Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-06
Over $34, 900 Subscribed for
Red Cross Endowment.
NEARLY ALL PLEDGED PAID
Over 81 900 in Excess Of Amount
Asked of Washington.
HOW MONEY WILL BE USED
Miss Mabel Boardman Explains the
Local Committee Plans of
National Officers.

washington mas raised more than IL!
share of the American Red Cross en-
dowment fund, which is to be $2,OOOOOO
collected in all parts of the country. A
meeting of the local committee IL
charge of the fund today at the Unior
Trust building it was announced thai
$;4, 50 had been raised in Washington
which is $1,O04.S0 in excess of the amount
which this city had been asked to contrib.
ute
The committee in charge has raised
this sum in less than two months The
work was begun January 70. Miss NIabe
Boardman. on the part of the nationa
officers of the American Red Cross
thanked the committee for its effective
work and explained the objects for which
the endowment fund is needed.
Although Washington has already ex-
ceeded its share of the endowment fund
subscriptions to the fund still will be
gladly received. New York and San
Francisco have also exceeded the amounts
which were asked of them. but 1t is pos
sible that some Of the other cities may
drop behind, and therefore further con-
tributions from Washington will be re-
ceived.
Proposed Use Of Fund.
Miss Boardman explained that about
100000 of the entire fund had been
raised already throughout the country.
1.-THE income from the endowment fund
will be about $4,000 year. said Miss
Boardman. ''This money will be used IN
cases where a thousand or two dollars
or perhaps less-is needed for immediate
relief; cases which are not SO sensational
as an earthquake disaster. but which are
just as urgent in q smaller way. For
the great disasters the Red Cross will
still send out appeals for funds. A part
Of the income will be used In teaching
first aid to the injured, by means of
our special cars and teaching stan. Then,
too, the income will make the American
Red Cross independent, SO far as its run
ming expenses are concerned. However,
believe that the dues which the men,
bers pay should be continued. and that
the membership should be kept up and
increased in order to keep the interest in
the organization always alive. We have
between 1900 and 10000 members.
ALSO the income from the endowment
fund will permit us to render aid imme-
diately in the case of any disaster. with
the public. No matter how large the dis
aster, we will be able to begin work i'm
mediately. and the appeals for further
aid will follow"
Subscriptions Received Today.
The following subscriptions to the en-
dowment fund received today were an
nounced: M. Goldenberg, 800; w. B.
Moses & Sons. SIS; employees of the
Christian Heurich Company, S74; B. H.
Warner. jr.. $25.
Miss Boardman explained that the Of
ficers Of the Red Cross were very anxious
to have the entire fund raised by May.
1912. when the International Red Cross
convention will be held here, probably
in the building Of the Pan-American
Union.
l. was announced that more than so,
600 Of the amount pledged in Washington
had already been paid in.
The committee adjourned to meet again
at the call of the chairman, should
further work in the interest of the en-
dowment fund be required.
The Local Committee.
The committee appointed by President
Taft. who Is president OF the American
Red Cross. consists Of Henry B. F. Mac
farland, chairman; Clarence Moore, Sec
rotary; Edward j. Stellwagen, treasurer.
and Larz Anderson. John Hays Ham
mond. Thomas Nelson Page. Frederic A
Keep. Henry H. Father. Sigmund Kann,
Herbert Wadsworth. John Joy Edison,
William D. Hoover, Clarence Norment.
8. w. Woodward, r. Ross Perry, Admiral
Willard II. Brownson, Scott c. Bone,
Hennen Jennings. Henry K. Willard. Mil.
ton E. Allies. Christian Heurich, John r.
Mclean, Gardner F. williams. Gen. John
NJ. Wilson. A. Iisner, Gen. ]. P. Sanger
Theodore w. Noyes, Arnold Hague, Gen.
MAXWELL " WOOdhul Gibson I'm
stock, Edison Bradley. Admiral Robley d.
Evans. Duncan C. Phillips. Charles J.
Bell. Charles c. Glover, John A. Johns
ton and Michael I. Weller.