Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-10-16
Over 100000 Pledged by
Spontaneous Gifts at
Convention Hall.
SPEAKERS STIR CROWD
Lyons, Warren, Black and
Condor Supplement
Owen Address.

Their souls thrilled and their IN
triOtism stirred by u notable mcssaGs
from the lips Of Unitei States Senator
Robert l.. Owen, three thousand per
sOns remained In Convention hall las
night after Senator Owen had fin
'ishetl. Forty captains In the Tulsi
Army Of Liberty. distributed pledge
cards. A. Il. Farmer called for sub.
scriptiOns.
From all over the building the
workers began 10 call out various
amounts. When the meeting had bcci
adjourned there wcrc 2S7 individual
subscriptions In the hands Of N. Il
Graham, director Of publicity, and
they tOtalcd $210,OOO. The grand
tOtn1 OF the local campaign up 10
o'clock last night was $0lO,OOO. The
Convention hall subscriptions bring
the total 10 more than $1,000, 900
This docs not include about $4,000
brought In during the day by mem-
bcrs Of the Army of Liberty and not In
clufici In the days report.
energies OF the committee will now be
turnod to the task OF raising the bal.
ance by October "a. ---
Patriotism Rampant.
Tho meeting last night probably was
the greatest patriotic assemblage In
the history Of Tulsa. The streets
were lined solid with automobiles.
Men and women with their babies and
friends flocked to the hall. Bankers
and oil magnates were there. II was
cosmopolitan gathering. The Tulsa
band played Star Spangled Banner
and the great audience rose to its
feet as one person and cheered Justify.
One hundred prominent Tulsans and
visiting bankers took seats on the
stage. Then came the distinguished ID
speaker Of the evening. The crowd
again rose and gave vent to Its en-
thusiasm.
: o. II. Leonard, chairman Of the Lab
erty Loan campaign in the Tulsa dis
trict, consisting OF 23 counties. called
the meeting to order with some brief
but pointed remarks. He then intro
duced George e. Black. a -Four Min
ute Man." who spoke about the Lib
srty loan for four minuts. Glenn Con-
don and G.. Ed Warren each made a
four-minute talk. BY this time the
1t was a genuine American crowd and
each upturned face bore an expression
Of deep interest.
Lyons IntrOOuCcQ OWcu'
Thomas Lyons was introduced to
introduce Senator Owen. He delivered
an epigram himself. covering a dozen
phases Of the war In as many minutes,
and his remarks were interspersed
with applause. He referred to the
great mon that had been given to the
President Wilson, the mere mention
of whose name unloosed great
demonstration.
"Our guest tonight" he said. ''is
capable Of wearing the presidential
toga and feel that speak the sent-
ment Of this audience when ! say that
we want him to attain that goal"
Senator owen began his address
with the terse statement:
Il voted for war; !.
He then gave the history OF the
Hohenzollerns in tabloid form, gradu-
ally coming up to the immediate
causes of war. He explained the acts
OF the administration In the past few
months. Toward the close Of his ad-
dress enthusiasm reached q nigh ebb.
Almost every sentence was greeted with
applause and cheers. And II was then
that he fairly shouted:
'I voted for war and / know you
people are going to back It up"
Receives Great Ovation.
The audienco~gave him an ovation
that fairly shook the roof. 1t lasted
for several minutes.
He announced that the chairJnan
wanted the audience to remain for a
short while.
A few. here and there. got up to
leave. Others I'm the audience began
to shout "slackerl" at them. They
dorpped into their seats.
A. l.. Farmer explained that the
time for action had arrived. He called
on the audience to make subscriptions.
The forty Army OF Liberty workers
were right on the Job with blanks.
In a moment they began calling out
the amounts that were collected. This
lasted for ten or fifteen minutes.
Mayor j. II. Simmons was one Of the
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