Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 168, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 July 1920 — ITEMS FOR BUSY READERS. [ARTICLE]

ITEMS FOR BUSY READERS.

| Clinton County Census.—The census bureau Tuesday announced the 1920 population of Clinton county as 27,737. This is an increase since 1910 of 1,063. The gain in the county seat, Frankfort, for the same period of time was 2,951, which shows a loss in the county outside of Frankfort Of 1,888. Evidently there is a shift from the rural communities to the cities. War Veteran Drowns Self.-—Ju-lius A. Victor, a retired Indianapolis grocer, committed suicide Monday night by drowning in the cistern at his home. He was born in Alsace and was a veteran in the Civil war. Dr. Brockway Wants Now Trial. —Dr. Charles J. Brockway, of Lafayette, convicted of involuntary manslaughter, for the death of his wife, has filed a petition asking for a new trial, alleging that the court erred in admitting certain evidence, and that the foreman of the jury was guilty of misconduct. Harding Sure To Win. —Repubiican scouts, reporting after five weeks’ reconnaissance covering all contested portions of the country, said Harding is bound to win and that Republicans will control the senate by at least six votes. Cox and Roosevelt To Confer Witt Wilson.—The presidential and vice-presidential candidates will confer with President Wilson at the White House next Sunday. Evidently Sunday is not the president’s busy day. Dismissed Suit For Suffrage injunction.—Suit to restrain the yousible proclamation of the ratification of the nineteenth amendment to the national constitution granting, to women the right to vote, has been dismissed by Justice Bailey in the Supreme court of the District of Columbia. —- i