Tombstone epitaph., 1917-06-17
4 BRIEF RECORD OF PASSING EVENTS IN THIS AND FOR
 EIGN couNTR.ea
IN LATE DISPATCHES
poiNcS AND HAPPENINGS THAT MARK rhE PROGRESS
 OF THE AGE.
ABOUT THE WAR

Scarpe River
 Italians forced to retire in line be- fore Flondar.
 British bring down eight airplsnes in recent raid.
 American and French gunners sink two German U-boats.
 Germany is seeking to obtain island near United States for sub marine pase.
 Russians near Kovel and in the Carpathian mountains defeat the Ger mans.
 Closer union Of Central powers is made under organization of Fedora ton of central European empires"
 The naval collier Jupiter has ar rived in France. Secretary Daniels announced, laden with l0.500 tons of wheat and other supplies.
 French official statement declares that the Germans lost more than 52,o0o prisoners during the French and British drives against German lines.
 Tn the Wytschaete salient the en- emy has broken into our foremost po- sition zone,' says the German official communication. The fluctuating bat tie still continues violently"
 strong force of Germans made an attack northwest of St. Quentin. but the attackers were caught under vi olent French fire and retired after suffering heavy losses.
 Unusual activity is shown by avia- tors and several desperate air bat ties have been fought, the French in two days bringing down six German airplanes and one captive balloon.
 London papers figure that 7l3 aero planes were shot down on the west ern front in May, of which AZ were German and 27l British and French. The total air losses in April were esti mated at 709.
 According to information received by the Norwegian Legation at Lon don, forty-nine Norwegian steamships with a gross tonnage of 75.397. were sunk in May. Twenty-Five lives were lost.
  fensive swept forward victoriously ov- CT a front of nine miles in the Mes sines-Wytschaete sector Everywhere we captured our first objectives." the British commander .in chief reported. A Paris official announcement says: The French navy greets with joy on their arrival these new brothers in hA he Sla aF ha American Republic. have come to par ticipate until final victory in the strug gle against the common enemy" WESTERN
 Arizonas anti-cigarette law is now in force
 Tornado casualties June were: Missouri, P dead. 100 injured; Kan sas, Is dead. 70 injured; Michigan, 3 dead. 30 injured; Kentucky, 5 dead. 20 injured.
 of Wilmington. Del, is the first yes sel under the United States flag of ficially reported as probably victor in Q fight with a German submarine.
 The highest good roads meeting ev- CT held in the United States will be staged July 10th and 1lth on the sum- init of Pikes Peak, when the midsum- mer gathering of the Pikes Peak Ocean to Ocean Highway Association will take place.
 Steady gains in American food ex- ports. which fell off with the begin ming of Germany's unrestricted sub marine warfare. now are reported. Food shipments in April reached a total value of S9s ,00o, 900, against $s4,000. 900 in March and 3s7.o00.00o in February. Their total in April was only $7,000,0 GOO less than in January. the country's record month.
 Word was received at Mission. Tex as, of renewed raiding by Mexican bandits in the lower Rio Grande Val ley. An American rancher named Garcia was slain. his five daughters attacked, their mother mistreated and a young son seriously beaten by raid CTS eight miles west of Sam Fordyce. After footing the ranch and taking ,5O0 the raiders recrossed into Mex leo.
 WASHINGTON
 Secretary Lane outlined reasons for war with Germany.
 Italian war mission indefinitely postpones tour of United States.
 Contracts for 750, 900 additional pairs of shoes for the new army awarded at an average of S4.75 a pair.
 The Mexican embassy announced that Gen. Carranza had ordered all possible land under cultivation to pro vide against the world food short age.
 A new tax of 2 cents on all bank checks and drafts over s. expected to raise about s1.500.000 in revenues. was added to the war tax bill by the senate finance committee.