Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 299, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 December 1920 — AUTO DEATHS’ RISE KEEPS UP’ [ARTICLE]

AUTO DEATHS’ RISE KEEPS UP’

Census Bureau at Washington Figures Show They Totaled 7,969 in 1919. Washington, Dec. 16'—Deaths from automobile accidents continued to show an increase during 1919, with a total of 7,969 for the census bureau’s registration area, comprising about 80 per cent of the country’s total population. according^to statistics just completed.