El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-10-27

- IL --sE Lne cam pdlEn Tor the
X sale Of the second issue Of Lib
- erty bonds closes tonight at 10
o'clock Fl Paso VIII have subscribed
Tor more than S2,5o0,000 worth Of
bonds This was the estimate given
by Walter H. Butler. secretary Of
the executive committee, at the clos
ing luncheon held Saturday noon at
Hotel sheldon. The luncheon was at
tended by practically all the chair
men and members Of the various COM
mittees.
FL Paso's quota was S1.96T.0OO. and
this is expected TO be oversubscribed
by fully 100000 A complete totat
Of the actual amount OF bonds sold
IN El EaSO VIII not be ascerIa med
until 1ir. Butler and his secretary
sales en- Monday
Army Officer Attend.
The final luncheon was attended by
Col AOrariO c. SickeL commander Of
The United States troops in the FL
Paso district and other district Off
GERS Brig- Cen F. C.. Mauldin. com
handing the national guard units at
Camp Cody Brig Gen George H.
Harrles. depot brigade commander al
Camp Cody. and other officers Of
that training camp mayor Charles
Davis Of FL Paso, and many other
distinguished officers and citizens.
Boy Scouts, Winners, -
lTor O. Thomas executive Of the
LI Paso Boy Scouts, and the - boys
who have won the treasury deDart-
ment medal for selling more than 10
bonds, were present The Scouts
sang over Here"
Ms. 7. W. Lanier. chairman Of the
woman's committee was present
with many Of her workers, and when
they submitted their report, which
rotaled S15-100 for the past several
III
ton
Cheers For Troops in War
At the luncheon R. B. Orudorff
sales manager, announced that he had
been informed that The FL PasO
Herald had received news from
France over its leased fire that the
American troops were in the trenches I
This announcement was followed by 4
wild cheering that lasted many I
minutes.
Lieut. Henri Negre. artillery officer I
OF the French army who has been !
detailed as an instructor at Camp I
Cody, was among the army officers ]
present He spent many months az I
The front when he heard the news /
That the American forces were In the .
trenches he turned TO John n Wyatt /
sitting next TO him. and said, with /
America in action We Will win, the 4
allies VIII win
Gives City 20 Visitors. ]
8lr. Orndorff said he was delighted .
20 have as the guests OF the campaign /
workers the army officers. including
The officers stationed in Fl Paso and .
those At camp Cody, and introduced
mayo Charles Davis. The city is
yours the mayor said In addressing
the officers from Camp Cody We
VIII do everything in our power TO
help you
Brig. Gen. F. G. AIauldIn. command
2 IS
Glrst visit 10 II Paso and he hoped
10 be able 10 return at a future time.
We are all working for this Lib
city bond Campaign-for What2' Gen.
Aauldiu asked Because upon the T,
success OF this Liberty loan largely de-
ponds upon the liberty Of the world" I
L. :. Liberty at Stake
The liberty Of the world is at stake
IN this war This is a world crisis
in such crisis is II not the duty Of
every man, woman and child TO do
MS or ner Dart- Why are we In this|
War2 Is 1t because we are In sympa-I
thy with France in sympathy with
England Russia or any OF our allies2t
NO, we are in this war for our own
salvation. II the Germans had won
This wa- they would have come across
the ocean 10 conquer the United
States. Then we might as well have.
said tie our arms and legs, Germany
you are the master and We are the
slaves.
NOnbuyers Are sIackers.
we have with US many men who.
have Sacrluced their business inter-
esrs TO enlist 70 fight for their couu-I
ny We have others who have rail-
lied 10 the purchase Of bonds 20 feed.
ClOrhe and equip the fighting machine. ]
If in this Liberty bond campaign many {
people continue 20 not subscribe their
Dit 10 the ISSUE they are just as much, !
in my opinion, more, Elacksrs, than ]
T N
for his country when he has the Op-
pOrtunity.
Don't you al realize, every Ameri- I
can should, that the purchase Of a s
bond means one less bullet for the
Germans And with that bullet a Ger
man may do much damage IN the loss
u life
Floyd Payne Takes 5000.
y. F. Payne purchased a $1,000 LIB +
srty bond a rev minutes before the /
Tom Powers. for the committee Of Z
EhiCh he IS chairman. reported a total a
sale Of S4UU9 worth Of bonds. Z
Rev. IL a. " els chairman OF the 8
PasO negroes ha1 purchased a total Of G
1880 worth Of bonds. not including .
1880 worm purchased by the negIO {
employees OF the G. h d s A shops. r
Other Large Subscribers.
c. T. Kelly and family suDScr1b bed
-or s5OG1 worth OF bonds through W
he keHy-Dreben committee. Mr. /
Dreben reported a total OF $1,000 ad- y
irionaI subscriptions since the last o.
luncheon
T Al MinEo reported the following
-ddiLonal subscriptions Long Bros.
.lUU0- IL Easo l1as COMPANY, S5uUU;
lionel n Jacobs. Slu,DyJs STATE Ma
ionaI bank. $4,000 Inis is IN audI- o.
ion 10 the previous subscription OF g
100, 900 by that bank
Prominent Men Present.
At the speakers table were
Col. HOraIiO g. Slckel, Gen +. c.
iauldin, Gen. George Il Hairless ~
apt h. J. Ely, district aujuuanL, '-
lieut.. a. O. Stanford. aid, r. B. Drn-
or1f Robert krakauer, president
2otary- A. r. Coles, chairman military
Committee, CHAMBER Of commerce.
lieut. h Negre, zach i. COBB, mayor
,harles DAVIS, John H. Wyatt plesi-
eat cnam1e of commerce. Waller Al pl
,utIer, George r. Clements, T.. j.. al
leyer. JOnn A. Wagner, sidney A
Toss, J. O. EfrOmson, J- 81 hOmagny
nd Lieut. Z g. Harris
Glorious Lay for City.
This is = glorious Gay Tor II Paso,
aid John IA. Wyatt who dellvel ed
be welcome 20 the visitors on oeEaL1I
Z the chamber OF commerce ana the
olice commission our city. with 4U,-
Do American citizens. has subscribed
] PasO is essentially an army town. &C
had its beginning as a camp, and 81
e. as front.ersmsn, have known 10
iany Of the officers OF the army per
ona1ly. That's why we have invited
be army officers Of the district TO