The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1915-05-07
WORLDS DOINGS
Of CURRENT WEEK
Brief Resume Of General News
From All Around The Earth.

reporter serious.
A German acroplane sinks Brltinh
submarine In the North Sea.
w. J. BryAn's brother, C. w.. has
been elected mayor Of Lincoln. Ncb.
Associate Justice Hughes denies
being a candidate for the presidency.
Allica are reported making gains In
Turkey. and Smyrna IL ready 10 sur
render.
A German submarine IL reported
having killed four Of n Scotland fishing
crew and sinking the boat.
Many thousands greet the fleet Of
boats passing through the Cello canal
at the formal opening May @.
The coat Of war 10 Great Britain Is
increasing and II ia estimated that
more than 81. 500. 900, 900 will be
noeied TO continue through the fiscal
year.
o. II. Ehrck. AN orchardiat Of the
Odcll district, near Hood River. Or.
IL suffering from badly torn face and
bruises. both sustained when he ran
into elothesline while chasing his hat.
A special dispatch from Washington
to the New York World says that II
tho published reports regarding the
American steamer Gulhight. which
was torpcdocd or hit n mine In the
North Sea. are proved true. President
Wilson will send TO the German gov
rrnmont the nevcrcat letter sent 10 a
foreign power In years By the United
States government.
A friendly suit 10 determine the To-
gality Of the 81. $50. 900 bond isnue for
hard .surfAcing 10 miles Of highway In
Multnomah county. Oregon, may have
10 be brought and carried 10 the Su-
premc court before the bonds can be
cold
A bill proposing u $4,000. 900 bond
iasue 10 complete the construction Of
the state highway system and main
tain lAterala passes the house Of repre-
scntAtivca Of California with only
slight opposition. the vote being a
TO 4.
Military preparations are being made
for the defense Of Pckin. According
to Chinese officials. whose statements
have been corroborated In other cir
clca, the government is making no
preparations elsewhere than at the
capital for defense. considering that
the Chinese will be unable to oppose
the Japanese should they make an at
tack.
Two resolutions. ono memoriaiixing
congreas to seize the nations food sup
ply for the purpose Of preventing its
cxportatoin TO tho belligerent coun-
triea, and the other request that
President Wilson use his influence to
end the war. were adopted In the lower
house Of representatives OF California.
The resolutions were Of Socialist I
origin.
Five met instant death and one prob +,
ably was fatally injured when an auto |,
mobile driven by Gwin Hicks. ex-
commissioner from the state of WASH
ington to the San Diego exposition,
skidded into rapidly moving Santa !
Ana car on the Pacific Electric tracks
at Linwood station. just south Of Los
Angeles. The dead are: Mrs. Hicks,
wife Of the commissioner. and her two .
small children: Mrs. James A. Atkin- =
son, Of Lacy. WASH, and Mrs. Luther
Brown, Of Pomona, Cal. Mr.. Hicks .
was badly hurt and may die.
Portland experiences heavy rain and a
hail storm. "
Editor Blethen, Of the Seattle Times. 9
10 reported seriously III. :,
The English house of commons votes r,
10 double the tax on spirits. c,
A Medford, Oregon, woman, aged g
u, 10 cutting new set Of teeth. y
A German air craft dropped several h,
bombs on Ipswich, England, setting a
Ire which burned three dwellings.
Witnesses for John II. Lawson tes-
ify that deputy sherifRs started the A,
'attle Of Ludlow in the Colorado strike !,
rouble. n
A Gold Hill, Oregon, couple motors Of
o near Medford, overtakes a minister W
md are married beneath large tree cd
" the roadside. su
Colonel Roosevelt Is still making tn
Of his political affiliations ca
n the suit for $50. 900 libel, for which III
o 10 defendant. ba
Twenty-day-old twins In Marion 10,
ounty, Oregon, are the largest bene-
Charles Of the state compensation law,
eing posthumous heirs. The mother,
rho Is 20 years old, II she lives to be
2, the age Of expectancy, will receive lmh' m
total Of $l5,l20 ue o
Women In session at The Hague de- wi
land that people have voice In foreign in
olicies, and oppose cession Of terri It
Try without consent of the inhab- col
ants. be
An infuriated divorcee fires several na
lots at her ex-husband in the Port N
nd municipal court room. One shot
.rikes the stenographer, while the
'st 60 wild.
An immense bridge in Vancouver, B. VIII
!, Is burned, and public sentiment ac- hoV
lses foes Of Great Britain as the in ths
'udiary; the authorities, however, CIR
ace no blame. Tn