New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-09-24
CHURCHES ASKED
TO AID RED CROSS
Appeal for Funds onPeace
Prayer Day Sent
Broadcast.

The American Red Cross yesterday
sent an appeal to all the churches of
the United States asking that October
be set apart not only for q day of
peace prayers but also for the
special collection of funds TO
aid the sufferers in Europe. Accord
ing the statement of the executive
board, contributors may designate the
country to which they wish their Of
ferings to be sent. or they can give it
simply to the Red Cross, trusting to
the society to disburSe the money
where it is most needed.
Contributions amounting to S5,467 rs
were received yesterday, making the
total receipts S163,63 40. Among the
contributors were: Through DR.. B.
Dernberg, 1854 %; village of Coop
erstown, $1,000; L. P. B., $500; pro-
ceeds of fair held by little girls of
Morristown, n. j., $3.50; through DR..
b. Dernberg, proceeds of entertain
ment st Orange, Va, S156 90;
First Presbyterian Church, Brooklyn,
Sl37 81; New York State Association
Opposed to Woman Suffrage. S110;
Lowenstein Bros, 500; Thomas B.
Hidden, $500; Charles Strauss, 500.
Nine. Lalla Vandervelde and the Bel
gan Relief Committee yesterday col
lccted S3,5S7 so, bringing the total re-
celpts of this fund up to S5S,523 40.
Among the givers were w. C. Brownell,
Hertz, 500; Thomas W. McCarter.
500; A. Burns, jr.. $3.50; Anonymous
B. j., 500; Alexander NJ. White, 5000;
Mrs. Jacob G. Bernheimer, $100; Will
lam NJ. Baldwin, 500; II. H. White,
$500; L. NJ. Greer, 500; James B. Dick
son, 500; Arthur Holland, 500.
Nine. Vandervelde will address a
public meeting at Southampton Sunday
afternoon for the purpose of starting
the relief campaign on Long Island.
The affair is being arranged by COM
nIittee headed by Mrs. Thomas II. Bar
Der, Mrs James L. Barclay, Mrs. Albert
b. Boardman. Mrs. Henry E. Coe, Mrs.
Z. Tiffany Dyer and Mrs. George Bar
ton French.
The American Ambulance Hospital IN
Paris received yesterday two $1,000
checks from Mrs. John B. Trevor and
Miss Emily Trevor Other contributors
were: Mrs. John Forsyth Wlckes, SlOO;
Miss X. f. Turnbull, $3.50, and r.
Cameron Forbes, $1,750. The total SUB
scriptions to this fund are S56,S62 "a
The Secours Rationale, which was
organized III new 1OIh ny AhiS' " ~
ney Warren, yesterday received $3.50
for relief work in Paris, and among
the Belgian refugees. Ogden Mills
contributed $1,000 and Mrs. Charlotte
A. Warren, Lloyd Warren and MIR. and
Mrs. William Emerson each $500
Other gifts we're: Pauline r. Thayer,
$3.50; Mrs. F. Gary Griswold, 5000;
Miss Olivia Cutting, $500; f. B., 500,
and Mrs. Ernest Brooks, 800.
The Merchants Association received
answers to it's plea for funds for the
Red Cross yesterday to the amount OF
s44O. Among the contributors were:
Emil T. Palmenburg, 500; c. Bruno &
Son. $50. and G. Sidenburg e. Co., 500.
Yonkers will have a Red Cross tag
day to-day. Eight hundred women
have volunteered TO collect funds on
the street.
The Federal Council of the Churches
Of Christ in America announced yes
terday that it would receive contribu-
tions until October for relief WORK
Checks should be sent to Alfred f.
Kimball, treasurer, 100 East 22d st.