Tombstone epitaph., 1918-06-02
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Wsstsrn Newspaper Cnion Nevs esrvtsa ABOUT THE WAR

ABOUT THE WAR
 Mexico has severed diplomatic rela- dons with Cuba.
 The Cork steamer Inniscarra, bound from Fishguard to Cork. has been ter bsdoed and sunk. Thirty-seven inern oers of the crew were missing.
 Ffty-six American troops on the British steamship Moldavia have been unaccounted for. says an official statement by the British admiralty.
 The declaration Of var by Costa Rica on the Central powers brings tfe total number of nations aligned aSAinst Germany up to total of ,wen- ty-one.
 The fortress of Metz, in Lorraine. and the city of Coblenx, on the Rhine, have been bombed by British aviators Thionville, Namur and Carleroi also were attacked.
 Lively fighting continues in the mountains of northern Italy with the Italian and British troops on the of fensive. Along the Piave the artil- &Siy Ahhh6 hae ihSicoScu
 Martial law has been proclaimed in Bohemia, and in consequence of pop ular excesses" many persons have been imprisoned. says a dispatch to the London Daily Mail from Berne, quoting the Slovenski Parod.
 An enemy destroyer has been sunk In the neighborhood of Zeebrugge by . direct hit from an aeroplane. The mole and seaplane base at Zeebrugge also were badly damaged by bombs which British naval aviators dropped.
 More than 2,700,000 wounded and sick men have been returned to the fighting front and 92.060 soldiers have been discharged from the Ger man army as unfit for further serv- ice. according to . report of the state ment in the Re!chstag by Surgeon General Schulze as contained in the Bsrliner Tageblatt of April 24, . copy of which has been received in New York.
 A London official statement on aerial operations says: Since the beginning of the German offensive, two months ago. 1000 German aero planes have been brought down or driven out of control. and more than 1000 tons of bombs have been dropped over the enemy's lines. During the night of May 20 aerodromes in the neighborhood of Ghent, Tournal and et Quentin used by the enemy's night bombing machines were heavily at tacked. Thirteen tons of bombs were dropped on these and four and a half tons were dropped on the railway sta ton at Thionville. Metz and CoblenI" :" WESTERN
 Miss Anne Martin. candidate for a nomination to the United States Sen ate from Nevada. has resigned as chairman of the National Woman's party in order to devote herself to her campaign.
 The lower house of the Arizona Legislature passed the joint resolution Fatifying the prohibition amendment to the constitution by . vote of 2s to .. Speaker Johns and Representatives Foster and Mccormick voting in the negative. The resolution passed the Senate unanimously, making the twelfth state to act favorably.
 Howard H. Deweese, who was shot ct Salt Lake City. Utah. for the mur- der of his wife. Fanny Fisher De Weese, left . grim legacy for his wife's former husband. It is . silk handkerchief and the bullets which passed through the heart of Deweese first passed through the bit of silk. which he had pinned over his chest. WA8HIN0T0N
 From Teheren, Persia, where the people arc starving. stricken with ty- 0hus and typhoid, a cablegram asking tor aid has come to Secretary Lan- Sins.
 Sinking of the British armed mer- chant cruiser Moldavia. with . proba- ble loss of fifty-six American soldiers, was announced in . cablegram from the British admiralty to the War De Dartment.
 The Senate military committee unanimously went on record in favor of large expansion of the American army. It ordered . favorable report on . resolution by Senator Reed of Missouri declaring for an increase of . An0 n<sn vn~m
 Another move toward full utiliza- tjou Of the country's manpower was made when Secretary Baker sent to Cengress the drsft of . bill proposing to raass the maximum ags for volun- sasy eultstmeut ts the symy from @ to Ss years. All men more than e % enlisted would be sssiUDed to n0ncom- ba1anf service.
 Native Americans were called upon Sy PrsoSAent WiIsou to join with the esrsi0rbo of the United Ststss in eslshssfsng oa the Hourth Of July this vsas the barth ef . new and greater pD1Eit of dsooersey.