Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 282, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 December 1918 — TWO NEW STATE CASES FILED [ARTICLE]

TWO NEW STATE CASES FILED

The State of Indiana has filed cases against Dan Alley, of Barkley township, charged by Isaac Martett with provoke, and Jerry Tullis, of Union township, charged with assault and battery by G. B. Switzer. Alley is now in jail but TuMis has not yet been arrested. With the evacuation of French and Belgian territory by the Huns a wonderful new field is opened up for the treasure seeker. When the invading hordes first orverran the country in 1914 many of the residents buried their valuables before seeking safety in flight. During the four years and more of war many of these fatepies have become separated and numerous members have died. In many instances the secret of the buried property has been test. In London companies already are being promoted to seek the hidden gold.

The flag as originally adopted by congress on June 14, 1877, consisted of thirteen stripes, alternate red and white, and thirteen stars, the thirteen in each case corresponding to the thirteen colonies engaged in the revolutionary war. When Vermont and Kentucky were added to the Union of sthtes, congress, in 1794, increased the number of stripes and of stars both to fifteen. This act went into effect May 1, 1795, and from that time until July 4, 1817, that was the style of the flag, fifteen stripes and fifteen stars. But in 1816 it became apparent that the number <xf stripes not be increased with the increasing number of states without making the flag too wide and of bad proportion and a committee was appointed to inquire into the expediency of altering the flag. On June 2, 1817, the committee reported in favor of returning to the original number of thirteen stripes and adding a star for each new state.