Omaha daily bee., 1917-10-07
STATE MINUTE men
PREPARED FOR FRAY
Nearly Four Hundred and Fifty
Speakers From Forty-Five
Cities Volunteer Services
for Liberty Bond Drive.

Lincoln, Oct. 6.-The human voice
of the federal government is begin
ming to speak in Nebraska. Next
week the people Of the state will be-
gin to hear it in nearly fifty towns
and cities through the volunteer army
OF four minute mcn-the regiment OF
enlisted speakers, who are accredited
representatives OF the government,
bringing to the people direct, accurate,
inside information concerning the war.
The four minute men organization
was created last June, with the per
sonal approval Of the president. as a
division of the committee on public
information, composed OF the secre-
tary OF state, the secretary of war, the
secretary OF the navy, and George
Creel. Its purpose is TO assist in the
work OF national defense during the
continuance of the war by presenting
authoritative messages to the people
of the country in four minute ad-
dresses to moving picture audiences
(and, unoffcially. in longer addresses
to miscellaneous audiences) on sub
jects Of vital national Importance.
Thirteen Thousand Speakers.
President Wilson has requested
that the organization be extended as
rapidly as possible. 1t is now organ
lied in every state. About $4,000
speakers are at work in some 800
cities. New York, for instance, has
about 200 of its best known men GO
ing about making these four-minutc
addresses. Among them is Charles
E. Hughes.
In Nebraska the work is directed
by Prof. NJ. NJ. Fogg, professor OF
rhetoric in the University of Ne
braska, who has been appointing local
chairmen and organizing the last two
weeks and who also has charge Of
general publicity work on certain gov
ernmental matters.
Local Chairmer.
The forty-hve Nebraska local
branches, already organized, and their
/ chairmen, are:
Number
Town. Speakers
I Albion, c. G. Barns ...................6 6
Ashton, Thomas Jamrog. og................ .
beatrice, l.. w, colby, Dy,...........'t..... y
4 Bloomington, S. Y Hartt...............10
I Broken Bow, j.. r. Purcell. 6
1 Chadron, W. II. Reynolds.
Columbus c. J. Carlow. ow.,...............l6
A David City. c. NJ Skiles. Observation-Disclosures. 3
i Diller, J. o. BauserI I............,.......12 IL
4 Elgin, Walter C.. Nye ...................lO 10
Exeter, w. o. Rotten. Observation-Disclosures.
Fairbury, r. L. Riley. ey..,....,.........,..l Is
! Fairmont. Dr. s. f. Ashby..............
j Falls City, V. G. Lyford. ..,.,............
Il Friend, c. e, Bowlby. y.......,..........,. s
Geneva, J. X. Waring g..................
4 Harrington, w $. Weston. n............... 7
Hastings. John Il. orey................lb
4 Humboldt. Otto Kotouc. Observation-Disclosures,
l Hyannis. Daniel +. Osgood. ..,........,..
Imperial, Fred Hoffmeister.
Lexington. Thomas NJ, Hewtt........,...l0
Loup City, Il. H. Mathew, ew,...............
Miller, Ross Brown. Observation-Disclosures.
Nebraska City. John W. Steinhart.
Norfolk, J. W. Rice. e.....................1
North Bend II. Il. Weaverlng. ........,.
North Platte. Wilson Tout,............,.
Omaha, Raymond Young ng......,.........63
osceola, II. G. Beebo. bo....................
Peru, 7. J. Majors Observation-Disclosures. II
Pierce. o. S. Spilman.
Plattsmouth, D. c. Morgan,