Tombstone epitaph., 1917-01-21

ABOUT THE WAR
 Berlin says that all Russian attacks were repulsed.
 Hard fighting is still in progress in the region of Riga in northwest Rus eia
 Lloyd's announces that the British steamer Allie. l.244 tons. and the Dan ish steamer Ebro, 1,027 tons, and Vik- ing have been sunk.
 Twenty Villa soldiers and four off cers were killed in an engagement with Carranza soldiers at Cosomilli- panan in the state of Vera Cruz
 Braila. Rumania's chief commercial city. has been captured by the Ger mans and Bulgarians. Four Ruman- ian towns were taken and 1,io0 pris- oners brought in.
 In yolhynis, near Novo Selki, and in Galicia north of Zborow. the Ger mans have attempted advances against the Russians, but were re- pulsed, according to Petrograd.
 Carranza forces now occupy Jiminez, Santa Rosalia and Parral, while Fran cisco Villa and his staff have fled to the State of Durango over the branch railroad from Parral to Fl Orc, Du- rango.
 Following up their advance north east of Kut-Et-Amara on the Tigris .n Mesopotamia, tie British haze rgain attacked and captured Turkish trenches on the right bank of the river and inflicted heavy casualties on the Ottomans.
 Six lines of intrenchments covering the town of Rafa, on the Sinai benin eula, have been captured by the Brit ish. 1t is announced in London. The statement says 1.6o0 Turks were cap tured Rafa is thirty miles north east of Fl Arish, Egypt.
 The invasion of Rumania by the troops of the central powers continues to progress. Berlin reports that the invaders, moving eastward into Mol david from the Transylvania Alps re zion, are gaining ground step by step. In this fighting the Teutonic allies. according to Berlin. have taken 5,49s prisoners and captured three guns and ten machine guns.
 WESTERN
 The National Farmers Association will hold it's annual meeting in Kan, sas City. Feb. 21. 22, g.
 The Washington State Legislature passed a memorial to Congress advo- eating a national prohibition law and praying the submission of such a con- stitutional amendment.
 Hazel Spellman, 14-year-old girl found wounded beside the dead body of her mother in an old barn near Paloa, Kan, was arrested, charged with murdering her mother.
 Private Clare H Chambers of the supply company. Wyoming infantry died at the Deming, N. NJ, base hos pital of pneumonia. His remains were sent to his former home at Cheyenne
 Within two blocks of police head quarters four Chinese boy bandits held up a Chinese restaurant at San Francisco, bound and gagged four Chinese and escaped with nearly sl, 900 in coin and jewelry.
 Col. William Frederick Cody ("Buf falo Bin") died at 12:o5 o'clock Wed nesday afternoon, Jan. 10, at the home of his sister, Mrs. L. E. Decker. ir Denver. His wife, daughter. sisteI and other relatives were at his bed side when the end came.
 After a five-hour deadlock, during which sixty-six ballots were taken John N. Feeling of Hastings was SC ected as messenger to carry the eigh electoral votes of Nebraska to Wash ington. He was instructed to cas- them for Wilson and Marshall.
 Marion Cooley and Ely Mace. ar rested at Kansas City, confessed tt having burglarized the Stockmen'i National bank at Brush, Colo. seyera weeks ago. according to the police The robbers obtained 5000 in thei haul. About S2.0o0 of the money hal been recovered.
 WASHINGTON
 Transmission in the mails of liquo advertisements. in circulars. newspa pers or otherwise. into states whicl prohibit such advertising or solicita tion, is barred by bill by Senate Bankhead of Alabama, passed by tn Senate.
 Representative Emerson of Ohio of fered . resolution in the House to pro vide an extra months pay for all na tional euardsmen on the border.
 Wayne Mcveagh. attorney genera in the cabinet of President Garf!el and brother of Franklin Mcveagh. fol mer secretary of the treasury. died i Washington
 At . hearing on . drastic prohib t,ou bill for Alaska before the Hous territories committee it was develope that there are BPS retail liquor dealer aud six breWsrs in the territory.