The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-06-23
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the Red Cross $lOO,OOU,OUV
war fund may rival COM
paratively the big over
subscription of the Liber-
ity loan. With three days to go. the
war chest" boasted nearly $S0,0O0.-
900 and some OF the heaviest contrib
utions are yet to come.
Church collections throughout the
nation tomorrow will swell the fund
wounds of Americas soldiers in
France. "A supreme effort is to be
made Misunderstanding day.
| The latest grand total at Red Cross
headquarters is $77, ,529, 400.
New York City, with $4O.000,0O0 as
its goal, has already received nearly
$33, 100000 The north central divis-
ion which retains it's lead by districts
has received $26,O0O,OOO Of It's $780,
900 900 allotment. Several states have
already exceeded their quotas. Ohio
is more than $1,O0O,O00 above it's orig
inal goal OF $6,OOOO00. Michigan re-
ported $2,261 ,253, and It's allotment
was $2,500,OO0. Delaware has more
than trebled its original $250.000 and
Utah is now $4,000 over It's 100000
allotment Illinois has not yet reach
ed the half way point in its campaign
for nine million.
Toledo, Ohio, with three more days
before the campaign ends, reported
contributions of 100000, exactly It's
quota. n
In the rivalry between cities, Cleve-
lands subscription Of $671,T19 yester-
day alone brought her within $4,000
of Chicago's total of $3932.211. st.
Louis took the lead over Cincinnati by
ivcf
SITS, 100, Striving for $2,0OO,000. st.
Louis needs only 100000 more. Chi
cago is aiming at SS.0O0,O00.
Cfncinnati's latest total report here
is S1,290,000.
Boston is steadily climbing toward
its $2,5OO,000 mark. having already re-
ported $1,SO4,S8O.
Buffalo, having subscribed $4,000
more than it's s1,5O0,0OO goal, has now
reached a new mark of $2,000,0OO.
Miss Katherine. Stinson, the younG
aviatress, who was to have left Buff
falo yesterday, was prevented by ell
CINE trouble and wired headquarters
here she would start her flight today,
hoping to arrive in Washington tomor-
row with Buffalo's subscriptions.
San Francisco led the west in to-
days reports with $746,600 Of its
81 OOO, 900 allotment already subscrib-
ed.
Portland, Oregon needed only $15,-
900 today to pass it's 100000 quota.
Texas. which has not yet reported
fifty per cent of it's 100000 quota
was counted on to improve the remain
ing days. Dallas. Texas, at last re-
ports here, had S6s,564 of its $250,OOO
quota.
Message From Pershing.
TBy w. S. Forrest, United Press Staff
Correspondent
PARIS, June 23-"America can
show her colors in no better way
than to subscribe generously to the
Red Cross" was the message sent to
the people back home today by
Major General John J. Pershing, who
will commanSt the first army Of Amer
licans to take their places in the al
lied trenches.
Pershing's message was cabled to
H. P. Dawson, now directing the Red
Cross campaign to raise $100,o0O,000.
simultaneously five Americans were
! to receive decorations from the
French government for bravery in
carrying on the work with Red Cross
divisions now in the field.
! Congratulations on the splendid
| Red Cross campaign Pershing's mes
sage to Dawson read.
Never before has there been such
need in Red Cross work. America
can show her cofors in no better
way than to subscribe generously"
Pershing sent the message shortly
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