Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 186, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 August 1915 — Reward Offered For Return of Norway Man. [ARTICLE]

Reward Offered For Return of Norway Man.

White county is offering a reward of SIOO for the return of Robert Ward, who formerly lived ait Norway. His wife was burned to death some months ago after • saturating her clothing with coal oil and it was given- out that she had committed suicide. Later the husband left Norway -and investigation since his departure it is said does not look well for the man. It was reported at the time of the tragedy that *she had quarreled wih her husband before committing the rash act. The county council made the appropriation for the reward at its session this week.

Mrs. Rice Porter is entertaining this week, Misses Daisy Harris, of Star City, Miss Ora Smart, of Morocco, and Clara Haroun, of Watseka, Hl.

Fifty thousand employes of the Du Pont Powder Co. throughout the U. S., will be paid at the rate of ten hours for an eight hour day. The big incerase in business with war orders is a factor. This follows a recent increase in wages of 20 per cent.

Willard Biddle, Russell Inbody and Lee Seevers, Goshen factory employes, are in jail in their home city charged with robbing a safe in the office of a livery stable. Biddle says Inbody and Seevers, who occupied the building, approved his plans for the robbery.