Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-03
NETWORK SSYMPATHY
Monster Mass Meeting to Be
Held January Z.
RELIEF FUND GROWING
Total in Manhattan Is Now Nearly
100000.
BOSTON CONTRIBUTES 100000
Pittsburg to Have Mass Meeting to
Formulate Plans for Systematic
Canvass of City.
BOSTON CONTRIBUTES 100000

NEW YORK, January "A great mass
meeting, having for its purpose express
sion of sympathy for the victims of tine
recent disastrous earthquake in Sicily and
Calabria and the raising of funds Tor
their relief will he held at Madison
Square Garden, in this city. the night OF
january :. To give this demonstration ii
national character, invitations have been
sent to President Roosevelt. President
elect Taft, Gov. Hughes of New York
hand Mayor Mcclellan of this city to be
present and to give voice to the universal
sympathy for Italy i'll her great disaster
This plan took concrete form today
when Acting Mayor MCGOWAN, president
of the American-Italian general relief
committed announced that he had Sc
cured the big Madison Square Garden for
that date. It is planned to have Presi-
dent-elect Taft to preside at the meeting.
President Roosevelt will he prevented
by official duties from attending, and In a
telegram outlining his own and Congress
plans for relief So notified the committee.
AS yet 10 reply has been received to the
kilograms sent to President-elect TAFT ana
to Gov Hughes. but the committee is COLI
tident that both will accept
On the morning of January 1 Arch
bishop Farley, assisted by MonsiSnor
Falconio. the apostolic delegate to Wash
ington. and 100 clergy will celebrate a
high pontitical requiem mass at st. Pat
rickS Cathedral. at which the members
of the Italian embassy and of the local
consulate will be present, together with
members of the municipal government.
Although the task of collecting con-
tributions to the various funds now being
raised here for the relief of the victims OF
the earthquake was considerably impeded
today by reason of the general suspension
of business coicident with the holidays a
| sufficient amount was collected during
the day to bring New York's contributions
to date to approximately 100000.
Mass Meeting and Parade.
PITTSBURG, Pa, January "A public
mass meeting of the members of the local
Italian colony and all Americans who
care to participate will be held tomorrow
in old city hall to formulate plans for
a systematic effort to raise funds for the
relief of the sufferers of the earthquake
in Italy. At this meeting preparations
will be made for monster street pageant
to be held next week for the purpose OF
attracting attention to the cause and to
collect money or anything else that people
wish to contribute. The parade Will cover
all the principal streets of the city and
in the line will be wagons conveying
young ladies clad in mourning, to whom
all donations may be made
The fund today amounts to S26So4.
Among the contributions received today
was check for 81 1000 from George
Lauder, one of Mr.. Carnegie's young
partners. and check for $500 from Sen
ator Philander C. Knox.
BOSTON. Mass, January 2.-The Ital-
ian relief fund in this city tonight reach
ed nearly the 100000 mark. The total
reported by Lee, Higginson & Co. was
500. 800. This included the Red Cross col
lection which amounted to $1,000 while
the general fund was $4,000 this evening.
Money Sent to Washington.
CHICAGO, January 2.-The Red Cross
earthquake relief fund here tonight ag-
gregated S2O,O73 all of which has been
forwarded to the national headquarters
at Washin gton. On the board of trade
within few hours 5000 was collected;
the funds gathered by two newspapers
reached d total of $500. while as much
again was said to have been garnered by
independent committees. Collections will
be taken in all churches tomorrow. and
it is predicted that all told there will be
over $4,000 turned over to the Red Cross
on Monday.
At meeting held today DR.. Jenkin
Lloyd Jones pleaded for an organization
to last for months. There will be all the
more need for work month hence. he
said when public interest has subsidized,
than there is now. Local representatives
of the Red Cross stated that nearly 1000
surgeons ana nurses NdU dIeduy DSSH
sent to the scene of the catastrophe from
Germany, France, Switzerland and Italy.
Fund in Philadelphia.
PHILADELPHIA, January ZIP until
tonight more than s31. 1O7 had been sub
scribed in this city for the relief of the
Italian earthquake sufferers. OF this
amount S269O1 was received by the citi-
zens' permanent relief committee, and
the remainder was sent to the local Red
Cross Society. In addition to these funds
the local Italian residents are collecting
subscriptions but the total amount to
date received from this source has not
yet been announced.
The local Italian residents will hold a
parade in the lower section of the city
tomorrow, when donations and clothing
for the earthquake sufferers will be gath
cred.
a cablegram was received here tonight
from Morton l.. Schambert. an artist of
this city, announcing that he was safe
in Florence, Italy.
INOORSE GRISCOM PLAN