The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-18
= 6trong Organization is at
Work Preparing for the
Raising of Large
Amount.
BIG MEETINGS PLANNED
Presidents Brother-in-Law in
Keokuk and Speakers in
\ VariOns Places in Lee
County Churches.

Sl The canvassIngfor the $4,000 need
ssss,t Ton. the Red Cross work from keo-
Er1k md the southern townships oil
@s Zee county viii begin next Tuesday
Il norning. but the preliminary arul-
M cry practice of the campaign is al
begun and is increasing II
strength every hour
I'll This evening John E. Craig and A.
q dollingsworth speak at a meeting at
franklin. with fine quartet to furn-
ssh good music.
ssss Sunday meetings will be held at
ES.M0ntrose. Warren and Charleston.
rhe orators at Montrose at o'clock
Twill be G. L. Norman and Hazen l.
The meetings at the En-
curry church at Warren at 2 30 o'clock
e ana at the church at Charleston at
IA ssclock will be addressed by Will G.
Blood and John NJ Rankin. A good
n 41uartet will furnish music at each OF
hese meetings.
\ Famous Man to Speak Here.
The big meeting Of the campaign Is
he address on Tuesday evening by
.AOr stockton Anon. He is secretary
'Fssf the American Red Cross, brother
& n-law OF President Wilson, was for
h many years professor of literature in
Z Princeton university, and has held
important positions in other unfversi-
lies besides being prominent as uni
gersity extension lecturer and well
known as magazine writer.
This big mass meeting will be held
4 Ii the EIks cfub-from the porch il
weather be salubrious and in the
aasarge auditorium, if it rains. It is
Saecessary to use the largest auditor
in town for this address, as every
ssnody in town talks of attending It
Il Women.are Organized.
SS Next week in the various factories
There VIII be four minute talks, and
The motion picture audiences win see
and hear mlch about the needs of the
Il Red Cross. at every performance. c.
Il. Mcfarland is director of public
meetings
Miss Myrta Mitchell, in charge OF
women's work south of Main street,
and Mrs. A. Honingsworth. in charge
sof the activities of the women nortp
of Main street, have organized their
forces well. and a couple of hundred
women will assist in the campaign
There will be woman captain TO
every four blocks and lieutenant
to each block in the city, with lead
er for each ward in town.
No memberships will be taken this
time. All the money will go for Red
Cross work and supplies. Charles J.
Smith and A. G. Peterson are in
charge of the accounting.
Cash and Subscription
Each subscriber will receive from
the solicitor a receipt for all cash pay
ments, and the pledges for future pay
ments viii be taken separately this
time.
These pledge cards are expected to
greatly exceed the cash subscriptions
in amount They are subscriptions to
the Red Cross payable at a future date
which enables the subscriber to ar
range his finances to do his or her
duty by the Red Cross.
The Gate City will not attempt to
announce the total subscriptions to
noon each day, as was done last year
Noon or O'Clock is poor time to
lake off totals This year The Gate
City will announce each day the to-
tails to the previous evening
Some Large SuoScr1ptrons-
Chairman Joy announced that he
already has the promise OF $1,000
each from three individuals, and a
number of $500 and other large sub
scriptions are in sight now, ready for
the drive to start
The thirty team captains an met
at the Office OF Chairman Joy last
/ evening and selected the personnel
of their teams They will meet again
after the parade Monday night to
arrange further details of the cam
paizn. Tuesday noon there will be
! final conference at the Y. NJ. C. A
from which the teams will start so
uciting money.
Fighting Takes Money.
A letter from national headquarters
states that the estimate OF 100000,
400 REQUIRED was made last winte,
for a contemplated drive in Feb
I1,ary, but the hard fighting on thu
west front of the war has made twic'
hat amount necessary now.
The women workers are thorough
ly organized and will start work OIL