Tombstone epitaph., 1917-12-09
THE WORLD IN
 PARAGRAPHS
A 0Rier RECORD or PASSING EVENTS IN THIS AND FoR
 EIcN coUNTRiEa
IN LATE DISPATCHES
ooINcs AND HAPPENINGS THAT MARK THE PRooREss
 OF TIRE AGE.
ABOUT THE WAR

Western Newspaper Union News Service. ABOUT THE WAR
 More troops sent against Villa and his bandits.
 Austrian troops in Albania suffer heavy losses.
 British cavalry has had thrilling ex- periences in recent fighting.
 British and French forces have reached Italian line to resist invad- CTS.
 The British are smelling Cambrai. the city in the heart of the great coal dis trict.
 American troops played an impor- tant part in Gen Byng's drive before Cambrsi.
 Ambassador Jessurand reported that six German submarines had been sunk in four days
 Ten divisions strong. the Belgian ar my is ready to take its part in the offensive in Flanders whenever the word is given.
 President Wilson and his Cabinet decided to take no steps at this time toward . declaration of war on Aus tria-I1ungary.
 Two American soldiers were killed and five were severely wounded in an artillery combat with Germans on Nov. 20. Gen. Pershing reported.
 The Austrian and German frontiers have been closed Both the French and Italian frontiers already had been closed for an indefinite period.
 Around Verdun and in the Aisne district several attempted raids have been thwarted by the French. The British are still advancing in Meso potamia.
 The allies are planning to send a warning to Russia that there can be no separate peace The inter-allied conferees gathered in Paris and planned to send a final warning to the Slays.
 Chancellor von Hertwig told the reichstag he was waiting for Russia to name a responsible envoy to go ahead with the separate peace plans. He said he expected an early armis- tice.
 The Italians again have turned back the Teutonic invaders and also deliy- cred a violent attack against the in vaders in the Piave river as well as on the Asiago plateau. It is believed the Italian crisis now has passed.
 The brilliant record of the French aviators, including the members of the Lafayette escadrille for the ten months ending in October, shows that they destroyed l20 German airplanes over the French lines and 397 over the German lines whose destruction has been fully confirmed.
 WESTERN
 The bodies of Michael Kelly, his wife and their three children were found with their throats cut in their home at Rose Lake. Idaho.
 Pork available for immediate deliv- cry commanded $50 a barrel at Chica- go. Nov. 2Sth. the highest price on record. The topmost figures during Civil War days. when gold was at a big premium, was $43.
 A military spirit dominated Thanks giving day in Chicago for the first time since Civil War days. thousands of soldiers and sailors being enter tained at dinner in private homes. clubs and hotels.
 Thefts of express packages from the Adams Express Company in the last $70.00O. it was stated in Chicago. in connection with the arrest of eight employees of the company.
 By increasing the assessed valua- tion of all lands in Illinois per cent and by boosting other assessments, the State Board of Equalization before adjournment at Springfield, added $z11, ,776, ,C6S to last years assessed val uation of the property of the state. W. sHINGTON
 Naval operation of all American merchant ships engaged in transatlan- tic service is planned by the govern ment to safeguard vessels traversins the submarine zone.
 Thousands of uniformed men iron. nearby training camps were Thanks giving dinner guests in Washington homes and many religious and fra ternal organizations held special en- tertainments in honor of the enlisted men.
 Official confirmation of the news from London that German staff off cers are in Petrograd acting as mili- tary advisers of the Lenine factio, probably ~iIl be followed promptly by action on the part of the United States and the allies definitely to place the Bolsheviki regime in the list of Ger many's allies.
 Interment as military prisoners for the period of war at Fort Douglas IS the fate of Max Linder. supposed member of the German intelligence department. and two accomplices. Rc- -dolph Dankort and Harry Warszok.