The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1915-07-23
Brief Resume Of General News
From All Around The Earth.
UNlyBSn HAPPENINGS N A NUTSHELL
Live News Items Of All Nations and
Pacific Northwest Condensed
for Our Busy Readers.

England claims another gain Of Ger
man trenches near YpreH.
Tho sum Of $3.50. 900. 900 has 80 far
becn subscribed 70 tho national loan In
Italy.
An emIgrant ship from England 10
Australia and with 800 on board. 10 on
hre on the coast Of Africa.
City ordinances which authorize the
killing Of stray dogs 10 held illegal by
the Supreme court Of Oregon.
Rusala makes official claim 10 hay-
Ing sunk 80 Turkish ships carrying
war material. on tho Black Sea.
zbpata forces have reoceupIed Mex.
leoITity and Il ID claimed CaTanEa's
genkial and troops arc moving north
Government officials are using x-ray
machines 10 inspect bales Of cotton
which might contain war munitions
for bellIgercnt countries.
The planned strike of the Remington
Ammunition workers has been fore
stalled by tho management agreeing 10
advance tho employee wages.
Wilson's cabinet has decided on the
reply 70 be made to Gcrmany's note.
In which Il Ia said, no threat will be
made. but flrmneas viii be shown.
Chicago police have received an
anonymous letter In which the writer
claims 20 have placed timed bomb
aboard the Lnsltania. which was sunk
In the war zone.
Illinois railroads arc crying for com.
mon Iaborcra, claiming that the for.
elgnera thus employed are leaving this
country 10 join their respective regi.
menta In Europe.
Germany has instructed all Ameri-
cans who have lost property because OF
the war TO filc claims for indemnity.
II IL said many millions Of dollars
worth Of property has either been do
atroyed or conhscAted by that country.
Neighbora of Rev. Gertrude Won
Petzold, In Birmingham, England.
have pctitIoned tho home secretary TO
grant naturalization papers 10 the Ger
man subject who. for the last rs years.
has been = resident Of England. on.
dearing herself TO her neighbors.
Twenty thousand American freight
cars and 400 American locomotives are
due at Viadlvoatok. Russia, from tho |
United States within the next two
months, 70 relieve tho congestion Of |
supplies deatlned for the Russian |
armioa nj the front. Guns and rifles |
and ammunition ara arriving from
Japan and the United States by the
steamship load.
A new vote OF credit Of $3.50, 000,-
900 has been introduced In the house |
Of commons. This second snppelmen-
tary vote win bring the sum actually
appropriated by parliament for war
expenditures TO tho total Of S3,260,-
OOO,OO0 during tho current financial
year. With the amount voted boz
tween August and March 1. tho
grand total Ia $1,000. 000.0 900.
Heavy rains In Northwestern Ohio
are causing alarm.
Omaha 10 visited by severe storm
which did much. damage.
Austria denies the report that the
Italian navy sunk many Of the formers
ships.
A postoiiice clerk at Wallace. Idaho.
has confessed to robbing the safe Of
s20.0O0
Oregon wins grand prize for the best
collection Of minerals at the Panama
Pacific exposition.
AT st. Johns, N. r., cod fishermen
report tlah plentiful but q scarcity Of
salt caused BY the European war.
Polk and Yamhill counties, in Ore
Ron, arc quarantined because Of
rapldly-spreading rabies among stock.
Valdez, Alaska, an important sea-
port, is visited by a $500, 900 FIRE,
which wiped out the main part Of the
city.
The French are arming their troops
with q short knife for use In trench
warfare, thus displacing the bayonet,
which, when fixed in the rife. Il too
long weapon to give man free play
In the narrow trenches.
Welsh miners In the Rhondda dis
trict, which furnish coal for the Brit
ish navy, voted to to 20 on strike.
II is reported from Warrington that
Turkey Is expected to enter protest
against the United States for shipment
Of war munitions TO the allies.
The so-ealled Treasure murder"
case at Bedford, Ia, In which four
aged men were accused Of having COM
mitted murder nearly half q century
ago. were dropped after Bates Hunts
man, the defendant. whose hearing
was IN progress. was set free BY JUS
tice Sawyer. y