The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1915-03-19
NEWS OF THE WEEK
General Resume Of Important Events
Throughout tht World.


using the stars and Stripes 10 avoid
attacks by German submarines.
United States government will send
q sharp protest 10 England and her
allies for tho commercial blockade
against Germany.
The French government 10 reported
a. having $4,000. 900 shells together
with 1000, 900 men at tho front await.
Ing orders 10 advance on the Germans.
The frst visit Of the James J. Hlll
big steamer Great Northern, 10 ply be-
tween San Francisco and Astoria, ar
rived amid tho cheers Of 10000 spec
tators.
The once pugilIst champion Of the
world. Robert FitEuimmons, viii take
his fourth wife. who resides In Port
land, Ore. He 10 SO years old and
tho bride TO bo is 2s.
In q long statement, Provisional
President Rogue Gonzales Cara, OF
Mexico, promises protection Of the
public In Mexico City. All business
houses, after Is days suspension. have
opened.
Frank Sites. q Los Angeles aviator,
aged 80, fell 500 feet In an ''air well"
At q motion picture city near herc late
Wednesday. jumped from the aero
plane whom 80 feet from the ground
and died from bis injuries shortly af-
terwa1d.
Sinking Of the cruiser Dresden by
British 10 claimed 10 be unfair by the
German ofIieora, lnaamueh ~ the vos-
ael was at anchor In neutral waters.
Il IL also claimed that q ahcll from the
British warship killed q woman and
child on shore.
The largest uuperdreadnaught In the
world was launched at Newport News
by Uncle Sam. She will carry twelve
l4.inch guns and has displacement
Of 1000 tons more than England'a
largest warship. Tho cost TO build her
10 sl4. 900. 900.
Tho German sea raider. Prlnz Eitel
Frederick, at Newport News for re-
pairs. honored America by having the
band play tho Star-Spanglcd Banner
a. the Presidents yacht passed on its
way 10 the launching Of the super.
drcadnaught Pennsylvania.
Germany has sufficient food 10 meet
her nccds for two years. according 10
w. ID. Boyee, editor Of the Chicago
Ledger, and Horace Herr. editor Of
the indianapolis Times, who have just
returned from n trip through Germany.
Esssra. Boyco and Herr said that Ger
many was only ''blufiing" about food
shortagc.
Living on SO u week In New York 10
n simple problem. Miss Dorothy NIL
Ter, a i9-yoar.old shop girl. told leg
islatlve committee investigating the
minimum wage problem. II ono wants
moro clothes, she explained, Il 10 only
necessary TO eat less food and II more
food 10 wanted. skimp on the clothes
allowance.
Fergus Falls. MINI. Professor J.
o. A. Larson, Of tho Park region col |
loge at Fergus Falls. has received a
letter recently that went down with
the Empress Of ireland. The mucilage |
was gone from the envelope, but the
letter was In good state Of preserva-
tion and easily read. II was rescued
from the wreck by divers. Mr.. Larson
was Rhodes scholar nj Oxford, Eng,
at the time the vessel sank. and the
letter was addressed 10 him there, and
was forwarded TO England and then to
this city.
Tho last Of Newfoundland's contin-
gent Of 1000 mon has reached England
to enter the ranks Of tho British forces.
Spies are becoming 30 active In
France that stringent measures are be
ing taken against oil foreign residents.
Arrangements arc said TO have been
completed between Russia and Ger
mary for the exchange Of 200, 900 war
prisoners. The exchange. II is re-
ported, will be made by way Of Stock
holm harbor, beginning In April.
Reports from Tenedos say that the
Turkish artillery grows weaker daily,
and that the last bombardment by the
allied warships badly damaged the
forts at Chanak Kalesi. Two big
cruisers spent the night In the straits
protecting the vessels engaged In mine
sweeping.
Dispatches from Rome indicate that
the German ambassador, Prince Won
Buelow, has renewed his negotiations
with the Italian government with the
object Of securing the continued neu-
trality of that country In return for
territorial concessions In Austria.
Austria, however, 10 said to be OPP
posed to making any such concessions
az would satisfy Italy,
Shipment Of American-made cannon
for the Russian forces is delayed by q
longshoremen's strike at Vancouver,
b. c.
Rector Of Trinity church, one Of the
weaithiest In the country, declares
that divorce was ''the shameful luxury
Of the rich and well-to-do."
The police department of Washing
ton, D. c., have been ordered to place
strict guard over the residences Of
British, Russian, Turkish, German,
French and Austrian ambassadors, as
threatening letters have been received
by them.