Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-14

Guiding contributions of girls, and of
Harrisburg Academy, S1.493. The
county was unable to report, but said
that from the present outlook S12,-
900 was assured. Men at the p. r.
r. Y. NJ c. A. and other employees
contributed S499; and a pledge of
S125 was received from the p. and
r. p. r. Y. NJ. c. A. The indus
trial committee reported contribu-
tions and pledges amounting to S3,-
534.
Among the reports from the towns
of Dauphin county was one from
Pillow, which, with a quota of $40,
contributed S140. Loyalton, with a
quota of $50, contributed SIS. A
United Brethren Sunday school. in
Mifflin township, with forty-one
members, contributed $54.50.
The Slacker's Plea
Indignation ran high when a note
was read from a man. The notation
on the pledge card was:
Il have no contribution to make.
The soldiers have plenty and are
we'll paid.
1t developed during the discussion
which followed, that number of
the other campaigners had been SIM
ilarly treated by persons upon whom
they had called for contributions.
Angry demands were made for the
names of those who had displayed
pro-German sentiments, but Mayor
Bowman decided that ii would be
best to have members of the COM
mittee call upon them, explain fully
the Y NJ. c. A. movement and to
get full information concerning their
loyalty to the government. 1t is al
together likely that within a day
or two a list of persons guilty of
having displayed disloyalty to the
| United States will oe given to the
newspapers for publication and turn
Ell over to the secret service for
such action as the federal authori-
ties may deem fit.
If you are accosted by a soldier in
uniform when you leave your favor
ite playhouse or moving picture the
alter. do not be surprised, for it is
| the result of the Y. NJ. c. a. war
work found theater committees ac-
| tivities. The committee reported that
| soldiers will speak in the various
| theaters of the city tomorrow and
soldiers will meet theatergoers at the
| door as they leave the house, solicit
| ing subscriptions and contributions
/ to the fund.
In the reports of the team captains,
many interesting stories of selfsacri-
! flee were given by these captains.
| One captain told of how he met a
woman who gave him twenty cents.
AS he was leaving the house, she
| called him back and told him If he'd
return the twenty cents, she'd give
| him a half dollar The woman was
very poor and her widows mite"
was all she had. Another team cap
| tain told how a woman came run
| ming to meet him and gave him ten
/ dollars as her contribution. She said
she had been waiting for two days.
| The illustrations were but examples
| of the willingness and the eagerness
! of the people of Harrisburg and
! Dauphin county, to give their money
to the Y. NJ. C. A. and Y. w. c. A.
Kindergartens Help
| Forty children OF the North Har-
rlsburg Free kindergarten gave
$500. This money was in pennies and
represented the savings of months.
A contribution OF $370.75 was receiv-
| ed from the Harrisburg Railways
| Company and its employees. The Wit
man. -SchwarZ Corporation gave 5000,
and the Moorhead Knitting Company
5000.
An interesting story OF combina-
ton of circumstances was told by one
team captain who said that he had
opened work on the thirteenth, and
| the nFSL nuHlDeT lie NlSlleu was lV1 a.
He got contribution from 12-day-
old child "as near to 13 as he could
get" His team raised $4,000.
Students of the various High
schools of the public schools were
very anxious to help. Noteworthy
u contributions was made by students
OF the Harrisburg Academy, who
gave $270.
! Certain OF Success
| Il. j. Stackpole. chairman of the
district committee. comprising Dau-
phin and nine other counties. made
| this statement to-day
I'VE have been greatly encouraged
by the generous cooperation of men,
women and children all over the dis
trict The response indicates the
/ widespread interest in this great
work and 1 have no doubt whatever
that the district will contribute it's
full share and more to the $4,000
600 fund. Those who investigate the
nature of this work and its i'm
portance need no further argument
to persuade them to give to the limit