The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-11-06
'.Y" War Work Campalgners
Complete Organization.
Expect To Raise S525,OOO in
State in Nine Days.
MANY OF SPEAKERS BUSY
First Topeka Meeting viii Be
Held Thursday Noon.
ORGANIZATION Meetings Being
Held All Over State.


of V. NJ Wiley, state chairman OF the
war fund campaign to be pushed in
Kansas November IL to 10 by the
Y NJ c. A. indicate that organlza-
ton of the state into districts ana the
organization of the districts into small
Ter units is progressing satisfactorily.
Everything points to complete or
ganization of the state for the big
drive, which has for its purpose in
Kansas the raising of $525,000. the
state share of the $35, 100000 to be
raised thruout the nation for war
work.
Kansas has been divided into IA
districts, containing from four to
twelve counties each, and a district
chairman has been chosen in each OF
the divisions. Public meetings are
being held in each district with dele
gates from all the included counties
County organizations are being form
ed to raise the sum allotted to each
county. Henry j. Allen, who has just
returned from the battlefields of
Europe, and many other well inform
ed men of the state are addressing
the district meetings. Need of Christ
! tan environment at the army camps
and how money subscribed to the Y.
NJ c. A. war fund will supply this
need is being pointed out
Four District Meetings.
| Four district meetings were held
| y -
| each was attended by large bodies of
| enthusiastic delegates, who have al
| ready initiated energetic drives toward
| their respective goals. Five hundred
1 county delegates were in Salina Fri
day noon, where DR.. Edmund J. Kulp,
of Topeka and Henry J. Allen, of
/ Wichita, assisted John j. Eberhardt,
chairman of the Tenth District, in
placing the proposition before the
delegates. Judge W. l. Stuart, of
Hiawatha. and chairman of the Fourth
/ District, launched the campaign in
! his district Thursday noon. Henry
Allen addressed 500 delegates, who
| started activities at once. DR.. Burris
| w. Jenkins, of Kansas City, Mo.
| spoke to lively assemblies at Pitts
burg and Fort Scott on Friday. j
/ Luther Taylor, of Pittsburg, is chair
man of the First District and Geo. S
| Fulcher, of Fort Scott, is chairman OF
| the Second District.
| Organization meetings were held
| Monday at Independence, Hutchinson
| and Newton A meeting was held in
| Wichita today The speakers were
| Henry J. Allen, recently returned
from France and DIR. w. F. Alternately
pastor of the First Presbyterian
| church of Kansas City. Mo-. A meet
ing held at noon today at Concordia
| was addressed by E. B. Pratt, assist
ant secretary of the Y. NJ c. A al
Camp Funston, Kan, national army
| cantonment Tonight a meeting will
be held at Scott City. The speaker
will be DR.. A. T. Campbell, president
| of Cooper college.
The following meetings are SEIZED
uled for the remainder of the week
November kansas City, Kan, noon
speaker Henry J. Allen; Atchison
evening, speaker. Henry J. Allen. No.
Vember S-Emporia, speakers, Will
liam Allen White and Henry ]. Allen
November 9-Parsons, speaker not Sc
lected; and Coffeyville, speaker, Henri,
| ]. Allen.
| The opening meeting in Topeka fol
the $525,OO0 campaign will be helc
Thursday at 1880 o'clock at the city
auditorium, according to the revised
plans for the campaign. The meetins
was to be held at the Chamber o.
Commerce but later it was found tina.
the city auditorium would not be il
use by the visiting teachers.
Henry ]. Allen of Wichita is tn,
speaker at the opening meeting and E
large crowd is expected The Cham
Der of Commerce rooms could not ac
commodate the crowd
The campaign in Topeka will star
with the talk Thursday noon. Tn,
remainder of the campaign in tn,
county will be carried on under A. A
GODDARD, S. E. Cobb, c. S. Elliott. 7 r
Burrow and W. H. Davis. The driv,
on the campaign will probably star
Friday morning and will confirm
next week