Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-01-01
TO RAISl RELIEF
SUM OF $4,000
ITALIAN COMMITTEE FEELS
GREATLY ENCOURAGED
ORIGINAL ESTIMATES WILL BE
MUCH EXCEEDED
Contributions Come in Regardless of
Class, Race or Creed-Auction of
Seats Expected to Realize
Large Sum

= TO the People of Los Angeles: )
The entire world has been an ;
= palled by the terrible catastrophe )
= that has befallen the southern part ]
: Of Italy, where sorrow and disas- .
= ter reign supreme from the effects J
= OF the earthquake, tidal wave and J
\ pestilence. J
= We, of this land of sunshine ;
= and flowers, should stretch out a !
= helping hand to the unfortunates !
X who have suffered from the effects !
= OF the terrible calamity and lib !
X orally respond to the appeal that i
= is being made to alleviate to some !
\ extent the suffering Of the sur !
= Vivors in this far away land !
The undersigned, representing :
\ the city of Los Angeles and it's !
: commercial and civic life, appeal !
= to the kind-hearted people of Los !
= Angeles, who have never been !
x asked in vain in time of distress !
= and sorrow, to send their sub !
X scriptions to Niles Pease, presi- !
X dent of the Los Angeles city !
- council. ;
x A. c. HARPER, Mayor of Los !
K Angeles. !
\ NILES PEAsE, President City !
X Council. !
= r. l. DUoUE, Dean Consular ]
\ Corps. !
\ MERCHANTS AND MANU- !
X FACTURERS' ASSOCIATION. !
\ J. M. Schneider, President; r. ]. :
i Zeehandelaar, secretary. :
X CHAMBER OF COMMERCE., >
\ Geo. H. Stewart, President; !
< Frank Virgins, Secretary. !
\ MUNICIPAL LEAGUE, )
X J. o. Koep1i, president; c. D. :
4 Willard, secretary. ;
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Twenty-Five hundred dollars have
been raised already in los Angeles By
the Italian committee consisting d
Consular Agent Luigi DELI Orto, Morri.
Orsatti and S. Guasti, having in chargC
the soliciting of funds for the earth,
quake sufferers. 1t is now apparen
that the $4,000 hoped for last night al
the maximum amount to be raised 10
cally will be greatly exceeded. Indeed
it is not unlikely that sum approx
mating $4,000 will be secured by tn,
| time activities now set in motion IL
many directions have come into full
operation.
The Italian committee mentioned
above is loud in it's praises of the gen
| erous-hearted manner in which it's APP
1
| tons on the part of everyone who hai
been approached. The catastrophe hai
proved an object lesson to them o
what American generosity really mean
in times of trouble. Nothing that coulC
have happened, perhaps could have
done so much toward creating a feel
ing of profound respect and unstintec
gratitude on the part of the entire
| Italian colony toward the people of thit
l,zf+ A i
as has this calamity in grief-strickel
Italy.
An eloquent incident happened late
yesterday which demonstrated how lit
tie race or creed enters into the senti
| ments that actuate humankind at ;
time of great national calamity, similar
to that which has fallen on Italy with
in the past forty-eight hours.
Just before Morris Orsatti and hi.
force of clerks were closing up the
days business, three Greeks entered
the offices of the International Steam
ship and Railroad Ticket agency-th,
headquarters for the Italian relief fun.
and produced a bag that bulged witt
small silver OF every denomination
The Greeks declined utterly to divulgC
their names or identity, but merely
asked that Mr.. Orsatti count the none,
and credit it to the "Greek colony.
mentioning no names. A count of the
money showed a total of sS4.35, which
the three had collected voluntarily from
their countrymen during the day.
''This is not a. time for anyone o.
any race to hold back" said one OF the
Greeks, who acted as spokesman. "W,
all belong to the same human family
and we should all do what we can fol-
the people of Italy, for they will still
suffer greatly, with all that the people
of the whole world may do for them.
Benefit Taking Shape
Arrangements are fast being perfect
ed for the monster benefit to be giver
at the Mason opera house Sunday after
noon for the purpose of swelling the
relief fund. A splendid aggregation oil
artists, musical, dramatic and vaude-
vile, has already been secured, the ser.
vices of all being donated gratis to the
Italian committee. These artists in
clude the entire Lambardi orchestra
ANUS