Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-04-23
Marshalltown Will Have Over
$4,000 With Whic!, TO Help
Californians
COUNCIL VOTES $500 DONATION
Two Mass Meetings Sunday Result in
Collection of $500 For the Work
Soldiers Home Veterans Give $3.50
Dr.. e. T. Devine Special Agent of
Red cross-Friends Heard From.

The mass meeting called Friday by
Mayor o. l.. Ingledue for Sunday aft
ernoon, to take public action toward
the relief of the earthquake and fire
sufferers of San Francisco and neigh
boring cities, resulted in second
meeting for Sunday evening, when all
the churches gave up their services
and devoted the hour to the good
work AS result of initial steps TAX
en- by the mayor it is assured thas
Marshalltown will have at least $1,000
in it's fund for the stricken people of
the Pacific coast.
AS a direct result of the Sunday
meetings there is now in the hands of
T. j. Fletcher, as treasurer of the re-
lief fund, $1,000 in cash and pledges
The Elks' donation of 500 makes the
total already donated and pledged
$1,4OO, and the city council at spec
ial meeting called by the mayor for
10:3O this morning, voted $500 as the
citys donation, making total of ST.
900. The county board of supervisors
will likely do equally as we'll as the
city, and there are still many people
to see by the members Of the commit
tee appointed by the mayor Sunday.
The members of the Iowa Soldiers
Home, in fifteen minutes time Sunday
afternoon, at meeting called by
Commandant Horton, subscribed in
cash $131 toward the Marshalltown
fund. This amount was increased to
$40 this morning. Sixty dollars of
the fund was given by members of the
Home hospital.
The Sunday Meetings.
The mass meeting called for Sunday
afternoon by the mayor began at 2:30.
1t was strictly business session, and
the principal work was organizing for
systematic work in establishing re-
lief fund. The sum of S475 was pledg-
ed, and $3.50 of the amount paid in.
Nearly all of the citys pastors were
present, and plans were made for an
evening meeting at the Methodist
church, where further measures to-
ward swelling the fund could be taken.
w. H. Burrows was made secretary OF
the meeting, and T. j. Fletcher treas
urer of the relief fund. Mayor Ingfe-
due presided, and the pastors present
volunteered to turn over the hour Of
their evening services to the union
meeting. A resolution by Mr.. G.. H.
Van Law authorized the mayor to ex-
press on behalf Of Marshalltown to
Mayor Schmitz, of San Francisco, the
sympathy of the people of Marshall-
town. Another resolution, also by Mr..
Van Law, authorized the mayor to APP
point committee of thirteen, of which
he is to be chairman, to have charge
Of the work of securing subscriptions
to the fund. Mayor Ingledue later
named the committee as follows:
c. H. Van Law, lawyers and bar.
Rev. M. N. Smith, ministers and
churches.
7. ]. Fletcher, banks and bankers.
| D. w. Norris, Jr, press.
| David Lennox, manufacturers.
w. H. Burrows, merchants
E. T. Austin, organized labor.
j. A. Goodell, Y. NJ. C. A.
Col G. c. Horton, veterans and mem
bers of the Home
DR.. H. P. Duffield, physicians :nd
surgeons.
S. w. Archer, travelling men and fra
terna orders.
T. d. Wilcox farmers.
Will Send Many Provisions.
Aside from the donation of money
from Marshalltown, and the county the
city will attempt to send a lot of pro-
mitteeman in charge, will try and get
Ill
point some farmer in each township
to solicit provisions from the farmers
and they will all be centralized here
The railroad company will transport
the cars free of charge, and as the
poverty stricken people of the west will
be in need of provisions for some time
to come, the donation in this line will
not come amiss
The Night Meeting.
At the Methodist church Sunday eve
ming practically all the ministers of the
city were present to lend their aid
The meeting was presided over by
Mayor Ingledue, who formulated a
short program in connection with the
work of increasing the subscription
A prayer by Rev. L. B. Hix opened the
meeting, after which Rev NJ. n Smith
gave the scripture reading. Colone
Horton, DR.. Jones and c. H. Van Law
made brief addresses, after which F
Aubrey Smith gave a vocal number. b
W. Archer and Superintendent Coffeen
of the public schools, spoke in closing
Hymns interspersed the addresses.
At the evening meeting between 1925
and 5000 was added to the start made
in the afternoon.
Every One May Give.
The subscription papers that are in
charge of different members of the
committee will be circulated generally
and the committee will offer every one
an opportunity to give. The T.-R
notified the relief workers Sat-
urday afternoon that it would head a
subscription list with $50. Mayor In
gledue gave s25, as did also the Len
nox Machine Company, the Lennos