The San Francisco call., 1909-01-02
SAN FRANCISCO
ADDS S21,334
TORELEF fund
Second $4,000 InstaIIment OF
Subscriptions Will Be Re-
mitted This Morning f.
Theaters Arrange for Benefit
Performances and Many.
Send Donations
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SAN FRANcISc0s DONATION 10 T
DATE FOR TALY'S SUFFERERS t
From the san Francisco. :.
Relief and Red: Gross.
funds 80. -. =: sso,ooo.oo'
Subscribed 10 local: Red !
Cross fund - - p, ,s34.21*
Reported forwarded 1;
through other sources. 5y6SeoO
Total TO date. :: ....... .S76,s9O.21

with every bank*snd business house:
in the city closed yesterday on account
of the holiday, subscriptions CONTINUED
10 pour in 10 the Red. Cross fund for
the rsctims Of the southern italy catas+
,rophe. Treasurer Allen Knight of the
Ied Cross branch in this city was kept
busy all DAY with a~force of clerks, and
this morning a seseond fnstallment Of
$4,000 win be reni1tted. making 100000
already sent out Of the City direct in
ADDITION TO the s5O.oe0 taken from the
fund gathered two and a half years
ago for the relief Of .the san Francisco
sufferers -
Subscriptions received: yesterday at
the Red cross headquarters amounted
10 s3.S33.75. making the tetaL fund so
far subscribed through this source
s2l.3342I. in addition TO. which some
of the collections made at various
banks and other places have not been
turned in. :.
MONEY RECEIVED BY. NAIL
Most Of the money received yester-
day was by mail and no special at
tempt has yet been. made to canvass
any portion Of the city for subscrlp-
tions.
beep wires by san Franciscans direct to
ltaIy. and have not been included in the
summary Of San Francisco's donation
The total amount turned over TO the
Red Cross up 10 last night, however
was S213342L.
Plans are under way for various al
fairs TO swell the san Francisco Offer
ing. and many Of the local theaters will
give benefit performances within. the
next few days In addition TO theaters
which already have announced benents,'
the Beach theater, at Montgomery ave
rue and Vallejo street, VIII De turhen
over for two benefit performances on
Tuesday, January 5, all receipts from
both matinee and the night perform
ances going TO the relief fund
Manager Melvin ". Winstock Of the
Psntages- Empire theater also an
nounced yesterday that all the receipts
from the matinee Monday at the Suffer
street playhouse viii be given to the
fund for the Italian sufferers.
A collection Of SO was taken up yes
terdav by the local employees of the
Postal telegraph company, but has not
vet been turned IN 10 the relief fund
SUBSCRIPTION BLANKS ISSUED
A special meeting Of the executive
committee Of the Italian chamber Of
commerce was held at noon yesterday
and certified subscription blanks were
issued and placed in the hands of a
number Of businessmen authorized TO
receive. subscriptions which will be
turned over 20 the Red Cross fund.
A meeting Of the finance cpmmittee
Of the Red Cross TO consider plans for
raising further funds in san Francisco
wiz be held at noon to-day at the Hotel
stewart
In the list Of subscriptions reported
bv the Red Cross an error was made
fn crediting a subscription OF 500 to
y r IIeastand The contribution was
made by Phoenicia guild, Ancient Mys-
nc order Bagmen Of Bsgdad, and was
merely forwarded by Heastand as an
officer of the guild.
I. was suggested yesterday by DIT.
C. II. richardson, field agent Of the
American Red Cross, that IN sending
in subscriptions all persons should IN
clude a dollar for member ship Zee IN
sbe Red Cross. Membership p involves
4he obligation Of paying 81 annually
for dues and this money IS held IN
reserve fund until needed IN sudden
emergency Where application for
membership is made with any subscrip-
tfon II viii be acknowledged promptly
Renittances of the Red Cross funds
collected in San Francisco are being
made by the Mercantile trust company
without charge
RELATIVES IN DISASTER
Very few Of the italians in San
Francisco came from the stricken dis
tricts in italy and Sicily, but many
have numerous friends in the deVas-
lated sections and the excitement IN
the italian colony has been at hlgh
pitch since the first news Of the disas-
ter was received
The mother. sisters and brothers of
c. AIalpiede, paying teller Of the Colum-
bus savings bank, lived in Messina, and
= married sister Of Isnardi lived in
Reggie di Calabria- Both have been
making frantic efforts to secure some
definite news OF the fate Of their rela-
lives.
The Rome correspondent OF Lltalla,
a local Italian newspaper, cabled yes
terdav that he had visited the Italian
minister Of interior affairs in an effort
10 ascertain the veracity of the various
reports from the scene of the disaster
and was assured that. with all ele-
ments Of exaggeration left out, the
government placed its lowest official
estimate on the number Of dead at
125.0O0
FIVE MILLIONS SUBSCRIBED
I'D TO Saturday night when the
cabIegram was sent. the contributions
received by the Italian government
from individuals amounted TO l5,0Oo,e0o
francs. or about s. 600 coo. The Banca
d'Italia subscribed half a million francs
10 the relief fund, the Banca di Nspoli
200 600 francs and the Italian lodge OF
AIasons 100, 900 francs
The same correspondent declared
that 10000 francs had been received
from the Italian colony in Buenos
Aires as a first instaIlment and that
in Italy all officers and employees of
oft a