Tombstone epitaph., 1917-09-23
THE WORLD IN
PARAGRAPHS
4 BRIEF RECORD OF PASSING
EVENTS IN THIS AND FOR
EiGN coUNTRIES
IN LATE DISPATCHES
DolNos AND HAPPENINGS THAT
MARK THE PROGRESS
OF THE AGE.
I'm Newspaper Union News Service.
ABOUT THE WAR

ABOUT THE WAR
Korniloff and his army have sur
rendered.
Sweden will not recall minister 10
Argentina.
Two British ships OF more than s.
600 tons have been sunk by subma-
rines.
British naval airmen have been un-
usually active. bringing down two leu
ton flyers into the sea.
From the Belgian coast well down
into Flanders the artillery duels con
tinue Of most violent nature.
Casualties in the British ranks re
ported during the week ending Sept.
II show a total OF 26.G26 men.
Germany will shortly be able to pub
Iish her peace terms. according 10 DR..
Georg Michaelis, the German chance}-
lor.
Maj Gen. Bonch Bruyovich has been
appointed commander -in-chief of the
Russian army in succession to Gen.
Korniloff.
Italians are holding their positions
in spite Of violent Austrian attacks.
Some infantry fighting is reported in
Trentino.
In the AustroItalian theater the
fight for Monte San Gabrielle is con
tinuing. The Italians say the Austrian
blows have been repulsed
French troops IL the Champagne
smashed the first two lines of German
trenches and have entered the third
lines, inflicting heavy losses on the
enemy
The British ship losses by L boat raids
for the week was the smallest since
the ruthless campaign was announced
by the kaiser. Only twelve ships OF
1900 tons were sunk
The Italian losses in the eleventh
Isonzo battle" says an official state
ment issued at Vienna by the Austrian
war office, have reached almost $780,
600. including 10000 prisoners
The official Austrian communities
ton says the Italian offensive is a
failure and adds that a quarter OF a
million men have been lost by Cador-
ma, 10000 of whom were made pris-
oner.
A force OF loyal Russians has re
pulsed a strong attack by German cav
airy near Riga, while in Rumania a
height has been captured from the
roGermans and several hundred
prisoners taken.
The war commission of fifty prom
inent Chinese, headed by Lu Cheng
Haiang, has advised the government
to join the entente allies, to sign the
London agreement against separate
peace and sign the Paris economic
compact.
WESTERN
United States government to take
over control Of sugar, Oct. l.
Deported members of /. w. W. at
Columbus. N NJ, kick about their
food.
Frosts in Iowa, Illinois, Minnesota,
Michigan, Ohio and Wisconsin dam
aged late crops.
The Sovereign Grand Lodge of the
l. o. 0. F. will meet at Louisville, KY,
Sept II to 80 Frank c. Goudy of
Denver is the grand sire of the order
Financial, moral and physical sup.
port was pledged to the government in
the war crisis in resolutions adopted
at the fifteenth annual meeting OF the
American Institute of Banking at Chi.
cago.
H. w. Lipe, aged SO, retired Meth
odist minister of Blairstown, Ia, and
Mrs. Anne Cameron, 60, a cousin OF
Mrs. Woodrow Wilson and a great
niece Of the late President Polk, were
married at Luke. Miss.
WASHINGTON
Over 1000 persons appealed their
exemption cases to President Wilson
The Senate passed the alien draf,
resolution making subject to the draft
more than 100000 aliens resident in
this country.
The war revenue bill-proposins
the greatest single levy on taxes in
the history Of the worid-was passed
BY the Senate. The measure provides
revenue totaling $2,411 $4,000.
The finance committee began tbs
consideration of the Sll 900, 000, 0Ot
bond bill. Secretary McAdoo appeared
before a subcommittee and explained In
detail the purposes Of the measure.
Provisions of the soldiers and sail
ors' insurance bill for allowance o.
from IS to $50 a month to dependent.
during the service OF enlisted mer
were tentatively approved by tn.
House.
Approximately S12.000.000 for wa
relitf work In Europe will have beer
expended by the American Red eros.
in the first six months since tn.
United States has been at war with
Germany.
Six members of the Woman's part
we're arrested for picketing the Whit,
House with suffrage banners.