Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-10-23

with the patriotic women of the city
mobiliZed and at work, the boy scouts
making "A great record, the Tulsa
Army of Liberty keyed up to the
highest pitch. subscriptions coming in
AT the rate of thirty an hour and less
than half of Tulsa's allotment sub
scribed, the Liberty loan campaign Is
now at high ebb.
Attention today will he centered on
the mass meeting to be held tonight
in Convention hail when Carl Z.
Nngee jr Just back from active work
in the trenches of France. will deliver
an address, in which he Will relate ms
experiences "over there ana give
'rulsans an idea of what the boys from
here will be up against when they
get into service on the other side. No
subscriptions will be taken for bonds
IA this meeting The Tulsa Crafts
band, composed of union men, mas
volunteered its services and will play
on the streets early this evening and
later at Convention hall.
Yesterday the Army of Liberty
turned in 29S subscriptions, or an
average Of thirty an hour for the ten
hours that Liberty loan headquarters
in the Chamber of Commerce re-
NAMED open. This is at the rate of
a subscription every two minutes. yet
less than three thousand subscriptions
have been received all told. while ten
thousand is the goal. Less than half
of Tulsa quota of s5.000,O00 has been
subscribed. Today and tomorrow Will
tell the tale.
The Il. A. l.. team captains met at
luncheon In Hotel Tulsa yesterday
noon and selected their respective
districts for the intensified drive to-
morrow, which is a legal holiday by
proclamation of the president and Will
be featured In Tulsa by a street parade
of all school children, speeches on the
streets and in the theaters, and man
to-man house-to- house canvass-of the
city by men, women and children.
The team captains at their noon-day
luncheon divided up the entire busI-
ness section OF the city. Each dis
trict will be combed by several nun
dred workers tomorrow. No one VIII
he overlooked The captains resolved
TO start a card index system OF listing
"slackers" and bond dodgers They
adopted the following resolution:
Resolved, that the team cap
tains of the Army Of Liberty, thru
the workers, begin at once to find
out those OF the community who
are able and who decline TO do
their duty, and that after givins
them a full opportunity, and with
lHOuSnt VI uOiiE Iio oiiS oA
Justice. that a complete list or
such slackers be prepared.
Every member of the Army of Lib
erty is extended an invitation by Presi-
dent Wilcox of the Advertising club
to attend the regular luncheon of the
club today noon at Hotel Tulsa and
hear the address by A. ]. Dreier. for
mer consul to Germany, who speaks
under government auspices.
Meet Early Tomorrow.
The T. A. l.. workers will meet at
the Chamber OF Commerce tomorrow
morning at $3.50 o'clock sharp. and
the teams will be organized ror the
day's drive. The captains are r. Nj.
McFarlin, 4. L. Farmer, c. Il. Buch-
ner. Cyrus Avery, Paul Nj. Galloway,
w. +. Stahl, r. w. Grant Max Ma
dansky. W. r. Killmer and w. A.
Vandever.
The committee was given great en-
ccuragement yesterday Icy the enthns-
iastic manner in which Tulsa women
entered the campaign. More than 100
Of them attended meeting at the
Carnegie library in the forenoon. All
of them volunteered for work Wednes-
day. Many OF them signed up instanter
with the Army OF Liberty and large
percentage started to work immedi-
ately. Mrs. o. C. Staples was the first
feminine soldier to turn In sub
scription. She started out at 10 o'clock
in the morning. and up to 2 o'clock
had sold $3.50 worth of bonds. She
was closely followed by other women
recruits. The following women signed
pledge cards yesterday:
Mesdames George Williamson, A. +.
Alison. A. L. Wait. Il. l.. Lowe. A. M.
Ward. u. G. Acosta. J. L. Gale. George
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