Jasper County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 May 1920 — WORLD'S EVENTS IN SHORT FORM [ARTICLE]

WORLD'S EVENTS IN SHORT FORM

BEST OF THE NEW* BOILED DOWN TO LIMIT. ARRANGED FOR BUSY PEOPLE Notes Covering Most Important Hap» penlnge of the World Complied In Briefest and Moot Succinct Form for Quick Consumption. Washington A Washington dispatch says that, despite the government’s war-time appeal for tax payments as a patriotic duty, more than 300,000 firms and individuals failed to make honest returns under the'revenuc laws In the last two years. • • e Ambassador Johnson at Rome was instructed by the state department at Washington to attend the allied conference at San Remo as official observer for the American government. \* • * The possibility of several months' delay in the settlement of the wage demands of 2,000,000 railroad workers developed during discussions before the railroad labor board at Washington. • • • Census figures given out at Washington include: Akron, 0., 208,435; increase 139,368, or 201.8 per cent. Wichita, Kan., 72,128; Increase 19,678, or 37.5 per cent. Mansfield, 0., 27,834; increase 7,056. - ' * * * The railroad labor board at Washington refused the plea of representatives of striking railroad men in New York, Chicago and St. Louis for a hearing. The boaafl held that it would Trant qo hearing to anyone who had

nor compned fully with the Esch-Cum-mins hill and done everything in their power to avert a rail tieup. • * * Imports in March set a new high record, while exports were the second largest in the history of the country, the department of commerce at Washington announced. Imports for the month were valued at $484,000,000. » • • A proposal to extend the Republican Joint peace resolution passed by the house so as to declare the war with Austria at an end was made before the senate foreign relations committee at Washington. The house at Washington passed the emergency deficiency bill carrying an appropriation of $390,000,000 to wind up the affairs of the railroad administration. • • , The army reorganization bill was passed by the senate at Washington by a vote of 45 to 10 and now goes to conference. - . • , Census figures given out at Washington include: Gary, Ind., 55,344, increase 88,542, or 229.4 per cent. , • , Total loss to the government growing out of federal control of the railroads was estimated by the house appropriations committee at Washington at more than $1,129,000,000. This Includes the $225.000,0CX) guarantees. • • • By a unanimous vote the house at Washington passed a bill increasing by S2O a month the wtrf- risk Insurance payment of the government to 25,000 disabled soldiers and sailors now receiving vocational rehabilitation. • « - • Washington Is advised that John Reed, an American magazine writer, who was reported recently executed in Finland. Is In Jail at Abo. In some parts of Greece no girl can ever hope to find a husband until she has a home of her own; hence providing his daughters with houses Is an onerous duty which falls to the lot of every father.