The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1916-08-25
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From All Around The Earth.
lINNHsM HAPpHINGS N A AuNcal
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The city Of Portland has ss7 jltnsyp.
Intense heat IN Chicago Sunday
claims eleven vietims
General Funston IL In favor Of with.
drawing tho American trocps from
Mexico.
The daily death coll from lnfantlls
paralysis 10 New York City Il reported
decreasing.
Tho railroad presidents are reported
against the elght-hour day proposed BY
President Wilson.
Two Eskimos have been captured At
Nome. Alaska, who are charged with
the murder Of q priest In 1918.
President Wilson signs the navy
building bin and tho work of carrying
o.. the program viii begin Il ones.
Roumanla Is thought about ready 70
jpIn the allies ~ the situation be-
tween that country and Germany is re-
ported serious.
/ Eight persona were killed ard 10 In
iarsd when three boilers In the Harlan
Norris Stavc Manufacturing Co, at
jackson. Tenn, exploded.
American supervision of Dominican
Anancea soon ID 90 be extended 10 In.
tnrnal revenue ~ well 40 customs Fe-
eeipts. A budget system niso % 20 BE-
esranged.
Swiss dispatches 10 tho Overseas
Newp Agency report that tho French
have removed the civil population
from towns and villages behind tho
front In tho districts Of Nancy. Lune-
slils. BAeearat and Saint Die.
A masked rcbbar held up and re-
iieved w. II. Essahrook, manager Of
the Boston. Idaho Gold Dredga Mining
company, Of gold dust and nuggets
valued al saie0 near Boise City IN the
Boise basin. Tho desperate mnte good
hln escape.
One man was killed and several
wounded early Sunday q Cienfuegos
In political riot between partisans Of
Santiago Reys and Juan Florencio
Cabrera, rival candidates for mayor.
Many shota were fred and knives and
maehattes wero used. one man waa
arrested.
The National Guard will be retained
on the Mexican border until II can be
withdrawn without again endAngering
American liyss and property. Secre-
tary Baker 70 declared tho admlnistra-
tion's policy In answering score Of
letters from many parta Of tho country
complaining that tho state troops were
being hcla In service after tho orncf-
gency for which they were called out
apparently had passed.
The llat Of securities furnished as
collateral for the 92b0. 600. 600 new
British loan. which ]. r. Morgan a
Co., syndicate managers. have pre-
pared, Ahows more than 500 issues Of
stocks and honda, representing virtn.
ally evory important railroad and In
dustrial company In the United States.
Tho lEat has been classified into groupa.
all raiIroad stocks and bonds having
becn placed IN one group, industrial
corporations In another r. -miscci-
laneouh,in third. w
Thee Sconfcrence In Washington 10
settle tho impending railroad strike
has not accomplished anything and the
President has sent for the presidents
Of the roads isvclved. In the hope that
an adjustment can be made.
The new German war usury bu-
reau haa juatifed its existence BY
revealing surprising details Of widely
ramlfed food frauds. according 70 re-
ports received at Tho Hague. The
frauds are said 10 involve half dozen
leaders and 100 accomplices.
plansfcf a more vigorous campaign
TO prevent the spread Of infantile par
alysis were made In Washington, ID.
C.. at conference Of health authori-
ties Friday Of most Of the state with
officials or che Federal Public Health
Service. Resolutions will be adopted
by the conference, In which eminent
plague experts, scientists and bacterl-
ologists are participating. outlining
definite proposals for checking dissem-
ination Of the disease. While few Of
those present expressed alarm that the
epidemic might assume countrywide
proportions, they uniformly declared
measures were necessary TO guard
against q widespread outbreak.
Candidate Hughes is greeted with
the second largest crowd Of the West
ern tour at Portland.
Miss Grace Arnold, Portland stem
orrahsr, has been admitted TO practice
in the United Safes District court. She
is the third woman thus honored IN
Oregon.
A bill providing that the sheriff Of
any Georgia county In which 9 lynch
inc occurs be removed by the governor
was tabled iis to 20 BY the Georgia
house Saturday few minutes before
the close 9f the legislative session,
after II had been passed BY the house.