The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1915-08-13
Brief Resume Of General News
From All Around The Earth.
uNNRSu HAPPENINGS N A HUTSHH'
Live News Items Of All Nations and
Pacific Northwest Condensed
for Our Busy Readers.

A "paupor" found dead In hIs eablI
near Toledo. Ore, was discovered u
be worth $4,000.
Tho Russians loae 10 the German
another important fortress In thell
flight from Warsaw.
Tho ''song Of hate" against Englans
and written by German. 10 deplores
by newspapers Of Berlin.
The remains Of Mrs. John d. Rookie
Teller have been Inferred and the placs
Of burial is being guarded.
Tho British report FegAinIng 1000
yards Of front In their eampaigr
against the Germans In Belgium.
A prominent Chinese speaker at Sar
Francisco decries tho exclusion law Of
the United States, but At that, do
eiares this is the ons great nation that
has not abused China.
A conference for = supreme ZAP
peal" for peace In Mexico IL being
held by the ministers and Ambassadors
Of South American republics with the
Waahlugtoa-Nuthorlties
United States government has do.
elded 70 accept pay for tho steamer
William r. Frye. sunk by German
submarine. but In doing 90 holds that
tho treaty Of 1928 win not be waived.
Tho bulk Of the $1,000. 900 estate
left BY John Il. Lindgren. late vice
praaIdent Of the State Bank Of Chi.
cago. will 80 20 religious and educa-
tional Institutions, according TO hia
will. which was approved In court.
Tho preliminary work of raIaing
Pa. tho United Ststes submarine
which won't 20 the bottom March 20
with q crew Of 81 men. has begun. Tho
naivors have succeeded In pasaing q
four.sneh line under the derelIct'a hull.
.'The minister Of the interior OF tho
Grand Duchy Of Baden, Germany"
says a message from Karlsruhe. ION
conferrIng with the Socialist deputies.
announced that good crops soon would
permit Of an Increase In bread portions
and Of decrease In prices"
The steamship Seward sailed from
Seattle for Anchorage, Cook Inlet,
with 500 tons Of heavy steel rails and
/. 500. 900 feet Of lumber for the gov
ernment railroad. The rails will be
used for construction Of four miles Of
yard tracks at Anchorage. The lum.
Der will construct bridges along the
Matanuska river.
Hiram Maxim 10 credited by the
London correspondent of the Petit
Parlaien with having invented simple
and inexpensive eontriyanco TO protect
soldiers from the effects Of deadly
gasea employed In battle. This device
Ia designed to cause the gases 70 rise
and paas over tho heada OF the men
against whom they are directed.
Pope Benedict has determined To-
make a new appeal for peace, accord
ing 10 the newspaper Roma. which de-
clares tho pontiif Ii resolved to use
every means within his power TO bring
about tho desired result. He win ask
the help Of the Episcopate and. the
asserts. is even considering
the convocation Of q universal council
Of tho church at Rome.
Germans finally take Warsaw.
Germany makes apology to Norway
for sinking steamship Minerva.
Five hundred Austrian troops on a
train were burned 70 death when Ital-
iana shelled Il.
Taller, darker women, clothed In
more sensible dress. hung from the
will typify the "eugenic
Of the future. DR.. A. J. Reed,
professor Of hygiene In the Normal
School Of Physical Education at Battle
Creek, Mich, predicted In an address
before the Second international Con-
ference on Race Betterment at the
Pacific exposition.
Reports from Simla say interces-
sional services are being held In the
churches, mosques and temples
throughout India, all sections Of the
British and Indian communities par
Numerous patriotic meet
ngs also have been organized by In
iian citizens. n b estimated that
Is, 600, 900 has been subscribed to the
British war loan through Bombay and
Calcutta.
A comet, long dead" Is reported
o be coming back and will cause
meteor shower.
Wheat yield In the PalOuse country,
Washington. reaches an average Of be-
;ween S6 and 90 bushels to the acre.
Salt consumed In the United States
TO 9.0os, $50. $50 pounds dur
ng 1914, an increase Of 41,b76, 800
pounds over that consumed In 1918.
That amount, announced by the Geo
ogical Survey, would mean por cap
"a consumption Of slmost 100 pounds
or the year. Sugars per capita con-
umptIon during 1914 was s9.i4 pounds.