The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-06-20
is
GIVEN FOR
RED CROSS
Wednesdays COntribu-
ton Is Larger Than
Previous Days
PARKE. DAVIS & co.
HEAVY DONORS
Drug Firm Gives $780,
600; Other Large Sub
ScriptiOns Received

Wednesdays Red Cross campaign
yielded SS-la75s.- only few
thousand dollars more than Tues
day This brings the total for The
three DAYS up 10 S657.l2ssi,
sherman T. nepeWs team lead n
Wednesdays race The subscrip.
lions amounting 20 $50 Ssl6S Q'
which So coo was contributed by
Parke Davis & Company and $40.
COO by The Wayne County & Home
Savings bank Emory ~ clark +
and prank G smiths team was sec
ond wiki s3Lses SO OF This amount
$4,000 was given by The J. D. Hud
son company and $4,000 by the
FIRST & Old Detroit National hank
E T. Ford's team was third with
yes.555
II was onlcially announced ar
Wednesdays meeting n tho Board
o. Commerce that the city had been
divided into Districts each team
captain 20 have charge OF 8 dis.
tr!ct
Gustayss y Pope chairman Of the
Detroit chapter "Wednesday received
telegram from l. - Bolton. a De
trot dealer In automobile parts. who
Is In Cleveland. announcing that that
city has already subscribed $1,000
0O0 OF her s. 600 coo quota.
Detroit must not be outdone In
this patriotic call for humanity
sake. Mr.. Bolton wired Il consid-
or 10 a privilege 70 give $500"
Henry ? Dawson. chairman Of the
war council OF the Red Cross. wired
Red Cross headquarters here Wed.
nesday that "a far as he was able
20 Judge nov not more than one per
cent o. the total amount OF money
collected In This country for the Red
Cross during the present campaign
viii he used for administration ex-
penses.
children IN the public schools
have already contributed $1,000 20
the fund The Field school leads in
he subscriptions with 1895 The
Columbian schools is second with
sIC6.41.
As further evidence Of the wide
spread sympathy for the cause Of
humanity a Polish Messenger boz.
Valentine sakora. walked into hea5-
quarters Wednesday and turned over
70 a worker his savings. 81
Thursday night viii De Red Cross
night" In movie theaters turnout the
city. Seveaty-hve business men
have volunteered 20 speak az The
various places Red Cross films
will also be shown az the principal
theaters In the city that night
Elaborate plans are being made
Tor Red Cross Dollar Day" Friday
"It is planned 10 make a thoro can.
vass Of the city in the hope that
not single person will 90 over.
looked. Even those who have al
ready contributed 70 he fund vii
be asked 10 give an additional dol
lar on this day
At a meeting % the executive com.
mittee OF the Red Cross TUESDAY %
was decided 70 ask every corpora.
ton n Wayne county 20 contribute
20 the fund twotenths ~ one per
cent OF its combined capital and sur.
s-t.a--- z from
head Of one Of Detroit'- largest cor
poratiuns A similar plan has been
adopted Ia Cleveland Chicago. Pitts.
burg and other cities
Relating some ~ no diriculfie.
in soliciting Red Cross contribu
lions from biz business men. Hugh
Chalmers said
u called on one big business man
odsy and he handed me q check
for 600 promptly handed IL back
30 him and told bsm l0 think 10
over This man could have given
us his check Tor $1,000 with raf
less sacrifice 70 him elf than the
average working man entails when
no gives 81"
tlc iold of another man sho was
700 busy 10 7ce tho committee.
bur his stenographer. eager 20 do
her bif gave Tho visitors p
Pupils 70 fhe school for Crippled
childrcn contributed Sti0a. mostly
IN pennies
Leo Joslyn. team captain. told
NJ a former German soldier who had
contributed his las' dollar
Nrs J B schlotman and tho
Whitney Realty 90 were Tho larg-
csr Contributor Tuesday With dona
uons of So GOO each