Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 May 1917 — GENERAL AND STATE NEWS [ARTICLE]

GENERAL AND STATE NEWS

Telegraphic Reports From Many Parts of the Country. SHORT BITS OF THE UNUSUAL Happenings in the Nearby Cities ano Towns—Matters of Minor Mentior from Many Places. . NEW PEACE PROPOSAL SOON Copenhagen, May 7, (via London, May 8, 5:40 a. ni.)— There is still talk in Berlin, according to advices received here, that Germany will make new peace proposals this week. There is no definite basis apparent for the rumors, though the convocation of the Bundesrat 'committee on foreign affairs perhaps may be confirmatory of them.