The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-04-22
PROGRAM FOR
EDITORS MEET
is GIVEN OUT
Busy Two Days Arranged for
North Dakota Newspaper .
We mems Conference
THREE BIG MEN COMING
Burr Mcintosh, DR.. Thomas
Moran and DR.; Willard j.,
Bleyer to Talk
THREE BIG MEN COMING

A busy two days program for the
North Dakota editors who are to gath.
er here Friday and Saturday for war
conference called by the North Da.
kota Council Of Defense was planned
at a meeting of the Grid Iron Club
Sunday evening, when Georg &c v Halli-
day, director of publicity for the state
council, requested that this Organlza-
ton take charge of arrangements for
the gathering Of newspaper men.
1t is expected that the newspaper
men, of whom are least 200 are ex>
pected will begin to arrive Thursday
night and that by Friday noon ma
jority of the press representatives |ill
be here. The Mckenzie hotel has
been designated as headquarters for
the conference, and Win S: Mitchell
will take charge of the registration
of visitors there. The first conference
session will be an executive meeting
of the newspaper men and the cOun'
Gil of defense at $3.50 Friday afternoon
in the house chamber at the capitol
Chief Justice Andrew A. Bruce will
preside.
Sam H. Clark, publisher Of Jim Jam
Jems. will extend the newspaper men
a welcome on behalf of the city, and
G. A. Monteith of Finley, president Of
the North Dakota Press association,
will respond for the fraternity. There
will be. short talks by DR.. Willard
G.. Bleyer, dean of the college Of jour.
nalism of the University Of Wisconsin,
and DR.. Thomas F. Moran Of Purdue
university, who comes as personal
representative of President Wilson,
and there will be discussed plan OF
publicity through which every news
paper in the state can directly coop.
crate with the council of defense in its
patriotic work.
Friday evening a banquet will be
served at the Mckenzie, beginning at
$50. Judge Bruce will act as toast.
master. Governor Lynn J. Frazier
will deliver an address of welcome,
and Jerry D. Bacon. publisher Of the
Grand Forks Herald, has been asked
TO respond. Mr.. Bacon, who now Is
in Chicago. has advised George V.
Halliday, director Of publicity for the
Council of Defense that he will make
a special effort to be here. DR.. Moran,
DR.. Bleyer, Sam Clark: Herbert A.
CASTOR of the Courier-Eews. Carl "A.
Nelson of Cando, press member of
the council Of defense, and John H.
Bloom of Devils Lake are scheduled
for responses. Norman Black of the
Fargo Forum has been asked to sing
"Over the Top" and songs will be
asked from George w. Stewart of the
Wilton News and F. f. Ellickson of
the Regent Times, famous minstrels
of TIE Fourth Estate. Mrs. J. V. La
Rose has been requested to sing THE
Marsellaise," and, Henry Halvorson
has been asked for Keep the Home
Fires Burning" George Humphreys,
Miss Bergliot Caspary and other we'll
known Bismarck vocalists, have been
asked to contribute, and there will be
music by O'Connor's orchestra.
An executive session will be held
at the Commercial club rooms at 10
o'clock Saturday morning. Saturday
noon a war luncheon will be served
at the Grand Pacific, where Burr Nc
Intosh of New York and Dr. Moran
will speak. Saturday afternoon at 2
another final executive session will be
held. and the remainder of the after
noon will be devoted to entertain
ment Saturday evening mass meet
ing will be held at the Auditorium,
where the public will be invited to
hear Burr Mcintosh and DR.. Moran.
Governor. Frazier will preside, and
the On-to-V Victory orchestra will play.