Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-06-12
FIFTEEN MEETINGS TO BE HELD
IN LARGER CITIES OF STATE
ON THURSDAY.
STATE TO BE DIVIDED
INTO FIFTEEN DISTRICTS
Counties in Each District in Turn viii
Be OrganiEed--lowa's Share of Red
Cross Fund $4,000 o0-Nex. Week
Set Aside by Governor Harding as
Rcd Cross Week.
Special to Times Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Dies Moines, June l2-At fifteen meet
ings to be held in the larger cities OF
the state Thursday, June IA, the Iowa
campaign for Red Cross funds will be
mapped out. The state is to be divided
into fifteen districts with from -four
to twelve counties in each district anG
each county in turn will be organized
The cities where meetings are to be
held Thursday follow: Marshalltown
Council Bluffs, Cedar Rapids, Waterloo
Davenport Burlington, Ottumwa, Char.
iton, Des Moines, Creston, Fort Dodge
Estherville, Dubuque, Mason City and
Sioux City.
Delegates from neighhoring counties
will attend these district meetings
Thursday and will there be instructed
in all the work. All cities Of 10000 or
over will be organized separately from
their counties. Several of the larger
cities will be organized directly from
Washington.
Iowa's share Of the Red Cross fund
to be raised will be $4,000, 600. Des
600 and Cedar Rapids, Sl50,000. This
IS more than an average of 81 per cap
tia as originally considered.
Red Gross Week.
Governor Harding has issued pro-
clamation setting aside next week as
Red Cross week. The governor himself
expects 10 devote consIdera Die time TO
the work of raising Red Cross funds.
Hon. James B. Weaver, members of the
Iowa house of representatives from
Polk county, A. z. kepford, state tu-
berculosis lecturer under the state
board Of control, and Profit. 0. z. Kiln
canaan, of Iowa City, will have general
charge of the work
President Wilson has proclaimed the
week ending June %. as Red Cross
week. as will be noted in the proclaim
alton by Governor Harding 1t is the
plan to raise 800, 900. 900 for the fund
in the entire United States Most of the
money contributed is 10 be spent in
hospital and relief work
The Iowa state council of defense
passed a resolution Saturday indoors
ing the work
Attend Washington Conference.
Governor Harding and several mem
bers of the state defense council have
gone to Washington to confer with the
national defense council representatives
and government officials on defense
work. Besides Goveror Harding the
party includes John T. Adams of Du-
buque, w. W. Marsh, of Waterloo
Judge Martin J. Wade, of Iowa City
James J, Doty. OF, Shenandoah. and Col
James w. French of Davenport
The following standing committees
have been appointed by the council:
Observation-Disclosures Young, ST.. Des
Moines, Frank F. Everest. Council
Bluffs, Col. G.. W. French Davenport
w. w. Marsh, Waterloo, and J. !. Doty,
Shenandoah.
Agriculture and food. Marsh French
Deems Of Burlington, Doty, James T.
Pierce of Des Moines and John Morrell
Of Ottumwa.
Auditing-Morrell, Webster Doty.
ndustries-F'rench, Morrell, Ham
mill. Deering and Adams.
Military Affairs-Dows, Palmer, Pot
ter, LARA bee, Logan.
Labor-Potter, Deems Junkin
Survey and man power-O'Connor
Marsh and French.
Law and gislaton-Kennedy, Lar
rabee, O'Connor.
Public nformation-Young. Wade
Kennedy.