Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, September 11, 1918, Page 6

ee PAGE SIX MERGER OF WAR GAS STOCKS IN | BENEFITS PLAN OF CONFERENCE Ex-Gov. B. B. Brooks Presides at Meeting in Cheyenne to Co- Ordinate Efforts of Great Organizations Governor B. B. Brooks presided at a meeting of patriotic citizens of Wyoming gathered at Cheyenne yes- terday to learn the details of the United War Work Campaign which, is to be made in order to raise $170,- 500,000 to carry on the war work be- ing done by the seven great agencies now bent on the war stricken world a better place in which to live and ght. The merger, suggested by Presi- dent Wilson in a letter to Raymond B. Fosdick as head of the war work activities, now includes the Y. M. C. A., the Y. W. C. A., the War Camp Community, the American Library Association, the Catholic War Act- ivities and the Jewish Work, each with a budget running into the mil- lions Miss Helen F. Barnes of New York City, secretary of the Y. W. C. A. work, a special speaker in the na- tional campaign, was one of the speakers. She has had several years’ experience in the warring countries, was in England when war was de-! clared, returning to Australia and New Zealand where she was na- tional secretary for the last six vears. She wore the uniform of the Y. W. workers. Other speakers at the meeting were Lyman L. Pierce, director of the Western military district, who gave an account of recent meetings in New York City where the merger was formed; Mrs. R. S. Emrich, a speal war work secretary, who re-| turned from France but three weeks ago. Mrs. Emrich was but two. blocks away from the landing place of one of the shots fired by “Big Bertha” when Paris was being shelled last August. She has first hand informa- tion about the work being done in France by the Y. W. C. A. and says of the French women: “The women of France are marvels of courage and endurance.” The Y. W. C. A. is keeping up he morale of the French women and) girls on whom a large part of ‘the burden of war has been falling for four years. Mrs. Emrich gave a mu- nition workers’ opinion of the Amer- ican army in France, ‘always the! laughter, never the tears,” and this Mrs. Emrich said, expresses the opin-| ion of the French nation as well. } A. E. Carter of San Francisco, representing the War Camp Commu- nity service, gave as a_ slogan: “Back the boys in this fight need is th men U.S. DWINDLING AT RAPID RATE WASHINGTON, Sept. 11.— Gasoline stocks in the United States were reduced at the rate of 44,- 000 barrels daily in July alone, a total of 1,367,000 barrels for the month Fuel Administrator Garfield informed the Senate today, in an- swer to the Lodge resolution. Garfield predicted a deficit for this year of 1,000,000 barrels if the consumption continues at the present rate and production is not released. At the present rate of consumption there is only a } month’s supply chead, said Gar- field. eens CONDUCTOR TAKES BLAME IN ALLIANCE CRASH [By United Press] CHICAGO, Sept. 11.—Burling- ton offices today announced that the conductor of a work train had assumed full responsibility for yes- | terday’s wreck near Alliance, Neb., wherein fourteen were killed and twenty-nine injured. The passen- ger train smashed the work train. The conductor adinitted over- looking the scheduled arrival of the passenger. Sie ee Mrs. A. C. Morrison and family left yesterday for Scotts Bluff, Neb., ! where she wil visiting frie spend several weeks d relatives. William M. Harris is the man to go to for assistance in keeping out the cold tris witner and keeping down | the coal bill. Mr. Harris is the agent of the All-Metal Weather Strip which | protects the house against sand storms, dust and wind and cold. The saving in heat alone thru the use of the strips will pay for their cost the) first season. $$ $$$ Bishop P. A. McGovern of Cheyenne, Milton Ferguson of Sacramento, and other prominent men spoke. The United War Workers’ paign received a spléndid start in Cheyenne. Yesterday’s program was a big one, the luncheon and dinner hours being deyoted to social activ- ities, the visiting ladies at the Con- ference being entertained by Mrs. Charles D. Garey and Mrs. Dugald Whitaker while a banquet was served to the war workers at 6 o’clock at and the Masonic Temple where the con-/ , ference was held. ‘Those who are to be called in the} cam- | HOME GUARDS T “HOLD DRILS Ik LOGHL THEATRE Brennan Extends Use of Summer Theatre for Drilling Pur- poses on Advent of Cold Weather Company D of the Home Guards | has made arrangements to drill in| the Empress theater during the win-| ter month: For some time past the Guards have been in somewhat of! adary as to where they were go. ing to drill during the winter months when it would not be practicable for ;them to go thru their maneuvers out of doors. The gymnasium at the High School was proposed but in- a qu quiry at the school board brought un}/authority, it emphatic refusal from these officials. | Due to the.weeding out of the ranks and also because of the detail that recently went to Camp Lewis there are now 18 vacancies in the company which are open to men of} good character who desire to ac-{ quaint themselves with military tac-| tics and possibly fit themselves for} commissions in the coming draft.