Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 146, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 June 1918 — ANOTHER PRO-GERMAN PLOT? [ARTICLE]

ANOTHER PRO-GERMAN PLOT?

Scores of galvanized iron wires, which were all thirteen inches in length and which were standing erect in the ground, were found in a pea field on the Shirk farm west of Peru one day last week. The discovery was made by employes of the Peru Canning company, when mowers ran into them while cutting the crop. Members of the county council of defense made an investigation at ’oncei Believing that the wires were placed by enemies of the United States in the war, who desire to hinder the gathering of agricultural products by injuring harvesting machinery, they have issued a warning to all farmers to examine their fields. The fear has been expressed that wires may been placed in standing wheat and clover. BUY SAVINGS STAMPS TODAY.