Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-11-15
SUGGESTS SURE
IN CAMPAIGN FOR
WAR CAMP FUNDS
Committees Greatly Satisfied With the
Total OF slO,795.50 Obtained
To Date IN City.
MORE THAN HALF OF QUOTA
Rock Island Expects 10 Go Over the
Top With Reports From the
Rural Districts,

Figuratyely speaking the campaign /.
committee are going to Berlin on
the raising Of the $4,000 Young Mems
Christian association war camp fund
In Rock Island
Two days Of the campaign have
passed and the sum Is more than half
raised. the results having reached the
s1O.798.50 mark today.
AS expressed by lis. White, chair
man, the committees are just getting
in good fighting trim and are sound
ing the war whoop for the big rally
OF Friday The committees say the
pleasing thing about the entire cam
paigu is the splendid manner in which
everybody is subscribing 10 the fund.
The committees are not meeting with
any refusals. everybody being willing
10 do his bit.
A surprising number Of large sub
scriptions are being handed in. Yes
terday at a meeting OF The eXecutce
committee, the FIVE members present
raised total among themselves o.
$4,000.
Everybody seems TO have caught
the spirit and are going the limit IN
helping this important work along,
Several new committeeman reported
for work this morning and il is hoped
that by Friday at least one hundred
men viii be ,partakiug in the drive
Yesterday Secretary o. J. Stirrati
OF the Young Mems Christian asso-
citation and Ira Buiium spent the day
driving through the south half OF thu
county delivering campaign supplies
Mr.. Bunum reported that the ura
committees are up and doing and alive
n on the Y. NJ G. "A. proposition aul
haze their coats OIL working IN be
half OF the movement.
DR.. Miller of Edgngion. said TO
day. at Will not be surprising If IN
south half OF the county contribute
az least three Thousand dollars for TIL
movement. Our committees arc al
out working today and we are no
getting q refusal anywhere. The re
cent meetings which were held a
Milan and Edgngton and the news
paper publicity given the movenen
have made everyone thoroughly ia
mihar with the purposes OF the lun
and all are supporting IT,
IT will practically be impossibl
for us to finish our canvass beior
Monday or Tuesday and W2 are ask
ing the Camuaigu committee chGirma
20 give as until Tuesday evening {
finish our work We believe That e}
cry farmer should be given an oppo'
tunity to subscribe Is this fund. The
all want to do it aad only need
be seen
At the meeting today Chaima
White pointed out that elsewhere man
corporations were contributing 10 Oh
fund and stated that gifts of 100000
from two contributors toward Il
sS5. GOO 600 y. NJ. G. A. war fund wel
! announced at a luncheon In New lO'
City. J. r. Morgan q Co. gave $3.50
900 and the Standard Oil company
New Jersey subscribed $3.50 600. Iii
subscriptions were made from the Il
ternatonal Harvester company q
rupont Powder company and u
U1ited States Steel corporation. 9TH
is Indicative that tbe big corporation
appreciate the value of the work b
ing done at the cant1nments aud
the front by the y. NJ. C.. A. 0rga
ization,' Mr.. White said.
The students az the high school ha
TODAY EXPRESSED a willingness TO 10
in the campaign and viii swing in
line with their usual vigorous dri
on Friday and Saturday. IL is G
pected that the high school studeu
viii cover the platter with $1,000 L
fore 8 O'Clock on Saturday evening
Receive S5.O7S To-day.
a.. f..-.-Y..a-. .-r 4f,.. N--.r4.. NJ,
Christian association workers at
Rock Island club this noon the Y
rious committees reported that $50
was subscribed to the Y NJ &. A. W
FUND this forenoon. 1t is now an q
solute fact that the $4,000 set
this city will be reached before
campaign comes TO a close. The I
rlous leaders Of the campaign say q
without doubt the quota asked
this city will be reached by tom0rr
noon. f. W. Bender stated at
luncheon this noon that when a
port is heard from the rural CONN
tees this afternoon and report fri
the high school with the suhscriptiJ
that the local committees viii rece
will place the amount over the 81
600 mark tomorrow.
Henry Austin and O. Van And
who are visiting every city IL
world with population OF more Il
twenty-five thousand people, attent
the luncheon this noon. Mr. Van
den gave very interesting talk
his experiences in the cities VIII
he had visited lie said he started
on his tour March 20, 1914, Def
war had been declared.