The Washington herald., 1913-05-07
TEAMS COLLECT
| HOSPITAL funds
Emergency Workers Bring IN
$22,992 on First Days
Campaign.
HARRY KING WINS CUP
Scoreboard and Clock Interesting
Features Of Contest
Wilson Interested.
HARRY KING WINS CUP

launched, already s22.s92 has been Sc
cured in the twelve days campaign for
the raising of 100000 for the erection
of a new Emergency Hospital. An
| nouncement OF the subscriptions so
far obtained was made yesterday aft
ernoon at a luncheon at campaign
headquarters, at Fifteenth and F
Streets Northwest.
| Leaders in the crusade are enthusi-
astic over the showing made during
the opening day Of the gigantic un-
dertaking. The campaign was for
mally inaugurated at a big banquet
Monday evening. but the work of gath
ering subscriptions did not commence
until yesterday morning.
AS the luncheon at which the re-
ports of subscriptions were made was
held at 1890 o'clock in the afternoon,
1.-THE members OF the various teams aid
] ing in the movement had only few
hours in which to begin their work
of solicitation. The work of securing
subscriptions has been divided among
| fifteen teams of ten members each.
These teams, together with the MEM
| bers of the citizens committee and
| other workers in the crusade, gathered
at headquarters shortly after noon for
the purpose of learning the results OF
the first days activities.
Daily Luncheon Served.
After a bounteous luncheon had been
served, William F. GUIDE, chairman OF
the business mems committee, ex-
planned that a similar luncheon would
be held each day during the campaign.
He said that promptly at 1:10 o'clock
each day reports would be called for
from the captains of the different
teams. He then proceeded to call the
names of the team captains. One by
one they stood and announced the re-
suits of their few hours work. Team
c, captained by Harry King. won the
silver loving cup for securing the larg-
est amount of subscriptions. The MEM
bers secured six subscriptions, totaling
81, 500 Attached to the cup was tag
with the words, We're 1t"
We've won il, and were going to keep
it for good" exclaimed Mr.. King when
the cup was presented to him by
Mr.. GUIDE. Team II, captained by IL. ID.
Blackstone. and team /, headed by Dr.
w. p. Carr. tied for the second silver
loving cup, which is to be presented each
day to the team securing the largest
number of subscriptions. Each team OBJ
tanned twelve. A coin was tossed to de-
ClOe the nQHOTS, anu III. Ndil "pli-
The following captains announced that
although their teammates were busy and
were meeting with much encouragement,
they were not in position to report i'm
mediately upon the number and amount
of subscriptions: Huntington Jackson, |
Lawrence o. Murray, George W. White, |
S. A. Reeves, Horace Dulin. DIR. +. Glib |
son, J. H Finney. Julian A. Brylawski. |
and s. w. Earnshaw. All stated that
they would be prepared to make state |
ments at the luncheon today.
More than 10000 names have been dis |
tributed among the members of the
teams, who will endeavor to secure sub |
scriptions from this big list of persons. |
Scorebonrd Erected.
A big scoreboard has been erected in
in the headquarters and each day dur |
ing the luncheon the figures will be put |
down as soon as announced. This will |
show graphically the trend of the cru |
SADIE. The enormous clock on the |
Street side of the Corcoran Building.
which is also to show the progress OF |
the campaign, has attracted much atten- |
ton Thousands of persons paused in |
passing yesterday to examine the gigan- |
tic dial and inquire its sinifcance !
Mrs. Woodrow Wilson was present at |
the meeting of the ladies' auxiliary board |
of the hospital, held yesterday morning |
at headquarters, to discuss plans for aid |
ing in the movement She appeared great |
iy interested in the crusade, and entered |
into the discussion of the methods of |
management. Upon leaving the building, |
she had several campaign banners tied to |
her automobile, and took away a number |
to attach to the other White House ma
chimes.
The auxiliary board will make an eff
fort to get the motion picture theaters of |
the city to flash on their screens notices |
regarding the crusade.
Names Of Substitutes.
The reports of the teams, with respect !
to the number of subscriptions and the |
total amount of them, were follows: !
Team. c, Harry King, captain, six sub
scriptions, total, 81, 500: Team F, Or. 1. III. !
Metzerott, one subscription Of 800; Team |
G, A. c.. Moses. nine subscriptions, total
ing $371; Team II, Il. d. Blackstone. cap i
tain, twelve subscriptions, total, $3.50. and |
Team ], DR.. w. p. Carr, captain, twelve |
subscriptions, totaling 81. 099. John F. Will
kins, chairman of the citizens committee,
reported sixteen subscriptions, totaling
$40, BIZ
The following were among the highest |
subscriptions announced:
W. J. Boardman SO coo
T. l. Gan 2OW
Mrs. T. I. CALI. loo
Hennen Jennings LOO
Gardner +. Williams. LOCO
Mrs. Benjamin Buckingham ................... 1000
Miss isaoeia rteeHdn lVb