The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-11-02
M'KINLEY MEMORIAL
 HOSPITAL PLANNED
Fund Opened Here Today for Great | National Tribute in New York.

B. J. Bowen, representing the man. aging director of the William McKin- ley Memorial Hospital League of New York, is in Bridgeport to-day to se- fund to be collected in this city, and to arrange for the opening of the fund itself. The Mckinley Memorialo ohos- pital league has been at work forever two years on plans to erect in New York, what 1t claims will be the larg- est and finest hospital in the world as memorial to Mckinley. The lea gue, hopes to raise for this purpose fully $7,000,000, and plans to have in addition to the hospital itself, camps in various other states for the treat ment of incipient cases of tuberculosis. These plans may include Connecticut.
 No public memorial, it is claimed by the league, ever started under more favorable circumstances, since among the strong believers in this type of memorial to honor McKinley's mem ory. are President Taft, the governors of thirty-eight states, Nathan Strauss, Rev. Emery w. Hunt, head of the Baptist church of America; Rev. pr. J. F. Carson, head of the Presbyter- ian church of America; Richard G. Morse General Secretary of the In- ternational Committee of the Y. M. c. A. and many ether public men of note
 
 of schools of this city with the super intendents of schools of Waterbury. Danbury, Ansonia and Winsted, have all gone on record as warmly favor ing the cause, and the league plans to have exercises in all the public schools of the state, on January, g next, McKinley's birthday, with that end in view, the movement will be made statewide at once.
 Unusual safeguards have been es- tablished for the care of moneys de- ponated, as instanced in the appoint ment by the league of local deposi- tories. :. It is planned to have all mon- eys donated to the fund disbursed by an executive committee of seven, se- lected from the board of founders, who will be the largest individual donors and not identified with the league. The toard of founders is limited to one hundred donors, who to qualify as such must contribute at least $10,000 Two of them will be appointed from Connecticut
 The Mckinley Memorial Hospital seal, which has been approved by the postmaster-genera will be placed on sale in the stores and hotels of the city in a few days. The league claims that some idea Of the popularity O1 the seal can be gleaned from the fact, that eighteen of the leading manufac- turerS of Danbury, placed initial or ders for the same last week to use as an aid in propagating the movement, in advance of their issue.
 Funds are now being collected in Waterbury, Naugatuck, Danbury and South Norwalk, and Bridgeport is the fifth city in the state selected.
 The projectors report unusual en- thusiasm as the result of their eff forts, and cite as an instance, the fact that Rev. pr. J. F. Carson in his present 1000 mile tour of the country in connection with his work as head of the Presbyterian church of Aneri- ca, has agreed to do all he can to fur ther the movement.
 Col. J. R. Silliman, treasurer of the memorial committee of the G. A. R.. is the treasurer of the league and chs- todian of the fund. It is believed by the league that the fund collected will be the largest ever contributed for a rublic purpose and thus show the re- rnarkably strong hold the memory of Mckinley had upon the people.
 c. l.. Williams of New York, is man. aging director of the league, and with wide experience in national business campaigns claims that this Mckinley Memorial will exceed in popularity any national fund yet instituted.