Jasper County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 76, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 December 1920 — News of the Week Cut Down for Busy Readers [ARTICLE]

News of the Week Cut Down for Busy Readers

Sport in# Jack De*up***y, heavyweight rlmm--6100 of the world, knocked out Rill kouu of Chicago Id the twelfth round at Mndueu Square garden la Hew York. Brennan aald he Intended to aak for another match. • • • (Washington The coat of lnaugnrattng a PrealBent haa Increased from fSO to 100 per cent. It was estimated at the flrat aeehl.Hi of the Joint congreaaiortal committee In charge of the Inauguration of Battling at YVaahtngtou. • • e Deaths from automobile accidents Continued to show an Increase during JtUB. with a total of TJX® for the iWaahlngtou census hurray's registration area, comprising about 80 per Cent of the population. • • • /Nearly one-half of the nation's rec-ord-breaking overseas commerce for the last fiscal year waa carried In ‘American ships. Secretary of Commerce Alexander shows In hla annual report at Washington. * -V 8 8 8 The Treasury department at Washington estimates that “more than sl,000.000.000“ Is outstanding in unpaid taxes because of the government’s Inability to audit the returns. 8 8 8 ' President Wflaon at Washington called upon his fellow countrymen to contribute funds to save 3,500,000 children who “are facing starvation In central Europe." He announced that be would adopt twenty of these children. • • • Operation of the United States postal service for the fiscal year 1920 resulted in a deficit of $17.270,482, Postmaster General Burleson shows In bis annual report to the President at Washington. • • • The Johnson Immigration bill* as amended to prohibit all immigration for a period of one year, was passed by the blouse at Washington. The vote wns 293 for the bill and 41 against. Six members voted “present."

• • • Repeal of most of the wartime laws were held by the house at Wash\lngton which adopted the Volstead k tfesolntlon for that purpose after two Igw rs of The vote on adoption |Vj'.he resolution was unanimous. The senate at Washington passed the agriculture committee resolution directing the revival of the w’ar finance corporation as a measure of affording relief to farmers. • • * Preliminary negotiations for the purchase by President Wilson of" the residence of Representative Alvan T. Fuller of Massachusetts at 2241 Wyoming' avenue northwest, at Washington, hatfe been made. * • • Great Increases in naval armaments are recommended by Secretary of the INavy Daniels In his annual report to congress at Washington. • * • The appointment of Henry Morgenthau, former ambassador to Turkey, as President Wilson’s personal representative to mediate between Armenia and the Turkish nationalists, Is expected at Washington. * * • Foreign The assembly of the League of Nations at Geneva went on record as favoring the elimination of armaments by the powers for the next two years by agreement among them. * * * A Rome dispatch says thaat 400 HunKrian subjects against whom the poe have sufficient evidence to show they have been conspiring against public order In Italy have been arrested at Bologna. , • • • ' The central portion of Cork was burned to the ground following an ambush of the mintary at Pillons Cross IBaturday night, In which four persons [were killed and many wounded. • * • A Mexico City dispatch says telegraphers and station agents on the National railways have ordered a [general immediate strike, which It Is Seared will paralyze all the lines. * * *

The plan for an International court which was submitted to the assembly ht Geneva by the committee which had It In charge, was unanimously adopted by the league assembly. • * * Austria was elected a member of the League of Nations by the assembly of the league at Geneva. The election was without opposition. Thirty-five votes were cast in favor Of her admission. Two members were absent «nd four abstained from voting. * * * Concentration of soviet troops ocicurred In the direction of Vllna, consequent on the arrival of troops of Ke allies and neutral powers In Vllna, jSjjs a dispatch received from that lEtty. t — * •"

