Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-06-12
Next Monday Tulsa Will Do
Her Part in Nationwide
Effort for Red Cross.
EVERYONE MUST CONTRIBUTE
Big-Business Men Act as Cap
tains; Will Finance "Y. NJ"
and Navy League Also.
(Bv MARGARET MURPHY

All next week all over the United
States the men who have made Ameri-
cas- name the watchword for big busi-
ness and high finance will lay aside
their everyday affairs and respond to
the call of the Red Cross-that name
which is itself synonymous with love
and patriotism and humanity
The great majority OF these men
have gone beyond the age of military
service, for success comes that way.
It's a compensation for the loss OF
youth. There are few of them, prob
ably, who wouldn't give 1t all for the
strength and vigor of youth and the
chance to shoulder a gun. They're
doing the best they can this way.
The president has asked that the
week be dedicated to the Red Cross
and that all America, in the name of
justice, freedom and humanity, shall
turn itself loose In an endeavor to fl
nance. fully and completely for the
time being all the needs of the Red
Cross and to do. in as much as money
can all that can be done to ease the
sufferings of the war-torn countries
of Europe that have been upholding
the cause of freedom while America
waxed fat on the spoils.
Tulsa's Part,
Tulsa has long been preening herself
upon the fact that she is a generous
city. She has long been gloating over
the fact that she is the richest city
of her size. She says i've got more
motor cars than any other city like
me-" and I've just established a rec
ord in building permits"
Tulsa is about to have the opportun-
ity to add 81 am the most patriotic city
in. America, and insofar as a dollar
can help in the fight the best of the
earth Is making that liberty shall not
perish, ] have done my bit" And
when Tulsa says this she is not going
to say it because one rich man gave
100000 that has been pro rated as
Tulsa's share, or because any one
group of men has done so. AS one en-
thusiast puts it, Everyone in Tulsa
who has three square meals "A day Is
going to have the opportunity of con-
tributing to this fund even If he has
to do without one of the three squares:
Is going to have chance to do some
thing for the men who stand ready to
make the supreme sacrifice that the
rest of the world may live in com
/ fort; is going to count it his blessed
privilege to feel a pinch IL necessary
in order that they may help the
cause"
\ One Day Campaign.
Tulsa, true to the Tulsa spirit, Is
! planning to do the thing with neat
ness and dispatch, To accomplish
this aim she has put into the field as
the captains of her endeavor men who
/ have been conspicuous by their abil-
| ity for organization and success.
| Rnuprg IA Ghpirnnan nf a
Tulsa chapter of the Red Cross yes
terday named his team captains-the
men who are planning to raise in one
day of intensive campaigning $780,
| 600, men whose time Is so valuable IL
can't be wasted hence men who
mean to get results whose getting is
worth while.
Busy Men As Captains.
These are the captains who have
pledged themselves to make "A day of
Iit-Monday-and get the results;
r. NJ. McFarlin. E. Constantin, j.
Il. Pugh, f.. w Sinclair. L. A. Ross.
E. II Perry, Frank Haskell, Alsa j.
Niles, Thomas X. Chestnut, Cyrus
Avery, John II. Markham, jr., J. A.
Hull, w. Il. Brown. +. W. Bryant. T.
]. Hartman. NJ. NJ. Travis Dana Kel-
sey, r w. Kellough. George H. Black
and j. X. Crawford.
National Officers Hero.
Tonight W. j. Leffert. director gen.
eral of Red Cross for the southern dis
trict, will come to Tulsa and talk to
the team captains and their men in
the Y. NJ. C. A. lecture room. All
team captains and their men are. or
dered out. And the funds they raise
will be used to finance not only the
Red Cross but the Navy league and
the war relief of the Y. NJ. c. A.. sc
that these organization may go ahead
with relief work.