El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-07-12


TWO months ago leaders in the in
l ternational committee Of the
Young Mems Christian association ex-
pressed the conviction that the time
had arrived to begin 10 curtail work.
and perhaps 10 return TO the head
quarters building in New York. given
the committee only short time ago
by Mrs. William T. Dodge and Mrs.
Russell Sage. As the peace confer
ence neared the end Of its work,
European nations began 10 give
thought to social welfare. and the W
in the United States has been Of
ficially asked TO become responsible
for work throughout the armies OF
France. italy, Poland. Czecho- Siavo-
kia and Greece, and to enlarge work
n Germany, Austria and Servia- It is
also askSd 10 take up big plans for
city work in Constantinople. Jerusa-
lem, Smyrnl. Salonika and Warsaw.
To date The number OF 'sY'' secre-
taries enrohed in America for war
work ist-.S1J United States and abroad
exceeds 1900. This number Is not
yet materially reduced, for Poland.
the international committee for
American secretaries The big work
OF the moment is construction of huts
IN the DEVASTATED districts Of France
and Belgium, for the service OF civil
lians Every hut available in the war
zones is being rushed forward and
put up for use. The old order OF work
under the international committee,
taken up in the United States and in
mission fields Of the far east, suffered
in some measure during the war. but
IL Is stated that new plans are making
i a
short time These plans viii include
an advance in South America An
other general appeal for funds Is ex-
pected in the not vary distant future.
"fr in Far Lands
The war work council OF the Y.
II. c. A does not contemplate going
out of existence before 1920 II then,
and announces that Il Is advancing
with all speed into Czecho-SIovokia.
where it is pledged to president
Masayk to have IS y" huts in opera
ton with his troops by Sep
TENDER. and 50 by the end Of the
year A new order has ben issued
compelling every Czsch0-Slavokia Of
ficer 10 take training under the "
In Salonika new association build
ing has just been opened, toward the
construction OF which president Neni-
zelos personally gave $4,000. and II has
just been learned that the CITY OF
Saionika has voted 10 the '.Y' an
entire block Of land. In Constanti-
nople the association building in use
before the war was turned over TO the
care OF the Dutch. but Il has just been
returned to the ~" and formally re-
opened. New associations are planned
for Smyrna and Iconnium. There are
IS American ~" secretaries in the
Archangel war district and they will
remain ghere even after American
troops have left. There are more than
one hundred American secretaries in
Siberia, and the number IS 10 be in
creased to work with soldiers under
the Omsl government
Conrad Hoffman. an American -Y''
secretary. was the only American per
son remaining ia Germany throughout
the war who was formally recognized
as war worker OF the allies He has
just come home and is now in Wash
ington. He reports hearty sympathy
with the fsY7' ideals throughout Ger
many. and Is urging larger American
support for work in Germany and
Austria, both among citizens, and
among prisoners Of war still there
According TO Hoffman. there are $780,
COO Russian war prisoners still IN
the bar5ed wire enclosures OF Ger
rolled and trained. and the T" War
council is working at breakneck speed, (
as IL has done for two years and more.
VIII Open Saloons
COMMANDER BOOM OF the cdlNdLon
Army says that necessity viii compel
her army al once 70 enter upon the
erection OF buildings in a number OF
large cities east OF the Mississippi,
where Army work Is most pressing, /
in spite OF the high cost Of material
and labor. The drive for $4,000. eco
mas netted to date So. O0e. 600 through
out the east. and another Sl,000.0o0 in
Colorado and California. but in other
parts Of the west the drive has not
yet come off, owing to local con-
ditions- When II does so commander I
Booth is confident the full s13.o0o,000. !
will be exceeded
Two Hotel ArgonneS and their bars
are already taken over from former
owners and names. one IN New York
and one in Boston. and the army
states that Is has definitely deter
mined upon hotel and saloon plans.
especially the latter. 1t has options
on half a hundred saloon properties