The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-05
GENEROUS RESPONSE IS MADE ID APPEAL FOR JEWISH RELIEF Canvass Nets S3979.S5 and Campaign Is Extended Until S10,000 Is Reached MANY INCIDENTS
 OF UNUSUAL NOTE Walters of Tutwiler Hotel Contribute Fifty Dollars to Fund-NO h.
 stance of Refusal to Con-
 tribute Is Reported

A total of $39l9.So was reported by + of the 19 committees which made whirl- wind canvass of the city yesterday for the purpose of raising funds for the re- lief of the Jews in Poland It had been intended to secure $5000 and those in charge of the campaign believe the total will be reached as result of yester- days work The Ensley and Vivian teams are yet to be heard from, and all the committees will make reports at 12:30 o'clock today at the Chamber of Commerce, as many of them stated yes- terday that they did not have time to cover their territory Others said that they were requested to make another call and it was decided to extend the canl- paign.
 The committees yesterday were received everywhere courteously, and the members of the teams expressed their gratifica- ton at the spirit in which they were met. Rare instances of refusals were re- ported, and every committee reported that they secured subscriptions from practically everyone they called on. Many incidents were related in the di- rectors' room of the Chamber of Com merce while the committees were filing their reports. R. A. Porter's commit tee, working First avenue, told how they walked into a small store between Eight eenth and Nineteenth streets and ex- plained the purpose of their visit. FATHER IN POLAND The owner of the store, 8. Gordon, re- piled that he was only too glad to SUD- port the movement. 'I have given S10 already he said, but here is $1O more for the cause. My father is at present in Poland, and I have in my safe money which has been returned to me, money which I tried to send him through the mails. l have no doubt but that he has been driven from his home, and he may be even dead now, for he is @ years of age, and could hardly endure the privaticns and hardships which the Jewish people in Poland have been forced to undergo. I sincerely trust that this movement may be the means of saving the Jewish people from further hard ships, or at least lessen the evils of their environment
 Another incident of unusual note in the campaign yesterday was a contrbu- ton to the fund of $50 from the walters of the Hotel Tutwiler This amount is to be paid in five monthly installments and it is reported that it is only one of the charities to which these walters are contributing. They have been of assistance to many charities for mem bers of their own race The contribution to the Jewish relief fund is the outcome of the luncheon a the Tutwiler Thurs day, when the walters heard the addresses of several prominent men pointing out the reasons why America should help the war stricken people of Poland. The report of the committees at the Chamber of Commerce yesterday follows: Committee No. ], Solon Jacobs. chair man. $519.
 Committee No ? W. B. Fowlkes. chair man, $549. 50.
 Committee No. 3. J. E. Shelby, chair man, $143.50.
 Committee No. 4, J. H. Eddy chairman, $242
 Committee No. ,, pr. J. H. Phillips, chairman, $155. a
 Committee No. 6, Culpepper Exum, chairman S395 50.
 Committee No. [, George McCleery, chairman, S1S4 50.
 Committee No. s, Tom l.. Hill, chair man, $2S7. .25.
 Committee No g, R. A. Porter, chair man, 1926.
 Committee No. 1O George Blinn, chair man, $50. 50.
 Committee No. Il, J. D. Moore, chair man. $39. S5.
 Committee No. P, w. J. Adams, chair man. $243
 Committee No. 13, G. B. Tarrant chair man, $S4.50.
 Committee No. IA, Dr. J. H. Finder, chairman S139
 Committee No. 15, F. B. shireman, chairman $500.
 Committee No. 16, A. M. Taylor, chair man, $103.
 Committee No. F, R. w. Ewing, chair man, $147 50.
 Total amount reported $3919.s5
 MEETING TODAY
 The committee will meet at 12:3O o'clock today for the purpose of reporting on the remaining portion of their several terri tories, and it is believed that the S10G00 set out to secure will be oversubscribed. The Vivian and Ensley teams are pected to report today, and it is believed the subscriptions secured by these teams will make a respectable showing
 Yesterday morning more than POO letters were mailed to as many people of Bir mingham, asking them to contribute something to the fund. These letters were mailed as the committees began work. and were received by those addressed after the committees reported This was done in order that the work of the com mittees would not in any manner be in- terfered with.
 The letter mailed out follows:
 Five million Jews, men, women and children, in war-stricken Europe are destitute, homeless starving.
 Through us they appeal to you to c..1ne to their relief. Their distress surpasses all human conception. Our imagination is impotent to give even a faint idea  of their destitution.
 America, the land of peace. has become aroused by their cry for help. Cities large and small are raising contributions. Last week New York raised $1,O00,000; Cincin- nati $1O0CO0 Richmond $32,O00 Atlanta, $25, ,0C0; Montgomery, 5000, and we must Ia ise $1O,0O0 in Birmingham this week.
 Will you hasten to their relief? Give as literally and generously as you can. Give it today, Please fill in inclosed card and mail in addressed envelope Sincere ly yours, ROBERT JEMISON, JR.,
 Chairman"
 It is expected that the response to these letters will be generous, and dona- tions will be accepted through the mails by Leo K Steiner, Robert Jemson, Jr.. and Dr. NJ. Newfield. The campaign will be closed today, so far as the active work of committees is concerned, and it is be- liever that Birmingham will have sub scribed more than $1O0O0 before the close of the day.