The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1915-12-10
Brief Resume Of General News
From All Around The Earth.
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live News Items Of All Nations and
Pacific Northwest Condensed
for Our Busy Readers.

The governor Of Oregon pardons two
eokviets and paroles nine others
fourteen women In Mexico arc shot
ss carranza spies. BY the vIlIaistas.
ManItou. Colorado. bank robber
lecka the cashier In the vault and 60
espes with $500.
Wilson's address 10 congress elec.
tribes the country and the dominant
note 10 National preparedness.
The Turkish troops drive British
from their position on the North bank
efthe Tgris river. greatly surprising
LoDdon.
The British press considers Presi-
dent Wilson's address a. ''by force Of
events, war message from beginning
70 end"
Ths Democratic National committee
has selected Ht. Louis ~ tho city In
which "a hold tho National convention.
Jnne II. 1915.
Members Of the reiehstAg arc de-
batting the food situation In that eoun.
try. Producers. consumers, dealers,
and ministers are blamed.
Mrs.. Ella Flagg Young. supeyintsnd-
ent Of the Chicago schools. has 70
signed. She has been active In edn-
eational work for bs years.
The Ford peace shIp has asked. BY
wifeleas 10 Secretary Lansing, Chat
passports be issued % that the party
may ensar heliIgerent countries.
The German government comedies
tho Socialist wing In the rolchstag the
right 10 advocate terms upon which
ths Germans might accept peace.
Austrian cruisers slnk one French
submarine and several ANAL steamers
and sailing vesaols In the Adrlatic sea
which were carrying war material.
A Scotland manufacturer, Of linen.
who inspected 0fegon's fax crop.
grown By tho inmates Of the state PEN
IsantIary, declares Il 10 surpassed BY
none IA the world.
Rev. Frank Sewall. writer. eduea-
tor. teacher. for 10 years professor at
Urbana university In Ohio, author Of
the Christian hymnai, dles at his home
In Washington, D. G.. In his 18th
year.
Senator Dillingham;, Of Vermont.
chairman Of tha former immigration
commiaslon, introduces q bill In the
senate providing that male aliens over
i6 years old who cannot read ahould be
excluded from the United States.
An agreement for q conference Of
Greek military authorities and mill
tary representative Of the entente
powers 10 examine into tho report on
the necessities Of the situation respect
ln1sthe allied demands upon Greece,
haa been reached. and the preliminary
stepa toward holding the conferences
have bean taken.
John II. Fahey. president Of the
Chamber Of Commerce OF the United
States, told President Wilson that bus
inesa men want congress 70 establish .
nosl-partisan tariff commission and pro
vide means 10 strengthen the merchant
marine. Mr.. Fahey declared there
was great need for more shipa 10 carry |
the exports Of tho United States.
OfIlciai announcement that tho Amer |
lean steamship Hooking had been re- |
aulsltIoned by the British government |
without the formnlity Of prise court |
proceedings. was received BY the State |
department In dispatch from Halifax
who're the shlp was being detained
elnke eho was seized by British war
chip while on the way from New York
20 Norfolk.
Three high officials and subordinate
officers Of The Hamburg-American line
wese found guilty In the Federal Dis
trikt Court Of New York Of having |
violated the laws Of the United States
IN sending coal and other supplies to
German cruisers in tho South Atlantic
ln the first few months Of the Euro
pesn war. The jury returned . YER
dict Of guilty on each Of two indict-
menta. The specific charge against
the defendants was conspiracy TO do
eeive and defraud the United States.
The maximum penalty for each ipdict-
msnt Il two years' imprisonment and
$40. 900 fine.
Northwest lumber mills receive big
orders for railroad ties.
Ohio G. Barber, millionaire match
manufactures Of Arkon, Ohio, aged 76.
sometimes called the ''Match King"
married Miss Mary +. Orr. aged a,
for 10 years his private secretary.
Lamont N. Bowers, Of Binghamp-
ton, N. r., until recently manager of
the Colorado Fuel = Iron company, |
will roslsn on January ! $50, 900
post with the Rockefeller interests be-
cause be believes that men past 80 are
''esthef foolish o. irritable. Mr..
Bowers Il past 70.