The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1915-10-15
Brief Resume Of General News
From All Around the Earth
UNIVERSAL HAPPENINGS N A NUUsHb'
Live News Items Of Al Nations and
Pacific Northwest Condensed
ior Our Busy Readers.

Greece announces a policy OF armed
neutrality.
British submarines are raiding Ger.
man shipping In the Baltic.
Wilson has formally agreed 10 the
official recognition OF carranaa.
New York seiamograph registers .
violent earth shock. probably ia tho
West lndisa.
BuigarlA'e entry into the war may
cause Japan 20 reconsider her position
and change her plans.
More slides have completely block.
Cd the Panama canal and no date can
be set for It's reopeuing.
Newspaper editors OF Paris have
made violent protest against the nus'
pension Of four papers for dlsobcying
The orders OF the press censor.
A number -of prominent Portland,
or. wcmen are spending throe days
per wook each IN making bandaGea
tor wounded European soldiera.
A atockholder Of the New York Mu.
tnai Life Insurance aOmpany has sued
for an injunction 70 prevent the com.
pnny from subscribing 70 the big Eu'I
ropean war loan.
Wilson and Secretary OF War Dan.
ieln have agreed on q policy OF practi.
cAlly doubling tho u. 3. navy In fiyei
years. The first years program con.
templates tho expenditure Of s2tS,0O0.-
900.
A dispatch from Athens says q Brit.
inh agent has unearthed q submarine
base In the Gulf OF Nssplla, southeast
uf Greece, from which II In believed
here the submarines which recently
sank allied transports have received
their supplies.
A petrograd dispatch says Russian
forces have pierced the AustFo-uor.
man lines on the Htripa river. They
have already taken prisoner more
than 5000 men and 90 officers and
have captured four guns and ten rap
ID fir4rs. Tho Russian advance IL be.
lng pushed vigorously.
The following announcement OF the
dlsmiasal OF tho bulgarian minister 70
Great Britain was issued In London:
.Iiln Mateaty'a government announce
that the Bulgarian mlniater has been
handed his passports and that dtplo-
matte relations between Great Britain
and Bulgaria have beon broken off,"
Four boys were buried alive At Mus
catine. Ia, when cave they had ex.
cayated In tho aide OF q hill collapsed.
They were John 0anthier. ~: Charley
Heckey. 10: Harry Davidson, ie. and
Glen Thompson. rs tcoi0redl. The
youths cries brought reacuera. but
they were dead before tho latter could
reach them.
The haxing system has been abolish. |
ed At the Annapolis naval academy by
the voluntary action OF tho midship. |
men Of tho three upper classes. Al.
though no formal resolution was pass-
ed, II was said on authority that there
was practical unanimity OF opinion |
that tho time had come when haxing
should cease.
Admission that German losses have
been heavy Ia the past few days on
the western front IL made by the cor
respondent OF the German Tagebiatt,
who declares French attacks were car
ried out with unprecedented vig0r /
and courage" He estimates that with
In brief period the French have fired
more than 100000 shells against the
German lines.
Russians are bombarding Bulgarian
ports with great energy.
Large forces Of Germans and Aus
trlans have invaded Serbia.
A ahaggy-haIred goat overestimated
bis lighting ability 1t the Portland zoo
when he wandered Into the buffalo
paddocks and gave battle 70 one Of the
big male buffaloes. The goats bat
tered remains were taken TO the city
Ineinerator for cremation.
Total casualties Of ofiicsrs In the
Brltiah army from the beginning OF
the war up to September "a have
reached total OF 1904. OF this
number 6176 were killed or had died Of
while 10, 400 were wounded
and ll2a we're listed as missing.
Reports from the western front say
that Moroccan soldiers captured by the |
Germans consider themselves guests Of |
Germany and not prisoners, says the
Overseas New Agency. They are OPP
posed TO France. which compels them
10 fight against their religious convic-
lions.
Information reaches Geneva by way
81 Munich from source which 10 re-
garded a. reliable that Roumania will
loon Issue decree for general mobil-
Isation.
An aeroplane coming from Bulgaria
dropped numerous bombs on Nish. kill
Ing Ave persons and wounding twol
others. II then returned safely to
Bulgaria.
AbIs German agents have convinced
he general public Of Greece that Ger
many IL Invincibla and the Greeks
sre not enthusiastic over going 70 war
against the Teutons. II