Spray courier. (Spray, Or.) 1???-19??, 1916-03-30
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.

Russians take three lines Of German
trenches with bayonets.
Villa IL reported TO have held up
train and searched II for Americans,
but found none.
One OF the American columns pene.
trated 80 miles into Mexico before |,
was discovered by the natives.
II Ia believed the government will
soon define clearly its attitude toward
the entire submarine question.
President Wilson was back In Wash
lngton Friday after n brief visit TO
Philadelphia To have his eyes examined.
Congress avoids any Unnecessary
discussion Of the Mexican question,
but is ready TO authorize war measures
at moments notice.
Yuan Shi Kai renounces the throne
Of China and proclaims the restoration
Of the republic, but his opponents say
the change is too late to save him.
Instructions 10 recruit tho IL Ma
tional Guard companies of Arizona TO
war strength Immediately were trans
mitted TO the company commanders by
order Of the War department.
An army aviator was found by a
wagon train after being lost In the
Mexican desert for 48 hours. He re-
paired his leaking tank, received a
supply Of gasoline and was soon on his
way.
The house education committee voted
unanimously 10 take no action on pend
ing bills to reopen tho North Pole con-
trovcrsy. DIR. Frederick A. Cook re-
Gently asked the committee to investi-
gate his claims.
The Hay army increase bill, provid-
ing for regular army peace strength
Of lao, 900 fighting men instead Of the
present 100, 900, passed the house by
a vote of 402 TO 2. II goes TO the SEN
ate for immediate consideration.
A dispatch to the Balkan agency
from Bucharest says the chief clerk of
the American legation at Sofia is re-
ported to have been arrested by the
Bulgarian authorities, accused Of CIV
ing present TO an employe for using
greater haste than ordinary in issuing
passports.
Men of the Hungarian landsturm
born in 1868 and 1869 and also the
men belonging. to the classes of 1865
and 1897, who hitherto have been en-
ployed in making war materials, now
are dismissed from this service and
ordered to join the army on April s,
according to Reuter- dispatch.
Losses in the Russian army, killed,
wounded and missing, for the year 1915
were 2,542, $50, according to Boris S.
Schumacher, a Jewish newspaper cor
who exhibited printed lists
which he said were official Russian re-
ports and which he said he secretly OBJ
tanned while in Petrograd.
In telegram to President Wilson
the Aero Club of America offered for
army use in Mexico two high-powered
aeroplanes, which, the club says, excel
in every way the present army flying
equipment. The telegram also said
the club had already listed 10 licensed
aviators as volunteers for service in
Mexico.
Advices received from Dover by the
Press association say that a second
German seaplane was brought down
after the raid made by four German
over the Kent coast, last
Sunday. 1t is said British airman
who was crossing the Channel in a
new aeroplane saw the raid in prog
ress, and joining in the chase of the
Germans, succeeded in bringing down
,ne of their machines.
Astoria, Oregon, is visited by a
$50, 900 fire.
Food supplies are said to be becom-
ing short in the Torreon district of
Mexico and rioting is feared.
A German aviator has dropped sew
,ral smoke bombs near a French bat {
cry, it is reported from the front. {
This is the first time since the war be-
yan that such bumbs have been used.
Not in themselves dangerous, the {
,ombs give forth an intense smoke
which persists for a long time and
erves as a guide for the hostile ar c
,illery. {