The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1916-11-24
WORLDS DO|NCS
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.

Werner Breyman, an Oregon pioneer
of 1850, dies at his home in Salem.
It is predicted in Chicago that but
ter will rise to 80 cents per pound be-
fore January first.
w. Lair Thompson, of Lakeview,
Ore, was beaten by one vote for state
senator, according to the official count.
Minnesota voters declined on cleo
tion day to approve the proposed pro-
vision for the initiative and referen-
dunn, according to results just tabu-
lated.
Charles A.. Murphy, of Pendleton,
has been chosen warden of the Oregon
penitentiary to succeed ]. W. Mimic,
who was compelled to resign because
he "hosed" two convicts.
Target practice in the navy will have
to be limited for the winter to the first
line ships because of the shortage Of
men. Steps already are being taken
to increase the. personnel under the
law.
James F. Pershing. brother Of Gen.
Pershing, who visited his brother re-
Gently at the latter's headquarters, de-
clares that Intervention in Mexico by
the United States is the only solution
Of the Mexican situation.
Twenty-Five paintings by the late
George Inness, landscape painter, have
been sold for 5000, 900 to New York
firm Of art dealers. The collection was
retained by Mr.. Inness' family after
his death in 1895 and the sale was
made by his son, George Inness, Jr.
Speeders and reckless motorists Of
all classes, when arrested, will bear
their police records on the operators
license, If bill now being framed by
the California State Automobile asso-
citation becomes law at the next legis-
lature.
The liners Victoria and Umatilla,
the last vessels to leave Nome, arrived
in Seattle Wednesday with 500 passen-
gers, $1,000, 900 in gold bullion and
shipments Of tin ore and furs. Fifteen
hundred persons are wintering at
Nome, which is now closed in by the
ice.
The Cotton Manufacturers associa-
tion of New Bedford, Mass, voted to
grant 10 per cent increase in pay to
their 33, 600 operatives, to be effective
for a period Of six months beginning
December A. The increase is the third
within this calendar year and brings
the total advance within that time to
273 per cent.
Chicago City Health Commissioner
John Dill Robertson's "diet squad"
weighed in Wednesday preparatory to
the test they are to begin; whether
one can live, and live well, on 40 cents
a day. Seven men and four women
will make the experiment, the weight
Of the women ranging from 111.5 to
127 pounds, that of the men from lat
to 2l9 pounds.
The orgnized labor forces Of the
country Wednesday avowed extreme
hostility to the writ of injunction as a
means Of stopping strike. First a
resolution was adopted, unanimously,
at the morning session Of the conven-
tion Of the American Federation Of
Labor, urging organized labor every
where to make the injunction question
"the paramount issue in all of their
future political activities"
Henry Tuerke, 20 months old, who
was pronounced cured in New York |
after receiving the serum treatment
for infantile paralysis last summer, is
dying from second attack.
Two Cinnamon entered the store of
Wong Ling, prominent Chinese mer-
chant at Salem, Or, aroused him from
bed and forced him at the point Of
revolver to deliver $500 in the safe.
Santa Claus will pay no more for
toys this Christmas than in years gone
by, according to toy dealers Of San
Francisco. Prices for all sorts of toys
will remain about the same because
of increased production by America.
Iron ballast weighing 120 tons
brought over in the German submarine
merchantmen Deutschland is to be con-
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