Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-06-12

$500 m tsNs-..
Says Dates for Big Drive set
at October IA to 21-Wiu
Raise $4,000 600 !.

States Attorney Theodore B. Elton
returned this morning from !, New
York where he, with H. W. Gearey
of Fargo represented the state at the
convention Of the war Work 1coun-
Gil Of the r. NJ. C. A. which met June
; and 4. Mr.. Elton returned very en-
thustastfc about the "Y". work, and
busy planning to get many recruits
for the oversee service Of the Y. NJ.
c. A.
One Of the moot important matters
taken up by the council was the dis
cussion OF the date and size Of the
next campaign. Mr.. Elton stated
that the first days session vas taken
eup with discussion Of this subject, and
1t was decided that the drive would be
staged October II to FL, the amount
to be 100000, 900. This was decided
after John Mott. general secretary of
the Y. NJ. C. A.. who had charge Of
the days meeting. told Of the work
and needs Of the "" huts. Mr.. Mott
has been abroad five times in connec-
ton with the J" war work. and told
of h needs for men and money as he
had seen them.
Many Veterans Speak.
The second days work.. Mr.. Elton
stated, concerned with the recruiting
Of men for oversees service. Many
prominent Y: NJ. c.. A. workers who
had seen service in France spoke.
Francis Parker. who has charge Of
three districts of "Y'' huts was one Of
the speakers. Gypsy Smith told Of
the work the British Red Triangle
huts are doing and have done for the
boys. Professor Stokes of Yale spoke
Of the educational work that is being
done. He outlined the courses hat
are given the boys at the front, in
Guiding courses in French language.
history and geography. H. D. Pratt,
vice president Of the Standard Oil
company. who headed one OF the
commissions to. France. to investigate
the conditions as the Y found them
and what they were doing to better
them, spoke of his experiences. .Cy-
rus Mccormack. of the budget COM
mittee, told how the money would
be raised for the work. Mr.. Gedeau.
minister Of public health of France
told. through ar interpreter how the
French appreciated the work of the
U. S. 7. M. c. A.. and in citing the
government as asking for 1900 huts
for the French army asked that the
number be raised to 1000. -
Many q Destroyed.
Mr.. Elton, in speaking of the need
of men for. the service, noted the fact
that in the district betweenNSoissons
and RheimG where the recent heavy
fighting has been carried on, most OF
the huts were stationed, and as a re
suit, most Of them have been cap
tured or destroyed by the Germans.
Mr.. Elton was in New York at the
time Of the submarine raid. and spoke
Of the contrast in the city on Monday
night, before the raid. and on Tues
day night. Everything was lit up on
Monday; all of the electric signs and
window lights. but on Tuesday hi
said. "Chief of Police Enright order
ed all lights out. You couldn't i'm.
agine the contrast. Practically al
street lights put out. We went
to an ice cream parlor, and at f1rst
thought the place was deserted, a al
of the street lights were out. and only
those in the real of the store lit"
MI. Elton stated that work on re-
cruiting will be started in earnes,
soon. and preparations made for thu
big "Y" drive in the fall.