Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-10-17
n. M. Preston Gives Banquet
at Country Club; Oil Men
HefE Frenchman.
VISITOR DISCUSSES GASOLINE
Declares Demand Will Be
Great During War and
After Peace Comes.
(Ry w IL PECK.O

A reception given by III. Nj. Preston
at the Country club last niehe III
honor Of Captain Paix, was one OF the
most enjoyed of all the oil men > re :
cent activities. Everyone at the table
was directly interested in oil ana Cap
tain Paix made that his subject.
He spoke Of the conditions OF the
Ere nch army equipment at the begin
rH. of the war, outlining the gradua!
"a uwth of motor driven implements or
war--the heavy tanks. the aeroplanes.
and gas-flame curtain now In u.s..
Thanks America.
In n naive manner, almost woman
ish with intense telling, Captain PARK
forgot the subject of oil to thank the
people of America for what they had
done when thy adopted French emil
dren, orphaned by the war, ana eN
pressed the sincere hope that they
would grow up to be an honor and a
source of satisfaction to their foster
parents. and would help weld for
ever the tie that had always existed
between America and France, nov
more strongly cemented by their mu-
tual struggle.
When he recounted how much the
French people appreciated the arrival
Of the Am erican soldiers and described
the celebration on the Fourth OF July
in their honor, he gave General PERISH
inc credit for the highest quality or II
soldier by repeating the generals his
toric speech, "Voici, Lafayette" which
in English is Here we are, LaFay-
ette."
Big Demand for Gasoline.
To the oil men present his thoro
discussion of the gasoline situation
was of greatest interest. He corrected
an erroneous statement published here
BY saying that the demands OF France
for the period of the war would
not amount to three million tons but
to three hundred thousand tons in
stead.
He stated that after the war the
great number Of motor trucks and We
hicles of all kinds would still be used
and this, together with the normal
consumption of gasoline by the people
of which there is but minimum
amount at this time-would bring the
consumption of gasoline to a much
larger figure than at the present time
He stated that the active population
of France had been cut down one
third and that 1t would be necessary
to use all kinds of labor-saving inven-
tions to make up for the great void
In manpower.
He gave it as his opinion that after
an 1nNeStlRdtlOu VI luc oltudlioi
the United States there was going to
be no shortage of the gasoline supply
in France and that the National Coun-
Gil Of Defense had given him assurance
of the quickest and most profitable
service at all times
Rumanian Field Not Ruined.
He described the ruins of the Ru-
manian Oil fields by the English when
forced to abandon them. but gave IL
as his opinion that the destruction Of
the wells was not nearly so complete
as had been reported. for the reason
that there was only three days to bring
about the destruction of more than
twelve thousands wells and that. there
fore. there was doubtless two-thirds of
the wells now being pumped by Ger
ban soldiers. He also stated that the
German army was getting its prin-
cipal supply from the Galician fields,
but that there was tremendous
shortage in the German army which
they were endeavoring to supply by
synthetic gasoline manufactured from
the fats Of beasts and as has been
frequently stated. from the bodies or
human beings.
Il hope that after the war is over
a great many of my people may come
to Tulsa to learn how a great city
should be built" the captain said. in
con clusion. and each man in his audi