The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1916-01-27
MILLIONS SENT TO
war SUFFERERS
Over s215. 600. Spent For
Relief In European Nations.
AMERICANS MOST GENEROUS

pended For American Food, CLOTHING
and Hospital Supplies-A,d Elk
tended Belgium Has Cost S1l0,ooo.o0o
America Has Given Practically ALL
Summaries carried to the end OF 1915
show that more than $15O.0OO.OOO has
been spent for American foodstuffs,
clothing and hospital supplies which
have been forwarded TO the war zone
by relief agencies. Nearly all of these
purchases have gone TO the countries
of the allies.
OF the total approximately two
thirds. or $l0O.O00.00O. was raised and
spent In the latter part of 1914. after
the last week in August.
In addition, relief for the Germanic
side has been provided in money.
which has been used in payment for
supplies made in Germany and Aus
tria. Individual donations in this coun-
try and elsewhere account for more
than $40OOO.0OO. and cash contribu-
lions for Germans and Jews have ex-
ceeded $25.OOO.OOO
OF $11O.OOO.OOO expended by the CON-
mission for relief in Belgium about
$3OO00.OOO was given outright by per-
sons and societies in all except the
Germanic countries. All Of the $780,
100000 was spent In this country.
American cash donations for this work
are estimated at within Sl5.OOOOOO.
John D. Rockefeller put $1.OOO.OOO in
dividually into Belgian relief
Aid Sent Belgium.
The commission has sent to Belgium
139 shiploads of supplies. The war re-
lief clearing house for France acts for
1900 organizations in this country. 1t
has shipped since November. 1914. IT,
500 cases of supplies. containing 2.OOO,-
600 articles. There are affiliated com.
mittees In France. Russia, Belgium and
Italy, which act as distributing agen-
cies. The clearing house is forward
ing agent for the American Red Cross
and other agencies.
Since October the National Allied Re
lief committee has undertaken to make
known the needs Of sufferers in the
allied countries. 1t has raised in cash
over $4,000
The largest relief organization is the
American Red Cross. which has receiv-
ed more than S1.OOO.OOO. In one week
the Red Cross shipped 400 tons of food
stuffs for Servian relief and hospital
garments and supplies for the Ameri-
can Women's War Relief hospital in
South Devonshire. England.
Raised by Other Agencies.
The war relief committee of the Va.
cation association. headed by Miss
Anne Morgan and Miss Mary Parsons,
has received S1S6.123 of which S32.5O9
came from the Flotilla fund, and to
which also the American fund for
French wounded. the Secours national
and the American Polish relief COM
mittee contributed. Clothing and sur.
gical dressings are made in the vaca-
ton sewing rooms, where several hun
dred women have been employed since
the beginning of the war.
Belgian children have received 1OO-
600 pairs of American made shoes,
bought with S67.415 raised by the dol
lar Christmas fund. of which Henry
Clews is chairman. The Belgian relief
fund, OF which the Rev. j. II. Stille-
mans is president. has raised S1,O75.-
277. and $4,000 has been forwarded
for Belgian relief by the Cardinal
MERCER fund.
The Servian relief committee has COL
lected $1S7.429. the American branch
of the Prince of Wales national relief
fund STAG. 156, the American Polish re-
lief fund S125.OOO. the American am
bulance hospital, fund 100000. the
American committees fund S17O,337,
the war children's relief fund $4,000
and the committee of mercy. August
Belmont treasurer. S43O. POP.
Other Sums Collected.
The American fund for French
wounded. Mrs. Ethelbert Nevin chair
man. has collected S15,575; the La Fa-
yette fund S1O2, 124 for soldiers kits;
the Secours national S121,72S for
French women and children and Bel
CLAN refugees; the fund for relief of
women and children in France, Mrs
Whitney Warren chairman. $4,000;
the Polish victims relief fund, $685.
$50.
The American Jewish relief commit
tee has collected 1881, 944, the central
Jewish committee $4,000 and the
peoples relief committee $4,000
OF the German organizations the
German Red Cross has collected nearly
$2,5OO.0OO. the general relief fund for
Germany. Austria and Hungary $780,
600 and the German relief fund S224,-
100.
The American branch of the Deutsch
wehr sent $4,000 last month for
Christmas presents for German chill
dren- 1t Is helping TO rebuild German
territory devastated by the war The
German Herold of New York has
raised $4,000 for the Deutschwehr and
the Staats-Zeitung s169, 900.