Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 143, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 June 1918 — SELECTMAN DID NOT REPORT [ARTICLE]

SELECTMAN DID NOT REPORT

HARRISON LYTLE REFUSED TO GO TO FORT SHERMAN TODAY. Harrison Lytle, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Lytle, of Milroy township, was to have left here today with the selectmen for Chillicothe, Ohio. When he did not show up this morning, J. J. Montgomery, who has the authority to look after such matters for the government, went out to the Lytle home in Milroy township, and put young Lytle under arrest. He was brought to Rensselaer and taken by Mr. Montgomery to Indianapolis, leaving here on the 1:57 p. m. train. He will be turned over to the federal authorities and may be dealt with in a very severe manner. It is understood that this is the second time Lytle has failed to report for service when notified. He was to have gone from Illinois on April 29, but failed to report. It is understood that Lytle was encouraged by his parents not to report and that Mrs. Lytle threatened the officers who placed her son under arrest. The offense is a most grevious one and Uncle Sam is not in the habit of having orders disobeyed. It is possible that some punishment may be administered to the Lytles who having placed their son in this dangerous condition by the unpatriotic advice given him.