Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 August 1916 — GENERAL AND STATE NEWS [ARTICLE]

GENERAL AND STATE NEWS

Teltgraphic Reports From Many Parts of the Country. SHORT BITS OF THE UNUSUAL Happenings in the Nearby Cities and Towns—Matters of Minor Mention From Many Places. K. C. Boosts Salaries of Lodge's Otticiuls. Davenport, lowa, Aug. 2.—The salaries of the supreme knight and supreme secretary were Increased from $6,000 to SB,OOO a year at today’s convention of the .Knights ol Columbus, and that of tne supreme treasurer from $3,600 to $4,500. The per diem of delegates was raised from $5 to $lO per day and ten cents mileage. Four supreme directors were reelected for three years each. Old Point Comfort, Va., was chosen as the place for the 1917 convention.