The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1915-04-09
news OF THE week
General Resume Of Important Events
Throughout The World.
German submrlanes sink two British
ships In tho English channel.

German submrIanea sink two British
shlps In tho English channel.
"Drys" succeed In voting out 100
saloons In Illinois At the recent cleo
tion.
Butte, Mont. Gusts its entire So
cialist set Of officers and elects Demo
Gratis.
Twenty-aeven Terre Haute. Ind.
officials are convicted Of election
frauds.
Chicago elects an entire Republican
ticket, including mayor, the first In
many years.
Tho steam schooner Spoodwell 10
stranded on the spit on the Oregon
coast near Bandon.
An Italian senator declares that un-
less all nations dlsarm anarchy will
prevail universally.
An Austro-GermAn force capture
1900 Russians Of mountain line on
the Hungarian border.
DIR. Jordan, president Of Stanford
University. predicts that the European
war win end this summer In draw"
DR.. Sun Yat Sen. first provisional
president Of China. 10 accused Of plot
ting another revolution In that country.
CarranSa troops are reported 20 have
expelled ak nuns from convent near
Vera Crus. compelling them 70 leave
In the garb Of peasants.
French government declares that tho
Ammunition crisis" IL past and the
allies, including Serbia and Belgium.
will have all the shells they need.
Tho willard. johnson fight films arc
barred from the United States by q
Federal statute. which expressly for
bids interstate transportation OF fight
hlma.
A motoFcycilst In Portland. loaing
control Of bis machine. jumps the
street cuFbing. runs 20 feet over 4
lawn and lands through tho window
into parlor.
AZ the government investigation Of
Pullman portara' salaries. II 10 shown
that they receive $3.50 per month,
but tho ''tips" exacted from tho trav-
cling public amount 10 IN average OF
s7b per month.
Rear Admiral Pcary, United States
navy. retired. celebrated the sixth an
- aAsaA ~
North Pole by giving an Alaska din
ner" IN honor Of Secretary Rodheld.
Of the department Of Commerce.
A Zeppelin balloon appeared over
Dunkirk Wednesday night, coming
from tho direction Of the sea. The
dlrigible apparently intended 70 BON.
bard tho shipping in tho harbor, but
being sighted by the torpedo boats
rotreated 70 tho German lines.
Jeremiah w. Robinson was elected
Mayor Of Boise. Idaho. In opposition
10 Mayor Arthur Hodges. There was
q light vote. Mr.. Robinson 10 q Dem. |
ocrat, but tho election was non-par-
tiaan. He was q candidate for the
position Of director Of the mint.
The arrival at San Reno Of the
American ambassador, Thomas Nelson |
Page, occasioncd the rumor that he
had gone 70 Italy 10 meet foreign |
diplomats for tho discussion Of peace
negotiations. The ambassador. how.
ever, denied that his presence was In
any way connected with the interna-
tionai situation. He explained that he
was seeking few days rest.
villa and Zapata have agreed TO
the neutrality OF Mexico City, but the
consent Of Carranxa 10 lacking.
A rate export declares some Of the
railroads asking for rate increases are
already accumulating q surplus.
The United States begins an investi,
CATION into tho death Of an American
on torpedoed British liner.
Ten thousand men returned to work
In the steel mills and factories Of Chi
oago Heights, q suburb Of Chicago.
An anarchist on trial for placing
bombs In New York church declared
that detective forced him to do the
work and directed II.
A man arrested for vagrancy in San
Francisco had $4,000 In bills In his
pocket and proved himself TO be the
owner Of buildings worth $500. 900.
The Russky Slovoe. Of Petrograd,
prints note intimating that the Rus
alan government has been approached
through neutral channels with over
lures from Austria for q separate
peace without Germany's knowledge.
German prisoners Of war In French
camps receive the same rations as
their French guards, with the excep-
tion Of a little less meat, and are In
good spirits and we'll satisfied with
their treatment. They all believe
Germany is bound TO win.
Coast artillery companies at Fort
Winfield Scott, San Francisco, made
from 90 to 100 per cent at ranges Of
1000 yards, approximately four miles.
A writer In the London Daily Mail
declares that dogs Of the German dasc-
hund variety are being treated shame
fully In England, out Of pure prejudice.
An Austrian steamer loaded with
arms and ammunition, on its way from
Semlin 10 Panosova, both ports on the
Danube river, struck . mine In the
river and was blown up. Serbian ar
tillery completed the destruction Of the