Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 121, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 June 1917 — Over 266,000 Hoosiers Heed the War Call. [ARTICLE]

Over 266,000 Hoosiers Heed the War Call.

Indianapolis, June 6.—Official reports, unofficially compiled from 89 of the 92 counties of Indiana and estimated results from th? other three, indicated that more than 266,000 men subject to selective draft registered yesterday and today. The figures, heavier than expected b-' the county conscription boards in which was based on the 1910 census. Following the statement that a number of negroes of military age at Princeton and Jeffersonville had failed to register, officers there began investigations which probably will lead to arrests. Names of socialists at Princeton who previously are said to have declared they would not register, were found on the registration lists.