The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1916-06-09
Brief Resume Of General News
From All Around The Earth.
uNNRSM HAPPENINGS N A NUTSHELL
Live News Items Of All Nations and
Pacific Northwest Condensed
for Our Busy Readers.

One hundred and eight precincts out
OF total Of 1897 In the state Of Iowa
give for suffrage s069. against, II. 062.
Every state IN the Union 10 repre-
seuted among the 100 men who have
arrived at the FIRST Plattsburg. N. y,
camp Of military instruction.
Only the signature Of President VIII
son ia now lacking 10 complete the
final enactment Of the Oregon and Cal
ifornia land-grant law, the house hav-
Ing ratified the conference report.
The suit brought by George J. Gould
and other trustees of the estate Of Jay
Gould 70 recover 81, TAI, 900 from ths
81. Louis. Iron Mountain 4 Southern
railway was dismissed by Federal
Judge Hand.
The Hawley Pulp a Paper company,
Of Oregon City, announces change In
lis mills from the two-shift 20 the
three-shift plan. More than 90 more
men win be employed under the new
arrangement.
Russian forces have won great sue
ecsses along the front from the Pripet
marshes 10 the Roumanian frontier,
according 70 an official announcement
from petrograd. II Ii stated that the
Russians took $1,000 prisoners.
The U. S. Supreme court interpreted
the Harrison Federal Drug Act Of
1914. making II unlawful for any per-
son not registered under the law to
have opium In his possession. as apply
Ing only 10 those who deal In the drug
and not TO those who use II.
Possible danger that the present |
strike Of the Butte Workingmen's
Union might spread 70 the mines was
iIsaipated when the electricians In the |
employ Of the mining companies met
and determined not to go out In sym
pathy with the smaller unions Of the
.ity under any circumstances.
The British destroyer Acasta. which
he Germans reported they had sunk.
aaa arrived at q northeast coast port
inder tow Of another destroyer. The
hell which put her out Of action. after
lhe had been In the thick Of the fight
ng for 40 minutes. exploded in the
'ngine-rocm, killing Eve men.
The U. s. Supreme court holds that
electric cars. crossing state
ines, are amenable to the safety ap-
'liance act, although they move for
'art Of the route In city service.
conviction Of the Spokane & Inland
Empire Railroad company, operating
rom Spokane 10 Occur d'Alene, Idaho.
or failure to comply with the act. was
phcld and $500 fine imposed.
A Reuter- dispatch form Zurich says
hat members Of the German Land
turia, class Of 1917, who are living
broad. have been ordered TO return
ome Immediately. The Landsturn !,
|, home defense force which in /,
ludes, In addition to trained soldiers
etween the ages of 80 and as, all
nose between the ages Of IL and 80
'ho have received no military train
ig,
Progress toward the completion Of 1
10 new automobile consolidation. IL
hich embraces the WHY'S Overland, n
10 Hudson and the Chalmers auton,o- 9
lie companies. as well as allied con-
,rns, including the Autolite company. a
as announced Wednesday. The new q
'mpany, probably viii bear the cor d
rate title Of the American Motors h
'mpany, with $40. 900. 900 of pre- y
rred stock. j
A Berlin dispatch to the Copenhagen
,litiken says that the court which
the preliminary examination I
DR.. Karl 1.iebknecht. the Socialist "
Ader, decided that he should be pun N
he'd for treason. p
The Cologne volks zeitung says it is =
ported. although not confirmed, that =
Ing Victor Emmanuel and his special =
aff have departed from the Italian 2
neral headquarters at Udine on ac- y
unit Of the Austrian offensive and re- o. q
ed to Venice. q
Pierre Dreyfus, son Of Commandant 4,
fred Dreyfus Of the famous ''Drey-
! Affair. " who has been serving on
D Verdun front as second lieutenant
the artillery. has just been cited in =,
} orders of the day for having par :, =
uiarly distinguished himself during = :,
} violent engagements Of February -
81 and 28" in the battle of Verxiun. =,
Twenty persons were killed or sh
unded in an outbreak at Maracaibo, ca
nexuela, against General Garcia. its
% has been appointed president Of ST
, state of Zulia. an
The planting Of 600 acres of land In
Sutherlin. Ore, district TO sugar
,ts has been completed and the
wing crop Is considered one Of the
i prospects in the Northwest. in' =,
Ars. Josiah Evans Cowles, of Los en-
geles, has been elected president Of on
General Federation Of Women's de-
lbs BY large majority. defeating pix
3 Samuel B. Sheath. Of Tifiin, o. in