The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1915-05-14

| Neutrals in Italy are hopeful tina
their country will keep out Of the war
| Anti-German riots are occurring Il
London and have gotten beyond contro
Of the peace officers.
Thomas A. Edison. the inventor, an,
the wizard of electricity" is to pa.
Portland visit in July.
Il is declared that Turkey lost as.
600 men in killed and wounded, in th'
battle on the peninsula Of Gallipoli.
Il is reported that Clarence Fisher
an American ranch foreman in Mex
leo, was brutality murdered by Mexican
bandits.
President Wilson's draft of note tC
Germany on the sinking of the Lusi'
tania is unanimously approved by the
cabinet.
General Nelson A. Miles, retired.
asserts that the sinking Of the Lusi-
tania is only one Of many disasters
while the European war lasts.
The body of Alfred w. Vanderbilt,
the millionaire. who was u victim Of
the Lusitania, is reported as having
been picked up on the Irish coast.
The Navy League of the United
States passes resolution to congress
asking $500. 900, 900 appropriation
which is needed to provide this coun-
try with adequate means Of naval de-
Tense" fl
Colonel Roosevelt declares that
Prussian treaty with the United
States, which permits free traverse Of
Americans in waters where nations are
at war, was treated as mere piece
of paper"
An official communication issued
from Petrograd says: ION the 10th
our Black Sea feet, after bombarding
the forts Of the Bosphorus, exchanged
fire with the cruiser Goeben, which,
being struck by many projectiles,
made off rapidly"
A Turkish official communication,
coming by way of Berlin and Amster-
dam, says the Australian submarine
AE-2 has been sunk by Turkish war
ships while trying to enter the Sea Of
Marmora and that the crew Of three
officers and 29 men were taken prison
ers.
A deputation of prominent German
residents and business men called on
the Lord Mayor of Bradford. England,
and handed him a written protest
against the ''inhuman methods en-
ployed by the German government in
waging war against non-combatants,
including women and children, which
have eliminated in the sinking Of the
Lusitania."
The sailing from London of the Gu
nard line steamer Mauretania, sister
ship of the Lusitania, advertised for
May 20, has been cancelled. The
Mauretania recently had
been doing duty as an auxiliary cruiser
in the British navy. 1t had been the
intention of the Cunard line to have
the vessel renew her regular passenger
service between New York and Liver
pool at the end of the present month.
Ex-president Taft commends Presi-
lent Wilson's policy Of strict neutral
ty.
A Pennsylvania labor leader says he ,
advised his followers to learn to shoot,
% resist constabulary.
Portland makes arrangements for
he usual Rose Show to be held during
he coming Rose Festival.
Bryan issues statement reiterating
his country's intention to adhere to
he open-door policy in China.
Germans report driving allies from
he ALLY forest, with heavy losses in
.illed, wounded and prisoners.
Fighting in the Dardanelles is being
ressed by the allies with satisfactory
esults, reports the British commander.
Germans prepare to attack the Rus
ian ports Of Libau and Riga and
nreaten communications with Petro-
rad. q
Abbas Hilmi Pasha, deposed as khe- +
i've Of Egypt when Turkey entered L
le European war, believes he will re- L
ain the throne.
Vienna dispatches declare the Rus II
an army in the Carpathians Is in a II
'ap from which it cannot escape, and u
doomed to capture or annihilation. H
The locks around the falls of the II
'illamette at Oregon City were II
rned over to the government and L
'dicated to the free use Of the people. h;
The left front wheel Of Portland IN
they bus came off and the machine "
'erturned on the streetcar tracks,
ling one of its passengers instantly. ~ ~
ne driver was injured but the three so 81
her occupants of the car escaped '"
ith slight shaking up.
Japan insists that her national dig p'
ty" is Of more importance than the d
servance of her treaties with other o.
tions regarding the independence Of D
lima. ki
Portland will vote at the coming
ne election on the question of in
alling water meters for all consum- a.
,, the project involving an outlay Of =, =
out 81, 900, 900. "
Upon receipt Of a dispatch from y
'rlin, the German school in Rome y
IS closed and the teachers, with a y
mber Of German residents, left inn ~
sdiately for. Germany. q