Arizona republican., 1918-05-21

building. And real enthusiasm marked both gatherings. The message of Miss White was -fold-First, the ueCes- sity for liberal subscription to the war fund, and-Second, the need of encour- aging graduate nurses 10 enlist in re- spcnse 10 the call of Surgeon General GorSas for not less than 5000 nurses by June 1, and 25,l00 more nurses by January 1.
 Sergeant's Address Stirring
 The dinner at the Woman's club last evening was only a means of paving the way to an enthusiastic meeting at which Sergeant IT. L. White, of the Canadian expeditionary force, told of personal experiences at the battle fronts in France, among the hospitals back of the line or in England. and called for an exhibition of real patriot ism in the giving of liberal amounts to the furtherance of the humanitarian work of the Red Cross. Prolonged hand -clappins greeted Sergeant White as he arose to speak after brief in- troduction by Prof. John D. Loper, chairman of the Central Arizona Chap ter of the Red Cross. and even more prolonged cheers and hand -clappiug 0-
 What the Nation Has Done
 In introducing Sergeant White, Chairman Loper took occasion to call attention to the fact that within the last 60 days the government has raised si.000, 100000 through liberty loans for the support of the army and navy. He said that beginning yesterday the na- ton has been asked to raise Sl00.00G 900 Ntazr-s ,sf Nn. Red Cross. Of this Arizona is given m allotment of S2O0.0O0 and the cen tral Arizona chapter S5l,000. This dis trict comprises Maricopa county. all of Pinal county except Casa Grande and the northern portion of Yuma county.
 We feel that we should do no less than did the liberty loan committee They raised 205 per cent of their allot- meut and the central Arizona chapter workers will not be satisfied with q figure less than Si02,000. With many thousands of Arizona boys now at tho front or ready Co go over the seas, anC with about 2000 more to entrain neX Monday, 1t is as little as we can do tC double our quota. Even then we would be only backing our boys to the exten ot about $40 each"
 Wool from White House
 Prof. Loper read a telegram iron Washington 10 Governor Hunt in whicl it was stated that two pounds of woo clipped from the sheep that have beer grazing on the White House lawn ha! been sent by parcel post to be sold t' the highest bidder in Arizona, the fund to be devoted to the Red Cross Wa fund. It was the unanimous vote O the gathering that Dave Goldberg b named as auctioneer for Maricopi county in securing bids for the wool the highest bid to be pitted against tn bids received from other counties. MT Goldberg accepted the office wit grace and said that he would brini the wool to this county. He suggeste, that all contributions to the wool fun be sent to Fl. $. Prince, treasurer of tn Red Cross in Phoenix and the tota amount be turned in to the Red Cros 10 apply on the purchase price of tn wool
 Tells of War Work
 Sergeant White before launching int a most interesting narrative of per sonal experience in France, took oc casion to pay a slight tribute to hi own brothers, three of whom, like him self answered the call to Canadia arms. One brother entered the servic