The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1917-06-22
RED CROSS FUND|ARRESTED WHEN
COLLECTION HAS HE INTERRUPTS
PASSED $4,000 RED CROSS TALK
Yeserday's Receipts From
Ten Teams Total $1,389
On Second Day.
LAMKIN'S TEAM TAKES
LEAD WITH OVER $500
Cape's Apportionment of $4,000
to be Surpassed, is Belief Of
Red Cross Officers.

The $4,000 which Cape Girardeal
and the county are called upon to raise
for the Red Cross will be collected b!
today, Chairman Stafford announced
Yesterday afternoon after receiving
the reports of his ten teams, show
ing that S4232 had already been turn
ed in by the captains of these teams
The house-to-house canvass of the cit!
will start, and it is believed that more
than $1,000 can be raised during the
last two days of the campaign.
RE. L. Lamkin and his teammates
took the lead in the collection yester.
day, forging ahead of Sam Sherman
and his team. The total sum collected
bv Mr.. Lamkin's team yesterday
amounted to s265, making a total OF
5000 for the two days of the cam
paign, while Mr.. Sherman and his
team fell 81 behind the mark set by
the leaders.
The largest amount during yester,
days campaign was collected by Ju,
lien n. Friant and the members OF
his team. Their total for yesterday
was 1913. Mr.. Lamkin and his team
took second place with total of S265,
while Mrs. Earl G. Granting and her
workers held third place with total
of s2O5 for the day.
The other amounts reported by the
seven remaining teams were: Sam
Sherman, SILL; Mrs. John S. Koch
titzky, S179; E. P. Ellis, 800; w. c.
Ballard, $3.50; Mrs. L. B. Houck, $40;
William H. Stubblefield Jr., $50, and
Prof. H. S. Moore, $24. The total of
Yesterdays collections amounted to
s13S9.
Mr.. Stafford was highly elated over
the result of the two days receipts,
and said he believed that the total
collections during the campaign would
far exceed the $4,000 mark. In addi-
ton to the funds raised in the city, the
county will also contribute to the col
lections of the Cape chapter. A COM
mittee composed of several members
of the local chapter will canvass the
towns of the county next Sunday.
Another mass meeting of the newly
organized unit to the Cape chapter was
held last night in Jackson, when the
plans for the campaign in the county
seat were completed. Jackson has
been divided into four districts, and
each section will be canvassed by mem
bers of the Red Cross unit. A meet
ing will be held this morning in which
the final arrangements for the cam
paign will be made.
Following the concert at the Court
house Park last night, the second mass
meeting of the Cape campaign was
held to explain to the public the neces,
sity of raising the Red Cross fund
Speeches were made by Prof. Benson
of the Normal, and William H. Stub
blefeld Jr. Both speakers outlined the
work which will be accomplished b!
the Red Cross workers. Everybod!
was urged to contribute to the fund a!
much as his means would allow. Every
dollar given the Red Cross, the speak
ers emphasized, would help save tn
life of a wounded soldier and hell
relieve the sufferings of the soldier
who have offered their lives for tn
cause of the country.
The principal meeting of the cam
paign will be held tonight at tn
Courthouse Park. Herbert Morgan
one of the leading bankers of 81
Louis, will deliver the address.
About two-thirds of the 100000
600 the Red Cross is trying to rails
during this weeks campaign, has bee
collected in the entire country in tn
first three days of the campaign. TIL
results of these collections indicat
that this sum will even be exceeded b
many millions of dollars.