Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-03-11

| do the things we are uSked to do .
! She urged that no fats OF any
| Kind be- thrown away even after they
can no longer be used tor cooking
purposes because they can hU used
| u the manufacture OF soap aud wu-
lulttuuy
Conservation Of butter and milk
WAS especially stressed Thrr uu
ItrIttuus Importance and value was
! iDNpLuurd especially Tor phildrvu.
who must have thom I'm order 'n
grow into healthy men and women.
Glyc s,suur children butter and
three glasses milk u dny, but use
Isuhst,tutrS tur yourselves. she
urged You grown ups do not
Ec"d lt ana You should not use over
"a hulf pound ur butter week
Other savings Suggested.
The use uf dricd fruits figs hon
Ie, and mulAsSts was also urged w
lon grown persons instead of candy.
| thus conserving the sugar supply
Tho children OF France and Rel
rWW and other countries had Tor
gotten the taste OF candy because
lthcN have not had any In so long
lbud Miss l}luyrl 40 person should
consume moro than hhlf u pound "
sugar per week
Even whey that comes from hut
tvrmtlh has its food value said Miss
RinEel and Su has SOUR milk Nrith-
er should ever he thrown away.
| EluNug she appealed to everyone
10 conserve uud declared Unless
y on make yourselves 90 per cent
efficient in this war YOU are not
worth the .acrlriccs uur soldiers are
making fur vuu'
Everett Colby followed Miss Hin
zel aud said that any citizen who
does not de- his run duty In helping
| 'uuaCtN" food ~ doing worse than
the ro-GrrmlnN, Tor they are fail
ins In their efforts, while those who
! ignore tho needs of uur Anldlnrs agd
/ those 1f our allics are succeeding In
weakening the nations strength and
! efficiency.
| Mr. Colby campllmented the Tulsa
| Home Guard. which had formed au
tumohllrv' cu route to the halt The
guards were out In force, with their
band leading. ana made an imposing
appearance ds they marched to their
scAts ON the stage, The crowd gave
them a hearty welcome when they
appeared
Mr. Colby also took uccaalun to 10
fer TO the militant suggestion Of
| Reverend Abel about hanging mis-
chief workers to lamp posts and con
graduated the city on It's militant
ministry lio said he never he
| iieVed he could feel tsward any hu-
! lcfmans after NJ visited France aud
Belgium and learned of their brutal.
atrocities
"They Are Atroclous'
lie was 4 pro-uerman before we
| q L.. ~
he had lived IN Germany for time,
and did not believe the reports Of
their brutality But it's all true,
he said, "ercNthlnG you have read
In true" lie saw little Belgian boys
hose right hands had been cut of
bv Germans 20 that they could not
fire gun. he saw with his own
eyes n German aviator fire upon a.
'rowd Of women and children. aud
he learned Of many Instances OF their
dropping bombs upon schoolhouse
Forty children were Killed In one
school by one OF these brutal avia
tors, he said
Il know II YOU hpd seen what I've
seen and came bacA home and heard
II pro-German talking against your
country or itA soldiers. ne wouldn't
get out OF your preseace back To his
home and we are going TO reach
that point, IN we have not already
reached H. where We VIII wish to
zee hanging TO lamp-post any man
who tries 10 undermine public opin-
ion here nt home" aaid Mr. Colby,
hich statement brought "A storm OF
applause.
Mutilnted Our soldiers,
lie described seeing the bodies ~
our own soldiers carried IN sncks
without any legs and without any
arms. without the sight of their
eyes. their flesh Kashed and said that
I II his liHtenerHNhad seen these things
they would have the feeling that he
himself has nov about the pro-uer-
mans who go about talking against
the government
Mr.. Colby declared that the people
of the United States have not taken
the war seriously. they think there
" plenty Of food. they don't know
the situation you people out here
are no prosperous that you cannot
conceive OF there not being enough
food You do not feel Il yourselves
and you never saw H. There never
was hungry person In Oklahoma,
he said. compared with tho hunger
he had seen In Belgium and France.
Tulsa Win Sacrifice.
At thla point Mr.. Colby asked
every person who would sacrifice 10
that food conservation could be made
successful TO stand and every person
instantly arose,
II knew you'd do II. he exclaimed,
the very minute | reached this town
| could sniff " in the air"
MIR. Colby then spoke most enter
tRiningly and I'm an imprOmptu fash
ion that added 20 the enjoyment OF
his address. OF his experiences abroad
as one OF a commission OF six sent
to France anSAscngland by Mr.. Ioov-
ar 10 Investigate the food situation In
those countries. lie intersperaed his
talk with many lauehable Incidents
but one or two glimpses OF the real
horrors OF war were so horrible that
"a shudder went thru the audience
when he related them.
one OF these was when he went
thru a tunnel on the battlefront
near Ipres that has been dug by the
British after they had driven the
fQcrmans back He was told that
the British soldiers actually tup-
neled thru human bodies OF bur
led German soldiers) a distance OF
fifty feet. IN digging the tunnel
Illustrating the scare in London
because Of the German air raids
Mr.. Colby said rooms on top floors
OF London hotels rent for 10 cents
n day. while those or the first floor
rent for s25. lie went across the
channel between steel nets placed
by the British TO prevent submu
rlnes from sinking crossing vessels