Spray courier. (Spray, Or.) 1???-19??, 1916-02-03
Brief Resume Of General News
From All Around the Earth.
UNIVERSAL HAPPENINGS N A NUTSHELL
Live News Items Of All Nations and
! Pacific Northwest Condensed
for Our Busy Readers.

onstantinople is said to be on the
verge of starvation because OF the
pressure Of war.
| A big fund for the suffering Jews OF
Europe is being raised In this country.
New York has pledged $25o,00o
Five Portland policemen lowered
two firemen down into 50-foot well
to rescue dog that had fallen in.
A heavy storm is general over Cali
fornia, with SHOWS in the mountains
and rain and sleet in the lowlands.
The UNITED States is to soon tell
England that the seizure Of U. S. Mail
is ss'unwarranted and inquisitorial." ]"
I A Davenport, Wash, man is left
$12O, 900 by a bcahelor brother and
Alaska miner, who was killed by an
explosion.
|. Four boys and one man hold up and
rob a Chicago bank in broad daylight.
They secured $4,000 in currency and
drove away.
A mile of highly-chsrged electric
wire is alleged to have. been. stolen
from the Oregon Iron & Steel company
of Portland. ~
General Wood opposes plan for con-
tinental army and, proposes that the
regular army be brought to full
strength first.
The Swiss government will apollo
gize to Germany for the trampling un-
der foot Of the empires emblem by an
infuriated mob.
No snow has fallen in Southwestern
Alaska up TO the middle Of January,
and it is said children are going to
school barefoot.
Senator Lane, of Oregon, proposes
big army to build roads throughout the
country andtat the same time give the
men military training.
The report that Great Britain had
lifted the embargo on interned German
ships has csosed q furore of activity
among shippers of the Pacific Coast.
A Portland bride-to-be, accused by
her parents of insanity, apparently to
deter her wedding, was found to be
sane by the. Multnomah county court.
President Wilson delivers his first
address on preparedness in New York.
He will visit the Middle West for ten
days, delivering speeches on this sub
ject.
Spokane washerwomen are now said
to patronize the laundries, and have
other luxuries, not furnished by their
inebriate husbands before Washington
went dry.
It is reported in Vatican circles that
the condition Of Emperor Francis
Joseph, of Austria, who has been seri-
ously i'll for several days, is rapidly
growing worse.
A Seattle physician serving BAN
quet in his home, prescribed cocktails
for his guests in regular medicine bot
ties. Each person had an individual
prescription signed by the doctor.
A playful dog runs in front of q
coasting party at South Bend, WASH,
causing the pilot to swerve the sled,
plunging it over an embankment. The
fire chief and two women coasters
were badly injured.
The new fad in ladies' hosiery is the
''lampshade" stocking.
Mexican bandit is executed in the
Juarez cemetery for killing an Ameri.
can.
Mercury drops 70 degrees in two
hours and 20 minutes at Great Falls,
Mont.
Mrs. Mean Bear, an Indian aged 105
years, dies at Ponca City, Okla, leav.
ing 700 kinfolks in her immediate
family.
A.. L. MohIer, president of the
Union Pacific railroad, who fell on the
ice at Omaha Sunday and suffered con-
cussion of the brain, is improving.
President Wilson urges congress tt
clear its docket of appropriation billE
as soon as possible, so that the prepar-
edness program will have full swing.
At meeting in Chicago of the Re
publican National committee, -four
prominent persons were mentioned for
chairman of the convention, including
Borah, Root, Mccall and Osborne.
Two hostile aeroplanes visit Kent,
England, dropping nine bombs result
ing in casualty list of one killed and
six injured.
East St. Louis, Ill, stock yards are
under quarantine because of the dis
covery of several cases Of foot and
mouth disease.
Colonel Goethals, governor Of the
Panama Canal zone, and General Clar-
ence R. Edwards, commander of the
U. s. troops there, are to report at
Washington to settle differences be-
tween them arising from criticism
made by General Edwards.