Tombstone epitaph., 1916-10-15
THE WORLD IN
 PARAGRAPHS
BRIEF RECORD OF PASSING EVENTS IN THIS AND FOR
 EI6N COUNTRIES.
IN LATE DISPATCHES
DoINGs AND HAPPENINGS TRAY MARK THE PROGRESS
 OF THE AGE.
ABOUT THE WAR

ABOUT THE WAR
 Rumanians are reported 10 be in re treat in Pennsylvania, but Bucharest claims capture of Parajd.
 Cunard liner Francouia. used as transport. sent to the bottom in the Mediterranean by a Teutonic sub, marine
 Little fighting except with artillery reported from the Somme sector or from Italy. although the French claim unimportant gains.
 More than 5000 prisoners and a rast amount cf munitions taken by Van Falkenhayn as result Of great German victory in the Hermanstadt region.
 The Russian offensive in the Vol hynia sector continues with undimin- ished fury Berlin reports the repulse of all attacks, with severe losses for the Russians.
 Field Marshal yon Mackensea is said to have ordered the evacuation of Silistria and Turtukai the import ant Rumanian fOrtre4es recently cap tured by the Teut0nic fogces.
 The Central powers crushed the Rumanians in threeday battle in Pennsylvania. Rumania admits de feat, announcing that troop fought way through cncircIins lines ol Ger mans and Austriaus
 Attempted Rumanian offensive into Bulgaria completely frustrated, ae- cording to claims ot Berlin war office and admission Of Bucharest The en- tire Rumanian army has -etreated across the Danube.
 The Greek situation continues to develop. King Constantine. according 10 an Athens dispatch. has iH his hands the resignatiCns Of the mem bers of the Cabinet except those Of the premier and the foreign minister. Charles Call a member of the am bulance corps, national guard of Cali fornia, while on border patrol duty recently, strayed on the other side of the International line and was caught and hanged by MeXicans. ac- cording to a letter received at Wood. lands. Cal
 WESTERN
 Two dollars for wheat was pre- djcted by Chicago grain men before the first Of January.
 Major William Warner, former Cnited Senator from Missouri, died at his home in Kansas City.
 A boy. the twenty-fourth child, was born 10 MT and Mrs. Patsy De Reinze of Waterbury. Conn. Twenty of the couples children are alive.
 Prices of cane sugar registered an other advance at San Francisco, the new quotations being s7l0 per hun fred pounds wholesale and s7.GO re tail.
 Early arrival in America Of two Zep 2elins bearing mail was predicted iE San Francisco by Monroe ?. Marks who has just returned from a visit to Germany.
 Nine men are known 10 have per ished as the result of fire that de stroyed the central portion of the main building of Christian Brothers college at St. Louis.
 It became evident at Chicago that Helen Evers and others of the alleged blackmafl syndicate who are in jail will remain there until after their pre- Iiminary hearing.
 Property left by James J. Hill, rail road builder, subject to probate in Minnesota courts is valued at more than S52. 900 900 by his son, Louis W. Hill. in an inventory furnished ap- praisers of the estate.
 After a halt of nearly twenty-four hours the l8,00O national guardsnien from Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky, Mas. sachusetts and South Carolina got un- der way at Berino. N. NJ. for the fifth days march Of their desert hike to Fort Seldon, N. Nj.
 WAShIEC TON
 War department statistics show that there are about 1O4,0O0 militia now on the border The 5000 just ordered south will be returned to their home stations for muster out of the federal service.
 The geological survey reports that Colorado, Wyoming and Montana com bined produced 47,397. 900 cubic feel of natural gas in 1915. The outpul was worth sG3,
 Marked increases in the cost Of liy- ing is shown in the rising tendenc, of prices of food stuffs on October l.
 On condition that he go to Japan and agree never to return to Ameri- can territory, Shun Shimada. Japan ese servira a life sentence for murder in b.aska, will be liberated by fed eral authorities The greatest American relief cam paign to De undertaken since the or. ganization of the Belgian relief com mission was launched by the American committee for Armenian and Syrian, relief.