Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1915-04-27
.S3O,459 IS SUBSCRIBED
FIRST DAY Of CAMPAIGN
FOR CELEBRATION FUND
Committee No. 20, Charles
Bradley, Chairman,
Raises $1,000.
ENTHUSIASM is SHOWN
BY CITIZEN WORKERS
Twenty Divisions Announce Re-
suits of Initial Efforts To-
ward 1916 Event.

SAAt0 Va LkhOA
ward 1916 Event.
The first days pledges of funds for
the 250th anniversary celebration, as
reported at the headquarters of the
Committee of One Hundred in the
Palace Ballroom today, amounted to
$780, ,459.
AS the committees were called in
order amounts varying from $50 to
$3.50 We're announced as the result of
their first days labors until Com
mittee No. 20' was cried out, when
Charles Bradley, the chairman re-
piled: "$11, ,OO0." The members of the
committee, Charles Bradley, Chris
tian w. Feigenspan and George c..
Frelinghuysen, were heartily APP
plauded.
Two smaller contributions were
announced, and then the chairman of
Committee No. 23 reported: Twenty
visits, hard work, no collections.
This was the first blank reported for
the day.
The first twenty committees re-
ported as follows: No. l, $235; No. 2,
s195; No. 8, s90 No. 4, SIPS; No. 5,
$3.50; No. 6, $375; No. 7, sos; No. 8,
s14o; No. 3, ss5; No. 10, $50; No. Il.
500; No. 12, $135; No. 10. $3.50; No. IA,
s265; No. Is, $3.50; No. 16, $95; No. II,
$50; No. Is, $140; No. 10, $40; No. 20,
s11, 900.
500; No. "a, $780, No. %, $65; No. rs,
$40; No. 27, $175; No. 2S, $3.50: No. 30,
$145; No. 80, 500; No. 81, $135; No. 80.
$3.50; No. SO, $75; No. "a, $95; No. 35,
$1s5; No. So, $3.50; No. 81 $3.50; No. 3S,
Siz0; No. 80, s10O; NO. 40, $1,000.
No. Al, $40; No. AZ. $50; No 43. $40;
No. AZ, $62; No. 4S, $3.50; No. 49,, $100;
No. so, $1,000.
No. 81, SIS; No. 50, $17o No. 50, $3.50;
No. "a, $3.50; No. 55, $3.50; No. Sc, $40;
No. 81, $1OO; No. 5S, $1OO; No. SO. $40;
No. So 800; No. 81, SIPS; No. 65.
s125; No, SO, s77; No. GA, $50; No. S..
$40; No. 66, s110; No. 81, $50; No. 6s.s
s1O5; No 50, 5000; No. 70, s3,10o. No,
q. 500; No. Y, $50; No. 7s, SO; No.
II, 1910; No. rs. s25; No. 70. 500; No.
No. 81, s125; No. 50, s55; No. SO, $40;
No. "a, $50; No. S5, SIS; No. S6, $120;
No. 81, $3.50; No. SO, $50; No. 80, $65;
No. 80, $3,525.
No. 81, $500; No. s2, $11O; No. SO,
$45; No. "a, 800; No. 95, 500; No. 96,
S135; No. 81, $50; No. SO, $50; No. 80,
$50; No. 100, $3.50; No. 101, $50; No.
102, s75; No. 103, SIS; No. 104, $50; No.
105, $780,
1t was announced by Chairman
Murphy during the afternoon that
while some of the committees report
ed no collections few of them were
likely to produce large amounts, al
though the probable contributors
were not yet ready to announce the
amounts they will give. This was es-
pecially true of committees 80, 60, 80
and 100.
As chairman of the general COM
mittee, which has spent many days
and weeks in arranging the celebra-
ton arrangements, former Governor
Franklin Murphy led the procession
of solicitors out of the building a few
minutes after 10 o'clock. Walking on
either side of him were former United
States Senator James Smith, jr., and
Uzal H. McCarter.
Cameras clicked as the distin-
guished leaders of the campaign ap-
peared, and enthusiasm, although not
manifested in a hilarious manner,
was at fever heat, rivaling that of
the weather, which Was doing it's best
to give the campaign solicitors a
warm welcome as they emerged upon
the street.
In a few minutes the collectors, 300
of them, had swarmed over the city
like an invading host of locusts, and
every nook and corner of Newark
will be canvassed for subscriptions.
Before the collectors left the hall
they were supplied with badges bear
ing the inscription "Newark's 250th
Anniversary-1916" and revised lists
of the men who have volunteered to
collect the fund. This list includes
the names of the city's leading cfti-
zens from every walk of life, the
ministry, the law and other learned
professions being represented.
If any collector failed to have a
list and badge before leaving the
main hall, which is unlikely, because
of the thorough manner in which
group of young women distributed
them, they were supplied before they
reached the street.
Numbers Suspended from Wall.
In the hall were numbers suspended
from the ceiling and upon assembling
members of the 105 committees of the
main celebration committee lined up
beneath the small placards. All were
marked by an air of enthusiasm and
each member of the collecting squad
looked as though he nad come pre-
pared for work of the strenuous sort,
let the weather conditions be what
they might. Each committee was
composed of three members-a chair
man and two others.
Mr.. McCarter, who is chairman of
the executive committee, made a
brief speech to the collectors before
they started out, telling them that
the success of the celebration was in
their hands.
"Gentlemen, said he, "the critical
moment has arrived. After last
nights dinner and the things that
were said there, we should be ready
for the actual work of the campaign
that confronts us. The success of the
celebration is not dependent upon
anybody; it is dependent upon each
of you individually. Don't come back
empty-handed. The eyes OF Newark
are upon you and it depends upon
you. to see that success is made"
Mr.. McCarter also announced that
the committee members were expect
ed to return at 1890 o'clock and have
dinner at the hall. They were also
told to make their first report of col
lections.
At the hall were the following
young women, who assisted in giving