The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-05-18

IS URGED
TOAT TEND
SPEECH
Effort To Be Made in Hammond
to Raise Gity'S Quota for
War Fund in "a Hours.
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Editor Times.

Hammond's second great Red
Cross drive, for which ten days of
earnest preparation, has been Civ
en- by Chairman A. Murray Turn
er, will start next Monday with
spirit and determination that is ex-
pected to put it over the top in
much less time than its predeces-
sor.
With its usual energy Hammond
has again set its teeth firmly. The
city will if. possible and every one
does his share, subscribe its quota
of $4,000 in twenty-four hours.
That is Chairman Turner'S hope
and his ambition. It is a laudable
ambition. It can be done. It will
be done if concerted action and
vigor is applied.
CASUALTY LISTS TELL STORY.
The casualty lists that come daily
from the horror scenes in France have
brought with relentless force home to
Hammond people that the Red Cross
work needs to lie carried on with the
zeal of Hercules. Many have already
contributed in This ceond drive
So confident is Chairman Turner of
HammonG's earnestuess i'm Rod Cross
passion that only one meeting has been
arranged for thc entire campaign IT.
viii be one of four and only four meet
ings that will take place i'm the state
and IL viii be meeting hat viii be "a
milestone in the prosecution of war
drive work i'm Hammond.
ETGGEsT 1GEET1NG EVER HELD.
The greatest Red Cross meeting ever
held in Hammond will be at Liberty
hall at o'clock on Monday night no
person in the city should miss it, Tho
man who isn't there is not doing his
loyal. patriotic wholo-bearted share for
his country. Tho man who bars him
self from that meeting bares himself
as well. putting it mildly supremely in
different To the work Of the Red Cross.
There arc no two ways about this Ac-
tion is necessary at the beginning The
city must get down and hump itself
NJ
A GREAT SPEAKER COMING.
Congressman c. G.. Dill of Oregon.
will be the star attraction of the meet
ing. Who is DIP Dill is bne of the
men whom President Wilson personal
ly sent to the battle front to- bring
back a first hand story of the war and
the Red Cross share in the war. Con
gressman Din viii have a message for
the people of Hammond and it viii be a
thrilling message. IL wifi be the mes
sage that this speaker told to congress.
Congress was stirred Icy it. Dill viii
tell YOU where your money is going.
lie viii tell you what The money you
give next week is TO buy.
EVERY MAN III CITY WANTED.
He will tell you what is needed and
he viii tell you i'm a way that VIII make
YOU sit UP on those wooden benches
and take notice. Dill is a man with
message.
There will be other features at this
Monday night meeting Musical num-
bars well worth listening to have been
arranged. but the congressional inves-
tigator is the star on the program that
nobody in Hammond should miss.
Cut out all the other dates and en-
gagements, They are to be compared
with this as an ant is to be compared
with an elephant
WOMEN ASKED TO COME At
r. II.
The O'Clock meeting viii be pre-
ceaed by meeting at o'clock at Lib
erty hall Liberty hall in passing. it
may be said. is the general haadquar-
ters for Nhe drive. Chairman Turner
wants to meet personally every woman
in Hammond at this meeting. Every
woman. and il is the women that he
depends on. Who can give even part