Evening star., 1909-03-02

back to their home Mr. Cutting WAS
making investigation into their cir,
cumStances, but has not reported
Miss Davis. who has been superln-
tendent of an industrial school in New
York. happened to be at Syracuse. Sicily,
as tourist at the time of the earthquake
She is woman of energy and executive
ability. and Immediately gave her atten-
tion to relief work
Mr.. Cutting furnished her Red Cross
funds to buy large quantities of cheap
material and she organized the native
women into groups and set them at work
making clothing o. all kinds. Miss Davis
proved capable and her work was efec-
tive for great good.
Mr. Cutting also supplied several United
States consular agents in Sicily with
funds to relieve extreme cases and answer
appeals that We're made to them for food.
He also sisted the local authorities in
euupping improvtsed hospitals in railway
stations churches and other buildings
that survived.
Mr. Griscom was given $4,000 to use
at his discretion. and was also authorized
to use balance of S17.O0o remaining from
the steamer Bayen relief eXpe iition, max
ing ss7 ,Unu in all, which was expended in
furnis hing food, clothing, medicine and
medical attendance to the people BACK In
the mountains whose homes We're entirely
destroyed, and who lost everything in the
earthquake.
MANY of these families were a long dis
tance from the cities and other centers
of relief Until discovered in their terri
Bile plight they were not even aware that
ANYTHING was being done to succor their
neighbors-
Ordnance to Be Established.
Acting upon the recommendation of the
Italian government a quarter of a million
of dollars has been invested in American
securities by the treasurer of the Red
Cross Society for the maintenance of an
American Red Cross orphanige at some
convenient location in Sicily for the per-
manent care of the children who lost their
parents in the earthquake.
The Italian government Will provide the
buildings and select the site. 1t has ap-
pointed agents to gather up the orphans
and has employed widows left dependent
to care for them
The American ambassador will be a
member of the board of trustees. The in
tereSt on the fund, which Will be about
81. 300 q year, will be sent in instaiiments
to the managers of the institutions and
as things 20 in Sicily it will be sufficient
Receipts of Funds.
Miss Boardman furnishes me the fol-
lowing statement of receipts by the Amer
lean Red Cross Society for the relief OF
the sufferers of the earthquake in Sicily
up to and including February j? 1909:
New York S:5332 OS6.47; California, $50,
G7JSo: Illinois. sos Sc; Missouri, ST.
PA 60; Connecticut. S37, 1I.,.J2; Massachu-
setts s:i6.471.oo: Wisconsin, SO. i3l Us;
New Jersey. So. S43ti,; Rhode Island,
SD 426. 20; Pennsy ylvania, S1S,6I4.o9; Dis
trict of Columbia, S16,27o.15: Maryland,
$16pt0.45; OHIO, S12.S133I; Washington,
$I2.52J. it: Michigan, S11.112.lS; Iowa. $40,
900 U5; Indiana. $S,5tiO; Virginia, 4,291 .46:
Main 1 IJ3mnShIre SS. ~
ALBANIA. $3.9U1.T: South Carolina, So
UIJ2O: Nevada, Sl.a3,92; Louisiana. ST.
StH: Minnesota, S1,Io3.S9: Kansas, Sl-64'-
~: Nebraska. S1,345.36; Vermont ST.
1850; West Virginia, $1,OO0.o.I: Arizona.
S794.27; Delaware. $50; South Dakota
S735: Montana. S7o046 North Carolina.
S616.oO: Tennessee ::S1.SO; Texas. $3l2;
Kentucky. S2O0.3O; Georgia, I1.S6; New
Mexico. $132.7J Mississippi. SD SO: Colo
RADIO. SLIT: Florida, $500; Oklahoma S66;
Arkansas. S61.27; Idaho. S1913; Wyoming,
S16o6; Oregon S13.32: Utah, Sc; Porto
Rico. 81; North Dakota, 81; Quebec. $40;
Mexico, 50: British Columbia. S1:Nova
Scotia ST. Christian Herald. New York.
S.JEO; anonymous not credited 10
states. S11.2J; total, $1,000, 626.N2.
The above apportionment among the
states however. is not quite accurate.
New York is credited with a considerable
amount that was sent from other parts
of the country. AS soon as possible u
complete statement will he given of the
source of all the contributions received
there and at other points in the United
States.
This money has come from all sorts and
conditions of men, women and children
The largest check was $4,000 and the
smallest contribution was l cent.
You will notice that the total shows
= cents! Many penny subscriptions
were received. and still a larger number
of nickels and ten-cent pieces. Thousands
of people gave twenty-five cents each. and
many subscriptions came from public
school children through their teachers,
from Sunday schools and frcm colored
churches in the south.