Arizona republican., 1918-05-21

word giving" Some shall give their lives-our boys are doing that every | day: Some shall give their happiness; thousands are wearing mourning in
 England, France and America. Shall
 We not give our money? Would you consider the saving of a few pieces of shining metal, a few slips of crisp paper, if the saving thereof meant the dlshoEor of your daughter, the murder of your mother, the slaughter of your
 boy, the shooting of your father? And yet, the detestible Hun means 10 do all of these things to America.
 Money is good only because there stands behind it nation great enough
 and honorable enough to make it good.
 If the nation fall, then its money be-
 comes as the pebbles on the shore. as
 the leaves in the forest. What will it
 avail man if he saves his money, and
 sacrifices his country; for his country
 gone, then will his protection be gone. | then will his money be gone.
 refer again to the American Red Cross. I read a story the other day
 where it was related that the soldiers
 were celebrating New Yeor's eve be-
 hind the line. A number of doctors
 and Red Cross nurses were present
 The first toast was Victory" and the
 major was about to respond, when q
 young lieutenant begged his pardon
 and asked the soldiers first to drink
 to the following toast: "To our women. . who sent us forth with courage in their
 hearts and tears in their eyes. To our
 women at home. who are sacrificing
 their all that we may win. To our
 women over here, Red Cross nurses.
 who give their own lives that we may
 live. God bless them, and damn the
 man who does not respect them, and
 the coward who will not fight for
 them"
 If l could walk through all the floral
 gardens on earth, and pluck therefrom the choicest flowers with the sweetest 1. perfume, and if I could select from tho
 crowns of all the kings and queens on
 earth, the rarest gems and priceless
 stones, I would fashion them into a more beautious crown, and with low ing hand place it on the brow of an ; American Red Cross nurse.
 We must give to the Red Cross: give until it hurts. The Nathan Hales of
 today will go into the banks and count , their money with jealous thought, and then eXclaim: q only regret that have , but one fortune to give to my country.' Stern, terrible facts are driving us to , action. The fury and cruel cunning [ of the enemy are unquenched. Russia , is under his heel; Rumania has been ! crushed and forced to surrender; Ser , bia and Belgium are in the clutches of 1 the hellish Hun; they are hurling . fresh hordes against the western front; , the greatest battle of the war is rag ing; the lust of conquest and world z dominion is growing, as it feeds itselt . with one helpless victim, then another i It is high time for us to arouse our ' selves and shake off our lethargy. We must win, or our fate will be that o. ' Russia, Serbia and Rumania. In tn, language of our great President, "Le
 us dedicate our lives and our fortune! to the cause"
 . Think it over men and women O. | America, Remember that we stand il the breach with shining sword drawI , to defend the children of civilization against the scrofulous, arm -withereC II beast of Berlin, Our boys are fighting | and dying for liberty, for humanity ant 5 democracy, and shall it be said that we
 men and women of America, shall fai
 these gallant men, who are pouring ou
 their blood and laying down their live e for us, for our country, for humanity
 If they lay down their lives, shall WI Q not lay down our money?
 | You may have the impression tha c the Red Cross is a sort of triumpha ,, procession; d glorified. irresistible | super-humau Sister of Mercy. O. no d The truth is, the Red Cross is suffer o ing, is praying, is clinchinS it's hand ,. with the determination to sdo it's ut = most for war tortured world. Tn 5, Red Cross is doing what you and [ ar fnr oil O l are the Red Cross. The Red Cros
 is just what you and I make it. I t isn't anything more; it isn't anythin e less. It is an organization a humal z organization, doing just what you an Q l enable 1t 10 do, and can do no more | Defense Chairman Speaks $ Dwight E. Heard, chairman of tn t Arizona Council of Defense, was tn
 next speaker. He said he had no fea n but that Arizona and Maricopa count Q will go over the top in the big drive fo
 war funds for the Red Cross. In s few days there will be over 5000 me 5 from Arizona fighting or ready to ttsh for our country and the flag we lovt u he said. The Red Cross stands for ef
 ficiency. service and humanity. A dol s lar in the hands of the Red Cross y made to go as far as any dollar can gC
 
 Heard, that he never saw q Red Cros Il organization that gets the service tha ! attends the efforts of the Maricop u county Red Cross.
 n Gives Women Praise
 " The women are the real workers i the Red Cross campaigns, declared th ,s speaker. The women in one day ( 'i the drive raised s6,s03, he said. Tn V, figure was rolled up in subscription VI almost entirely from women-frol women who were visited in their home by women workers. He said it was ;. splendid response to the appeal of Il ,,ss Red Cross and was made up in lars n. measure by small contributions. - MT. Heard called attention to u
 tender of one man who said that had a sick baby and but little none However, he wanted to help the R. ,o Cross, He had in his home fami
 heirloom in the shape of a revolution ,,, ary clock for which he had refused ( ;n offer of $75. This clock he had donat, '- to the Red Cross to be sold at auctio , As Dave Goldberg had been appoint, to the official Red Cross auctioneer
 was assigned the task of auctioning o m the revolutionary clock.
 s Funds Flow In
 tOloWlng the speaking subscription CT for the war fund were asked. In sho tn order, $S,500 was subscribed in amour e. from s1,000 down to $50. When t m subscription began to lag N. R. san
 CTS, of the Phoenix Savings Bank al ca Trust company gave a $50 Liber or bond to be auctioned off. Charl nd Woolf of Tempe presented a plan f or the auction. John T. Hughes start oy the bidding at $75 and closed the bi