The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1916-02-11
Brief Resume Of General News
From All Around The Earth.
usVRsA aAPPnuNG N A MRciHl
Live News Items Of All Nations and
Pacific Northwest Condensed
for Our Busy Readers.

New York murders during 1915 were
2t0. In 1914. 267.
Large rebel forces Of China have
been defeated At Ping Shan.
Washlngton's stand on the LusItanis
case with Germany 10 unaltered.
Colonel Hepburn, ex-representatiys
from lows. disa Of heart trouble.
Evening dress this season IL 10 b.
Wins eolored with lavender vests.
German raider captures British liner
0rlssa bound from Chile 70 Liverpool.
An air mail route from Fairbanks "a
Brooks Alaska. 10 proposed 10 the
rostofiice department.
Colonel House. President Wilson's
personal advisor. who visited Euro
poan belligerenta. Il returning home.
Liner Harvard In dense fog In San
Francisco bay. rams steamer Excel
sIor. which sinks. No lives were lost.
Tho National nnb-commlttss Of the
Democratic party forecasts the nomi-
nation Of President Wilson without op-
position.
Mra. Annie Faust fatally shoots
Rev. n. NJ. eagle. Baptist minister.
1t Sherman. Tex, claiming the preach
ar inaalted her.
a war correspondent declares Ger
many Il instlgatlng revolutions In the
Far East. hoping 20 keep Japan from
aiding her alliaa.
A Greek special commission has
submltted long report relative 70 tho
damage caused 10 tha town of Salon.
lki BY the recent attack cf Zeppelin
alrHhipa.
Twenty-Five students Of the unlver-
sity Of Oregon. have been notified that
they had not earned tho eight required
numbnr of hours study and were do
clared "iiunkers.
An American army Of ], ZOO. 900 mon
win need tho services Of 10000 sur
geons, according 70 an assertion by
Surgeon General w. G. Gorgaa. Of the
United States army.
The house committee on claims f.
vorably reports Representative Sim
motifs bill apprcpiatring saA, CAS- for
tho settlement Of all approved claims Of
Sherman county. 0Yeon.
After establishing monopoly Of tho
sugar trade Switzerland win again at
tempt 70 iaport large quantities from
tho United States. The annual sugar
imports amount 70 "a. coo. 900 francs.
i Prince Oscar cf Prussia. fifth son Of
Emperor William. has been slightly
wounded Ia the head and on the upper
part Of the thigh BY shell splinters
during tho fighting In tho eastern war
theatar.
The Interstate Commerce commis-
sion authorizes the Union Pacific and
Oregon Short Line TO carry hay and
grain II reduced rates for 80 days.
This order ID designed for the relief Of
stockmon in.Htates that have recently
been anowbound.
Roofs cf two large Seattle churches
collapsed under the weight Of snow.
German officials have seised all ter.
tile products suitable for army Or navy
uso.
A ConetantInople dispatch reports
the suicide Of Grown Prince Yuasof
Izeddin, alleging III health e the
cause.
" A. Taylor. . Southern Pacific en-
Kineor, died IN the baggage car Of hie
train near WatsonviIls. CAL, from tho
nervous shock caused By running into
q harrow caught on the track.
Great Britain has promised the
United States 70 permit the prompt
transportation from Rotterdam Of
large quantity Of sugar beet seed
bought II Austria for sugar beet farms
in Utah. This is expected to make
the United States independent Of the
European supply.
MISS Mtunie ~ Wefn1kf VINO Aeii ~
stories from q window Of the Trans
portatlon building In Chicago. has re-
covered consciousness. Her fret wurd0
were. ~ must be hard to kill" phy-
slcians believe the girl viii recover.
She owes her escape to the fact that
she fell on top Of covered auto truck.
The Premier Of Russia. Jean L.
Goremykin, has resigned on account
Of III health.
Paris reporters fnd Colonel House,
special agent Of President Wilson. q
regular Sphinx.
The Canadian Pacific, the Canadian
Northern and the Grand Trunk Pacific
railroads announced nt Calgary that on
instructions from the Dominion gov
eminent officials, an embargo has been
placed on shipments Of rolled oats from
Canada 10 the United States. The
ruling applies 70 all special min prod
ucts manufactured from oats.