The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1915-05-28
WORLDS DOINGS
| 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.
UNIVERSAL HAPPENINGS N A NUTSHELL

kulnk luNo tho WIT
German diplomats are busy tryin
to keep Roumania out Of the war.
The Austro- Germans are rcportc
having captured 2S.2 Russians nca
przemysl.
Tho French are reported havin
taken another German trench after
two weeks battle.
Lord Kitchener still retains tho pos
Of Secretary Of War In the new made
over British cabinet,
Italians invade 66-milc front Of III,
Austrians. besides the fleet damage
two Austrian battleships,
A Dayton. Ohio, girl Il suing
Linn county, Oregon. man for $40. 00(
for breach Of promise, which was nj
legged to have been contracted by mail
All property Of the British-Ameriear
Tobacco company In Germany has beer
placed under German supervision. ac
corliing to the Berlin correspondent Of
the Telegraaf.
South American business men are In
session at Washington. d. C.. and the
needs and opportunities Of their ma
tions are laid before the business men
Of the United States,
Baker, Ore. gives reception to well
come new Americans, which included
German. EnglishmAn, Scotchman.
Italian. Norwegian and a Swcde. all
Of whom have sworn allegiance to the
United States.
A Vancouver, Wash. man. while de-
livering a coffin, was thrown from his
dead wagon" and killed. While
passing Il rural mail carrier the team
became frightened when tho latter
opened an umbrella.
A Durham Holstein COW belonging
to A. w. Stevens, of Haynes Inlet,
near Marshfield, Or. gave birth to
three calves last Saturday. two males
and n female, all lively and finely
formed.
Fifty persons were drowned when
the Chilean steamer MaximiAno Era
zuris struck reef and sank near San
tiago, Chile. The Maximiano Era
zuris was vessel Of 1856 tons and $50
feet long. She was built in 1872.
The Supreme Court Of New York
has denied a new trial to Charles
Becker, the New York ex-poliee lieu
tenant, who was found guilty in the
first degree of.aiding in the murder Of
Herman Rosenthal. noted gambler.
Thousands of hot apple pies were
distributed at the celebration OF "Spo-
kane Day" at the Panama-Pacifc Ex-
position. A large delegation Of the
Spokane Ad Club was there to partici-
pate in the exercises. There were
addresses and musical program in the
Washington building.
Julia Walcott, one Of the oldest ac-
tresses on the American stage, Is dead
In Chicago. She was 10 and had been
playing parts since she was 9. She
was playing at a downtown theater
and was stricken after the show. She
played with Richard Mansfield in
Peer Gynt". and with Arnold DAILY in
Steve"
At a meeting Of the National Con-
'erence of Dunkards Of the United
States and Canada at Dayton Ohio, the
representatives unani-
nously decided that members should
lot own autmobiles. This question
Ias faced the church for years. II was
.lso decided not to sell whatever food
8 left over after the conference, but
o give it to the poor.
A black rust scare sends up wheat
Irices on the Chicago market.
Roumanians engage In demonstra-
ions against the Austro-Germans.
General Leonard Wood declares that
anger of invasion Of America 10 In
Patriotism is at fever heat in Rome
yer the entry of Italy into the Euro
can war.
Ten days run at the Cornucopia
line, in Eastern Oregon, gave an out
ut Of $40, 900.
The Italian parliament has con-
.rred on the cabinet full power TO act
the war question.
A fruit steamer on the Atlantic
,ast reports having sighted the "at-
Icking fleet" Of the American navy,
hich is engaged in practice maneu-
RS.
Advices from Mitylene confirm the
,struction Of the Turkish forts at
lid Bahr, on the Dardanelles, and
ate that the bombardment Of other
rts still continues.
A senior student in the mining de-
lrtment Of the University Of Cali y
rnia has invented a process for elm q
alton of the poisonous gases given .
in copper smelling. 4
Riga, a Russian port on the Baltic, 1,
reported captured by the Germans b
d big naval battle is said TO have
en- fought. = !,
John d. Rockefeller, Jr., denies 81
wing had anything TO do with direct q
g the Colorado operators moves :. !.
.ainst the coal strikers. sl
Food has become so scarce In Mexico 81
ty that the inhabitants are facing Of
arvation, and General Carranza has Of
en- appealed to by the international G
there. The American Red = :.
oss society also has been asked TO =
be steps 70 relieve the situation.