Wewoka Capital-Democrat (Wewoka, Okla.), Vol. 19, No. 10, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 13, 1919 Page: 2 of 8
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Looking back to the dark days
when Germany seemed so far
from beaten and when every
day meant death and destruc-
tion, It is easy to recall the ex-
travagant phrases which then
described the passion Tor j
There were fathe^ v a
have paid form no*-fora a
ed the war one day so cm ;•
that day their sons were to be
sent to the firing: front. There
were mothers who would have
thought no financial sacrifice
too great if the war could have
been ended in 1918—as it did
en. Peace then seemed to be so
wonderful a thing -and so
priceless.
Get ready to answer to your
conscience. Are you fit to live
in peace? Were you worth fight-
ing for? Are you really an
American, ready to sacrifice
for American ideala?
The answer isthe else of your
contribution to the Victory loan.
A Fern Thing* ike
i
artuall/
Red Crrs: is Doing] -A*,or
pis, n<>« tUai
ilie French iIioiiinHtcs naturuii/
The people of Sem in olei'onnty | ft‘r as far ■“ to provide for
j iliclr own. It lint aoD’dlnslv Ih-c»i do-
have watched w ith eager inter- : u-riuiutO timt tbe kiiIiiiuk |irim-t|*i«-of
est the reports of iho local H*hI Km1 Cro“ «" France bouri-forth J
I i4i.ilI l»t* to liovt* iMinrtllioiifi n^urtl to |
■di*o*8l hapter which h*ve dealt J ||k rv*|N>u*jl»illtyv hut to direct
with facts an! figures based ou
memoranda correctly kept at
headquarters. Here is a report
by Henry P. Davidson, chairman
of the war council division, that
will give you a correct idea of
the magnitude of the work ac-
complished :
"Th* War I'nwidl of iba loeHW
Rod Crass apt»Sitiori b/ Praahloot Wil-
son on May IH. 1917, to carry ««a lbs
work of tho Americas Rad Croat dur-
ing the war, at their raqoest and by j
rota of the i'antral Committer. ceased ,
NEW ROAD BOSS.
I;n efforts |>riiuurlly to assisting
I'rrnrh relief NH-irtiiw. The llt>«-rated
and do» :istate«l regions of France liu va
tovii divided It/ the government Into
small districts, each officially assigned
to a designated Krrticli relief nrganl-
utlon.
“Tlie Am.% can Red Croat work Hi
Prance »»* Initiated b/ a eomiulaala
of elgiiteen t;.en who landed oa Preach
shores Jana 1*. 1917. Rtaea tbs
aowM #,W0 parsaae have been spaa tbs
mils In Franco. of wbam 7,000 were
actively engaged when the artaiatlea
waa algnad. As Indication of tbe pres-
ent scale of the work will be obtained
from the fact that the aervlces of 0.000
|*ra>»i in- atill repaired.
"t*ur American Expeditionary Pores
having largely evacuated Kitglaitd. the |]
St midnlgbl. February 'JS
“Immediately the armistice waa | activities of the Red Cross Coinmla-
signed tin- War Council l«i»titutod ».,on titer* arv nnturally tt|K»n n dlmln-
i studies to detennlne when the Mnct- l.tung «onle j«orlod. Active n|M-rutionn
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THA h a Point Where
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Cheapness Ceases to Be
ECONOMY!-
We hare all bought Liberty Bonds to the limit, gad
find it necosanry, therefore, to retrench alone
lines.- Be wine, however, and don’t lot your
extend to buying of drugs.
Drug* ami Sanities
fchould be bought with the idea of quality in f>!H.
Price should be a secondary consideration. Wa ask
for your drug trade on the' basis of beat quality and
superior service. In addition to this, wo guarantee
our prices to be as reasonable as those asked elsewhere.
- ly war work of the organization would
S. J. Buckner of Pushmataha have been sufficiently matured to ,n-
county has been assigned to du- ! nM* *h* ‘i'”*'"***1 of *R«ir* •** |»e ra-
... ____i„„. .j... Mimed by the |H>rmnnetit steff ilctiry
ty as superintendent of the , ,, £>,lvlaon( t>«>vaK in Pari* wiwn the
state convict road camp, now | armistice
working just west of Wewoka,
A8 WE SEE THE RIGHT.
Does your desire for peace,
jour patriotic love of liberty,
your ardor and passion for your
country stand the pocketbook
test?
This will be the question
which every American must an-
swer, April 21. when the next
government loan Is to be floated
and the people again asked for
subscriptions.
