Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-11-17
READY FOR FINAL
RALLY FOR FUNDS
Committees Preparing 10 Make Big
Gains for Reports at Lunch
con on Tuesday.
ONE SUBSCRIPTION UNSOLICITED
Man Who Has Son Mt Front Gives
siO0 for Young Mems Christian
Association Work.

The final rally Of the campaign
workers In behalf Of the Young Mems
Christian association war fund viii
be held at moon on Tuesday,
The campaign was carried over IN
iii Monday because the committees
working in the rural districts viii
not he able TO make a. final report be-
fore Monday uoon. The indications
are that at le.tst two thousand five
hundred dollars win be raised among
the smaIlertowns OF the county. Each
township IL being handled by a local
committee aud q checking up OF the
committees this morning showed that
they were getting results. It is eX-
pected and in fact it Is stated that at
campaign headquarters ii is positively
known that the war fund ia right now
over the top.
Az stated by Chairman !. S. White,
IL will not do 10 let up until we are
positively across. Overconiidence at
the finish would withour doubt cause
ns 10 fail in our efforts and every
committeeman must feel his response
mlity to the movement and give IL ms
personal service until after the lunch
con of Monday noon. The blackboard
record shows that there is $4,000 yet
10 be raised and a word Of caution Is
being sent out by Chairman /. ;,
White TO every committeeman advis-
ing no letup until after Monday.
Today Secretary O; j. Stirratt of the
Young Mems Christian association
made arrangements at all the postal
stations to receive campaign subscrlp-
lions and arrange for booths in all
Of the banks. These booths will be
handled by volunteer forces from the
women OF the city.
The attention Of the public is called
10 the fact that committees are posi-
lively unable to see all Of those who
should contribute to this worthy move
ment before Monday noon and are
asked not to wait upon the committee;
to visit them but to call at either tht
banks, the postal stations or the Roch
Island club and make their subscrlp
ton without solicitation.
Today the Boy Scouts and students
at the high school were securing tbs
city in behalf of this work and ii Ii
expected that these two organizations
viii have between one thousand ant
two thousand dollars to report at the
luncheon on Monday. Sufday many
OF the ministers are going to take III
special subscription for the wal
fund and others will pass out card'
among the members OF their congre
cations appealing to them to sign The
pledge cards and do their bit.
Subscriber Unsolicited.
One of the surprises Of today &C
eurreo at the campaign headquarters
this m orning when a citizen came II
and Announced that the committee
had no, been 10 see him and that a
he was new man In this communtt.
sre doubted that he was on any OF thu
lists anil wanted to do his part il
supporting the movement. He sail
he believed that inasmuch IS he has
a boy at the front he believed he ough
10 20 the linlit. This new citizen sub
scrihed fol' 800. He asked that hi
name not be made known and furthe
stated that a recent letter from tn
'front.' told of the great work whicl
was being done by the y. M. G. A
gtated that the Y. NJ C. A. was th
home OF the boys on the war front
that j. gave them opportunities 10
so sial recreation obtainable in no 9th
way and that if the citizens q
iome wanted 10 do something OF rea
benefit to the boys they could not d
it to any better advantage than il
supporting the war work OF the Y N
g. A. This gentleman went on to tel
how the boys were furnished wit
writing materials, reading mattel
places to lounge III, and TO take ply
sicai exercise, and were given goo
wholesome environment that mad
them cleaner and better young mel
Citizens of Rock Island cannot b
needless OF statement and an az
peal such as set forth by this sui
scriber. The public attention shout
he directed to the fact that the Y. n
C.. A. has already expended nearly tiv
million dollars in this particular lin
of work and that it has been expenc
ed without breath OF scandal or cri
icism OF any character whatsoeve
Every dollar given TO this worth
movement has been expended legit
mately and without waste and in a.
cordance with the needs OF tt
soldiers