El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-12-13
MUSIC, MOVES
At WAR RALLY
Savings Stamps Campaign
Formally Opens Tonight
With Big Parade.

MULlUn pictures or the arrival OF
1 Gen. John j. Pershinr in France
music by the 34th regiment band. adj
I dresses by Rev. A. r. Upton. assistant
rector Of St Patrick's cathedral
Lieut.. Jean Cobbey. OF Camp Cody
and Zach Cobb. Of FL Paso, viii bs
the main features Of the big fire.,
patriotic mass meeting opening the
campaign for the sale Of war saving.
certificates in FL Paso county TIL.
evening at the Texas Grand theatel
at o'clock. Plans were completed
by the advisory committee at tbs
First National bank Thursday morn
ing at Il o'clock
The meeting will be preceded by q
Z parade starting from the SheldOr
hotel at 1880 o'clock. with the 3fth in
Tu-ry hand leading. Members Of the
{ executive committee and othel
I pertinent citizens viii be in line and
there viii be banners and other fea-
lures arranged by H r. McClintock
Gen. Read TO Attend.
u Mai. Gen. George W. Read has &C
[ cepted the invitation OF the commit
I tee to occupy a place on the speak
! ers' platform and also Col Horatio
S-ci5eL Gen. Read said to A. P.
I Coles. chairman Of the committee,
Z that he would be glad TO aid IN the
{ campaign for interesting the public
Z in the war saving certificate cam
paign and would aid in this or any
other public object as far as possible
Prominent Families in Boxes
Families Of Cen Read and Col
/ Siclzel and Of members Of the execu-
I tive committee will occupy boxes.
/ The boxes and stage viii be deco
rated in national colOrs, according 70
/ a reDort made at the meeting Of the
I advisory committee BY W r. Winch
Z chairman of the committee on ar
! rangements He also announced that
he had wired for the picture Of the
stadium football carnival and that II
might arrive in time TO be shown at
the mass meeting
Lick the Kaiser
Lick a stamp and lick the kaiser
was the slogan adopted on motion Of
Pobert Erak@uer at the meeting OF
the advisory board This slogan VIII
be used in various ways In the cam
ucign TO raise FL PasO county snare
Of SI.516,020 OF war saving certifi-
Gates.
Opinions given by various members
Of the committee were unanimous
that every effort must be made 10
interest the public in the meeting
and hard work viii be done this
al NEL L01A ~ ever -A-lA---'N-
record crowd out 50 great Is the
interest that preparations have been
made TO furnish speakers for an over
Glow meeting in front OF the thealer-
In case the first billion OF war saw
ings stamps is raised within a snort
time it is probable that the next LIB
erty loan can be postponed for
month. chairman Coles stated He
said that this fact had been brought I
or1+ Ar the meeting Of the state board ]
at Dallas.
Big Groups Together.
Employees OF various large FL Paso Z
firms. CORPORA ions and railroad shops D
viii be invited 10 the meeting by NJ /
Coblentz. Employees Of both the W hlte 4
House and Popular stores VIII De /
urged TO attend in a body and sit to- Z
getber. This idea. which was sug-
gested by Rev. P r. knickerooccker I
will be carried out as far as posslnie l
yri+h all EMPLOYEES. the Red Cross and 4
other ORGANIZATIONS
AIeNary Organizes Parade
= thorough canvass OF the public Z
schools has been made TO advertise 4
the meeting. Posters will be given I
but to men going from WorH- NJ
band and parade will be under the
charge Of James G. AfcNary. and as
many people as possible are urged
10 join in the line of march
Teachers 10 BE Enlisted
4 mass meeting Of all teachers IN
q Paso county has been arranged Tor
saturday by the city and county
school boards for a complete organ
zation for the sale OF the war say
nes stamps. Teachers viii be MADE
for the sale Of stamps 10
he pupils An organization OF scnool
,hilfdren is also contemplated. the
-eDort concerning the work IN the
;chools was made by E NJ Whitaker
hartman Of the schools committee
That a flag had been offered oy
.fr AIcNa-y for the school with the
-reatest sole Of war saving s-amps'
md another flag by the school hay
ng the greatest percentage OF SUD
-~-ibers, was announced by MI W MI
a meeting for the bIock-to-block I
.ar7Daien. of which r. Burt OrndorII
q chairman. viii lbe held at 10 o'clock
7ridav morning at the City National
,an,-. HEADQUARTERS for this com
nittee will be maintained here. II
vas decided. following an INVITATION
y H n. Andreas.
Members Of the committee pres
mt at the meeting were; A p coles
hartman: ". B. Butler, secretary
James G. McNary. A r. Weno. NJ
,oblen+z. r. NJ Whitaker. h Il An
treas r. Burt Orndorff. r a Sne.
on Robert KraEauer. G n Harvey
. G Davis. a. Schwartz and W r.
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