Tombstone epitaph., 1917-01-28
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 Berlin has announced that a sub marine has returned with a record of sinking sixteen ships.
 A new census of Brazil shows population Of 2i.6OO.OOO. of whom more than ls.0oO.O0 are listed as illitetates.
 Sinking of two enemy ships near the Bosporus by Russian submarine was ment.
 The condition Of ex-Queen Liliuoka- lani Of Hawaii is again critical. ac- cording to adyices received at San Francisco from Honolulu. Frederick Courtney Selous, hunter. explorer and pioneer during the growth of the British empire in Africa, was killed in action against the Kais- CTS troops in German East Africa. The entente powers, through the Italian minister. have insisted on un- qualified acceptance of the last en- tcnte ultimatum, considering the Greek governments reply oquiyooal.
 Gen. M. A Beliaeff has been ap pointed minister of war of Russia in the place of Gen. Chouvaieff, who has been made a member of the council of empire, according 10 a Pctrograc . dispatch.
 To London woman belongs so far the record of being the largest ind' vidual buyer of the new British war loan. Lady Wernher. who is credited with being the richest widow in the country. has bought s2,O0O.OOO worth
 The King of Sweden, addressing the Riksdag, said Sweden had been able thus far to avoid being drawn into the war. but that the Swedish people could not shut their eyes to the pro found gravity of the present hour.
 Although Villas operations have confused the situation in northern Mexico, there is every indication that the administration is going forward with its plans for early withdrawal ot Pprshlng's expedition and demcbiliza- tion of the national guard. It is considered almost certain at Rio Janeiro, Brazil, that the German sea raider which has been creating havoc among entente shipping in the south Atlantic is the Moewe, the Ger man armed raider, which captured the Appam and sunk numerous entente ships in Atlantic waters a year ago. ] The American consul at Pernambuco cabled the embassy confirming the landing of several Americans from vessels which fell victim to the raider SPORTING NEWS The Second Texas infantry football team defeated an allstar eleven from Camp Wilson at San Antonio at Aus tin, Tex, 3i to 6.
 The University of Illinois defeated the University of Chicago, 20 to 10, in a Western conference basket ball ! game at Urbana, III.
 David Fultz, president of the Base ball Players Fraternity. set Feb. 20 as the date the players strike is like ly to become effective. l The entire Boston Red Sox Base ball Club will go on strike if Dave Fultz. head of the ball players fra | ternity, says the word, in the opinion of Duffy Lewis. star outfielder. Corp. Frank Schultz Of Company L, Thirty Michigan infantry, well known in the army camps at Fl Paso, Tex, as a football player and boxer. was shot and killed by an unknown | negro.
 That the major league baseball sea | son will open on Wednesday. April | II, was the only information given out | in New York after the joint schedule | committees from the National and American leagues had concluded their meetings. Willie Jackson. New York light weight. has jumped into the limelight with a single punch. His knockout of Johnny Dundee. the clever New York lightweight, has given him q great following in fistic circles. It was the first time Dundee had ever been stopped.
 GENERAL
 Two persons were burned to death in fire which destroyed North Side dwelling in Chicago. One, Carl Bot tcher. 70 years old. was blind.
 Mrs. Ethel Sue Chung, white widow of a Chicago Chinaman, has secured a license to wed Sherman Charging Hawk, a Sioux Indian. They will make their home on the Sioux reser. vation in South Dakota. Addison G. Foster. former United States senator and pioneer resident of Aacoma, Wash, died following a brief illness. Foster was 80 years of age and went to Tacoma from St. Paul, Minn. He is survived by widow and two sons.
 In recognition of his services ir helping to open up the great West, the california State Assembly paid a trib- ute to Col. W. F. Cody. In a resolu ton presented by Assemblyman George c. Watson of Los Angeles, Buffalo Bill was lauded as a man who did more than his share to make the early development of California pos sible.
 That German Ambassador Count Bernstorff has ggone beyond his prov