Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 June 1917 — STATE HAPPENINGS RECORDED IN BRIEF [ARTICLE]

STATE HAPPENINGS RECORDED IN BRIEF

News Items From All Over Indiana. ■ RECREATION FOR OFFICERS ■■A— 'A:;-- ' Indianapolis People Arrange to Provide the Right Kind of Entertainment for the 5,200 Men at Fort Harrison. Indianapolis, June 8. —Responding ! to the urgent appeal of military authorities, Indianapolis people have undertaken the task of the right kind of recreation for the 5.200 cadet officers at Fort Harrison. Next ■ Saturday it is planned to entertain the Kentucky cadets with an (rnfomohile tour. The next Saturday Ohio men will be the guests, and the West Virginia men the next week. Many dances are held each Saturday night. Indianapolis club women have agreed to throw open their homes to entertain ■mothers of student officers from other ■ states. Under instructions from Mayor • Bell, the police department lias begun [to close all disreputable resorts and to drive questionable women out of the city. Steps have been taken to stop bootlegging to soldiers on the half holiday.