General Hlr Neville Mecßeady. In charge of the British military totem In Ireland, hutted the martial law proclamation to the counties of Cork, Kerry, Tipperary and Limerick, aaya n London dispatch. a" a • Personal Gen. Benjamin HHt, the Mexican secretary of war, died at Mexico Otty. He had been critically ill for several days. • • • K. A. Williams, seventy-throe, supreme president of the Equitable Fra* tern a 1 union, died at Neeuah, Wla. • • • Mrs. Muriel MacSwlney. widow of the late lord mayor of Cork, visited congress sod met many senators and representatives. • • • George Glpp, Net re Dame's allAmericaa fullback, died at Sooth Bend. Ind.. of streptococcus Infection of the throat, which followed soi attack of pneumonia. • • • The funeral at Marquis John Anthony dells Chless. brother of Pope Benedict, wss held Jn St. Charles? church at Rome. • • • • Horace E. Dodge. autompbUe manufacturer, died at hla winter home In Palm Beach. Kin. He bad been in poor health since he suffered an attack of Influenza a year ago. • • • The twelfth grandchild of the late Theodore Roosevelt, a girl, was born to Mrs. Richard Derby, youngest daughter of the former President. • • • Domestic More than a score of New York millionaires, whose 1919 incomes called for federal tax payments ranging from SIOO,OOO to $2,800,000. were unable to meet the last quarterly payment due Wednesday. • • • A 20 per cent reduction in the retail price of lumber was announced by dealers at Spokane. Wash. An overstipply of lumber was said to be the reason. • • • Kermlt Roosevelt, son erf the late Col. Theodore Roosevelt, was fined $25 for speeding on Staten Island. He pleaded guilty, explaining that his speedometer was broken. • • * Two persons were burned to death ajid heavy property damage resulted from a fire which destroyed a hotel at Hamilton. Tex. The dead are W. W. Trimble and Robert Nichols. • • • Fifty-nine motorcars were burned when fire part of the Midland garage at Kansas City, Mo. • • • Emil Serdinglanz, an attorney, who pleaded guilty to perjury, was sentenced to' one year at Waupum by Circuit Court Judge Grace at Kewaunee, Wls. . # • • Reductions of wages for farm labor of from 25 to 50 cents a day were put Into effect by the Valley Fruit Growers’ association, a large farmers’ organization at Fresno, Cal. • • « New low record prices were established for refined sugar at New York. The Federal Sugar Refining company reduced Its list price another half cent to the basis of BVi cents per pound for fine granulated. • * • Ten midshipmen are held on the station ship, Relna Mercedes, at the Annapolis (Md.) naval academy in connection with alleged hazing, according to Rear Admiral Scales, superintendent of the Institution. * * * Mrs. Harry Lamasky, aged thirtyfive years, and her sister, Miss A. Kabka, are dead as the result of burns sustained In a fire that destroyed the Lamasky farmhouse about five miles south of Brighton, la. i • *- * Herbert C. Hoover arrived In Marlon and went direct to Presidentelect Harding’s home. Mr. Hoover gave the President-elect first-hand Information concerning economic conditions In Europe. - * * *

Four persons were killed, four more probably fatally injured and 22 injured less serioUsly when a Country club street car ran wild on a hill at the foot of Main street at Kansas City, Mo. , • * * Fire destroyed the plant of the Helmbacher Forge and Rolling Mill company at Madison, 111., causing a property loss of $1,000,000. * * * About $7,000 was taken by a lone masked bandit, who held up the State Bank of Carney, about fifteen miles west of Chandler, Okla. * * * After binding and gagging the owner, four armed men robbed the jewelry store of Sam Rubensteln, 719 South Crawford avenue, Chicago, of $25,000 worth of valuables. > * * * The Bank of Sandoval, 111., filed a voluntary petition In bankruptcy. It listed liabilities of $60,910 and assets aggregating $47,660, against which there Is an incumbrance of $13,250. ** • - Robbers who smashed their way Into the vault of the First State bank of Shamrock, Creek county, Oklahoma, escaped with $5,000. A woman’s torso was found In New York bay, off Staten island. It was taken to a morgue and a police Investigation begun. _