Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 277, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 December 1917 — INDIANA WAR CONFERENCE [ARTICLE]

INDIANA WAR CONFERENCE

NATIONAL AND STATE COUNCIL OF DEFENSE AT INDIPOLIS DEC. 13th and 14th. General meeting, Thursday, December 13th. 2:00 p. m. Governor J. P. Goodrich, chairman. Invocation—Rev. John Cavanaugh President Notre Dame University. Music —(a) Sousa’s band. (b) Regimental Band, 10th Infantry U. S. A. Announcement—Governor Goodrich. Address —Honorable Medill, McCormick, congressman-at-large from Illinois. (Mr. McCormick has just returned from two months at the front, and is in touch with all the allied activities.) Music. Remarks—Hon. J. A. B. Sherer, representing the council of national defense. Music. Address —Bishop Charles D. Williams, of Detroit. (Bishop Williams has just returned from Europe, where he was sent by the American Red Cross.) Music. Address—Dr. Ray Lyman Wilbur, president Leland Stanford University, and chief of conservation work of the U. S. sod administration. Adjournment. x Thursday, December, 13th. 8:00 p. m. Hon. Albert B. Anderson, judge of U. S. district court for Indiana, chairman. Invocation—Dr. Frederick E. Taylor, First Baptist Church Indianapolis. Music. Address—Honorable Thomas R. Marshall, Vice-president pf the United ’States. Music. Address —Lieut; Paul Perigord, of the French army. Music. Adjournment. Division meeting, Friday, December 14. County Councils. Hour—lo:3o a. m. Place —House of representatives, State house. Program—Outline of Work, Will H. Hays, chairman Indiana council of defense. ’ Address—Dr. J. A. B. Sherer, Representative Council of National Defense, followed by a detailed discussion of the proposed coming activities of the County Councils of Defense. Community War Service Board. Chairman —Hugh McK Landon. Hour —1:30 p. m. Place—University club. Educational. Hour—9:oo a. m. morning session. 1:30 p. m. afternoon session. Place—Assembly hall, twelfth floor, Hotel Severin. x . Fraternal Order Section. Hour—10:00 a. m., Friday morning, December 14. Place—Committee room K. of P., Grand lodge bldg., 10th floor. Program. Organization by the General Committee, Harry Wade, chairman. Address —Objects and Purposes. Fuel. *4 Hour—9:oo a. m., December 14. Place—Federal court room, Federal building. Program. Meeting of County Fuel Administrators with Mr. Evans Woollen, Federal Administrator for Indiana, and a representative of Dr. H. A. Garfield, National Fuel Administrator.

Medical Section. Meeting in conjuntion with Indiana conference on mental health, called by the Indiana society for mental hygiene. Hour —Morning, Afternoon and Evening, December 14. Place—Assembly room Claypool hotel. Hour—lo.oo a. m. Military Affairs. Hour —10:30 a. m., December 14. Place- —Claypool Hotel (see hotel bulletin for room number.) Organization for sale of war saving certificates. Hour—lo:3o a. m., Friday, December 14th. Place—Parlor, 10th floor K. of P. building. Public Morals and Church Federation. Hour —9:30 a. m., Morning session 1:30, Afternoon Session. 9:80 a. m.—Devotional Service. U. S. Public Service Reserve. Hour—9:oo a. m. Place—Hotel Washington, seventeenth floor, Assembly room. Speech of Welcome, Mr. N. E. Squibb, Federal Director of Indiana, to be followed by talk of Mr. W. E. Hall, National Director, who gives a special message from the National Office. Publicity Section,. . Hour —12:30 p. m., December 14. Place —Riley room, second floor, Claypool Hotel. . Red Cross. . ;; Hour—10:00 a. m. -Mr. William Fortune, chiirman. Place—Cabel Mills Hall, Shortridge High Schooj. Woman's Section. „ Hour—lo:3o a. m., December 14. Place of meeting— Hollenbeck hall, Y.\W. C. A. building.

U. S. Boys Working Reserve. Hour—lo.oo a. m. Place—Room 200, Claypool hotel. Food Production and Conservation United States Food Administration. Hour—10:00 a. m., Friday, December 14th. Place—Odd Fellow’s hall. Grand Lodge Hall, corner Pennsylvania and Washington streets. Food Production. Hour—*o:oo a. m. Place—Odd * building committee room—Top floor. Pr«/*,’ , em. Address—Representative of U. S. Department of Agriculture. Address—Hon. Ralph W. Moss Subject, “Increased Production.” Address—Roberta McNeill, Purdue University, Subject, = “Solving Home Problems.” General Discussion.