Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-05-08
ARRANGEMENTS BEING
MADE FOR BIG DRIVE
Heavy Advance Advertising VIII Be
Dope In Coming Red Cross
Campaign for Funds.
ORGANIZATION PERFECTED
Speakers with First-Hand knowledge
OF Facts VIII Tell Public of
Hun Outragcs.

with the Liberty loan safe out of
the way, the attention OF the people
OF the United States is now being di-
rected toward the forthcoming ma
tional Red Cross drive, the second
to be made by this wonderful or
eanization since the United States en-
tered the war. This drive which
starts on May 90 and lasts for one
week, is to raise Sl00,000,0O0 to be
used by the Red Cross for the second
year of the war. A similar campaign
was successfully put ~i one year
ago.
The portion of this amount TO be
raised in Tulsa county is $3.50, 900.
An organization has already been
perfected to make this drive in Tul-
sa and the work Is progressing every
day.
One OF the principal features Of
this campaign will he the publicity
of various kinds. The committee in
charge plans to use every available
means TO sell the people of Tulsa
on this proposition before the actual
soliciting starts and to this end are
working night and day.
VIII Use Advertising.
Arrangements have already been
made TO have several nationally
known speakers to como to Tulsa;
newspaper space, both reading mat
ter and advertising will be used lib
orally IN addition to billboards pos
ters, etc.
The committee has arranged with
tho newspapers TO handle. several
pages of advertising matter prepared
by the greatest advertising experts in
the United States. each advertisement
having a special appeal for humani-
ty. This will he paid for by the bus
mess and professional men of Tulsa
as requested by the government al
Washington.
The first of the big speakers tC
appear here will be Dr. Clarence ID
Usher, who has recently returned
from war-torn Russia and Turkey
where considerable money Is being
expended by the Red Cross in allie
waiting the war suffering Or. Us
sher was made a general by the czar
OF Russia for his bravery at the siege
OF Van. He has a wonderful mes.
sage Tor the American people.
Four Minute Men to Help.
Or Usher will speak in Tulsa mex
Tuesday May IA, appearing before
joint meeting of the civic clubs al
noon and at mass meeting in the
nigh school auditorium the samt
night He will fire the first ora
torical gun in the campaign. Hi:
work will be followed up strongly
by the four minute-men in nightly
talks at the theaters.
Another prominent speaker who will
appear here Is Dr. Newell Dwight
Hills of Kansas City, who made q
special trip to Europe to study Ger
man outrage and who has a stirring
message for every red blooded Amer
lean. DR.. Hills will speak at two
DIE meetings in Tulsa on Sunday,
May ls, Red Cross Sunday" These
meetings Will be held at Convention
nan and no admission Will be
charged. Or. Hills was booked in
Iulsa a few weeks ago under the
auspices Of the lyceum but was un-
able to be here on account of illness
ana the Red Cross committee feels
very thankful for obtaining such a
wonderful speaker for the openinr
OF the big drive
Red Cross headquarters have been
opened in the Chamber Of Commerce
rooms and active details OF the cam
palgn are being worked out now.