The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-05-22
CITY STILL FAR
FROM MINIMUM
FOR RED CROSS
Total at Noon Today Report-
ed as S109,73677,
MOTORISTS ARE ASSESSED
Man Should Give S25 for Each
Car HarisS Says,

OdfI 1dfTlSS says,
The total collected In the city Red
Cross war fund campaign reported at
noon today is sioo,736.77 from l2,64s
pledges,
Reports of team generals for ths
twenty-four hours ending at noon today
are as follows:
Gene General Scott. ",'''7' from ioaa
General Besrly. ss,ios.7s from So
pledges
General vssp.r. Sos,7s from 7ss
pledges
General Dean, H,ss74, from 74a
pledges.
&c General al, (MI,l @ o''rhOl'srs sio,ias.,s
Oklahoma City is still far from its
goal in the second Red Cross war fund
campaign. Not only is an oversub.
scription most remote possibility now
but the minimum quota OF $4,000 il
Tar from being assured
From now on" declared Richard
Harriss, city Red Cross war fund chair.
mar today, our canvassers are goina
to try to collect pledges from persons
on the assumption that IL they own one
motor car and are able to maintain Il
by buying its gasoline and tires, they
are able to make a minimum donation
to the Red Cross OF SIS. Two car,
ought to mean $50, and increasing In
that ratio.
oh yes, know many person, VIII
uy to call the eanvassers' atttentios
to the fact that in many instances own.
ership OF an automobile is a liability
Out we are going to come back n them
and assert that II Is liability they ems
Joy to great extent and derive some
measure Of comfort from"
Blesh Addresses Workers.
Maj. A. L. Blesh of Fort Silt', hos.
pitai was the speaker of the luncheon
at the Chamber OF Commerce today in
connection with the war fund cau,-
psign.
|. You folks ought to know that vour
boys IN the army are getting better oars
IN hospitals and the service, of mo,s
skilled surgeons and doctors in thS
military hospitals, both in this country
ana m France than they could possible
afford to obtain were they not in tho
army" he said.
IT Is estimated there were I7i O0fl
physicians in the army and OF this num-
Der 22,OO0 are now in the uniform "a
the medical reserve corps. Your coun-
Try needs 700 more doctors. am glad
to say that Oklahoma has very nearly
sent her quota OF doctors. There [, :
possibility that II we are to send five
million men to France. there must alss
De sent 700 more doctors besides this
IoO | tell you are now needed.
But here's the point Of IL ali. Thess
doctors leave their families, forsaL~
their practices and go TO military cam
tonments and try to serve their courtrv
and support their families on the
meager salary Of an army officer. What
are you doing to offset this2 Are you
making any money out of this WARP
ANY man or woman who is should bs
ashamed of the fact.
Every Dollar Counts.
Never underestimate the value of
these Red Cross dollars the cali has
come for you to give Every dollar you
give, apart from its being spent in hos.
pitals and ambulanees, Il Il were used
for some Of the other work of the Red
cross, might be the very thing thar
would keep your boy or some other
woman's boy out OF trouble.
There never was a time when the
United States army had as low a NOR.
tality rate as at the present time. This
Is, moreover, the first time in the his.
tory OF our country that veritably the
flower OF the medical profession IN
America has flocked 10 the oolors, and
put itself into uniform in the shortest
possible time.
Don't give grudgingly TO the Red
Cross, good friends. and don't let any
one else give that way These doctors
and all their skill can do nothing un,
less your faith as expressed BY yoss
contributions 10 this war fund and such
organizations as the Red Cross reprez
sents backs them up"
Drive Must Be Intensive
Il begins TO look as II the four sess
erals conducting the campaign In ~
city by means OF teams OF war funl,
solicitors and their captains, under flsG
general direction Of Hsrriss, we're eos
ing TO be hard pressed to turn h abouo
$500 worth Of subscriptions for ess6
general a day. 3
II remains 10 be seen II each gsWs
erals men can keep up that 4,Soo
average a day for Thursday Fridsys
Saturday and next Monday. Harris
says rs pereeL Of the tefrisosy ~ 80
eampaisners have to eoves, bas bsso
gone over.
From now on the campaign -,
be Of the most intensive .kinl. HssFlgRs
Nay, The share for Okiahous eoW1