Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 July 1918 — “OBJECTORS” ARE SENTENCED [ARTICLE]

“OBJECTORS” ARE SENTENCED

Lloyd C. Blickenstaff of Delphi, a "conscientious objector’’ at Camp Taylor, who was among those who refused to rake grass and plant flowers in the base hospital area, was given a sentence of fifteen years at hard labor in the United States disciplinary barracks at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, Wednesday. Jesse L. Brenneman of Goshen received a like sentence, and Homer B. Ourtis, also of Goshen, and Elmer Herschberger of Kokomo, tried on like charges, were given ten years each. It is probable that these sentences will have a tendency to make such objections unpopular.