The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1915-03-26
NEWS OF THE WEEK
General Resume Of Important Events
Throughout The World.

Turks are routed by tho British
whom they made second charge on
tho SuoE canal.
A sharp campaign for members by
the Portland Chamber OF Commerce
resulted In adding i6t7 In one day.
Italy IL fortIfylng the Islands Of the
white Sea with heavy. guns and Il u
said steamers are taking munitions OF
war there,
Flfty.sls bodies have been recovered
from the avalanche At the britannia
mine In British Columbia. No hops
Of recovering many others 10 enter
tAlned.
Many passengers and crew Of 06
were rescued from tho sinking steamer
Denver In mid-oeoan, through tho aid
Of the wireless.
Il 10 reported that tho Washington
government will seize tho German
steamer odonwAld which Is at New
port News for repairs.
Tho Pruaslan diet has given permits.
sion 10 English subjects residing In
Germany 20 appear NJ plaintiffs In
cases before the court.
Sir Thomks Upton doelAres that the
only hope Of eliminating the plague In
Serbia IL by fire. such NJ was done In
London many years ago.
Bonbardmen, .os tho forts Of the
DArdanellcs Ia again begun by tho
allies, and Constantinople fears they
will eventually be beaten.
Riots In constantInople arc reported
untro and the city IL calm. The allied
fleet ls proceeding slowly up the Dar.
ianolles 70 the Turkish seat OF gov
eFnment.
An American warship will carry
t626. 900 In currency TO iueatan TO aid
In harvesting tho sisal crop. which 10
used Ia making most Of tho United
States binding twine.
Later reports concerning the cap
ture Of Prxemysl by the Russians In.
eludc il9, 600 men. 2iOO guns. 1000 Of
which we're heavy cannon, Many are
reported to have gone insane from
want.
Seventeen Belglans. most Of whom
were young peasants, were shot ut
dAybrcak Wednesday In the Ghent
barracks. They were found guilty by
German court.martiai Of espionage
In tho interest Of the allies" says
dispatch.
The German emperor has ordered the
removal to Berlin Of valuable paint.
ings and tapestries from his mountain
castle known as the Lcatkoenlgsbcrg.
ON tho Alsatinn side Of tho Vosges
mountains. French ayiators recently
flow over tho imperial summer resi-.
dencc, which fmormerly belonged TO q
king Of France.
Governor Spry Of Utah has vetoed
the Shields initiative and referendum
bill. Ho gives as his reasons that the
initiative 10 unnecessary at this time.
m tho people Of the state may petition
the legislature II they wish: that the
expense of its operation will be dis
proportionate 10 the benefits to bc dc.
rived and that the constitutlonality OF
the measure 10 questionable.
Jitney busses In San Francisco now
give transfers TO the municipal street
cars.
Germany 10 reported TO bc building
two railways to the frontier Of Alsace-
Lorraine.
II Ia reported that the Russians have
pillaged and destroyed so, 900 homes In
East Prussia
One Of Washington's largest ahingle
mills, located at Centralia, has re-
opened since shutting down the first OF
the year.
Numerous plaques and diseases prev
aient In Serbia are reported TO be dew
astating large percentage OF the
population.
II 10 estimated by Alice Clement and
Mary Riley, policewomen OF Chicago,
that one woman In each twenty In that
city smoke cigarettes.
Governor Spry, of Utah, vetoes pro-
hibition bill passed by the legislature,
declaring that tho saloon 10 simply
transferred to the drug store.
Another British steamer, the Glen
artney, from Bangkok for London
loaded with rice. has been torpedoed
by German submarine off Beachy
Head In tho English Channel. Only
one Of the crew was drowned.
Mine-laying drills by the troops at
Fort Stevens, Oregon, were COM
menced this week under the direction
Of the officers on board the steamer
Major Ringgold. The drills are being
held In the night, short distance be-
low the government wharf. The prac-
tlce will be continued until the OPEN
ing of the fishing season on May l.
City of Portland has just completed
municipal barn Of the most modern
type. The horses will have sanitary
stalls, washroom and hospital.
Protesting against the action of the
board Of regents of the University Of
Utah, In dismissing four teachers, Ii
other professors have resigned.
Testifying before the American
land" investigation, an owner Of H.
900 acres In Texas, admitted that ten
ants with large families were desira-
ble because the children could be
pressed into work, especially during
the rush season.