Eastern Colorado times., 1913-04-04
Denver, Colo.
March %, 1913.

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Governor Ammons has issued the
following appeal: have received the
following telegram from Governor
Cox of Ohio:
"Wire received. Rail and wire
communications in Ohio largely de-
stroyed and our total loss unknown.
Death toll will amount to thousands.
Property loss hundreds of millions.
Two hundred and fifty thousand Ohio
people homeless this morning. We
need funds more than anything else.
Wire us all the aid you can.'
James Cox.
"In response to this urgent call I
again appeal to the people Of the state
to contribpte as literally as they can
to this fund A dollar now is worth
more than msny dollars in few days
from now. Contributions whether
through papers or committees should
be forwarded Immediately to Joseph
A. Thatcher, Denver national Bank,
Denver State Treasurer, American
Red Crosse Society"
RED CROSS APPEAL
Woodrow Wilson, President Of the
American Red Cross, and of the Unit
ed States, and Elias M. Ammons,
President of the Colorado State Red
Cross Board and Governor OF Colo
RADIO, call the attention of the people
of Colorado to the imperative and inn
mediate need for systematic co-opera-
ton in the calamity that has befallen
our nation.
Owing to the confusion in the minds
of the people as to where to forward
contributions 10 relieve the awful dis
tess, the Red Cross Board of Colora---
do requests that all contributions be
centralized by sending the same to
Jopesh A. Thatcher, Treasurer of the
Colorado State Red Cross Board, at
the Denver National Bank, Denver.
This concentration of energy and
philanthropy will prevent the inevita-
BILE waste Of funds which necessarily
follows where there is no organized
head. If this instruction is observed
we will guarantee that your contribu-
ton will go to the relief of the strick.
en- sufferers. Under this arrangement
any specific request that contributions
be applied at given points will be re-
spected if the request is made at the
time of the donation.
All contributions sent through the
Colorado Red Cross will be recognize
ed through the columns of the state.
Colorado Red Cross Board,
Elias NJ. Ammons, President
Rev. DR.. VIM. s. Friedman
William Lennox
George D. Meston
DIR. q. x. Snyder
|. S. r. Morris, Field agent.
American Red Cross, Rocky
Mountain District.
EDITORS: Governor Ammons has
issued two appeals to the citizens OF
Colorado for aid for the suffers of
Ohio and Indiana. He directs me as
Secretary of the Colorado Editorial
Association to say that he has ap-
pointed every editor in the state an
agent to solicit funds in the name of
the Colorado Red Cross Association
nd~to send the amount Immediately
to Joseph A, Thatcher. State Treas
uer The American Red Gross Society,
Denver National Bank, Denver.
am sending you herewith o copy Of
Governor Ammons' appeal, together
with copy of the appeal of Cover
nor Cox of Ohio and also the appeal
of the Colorado Red Cross Society.
Will you kindly give the same prom
inent space in your next issue, or
write a separate story appealing for
funds and offering to receive contribu-
tions? AS understand it the situa-
ton is extremely critical in the food
districts of those two states.
ALvA A. SWAIN, Secretary, {
Colorado Editorial Associations,
]. M. and VII. Magwire were
pleasant callers at this o.fi.s dp4
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