The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1916-02-04
WORLDS DOINGS
3OF CURRENT WEEK
Brief Resume Of General News
From An Around the Earth.
uANtRsA iuPpHaHes N A NUTSHELL
live News Items Of Al Nations and
Pacific Northwest Condensed
for Our Busy Readers.


Canada win send 20. ZOO more men
10 she front In Europe.
Many looteru are caught by U. 8.
marines In tho nood-striekon distlets
Of California.
TIE miaaing K-B Submarine 10 ro-
ported In her regular course on the
coast Of Florida.
Many sections Of the Middle West
are experiencing fioods and much dam
age 10 property 10 reported.
President Wilson declares the U. 8.
navy ls prepared for immediate war,
but Il Il inadequate IN else.
General ornelas, . villa follower, ID
taken from train near chihuahua and
ahot. He was federal turncoat.
Pheaaanss driven By hunger are
swArmlng Portland Heights and are
being fed BY stfeetear mon and resl-
denla.
A feet Of German zsppsllns attack
London and Paris, killing and wound
ing 20 or more In Paris and eleven 10
Lendoa.
Compulsory military training Of
hleh school students Of Washington
ssase 4 prvposed By the state school
eornmisaIcn.
A negro attacks m auto party near
Buffalo, N. r., killing mossor and son
ard nericunIy wounding the daughter.
Robbery was the motive.
German forces deliver two attacks
With hand grenades near nm No. lao.
Both attacks resulted In failure. 40
eordlng 20 the French Official an
n0stncemant.
Director Hturgis. Of tho Australian
Bark, London, said that reports show
sd the Australian wheat crop would bo
3 record ono. He estimated the yield
would be 100. 900. 900 bushels, Of
which 100. 900. 900 would BE- available
for export.
Nlneteen thousand acres Of land In
Pine Valley. Baker county, Oregon.
chleily suited for dry farming and for
ssvagaI yeafs intended 70 como undar
state irrigation seheme, viii be opened
10 entry In the Ia Grande land ofilce
February ~.
A meeting IN Washington. d. c., to |
discuss the exchange conspiracy 20 do |
pFaas the price Of cotton and measures
further 70 regulate the cotton ex-
changes Of the United States, was
called for February "a BY Representa-
tivas Heilin. Chandler and jacowa.
Senator Reed. Of Missouri. attacks |
Roosevelt in the senate By declaring |
.'It 10 . happy thing for this country |
that there has been insistenea on |
American rights. and equally fortunate |
that there has not been nome hot
heaasd. impcFtunntc demagogua In the
white House"
Every employe Of the Bunker Hin
q Sullivan Mining Co., Of Kellogg. |
Idaho, above and below tho surface,
win receive an increase Of wages OF
approximately 30 centa day X the
price Of lead keeps up. Il 10 known
that the company for some time has
been contemplating this advance.
The President would be authorised
70 negotiate with the Carranza govern
msnt for purchase Of Lower California
by resolution introduced BY Repre-
sentative Britten. Of Illinois. He do
clared sueh q purchase would put Into
the hands Of tho dc facto officials of
Mexico millions Of dollars for rehabli-
isatlng the government and the coun-
try's industries.
While the President was standing on
the rear platform shortly before the
departure Of his train from Chicago, .
sharp explosion was heard. Secret
service men crowded 10 the platform
and the President. apparently some.
what startled, entered the car. A
cloud Of escaping steam showed that
the connecting hose between the rear
coach and the one next forward had
burst.
General Wood opposes plan for con-
tinental army and proposes that the
regular army be brought 70 full
strength frst.
The Swiss government win apollo
gize 70 Germany for the trampling un-
der foot Of the emplre's emblem BY an
Infuriated mob.
1
President Wilson delivers his first
address on preparedness IN New York.
He will visit the Middle West for ten
days, delivering speeches on this sub
iect.
Spokane washerwomen are now said
TO patronise the laundries. and have
ether Injuries, not furnished by their
inebrlAte husbands before Warrington
went dry.
Il IL reported In Vatican circles that
tho condition Of Emperor Francis
Josoph, Of Austria. who has been aeri-
ously III for several days, Is rapidly
growing worse.