Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-09-28
ONLY WAR TALK
GETS AUDIENCE
Secretary Douglas Visits De
partmental Heads, War
Camps and Conventions.

"The only consistent smiling | saw
done back yonder was done by the sol
der boys" said Col. &. B. Douglas,
who returned yesterday from two
weeks spent in the east during which
time no attcnd~a meeting or the ma
tional war council OF the chamber OF
commerce OF the United States, meet
ing at Atlantic city, and the annual
convention of the chamber OF com
morce of the United STATES
Colonel Douglas said that he thot
ne knew there was a war on before
he left Tulsa, but after arriving at ms
destination he found out that we were
scarcely giving 1t a ttot in the inland
districts in mparison to the way the
east was living It. Everywhere are
people talking war. no one IS inter
osted In any other subject, and the hol-
iday spirit has entirely vanished from
tho east" said Colonel Douglas
Everyone Is in the war to win and
no man dares to speak of profits in
connection with the carnage. The
war department is flooded with let
ters described as written rs II by one
man, asking what individuals-the
biggest in the country-can do to he'p
win the war
Patriotic Enthusiasm.
As an instance of the patriotic en-
thuslasm of all the cast, Colonel Dou-
glas cites his experience at Tiffany's,
whittier he had gone on saturday noon
to consult with designer about de
signing a pin which is to serve as the
Official emblem OF the Grand Army or
Civilization.
IL was introduced to the manager
and told him that | wanted TO consult
with one of his designers about pin.
.1s.,v a oh "a
day and that nothing could be done
for me. absolutely nothing, before
Monday But when | made IL clear
to him that 1t was a patriotic emblem,
the busy man laid his work aside and
| escorted me to the designing rooms
and spent all the time | wanted to
spend with the designer over the en-
blem.
Colonel Douglas was assured by Gen
eral Salman that nothing could be
done I'm the matter of establishing an
aviation school in the vicinity of Tulsa
until work on tn oaviation camps at
Texas and Louisiana is completed, but
the general told Colonel Douglas that
the promoters should go about getting
their site in readiness so that when
the call came they would be ready and
waiting to answer 1t.
Experimental station Important.
| In regard to the governmental ex-
perimental oil and gas station, Colone
Douglas consulted with Director Man
ming of the bureau of Mines and min
| ing. and feels very sanguine that tho
station will be located here as soor
as the $4,000 bonus and the station
site is raised Colonel Douglas be
lieves that nothing is of more i'm
portance to Tulsa at the presen
reading, than the securing of this sta
ton, and that 1t would do more thar
any other thing at this stage OF th'
game TO make Tulsa stand in the SAM
relation to the oil refining industry a
Pittsburgh stands to steel, or Detroi
to automobiles, or Grand Rapids Il
furniture.
Colonel and Mrs. Douglas paid
visit to Oklahoma Ambulance com
pany No. 3, in camp at Hampstead
Ayhere the air was dark with aero
plans and the ground was filled WIT
soldiers" They report every one we
and happy and healthy-all but pa
mon Douglas, who, in q fervent en-
deavor to deliver n message for hi
captain dixie Mute, the Man VIII
Carried a Message to Garcia") ran a
lGrmy motorcycle into the automobil
of Brigadier General Mann, and ha
to stand at attention while the indig
nant general arose in the seat of hi
automobile and dressed him down
in language more forcible than kindl,