The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1915-05-21
Brief Resume Of General News
from All Around The Earth.
UNIVERSAL HAPPENINGS IN A NUTSHELL
Live News ltems From All Nations.
Pacific Northwest and Our Own
Commonwealth Condensed for
Our Many Busy Readers.

A now gold strike Is reported from
Nome.
Heavy rains check battles In Plan-
ders and France.
Lord Kitchener asks England for
900. 900 more mon.
Shocks Of n slight earthquake In
East Portland are reported.
Charles NJ. schwab. the steel king
Of Pit,aburg, pays Portland visit.
Spokane 10 visited by $3.50. 900
fire which burned wholesale grocery
house.
Al conference Of Western gov
crnora At Seattle strong plea Is made
for stronger coast defense.
A Pctrograd correspondent declares
u collapse Of the Russian forces IL
hintod In bulletin issued In that city.
Wallace Bray. manager Of tho Ven
leo ball team. and known 10 the fans
N Happy Hogan" dies suddenly Of
pneumonia.
Il 10 reported that ship hearing the
distress call Of the Luaitania was not
permitted TO go to her aid by German
submarines.
Probable entrance into the war by
Italy Ii said to DO one OF the causes OF
delay Of Germany answering the
American note.
Resignation Of tho veteran sailor,
Lord Fisher. has forced crisis which
will result In tho reorganization OF the
British cabinet.
An entire German army corps Is
moved from. France TO the frontier OF
Russia and that country now looks to
the alliea for aid.
Washington hears that German sub
marine warfare In the war gone is To
be abandoned until after Berlin replies
TO the American note,
German and Austrian envoys In Italy
have packed their trunks and are or
dered to be ready TO leave that country
on n moment notice'
The British admiralty has checked
tho English channel with mines so
numerous that channel only one
third OF n mile wide Ia left.
A giant egg ID feet In diameter was
matched" In the streets Of Eugene.
Oregon, and out Of Il marched III new
members Of tho Commercial club.
Atlantic feet. Ave miles long. passes
before President Wilson in the annual
inspection parade In New York. The
feet goes 70 sea for maneuvcring pur-
poees.
Criminal records of $500 Portland
children, who were before the Juvenile
court. are destroyed by the outgoing
Judge Gatena, In order TO give them a
clean start with tho new judge.
The consistorial congregation at
Rome decides to submit for the APP
proval Of Pope Benedict the appoint
ment Of Right Rev. Edward J. Hanna
as archbishop Of San Francisco.
Bride Of two months Of Hoquiam.
WASH, In instantly killed when thrown
from an automobile driven by her hus'
band, who swerved his machine to
avoid striking n speeding motorcycle.
The National Congress Of Mothers Is
In session at Portland.
Wenatchee, WASH, apples are sell
linglin Germany for IS box.
Because Of anti-German riots In
England, German subjects ask Ameri-
can aid.
The Italian cabinet has resigned as
o result Of disagreement over the Eu-
ropean war question.
Lightning strikes tree near Lebanon,
Ore, and kills 20 goats that were
seeking shelter there.
Baptists In session at Houston, Tex,
unanimously decide to support Presi-
dent Wilson In the war crisis.
Austro-G Germans capture 143, 500 Rus
SLAMS, 90 cannon, ESQ machine guns
In the recent battles In Galicia.
Portland, Ore, is sprinkling coal oil
on NIL nearby lakes, pools and ponds,
In order to destroy the mosquito pest.
The national committee of the So
cialist party adopted peace program,
but met with considerable opposition
In doing 80.
United States government sends
note Of protest to Germany concerning
the sinking of the Lusitania and other
vessels conveying Americans.
The cold from which King Constan-
tine has been suffering for the past
week has turned into pleurisy, says
Reuters Athens correspondent.
William D. Haywood, secretary
treasurer Of the /. w. W., declares
before the Federal Industrial Relations
committee that 'implacable warfare"
against capital must be wTged until it
ends In contiscation of the means of
production. l