Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-12-19
NOW IN EXCESS OF 1000 CHRl STNAS DANCE

Only Two More Days For Red CrOS
Campaign-Schocls> Being Canvas
sed for Junior Members-Rep:rt o.
Work Done Made Last Night.
There was renewed activity today
on the part of the solicitors for the
Christmas Red Cross Roll Call in or.
:!e" to have Alexandria 90 over III:
!op before the close of the campaign
Saturday night. In order 10 70 thi:
! t will be necessary TO secure 2 tota
af G,000 enrollments.
A canvass of the public schools fol
Junior memberships was begin today
rnder the direction Of representatives
of the Red Cross assisted by Capt.
w II. Sweeney. superintendent of
schools and the teachers. The price
of junior membership is twenty
Eve cents. A majority of the school
children are expected to enroll.
The women in charge of the booths
N the banks report many new enroll
ments as result Of today'S work and
.he solicitors making the house to
house canvass also received mary new
cnrollments.
All are urged to come forwarc!
without delay and enroll. There were
so many persons absent from their
homes when the solicitors called that
i. will be impossible for the canvas
sers to call again and the general
committee in charge requests that
persons who have not been seen BY
the solicitors call al once in order to
help Alexandria go over the top.
A report made at meeting o: tie
solicitors aeld last nigh: in tn rooms
ot the Chamber Of Commerce showed
t',e total membership thus far to, De
...01l0. The meeting waG called to Or
Ter by Col. Julian Y. Williams. ch%;"-
man, wha nresideG ana Hiss i."">
Lindsey. chairman os the wom2n's
committee, reported the names cf
those enrolled.
Following the business session E'o-
sion. pictures Of Red Grass ard J. ".
r. A. work were shown. Music was
furnished BY ais orchestra from Camp
Humphreys and refreshments wore
served.
rs long trail from No Man.
Land in Flanders to No Mans Land
Il the great American desert in
Utah. but this week the Red Cross
Home Service bridsed the distance
i,oth ways in six days fiat.
The stcrv is contained in 4 series
# kilograms. The first was a cable
from Red Cross Home Servce rep
rescntative with the troops IN France.
sent via Paris 10 the Bureau Of For
aign Correspondence, Department OF
Civilian Relief. National HeadqUar-
ters. II brief. it asked foT the pro-
lection cf Private Brown in regard to
property in Utah. The
phrase "famiiy persecvtcd; soldier
serious condition" appearing in the
cable was somewhat ambiguous. but
Indicated the need Of quick and vis-
c-cus action.
Fed Cross officials of the Mountain
Division q. Denver were instructed to
20 get busy with the result that five
Jays later cable message was sent
from National Headquarters to the
Paris cflice, reading in part as fol-
w
lows:
clearing of homestead dispute
;:ostponed until Browns return from
Army. Special trip COUNTY So m.
Peaceable adjustment of difficulty
Family we'll. Relatives and Home
Ser.ice Section in touch and assist
ing whenever necessary
A full report just received at %a-
,icnal Headquarters from the Noun
tain Division gives the details OF the
story and tells of the difficulty IN
reaching Browns hcne. Mrs. l'rown
and her two children lived on home
stead owned by Brown. situated be-
tween two large cattle ranches. The
adjoining ranch owners and Mrs.
Brown all claimed the same land
The neighbors ron each side we're
ouarrelling between themselves and
both were threatening Mrs. Browns
possession.
The scene Of the dispute Is. accord
:ng to the report. 'eighty-fve miles
from nowhere, on the other side OF
the great Salt Lake desert. with no
raorral possibility of reaching It from
lie Chapter Headquarters OF the
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