Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-28

necessary to hold . meeting next week
also.
Program of B'Nai Birth.
The executive committee Of the south
ern district Of the. B'nai Birth. which
has been making arrangements for a
banquet and dance. has been discussing
for the past day or two the advisability
of giving up plans for the festivities. be-
cause of the disasters. and the POSSIBLE
tty OF using the money intended for the
expense involved as a contribution to the
flood sufferers.
1t was announced today that the COM
mittee has decided to go ahead with
plans for the banquet and dance, but to
double the subscriptions for the occa-
sion and to give the second subscription
pected that from $3.50 to $500 will be
raised in this way for the sufferers.
A fund for the flood sufferers was start
ed yesterday at the headquarters of the
National American Woman Suffrage AS
to Gov Cox of Ohio. The suffragist fund
was begun with a donation of S25 by
Mrs. Arvilla McDonough of 14O1 Massa-
chusetts avenue northwest. Mrs. Helen
The subscription started among the
policemen of the District of Columbia
Yesterday afternoon by Mai Sylvester
has so far netted nearly $780, The con-
tributions are still being made by men,
bers OF the department, and it is expected
that between $500 and $1,000 will be sub
scribed.
In the detective bureau at police head
quarters nearly $50 was collected by
Clerk E. l. Phillips from the members of
the detective force and clerks in the Of
fee.
Contributes Inauguration Refund.
Among the contributors through The
Star today was the firm of Judd & Bet
weller. printers, who turned in a check
for 500. which represented $50 the firm
had just received from the inaugural
committee as a refund on it's 500 sub
scription to that fund. plus $50, which
was added to the $50 by the firm in order
to make up the sum of 800
George Judd, a member of the firm, in
turning in his subscription asked that at
tentton be drawn to the fact that many
contributors to the inaugural fund are
receiving their checks from that COM
mittee today for so per cent, and he ex-
pressed the opinion that many contrib
utors to the inaugural fund would find,
as Judd & Detweiler did, the checks re-
ceived from the inaugural committee
sufferers fund OF the Red Cross through
The Star.
Accepts The Stars Offer.
Among the larger agencies which have
awaited themselves of the offer of The
Star to act as a clearing house for con-
tributions toward the Red Cross fund is
the Washington Loan and Trust Com
pany.
\iis company announced today that it
had placed signs In its establishment
pointing out that 1T will receive such
contributions from IT'S customers and 9TH
ers who desire to aid In the work of
succor.
The contributions SO received through
pany will be publicly acknowledged in
the columns Of The Star, and the cash
and checks will be turned over by The
Star to Howard Reside, treasurer of
the Washington chapter Of the Red
Cross.
Deliveries Free Of Charge.
John L. Newbold. president and gen.
eral manager Of the Merchants Trans
fer and Storage Company, is assisting
in the work of receiving contributions
by delivering free Of charge bundles Of
clothing, bedding or food to the relief
station on F street. Any one who is
unable to bring his contribution to the |
station or who has collected bundle
Of clothing or food supplies too large
to be carried conveniently can have it
called for and delivered to the station |
by notifying the Office Of the transfer |
Main $500. -'
w. G. johnson, resident manager of |
the United States Express Company, |
through President E. H Droop Of the |
Board of Trade. announced today that
his company would transport, free of
charge, to the flood districts contribu-
tions Of clothing and food. The COM
pany will not handle individual bundles,
but will haul the large cases of contri-
buttons gotten together for distribution
by the American National Red Cross So
ciety at the various relief stations.
Record Kept Of Donations.
In order that a typewritten list could
street northwest Of the various con-
t.5butions and their donors. George w.
Peck. jr.. local manager of the Oliver
Typewriter Company, today forwarded
to the station an Oliver typewriter and
stand. The, machine was placed In one
of the show windows of the building and
soon Secretary Columbus OF the Retail
Merchants Association had stenogra-
pher hard at work keeping record OF
contributions.
The officers and employees in the office
Of the auditor for the Post Office Depart
ment have contributed s2T.7O. which
amount Auditor Charles A. Kram paid
over today to Howard Reside, treasurer
American Red Cross Society, to assist
in the alienation Of the sufferers from
floods in the middle west. This contribu-
ton was in addition to the $S1.36, that
bureaus proportion Of the refund on ac-
count Of seats in the Treasury inaugural
stands. and which was turned over
through the Treasury Department. The
total contribution from the auditors Of
flee therefore amounts to $2SS,O8.
Masonic Lodge Transmits $500.
Temple Lodge, No. az, F. A. A.. NJ. at
its meeting last night, In Masonic Temple,
on motion Of Past Master Carter B.
Keene. unanimously voted an appropria-
ton of 500. 500 each, to be sent to f.
8. Griffith, grand master OF Masons OF
Ohio. at Cleveland. and to Elmer E. Gay,
grand master of Masons of Indiana, at
Indianapolis, for the relief OF the afflicted
brethren in the devastated territory with
In the jurisdiction of each.
A telegram was sent to each grand
masthr conveying the profound sympathy
of the entire membership OF the lodge
and directing him to draw upon its sec
rotary for the amount appropriated
Inasmueh as there might be some diff
Guilty in making a bank draft in the
Hooded districts at this time, Worshipfu
Master Stirling Kerr. jr., of Temple
Lodee said this morning he would COM
munioate with F. A. Sebring, secretary