Tombstone epitaph., 1916-03-12
THE WORLD IN
 PARAGRAPHS
A BRIEF RECORD OF PASSING EVENTS IN THIS AND FOR
 EiGN COUNTRIES.
IN LATE DISPATCHES
ooINos AND HAPPENINGS THAT MARK THE PROGRESS
 OF THE AGE.
Western Newspaper Union News Service ABOUT THE WAR

AbOOI HE All
 Russians continue drive against Turks in Caucasus.
 Heavy artillery duel in progress in Alsace, region of Seppois.
 Germany's U-boat campaign de stroyed but one small vessel March first
 British retake 800 yards of trenches near Ypres which Germans captured Feb H.
 Several violent infantry attacks around Fort Douaumont repulsed by French.
 Berlin reports that it,I5J uIen and 22S officers have been captured so far in the Nerdun fighting
 The German losses during the first four days of the battle around Yer dun are estimated at l5o.O0O.
 French artillery. massed to cover sections where the Germans are most active, is tearing great holes in the Teuton ranks.
 The British report a victory over desert tribesmen in which the broth CT of the Turkish minister of war was killed
 British casualties in all the war area. as published during the month of February, showed a total of I3S officers and 17,Si7 men.
 Thursday. the Germans resumed fp ,. where battle has ragged for nearly two weeks, after two-day Hull in lombard ments.
 The kaiser has now 75g,0OO men in the division that is driving on Yer dun Reports indicate that Ger mans are constantly making small gains, but at a terrific cost in lives Revised figures shows that l22 per sons, including fifty-fiye passengers. are missing and probably lost in the sinking of the Pepinsuiar and Oriental liner Maloia. The bodies of forty seven have been landed at Dover. WESTERN
 Cheyenne's twentieth annual cele- bration of Frontier Days will be held July 2G-29.
 At Castle Rock, Colo, the four miners charged with he murder ot Major P. P. Lester in 1911, were ac- quilted by jury.
 Bishop Francis J. Mcconnell of Denver was elected president of the Religious Education Association at the annual convention in Chicago.
 Fl Jebel Temple Of Denver will send one of the largest delegations it has had at any convention for many years to the Shriners' conven- | tion in Buffalo, N T., next July. Three women were included anon : candidates nominated at San Fran 1 cisco for the Democratic national convention delegation by committee representing California's eleven con. gressional districts.
 The complete disappearance of a small fortune which he is said to have possessed surrounds with mystery the death of Henry Huber, 30 years old, of Denver. which occurred at Green River, Wyo, Dec 9. Concerted action throughout the West for the development of perma nent federal highways linking all the National parks is the purpose of 2 proposed conference to be held 1T Yellowstone Park this summer.
 WASHINGTON
 The War Department asked Con gress to appropriate si0.0OO for land defenses in Hawaii.
 The test of the constitutionality oi the federal migratory bird law was re stored to the docket of the Supreme Court for a second argument. President Wilson at conferences with Congress leaders Thursday said that following out the notes of the
 United States government diplomatic , relations might be broken off witf ) nation causing the death of al American in disregard of iEterna tional law, and that he had been in ) formed breaking off of diplomatic re
 lations might precipitate war. The President declared it was said that tC warn Americans to keep off arme' ships of belligerent nations would b. fin effect acknowledging justification : of Germany's proposal to sink thes- ships without warning. Judge Joseph H. Shea of Seymour ? Ind. has been selected by Presiden , Wilson to be ambassador to Chile. ' Congressman Edward Heating O
 Colorado gave out a statement declar 7 ing his intention to vote for a reso Iution to warn Americans to sta! 3 off of armed ships.
 Orders approved by President Vii |, son restore to entry I13,34S acres O
 public land in western Wyoming
 1s8,35S acres in eastern Utah, ar'
 l0,9S8 acres in west central Mon
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