The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1915-08-20
Brief Resume Of General News
from All Around The Earth.
UNNHSn HAPPENINGS N A NUTSiB'
Live News Items Of All Nations and
Pacific Northwest Condensed
for Our Busy Readers.

CaFranEa 10 said 10 be preparing
reply refusing peace proposals.
Yuan shl Kai 10 considering tho I'D
visibility Of proelalmlng himself en-
poror Of China.
Application has been made for th,
appointment Of a receiver for the Mis-
souri Pacific railroad.
A Georgia mob took Leo NJ. Frank,
serving q life sentence for the murde,
Of Mary Phagan. from jail and hanged
him.
A terrific Gulf storm wrecked many
vessels and did much other damage
along tho Gulf coast. and particularly
at Galveston.
A German submarine torpodoed the
British transport Royal Edward In the
Aegean sea. OF the Turkish coast, and
about 1000 lives were lost.
Brltish agents In San Francisco
charged with recruiting In violation Of
neutrality laws. raised technical points
and gained much time by the delay.
The executive committee Of the Cor
man National Liberal party declares
permanent peace can only BE- had by 3
wide extension Of German frontier In
all directions.
French fnd on German prisoners
copies Of = military order saying I'VE
ahall take, we must take, veriun.
Thon the war will be iinished by De-
eembor II tho latest. "
A German submarine ahclled three
towns on tho Cumberland coast Of Eng.
land. Several Arca were started by
shells from the underwater boat and
the railroad was damaged. but there
were no casualties.
Nancy Hanks, 2:04. champion trot-
ter from 1899 TO 1894, died ut Ham.
burg Place. the estate Of J. Il. Mad.
den. who purchased the horse several
years ago TO pension her until her
death. Nancy Hanks was foaled In
1886.
A Spokane woman. while down town
with her i0-months-old babe In her
arms. recognised man who had burg
lariEed her home q few days bofore
and chased him seven blocks, finally
stopping him and holding him until he
was taken by an officer.
A cahlcgram from Paris announces
the death Of Jacques Neyyatte. mem-
bcr Of the French aviation corps. Ney-
waite was formerly Newspaper man
OF Phoenix. Arix. Ho was licensed by
the Aero Club Of France In 1908, and
appeared In aerial exhibitions In this
country. Hc served In tho Boer war
a. balloonist.
Representatives Of tho Italian gov.
ernment have begun the purchase Of |
IL, 900 more horses for war purposes
In East Sc. Louis. These ara TO be |
acIccted within 90 days. Thus far
more than i60,000 horses have been
sold TO the belligerent nations through |
dealers at that place. A dealer said
tho Allies had spent $4,000. 900 for
horses In East Sc. Louis.
Russians report Iniilcting heavy loes
On Turks In Caucasus campaign.
British minister Of war munitions
declares he has control Of s46 plants.
A recent German military decree Ia
said to have declared that peace 10 cor
sain by October.
Petrograd joyfully announces the re-
pulse OF German naval force from
he Gulf Of Riga. :
After extensive inspection, the Ore
gon hop crop for 1915 10 estimated at
eaa than 100. 900 bales.
Baron Kikujib TshIi, new Japanese
Of foreign affairs, IL said to be
! Arm friend Of United States.
Mail order liquor houses Of Horn
brook, CAL, Just across the Oregon
Inc. are said TO be preparing for big |
IN anticipation Of the going
nto effect Of the prohibition law In
oregon and Washington Jan. !, 1915.
Sweeping reductions In the anthra-
Ito freight rates Of railroads handling
70 per cent Of the country's anthracite
reduction wero ordered by the Inter
tate Commerce commission In a decis-
on which held the carriers guilty Of
diving illegal preferential treatment ,
o allied coal companies.
William Barnes, Jr., speaking be- 1
ore the New York state constitutional
likened Roosevelt to Bis
narck.
General economy and thrift is being
rged IS . regular study In the public
chools BY the National Educational
association,
Forest fires in Lyttle Greek canyon,
ear San Bernardinop CAL. have leaped
he fire brakes and are on their way !
ITO the spruce timber. The flames
ave already destroyed timber and I
latershed brush covering 1000 acres-
'orty additional men have been sent. .