New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-11-06
Contributions Yesterday
Aggregated More than
$4,000.
TOTAL TO DATE
EXCEEDS 100000
Belgian Relief Committee Opens
Uptown Headquarters-Ap.
peal from England.

-''i tNNNiho HfiS DiOhNH W thN 'oi4-
Gus war relief funds yesterday, when
moro than $4,000 was received and
the total Of the contributions passed
the 100000 mark.
The Belgian Relief Fund made the
greatest gains, with 1000, the largest
days receipts since the war began.
Nine thousand dollars of this came
from the Belgian Relief Fund in
Rochester, $1,000 from George f..
Baker, $4,000 from Mrs. Stephen v.
Hardness, $1,000 from Mr.. and Mrs.
Arnold Hermann, 81 900 from Mr. and
Mrs. William s. Wilcox, $1,000 from
John T. Pratt and 81 900 from P. 5. du
Point The total of the fund is now
1882, Pr ~. Among the contributions
were: Through The Brooklyn Eagle"
Sl,0l6 so; Belgian Relief Fund, Roches-
ter, $4,000; anonymous, $1,000; anony-
nous, 81 900; George f. Baker, $4,000;
anonymous, $1,000; Mrs. Stephen v.
Hardness, So 900; Mr. and Mrs. Arnold
Hermann, 81 600; Mr.. aud Mrs. William
s. Wilcox, 900; r. ). du Pont, $1,000;
John r. Pratt, 81 900; additional from
readers Of "The Waterbury Republican"
$3.50; an 'nymous, $500: cash. $500. and
Charles II. North, $500.
The Belgian Relief Committee yes
terday opened uptown headquarters at
Fifth av and 30th ST., the ground floor
Of the Office building at 2Sl Fifth av
Copies OF foreign publications will be
on file there, and information concern
ing the committees work and Belgian
barrels" for the collection OF coins
may be obtained.
a Thanksgiving benefit for the Bel
gian Relief Fund will be held al the
Hotel Biltmore on November 81, from
. to ,. There will be exhibition
dancing, one-act plays, music and gem
eral dancing. The programme Is un-
der the direction Of Alfred Brown. Two
tea dances, on November II and 49,,
will be given 70 arouse interest in the
benefit.
ogden Mills gave $4,000 to the
American Ambulance Hospital in Paris,
and several other large gifts brought
the days receipts up 10 Sll,492. The
total is now Sl34,977 90. Among the
contributors were George f. Baker,
81 900; Walter Jennings, $1,000; Mrs
". p Ballard, $1,000; collected by
Mrs Mary Brandegee. $l,962; Anna l..
Morton $500. and Marion 3. Motley
5000
The Red Cross fund amounted TO
S3.9432s. Among the contributors
we're: Through Or Dernburg. 1920;
Traffic Club OF New York, $500; "In
Memoriam A W r." Salaries two
nurses four mo7'hs), $3.50; benefit at
Summit. n j., 1886; through New Yorl
Stats Zeitung," S2l3 60, and Herklotz,
Corn Co. 5000
Mrs. Whitney Warren. OF IS East
47th st., received S24,lll % for the re-
lief Of French women and oh ldren
Mrs. J. b. O'Donnell collected 500 Of
this and Priscilla Alien gave $50.
The Committee Of Mercy Fund
amounted 10 SIS 449 Miss Susan D.
Griffith. OF Saratoga Springs, gave
500; Mrs. william Brinay. Of Os in
ing. Sl25; isaac d Fletcher. 500;
GEORGE Mag. of Akron, Ohio, 5000, and
Mrs. William Constable, 500.
Fr orick Tanning Aver gave $1,000
10 .he belgian Dollar Fund, which is
being collected by Henry Clews. The
fund. which was opened only last week.
ALREADY amounts to S3.s94. COntribu-
ton. should Dc addressed 10 the treas
urer. Belgian Dollar Fund. Is proad
wav. Among the first contributors
were Sir Johnston Forbes-Rob~r son
II Iouis. 4. W. Seelsy. ~. X j."
PITTSBURGH. and A. G.. HodenpyL 500
each. Florence D. Murphy, Isaac Derby.
Mrs. f T. Shepard, Walter >. Jon1sto I.
Mrs. Joseph Lonigren, Duluth. vi m;
p. Phoenix and estate of + u. Booth
Candor, y. Y, $50 each.
The Prince of Wales Fund amounted
TO S66.573 SO. Among the contributors
were Lewis L. Delafeld $500; New
Furch Scottish Soc ETY., 500; FRO
lessor E. r. kitchener. S5l; "Pawtucket
fR. II Evening Times sll0. and
anonymous, 500.
Miss Mabel Boardman and Mrs
Whitelaw Reid ara patroneSses OF the
benefit performance of "The Romany
Maid" at the Hotel Bltmore this even
ING for the international Red Cross.
Miss Virginia Glderslceye, Mss
Florence Guernsey. Miss Elizabeth Jor-
dam Mr., JOIN Francis Yawger and
MIR. Samuel Untermyer are among
The oatronesses f. the benefit per
formance at the Park Theatre sun
dav evening for the Committee OF
Mercy. r,.,, q
President John Grier Hibben OF
Princeton University received an ur-
cent appeal from Or. Arthur Shipley,
master of Christ College, Cambridge,
England. asking Princeton men and
....H III .infbel for the rein