Spray courier. (Spray, Or.) 1???-19??, 1916-04-13
Brief Resume Of General News
From All Around The Earth.
UNIVERSAL HAPPENINGS m A NUTSHELL
Live News Items Of All Nations and
Pacific Northwest Condensed
for Our Busy Readers.

Washington denies any intention Of
abandoning the pursuit Of Villa.
Many families have been driven
from their homes by floods in the Mis-
sissippi In Wisconsin.
A Spanish cabinet council has been
called TO consider the question OF the
torpcdoing Of Spanish vessels.
Twenty Apache Indian scouts, led by
the famous trailer, Peaches, will join
the American forces in their hunt for
Villa.
Latest reports seem to indicate be-
yond doubt the victory Of Henry l..
Ford over Senator Smith, OF Michigan,
for Republican presidential preference.
Five cattlegrowers who said they
were prosperous and contented protest
cd to the house judiciary sub-commit-
tee against the Borland resolution for
investigation Of the packing industry.
President Wilson has commuted the
death sentence Of o. ltow, a Japanese.
convicted of murder In Alaska, 10 life
imprisonment mt Mcneil Island. ltow
ran sword through fellow cannery
worker two years ago after quarrel.
Grant county. Oregon, is preparing
to fight spotted fever, one case having
been reported In Prairie City. The pa
tient Is said to be critically Ill. Be-
cause Of the disease appearing so early
1t is feared there will be many cases
this season.
An Athens dispatch to the London
Daily Mail says that telegram has
been received from Preveza to the
effect that large transport belonging
to the entente allies has been sunk off
the west coast Of Greece, and that 1t
was believed many we're lost.
A baby seal--a little fellow almost
pure white - has been added to the
Washington Park zoo in Portland. He
was caught by fisherman while troll
ing for salmon in the Siuslaw river.
The animal was said to be not more
than 10 days old when caught.
A. +. Giere has rendered his resig-
nation to the city commission Of Cen
tralia, Wash, as police judge. The
reason assigned is that the compensa-
tion-$15 per months too small to
warrant the number of enemies he
naturally makes in the course of his
duties.
Philip Hall, years old, Of San
Francisco, can read, write, spell, tell
the capital of every state in the Union,
name each of the SO counties in Cali
fornia and their capitals, play piano,
discuss Abraham Lincoln and "Mer-
chant Of Venice" and ride pony. He
has been trained under system since
he was "a years old.
Commenting on the American in
uuiries regarding the torpedoing Of the
steamers Sussex and Englishman, the
Hamburger Nachrichten says: "Who
on earth cares in Germany whether
these ships were torpedoed by German
submarines or not? They belonged to
and were used by the enemy and were
destroyed. That is all we care about
at the moment. +"
The Toyo Kisen Kaisha company, Of
San Francisco, has received advices
that the steamer Chiyo Maru, which
grounded on LENA Island, south Of
Hongkong, China, March 81, is COM
plete loss. The forepart of the large
passenger vessel is still fast aground
with the stern swinging loose and sink
ing. The Chiyo broke in two several
days ago. She was valued at nearly
$4,000, 600.
Two more dreadnaughts and four
battle cruisers are to be provided by
congress at this session.
A IL, 000-ton Russian transport with
troops and war materials aboard was
sunk by Turkish submarine in the
Black sea on March 80.
A Salem, Ore, woman alighting
from 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.