Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-04-16
RED CROSS FUND
EXCEEDS S1O6,OOO
District Chapter Now Deter
mined to Bring Amount
Up to $780, 900.

More than s1o6.s96 has been contributed
in Washington since April to the sup
port of the District chapter OF the Red
Cross
This announcement was made today by
Henry B. f. mcfarland. chairman OF the
special finance committee of the District
chapter, which started out to raise a &l0e,-
00o-eesa and has now determined to make
it $500, 900.
Washington is an example for the entire
country in this respect. for no other Red
Cross chapter has begun a war service
fund. although all the 400 chapter. aTe 70
follow the example that the National
The committee, greatly encouraged,
will proceed to press the campaign.
which has been thus we'll begun. be-
the great number Of people who have
not yet subscribed will carry the fund
very much higher. 1t 10 hoped that it
may reach 100000.
Only few hundred person. have
contributed as yet, but under the ar
rangements which have been made by
the finance committee the committee
of chief clerks Of the departments will
gather the contributions of govern
ment employees. the banks and news
tions. and within a week Red Cross
boxes for silver offerings will be In
hotels, theaters, department stores and
other public places.
The general announcements in the
pulpit yesterday are expected to bring
many subscriptions.
Special committees have been ap-
pointed to canvass. hrst. banks and
president Of the National Metropolitan
Bank. as chairman: second, to canvass
tho lawyers with Julius l. Peyoor a.
chairman. and third. to place Rod
Cross silver boxes. with Joshua Evans.
The Washington Rotary Club has
been asked to assist the finance com
mittee by seeing men OF other pro-
fessions and merchants and manufac-
turers
The members Of the finance commit
tee will continue their personal work
with friends. Other plans will be sup
piled by the finance committee as the
effort goes on. The object is to give
tunity to do something for the country
through the Red Cross at this time.
Depending on Patriotism.
The finance committee wishes tho
public to know that II has net au-
thorissd any benefit performances or
exhibitions Of any kind for the Red
Cross fund. For the present. 1t least,
1t depends on the general desire to
| servo the country without reward.
Many offers Of benefit performances
and exhibitions have been received and
Gratfully acknowledge and died for
future use. IL needed.
Recent Contributions.
Contributions received this morning
are: Judge r. NJ. Montgomery. SIS: Miss
Laura P. Waller. $25: Mrs. Louise r.
Hensey. s25; Miss f. J. Cuthbert. s. a
, month; Miss NJ. A. Davis. So; J. Maury
Dove. $50 q month: Mrs. L. L Kinselv-
ing, SIS; II. NJ A~te, s25; william b..
Dalton, $3.50: Helen X. Starr, 50: Mar
Schroeder. $25: T. Janney Brown, $50:
Admiral George c. Remey. $50: Mr.. and
Mrs C. A. Kenyon. $50: Mrs. Alice B.
Boyd, SO; DIR. and Mrs. L. W. Gaase-
brook. $25: Mr.. and Mrs. Fred q. Nc
Kean, IS a month: Mrs. Monte GrfAth,
S26; Miss Sallie r. Newton. IS: MrA G.
l. Macomb. $50: Margaret Pearson. &3S;
Samuel Bieber. SIS.
Additional subscriptions that cana In
yesterday are: Percy B. Foster. ~;
Maurice r. Flynn. SIS; Gertrude N.
Stanley. q; W. A. wlmssts gag; Hss.
$50: Mrs Kate J. Mcclure. si2 . ysar:
J. swormstsdt. 81. a year: Mary v:
Jacob. SIS a year: Graham Egertch, IS
month; Mrs. Arthur B. Shelton. $40:
Mrs. Arthur B. Shelton. $40; Charles
Latimer, $40: Irving o. Bail $50 year:
81 s. Minor. 500: Samuel Biddie. $40 a
year; Detroit Heating Company. $sb.
and Dulin 4 Martin Company. $500.