Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 August 1917 — Serious Proposition. [ARTICLE]

Serious Proposition.

Chicago, 111., Aug. 17. —“I believe President Wilson w’ill take charge of the fuel situation within three days,” Will Hayes, president of the Indiana state council of defense said. “This is a serious proposition. The president has the right to control the mines, their management and the price of coal.”