Tombstone epitaph., 1916-08-27
A BRIEF RECORD OF PASSING EVENTS IN THIS AND FOR
 eiGN couNTRlEa
IN LATE DISPATCHES
ooiNos AND HAPPENINGS THAT MARK THE PRoeREss
 OF TIRE AGE.
ABOUT THE WAR

British torpedo-boat destroyer Las 500 sunk by German submarine.
 South of Somme, the French drove forward from Belloy-en- -Santerre.
 French report taking of Maurepas, with capture of 1000 Germans.
 Berlin said to have offered Ruma- mia territorial concessions if it will remain neutral
 The German troops are reported to be preparing to undertake defense Of Austrian port of Trieste.
 Paris reports there is evidence that German submarine warfare has been renewed on a large scale.
 Half million British have been en- gagged in an effort 10 break the Ger man lines on the Somme front
 Maurepas and Clery. important points held by the Teutons in that zone, are flanked by new allied ad- vance.
 Five night attacks by the French heavy losses, says the Berlin official statement.
 Jablonitza, one of the principal Gateways from Galicia into Hungarian territory. has fallen into the hands of the Russians.
 Gen. Cadorna is strengthening his lines in preparation for a grand of fensive against the Austrian seaport city of Trieste.
 Turks repulse Slav troops in Persia. In Turkish Armenia, however, the Russians have forced back the Otto man troops near Lake Van.
 Between June 4th. when the Rus sian offensive was inaugurated, and August 18th. Gen. Brussiloff's forces captured more than 35s,000 men, the war office at Petrograd announced.
 Gen. Matias Ramos reported 10 Gen. Trevino from Escalon. Chihua- Eua, that he had given battle three times to Villas personal band. during the two days previous, inflicting sharp defeats each time.
 Six determined German counter at tacks on the British trenches north west of Pozieres were repulsed with heavy losses to the attackers, accord ing to the official statement issued by the British war office. Northwest of Bazentin the British captured about 100 yards of German trenches. WESTERN
 The Georgia Senate passed House bill granting to women the right 10 practice law.
 Gasoline was reduced in price to 171k cents a gallon in Chicago, a re- duction of l cent.
 It is reported that seventeen per sons have been killed in a wreck on the Chicago, Milwaukee & St Paul railway near Lind. Wash.
 A substantial increase in wages was granted the miners of southern Wyoming in an agreement signed by representatives of the United Mine Workers of District 22, and coal op- orators.
 The Great Western Sugar Com pany has let contracts for the con struction of two more large refineries, one at Brighton, Colo, and the other at Missoula, Mont. The Brighton plant will cost q 1,500,O00. The cost of the Missoula plant will be s1,250,- 900.
 WASHINGTON
 hz agreed to iE conference without roll call.
 The House approved by a vote of 2s3 to 5f, the Senate building pro gram, including provision for eight capital ships next year.
 Ratification by the Danish lower house Of parliament of the treaty pro- viding for the sale of the Danish West Indies to the United States served to hasten consideration of the trt aty in the Senate.
 President Wilson's position to avert a railroad strike, provides an eight hour day with ten hours pay, over time at the eight-hour rate, the rail roads to drop counter demands, and A commission to consider other diff ferences.
 An attack by Chinese troops on the Japanese garrison at Chengchiatun, in Eastern Mongolia, as reported from Tokio, disturbs official circles as the possible forerunner of difficulties be- tween the two powers.
 H. A. Dunn. American manager of the Mexico City railway plant. i'm prisoned by Carranza authorities since last May, has been provisional ly released on repeated representa- tions by the United States
 Formal notification to President Wilson of his nomination will take place Sept. 2.