Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 100, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 April 1916 — WILL R. WOOD TO HELP PREVENT WAR [ARTICLE]

WILL R. WOOD TO HELP PREVENT WAR

Petition Sent From Here to Will R. Wood and He Will Do All In His Power to Keep Us From War. (Special to The Republican) Telegram from Congressman Wood, Washington, D. C., April 26, 1916, 1:30 p. m.: “Will do everything in my power to prevent war with Germany. Inform others who signed message with you.—Will R. Wood.” The first part of this week a petition was passed about town by some of the German residents to ask Congressman Will R. Wood of the tenth district to do all in his power to prevent war with Germany. The petition was not signed by German sympathizers alone but by all who fear war with Germany and do not want it. The petition was signed by a large number and sent to Congressman Wood at Washington, who replied at once with the above telegram; The petition sent from here is only one of the many sent from all over the country to their congressmen.