The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1916-09-22
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.

for Our Busy Readers.
Seven hundred thousand workers in
New York are said to be ready to
strike in sympathy with the streetcar
men.
More than TOO vessels have been
added to the fleets flying the American
flag in foreign trade in the two years
ended June 80. 1916.
The British steamers Llangors E.
Buttown and Swedish Prince have been
sunk by submarines. The crews Of
the vessels were saved.
A purchase of 300, 900, 900 feet Of
timber has been made by the Oregon
Lumber company, near Baker, Ore.,
and new mill will be built.
Armenians in Asia Minor who took
refuge in Aleppo when exiled recently
by the Turks, now have been ordered
to leave the new locality, according to
dispatches to the State department.
Two buildings. including the stock
house Of the International Cement
company's plant at Irvine, Wash,
we're destroyed by fire Monday. The
loss was $1O0, covered by insur-
ance.
Surprise raids on two alleged gam
bling houses in San Francisco, main
tained, according to the police, in two
hotels in the so-called downtown ten
derloin district, resulted in the arrest
Of $50 men.
The Cooks and Walters union has
filed suit for $500, 600 damages
against the Law and Order committee
of the San Francisco chamber Of COM
merce, alleging it has formed con-
spiracy in violation of the penal code.
One of the largest sales of the year
was consummated in Pendleton, Or,
when Henry Balm, of Havana Station,
disposed of his fine 600-acre UmatiIla
county farm to Elmer McCormmach,
prominent young farmer, for $50, 900.
The employees of all the big German
banks hold special meeting to discuss
the cost of living. They adopted unan-
imously resolution asking directors
Of all Berlin banks for an appreciable
increase in salaries, that the employees
may be able to make both ends meet.
Frost fell over the Great Lakes re-
gion Sundy night, according to reports
to the Weather bureau. The frost |
extended as far south as Northern
Tennessee. A heavy snowfall, with
temperatures ranging from "a to %
degrees, was reported from Hibbing,
MINI.
Florina, an important town in North
western Macedonia, is carried by as
sault by French troops, according to
an official statement. The Bulgarians
are retiring in disorder in the direc-
tion of Monastir, the statement adds.
Serbian troops also have gained sue
cess in the region of Lake Ostrovo.
a general strike OF iongsnoremen on
the Atlantic Coast in sympathy with
the striking longshoremen on the Pa
cifc Coast will be urged upon the in
ternational officers of the union, it was
announced by J. A. Madsen, Of Port
land, secretary-treasurer of the Pacific
Coast district, International Long
shoremen's association of America.
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brislsn railway trainmen noid out
Ior ~ snlihngs ADVANCE In pay.
To the b;oh cost ~ l;u;no l. -
added the high cost of he;ng b.rhareJ lS
On ana after an early date it will cost
naiI a dollar ior haircut IN San Fran
association. at 4 meeting held recently
decided to ra;se from az centa e. tbe
higher fio1re the nrice NJ ha;rcntt;no
A number of young society men of
hv Act;ng coverror Trav;ro - sasua
az street aweanars for oe, dsvs Tbau
wara found or,;ltv of d;st,rh;nr ~
NIGHTS rest ~ tbs bo,,sshoid ~ az
fafhar ~ coverror Trn.c;o Err;c,,as =
while sarenad;no tbae town after
dance
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