Tombstone epitaph., 1917-11-11
THE WORLD IN
PARAGRAPHS
A brief RECORD OF PASSING
EVENTS IN THIS AND FOR
EicN couNTRiEA
IN LATE DISPATCHES
ooiNos AND HAPPENINGS THAT
MARK THE PROGRESS
OF THE AGE.
ABOUT THE WAR

ABOUT THE WAR
The third Liberty loan will prob
ably be flcated in February.
United States army of 100000 men
VIII be reply to Teuton drive.
The Germans have lost 6.00O.0 900
men during three years of war.
The first battalion of Americans in
the trenches have been relieved by
others.
British casualties reported during
the week ended October goth totaled
24.09l.
The United States has made loan
10 Italy and will work out other plans
to aid the Italians.
Fourteen British merchantmen over
1000 tons were sunk by mine or sub,
marine in the last week.
The Americans in the first line
trenches went into No Mans Land
and brought back their first prisoner.
The transport Finland was tor
pedoed while returning TO the United
States. but was able to return 10 4
foreign port under her own steam
The Americans are continuing 10
shell the German lines but no import
ant action is reported The United
States troops, according to Secretary
Baker, will be trained for night fight
ing.
British and French troops have ar
rived Oh the Italian front TO reinforce
the Cadorna army. Gen. Cadorna has
reformed his lines near the Taglia-
mento and made his stand to stem the
advance of the enemy.
British casualties reported during
the month of October totalled S2,377.
The losses were divided as follows:
Officers killed or died of wounds, l.
445; men, 1885. Officers wounded OF
missing. Abb; men. 6l,sl4.
The Canadians won a brilliant vic
tory over the Germans around Ypres
and captured the last remaining
stronghold before Passchendaele. Gen
eral Haig reports the Germans have
been thrown back 1000 yards
In a battle on the Bainsizza plateau
80, 600 AustroGermans were killed. in
GLIDING two generals. The Italian
losses have increased 10000 men.
bringing the total up to 100000. One
thousand five hundred guns have been
lost
Sir Eric Geddes, first lord OF the ad-
miralty, declared in London that since
the beginning of the war nearly half
of the German U-boats had been sunk
by the allies. He said the German
tonnage losses were about 80 per cent
while the allies had lost only about
II per cent.
WESTERN
The Arizona copper strike in the
Clifton Morenci district has been set
tied
Colorado and Wyoming coal prices
have been advanced As cents per ton
to cover the increase in wages of min
ers.
Following out their proposed strike
schedule 5000 oil workers in eighteen
Texas and Louisiana oil fields went
out on strike.
Gustave Hindenburg. first cousin Of
the German general Of that name,
went to O'Neill, Nebr, to buy $4,000
worth Of Liberty loan bonds. He is
"a years old.
In New Mexico an election will Be
held Nov. on constitutional amend
ments for statewide prohibition,
amending taxation methods and in
creasing the number of judicial dis
tricts.
Fred Elkins and H. NJ. Parker. al
legged accomplices in the killing of a
man on the Indian reservation near
Holbrook, Ariz-, were taken back to
that city for trial by Sheriff Newman
of Holbrook.
Four charges, one containing two
specifications, were faced by the six.
ty-four negroes of the Twenty-fourth
infantry, charged with participation in
the riots ut Houston, Tex, in which
fourteen persons were killed Aug. %.
WASHINGTON
Food prices rs . whole have ad-
vanced ~ per cent over the year be-
fore the war.
Ralph Stone of Detroit was ap-
pointed trust officer of the alien Gus
todian's office
A credit of $25 900 900 extended to
Great Britain by the treasury raised
the total credits TO the allies to 3d.
13I, 400. 900.
The time for making return on the
new corporation income taxes and
war excess profits under the war rev.
enue bill has been extended to Jan.
], 1918.
Coal miners In virtually every coal
producing region in the United States
will reap benefits under the agree
ment just concluded, whereby miners
in the central competitive field re-
r~{ve higher nav.