Tombstone epitaph., 1916-10-29
THE WORLD IN
 PARAGRAPHS
4 BRIEF RECORD OF PASSING EVENTS IN THIS AND FOR
 EiGN coUNTRlEA
IN LATE DISPATCHES
DoiNGs AND HAPPENINGS TRAY MARK THE PROGRESS
 OF THE AGE.
ABOUT THE WAR

AbOUI THE WAX
 Provisional government of Greece formed by Venizelos recognized for maily by the entente allies.
 German military critic estimates al lied losses on all fronts since June l al more than 100000 men.
 Vienna comedies the capture of No vovas by the Italians. but claims the capture of 2.7O0 prisoners.
 Situation on Macedonian front un- changed; Italians and Austrians fight artillery duel in the 1rentino.
 Stubborn Galician campaign contin- ues without advantage to any of the combatants. Berlin and Petrograd claim repulse of attacks.
 Russian advances in the Carpathl- ans thrown back by Austrians. says Vienna official statement Successes reported in region of kronstadt
 Rumanians report they have driven the Teutonic allies across the iron tier into Transylvania, capturing many men and much war material
 Yaqui Indians. the terrors of the state of Sonora. are to be sent against Villa and his bandits in west ern Chihuahua, a report from Sonora brought 10 Fl Paso. Tex. stated.
 French score important new ad- vance in campaign for Peronne, push ing forward on front a mile wide between BiaChes and La Maisonette. Germans repulsed in violent counter attack near Sally -Saillisel
 Athens reports situation in Greece still critical; allied oppressive meas ures against the king have taken on 8 more threatening aspect; royalists submit formal appeal to the United States to intervene in behalf of the government against the entente.
 The entente allies have taken over the Greek battieship Kilkis (former- ly the United States battleship Idaho). the Lemnos formerly the Mississippi and the Averoff. On Oct. II the allies took over the entire Greek fleet ex- cept the kilkis. Lemnos and Averoff
 Supplemental assurances from Gen. CarranZa that he is beginning a new and vigorous campaign against Villa were received at Atlantic City by his representatives on the Mexican-Amer ican joint commission The head Of the de facto Mexican government as serted all available troops would be used in the pursuit of the bandit.
 WESTERN
 Directors of the Illinois Central Railroad at a meeting in Chicago de- cided to increase the dividend rate from , to 6 per cent per annum.
 Among the vice-presidents elected at the International Irrigation Con gress at its meeting at Fl Paso, Tex, were Kurt Gounwald, Of Denver, and Lafayette Clapp, of Hatch, N. Nj.
 A wage increase of cents an hour and demand for the eight-hour day throughout the six allied crafts ot railroad shopmen of seventeen West | ern railroads was agreed upon at a ! conference Of the shopmen at Kansas | City. The crafts prepared an ultima l tum outlining their demands. which 1 wni be presented immediately to the | railroads.
 The Elephant Butte dam, completed l recently at cost of sl5,000.000 and !, intended to impound the largest arti- l ficially retained body of water in the | world, was dedicated at Elephant | Butte, N. NJ. by A. A. Jones of New Mexico. personal representative ot President Wilson. Three hundred and fifty delegates to the International IT. l rigation congress and International Farm congress witnessed the dedica- ton WASHINGTON
 Increasing business is being done i in Portugal by American concerns, ac- cording to consular advices.
 Loss of the German submarine merchantmen Bremen virtually was conceded by the ranking Teutonic dip lomats
 The Tri-State Bar Association was formed at Fl Paso. Tex, by lawyers from Arizona, New Mexico and west | ern Texas. with . charter membership of GO.
 According to Commissioner of h. 1 ternai Revenue Osborn, the sum of S22,509.57s in taxes fraudulently 1 evaded has been collected during the 1 last three years.
 President Wilson announced that | his efforts to bring about an agree | nent among belligerent nations 10 al | tow relief supplies to be sent to Pc | land had failed.
 Lieut.. Col. George O. Squier. chief | of the aviation section of the army. | announced that the war department | has placed orders for 120 modern aero | planes of the high-powered variety.
 The body of Norman Prince. the American aviator who was fatally in 1 ',ared while operating an aeroplane in , Trench air raid on Oberndorf, will ] ,e brought 10 this country for burial.