Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1918-05-26 | Page 9 | Final Mercy Drive to Boost Loan Still Higher

FINAL MERCY DRIVEl TO BOOST LOAN STILL HIGHER King Albert Cables President President President dent Wilson Thanks of Belgian People Special Dispatch WASHINGTON May Jay 25 With With subscriptions subscriptions sub sub- to the tho American Red Cro Cross s second war mercy merc fund e estimated now I at more than the thc minimum quota or of workers in the campaign campal n rested tonight in preparation for or a strenuous closing closing- day Monday Of Officials Officials or- or dollars dollars dol dollars dol- dol of oC expect a a big bir outpouring lars at the finish and expressed confidence confidence conni conn- i dence tonight that the fund would be heavily oversubscribed I IA A message from King KinS Albert Alhert of Bel Bet Belgium gium to President Wilson thanking the tho thoI nation for its aid to his stricken people people peo pee I pie and another from General Pershing commending tho Red Cross work ork In InFranco InFranco Franco France were were- received today and were I expected to give impetus to the war fund drive The Tho figures for or the fourteen divisions as announced tod today y follow ow Atlantic Including Greater New NewYork Tork York central 1 gulf bul lake mountain mountain moun moun- tam tain New ew England northern northwestern j I Pacific Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Pennsyl Pennsyl- vania vania- Potomac southern southwestern 10 foreign SAN FRANCISCO May Ia 25 San San Francisco tol tolay had oversubscribed d Its itz Red Cross quota b by a margin of Tho The quota was SEATTLE May ta l 25 Headquarters of ot the northwest division of oC the Red RedCross RedCross RedCross Cross announced toda today Washington had passed Its quota b by Oregon Oreg-on has hao subscribed 1 Idaho and Alaska it was ae announced