The Washington times., 1917-09-19
BAKERS CLERKS
LEAD GIFT RACE
N.SMOKE FUND

me pdlElOblSIl VI luC civil Will hcAS
of war-the hundreds of clerks in the
War Department-was again demon
strated today when contributions to
The Washington Times Tobacco
Fund poured in from three divisions
of the department.
The rate board, the division of ac-
counts, and the military claims divi-
sion all came forward with round
robin contributions which swelled the
smokes fund by S37.S5.
Department Leads Race.
This sum, together with other con-
tributions that clerks OF the War
Department have made to the fund,
puts this department ahead OF other
Government departments in the race
to provide solid comfort" for the
boys "ovsr there" Accompanying the
contributions was the simple state
ment that they were made in response
to the general appeal made by army
officers to provide American soldiers
in France with real American to-
| bacco.
Clerks in the office of the secre-
tary of Agriculture today contributed
an additional $40. The list OF con.
tributors was not given, but accom-
/ panyIng the funds was the sensible
| epigram:
when there Is so much FIRE let
there be a little smoke for the sol
dIers in the trenches"
Laundry's Head Seads SO.
F. V. KiIlian, president OF the
franklin Laudry, sent in his check
for SO for smokes for the soldiers
"over there"
John Groth, a veteran United States
| fighter, who served in the Spanish
American war, contributed q dollar
with the statement that, having been
a soldier. he knows what real comfort
a smoke OF tobacco from home gives.
From q tobacco box which he made
soon after The Times began to raise
funds for smolIes for soldiers, and
which he placed in the office of the
superintendent Of the Capitol, where
employees might place their contribu'
tions, Joseph ]. FitZsimmOns, formerly
OF Company F, Fourteenth United
States Infantry, took $6.77 today and
turned it over to the fund.
Mr.. FitZsimmons advocates one
cigar less a day for the man who en-
joys this luxury, so that the price OF
this comfort may go to the purchase
of tobacco for the boys in France.
'TIa q Patriotic Duty.
With contributions from SO widely
separated groups the evidence is
hourly accommodating to prove that II
is the patriotic duty OF every man
woman and child in Washington tC
do his or her bit" by making the
hours of the training camp pass with
less discomfort for American soldiers
By providing an abundance OF tobacco
Contributions thus far to the Wash
ington Times Tobacco Fund include
Previously acknowledged. 80, ,23T o.
W. NJ. PheIan, Chevy Chase. 2.O'
John Groth, u. S. S. H. 1.O'
Homer V. Sharp, Y. NJ. c. A.. 81
m E 81
IF, V. Killian. 100
Clerks in office OF Secretary
of Agriculture Houston.... 100
From box stationed in super
intendent's office at Capi-
tol, brought in by Joseph
]. Fitzsimmons. s........... 81
l. r. Butts. ......-.......... -
G.. A. Gambs. bs..............-.. ~
w. r. Barnesby. by.............. n
T. A. Seaman. .........--...... -;
lInez Elgin. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. II
Mariel Z. Blackford. .. II
Margaret r. Blackford.... IN
Dale c. Smith. ................ -
Ruth NJ. Belts. ts............... IL
c. K. Leffee. e................. y
J. B. Maher. r................... y
A. BuXman. ........-.......... IL
T. h. Christy. y................. =
Wan Driesen. n.................. -
, Geduldig ................... IN
l.. B. Miller. er.................. II
J. 3. Chase. ................... -
w. c. labelling. ng............ %
: G. H. Relyen. n................. II
c. E. Gilbert. ................. IL
c. l.. Moore. re.....-........... -
w. w. Shumaker. r.......... -
Katherine O'Keefe. .
NJ A. EIdridge. -
Z. Hammonds. s....... .
A. w. Woodbridge. ..... -
A. E. Melbourne 2
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