Tombstone epitaph., 1917-01-14
THE WORLD IN
 PARAGRAPHS
A BRIEF RECORD OF PASSING EVENTS IN THIS AND FOR
 EioN coUNTRIEa
IN LATE DISPATCHES
ooiNos AND HAPPENINGS THAT MARK THE PROGRESS
 OF THE AGE.
About the War

western Newspaper Union News Service.
 About the War Russians and Germans each make slight gains in Carpathian woods.
 Bombardments and small engage ments sole activities outside Russo Rumanian fronts.
 Teutons continue to invade Moi david from west, but are strongly re sisted in south.
 Indications that the Greek situation Is by no means settled were given in dispatches from Athens.
 French forces made counter attacks on the new position captured by the Germans on Dead Man Hill northwest Of verdun.
 Berlin reports French batleship Verite was torpedoed by submarine port is untrue.
 In the Verdun sector east of the Chambrettes farm the Germans at tempted a strong surprise attack against the French position. but were repulsed. according to Paris.
 The battle of the Somme is pictured as sweeping triumph for the entente allied arms. in a detailed report by Gen. Sir Douglas Haig, which covers operations from July to Nov. IS.
 Capture of coo prisoners, three can mons and mine throwers and bomb mortars from Teutonic forces on the heights near Botoch. Rumania, was announced by the war office at Petro- grad.
 Teutons drive all Russian and Ru- manian troops out of Dobrudja except for rear guard on narrow strip near Galatz. Siavs retreat toward Braila. leaving Germans in control from Dan ube to Black sea.
 Carranza forces met and defeated Villa command at Bustillos, fifty miles west of Chihuahua City. on the Mex ican Northwestern railroad, Dec. 27. Carranza official from Chihuahua City who arrived at Juarez stated.
 Western
 Thomas E. Campbell, Republican, was inaugurated governor of Arizona, Monday.
 An explosion of gasoline on the 400- foot level Of the Pittsburg Idaho mine at Gilmore, Idaho. imprisoned thirteen miners, all of whom are thought to be dead.
 Stanley B. Clifford, New York capi talist, with large holdings in sugar plantations in the lower Rio Grande valley, died at Brownsville, Tex, of appendicitis.
 Keith Neville, 8, youngest gover- nor Nebraska ever had, was inaugu- rated at Lincoln with brief and simple ceremonies. after John H. Morehead. retiring governor, delivered his final message.
 Eleven school children were killed, four probably fatally hurt and eight seriously injured when a tornado wrecked the Vireton rural school house thirteen miles northwest of Mo Alester, Okla.
 Chicago police were confronted with a mysterious ak murder when the body of Otto Wintermeyer, druggist, was discovered in the rear of his store. His skull was crushed and be- side him lay bloody ax.
 Flowers of many varieties. of all the color of the rainbow, built into hun dreds of floats, competed for honors at Pasadena in the twenty-eighth an nual tournament of roses, Southern California's mid-winter festival.
 Washington
 President Wilson contemplates send fne another peace note to the bellig- erents.
 Four eclipses of the sun and three of the moon, the greatest number pos sible in a single year. will occur in 1917.
 The increase in the national debt of Great Britain, France. Russia. Ger many and Austria-Hungary is esti- mated by the federal reserve board al s4e.455. 900 GOO from the beginning of the war to the latter part of 1916.
 Assailing the Federal Farm Loan Board for not locating farm loan hank in Colorado or adjacent territory. Senator Shafroth introduced bill to create a thirteenth farm loan bank district to include Colorado. Wyoming. u,ah and New Mexico and establish the bank in Denver.
 Action on Senator Hitchcock's reso- lutiou to have the Senate indorse President Wilson's peace note was de ferred rhursday after long debate. presfdent Wilson nominated Lieut.. Col Chester Harding. army engineer corps, te bs governor of the Panama canal sons.
 Establishment of . thirteenth fed snaf farm loan district. to include Colorado, Wyoming. Utah and New Mexico. vI,h an additional farm loan n.nk in Denver. is sought in bill in- troduced in the House by Representa- live HfliarS Of Colorado.