Evening star., 1915-06-20
0NE-S|XTH Of FUND
FOR JULY 4 GIVEN
Families Sending Commission
er Newman One Dollar
Each.
MORE ARE BEING URGED
TO SEND SUM TODAY
Total of So, 900 Is Needed by Tues
day or Wednesday and Only
$687 Is in Hand.

| Donations to WasninEton's indie
pendence day fund received up until 4
o'clock yesterday afternoon -totaled
| s6S1. While this is but little more
| than one-sixth of the entire amount
needed, the finance committee is hope
full that tomorrows mails will bring in
a large number of contributions.
1t is hoped that family circles will
take advantage of the opportunity
which Sunday affords to mail a con-
tribution to Commissioner Newman at
the District building. The idea of hav-
ing each family send IA dollar appears
to have struck popular and respon-
sive chord
r. Z. Graham. chairman of the COM
m1ttee on fireworks and illuminations
has deferred meeting of his commit
tee until the executive committee ad-
vlses IS to the amount of money that
VIII be at the disposal of his commit
tee for this very important feature Of
the Fourth of July program. 1t is i'm
perative, however, that a contract for
fireworks be let within the next two
or three days.
Chairman John Poole of the finance
committee announced last night tina
his committeeman intend to go to work
again bright and early tomorrow, so
that. if possible, the three thousa nd
dollar fund required can be completed
| by Tuesday or Wednesday.
To Enter Work Horses,
Washington merchants, it is expected,
will make large number of entries in
the work horse parade which is to
open the horse show and tournament
at Brightwood the afternoon of July 5.
The parade will form at 1st street and
Pennsylvania avenue northwest at l
O'Clock and proceed up Pennsylvania
avenue to 10Th street. thence by 18th
street to New York avenue. east on
New York avenue to l4th street, north
on 14th street to Park road, west on
Park road to 18th street and north on
10Th street to the grounds, where it
will arrive about 2:30 o'clock. Prizes
triple and four horse hitch entries.
Following the parade horse show con-
tests, rough-riding exhibitions. races
and other equestrian features will
comprise the show. which is expected
to furnish entertainment for at least
10000 persons
Joseph Strasburger, chairman of the
committee on decorations, has called
meeting of his committee for Tues
day at noon in the rooms of the Retail
Merchants Association, when plans
for inducing merchants and residents
to decorate their esta blishments and
homes with flags and bunting Inde-
pendence day will be discussed
c. Edward Beckett, chairman of the
athletic contest committee, has issued
| a call to the athletes of this city and
announced that entry blanks may be
had on application at Spalding & Bro
| or the Y. NJ. c. A.
Subscriptions to Fund.
The following have subscribed to the
fund:
Evening Star Newspaper Company,
800; Woodward & Lothrop, $50;
Charles J. Bell. SIS; John Joy Edison.
500; Joseph Strasburger Company. SIS
District National Bank. $40; James
Sharp. $40: Byron s. Adams, $40; l..
Whiting Estes. $40; R. W. & J. B.
Henderson. Inc. SO; r. G. Smith. SO:
Alexander W. Perry. $40; w. J. Board
man, $40: NJ E. Allies, $40: W. B. Moses
& Sons. Inc. $40; Ernest M Merrick,
$40, McKenney & Flannery. $40; House
& Hermann. $40: NJ. Philipsborn & Co,
$40: Lansburgh & Bro, $40; Henry P.
Illus Garfinkle & Co. $40; Henry Lans-
burgh, $40: r. Harris & Co, $40; Cuno
H. Rudolph. $40; D. ]. Kaufman, $40;
Emile Berliner. $40; NJ. Goldenberg, $40 !;
Edw. F. Colladay. president Federal City
Association. $40: White House Astor
H. B. F. Macfarland. s.; Eugene E.
Thompson, So; Robert n. Harper, IS;
Harold B. Chase. IS; w. ]. Kehoe. s.;
W. A. H. Church, S. Mamie s. Adams
Samuel A. Drury. So: William John
Eynon. S.; George w. White. IS; r.
Harrison johnson. IS; Robert J. Fisher,
S.; w. H Wilmer. IS: E. H. Snyder &
Co, IS: DIR. Charles Wood. SIS; Georgia
Robertson. IS; p. Mann Co. s5; Jo-