The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-06-16
IlnL HOSPITAL
IlAlen STARTS WELL
- 1'AAn siSe 200 Hss Already Been
nooerribed In Csty's Efforts for
o Greater Memorial.
'1NTHUsrasM UNPARALLELED
=. SsnArt MCGUIRE and Clarence
11llhiser Give $4,000 Each Toward
ouArfer Million Dollar Hospital
Fund.

with an enthusiasm that is unpar-
4 n5lelsd In like movements in Richmond,
h he active campaign 20 raise s25o,ooo
Tor the Greater Memorial Hospital has
6exan Wednesday morning. and at
the luncheon held in headquarters, sal
4 East Main Street yesterday, special
reports showing the collection of sae.-
lys were made. A total OF mora man
elseoeo has been collected, hut these
reports were Of special contributions
ana Of special collections.
Il Or A. H Straus reported the col
toction OF 5000 from L. Lichtenstein
oons. and other reports were as fol-
lows: L. Victor williams. $500;
friend. sl5a, by mali. ssi by DR.. Gray.
S4s; By the Coiored Workers Associa-
4 ton, t2e7 S. by Or. Ezekiel SIC; by
DR.. MCGUIRE Newton. 3ieo; by mail.
lie. by Thomas L. Moore, general
chairman. 500; by George @. Taylor
$50; by DR.. virsinius Harrison. $3.50,
and by w. Z. Nichols, 1911. These re-
ports are Incomplete. one of the COM
mit,ses has collected $4,000. which does
not ret appear in the returns.
Chairman Thomas l. Moore an
nnanoed that the first contributor was
physician-pr. Stuart McGuire-~who
rave 10000 towards the fund. Clar-
4nce Millhiser. who Is q quiet ana
liberal contributor TO all public IN
terests. also gave $4,000,
II had not been intended 70 make
any announcements AT the luncheon,
but Chairman Moore became so i'm
Bpired with the large attendance and
with the very evident enthusiasm OF
the campaign workers that he called
on various committeeman to tell what
they had already accom- plished,
DR. Paul v. Howfu, chairman of one
lDf the committees, announced that he
had personally obtained subscriptions
amounting to sI.6s5. DR. Mcclure
Newton stated that he had collected
HISS. DR.. Virginius Harrison stated
that he had obtained ssob. The min
listers committee. through Mrs. Fred
eric 3. Morlok. announced that II had
Obtained 500 All these contribu-
tfons were announced az of one morn
ing's work. and do not include the
larger sums previously donated from
private sources.
Told at the Luncheon.
Theh nrst days luncheon was pre-
sided over by Thomas l.. Moore, chair
man OF the general committee. f1S
repeated briefly the story OF the OBJ
jActe OF the movement, saying that u
was absolutely necessary that Memoir
iai Hospital be so enlarged that II
might care fer the negro sick, that
Il might be provided with a separate
building for contagious diseases AMI
that IL might have suitable and COM
Portable home for the nurses. There
will be, he said. thirtyfour units in
the hospital when 10 lie completed into
4 larger whole. He stated that tho
new hospital would be a charity insti-
tuition in the sense that all its pa
tfents would be treated free OF charge.
and added that the fee for treatment
would be made so low that every negro.
suffering from disease would be able to
pay.
y Assistant Secretary Arthur F. Rob
bins explained the methods to be pur-
sued during the campaign, and said
that reports from the committee chair
m4n would be made every day at the
efnncheon The chairman Will receive
reports from his committeeman, and
will deliver summary TO the general
committee every day. at o'clock. A
chart VIII be placed on display In
headquarters TO show the progress OF
the various tears.
M Doctors Among. Speakers.
- Talks were made by DIR. Mcclure
Newton. IT. Alex O. Brown and John
AZ. Branch and W. r. Dabney. Mr..
Branch announced that he was go
Ing TO New york 10 procure sub
resident the- aud Mr.. Moore
said that every subscription obtained
l+bS Mr. Branch In New York would be
met with like subscription here
u There are rcw more than two
hundred workers In the field. and
every worker is expected TO he
th head of committee. The city
will be thoroughly csnvassed by al
M1ofted sections. 80 that no man NAV
be withou. the privilege Of contrib
suting towards Richmonds greatest
~philanfhropy. or. as Mrs. Randolph
says Richmords greatest duty.
III Mrs Margaret kayk, who has ac-
scspted the Craftsmanship of the wom-
een's auxiliary. announced her COM
mittee az follows Mesdames J. AMI
son Hodges ]. Taylor Eilyson, w. 3.
Gordon. /. n Vaughn. Addison Rem
noids. Stuart Michaux. S. H Halves.
: Edwin p Conquest. NJ. L. Patterson.
FArinistead Wexford Cary Johnson.
James Branch Cabell. St. George Bry-
IN Langhorne Putney w NJ Habls-
ton. George Ben Johnston, &. l.. Blan-
ton. Eppa Huntor, Jr., 81. George
Cooke. Alex q. Brown, Lawrence Peple.
James Smith. Virgie Blankenship and
". G. Beasley,
The negro Campaign committee, Of
which Mrs. Norman v. Randolph Is
chairman. IL also holding daily meet
tnGs IN Jchnson's Hall. 30 West Leigh
Street, Maggie Walker, II was an
nounced. has contributed 800.
The coiored meetings will be held
hereafter at O'Clock. instead of at
o'clock, ard luncheon VIII be served
daily.