Jasper County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 May 1920 — MOST IMPORTANT NEWS OF WORLD [ARTICLE]

MOST IMPORTANT NEWS OF WORLD

BIQ HAPPENINGS OF THE WEEK CUT TO LAST ANALYSIS. DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN ITEMS Kernel* Culled From Event* of Moment In All Part* of the World— Of Interest to All the People Everywhere. Personal William Dean nowells, the novelist, died at New York. Mr, Howells returned a few weeks ago from Savannah. While in the South he was stricken with influenza and never had fully recovered. • • • Washington Legislation designed to aid the railroads and shippers In the car shortage situation by extending the use of the $390,000,000 revolving fund provided in the transportation act from five to fifteen years was agreed upon by the senate commerce committee at Washington. • • * Telegrams were sent by the department of justice at Washington to all United States attorneys reiterating the department’s policy of holding the margin of profit on sugar sales to one cent for wholesalers and two cents for retailers. • * • President Wilson’s hitherto unpublished war instructions to the officers of the Atlantic fleet, given In person on the quarterdeck of the flagship Pennsylvania on August 17, and bidding them "throw tradition to the winds,” “strike the word prudent from their vocabularies” and “do the thing that Is audacious to the utmost point of risk and daring,” were made public at Washington by Secretary Daniels.

Wins Case Without Witness. Noblesville, May 14. —Although she did not have a single witness to testify In her behalf, a Jury returned a verdict IA favor of Rosa Davis, administratrix of the estate of her late husband, Charles E. Davis, in her ease against the Centnp. Indiana Railroad company, awarding the plaintiff damages in the sum of $3,000 on account of the death of her husband. Davis was a brakeman for the company and was crushed to death in March, 1917, while he was attempting to couple two cars. All of the testimony brought' out in behalf of the plaintiff was the result of the cross-examination of witnesses who testified for the company. Escape Fire by Sheet Rope. Logansport, May 14.—Cut off from the fire escape by flames which enveloped the rear portion of their apartment on the second floor of the restaurant at Burrows, seven miles Houth of this city, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Emerick and their seventeen-year-old daughter knotted togefher the ends of the sheets from their beds and escaped from the burning building in their night garments by way of the front window at three o’clock In the morning. ’ Sunday School Meet June 21. Crawfordsville, May 14.—The tentative program for the state convention of the Indiana Sunday School association. which will be hold here .June 21, 22, 23 and ft. includes addresses by many prominent' Sunday school workers. Hundreds of Sunday school workers from all part* of tfie state are expected to attend the convention. Order $1,000,000 Sewer, Anderson, May 14.—After a discussion that lasted for hours the city board of works decided to construct the proposed $1,000,000 trunk sewer and to advertise for blds May 24. Petitions with 2,(XX) signatures opposing the sewer were presented, but those favoring the plan were well represented. 7 • Frustrates Jail Delivery. Anderson,- May 14.—An alleged attempt of Ray Comer of Fort Wayne and Harry Bright of Crawfordsville, held in jail In connectiorf with tlio theft of an automobile from Rex Kaufman here, to escape, was frustrated by Sheriff Lewis, who found an iron bar suspended on a wire dangling from Bright’s window.