Tombstone epitaph., 1916-08-13
THE WORLD IN
 PARAGRAPHS 4 BRIEF RECORD OF PASSING EVENTS IN THIS AND FOR.
 EIoN COUNTRIES. IN LATE DISPATCHES porNos AND HAPPENINGS THAT MARK THE PROGRESS
 OF THE AGE.
ABOUT THE WAR

ABOUT THE WAR
 Heavy fighting reported between Sereth and Dniester in Galicia.
 Violent battle raging along Stok- bod between Russians and Austrians.
 Zeppelins again raid English towns but London says damage is negligible.
 Italians continue to make progress against Austrians in Adige valley and ether places.
 Renewed acii,iiy dj T-rdun marked by important French successes. de Clare5 Paris.
 British casualties reported in July in all the war are as totaled 7,OS4 of ficers and 52.591 men.
 The British fleet bombarded Moule- bit. on the coast Of Asia Minor, and landed a small detachment
 Fresh troops have been ordered in the pursuit Of Villa, Gen. Jacinto Ire vino announced al Chihuahua City.
 French make clean sweep of Ger man positions on three-and.a-half- mile front from Harderourt 10 Somme river.
 An attempt by Bulgarian soldiers 10 seize a small island in the Rum aIian waters of the Danube river close to the town of Giurgevo caused a sensation.
 The Dutch steamer Zeeland was sunk by a German submarine. The crew was landed safely al South Shields Lloyds reports five other vessels sunk.
 Two clashes between Villistas and government troops. in both of which the bandits suffered heavy losses, were reported to Gen. Trevino at Chihuahua City.
 The ultimate Russian occupation of kovel and Lemberg and the retire Inent of the Austro-German line of de fcnse beyond the Bug river are now regarded al Petrograd as a foregone conclusion.
 Furious German attacks preceded by artillery bombardments on the Mouse river near the Thiaumont work repulsed by the French troops. Sixty Germans taken prisoner in action south of the Somme.
 The Italian mail steamer Letimbro as sunk by a submarine and twen- weight survivors have arrived at Malta. says Reuter- dispatch from r!.at place. Two boatloads of sur y,vors also have arrived at Syracuse
 Total losses of the allied armies since the present offensive began on the river Somme estimated by Berlin al 35g,OOO men. Paris estimates the average German losses at one division daily since the drive was inaugurated. WESTERN
 Chas. F.. Hughes will speak in Den yer Aug 2G, and then spend a week in Estes park.
 Five men employed in road con struction work near St Helens, Ore, were killed by an explosion of dyna- mite
 Charles H. Mover for president and Ernest Mills for secretary-treasurer, have been reelected for two years by referendum vote Of the Western Federation of Miners.
 Three persons are dead and thirty seven injured as the result of the de- railment Of the Texas Special on the Katy railroad, ten miles south of Dal- las, Tex. J. T. Hollis. engineer: c. C. Wood, fireman, and James A. Ben nett, Of Dallas, a passenger, were in stantly killed.
 This seasons grain crop in the Northwest will equal in quality the Test crops of previous years, accord ing to reports gathered by railroads al Portland. Ore. Bumper crops are reported in many parts of Washing ton, Oregon and Idaho. but the pro duction will not equal last years record.
 A. l.. Newcomb, member of the Ma scnic guard of honor placed around Abraham Lincoln's bier during the time the martyred Presidents body lay in state in Chicago. is seeking the Republican nomination for clerk of Brown county, Kan. Newcomb was once a business associate of Mar shall Field.