
being fed by streetcar men and resi-.
dents.
A fleet Of German Zeppelins attack
London and Paris, killing and wound
I ing 20 or more in Paris and eleven in
London.
Compulsory military training Of
high school students of Washington
state is proposed by the state school
commission.
A negro attacks an auto party near
Buffalo, N. Y, killing mother and son
and seriously wounding the daughter.
Robbery was the motive.
German forces deliver two attacks
with hand grenades near Hill No. 140.
Both attacks resulted in failure, ac-
cording to the French official an
nouncement.
Director Sturgis, of the Australian
Bank, London, said that reports show
ed the Australian wheat crop would be
a record one. He estimated the yield
would be 15O, 100000 bushels, of
which 100, 900. 600 would be available
for export.
Nineteen thousand acres of land in
Pine Valley, Baker county, Oregon,
chiefly suited for dry farming and for
several years intended to come under a
state irrigation scheme, will be opened
to entry in the La Grande land office
February IA.
A meeting in Washington, D. c., to
discuss the exchange conspiracy to de-
press the price of cotton and measures
further to regulate the cotton ex-
changes of the United States, was
called for February "a by Representa-
tives Hefiin, Chandler and Jacowa.
Senator Reed, of Missouri, attacks
Roosevelt in the senate by declaring
ut is happy thing for this country
that there has been insistence on
American rights, and equally fortunate
that there has not been some hot
headed, importunate demagogue in the
White House."
Every employe of the Bunker Hill
& Sullivan Mining Co., of Kellogg,
Idaho, above and below the surface,
will receive an increase Of wages of |
approximately so cents day if the |
price Of lead keeps up. 1t is known |
that the company for some time has |
been contemplating this advance.
The President would be authorized |
to negotiate with the Carranza govern
ment for purchase Of Lower California
by q resolution introduced by Repre-
sentative Britten, of Illinois. He de-
clared such purchase would put into
the hands of the de facto officials of
Mexico millions Of dollars for rehabil-
itating the government and the coun-
try's industries.
While the President was standing on
the rear platform shortly before the
departure Of his train from Chicago, a
sharp explosion was heard. Secret
service men crowded to the platform |.
and the President, apparently some
what startled, entered the car. AL
cloud Of escaping steam showed that
the connecting hose between the rear
coach and the one next forward had
burst.
General Wood opposes plan for con-
tinental army and proposes that the
regular army be brought to full