The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-17
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delegates. was the greatest military
undertaking ever before the govern
ment. He went into details in his
discussion OF the task of whipping
$4,000 raw men into finished soldiers
and preparing them for every emer-
gency which confronts the fighting
men on the western front in France
The cooperation of the Y. M. G. A in
caring for the men and looking after
both their pleasure and comfort were
told by Pratt and Barnes. Large
crowds attended the afternoon ses-
sions
Charles S. Huffman, adjutant gen.
eral, drove home the need of thoro
home guard organizations in the state.
He told of the work in organizing
more than 100 home guard units now
in Kansas towns and counties. Thru
these organizations. he said, hundreds
of men will be able to serve the gov
| eminent These men in the home
guards are men beyond the draft age
or not physically fit for service over
seas.
Food production and conservation
meetings will be held at the Swedish
Bethel church, Sixth avenue and Har-
rison street. The sessions of the food
conservatiorists open at sac this eve
ming Just what the saving of wheat
and meat and other products in Kan
saS mean to the national government
will be outlined and defined by num-
Der of prominent kansans. J. c.
Mohler, secretary of the state board
of agriculture, will preside at the
meeting
Dean William Jardine of the state
agricultural college will tell Kansas
farmers of their duty to the govern
ment in the production of food in
1918. Price Interpretation" will be
q fnr
tia, state food administrator Mary
Pierce NanZile, dean of home econom-
les at the state agricultural college,
will tell the war council delegates of
Food Conservation and Substitution"
! The war education section, which
includes the four-minute men of the
state. will hold their session at the
First Presbyterian church at $40 this
evening. Among the Kansans who
VIII tell OF TIE campaign of educa-
ton from the PLATFORM of theaters
and in front of the spotlight in the
movie shows will be DIR. Henry ].
! Waters, former president of the state
agricultural college; DR.. E j. Kulp
Mac Martin and w. A. Johnson Ar
thur E. Bestor, representing the
speakers bureau of the national coun-'
I eli OF defense, will tell the Kansas
I tour minute platform artists of Co
originating Speakers Campaign"
DIR. Vincent Here.
one OF the feature attractions of the
Two days session will be the war meet
ing at the auditorium tonight mr.
George E. Vincent, head of-the Rookie
teier Ioundatlon and an orator of ma
tlonal note, will tell Kansas of the
government war aims and purposes
and the duty and responsibility Of the
men ana women at home. DR.. Vincent
| comes to Kansas to speak instead Of
rankin IL Lane, secretary of the in
terror. Secretary Lane had been as
signed to the central western trim Int
the dates of the cabinet member were
cancelled and DR.. Vincent will hiring
the message of the national admins
trat1on to the war workers of Kansas
Preceding the speakers program at
the auditorium, Mischa Levitzki. pian-
list, Will give a recital under the aus
pices of the Elks lodge Reservations
Will be protected and at 7.15 doors
! to the galleries will be opened to the
pubic Tor unreserved sections
For British Government.
Sir Frederick E. Smith, attorney
general of Great Britain will speak
tonight for the British government
He will tell of the auxiliary war organ
izations in British provinces and in
England and is authorized to speak
for the British government Sir Fred
er1ck E. Smith has been in the United
States several weeks as an authorized
agent OF his government and his trip
to midwest war conferences was
authorized by the British war depart
ment- The aims and purposes, as well
as the accomplishments of the allied
nations in the war against Prussian
military domination will be told by the
British attorney general.
Miss Harriet Vittum of Chicago,
representing the woman's division of
Illinois, will bring to Kansas the mes
sage and story of the work of the
Illinois women since the United States
entered the war. Miss Vittum is de-
clared to be speaker of unusual
ability and her talk will probably be
of women interested in war work
Governor Capper will preside at the
evening session. Speaking will prob
ably begin at Sis, owing to the de-
lays incident to the Elks musical pro-
gram.
The 1S9th Infantry band from Camp
Doniphan, Fort Sill, Okla, arrived in
Topeka this morning. Permission to
send the military band to Topeka for
tn war conference was given by the
federal war department and author
lied by Major General Wright in COM
mand at the military camp. The band
Kansas organization, will furnish
music during the two days sessions.
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