Salt Lake Telegram | 1916-03-05 | Page 2 | Salt Lake Claims Attention at Preparedness Meet

Lt L T lAKE CLAIMS IN N ATTENTION AT AI pEP MEET vice of Army Officers Is Followed Great Plant and Supply Depot Will Be BI Here Wesley King Wires Wires' from layers layers' Convention I I Jr Chat the claims calms made by Salt Lake for consideration t on in Inthe the naL na na- I L program of preparedness against war were g given yen unusual atom atom at at- om om n. n and consideration by by- bythe the national conference of m mayors at ouis is is indicated by a dispatch h received last night nig by Mayor W. W from Wesley King who represented Mayor Ferry at at that renee rence and who was the only i tentative from the mountain or I states tes There were registered ites at the convention D. D H. H Christensen of at aft rt Lake public schools was td to attended ended the conference of mayors e Mayor Ferrys Ferry's personal repta rep- rep ta but he was unable tosti to sti Louis In time 10 who is chairman of the citi- citi t joining ining camp general commit- commit rS lt Lake advised Mayor Perry Ferry Salt Lake valley will be the cenE cen- cen E if the advice of army anny rs s followed in the matter of ot sit oOn On of troops and establishment depots and munitions plants Wins Attention l Lg was as given a place on the cornS come com com- of the most e S 1 n resolutions one tant committees of the conven- conven W Ch had much to do with shap- shap i of the convention Other Otherl l this committee are Mayor l l of New York Mayor Wood Wood- Mayor Fisher of Dali Dal- Dal ano n i d. d Mayoralty Representatives lb berland rland of Worcester Mass Eo edy of Omaha Omah Spooner Spoon r of MIte Mil MIt- I e Thomas of Chicago Wright nouis and Commissioner New- New i of few ew Orleans lis committee Kings King's wire wre says r complete preparedness pro pro- n ri will urge congress to Ine inh in- in e oth h the army and the nav navy navy- i 11 1 rge congress also to establish n Ti ration points and supply de- de I In munitions plants I ot ted interior points in the East he West Vest 19 lIe dds that this means Salt Lake yo yon or Ferrys Ferry's representative was waa 4 o p address the convention yes yes- y nd presented the needs of the thed d d the claims claims' of Salt Lake in jular ular in a forceful manner before 1 ting v jl V flake e to Be Center ig took the stand t that at the army should uld be allowed to control the Organization of nf the army the thel l ion m of all troops and the nt of supply depots and muni- muni plants He was advised definite definite- at Salt Lake will wil be the center of tion ion In all these matters if the theof of f army officers is followed behalf of Salt L Lake ke King has In- In 1 Mayor Mitchel of New York and ellus hue Vanderbilt to visit Salt Lake a mass meeting on the is- is They have ac- ac lithe the Invitation providing a con- con nt date is arranged huge Luge mass meeting was held Fri Fri- light ight at which addresses were de deed dedi deed de- de ed di by Richard Metcalf editor of N Nebraskan and former fonner governor g anal zone Mayor Mitchel Cors Cor Cor- s' s Vanderbilt Martin Littleton eel for Harry K Thaw Wen Wit Wll- abor bor leader Robert Bacon former fonner issador r to France Gen Luke ht it former fonner secretary of f war and of the Philippines and GeorgeJr George Jr wn of the National Security I ie closed last night with lUant banquet I 1 am glad I came says a s in concluding his message