Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-05-16
ORGANIZATION Is NOW
COMPLETE; DRIVE
OPENS MAY q
T0CANvASS THE CITY.
DECKS CLEARED FOR ACTION
OTTAWA SOON WILL BE IN
ThROES OF GREAT PATRIOTIC
MOVEMENT TO GIVE WAR WORK
BUSINESS LIKE ASPECT.

Guns were put ON cmplacemcuts
ready for action Tor OttaNas war
chest drive last night when campaign
managers in the drive for a $75.c00
tund with which to handle all th.
city's patriotic phlanthropes. met and
chose committees who will have
charge OF a thoro canvass of every
nook and crany OF the business and
residential sections,
Next Tuesday decks will cleared
Tor action aud then the drive will be
on in dead earnest That Ottawa viii
come up to expectations Of it. goes
without saying. Committees as an.
nounced today by d G. Cairns, one o :
the enthusiastic workers in the war
chest proposition, were given to the
press today in the following state.
ment.
Patriot staff.
Tho collection campaign of the OF.
tawa War Relief Fund Association
Patriots Fund will start Tuesday
morning May p at 9 O'Clock a. m.
The general Headquarters of the
campaign committee viii be located
at 5l1.3l2 Central Life Building.
All committees. with The exception
of the residence committees viii start
the collection canvas on Tuesday
morning May q at 9 a. M and com
plete their canvass and make all
returns at headquarters not later
.han Monday evening May q. Re
ports Of committee workers must be
turned daily to the headquarters.
Residence Campaign Next Week
Residence committees will start
their canvass Tuesday morning May
Is and complete their canyass WeG.
nesday evening June 8
Chairmen Of Committees will re.
ceiVe pledge cards, buttons. and com.
mitec'S instructions at HEADQUARTERS
for distribution to their workers. to
sether with envelopes in which all
returns are to be made.
a mass meeting will be held at the
High school building Sunday after
noon at 330. Good speakers are be
ing secured and d pleasing musca
program will be provided The pro
gram will be ANNOUNCED later.
At the meeting of the executiv
committee held last evening the. Sc
lection Of the various committees wa
completed 50 far as It was possible
at this time It was decided that /
would be best 10 have brief schoo
of instruction for all the committe,
chairmen and workers on the variou
committees and all of the chairmel
ald committee mcn\ \except Women
committees and residence committee
are asked to come to the supervisor
room at the Court House Friday even
ing, May II at 7:30 for that purpose
Tho following is the list of the con
mittees which is not entirely con
plcte. as other names are to be adde,
Committee No.
W0men's Organizations ID. A. I
Mrs. Fred A. Sapp, chairman, vi
mans Jlub. Mrs j. j. Hornune, chai
man. Daughters Of Isabelle Miss Bu
bara Loumueller, chairman, W, X. {
Mrs John Salzman, chairman CA
pontment of other members of cor
mittees 10 be made later)
Committee No. 2
Merchants tWholesale and reta
stores. business houses and banks)-
l.. G. Brand, chairman l.. NJ Luce
r. G. Jordan sidney Stiefel Charl,
Gecer and W. D. Duncan
Committee No. 3
Labor Organizations All labor L
ins--John + Barry, chairman; Il
bricklayers. VIM. Fitzgerald; for Elo
trcal workers. VIM Rugg; for pain
crs. Seth Gregg; for plasterers, OF
Shcpperd, for aborers. Villa
Whyle; for fathers, Robt. Nugent, t
sheet metal workers, John Breue
for plumbers, Harvey stevens; +
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