The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1914-12-25
NEWS OF THE WEEK
General Resume Of Important Events
Throughout the World.

Berlin goes Wild over victory o
army against Russia In Poland, AM
enthusiasm runs riot.
Repairs Of the damage done 10 th'
English coast towns by the German
feet are rapidly being made.
Rear Admiral Fiske admits there 4
one foreign navy that leads In gun
merry, but refuses 70 name the country
A British shlpbulldIng concern bull
modern battlsAhlp In ten and onc.hali
months. said TO bo tho shortest time
on record.
Deputy Game Warden Hubbard. OF
Ashland. Orc, is shot by alleged game
poaehers. whom he attempts TO search
their cabins.
II 10 reported from Amsterdam that
two Britlsh ships were sunk Friday OF
tho coast OF England. but tho rumor
Is not confirmed.
Mexican troops on the border show
no signs Of hSeding tho warning Of
President Wilson. that firing into
American territory should bo stopped.
Report comes from South Shields.
England. that three ships were sunk
by mines: one Ia believed 10 be n pas
ncnger weasel. and the other two are
unknown.
Food exports from tho United States
during November showed an increase
Of 500 per cent over same month last
year. The great increase 10 attributed
10 the European war.
L. Henry wemmo. prominent Port
land citlfen and good roads enthusiast.
dies suddenly In Los Angeles. He Is
reputed 10 have purchased tho first
automobile ever brought 70 Portland.
likewise an areoplane.
A German diplomat In New York
upholdn tho attack on tho Engliah
coast towns on the grounds that they
were either fortified or defended.
which does not conflict with tho de-
eIaIon Of The Hague convention Of Oct.
l6. 1907.
A letter from Robert Fulton 10
General William Duane. March ].
1878. telling him Of torpcdocs invent
cd by him capable Of destroying any
foreign invaders Of New York hsrbor.
waa sold for $92. 80 At the auction sale
Of the library of tho late Adrian II.
Joline. II am happy to find you con-
tinue tho firm friend 20 torpedoes. "
Fulton wrote, ian infant art which
requires only support and practice TO
produce \ change In maritime Rfairs
Of immense Importance 10 this country.
Expecting the enemy here. have not
been Idle. ! have prepared nino tor
pcdoes. with locks that strike fire by
conclusion. and four with clockwork
locks"
Vienna officials admit Of tho retak-
Ing Of Belgrade by tho Scrvians.
President Wilson expresses deep
interest In tho upllft Of tho negro.
Pendleton. Oregon. is sending 100
barrels Of -four to aid the Belgians.
Russians were forced 10 retreat be-
fore the Austrians In West Galicia.
II 10 reported In Toxic that the Ger
man armed merchantmen Oxford has
been captured by tho British In the In
dian Ocean. The German converted
cruiser Cormorant has entered the har-
bor OF Guam. 10 the Ladrono Archipel-
ago.
Tho postoifice department has ad-
vised that hereafter all Oregon postal
savings funds at offices without local
bank, will be rcmitted to
the Portland office, which will serve AZ
n clearing house for the payment of
President Wilson was asked by del
egation representing the Masters and
Pilots' association 10 support an
amendment TO the administration ship
purchase bill to restrict employment
Of officers Of government-owned ves-
sels to America.
All the street lamps In Paris are
being extinguised at midnight. The
reason for this precaution Is said to be
The receipt Of report that two Zep- I
pelin dirigible balloons had been sight
I'd at Amiens, proceeding In the direc- I
lion Of Paris. ii
The mikado's budget for 1915.
which shows an estimated expenditure p
If b66, 900. 900 yen ($27S, 000, ,000), and
!. decrease Of the revenues Of $40, $780,
100, IL now before the house Of repre-
.entatives for consideration. Consid- 4
,rable oppoAition to II has developed. ,
There Is good reason TO believe that .
inless the house passes the budget II !
will be dissolved. The right Of dis I
IolvIng the house Of representatives Is /,
lmong the prerogativies Of the en- :
,eror. n
John d. Rockefeller, Jr., favors !
plan between the miners .
md mineowners In the Colorado coal !
listricts. :
Church, druggists and liquor men
re allied against the "drys" In Ari-
ona, and the law recently carried by
he prohibItionists will be tested In n
he courts. D
General Bliss, who has command on o.
he Mexican boundary, has been rein c.
orced by three regiments and with G
to return the fire of bellig- N
rents whose bullets fall on American 81
srritory. II