The sun., 1916-01-28
S2,OOO,OOO RAISED
FOR JEWISH RELIEF
Bulk Comes From City and
includes Checks. Coin
and Jewelry.
ALL CREEDS MAKE GIFTS

The lew. ~ the United States gave
g.. .oOo. 600 Yesterday for the relief of
their war stricken brothers abroad. ac-
cording to the estimate OF those VINO
had charge of the campaign. In which
all the Jewish organizations Joined.
Jewish Relief Day and the appeal that
WAS made throughout the country
brought In n Nood of gold, paper and
copper and even gifts of jewelry from
people ranging from presidents of banks
and owners Of mercantile establish
ments to proprictors Of Hester street
pushcarts.
nv far the greater part Of the gifts
came to the Central Relief Committee
In exchange for the facsimile copies OF
President Wilson's proclamation setting
the day aside for Jewish relief. These
certificates ranged from 81 to 500 In
denomination. Treasurer Harry Fischel.
who conceived the idea. sold A.Ioo
worth Of them IN the offices on the tenth
floor Of the pulit2v Building. The mails
brought orders for s35o.000 worth more
from an parts of the United States.
Nearly 500 of tho Slo0 certificates alone
were sold during the day. II was con-
scrvativelN estimated that when the or
dcrs were opened to-day and tomorrow
II viii he found that Sl.000,on0 worth
VI certificates have been sold.
Sit..SOO From small Banks.
The other q 0oo. 00o is expected to
come from the receipts Of the banks
and the small American flags that were
sold at every subway and elevated sta
ton during the day. as well as from
the hulkicr contributions to come from
business men and corporations II was
said that la.0o0 small banks. each with
a capacity ot s2i0. had been sent out
and returned fun three times. making
a total of sll2.50o from this source
alone
The responses. irrespective Of creed
surprised even the workers
Mrs. Joseph NJ. Ascher. wife of tho
late rrof. Ascher. took $500 worth of
certificates tp the entrance Of u. Altman
u 60. IN the morning She sold them IN
a couple Of hours and sent for $500
more Morris Engclman started in his
automobile 70 visit the twelve branches
uptown HIS rtr was recognized and
stopped on East Broadway 10y mob
who bought >2i6 worth of certificates
Mrs. EuI"N" Grant. president Of IN,
Ncw Norh Federation Of Women's clubs
and a GENTLE. sold $500 worth
The most interesting gifts were not
the large ones. when the Offices openct
at ? \ VI an elderly man. apparently
non" too wealthy, laid a pastcboard bo>
on the table and walked out. In u
were -"n copper pennies and two wotr
dollar bills From Twin Falls. Idaho
came a letter from an immigrant whC
said he arrived from Russia ten day,
ago. He sent four ruhlcs. his last Rus
sian money, ana hrs first weeks pay IL
America. s.. \ young girl in Brooklyn
sent sapphire ring win the cxplana
/ ton that she had no money.
Boys Give Tobacco Money.
Thirty-two boys from the hull di
vision Of the New York Navy Yard sen
>l6 that they had saved from thei
I smokius money, and the boys Of N,
Baron dc lirsch school AZ Woodbine
/ y ! sent sloo
H"o- dai' Wilson was ono ~ tho con
u.hH'urs apparcutlv FOR the Rev pr
'avid ur spla Pool Of the spanish an,
/ Portuguese Synagogue 'clcphonsd durlni
4 'hc day shat hc had tagged the chef EN
, o"u'IVc ~ the uIu st"rs meeting j,
' A"nl,,u Hull
: The collections 81 Yesterday will h
added 90 the fund already held by IN
American jewish Relief COMMITTEE
which was said Yesterday 20 be sl.2s2.
,uu.tN. Part uf the money will be dis
trlhui'd through the state Departmen
and Ambassador Morgcuthau and tn
resi- VIII h" sent through the joint com
mit'co II the Hebrew societies to rales
tine aud Europe