The Mankato free press., 1918-10-18
CAUSE OF HUMANITY
CREATES Great BOND
MERGER OF INTERESTS TO
AID GREAT WAR DRIVE
Protestant, Catholic and Jew
Now United For Splendid
Purpose

Following are the quotas allotted
to Minnesota in the big United
War Work campaign, for $780,
| 100000 for war work, which will
be held throughout the United
States November II to 18:
| Minnesota: $3,90O,oO0oo
| This district of eight counties,
$281, 10000.
Blue Earth County: $52,52o.26.
n. A. Patterson, chairman.
! Mankato: Not decided.
Freeborn County: n. c. Han
son, chairman. $40, 0,776.90.
Waseca County: e. A. Herter,
chairman, $23,890.6O.
Faribault County: j. e. Ror-
man, Winnebago, chairman, $780,
019.39.
Rice County: H. c. TheopoId,
FarbauIt, $42,670.99.
Steele County: DR.. M. 3. Price,
Owatonna, $28, ,444.59.
NicoIIet County: William Mall
gren, st. Peter, $24,116.51.
lie Sueur County: w. L. Har-
WV, SHo'i H'ai', NC" TIa9oSJ %oo,-
C6066.
Hailed as the miracle of the
twentieth century by clergy and laity
alike the interests of Protestants
Catholic and Jew have been united
into one big movement for the common
good, the combining of the seven
war work agencies, the Y. M. c. A..
Y. w. C. A., National Catholic War
council, Jewish Welfare board, War
Camp Community service, American
Library association, and the Saliva
tion Army, for the aid and help of
the soldiers overseas who are fight
ing for liberty.
At an enthusiastic meeting held in
the council chamber at the city hall
yesterday afternoon the plans of the
great combine were enthusiastically
discussed, and many brilliant patriot
ic talks were given.
In the past each of the seven or
ganizations represented have held
separate "drives" to raise money to
carry on their work, but it is now
PioPOoCo W nave OhC SoldllI ol1NO
to obtain funds for the work of. each
organization, thus abolishing the Gus
tenn of having so many and such
frequent drives" and greatly SIM
plifying the work at the same time.
:. e. T. Bailey Speaker =.
DIR. Elwood T. Bailey, who recently
returned from service in France, was
the principal speaker Of the after
noon, and delivered a very eloquent
address, such as has seldom, if ever,
been heard in Mankato. AS DR.. Bail
ey, Familiarity known to the "boys
overseas" as "Bill Bailey" painted
his wonderful word pictures of the
lives of 1.-THE boys, their great sacri-
fee, and the snuffing out of their
lives before the guns of the hated
enemy, there were but few dry eyes
in the audience, and the great wave
of patriotism which swept over
every war worker present imbued all
with the desire to work to the utmost
that our soldiers should have all the
comforts which those at home can
possibly give them. DR.. Bailey, who
was welfare worker with the Amer
lean army, described the great neces-
sity of having all organizations rep
resented abroad, in order that the
suffering soldier, be he Protestant,
Catholic or Jew, can obtain the
solace which comes only from his
own kind, no matter. how loyal an
American he may be-
G. M. Palmer Presided.
G. M. Palmer, local chairman for
the United War Work campaign,
presided at the opening of the meet
ing. He stated that he was glad to see
so many present from the district,
and spoke Of. the great importance of
the campaign. He also gave his
audience the latest war news which
had just reached Mankato, stating
that 100000 German prisoners in the
vicinity of Cambria were i nfull re-
treat, and that Turkey was asking
what it could do to get out of the war.
These announcements were received
with enthusiastic applause. Mr..
Palmer then introduced A. w. Ran
dali of st. Paul, vice chairman of the
War Work campaign, who took
charge of the meeting.
Mr.. Randall remarked that the unit
ing of the seven war work organi-
cations had been at the suggestion of
President Wilson, and the combining
of the usual separate drives for fund
for war purposes had been very
good one, as it was planned to have
one big campaign provide funds for
the work of each organization.
Allotment For Minnesota.
Three million, nine hundred thous-
and dollars, is the allotment for Min
nesota in this big national drive for
$17O,500,00O and Mr. Randall stated
that he was assured the people would
carry the drive lover. the top" as in
previous campaigns. He spoke of
the Liberty loans which have always
been oversubscribed in this district,
and remarked that six billion dollars,
the amount of the Fourth Liberty
loan, meant sixty dollars for each
person, and that the $170,500, 900
asked for the United War Work cam
paign means less than two dollars
to be given by each person He said
that if the pople were willing to
lend the government money on bonds
at the rate of sixty dollars each they
would surely be willing to donate
$500 each to the great. work of aid
ing "our boys"
The Minnesota Army Quartette,
composed of H. E. Griebenow, c. c..
Smith, c.. M. Keeler, and E. w. Peck,