There te gone now the emo-
tion of war. No onger is there
the picture of the American
boy with Stars and Stripes fight-
ing on a foreign shore. No
longer does his danger and the
menace of the ex-Kaiser Wil-
helm furnish the dramatic ap-
peal to fire the thoughts and
to the point of enthusi-
But of all the loans that have
been floated, this one shoud be
taken with more joy and en-
thusiasm than any of its per-
decessors.
and began work the latter part
of the week. He succeeds W.
A. Mahne, who has been in
charge for some months. Mr.
Buckner is an experienced road
ipan and having at one time
resided in this part of the state,
knows and understands the
conditions that exist here and
what will be required of the
crew. .He tells us that he is
getting the work arranged sys-
tematically and that he hopes
to make a good showing on the
road west. Weather conditions
have been unfavorable the past
month or so and as a result very
little has been accomplished.
An unusual amount of sickness
has also prevailed in the camp,
during the past three months
on account of the flu epidemic,
and this has also contributed to
the slow progress.
was signeo, summoned a
conference there of tli* head* of all
tils* Hot! Cross Commission* In Etmq-e
to canvas*_the situation. After con-
sidering nil tlie factor* it waa con-
cluded to make th* transition on
March 1. Tbe very fortunate choir*
of Or. Livingston Farraijd aa tka raw
chairman af tke Csairal Cemtaittss.
and ihnretoy tlie i-ermanent ctdaf ex-
ecutive of the Red Creaa. make* penal-
ble the coaetunmatlon of tkla plaa an-
tler tha moat fHVorah.e candltiona.
Acceunts Audited by War Department.
“Detailed reports ta Congress and a
complete audit of Its acceants by tha
War Department will constitute the
final record of Red Cross activity dar-
ing the war. Although It hus oeen (
the rule to make public all expendi-
tures when authorised and to give de-
tailed information relative ta alt work
undertaken, the War Council in turn-
ing over its resjmn.slbllitles to Dr. Fnr-
rnud und Ills associates desire to give
arv >ti!l in progress in Archangel and '
Sd-erla.
"The work In Italy has been almost I
entirely on behalf of the civilian p<H>-
ulution of that country. In the critical ,
hours of Italy 'a struggle the American •
people, through their lied Cros*. sent
a practical message of sytn|>athy and
relief for which the government and
people of Italy have never ceased ta
express their gratitude.
Supplies and Paepannsl ta Near Cast.
“The occasion for such concentra-
tion of effort In Italy, England, Bel-
gium and even la Franca having natur-
ally and normally diminished. It ha*
been possible to divert supplies and
personnel In targe measure to the aid
of those people In the Near Bast who
have hitherto been Inaccessible to out-
side assistance, but whose sufferings
have been upon an appalling seals.
The needs of these peoples are so vast
that government alone can meet them.
I*nt Ihe American Rod Cross Is making
an effort to relieve Immediately the
more acute distress.
“An extensive group of American
workers has been dispatched to carry
vitally needed supplies, and to work
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whom the Red Cross belong, and w hose
generous contributions have made pos-
sible all that has been accomplished.
“During tho past uearly twenty-one
months the American people have
given In cash and supplies to the
American Red Cross more than .*100,-
000,000. No value can he pined upon
the contributions of service which
hove been given without stint anil of-
tentimes at great sacrifice by millions
of our people.
“Tho effort of the American Red
Cross In this war hns constituted by
far the largest voluntary gifts of
money, of hand and heart, ever con-
tributed purely for the relief of hu-
man suffering. Through the Red Cross
the heart and spirit of the whole
American people have been mobilized
to take care of our own, to relieve the
misery Incident to the war, and also
to reveal to the world the supreme
Ideals of our national life.
“Everyone who has had any part In
this war effort of the Red Croae Is en-
titled to congratulate himself. No
thanks from anyone could be equal In
value te the self satisfaction every-
one should feel for tho part token.
Fully 8,000,000 American woman have
exerted themselves In Red Cross serv-
ice.
Has Over 17.00fi.000 Adult Members.
“When we entered the war the
American Red Cross had about 500,000
members. Today, as the result of the
recent Christmas memhershin Roll
Call, there are upwards of 1Y.000.000
fid! pnld members outside of the mem-
bers of the Junior Red Cross, number-
ing perhaps 9,000,000 school children
additional.
