The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-04-17
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fuo Hundred Representatives
IN State Hear Plans

0I0 REPRESENTATIVE, al the hed NIohs
oDwcn today At Chamber of Commerce
0tlahoms county's district which had
- divisional representative prior to
oolay, had one appointed In the person
q q. p. Workman OF this city.
A party Of Red Gross experts arrived
h The city during the night, from
Dallas. These experts represent head
eunrters OF the southwestern division
q St. Louis. The party consists OF
]. L. Johnson. ehairnisn OF the south
vest division campaign committee; ID.
b. Walker. ST. Louis dry goods mer-
chant authority on Red Gross campaign
auditing; George Wayetley Briggs,
head OF the Red Gross speakers bureau
nd l. Z. LeBaume, press agent
. 100 Are Attending
The meeting was opened At lOAS
Ms forenoon by L. z. Phillips OF
Dsstiesville. Nearly 400 Red Cross
workers, men, representing all sections
q the state, have come to attend this
oession. Much OF the time this fore
uooa was taken up In the delegates
segistering as soon as they arrived at
Chamber OF Commerce.
Foiloving the formal opening by state
director for Oklahoma. Phillips, J. l..
Johnsoa was asked to take charge oi
SAe meeting. Large envelopes were dis
Sribused among the divisional repre-
oeatstives and johnson devoted an hour
. explaining the use Of the Red Cross
literature, calendar pledge, booklets,
buttoas and insignia d. ID. Walker
ave q talk on taking care OF the cam
paign funds and auditing books, George
Wsverly Briggs outlined the work to
be done by Red Gross speakers and
u. Z. lie Baume gave a talk on Red
Cross publicity.
Captain viekers Speaks
Al the luncheon At noon the principal
opeaksr ives Capt. Ledie Vickers OF the
lsitish army who told some of his ex-
6odeaces fighting the Hun In France,
= applied TO the great humanitarian
Work the Red Cross Is doing. Stanley
Beynan was made pre-. agent and
1lfector OF all forms Of publicity for the
0kiahoms state campaign.
= am always pleased In particular
. address men and women OF America,
said Captain vickers, because your ma.
hon is the only one that has ever licked
ny nation. That victory in some par
nay perhaps be aseribed to the fact yo'
eut the French to help you and we wer
JooIish enough to hire some Ger
msns to fight for ~, by which token W
,ought to have known we would &c
lieked. AT any rate We never hire
German soldiers again
No Tears In France.
sYou In America must prepare agains
that time soon to come, il indeed II i
uot already here, when thousands o
yuur young men who went away stronl
oad n good health, return as eripple'
b you And you should be prepared
y face the fact that these men will re
tsirn pacifists. Not the kind Of paci
Hats who have a yellow stripe dowI
their backs instead of spine but tw'
nsted pacifists, men who have ha'
their fill Of war and who will urge tina
you help lick the German so thoroughly
his time he can never menace tn
worlds peace again.
"There are no tears In the eyes O
French women. There are In the eye
81 British women and most OF all !
he eyes OF American women, but not i
ne eyes Of French women. The Frenc
women come 10 believe il Is better
nve dead hero than live Stacker
II was in America year before tn
var started. | have served two yea,
actively at the front until Germa
ID defiance Of the treaty of Geneva, pr
me out BY sending a dun dun bull
Into my head from which II was e.
tSacted in France with the doctor n
irving me anesthetic because he hi
none.
sThe army OF my country consist,
Of 10000 men when the war broke OF
The kaiser called il a contemplate Ii
lie army but it held five times III
sumber Of Germans at bay The kais
called US shopkeeping nation al
Among other things, we do keep sho
but he will. find the Briton redeems b
4 paper TO the last cent in the drawer al
he redeems his oath,
England Believes in Wilson.
Captain Vickers evoked unpre
Rented enthusiasm when he declared
Twice the Hun tried to take ,Ypr
end he couldn't do it, even with !
twenty-seven kinds Of death gas.
snears Ypres today but ! tell you, m
and women of America, that although
know he gets nearer Ypres, twice
couldn't take il, and by God, he will !
y take il this time
HIn England we know we have go
~ lietator and his name is Lloyd Geol
md do you know my friends, most
d ~ thank God we have got Lloyd Geo
' ~ B dictator. You are to be congra
1ei too, by . British soldier, that
|f sreat Z man as President Wilson h
~ enough is your president /,
lfevcr Of dictatorial power your c
VI os shall see tit to invest in him
6 : Eneiand do not believe will be po'
goFted from It's righteous intentic
Jtis il indeed time for you
1n1rira to keep your home fires bu
y ~ h is not ; time to envelop y
VI - :cr your communities IN Il
~ The government at this time
~ Cross campaign for rs sec
1 senn to open. TO make "
$3.50 80 svstl ko,~r nm