Tombstone epitaph., 1915-07-18
THE WORLD IN
 PARAGRAPHS
A BRIEF RECORD OF PASSING EVENTS IN THis AND FOR.
 Ei0N COUNTRIES.
IN LATE DISPATCHES
ooiNes AND HAPPENINGS rHAr MARK TIRE PROGRESS
 OF TIRE AGE.
Western Newspaper unioa New, serv,c.
ABOUT THE WAR

ABOUT THE WAR
 The Italians have occupied the vii lage of Tolmino. on the Isonzo, north Of Gorizia, according to a Rome dis patch.
 The Grimsby trawler Cheshire was blown up by a mine in the North sea. All the crew with the exception of the chief engineer were killed
 The first great naval battle of the war in the Baltic sea has been fought and meager reports received from Copenhagen indicate that the German fleet has been defeated by the Rus sians.
 Two people were killed and five others were injured by bombs dropped from an Austrian aeroplane on the town of Cormons. Austria. near the Italian frontier, eight miles northwest of Gorizia.
 The Italian navy has suffered its first serious loss, an Austrian subma- rine having successfully torpedoed the cruiser Amalfi in the narrow wa fers of the Adriatic Most of the crew were saved
 The Russian Black sea fleet sank five Turkish sailing vessels and four vessels carrying coal to Constanti- nople and heavily bombarded hostile submarine off the Bosporus. it was officially announced at Sebastopol.
 Five Swedish vessels were seized Sunday in the Baltic sea and taken to Swinemunde." says the Copenhagen correspondent of the London Morning Post They are the steamers Ligu- Grda,' Waerneland and Henrik Wi candra and the sailing vessels Oryar and Hoppet."
 An official statement issued at Con stantinople says: In the Dardanelles a German submarine on July sank a large French transport steamer off Sedul Bahr. We repulsed. on the night of July 8, attempts by the enemy 10 bring forward strong divisions against our right wing"
 WESTERN
 A great wave of patriotism that withstood even a pouring rain storm greeted the Liberty bell in Chicago.
 The Colorado and Wyoming chap ters of the Modern Brotherhood of America held their combined state convention in Denver.
 The sale of airguns to Nebraska lads under l5 years of age is prohibit d by the Nelson law, which was en. acted by the recent Legislature.
 Get a million new members and sl ,O00 for missions" was the slo- gan of the twenty-seyenth lnterna- tional Christian Endeayor convention at Chicago.
 Up to Thursday night the bodies Of twenty-seven persons, victims of the devastating wind and rain storm which struck Cincinnati and vicinity, had been recovered.
 Nineteen persons were killed and 903 injured as result of Fourth Of July celebrations throughout the na- tion, according to figures compiled by the Chicago Tribune.
 William Jennings Bryan, former sec retary of state, put peace and politics aside al San Francisco and appeared as journalist" before the opening session of the International Peace Congress al the Panama-Pacific expo sition.
 Cooperation between bankers and farmers, death to "cut-thrc 4 competi- ton" and tie establishment of a na- tional platform aiming to bring the two industries closer together marked m. c.n"ing session of the fourth banker-farmer conference al Chicago.
 According to figures compiled Thursday, more than fifty persons were killed and several score injured by the violent wind and rain storm which extended from Nebraska to Ohio Wednesday night The property damage is estimated at several mil lion dollars.
 WASHINGTON
 The federal trade commission an- nounced tour of the country for the purpose of continuing its foreign trade investigation
 three-incn disappearing gun for submarines has been perfected by the Navy Ordnance Bureau. Secretary Daniels announced. and in the future all American underwater craft will be equipped with such weapons for sur face fighting.
 Through the arrest at Los Angeles