The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-09-17
A FIVE MILE GAIN I'm BIG WAR QUOTA
Serbians and French County Will Be Asked
Against Bulgars. for Least $4,000.
Three Miles on Conference Max
19-Mile Front. Ing Plans Here Today.
SERBS BACK ON NATIVE SOIL WUMtH DU VALUABLE Wuhk
The Allies Capture 5000 Pris- MISS Helen paws lens u
oners md Their war Lapors.
Bulgarian Units Have Ap M1lOn ana nan "eip 1""A0
peared on French Front. MunHlohs.
Shawnee County Will Be Asked
for at Least $4,000.
Seyen.in- One Conference Max.
ing Plans Here Today.
WOMEN DO VALUABLE WORK
Miss Helen Davis Tells OF
Their War LabOrs.
Million and q Half Help Make
Munitions.

Until the matter or county appof>
tionments of the s1,suo.o00 quotas for
Kansas of the first allied war fund
campaign could be threshed out and
adjusted in committee meeting this
afternoon and this evening nothing
certain could be announced as to the
exact quota for Shawnee county. lt
was released for publication however.
that the apportionment for Shawnee
county will be approximately lfoTo OF
the Red Cross second war fund quota.
This means that the Shawnee coun-
ty quota will be about $4,000 for the
allied war fund drive. The money Is
to be divided on a percentage scale
between the seven organizations unit
ed for the drive. The county cam
paign will be in charge of Charles III.
Sessions. The allied campaign will
start in all parts of the United States
November IL and will end November
Is.
State Into IA Divisions.
The state of Kansas has been divided
into fourteen divisions as in the Red
Cross war fund drives and districts
and county managers have been ap-
pointed to handle the campaign in
| their respective communities and 4ivi-
sions. t
L. s. Ferry will direct the campaign
for the Fifth campaign district of
Kansas Cecil Howes will act as pub
| licity manager and Marco Morrow is
chairman of the speakers division.
| From All Parts of State.
Representatives from nearly every
| county in the state were present at
Memorial hall at 10 O'Clock this morn
\ ing for the opening session of the
| Allied War Work council which is to
handle the joint drive for the seven
| war work organizations recognized by
| the government.
". M. Wiley, state chairman of the
allied war work council committee.
presided at the meeting Today and in
troduced the speakers. Wiley deliver
| ed the keynote speech for the drive.
his sentiment being expressed in the
| one sentence:
There is but one army in France,
l and there should be but one army.
| here at home" 1850. : 6. 4, i.-.5
All to Share in Drive.
Wiley pointed out that all of the al
lied nations have relinquished individ-
| ual command of the separate units
/ and have united the allied armies un-
der one supreme command. The par
alle1 was that the war work organiza-
| tions here on this side of the water
| have at the behest of the war depart.
| ment followed suit and done likewise.
1t was announced at the meeting
this morning that the state quota for
the allied war work drive is 81. 100000,
to the Y. NJ. c. A. The Y. w. c. A, the
Catholic war council, the American
Library association, the war camp ac-
tivities commission. the Salvation
Army and the Jewish welfare board
| are to share in the campaign result
. on the percentage basis.
Each one of the seven war work or
ganizations allied for the purposes OF
the drive had a representative at the
meeting this morning to speak for the
particular organizations.
Work Women Are Doing.
The work women are doing in win>
ming the war was the subject OF ad-
dresses made by members OF the
women's session Of the United War
4 Work campaign conference. The SEN
arate session for the women was held
at the First Presbyterian church this
i afternoon, and all the organizations
for war work, recognized by the gov
ernment in which women are repre-
sented in the conference, formally
united in the campaign merger.
In compliance with an order from
the director-general of the campaign.
John r. Mott. of New York. the
woman's section Of the campaign eff
fort, is to be headed by the Y. w. c. A..
which already has in the field an EN-
cient organization suitable for the
campaign effort. Under this order.
the organizations all work under the
direction of the leadership of the men.
which is headed by the Y. M c. A.
because of its organization machinery.
fully equipped to carry on the cam-
Ipaign.
In this state the officers who lead IN
the women's work, going over to the
mems organization in an auxiliary ca
lpacity, are Mrs Paul Walker, as chair
man for the women's section in the
state; Miss Allena Grafton, as direc-
tor; with other officers who have been
looking after exhibits and the work OF
| the speakers bureau.
Have Advisory Committee.
: These officers have an advisory com.
, mittee, which is made up of represen-
tatives from all the societies partici-
3 pating in the drive which have women
representatives, and also of represen.
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