Arizona republican., 1918-05-17

were seeing subscribers to the SlOO,- O00. 900 Red Cross war fund. Mrs. George Stoneman. assisted by Mrs. Ed Rudolph, are on one committee. Mrs. Garrett Schuller and Miss I<osabelle Goldman are another committee. Mrs. w. c. Swee6 and Mrs Hattie Mosher went on one committee. Mrs. Leroy 1.add and Miss Florence Guston on an- other. Mrs. J. l.. B. Alexander and Miss Fay De Mund each explained team which worked yesterday Mrs. Earnest W. Lewis and Mrs George Smalley formed one team.
 Betsy Ross Club to be CanVassed
 The Betsy Ross club will be can vassed by Mrs. Donald Dunbar this afternoon and during the morning Mrs. Dunbar will be on hand at the cham Der of commerce to handle the few re- maining tickets for the luncheon Sat trday. The sale of tickets has beea accomplished without difficulty in fact many more could be sold were it not that the accommodations of the Wo- mans club are limited and it is planned to limit the number of guests.
 Woman's Luncheon Saturday
 The luncheon Saturday is planned to give the workers a general idea of the work of the campaign to be carried on next week. Speakers will tell of the work of the Red Cross here and abroad. A veteran of the western front will be on hand to tell of actual conditions in the trenches and what the women of the Red Cross can do to make conditions more livable.
 \ large number of Red Cross work CTS will be on hand and final plans for house to house canvass to be carried on next week under the direction of Mrs. E. E. Marks will De discussed.
 Supplies to Branches
 Packages of war fund material have been sent to all the branches of the Central Arizona chapter. The area un- der the jurisdiction os this chapter ex- tends from Parker on the west to Winkelman on the east and from Wickenbnrg on the north to Gila Bend on the south Benefits During Week or War Drive
 Instructions have been received from Washington that no benefits are to be held during the week of the war fund drive. There is no alternative to this decision and so several plans for enter tainments and other functions planned for next week have been altered to later dates so that nothing will con- flict with the big work of collecting funds to be used nationally and abroad Co advance the cause of the fighting men and the sufferers in Europe.
 Men Workers Will Meet on Monday
 A dinner at which the men workers will assemble will be held Monday next at the Woman's club at 6:30 o'clock. A Canadian soldier from the western front three times wounded will Sd- dress the meeting. Tickets are s1 and will be on sale at the chamber of con- merce today. The committee in charge of this occasion consists of Roy $. Goodrich. Dr. J. Dennett Jr.. and R. F. Moore.
 Advertising Committee
 The national organization believes in advertising the campaign and by di- rection of the chairman of the chap ter a committee to handle this work has already received several donations 10 the cause. The committee is work ing on several publicity ideas which will be in evidence next week.
 President Heads Red Cross
 There are still many who are not aware that the Red Cross is a national organization in every way. The presi- dent is the head of the entire body of officers The war council was ap pointed by the president The secre- tary of the treasury. William G. Me Adoo, is the treasurer of the war fund He exercises a supervision over all the appropriations made for every variety of purpose. The organization. is an American one in every way. It is com posed of the best Americans of every faith, denomination. political party and complexion. It has the largest mem hership of any organization in the world. It's membership outnumbers many nations and in another year or SO it will have half of the people in the United States on its roll of members.
 Doubling the Quotas
 More reports of doubling the quotas are being reported ct headquarters. Many committees in the several sec lions of the Central Arizona district are sure that the amount suggested for them to secure can be obtained twice over and they are going out after double the amount fixed by the officials at Washington. The reason is a good one, General Pershing has said that he greatest good that can be done is .o "hearten the French.' He means lhat anything done to encourage the lilies, any of them, is direct help to the American army over there. If the Red Cross can increase it's great work m Italy, France, Belgium, Servia, Ar nenia, Palestine, Russia, Poland. or wherever the services of the Red Cross s needed then Americans are helping lust so much the American soldiers of