The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1915-09-03
Brief Resume Of General News
From All Around The Earth.
uHYBSu aAPPHNGS N A NuTStFl'
live News Items Of All Nations and
Pacific Northwest Condensed
for Our Busy Readers

A ie.year.old girl Of Hood River.
Orc, successfully lands 2e-ineh hsh.
Pendleton, Ore, win send its Round
up show 10 the San Franelseo fair for
four-day exhibition.
A Portland beauty 10 soon 70 become
the bride Of Lula G. Abellli. Bolivian
commissioner At the San Francisco
fair.
Foreign exchange Is reported 70
have taken an alarming slump. and
tho American banks are bursting
with gold"
The German Submarine which sunk
the British steamer Arabic. on which
two Americans were lost, IL reported
70 BE- lost also.
Three mere u. s. regiments have
bean ordered 70 the Mexican border 10
reinforce the American troops IN pa
trolling tho boundary.
Antonio Flores. ex.Presldent Of
Ecuador, 10 dead. Senor Flores was
elected 70 tho presidency Of Ecuador
In 1888, and served the term Of four
years.
General orozco. ono Of the Mexican
revolutionary leaders. was killed BY
American citizens and customs oiliciais
when he was making a raid on Texas
ranch. Four other raiders were slain.
Tho postmaster Of st. Louis has re-
eaivsd many handbills purported 70
have been originated by German sym
pashlrers. calling for the use Of dyna-
mite In destroying American mnni.ion
plants.
German business men have trans
mltted 10 the United States m oifer 20
buy 1000, 900 bales Of cotton. Tho
price offered WIS is cents pound.
payable on delivery Of the cotton In q
German harbor.
Submarine F-4, which sunk In Homo.
lulu harhor March rs, has been sue.
ceanfully drydoeked and m inyeatiga-
tIon az tho cause Of the mishAp IL be-
lng made. Only ono of the II victims
has thus far been Unidentified.
Tho greatest favorable trade balance
since March IL was shown by tho
statement Of weekly imports and ok.
ports for the weak ending August ~.
The favorable balance for the week
was Saa, 200. 0a9. Exports were $780,
sll. .76a. and imports were s27. .oaa, 72b.
sir Rodrnon Robin. ]. II. Howden.
Dr. Montague and O. II. Coldwell. Of
Winnipeg, Man, charged BY tho Math-
ers Royal Commission with conspiracy
70 defraud the province. Voluntarily
appeared at the city police station.
After conference with Deputy Chief
Newton they were released on bail Of
$50, 900 each. s2b.O0 consisting of q
personal bond and two sureties Of $i2,.
500 each being given.
Premier viyiani says France does
not want premature pence.
Germans capture Brest- Litoysk, Rus
sIa's strongest focthold In Poland.
Secretary Of War Garrison rebukes
Gen. Wood for inviting Col. Roosevelt
10 speak at the instruction camp at
Plattsburg.
Another slood swept the White River
valley ln-Arkansaa, doing much dam
age and rendering between 1000 and
5000 people hcmeless.
It's reported that "a pounds Of ra-
diu M bearing ore has been taken from
a mine on Boulder creek, 27 miles
from Port Oxford. Or. Il In said that
n tho form IN which the radiuni is
found Il ls worth $50 an ounce.
A first payment Of s60a, 19S for the
securities Of the Alaska Northern rail-
road was made by the Interior depart
ment. The road runs from Seward
Into the interior Of Alaska and will be
utilized In the construction OF the new
government road. Tho total cost OF the
aecurities 10 the United States will be
si.ib0, 900.
Washington has agreed to give
Haiti's parliament until September ~
10 act upon the proposed treaty BY
which the United States would extend
financial protectorate oyer the un0table
little republic for 10 years. In the
meantime the American marines will
continue TO occupy the principal cities
Of the island to prevent a recurrence
Of anarchy.
Il 10 now believed that the main
Russian army win succeed in escaping
from the onrushInR German forces.
Imperial Valley. CAL, Is swept BY .
terrific wind, rain and electric storm,
which destroyed many houses and cleo
tric lines.
The German admiralty admits the
loss Of a submarine which was destroy
ed By bomb from an aeroplane, and
says IL has not heretofore aeknow-
Iedgod such losses, which ia taken to
mean that many previous rumors Of
the destruction Of submarines were
true.