The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1916-02-18
Brief Resume Of General News
From An Around The Earth.
lHNRA HAPPHlHG N A HuUClnl
Live News Items Of All Nations end
Pacific Northwest Condensed
ior Our Busy Readers.

A noted Hungarian Actreas has been
shot ~ u Britlsh spy..
1hlr,y.thres gamblers were arrested
Ina raid at Aberdeen Wash.
Tho county auditor at Tacoma Issued
% permits TO buy liquor In one day.
Rear Admiral Charles Ebsn Fox, U.
8. NJ, retired. dies nt the age Of 90
years.
Tho plot 70 poison many prominent
citlxens At banquet In Chicago 10 laid
10 anarchists.
Grnhame- White, the noted British
aviator. has beon gravely injured BY .
fall In hia aaroplane.
Drlgsdlsr General benjamin. c. Gard.
retired. dles at the age of 81, a bis
home IN Washington. D. q.
PhiiadelphIa's streets were covered
Sunday with q heavy coating Of Ice
eaused by bad aleet storm.
SIX pcr cent Of the fah fry IN the
hateherlon nt Bonneville were lost be.
cause Of the recent heavy storm.
Gasoline IN Portland Il selling for
Iak cents q gallon and may 70 higher.
In New York Il sells for ~ cents.
DR.. Sun Yat Sen. ex-preaidsnt Of
China. Ia reported remarked 70 his
private secretary at Toxic. Japan.
q
The value Of real estate In New
York City IL placed n ~, 20B, 900. 600.
an Increase Of se7. 900. 900 over . year
ago.
Tyso wealthy Americans have equip
ped a hospital train Of Is cars and
hats presented Il % the French gov
eFnment.
The iilm pictures Of the Columbia
River Highway are 10 bo shown In
Syracuse. N. r, upon request from
that city.
President Wiison 10 now declared
candidate for denomination. regardless
Of the ons-tsrrn plank Of the Demo
cratic platform.
Two young mon ln nm automobile
were killed at Sumner. WASH, when
their machine was struck by North
crn Pacific train.
Rear Admiral Grant, the submarine
commander 81 the U. 8. navy, declares
that nnderaea boats should be at least
800 tons surface displacement.
Richard l. Metcalfe, ex-governor Of
tie Panama Canal zone, has invited
w. ]. Bryan to debate the question Of
preparedness before the voters Of Ne
bfAakA.
The Congressional Union for Woman
Suffrage sent President Wilson q val
entine on which was inscribed
"Won't you be our valentlnei We
win BE- your valentines" !"
DR.. Carlos MendoxA, ex-prcaIdent Of |
Panama, died suddenly Tuesday night |
from heart trouble, was buried the fol- |
lowing day, after the body had laid In
state all day In the government build
Ing. DR.. Mendoza was the leader Of |
tho opposition faction Of tho Liberal
party and was widely regarded as one
Of the most able men In panaman pol
itics.
Germans capture large section of
French trenches In Artois.
Portland citizens have raised a fund
Of over SIS. 600 for tho relief Of suffer
Ing Jews In Europe.
The customs officials At San Fran
cisco have aeised q totem pole that
bears nude pictures and 10 otherwise
Indecent.
According TO the decision Of tho Ma
lional Association Of Merchant Tailors,
The Ideal Americans measurement
should be, height, feet . inches;
chest, SO inches; waist, SSi inches;
hips, SOL inches; thigh. 2lg inches:
cali. l4f inches; head measure, one
eighth Of the full length Of the body;
legs straight and feet arched.
Germany and Austria, through their
embassies In Washington. have notified
the United States Of their intention
10 treat armed merchantmen ~ war
ships after March /. That date was
ixed to give the entente allies time to
signify their intentions toward the re-
cent note Of the United States pro-
posing the disarmament Of all mer-
shantmon.
The Willamette river at Portland
reaches 19-foot stage and floods all
waterfront Easements.
A liquid which bursts into fame
when poured on paper is believed 10
have been used BY lncendiaries who
'et FIRE to the Ottawa Can. parlia-
nent building.
The Navajo Indians are dancing
heir war dance and threatening 70 at
.ack white settlers In Northeastern
Arizona In retaliation for the slaying
II one Of their number recently by po-
Icemen. according 70 two cowboys
RON Utah.