Tombstone epitaph., 1915-11-21
THE WORLD IN
PARAGRAPHS
A BRIEF RECORD OF PASSING
EVENTS IN THIS AND FOR
EiGN COUNTRIES.
IN LATE DISPATCHES
DC NGs AND HAPPENINGS THAT
MARK THE PROGRESS
OF THE AGE.
ABOUT THE WAR


Russians report capture OF $500
men in surprise attack on Sienikowee.
Austrians report complete repulSe OF
Russians from Sienikovce and cap
ture of 1000 men.
-Four allied ships were torpedoei
by the Germans, and twenty-three
killed and forty wounded
Russians thrown back to old posi-
tions in Galicia and G.0po taken pris-
oners. according TO Austrian report
The Russians have resumed the Of
fensive in COurland. Desperate fight
ing is going on in this region. accord
ing to Petrograd dispatches
Nearly 100000 allied troops have
been landed AT Saloniki The Serbs
are fighting desperately. but are being
slowly crushed by the invaders.
Kitchener was assailed in the house
of commons for plumbers" by q Ma
tionalist member. who says 40 per
cent of British commanders should
be removed.
British and French troops attack
ing the Bulgars in the south of Serbia
suffered a crushing defeat. Their
losses were enormous. according 20
Berlin dispatch.
The Bulgarians have extended their
grip 81 the observation-disclosures rsilway
north and south OF Nish. and h. q oc-
cupied Leskoyac, south of the cap
tured capital, and Aieksinao TO the
north.
The Italian steamer Aucona was
torpedoed by an Austrian submarine.
About 3l2 passengers are believed
lost The sinking of the vessel raises
a crisis in Washington similar to that
of the Lusitania. The action of the
United States is based on whether or
The Earl of Derby, director Of re
cruiting says: ''If young men medi-
cally fit and not Indispensable in any
business of national importance or
any business conducted for the gen
eral good of the community do not
come forward voluntarily before Nov
so, the government will after that date
take the necessary steps to redeem
the pledge made on Nov >"
WESTERN
One hundred Villa officers left
Douglas, Ariz., FOR Piedras Negras,
having accepted amnesty.
The Georgia senate passed bill
prohibiting liquor advertisements and
making them a misdemeanor.
The strike OF miners OF the Silver
King Coalition mines at Park City.
Utah, appears 10 have ended in a
complete victory for the company.
High winds, rain and snow swept
over Nebraska, South Dakota, Iowa
and Kansas. Four persons were in
jured at Hartford, S. D.. which was
visited twice by the same tornado.
Desertions from Villa continue at
the rate of about one hundred daily.
it is reported Six alleged agents of
Gales were executed within Villas
lines, it was learned at Douglas, Ariz
The American Federation of Labor
at the close of the first session of its
thirty-fifth annual convention at San
Francisco. faced the question OF bar
ring from future conventions fraternal
delegates of religious organizations
Newton W. Lille. 81 years old. die
at Pawnee, Okla. Mr. Lille, who was
the father of the famous "Pawnee
Bill" was one OF the oldest white
settlers of the Pawnee country. and
was for many years in the govern
ment service among the Pawnee
Indians.
A mob composed OF unpaid villa
soldiers, civilians and women. raided
the German consulate in Chihuahua,
Mexico, burned the market house and
looted the headquarters of the confis-
cation agency. according to a delayed
message received at San Antonio,
Tex, from Corral, near Chihuahua.
WASHINGTON
Viscount Chinda, the japanese am
bassador, gave an elaborate reception
at the embassy in honor of the corona
ton of Emperor Yoshihito.
According to information made
public by the Department Of Agricul-
ture the total expenditures for road
improvement in the United States in
1914 from state funds. joint funds and
local funds aggregate $3.50, 1891.
Cotton ginned prior to November
amounted to 7,3si,s71 running bales,
Including 69.204 round bales and So
35S bales of sea island cotton.
The nations principal farm crops
this year are worth about $500 900.
O10 exceeding nv moro than ssO0 0oO