The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1916-05-05
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.

A $2,000,0O0 appropriation for aero
nautics was agreed to by the house
naval committee.
The United States submarine LIS
was launched at the yards of the Lake
Torpedo Boat company at Bridgeport,
Conn.
Two robbers dynamited small safe
Idaho, at 2 o'clock Monday morning
and escaped with $500 in cash.
A new plan for the reorganization
of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific
railroad is being formulated by the
protective committee for the $20,000,-
900 per cent debenture bonds.
Francisco Rodriguez, sentenced to
be hanged May II, 1911, for the muir
der of his wife, and whose execution
was delayed by appeals and several
reprieves, was resentenced in the su-
perior court to be executed May IL.
Proposed increased rates on sheet
iron and steel articles from eastern
points to Spokane, Wash, were found
discriminatory and unjustified by the
interstate commerce commission. The
rates were ordered Cancelled.
President Wilson was too busy
Tuesday to sign the proclamation
opening to entry 100000 acres of land
on the Colville reservation in Wash
fngton. His secretary informed Rep
resentative Dill the proclamation
would be signed Wednesday.
Leaders of the woman's suffrage
movement sent baskets of May-day
flowers to President Wilson and all
the members Of his cabinet. The bas-
kets contained messages urging sup
port of q constitutional amendment
giving the ballot to women.
The Seattle, Renton & Southern rail
road, 12-mile streetcar line between
Seattle and the coal-mining suburb OF
Renton, was offered for sale at auc-
ton by the receivers under instruc,
tion of the superior court. There were
no bidders and the sale was post,
poned.
General Juan I. Jiminez, president
of the Dominican republic, was i'm,
peached by the Chamber of Deputies
for an alleged violation of the consti-
tuition in connection with the budget.
The motion for impeachment was sent
to the senate and the approval Of that
body is expected.
America reawakened in national
spirit through lessons of the war in
Europe was the theme Of an address
by President Wilson at the opening
of the national service school military
encampment for young women. In con
cluding the president voiced a warn
ing that the honor and integrity of the
United States cannot be tampered
with.
A resolution by Senator James, au
thorizing the secretary Of the interior
to receive an assignment of the Ritt
man patent for improvement in gaso
line manufacture, was adopted by the
senate. Director Manning, Of the bu
reau of mines, informed the senate
the patent promises to increase gaso
line production from Is to As per cent
of the crude oil used.
President Wilson has not altered
his purpose to keep American troops
in the border region of Mexico unit
brigandage has come to an end. After
brief conference at the White House
Secretary Baker prepared further in
structions for Generals Scott and Fun
ston, sought by the officers as resul
of their conference with General Obre
gon, Carranza's war minister.
immigration is quickening aftel
months of stagnation caused by the
war. Figures published by the immi
grafton bureau show that $4,000 for
eigners reached American shores il
March, against $4,000 in February ant
1900 in January. Italy is sending
the greatest number, with England
second and Scandinavia third. Italian
immigrants in March numbered abou
5000.
The British government has with
drawn its conscription measure.
The Irish rebellion now affects tn
entire island, and martial law has beel
declared throughout.
Transcontinental railroads continu
to show enormous tonnage movements
with resultant gains in earnings.
Hundreds of exhibits illustrative o
the methods of the Federal govern
ment in caring for the lives and prop
erty of its citizens, are being assem-
bled in Washington, D. c., for tn
Safety First special, a 12-coach trail
that will make an educational tou
through thousands of cities and towns
Out of 1000 California miners exam
ined by state and Federal sanitary ir
spectors, approximately 40 per cen
were found infected with hook worn
Swiss territory has again been vic
lated by German aeroplane, whic
flew over the region of Porentruy an
was bombarded by Swiss troops alon
the frontier.
James W. Gerard, the America
ambassador, and Joseph c. Grew, set
retary of the American embassy, hav
left Berlin for German army heat
quarters for an audience with Emperc
William.