Tombstone epitaph., 1917-03-11
THE WORLD IN
 PARAGRAPHS
4 oRIEF RECORD or PAsslNo EVENTS IN THIS AND FOR
 El0N couNTRlEa
IN LATE DISPATCHES
poiNcs AND HAPPENINGS THAT MARK rHE PROGRESS
 OF THE AGE.
Western Newspaper Union Ne~s ssrvicA ABOUT THE WAR

AbOUT THE WAR
 British in west front drive push forward both north and south Of the Ancre region.
 In Mesopotamia the British have captured from the Turks the entire line from Sannaiyat to Kut-Ei-Amara.
 The Fifth Ohio infantry left Fl Paso. Tex. for Fort Wayne. Mich. to be mustered out of the federal serv- ice.
 Twenty thousand Turks were slain by the British, and 5000 prisoners and large quantity of war supplies taken.
 The sinking of the British transport steamer A-ls was announced by the admiralty. The announcement says that returning German submarines re- port the sinking of eleven more steamships, two sailing vessels and eight trawlers.
 German naval and military leaders in Berlin estimated that the total ton mage sunk during February would not exceed 500,OO0 and expressed satis- faction with the achievements of the submarines. The announcement was made by the German admiralty that 1000 troops bound for Saloniki per ished when the Italian transport Mi mas was sunk Feb. IT.
 British headquarters in France re, port: During February we captured 2,l33 German prisoners, including thirty-six officers. The following viii lages also were either captured or sur. rendered to us by the withdrawal of the Germans: Ligny, Thilloy. Lebar. que, Warlencourt, Pys, Miraumont, Petit Miraumont, Grandcourt, Puisi. eux-Au-Mont, Serre and Gommecourt"
 Over a front of eleven miles, from the region of Gommecourt, north of the Ancre river, to the district of Gueude court, south of the river, the British have pushed forward. their lines to a depth of two miles, accord ing 70 the British official communica- ton. The maneuyer has served to throw forward the right and left wings of the British in an enveloping move toward Bapaume, the German stronghold in this region.
 WESTERN
 Three Spanish steamers sailed from Galveston for the war zone, carrying cotton.
 Robbers got from a vault of the First National bank at Batona, Fla, $15,000, and an unestimated amount of securities.
 Foodstuffs - Potatoes, butter, eggs and some vegetables-continue to be weak" and easier" on the Chicago markets. following the boycott.
 Morris Jagow. who said he was a nephew of the former head of the German foreign office, filed applica tion for naturalization papers at Lake Charles, La
 The Idaho Senate adopted a me, morial to Congress. asking the submis, sion of an amendment to the federal constitution to prohibit the manufac. ture Of Intoxicating liquors in the United States.
 Olof H. Ahlgren of Chicago made seventeen wills before he got one to suit him. Now his mother. three sis ters and brother are contesting the seventeenth, because he left them out giving all his $250,0O0 estate to his wife.
 Most of the Mexican officials al Mexico City declined to discuss the effort of Germany to involve Mexico in a war with the United States ex cept to say that they thought such ef forts were vain and that Mexico would continue neutral.
 WASHINGTON
 A portrait of William Jennings Bryan arrived at the State Depart ment to be hung in the diplomatic re ception room with the portraits oi other former secretaries of state.
 In accordance with a congressiona resolution signed by President vii son. April 21 will be designated as g day for the collection of funds in the United States for the relief of suffer ing Ukrafntans-
 A unanimous report saying that nc one save two Washington newspaper men, J. Fred Essary and w. W. Price were responsible for whatever Teak there was on President Wilson's peace note, was presented to the House by Chairman Henry of tho rf1Ies committee.
 A bill granting a pension of S1o0 a month to the widow of the late Maj Gen. Frederick Funston was passed by the Senate.
 Conservation of the country's for ests as a means of insuring a future paper supply was urged in a state ment by Carl vrooman, assistant sec retary of agriculture
 Complete arrangements for the with drawal of American diplomatic and consular officers from Austria-Hun gary have been made by Ambassador PenfieId on instructions from the State Department.