The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1916-10-27
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.

The wholesale price of -four is now
quoted in Portland at $3.50 barrel
Twenty-four Indians of the Coeur
d'Alene district have qualified to be-
come Y. s. citizens.
Roumanians lose Constanza, an i'm
portant port on the Black Sea, to the
Germans and Austrians.
Seattle proposes to take over the
power plants of the Puget Sound Trac-
tion company, at an estimated cost of
l0,000. 900.
William G. Sharp, American am
bassador to France, sailed on the
American line steamship st. Paul, ac-
companied by his family, to return to
his post.
Viscount Grey, secretary Of Eng
lands foreign affairs, says allies won't
talk peace, but declares objects of this
war must be realized, as guarantee
of international peace Of the future.
Spontaneous combustion caused the
explosion of 2O,00O-gallon tank of
gasoline at the plant of the California
Food Products company at San Pedro,
which was partially destroyed by the
fire which followed.
The U. S. Supreme Court refused to
review the conviction of the three
officials of the Western Fuel company,
of San Francisco, who were convicted
of defrauding the government by false
weighing of dutiable coal. The men
will now have to serve their respective
prison terms.
A wreath of flowers entwined with
an American flag was dropped from a
height of 140O feet by Johnny Green,
an aviator, on the cemetery at Rome.
Ca, in which Mrs. Ellen Wilson, wife
of the President, is buried. The
wreath was placed on Mrs. Wilson's
grave as Rome's tribute to her mem
ory.
Private Charles Callahan, of the
headquarters company of the Fifth
Ohio Infantry, stationed at Ell Paso,
Tex, received leave of absence in
which to journey to Detroit to take
possession of fortune estimated at
$3.50, 600, willed by his aunt. Mrs.
Mary Callahan, who died in Detroit
recently.
The Austrian premier, Count
Stuergkh, who was assassinated while
at dinner Sunday in Vienna, by Lud-
wig Adler, publisher, was shot three
times. Count Stuergkh was dining at
a hotel when the publisher attacked
him. Three shots were fred, all of
which took effect, the premier dying
instantly.
Samuel Hill declares before a San
Francisco audience, that. Washington,
Oregon and California should petition
the government to build a highway
along the oceanfront in these states,
which could be used in time of war to
carry materials necessary to the pro-
lection of the coast, or in peace times
for the benefit Of pleasure seekers, or
for other legitimate purposes.
After killing Sheriff Stier. of Queens
county, New York, with shotgun,
and keeping at bay posse of police
and deputy sheriffs who had surround
ed his home, Frank Taft, 65 years of
age, was shot and instantly killed by
one of the besiegers. Taft shot Stier,
who served him with warrant after
he had been adjudged in contempt Of
court for failing to appear as wit
ness.
Chief of Police White of San Fran
cisco has abolished the police detinue
system, under which persons are ar
rested and held incommunicado with
out any charge being placed against
them.
s. A. Appold, student aviator, who
fell in bipIane near Los Angeles,
died later in hospital. His young
wife saw him fall and helped take
him from the tangled wreckage of his
aeroplane.
The German Order Pour LIE Merite
has been awarded Lieutenant Com
mander Arnauld De La Perriere, com.
mander of the submarine U-35, for his
achievements in sinking 126 vessels
totalling $4,000 tons.
The House OF Commons has passed
the second reading Of the Rhodes es
tate bill, which would exclude Ger
mans heneeforth from enjoying schol
arships at Oxford University under
the Cecil Rhodes trust fund.
Orders for more than 200 aeroplanes
have been placed by the q. s. war de
partment as the first step in expan
sion of the aviation service under the
army reorganization act and contracts
for about 100 additional machines Of
various types probably will be award
ed in the near future.
six inmates Of Sing Sing prison
New York, drove past guard In q
prison automobile truck and made
their escape about noon Friday. The
finding Of the abandoned truck a hall
hour after the escape gave the first
intimation that the men, all Of whom
were serving sentences Of from II
years to life, had fled