The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1916-09-01
Brief Resume Of General News
From All Around The Earth.
uNNRSu HAPPENINGS N A NUTSHELL
live News Items Of All Nations and
Pacific Northwest Condensed
for Our Busy Readers.

King Constantine undergoes opera
tion. BY which part Of his tsnth rib
was removed.
Tho senate, under Democratic eau
Gus control, 10 unable 70 bring the Inn
migration bill TO vote.
wheat At Chicago takes . tumble Of
n cents per buahel whom news of Rou'
mAnln'a entrance into the war was re-
eslyed.
John D. shoop superintendent Of
tho Chicago public sheoola. had eight
ribs broken In an auto wreck at Dan.
viile, III.
A fFe In tho Snoqualmle forest re-
serve on the Whitcchuek river. near
the Cascades, 10 again beyond control.
after being reported under control
Sunday night.
President Wilson 10 preparing .
message 70 congress thla week on tho
nationwide railroad strike situation
and advising measures with which 70
adjust the difficulties.
The epidemic Of lnfantlle paralysis
In New York 10 on the wane according
To statistics Of tho health department.
One day showed 80 cases were dis
missed from hospitals and 30 admitted.
Capt. John Astor. Of England. and
son Of Baron William Waldorf Aator.
formerly Of New York. marrics Lady
Charles Mercer Marine, widow Of Lord
Marine. who was killed early In tho
war.
The San Francisco chamber Of COM
marce and the Union Iron Works have
lcst their nght In tho United States
District court 10 forestall inauguration
Of higher tranacontinental freight
rates 10 and from Pacific Coast ports
September /.
The German emperor has ordered
postponement until after tho war OF
tho execution OF all sentences imposed
for the punishment Of French pris'
oncrn. both civilian and military. on
account Of acts committed Up 20 Sop
tamber Of this year.
Deslrns for q 0. 5-lnch howltxcr have
been virtually completed and U. y.
army offieers believe the gun a more
powerful ard better weapon In every
way than tho ii.inch and i2-inch guns
Of similar type now In use abroad. u
viii have a range Of nearly ten miles.
Two and one-half ounces were taken
from each loaf Of broad baked Wednes.
day by San Francisco bakers to be sold
for s cents, and doughnuts were
raised from 10 70 l6 cents q dozen, as
alao were anaila. rolls and buna. Here.
toforo the 6-cent loaves have weighed
is ounces.
Suit for 81, 500. 900 against an al
legged cement combine seeking absolute
control or tho ruin Of the Oregon Port
land Cement company. Of Oswego. u
iled In the Federal court at Portland
BY AmAn Moore, largest individual
stockholder. yica president and treas-
urer. In tho name Of the company.
Major General Leonard Wood. COM
manding tho army's Eastern depart
mant. has boon appointed head OF .
Joint army and navy board. 70 pass
Judgment on the radio-eontrolled tor
,-pedo, provision for the purchase Of
which from the inventor. John Hays
Hammond Jr., has been made In con-
grcas.
The meeting Of the Amerlcan-Mexico
confereea 10 nettle border questions
will meet during the first week Of Sep
tAmber somewhere along the New
England coast.
Patricia Burke. noted California
beauty, 10 another American girl who
has married an English title. She 10
now the Countess Cottenham, having
been married TO the Earl Of Cottenham
In London on August 10.
Russian forces operating In South
ern Turkiah Armenia have reoccupied
Mush, captured by the Turks on Au-
gust 5. says an official announcement.
The statement adds tho Russians cap
tured $500 prisoners at Rachta.
The 22d battalion, Sonora Infantry.
200 strong, was practically annihilated
after Il had been ambushed by Yaquis
near Batamonte, In the AlaHos dis
trict, about 10 days ago. according to
reports from Sahuaripa. The Mexican
troops were passing through narrow
canyon. Only few stragglers escaped.
After seven months session the
English parliament adjourns to octo-
Der. 10.
An important advance in the cam
pairn for the conquest Of German East
Africa iu reported In a Reuter- dispatch
from Nairobi.
Julius Pullen. II years old. Of Eure-
IA. Cal, must have silhouetted like .
deer when he raised his hand TO wipe
the sweat from his brow, for just as
he did so an unknown hunter shot at
him. The bullet carried away three
fingers and thumb from the young
ster's left hand.