The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1916-04-07
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.

Two more dreadnaughts and four
battle cruisers are to be provided by
congress at this session.
The rapid advance in the price of
gasoline spurs congress to push its in
vestigations as to the cause.
Six thousand out of 1888 sigma
lures on recall petition in San Fran
cisco have been declared fraudulent.
Chang Chow Flu, one of the largest
cities in China, has declared it's indie
pendence of the government of Yuan
Shi Kai.
A IL, 000-ton Russian transport with
troops and war materials aboard was
sunk by Turkish submarine in the
Black sea on March 30.
A Salem, Ore., woman alighting
from a buggy, tripped on the laprobe,
which caused her to fall head first on
the curbing, killing her instantly.
University of Oregon students of
journalism take entire charge of the
editorial and reportorial departments
Of the Eugene Daily Guard for one
week.
Lloyds reports that the British bark
Bengairn has been sunk by sub
marine. Part of the crew were picked
up. It is said the vessel was not
armed.
Constantinople dispatches say that
the Turkish troops on the Caucasian
front have received considerable rein
forcements and that the Russian
offensive has been checked. Recently
the only fighting has been among small
detachments.
President Wilson plans to occupy
"Shadow Lawn" the summer home in
New Jersey offered him by the people
Of the state, as soon as congress ad-
journs. In case congress is in session
during the summer he probably will
spend week-ends there before adjourn
ment.
A clash between Haitien bandits and
police in Northeast Haiti is reported
to the Navy department by Admiral
Caperton. United States forces were
not involved in the fighting. One po-
liceman was killed and three wounded,
while the outlaws lost several killed
and number captured.
A Havas dispatch from Athens says
the Bulgarian government has notified
Greece that it has given orders for
evacuation of points on Greek territory
occupied by Bulgarian troops. Bull
garia assured Greece of the intention
to do everything possible to maintain
friendly relations between the two ma
tions.
Owing to strike among the dairy
men who supply Chicago with milk, it
is said there is only three-day supply
of milk for the babies. The dairymen
are endeavoring to force the distrib-
utors to pay more for their product,
by holding back 1000, 900 quarts a
day, and of this 500, 900 quarts are
Delng leu 10 Jne pigs.
An account of the torpedoing of the
Franco-Russian hospital ship Portugal
in the Black Sea March 80, with the
loss Of many lives, including those of
Red Cross officials and Sisters Of Char
ity, was cabled from Petrograd to the
Russian embassy at Washington and
probably will be filed with the State
department for its information. The
Turkish government has officially de-
MED that any of its submarines made
the attack, and it is assumed in allied
diplomatic quarters here that the Port
ugal was the victim of an Austrian
craft.
The municipal woodward Of Portland
is short one thousand cords of wood,
and no one seems to know what be-
came of it.
Two masked robbers attempted to
hold up Seattle bank, but a young
lady student of the University of
Washington, who was the only Gus
toner in the bank at the time, argued
and protested with the men until they
had to flee or be captured.
Captain Hans Tauscher, husband of
Johanna Gadski, the opera singer, and
said to be an officer in the Germany
navy, was arrested in New York on a
warrant charging him with being con-
cerned in an alleged conspiracy to blow
up the Welland canal in Canada.
An investigation into the enormous
increase in the price of gasoline has
been ordered by the senate.
After killing every one of the 172
men in the garrison at Guerrero, Fran
cisco Villa is said to have moved north
ward, according to unofficial informa-
tion secured by General Funston.
All foot and mouth disease quaran-
tines and restrictions on the shipment
of livestock are removed by an order
issued by the department of Agricul-
ture, and the announcement is made
that the country is now entirely free
of the scourge.