Spray courier. (Spray, Or.) 1???-19??, 1916-06-22
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.

The Austrians have evacuated Czer.
nowitz, capital Of Bukowina, according
10 dispatches to the semi-ofiicial Petro'
grad News agency from Bukowina by
way Of Bucharest.
Two suits TO recover 640 acres of oil!
land In the San Joaquin valley, valued
at $3.50. 600. were filed by the govern
ment against five companies. Fraud
was alleged by tho government.
The British column which 10 advanc-
ing into German East Africa along
the seaboard has occupied several more
towns. A report from General Smuts.
the British commander. says that
June i3 this force reached Makuyuni.
Wilhelmsthal has been occupied and
Tanga cleared of opposing forces.
The fighting on the Austro- Italian
line In Tyrol seemingly has died down
In violence, only artillery duels and
small infantry engagements having
been reported. To the east OF Monfal-
cone, which lies a short distance from
the head Of the Gulf Of Trieste, the
Italians have captured Austrian posi-
tions and taken prisoner A9S officers
and men.
Near Felahie, on the Tigris river.
the Turks have repulsed an attempt OF
the British to advance, according 10
Constantinople. The annihilation Of
400 British troops on the Euphrates
sector also is reported by the Turkish
war Office. Persian volunteers are de-
clared TO be attacking the Russians
near the Persian border, inaiciting
heavy losses.
More than 500, 900 union and nom
union workers Of America will vote
within month on the advisability Of
calling n general strike to enforce
their demands for an eight-hour day
and time and half for overtime, as a
result Of the failure by representatives
of the railroads and the men to reach
settlement In New York, after two
weeks conference.
The French on the slopes south Of
Le Mort Homme, northwest Of Yer
dun, have attacked and captured a
German trench. The Germans are
still violently bombarding the sectors
Of Thiaumont and Fort Souville, north.
east of Verdun, probably preparatory
to another infantry attack, with the
hope Of further advance toward the
fortress. Only artillery activity is in
progress on the remainder of the front
In France and Belgium.
Fire destroyed 200 feet of the Bel
lingham & Northern Railway tunnel
half mile east of Deming, WASH, on
The branch line the company is con-
between Goshen and Wei
come. The damage is estimated at
s40, 900 and will delay opening the
new line at least go days. The timber
lining of the tunnel caught fire from
he sparks from a steam shovel which
was working inside removing small
,lide. Firemen were sent from Bel
ingham to assist in fighting the fire.
The Italians have continued their
advance in the Arsa valley, in the
pasubio sector and along the Posina
Astico line in the Southern Tyrol.
Formation Of National Democratic
Women's league was announced in Chi
ago recently by Mrs. Joanna Z.
0ownes, president of an Illinois Demo-
ratio women's organization. 1t will
she declares, rs, 900 women
throughout the United States.
German infantry attacked French
positions west of Fort Vaux on the
1erdun front Tuesday night. The as
ault failed entirely, the official report
ays. The Germans continued their
leavy bombardment in the region
lorth of Souville and Tavannes forts.
Vest of the Meuse there was heavy
lrtillery action in the vicinity of Chat
ancourt.
Russian torpedo boat destroyers have
unk 13 large Turkish ships laden with
off the Anatolian coast.
The Bulgarian legation at Bucharest !,
las received information that the Bull
aria -Roumanian frontier will be tenn .
'orarily closed against passengers or ]
merchandise, says Reuter- dispatch
rom the Roumanian capital. 1t is be- G
ieved that Bulgaria has taken this I
tep to mask important troop move
nents.