Tombstone epitaph., 1918-06-23
CONDENSED RECORD or TH 6 PROGRESS OF EVENTS AT
 HOME AND ABROAD.
FROM ALL SOURCES
oAviNos, ooIN c .. ACHIEVE. MENTs. eUFFeRINcs. HOPED
 AND FGARs OF MANKIND.
ABOUT THE WAR

~sA>eAAs oA AhtAch ooA ~~ men continue to carry out aerial oper- ations above and behind enemy lines
 Less than three days was required by the allies to bring the enemy to a virtual halt south of the Aisne.
 Five days sufficed 10 stay the Ger man offensive between Montdidier and Eoyon whose objective was Com piegne.
 The attempted drive by the armies of the German crown prince toward Paris seems definitely to have been checked
 British casualties reported in the week ending June 14 totaled 3i.l1l of ficers and .uen, Of this number Al. being killed.
 American officers and men to the number of l0s, fighting on the Toul sector, have be, n awarded the French var cross for bravery and fidelity.
 Trvvr- ~hc participated in the bat tie, as well as prisoners, are unani- nous in declaring that the German losses throughout the five days were appalling.
 The position of the latest German effort after five days of fighting Is de scribed inelegantly, but aptly, by a general who has just arrived from the front. as follows: The Germans got skintul"
 Friday. the sixth day Of the offen- sive between Noyon and Montdidier, witnessed only small local actions. This may be sign that the enemy has renounced further efforts in this direc- tion and is about to start elsewhere.
 M Clemenceau's organ, L'Homme Ii bre of Paris, expresses no surprise at the slackening of the battle. The en- emy. il declares, has engaged about eighty divisions since May 27. nearly half of which left 50 per cent of their men on the battle ground.
 The long-awaited Austrian offensive against the Italians has begun On the Italian front, for a distance of from seventy-five to 100 miles. Austrian troops and heavy artillery are endeav- bring to break down the resistance or Italians. who are aided by French and British forces.
 Between the southern edge Of the Villers- -Cotterets forest and Chateau Thierry American troops celebrated the anniversary of the arrival Of American troops in France by repuls- ing violent enemy attempts to drive them from their recently won positions at Belleu wood and Bouresches The enemy attacked after a heavy bom- bardment, but was driven back with the Americans. who took prisoners and machine guns.
 WESTERN
 The labor bill met defeat in the low CT house of the Arizona Legislature.
 Tn a running fight with three bur glars in a motor car near Laurel. Neb.. John Conover. owner of the telephone exchange at Laurel. was shot through the head and died in an hour, and Dr. s. S. Sackett of Laurel was shot through the body and his death is ex- pected.
 Lieut.. Pat O'Brien, Royal British Flying Corps. who is in the United States after having escaped from a German war prison, fell nearly 2,000 feet in an aeroplane at San Antonio, Tex. but was only slightly injured. WASHINGTON
 The Navy Department was advised that the British steamer Keemun had arrived safely al an Atlantic port.
 Continued throat trouble prompted Secretary McAdoo to return to White Sulphur Springs. w. Va, to spend sev- eral weeks recuperating.
 The effective date Of the order re- curing payment of railroad transpor- tation orders on a cash basis was postponed from July to Aug. l.
 The Senate finance committee de cided not to attempt suspension of publishers second-class mail rates which become effective July l.
 A proposal that not fewer than g. GOO ,0Oo American troops be used in the war during the next year is made in an amendment to the navy appropriation bill introduced by Senator Fall of New Mexico.
 The nation must prepare for a bit ter struggle of indefinite duration, Ad- miral BraIsted. surgeon general of the navy, warned medical celebrities at tending the sixty-ninth annual conven- tion of the American Medical associa- tion.
 The purpose of the United States to send men and materials to France un- til "any temporary inequality of force is entirely overcome" was reiterated by President Wilson in replying to a message from President Poincare on the anniversary of the landing of the first American troops in France.