The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-28
BRIDCEPORTERS
 CONTRIBUTE TO
 e>MEMORIAL FUND

Building Will Be Erected al Capital in Honor of First
 President
 Washington. D. C.. Feb. 2S.-A finan' caal sraIemenu issued here today DS the George Washington Memofaai as sociation shows that residents of Con nectacut throughout the state nave begun to contribute to the purpose ol the orxanization, thM is, to erect or the site of the old Pennsylvanla sta. ton fsere, where President Garneil was shot, a meporial building u George Washington.
 The association plans to start "1If on the structure this spring, The slte has already been donated by Con Greas. The building, when c01npieded will be known as a center for rne spread of knowledge of all sort' ttrough this country and fore1gn>na ti0laysss In 1t will be a tremendous au' ddtorium, seating 10000 people, whacf will Ne open for use, free of charge, o3 .natiokhl and international congresses and tOnyentions on such subjects al paace,5 medical science, art, history educAtiOn, and 50 fort
 Tn the s&fesctiire es,ch state may nave . room for its own use and as a per rnanenk headuuarters. Any organlzal, ton Of ta1ds kind has to pay. no rent The beautiful $3,000,000 building IS te be edven to the nation free or charse Already more than $S00OOO IS m tne treasury ! of the organization, ane eevry day. the contributions, rang1ns from 10 cents to a thousand dollars ere coming in.
 Anybody who gives as much as 2 dime is sent a button which pears ar inscription that the wearer of it owns . brick',' in the memorial.
 All contributions should be sent te Mrs. Henry F. Ddmock. president, l,s0l ixtetnth street, Washington, D. c Mrs. Dirnock is the president of the association which has charge of the project.
 The following are some of the resi- dents of Connecticut who have con- Hfbuted to the fund:
 !. Everett Alden, Torrington, $l; il 6. AMen, Waterbury, $1; David R. Al Ming. New Haven. $1; Mrs Agnes Arm strong, g. Coventry. $1; Edwin E. AL water; New Haven, g.
 Isadaa Baker, Jr., Hartford, ~$1; Mrs II. M. Barber, Seymour. $1; MT. Dan forth N. Barney, Warrington, $2; Mrs Newconb Cushman Barney, Litclh- tsead. s1;. Warren Tower Bartlett, Hart ford. S1: William H. Bassett. Torring- %on, 8; Henry l.. Beach. Hartford, $l L. Wheeler Beecher, New Haven. S6; I1everett Belknap, HartfHd, $1; V. R. ] Bennett, South Coventry, $1; Mrs. " E. Belknap, S. Coventry, $1; Mrs. J. q. Billiard, Meriden, st; Frederic Clar- once Bissell, Hartford. $1; 1 William Fafpps Blake, So. D. MIMI Rock. $6; Frederick s. Bliss. Hartford, s1; George Blumer. New Haven. s2; Thos J. Boardman, Hartford, $1; William F. J. Boardman, Hartford. $1: Edward E. Badley, New Haven. $2: Fred. T, Bradley, New Haven, $5; Sarah Bos- worth Bradway, Eastford, $1; Mrs Alice C. Bridgennan, Norfolk, $25; Mrs Walter Briggs, Coventry. S1; w. E. Bfdtton, New Haven, $1;N Robert A. Bronson. New Haven, $1; Charles F. Brooker Ansonia, $1: Robert BroNn. New Haven, s; Phdlip E. Browning, New Haven, $1; Edward Balland Bry- ant, Hartford, $1.
 George B. Call, Tor1ington, $1; Mrs. B. Campbell, New Haven, $1: Walter Hall Camp, East Hartfond, $3: Mrs. J. B. Carmen, s. Coventry, $1; Walter s. Cash, Bridgeport, $1: Frank D. Cham berlain, Hartford. $1; Mrs. J. s. Cham plin. S. Coventry, $1; Augustus Sabine Chase. Waterbury, $1; Mrs. Charles B. Chase, Hartford, g; Miss Genevieve Chase. Hartford. 8: Portsx~ B. Chase, Hartford, g: Louis R. Cheney, Hart ford, 31o; Walter l.. Cheney. Medden. 32: Freder1ck W, Ehesson, Waterbury q; RsissseM IF. Chittenden, New Ha.. ven, $; George I. Capp. Hartford, $1; Charles M. Clark, Waterbury g; Dwight N. Clark, Woodbridge, $1 Moves D.. Clark, Woodbridge, $1; Lem- uel ". Cleveland. Plainfeld, $1; Olcott B. Colton, Hartford, $1: A. w. Con- verse, Windsor Locks. g; Frank l. Cooper. New Haven. g; A. F. Corbfn, New Britain, g; George Winchell Couch. Meriden, s1; B. s. cowles Hartford, q; Sidney M, ACoWles, Ken Bridgeport, $1: MoreIle F. Cross, New Haven, $1.08.
 Richard G. Davis, New Haven S1; Frederic Denison, Mystic, $1 Edgar J. Doohttle. Meriden, $1; Dan- iel T. Dyer. Collinsville, $1.10S George F. Aaton, New Haven, $5; Miss Isabe Eldridge. Norfolk, $25; Miss Mary AEldridge, Norfolk, $25; w. L. Elkin New Haven, s$1O; Samuel E. Fillmore Hartford $f::11J S. Elton. Waterbury $1; E. J. Emmons, New Milford $1.1o; Benjamin R. Endlish, New Ha- ven, $2; Katherine Jewell Everts Pomfret, $s.
 Henry w. Farnan1, New Haven, $5 Charles D. Fay.t Stamford, $1; Johr Roberts Fenn, Hartford, $1.10; Nor ris s. Fine. New Haven, $1; Irving Fisher, New Haven. $10; George H Fitts, Willimantic, $1; Joseph Mar shall Flint, New Haven, $1; Mabe Fletcher, New Haven. $1;.
 J. Merritt Gallend. Waterbury, $2 Charles D. Gallup, Norwich, $1 c. E Gilbert, Hartford, $1; Ferdinand Gilhersleeve. GildersleeJe, s2; A. B Gi1lett, Hartford. $1; Daniel J. Gla- zier, Hartford, $1; Dr. Charles C. Godfrey, Bridgeport. $2; F. A. Gooch New Haven. $1; E. S. Goodrich, Hart. ford, $1; James M. Grant, Hartford $1; Charles B. Graves, M.D., New London. $1; James c. Greenway Greenwich, s2; George c. Grower Ansonia, $2; Zalmon Goodsell Bridgeport, $1; Charles l.. Goodwin Hartford, $1.
 o. Howard Hall, Bridgeport, $1
 William E. Hilliean Bridgeport $1