| Show RE CR SOCIET I Second Meeting of the Ladies Held Last Night MRS RITERS STATEMENT DENIES THAT I I A MORON SOCIETY It I Too Broad t Be Made a Religious Relig-ious Society last of Those Signifying Signi-fying Their Intention to Join The Committees Appointed Will Meet Again Today Another well attended meeting of the ladies who are taking steps to organize organ-ize a Red Cross society was held In the Templeton building last night MRS RITERS STATEMENT I In the midst of the proceedings the chairman Mrs Priscllla J Riter took occasion to state that some persons are attempting to create the Impression that an effort is being made to turn the organization Into a Mormon society I cannot be a religious society for it is too broad Applause The chairman then requested the secretary to read a selection from an article by Miss Clara Barton showing that the Red Cross does not recognize sex creed or nationality nation-ality The chairman was sorry that certain ladles had expressed the view that they would not be welcome and thought I that they would not have done so had they Understood the true nature of the society No further expression of feeling I feel-ing was given I THE MEMBERS I The following ladle signified their intention I In-tention of becoming members of the society Annie Wells Cannon Mamie B Wales Addle M Boscha Rachel J Beck Margaret Caine Isabelle C Brown Ruth Palmer Sylvia Cohen Emmeline B Wells Lizzie M Cohen Melissa P Roberts Martha J Hines Emily F Hollins Dr W C Roberts Mrs Lew Perkins Annie Schiller Ellen El-len L Cash Katherine Carpenter Eli nor P Grcesbeck Anna M Adams i Phoebe J Beatle Agnes E Rease Eliz 11 i eS i abeth E Miller Isabel Whitney Sears Miss Stokes Mrs Milton Miss Emeline I Wells Callie W Hedges Mrs L E Lawler Annie Cope Claire Ferguson Mary Jonasson Mrs E M Tuckett Nellie T Rasche Mary A Leonard Alice Crismon Annie D Hammer May Cleghorn Mrs J W Felt Lydia Palmer Pal-mer Estella Dunford Kate E Farrel Lydia Wells Jane C Thatcher Katherine Kathe-rine W Smith Bertha Bamberger Lily B Kenyon Mrs R N Siegel Kate F Burton Annie G Latemer Louise M Richards Groo Francis D Dennis Julia GrooCOMMITTEES APPOINTED II The report of the executive board was I received from the chairman Miss Edna I Cohen The following special commit tees were appointed with a chairman for each who is to fill out the body of the committee Finance Mrs Rachel F Beck work Mrs C P Brooks entertainment Mrs N W Clayton refreshments Mrs L Moritz soliciting Mrs Egbert Roberts Rob-erts TELEGRAM TO GOVERNOR WELLS The following telegram which had been handed the chairman by Governor Wells was read San Francisco May 24 1S93 To His Excellency Governor of Utah Identification badges furnished for I California troops Do you desire some for your state I so wire and we will furnish expense 5475 per hundred MRS W B HARRINGTON President Red Cross Society I was decided to direct the governor to order b telegraph the purchase of the badges and to raise a fund to defray de-fray the expense A start was immediately immedi-ately made toward this fund by one of the ladies announcing the contribution contribu-tion of 7 which remained from the sum raised to pay for a luncheon for the volunteers The badge is of aluminum alu-minum and bears the name of the wearer and the nearest relative DR ROBERTS VOLUNTEERS A letter was read from Dr J L Roberts Rob-erts 2C4 Main street Salt Lake City offering his services as a volunteer In the Red Cross society He stated that he had been a member of the Freed mans Aid society for five years TO SECURE QUARTERS Mrs Arthur Brown and Mrs S Siegel were appointed to secure a room in the central part of the city with the view of fitting It up with machines and material ma-terial for sewing WILL MEET AGAIN TODAY The executive board will meet today and arrange for future work and meetings meet-ings of the society |
