Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 August 1914 — Fear for Safety of Father Hordeman. [ARTICLE]

Fear for Safety of Father Hordeman.

A dispatch from Frankfort to an Indianapolis paper sayp of Father William Hordeman, formerly of Rensselaer, and a brother of the Hordeman boys here: “Apprehension is felt by the congregation of St. Mary's Catholic church, of this city, for the welfare of their pastor, Father W B. Hordeman, who, in company with his uncle, James Hordeman, of Milwaukee, have been touring continental Europe since June 1. The last word received by members of the church here from Father Hordeman said he was about to leave Bterlin for Cologne, and that he planned to proceed from there to Paris. On August 1 be was to leave for Cologne, which is now the center of the German mobilization, that city being mentioned as being in the direct route of German army reinforcements. The German army proceeded from Cologne to Liege."