The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1916-02-25
Brief Resume Of General News
from All Around The Earth.
uxNRSM MPpHlNes N A NuHciHl
tive News Items Of All Nations and
Pacific Northwest Condensed
for Our Busy Readers.

HI Gll ls again nominated for
mayor Of Seattle.
Tho house Of commons votes a new
credit Of 2.os2. 900. 900 pounds sterling.
-Four hundred lumbermen Of the
Northwest are holding = meeting In
Portland.
A wenatchee, Wash. couple kept
their wedding = secret since October .
last year.
Tho French succeed In bringing 70
earth Zeppelin making q raid over
that country.
Another Portland ChlnAman was shot
IN the tong war Monday. and Hop
Sing suspect IL In jail.
Great Aya.anches Of snow and dirt
In several dlstrieta IN Germany have
killed Sc persons recently.
President Wilson has iiled \ petition
10 place his name before the lows
voters In tho April 10 primaries.
Ex-PrcsIdent Taft declares that
''bona-rIdden conventions" produce bet
Ter results than primary elections.
Several Portland druggists arc under
Investigation for the alleged selling of
grain alcohol. which 10 used a. . bes-
sFase.
Mildred Marek, 0i years old. who
lived near Boise, Ida. was struck over
the heart with q batted baseball and
died from the effects.
Tho Chicago police are momentarily
eGgecting 20 capture Jean CroneA. the
anarchist accused Of poisoning several
hundred baDqueters In that city.
William orpe., University Of Wis
eonsln junior. IL hold 70 the grand jury
Ia connection with the death OF his
former sweetheart. Marion Frances
Lambert.
An entente alllea's submarine sue
oecdod IN passing through the Oar
danellos and ainking four ships carry
ing munitions. Tho visitation caused
q panic IN conatantlnople.
-Ail tho income tar cases before the
guprAsne court are diaposcd Of In favor
of the government on tho authority Of
the original decision, upholding the
constituticnallty OF tho law.
colonlst passenger fares from points
In wisconsin. Michigan. Minnesota and
nearby states to Portland, Seattle. San
Francisco and other points on the Pa
cl6c Coast and In Western Canada were
authorized by the Interstate Commerce
commission.
Alaaka's trade with the outside
world Increased si2, 600, 600 last year.
according 10 figures made public by
the department Of Commerce. The
balance Of trade In the territory'a
favor was s27, 900, 900. Exports we're
valued IL s6S. 0Oo. 900 and imports az
S28. 900, 600.
Reports Of acute suffering and APP
peala for immediate relief have reach
"a Matches, Miss. from Ccncordia and
Tenaas parishes, In Northern Louis
LLAMA. whore half dozen towns, not
heard from for several days, were said
To be inundated, with their inhabitants
marooned and In imminent danger.
The steamer Pavlof In Alaskan
waters, sends 8. 0. s.
Fashion has decreed that the barrel
skirt 10 correct apparel for this spring.
Fire caused $3.50, 900 damages 10 the
Inman-P Poulsen lumber yards and mill
In Portland
Sweden asks Uncle Sam 70 aid In
their protest TO England against the
Britons' intercepting mail 70 that conn-
try.
President Wilson has presented q
list Of Americans killed In Mexico IN
the last three years. TO the senate. The
total ID il2.
A bachelor school teacher at Ever
ett, WASH, han educated at his own
expenae, seventeen boys and one girl.
He ID an author Of some note and from
this fund pays for the schooling, living
on his salary as teacher.
Paper mills in the United States are
operating to capacity and many OF
them are turning away orders, but the
increase In the price Of raw materials
and the high price Of labor have re-
duced the profits Of the business.
Federal detectives are making q
nationwide search for the gang Of an
archists who, It is alleged, IL instiga-
tors Of the poison plot.
The Umatilla Indians object to the
building Of bridge across the uma-
tilla river at their expense, declaring
the bridge IL for the benotit Of the
white man, and not them.
SawmiII and logging companies de-
clare that by the middle Of March
there viii be shortage Of unskilled
labor In these lines. Day labor has
advanced from 50 to s2.2s and will 60
70 $3.50 per day.