The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1916-04-14
Brief Resume Of General News
From All Around The Earth
UNNHSN HAPPBNGS N A NUECiaI
Live News Items Of All Nations end
Pacific Northwest Condensed
for Our Busy Readers.

All Florida cold.veather records for
this late In April are broken by low
temperatures over the state. Tho
minimum WAS az. with light frost In
the country districts.
The house Of Representatives agreed
20 all Oregon and Washington appro-
prlatlons In the river and hArbor bill.
In the amounts reported by the river
and harbor committee.
Tho senate rejected. II 20 rs, an
amendment by Senator Lodge 20 In
elude a tariff on coal tar dyea In tho
bill providing for retention Of the
present tariff Of cent . pound on
sugar until 1890.
A civilian military eneampment on
lines elmilar 10 the Plattsburg camp
will be held In For. Terry, N. T.. dur
Ing July. IL 10 expected that between
800 ard 1900 mon win be Ia quarters
during that period.
Tho result either Of q murder and
anlcide or double suicide. the bodies
Of Mary Hawn, Is, and c. N. Frazicr.
so. were found on bed In room 10
the Grand Hotel At wAiia WAila. Both
were fully dressed.
Contracts for two steamships. under
construction Ia American yards. were
sold b New York al public auction on
the Aoor Of thu Maritime Exchange,
Instituting tho FIRST ahlp auction held
IN thu United States.
An attempt was made 70 aaaasslnAte
the chief OF the military police At
Annoy, China. A bomb thrown through
q window Of hia resldanes damaged the
building badly, but no one was injured.
The Gassasins escaped.
Three nien were fatally shot and an
other dangerously wounded In = riot
which started at dance conducted BY
q carnival company nt Buffalo. Okla.
one 6s the latest oil towns 70 spring up
In tho Stone Bluff field.
NIhe more steamers have been do
stroyed by German submarines. nc
cording 10 announcements from various
British seurcea. Seven Of the vessels
were under tho British iiag. one was
Norwggimn and tho other Spanish.
ofFicial denial IL made by J. w.
White. Inspector Of immigration agnn-
cies Of the Canadian government. that
William and Louis Schroeder, Of Iowa,
had bccn executed or condemned az
spIes at Clavat. Saskatchewan. on
March "a.
Professor Charles A. Davis, accrod-
tied Gne of the foremost authorities on
peat, diaa Ii Washington at the ago Of
IS yeara. He hAd been connected with
tho United States Bureau Of Mines for
some years and had written numerous
scientific articlea.
The monthly statement Of untitled
orders Of the United States Steel cor
poration breaks all records. Tha or
dora stood on March 81 at 0. s3i. 00i
tons, an Increase Of 762. 036 tons over
February 20, when they were $685.
966 tons, tho previous high record.
Alta meeting OF tho relief commit
tee for INDECENT Jews held In Berlin
the president said that 700.00 Jews
In tho occupied districts Of Poland re-
nulred assistance. Thus far nearly
SO. 900. 900 has bsen spent In relief
work. which haa been made possible
largely by help Of jews In America,
Governor Spry, Of Utah, issued q
call for conference on control and
eradication Of tho alfalfa weevil. to BIO
held In Salt Lake April 20 and II. The
stataa Of California. Washington, Ore
gon. Idaho. Nevada, New Mexico. Col
orado.. Montana, Wyoming, Arizona
ard Utah are expected TO participate
insthe meeting.
Mrs. Joseph r. Howard. daughter Of
Michael Kilgallon, millionaire steel
maRnAte Of Chicago. and wife Of JOS
eph Es Howard. actor and writer OF
popular songs committed suicide by
shooting at hotol In Omaha. An
actress acquaintance, who was with
her atsthe time. said Mrs. Howard was
temporarily demented.
Washington denies any intention Of
abandoning the pursuit Of villa.
Many families have been driven
from their homes by fioods in the Mis-
sIssipfi in Wisconsin.
A Spanish cabinet council has been
called TO consider the question Of the
torpedoing Of Spanish vessels.
Five cattlegrowors who said they
were prosperous and contented protest
ed to the house Judiciary sub-commit-
tee against the BorlAnd resolution for
investigation Of the packing industry.
Grant county, Oregon, is preparing !
to fight spotted fever, one case having
been reported In Prairie City. The pa-
tient Is said TO be critically Ill. Be Il
cause Of the disease appearing 50 early |
II is feared there win be many cases
this season.