The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-05-23
RED CROSS DRIVE
MUST CONTINUE,
SAYS DAVIDSON
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II is probable the luncheons will not bc
discontinued and will be held every day
excepting Sunday
Oklahoma City, with her figures com
pared with the results attained in other
cities of the state, shows up poorly
Work from this time on will be earnest
and as conscientious as during the
first three days of the campaign
Asked if any teams would be pulled off
the campaign Harriss answered each
team knew its territory, its work and
what it had TO do and each team and
each man could be expected to stay on
the job until that teams Job is done.
County Total sl2,5OO.
Arthur +, King, county chairman
reportss subscriptions taken in the
county outside this city, from what
scattered places he has been able to
hear from, total only $l2,S00 lie has
asked for the loan OF seven Oklahoma
City's campaigning teams and Harriss
had granted the request These men
Nth their captains will he taken
through the entire county in motor cars
calling on farmers and others and ex-
hortlng them to give.
Another element entering into the
campaign today was the compilation OF
a list OF hard boiled eggs" men who
the executive committee believes have
not given the contribution their fe-
sources warranted. The vigilance com
mittee of the county council OF defense
was called to conference with the exc
cuhve committee OF the city campaign
and list Of names was furnished and
the scenes made familiar when the
Liberty bond campaign was on, bid
fair 10 be repeated One city property
owner here rated as being worth one
half million dollars has contributed
SIS and he is marked for special care
and attention at the hands OF the
vigilance committee.
"Hard Boiled" Not Escaping.
Harriss SAYS that in all not more than
fifty names have been collected of mes
called Red Cross sackers. The vigil
ance committee has had these names
turned over 10 it and starts its inyeSti-
cations this afternoon
Optimism prevailed at the headquar-
ters OF the women campaigners this
forenoon, The day started off merrly
with a story brought in Of distracted
Oklahoma City mother who in despera-
tion told her fdgety little boy that il he
would keep still certain time she
would give him 2S cents. He promptly
answered he would give the rs cents
10 the Red Cross fund and the money
m due time reached the women's head
quarters.
Women's Fund Grows.
Among the substantial contributions
reported by the women this morning
through Mrs. Ed Overholser. city chair
man, were the following Bass Furni-
ture company, $500; Harbour Long
mire Furniture company, $500. Kerr
Dry Goods store, $1,000; Rorabaugh-
Brown Dry Goods store, $1,000; David
McKinstry, $1,000. Mr.. and Mrs. Rich
ard T. Harriss, $1,000; nurses at St.
hnthony's hospital 500; Oklahoma Ma
tonal Stockyards company, $500; Okla
homa National Stockyards bank (addi-
tional subscription), $ll5S0; Girls War
Relief club, $50.
At 10 a. m, today the women were
able TO report that since noon yester-
day the women campaigners had turned
in $o,0728S. The women have not let
up in their campaign and the managers
assert as many women and as many
teams are at work in the residential
district making house 10 house appeals
as was the case the first day of the
raf,oa ion