“Tlie chief effort of the Red Cross
during tlie war lias been to eare for
our men In service and to aid our
nrmy and navy wherever tlie Red
Cross may bo called on to asslaf. As
to tills phase of the work Surgeon Gen-
eral Ireland of the D. S. Army recent-
ly said: ‘The Red Cross lias been no
enterprise- ns vast as the war Itself.
From the beginning It hns done those
things which the Army Medical Corps
wanted done, hut could not do Itself.' '
“The Red Cross endeavor In France
has naturally been upon an exception-
ally large scale where scrvlcd hns
been rendered to the American Army
and to the French Army and the
French people as well, the latter par-
ticularly during the % trying period
when the Allied World was waiting
for the American Army to arise la
force and power. Hospital emergency
service for our army In Franc* baa
greatly diminished, bat the Red Cram
I* sttn being called agon for service
upon a large scale In the great base
hospitals, where tfieosands of Ameri-
can sick and wonaded are still receiv-
ing attention. At these heap! tala the
Red Cross sapplleo hats and facHItlsa
for tbe amusement and reereattpn of
fbe men aa they become convalescent
Oar Army of Occupation In Germany
was followed with lfedlcal units pre-
pared te render the same emergency
aid and supply service which was the
primary baslnaas af (ha Red Cross
diving hostilities. Urn Army Canteen
(be Uses of (rural has
tlvities, n Balkan commission has been
estnblifhed, with headquarters at
Rome, Italy, from which point alone
all tlie Balkan centers cun he reached
promptly. '
“A commission has Just reached Po-
land with doctors and nurses, medical
supplies, and food for sick children
and Invalids. An American Red Cross
Commission has also been appointed
to nyi In relieving the suffering of Rus-
sian prisoners still confined In German
prison camps.
“An Important commission Is still
working In Palestine. Through the
war speelnl co-operation has been
given to the Armenian and Syrian Re-
lief Commission, which was the only
agency able to carry relief la the in-
terior of Tnrkish dominions.
Rad Cross Will Centinus.
“Red Cross effort Is thus far flnng.
It will continue te be so. But the
movement represented by this work
has likewise assamed an intimate place
In tbe daily life of our people at home.
The army of workers which has been
recruited and trained during tlie war
must not be demobilised. All our ex-
perience In the war shows clearly that
there is an unlimited field for serviee
of the kind which can be performed
with peculiar effectiveness by the Red
Cross. What Its future tasks may be
It la yet Impossible to forecast We
know that so long as there Is an Amer-
ican army In tlie field tbe Red Cross
will have a special function to perform.
“Nothing could be of greater impor-
tance to the American Red Cross than
the plans Just set In motion by the five
great Ited Cross societies of the world
♦o develop a program of extended ac-
tivities In the interest of humanity.
Tlie conception involves not alone ef-
forts to relieve liutnah suffering, but
to prevent It; not alone g movement
by the people of nn Individual nation,
< but an attempt to arouse all people to
a sense of their responsibi.lty for the
welfare of their fellow beings through-
out the world. It Is a program both
Ideal and practical. Ideal In that Ita
i supreme aliu is nothing less than ver-
itable “Peace on earth good will to
men," and practical In that It seeks to
take means and measures which are
actually available and make them ef-
fective In meeting without delay the
crisis which Is daily recurrent In the
lives of all peoples.
“For nccompiJshlng Its mission In
the years of peace which must lie
ahead of ns the Red Cross will require
the ^blest possible lead- jhlp, end
must enjoy the continued support, sym-
pathy. iwd participation In Its work
of tho whole American popple.- It la
particularly fortnaae* that each a man
xs Dr. Livings!** Famed should bav*
boon selected aa th# parmaMat head
of th* organisation. Th* naatlatad
fashion In which all our people gave
of themselves througboat tbe war M
tha hast aaearaaaa that.ear Rad Craaa
will contiaue to receive that eo-epera-
tion which win vmake tie work a asarra
of prlda and lespl ratio* ta ovevy Amo*-
loan.1*
Mr. Davtsen, aa chairman of tha In-
ternational Commission of tha Aster!-
can Red Croes, has andertakea to rep-
resent th* American Had Craaa la th*
preparation of th* program for axtend-
«d Red Cross activities, and wRI spend
ta next several man tha ra
consultation «
attea far that i
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Day, Jesse L. Wewoka Capital-Democrat (Wewoka, Okla.), Vol. 19, No. 10, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 13, 1919, newspaper, March 13, 1919; Wewoka, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc937251/m1/2/: accessed May 10, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.