Spray courier. (Spray, Or.) 1???-19??, 1916-03-23
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.

American troops In Mexico are re-
ported TO have suffered from snipers.
The Chicago Tribune strongly ad-
viseB mobilization Of the National
Guard.
Paris AYERS the German attack on
Vcrdun has failed, and believes the
worst is over.
The people Of Belgrade are suffering
from a shortage of provisions and sani-
tary conditions are bad.
$4,000 ton Dutch liner was sunk
of the coast Of Holland, either by
mine or torpedo. the captain claiming
the latter.
The cannery tender Alpha sunk near
Rachel island, on the British Columbia
coast, and six Of her crew Of seven are
believed to be lost.
The name of Clarence True Wilson,
Of Kansas. was filed with the secretary
Of state as prohibition candidate for
the vice presidential nomination.
Asiatic cholera has broken out at
Belgrade according TO an Athens dis
patch. Fifty cases have been reported
daily and 80 deaths have occurred.
Tom Swanson. Of Vancouver, b. c..
WAS shot and killed near Atlin by his
partner, Charles Petit, who mistook
him for moose while the two were
hunting.
The senate has passed Senator Poin-
dexter's bill appropriating ~, 065, 900
TO equip the Puget Sound navy yard
for construction of battleships. 1t now
goes to the house.
Captain the Hon. w. J. Shaughnessy,
eldest son Of Lord Shaughnessy. Of
Montreal. Canada, enlisted for over
seas service. He will 60 as an adju-
tant, an Office he has filled for more
than year.
The National Woman Suffrage 1850
citation offered prizes aggregating $500
to artists for the best 10 posters for
suffrage window display and billboards
In competition to end October /. A |
prize of $25 was offered for slogan |
Of not more than five words.
Count Won Bernstorf, the German
ambassador, under instructions from
his government, formally notified the
State department that no German sub
marine was concerned in the sinking |
of the Norwegian bark Silius, from
which seven American members of the
crew were rescued.
With Is Democrats and the one So
cialist member opposing, the house, by
a vote Of 346-to ID, passed the admin
istration bill to retain the present
tariff of cent pound on sugar in
stead Of permitting the free clause Of
the Underwood-Simmons tariff act to
go into effect May /.
The Navy department has installed
wireless direction finder at the naval
radio station at North Truro, Mass.
The finder was perfected by Frederick
holster, wireless expert in the United
States bureau Of standards, and is de-
signed to indicate the direction and
distance from which message comes.
Tests have shown the instruments
bearings within two degrees of correct.
Vice President Marshall celebrated
his 62nd birthday Tuesday, March IA.
The Germans again attack the forts
near Verdun with the hope of gaining
the city.
Michael Damphoffer, aged 10l years,
dies in the Home for the Aged at Van
couver, Wash. I
The report that Germany has offered
to buy the Danish West Indies for
500, 900, 900, is denied.
Villa and his followers have taken a
sudden twist eastward and are declared {
to be seeking new goal. ,
The Aero Club Of America has Of
fered services of men and machines to
aid the U. S. capture Villa.
General Carranza's army is gather ,
ing in Northern Mexico to aid the !
United States in capturing Villa. ,
General Alvaro Obregon has been /
appointed minister of war Of Mexico, {
and General Candido Aguilar minister
of foreign affairs. Many foreigners {
are leaving the city and there is an {
of excitement among all ,
classes.