The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1915-11-26
Brief Resume Of General News
From All Around The Earth.
uNNRsn HAPPENINGS N A NUTSHELL
Live News Items Of All Nations and
Pacific Northwest Condensed
for Our Busy Readers.

Another munitions plant 10 blown ~
Al Parry Sound. Ont.
The British empire capital wealth 4
estimated at $3.50. 600, ,00O. 900.
Tho worlds corn crop IL estimates
a. three and half billion buahels.
Assistant bank examiner Of califor
MIA 10 arrested charged with smbeEzle
ment.
Seattle experiences wind velocity ol
~ miles an hour. besides . fierce thun
der storm.
Olympia officials arc investigating
IN alleged theft Of $4,000 from The
state Industrial insurance fund.
The keynote Of President Wilson's
message TO congress win be prepared
ness for war and coast defense.
by surprise attack the forces Of
the Allles capture the city Of Tibati. IN
ths German colony Of RameFun. West
ern Africa.
A tidal wave of the Oregon coast
dashes the Hotel Bar View Into the
cnean and docs considerable damage "a
other property.
Brand Whitlock. minister to Bel
GUM. accompanied by bis wife. 10 pay
Ing q Tying visit TO Washington, and
other cities In this country.
British capture another American
weasel, the KAnkakoe, at Buenos Ayren.
This steamer IL listed by the British
government aa suspected" ~ TO her
ownarahip.
Expenditures Of large sums Of money
used against tho neutrality Of the
United States. are traced By govern
msnt officials 70 attaches Of the Ger
man embasay.
Assurances Of King Constantine Of
Greece, are given the entente powers
that he has no intention Of disarming
or interning allied trccps, mainly the
Serblans. who are attempting 10 escape
into that country.
Sinking of Turkish transport which
was carrying 600 soldiers across tho
Sea Of Marmors 10 reported In . mas.
page from Zurich. The message says
the transport struck q mine and nearly
all on board wera drowned.
Tho London war Office declares that
no commercial blockade haa been %.
tahlished before Grecian ports, but has
withdrawn, or threatened 70 withdraw.
the special privileges which Greek
commerce has enjoyed aimee the out
break Of the war.
The woman'a Peace Party has an.
nounced that every womAn's club OF
prominence In the country would bo
appealed 10 this week to send tele-
Rrams TO President Wilson, asking
him TO confer with neutral nations to
urge peace In Europe.
The Masons Of Belgium have placed
5000, 900 francs $500. 0O0l At the dis
posal Of the managers Of the fund for
relief OF allied prisoners Of war now In
Germany. This money Ii to be en-
ployed without regard 70 the nation
ality or religious beliefs Of the prison
ers.
Dispatches Of 4 semi-ofilciaI nature
received In Washington indicate that
practically q state Of anarchy exists in
Persia. According TO the reports,
troops Of various nations are doing as
the please In certain sections, the gov
ernment being powerless TO curb their
action. Many government officials are
said to have fed from the areas In
which the most serious conditions pre-
vail.
As sequel to the report that flo
tilla Of 26 German torpedo boats and
q big cruiser had passed Helsingborg,
Sweden. Wednesday. proceeding into
the Cattegat, dispatch 10 the Central
News from Copenhagen says that .
British squadron Of cruisers and de-
stroyers has been seen entering the
CattegAt.
A Copenhagen dispatch to Reuters
Telegram company Of London says
that the copper famine In Germany 10
20 acute that requests equivalent to
demands are now reaching the author
tiles OF the churches 10 hand over all
the coppsr in their possession as >
good example to others. The huge
copper roofs Of the great Cathedral at
Bremen are being dismantled.
villa IL reported wounded In battle
with Carranxa forces.
Military training in public schools
has been approved by the American
Federation Of Labor.
A Douglas fir tree which grew on
Finney creek In Western Warrington,
shows il4l annusl rings.
The British army at the Dardanelles
has resumed the offensive and captured
2s0. yards Of Turkish trenches.
Austria will be told that open boats
ere not considered places Of safety"
for passengers Of captured stsamshipa.