Tombstone epitaph., 1916-10-08
A BRIEF RECORD OF PASSING EVENTS IN THIS AND FOR
 EiGN COUNTRIES.
IN LATE DISPATCHES
ooiNGS AND HAPPENINGS THAr MARK THE PROGRESS
 OF THE AGE.
ABOUT THE WAR

Russians gain successes along the Black Sea coast in Armenia and on tie Persian front near Hamadan-
 Gen. Brussiloff reports total num- Der of Austro Germans captured in present offensive 10 be i2000O off cers and men
 Storming of trenches in the Canal du Nord region gives French import a..: advantage .a ;sc:- 2-Y2cce tc- ward Peronne.
 Thiepyal has fallen into British hands, as has also the fortified town of Gaudecourt. according 10 the Brit ish official statement.
 Greek government in agreement with King Constantine. is reported having decided on military co-opera- ,ion with the entente powers.
 Bulgarians claim repulse of entente troops all along the line in Macedonia. Paris contradicts it. however. saying the Bulgar attacks on one sector were beaten back
 Combles. pivotal point in the Ger man line guarding the approach to Bapaume, now is entirely in the hans of the allies as the result Of com bined attack.
 British attacks north of the Somme resulted in the capture of 2.00O yards of German trenches north of Flers and ! strong redoubt 1000 yards north east of Thiepyal.
 German pilots shoot down twenty four entente aeroplanes and allied eviators bring down twenty-six leu ton planes in the aerial encounters on various war fronts.
 German official statement admits conquest" Of villages necessary to capture of Combles, but gives great praise to troops who defended these important possessions.
 Great battle is in progress between Lutsk and Vladimir Volynski, where Russians have launched a new often sive. Berlin reports successful coun- ter-attacks against the Russians.
 General allied assault on the Somme is discontinued for the time following capture by British of strong redoubt north of Thiepval British and French cannon, however. are hurling tons uf shells upon the new German positions. WESTERN
 President Wilson will speak in Chi cago on Oct 19.
 An order issued at Washington di- recting Troop A. Kansas cavalry, to proceed to the border. was received at post headquarters at Fort Riley, Kan.
 Acording to the official advices, tungsten and molybdenite have been added to the list of goods that are pro hibited 10 be exported from Japan without special permit.
 Three of the mail pouches stolen from a Santa Fe train near Syracuse, Kan, several weeks ago. have been re covered by postoffice inspectors from the Denver and Kansas City offices.
 Moxie Shuler, a 2O-year-old negro. arrested on the charge of attempting
 
 taken from Sheriff Martin near Bain- bridge. Ga. hanged to a tree and shot to death.
 Armed bandits footed the mail car attached to the New York Chicago ex- press of the Michigan Central rail road, two miles sss: c: Dearborn. Mich. and escaped with two sacks of registered mail.
 Congressional investigations of the livestock industry. including produc- ton. marketing. slaughtering and dis tribution and sale of all cattle. was asked at Kansas City in a resolution presented to the American Bankers Association.
 WASHINGTON
 The War Department ordered 5000 National guard troops to the Mexican border and directed Gen. Funston to send home 10000 state troops to be mustered out
 The State Department was official iy advised that Burton Wilson, d prominent American and president of fhe American Club of Mexico City. has been thrown into jail by Car ranza.
 Secretary Lansing announced offici- ally that James W. Gerard. American ambassador t. Germany. was en route home for . beizted vacation. probably to stay about two months.
 Reports that water is being added to shipments of oats to increase their weight have caused the department of agriculture to instruct inspectors to watch interstate shipments closely. American shippers exported 3zs3.- I01 .1sI worth of bfeadstuffs during the eight months ending Aug. S1. accord ing to an analysis of August trade L. sued bv the Department of CownAnae