The Washington times., 1913-03-31
RELIEF DEPOT HERE
WILL CLOSE TODAY
Last Shipment of Clothing to
Cincinnati Will See the
Work Finished Up.

With shipment of nearly full car
to Cincinnati. the activities of the local
depot of the Red Cross. conducted by
the Retail Merchants Association, come
to an end. The depot closed for the re-
ception of donations at / o'clock this
afternoon.
Other developments today in the Dis
trict relief activities included the re-
ceipt and forwarding to Ohio of thoa-
sands Of dollars by the American Ma
tional Red Cross.
Gifts by check and draft of $12S,000 to-
day swelled the national treasury of the
Red Cross to more than $50o.o0o of cash
received. The figures today are: Chi
cago. $4,000; Detroit. $4,000; Baltimore.
N0W; San Francisco, $10, 900; previously
given, $Ss2, 600 Total. s5l5.ooo.
The District branch, through its treas
urer, took IN less money than on pre-
vious days, but a considerable sum was
netted nevertheless. The United States
Naval Academy sent draft to Mr.. Rec
side for $39zS. The money was given,
said the accompanying letter, by the
superintendent, officers, and enlisted
emy."
Employees Of the United States Patent
Once contributed $54.63 today, which
brings the gifts Of this branch of the
interior Department up to $6o2,50. The
Chamber of Commerce sent in another
check for more than $780, which makes
ite total subscription 81, go
The Red Cross depot at I'LL T street
was closed this afternoon because Of
the receipt of a telegram from Miss
. k<AI n<Na- lr-s> Aes
Praises His Assistants.
Commenting on the work Of the depot,
Secretary Charles j. Columbus, OF the
Retail Merchants Association, who was
In charge. said:
washington responded magnifcently
to the appeal for clothing, bedding and
non-perishable foodstuffs. The high
tide OF contribution sent in at the de-
interruptioh. During Friday, as many
as twenty-five packers were at work in
the depot. Washington stores may GER
tatnfy be very proud of these men.
They worked at top speed all the time
and proved most efficient.
1t would be an impossibility to ex-
tend thanks to all those who have con-
tributed in a big measure to the sue
cessful results that were achieved at
,.Tsr the fs,ief 6e depot. sor The Merchants
through John L. Newbold president and
general manager, offered the services Of
its draying equipment on the opening
OF the depot. and not only collected
goods all over the city and brought
them to the depot, but after the packing
was completed provided great vans for
the drawing of the cases to the railway
cars. This service was continued in
some cases until midnight. Friday and
Saturday 320 large cases of goods were
2r, kxA 4<<<~<7 q
ures an idea can be had of the immense
amount Of work done by the packers
in the two days. Packing cases were
at a premium Friday and Saturday and
In addition to those carted to the de-
pot by the large stores, a big transfer
van was kept moving throughout Fri
day and Saturday afternoon collecting
boxes from stores in the downtown Sec
tion.
When the depot opened this morn
ing at 8 O'Clock. the entrance was piled
high with packages that had been left
by the transfer company and indivi-
dUals on their way to work and a force
Of ten packers Immediately set to work
preparing the goods for shipment"
Shipment To Cincinnati.
Secretary Columbus received a teIe-
gram from F. H. Mclean, of the
American Red Cross Society. asking
cinpati- This shipment will be made
through the United States Express COM
pany, w. h. johnson having notified
Secretary Columbus that the would be
glad to furnish a car and to deadhead
the shipment over its lines.
Mrs. W. ]. Boardman spent an hour
at the depot this morning and agreed
with Secretary Columbus that there
was a sufficient quantity of goods 1t
the stricken district and on the way
10 meet the immediate need. She point
ed out, however. that money was the
Immediate need at present and she
hoped that there would be no diminu-
time" she said, before the stricken
people are on their feet again and
money will be a prime necessity in the
work of rehabiIitating their homes and
putting them in the way Of sustaining
themselves"
Subscriptions Received Today.
The subscriptions received by the
Chamber of Commerce today included
the following:
r. Harris & Co., SIS: T. A. Lee, $40;
n. Zirkin, s.; G. Y. Worthington & Son.
$40; d. 8. Porter SO; o. G. Staples. $50:
Miss c. B. Kinnear. SO; S. S. shedd q
Bro. S.. NJ. ID. Rosenberg; SO: A q.
Rogers, s.; Gardiner & Dent, SIS; p. F.
Neiigan, SO: NJ. A. Leese, SO; May
Nelson Company. SIS: II. L. Wilkins.
SO; Ward Savage. $; John Dolph. $40;
Charles Colvin & Co, SO: H. B. F. Mac
farland, so; D. J. Kaufman. 800; F. P.
May Hardware Company. SIS: ID. J.
Callahan. SIS; Joseph Strasburger. SIS;
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Employees OF Washington Office. $40;
p J. Ryan, SO; Washington Topham,
IS; ,Smoot & Jelleff. SIS; s. L. Nye, IS:
Levi Woodbury.. SIS; G. S. Wainwright.
superintendent Prudential Life Insur-
ance Company. and his associates Of
the Washington district, 800: A B.
Lyon SO; Hydraulic Press Brick Com
psny, so: Lauman Brothers. IS; Hoover
A. Denham. $40: Employees Potomac
District, Metropolitan Life Insurance
Company, $5e; Rotary Club, S23. Previ-
ously 1iyen $500 Total 81 go