Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 157, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 July 1919 — GUESTS AT PARIS DINNER. [ARTICLE]

GUESTS AT PARIS DINNER.

The following article is copied from the Knightstown Banner of July 4th. Mr. Newby is an uncle of C. G. Newby, of our city. The article follows: “Former Governor of Indiana, Winfield T. Durbin, of Anderson, Ind., and State Senator L. P. New»y, of Knightstown, Ind., were entertained here at a dinner given in their honor -by the Franco- American club, composed of artists and literary men, a hearty welcome being extended by M. Tardieu, general commissioner of Franco American war affairs. Colonel 1 Durbin and Mr. Newby are in France as representatives of the Knights Templar, which has taken an active interest in ’French war orphans. “M. Tardieu complimented the fraternity for its generous labors in behalf of the wards of France and in general paid a high tribute to America for its part in relieving the destitution of thousands of Europeans impoverished by the war. “Senator Newby replied saying that Colonel Durbin and himself had gone to France animated by exactly the same spirit as the American army had come—with the thought of Lafayette to pay off a debt of gratitude. Senator Newby declared that the 225,000 knights in the new world Were heirs of that noble object which the ancestors of the order of eight centuries ago laid down and that the mission sought to measure up to the high standard set by early members of the order, which harmonized in every way with American ideals of justice and brotherly help. “The dinner was in every way a most enjoyable affair, a genuine compliment being paid to Colonel Durbin and Senator Newby in the tendering of a dinner attended by many of the most notable of Paris.”