The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-05-01
THREE HELD FOR
THEFTS OF FEED
FROM FARMERS
Dayton Men Accused Of Be
ing Implicated in Disappear
ance Of Mill Feed.

EATON. o.. May Carl Pine, of
Dayton, Is confined here in the county
jail In default Of bond, upon a grand
larceny charge; John Schilmiller, of
Dayton, is held to the grand jury
under $500 bond, and Samuel Schny-
der, OF Dayton, Is under $500 bond for
his appearance here in a Justices
court, as the result of charges involv-
ing the theft OF about two tons of mill
feed from barns OF John Habekost and
George Flatter, Of near West Alexan-
dria. Pine and Schilmiller are charged
with grand larceny, while Schuyler is
charged with receiving stolen prop
erty. Pine was held to the grand jury
from the mayors court at West Alex
andria, under 5000 bond. Schilmiller
furnished bond and was released; and
Schuyler was to appear here Thursday
morning for preliminary hearing.
Commencement June s
Annual commencement exercises OF
the High school will be held the ev-
ening of June 8, the date having just
been announced by the board of edu-
cation. 1t is also announced that Col.
George w. Balm of Louisville, KY,
will deliver the address to the class.
The baccalaureate sermon to the class
will be preached Sunday evening, June
1. by Rev. ]. Elmer Yingling, Of the
u. B. church, at the Christian church.
Board to ReorganIze
Reorganization of the board OF
deputy supervisors of elections for
PrebIe county Is scheduled to take
place In meeting of the board here
Friday afternoon. Dallas Young, Of
this city, Republican, and Charles A.
Dunlap, Of Dixon township, Democrat,
were recently appointed members OF
the board, Young to succeed himself
and Dunlap TO succeed Jesse Eby. w.
L. BURNER and j. A. Roselius, both Of
West Alexandria, are the other mem
bers of the board. Warren Spring,
board clerk, will be candidate for
the board clerkship. 1t is understood
Irwin Quinn, of this city, Republican,
will seek the clerkship.
Arrested In Richmond.
Upon a grand Jury indictment of
long standing, charging grand larceny.
Albert White, aged 20, was lodged in
the county Jail here Wednesday. He
is charged with stealing motorcycle
from VIM. Poos, of this city, about
eighteen months ago. The machine
was recovered shortly after 1t was
stolen. White was arrested in Rich
mond, Ind, by the police, and Mar
shall Willard Armstrong, Of this city,
returned him to prison. 1t is said
White was released from federal
prison about two weeks ago, after
having served term for a military
offense. He was born and reared In
this city.
Sues for Divorce.
Alleging that his wife deserted him
six months after their marriage, Will
liam H. Trissel is suing Mary Trissel
= for divorce, upon grounds of gross neg
lect. They were married in Hamil-
ton, O., January 6, 1917, and in the
following June, Trissel AYERS his
wife left him. They lived on a farm
In the southwestern part of Preble
county after their marriage.
Revival Service On.
The Rev Paul Wight opened a Sc
ries of revival services Wednesday
evening at Christ church, with his
father, the Rev. Frank A. Wight, of
Boston, Mass, as evangelist. Bible
studies conducted by the visiting Mr..
Wight will feature the meetings,
which will continue indefinitely. No
services will be held on Saturday
evenings. Mr. Wight's theme last
night was, T1OW W hAOW 1Oui DlDAO'
Mr. Paul Wight is conducting the sing.
ing, which is featuring the meetings
Acton Arrives in U. s.
Mrs Ruth Duval has received ad
vices from her husband, Clyde B. Ac.
ton, to the effect that he has arrived
in Brooklyn from overseas, where he
was a member of hospital unit No. 20
Nixon Unger and Miss Marie Spacht
both local people, were in the same
hospital unit with Acton, but they
were transferred to other units and
did not return at the time he did.
Funeral of Mrs. Loan.
Following her death Tuesday, after
a lingering illness, funeral services
for Mrs. Mary Loan, aged 70, widow
of the, late Joseph Loan, who died a
year ago, were held this morning al
the home of her sister, Mrs. James
Shaffer, near Campbellstown, where
her death took place. Until the death
of her husband, Mrs. Loan had lived
on the Paddock farm in Jackson town
ship for thirty years. She was ma
tive of Scotland, but came to thi:
country when a girl.