Tombstone epitaph., 1915-08-08
THE WORLD IN
 PARAGRAPHS
A BRIEF RECORD OF PASSING EVENTS IN THIS AND FOR.
 Ei6N COUNTRIES.
IN LATE DISPATCHES
ooiNes AND HAPPENINGS THAT MARK THE PROGRESS
 OF THE AGE.
ABOUT THE WAR

AoOUT THE WAR
 IL is stated that Gen. Natera has deserted Villa and taken his 5000 men :o Carranza.
 American yesse. Leelanaw of New York sunk by German submarine off he Orkney islands.
 Casualties in the British army and aavy have reached a total of 330, ,995. according to printed statement is- sued by Premier Asquith.
 An official statement issued at Rome says: The island of Pelagosa, import mt on account of its strategic situa- ion. has been occupied by the Italian 'orces.
 Two German submarines, which ap- oearei suddenly in the midst of fishing fleet off the north coast of Scotland, destroyed all of the nine vessels, by shell fire.
 The Belgian steamship Princesse Marie Jose. of 1853 tons gross burden, submarine. Twenty-one members or crew of twenty-five were saved.
 The Frankfuerter Zeitung's Vienna correspondent says the Austro-German forces have captured l3l, ,250 Russian prisoners since July II, besides forty one cannon, Al machine guns and an enormous quantity of military sup plies.
 A Petrograd official bulletin says: In the Black Sea Sunday our tor oedo boats operating in the coal re zion destroyed forty sailing ships aden with coal They also destroyed new coal shaft and a suspension bridge"
 There are signs that momentous events are occurring around Warsaw. II the evacuation of the Polish capi- tai already has not begun. it is be- lieyed in many quarters that the with drawal of the Russians is not far off. The probable evacuation not only of Warsaw but of the whole Polish sal tent is indicated in dispatches from Petrograd.
 WESTERN
 The attendance at the Panama-Pa- .ific Exposition to date totals more than 9,O00,O00.
 Eight men were killed and fifteen badly burned in a gas explosion at Sne of the entrances of the Moder- well mine at Christopher, Ill.
 The body of Eddie Bartlettt, we'll snown as fighter in the bare-knuckle lays, has been identified among the Eictims of the steamship Eastland.
 After investigating the attack upon Leo NJ. Frank at the Milledgeville state prison farm, the Georgia prison commission gave out a statement ex- onerating Warden Smith.
 At Chicago a coroner's jury returned a verdict, placing the blame for the loss of hundreds of lives by the cap sizing of the steamer Eastland in the Chicago river on six men.
 The Rev. W. H. McCart has been ac- quilted in Superior Court at Coving- ton, Ga, on the charge of having mur- dered Monroe Smith, neighbor, 45
 
 years ago.
 At Phoenix, Ariz., Judge McAllister granted an appeal to the five Mexi- cans condemned to hang, and their cases will come up at the September term of the Supreme Court.
 Jose Ignacio Rodriguez, n. was killed by the collapse of the rear wall of his home, an adobe house which had been weakened by persistent heavy rains. at Albuquerque. x. T.
 Three children of W. R. Grimes, a farmer near Temple, Tex, were beaten to death with a hammer. Grimes and his wife also were beaten into uncon- sciousness and Mrs. Grimes is not ex- pected to live.
 Eight hundred Seventh Day Advent ists, camped at Dalworth, between Forth Worth and Dallas, expect the "second coming of Christ" and the "marshalling of the heavenly army in the skies" as soon as the allies cap- ture Constantinople.
 WASHINGTON
 Russia. winter cereal crops prom !se heavy increases this year.
 Goods consigned to American citi- zens valued at $I50. 900 are lying on the docks at Rotterdam, Holland, held up by the British order in coun- ciI, forbidding all commerce with Ger many or Austria.