Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-08-31
Wood Stays at Post.

But there is administrative work to |
be done in the adjutant generals Of
fee, and most important of all lust
now, the Gdjutant general under the
selective service law is the chief draft |
official OF the state. On his Office falls
much of the responsibility for the sue
cessful operation of the draft.
There remain of what formerly was
the Ohio National Guard Snly Adtt. |
Gen. Wood, Asst. Adjt. Gen. J. E Gim-
perling, Jr., three attorneys with rank
of major in the Judge advocate gen
erals department who were not taken
into federal service, and two or three
officers in the quartermaster's depart
ment
So far as the actual military is con-
cerned, the adjutant generals Office
has nothing now under it's control.
To Aid Next Liberty Loan.
The general plan of getting the sec
ond Liberty loan of 1917 before the
people of Ohio was made known here
by the fourth federal reserve district
officials through the Ohio branch,
Council of National Defense.
council of national defense.
The state will be divided into four
districts with headquarters in Cleve-
land, Cincinanti, Toledo and Colum-
bus. Each headquarters will have
committees on press, advertising,
finance, group sales, canvassing sales,
bank sales, special sales and terri.
torial sales.
Counties outside the cities will have
central committees with township
subcommittees representing mer-
chants, farmers, school men, religious
organizations, fraternal bodies and
newspapers.
The first move of the Ohio war de-
fense council to carry out the plans of
the central liberty loan committee"
as the fourth reserve district organ.
ization will be known, will be to give
publicity to Liberty loan propaganda
through series of daily bulletins in
all newspapers in Ohio.
General activities of the reserve dis
trict organization as outlined will be
issuing a bulletin appealing to farm
tributed through oranges and at coun-
! ty fairs. A special bulletin will be dis
| tributed to schoo, teachers, soliciting
their aid in getting before their COM
munities, through the school children.
the need of Liberty loan subscriptions.
While the Cleveland headquarters re
serve district will have six subdis-
tricts to manage, four, of these viii
take in all Ohio counties. These four
have been arranged in following coun-
ty groups:
Cleveland district-Ashland- Ashta1
bula, Belmont, Carroll, Columbiana,
Coshocton, Crawford, Cuyahoga, Erie.
Geauga, Guernsey. Harrison, Holmes,
Huron, Jefferson, Knox. Lake, Lorafn.
Mahoning, Marion, Medina, Morrow,
Portage, Richland, Stark, Summit.
Trumbull, Tuscarawas and Wayne.
Cincinnati district-Adams, Athens.
Brown, Butler, Champagne, Clermont,
Clark, Clinton, Darke, Fayette, Gallia.
Greene, Hamilton, Highland, Hooking,
Jackson, Lawrence, Meigs, Miami
Monroe, Montgomery. Noble, Pike
Preble, Scioto, Vinton, Warren and
Washington.
Toledo district-Allen, Auglaize
Defiance, Fulton, Hancock, Hardin
Henry, Logan, Lucas, Mercer, Ottawa
Paulding, Putnam, Sandusky, Seneca
Shelby, Van Vert, Williams, Wood
and Wyandot.
Columbus district-Delaware, Fair
field, Franklin, Licking, Madison, Nor
gan, Muskingum, Perry, Pickaway
Ross and Union.
May Close Saloons on Mobilization.
Ohio saloons may be closed on the
first mobilization day and neighbour
and friends of Ohioans called in thu
first draft will be invited to turn ou
to pay honor to the departing sol
diers-to-be of the national army.
This program was made known her
following arrival of a telegram from
. Provost Marshal General Crowder sci
ting the dates of mobilization, whicl
supplemented correspondence witt
Gov. James M. Cox.
Assembling of 30 per cent of tn
J cothe cantonment will take plac
, Sept 5. Another 80 per cent will g
r Sept. Is; 80 per cent Sept. 30; an
: the remaining 10 per cent as 500
} thereafter as possible.
r Gen. Crowder states in a letter t
Gov. Cox referring to the first mol
Y ilization day:
"In this connection the thought al
Q peals strongly to me that any ste
8 that can be taken locally to curtail th
liquor traffic on that day would be
e real service to the nation
At the governors Office, it wa
e stated, it was presumed Gov. CO
F; would follow the suggestion.
|, Urgent necessity for certiflcation {
; one-third of Ohio's quota by Sept.
! is pointed out by Gen. Crowder.
l. Columbus Women to Vote.
|. Suffrage leaders here are rejoicir
y over the election at which all Colur
It bus women over 21 years of age al
a granted the right to vote for city Q
[. fees.
National Dairy Show.
# While the new 100000 coliseum {
n the Ohio state fair grounds will n
r. be completed for this years state fai
It everything has been done to rush Il
e construction of the building. tt
e work necessary to put the enclose
e buildings in proper shape for the n
3. tional dairy show will not be col
e pleted either for the Ohio state fai
L. All of these changes and improv
If ments will be completed and reaC
II before the first of October, howeve
d and they will be used for the nation
vs. dairy show Oct. 18 to 27. Offices
i. the show have been opened here.
Less Oats; More Wheat.
ir Oats is a crop which must give ws
r to wheat. At present prices the ms
a ket value of an acre of oats is not
y high as the market value of the san
t. acre of wheat. Those whose opinion
If are worth most feel confident that Il
y present demand for wheat will CO
IN fov. Soma fiT11o IF 10 uhoof or,