} draft shortly are also urged to at-| tend the drills even in case they are} not eligible as members because of} their short time, The training of} even a few nights’ will help a man! wonderfully when he is inducted into | the training camp. | Draftees are welcome to join the| ranks of Company D where they will 8: instructions the SHOOT TO KILL I$ PENALTY FOR U.S. TRAITORS (By United Press.1 WITH THE AMERICANS, IN} FRANCE, Sept. 11.—A general or- der advises all American o adopt a policy during a batt ing anyone who suggests s ing. The policy originated certain unit fighting at Fism where operations were hampered when some one in an American uni- units of kill- encier-! |form shouted that further resistance was unnecessary, and advised surren- der. It probably a German propagandist. The new order means that it will go hard with any future German propagandist. Will Overthrow the German Army is:— may be ready by October. This Space contributed to the Winning of the War by G.O.P. PRIMARY IN COLORADO DENVER, Colo., Sept. complete returns from yesterday’s primary election in Colorado indi- cates the nomination for governor of Oliver P. Shoup on the Republican ticket by a sweeping majority while Democrats concede the nomination of Tom Tynan, warden of the State Penitentiary, on the ticket. Phipps is leading the Republican ticket for the senatorial nomination by a safe majority. SIBERIAN FRONT IS MOVED 4,000 _ MILES T0 WEST VLADIVOSTOK, Sept. 4.— The Siberian front disappeared over night. ris of an American moved four thou- sand miles w 2 Communication has been com- pletely established between Vladivos- tok and Irkutsk. The Czecho-Slovaks have broken thru from Lake Baikal in the direction of Tchits, while the Semenoffs and Cossacks, supported by Czecho-Slovaks, have approached the Trans-Baikalain coast from the Onon river. Woman Who Gave Son to Navy Now in. Y.M.C. A. Hut PARIS, Aug. (By Mail.) — Down in one of the French port towns is a Y. M. C. A. hut entirely devoted to serving the Navy. Behind the counter of the canteen is a small, gray-haired woman who used to have a boy in the navy. Fees 27. if you don’t get as good service or merchandise at the Smokehouse as you ever got-at any other first- class cigar and tobacco store. WE WANT YOU TO HAVE IT! Cigars, 25 in a box SMOKE HOUSE The American Honor System The implicit faith placed in American manhood’s response to the country’s needs has never been betrayed. And our government is con- fident that only a knowledge of the need is required to arouse every ‘spark of honor and decency in the breast of every man who calls himself an American citizen—every dweller within our gates who wishes to see pre- served the right to “Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” The At the present rate of dispatching our troops to Europe, our cantonments will be depleted by October first. The Allied program to speed un the final overthrow of the German armies calls for an early mustering of an additional two and a quarter million men. To obtain this additional man power, it is proposed to set the minimum age at eighteen and the maximum at forty-five (both inclusive). - ages who have not already registered will be askd to REGISTER TOMORROW —THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12—in order that the first installment of Class | Men within these Based on estimates of the number of men within the ages called upon, there should be a rgistration of thirten million. seyen will find his way into a uniform. To obtain two million Class 1 men a full registration of the thirteen million is therefore necessary, and America is confident that its manhood and red-blooded citizenry will respond—whole- heartedly to the last man. But only about one in every six or Registration Day, Tomorrow, Sept. 12th And make it a “red letter day” of service to your country— not alone by your own registration, but by getting ail your friends within the ages specified to go with you. Casper National Bank 11.—In- } Democratic | LISI SS SLITS SSS W. 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