Jasper County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 July 1920 — STATE NEWS ITEMS [ARTICLE]

STATE NEWS ITEMS

The Doings of Hoosierdom Reported by Wire. SEES DROP IN SUGAR PRICE Stanley Wyckoff, Fair Price Commissioner, Says Retail Prices Should Fall Within Few Days—To Form Woman’s Committee. Indianapolis, July 2.—Sugar prices are breaking, Stanley Wyckoff, fair price commissioner for Indiana, announced In referring to a decline of $1.24 a 100 pounds, and a prediction that another drop probably would be effective before the end of the week. The average retail price should be about 27 to 28* cents a pound, he said, and the reflection of the wholesale slump should be apparent in the retail market without delay. Retail prices are being checked to see that this is done, he said. Miss Helen Grimes, field organizer for the woman’s division in the campaign by the department of justice against Jhe high cost of living, and Mr. Wyckoff have completed tentative plans for the establishment of a state committee of women, It was announced. Recommendations by Mr. Wyckoff concerning that phase of the work have been sent to the department of justice, he said. If the plans are successful a state-wide meeting of women on fair price committees and leaders in women’s club work will be called soon and the proposition explained. ■ The purpose of the campaign is to urge the women to co-operate in wise buying. Effects of the tightening of the money market are noticeable in government reports on storage of dairy and poultry products, Mr. Wyckoff said. A large shrinkage in storage receipts for the first five months of the year is shown by the reports.

Rep. VestaTto Go to England. Anderson, July 2.—Albert H. Vestal, representative in the congress from the Eighth Indiana district, and Mrs. Vestal, who have been resting at their home here-wlll return to Washington, D. C., and then will go to New York July 7 preparatory to sailing for England. Mr. Vestal Is making the trip on official business, and will be accompanied, he said, by probably two or Jhree other members of the bouse committee on coinage, weights and measures, of which he is chairman. Teacher Dies After Operation. Muncie, July 2.—Miss Nellie Keller, one of Muncie’s most popular and widely known young women, died suddenly in an Indianapolis hospital, following an operation. She was the daughter of Henry- J. Keller, head of the Keller company, and Mrs. Keller, 'and was an instructor in the department of biology at Vassar college, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Woman Charged With Murder. Lafayette, July 2.—Mrs. Pearl McLaughlin, whose former husband, Guy McLaughlin, died of a bullet wound which she inflicted three weeks ago, was arrested on a charge of .first degree murder. She had been at liberty on a $5,000 bond on a charge of assault and battery with intent to kill. Four Change Pleas to Guilty. Indianapolis, July 2.—Frank Clark, his wife, Lottie Clark, Frank E. Meharry and Henry Nolan, all of Terre Haute, charged with violating the Harrison narcotic law, changed their pleas of not guilty to guilty before Judge A. B. Anderson in the federal court. Child Scalded to Death. Goshen, July 2.—Dorothea M. Arnsden, age nine months, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Amsden of Goshen, is dead as the result of scalds received when she caused her mother to trip and fall while carrying a pan of boiling water. Chicle producing trees have been discovered in British Guiana and the discoverer has obtained a concession covering 6,200 square miles of territory which he will prospect.