New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-04
Sl,23O,S23 Pledged
Toward Jewish
War Relief Fund
Big and Little Subscriptions
Flow Into Head
quarters

Contributions totalling Sl.230,S23 for
the S5,OO0,0OO campaign for Jewish
war relief were announced yesterday
at the end Of the first day of the two
weeks drive. OF the aggregate, 81
$4,000 had been informally pledged
Sunday night at dinner at the Hotel
Aston given by Jacob II. Schif. cam
paicn chairman for the workers. The
War Relief Committees new contribu-
tons amounted TO $4,000; $4,000
came from the special Brooklyn COM
mittec. and about $4,000, it is esti-
mated. was from the United Cigar
Stores, which pledged per cent OF
their receipts for the day.
The additions to the funds raised
Sunday night, it was explained, were
largely reflex, as the real offensive for
dollars for the relief Of Jews in coun-
tries desolated by the war and for the
Jewish Board of Welfare Work in the
United States army and navy will be-
gin to-day. The contributions were 80
generous Sunday night that the bust
ness of organizing the campaign sollci-
tors into forty-four teams and assign
ing the work had TO be postponed until
last night, permitting little organized
soliciting TO be done yesterday.
Workers Receive Instructions
The 500 workers Of the relief COM
mittec met last night at tea at the
Berkeley Arcade. the campaign head
quarters. and received instructions
Mr.. Schif presided, and the leaders OF
the various teams reported the contri'
buttons they had received. Then the
city was divided into groups, and each
committee received a list Of names OF
persons TO whom an appeal for SUD
scriptions is TO be made.
The committee workers appiaudeo
vigorously when a gift of SlO5 from the
children Of the Hebrew Orphan Asylum
was announced. The staff OF the asy'
lum. headed by Solomon Lowensteln
contributed an additional 5000.
Another small donor greatly heart.
ened the campaigners. lie was Samuel
Rubenovitch. an immigrant from 70
land. He told David A. Brown, gen
eral manager Of the drive. that ms
nearest relatives were SUM rers IN the
war ridden section OF Russian roland
As his bit toward the relief, he con
tributed a five dollar bill. lie SAID II
was all he had.
William Fox, the motion picture man
who gave $4,000 to the cause Sunday
night. has rendered his services to
get Subscriptions from other men IN
the motion picture and theatrical
world. In announcing that Mr.. Fox
would take charge of that branch OF
the work, Mr.. Brown advised all the
other workers TO keep their hands of
the Rialto, adding that Mr.. Fox would
get the maximum from his colleagues.
Rules for Solicitors
Another restriction was placed on
soliciting. Ii was ruled that IN visiting
the 100000 persons who are TO be asked
10 contribute before the campaign Is
over women workers should seek con-
tributions from women only, and men
from men only.
The competition among the forty
four teams is expected to spur the ef-
forts OF every individual. In order 70
stimulate the rivalry Mortimer Schitf
requested that the 100000 which his
father. Jacob II. Schiff, contributed. be
stricken off the record OF his team. a.
he felt il would be too great handicap
for the other teams. Including the
5000. 900 contribution, the Schiit team
had raised 1908, 100 up TO last night.
With the 100000 reduction, the
Schiff team was second to that Of II. b.
Rosen. which reported that it raised
sl1O.6O2. Other leading teams were
headed by the following: William
Goldman. $7s,OOp; Jacob Sperber. s41 =
$50; Henry A. Guinuberg. $44,aO0;
Samuel Kridel. S42,140; Louis j. Rob
ertson. s32.495; ". Ellington, $50. 400:
Louis Marshall. $30,750; Leopold Plaut
S27.O55: Henry Morgenthau, S2l,150;
ISRAEL Unterberg. $4,000.