The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1915-08-06
Brief Resume Of General News
From All Around The Earth.
UNNRsM HAPPENINGS N A EHaIB'
Live News Items Of All Nations and
Pacific Northwest Condensed
for Our Busy Readers.

Hawaiian pearl divers are having :
hard time ~ result Of the war. Th'
entire absence Of n European market
is given N tho main cause.
The bursting Of big dam at Erie,
Pa. eauaes the losa Of 2b lives. sub
meFges q great portion Of the city
and causes property loaa estimated u
the millions.
FruItgrowera Of Palestine stand Il
lose $40. 900. 900 because Of tho Euro
pean war, according 10 letter 70.
eelved In Philadelphia from George
Kiat, general comiaalonmer Of com
msree. wlthaheadquAEtsrs ut Jaifa.
Members Of the executive council oi
the R'nai Birth In session at Atlantic
City. N. J.. declared tho condition Of
the Jews In Russia has not been I'm.
proved. and that Jews were being used
a. shields by Russian soldiers In the
trenches.
Great Britain In answering Amer.
iea's notes on the subject Of bloekad.
Ing neutral ports advises that her
course In this respect will not be
altered. and rceltes that during tho
war Of the rebellion the United States
exercised similar rights.
Juvenile Judge Lindsey, Of Denver.
Col. has been adiudgcd IN contempt
Of court for refusing on tho wltneas
stand 70 lmpart evidence given him IN
confidence by youth Of i2. witneas
against bis mother, who was being
tried for tho murder Of her husband.
NIppIng projected Chinatown tong
war IN tho bud, Chief Of POLES
Susyely, 0f Loa Angeles, summoned 10
his Office Wang Kong and Wang Wing,
and In the presence Of tho mayor
forced the chiefs Of the warrlng clans
10 shake hands and agree TO perpetual
peace.
Nine hundred and elghty-one persons
Lost their lives In the steamer Eastland
disaster, according 70 final figures
given out by the Western Electric
company, after completing the check
Ing Of its employees and friends who
boarded the vessel. The identified
dead number sse, unidentified dead
two. and the final Iist Of missing i4i.
In ao-milo gallo which ragged on
Lake Ontario Wednesday. the worst In
several years, according 70 the weather
bureau, tho freight steamer Alexan-
drla, Of the Canada Steamship lines,
ran lahore. The surf was too heavy
TO permit the launching Of boat, but
Captain bloomfield and his crew, ~
men all told, ieaped into tho breakers
wearing life prescrvers and were
dragged ashore by an amateur life
saving brigade.
The catahlishmsnt Of department
Of journalism and printing 1t the high
school IN San Diego, CAL, as q regular
part OF the curriculum has been an
nounccd by the board Of education. A
newspaper man Of many years expcr-
ience, has been chosen ~ head Of the
department. A small newspaper and
commercial printing plant win bc In
stalled and everything connected with
the publication Of . modern newspaper
will be taught.
More than 100 applications have
been received for the position Of
member Of the family" OF James w.
Pankhurst, q wealthy farmer near Chi
cago. Pankhurst. who is 75 years old,
wrote 10 the Federal employment bu-
reau here offering So week 70 Fan
unmarried girl not less than II nor
more than 40. who would take care
Of him and HIS wife for tho remainder
al their lives, his win to contain a
si0.0 bequest to the right person. !"
London has reports Of . decided vic
tory over the Turks In Asia.
Two Federal inquiries have begun In
the steamer Eastland case In Chicago.
A Belgian steamer and Swedish
brig were tcrpedoed by submarines
Friday.
The French chamber Of deputies has
Increased tho limit Of the French do
fcnae bonds to 81, 400, 100000
American imports from Germany
have decreased within the past year
from siA. .s9a. 5s6 to 81, 1853, 2b7'
A spot six times as large as the
earth has appeared on the sun, and
win be visible until August 10.
English soldiers have uncovered an
tlQue Greek relics Of great value while
digging trenches at the Dardanelles.
Michael Damphoffer, Jr., aged, 70,
Of Vancouver, Wash, Is dead, and is
survived By his father, aged 100 last
January. Both were Grand Army
veterans and fought shoulder to shoul-
der in the First Oregon Volunteers.
Charles r. Becker. former police
lieutenant Of New York City, was
electrocuted Friday morning for the
murder Of Herman Roaenthal. gam.
bier, on July l6, 1919. He protested
and declared his innocence to the last.