Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-06-28
R0TARIANS OF TULSA
ADDRESS CONFERENCE
Take Prominent Part in Sectional
Meetings OF international Con-
ycntion at Kansas City.
OIL SECTION IS LARGE ONE
Producers From Al Over North
America Discuss Phases OF
Of. business.
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Special to The World.
KANSAS CITY, Mo, June 27.-
One or more Tulsa Rotarians were
present at each OF two hundred sec
meeting OF retail dry goods mer-
this afternoon.
W. A, Vandever presided over the
chants. G. Earl williamson was Sec
retary OF the coal dealers confer
ence. This section probably had
the largest percentage OF attend
ance Of any OF the meeting. Homer
Wrrghtsman officiated at tho sec
.tional meeting of rope and cordage
tpen.
One Of the most successful OF tho
conferences was the meeting Of the
oil section In the tea room OF the
Meuhlbach hotel at / o'clock. Henry
GreIs was chairman and j. A. Nc
kecver Of Tulsa, secretary. There
were delegates present from every
oil field on the North American con-
tinent, including Canada and Mexico.
The principal address was delivered
by j. f. Darby OF Tulsa. secretary Of
the Continent Oil Il Gas asso
citation. who has just returned from
government conference on oil mat
tcrs at Chicago. lie said that the oil
men were willing TO turn everything
they owned over to the government
II necessary, but they do want their
taxes equalized with those of other
Industries and he urged all delegates
to organize the oil men in their re-
spective sessions and get behind leg
islatlnn now pending in congress.
Talks on Casing Head Gasoline.
George Vandall OF Bartlesville,
gave an interesting talk on the cas-
ing head gasoline industry explain
ing that by this process a total OF
800 900 gallons of gasoline was being
produced In oklahoma daily that for
merly weSt TO waste. walter JET
ferry OF Toledo. spoke OF the war and
/ its relation to the oil field supply
/ business.
Victor r.. Green OF Edmon AL
berta, Canada, expressed the grati-
| tude Of Canada for the patriotic atti-
tude OF the oil men OF the United
States.
on the suggestion Of f. L. Brit
tian OF Kansas City, vice chairman
OF the section, and n motion by ] A.
McISeever, the section voted to rec
omend to the international associa-
tion that the cotton seed oil men and
similar Industries be placed in sepa-
rate classiflcations and that here
after the oil section be confined and
known as the petroleum and petro-
leum products section.
Green Chairman.
Victor f.. Green was elected chair
man OF the section for the ensuing
| year and T. ]. Gay, OF Little Rock,
was made secretary.
Glenn Condor made a war talk
| that aroused great enthusiasm
among the so oil men present. He
| gave some interesting details of the
use OF luhrlcating and fuel oils aid
| gasoline in war.
| At 7 o'clock tonight the entire
/ Tulsa crowd was present at a ban
quet given at the Coates House by
the Tulsans in honor OF Or. Carence
, Ousley OF Washington. assistant sec
retary OF agriculture, who was the
principal speaker at today's session
Of the convention, and who Is the
special guest OF the Tulsa club this
week. Afterwards they attended a
| Rotary vaudeville show at the En-
! press theater.