The daily progressive-miner., 1917-12-18
ALASKA MAY
 LEAD NATION
 IN PERCENTAGE
Campaign Manager Says Let's Go Over The Top
 With a Bang'

Chairman Harvey NJ. Stackpole of the Christmas Red Cross Membership Drive reported this mroning that the dollars and members for the Red Cross were rolling in in steady stream With only few of the workers heard from yesterday. s460 wa sturned in for the first days work of making Ket- chika's average for membership 100 percent of the population.
 The Alaska Steamship Company wired to Rev. Mir. Kelley. thru the Seattle Red Cross $75 to be used in making the children of the city mem- ters Of the Red Cross chapter here. The idea lis that that Company will pay one half of every membership. or 5Cc. the child to pay the other half. making him or her a member for a year. thus giving 150 children the ohan2e 10 become members for soc. The wire from hte Red Cross together follow:
 Rev H H. Kelley
 This is the first day of the big drive. Are you ready and is your dis .i.ct well organized? R. W. Baxter, vice-president of the Alaska Steam ship company has generously allotted seventy-five dollars to Kethcikan chap ter for the special purpose to secure children members. This can be &C., complished by paying a portion pert i5inl Of 6f each cilfi6 6-iiilee iiillee ifffbership or otherwise. Draw sight draft for amount on Alas ka Steamship company at Seattle. at taching brief statement how money was used We want every man, wo- man and child in Alaska in the Red Cross From present indications Alas ka will lead the nation in percentage secured. Let's go over the top with a bang.
 T. 4. Davies. Campaign Manager
 for Alaska MT kelley's answer to MT. Davies.
 Ketchikan District efficiently organ ized. Harvey NJ. Stackpole, prominent business man. Campaign Manager, with strong committee men and wo- men. Campaign started yesterday with whirl and we plan report one hundred per cent Ketchikan popula- ton Red Cross members.
 Baxter gift greatly appreciated. Using same to help children unable to pay full amount.
 HAROLD H. KELLEY,
 Chairman Ketchikan Chapter.
 The 4-minute talks given at the theatres last evening proved to be & great success. and will be repeated to- night and tomorrow night, by different speakers Several prominent busi- ness men, good, speakers have agreed to give short talks and two will be se- lected to speak tonight. Rev. c. NJ. Van Marter will speak at the Dream theatre.
 
 rumors afioat that socks, and mufflers wristlets and sweaters are not want ed by the nations sailors and soldiers. Such stories are but malicious fabrI- cations. Shall the knitting needles stop? Is it true that women are vast ing wool and burdening the boys? No dan rt mi anti
 "A knitted sweater is garment of great service and is welcome addit- ion to a soldiers equipment" says Secretary of War, Baker.
 "The demand for sweaters, especial ly, has been beyond the capacity of all our resources" says H. D. Gib- son. general manager of tn eRed Cross.
 We are buying all the yarn we are able to secure that is suitable for knit ters; and are sending it out to the chapters as fast as we can get delivery of il.
 We have received from chapters about 00,000 sweaters all of which have been delivered to the men in the camps and training stations, with the exception Of q few thousand which we have had to send to France"
 We call upon the women to give us their very best efforts from now un- til at least Jan. l, that we may be able to furnish our own men with these comforts and have some to spare for the dire needs in France"
 Washington. D. .. Dec l8.-On