Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 81, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 January 1920 — 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 and Towns—Matters of Minor Mention From Many LocalitiesCOURT SUSTAINED DEMURRER In Federal Case Against Delavan Smith of Indianapolis News. Indianapolis, Jan. 3. —Judge A. B. Anderson in the United States district court today sustained the demurrer In the case of Delavan Smith, owner of the Indianapolis News, charged with violation of a section of the criiniinal code in making affidavit as sole owner of the publicationThe judge • held that the indictment was brought under the wrong count of the affidavit. The case against Smith followed the probating of the will of the late Charles W. Fairbanks, former vice president of the United States, In which It was shown Mr. Fairbanks had a part ownership In the newspaper.