The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1915-06-04
Brief Resume Of General News
From All Around The Earth.
HAPPENINGS N A NUTSHELL
Live News Items Of All Nations and
Pacific Northwest Condensed
for Our Busy Readers.

inc uunc OF tnc state ChpitO,
The General Federation OF Women
clubs Ia in session at Portland,
Lone robber holds up Spokane ban
at noon and gets away with $500 I
cash.
Early entry into the war Of Rou
mania and Bulgaria is counted on b,
Italy.
| A Portland traffic survey shows al
jitneys in use and material incrcas,
from March to June l..
Newport, Ore, lifcsaving crew rcs
cues 6-ycar-old boy who was driftinl
in boat two miles from shore.
East 81. Louis, Ill.,. manufacturer
have declined orders for war munition,
which amount to $50, 900 per week.
President Wilson will send German,
note demanding absolute and elcai
answer TO the original note ON III,
sinking Of the Lusitania.
According TO the statistics for Pari,
there were 1850 births In May. the
10th month Of the war. ~ compared
with $500 in the same month last year.
German airmen have succeeded In
dropping 30 bombs in London. killing
four persons and injuring many others.
The raid has melted mobs 20 loot many
German shops,
Emerson Reid. driver Of racing
auto. who ran into another machine,
killing two, has been indicted by a
Portland grand jury for Involuntary
manslaughter."
New York state begins taking de-
cennial census and Il Is believed tho
population Of New York City will be
s, 5,s06. 532. while the entire state will
contain 10. $50. 900.
Two women and two men were
drowned in the Willamette river at
Portland by the overturning Of n
launch at a. m. Tuesday. A fifth
person, a woman, clinging to n plank.
was saved by fisherman.
The Wilson cabinet has ratified the
governments policy as regards Mex
leo, which has changed from 'watehful
waiting" to stern demand for an
early settlement between the warning
factions, and notice Of which has been
sent to the several leaders.
The Atlantic feet, as originally
scheduled, will not pass through the
Panama canal ut the formal opening.
owing TO the probability of land slides
occurring while in Pacific waters, there
by hindering prompt return to the
Eastern seaboard In case Of necessity.
The little republic of San Marino, %
miles in area, and surrounded by Ital-
ian territory. 10 considered war
power because Of It's elevated location
and an ideal base for aeroplanes. Its
government is debating the advisable
ity Of entering the cause Of the allies.
Twenty-three miners were killed In
mine explosion at Nanaimo. b. c.
Italian troops were the first TO bring
down an aeroplane Of tho opposing
forces.
Italians have brought heavy artillery
to bear on the Austrian positions on
the frontier.
A department Of Finance official
predicts that America will dominate
the finances Of the world.
Torrential rains In Missouri, Kansas
and Oklahoma have seriously damaged
crops and demoralized traffic.
Scientists who have climbed the
crater Of Mount Laasen declare the en-
tire aspect Of the mountain is changed.
1t is said that King Alfonso, Of
Spain, has offered the Escorial Palace
to Pope Benedict as a residence In case
the Pontiff decides to leave Italy. The
Escorial Palace il part Of the famous
Of San Lorenzo, 81 miles
northwest Of Madrid. The monastery
was built in the 18th century.
Fifty German soldiers, passengers In
a streetcar at Ostend, were killed by a
bomb dropped from an allied aero
plane, according to a dispatch from
hat city describing a series Of air
raids made by the allies aviators. The
railroad station, shipping in the harbor
and numerous houses have been dam
aged.
Urumiah, Persia, has been occupied
,y the Russians after an engagement
With the Turks In the direction Of Dill
nan and near Bachkala.
British official reports say the losses
II the Turks during the recent fighting
IN the peninsula have proved to be
much heavier than were originally es-
A dispatch to the London Times
rom its Mudros correspondent says
hat 46O men Of the crew Of the Brit
sh battleship Triumph, which was
unk Wednesday by a submarine In the
iulf Of Saros, were saved.
Arizona senators ignore Bryan's
,lea that Mexican murderers In that
tate be reprieved for fear Of reprisals
Igainst Americans in Mexico.
Another British battleship, the Ma
estic, was torpedoed by a submarine
md sunk in the Dardanelles. Nearly
II her officers and crew Of 800 or more
we're saved. She was 20 years old,
The Illinois waterway bill, providing
or canal to connect the Lakes with
he Illinois river, and thus with the
iulf Of Mexico, is ready for the sigma
ure Of Governor Dunno, who was the
originator Of the bill !