The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1915-02-19
NEWS OF THE week
General Resume Of Important Events
Throughout thc World

Germany notifies United States thI
relations with that country Ar
strained" /"
After sin weeks deadlock the llllnoI
legislature has elected an avowe
wet" speaker.
The embargo put on potash by GeI
many 10 seriously eifectinR America
fertilizer manufacturers.
Pawn shops and loan sharks are 10 b
regulated II q bill passed by the Ore
gon legislature. becomes q law.
Il IL reported from Paris that Oh,
French troops have retAken two mile
Of German trenches In Champagne.
German government increases price
Of potatoes In order 10 conserve th'
food supply. which is admittedly grow
Ing short.
British steamer 10 blown up ant
sunk of tho coast Of Cape Antifcr. by
two internal explosions. Largo num-
Dor Of the crew Lost their lives.
Fearing death At sea from German
submarines. the officers and crew Of an
oil tank steamer. leaving San Fran
cisco for England. have made their
Wills.
Oregon senate passes ultra dry
bin In half hour. ono member dissent
Ing. This 10 said TO be the most dras.
tic Prohibition measure Of any state
In the Union.
A prize crew Of three officers and is
men was placed on board the American
steamer wilhclminA At Falmouth. The
Wilhelmina IL loaded with foodstuffs
bound for Germany.
A Dunkirk dispatch says n life buoy
inscribed u-i2 has been found on the
shore at Zuydoote. near Dunkirk. Il
10 thought TO have belonged 10 q Ger.
man submarine. which possibly met
with disaster.
Judge Gatens. OF tho Circuit court
Of Multnomah county. Oregon. says he
cannot assume ecclesiastical powers"
In opening the Taylor-atrcet church In
Portland. which 10 closed by u disaon-
tion In the Methodist congregation.
but II tho property 10 not used for
church purposes. II win DO subject TO
taxation.
A.,diapatch from Bagdad says that In
an engagement between the advance
guard Of the Turkish left wing and
British infantry and cavalry. the Brit
iah withdrew, leaving IL men dead.
The Dispatch adds that tho right wing |
of tho Turkish army succeeded in ad-
vancing as far M the woods near Kono.
The Turks, II 10 asserted. captured 500
camels. Only Ave Turks were
wounded.
Tho relations between Greece and
Turkey apparently are becoming more
strained. Although Turkey has offered
roparation for tho insult to tho Greek
attacho Iat Constantinople, II
10 reported that tho Greek minister has
left tho legation In charge Of a secre-
tary, being dissatisacd with Turkeys
The Turkish minister has
also left Athens. This 10 believed In
some quarters 10 be the first step In
The rupture Of diplomatic relations be-
tween Greece and Turkey, which are
,aid also TO have been affected by the
Albanian invasion Of Serbia. |,
Canada increases tax. for war pur-
,oses.
A San Francisco woman has started
jitnsyette-for women only.
England declares that more stringent
'ction will be taken against German
rade.
Russians In East Prussia arc report
d retreating before tho German
orces.
Two hundred and twenty thousand
'erbs are now ft for service In the
european war theatE.
Commissioner Dieck, Of Portland, r
az inaugurated n demerit system a
gainst city employees who are negli- Il
cnt about paying their personal bills. a
Five hundred workmen employed In
10 auto-truck body building depart
Ient Of the Theodor Kundtx plant, Of Y
lsveland, O., went on strike. =
German fnanciers have been sum-
oned to conference In Berlin with
10 finance minister, who considers
Iat new loan Of 81, $50, 600, 900 is
quired for the continuance Of the o
ar, says dispatch from Amsterdam. g
Man tailors In session in Chicago, = :,
'claring that economy In dress is !. =
limit sl005 yearly for = :,
othes, which includes eight walking =
Its, four overcoats, one full-dress .
II and six pairs Of trousers. By the =,
me decree women should use only =, =,
80 yearly. y,
Relief workers find that the Bel B.
ans especially enjoy the American d
and Of pork and beans"
President Wilson In lecture before
National Council Of Boy Scouts, -
vised them to develop charact,r by - -
wing others. a.
The British government has cat,itu- hu
ed at last to the insistent dem and ur
more news from the front. Prime G.
mister Asquith promised that ar ali
lgements would be made to publish ex
from Sir John French, nu
British commander-in -chie (, twice dii
ekly. &C