The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1915-04-02
NEWS OF THE week
General Resume Of Important Events
Throughout The World.

failed.
Salem, Ore. has \ $4,000 fire.
which destroys large fruit plant and
lts contents.
-Four persons drown at Seattle whom
an automobile sklds and runs into the
Duwaminh river.
According 10 an opinion OF orogon's
attorney general any married woman
may hold property In her maiden name.
Il ls rumored that the Germans on
trenehed near Brussels will abandon
their lines on account Of tho fall OF
Pusmysl.
Par, Of tho u. 8. feet that will pass
through tho Panama canal at lts form
Al dedication, will visit Portland a.
we'll a. other Pacific Coast hArbors.
Portland Beavers win opening game
at Los Angeles by . score OF TO ].
All other games Of tho league were
postponed on account Of either rain or
snow.
A frightened horse runs Into an
automobile In Seattle and turns = CON-
plete somoruault over the hood Of the
machine without breaking tho wind
shield.
Persistent rumors that Secretary Of
War Garrison IL 10 Fesign 10 accept
the chief juhtieeahip Of tho New Jer-
aey Supreme court, are denied In
Washington.
streetear operators In Seattle have
gone on strike and the city trafic 10
much impaired a. the result The
strlkeru declare the jltneys viii care
for tho public until their terms are
met by tho car company.
Unusually cold weather for this sea-
son Of tho year prevails throughout
Pennsylvania. There was snow In some
sections and In the mountain regions
tho Thermometer registered a. low ~
9 degrees above xero.
The Paris senate has adopted bill.
which already had passed the chamber
Of deputies, providing for the advanc.
ing 10 Serbia, Belgium. Greece and
Montenegro an friends of the allies tho
sum Of 1850. 100000 francs ts27o.-
900. 000l.
Governor Hunt, OF Arizona. has do
cIded that he was becoming too stout
and forthwith decided on outdoor exer-
else moving the lawns Of the capitol
grounds every day. Tho chosen hour
10 noon, indicating that luncheon has
been taken OF tho governors schedule
Of meals.
A. l.. Flynn, OF Cottage Grove. Ore.
IL a puzzle 70 medical science. He has
lived for months with pulse beat OF
30 a minute, that would mean certain
death to normal persons. During Mr..
Flynn's illness his pulse beat was as
low m IS minute. remaining that
way for several days and missing
often.
At British cabinet meeting re-
Gently there was every reason TO; be'
ileve that Il considered tho liquor ques-
tion, and tho stamping out Of the evil.
which 10 now one Of the greatest prob
lens Of tho nation. There still 10
much talk Of prohibition. but II 10 not
generally believed that this course will
DO adopted. although Il 10 conceded
that some step Of drastic and uni
vcrsal character win soon DO taken.
The Belgian Relief commission 10
preparing 10 extend aid TO $500, 600
destitute French people.
An American submarine with crew
Of rs men 10 missing In Honolulu har-
Dor, and II IL feared all are lost.
A prominent Russian statesman says
the world must, In the future, seek
new methods Of preserving peace.
German and Austrian families are
leaving Italy, and one ''inspired"
Newspaper declares the time 10 ripe
for decisive blow.
Tho Belgian towns Of Malines, Ter
monde, Louvain and Liege never will
be rebuilt on their present sites, II the
undercurrent Of discussion among
prominent Belgians results In action
when peace Is made. These Belgians
propose that new cities be built on
sites adjoining the ruins, which are to
be left as monuments TO the suffer-
ings of Belgium"
Raymond Biegs and Mabel Pullen,
of Medford, Ore, the l7-year-old
children who eloped moro than a week
ag0, after q strenuous search were
found at the home Of the boys grand
mother In Central Point. The children
had overlooked the formality of mar
riage license, however, 80, after con-
sulting with County Judge Touviile,
they were married and left for Cali
fornia.
Peace rumors are causing lower
wheat prices In Chicago markets.
Secretary Bryan has called on zapata
for reparation for an insult 70 the
American flag.
Three hundred striking 'longshore-
men, strlkebreakers and sympathiEers
engaged In riot on the principal
streets Of Tacoma, WASH, about mid
night Thursday. Several shots were
fred, but no one was hit. Two men
were cut with raaors. Many were
badly beaten. The police used their
night sticks freely and arrested score
Of men.