The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1916-01-28
Brief Resume Of General News
Iron An Around The Earth.
uaNBEa aAPpBlNGs N A HuNcHl
I've News Items Of Al Nations and
Pacific Northwest Condensed
for Our Busy Readers

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dslsying traffic.
The Illness Of Emperor Frans Joseph
j. reported grave.
Tho new fad IN ladies' hosiery IL the
s'Iampshads" stocking.
Mexican bandit 10 sxscutsd In the
.Juares cemetery for killing an Ameri.
can.
Mercury drops 70 dagrees In two
hours and 20 minutes st Great Falls.
Mont
Shooting cf q Mexican civilian by
an American Il charged By that gov
eminent and his punlahmsnt is asked.
Mrs. Mean Bear, an Indlnn aged i0s
years. dies 81 Ponea City. Okla. leav-
Ing 100 kinfclks In her immediate
family.
Two hostile aeropIanes visit Kent,
Englshd. dropping nine bonnie result
Ing In . casualty llss Of one killed and
slx injured.
East ST. Louis, III, stock yards are
under quarantine because of tho dis
covery of several cases Of foot and
mouth disease.
A. l.. Mchler. president Of The
Union Pacific railroad. who fell on the
Ice II Omaha Sunday and suffered con-
cuasIon Of the brain. 10 improving.
President Wilson urges coneress 70
clear lts docket Of appropriation bills
% soon az poaalbie, 10 that tho pFepar-
edness program viii have full swing.
At q meeting IN Chicago of the Re.
publican National committee, four
prominent persons we're mentioned for
chairman Of the convention, including
Borah. Root. Mccall and Osborne.
Senator Newianda. IN . speech In
the senate. opposed government own
ership Of railroads. declaring that un-
dor tho regulation plan. America has
secured the most perfect railroad sys-
TEN In the world.
A ssanographar In q AZ Of despond-
ancy iumps from the 10th story Of =
building In Chicago. She allghtsd on
tfuckioMd ef pasteboard boxes,
breaking both arms and aeveral ribs.
She probably win 1.-Two.
Republican Leader Mann took the
floor Of the house against the Shackle-
ford sa6. 600. 900 good roads bill on
the ground that this money would have
10 come from special taxos, most Of
which arc paid BY cities.
A package Of currency containing
s2aOO disappeared somewhere between
the Burlington depot and the Adams
Express company Office at Mount
Pleasant. IA. Another package con-
tRsning $500 IN silver was undlstusbed.
Colonsi CocthAis, governor og the
PanAma Canal xohe. and General Ciax-
ance X. Edwards. commander Of the
u. 8. troops thore. are TO report at
WaahingtOn 10 settle differences be-
tween them arising from criticism
made by General Edwards.
A naw Oregon Republican club ID
organized In Portland with 500 msm-
hern.
A total Of eleven lives were lost |
during recent severe storms In South |
arm California.
Berlin announces that superior Rus
alan forces were repulsed In hand-to-
hand lighting 10 the Beasarablan from
tier trenches.
Promises that the Englieh conscrip-
tion measure will be enforced without
severity, bringa loud applause In the
house Of commons.
War issues cause hot debate In the
senate, Hoke Smith leading IN severe
arrAlgnment Of England's attitude
toward neutral shipping.
A British submarine has gone ashore
cH Holland, acccrding to an announce
msnt made BY the official press bureau.
There was no losa Of life.
An attack By the British with the
use Of Bmoke bombs on the German
positions north Of Frelingheih, In
Northern France, Il announced In an
ofIlcial statement by the German army
headquarters. IL 10 declared the at-
tack was beaten OF with heavy loss 70
the British.
Roosevelt wants immediate action
In construction Of half dozen ''fcr-
midable fighting ships" sdsqate army
and universal military service.
The Greek king is bitter toward the
entente powers for attempting 20 force
his country into the war. He declares
the neutrality Of bis country was ylo-
lated like that Of Belgium.
General Luis Herrera, In supreme
command Of the Carranxa forces at
Chihuahua City, Mexico. late Friday /
night fatty denied The truth Of the re-
port Of tho capture Of General villa ct
the San Geronimo ranch.