The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1916-05-12
Brief Resume Of General News
From All Around The Earth.
UNNRSa HAPPBNGs N A NUTCial
Live News Items Of All Nations and
Pacific Northwest Condensed
for Our Busy Readers.

Chief Justice Charles =. Hughea has
been invited 10 deliver a Fourth Of
July grafton at Salem. Ore.
Tho munitions llnsr cymrle IL re-
ported torpedood on the west coast Of
ireland. and IL In sinking condition.
-Four more Irlah revolutionary lead.
ers are ahot. Nlneteen others son
ssnesd 10 death are given prison sen
tencca.
A Rotterdam dispatch declares Ger
many u formulating terms upon which
10 oikeF peace. which include relin'
qulshmsnt of Belgium and all territory
En France.
That England ID building aIrnhips oi
the Zeppelin type was disclosed 10 tho
houas of commona. How much such
aircraft Great Britain poeseased was
not revealed.
Tho house rejects the senate amend
msnt 70 the army bill wherein u was
voted 10 increase tho standing army 20
$50. 900 men. The measure was 70.
turned % conference.
Two mon were killed IN foud battle
e the Jualln mining camp juneau.
Alaska. on BeFner's Bay. reeently.
Forty men toak part In tho hght,
which resulted from card games.
Americans who have enlisted II
Toronto for army service 70 Europe
arc denied the use Of tho name Amer
lean Legion, " under instructions from
tin Dominion authorities a. Ottawa.
Fire destroys tho Chicago Grain
company elevator and 60. 900 bushels Of
grain. causing $500. 900 losa. Clar-
enee Z. Fox president Of the COM
pany. lntlmated that tho FIRE might BE-
attributable 10 war plot.
President Wilson's approval Of the
nomination cf Louis nFandels for the
Ruprems Court bench. In letter TO
tho senate. declares tho chasgoa
aeniust Mr.. Brandeia arc "intyinsl-
cAlly IueFcdible to anyone who knowa
him. =
The British ship Galgats, from Port
Lard, Or, January Z, for ports IN the
unlted Kindgaom. was sunk Saturday.
aerordlng 10 Llcyda The CsIgate was
last reported a. having arrived at St.
Miehaela April "a. She was 2s60
tom gross.
Two large buildings Of the plant of
cha Cadillac Chomicnl company at
Cadillac. MIch.. were destroyed BY fire
Tuesday. with lcaa estimated ~
$50. 900. Tho company - under con-
tract 10 furnish an Ingredient for
smokeiess powder 70 tho British gov
eminent.
Dr. Ben L. Reitman Il sentenced 70
90 dayn In the New York workhouae
for DISTRIBUTING literature. alleged %
81 improper. relating 70 birth control.
DR.. Roltmmn was arrested at meet
ing held recently 10 protest against the
conviction of Emma Goldman on .
similar charge.
Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt, preai-
dafit 81 the National American Woman
Suffrage association. In an addreas be-
fore the Mississippi Valley Suffrage
conference II Minneapolis, declares
that the formation Of woman's po-
liticaI party would not be necessary
thIs year 10 obtain national enfran.
chisemont.
A robhor enters tho National bank
At Francis, Okla, covers the cashier
with a revolver and fed with about
$4,000. After m exchange OF ahots
with 4 purnuing posse, the roDber
forced the driver Of one Of tho posses
automobiles 10 take him IN and, with .
revolver held at the drivers head, dis
appeared In the hills.
with the melting SHOWS no longer
delaying the descent OF the Russian
Caucaslan army from the high Armen-
ian plateau into the plateaus Of Asia
Minor. whore the Turks, having gath
cred al available reinforcementa, are
ready At last 10 make a determined
stand, che campaign In Asia Minor has
reached most interesting and pos
sihly q decisive stand.
An nncenaored letter from Mexico
declares carransa IL the chief Obstacle
IN the way OF capturing Villa
The sinking Of French fishing yes.
eel 160 miles from land by submarine
4 reported ia an official communica-
tsun Issued In London.
The rural credits bill has passed the
senate.
A body believed 10 be that Of
ORALLY. q leader OF the Irish rebel
iions has been found.
Reuters Amsterdam correspondent
teielraphs that information, which Il
regarded ed trustworthy. has been re-
ceivod there that Metz il being evhcu-
ated BY the ciYsl population.
Baker, Ore, voters decidedly reject
ed the proposed change 20 the city
manager form Of government BY q vote
Of sos to s69. The city commissioners
won q salary raise BY q somewhat
smaller margin.