Show at salt lake city editor wallis returned sunday arom silt like aits where he had been on business while lie attended a meeting of the stile council of defense on friday oct 5 at the hotel utah which all members of county councils of defense were requested to attend the members of washington county present were pres E H snow judge D H morris warren cox and the editor governor simon bamberger made i stirring talk in which he praised the and loyalty of the people of utah in furnishing men money and materials for the prosecution of the war he pledged the people of the state to stand behind the president until the end of the conflict sergeant P E wells of the canadian contingent of the british army stirred the githen ng to the highest pitch by the graphic description of conditions on the front in france he told of the brutality of the german officers relating how while a prisoner of the germans he had been treated for wounds and had an arm amputated that while lying on his cot a german officer insulted him and struck him a star shaped scar on the cheek near the left eve being shown as evidence of this sergeant wells made an earnest appeal for the liberty loan so that our boys who go to the front may have a fighting chance for success dr W 0 ebaugh secretary of the state council of defense spoke on the subject why we are in this work head heart and hand giving reasons from experiences in germany he spoke of the corn of germanas germanys Germ anys preparations for war as compared with the lack of organization and equipment in great britain with the resultant organization of the naval consulting board two years ago out of which grew the national council of defense one vear ago the state council of defense six months ago and the county councils of defense three months ago all organized for co ordination di of work along preparedness lines clarence bamberger Bim berger chairman of the finance committee reported on the progress of the liberty loan campaign and A N mckay chairman of the publicity committee re por tedon the work which had been done in exploiting the liberty loan E G peterson chairman of food conservation committee reported concerning the food supply and conservation his statement that washington county had done better along this line than any other county of the state in proportion to its population was greeted with hearty ap W R wallace mide the concluding speech he pointed out the national issues and the part which utah must take in contributing to alie success of the great undertaking in which the united states is now engaged he proposed that a two session meeting be held during the april conference next year the military girade friday night as an inspiring spectacle troops took part and the streets etere lined ith spectators the soldier bos are a smart looking lot fit for anything and they were cheered and greeted all along the loute in a manner which phoned the hearts of the people were with them this was especially the case with the utah artillery boys the address of franklin K lane secie tary of tho interior in the tab eracle friday night was a stirring patriotic appeal to the people that met a ready response les as was evidenced by the thunderous and frequent applause that punctured his remarks that he convinced his hearers of the necessity for subscribing liberally for liberty loin bonds was evident from the talk afterwards of those who heard him thousands could not gun admission to the building which was packed to 13 utmost capacity capi city you find yourself by the presence of cheerful people why not make eirnest effort to confer that pleasure on others every man ought to be doing something more than making a icv me |